VOL. 47.
AMEKiOAJV VOLUNTEER.
PUBLISHER EVERY THURSDAY MORUINO BY
JOHN B. BRATTON.
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til B AMMAN FLAB.
At'this time; when probably a thousand flags,-largs
and small, arc flung to tbo .broozo in-ovroy town,
and so much homage is pbid to the glorious Stars
and Stripes, wo doom it a.fitting occasion to publish
J. Rodman Drake’s Odo, ns revised rind improved
by Fitz G llKr.Nj- HAlleck. It is unquestionably i
one of tbo finest pieces of American poetry over!
Written, and at this particular juncture is calcula
ted to make tbo patriotic chills ran through the
blood of every, lover of the Union 1
When Freedom from hor mountain height
Unfurled hor standard to the airy
'She tore.tho azure robe of night,
Arid sot the stars, of glory , there.
She mingled, with its gorgeous dyes
The milky baldrick .of tho skies,
And striped its pure celestial White
With streakings of the morning light; *
Then from his mansion iri tho suu
She hailed hor eaglo-bearor down,
And gave into his mighty hand
Tho symbol of hor obosori land.
Majestic monarch of .tho cloud,
.Who rcarost aloft thy rogal form
,To hear tho tempest-trumpiugs loud,
And see tho lightniiig-lancos driven ;
When stride tho warriors of- the storm,.
■■ -And rolls tho thunder-drum of heaven!
■ 'Child of tho sun I to thee 'tis given
To guard- tho hiinnor of tho froo I
\ To hover in the sulphcr smoko,
- To Ward away tho battle stroke, ,
- And bid its.blendings shino afar,
Like rainbows in tho-clond of war—
Tho harbingers of victory I
Fla/; of the brave ! thy folds shall fly,
The sign of, hope and triumph' high y
When speaks the trumpet's signal tone,
And the lung lino comes gleaming on,
Ere yet the life-blood, warm and wot,
Hus dimrn’d the glistening bayonet.
. Each soldier’s eye shall brightly turn
To where thy sky-born,glories burn;
And as his springing stops abVanoo
patch war and vengeance from the glance
And when the cannon-moutliings loud
‘Heave 1 in wild »wrcntUa the battle shroiidji
V And.gory sabres rise and fall’ - ■ /
X - Like shoots of flame on midnight's hallt—
Then shall thy meteor-glances glow,
And cowering foes, shall si£ beneath
Each gallant arm that strikes below
That lovely messenger of death !
Flag of the soas! on ocean’s .wave
Thy stars shall glitter o’er tho bravo;
When doath, carooring on the’gale;.
Swoops darkly round the, bclliod sail.
And frighted waves.rush wildly back
Before the broadside’s reeling rack,
■Each dying wanderer of tho sea
Shall look at onco to llcavon and theo,
And smile to see thy splendors fly .
■ln triumph o’er his closing oyo f ■
Flag of the free hearts hope and homo,
By angol-hauds to valor given,
- Thy stars have lit tho wolkin dome,. ■'
And all thy hues woro born in heaven!
Forever float that standard shoot
Where breathes tho foo that falls before ns,
With Freedom'- soil beneath our foot, -
And Freedom’s banner Streaming o’or us I
"ROCK DIE TO SLEEP.’* ' 7
[From the Knickerbocker for May.j ,
"Wo remember reading, some fow months agb in
one of our Now Hampshire exchange papers, an
account of the death of a citizen patriot, eighty-five
years of ago; The last words of tbo old veteran
were, 1 1 want to see. mother! She had been dead
more than forty.yeara! This incident has just boon
called to mind by the touching linos, 'Rock .me to
sloop.* sent us by an old friend and correspondent,
now exiled from his early homo and friends in far
off California
.Backward,.turn backward, 0 Time !in your fllghl
Mi>ko me a.child again—just for to-night!
Mother, come back from the eoholess shore,
fake mo again to your heart as of yore :
Kiss from my forehead the furrows of oaro,
■ Smooth tho fow silver threads out of my hair : •
Over my slumbers your loving watoh keen
Ruck me to sloop, Mother—rock mo to sloop 1
'‘Backward, flow backward, 0, swift tide of years
lam weary of toil, Xam wearyof tears;
Toil without recompense, tears all in vain,
Take them, and give mo my childhood again I
X have grown weary of dust and decay,
Weary of flinging, iny soul wealth away,
Weary of sowing for others to reap;
Rook mo to sleep, Mother—rock mo to sloop !
"Tired of tho hollow, the baso, the untrue;
Mother, 0 Mother! my heart calls for you!
Many a summer tho grass has grown green,
Blossomed and faded, our faces between ;
Yet with strong yearning and passionate pain,
hewg I to-night for your presence again :
Come from tho silence so long and so deep-—*
Rock mo to sleep, Mothor-rook me to sloop I
'‘Oyer my heart in the days that are flown,
No lovo like molbor-lovoeror haa shown ;
No other worship abides and endures,
Faithful, unselfish, and patient, like yours:
None like a mother can charm away pain
From the sorrowing soul and the world-weary brain;
Slumber’s soft calm o’er my heavy lids creep;
Rock mo to sleep, Mother —rook me to'sleep I
"Come, let your brown hair, just lighted with gold,
ball on your shoulders again as of old;
Lot it fall over my forehead to-night,
Shielding my eyes from tho flickering light,’
her oh 1 with its sunny-odgod shadows once more,
iiaply will- throng the .sweet vision of yore;
Lovingly, softly its bright billows swoop—
ook mo to sloop, Mother—rook mo to sloop!
Mother, dear Mother I the years havo been long
Hmoo last X was hushed by your lullaby song :
hung, then again !-to my soul it shall seem
womanhood s years havo.boon only a dream •
Uasp to your arms in a loving embrace ’
With your soft, light lashes just sweeping my face,
Neror horeaftor to wako or to woop j b * g '
Hock rao to sloop, Mothor—rook mo to Bleep!”
Who wrote those iines? They are brim-full of
tears; and wo envy not tho man who can road them
without emotion.
O’ ‘Can you toll me, Jim whore they get
•?° "i, from to manufacture into whis
key I ‘Why, no,’ says Jim•, ‘but I can tell
ery well whore the corn comes from after the
whiskey is made.’
five-years old boy sometimes says
Sister .twr es 'f ona ay *>o said to his little'
Whero rt i ,?n I fiot Win e s > I'll take you up
' er ? I8 i. caose your too little togb alone'
stay with
Mangels while 1 go back and get mamma 7’
Bitscellawm
)PEKIH ASD ITS PMIKDER.
Pekin is, without any. exception, the most
contemptible city to a stronger lever saw;
it is built upon a perfectly level plain oi mud,
so that there is no drainage, the Peiho, into
which it might be turn’od, being fourteen
miles distant, and so sluggish in its current
it Would not carry what was thrown into it
awtty, There are no latrines or any recepta
cles for filth, the public and crowded streets
supplying all-demands without Regard to de
, coney. Two or three of these are os broad
as" Regent or Oxford street, but the majority
of. them ire very narrow. In the broad ones
a mud cartway runs up the centre with a
ditch of stagnant stinking water on either
side, then comes a deep pathway, on which
itinerant vendors of everything, more par
ticularly.of-old clothes, mended shoes, travel
ing “old curiosity shops,” and the man who
has “ killed his pig,” brings it to market,
erect their stalls, of spread their wares on
the ground, Hero you may have your din
ner from a portable cooking shop, selecting
your luxuries from puppy dogs, cats, or other,
suspicious-looking th ngs which no one but a
Chinaman has any name for in the lardcf vo
j cabular.y. .
j Here' the barhnr, with his shop on his
i shoulder, stops, makes,room for himself, tin
kles a little bell, and as soon has sevei a' heads
to shave and tails to repla't. Hero is a
blind fellow, playing a full band of instru
ments, consisting of cymbals, flutes, fiddles,
bells and drums, altogether with his arms and
legs; a little j uftHer on you come on two or three
boys yelling forth Chinese songs, like our
own folks at home, and selling little books to
them, no doubt at “three yards a penny;”
we stopped to see him, his invitation to do so
was so polite; we next came upon a juggler,
a man whom had Barnum once seen he would
have been bought up on the spot, and carried
to England or America, tb astonish you at
home, as he certainly did us; . '
Tbosliops on either side of the street arc only
one story high, and, amid all the mud and
filth, are made as gaudy as guilt and the
primitive colors can make them. They have
no windows, the only light being given by
the door, which in windy weather is closed
by a curtain of matting to keep out the dust,
which, by the way, is very peculiar. Out
side the'city it is common brown mud, hutin
side the walls the ground .is black, and on hot,
windy days, blown about in clouds. The
day the treaty was eilgned, the whole of the
embassy, and those who accompanied Lord
Elgin to see the ceremony,, were like so many
sweeps.
Pekin is not nearly so.large or so densely
populated as wo have always been led .to be
lieve. It has little or no suburbs, and, judg
ing from a ride through both Tartar and Chi
nese portions, I should 'Say it was riot much
larger than Manchester or Glasgow. The in
habitants certainlyprtfek vory olosly. but tl.cif
the houses are only one story, and every one
has some pretentions to a garden behind it.
The grounds Of the Winter Palace; and the
beautiful park around the temple of Heaven,
are each several iquaro miles inextent, while the
different yamuns, or houses of the numerous
nobles and mandarins, take up acres upon
acres each, so that the ground occupied by
the general population is comparatively small,,
and I should estimate the latter as a little
more, perhaps, than that of Glasgow. 1 The
Winter Palace no one has been allowed to see,
and the only two other redeeming points
about Pekin, which save it from being con
temptible to a stranger, are its walls arid the
Temple of Heaven.
As you approach the city the walls have a
very imposing and grand effort. They are
built of gray-looking brick, and rise sixty-two
feet high ; large square bastions stand out
about every quarter of a mile at the top ; the
walls are seventeen paces thick, with a para
pet pierced with loopholes for gingals, but hot
for guns. Over each gateway there rises a
massive structure, with, four tiers of loop-holes,
like a m»n of-war, forty eight in front and
sixteen on each gable. At the four corners
of the walls these, towers have only two faces,
with sixty-four port holes in each. There
are no guns in them, however, the holes be
ing filled up with a shutter, on which the
muzzle of a gun is painted. Indeed, there
are only three or four on the walls altogether.
The view from the top over the city is .very
striking. Owing to your elevated position,
you see little more than a forest of trees, a
few straight lines of streets, the tops of joss
houses, the pagoda of the Temple of Heaven,
and the Winter Palace, built upon a high ar
tificial mound, with the walls running all
round. When once a palace is built in China,
it seems as if it was supposed to take care
of itself forever afterwards, no attempt being
rhade to repair the ravages of time or use,
and the consequence is that these fine walls
are fast falling into ruin.
The Temple of Heaven is n magnificent
structure, situated in thecentre of the Chinese
city, and sourrnunded by a walled park as
largo as Hampton Court and Bushy Parks
together, and very, like them, too, with its
avenues of old trees crossing in all directions;
one lends directly from the entrance gate for
about a mile to the foot of an inclined plane,
which takes you to a terrace hidden by the
trees until you are upon it. It is about
half a mile in length, 17 paces wide, and
20 feet high, and paved with slabs of white
marble. On reaching the top, on your right
stands the Temple of the Earth, a beautiful
building in itself, but completely eclipsed by
that of Heaven on the left. For some reason
or other the doors were closed, and when we
werembliged to content ourselves with only
walking round the earthly building, but a
good riaturod priest opened the gateway of
that of Heaven for us. You enter its portals
of beautifully-sculptured marble, and come
into a large enclosure, in the middle of
which is a raised, platform, approached all
round by steps.
From this the temple, or pagoda, rises in all
its beauty. It is about 150 feet high, and
has three steps of roofs, exquisitely proporti
oned to its size. Inside it forms one octagon
al room about 60 feet in diameter, containing
the altar and chairs of state for the Emperor
and his family, no one else being supposed to
worship here. The walls inside are compos
ed of brilliant blue and green enamel and
gold; eight very, graceful pillars, carved in
pas relief, support the first roof, and the whole
is lighted, by windows, which are scarcely
seen from the floor. The outside is encased
m blue and green enamel titles, and is a per
fect picture of quiet and repose. There is no
joss or'figure inside the temple, but in some
houses round its enclosures there are a great
many. The Emperor visits this temple' once
a year, espeoially.to plough and sow grain, to
show he still retains tber simplicity' of life' of
His ftritfe'Rkorfl. Ho is very la mo, having' lost
the Use of both legs; in all bis apartments at
the Summer Palace; pairs of crutches wore
found.
The Summer Palace is about seven miles
north 'of Pekin-, situated ,ih grounds many
miles in extent, laid out with, artificial lakes
ahd Cttnnls, crossed by fantastic bridges of the
old willoW mounds on which pagodas
and Lama feiiVplca are built, and the Whole
bnautiftjlly wooded. It midst, indeed-, have
bben a lovely place in its pride; but now noth"
ing remains but the hare walls and blacken
ed timbers of forty-two palaces that were
burnt. It has been estimated that tbe amount;
of property pillaged , and destroyed 1 exceeds
$30,000,000. Every soldier who was present,
is replete with loot. On entering the . emper
or’s particular residence no one knew what to
take ;, silver was thrown away to take up gold
and gold to take up jewelled watches and
gems; ehina and enamelled vases (the manu
facture of which is lost) of priceless value,
wore broken because too bulky to carry away.
Rooms full'of,costly silks, bronzes, jade stone
ornaments,: and the presents received by the
emperors, every article being labelled with the
name of the donor, were ruthlessly looted and
destroyed. Much more has been buried be
neath the ruins-, however, than was carried
ap-ay. *lllO emperor’s washstand, basil),' and
ewer of gold studded with stones, were sold
for ten thousand dollars by the captor. Lord
Amherst’s watch was Bold by a French soldier 1
for twenty dollars ; it was Worth two hundred
pounds. - . •:
Many men have 30 pounds or 40 pounds
of purie gold in their ' and others
have pearls and precious stones of unknown
value. Four hundred eunuchs were found in
the palace, .and it is worth noticiug that all
the ladies of the court, must have had natural
sized feet, all the slippers found in their rooms
being large—not-a single cramped-footed shoe
was seen. The winter has regulaely set in.
the thermometer sinking to 22 dog. at night.
Wo have been particularly fortunate in the
weather during the whole of the campaign.
If it had been a wet soasnri'At would have
Leon next to an impossibility for the nrmy to
reach Pekin, the roads throughout tho coun
try being nothing hut.cart tracks through the
fields, and after a few hours rain, becoming a
footer eighteen inches deep in soft mud.
There is no drainage, tho water being pur
posely kept on the land for agricultural uses.
WU:«t Crop Sli.-ill We’lllaiiuie.
Discussing the time when manure, should
be applied, the Genessoe Fanner, touching on
the,above query, reasons in substance as fol
lows;—“ English farmers, as a general rule
apply, the bulk-of their manure to the turnip
crop. Our cold winters and hot summers are
against its extensive cultivation as a renova
ting crop,” and we have no ‘ fallow crop’ ta
king its place—“serving at once to clean and
enrich the soil.” Beans come nearest to it in
character and culture. * * * “ Our
principal renovating plant is red clover. —
‘ Manure your green crops,’ is the English
rule, “Insure me noropof turnips,” says the
British farmer, ‘and I will insure you every
other crop in the rotation.* '‘ Acting oh this
principle, it,follows, froiu the preceding oon
should apply
to efoyer.w’Jhia ta contrary to the general op
inion, and tvfe state it hesitatingly. Such a
method of manuring may not produce the
most immediate benefit, but where farmers
keep plenty of stock, when clover hay for
winter feeding is properly appreciated, and
Whore one of the chief objects is to make ma
nure and keep up the fertility of the farm,
we think it will he found in the end better
tlian.tq apply the manure directly to grain
■crops.”
As to the time and state when applied, the
farmer says it should be composted during the ;
summer, reducing it in bulk and weight, with
but little loss of value, and applied to the
young.clover early in the fall, when it'-will :
produce an increased growth astonishing thos'p
who have never before witnessed its effects. ’ ■
■ We have applied composted manure in tho
spring on rather poor land which wo wished
to seed to clover with oats, and the effect Was,
very gratifying; and Wo would commend the
practice in like cases to those who Wish fo gdt"
a good catch of clover on poor soils. Piaster
was used also, after the clover came up; -the
manure was harrowed in with the seed.-. ,
The Minnie Rifi.e. —The first i-jfte in vogue
in. Franco was the so-ealloil pillar rifle of
Thouvenin, but the invention of M. Minnie,
is the one which has .practically revolution
ized the firearms of tho present day. 1 The
improvements made by Mv Minnie are con
fined almost wholly to the form of the pro
jectile, and have very little reference to that
of the gun out of which it is tired. The hall
is of an oblong conical form, something like
an acorn without its oup; but instead of be
ing solid, this cone is hollowed out at the base
into a cup-like form. The advantages of this
form of projectile are that it offers loss resist
ance to tho air than'a round ball would,'and
that having its centre of gravity in its fore
most part, it has no tendency to turn over in
its flight’-; but its chief merit in a military
point of view, is that with it tho rifle can ho
loaded as easily as the ordinary sm -othlmrod
gud, the forcing of the ball into, tho grooves
of the barrel being effected by the explosion
of the gunpowder, and not by the ramrod.—
The ftrra of the rifle proper to these conical
missiles differs very little from those used with
tho old spherical pullet, except that ft throe
grooved rifle lifts superceded the old two
grooved gun, and it is still an unsettled ques
tion whether four grooves would not be bettor
titan throe. With this weapon tho soldier
win make far hotter practice at five hundred,
or oven , one thousand yards, than ho could
with tho old uiuskot at ono hundred or two
hundred yards.
1 Powder Mills. —Great fears are expressed
> for the safety of Dupont’s powder mills, in
’ Delaware. Wo learn from: a well-informed
• source that they have not yet been in danger,
but it is unite evident that nothing ought now
bo trusted to chances. It is, therefore, wor
[ thy of consideration whether a military guard
should not be promptly placed about them. —-
There is but one powder mill in Virginia and
eight in Maryland, and none in tho rest of
the South, while Delaware has nine and Penn
sylvania sixty-seven. From these figures it
will bo seen that if wo could keep possession
of Maryland.and Delaware with their powder
mills, the solitary powder mill in Virginia,
would be tho only one to supply tho South.-
In Pennsylvania tho vast extent of the min
ing interests, necessitates the large number of
powder mills, and those in Maryland are
doubtless owing to the same sort of interest
in the Cumberland coal region, which is still
true to the Union. Such things are of high
impifrtarteb now, when we must contemplate
the necessities of war in every point of view.
Tho war will give an immense impetus to tho
manufacture of powder, and indeed of all the
munitions of war. But tho powder mills
should bo especially looked to, as in time of
n great war. tho cost of powder rises rapidly
in consequence of its scarcity. Applications,
by the! conspirators : have’ boon made, to Du
dont’s powder milts for a largo quantity of
powder, and when it was refused, a throat
was,made' to take it by force. But thoplgco'
is well guarded,— N. American, ■
" OUR COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
GARL
ing hotels of that city, and, being somewhat
like “our Southern brethren’* in their jms
pensity to confound a gentlemanly discussion
with a rowdyish brawl, soon commenced to
exchange epithets not agreeable to cars polite.
Seeing that a serious quarrel was likely to
ensue, other parties at the table- attempted to
turn the matter into a joke. This, however,
only caused one of tht-disputants to say
something, particularly insulting, to which
the other , responded by dashing A goblet of
Wine into htsfacc; This, of course, “brought
things to a focus, 1 ' and put all thoughts of
conciliation out of the question. It required
the efforts.of all present to prevent dn imme
diate collision, and it was some time before
the heated youths, could he prevailed upon to
retire by different the-following
evening, the one who had boon baptised with
the Wine sent a challenge to his adversary,
carelessly entrusting it' to the post. The
cartel did not reach thd party for whom it
was intended, but folk into the hands of his
only sister, who took good care that he should
know nothing about it.wTho young lady is
devoted to her. brother,. hut she knew that
his “ honor” would suffer a fatal stain if
some reply was not riiade to the challenge,
and, with a devotion worthy of a bettor cause,
she determined to dori d;suit of his clothes
and fight the challenger herself—trusting
I that her striking resemblance to her brother
Would enable her to carry out the deception.
Accordingly the adversary was promptly
favored with a note accepting the gage of bat
tle; naming pistols ns the. weapons to housed,
ami designating a noted dueling field just
out of the city, ns the place of meeting.
The appointed hour found her in the field,
very pale, but firm as.n feck and determined
as a Frenchman.. Ueapite her close diguise,
however, the young man, her opponent, de
tected the whole imposture at a glance, and
all his anger gave place to an emotion of min
gled amazement and ■ admiration. For the
sake of .having a little spot with his fair ene
rtiy; ho .detcrminod to humor the deception and
try her nerves. Obtaining the right to the
fire, he, deliberately took; his position, leveled
his pistol at the disguised lady, and appeared
to take particular-aim iat the region of her
heart, expecting to see her either scream er
faint., But she did neither, and he was at
last compelled to fire ip the air.
The lady, however, had no idea of coming
out for nothing; and, now that it was her
turn, she took good care to hit something.
Eaising hor pistol to a level with the young
gentleman’s shoulder, she drew the. trigger
and lodged a bulletin the right “wing” of
her antagonist, On receiving her fire the
ypung man advanced slowly toward her, with
a ghastly smile, placoif. hia left hand upon
his wounded shoulder, Irfiwod, and fell sense
less at her feet., ; ,l V; v 'r-’ix j4-*'
No soonqr, was that."the,Ttß--,]
mini rh-ijaiApheii’'o4&f thd,A|nasoh and, - with;!
loud shrieks for help,' the lady knelt besides I
the wounded man, and endeavored to staunch
the wound with her handkerchief. In this
position they were, found'by the police—who
got wind of the transaction when too lato to
prevent it—arid wore carried to the city to
gether. ’ The Prussian authorities are Very
strict .in'-matters of, this kind, and our heroine
might have been sent to prison for attempted
murder; hut as the wound of the.young man
was not very serious, and he ardently exone
rated her from all blame, the magistrate be
fore whom they wore arraigned concluded to
overlook the offence.
i The brother of the courageous lady has
tened to nppoligzo for his offence as soon ns.
ho. heard of his adversary’s condition
tlie young lady herself was so truly penitent
for what she had.done tlmt.she volunteered to
nurse her late antagonist hack to health.
. Our readers may iipngine the sequel. .The
invalid grew so fond of his nurse that ho
would not consent to.givo her up at all; and
ns soon as he could leave his hed, they, were
married.
The whole story was told recently in one of
tho Gorman zeitungs.
Dreadful Accident. —A horrible calamity
occurred at the oil well of Little & Myrick,
on the Buchanan Flats, near Franklin, bn
Wednesday. A vein of oil was tapped, and
a spout thrown up two hundred feet in height.
A crowd collected to see it, when the oil took
fire, andan explosion took place, killing four
persons instantly, wh ise bodies were consum
ed in the flames. Mr. Bowser, of the firm of
Bowser, Mitchell & Brown, was burnt, so that
he died at 3A. M., on Thursday. Thirteen
were dead at 4 o’clock, P. M.. on same day, and
ten were not expected to live twenty-four
hours.' Thirty-four persons in all are linnwn
to have boon burnt, and as there were many
strangers present, it was supposed many more
liav.o perished. A son of 11, Gardner, of
Michigan, was burnt to death, and a portion
of his hrtdy wits recovered. The legs and
arms, and a portion of thd head, were all con
sumed. ' His remains were brought down on
the be Clare, in charge of Mr. M. 11. Kelsey,
who is conveying them to the lad’s parents in
Michigan. Mr. Bowser, immediately after
the calamity occurred, despatched a man for
tin officer and made his will, in which it is
stipulated that §50,000 be given to the poor
of bis country, §2OO to each of the two men
who rescued him from the fire* &c;~those and
other features in the will showing him a.man
of benevolence. There were four-wells con
sumed in the vicinity, and also a barn belong-
Ing to Mr. Buchanan. Goble & Hardener
lost seventy-five barrels of oil. The owners
of the oil at this well lost two hundred and
fifty barrels. Buchanan’s loss was One hund
red and six barrels. The Bice well lost one
hundred and twenty-five barrels. The Wads
worth well lost,two hundred barrels.
For the above details wo are indebted to
Mr. Williams. Sfflithfleld street. Ho was on
the ground when the affair occurred, and gave
us a graphic account of the whole transac
tion.—Pittsburg Chronicle.
Invaluadle liiams.—A waghasmn.de tho
following summary of what ho calls tho “ In
alienable Rights of Americans.” which aro
not enumerated in tho Declaration of 'lnde
pendence;
To know any trade or business without ap
prenticeship or experience.
To marry without regard to fortune, state
of health, 'Osition, or opinion of parents or
friends.
To have a wife and children dependent on
contingencies of business, and in case of sud
den death, to leave them wholly unprovided
for. , '
. To teach your children no good trade, hop
s' g they Will have, when "rown up, witonough
to live on tho industry or other people. ,
To enjoy general sympathy when made
bankrupt by reckless speculation. .
To cheat the- Govornnltent,' if yorf possibly
C<l To hold office without being competent to
discharge its duties-
SLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY D
CPitioiino ‘anti Pistols.
Some two months ago; two fashionable
young men, moving in the first circles of Ber
lin, Prussio; became involved in a political
debate at the table d' hole of one of the leads
Vitek
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
Agreeably to the proclamation of tlio Gov
ernor, tilts Legislature of Pennsylvania cor*
vened in extra session, on the 3t)th ultimo.—
After the two Houses had been called to or
der, and Addresses delivered by their respec
tive Speakers, the Secretary of tho Common
wealth'presented the following
. MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR.
BsecDtive Chamber, 1
Harrisburg, April 30, 1801. j
To the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen : —The present unparalleled ex
igency in tho affairs of our country, has in
duced me to call you together at this time.—
With an actual and armed, rebellion in some
of the States of the Union, momentous ques
tions ' have been thrust upon us. which cull
for your deliberation, and that you should de
vise means by legislation for tho maintenance
of the authority of the General Government,
the honor and dignity of our State, tlio pro
tection of our citizens, and tho early estab
lishment of peace and order-throughout the
land, -
On tlio day of my induction into the Exec*'
utive ofHce.l took occasion to utter the fol
lowing sentiments;
“ No one who knows the history of Penn
sylvania, and understands the opinions and
feelings of her people, can justly charge us
with hostility to our brethren of other States.
■Ve regard them as friends and fellow-coun
trymen, in whoso welfare we feel a kindred
interest; and we recognize, in their broadest
extent, all our .constitutional obligations to
them. These we are ready and willing to
observe generously and fraternally in.their
letter ftndspirit, with unswerving fidelity,
•'Oui-s is a National Government. It has
within the sphere of its action all the attri
butes of sovereignty, and among these are
the right and duty of self-preservation. It is
based upon a compact to which all the people
of the. United States are parties. It is the re
sult of mutual concessions, which were made j
for the purpose of securing reciprocal bene
fits. It acts directly on the people, and they
owe it a personal allegiance. No part of the
people, no State nor combination of Slates,
can voluntarily secede from the Union, nor
absolve themselves from their obligations to
it. To permit a State to withdraw at pleas
ure from the Union,, without the consent of
the. rest, is to confess that our Government is
a failure. Pennsylvania can never acquiesce
in such a conspiracy, nor assent to a doctrine
which involves the destruction of the Govern
ment. If the Government is to exist, all the
requirements of the Constitution must he
obeyed; and it must have power adequate to
■the enforcement of the supreme law pf the
land in every State. It is the first .duty of
the national authorities to stfiy the progress
of anarchy’and enforce the laws, and Penn
sylvania, with.a united people, v will giyo them
an honest/faithful end active support. The
people mean to preserve the integrity of the
national Union at every hazard.”
ft.'could sofflfeoly have been anticipated at
that time, that We should so soon bo called
upon ‘for the practical application of these
I truths in connection with their support and
defence by the strong arm of military power.
The aheSampled promptness and enthusi
asm with which Pennsylvania and the other
loyal States have responded to the cull of the
President, and the entire unanimity with
which our people demand that the integrity
of the Government shall he preserved, illus
trate the duty of, the 'several States and Na
tional Governments with a distinctness that
| cannot ho disregarded. The slaughter of
Northern troops in the city of Baltimore, for,
■ the pretended offence of inarching, at the call
of tlio Federal Government, poaccahty, over
soil admittedly in the Union, and with the ul
timate object of defending our common Cap
itol against an armed, and rebellious invasion,
together with the obstruction of our Penn
sylvania troops when despatched on the same,
.patriotic mission, impose new duties and re
sponsibilities upon mm State administration.
At last advices the General Government had
military possession ot the route to Washing
ton through Annapolis; hut the transit of
troops had been greatly endangered and de
layed, and the safety of Washington . itself
imminently threatened. This cannot he sub
mitted to. Whether Maryland may profess
to he loyal to the Union nr otherwise, there
can be permitted no hostile soil, no obstruct
ed thoroughfare, between the States that un
doubtedly are loyal and their national seat of
government. There is reason to- hope that
the route through Baltimore may he no long
er, dosed ngninst the peaceable passage of our
people armed and in the .service of the Fed
eral Government.' But wo must he fullv as
sured of this, and have the uninterrupted ep
joyment of a passage' to the Capitol by any
and every route essential, to the purposes of
the Government. This must ho attained,
peaceably if possible, hut by force of arms if
not accorded
Tlio time is past for temporizing of for-* these extraordinary requirements,
leiiring with this rebellion; the most cause- It is impossible to predict the lengths to
loss in history; The North has not invaded, which “ the madness th.lt rules the hour” in
nor has she sought to invade a single giinran- the rebellhuis States shall lead us, nr when the
tied right of the {South. ’On (he contrary all calamities which threaten,otlf hitherto happy
political parties and all administrations have country shall terminate. Wo know that
fully recognized the binding force of every' many of ohf people have already loft the
provision of the great compact between the State in the service of the General Govern-
States, and regardless of our views of State ment, and that many more must follow \Ve
policy,, our people have respected them. To have a long lino of border on States seriously
predicate a rebellion, therefore, upon any al- disaffected, which should bo protected. To
leged wrong inflicted or sought to bo inflict- furnish ready support to (hose who, have
ed upon the South is to offer falsehood as an gone out, and to protect our borders wo should
apology for treason. So will the civilized have a well regulated military force,
world and history judge' this uifid effort to I. therefore, recommend the immediate or
overthmw the most beneficent structure of ganizatjmb discipliningand arming ofatleast
human government over devised by man, fifteen regiments of cavalry and infantry, cx-
Thc leaders of the rebellion in the Cotton elusive of those called into the service of toe
States, which has resulted in the establish- United States; ns wo have already ample
mont of a provisional organization assuming warning of the necessity of being prepare
to discharge all the functions of governmental; for any sudden exigency t a may arise,
power, have mistaken the forbearance of the I cannot too much impress bis up n y •
General Government; they have accepted a I cannot refrain r<’>» a .. 8 ’
fraternal indulgence ns an evidence of weak- proas mannorin w_ ~ '
ness, and have insanely looked to a united et the State \a\ • - .JV of nor ohi’
South ami a divided North to give success to provided for the families of tho. eof our oiti
ooniii, alia a uiwutu 11U1 . who are now under arms. In many
tho wild nn.bit.ori that.haled £ ™ “»£« of th# Commonwealth,. Grand Juries,
of our national arse . v ort Vlho plniv and Courts and mnnioiphl corporations have
ment and bombardinen nirnev upon reemniivmided 1 tho appropriations of moneys
our co g mlo°r U ee "mid now aims at the possess- from their publicffunds. for the same commep
"on of The National Capitol. The insurree- dable p.irposo I would recoin mend the
Mon must now bo mot by force of arms; and passage of an Act legalizing and authorizing
M ro-os ahlish the Government upon nn en- such appropriations and expenditures.
, ‘ basis by assorting its entire suprema-' It may ho expected that, in tho present dc
to ro-possoss tlio forts and other Govern- rangement of trade and commerce, and tho
nio’nt property so unlawfully seized and held; withdrawal of so much industry from itsordi
fo ensure personal freedom and safety to the nary and productive channels, thOsolling vni-
I people and 'commerce of tho Union In every uo of property generally wilt Vie’ depreciated,
section, tho people of tlio loyal States demand, and a largo' portion of our citizens deprived of
'as with one voice, and will enn'tcrid for, as tho ordinary moans of mooting engagements',
with ono heart; and a quarter nf a million of Although much forbearance may ho' expected
Pennsylvania’s sons witl a'nswor tho call to, from a generous and magnanimous people,
arms, if ne'od ho, to wrest us from a rcigri of yot I feti it mV duty to' rceom'mend tho pas
anarohy rend plunder, and secure for them- Sage of a judicious law to prevent tho'sacrifioo
solves and their children, for ages to pome, of property by farced sales in tho collection'of
the perpetuity of this Government and its be- - debts.
noficont institutions.. ) Yon meet together at this special session,
fintcrtninig these views and anticipating
that more'troops would bo required than the
number originally called f0r,.1 continued to
receive companies until wo had raised twetity
threc regiments in Pennsylvania, all of which
have been mustered into the sorvicp.of the
United States, In this anticipation I was not
mistaken. On Saturday-lost, an- additional
requisition was made upon me for twenty
five regiments of infantry and one regiment
of cavalry; and there hove been already
more companies tendered thou will make Up
the entire complement.
Before the regiments could be clothed,
three of them were ordered by the National
Government to proceed from this poiht to
Philadelphia. I cannot too 'highly commend
the patriotism and devotion of the men who,
at a moment’s warning, and without any
preparation, obeyed the order. Three of the
regiments, under similar circumstances, by
direction of, and accompanied by officers of
the United States army, were transported to
Cookeysvilie, hear Baltimore, at Which point
they-remained for two days, and until’by di
rections of the General Government they were
ordered back and went into camp at York,
whore there are now five regiments. Throe
regiments mustered into service are now en
camped at Ohambersburg, under orders.from
the General Government; and five regiments
are now in damp at this place, and seven have
been organized and mustered into service at
Philadelphia.
The regiments at this place are still supplied
by the Commissary Department of the State.
Their quarters are as comfortable ns could he
expepted, their supply of provisions abun
dant, and, under the instruction of .competent
.officers, they-are rapidly improving in milita
ry knowledgeiind skill. I have made arrange
ments to clothe all our regiments with the ut
most dispatch consistent with a proper econo
my, and am most happy to shy that before the
close of the present week all of our people
nov>- under arms will be abundantly supplied
with good and appropriate uniforms, blankets
and other clothing,
Four hundred and sixty of oilr Volunteers,,
the first to reach Washington from any of the
States, are now at that city; those are nsw
provided for by the General Government;
but I design to send them clothing at the earli
est possible opportunity. lam glad to he
able to state that these men, in their progress
to the'National Capital,-received no-bodily
injury, although they were subjected to insult
iu the city of Baltimore, such as should not
have been offered to any law-abiding citizen,
much less to loyal men, who, at tho call of tho
•President, had promptly' Infl their own State
in the performance of tho highest duty and
in the service of their country.
A.large body of unarmed men, who wore
not at tne. time organized as a portion of the
militia of this Commonwealth, under, the
command of officers without conimissions, at
tempted under the call of the National Gov
ernment, ns Tun'derstand; to reach Washing
[ ton and Were assaulted by armed men in tho
■city of Baltimore;, many of their number
‘ jvore seriously wounded, and four wore killed.
Tho larger pnrtof tnis body returned directly
to Philadelphia; hut many of them were
forcibly detained in Baltimore;, some of
them word thrust into.prison, and others have
not yet reached thoir homes. • ",
I have the honor to say that the officers and
men behaved with the utmost gallantry.
I This body is now organized into a regiment,
and tho officers are commissioned ; they have
I boon accepted into the service,.and will go to
Washington by any route indicated by the
Federal Government.
I have established a camp at Pittsburg, at
which the troops from Western Pennsylvania
will bo mustered into service, and organized
and disciplined by skillful and experienced
officers. ,
I communicate ; to you with great satisfac
tion, the fact that the banks of tho Common
wealth have Voluntarily tendered any amount
of money that may be necessary for tlio com
mon defence and general welfare of tho State
and the nation iii this emergency; and the
temporary loan of five Imnderbd thousand
dollars authorized by tho Act of the General
Assembly of the 17th April, ISfi 1, was prompt
ly taken at par. Tho money is not yet ex
hausted; ns it has been imnvprissihlo to have
tho accounts properly audited and settled with
the accounting and paying officers of the
government Us required, by ISjr, an account
of this expenditure cannot now ho furnished.
The Auditor General and State Treasurer
have established a system of settlement and
payment, of which I entirely approve, that |
provides amply for tho protection of thCi
State, and to which all parties haring claims J
will he obliged to Conform. , i
, A much fai'geV Sfftfi will bo required than |
has been distinctively appropriated; but I
could not receive nor make nngagenrents for
mony without authority of taw. and 1 have
called you together, not only to provide for
a complete of tho militia of
tho State, but also, that yntl may give nlo'.aii
thority to pledge the faith of the. Common
wealth to borrow silftp shins of money as yoff
may. in y'oilr discretion, deem necessary for
surrounded bjr circumstances involving tlio
most solemn responsibilities; the recollections
of tho glories of tho past, the reflections of the
gloomy present, add the uncertainty of the for
turo, all alike call upon you to discharge your
' duty in ft spirit of patriotic courage, compre
hensive wisdom and firm resolution; Never
in tho history of our peace-loving Common
wealth have'the hearts of otir people been so
stirred in their depths as at the present mo
ment. Apt), lieel, that I need hardly say_to
yon, that in the performance of your duties 1
on this occasion; add in providing .the ways
and moarjs for tile maintenance, of oitr coun-
glory and our integrityAs d natiop,*ybfl
should be inspired by feelings of self-aacriuee.
kindred to those which animate the" bravo
nien who have demoted .theii 1 . lives;t(s tlle.porila
of tho battle-field, in defence of otir nation's
flag.
■ Gentlemen, I place the honor of the Stafo
in your hands. And I pray that tjiC Almigijy
ty God, who protected our fathers id.. their. d£
forts to establish this otir great constitutional
liberty—who has Controlled, tlib growth of civ
ilisation and Christianity in our midst, may
not now forsake us; that He may wirteh oryr
your counsels, and may, in His provideries,
lead those who have left the pitth-of duty, nn4
are acting in open rebellion to the govern
ment, back again to perfect loyally; and res
tore ponce, harmony, and fraternity to.ear
distracted country, ’
The reading of the mCasUrfe being epnolut
dod, Mr. BALL moved, that it he referred to
a delect committe of seven. . :' .
. Mr. WILLIAMS moved to amend by add
ing the words, “with instructions to report by
bill or otherwise,’'
Mr. BALti icoepted thd amendment ns 1 ft
modification; and the motion as modified was
agreed, to. ' ' '
BEVISIOM OF MILITARY LAWS:
Mr. WILSON' moved thdt it select Commit
tee of five bo appointed to revise the military
laws of this Commonwealth* " ;
THE STAT LAW.
. Mr; DUFFIELD (on leave given) road .in
place' tl bill entitled, “an Act relating to judg- :
irients iihd executions/’ arid moved Its refer*
cnee to the Special Committee of. fcevcn. to
whom were referred the sevorM^EPbjeetß^eiS
braced in the Governneis-lfiossage,
The bill was so referred.
Bs-PrctldeiU Pici ccoli lire;Crisis.
Concord, N. 11., April Si; 1801. '
Es-President PicrfiO made the following
speech, from the balcony of the Biigld Hotel,
to a mass meeting last night:
Fedlow Citizens and NEtotthohs: Jf I
hltd been apprised of your meeting last night
seasonable, ! sbodld have boon present. But,
the notice did flat roach mi) till this morning.
I wish to shy, in advance, that fliiicd’itljr’orri
vtll hero the resolutions which yoii liitvo pass*
od have been read to me, and have nly cordi
al approval; You call fir me, niy ftlehds, ns
lovers of our country and of' tho blessed Uni
on which ohf forefathers transmitted to us oh
an occasion more grave, more ntorilo'ntoilS; and
I more deeply fraught with painful fc.nfotions
than liny under which I nave over addressed
yoii. But I rejoice that that flag (pniriting to
the flag of the United States), floats there.-
(Cheers.) Love for the flag ofoitf eoflutry is
a sentiment to us all; at least Id ntyhoat-t it
is Do new emotion. My’.father, followed it
from the battle of Banker If ill iiniritdrriipted
-1 y till the enemy ovaciinted Now York in 1783.
My brothers were with, the galhirit rricn who
Upheld it in tho war of 1812. Can l,.canyou
fail to refflonlbor how proudly jt floated at n
niche recent date, from Palo AltrV ict Buon'a
Vista, on oho line of operation, fro'W. tho -cas
tle of San Juan D’Ulloa to the city of Mexico
on another. Never can wo fdrgfc't, that the
gallant men of the North Unci erf; the ; South
moved together like a band of. b'r'dtho'rs, and
mingled their blood oh ninny a Bold id tl/c corft
mon cause. i
Can J, if I would, feci other than’ the’proud
est sadness when I see that those who so oft-,
en stood shoulder to shoulder in the face' of
foreign foes, and now in imminent danger of
standing face td face ns, the frit's gt tech Other*
But they should have thought of this As ttflll
as me. At all events, there is rid time how to
consult our feelings. The (juostid'n, has resol
ved itself into ono of patriotism and atdr’n du-
y- v
Wo cannot fall lo one what tho niilhraof tho
contest is to bo, and, to some limited extent,
the' fehrfulness of the progress and consequen
ces. tfe must not, however, tiircf otif faces
frorti them, because thoftruc way to moot dan
ger is to see it clearly, and to encounter it 6n
tlic advance. (Applause.) I, for .one will
never cease to hope, ns long as the fratricidal
strife is not more fully developed than at the
present time, that some event) some power,
niay yet intervene, to save us.from the worst
calamity that ever depended over a nation.
The opinions of many of the vast crowd before
me, with regard to the cause which has pro
dneed the present condition of public affairs,
are known to mo, and mine arc. well known to
you. Ido not believe aggression by arms is
a suitable or possible remedy for the existing
evils. Still neither of theso matters ought to
be considered now. . '
They may ho well waved—may, they must
bo—until wo have soon cadi . other through
our present trials and future dangers. Should
the hope which I have expressed hot ho real*
izod, which may a beneficent Providence'
forbid, and a war of aggression is to be waged
against the national eapitol and the. North
then there is no way for us„ns citizens of the
thirteen States, but" to stand .together and Up
bold the (Jag to the Inst, with' all the right#
which per fain to it, and with the fidelity and
endurance of brave men, 1 would counsel you
to stand together with one mind and one
heart—calm, faithful, and determined. But
I give no countenance to passion and violence,
| which are really uninst, and often in periods
like these the harbingers of domestic strife.
Be just to yourselyes, just to others, true', to
your country, and may God, who has so.sig
nally blessed our fathers generally, interpose
in this hour of clouds and darkness, and save
both extremities of the country, and cause the
old flag to ho uphold hy all hands and all
hearts. Born in the State of Now Hrmpshire.
I intend hero shall repose mv bones. I would
hntjive in a State the rights and honor of
which I was not, prepared to defend at alt hat
ards and to the' last extremity, [Applause.J
Saddened Meiiout.—Tho perfbmoa of ft
thousand roses soon die, but tbo pain canned
by oho of tlioir thorns remains long after. A
gaddonod remembrance m tbo midst of imrt&
is like tbo thorn among tbo roses* ■'
CO?" “Angels in the'grave will notouestion
thee as to the amount of wcaitlV fboa faaatJeft
behind, but what good deeds thou hast done
in tbo' world, to entitfo thee to a sentamong
tho’ blessed.“
tt'T'Ho conquers Wico. who rtstralnaJiuD
s*Jf in victory
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NO. 48. „
A. G. CDRTIN.