BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY MORNIN G, NOV. 14, 1861. OUR COUNTRY’S CALL. £m ah ects, F oe , “BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. y down the axe, fling by the spade ; om Tn 1s heck the toiling plow ; The rifie and the bayonet blade ; For arms like yours are Hitter now ; And let the hands t¥at' ply the pen ‘ Qui t the light task aug, and learn to wield The hosreman’s &1 poked brand, and rein The charger on the battle field. Our country calls ; awhy ! away! To whers the blood siroam blots the green. Strike to defend the'gentlest sway That time in all its course has seen. Bee, from a thousand coverts.—see i ‘Spring the arihed foe, that haunt her trick’; They rush to smite her down, and we ust beat the banded traitors back. Ho! sturdy ss the oaks ye cleave, And moved as soon to fear and flight, Men of the glade and ‘forest! leave Your woodoraft for the Held of fight. The arms that wield the axe must pour An iron Jerapest on the foe ; His sorried ranks shall reel béfore The arm that lays the panther low. And ye who breast the mountain storm By grassy steep or highland lake, Come, for the land ye love to form A bulwark that no foo can break: ; Stand, like your own grey cliffs that motk The whirlwind, stand in her defence ; 2 he blast as soon shall move the rock As rushing squadrons bear ye thence. And ye whos. homes are by her grand Bwift rivers, rising far away, Come from the depth of her in land, As mighty in your march ais ‘they ; As terrible as when the rains Have swelled thet over badk and boarks, With sudden floods to drown the plains And sweep along the woods uptorn, all yo Who throng, beside the deep, ‘Her ports and hahlets of the strand, In number like the waves that leap i © On his long murmuring marge of sand, Come, ike that deep, when, 2¢’r his brim, He rises, all his floods to pour, And flings the proudest barks that swim, A helpless wreck against his shore. Fow, few were they whuse swords, of old, But we are many, we who hold ‘Won the fiir laod in which we dwell ; The grim resolve to guard it well. Strike f r tht broud and goodly land, Blow after blow, till men shall sce 2 That Might And Right move hand in hand, And glorious Bust their triumph be. ~ iscellangous, From the Hollidaysburg Register. THE WILLOW BASKET AGENT. ‘BY X0 MATTER WHOM. To the fall of thé year 1855, the writer of _~ 9 ‘this sketch was appointed an Agent for Olin and Preston Collegs, situtited in Bladks ur, Montgomery Co., Va. An agéne tay te an "eloquent preacher, & scientific ledturer, & ‘peerless gentleman} but if be does oot get ‘the tore}, bie is not the man. Knowing this we started out with the determination that ‘we would ratse the ** wind.” : When the ready cash could not be had, we yesolved to take anything that could be cons verted iuto cash. Adohg nemeless other ar- tieles—ranging from balf-fledged chickens to superanusted slaves 2nd horses,—a little Willow basket was given, for which we allow- od on the stibscription book, fifty cents ; cer tainly ite fill value, The dooer waz a maiden lady, a daughter ot a wealthy Virginia farmer, weighibg three hundred and eight 1s. averdupois ! Capacious however she was in body, she ‘was no less in spirit-—=for although in inde- pendent circumstances, she employed her time in making willow baskets, for the ben- efit of the poor in thé neighborhood. In the evening of the day on which we received the basket; we delivered a lecture on education in the town of 8—=, after which we put the basket at auction, determining to sell to the “ highest bidder.” “We had scazcely donned the auctioneer, whén we received a ten dol- Zar bid lok the basket. *‘ Thinks I—to mys Beli”—good for the basket! and oil we went in the incoherent langage of the gentleman of the “block,” util at length we knocked it off 10 a wealthy lady in the audienfo for Jifty dollars] Wo at once handed the lady "her basket. After examining it for a few minutes, she put the money id it and retiirn- #4 it to us, for whith we, of cotirse, made our tiiost complaisant bbw. As by the gift df the lady, the basket; was oly on once mor, and, being encouraged By olir previous dhiccess, wo determined to try otir hand alittle further at auctionebring. 8o We put up the basket again. The bidding cottidienced, the alidience wazed enthusiastic, od in & few minotes we knocked it off agdin to 4 géntleman sitting nea: te, for fifty dol- lare. He aldo pit the money in the basket, and rétirned it to us. ~ And thus we contin: ued to dell the Basket —the bids ranging from five to fifty dollars—uatil Within forty-five minutes we sold the basket for siz kindred and fifty delldfs; and left the house with the money in our pocket, and the basket on bdr arm. A few days after this, we went to W—, & Wealthy town in the western part of the State, to present the claims of the College. Ngpbat adoeded wo. A friend of ours idformied We fodnd, however, on entering the town, the repbit of the ‘‘ basket agent” had for less than twenty doll Col. F, baving Ly marriage into possession of a valuable plantation, and a large force of ‘‘ contrabands,” was very ond of makidg a parade of his wealth on the community. We were aseured that the Colonel would be at the lecture in the even- ing, When we went to the town hall, we found it literally *“ jammed.” After taiking awhile | upon the subject of ediication as connected with the prosperity df the land, and present- ing the claims of the college, we put up our basket at anotion once more. We had scarcely commenced to ery it off, when some one with a squeaking voice from the back part'of the hall, called out to us: “§o! stranger, bring your basket back here; we must emamiue it; we don’t want to buy a ‘pig in a poke.” From the description given, we readily concluded that it must be the veritable Col- one!, So we at once made our way to him, and on handing him the basket remarked : This is not a very ornate article, butit bas this redeeming quality. it is a home mapu- ufactured basket ; none of your * northern” imported truck. v This was a bappy hit, for even then the Old Deminion was duwn on ** ¥ankee notions.” Tha Colonel took the basket, and after exam= ining it for a few moments, handed it back saying: “ Well, sir, I see nothing remarkable about that basket; but it certainly has quite a history, and I should like to have it, and f we car coms to terms will buy it, but I wan? you to understand distinctly, that I make no child’s bargain, if I buy it I intend to keep it,” Very well if these are the terms on which you vropose to trade, we must tell you what we thirk the basket is worth, “ What is your figure 2” “ Qoe thousand dollars, sir ;”” for we sup- pose that if the Colonel wanted to make » display of his m ney, he would at least give up this eum, but lcoking quizzically at us, he replied ; El “ A little to steep stranger.” Well, now we bave said what we would take, let ws hear what you will give. “ I'l] give you Zen dollars in gold for your Basket.” Generous ! magnanimous !! we repliad, and stepping out into the aisle, related an anecdote, which was peculiarly adapted to kis ‘tase. When be bad finished, we lookél at the Colonel and found hiitt blushing all over his face, he looked es though be bad * cought a Tartar.” The audience was in extaciee over the Colonel’s discomfiture. Judge T. sitting by nim said, ** Come Colonel you'r in for it now ; give this gentleman a thousand dollars for his basket, or be’ll giva you the benefit of another anecdote.” Certainly, we remarked, we have another in point, and commenced to felate it— : “ Stop; stop;”—cried the Colonel, and banding us a hundred dollar bill said—*'here take this and keep your basket, and say no tore about it.” We took the bill from the Colonel, and thanking bim politely, returoed to the plats form, where we found such ready sale for our basket, that in less than an hour we sold it for seven hundred and fifty dollars! On a subsequent occasion, we sold it for four hundred und ten dollars, making in all eighteen hundred and fifteen dollars, the net proceeds of our Willow Basket. The time having arrived for us to leave the «t gacred soil,” we donated the baskel to a lady friend of ours, and returned to our northern home, baving at least earned the sobriquet of the * Basket Agent.” Hollidaysburg, Pa., Oct. 16th, 1861. ——— Pr —— . Te LiopLe Prack Boxny.— Chon, you recklemember dat hiddle plack boney I pyed iit de bedlar next weak 2” ¢ Yah: vot of him 2" ¢ Notting, only I gits sheated burdy pad.” «Bo t + Yah. You see, in de vurst blace lie ish plind mot bote legs, und ferry lame mit von eye. Dep ven you git on him to rite he rares tip pehint unt kicks up pefote so vurser asa chackmule, 1 dinks I dake hima liddle rite yisdertay, unt so sooner Igits strattle his back he gommence dat vay, shust so like a takin peam on poatsteam ; und ven he gits tone I was 80 mixt up mit eferydings I vinds mineself zittin arount packvards, vit bis dail in mine hants vor de pridle.” ¢ Vell, vot you going do to mit him ?" “Oh, I vix him. petter as chamup. TI hitch him in de cart mit his dail vere hig heat ought to pe; den I gife him apout so dozen cuts mit de hitécow ; he Startd to go put so soon he see de cart pefore him he makes packwart. Burty soon he stumples pehint, und sits town on his haunches, und looks like he veel burty shamped mit himself.— Den T dakes him out, hitch him in de right vay, unt he goes off shust so goot as any- pody’s bony.” that a Col. F, residing a short distance in the conntry, had publicly boasted that he “wo’d have some sport with that agent, if he came to town, and that he would bave his basket ntly came all occasions, to ths no little annoyance of Report in Gen. Fremont's Case. BE The Adjutant-Gencral’s Observations in Mis- sourd. Secretary Caraeron’s Visit to Ken- tucky and indiana. Harrissure, Pa., Oct. 19, 1861. Generar: When I did myself the honor to ask you to accompany me on my Western tour. it was with a view of availing myself of your experience as Adjutant General of investigation might (as I at. first appre- hended) have an important effect, not only |upon the army of the West, but upon the ‘army of the whole country, I requested you to take full notes upon all points connected ‘with the object of my visit. As youdinform me that you have carefully complied with my wish, I now respectfully request yoir to submit your report as early as practicable, in order that the President may be correctly advised ‘as to the administration of affairs Fpanied with the army of the West. ery respectfully, your obedient servaat, SIMON CAMERON, 2 Secretary of War, Brig. Gen. L. Troumas, Adjt. Gen. U. S. A. Wasmn~aron, Oct. 21, 1861. Sir : I have the honor to submit the re- port requested in your letter of the 19th. inst. We arrived at St. Louis, as you are aware, at 2; a. m., Oct. 11. After break- fast, rode to Benton Barracks, above the city. On the street leading to camp passed a small field work in course of construction. Found the camp of great extent, with exten- sive quarters, constructed of rough boards. Mach has been said of the large sums ex- pended in their erection; but some one mentioned that Gen. McKinstry, principal Quartermaster,