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BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 10, 1861.
No. 38.
“Selurt Pog,
THE RISING OF THE PEOPLE.
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BY ETHRIDGE JEFFI EFFERSON CU TLER.
The drum’s wild roar awakes the land; the fife
is sallang shill ;
hid banners blaze on town, and
ay an 3
. Our boy spay streets are fhvving with ‘the sol-
diers’ measured tram,
Among ot bladed re gleam the white
tents of the camp.
The Susien of the rising war hush labor's drow-
And Bat to to she ground the first dark drops of
The natn men flame up anew the narrow heart
Aly woman 2 iciies her patient faith to nerve her
\ eager hands.
Thauk God ! we oe nat burried yet, though long
in trance we lay.
athers need not blush to own
their sons to day.
"Oh! ead and ol slow the weeks went by; each held
his anxious breath,
Like one who waits in helpless fear for some
sorrow great as death. :
"Oh! scarce ly was there faith in ‘God, ‘nor any
trust in man,
While fast aloug the Southern sky the blighting
shadow ran.
I veiled the stars, one after one ; it hushed the
patriots song,
And stole from men the sacred sense that partoth
right from wrong.
Then a red flash, the lightning across the dark-
ness broke,
And with a vaice that shook the land the guns of
Sumpter spoke ;
‘Wake, sons of heroes, wake ! ! The aze of heroes
dawns again ;
Truth takes in hand her ancient sword, and calls
. her loyal men,
‘Lo ! brightly o’er the breaking day shines free-
3 dom’s holy star.
Peace cannot cure the sickly time, All hail, the
healer, war !
The calling was heard by Plymouth Rock ; ‘twas
+ heard iu Boston Bay ;
Then up the Piny streams of Maine sped on its
ringing way. «
New Hampshire's rocks, Vermont’s Green Lills,
it kindled into flame ;
Rhode Island felt her mighty soul bursting her
little frame ;
The Empire City started up, her olden fetters
rent,
Al, meteor like, across the North, the fiery mes-
Bage sent ;
Over Shei the breezy prarie land, by bluff and lake
Till ns his arm, and laughed to find him:
self 3 man:
Then a by cabin and by camp, by stony wastes
and sande,
ig rang exultant down the sea where the Golden
City stands.
And wheresoe’r the summons came, there rese an
angry din,
Win upon & rocky coast a stormy tide comes
Btraightway the fathers gathered voice, straight
* way the sons arose,
With flushing cheek, as when the East with day’s
red current Sows.
Hurrah ! the long despair is past; our fading bs
© hopes renew
The fog is lifticg from the and. 2nd lo, the an-
. cient blue! .
We learn the sectst of the Foods | ‘the sires have
handed down,
.To fire the youthful soldier's Teal, and tend his
green renown.
Who lives for country, through ‘his arm fools all
hir forces flow,
Tis {aay to be brave for truth, as for ‘the rose to
ow.
‘on ! Law, foie fort of Liberty, God's light is on
thy b
; On Liberty, thou soul of Law, God's very self
art thou ;
One the clear river's sparkling food that clothes
the bank with green :
And one the line of stubborn rock that Lolds the
+ water in—
Friends, whom Wwe. ‘cannot think apart, seoming
: each othe t's foe:
Twined flowers upon a single stock with equal
grace that grow.
Oh ! fair ideas, we write your peme across our
banner’s fold ;
For you the sluggard’ s brain is fire, for you th»
coward bol 5
Oh ! daughter of the bleeding ! past Oh! hope
! the prophets saw !
God gives us law in Liberty, and Liberty in law.
Fall many a heart is aching with mingled joy
and pain,
For those who go so proudly forth and may not
come again ;
And po a heart is aching for those it leaves
Asa thonsand tender Bistories throng in, pon
the mind.
The old men bless: 8 the young men and r raise
- their bearing high
The wolien in tae doorway stands to wave them
; Tave y.
One Saran fut argue yh about her boy, and said
God help 1hea do the aliant deeds thy father
| would have done.”
One held up to a bearded man a little child to
Kise
And ps i § shall not be alone for thy dear love
and this.”
And one, a rosebud in her hand, leant at a solds
ier’s side ;
“Thy country weds the first,” she said, “bo i thy
second bride.”
Oh ! mothers, when aa your hearts yo count
your cheerished ones,
And miss from the enchanted ring the flower of
your sons }
Oh ! wives, when, o'er the cradled child ye bend
"at evering’i fall,
And voices which the heart i hear across the
. distance call;
Oh ! maids, when, in the sleepless sift ye ope
the little dase,
And Joo till ye can look no more upon the proud
face, ’
Not hy pray ths Lord of Life; who measures
mortal b eath,
To bring absent back unsoathed ott of the
fire of death
Ob ! pray pray with’ tha that KGvine, eontent which God’s
LV
That wh whosoever ata dies, he save his holy
seauge !
Bo out sfehop and farmhouse from shote and in-
To a eh in clover time, are éwarming
RET roads in Baste the eager columns
wiih ed of sword and muskets gleam, the bu-
gle and the drum
Ho ! comrades, sée the starry flag, broad-waving
at eur hoad.
Ho! comrades, mark the tender light on the dear
emblems spread, -
Our fathers’ blood has hallowed it; ’tis part of
their renown;
And palsied be the caitiff hand vould pluck its
glories down,
Hurrah 1 hurraa! it is our home, where’er thy
colors fly;
We wis rH thee ‘the victory, or ‘in thy shadow
ie
Oh! women, drive the rattling loom, and gather
. in the hay;
For all the youth worth love and truth are mar
shalled for the fray.
Southwaard the hosts are hurrying, with banners
wide unfurled,
From where the stately Hudson floats the wealth
of Half the world ;
From where amid his clustered isles, Lake Hu-
ron’s waters gleam ;
From where the Mississippi pours an unpolluted
stream ;
From where Kentucky's of corn bend in the south
ern air ;
From broad Ohio’s lucious vines; from Jersey's
Orchard fair ;
From where between his fertile slopes, Nebraska's
river's run ;
re Pennsylvania’ 's iron hills ; from woody Ore-
And Shmctsot Ted the van, as in the day of
And jin her reddest blood to cleanse the stones
of Baltimore.
Oh ! mothers, sisters, daughters, spare ‘the tears
ye fain would shed ; :
Who seem to die in such a cauLE, ye cannot call
them dead
They live upon the lips of men, in picturs, “bust
and song,
And vature folds them in hor heart, and keeps
them safe from wrong.
Oh ! length of days is not a boon the brave man
prayeth for;
There are a thcusand evils worse than death or
any war—
Oppression with its iron strength, fed on the
souls of men,
And License, with the hungry brood that haunt
: his ghastly den.
But like bright stars ye ll the eye; adorning
hearts ye draw;
Oh ! sacred grace of Liberty; Oh! majesty of
Law.
furan? ! the drums are beating ; the fife is calling
shrill ;
Ten thousand starry banners flame on town, and
bay, and hill;
The thunders of the rising war drown Labor’s
peaceful ham ;
Thank God that we have lived to see the saffron
morning come—
I'he morning ¢f the battle call.
dear!
Oh joy ! tae ory jg 4 Por: ard!” Oh, joy!
is near!
For all the crafty men of peace have failed to
purge the land ;
Hurrah | the rank of battle close; God takes his
~eause in 0 hand!
to every soldier
the foe
~ Miscellaneous,
RUBE SIFTLY ;
‘OR ROVING RUBE OF THE WILD WEST,
BY PAUL LANDON.
At the mouth of Baraboo river, where it
empties its contents into the Wisconsin, at
the time of Black Hawk’s War —1n Wiscon-
sin, there was a little low hut, used by
stragglers and deserters from fe United
States troops then stationed at ———. The
but, or shanty, was a very small structure,
composed of small saplings driven into the
ground. and covered over the top by poles
being laid cros:wise, covered with brush
and turf, which served asa roof,
That was the frame of the shanty ; tut
to tell the truth, there wasn’t much else but
a frame. The interior resembled an Irish
hut or dog kennel. There were two apart:
iments, if such they could be called, in the
shanty.
There, were two men in the front, or west
room—the largest of the two. The young-
est of the men was about twenty-twaq years
of age, about six feet high, clad in the hunt-
ing shirt of the western ** mountain men,”
with buckskin leggings, and an otter skin
cap, with the head of the “animal? i in front,
which gave him a rather comic look.
The other man was a regular ‘snake in
the grass,” or, at least, he had that appear
ance ; he wore a tight, close fitting round-
about, or jacket, reaching to his hips, and a
pair of leggings as tight - as the skin, a pair
of moccasins and a cap completed his ready
made clothing. : ; :
At the-time we introduce them to the
reader, they were playing a private game of
‘“‘geven up,” or, as it is called ‘out West.”
“ola sledge ;” they had just finished one
seven up, and were be ing another, when
the youngest, whose nite was Rube Siftly,
(or he was more generally known as Roving
Rube—for he never knew a father) said ;
« Billy, old hoss, I'll tell you what it is,
I kin jest beat eny beaver in the wilder-
ness playin’ ole sledge. Don’t you believe
it, hey
« Well, yes,” replied Billy, if you leave
out this old otter. Ugh!”
# Why, how d’ye do: mister ? hope ye ar’
well ; take a seat. What mout yer name
be ?-said Rube, turning the conversation,
as a stranger entered.
« You said so much I - didn’t understand
half of it. Say it again,” said the strang-
or. .
* How do youdo ?”
«¢ First rate.” {
«¢ Hope ye ar’ well ?
¢¢ Sartin.” :
¢ Take a seat. But how’s allthe folks ¥'%
¢ Look here,” said the stranger, ¢‘did you
ever go over the Buttermilk Falls?”
¢¢ Sartin,” answered Rube, with a grin,
4 Well, the folks are all well ; but how's
your wife and my children
"Ito have another name ;
Look here, mister,” aid Rube. «I
guess as how we had better drap the sub-
ject.”
“Wall, I'm willin’. What was ve tall
in’ about when I cum in ?”’ :
‘“ Why, I was sayin’ to this ole hoss,
(pointing tc Billy) that I could beat eny
nigger in the wilderness or cleanin’ either
playin’ ole sledge.”
* What do you play for? Have you
anything to bet on it ?”’ asked the strang-
er.
* Bar hides, beaver skins, or enything
else most.”
“ Money ?”
“ Nary time ; hain’t got eny.”
*“ Well, here’s a ten ; put in some beaver
agin jt.”
* Thar it am,”
skins from a bundle near by.
Bill’s hangs.”
The g"me commenced. .
‘Give me the papers, Bill, while T shake
‘em. ‘Thar’ stanger, cut fur the deal.”
“Jack!”
¢ Ace!” exclaimed Rube ; and he took
the cards and began to shuffle them off, six
six apiece, and turned a knave. The game
progressed. At the end Rube exclaimed
+ High, Low, Jack. I turned the Jack,
you know.”
““ And one for me,” sa said the other.
The cards were shufiled, and Rube made
three *‘points’’ more.
‘Six to two !”’ he exclaimed.
“ Look here, I'll bet you another ten I'll
beat you out.”
“Done !” said Rube, and another ten,
(counterfeit of course) and the value in bea-
ver skin were put up, or rather down. They
both began to be serious ; the game went
on, and the stranger won the “pile.”
¢ Look here,” said Rube, “how did you
do that ? I'd like mighty well to learn the
trick.”
*¢ Honestly.”
¢S'pose ye did— but how 2”
*¢ By the slight 0’ hand.”
“ What mout yer name be, enyh ow 2”
asked Rub. ;
* Bob Johnson, at yer sarvice,” answered
the other, “Some people say as how I used
but that’s neither
here nor there. Who mought you be 2”
“Me? Why, 'm Roving Buh, o’ the
wild West, the best rifle shot that ever cum
from the Perary, State, or Territory, or eny
thing ye'r amind to call it. Kin outrun,
jump, ride, or shoot eny man in the Missis
sippi Valley ; never known to miss ; been
from Hudson's Bay to the Gulf of Mexico ;
been all through Texas and California, Ore
gon. Utah, New Mexico, and I’ve killed
more red niggers in my time than eny hoss
a livin’. I’ve been from. the Atlantic to the
Pacific : I've swum the Mississippi and Ar-
kansaw, and the Rio Grande; and ther
haint enything I haint done. So now ye
know me, I guess 2°
¢ Ocly I don’t.” |
+ Well, yer orter, I think.”
¢¢ Wall,” said Johnson, “I finder Kalker-
late as how ye ar’ a hoss.”
‘4 Without the tail,”’ observed Billy.
¢¢ Seems to me,” said Rube, “I’ve seen ye
afore, and I kinder like ye—like a sick bar
does the sunny side 0’ a ill.”
_*“ Whar did ye cum from ?”’ asked Rube,
after a pause.
** From home.”’
¢ Whar have ye been ?”’
“In the brush.”
«¢ Sharp,’ muttered Siftly.
At this time there was a heavy and hur
ried tramp outside. Each man grasped his
rifle, for they didn’t know but there might
be Indians lurking in the vicinity ;
turned out to be a white man all streaming
with blood, shouting, as he saw the three
men : :
“Yow guns, men, and follow me. The
Indians are around, and have carried off my
boy and girl. To their rescue, if you are
men !” .
It needed no second bidding to arouse
them. In five minutes or less, they were
silently tramping through the forest ; they
crossed a small stream, and, following its
course, soon arrived at the scene of destruc-
tion. The log house was burnt down, and
nothing remained but a pile of smoking ru-
ins to indicate the spot on which the cabin
had stood. ;
Billy being the most experienced hunter
of the four was sent out to discover the trail
of the Indians. He soon found it, and made
the announcement by a long peculiar kind
of howl. ;
Rube understood it instantly, and starting
at a run, he soon came up with Billy, who
had started on it. The other two soon join-
ed Rube and Billy, and all four starting on
said Rube, taking ten
“Pat it in
time, when Billy said, addressing the strang-
Ti Mister. , what mout yodr name
be 2”
¢ Sanford.” and
«Well, Mister Sanford. do you know how
many varmints there was 7 Them as has
got your children
+t About twelve.”
‘Three apiece. That's not much eny
how ; what do ye think, Rube ?’
but it | §
the trail, pursued it io silence for some
“That 1 kin whip half of them,” answer-
ed Rube.
¢ And 1 t'other,” put in Johnson.
They again relapsed into silence, which
was unbroken for some time. The Indians
were not more than a mile ahead of the pur-
suing party and were traveling fast—the
steps being far apart—and fo-vvertise {hem
in the woods was no paxt of the bargain. —
So they held back to let the Indians select a
camping ground ; they then waited until
night, Billy said, . “to let ths varmints eat
their last supper, and then they would be
lazy and couldn’t fight much.’
They now went forward with extreme
caution, lest they should be led into an am
‘bush, Billy leading the yan, while Rube
brought up the rear. Soon they came to a
¢mall creek ; the trail led into this, but
what puzzled them was that “it did no go
out on the opposite side, or any place else
insight. Billy scratched his head and ap~
peared to be “stumped.” Atlength a bright
idea seemed to strike him (not to hunt) and
Rube noticing it, asked :
*¢ What is it, Billy 2”
« Ap idear.”
“ What’s that 2?
*'Its this. Them niggers went ir thar to
break thar trail.”
* Well,”
“And we'll ha’ to find it afore we kin
foller ’em.”
“ That's cettled. But how 2”
“You and Bob will have to go up the
stream, and me and Mister Sanford will go
down, one going on each side so as to be
sure of it. And the sooner ye start the bet-
ter, as its getting to be a’most night, and
the children will be almost scared to death.
Come, mister, let’s start.”
They started, In about half an hour they.
returned—that is, Siftly and Johnson. Ina
few minutes both Sanford and Billie came
back. Rube began to laugh.
* What the devil are ye larffin’ about 2”
asked Billy. who was “out of sorts’ at be-
ing disappointed in finding the trail first,
* How far did ye go down ?” asked Rube,
“Bout three mile.”
‘“ He he-he—ho-ho ho,” laughed Rube, —
‘We went in the brush about a hundred
yards from here, and found the tracks, and
while you two was goin’ away down yonder
we had a gaine v° seven up.
¢ And I beat him,” put in Johnson.
¢ Come, boys,” said Sanford, ‘‘this is no
time to be laughmeg, let's start ; it is after
sun down.” |
“ Sartin, let’s tramp,” answered Rube!
and Johnson in the same breath. They
now gathered up their gues and again starl-
ed. The place where the trail came out of
the water, was a place where there was a
grape vine harging over it. This they had
caught hold of, and swung themselves out ;
and the two younger men going through the
bushes. had found it accidentally.
They now started forward, and in about
a quarter of an hour came in sight of the
Indian camp fire. They approached nearer
and could see the two captives tied to a
small hickory sapling. The girl was about
fourteen and the boy about twelve years of
age—the former very beautiful, and the boy
what might be termed handsome. The In~
dians did not appear to notice them, ouly to
cast an occasional glance at them to see if
they were still secure. Our four hunters
now waited impatiently for dark—in fact, it
was dark now—to finish their work. The
Indians as soon as they were done eating,
sent two or three out to get some wood to
keep their fire up during the *still hours of
thenight.” One approached near to where
our hunters lay concealed ; Rube glided out
rom his cover, and with a spring caught the
Indian by the scalp lock, and beiore he could
make any noise nearly Severed his head from
his body.
“ One less,” he muttcred m a whisper, as
he came back to their cover.
In this way five more of the Indians went
under, and it being near midnight by ths
time, they all (the hunters) silently ap-
proached the camp, and each man taking an
Indian they quietly pierced them to the
heart. There were now two only remain-
ing, and catching hold of them so as not to
let them escape, they awoke them. The
largest one made & spring and succeeded in
getting loose from the two men who held
him—Billy and Lanford—and with a bound
made for the timbers, but Rube, who was
watching while Bob managed the other,
sent a bullet after him, and a yell and the
falling of a heavy body, told that the bullet
had sped on its errand of death and hit the
mark tended. By ihis time the other had
got to be troublesome, and had got loose
from Bob, and started like the other, but
again Rube’s rifle cracked on the still night
zir, and the last one of twelve men had gone
to his last account.
The captives were restored to their father,
and to this day Mary Sanford still remem-
bers Rube Siftly, or Roving Rube of the
Wild West. Now they are united in wed-
lock, away down in Illinois, and the result
of this union, was a ‘‘wee broth of a boy."
ES a
Way is a warried man like a candle 7—
Because he sometimes goes out at night
, when he ought not te.
from the Chicago District.
banner of the Union was insulted.
COLONEL MULLIGAN.
A gentleman of Détroit has furnished the
Advertiser of that city with the following
account of this heroic cfficer':
ns ie TOC CUICCT
Lol. James A. Mulligan was born in the
city of Utica, New York, in the year 1829,
and is consequently in his thirty-cecond year.
His parents were natives of Ireland. His
mother, after the death of his father, which
took place when he was a child, removed to
Chicago, where she has resided with her son
for the past twenty-three years. She marri-
ed a respectable Irish American in Chicago,
named Michael Lantry, who hay steadily
watched with a father’s solicitude the ex-
panding mind of the brave young soldier.—-
He was educated at the Catholic College of
North Chicago, under the superintendance
of Mr. Kinsellar, now of New. York City.—
He is a strict member of the Catholic church.
In 1852, 1853 and 1854 he read law in. the
office of Hon. Issac N, Arnold, Congressman
For a short time
he cdited the Western Tablet, a semi-religi-
ous weekly newspaper in Chicago. In 1856,
he was admitted an attorney-at-law in Chi -
cago. He, at this time, Ireld the position of
Second Lieutenant in the Chicago Shields
Guards, one of the companies now attached
to the Irish Brigade, now in Missouri, and
which done so well at Lexington. In the
winter of 1857, Senator Fitch, of Indiana,
tendered him a clerkship in the Department
of the Interior. He accepted the position
and spent the winter at Washington. Dar-
ing his residence ir Washington he corres~
ponded with the Utica Telegraph over the
non de plume of + Satan.” After his return
from Washington he was elected Captain of
the Shields Guards. On the néws arnving
of the bowbardment of Fort Suinter, he
threw his soul into the national cause. The
Irish American companies held a meeting of
which he was chairman, Shortly afterwards
he went to Washington with a letter written
by the late Senator Douglas. on his death-
bed, to the President, tendering a regiment,
to be called the Irish Brigade, He was
elected Colonel, dnd went to work witha
will. The course of the Brigade, up to the
battle of Lexington, is well known ; it has
nobly, bravely and honorably done its duty.
Col. Mulligan is worthy of all prise. A
purer, a better man does nov jive nthe
State of Illinois. Since he was able to tell
the 4 ores » between eleand water, a glass
wus ormalt liguor has not passed
temperance man,
of epi
Nis lips, Aedes 'n rigid
3
{although he is jocuud and whole-souled to a
{ fault. Tie is six feet three ches mn height,
with a wiery, elastic frame—a large, lust-
rous, hazel eye—an opon, frank, Celtic face,
stamped with courage, pluck, and indepen-
dence, surmounted with a bushy profusion
of hair, tinctured with gray. Oa the 26th
of October, 1859, he was married to Miss
Marian Nugent, by the Roman Catholic
Bishop of Chicago.
A fine scholar, a good speaker, a brilliant
writer, a promising lawyer was he when the
Now he
is—long may he continue so—one of the
brave defenders of the Union. In one of his
last letters, received by the gentleman abov®
alluded to, he says: “If I die, I fall in de-
fence of our Laws and Constitution ; let my
example be followed by all—by every man
who loves the fame and renown of the fathers
who made us a great and honerable peo-
ple.”
re Ar re
STRENGTH OF 4 Kixp Worp.—Some peo-
ple are very apt to use harsh, angry words,
perhaps because they think they will be
obeyed more promptly. They talk loud,
swear and storm, though after all they are
only laughed at; their orders are forgot,
and their ill-temper is remembered. How
strong is a kind word ! Tt will do what the
harsh word or even blow cannot do; it will
subdue the stubborn will, relax the frown,
and work wonders. Even the dog, the cat,
or the horse, though they do not know what
you say, can tell when you speak a kind
word to them. A man was one day driving
a cart along the street. The horse was
dawing a heavy load, as the man wished
him, the man was in ill temper, and beat
the horse , the horse reared and plunged,
but he either did not or would not go in the
right way. Another man who was with the
cart, went up to the horse, and patted him
on the neck. and called him kindly by his
name. The horse turned his head and fix-
ed his large eyes on the man as though he
would say, ¢ 1 will do anything for you be-
cause you are kind to me,” and bending his
broad chest against the load, turned the cart
down the narrow lane, and trotted on brisk-
ly as though the load were a plaything. —
Oh, how strong is a kind word!
rere AA AA
An old white haired gentleman, named
David M'Farland, Sr., who was a soldier in
the war of 1812, walked nto the banking
house of Russell Hinckley, of Belleville,
Illinois, one day last week, and unrolling
paper after paper of gold and silver until he
had counted one thousand dollars, requested
Mr. Hinckley to send it to the United States
Government to aid in the prosecution of the
war !
GENERAL ROSECRANS, AH
General William Stark Rosecrans was
born in the county of Delaware, Suate of
Ohio, on the sixth of. Septembrr, 1819. His
ancestors of the father’s side were originally
from Amsterdam, and on the mother’s: wers
of the Hoplkinses, one of whom signed the
Declaration of Independence. ‘At the age
of eighteen, on his own direct application to
the Secretary of War, (the Hon. Joel BR Po
insett) he was appointed cadet at West Point
in 1837. He graduated among the five, an
became brevet lieutenant of ‘engineers i:
1842. His flrst military station was Fri
ress Monroe, where he remained one year,
first assistant to Col. R. E. De Russy. Ie
In August, 1843, he marred Miss Ann Eliz«
Hegeman, an accomplished and worthy rep
resentative of the old New York family (f
that name, and was ordered to West Point
to act as assistant Professor of Engineering
and Natural Philosophy. :
After remaining four years st the Acade-
my, he was transferred to Neport, Rhode
Island, and made Engineer-in-Chicf of the
fortifications, which he executed to the sat
1sfaction of the War Department, In 1833
he was made constructing engineer at the
Nagy Yard, Washington, District of Colum-
bia. In 1855 he accepted the superinten-
dency of the Canal Coal Company of Coa!
River, Kanawha Court House, Virginia, and
Presidency of the Coal River Navigation
‘Company, which he retaiced until April,
1856, when he temoved to Oincinnatti, and
engaged in. the manufacture of coil oil and
prussiate of potash. This was his business
when he was called, by General M’Clelian,
to act as chief-cnginecr and aid-de-camp,
and thence, shortly after, promiad tos
Brigadier Generalship in the regulfr army.
In all these various positions, Genera!
Rosecrans has exhibited the most untiring
industry, indomitable energy and spotless
integrity. None ever knew him whose re-
spect and confidence he did not command,
and the writer of this sketch could not re-
press a smile when among certain papers
kindly submitted to his inspection by the
amiable and accomplished Mrs. Rosecrans,
he iit upon a letter, dated Washington Au-
gust 14th, 1855, testifying to Mr. Rosecrans’
high abilities, integrity and energy, and sign
ed * Jefferson Davis.”
Socially, tke General suits to the Folie:
ment of the gentleman, the frank, free spo-
ken manner so taking among our Western
population. In person he is little above the
middle height, rather thinyand very erect,
with no feature go striking as his broad fore-
head and clear gray eyes. General Rose-
cras is a member of the Roman Catholic
Church.— Harper's bd
Cov. RICHARDSON AND THE PEACHES. —A
letter to the Detroit Advertiser, from a mem-
ber of the Second regiment contains the fol-
lowing : a
Soon after the regiment went into camp
near Arlington, a messenger from a rank
secessionist asked Cel. Richardson thata
guard be placed around a very fine peach
orchard on his place. This was done, and
for several days the peaches were allowed to
ripen undisturbed. Happening there oné
day, the Colonel picked from the ground
half a dozen peaches, when he was met by
the owner, who, in & very pompous manner,
said :
* Pay me for those peaches, sir!”
Certainly,” said the Cclonel;
much shall I pay #°
« Fifty cents !” said the rebel.
Handing him the money, the Colonel turns
ed to guard and said, ** now go to your camp
boys!”
“Hold on, here,” said Secesh; col
Richardson sent these men here!”
«To be sure he did,” replied the Colone!!
«tand now he sends them back.” !
Mr. Secesh wilted. :
“how
“SERMONS IN STONES.” —The following
are the mottoes on two highly finished
blocks of marble, ordered by the Legislatures
of the respective States, and now in Wash
ington awaiting their places in the Washing.
top Monuwent :
‘¢ LOUISIANA,
‘Tver Faithfull to the Constitution and the Union
{ TENNESSEE,
The *¢ Federal Union—It must he Preserved. '’
Could our Federal army desire any strong -,
er motives to duty than those suggested by
those who thus untrammelled expressed
their sentiments before the arm of yyrany
sealed their lips 2 .
eres GG rem re
AN Honest Postaastee.—On Tuesday
an Alabama postmaster settled his accounts,
and returned the stamps in his possession.
He could get no money but he hoped the
Department would receive the stamps, and
excuse him as long as he is in these bogus
Contederate d——-d circumstances of hell,
in which a man is not allowed to express hie
sentiments. These are the sentiments of
bundreds’ of men from the Cottonocracy
States, and they pray for relief from the op-
pression to which they are subjected.
etl PP
How did you like your visit to your sweet
heart ¥ Oh, I don’t like the footing with
which I was received br her father.
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