BY DAVID OVER.
Ol i ri].
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/"or /Ac Inquirer. I
OUR FLAG.
God bless the dear flag of the States.,
That floats in the breezes of heaven,
By the hand of thy angels on earth.
That flag to our fathers was given.
O bless and protect it when e'er
We struggle and battle for right,
And grant that thy arm may decide
That justice may always be might.
That banner our fathers has been
In the days of our deepest distress,
But when in adversity, thou
The flag of our country didst bless.
O grant that our flag may remain
The flag of a people that's free.
Undivided in heart and in mind
That dwelleth in sweet unity.
O Father in heaven protect
The land and the homes of the brave,
And O 1 from disunion and blood
Grant thou to protvci and to save,
For aye to the stripes and the stars
We'll prove that we're loyal and true
And honor forever wo must
The colors of red, white and blue.
KEY. J. MILTON AKEKS.
Flcasant Grove, Md., May 13th, 1861.
TRAITOR, SPARE THAT FI.4G.
Traitor, spare that flag,
Touch not a single star ;
Its sbelt'riog glory now
Still blazes near and tar;
'Twas our forefathers' hand
That placed it o'er our head,
And thou shalt let jt stand,
Or perish with the dead.
That dear old precious flag.
Whose glory and renown
Arc spread o'er laud and sea,
And would'st thou tear it down ?
Traitor, forbear tby touch—
Bend not its heait bound ties;
Oh, spare that glorious flag.
Still streaming through the ski*-s.
-I
When I was yet a hoy,
1 glorie-l in the sight,
And rais'd my voice iu joy,
To greet its folds of light;
For it my home is dear,
Dear is my native land,
Forgive this foolish tear,
But let that old Flag stand.
My heart-strings round thee cling,
Close as thy stripes, old friend ;
Thy praises men shall sing,
Till Time itself shall end ;
Old Flag, the storrn still brave,
And, traitor, leave the spot,
While I've a hand to save,
Thy touch shall harm it not.
THE EDUCATION OF WOMAN.
BT MISS L. C. ARNOLD.
Read before the Teachers Association
of Bedford County.
This is a subject upon which much has been said
and writter, and yet it has lost i: uof its impor
table, but is susceptible of wide and extended dis
cussion. Education is a word the analysis of schtch
only adds to its significance, and taken in connec
tion with women, it becomes of almost vitil impor
tance.
Great is the boast of the progress of education:
great would be the indignation excited by a douM
as to the truth if this assertion. A single query
will make this doubt more intelligible, and place
the subject in a stronger light: "Are women quali
fied to educate men ?" If not, 110 available pro
gress has been made, Upon her training depends
the happiness of families —the well being of nations.
The selfishness, political and social; the forgetful
ness of patriotism , the unregulated tempers and
low ambition of the one sex, testify too cleurlyhvut
little has been done by the vaunted education of
the other. For education is useles ot pernicious,
in its influence, unless it bears upon duty, as well
as upon cultivation—unless it expands the soul.
while it enlightens the intellect.
Whatever may be the laws and customs of a
country, woman always gives the tone to morals.—
Her influence, therefore, is more or less salualary,
according to the degree of esteem in which she is
held. She makes man what be is. Nature has
made man's intellect to depend upon her dignity,
as she has made his happiness to defend her vir
tue. Just observe the great divisions of the hu
man race, the East and West. A portion of the
•geld world remains in a state of inanity, under the
oppression of a rude civilization ; the women there
are slaves : the other, advances in equalization and
intelligence, the women there are free and honored.
The celebrated Ham Mobun Roy observed, "that
as long as the females of India remained in their
present degraded state, all attempts to improve
society and to implant Christianity, would be use
. iess."
The sacred maxim, *'For the soul to be without
knowledge is not good," applies to woman as well as
to man ; indeed, 'tis reasonable to suppose that the
evils of ignorance io woman, ere in consequences Jar
more pernicious than iu man. It iu repairing and
beautifying a superstructure, we neglect the foun
dation, the work of our bauds will never be es
tablished. If, in purifying a stream, we are care
less of tbe fountain—the source from whence it
springs—we labor in vain. It will be found, on re
flection and investigation, that the tardy advances
of mankind in knowledge and in improvement, are
chiefly, owing to the defective state of the for
mation—-to the negb-ct, be it to a greater or less
extent, in different countries, in the intellectual,
moral and religious education of women.
If we consult tbe pages of history we shall find
•tlat very many of the greatest and best men that
ever hved, owed their eminence to tbe influence aDd
direction given to their minds in early childhood
by a tender and intelligent mother. In our own
heretofore happy Republic we have tbe mother of
tbe "Imortai Washington"—a woman, whose re
markable life and character, has been so universally
admired throughout Europe, that some of the most
.celebrated men of coat country, atlirmed it no WOR
,der that "America produced tb *s greatest men, since
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she could boast of such mothers." Rome, not- j
withstanding her primeval rudeness, seems more j
correctly than polished Greece to have estimated j
the "weaker vessel.'' Here and there, upon the •
storm-driven billows of her history, some solitary j
form towers upward in roaj-stv, and tho mother
of the Gracchi still stands lorth in strong relief,
amid imagery ovr.which time has no power.
Both Britain and America owe their greatness and ,
glory to the character of their women. Who fa.
spired the intant mind with love ot knowledge
and truth—who tutored tiie youth and formed his
habits and character as man - was it not the wis
dom and virtue of the wife, the mother, arjd the sis
ter I—and does not her influence accompany him
through life, even to the ballot-box and the legisla- j
tive hail, where it shonld be of the most refining, •
consoling, and ennobling character t—should she j
not possess the necessary information t—does she
reap no benefits from a well regulated government ? :
—has she no interest at stake when it is badly
managed ? cares she not whether the principl *s !
upon which it is founded and carried on are right :
or wrong, and has she no responsibility in the mat
ter ? Therefore, is not ihe encouragement of her :
education the great secret in political economy ? |
It has been asserted, and very ungenerously and j
unmanly too that she is unfitted lor the position of i
teacher in the higher departments of study—that'
she is constitutionally , as well as mentally, incapa- 1
dialed to influence, govern, or train up, or in other j
vioras, to educate. This is a contumely to the
delicacy, moral sentiment, and mental ability,
which every true-hearted and nohle-m'ndcd woman
should resent. It is an infringement of our priva
legi'S—and they are not so many and large—that
we can afford to lose a bright link troni the chain
of respect and influence without a murmur. It is
admitted by every well-trained mind that woman is
the true teacher for the young, the one whom God
has appointed and fitted morally —that she has not
been mentally qualified has been the fault of man—
and he ought not to take advantage of a defect
which he himself has caused to usurp her rights.—
It will he by all that the great mass of
mankind have devoted vastly more attention and
means to tho instruction of their sons than their
daughters, and even the wealthy, to a very superficial
intellectual education, have merely superadded the
fashionable accomplishments.
That her intellect is adequate to evt ry liter irv and
scientific attainment, has even under all discourage
ments received too much demonstration to be longer
questioned. That it has been established beyouti a
doubt, that in natural and moral philosophy in the
higher branches of mathematics, in geometry and
' trigonometry, in algebraic d sciences: in demon.
■ strating the most complex propositions of Euclid
! she has equalized, if not surpassed, hoys of thu
same age, in skill ami degree of proficiency. In
, composition, also, either in prose or poetry, she
i exhibits an intellectual maturity, a compass of
J thought,a corroc : news and cultivation of taste, and
an elegance of diction, which are unattainable by
| males at the same period of life. Tbat many wo
i men have acquired a knowledge of the dead
| languages, and with a resolution and perseverance
] scarcely outdone by Demosthenes, has been clearly ■
; j roveo to those who have been sufficiently interes- I
] ted to investigate the Rubject. We have examples
! on record of those who, to the study of Hebrew, |
! Greek and Latin, luive added French, Italian, Spau
; ish and German, and also, Portuguese and Arabic;
j and to an uncommon proficiency in classic and
! historic lore they have added a knowledge of as
; tronomy, ancient geography, poetry and theology.
It Ins also been affirmed and that in proof of her
| incapacity, that she has never produced such works
i as Sbakspeare, Byron, Moore and others—that her
i intellectual inferiority precluded the possibility of
attaining such a degree of literary perfection To
| which, we reply—such an affirmation is unworthy
the noble name of man ; nnd the injustice of it
caues to curl the lip of indign ition,and ins'.inctive
ly the finger of scorn points to him, who would
thus degrade the protectress of his childhood, the
preceptress of his principles.
The composition of such works, adds not a lustre
to their culture, either morally or r> ligiously—
Woman, naturally, is ambitious—endowed with a
livily and brilliant imagination—and that alone is
1 essential to the existance of ambition—she invests
all with the beauty of her ow.i bright creations.— _
Persevering and .untiringin her researches after
knowledge—and only when her physical constitu
tion fails, does she relinquish her chase in the in
tricate windings of the labyrinth of intellectual
love. But tho office of true poetry is to elevate, to
purify and soften Ihe human character . and thus
promote civil, mmal and religious advancement.—
It is encouraging to meet with respect and com
mendation, and especially to find some men, who
are disposed to atone for the if justice womeu have
received from others—the catting wrong of Young,
the despotic edicts of Milton, the sn'ers of Pope,
the polite sarcasms of Addison, the coarse ribaldry
of Sbakesp*are, with the licentious wit of Byron,
and the degrading voluptuousness of Moore, have
been re.echoed back by men of inferior minds,
I who thought what disgraced their wives, mothers
aid sisters, hot.ore ! them.
Thus have the name and character of woman
been degraded, a.nd man, the defender, the protec
tor, smiles complacently ujton, and stamps with
the seal of his approbation such unparalleled injus
tice. Shame upon "creation's Lord, the proud
monopolist of Intellect!' - But "Hope still whisp
ers," that to woman, as well as to man,
"The time will come
When goodness, like the sun without a cloud
To dim his affluent beams, shall shine on all,
And fame be virtue's guardian, and fair truth
And heart-warm love, twin graces, shine to charm
The intellectual mind!*'
A WAE SIGN IN THE HEAVENS. —Gov.
Black, of Nebraska, gives the following de
scription of a remarkable display witnessed at
Omaha, at the close of last year:—Shortly
after the 810011 rose, a very distinct and bright
cross was visible, of which the moon was the
centre. The arms of the cross extended on
either side, apparently about one degree; at
the extremity of each arm was an upwright
column, seen through thin clouds. The pillars
were variagated like a rainbow. When the
moon was about three hoars high the cross
and the columns disappeared and several
bright and oistiuct circles succeeded: at one
time as many as six great circles were visible.
From ten to eleven (when I went to bed)
two circles only were displayed, but those
wore very bright and beautiful; and what,
tp me, seemed most strange, part of tbe
circumference of one ran through the centre
of the other—clear and complete belt. 1 aui
not able to describe the manifestations as
they were steu, hut they were quite enough to
excite our "-special wonder."
A DISGUISED VOLUNTEER —ln a towo in
Indiana an old man of sixty tivc years, with
hair and flowing beard as white as snow, im
plored permission to join the volunteers, but
being refused, be went to a barber's, had
his beard cropped, and his hair and beard
dyed, aud again applied for admission. Not
being detectod, bo was received, and teiog
asked his uge, replied, " Rising 36."
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1861.
The American Troubles in the Brit
ish House of Lords
In iho House of Lords, on the 29th ultjmo. |
Karl of Malmesbury, adverting tj the stare of
affairs in America, said : I beg leave to put to '
my Doble friend, the Under-Secretary for For
eign Affiirs, a question of whiob I have given
hiui private notice, in reference to a subject
which deeply imprests this country, and, I may ;
say, the whole of Kurope. Almost all your
lordships have, no doubt, read the v accounts j
which arrived this morning from America, and
must have learned with pu'rj, as well as some
astonishment, that a civil war had broken oat
between the dsaesrio.iist* in that oountrv and
the other States of the Union. Fortunrtaly,
up to the date of those acoounts, hardly any
blood bad beeu shed, and too much praise 1
cauuot, 1 think, be bestowed spou the com
mander of the fleet engaged in the transaction to ;
whicn 1 refer for abstaining from entering on
a useless contest. It is impossible, however,
tint a struggle such as that whiob seems now
impending in Amorica, a struggle so unnatural, •
and calculated, I may add, to prove so fatal to
the parties concerned iu it—should not pro
duce a reverberation throughout the rest of
the world. 1 may further observe that no
country on this side of the Atlautic is, per- |
haps, more likely to suffer from the civil war
which threatens the United States than our •
own; for, altogether apart from those feelings !
of regret wi,th which we must witness the j
breaking out of 3tiife between persons belong- j
iug to the same family as ourselves, an d kin- j
dred to us in language as well as iu blood, our
political and material interests are deeply in- 1
volved in this uuhappy schism. That being
so, 1 cannot but beleive that Her Majesty's I
Minister, feeling upon this question with all
her Majesty's subjects, have already done their
utmost, by officious means, to bring fibout some
arrangement by which so dreadful a calamity
as that of which 1 am speaking, may be avert
ed. 1 therefore wish to ask my noble friend
what steps the Government have taken with :
thf objeot , whether they have made any at
tempt to prevent the quirrel between the dif*
fsie.it Slate- of the American Union from coming
to a bloody issue; what hopes they entertain
of suocceeding iu so liudable an endeavor,
and whether they have invitefl, or are in cor
respondence with any other European Govern
ment, with the view of obtaiDiug their assis
tance iu seeking to put a stop to a civil war.
of which, if once fairly commenced, it will be
impossible f o folate the end. [Hear, hoar.]
Lord \\ odehouso—l need scarcely assure
my noble friend that the Government, in com
mon with him, ana I feel confident that every
oue of Her Majesty's subjects have learnt, with
the deepest regret, the intelligence of the dis
sensions which have taken place iu the United
States. We have also received with the ut
most concern, the accounts to which my noble
friend has alluded, informing us that those
dissensions have brought that country to the
brink of ciiii war —i f , indeed, civil war may
not be said to have already broken out within
her Territories ; and in answer to the questiou
what steps have been taken by Her Majesty's
j Ministers to avert this great calamity—for
such a great calamity it undoubtedly must
prove to be, not only to the Americans them
selves, out to Knglaud, which is so closely con
nected to them by the ties of kindred—lhavo
to staie that after the most mature deliberation
1 the Government cauie to the conclusion that
' it was not desirable that this country should
| intrude her advice or council on the Govern
ment of the United States. [Hear, bear.]
However great the interests which we must feel
in toe welfare of her people, and however
anxious we might be to rescue them from the
misfortune* which seems to bo impending over
their Leads, we yet thought that a great and
independent nation tuighr not welcome advice
• given with re-poet to her iuiemal affairs,if that
i advice were proffered without being solicited.
The instructions, therefore, given to Lord Ly
' nns were, (hit be should on every fitting oc
! casino, express the earnest desire entertained
by Her Majesty's Government that the differ
ences which prevail between the Northern and
S ulhero States of Am rioa should be arraug
, ed. lie has not, however, been instructed to
j give, "officiously" or officially, any couusel or
advice to the American Government, unless
! such counsel or advice should be asked for by
the ooutending parties themselves. This is
the answer I have to give to the question of
' iny uoble friend. It naturally follows that
Her Majesty's Ministers have not been in com
j muuioation with any foreign Government as to
any steps being tiken of ibo nature of those
|to which he has ailuded. [Hear; hear.]
TUK LAST OF THE TYLERS —The oommu
i oity will experience inexpressible relief at the
announcement thai Robert Tyler, E.-q., is no
longer to afflict oa with his presence. Robert
his beeD removed from bis " fat " position of
Protbou.tuy of the Supreme Court of Penn
sylvania, and James Ross Snowden, Esq., late
Treasuter of the Mint, has been appointed to
succeed biin. The wbole Tyler family ore
now among the Virginia traitors. Poor Rob!
lie was the most promising of the lot, but a
vicious p ireutal example has ted him iuto the
paths that had to disgrace and ignominy.
"The bemp is sown,
The hemp is grown."
IN PHILADEI.PIJIA, on tiuuday last at Rev.
E. M. Huttcr's Lutheren chnrcb, the eloquent
clergyman recited the Star Spangled Rauner,
after which it was cbauoted by the choir and
the oongrsgation. The scene waA most im
pressive, and every person present was effec
ted to tears. The streets were crowded jvith
i troops, and thousands of ladies wore the
I national colors, even in places of publio
wotsbip. This is the spirit of the Crusades,
; pervaded by tho spirit of enlightened freedom.
Sunday Chronicle.
TIIE SECRET IKY OF WAR.
The Sunday Mercury of tbe 12 h instant,
thus manfully refers to the position of Geo.
(Jstneroa, Jho S< c etary of War. It ,is well
un lerstnod in Washington, that between Gen.
Stott and the present Secretary of War, the
strongest and most confidential feeling of
friendship has existed for a great many years.
During tbe Mexican Avar, aud when the ad
ministration of Polk was so desirous of
humiliating the old Hera, for the purpose of
promoting ever his head a favorite of their
own, Gen. Cameron defended and sustained
Gen. Soott, and with a host of other's, was
instrumental in securing for hiui the vindica
tion of his government, as well as the full
support aud approbation of the people. Tbe
friendship that has grown out of that transac
tion,is therefore of the strongest nature between
these two veterans, the one the champion of
his country on the field of battle, aud the
other her stay and support in the halls of
legislation and the cabinet.
The extract from the Mercury is a just and
frank acknowledgment of the olaims and servi
oesof one of Pennsylvania's most distinguished
and eminent citizens: *
Pennsylvania shuuld Ic proud of her repre
sentative hi the cabinet. Much regret was
expressed at the time of the formation of the
Miuistry, that General Cameron was not
assigned to the Treasury Department; but the
events has demonstrated that as
a war ruSnister the Penosylvantan is "the right
man in the right place." He has had a vh(
and var i sd experience as a practical business
man, and even his roost determined opponents
concede that he possesses rsre administrative
energy spd tact. Unlike tbe war secretaries
who have preceded him, Cameron gives due
weight to the wise suggestions of the Lieu
tenant General, and does not attempt to inter
fere with the plans matured by the mihttry
genius whom we are fortunatein having at the
head of our f.\rces. The long tried p itriotism
sagacity and skill of Scott are fuUy appreciated
by tbe present administration. But there is
an immense amount of busiuC'S to be transac
ted by |he War Department, at a tiiue wheu
armies are to be created out of a population
lately absorbed iu the avocations of peace—
when men are u> be chosen for posts of honor
and peril, and the treacherous servants of tbe
government are to be detected and d sitiis-ed
before tbey can damage tho interests of the
country. Cameron displays decision, promp
titude and ci room spec lion in directing this
work, and his example infuses Iresh energy
into ail bis subordinates. The Secretary will
accept no resignations from men who have been
educated at the expense of the nation and who
now wish to transfer their seivices to tho
cause of treason aud despotism. He dismisses
the traitors with the mark of infamy which
will rest upou their oamcs forever. Upon the
whole, we think, the government is fortunate
in possessing so valuable and effineot a Minis
ter of War, aud we are glad that Pennsylv
nia has contributed him to the service of the
country.
The Richmond Examiner the ieading seces
sion organ of Virginia manifest* a great deal
of trepidation at the energy which the govern
ment is now manifesting mid the evident over
throw which awaits the traitors. It clamors
for a dictator and declares that. Virginia is lost J
unless Jefferson Davis comes to the rescue.—
Virginia, to be sure, will fight to the last—
Virginia will bo cut into ten thousand pieces
before she will yield—but why do not Davis
and the South come OD ?
"The Southern Stites are both traitors and j
aud cowards if they do not eotue uVouce to the
front All their available forces should be
brought to the banks of the Potomac with the
least loss of time. Especially should Presi
dent Davis give Virginia the advantage of his
presence. It would be worth an army of fifty
thousand men. It would give confidence and
authority to all the Site's movements. Why
do the wheels of the chariot tarry?"'
In another articlo The Examiner calls for
the iortificatiou of Richmond. "We have now
powder euough to staud any siege; 1 it exclaim*.
♦What is more to the purpose, Richmond con
tains at this moment not less than five thous
and unemployed negroes. The tobacco facto
ries arc closed, or working short force All
the usual occupations of mutual labor are at
a stand-still. Slavea walk the streets, whose
masters oan find work neither for hire or for
uothing. It would be a blessing to the wholo
idle aud non-combatant population to give it
employment on the fortification of Richmond.
The city contains many civil and two military
engineers without immediate occupation,and the
State it-eh has the bighost taleutsof America at
its commaud to furnish plans. H ith all these
advantages why should uot Richmond be for
tified—well fortified and at once.'
lu another article the Examiner laments
that their forces, though superior to those of
the North in courage ; though as it says, brave
as Caesar's legions,' are yet far inferio - in point
of numbers. Not more th -30,01/0 V irginiana
are ; fit for service, aod oo.iy 20,000 from the
States further South oan be >xpcoted.—
Jefferson Davis, in his message, says that ouiy
10,000 are ou the way.
The whole tone of The Examiner , and the
other Virginia journals, sufficiently shows that
the traitors have got thoir eyes open at last to
the folly of their Quixotic plans, and to the
awful peril of their posision.
ELEVEN BROTHERS IN ONE COMPANF.—
The Indianapolis (lod.) Journal says Mr.
Bates, of Pendleton, an old gentlemen of
Hinety-two years nf age, is said to have eleven
sons in a volunteer company from Madison
county, he has certainly done bis duty in
(uruishmg his quota of volenteers.
The Attempt to Get Possession of
Port Pickens by Bribery.
A orrei-poodent of the Washingtou Sunday
Chronicle, gives the de'a ls of the recent nn*
successful attempt on tho part of the Rebels to
get possession of Fort Pickens by bribery.—
Lieut. S!eiuiu>r, having had his suspicions
aroused by tho frequent pissigeof letters aud
papers between the fort ami Warrington, gave
orders that all BUO'I communication* mast bo
stopp d. The very next day a roll of papers
was sent over from Warrington to a Sergeant,
which Lieut. Slein uer opened, finding a note
enclosed, making vague offers to the man if he
would betray his trust. A watch was set over
the Sergeant, aud the next day another pack- ,
age came over, addressed to the same man, and
having this note inclosed ;
"What a jackass you are. I again renew
my off r of a position, with a lieutenants com
mission, and all your pay two-fold that is due
you from the Federal (x ivoroment. Also to
Flynn. If you will help us along to save
bloodshed, 1 can offer any private in the com
pany §5OO, and any non-commissionod officer
§lOOO, together with a guarantee of f itire
promotion us high, or higher, as he now stauiis.
Every mm who will take upon themselves to
give us the fori without bloodshed, and save
the lives oj your garrison, will be paid all
back pay, §5OO for tie privates, §lOOO for
non-cmnmissioocd officers, and a commission
ia the Confederate at uiv. This 1 off*r by au
thority. I would uot offer it otherwise. You,
as a frieud, 1 beleive will t u*tmc. We MUST
>.nd WILL have the fort,jbus 'lis not worth one
drop of blood; but if it cost 5000 lives, we
must and will have it. Fill it full of Feder
al troops if you will, yet we must and will have
it. Don't be a a—d fool. When and whore
can 1 sue you I 1 will go over to uigbt, and
will take a eocbtail, if you say so.
Aoswer first opportunity. Yours, &J , B."
Oa the morning of the 13:b of April a pri
vate of Sleunuei'a coinnauy nude tbe following
stitemcnt:
' 1 was on pirket guir i last nig'it. Daiiug
the night I saw asaiall boat approach the beach.
I stepped b.ck to see what it w.s about, when
a man eatne before me. 1 brought my rnu-ket
II aeh rge, tni ordir.-d him to halt. Hi said,
'Don't shoo', lam a friend.' He then began
to talk to roe, and to ask about the fort. —
While be was talking, three others came up
behind inc. They asked me many questions
about tbe number of men, &0., about the flank
defence, an J whether the guns could not fe
spiked, &o. They said they would give any
marl plenty of money if he would only spike
the flank defence guns, aud asked wheu 1 would
be on picket guard again. 1 told tbcm 03
Monday night. They said, 'We will be over
and ready.' As tbey were going away one of
them said to me, 'How are you off for money
in the fort!, I said, 'We have not been paid
for six months.' He thou put a roll of bills
iu my haud v an<i said, 'Give that to them.'—
He then gave me a roll of bills amouuting to
sixty dollars, whioh I now hrve in my posses
sion.
After m iking this statement he gave the §l3O
to Slemmer. The gallent Lieutenaut declared
that it was only when he saw these evidences
of intentions to bribe his men to spike his flmk
defence guns, and thus obtain p -sscs-ioo of \be
fort, he believed it necessary to call fo.r .rein
force meuts.
MORE OF MASSACHUSETTS SHREWDNESS
Readors have all, doubtless, seen the anec
dote of the Massa.ihuset's soldier, who stepped
from the ranks, and repaired the locomotive
which he. himself had wade. Also of the two
butcher volenteers, who, when their company
was nearly starving, bought a cow from a
Maryland countryman, slaughtered it, bung it
on a tree, aQd dressed it for their fellows.
Here is another anecdote which they may not
have seen. On the same day that the engine
was repaired, the whole road which it was to
run on, and which had been torn up by the
traitors, h&dbeen repaired and complete save
a single rail. It was sou >ght for in vain;
every nook and corner was scanned, but still
that one remaining link was wanting, without
which the work was incomplete. It was a Mas
sachusetts man who rose to the emergency.
With eyes and faculties sharpened by use,
und the habit of overcoming obstacles, he
surveyed the ground consi ierod the probabil
ities, aud weighed chances. Then, with an
instiuct as unerring as that of an Indian who
reads in the turning of a leaf the parage of a
foe, be m idehis way t > a deep stream, at some
distance, examined its banks and stripped.
Three times be plunged to the bottom, and the
third time brought up the missing rail! "I
am working for my country, not for pay," he
said, when amid cheers of the 7lh's men, one
of them offered him a piece of gold.
A UCN MANUFACTURER at Norwich, Conn,,
has manufactured a new and terrible weapon
for arming ves.seis to cruise for pirates ami
Southern privateers. It is a cylindrical bomb,
about twelve inches long, ami sharpened with
a steel point, which is thrown from a heavy
guu fired from the shoulder. The projectile
sticks into the deck or side of a vessel and
explodes in a few seoonds after being discharg"
ed. Its effect is terrific, one shell being suffici
ent to clear a whole ship's deck. It is intend
ed for close, action.
THE PRESENCE OF GOD— Live in sight of
God. This is what heaven will be—the eter
nal presence of God. Do nothing you would
not like God to see. Say nothing you would
not like him to hear. Write nothing you
would not like hiui to read. Go to uo place
where you would Dot like God to find fou.
Read no book of which you would not like
God to say, '• Show it me." Never spend
your time in such away that you would
not like to have God ssy, "What stt tbuji
doing!"
VOL. 34, NO. 21.
GEN. HARNEY'S LETTER.
Gen. Wro. S. Harney has written a letter to Col.
Fallow, of St. Louis, under date of May 1, ejcpla.
natory of bjp arrest and release in Virginia, and de.
claring his royalty to the Government. He says s
'•Forty.two years I have been in the military
service of the United States, and have followed
during all that time but one flag—the fligoi the
Union. J have seen it protecting our frontiers
and guarding our coats from Maine to Florid*. 1
have witnessed it in the smoke of battle, stained
with the blood of gallant men, leading on to victory,
planted upon the strongholds and waving in triumph
over the capital of a foreign foe. My eyes have
beheld that flag affording protection to our States
and Territories on the Pacific, and commanding
reverence and respect from hostile fleets and squad
rons, and from foreign governments, never exhibi.
ted to any other banner on the globe. Twenty
stars, each representing a State, have been added
to that banner during my service, and under its
folds I have advanced from the rank of lieutenant
to that which 1 now l.oli The government, whose
honors have be n bestowed upon me, I shall servo
the remainder of my days. The fl g, whoso gl iries
I have witn ssed, shall never be forsaken by rr,
while I can strike a blow lor its defence. WaiJe I
have breath I shall be ready to serve the govern
ment of the United States," an J be its faithful, loyal
soldier.
"Toe question no.v before us is, whether the cov
er;.Tuent of the Unite] States—with a!] its mir .y
blessings and past glories—shall be overthrown by
the military dictatorship lately pirated and no®
bearing sway in the Coufe it-rate States ? My hand
cauitol aid in that work. Missouri, th < State of
uiy residence, has Dot secede i, and secession
would, in my opinion, be her ruin. The only
special interest of Missouri, in common with the
Confetti rate States, is SI .very. Her interest in
that institution is now protected by the Fed.rU
Constitution. But if sbo secedes that protection
is gone. Surrounded ou three sides by Fr u Status
which might soon become hostile, it would not l.j
long until u slave could not be fbun 1 within h.4
borders. And frontier present proud condition of
a powerful, thriving State, rapidly developing ev
ery element of wealth and social prosperity she
would dwindle to a mere appeudag; and" con
venience tor the military ariitucracv established
the Cotton States.
Did'ut Take the Papers.
Some years ago, a lady noticing a neighbor
who was not in her seat at church oue Sab
l>ti>, callcl oa her return home to inqutre
what should detiiu so punctual an attendant.
Oa entering the house she found the family
a' work,_ She was surprised when her
friend addressed her—'Why la' where have
>ou been to-day dres cd up in your Sunday
clothes?'
'To meeting'
Why what day is it?
'Sabbath day.'
'S.I. stop washing iu a tuiuuto! Sabbath
day! Well 1 did not know it, for my hus
band has got so plaguey ttingv. be wont take
the paper, end we know nothing. Well who
preached?
• Mr, 5, #
'What did he preach about?'
'lt was on the death of the Saviour.'
Why, is he dead? Wail, all Boston may
be dead and we know nothing about it! It
won't do, wo tiiusi have the newspiper again,
for everything goes wrong without the news
paper! Bill bat almost forgot his reading
and Polly has got quite mopish again, bee msn
she has to poetry aud stories to road. Weil,
if we have ttf take a cart load of potatoes end
onions to msrket, I'm resolved to have a
newspaper.'
SENTIMENTS OF A TRAITOR'S WIFE.-We
are informed on pond authority, says the
A. Y 7Vj'6/je, tbit one day hst summary a
party cf laii:s and gentlemen were ns-embied
at the residence of one < f our eelebra'ed paL
ters at West Point, and among other
of inlet eat introduced by bim was a reha of
Washington—the copy iu his own handwriting
of the various orders auu dispatches issued by
him during the War of lodependanee. Every
one present was deeply interested in the ex
amination of this precious so lvenir except on*„
and tiie exception was a lady. It was pre
sented for her inspection, but she refused to
look at it, fiayiag that shs was sick and .tired
of bearing so much about Washington; for her
I part, she couldn't see much to admire in (he
' character of suoh a blood-thirsty cu'-throat.
The lady was Mrs. Jeff. Davis.
PATRIOTIC INCIDENT.—At the Boston
meeting to sumnaoo reoruit9 for Fletcher Web
ster's regiment, the following telling incident
occurred. The chairman notified the meeting
that subscribtions would ba received, whdn a
little boy promptly came forward and said,
'•This is from §ttph.en Decutur, sir." It prov
ed to be a check for §>loo. The father stood
;by and proved to be blind. He is an officer of
j the navy who lost his sight in tbe service, and
j a nephew of Commodore Decstur of ihe last
; war. .Nine cheers were given which made the
j balls ring. Ftvt thousand dollars were im
mediately subscribed for the regiment, which
jis to leave this week. One hundred young
; iadies wore making garments for the mm.
The Knoxville, Tennessee says: GOl.-
I oral Pillow, who is a clover geu;l-nua in the
j private relafiona cf 1 i t'e_, and a very compan
j able man, sent message recently, wnich
'.s explained in the following reply:
j KNOXVILLE, April 22, lStil.—Gsoeral
Gideou J Pillow: —1 have just received your
message, through Mr. Sale, requesting me to
serve as UhrpUin to your brigtdo in tbo eouth
j eru army; and in tbe spirit of kiaduess in which
; ibis request is made, I return tor an answer,
j that when J shall have made up my mind to
go to Hell, I will cut my thioat and go dirett,
j and oot travel round byway of tbe Southern
! Confederacy.
1 am very respeotfolly, Ac.,
W. (J. BBOWNLOW.
—'i can't bear childroo/ said Miss Priop
disdainfully.
Mrs. Partington looked mildly over her
spectacles before aha replied:
'Perhaps if you oouli, you would like them
better.