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HUNTINGDON, PA.
Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 26, 1861
Our Ftag Forever.
XP's As Thursday is Thanksgiving
day, we will issue but one paper this
week. We hope the day will be gen
erally observed by our citizens. We
have not been made acquainted with
the programme proposed by the differ
ent churches, for that day.
A Day of Thanksgiving and Praise.
PENNSYLVANIA, SS :
In the name and by the authority of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, AN
DREW G. CURTIN, Governor of said
Commonwealth.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, every good gift is from
above and comes down to us from the
Almighty, to whom it is meet, right
and the bounden duty of every people
to render thanks for his mercies;
Therefore I, ANDRE:VT G. CURTIN,
Governor of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, do recommend to the
people of this Commonwealth, that
they set apart
THURSDAY, 28TH OF NOVEMBER NEXT,
as a day of solemn Thanksgiving to
God, for having prepared our corn and
watered our furrows, mid blessed the
labors of the husbandman, and crown
cu the year with His goodness, in the
increase of the ground and the gath
ering in of the fruits thereof, so that
our barns are filled with plenty : AND
for, having looked favorably on this
Commonwealth and strengheneid the
?bars - of her gates and blessed the chil
ken within her, and made men, to be
of one mind, and preserved peace in
her-borders; Beseeching Him also on
behalf of these United States, that our
belovedsountry may have deliverance
from these great and apparent dangers
wherewith she is compassed, and that
He will mercifully still the outrage of
• perverse, violent, unruly rebellious
people, and make them clean heartg,
and renew a right spirit within them,
And give them grace that they may
see the error of their ways and bring
forth fruits meet for repentance, and
hereafter, in all godliness and honesty,
.obediently walk in His holy com
mandments, and in submission to the
just and manifest authority of tho re
public, so that we, leading a quiet and
peaceable life, may continually offer
into Him our sacrifice of praise and
thanksgiving.
Given under my hand and
L. S. the great seal of the State at
--,--, Harrisburg, this sixteenth
day of October, in the year of our
Lord, ono thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one, and of the Commonwealth
the eighty-sixth
A. G. CURTIN
BY THE GOVERNOR
Era SLIFER,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
'THE news since our last issue, has
been of a rather uninteresting charac
ter, but in the movements, we can see
that the most stupendous preparations
Are still actively going on for an ad
vance in some direction, and that
shortly, too. Gen. McClellan has no
idea of keeping his immense and im
patient army inactive till spring. It
would be a fortunate thing for the
South, if he would do so, but they are
not to have that favor granted them.
McClellan says that the conflict will
be a- short but desperate one, and
thinks that i t will all be over by Spring.
it is to be hoped so by every patriot
in the North, but when we survey, in
,our mind's eye, the vast field, now
:burdened with troops, we think it
'hardly possible. It will be a glorious
thing if it can be accomplished.
sar The Selinsgrove (Snyder coun
ty) Times, takes exception to two edi
torials published in the Globe, a week
or two ago; and calls uti a simpleton and
,a fool.' You brazen-faced varlet, in
grate and fiend, wo think ourselves so
far above you and every other traitor
In the country, that'we have no words
to bandy with such vipers. We know
what you are, and despise you as we
do the most venomous reptile that
crawls on the face of the earth. We
are at c loss to know why the people
of Snyder county tolerate your week
ly billingsgate against the Government
and its friends. We will know here
after how to incur your displeasure—
by exulting over a Union victory.—
Vale!
LIEEr Prof. P. C. Sinding, of Copen
hagen, Denmark, now of the Univer
sity of New York, lectured in the
Court Rouse last evening, on the'"War
faring Life of the Old Northmen—
their Contempt for Death, and their
Military Tactics." The lecture was
,ono of these ricb, rare literary feasts
we are very rarely favored with. Al
though the Professor has been in this
country but five years, ho uses our
language fluently, and speaks it re
markably well. The leeltuvo was lis
tened to by a small, y,et an intelljgont
:and appreciative audience. All speak
in the . most flattering terms of the
manner in which he so ably handled
his subject.
WHAT'S TO BE DONE 7---We under
stand that the Pa. R. la. Co. proposes
to buy all the property lying between
their road and the Juniata river, from
their depot to the depot of the Broad
Top Co. Tho Jackson and Exchange
Hotels will have to come down to
make room for the improvements the
Company desire to make. We hope
the owners of the property and the
Company will be able . to agree, and
that before the close of next summer,
we may see a great change in the ap
pearance of that part of our town.—
Neither the Pennsylvania nor the
Broad Top Companies have sufficient
room in town for their increasing busi
ness. Those of our citizens who own
the property the Company desire to
purchase, should be willing to sacrifice
something for the general good of the
town. •
463.- The Louisville Journal says
We hear of more reports from the con
federate states than the booming of
our victorious cannon. The secession
press is alarmed, and lets out whole
some truths. Tho Raleigh (N. C.)
Standard declares that " unless the
movement (of our naval expeditions)
is stopped at once by the strong arm
of the confederate states, more than
half the counties of this state will be
attached to the Black Republican gov
ernment before the Union Congress
meets." It seems too that the public
officers in North Carolina aro as ready
to secede from secession as the people,
for the same paper says: "It is very
evident that the state authorities will
never make a move in that direction,
owing to the reason that they are in
the same boat with the Unionist."—
This is cheering.
Igir The Pennsylvania Central Rail
road Company now control the Pitts
burg, Pt. Wayne & Chicago, the Sun
bury- & Erie and the East Brandywine
and Waynesburg Railroads. Other
tributary lines will probably be taken
in and it is intimated in the Philadel
phia papers that the managers are
ambitious to push for the control of the
Pacific Railroad itself. The company
are now building immense grain ele
vators at Philadelphia, extending their
wharves and laying tracks to connect
with all roads centering at
Tho growth and expansion of
this corporation within the past year
has been wonderful.
PUBLIC LECTIME.—MajOr Thos. P.
Campbell, will deliver a public lecture
in the Court House, before the " Shaks
pearean Club," on Saturday evening
at 61 o'clock. We learn that the sub
ject of the lecture will be, Society—cird
and social, and its abuses.
Mr. Campbell has the reputation of
being a fine writer as well as an elo
quent speaker, and we have no doubt
that the intelligent and appreciative
citizens of Old Huntingdon, will turn
out en masse to enjoy the promised lit
erary feast.
A FINE PIECE OF WORK.—The stone
work on the mill race, over which the
Penna. R. R. Co. have placed an iron
bridge, when finished, will be a hand
some and substantial piece of work.—
It is a great improvement to that part
of the town. Mr. Watson, the Com
pany's master mason, deserves great
credit for the manner in which the
work is being done.
Be' WO are requested to state that
the next meeting of the " Soldier's
Aid," of Huntingdon, will be held at
the house of Mr. James Saxton, on
Thursday, 2P. M. All persons inter
ested in the welfare of the soldier, arc
cordially invited to attend. Donations
of books, old magazines, tracts, reli
gious and secular papers will be thank
fully received. A list of contributions
will be published in our next.
BROAD Tor COAL TRADE.-OD Mon
day next, the Company will increase
the number of trains so as to do all
the business possible on the road.—
Trains will run night and day, and
even then it will be almost impossible
to supply the demand. There will be
no hard times with the miners on
Broad Top this winter. There will be
work for all—and, of course, money
for all who will work.
GRAIN CROP OF OIIIO.—Tho total
wheat crop of Ohio, for the past year
is 23,610,356 bushels, an increase of
10,294,512 over the previous year.—
The corn crop for the same time is
91,588,704 bushels, an increase of 22,-
291,361 over the previous year.
FINE CELERY.-31r. Tweed left with
us this morning, several fine bunches
of celery, for which ho has our thanks.
Ho will supply all who may wish a
good article. Orders to be left at the
residence of John M. Cunningham.
TURNIPS.—CoI. Ephraim Burkett, of
3lorris township, will please accept
our thanks for 4, bushel of large turnips.
,116- German and English Almanacs
for 1862, for stile wholesale and retail
'at Lewis' nook Store.
FRANCE TOR VIE UNION.—Says the
Baltimore Patriot :—We learn that the
son of a distinguished citizen of Balti
more, in the French Army, writes to
his father that the French Ministers
at a recent meeting voted unanimous
ly not to recognjze the iadvendence
of the Southern Confederacy. He also
stated that h eltnew of private individu
als :14F,tv,u,ce w.ho would lendthe United
States tovernment $50,000,000 if it
was needed. The feeling was general
in favor of standing by the old Union,
and give her funds to its support.
France was always true to the United
States .tuld always will be.
Loe/a.s.--Dr. Crane's lecture on Fri
day night was very poorly attended.
Consumption, and all other ills flesh is
heir to, are nothing compared with the
stupendous war we have on hands just
now; at least one would think so, from
the little interest manifested in every
thing else but the war question.—
All is not gold that glitters—vide the
" putty " brass buttons worn by the
soldiers on their coats; bat one would
think .so, from the way they take
among some of the ladies of this place.
A civilian don't stand a ghost of a
chance.—We were visited with an
other snow squall on Sunday. It
squalled off and on all day.—Some
of the soldiers have become quite a
nuisance in this place, since the guard
has been taken off. Wo hear of seve
ral unprotected females being insulted
on the street after night-fall. We have
the most kindly feelings toward the
soldiers, but we cannot permit Buell'
conduct to go unnoticed. It must be
stopped.—Our friends of the Blair
County Whig shouldn't fail to call on
us when they come to town. We are
always pleased to see our brother
knights of the quill.—Some of our
young folks were amusing themselves
on Saturday, by riding government
horses. In the evening they rode up
and down Hill street at a 2 40 speed,
four abreast, through mud almost knee
deep. Come, girls and boys, that
won't do, there is an ordinance forbid
ding such break-neck speed through
town.—The reports of the moving of
the soldiers from Camp Crosman, aro
so conflicting, that we do not pretend
to say when they will move. Since
they are going to move, the quicker
the better, especially for the common
soldier.—Tho Shirleysburg Herald
says that "the ladies of little Fulton
county have contributed over 300 pairs
of woolen stockings for the army;
beating ' Old Huntingdon ' all hollow."
We opine that if such is the case, it will
not be so long, as nearly every lady in
the "ancient borough," who can, is
knitting either mittens or stockings,
for the soldiers.—The Blair County
Whig advertises the following: " We
want a Sunday school scholar in town,
as an apprentice." Significant! very.
Why won't some other school scholar
do as well?—The Penna. R. R. Co.
changed their schedule again on Mon
day. We don't know whether it was
clone upon our suggestion last week,
or not, but we do know that it falls far
short of suiting us yet. If they want
to accommodate us, let them try again.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, NOV. 21. '6l.
The Federal Army---600,000 Volunteers
In the Field.
It has been officially ascertained that
the Government has non• in the field
and camp, and in process of formation,
600,000 volunteers; and the enlist
ments for the regular service are more
numerous than heretofore.
Winter Quarters
Small wooden houses, large double
canvas tents, of heavy material, and
comfortable log huts, are going up in
all the localities occupied, or likely to
be occupied, during the winter, or a
portion of it, by our troops in the vi
cinity of Washington. Our soldiers
will all be well provided for; but there
is some difficulty in deciding how the
large number of cavalry now here can
be comfortably cared for. Different
plans are under consideration, and it
is probable some decision will be made
in a few days. The horses have, so
far, been exposed to the weather.
The Right of the Column
A noticeable fact, yesterday, in the
review, was that Col. Biddlo's " Buck
tail" Regiment, from the western part
of Pennsylvania, and Col. Simmons'
Fifth Pennsylvania *Regiment, had the
right of the column. They are two of
the oldest volunteer regiments in the
State, and are equal in drill to any of
the regular regiments.
A Night Ride
The other night Gen. McClellan as
tonished his staff and messengers by
giving them a night ride through the
different encampments. /Fe started
at 8 o'clock in the evening and did not
return to his quarters till four in the
morning
All for the Union
Col. Thos. A. Scott, Assistant Sec
retary of War, has just received the
following despatch from Baltimore:
" BALTIMORE, Nov. 21.—Intelligence
has just been received that the rebels
of Northampton county, Va., have
laid down their arms to the number of
eighteen hundred, and that the federal
troops have now full possession of that
county as well as Aecomac."
The Union Movement in East Ten
nesse°.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 25.—The Memphis
Avalanche, of the 16th, has the follow-
It is reported that Parson Brownlow
has left Knoxville with thirteen guns,
and was sympathizing with the Union
movement in that quarter. The town
ofKnoxville is under martial law. On
the night of the insurrection, last Fri
day, it was said that signal rockets
were fired all over the mountains, and
at the same time efforts were made to
burn the bridges.
Six who attempted to burn the
Strawberry Plain Bridge have been
arrested and identified. The Union
men at and around Chatanoga have
threatened to burn the bank, tannery
and the foundry (a large establishment
engaged in making machinery for the
powder mills at 'Manchester, Tenn.,
and Augusta, Ga.) Three companies
were made up to guard the town.
An old man named Cleft, in Hamil
ton county is reported as having five
hundred men under him, but the num
ber is probably exaggerated. The loy
alists regard the insurrectionary move
ment not as formidable, but a malig
nant ebulltion that may be easily man
an•ed.
.
WAR NEWS.
NORTH CAROLINA WHEEL
ING INTO THE UNION LINE.
SECESSION FROM SECESSIA,
A Provisional State Government
Forty-five Counties Represented.
STATE OFFICES DECLARED VACANT
Marble Naah Taylor Deolarod Governor
with Power to, Appoint State Officers.
THE OLD NORTH S7IITE REPUDI
ATES :THE REBELS.
Coy rear ontlence of the New York Tribune.]
HATTERAS INLET, N. 0. Nov. 18.—
The provisional State 'government for
North Carolina, the establishment of
which has been in contemplation for
months past, was formally instituted to
day by a convention of delegates and
proxies representing forty-five counties
of the States.
The following ordinances were unan
imously adopted :
"By the people of the State of North Car
olina, as represented in Convention, at
Hatteras, Monday, Nov. 18, 1861.
" Be it ordained by this Convention,
and it is hereby ordained and publish
ed by authority of the same :
"I. That this convention, on behalf
of the people of North Carolina, and
acknowledging the Constitution of the
United States of America as the su
preme law of the land, hereby declares
vacant all State offices, the incumbents
of which have disqualified themselves
to hold thorn by violating their oaths
to support the Federal Constitution.
"11. That the office of Governor of
this Commonwealth having been vaca
ted by the death of John W. Ellis, and
by the active treason to the Union of
his constitutional successor, Acting
Governor Clark, therefore Marble Nash
Taylor be hereby appointed and de
clared Provisional Governor of North
Carolina.
" 111. That the Constitution of this
State and its amendments, together
with the statutes and laws thereof, as
continued in the Revised Code put in
operation January 1.856, be declared
continued in full firce ; also such sub
sequent acts of General Assembly as
were not adopted in contravention of
the National Constitution, or in dero
gation of its authority.
" IV. That the ordinance of the Con
vention which assembled at Raleigh on
the 20th of May last, proclaiming the
Secession of this Commonwealth from
the Federal Union, such Secession be
ing legally impossible, is of no force
or effect; and said ordinance, together
with alt other ordinances and acts of
said Convention, or of the General As
sembly, made and done in pursuance
of the treasonable purposes of the con
spirators against the Union, is hereby
declared ab initio null and void.
"V. That whereas it is desirable
that this State shall be represented in
the Federal Cotigress, and maintain
her due weight in the councils of the
Union, therefore the Provisional Gov
ernor be directed hereby to order spe
cial elections, in accordance with chap
ter 69 of the Revised Code, as soon as
practically and expedient, in any dis
trict or districts now unrepresented.
And, in view of prevalence of armed
rebellion and disorder in many portions
of this Commonwealth, the Governor
is hereby directed to issue his certifi
cates of election upon presentation of
such evidence as shall satisfy- him of
the fact of an election.
" VI, That the Governor be author
ized and empowered to fill each official
vacancies by temporary appointments,
and to do such acts as, in the exercise
of a sound discretion, he may deem
expedient for the safety and good order
of the State."
The Convention has adjourned, sub
ject to be reassembled upon the call of
the President.
Gov. Taylor has issued his procla
mation ordering an election for the
Second Congresssional District, to be
held on Wednesday, 27th inst.
The great seal of the State in pos
session of the Rev Mr. Taylor, is a
beautiful and rery appropriate device.
The Goddess of Liberty, representing
the Union, bears in her hand a scroll
containing the Federal Constitution, to
the benefits of which North Carolina,
typified by the Golden Ceres, is suing
to be admitted. In the distance is a
ship emblematic of the commerce of
the State.
Thus has another of the seceded
States formally returned to her allegi
ance. May God speed the work now
inaugurated in this good old Common
wealth, until her whole people shall be
redeemed from rebel tyrannyand usur
pation.
From the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
HIGHLY ENCOURAGING NEWS.
TIIE REBEL FORCES DISBANDING.
Union Meet Returning to their Allegiance
THE PROSPECTS OF A RENEWAL OF
THE TRADE WITH PHILADELPHIA.
Great Enthusiasm Among the People
BaralmoaE, Nov. 20.—Information
received at head-quarters this evening
from Accomac county, announces the
disbanding of about 3,000 rebel troops,
who had been in tamp near Drum
mond town.
As the expedition advanced the reb
el flags disappeared, and the Union
citizens hoisted their flags, which had
hitherto been concealed. The procla
mation of Gen. Dix had been scattered
through the country, and, when re
ceived in camp where the Union men
had been drafted and forced into ser
vice, they rebelled, and the command
ing officers were compelled to disband
their whole force.
The secessionists said the force com
ing against them was so great that
they thought it folly to resist, and the
Union men met them with hearty
cheers and great enthusiasm.
As far as the expedition had pro
gressed there was every evidence that
a large majority of the people were
opposed to secession, and the troops
ivoye hailed as their deliverers from
tyranny and oppression.
The people were suffering for many
of the necessaries of life, and are re
joicing at the prospect of,s revival of
trade and commerce with Baltimore
and Philadelphia, on which they de
pend for a livelihood.
Information received from North
ampton county (which is south of Ac
comae) warrants the belief that the
rebels there will also disband. They
have destroyed the bridges and felled
trees across the roads; but the procla
mation of Gen. Dix has given boldness
to the Union men and satisfaction to
the people generally. All who aro not
loyal will be disarmed.
The Union men who had fled into
Maryland to prevent being forced into
the militia, are returning to their
homes.
FROM MISSOURL
Twenty-four of Jennison's Troops
Rout 150 Rebels.
50 Rebels Killed and 8 Wounded
PRICE'S TROOPS RETREATING
PILLAGE AND OUTRAGE RENEWED
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 20.—Colonel
Burehard and twenty-four men of Jen
nison's brigade, attacked Capt. Hays,
with 150 rebels, at the latter's place of
residence to-day, and succeeded in
driving them, burning Hays' house
and the house of a man named Gregg.
Both Hays and Gregg are captains in
the rebel army.
Col. Burehard and Lieut. Bostwick
were slightly wounded, and their two
horses were killed. The rebels had
fifty men killed and 'eight wounded.
JEFFEIANON CITY, Nov. 20.( S pecial
to the SE: Louis Democrat.)— 'he old
terror has settled down upon the coun
ties of the Southwest since the retro
grade movement of our army, and ref
ugees are beginning to arrive again,
driven from their homes by fear of
Price's rebels, who are reported to be
again advancing.
Mr. Gravelly, a member of the State
Convention, arrived here last night
from Springfield, which place he left
on Friday last. He says a body of
three thousand of Price's cavalry have
made their appearance at Sarcoxie,
arid that foraging parties follow up
the track of our receding army, plun
dering the Union citizens, and renew
ing, with impunity-, every species of
outrage. He passed a train of emi
grant wagons, a mile long, containing
Union refugegs, and another train of
five wagons arrived here to-day. Five
prisoners were brought up to-day from
Calloway county, being the first fruits
of an expedition which was sent into
that county yesterday. These priso
ners are charged with repeated out
rages on Union men.
THE LATEST!
Mason and Slidell Lodged in Fort War
BosreN, Nov. 24.—The U. S. steam
er San Jacinto arrived here early this
morning, after landing Mason, Slidell,
and suite at Port Warren. The ship
is anchored off the navy yard.
A committee from the city authori
ties will call on Capt. Wilkes to-mor
row to tender to him the civilities of
the city.
Movements of the Rebel Army
SYRACUSE, Mo., Nov. 25.—Intelli
gene° has been received hero from par
ties direct from Osceola that Price's
army crossed the Osage river at Hoff
an's Ferry on Friday last, and the ad
vance guard would reach Osceola the
following day.
Removal of the Rebel Capitol to Nash
GM
BALTIMORE, Nov. 25.—The Rich
mond Enguirer says the rebel Congress
has passed a bill for the removal of
the Capitol from Richmond to Nash
ville, and Congress will soon assemble
there.
Incidents of Battle.
Several incidents of the late battle
at Belmont, and statements in refer
ence to wounded, are related by cor
respondents of St. Louis papers:
One poor fellow, after be was wound
ed, bethought himself to take a smoke;
he was found in a sitting position
against a tree, dead, with his pipe in
ono hand, knife in another, and his to
bacco in his breast.
A young lad about eighteen NVLIS found
lying across a log, just as he fell, grasp
ing his musket in both hands.
A wounded man with both his legs
nearly shot off, was found in the woods
singing the "Star Spangled Banner;"
but for this circumstance, the surgeons
say they would not have discovered
A captain of oneof the Federal reg
iments was looking at the prisoners we
captured at Belmont, and recognized
one of them as his own brother.
Among the many nets of heroism
told of those engaged, is that of a mere
youth, a little boy who was attached
to Tappan's Arkansas Regiment,(rebel)
and carried two mimic flags, one in
each hand. The regiment was driven
to the water's edge and the Federal
troops poured in a terrific volley, kill
ing many of them who fell in the
river, and such as were not in
stantly killed met a watery grave.
Among those struck was the little boy
who bore the flags. Giving one last
hurrah, which was cut short by the
ebbing flood of his young life, he waved
the flag over his head, tottered into
the river and was seen no more.
Sounding the Alarm.
The Memphis Appeal, a rebel paper,
alludes to the withdrawal of the Fede
ral army from Southwest Missouri and
says:
" The descent of the Mississippi will
be made by a probable force of from
seventy-five to one hundred thousand
troops. To meet this force will require
all the resources that can bo brought
against it, and what is more, there is
no time to be lost. The Pectorals at
St. Louis are building, and have well
nigh completed six or eight gunboats,
to be accompanied by one hundred and
fifty barges as transports. These de
monstrations, together with the fact
that troops aro pouring into Cairo by
regiments daily, are pregnant with
significance, and should servo to arouse
our whole people to a sense of their
danger. We admonish thorn that they
have work in store for them if they
would defend their homes, their rights
and their sacred honor. To arms!
must ho the watchword from this day
henceforth. Every man in the coun
try should be prepared for the emer
gency."
The London Times on American
Affairs.
[From the London Times, November 71
It did not need the information of
our own correspondent in New York,
to convince us of the fact of which ho
informs us, not now for the first time,
that what is called " the public mind "
in the Northern States of America, is
very ill-disposed towards this country.
We might have gathered the fact from
Mr. Seward's circular to the Governors
of the States,' advising them, in sub
stance, to prepare themselves for an
attack by Great Britain. As there
was nothing whatever in the relations
between the two countries to justify
this proceeding, we could only suppose
that the thing was done for the pur
pose of manufacturing capital, and, of
course, this manoeuvre could only suc
ceed if there existed in " the public
mind" a strong wish to pick a quarrel
with us. To say the truth, this ap
palling revelation has not burst upon
us with quite as much suddenness as
some of our American friends seemed
to suppose. Indeed, we cannot fix
upon the time when "the public mind"
—that is, the mind of the governing
class—in America, did not evince
symptoms of the same tendency. We
are very sorry for it, but we honestly
confess for a great many years we
have been convinced, and that by
proofs far too strong to admit of doubt,
that we stand very low in the,good
graces of the multitudinous monarch
of the • United States. The hearty
sympathy and assistance lent by Amer
ican citizens to the rebellion of the
French Canadians in Lower Canada,
the violent language held with regard
to the disputed boundary of Oregon,
the refusal to allow the right of search,
which has almost defeated our well
meant efforts to repress the slave trade,
and the seizure of the Island of San
Juan by an armed force while the dis
pute as Wits ownership was pending
between the two Governments, have
long convinced us that peace between
England and the United States is only
to be maintained by submission to
many violations of the comity and
many of the rights of nations. We
have borne all these things patiently,
and we do not regret it. We have
preserved the peace, perhaps, some
times a little at the expense of our own
dignity ; but those from whom we have
endured all this must not think to take
us by surprise when they inform us
that they do not like us. They have
so long "dissembled their love" there
is no occasion to "kick us down stairs"
in order to prove that it, no longer ex
ists. The filet is, the of the
United States is like the poverty of
the Scotch poet:
"They're sae ...toned Wl' the sight,
The view o't gios them little fright."
We have got used to it, and, regard
it, like our wet summers and foggy
autumns, as an evil inseparable from
our position. Still, it is desirable to
know, in the words of the November
number of the Atlantic Monthly, "Why
has the North felt aggrieved at Eng
land!" First, then, we are told that
the English press very early announced
the hopeless partition of the Union as
an event accomplished and irrevocable.
Further, this opinion seemed to imply
that the division of the Union must
take place according to terms dictated
by the Seceders. Again, England seems
to think that the South stands to the
North somewhat in the same position
as the American colonies did to the
Government of George 111. These are
the grounds, to which our correspon
dent draws our attention, of the
which is felt towards us in the United
States, and he remarks truly that such
an alienation between Great Britain
and the United States, expanding
through mutual misapprehension until
it has reached a stature to command
the action of the Government, is an
evil to the cause of liberty and good
government. It is an evil, but how
are we to help it? It is not alleged—
at least in the Atlantic alfontlily—that
we have done any act in our public
capacity, or, indeed, that any individ
ual has done any act, evincing the
slightest wish to violate the neutrality
between North and South. Statements
to this effect have been repeatedly cir
culated by the American press, but
have invariably proved to be utterly
void of foundation. No, our fault is
of another and a deeper die. In acts
we have been neutral and impartial,
but we have had the presumption to
form an opinion, and, having formed it,
to publish it, for the general benefit of
all who may care to agree with or dif
fer from it. Now, it appears ; accord
ing to the Atlantic .3.1 - anthly, that the
condition of avoiding that amonnt of
ill-feeling in the American mind which
will ultimately drive the Government
to hostile action against us is, that we
should either form no opinion at all on
American affairs, or that our opinion
should be in exact accord with the
views of the dominant party in the
Northern States.
We, on the other hand, maintain
that the Northern States ought not to
hate us, even if they find that we do
not sympathize with the views in pur
suance of which the great Confedera
cy is tearing itself to pieces. Were
we the enemies they affect to believe
us, we should encourage, instead of de
precating the work of mutual slaugh
ter and destruction to which the ener
gies of a people born to better things
are devoted. There is no misappre
hension as to our opiniOns. We do
believe, and shall continue to do so,
that the secession of the South has de
stroyed the Federal Union, and that,
to whichever side victory inclines, its
reconstruction on the old basis is im
possible, for the simple reason that the
Southern States, if conquered, cannot
be treated as equals in political power
to the Northern, and that without such
equality a return to the former state
of things is impossible. We also think
that, as revolution is inevitable, it had
better come in the form which would
most speedily arrest the effusion of
blood. Wo further think—and eveu
word of the Atlantic Monthly confirms
us In the opinion—that the contest is
really for empire on the side of the
North, and for independence on that of
the South, and in this roiled wo re
cognize an exact analogy between the
North and the Government of George
111., and the South and the Thirteen
Revolted Provinces. Thelsc Opinions
may be wrong, but they are the gene
ral opinions of the English nation, a
nation speaking the sumo language as
the North, cormeaed with them by
many ties, and probably better able
than any other to form an estimate of
the present situation. Would not the
North do more'wisely, instead of Say
ing, " Sympathize with us, or we shall
hate you; hold opinions in accordance•
with ours, or we will oblige our Gov
ernment, nothing loth, to make war
against you," to look at the matter on
the other side? Is it not just possible
that, although we do not bate the
North for bolding an opinion different
from our own, nor find their doing so.
to be at once " humiliating and exas
pOrating," we may be in the right af
ter all ? We have some advantages in
forming a judgment which are not
shared by those who differ from us, but
will not allow us to differ from them.
We have along experinece of depend-.
encies and alliances of every kind.—
We are not in a passion, and we aro
quite able to conceive that those who.
differ from us may' be honest—nay,
possibly may be right. The North
admits that her war policy has the al
most unanimous verdict of England.
against it.. Is not that a better reason
for reconsidering their opinion than.
for burning us at the stake for the her
esy of ours ?
As we cannot hope to find favor in
the eyes of our censors, who will evi
dently be content with nothing short
of recantation or martyrdom—as, in
fact, we can hardly make our position
worse—we may as well make a clean
breast of our opinion on another sub
ject. It is thought a glorious thing
that the banks are ready to subscribe
t,it the rate of five millions sterling a.
month towards a loan of thirty mil
lions—no great sum, after all, for a
wealthy community to raise; but we,
are bound to say that, when we con
sider the self-gratulation which this.
wonderful instance of patriotism has
called forth, we are also struck by the
fact that of all the vast expenditure
already incurred on behalf of the war
not a single dollar of pritteipal or in
terest has been raised by increased
taxation. It is hoped that the new
taxes, when they come into effect,.
will suffice to keep down the interest:;,
but as for the principal, that, it seems
agreed on all hands, is to be borrowed_
We should have thought more of the
patriotism of the present war had.
we seen a little more disposition man
fully to confront its burdens. Pat
riotism courts sacrifices for the good
of its country, and would scorn
to take credit for an expenditure
which is wholly laid on posterity.—
Equally.strange to us is it to find a na
tioft able to persuade itself that it is
any richer because it has increased its.
exports and diminished its imports, or.
because it has imported more gold and
exported less than usual, more especial
ly when a large portion of the revenue
of that nation, involved in an expen
sive war, consists of customs' duties on
imports. These are the exploded fitl
lacies of the mercantile theory—the
confusion between money and wealth,
and the confusion between national
prosperity and what is called a fhvor
able balance of trade. A nation is of
ten a gainer by increasing its imports,
as the American Government would.
be if it bought the clothing of its troops
cheap and good in Europe, instead of,
in obedience to a Protectionist cry,
clear and bad in the United States.
The strangest thing of all is that, on
their own statement, the Americans
should suppose that they will long bo
able to retain any considerable quan
tity of the precious metals. They are
exporting largely, they .are importing
little—both which things tend to di
minish the present stock of commodi
ties. They have drawn away a vast
number of hands from the production
and turning them to the destruction
of wealth. These things surely tend
to diminish the purchasing value of
money, and to drive it abroad in search
of lower price. We presume that this
also is an opinion that we have no right
to form or express F
An Escaped Prisoner's Story,
Dr. Stephen Ragadon, of Bath, New
York, who was captured by the rebels,
at Bull Run, has escaped and returned
home. A correspondent of the Roches
ter Democrat, tells this story:
"Dr. Hagadon went to Bull Run to
look after a son who was a private in
the Second Wisconsin volunteers. He
was taken about midway between
Bull Run and Centreville. He saw
that he was cut off and must be taken
and raised a white hankerchief upon
an umbrella to prevent being shot. A
rebel horseman came up and demand
ed where he was from, and on learning
that he was a civilian froth New York,
exclaimed: " D—n you, what busi
ness have you to raise a flag of truce,"
and levelling his pistol said: "I've a
great mind to shoot you." Finally,
Dr. Hagadon was ordered to mount
behind the rebel, and in attempting to
do so from the level ground, lost his
hat, which he was not allowed to pick
up. While trying to mount, the sav
age struck backwards with his sword,
cutting a gash in Dr. Hagadon's fore
head, which bled freely. A footman
handed him his hat and Dr. Hagadoit
rode in this way for a short distance,
when he was set down and marched,
part of the time on a run, to Manassas,
where they arrived at about 10 o'clock
at night. He met Mr. Ely there, but
he saw but little of him until tact? thei
arrival at Richmond.
"He reports that quite a number et
the soldiers have died, but all are now
in better health since the weather
came cooler. Their condition in some
respects is miserable. Vermin infest
the prisons , and the person cannot be,
kept clear ofi them. Many are without
shirts, while their other garments hard,
ly cover their persons. Those who hav t
money are at'liberty to provide extrzt
clothing and fqod for themselVes.
iR to Feed an Army.
The pnion forces, regulars and vol
unters, now in the field and in tbq
course of organization, amount, in
round numbers, to sir hundred and fifty,
thotpand men. It may be interesting td
Ip.iow II -hat an army of this strength wilt
consume in the course of one mouth,
We therefore append the following fig
ures, - which are strictly correct :
14,625,000 pounds of pork, or 24,375
potinds of fresh beef.
136,094liarrels of flour.
4$ 750 bushels of beans, or 1,050,.
000 pounds of rice.
1,950,000 pounds of coffee.
2,692,000 pounds of sugar.
195,000 gallons of vinegar.
12,249 bushels of 43alt.
8,680,000 pounds of potatoes.
The supply of candles is 292,§00
pounds each week, and of soap 780; 7
000 pounds: