BY DAVID OVER.
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THE AMERICAN FLAG.
BY J. R. DRAKE.
When Freedom from her mountain height,
Unfnriea her standard to tbe air
She tore the robe of azure night,
And set the stars of glory there.
She mingled with its gorgeous dyes
The milky bald rick of the skies,
And stripped its pure, celestial whit:
With streakings of the morning light-
Then from its mansion in the snn,
She called ber eagle-bearer down,
And gave into his mighty band,
The symbol of her cl osen land.
Majestic monarch of tbe cloud,
"Who rearest aloft thy regal form
To hear the tempes<-trampings loud,
When strive the warriors of the storm.
And rolls the thunder-drum of heaven, —
Child of the sun ! to thee -'tis given
Ik) guard the banner of tbe free,
To hove in the sulphur smoke,
To ward away the battle stroke.
And bid it bleedings shine afar,
Like rainbows en the cloud of war,
Tbe harbingers of victory !
Flag of our country ! thy folds shall fly,
The sign of hope and triumph high
When speaks the signal trumpet tone.
And the long line comes gleaming on,
Ere yet the lite-blood, warm and wet
Has dimmed -he glittering bayonet;
Each soldier's eye shall brightly turn
To where thy sky-born glories burn ;
And as his springing steps advance
Caich war and vengeance from the gluice,
And when the cannon mounting loud,
Heave in wiM wreaths tbe battle-shroud.
And gory sabres ri*e scd fall
Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall,
Then shall thy meteor glances glow,
And cowering toes shall sink Iteneatb
Each gallant arm that strikes below
That lovely messenger of death.
Flag of the Seas on ocean wave.
Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave :
When death, careering on tbe gale,
Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail,
And frightened waves rush v . - back
Be-fore tbe broadside's retlia, r;< k,
Each dying wanderer of the sea
Shall look at once to heaven and thee ,
And smile to see thy splendors fly
In triumph o'er bis closing eye.
Flag of the free heart's hope and home !
By angel hands to valor given,
Thy stars hare lit the welkin dome,
And all thy hues were born in heaven—
Forever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes tbe foe but falls before us,
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er as !
Virginia on Secession in 1811.
The following article on tbe right of a State to
secede, we copy from the Richmond Enquirer of
Nov. 1, 1814:
"THE UNION IS IN DANGER. —Turn to the Con
vention of Hartford, and learn to tremble at ttie
madness of ita authors. How far will such mad
men advance? Thousb they may conceal from
you tbe project of disunion, though a few of them
may have concealed it from themselves, yet who
will pretend to set bounds to the range of disaf
fection ? One false step after another may lead
them to resistance to the laws, to a treasonable
neutrality, to a war against the Government of tbe
United States. In truth, the fir3t act of resistance
to tbe law is treason to the United States. Art
yon ready for this state of things? Will you
support the men who would plunge you into this
ruin ?
<No man, no association of men, no State or
set of States has a right to withdraw itself from
this Union, of ita own accord. The same power
which knit us together can only UDknit. The same
formality which forged the links of tbe Union is
necessary to dissolve it. The majority of State
which from the Uiiion must consent to the with,
drawal of any one branch of it. Until that con
sent has been obtained, any attempt to dissolve
the Union-or obstruct tbe efficiency of it 3 con
titutional laws is treason—treason to all intents
and purposes. Any other doctrine, such as that
which has been lately held forth by the Federal
Republican, that any one State may withdraw itself
from the Uoion, is an abominable heresy—which
strips ita author of every possible pretension to
tbe name or character of a Federalist. "We cail,
therefore, upon the Government of the Union to
exert ita energies when tbe season shall demand it,
and seize the first traitor who shall spring out of
tbe hot-bed of the Convention of Hartford. This
illustrious Union* wide;, has been cemented by the
idcod of oar forefathers, tbe pride of Americans,
and the wonder ef lbs world, must not be tamely
sacrificed to the heated brains or the aspiring
hearts of a few malcontents. The Union must be
saved when any one shall dare to assail it.
"Countrymen of the East! we call upon you to
keep a vigilant eye upon those wretched men who
would plunge us into civil war and inevitable dis
grace. Whatever may be the temporary calamities
which may assail us, let us swear upon the altar of
oar country to sme the Union."
Circumstances may change, but principles are
steroal. If tbe declaration that "no state or set
of States has a right to withdraw itself from tbe
Union of ita own accord," was good Southern
dctor.ne iu 1814, and if •'any other doctrine, such
as that any one State may withdraw itself from the
Union," wss an abominable heresy' st that date,
bow baa it come to pass we find ourselves de
noanced for holding to the faith of the Maduonian
Republicans? Who has changed ?
A Western paper published a number of
'erses a few days ago, one of which reads as
follows:
That rain) day I met her
When she tripped along the street,
And with petticoats half lifted,
Showed a dirty pair of feet.
Tb# next day tho editor corrected an error
J the last line—"diity" read "dainty."
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance.
PLANT CORN.
The New York Ttibune gives some very
wholesome advice on the subject of increasing,
largely, the territory to be cultivated in corn
this year. In this latitude it is still time to
profit by it. As the season is, corn planted
—yellow variety—any time up till the 20th
inst., will just do as well as that which was put
into the ground a week ago. Every farmer
may yet find a few acres suitable, which he
did not intend so to occupy. We also urge
upon all, while they can, to put every foot of
ground tbey can spare, in requisition for eai
l tivtng this tirest useful crop. Don't fear
there will be no market or price for it. If
| there should not be as soon as it is ripe, it will
J keep till there is a demand. Get the crop in
anyhow ; by a little attention it will grow and
can be harvested at your leisure. Tbe Tribune
goes on to say :
"Io times of high excitement like this the
| agricultural districts feel it as keenly as the
cities, and are quite as likely to neglect their
farms as we are to leave our desks and work
shops. Look st the condition of some portion
of tbe South even now. Illinois has saved
some parts of Miss., from starving, for tbey
had raised all cotton and no corn. The whole
I rebel region is, in faot, at this momeDt depen
; ent on Northern granaries for food. Out off
their supplies, and they must perish or suc
cumb.
Host bappilv, the North is bountifully sup
plied with food of all! kinds. But our flour.
} and grain, and beef, and pork, are constantly
| leaving us for Europe in large quantities. We
shall probably this year export more food than
in any siml.r period in our history. England
alone wants every tushcl of grain and every
barrel of meat we CSD spare. This drain
must empty our granaries and warehouses, run
ning up prices even higher than at present, and
making the coming erops our sole dependence
for the future. Every idle acre should there
fore be planted, DOW, while tima and opportu
• n>ty permit it to be done. Every bushel of
j corn raised will be wanted. No one knows
! but half a million of men miy yet be needed to
| finish up th;s rebellion iu away to mike the
j peace as lasting as we intend it shH bs. The
j country has resolved that it will no longer have
its industry blasted every few years, either by
compromise or rebellion. Remember, friends,
we are fighting to preserve the Government
itself. Compromise >s dead, but mbeltMS is
| alive and rampant. We intend to crush it
iand preserve tbe Union, cost what it may.—
But in the mean time, while one army looks to
it* asuskets, let the army of farmers look to its
I cornfields. The South cannot plant either corn
or cotton as aforetime. Thousands who culti
vate corn are already flying from their plaota
ions. E;ry ship that reaches our harbors,
every train that enters our depots is crowded
1 with fugitives abandoning tvery thing to save
I their lives We have full evidence that tbe
slaves in many places already hesitate to work
as usual, and cannot be lashed into it with the
old impunity. How many fields of grain that
any be already planted will be trampled ua
i der foot of Northern armies, which a continu
i atiou of this unparallciled rebellion mastcoru
i pel us to march over in crushing it out ?
j Bear in mind that more than forty forts, and
| mints, and arsenals, and custom houses must
I be captured from tbe rebels, or surrendered at
! discretion. There is no mistaking the taagni
i tu le of the work to be done, but were it thrice
as heavy it would be done nevertheless.
All this will require men—Northern men—
men from the plow as well as as from the
workshop and the mine. Never have farmers
been so imperatively called on to plant every
possible acre a ithin their power. The borne
market alone trill pay them. The South must
be fed by the North another year, and if the
political troubles in Kurooe should eud in a
general war, a demand umsl follow which will
make our farmers rich Be active, friends,
wbjie she reason is before you ! Double the
size of your cornfiel is—somebody wilt want
ail your crop.
DEATH IN CHILDHOOD.
How true anA exquisitely beautiful is tbe fol
lowing, which is taken from an article in the Dub
lin University Magazine :—"To me, few things ap
pear so beautiful as a very young child In its
hroud. Tbe littk, innocent face looks so sum
l.mely simple and confiding amongst tbe cold ter
rors of death Crimeless and fearless, that little
mortal hat passed alone under the shadow, and ex
plored the mystery of dissolution. There is death
in its snblimest and purest image; no hatred, no
bypocracy, no suspicion, no care for the morrow
ever darkened that little face; death has come
lovingly upon it; there is nothing cruel or harsh
in its victory. The yearning of love, indeed, can
not be stifled ; for the prattle and the smile, al! the
little world of thoughts that were so delightful, are
goae forever. Awe, too wiil overcast us in its
presence, for we are looking on death ; but we do
not fesr for the lonely voyaget; for the child has
gone, simple and trusting, into the presence of its
all-wise Father; and of such, We know, is the
kingdom of Heaven."
Everywhere there is death. In it not a
remarkable fact that there is nothing that you
can plant, or build, or lay aside, that death in
some of his formulas does not instantly set
upon? Build wall of granite, and they de
cay? the breath of death will instantly begin
to act upon them. Build your Houses of
Parliament of stoue selected by the best judges,
and death with its fangs is already gnawing
into dust the fabric that Qost millions of the
nation's wealth. Tbe sweetest flowers that
boret into bloom will no sooner reach their
* full bloom and beauty thau death wui breathe
upon them, and tbey will wither and be re
solved into earth again. All that man builds,
all that nature throws up from her bosom, all
that is beautiful in the heights, all that is
| fragrant in the depths, all are under the
' regime of decay, disease, and death.
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1861.
COI'STRI AMD PARTY.
The uprising of a great people is * sublime
spectacle, and all the more sablime because
all partj differences are forgotten. The
wiping ont of party lines in the Free States is
the first grand benefit resulting from the war
for the Union on which we have entered. It
is, we trust, an angury of continued good re
sults, succeeding one another rapidly, until
we are once more a harmonious as well as a
uoited people.
With the exception of a few professional
party leaders of the Democratic school, who
fret under the loss of 'heir ocnpations, there
are DO people in the Free Stotes that ever
talk now of Democracy or Republicanism. The
masses of the Democrats are with the masses
of the Republicans. The people are true to
the nation, and tbev do not ask ihe party
leaders how they shall act, but, with tUe true
instinct of patriotism, they rush to the de
fence of the national standard, ready to fol
low that hallowed emblem of freedom and
Uniou wherever it may go, in any part of the
land.
The Southern people are amazed at this j
unanimity: for they had been led to believe by j
the Secession leaders that a large portion of
the Demociats at tbe North would refuse to
fight against them, if tbey did not actually j
rise to assist them. Here is what the New j
Orleans /fee says on this subject:
"There is no doubt whatever that an opin
ion prevailed among us that if Lincoln should
attempt, to make war upon tbe South, the j
conservative element in the North would j
overwhelm his administration, and by timely j
divisions would extend aid and succor to us- !
It was thought that the thirty thousand;
anti-Lincoln majority in New fork city would
act substantially with the South, or at all
events would exhibit its genuine sympathy j
with that section by declining to take up arms |
in behalf of tbe Federal Government. There
were not wanting amouog us, too, numbers of j
shrewd and experienced citizens who caleula- j
ted largely on tbe commercial ties and identity j
of interests between the South and West, and j
who believed that ultimatly Ohio, Indiana I
and other States io that quirler would be glad |
to unite their destinies with those of a Southern j
Confederacy. How the first blast of tbe'
Northern bugle has blown away these bobbies,
of tbe imagination!"
The hallucination under which the South
but hluudeied into its atrocious rebelliia .
plainly confessed in this extract. It is bit
terly dispelled by "the first blast of the North
ern bugle." Tbe great city of New fork, with
its thirty thousand majority against Lincoln's
election, is as enthusiastic and patrioite as
any other city tn the land. Old Tammany
Hill rings with ttie sbcuts of exulting Demo
crats who are ready to fight, aloog side of
their old enemies at the polls, for the preser
vation of the Union and the avenging of the
outrage done to the National flag. Leading
Democrats are commanding regiments, aad
fraternizing with leading Republicans. Dem
ocratic Governors are giving aid to the Federal
Government from their private fortunes. In
deed there is no question of party politics in
this contest; but there is a generous rivalry
among all classes of citizens in tbe noble j
work of preserving tbe nation.
But not only in the Free States does the
feeling ptevail in behalf of the Union. The
Democratic Governor of Delaware has called
tor volunteers to answer tbe demand of the
President, and the people have come foiward
gallantly at the call. Many parts of Mary
land are ablaze with aothudasm for tbe Union,
and thousands of volunter are ready to fight
for it there. The counties of Northwestern
Virginia, are as eager to maintain tbe cause
of tbe country as those of I'ennsylvanai.—
Volunteers ore organizing in Kentucky, who
will be placed under tbe command of Ken
tucky's noble and loyal son, tbe gallant
Anderson, of Fort Sampler. Missouri has
already five thousand of her brave sons en- :
rolled for service under the star# and stripes. ]
There is not a doubt that, if necessary, fully
fifty thousand soilders can be obtained from '
tbe Slave States alone, to aid the Federal ,
Government in putting down this atrocious
rebellion.
But not one company for the service of the :
rebels could be mustered in tbe Free States,
if tbey were raked for traitors from one end;
to the other. The North is a unit for the
Union; it will have thousands of active allies
in the Slave States, and many more thousands
will show themselves tbera as soon as they are
assured of tbe protection of the Federal
Government from the violence of mobs and the
cruelty of rebel leaders. There is no question
of party DOW. The people are for the country
and the„Governme*rt, and the strong arm of the
people must prevail. Philadelphia Bulletin.
FAIT H. —A little fellow eight years old, who
was without a relative in the whole world, was
asked by a lady if he did not have fears as to
wnethsr he would get along in life. The child
looked up, with a perplexed and inquiring eye,
as if uncertain of her meaning and troubled
with a new doubt. "Why," said he, "don't
you think God will take care of a feller, if be
puts bis trust iu him, and does tbe best ho
can V'
ID your discourse take heed what you speak,
and to whom you speak, how you speak, and
when you speak; when you speak, speak
wisely ; a fool's heart is iu his tongue, but a
wise man's tongue is in his heart.
[
An irishman meeting a countryman, inquir
ed his name.
•Walsh,' said the man.
'Walsh,' responded Paddy, "are ye from
Doubiiu ? I knew two eld maids there of that
name ; was either of 'em yer mother V
f OUR FOREIGN RELITIONS.
The Secretary of State, "William H. Seward, ip
( hi* instructions to the Minister to the French Court,
William L. Dayton, is very explicit on tbe sub
ject of the relations of this government towards
the rebels of the south. We give the concluding
portion of his letter.
The path of executive duty has thus far been too
plainly marked out by stern necessities to be mis
taken, while the solemnity of the great emergency,
and the responsibility it devolves, have extinguish
ed in the public councils every emotion but those
of loyalty and patriotism. It is not in the hands
| of this administration that this government is to
come to an end at all, much less for tbe want of
harmony or in devotion to the country. M. j
Thouvenel s declaration that the United States
may rest welt"assured that no hasty or precipitate
action will be taken on the subject of the appre
hended application of the insurrectionists for a
recognition of the independence of the so-called
confederate states, is entirely satisfactorily, altho'
it was attended by a reservation of views concern- :
ing general principles applicable to a cause that
need not now be discussed. In the unofficial con
venation, Mr. Faulkner says that he himself ex- ;
pressed the opinion that fore-; would not be re- •
sorted to, to coerce the so-caliei seceding states
icto submission to the federal authority, and th*t
the only solution of tbe difficulties would be found
in such modifications of the constitutional com- j
pact a? would invite the seceding states back into
tbe Union, or a peaceable acquiescence in tbe as
sertion of their claim to a separate sovereignty.—
The time when these questions had pertinency or
plausibility has passed away. The United States
waited patiently, while their authority was defied
in turbulent assemblies and iu seditious prepara
tions, willing to hope that the mediation offered
on all sides would conciliate and induce tbe dia- '
affected parties to return to a better mind. But ;
the case is now altogether changed. The insur
gents have instituted a revolution, with open, j
flizraut, and deadly war, to compel the United j
States t acquiesce the dismemberment of the
Union. The Unite! States have accepted this
civil war as an inevitable necessity. The constL ;
tnticnal remedies for all thecompiaints of the in
surgents are still open to them, and will remain so :
hot on tbe other band, tbe land and naval forces
of the Union have been put into activity to restore j
the federal authority, and to save the Union from
danger.
You cannot bo too decided or too explicit in
making known to tbe French tovernment tbat
there is not now, nor has there been, nor will there
be, any or the least idea existing in this govern
ment of suffering a dissolution of this Union to !
take place in any way whatever. There will be
here only one nation and one government, and
there will be tbe same republic and the same Con
stitution that has already survived a dozen national j
changes, and changes of government in almost
every other country, and these will stand hereafter,
as tbey are now, objects of human wouder and
htei-a Yon have seer, on the eve of
yonr departure the elasticity of the national spirit,
the vigor of the national government, and tbe
lavish devotion ot tbe national treasury to the
great cause. Tell M- Thouvenel, then, with the
highest consideration and good feeling, tbat a
thought of tbe dissolution of this Union, peace
ably or by force, has never entered into the mind
of any candid statesman here; and it is high time
that it be dismissed by statesmen in Europe.
From the Huntingdon Globe, (Douglas.)
The Twenty Days Ended.
The twenty days given by the President, for
the Secessionists to disband and return to their
bomes as peaceful and law-abiding citizens, ex
pired on Sunday, and from tbe determined
stand heretofore taken by the President we
prerume he will proceed at once to march our
troops to the Sooth and compel the rebels
to recognize his power and ihe power of our
government. We may therefore expect, un
less there is some beautiful backing down on
tbe part of the South, to hear of a desperate
conflict between the contending pities before
the week is ended. Lincoln has done nobly
thus far, and we hope he may not falter for an
instant, until eecessioDlsm is buried so deep
that it will newr be heard of again. Our
soldiers are "spiling for a fight," and the South
has carried tbe joke so far, tbat she must either
"eome to time" or "take to the water," which
we opine she will ere the second engagement, 1
at farthest. Had the South known what she
does now, six months ago, we believe sbe would
never have allowed it to go as far as it has.
We will meed them the praise of being chi
valrous, but in this instance tbey missed their
mark. They made their calculations for a
united South and a divided North, but in this
tbey were sadly (for them) mistaken, for they
find it just the reverse—a divided Bouth and a
united North. Tbeir papers sneering!? remirk
that our soldiers are all poor house paupers,
and that tbey can whip five to one. Well,
from the way the wind blows from tbat direc
tion just now, tbey will have a chanee of try
ing it on, aud they will find that our paupers
know bow to fight, more especially since thf j
sre all volunteers, and have not been pressed
into service. We want to see the government
carry the war to the bitter end. The time for
compromises have passed. The time for trea
ties ended long ago, and tbey must now be
brought to see their madness at the poiut of
the bayonet. Their leaders must he given up
to the authorities, a fair and impartial trial si- j
lowed them, and a Regiment ef their own sol
diers should be made to shoot then*. The
oountry will never be safe as long as theae re
bellious scoundrels, who have become so aris
tocrario that they sneer at a poor laboring man,
and call him the mud-sill of society, &e., are
permitted to roam at large over tbis glorious
land. Things hava come to a pretty pass, in
deed, when the bone and sinew of our oountry
are despised by tho very men ibty feed, when
the Stars and Stripes are scoffed at and tram
pied beneath tbeir feet, and when the Consti
tution and laws ire set at iefianoe, and the
Unian declared nail aDd void. The retribu
tion of a just and holy God, will surely over
take theui.
A dancer ouco said to a Spartan, -'you can
not stand on one leg as 1 can.' 'Perhaps not/
said the Spartan, "bat any goose can.,
A henpecked husband writes* —'Before mar
riage I fancied wedded life would be all sun
shine ; but afterward I feund out it was all
moonshine.'
I CAIRO, at the junction of the Ohio and
j Mississippi rivers, is fhe most southerly point of
; free territory, and extends as it were into the
j very bosom of the slavcbolding States. It is
true that the States o? Missouri and Kentucky,
so far, have not placed themselves in an atti
tude of hostility toward* the General Govern
i ment. but we may readily presume tbat where
there is any doubt of loyality of a
War Department will act upon that doubt as
if it were a certainty, and take saeh measures
a* will resist any demonstration which such
States miy hereafter make. The rail roads of
Illinois and adjoining States offer such facili
ties for transportation as will make it an easy
matter to concentrate a large force and any
amount of supplies which may be needed, at
Cairo; and undoubtedly this point will be made
thd b*se of whatever operations may be under
taken down the river. It is said that the
secessionists havt been well aware of the
importance of this place, and at the last ac
counts from that locality, it was believed that
they ioteuded to fend an expedition to take
if. If they had such an intention, tbey have
delayed it too long, for tbe force now collected
there is soffirisnl to defend it against any
attack. Cairo is|undoubtedly destined to gain
a histories! reputation,and iD a few days we may
fiud the newspapers embellished with wood-cut
maps and views of this "scon to be famous"
city aud its vicinity. In a ccmmetcial poiut
of view, Cairo is a place of much importance,
but 'be unfavorable nature of tbe land has
prevented the building of a large city. It j
requires a war to make its vaiua to tbe Union j
known to tbe people.
A REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENT.—? time lo
Preaoh and a time to Fight —One of tbe
most tbriiliug reminiscences of the American
Revolution is related of General Peter Muh
lenberg, whose asfets repose in tbe burying
grouud of "The Old Trappe Church," in
Montgomery oounty, this State. When tbe war
broke out, Gen. Mublenbarg was rector of a
Protestant Episcopal Church, Dunuiore county,
Virginia. On Sunday morning, he adminis
tered the Lord's Supper to his charge, stating
tht in the afternoon of that day he would
{.reacts a sermoo on "Tbe duties tusn owe to
tbeir country." At the appointed time the
building was crowded with anxi -us listeners.
Tbe discourse, if we remember correctly,
was founded on a text from, Solomon—"There
is a time for every purpoae and for every work."
Tk MHfialySlHM.d with patriotic fire; every
sentence and intonation told tbe speaker's
deep earoestuess in what be wat saving.
Pausing a moment at the close of his discourse
be repeated the words of bis text, and then, iu
tones of thunder, exclaimed; "T/i time to
preach is past; THE TIME TO FIAAI HAS
COME!"' and suiting the action t tbe word, tie
threw from bis shoulders his clerical robes
and stood before bis congregation in military
uniform. Drumming for recruits was com
menced on tbe spot, and it is said that almost
every male of suitable age in tbe congregation
enlisted forthwith.
TRAITORS EXECUTED.
Two Men Shot—Two More llanged.
A letter from a member of the 7th Regi
ment to his father, dated Washington, 28th
April, states that the regiment 02 that morning
received an addition of 175 men from New
lork, all in good health and spirits. The
writer says: "Six Secessioni:s were caught
yesterday in treasonable acts, and two were
shot this morning at tbe Navy-Yard. One is
to be shot to-morrow morning. He was in
the employ of the Urdenance Department, and
bad been set to work filling bombs: but in
stead of charging them witb powder, he put
sand in them. Several men have been arrest*
ed for tearing up the track of tho railroad,
and they will be summarily dealt with.' J
A private letter frotn Anuapolis, April 28,
says:
"And now to givo you an example of the
punishment traitors receive, we can see from
where 1 am writing, about two miles from
shote, on the yard-arm of the United States
brig Caledonia, two men hanging— one for
smuggling provisions and powder to tbe Re
bels at Charleston; the other for piloting the
7th Regiment on the Chesapeake bar—with
tho inteßtion that the Baltimoreans might get
possesion of Annapolis before the seventh
could land. He was not quite sharp enough
for the boys. Tbey su.-peeted his intentions,
put hiti) in irons, aud cuuveyea him on board
the brig, and now he is hanging for his crime."
BROWNLOW, the famous figbting parson, is
pouriDg the most effective batteries of hot shot
into the ranks of tbe secessionists, a specimen
of which we give in the following.
THE FIRST SECEDER.—The Devil was the
first secessionist ever known, and he seceded
from a better government than the leaders of
our cotton states did, but from the same mo
tives. "Rule or ruia," was tba platform of
both. Here, for the most part, the people have
been fifed and drummed out of tho Union, aud
denied a voice upon a subject. The sataa spir
it actuate secessionists wherever they may be
found. Had Bell or Douglas been elected tbe
satue state of things wouid now be upon us.
These southern conspirators intended all this
mischief, and they have brought it about.—
The southern Democracy are to blame for all
this thing.
THE STARS AND STRIPBS.—It is related in
Baltimore, that one of the wounded
setts men—a mere ycutb—after the fight with
the mob, crept into a abep and was kindly
i sheltered by the owner, and on being question-
J ed why so young a man as be came so far
j with arm?, he murmured faintly, bnt "witb a
| simple affection," the account says, witb dying
breath, "Trie Stars and the Stripes."
VOL. 34, NO. 20.
THK Richmond (Va.) Examiner is taking 4
curious turn. £t either ia or affects to be
alarmed lest the State should, after all, back
oat from secession. It admits that there ia n
strong and dangerous Union element even ia
Virginia, and thinks Jeff. Davis "cannot stove
on too soon," to save the State from leaving
the "Confederacy." These double dealing
scouodrela are not to be trusted in any case—
the Government will make a sure thing of it,'
of course, by supporting the Union men and
recapturing Norfolk Navy Yard, Harper's Fer
ry, &c., but it is not improbable that the 8e
; cession leaders in Virginia begin to feel a lit'
tie uncomfortable about their necks; for if the
Union men themselves in all the States which
have been brought to tbc verge of ruin by the
Traitor erew do not yet bang thftn by scores
or hundred*, we are deceived. Tfce day must
come wleu the Southern marscs will learn that
all the mischief, villainy and crime was wholly
unprovoked and unjustifiable.
MILITARY FORCE? OP PENNSYLVANIA.—-
Under this head the Adjutant General of this
State issues from Lis office at Harrisburg,
M*y 3, 1861, an official list of the names and
number of companies of this State, sworn into
service of the United States, and also of these
tendered and declined. The number sworn in
to service exclusive of Phil adelphia, i# one hun
dred and sisty-cnc companies, Philadelphia fur
nishes an addition of eight regiments—making
eighty additional companies—or a total of two
hundred and forty-one companies accepted.
Ahe trtill number of companies offered and
reje.t?d, or declined for the present, is iwo
hundred and eighty-three! And this does
not, by aQj means, include all or nearly all
the companies organised in tac State, and ready
for service whenever wanted ; nor one of the
numerous "Home Guards" of the State
What a people we are when wa half trvl
A SOLDIER'S* RATIONS.
For breakfast, 7 A. M., there will be
furnished for each man provisions in the fol
lowing quantities:
Oae quart of goad coffee.
Eight ounces of bread.
Three eighths of a pound of be<f.
A? 12 31 , for dinner.
l.ve-etghths of H pound of beef or mutton
well cooked, with potatoes. 1
O e quart of baked be*ns !o every ten men
and every other day, in the lieu of b*kcd
bean* rtee, bean or vegetable soup, wiii fc e
.urnisl. d at the rate of one pint per rout .
At 5 P, 31., fur supper.
Eight ounces of bread.
Three pints of coffer.
Oae quarter pound of cold beef or mutton.
The ceffee t- he furnished will be properly
sweetenea and milk iu due proportion will
also be provided.
PATRIOTIC INCIDENT At the Boston meet
ing to summon recruits for Fletcher Webster's
regiment, the foilowicg teiling i3?i*ient occur
ed. The chairman notified ibe meeting toss
subscriptions would be received, when a ?tle
boy promptly cause forward and said, "This
is from Stephen Decatur , nr." It proved to
be a check for SIOO. The father stood by
and proved to be blind. He is an officer of the
navy who lost his sight in toe service, and a
nephew of Commodore Decatur of the last war.
Nine cheers were given which made the halls
ring. Five thousand dollars were immediate
ly sul-scriped for the regiment, which is to leave
tbi* week. One hundred young ladies were
making garments for the uien.
A TTPO IX WOE.—A poor editor out West
s (True where, falling into the hande of the Phil
istines, broke forth in the following gizzard
moving appeal :
Sheriff, Spare that press !
Touch not a single type ;
Don't put me in distress,
To stick to aic throngh Irfe.^
'Tis all in all to me—
If lost, what shall I do?
Then why not let it be ?
Ob, Sheriff, boo? bos! boo'
A FITHT REPLT The Newport J\tem re
ports the following:— 1 " A correspondence, of
which the following is the substacoe, is caid
to have passed between Gov. Hicks, of Mary
land and Gov. Sprague of Rhode Island, b?
telegraph:
(*owtto r Hichs to Governor Sprague.—- 11 £
understand you are about te proceed to Wash
ington with tbe Rhode island Regiment. I
advise you not to take tbern through Baltimore,
and thus avoid trouble."
Governor Sprague to Governor Htcks. • The
Rhode Island Regiment are going to fight,
and it matters not whether they fight in
Baltimore or Washington."
A FINAL SETTLEMENT DEMANDED.—The
pecuniary .oss which the country has already
suffered from the Jeff.|Davis rebellion cannot
be less than §590,000,000- Does anybody
suppose that tbe people will consent to patch
j up with a;ij halfway arrangement a controver
-1?y which has cost tborn so dear, and leave it
;to bo revived again hereafter? Such a suppo
sition is absurd. The business is now to be
finished and settled forever, so that it can
never be brought cp for consideration again.
The Secretary af War is deteimined out to
be defeated by tbe treason of the Governors of
those border States who refuse to respond to
the proclamation of liae President for troops.
He has therefore determined to accept the
offer of independent regiments from these
States, and Km resoiati n has already called
out several splendid rtgiintnis from these
very States.
An editor down South apologized for delay
in the issue of bis {aj-er, as he bad u extra
'maiv' to attend lo during the week.