BY DAVID OVER.
REGISTER'S NOTICE., iht
ALL persons interested, are hereby notified, tnat
the following named accountants, have *p ei J
accounts, in the Register's Office of Bedford
County, and that the same will be presented to the
Orphans' Court, in and for said County, on Wed
nesday, the 30th day of April, inst., at the Court
House, in Bedford tor confirmation. _
The account of Nicholas Lyons, surviving Ex
ecutor, of the last will &c., of Lawrence Harman.
late of Bedford Borough, dec'd.
The account of Adam Geller and Josiah Miller,
iEsq., executors' of the last will &c , of George
•Geller, late of Londonderry Township, dec'd.
The account of John Johnson, Adm'r of the
estate of Michael Huff, late of Southampton Tp., j
dec'd. 1
The account of Jonathan. Snider, Adm'r de boms
non of the estate of John Snider, late of Monroe |
Township, dec'd. j
The account of Joseph W. Tomlinson, Adm'r de
bonis non. with the will annexed of Joseph Black, '
late ot Napier Township, dec'd.
The accoifH of Joseph W. Tomlinson, Executor
of the last will Sc., ot Elizabeth Black, late of.
Napier Township, dec'd.
The account of John P. Reed, Esq., Trustee to ;
sell the real estate of Wm. Anderson, late of Broad !
Top Township, dec'd. i
The account of George W. Wißiams, Guardian |
of Martha Jane Young and Stillman A. Fisher, j
minor children of Pamilla Fisher.
The account of Peter F. Lehman. Esq., Execu- j
tor of the last will Ac., of Hannah Miller, late of .
Londonderry Township, dec'd. i
The account of Joseph Crisinan, Esq., Adm'r of j
the estate of Michael Reed, late of Liberty Town
ship, dec'd.
The account of Joseph Claar, Executor of the j
last wiil &c., of John Claar, late of the Borough of
Bedford, dec'd.
The account of Samuel Griffith, Adra r of the j
estate ot Slizabeth Griffith, late of St. Clair Tp.,
dec'd. _ _ . ,
The account of John VTentling, Executor of the j
iait will of Wis, H. WentKng, late of Cumberland j
Valley Tp., dec'd. . '
The account of John Luman. Adm rot the j
•Mate of Zacheus Luman, late of Cumberland
VaHey Tp., dec'd.
31 S. n. TATE, Register.
Register's Office, Bedford, April 5, 1861. t
NOTiIB. ~
The following named persons, have 51ed their
Bonds and Petitions, for Tavern License, iu ,
tho office of the Clerk of the Court of Quarter
Sessions of the Pease, in and for Bedford
County, the same will be presented to sai l
-Court, on Tuesday, the 30th day of April iost. j
.Isaac Meugel, Jr., Bedford Borough.
Mrs. Sarah Filler,
Joseph Alsip,
John Hafer,
A. G. Alien, " r P-
John Todd, "
Geo. W. Figard, Broad Top Tp.
J. S. Beckwitb,
Jchn A. Gump, Bloody Run Bor.
Jacob Snider, Cumb. Valley Tp. j
Martin Ficbtoer, Harrison "
Henry Corley. "
Joseph Fuller, Juniata
F. llildebrand, " "
Jonathan Ficbtner, ljondonJerry 44
Jacob .Rahoi, Liberty
Mrs. C Tricker, "
Samuel Mixell, Monroe
A. J. Pennell, Raineburg Bor.
Peter Amick, St. Clair 44
Nathan Davis, " "
J). Sleek, " . "
Daniel L. Defibangb, Snake Spring 44
Geo. M. Colvin, Schellsburg Bor.
.J. S. Robtson, " "
tWm. C. Snively, " "
Bernard O'Neil, Southampton 44
D. A. T. Black, East Providence 14
George Magraw, 44 " "
Geo. Stuckey Napier 44
Henry Fluok, M. Woodberry 44
Wm. Pearson, - 44 " "
J. L. Prince, South Woodberry 41
T. E. Reighart, Union
Michael Weyant, " "
James Barefoot, St. Clair 14
W. F. Smith, Raiosbnrg Bor.
S. H. TATE, Clerk.
CLERK'S OFFICE, Bedford, April 5.
liWufTrindrrors,
DRAWN for April term, 29th day, 1361.
J. W. Orisman, Foreman; D. M. Bear, S.
R. Bottomfieid, J. G. Briggle; Abraham Ben
nett, John Clayeouib, Jacob Coplan, Emanuel
Diehl, David Dilta, Adam Diehl, P. R. Hille
ga, Rudolph Hoover, G. W. Holler, John
Johnacn, Jacob Kifer, H. C. Lashley, Cyrus
S. Over, Lewis Piper, T. C. Reighart, Joseph
.8. Riddle, Christian Snowberger, James Tay
lor, John Wolf, Philip Zimmers, Jr.
LIST of Petit Jurors, drawn for April term,
Iflfch, day, 1861.
Jacob Anderson, Jacob S. Brown, D. A. T.
■Black, J. S. Brumbaugh, Jonathan Bowser,
James Burns of Thus.. Christian Batznll, J.
M. Ilsrkturner, Joshua Diehl, John Dil'x, C
.Evans. Geo. Elliott, G.Elder, Wm. Furney,
.John Gates, Wm. Grove, G. W. Uorn, Charles
Htilegas, Oliver Horton, G. W. Householder,
Isaac Imler, A. J. Kegg, Job LysiDger, Wm.
Lauibum, Horatio Meaos, Joseph Molleo, Wm.
Masters, James Miller, J. A. Osborne, Win.
Ott, John Riley, jr., Wm. W. Shuck, .David
Steel, Michael Stnouse, Tkos. Spber, Adam
Weaverling; Solomon Williams, Jacob Zimniers
jr., of George.
TAKE notice that I have left my wife, and warn
all persons not to trust her on my recount, as I
am determined not to pay any debts of ber con
tracting. JOSEPH NICODEMUS.
.Dry Ridge, April 5, 1861.-'
EXECUTORS' JWTICE.
LETTERS testamentary having been granted to
the subscribers, living in Napier Township, on the
estate of Jamea Williams, late of said township,
dec'd, all persons indebted to said estate, are noti
fied to make payment immediately, aDd those hav
ing claims against the same will present them
properly authenticated for settlement.
JOHN WILLIAMS,
B- F. WILLIAMS,
JAS. ALLISON.
April 5,1861. -f
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c„ Ac—Terms: On© Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance.
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THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.
BY F. 8. KEY.
Oh 1 say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last ;
gleaming—
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through t he ;
perilous fight.
O'er tho ramparts wo watched, were so gallantly ,
streaming!
And the rock it's red glare, the bombs bursting in j
air,
Gave proof through tho night that our flag was still j
there;
0 ! say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free, and the borne of the
brave !
On that shore dimly seen through the mists of the j
deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence re
poses,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering
steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses T
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first
beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream ;
Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free, and tbeihoiue of the bravef
And where is that band who so Tauntingly swore
That the havoc of wir and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more f
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps'
pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
j From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the
grave ;
; And the star spangled banner in triumph doth wave
; O'er the land of the free, and the home of the
brave.
: Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
! Between their loved homes and the war's desola
tion,
■ Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven
ly acued land
! Piaise the power that bath made and preserved us
a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto—"ln God is our trust"—
And the star-spangled bapner in .triumph shall
wave
O'er the land of the free, aad -the home of the
brave.
" _________________________
WHAT HENRY CLAY SAID ABOCT ALLE
GIANCE According to the report in tho BCD
ton Abridgement of Debates, Henry Clay thus
spoke in 1850 respecting a South Caroluian,
now infamously notorious :
j "Mr. President— l said nothing with respect
to tho character of Rbett, for I might as well
name him. But if he pronounced a sentiment
attributed to him, of raising the standard of
j disunion and resistance to the common Govern
( meot, whatever he has been, if be follows up
: the decleration by corresponding overt acts,
be will be a Traitor, and I hope tu will meet
the fate of a traitor. [Great applause in tbe
1 galleries, with difficulty suppressed by the
1 Chair.]
Mr. Clay resumed—L have heard with pain
. and regret a confirmation of the remark 1 have
made that tho sentiment of disunion is beeom
i ing familiar. 1 hope it is confined to South
; Carolina. Ido not regard as my doty what
the honerable Senator seems to regard as his.
If Kentucky to-morrow unfurls tbe banner of
resistance, I never will fight under the banocr.
! I owe a parau'ouut allegiance to the whole
• Union—a subordinate one to my owu State.
Texas Then and 3iow.
Many of the secession journals of Texas, just
DOW bieng received by mail in this vicinity, are
filled with glowing and displayed head-lines in re
gard to the vote for a Disunion Convention in that
State- We copy the following as a fair sample:
"Texas Aspires to Liberty and Independence."—
"Secession is the only Path of Safety."' "Northern
Eleations specimens of Northern Gratitude," &c.
How different tbe feeling that pervaded tbe people
of tbe "Lone Star State," when, helpless and
harassed, she sought succor at tbe hands of the
Union, and found in that Union friends who were
willing to peril their life-blood lor her relief. Op
pressed by millions upon millions of debt, crip
pled bv hordes of political vagabonds who preyed
upon her vitals, foes without and foes within, she
then was rejoiced to lean upon the stalwart arm
that was extended to her, and finally received her
to its embraces, with all ber accumulated difficul
ties. Like the serpent which tnrned to wound its
benefactor, Texas may yet learn that ingratitude
brings its own punishment.
Parson Brownlow of The Knoxville (Tsnn.) IPAtg
continues to poar hot shot into the Southern trai
tors. In a late paper ho says :
We frequently rective as many as a half-dozen
letters in a day from the diflerent Principalities in
the Southern Confederacy, threatening us with
death in its most-horrible forms. These revolting
States are swarming with desperadoes and anas
sins ; who would be altogether happy in bathing
their hands in the blood of Union men. A more
fi-rocions and malevolent barbarism cannot be
found on God's green earth than that now domi
nant in this "Southern Confederacy." Private
worth, public virtus, nge and experiance—none of
theae can soften or restrain the multiplying and re
lentless brutality which is engendered by the mob
s-pirit of this ' new form of civilization" talk about
ruling a Union editor upon a rail! Why, the
Prince of Peace, if he were on earth again, could
not traverse the dominions of these Yanceys,
Rhetts, Davises, Slidells, and Wigfalls, and live,
without repudiating his Sermon on the Monnt and
I proclaiming tbis Southern Confederacy to be God
1 dained, Christ big otten. and Heaven approved.
BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1861.
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
From the Gettysburg Sentinel.
Small politicians on the corners of the streets,
tailing to understand the crisis, say it is due to
Lincoln's election ; and the Republicans are held
responsible for it. If tbis were true, they would
not be relieved from tbe duty of supporting tho
Government in its hour of peril. It has nurtured
and protected them in its days of strength. It is
entitled, in tbe moment of danger, to tho service
of every citizen. Its existence is threatened by a
band ot Revolutionists, because they lost an etee- j
tion. That is all. They are aided by thousands
of sympathizers outside their limits, who take
pleasure in paralyzing the Government, ami render- j
ing it an easy prey to its malignant and unscrupu- ]
lous foes. Every patriot will help to maintain its ;
authority, as precedent step. He that will not, and
gives "aid and comfort to its enemies," is a i
TRAITOR, and should be punished as such.
But it is not true that the Republican s have done
this. In 1832 a similar movement was attempted,
but Jackson arrested it, as tbis would have been
crushed had a man, instead of the feeble, whining,
cowardly Buchanan, been at the he id of the Gov.
eminent, in 18-50, a similar raovemeut was at
tempted, but put down by the moral power of the
Government actively exerted, aided by the patriot
portion of the South. In 1853, such a movement
was threatened, but the election resulted as the
Revolutionists desired, and they had the chance to
pluck the Government for four years, and better
prepare tbeir plans. In 1857, it was threatened by
Alabama ana Georgia, but Buchanan "caved in,"
endorsed the Lecorupton Constitution, and tbe
Reliels again triumphed. IM 1861.it l as at last come
off, because Breckenrldge was not elected. A
Derveless otd man at Washington kept the machi
nery of government quiet, while they placed cogs
in it, and made it impossible to run it. Thus it ]
was, when Lincoln found it.
From the Lancaster Union.
The new Administration ins exhausted conces
sion while quietly preparing lor action. Being as
sured by its military advisers that the relief of
Sumter must be very difficult and costly, it has of
fered peacefully to withdraw all the garrison but
two or three men, and thus leave the Fort until
these troubles shall be over—at once relieving
Chaileston and South Carolina of all fear, or pre
tense of fear, that they would be in any manner
annoyed or imperiled, by thatj Fort. But no—the i
reply was that Fort Sumter must be surrendered |
and made to the besiegers, or it would be taken by ;
force. And thus no honorable course was left j
open to the Government but to attempt to relieve !
its heroic garrison at all hazards.
The design was, it is understood, to send in an |
unarmed merchant vessel, laden with supplies, and 1
see whether the Rebels would fire on it: if tbey j
did, then a fleet of aimed ships, lying off the bar, '
was to repel force by force, and attempt to relieve j
its heroic garrison at ail hazards. But the storm
of Tuesday probably dispersed and delayed the
fleet, and before it had reached Charleston, the *l
- on tbe Fort was commenced on Friday morn
itig last, as we have already stated.
Thus the great Cotton KebeJUon inaugurates in
blood its more direct and manly efforts to subvert
the Federal Constifntlon and Government, and
build up a Slave-holding Oligarchy on their ruins.
Having chosen its ground and its time, it has gain
ed, a temporary advantage. But the end is not
yet. Let none doubt the ultimate triumph of the
Right.
From the Somerset Herald.
With the heaviest heart we ever penned a line
for our readers, we write the words, war has begun.
The evil so long hanging over us has at last fallen,
and civil war has been inaugurated in tbe harbor of
Charleston. The miserable tale of the attack,
bombardment and reduction of Fort Sautter and
• the surrender of Major Anderson to the confeder
ated traitors, will be found at length in our col
umns. We bad clung to the hope, even against
the conviction of our judgment, that bloodshed
might be avoided, but apparently madness ruled
tbe councils of the rebels, and unprovokedly with
out tbe shadow of an excuse for the bloody treason,
they bave precipitated themselves into a conflict
with tbe Government-
There is but a siugle line of duty left for all good
citizens to pnrsue, and that is to rally as one man
on the side of the Government.
There is no room left now for discussion as to
the policy to be pursued. Party divisions and
party Hues must dwarf into nothingness before tbe
momentous issue. Let the past dead bury its
dead.
We have now to determine —while Christendom
stands agaze—the vita I question of whether we
hive a government or eot. Whether the institu
tions reared t>y our lathers sod cemented by their
blood are to crumble at the touch of these insolent
traitors, or are to he maintained, as they were won,
by tbe strong hands and stout hearts of the true
men of the Republic..
Men and brethren, jour country ia in peril, your
nationality trembles in the balance, your glorious
flag has Ixojn disgraced. Traitors brave the fleld
and you are appealed to by your President to
"tavor,fncilitate and aid bis efforts to maintain the
honor, the integrity and tbe existence of our Na
tional Union,and tbe perpetuity of our popular gov
ernment Will any one refuse ? Remember, 'be
that is Dot with us is against us.' "
From the Hollidaysbi-.rg Register.
TAKE SIDES.
THE ISSUE IS MADE,
For the Government, or Against It.
For the Union, er Against It.
For the Flag of our Country, or Against St.
PATRIOTISM on one sole; TREASON and DIS
UNION on the other.
TJSKE SIDES.
There is no longer any middle or neutral ground
to occupy. The American flag trails in tbe dust at
the feet of exultant Treason and Disunion. Its
abasement must be avenged and its honor vindi
cated, or our National greatness and glory is de
parted. It is no longer a porfy contest. All party
lines cease. Democrats, Whigs, Americans, Re
publicans and Union men must all merge, and array
themselves on one side or other of this great isaue.
Where stands the reader ? The writer is for the
Government as handed down to us by our fathers,
—for The Union—the Consitution—and the Enforce
ment of the Laws. And he is for this, no matter
who may be President—no matter what political
party may be in power.
Freemen of the Keystone! "Take your places
in the line;" and let yonr cry be "Down with the
Traitors, whether at home or abroad. And
"Tbe Star-spangled banner! O long shall it wave
O'er tbe land of the free and the home of the brava."
From the Chambersburg Repository.
Who then ia to yield ? The Government can
not ; the people of the North, with a unanimity
never before witnessed, sustain the Government,
saying by their actions (always preferable to words)
that there was no canse lor the warlike rebellion ;
that the Federal Government has done no wrong
and dare not surrender. Therefore, there is but
one courso left: if those who began the fray persist
in its continuance, force must bo met with force--
Tbe honest masses of tbe North see and appreciate
tbe state of the case, and are hastening to tbe sup
port of the Government—declaring that to foes
from abroad or foes v.t homo IT shall never yield.
From the Hollidaysburg Whig.
Our town was filled with excitement yesterday
morning in consequence of tho war news. Men
could be seen at every corner discussing the ail
important crisis of the Government. A general
feeling prevailed that the "Stars and Stripes"
should be protected at all hazards. The military
of our town were on the alert all day, ready and
willing to go in defence of the Country. Company
meetings of the 'Rifles' and 'Fencibles' were called
for the same evening in order to get additional re
cruits, as both companies have tendered their
services to the Governor. The war and Union
spirit actuates every man who loves his country,
and a determined spirit is manifested tc sustain the
administration ia our trying difficulties.
From the Huntingdon Journal.
As will he seen by the telegraphic news, Fort
Sumter has been liombarded and captured by the
traitor secessionists of the cotton States. The wir
has actually began, and the blood of American
freemen has boen spilled in defence of their flag.—
The responsibility rests wi;h the South and their
allies of the North.
From the Hartfort Daily Courant.
It is sweet to die tor one's country; and never !
bad mortal a better cause than that which now sum
mons all who feel themselves to be men, to rally
around the flag of onr fathers. Men of Connecti
cut ! To ARMS ! ! You must be counted for or
against tho Government: which shall it be ?
Descendants of those who marched under the ban
ner of Washington, which shall it be f Are we
proud of our Putnam, our Knowlton, our Hall and
onr Wooster ; and shall we blanch in this hour of
trial 1 Sons ot the old Charter Oak State, eu
which side do you enlist t
Fropi the Philadelphia American.
For months they have paraded their foroes
and prepared their armament*, and now tbey
have assaulted and captured a post held by the
the United States, shedding the blood of its
defenders to tbe extent of their ability. This
unprcoendented outrage has aroused a measure
of publio indignation fow now living havo ever
felt or seen, and urgent appeals ought not to j
be and we beltive will not be needed to pre
pare the great body of tbe people for the stern
duty before them. If we of tbis Keystone of
the Union are firm and united ia tbis crisis of
the nation's existence, it will tako very little '
time to restore tbe integrity of tbe government,
and to give equal peace and prosperity to the
south aDd the north.
From the Pbila. Eve. Jour.
Ibe bitterest political enemies of Republi
canism are bound by every consideration of
patriotism, by the love they bear the mothers,
wives, and children of their country, by all
the time-ballowed memories of the past, by all
the sweet influences which duster around our
national songs, by the .veneration felt for Wash
ington, and tbe respeet due the names of Jack
son, Clay, Webeter, Benton, and the other
patriots of a reoeutly-passed day—by all the
demands which the suffering millions of other
climes have on the inheritors of Freedom—
by all these considerations and many more—
we repeat it that tbe men who are moet de
terminedly opposed to tbe Republican Admin
istration are bound, as above stated, to stand
by the United States Government in the pres*
ent crisis of affairs*
From the -V. Y. World.
Tbe giant is aroused. Tbe millions of tbe
loyal, Union-loving North have stretched and
snapped asunder, as one man, tbe flimsy withes
that beld bound their patriotism under the pre*
tence of being fraternal bonds. Have we a
country to be saved, and shall we save it? &aks
1 Mr. Lincoln, and before tbe words of bis proc
lamation have been read, the patriot'* fire kin
dles in every heart, and from cities, towns and
villoges, tbe country over, the lightning flies to
bear their clear and quick response. Tho North
has been long suffering and tolerant even to
its traitors, but when Sumter was attacked,
and the flag which has never known dishonor
was struck, there was an end to patience aud
tolerance and peace.
The stab at hk heart nas but aroused tbe
giant, it will be fatal only to the puny arms
wbicb dealt tbe traitofous blow.
From the JV . Y. Tribune.
Demoorat as well as Republioan, Conserva
tive and Radieal, instinctively feel that the
guns fired at Suinter were airuod at the heart
of the American Uepub!ic. Not even in the
lowest groggery of onr city would it be safe :to
propose cheers For Beauregard and Gov. Pick
ens. Tbe tories of the Revolution were rela
tively ten times as numerous hero as are tbe
open sympathizers with the Palmetto rebels.—
The manifestations at tbe Stock ExcbaDge on
Saturday were symptomatic of the foclingevery
wkefe. It is hard to lose Sumter; it is a con
solation to know that in losing it we have gam
ed a united people. Henceforth, the lojal
States are a unit in uncompromising hostility
to treason, wherever plotted, however, justified.
Snuiter is temporarily lost, but the eouutry is
saved. Live the Republic!
Fiom the Cleveland, Ohio, H raid.
We can hardly credit ths senses when con
templating th® change that has come over out
countrymen within a brief week's space. For
months, under * Democratic Administration,
was tbe question hourly, anxiously, asked.—
Have we a Government* That question, under
a Republican Administration, of OD short
niODth, is answered in the affirmative, and reen
of all parties thauk God, and take courage.
Faces brigbeo on every hand, and, without re
gard to political affinities, congratulations are
exchauged, and mouth answers to mouth that
I the glorious stars and stripes are not to bo
trailed in the dost, but the Union which they
typify is to be sustained.
Faom the Phila. Bulletin.
The question is simply, Government, or no
Government? Are we to abandon every liberty
wt have enjoyed, the protection thst the Fed
eral Government haa always afforded to the
whole people, and surrender ourselves to an
irresponsible and hostile oligarchy at tue South?
Our citizens are now to decide between Loyalty
and Treason. There is no middle ground to
accommodate those who may pretend a decent
neutrality. Neutrality in such an emergency
is disloyalty. Tbe Government must be main
tained, and tboae that withhold from it tbeir
cordial support, must be ranked among its ene
mies.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Wo are for the Union aud tbe maintenance
of tbe laws. If these cao be secured only by
the military arm, wbioh is the power underly
ing all Governments, let it be co, and tbe con
sequences fall upon the beads of those who
have evoked that punishment wbioh for so long
a time tbey have so richly merited.
From the Huntingdon Globe, (Douglas.)
TDK STARS AND STRIPES MUST BE DEFEND
ED. —The tirna for action, aud resolute action,
by tbe Government and by all to whom the
honor of their eouutry is dear, has arrived.—
Our flag must be defended by bravo and patri
otic hearts, or be dishonored. Rebellion South,
and treason North, must be met aud conquered.
Tbe issue is not whether tbe Democratic party
or tbe Republican party shall triumph in tbe
oext campaign, but it is simply whether tbis
Republic or its enemies shall be overthrown.—
We'sball know no party but tbe party iu favor
of defending the flag of our country. We
were for peace as long as it was possible to
bope for peace ; but now that war has been for
ced upon our Government by the Southern dis
unioutsle, we are for dealing with the rebels
a* tbey deserve. There is no middle ground
in thc-i see before us—every man, bigh or low,
must take bis position for or ag >inst tbe Gov
ernment, as a patriot or traitor. Tbe Govern
ment would be false to its trust if it failed to
meet its enemies resolutely and fearlessly.—
We call upon men of nil parties to throw oil
party jealousies to the wind, and unite in' one
solid column for tbe defence of our Govern
ment and the honor of our ooun'ry.
From the HoUidaysburg Standard, ' Douglas.)
The long threatening clond of civil war his
burst at last—tbe first fratricidal blow has
b-eea struck—the consequences and end of
which, Omnipotence alone can foretell. Full
particulars of the calamitous event will be found
in another column. We have no room for ex
tended comment, and no heart to do so, if we
bad. Tbe picture is one wbieb no good citi
zen oan look apon, save with feelings of dread
and horror. Civil war once commenced in na
tions, bjis seldom oeasad,, until it has brought
forth terriole fruits of calamity and bloodshed,
and there is only too much reason to fear that
the unnatural strife inaugurated at Charleston
will not prove an exception.
But tbe die baa been cast—internieine wir, '
actual and bona fide, with all its attendant J
borfors, is upon us. In this emergency, what
ever may be our convictions as to the necessi
ty for an appeal to arms or the causes which
produced it, we conceive there is but one right
course for every loyal citizon to pursue, and
that is to rally around the etirry ensign that
has so long 4 braved battle and the breeze,'
and uphold and support tbe Government ia
the maintenance of its rightful authority.
From the J\ew York Herald,(Breckinridge.) (
On one point, so far as we bare been able to
ascertain, pet feet unanimity exists among our
moneyed men, tbe Government must be sustain
ed. Every one deplores tbe terrible calamity
whieb has befallen tbe Republic. But there is no
desire among the merchants .or capitalists of
New York to shrink the issue, or to evade tbe
responsibilities of the oontest. Upon New
York will devolve tbe chief burden of provid
ing ways and means for tbe war ; our financial
community accept tbe duty, and will perform
it. Tbis view we find to be universal among
moneyed men, including many whose sympathies
bave heretofore been with the Soutb. If tbe
Government prove true to tbe oouotry, it need
not feel any uneasiness about money. In the
opinion of our leadiug bankers, a hundred
millions, over and above the receipts of the
Government from oustoms and laud sales, if
■necessary to defray tbe expenses of the war
for a year from this date, couid be readily bor
rowed in wall street, at a rate of interest cer
tainly not exceeding that which France and
England paid for the money whioh they bor
rowed for the Russiiu war. If, for the pur
poso ol bringing the war to an end, and set
tling this controversy of ours torever, a furth
er sum be requisite, it will be forthcoming.—
Wall street, so far as we can judge, is ready to
sustain tbe Government heartily aud liberally.
From the Philadelphia Press, (Douglas.)
Henoeforth each mau, high and low, must
take bis position as a patriot or a traitor—as
a foe or a friend of his country, as a suppor
ter of the flag of the stars and stripes or of tbe
rebel banner. AH doubts and hesitation must
be thrown tbe winds, and with the history of
the past spread before os, we must choose be
tween maintaining tbe noble fabric that was
reared by our wise and brave ancestors, under
which we have enjoyed so much liberty and hap
piness, and openly joining the rasb, reckless,
despotio, cruel and viHanoas band of conspi
rators, who have formed a deep laid and das
perate plot for its destruction. The contest
wbioh is impending will doubtiesa be attended
with many honors, but all tbe faot9 show that
it has been forced upon us as a last resort, and
war is not the worst of evils. Since the start
ling events of tba last five months bave been
succeeded by a brutal bombardment of a foTt
erected at a vast expense for the defeuee of
Charleston harbor, which would have been
peaceably evacuated if tbe rebels bad not in
sisted upon the utter humiliatiou of the Gov
ernment, and since the Secretary of war of
the Southern Confederacy has threatened to
capture Washington, and even to invade the
Northern States, while formal dcoirattoo
! of hostilities is about, to 'o made by tbe Qon
-1 federate Congress, we should e waouog tn
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every element of manhood, be perpetually dis
graoed in the evea of the world; and lose all
self-respect, if we did not arouse to determin
ed aotion to reassert the outraged dignity of
the nation.
From the Rochester Uniort, [Democrat,)
For our own part, we deem it our duty to
support tbe Government ;o respect to all mea
sures which fall within tbe sphere of its con
stitutional discretion; since it seems to us that
no other course on tbe part of a journalist is
reconcilable with the allegiance which we all
owe to tho Government of our country, irres
pootive of the persons or the party by whom
it is for the time administered. Moreover, we
fully believe tint a decided policy, whether
war or of capitulation, offers the shortest road
to peace upon some well decliaed basis. And
while we may not approve of the measures of
•he Administration, we must express our pref
erence for a positive policy of soma kind or
other ; nor shall we be unmindful of the fact
that its policy is taken with reverence to much
fuller and more porfect information than We
oan possibly possess.
From the Boston Herald, {Douglas Dem.)
It now behooves every man to lay aside his
party bias and rally to the support of tbe Gov
ernment iu its efforts to protect the stars and
stripes, and to maintain the integrity of the
nation. No more concession to traitors, but
award to them a traitor's doom. It is time to
stop talking about compromises until those who
are in open rebellion desire peace, and wilt
lay down their arms and consent to obey the
laws of tbe land. The issue is now to be met,
the good people of New England, wboe fathers
fought for and established American liberty,
will defend that liberty to 'he last, and will
respond to any call which may be made upon
her for men and money. It is of no use now
to fling at tbe Government Est us give up
small prejudices and go in, heart and band, to
put down treason and traitors—come from
what quarter they may. Those who afford
comfort and aid to th# enemy by croaking or
by sympathy, are as guilty as those who are
in open arai against the constituted authorities
of the land.
From the Boston Herald, ( Douglas Dem.)
It now behooves every m-m to lav aside his
party bias and rally to the support of the Gov
ernment iu its efforts to protect the stars and
stripes, aod to maintain the integrity of the
nation. No more concession to traitors, but
award to them a traitor's doom. It is time to
stop talking about compromises until those tvbo
are in open rebellion desire peaoe, and will lay
down their arms and consent to obey tho laws
of tbe laod. The issue is now to be met. The
good people of New England, whose fathers
fought for and established American liberty,
will defend that liberty to the last, and will
respoad to any call which may be made upon
her for men and money. It is of no use now
to fling at tbe Government. Let us give up
small prejudices and go io, heart and haDd, to
put down treason and traitors—oorae from
what quarter they may. Those who afford com
fort aod aid to the enemy by croaking or by
sympathy, are as guilty as those who are in
open arms against the constituted authorities
ef the land.
From the j\. Y. Leader, (Douglas Dem )
In this hour of trial it becomes the duty of
every patriotio citizen to sustain the General
Government in vindicating our fUg aod assert
ing the permanence cf the Union. Mr. Lin
coln is not the President of our ohoice; bat,
as constitutional President of the United States
he is entitled to our allegiance, and shall have
our support in the present struggle—the fate
of Mexico being ever present before us as an
exemplar of the ruin inevitably following tbe
peaceful toleration or bloody success p.f {rational
disintegration.
From the Valley Spirit, (Breckinridget)
Let as stand up for the Government now ia
power and not be found giving "aid and com
fort" to the enemy in time of war. Had this
war occurred under a democratic administra
tion, as it might readily have done bad it not
been for the wise policy pursued bv Mr Buch
anan, we would have expected the Republicans
to sustain the government. They can ask and
expect nothing more aod nothing leas of us. If
wo aro divided aiuoug ourselves, and arrayed
against the goverument, it will only create bad
blood io the community and have the effect of
prolonging the war and adding o all its hor
rors. Wo want a short war, now that it has
beguu, and hope that negotiations for peace,
on a basis satisfactory to all sections, may be
speedily commenced and definitely decided.
It is tbe motto of all true patriots— my
oountry, may it always bo right, but tight or
wrong, my oountry.
brom the Ebenstnirg Sentinel, [Breckinridge.)
We entertain no doubt that the paoific pol
icy inaugurated by Mr. Buchanan, and appa
rently followed for several weeks by Mr. Lin
coln, tending as it did, to keep Virginia and
tbe other Border States in tbe Union, aod bring
about tbe adoption of suoh amendments to tho
Constitution as would probably have ultimate
ly brought baok tbe seoeeding States, should
not have been so hastily abandoned. Bat Mr.
Lincoln iti determining to send provisions tp
Fort Sumter, 'peaceably if possible, otherwise
by force' was aplipg jtxiotly within the jftttec
au-i spirit of Constitution, aod the laws of Our
Oouutry, and probably from a trtcrn sense of
imperative duty, lie was merely taking tho
first step iu the effort to execute the laws in
States which be is bound to regard ta atill
members of tbe Union. This WJC not oooroioo,
this was not aa attempted invasion of a sover
eign State, out an effort to execute tho laivs;* *
and no law abiding oitiieu, aftct carefully in
vestigating the oase can oeniure hiu; for doing
so. He is the executive, uot the law making
power, and it is his duty, acting with prone?
discretion, to cxecuip itoose laws whithjr t'jut
duty be a painful or pleasant 000