P.Y DAVID OVER.
$o r I n;.
1\ PLtUIBUS imi
Thr-ngh rdmy and brbrh* ar? the stars that a rip tr.
In Doit Flue by car country tiofurh-1 ;
And the stripes that are swelling in majesty there,
Line a rainbow adorMCg the World;
T aeri liibLeww nto a'he.! as those the sty,
By a deeSi that onr Fathers bar- 4one;
And they're J earned in as tnie and as holy a tie,
la their motto of '-Mast rx Oxe."
Front the honr when those patriots fearlessly flung,
Th it "banner of starlight abioad,
F.vet true to thtsmielres, to that motto thev rlurg.
As thej cluSg to the pro niise of Go-! ;
pr tie tiaycttet trowed at the luidmjht of war,
On ti;e floids where our f tory was won ;
Oh I perish the hatel or the heart that won'd mar.
Our ruotio of "Sixr fx Oxk."
'Mid the smoke of the contest - the cannon's iLsep
roar,*
How oft it hath gathered renown !
While those Urs were reflected in rivers of gore,
Wbea the cross and the Bob went down ;
And though few were the r lights in the gloom of
that hour.
Yet the b,-xrts that were striking below,
Hfcd 'God for their bulwark and frstli for their
power,
Arid fbey stopped not to number the fie.
Frotu where onr green mountain tops Meed with '
the shy,
A" i the giant St. Lawrencv is rolled,
To tie waves where the balmy H-sj rilie,
I.ikt the dream of some prophet of old;
Th y conquer"*!—and dying, bequeathed to onr i
carp,—
Not thl-4 brjimdh-ss dominion alone—
But that Banner, whose ICTeluvss hallows the air.
And their motto of -Maxy is <>ss."
T. sre -M :r.y in tine,*" while ther •gl tiers a star.
Io the 1 lite of the h .vens afore ;
And tvrnEt* shall quail *int.l t'erir d melons afar,
When they g,ze ori that motto of love.
It siiali gleam o'er the sea, 'nod to: lio.ts of the
storm.
Over bit tie. and tempest, an 1 wreck;
And fljtae where our p.tr.swhh their than ler grow
•*N-stb the - . • •
The opprcsn'd of th • o iri'i to that ftar. larl sh.il
fly,
WfccreVer its folds shall he .'prrad,
And the < iHe shall fed 'th his osr. bat ire sky,
When its stars sh til float o'er Lis in ad.
Ac t I:use stars st all increase till the ;'dasss ->f
time.
Lsadtlions of eyelofc lis: Is ran—
t il: the worl 1 sh.i" have * iAcmd :ii its mission #V
time
And the nations of earth shall be one.
• Though the old Allegheny may tower to heaven.
And the Father of Waters divide,
The ilnks of our destiny cannot he riven,
While-the truth of tliess words shall abide.
Then edi! lit them glow on one": helmet and brand.
Though onr Hod like our rivers shall run ;
Divide, as we may, it, our own native land,
To the rest of the wo:Id we are or.o.
Then np wfifh r.nf dig, let it stream on the air, **
Though our fathers are cold in their gravis :
They luwi ban Is that could sti ite, they hid souls
that could dar *.
And their sons were not born to lie slaves.
Up, up with thit banner, w tiere'er it may call,
t rur ißiili m shall rady aronn-i :
A nation of freemen tint moment shall till,
When its stirs sh ill b: trail'l on ths ground.
For the Inquirer
A FRIKMI.
'•Blessed is he who bis a friend! Twice blessed is
he w!k lies a true friend !
Thrice OUoseed is he who has a tsiend affectionate,
rs weil as true.'"— Siray Seoant*/-
Is there a heart on earth, <m sea. or heaven, one
single he ait, tha' has no Friend 1 No fond, one on
whom to lean tiie worry spirit, when sorrow's storm
new Is oVr tbe defert waste? No gentle, loving
which To pour the heavy tiles of distress,
when a Sbrdid worll turns a frown hideous and
sarcastic upon the helpless victim ?
Is there one deserted wholly by all, without s
cnae- of being tiakwd with some one—soma soul
by a geld-n chain of cirri! leace, both breathing
tbt pure atmosphere of reliable inliiaaey. conscious
•f rmtfua! and ntdotsakmg coroptti-.n, a
pr j iteous favorerapeiktcj by kiad and fan:'liar
cotcpe'litiofts, without a friend ?
Have we sch i ti ler ? G<f help thee, wretch ■
cd one!
ITcw many of the readers that perchance may
glance at this Have a friend true an ! geoerata ?
UusJredsl—aye, many. H.ppy then thou art my
r i.dtr, if thou Lost a friend. How often ciu the
tmre# bo caliwi to mind when in years -li ig, long
* sweet camniaaion has been held i:> sacrid
enison with tha music of soma friendly bsart!
huca nit the green Casts of lbs desert of this
woj'd ,a which t'u: weary traveler finds rest and re
h.Mjiwt to bis prating spirit. Let such past
sOeSca he zcabiusly cherisacd in the of the
to ad—let fond remembrur aa call up the boiy feei
iag—let it not bt forgotten. Friendship is i ';h.
isi'i • is a child d the skies, dwelling in :he
l.i irts f the good—ctwdliag in ths centre ot the
■.tt'ts man— tbe great ceuiral p,lnt whoso at
t" .i-tion-hoWs the mind of tbe gems together—
"* • sister i f itve—cou; .u-gcriuin of Kcligion
raoUK-r of Fence.
Courteous reader,remember yoat friends, preserve
•heiu by kiaiiness; they are jewels bright aud ile.-ira
ble, rx-A lo be dug ireta tbe mines of tc i JSki mdo
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I —not sought in the seniiid, groveling dust, can the
reader call to the mind's eye son:e dear friend
more loved than others. Yea, some sweet remem
brance now flits across the miod and paints tbe
loved im-ige In chi-rs'n?<i colors there Ah ' how
the taanyst neso? jovoai yaxtimt—'v> w many fond
recall lotions piss on like the. gorgeous scenery of,
some well designed panorama—ere they pass. Have j
yon any fond relic of memory ? Look upon it for a ;
moment, and lo! what myriad sof iuchlmts spring
up *t rf by th* mystic touch oi *he migieiaa's
wand !—fre>h and full of vigor of by gone day*.—
The rich and influential- Ihe mighty great have
friends: yet, sordid, servile, se'flsh friends; but
cole not for such frb trlship—for the Week winds
of adversity will destroy It s the solar 6re licks
.np the morning daw Header , seek not the friend
ship bought by tbe evil genius, M minion ; rather
buy t'oenla by kindness and affection. Your un. j
known and humble writer is happy to say h i ha a
Irier: i—a friend in whose h.-i: rhe ia hall dear— ,
as unworthy as he ; s he eon say with gratitude : j
1 have a friend ! May you count many, many in |
whom you cn rely—many with whom you may ]
iire—many from wham the "go'diin knot" nuv 1
i: -it be unsevered
Genuine frieudship is iraprrishable. It 'ivcth on .
; ever. It dies not when the fri! breath g usiies t>r
■ the lest time forth tit.ic the nostril**; it leadeth
j th- 'ontly <-ue beside the fresh t, inl> and drops a
: tear for the departed treasure; it draimeth the '
' . ,
pensive footstep at evening s quiet hour to the
grass'* mound year:, after, au i still the heavy sigh
| for the lung lost, spa mis its grief, upon the careless
l.reea _•; it pimteth > u the besom of the
dead an.l norishes tbem with alt':-zlion's tens
Mar we still be Hest with friends, ami may we not
: --out live titem," but may we *dd daily to the
■ living spiritual, bolv Bioriument ; and may wo in
-1 scribe ou do upper piumcle this imjM-rishaM •
; motto
"Facr-.-d to Friendship ."
For the Inquirer
is ihe \orlh Mad ?
The "Mobile Register" asks the above question,
and giv. its comments accordingly. It aeema to
; be very much jKt.i -1 at the enthasiaatic response
a iron to aid and su;.pu*t the g >vc:nm.nt. It has:
; heard that i'lc N" lit is arouse !, lit consequence of '
the st .rs slid sir.pts .
au i a (j.-l.ftti.a- 1 pcr,i is •to put d wn a'S c-iiuoi-
of ceiispiracus. The very net. that the
.,usni' ft-ioHMii % uwj *,M .. *
com tort, are now that rp against the rebellious
South are enough to make it ask tbe above qnestion
Di i th i ••Register" - xp -c* chit th • g -vainmoot
would not be snslaiued 1 Did it expect tint the
President's procla'aati-in would in treated with
disdain and cotstetopt in the North like it .s In the
South ; it so. it has been greatly mistaken. Tbe
patriotic response on the part of the N -rth—the
proSbred ai ' of mnney and soldiers—is en mgii to
cause the Kvgis't r la as c—ls the North goinx
mad ?
To change the imprry, we may app'y ItVith
itu rs farce to the secessionists. Tbe South is not
gcicg, but it ntr'-i'dy gone mad. But her canse is'
righte; us—the cruaade of conspiracy, revolution
and despotism. She lias steeped Imrself in robbery
and plnaderings, c-f the public property, and
; treasures and endeavored by every ni sr.s and
! stiategems to beguile and eon apt the purest patri
j idisas in her wicked ends. She has aimed at do
j stroyfug tbe Ceioa for some years, but could nev- ;
i er tin ! a pretext to pat into operation her design.', ,
i ;ntd afier Mr. fincath's .tfevvirm t the c'.ai'r of
j-'tste. Her lawicrs have beiriyci fbetr cnititu
! tntft in ..yingins upon them a fearitil retribution. —
In their wimrw they havu d'v i' .p-d t'i -ir distem
pered minds, in laying * censors-rip on ev-ry thir*
tending to irive information „f their plans ri> Use I
North F-.trio.ts ar- no 1 cie.-r safe—th . r lives
i are in danger—an . their p-oper*/ -jt :,,ing coo
j fiseated. Every thing, dor.e t • j.re crvc and pro
tect the Union, in ilie N >rth, is d.-nmiac d as ;*•-
irg HI pj! anl n-rottfitutionni b'-" these seci:-bi.-.Ti
ibts II . i fer> i'y has lately increased to snc'i an
exU-nt. which knows na hounds.
But with di this ferocity* mini Tilted o,i the part
i f T'ie .ulh. she raust rera.-rnleir th.it the North- j
OTB Hon hi* tesea arouse 1 an { is arming himself !
fur the c-M-fl *t- The a iurii is ut to realize th;*
fact, tiiiit the north is n >t going ma 1, but a dr- j
feroeine I purpose L< shown to uphakl, prate :t and i
sustain the rights of t.ris Gavornraeni. The north i
has given her verdict, th ,t revoiurion and anarchy
mast erase—it must bit stuped at vi haZirdi.
The question now retf.ivcs itsel; into t is—have
we a govemmeut, or hsve "6 nt> government. We
have a government, let us uphold, protect and ius
tain oar govcoiment. traitors be d'-alt with
tbe utmost severity. UNION.
HotJTfIES.N CmvAi.av.— Oa the ocsssi m of
the p :-?tr to, no Friiaj list of a swnrd to
Major Andarson, by ibe cri'zens of Taunton,
he spoke of the conduit af the c4t"7/*"j at the
bombard meet of Fori; Satnp'or ia the followiog
tcims:
41 It it one of ujotd painful recollections of
tfcit event, that wUcti oar bar- tcks wrrc ou
iire, and the men were Compelled to cover •
ib'tr free? with wot bandkerchte'e aui lie
with their faces upon the efcur.d to avoid suf
fccatio::, instead of sending a white fhgwitk
ns-sistjoce t> extinguisb the flin:**e,
threatentng u? with destruction, they ripidly
increased I heir fire upon us from, ec-ry buttery
in total di&rrz>jrJ oj every feeling of hun*-
tii'y.
The Wi steropart of Virginia is still loyil to
the otinßtnutiou. Every eff*rt hn been :u*>le
to seduce Ler from her allegiance, but so far
without ."uccess.
SenstorJobn Sbermso is at Jar:carter, with
!.o Oiiio volauteers, aad will g * wi:h t'iuu t.
Washttt'.oU, ur.d : nil will'go into t-" ruiy
uLii sLouidt'i bis uiirilijt in toe rahks.
HKDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1861.
GOV. fIRTINS MEBJJ|E,
EXECH'TIVE VH amber, )
HtirriK'.-rq, April 30, 1861. i
To the Senate and House of Rrpresent at iocs
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvui'i;
Gentlemen :—The present unparalleled ex
igency iu tbe ffiirs of our country, hs-ijiiiduo
ed uie to call you together at this tun*.—
; With an xrtued nktsa in Rom's
of tbe States of tbe (Jniun, mouientous ques
tions have been thrust up ou us which call for
your deliberation, and that ycu should devise
means by legislation for tbe maintenance of
the auiborityjof the General Government, the
honor and digoity of our State, the protection
of our citizens, and tho early establishment
j of peace sod order throughout the land.
On tbe dav* of my induction into tbe Exe*;-
ntive offire, I took occasion to utur the foi-
S .wing sentiments :
"No one who knows the history of Pens
y vatiia, an ! utylecstaod? tfca optßioo* an i
| of her people, can justly charge n.
| with hostility to our brethroa of other States.
We regard them as friends and countrymen,
; iu whose weifsre we feel a kindred interest;'
aud *<• in their broadest extent, ail
our con<iit ltiona] obliaatioos to them. These
wo are ready aDd willing to observe generous
ly and fraternally in thir letter and spirit,
with unswerving fidelity.
"Oars is a Nation 1 Government. It has
. within the sphere <-f its action all the attributes
ef sovereignity, ami among these are the right
and duty of self-preser? itior. It is based up
iu a compact to wh ; cb all the people of the
( oited bitat s are parties. It i tfc" result of
Hiotiiai concessions, which weromide tor the
purpose of securing reciprocal benefit'. It
ao's directly oo the people, and they owe it a
personal allegiance. No part of the people,
no State nor eoiubinatmn of vittcs,can valun
'arily secede from the Union, nor absolve them
selves fro to their obligations to it. To permit
State to withdraw at pleasure from the Union,
without the eo)i*c.it o" tbe rest, is to Confess
ibat onr Government is a failure. Pennsyl
vania can never scqntiftoe in socb a conspiracy,
nor assent to a di trine which involves the
destruction of the
erntuen' i*. to ry t, i.ll tbe rcqutremenM of
riis < i nstit'iri'*i inos? he ebsfift -ii: and it
oust have p .i, ;ad qa.tc t the ciforcoiHeit
of the supreme law of the l in t in evert State.
1* h I H'rri
to stay the progress of anarchy and >; nfo-e the
laws, and PeCaaylwrm, wiib a nnited people,
will give thcui i,n hoceßt, faithfal and aclivo
-upport. The people mean to pre-crvc the
IWegrity of tbe national Uxi<'Bit evtry l.az
zanl "
It C u;1 scarcely have '.CCD rtif-ii.at.il at
ib"t tiiu c, tlict we should s<> saoo he called
upon for hue practical applieitian of th-s
troths in caiiijc-et;c>n wTth their soptmi-t and tie
fonec by tbe s'mcg irm of inilit ,rv power.
Toe un xamp! <i protsplness and vn busiaui
wi Si whic'i P.uiisy ivanta md toe o;her ln;il
.States have re-nan led to the call of the Ere*
; len f , and the entire unanitni'y wib which
our people demand that the integrity of the
G .vernuient shall be preserved, illustrate tbe
duty of the several State and National Gov
ernment with a di-tinetoe-v ti at cannot be
di-regarded. Th* slsughter .f Northern troops
in the city of iialtimorc, for tha protended
offeuee of marching, at the call of tire Fed
eral Govern moot, peaceably, over soil dnti|-
t diy io the Uni >t-, and wt.'h tbo cltiniate ob
ject of d;-:Yn iing our o-.itii'.iion Capital against
i an armed tii i rob il ons lova-ion, together with
r.ue oba iaction of our Pcocsytvmia troop?
when dtrpvtcbed on t'l-iim* nstriotie uiissicri,
' impose ocw 'd -tie- r.d respoßsiblliiiea upon
onr State Imiuistra'i *n. At !.,at a Ivi ;e* t'."
Geuvral GavcrotttC' t htd t;iifr• * i-cssk>ts
of tre r : i> t asi ing't'i; t'lrougti Annap;*-
;s ; .ut (he tran-.t .f tr • p- had crn grea'-
|ty e ;da .pared ,?r i delaye-1, an ' ~o tifely of
;V\ .islikig!* n it- e.'f i uibtirently rbrc> ued -
: "i'Lia e-taot ( boxu mittcd to. VVh.-tii r Mary
laud rnu-t pref ss to be .oyal to the Union or
j otherwise, <:rere <\iri be pruii'ted no boatilu
.-oil, no obstructed thorough arc, between 'he
States that undoubtedly arc loyal and their
j u.ti.iual sest of Government. There is tea- a c:i
) to hope that the route through Baltimore uiav
i ts no longer closed against tbe peaceable pas- .
-age of our people armed and iu the service
of the Tcicrai l^uveroiu.'nt. lial we must be!
fully assured of this, aud have tire aointerropt- ,
ed enjoyment of a passage ro the U-tpital by
any and every route essential to ths purposes |
of tire G reernnient. This must be attained
peaceably if possible, but by force of arais if
not accorded.
Tire time is past for temporizing or forbear lug
with this rebellion; the rna-t o.iae! • iu his
i t rj. 'the North has noi tnvad .d, nor has sife
sought to invz'J.* a aiugle gutuntied right of
the South. Oo the contrary all political par
tics and all adminiatr tions have
ed the biudtng force of every provision of the
gr. at compart between the States,''and regarii
. less cf cor trews r.f tfce Slits policy, our peo
ple hove respected them To predicate a re
bellion, therefore, upon any alleged wrong iu
flicted or sought to be inflicted upon the South
s to offer fihoo*i as an ap.dogy for treason.
So will trie civil Ixed world and history judge
this inad . over-brow tbe most bcuefi*
aent structure of Government ever devised by
man.
The leaders rf the rebellion in the Cotton
Stales, whi-h his resulted iu the enUblishuieut
ufa provisional organization assuming to dis
charge ail the functions of Governmental pow
er, have Diii-uken the forbearance ef the Gen
eral Government; they have excepted u fra
ternal indulgence os an evidence of weakness
and have insanely looked to a united Soarit,
;• j i divided Xartl to give sncetss to the
• ! wrid liuihitiv:! Lat has .e f to tbe seizure of OtU
{ national arseuab arm, the investment ami
bombardment of cur fort-, the plundering of
our mints, has >ni ed piracy upon cur com- .
nierce, and onw aims at the p'o*#saHrti of the ;
>Vti>o! Capital. T : : i:t?*3rreeti->a -w-t be
met by force of artos and to re-estab'hdi the
government upon in enduring baiiv by avert
ing its emire supremacy, to re-posses* the
forts #ud other government proper'y so unl-iw
fully s tiled and beid • t er, so re personal free- i
df* *p-i lafety.to'tji* people #nd t:nwje§e
or the Union in evary sec tun, ilo people of
the loy.l b'ates demand, as with one voice,!
and w|M cootend Jfor, as with one heart : and
a qu-ifte* of a tuiilion of Pennsylvania's sons
will answer the call to arms, if need be, to
wrest as from a reign of anarchy a-cd plunder, i
and seeme for themselves snd their children,!
'or sqes fa come, the perpetuity of this G v i
cru.-uent and its feeoifi cent institutions,
i Ka f ertaining these views and anticipating
that ;j re troops wculd be required than the \
number oiigiuaiiy caiied for, I petitioned to
receive companies until we bad raised twenty
three regiment* ia Pennsy Ivanis, ell of which
have been mastered into the service of the
Uuite-i Stat.-s. In this anticipation I was not
mistaken. Oo Satardff last, an additional
letjaiekiuß was made trj>oo me for twenty-five
regiiUiijts of infantry and one legirreot of av- j
airy , and there have been already more eom
pitiies -tendered tbsc will mike up the entire j
cenifl'ißeß'.
W&WG the could be clothed, three i
of theui were ordered by the National Govern- j
merit to proceed front this point to PbiUdcl- ;
phi*, i cannot too highly eomteeo i the patri- !
'•tisin and devotion of the men who, at i mo
ment's warning, and vritVout any preperatbn, '
obeyed the ciTer. Three o: the regiment-,
uoocf tisi;j .r < ireu!Urt iiiccs. bv direction of, :
*nd accompanied by officers of the United •
. .tea Army, wore tnrsported to Cockeye--!
i vt'le ncsr Baltimore, at which point they
ram* r>ed for two days, snd until by direc
t el the General Government they wer i
ordered bat:;- end want into euuip at Fork, j
where tlmre are now five regiments. Tb'-ee
regtmrnts mustered into service are now cn
outn- fd at Ohambershafg, under orders from
tb General Government: and five regimrots i
are tow in camp in this place, and seven hive
boea org.u aid and mu-iered into service at j
Ph ia-ielpbia.
The regiments at this place ere still crplied j
by i&* (Jftcmhiirj Department of theStat a,— j
•is- wtw w-ai i-f .* k
oxr th 'ir supply of provisions afurnitnt j
as.il a tier the iiwtrMtimief competent officer-* i
, they are rapbiy improving in military knowi- '
. edge and skill. 1 hare made siraßgeaienis
to clothe all our regiments with the u'most
dispatch consistent with a proper eeouomy, and I
am Bfist happy to suv tb t be fere the cl-se of
the present week all our people BOW under
arm- will be abao Ufitly supplied with good i
and appropri .'e uniforms, blankets sni othet i
ciothing.
t Fr ur hundred •n i sixty of our voluoteers, j
tl.e first to faeh Wasingfea from any of the J
Ss3tes, arc now at that city ; these f3 new ,
provided for by the General Government: but j
1 deHcn to send them clothing at the earliest
possible opportunity. lam clad to be able to
-tale that these mttv, in t oir progress to the
National Capital, received no bodily injury, '
although they were subjected to insult in the .
city of Baltimore, such as should not have ;
been offered to ar.y law-abiding citiz-n, much i
le'gj to loval maw, who. at ike call cf th" P;es—
i bnh, had promptly left their '"vn in :JC
performance of the highest du'y and in the
service of their eountr.'.
A large body of ur rae.? men who vo r ? '
not at th 1 time orgaa : ' is a pcrtroo of •
militia of fbiy CoOiiDonwe t t'. under the
enmiaaaJ cf officer? without nmiasi.ns
attcuiptetl under fce cali of the Nation-"!' Gov
ernment, as I under?" ud, tr, reach Washing
ton, and we?e as-a'.' .ed by aruied men in the j
city of Baltimore: toitsy of thuir nuoiber were j
seriously wooudef, ar. 1 four were kilted.—
The larger p. t of this body retnroed dtrectly
to Fhilsdelphio; but many of !!■) wer-> f.-r- ;
ciblr detaiued ?:i Baltimore", some t l them
were thrjyst into prison, and others have not
I yet reacliet|tbi;ir hours
I have the bott'T to say that the officers and i
! men behaved with the utmost g llantry. Tbi- i
j body is now organized into a regiment, and tbe
i officers ore commissioned; they have been j
\ %occ]Sted into tbe secviec, sad will go to
i VVasbicgtnn by any route indicated by the
Federal Government.
I have established a camp &t Pittsburg, ot
which the troops from Western Pennsylvania
will be mustered into service, and organized |
and disciplined by skillful and experienced j
officers.
1 eomaiao'iOZte to you with great satisfaction, '
the fact that Ibe btnks of tbo GoaimnnweaHh
hsvj volunurily tendered aty atnouot of
tnontey that utvy be uecessjry for the comm n :
| defence aud general welfare cf the Sta'e and ;
i the fiti n in this emergency: and tte tempo- |
1 rar- loan of five hundred thousand dollar*'
authorized Iv the Act of the Genera! Asretn- |
b!y cf iho 17:h April, 1861, wis pr "itipiiy
Ptaken at par. The mrey is not yet esbau--;?-:j !
'( as it has beeu impossible to have the eecounts
properly ansited and settled with the account- ;
!i- an-t paying r.fficer# of the government -is [
J by bw, oti account of thw esptcds- ;
| i*.e t-snuut now '* faroiahed. The Auditor:
General and State Treasurer have eriablt.Hbed |
a system of settietnent and ps\meat, of whusb ;
I entireiy tpprove, ibtt provides ateply for j
I the protection of the State, t:nd to tsbieti ail |
parties having claims will be obliged to conform. ■
A much larger sum wiil be rrquired tfasn }
has been distinctly appropriated, but I could
not receive nor make engagements for a com
plete re-orgatiisstior) of tbe tuiiiua of the j
State, hut also, thit you may give ute authority j
to pkdge tbt. iai-U of the Odmuiouwialth to
! borrow such snm? r.f m-acey as you may io
your discretion, deem necessary for these
i exrraordfioary reqnwmrnts.
• It is fmpoeaffee to predict the lengths to
which "the im-ines? tint rules tbe hour" in j
the rebellions States shall I d us,or when tbe j
calamities which threaten our hitherto hippy ;
eouhtry shall terminate. \Ye know 'bat many i
of our people have already iefi !ho State in j
the acrv'ea of tbe Gane-sl G 'veroieent, and j
that - many more iu-1 ftJicw We have a
long line of border on States serioosly disaf
! fected. wbieb xhonld tie protected. To fnrubh
ready support to these who have gone out,
ami to protect our borders, we should have a
wall regelated military toroe.
f J, therefore, recommend the immediate organ:-
i Utina, di-eiplmiug end arratnj of at least
i fifteen regiment- of cavalry and infantry, ex- :
elusive of these ealled into tbe service uf the
United Jstatesi as w have olrea-iy RUipSe wir
; niug of the necessity of being prepared for
any sudden exigency that .'my ari-a. I can ant
too much irepre.-s t as upon you-
I cannot ri.raiu fr-ui ilu<ling to the
, geueri'us tttaaoer io which the peop : e c-f ell
parts of the Slate have, fruiti, their private
means, provided fur the families of t hose of our
citizens who are now under arms. In many
i parts of th" Commonwealth, Gran i Juric®, and
Courts and municipal c >rp.irtioiss have rc
| coism adc-d the appropriations of moneys from
their funds, for the ®ihb commtudafcle pr- .
i pose. I would rec itomend the passage of en
j Aet legalizing a.*:-l authoriziug such sppropria
j ii->cs and eXfwttditnnea.
It nt >y be expected that, ia the present
d.-rcugeareat ot trade end cutaijercc, and the
withdrawal of so much indu-irr from its ■
; ordinary an i productive chaoneis, tha selling
| value of property gen r Ily will te deprecia
ted, and a large porti o < f our cittzros i
■ deprived of the ordinary ru *ins <>f mae'-ing
ongageaoeoU. Al'bougb mttah forbearacce
ui y 1 e expected from a generous aui nwgnani
t mans people, yet I feel it my duty to recoet
mend the pa®>*ig of a judicious liw to pre
vent the v.orifice of property by forced sales
• iu :he Collection of debt- . *
• 1 meet together at this special session,
i sttrrnu] d by cirentnstatreea involving the
awst -<> ■ n,n responsibilities; the reoollcotiox }
I of tire gt rres of Ihe pist, ti-.e retloctions of the :
gloomy ire cot, and the unceitahuv of the
( fu'u e, all alike call upon you to uischarge
j your duty in a spirit of a* trio tie C'*urt!gj,
gc-irenre'- '• - Vf- *.rwd'*aKSr.d y.jsp.rnsain*'*?- H
N ver in t?,e history of fur pace loving
Commonwealth Lsro the hearts of our p<*op ?
' bt nso stirred iu th'ir depths >;t the
' pretet.t moment. And, I feel lli-t I need |
; hardly s-y to you, that io toe performance of
j your Juti s on this occasion at..l in providing
the ways and means for the m iuttnsnce of
j our country'* glory ar.d tur tu egriiy ta & ■
I nation, von sliould be inspired by r dings of i
R' li sacrifice, kindred to L ore which aniinat
tUe brave men who have oevoled their l.ves
- to the peri!* of the battle-field, iu defence cf
our nation's flig.
G-ntiemeu, I place tbe Louor of tbe ?ts:e in ,
i your Lauds. And I pray that the Almighty
i God. who protected our fathers io their eff>rts I
to establish this out great constituiional
. liberty who has controlled the growth c-f
' civilization and Christianity in our midst, may j
uot now forsake us; that lie may witch over '
| your counsels and any, in His providence,
j lead those who hive left the path of duty, and j
ire aeriog iu op--u rebellion to tbe govertment,
imcis again to perfect layxlty and vestow peace
i haruiooy, aDd fraternity to our di-tracted
waotry.
A. G. UURTIN. ;
TBK FIRST SNUB FOR THE SOU F HERN
COMMISSIONERS.
Tha three U tma'sroners who have g -ne
[to endeavor to obtab the reuojnitioa of J=*ff '
, D-vi.,' GovornmetJt, got a pretty essentia! :
j -rub at Havana, where they hid gone to take
ship far Europe. As the story his never ap
peared in print, we will give it, prefacing it
with ..the remark that we obf-*n it through a
p&ricctly reliablo source, i: seems that a ;
: dny was fixed when Messrs. Commissioners
should be presented to General Soratie, tbe
[ Captain-General. TL * ceremony of presentn
. Hon was performed by Mr Helm, the Ain ri
eao Consul at Havana, whi inlroJavi the
'rio as UoromissioDers from tbe Confederate
S.'a'cs af Ainertcß."' The reply of the C-p
--! tain-General wire iu substance as follow.-:
44 GentlemiD, I trcei- • you as cttiztms of
I tbe United States; but I tin not acknowledge
any such power tu the Loafed rate States 'of
America."
|
Tbuk to Turn Oaths.— Thirty naturalized
j ei' zans, it is said, Germans nod Irish, who
: ban been compelled to enli-t in the Rebel
: artny, positively refused to ire on the Aureri
oun flag during the botnhutdetent of Snmpter,
aud were consequently arrested ao-i put ic j
Prison in CfaarUeton, where they yet remito, 1
The i-rturalized eit tens know that their j
allegiance is to ihe Uuited States Government,
j and that none other can orcteet them frcm tha
I cbimx of European Government iipun them !
; for eeiviee owed before they kccatae eit letis
: of the United St-tex.
Mr-French, fornvtlrodit-r ol the Baltimore
Patriot , a llepoLlieau paper unring tbe last
Presidential c impaigo was compelled to fly
! from that city, on Monday last, a h ; s lilis !
was threatened by the tnob.
Louisiana has a fancy block o! ujartJe at j
.the Washing tea Uionauaot, to eater into its I
•runs motion, with tire following inscription on
it- side : "Presented by tbe State of Louisi- j
na—ever faithful ta hc Constitution and the
j Union." A beautiful and appropriate grave j
s'one that will make.
VOL. 34, NO. 19.
J TBE APPORTIONMENT ACT.
We present below the Act apportioning the State
! into Congressional Districts as it passed both
Houses of the Legislature :
! AN ACT to divide the State into Congressional
Districts for the election of Representatives in
the Congress of the United States-
Section i. Be it enacted by the Senate an I Honse
of Representatives of ths Commoawealth Of Pegn
' sylvania in Geneial Assembly met, and it is hcre-
Iby enacted by the authority of the same, That for
the pus pose of electing Representatives of the
people of Pennsylvania to terra ia the Hmse of
Representatives in the Congress of the United
States, this State shall be divided into twenty
three districts, as follows:
1. Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Ele
venth Wards in the city of Philadelphia.
2. First, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Warda, In
the eity of Philadelphia.
3. Twelfth, Thirteenth. Sixteenth and Nine
; leenth Wards in the city of Philadelphia.
4. Fourteenth, Fifteenth, T vreatieth, Twenty
first and Twenty-fourth Wants, in the city of
Pbilad.-lpsia.
5. Twenty-second, Twenty-tf.inl nd Twenty
fifth Wards in the city ct Pbiiadtlphia, Bucks
county, and that part of Montgomery county era
•vicing .Hor,-knd, Anfngton.Cbelteahaia ,Rot-strata,
C( {ver Danfin, tt'efeu M .rati, Springfield, Mont,
g •-! ry, Gwynne id. Hatfield, Towa ncacin, Fran
co uia, and L wer 8 ilf-rd.
o. iJeUsrarc county, Cheater county, and Upper
an ! Lower Marion, and tlie Boroagh of B. i ! airport,
in the county of Montgoretry.
_ 7 Berks connty and the talmas of Montgomery
county.
H. Lancaster cooutv.
9. Schuylkill and Lebanon conatleS.
10. Lehigh, Pike, Monroe, Carbon and North
ampton counties.
21. Susquehanna, Wayne and Lus-.-rne counties.
12. Bradford, Mootour, Columbia, Sullivan and
Wyoming counties, and balance of Northernbera
lind couutr, not incluied in the Thirteenth Dis
trict
13. Dannbin and York coa-dies, aad Lower Ms
iic-ny township, in North amber lund county, not in
cluded in the Tw.ifth District.
14. Union. Snyder, Juniata, Perry an I Cuinber
-1 aid counties.
15. Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin and
Adams counties.
10. Cambria, Brair, Huntingdon and Mifflin
counties.
17. Tioga, i'otter, Lycoming, Cliuton and Cen
tre counties.
IS. Jetfcrson, Erie. Warren, McKean, Elk. Cam
eron, Forest atri Clearfield counties.
19. Crawford, Mercer, Venango and Clarion
' ermeties.
2't. Indiana, Wcstmnrdaud and Fayette coa
lic-.
21. Allegheny county, south of tha Ohio and
Allegheny rivers.
22. Ailegt ecy county north of flic Ohio and
Allegheny rivers, and Hurler and Aiiastroßg coea
f ties.
i SB. tmnnß ,JJifcsaV ?*•. atu
counties. T •• ' I
.MASSACHUSETLH.
Eiglry.-'.iz *t j> . e.-, Mas schß-rts hsd
elort'.os precedence -u . fferng the first sscri
ficc tii human life t > the c.u-e of the Ameri
can Revolution, or the pleins of Islington.
Ia the streets of Baltimore, on Friday, the
same noble state once again laid down the
live? of lo or three ot her children—the
earliest sacrifice in a war to maintain what
ibi patriot sires eon.
The coincidence of tune is remarkable, tbat
i the 19th cf April rhonld stand in the calenders
of hi-lory as the firs; da? of spilled Wood ia
j that earlier aud gr t nd contest, waged against
a great nation by vonng colonies struggling to
be free, and in this liter contest, whose great
'■ cess the cwful future hides, betwern a great
| and free nation and its rebel states struggling
j to be sUvc.
The coincidence of precedence is sliil tucra
remarkable. To .Massachusetts, the Old Bay
State, whose -t"ca;og Joins bre helped to
■ people the continent upon which her territory
{is a dot; to the stale which nur'e<i an Adams
and Otis, and an Ames, and other uko who
wenb| oft •' - y down their diprsc;"
to Massachusetts, which drew w h the blood
of b.-r child re o a ret lit.e ever too 18th da? of
April, 1775, now has fallen the same fauna*
of scoring with the blood of their children'*
children the 19th day of April, 1361. An
_ spijious be tiie
VIRGINIA THE BATTLE FlFLD— Virginia
i? likely ?< r.e ui-. jo the battle field ia this
contest; for Maryland is not able to resist
the pti.gre.-9 of the hosts front the North for
a single day. So atite wore richly deserve
tc be unit: the battle 8 Id, f.-.r her perfidious,
, sneaking coarse th.oy, ..put the whole contest.
lis. Unionism i*.. sheer hyp-e.iiy, u wo
j ofteu Sii-J it was ago. \V ith her pro
fes-ed devotion to the constitution, her cocscr
vativiu, bcr mediation, and her ultimatums,
she managed to g*m meek time for the
secessiont-ts, and E;.W sho eisG aside her mask
and appaeriag n hor t.ne character—as arrant
a traitor asSouih Uvroiinaor A'abams. Give
bf-r war, ami plenty of it, until tab begs for
quarter, aad promises to be submissive. Tbo
j coiton States can be starred ioto submi9ion.
but Virginia needs a sound thrashing.
EXACTLY THE WOMAS.-A wiggish FELLOW
was riding w:ta one of the lair sea, ** a'i of
a suinrur*s dry,"' erjj accidcnially—men's ■
i arnjv, awkward things, are always in the wsy
dropped aioond hor ,va:t. No ohjectioa
being made, the arm gradually relieved the
side of ibe cntriage of ti s pr, setin open i.
Kut of a sudden—whether of w late
j recognition of the improftiety of ibe thing,
or tho of aaothcr bean coming, never was
; clciriy eridrat— ifcc ittariai with volea
! uia energy, and wtfto flssb'ing eye exclaimed,
44 Mr. •, I can support aiyvelt!**
. tail" w.?s the inwnt reply, "you are just the
(iirl I've otcn looking for these gve years—
will you marry me?"
A unmber of cola Mecve in Canada, have
offered their services to the United States to
assist in putting down she Southern Rebellion.
| Vhey, of course, will act be a;-cvpied. The
; llr.toa cau ba saved without th.- aid of British
mercenaries,
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