V 1 i H ss 1 IT 0. B GOODLANDEIt & CO. VOL. XXXI. WII()!,K NO lfi51. PRINCIPLES, not MEN. TERMS $1 25 per Annum, if paid m ndvanc CLEAHF1KLI), PA. WEDNESIJAl, APRIL 17, IKG1. NKWSF.KIKS VOL. I. NO 39,. " Mill 1 T fkTIt THE BIRD. pr Mlli. HKTTT A MOIimro!!. lttlng idly l,y aiy window, Ii'staning to tlio aiituinii ruin, Ai it l faltered, on t ho hotiso tni, Dashed ajainut tln window rune While I dreamed about the fu(ur, Weury turned mo to tho pnt, Wondering if my ky would ver Clour fruui clouds iibout it cat. Ai I tat thus idly dreaming, Idly K'''"K "" l'10 r"'"' In tho damp a biri turn flying, Tapping on my window-pan ; jQently tapped, a if to auk 1110 For protuctiun from tho f torm, Bald hirt winc wire wet und weary, And that 1 could feed unJ warm. Then I roused mo from my dreaming, Threw tlio window open wido, Reached my hand und tuuk tho wanderer, l'lni-ed him gently by my side, Dried his wot and w-.-nry plumage, llnvo him rruniba from out my hand, All li.-teiK-d to hi.' firigini;, "Surely," thought I, "1'vo a friend ! " Qod has pout i no thing to lu o mo, One to love me, ,-ind ivt to leave, 1 will rootho uio nith his niusie, It will tourli mo rot to j'rievu." Euttlii.i while Hie sky n::' '-leining, And a jleaiii of MOiLihiiio fell On uiy new-found llon' bright jdumao, And ho (low, nor eaid farewell. Xetter From Washing-ton Territory. Tho writer of the following letter is ti native of this place, and his numerous rel atives and friends will no doubt lo p.ia.i ed to hear from Lim. Snarl Uivek, Wuhingtn Tcrri- tory, Jmi. 21.-1, 1S01. ) Mr. 0. 11. Welch - Pear cousin : It is with jrrc.it pleasure 1 take this oi H'Oi tutiity to pen a few lines, nnd tit tlio samo time ask to lie excused for not doing so ago. 1 be lieve it U tho 1'irst 1 havo written to .you since 1 loft Clearfield. I am cmilidcnt that J havo yet tho first to receive from you. It is a great wrong that friends especially xelativos-do not, correspond more fre quently. Travel in very slack hero, times dull, and I am very lonesome, being ulone in an Indian country. I suppose, yon would -like to know where 1 am, what I am do ing, und what brought mo here. I will giveyoutihhort sketch of my wanderings. Though old to me, it may be new to you. When I left Cleurlieid 1 intended to visit some of tho Western States and oiliei', and then go down tho Miesissipii to New Urleanii, and thence take a cea voyage, as 1 had a great inclination to sec thu world. I left Clertitield in tho fall of 1SJ3, went to Pittsburgh, Krie, lUul'alo, Niagara Falls, Susjionsion Bridge, Canada, I'otroit and Chicago, und inftiiy other nlaoes, and at last reached the Mississippi liver at Kock Island. But, ahw. tho great Father of Waters was eoveiod from shore to shore with ice for miles and miles above and be .low. This iut me all aback. I knew not .what ,to do. But my buoitiws hero (at Jlock Inland) was lo look up an uncle, my ; .lather's brother, Hugh Fuilerton. 1 in.. .quired of many, but no one could give me iuiy information. In strolling about to .rulievo.uiy mind I fetched up at the river and concluded to step over lo Davenport. In stopping at a hall way station, or sa loon on tlio ICC, (aplaco wnero pa.-jbeiigeis Who choose can sup in ami iua - - und lcavo tneir ouarters 1 1 learned that my undo tved at lS to ., to miles above Kock Island, whiiTh K l reiclitul next day, and ro- ma necf hero till ring-giv . g up my TZvlV Tw vl. Iagterfc lelt Ilainp- , " , ,i ,,.,.: ,i c,,,,. uio lor viiio tuuiin , ou n.u . , 'j , uromer vaeiuoii. i iu ' b , ' J. JWb counties almost two years when , thoi'jke Peak 0(i1Jftf lent out Like thousanos ol ot hers, I sta ted j Crt tlin nmv H.ldnrfli lo. j Can OnlV 11VO for tho new Eldorado. I can only givo you, at present, a very short nkctch of my travels on tho Plains. It was a very ruiny day ia April, 1k5'J, when 1 took leave of my friends in Oglo county. I qienta week dn Hampton, when my partner and wrag ,on arrived. Though tho roads wero bad, we mado our way through to Council Bluff, on tho Missouri river, in three week i. Hero wo bought six months'supi. ply of provisions, and crossed over into Nebraska. Wo got along very well until ,w began to meet the emigration pouring .back the othor way, with theso beaut fully illustrated mottoes paintod upon thoir wagon covers, "Piko's Peak 9 humbug," "Homo, sweet home," "Ita homo you ought to bo Ilom, dearest home, In your own country." &o., Ac. This rather lowered our sails a little; but concluding to go and soe for , ,oursoiTCs, wo kept up the north ot tho .Platte river to Fort Kearney, intending to oross over, meeting every day from seven ty-five to one bundled wacons on the back track. Every camping-placo was a ceno of destruction. Provisions und mi ning tooN wero dumped out and left at the mercy of tho wild beasts, rather than f jbo permitted to obsliuet their homeward Thero was no forry on tho rial, and ii (the water had raisiud so that wo could not I' -lord it with safety, and wo travelled up to Port Larrimi. tho last crosiin g on the ',wfty to tho row gold fields, and only sev ,enty miles distant, or 500 miles from tho , MRsom'i rivor. Tho golden news hying i! 'still below par, wo concluded to lid ovur a day or two and take a tutl'alo hunt and make up our minds ns to w hat we had best do. This great metropolis, or Van- vass citv. wan in uproar from end to end. ItUUm irr.t.il iloFlinr, .Wli ,1 1. K'lS t Wl'St and South -parties uividing-somo going home-some to the Peak, und others to; California and Oregon : partners dividing their teaum mukiin: cul ts out of thoir wajona Homo throwing out others loads ingup for long journeys. Auctioneers' voices were heard in all direction?, nulling wagons, teams, Ac. In cases of law .suits, olliccrs were nj'iioiuicd, juries sat in tho brush, free ofeharge, where damages were claimed lawfully by tho plainti!!' the los or's team, or ivagon, if ho had either, was put up nn.l knocked oil to tho highest bidder, and the claim nati.vlied. Many a poor fellow was left thero without a dollar in his pocket. After considerable consultation as to our future oxploitx, our little party very agreeably settled up all standing bills and divided into three part one for home one for Cherry Kidjjo (Tike's Peak) tho other for California, to which 1 united. We took down our canvass, whilo others were, still pourinz in. pitching their tents and keeping up a continual hum up and down the river. The gold question was being expounded by male and female the latter bouncing about in their hoops as it promenading Broadway. The thous an Js of cattle, horses, mules, wagons, etc., in that vicinity nnd adjoining valley, and the largo trains continually arriving and departing, gave the place the appeuraneo of an old settlement. But I must be more brief. It would takotnea month towrito nil I saw, heard, and experienced Uur load being heavy, we at part of our provisions nsiuo, t-nougn wo nee.tci mem beforu wo got through. We soon Htruek ........ ... ul, -.w ...i-.u, and we itt o climbing the eastern (done ol it. I . i I ... r-. .t. I in .... . i j I ..nit the llocky Mountains. lay niter irudiim; idotiir beneath a burnim; . y, su n, thaded by nothing except clouds of mos quitoes, all claiming kindred, flaviugno fan, I was compelled to carry a brush made of twins lo fight mv wav, or be smothered with a coat or blanket wrapped around my head. These sufferings can bo better imagined than described. Wo worked on day after day, and week after week, until we reached till junction of the California and Oregon roads. Hero was another mas meeting. Parties here went tliiMtigli the dividing operation iuoro pr. ctic.dly, After resting our stock a few (.lays we drove up to the turning post, ex changed compliments, good wishes, itc., and separated, perhaps forever. 1 and my partner, Mr. II oilman, look tho Oregon road. The Indians on this road are troublesome, though the only Harm tney done us was to steal live Jiorses una a lew cuiiie. i o mane up a n am ui twenty wagons, or 10 1 persons, men, wo-1 nen and children. Wo run short ol pro- visions beforo we got through, and were put on s.iort allowance for a long spell. We then overtook a government train of soldiers, (the only train ahead of us on this road,) going from S;dt I.ako to ' ro gon. They helped us some, but were short themselves. It was then we thought of what we had thrown away on tho Plains. We lived on fi-h and water, and a short allowance of bread, until wo got near enough to send an express through, when tin government sent provisions to our relief. There were some emigrnnU attacked on this ro id towards t,hc last of tho travel. Some were wounded, but none killed. It is leporli d that ten wagons were atlack- all the emigrants killed. 1 hero , -ii i . , t t-.i l: Acre liH'io Killed on ouier roan, corners j were stationed on this road this summer ' ..... .i , . . , ..... .. until llr y inoii..,rii unj emigration over, but after they left the Indians attacked a tram and killed between .5.) i.nd 40 por ( son). The soldiers went out nnd recover- ed 12 persons two women, lour men and si,X children. J no Indians nolo an tneir Unraa loon,l ,.;.;, Tho ..rri . " ' . vors had to eat tho dead bod.es of their lo coninonions, or j.ensh. They even '1 to '"tike clot hos, or mats, by weaving ? U '? ilS i crai cniKiren sun in tno nanus oi me iu- .. It is the Snako And Banact Indi- nns (bat are loinL' tliis T But to close this long n ftfier J . ... They will bo apt summer. narrative, I will in Walla Wal la Valley, Washington Territory, we made a fimil separation. Some went to Oregon fomothing in tho apartment seemed to and some stopped here. Wo wero just disturb me. Looking up, I beheld, Bland four months on tho way ethers wore .ix jn cxnclly'opposite to mo, a singularly months Two weeks later 1 hired to run beautiful feumlo. So astonished was I, a ferry boat on tho Snake rivor at !?50 per , f ' j i . j ivc Klrict orders not to ha dis- month, and am still at tho same. I had a pretty hard timo of it in tho summer, but as I said at the beginning, travel is slack now, times dull, and being lonesome I thought 1 would devote an hour or so to giving you n sketch of my adventures. This is a great piece for raising stock, but no agricultural or farming country. It is too dry to produce grain except close along the small streams. Low, ivet land produces large crops, and beats the world for vegetables. Thero are many gold ex citements in this country, but they do not amount to much except to break up poor folks. No moro at present, but re main yours trulv, Montgomery Fnt.riuo.v. It appears by oflic'ud statement that tho bids for the 8S.000.000 loan advertised for by the Government, nmonnled to SGUJlfi, OHO. Of theso bids only about $3,000,000 have been accepted, at (J4, the Secreta ry believing that ho can procure the SS.Odd.OW yet wanted at tho samo rate. The schoonor Carry, whilo engaged on tho 2(ith ultimo, carrying coal and sup plies to the U. S. ship" Wyandotte, off Pensacnla, was captured by tho Confeder ate forcos, and will bo confiscated. Tho business men of Pittsburg have de termined not to rocoivo depreciated mon ey except at banker's rates. Thero is ev; cry indication oftho success of tho move ment. Tho fiirmerj all demand and re ceivo par funds for thoir nr.idu.-.o. So wholesome nrt experiment should not confined to littsburg. he Tho Duchess of Kont, mother of Queen j Victoria, diod on tho 10th of March, after a prolonged illuaes. WASHINGTON'S VISION. 11V WESI.EV BSADSIIAW. (From tho Amorienn Monthly. Tho last time I ever mw Anthony Sher man was on the Fourth of July, 10, in Independence Square. Ho was (hen ninety-nine, and becoming very feeble; but liiouirh so old, his dimming eyes rekin died as ho looked at Independence Hall, which ho said ho had eamo to gaze upon once more before he was gathorod home. 'What time is it ?' said he, raising his trembling eyes to the clock in tho steoplo, ar.d endeavoring to shade tho former with a shaking hand, 'what timo is it? I can't see so well no as I used to.' 'Half-past three.' '('erne, then,' h continued, 'let ih go into the Ilnll I want to tell ycu an inci dent of Washington's He, one which no one al'ivo knows except myself; and i!" you live, you will before long seo it veri fied . Mark I urn nut superstitious, lid you wilt set it verities.' teaching tlio visitors room. in which the sacred relics of our early days ni" ivieserved wo sat down upon one of tho old fashioned wooden benches, and my venerable companion related to me the following singular narrative, which, r th(, tK.CuliaritV of our national at- i fairs al the present time, I have been in- finnH to 1V0 t0 lll0 v,orld. 1 give .,. ,:,.i : .,, . . it, as I t ,1 I L.I lv.-.-i'HJ ill ill."' "-i ii T.x-i-. . 'When the bold action of our Congress, in asserting the Independence of tho ml ontes, became k nnwii in tho old world, wc wero laughed and seeded -ul ns silly, presumptuous rebel", whom Briti.-h gren adiers would very soon tame into submis rion ; but undauntedly wo prepared to make good what wc had said. The keen encounter came, and the world knows the r;'.(H.. It is eay and pleasant for those of the present generation to talk and write of the days of Seventy Six. but they little know, neither can (hey imag ine, the trials nnd stttlerinirs of thoo fear ful days. And there is one thing i much fear, and that is, the American people do not properly appreciate tho boon of free dom. Party spirit is yearly becoming stronger and stronger, and without it is checked, will at no distant day, under- mute and lumnio into rums me nouie st.uclure 0f tl)0 Republic. But let me iiasf,n (o my narrative, ' q.-r0m the opening of the Revolution w0 ox,,01.iorioo, all phases of fortune, now i j ,)0W m ono timo victories, and nnolilor conouerod. The darkest period we iiad, however, was, i mini?, wuen Washin gton, after soverul reverses, retreat ed to Valley Forgo where ho resolved to pass tho winter of '77. Ah ! I have often scon the tears coursing down our old com mander's care worn cheeks, as ho would be conversing with a confidential olliccr about the condition of his poor soldiers. Yon have doubtless Inaid the story of Washington going to the thicket to pray ; well, it is not only true, but housed often to pray in secret for aid nnd comfort from that fiod, the interposition of whose di vine providence alone nronght us safely (hroiiLdi those dark days 01 tribulation. i . l 1 I 'One day, 1 remember it well I ho t hil- j ly winds whistled through tim leaiiess trees, though tho sky was chadless and tho sun shinim: brightly he remained in his quarters nearly nil the afternoon alone l0U 10 carao ol,t I noticed that his face was a !,ado paler than usual, and that t)er0 S0Pme;i to bo somothing upon his ln:,wi nr morn than ordinary importance "'. . ' . , 7" ,. . i. i' .1... I....1 jceturning jusi auer uus, n-. ..e.-,,..lt... t0 (he quarters of the ollicer I montiollcd, who wa, presently m attend- ance. Aftcr ft rre:iraiary conversation, which lasted some half an hour, Wshing- ton, gazing upftn his companion with that strango look of dignity, which ho alono could command, said to tUo.lattor ; I 'I do not know whether it is owing to the anxiety of my mind, or what, but, this afternoon, asl was sitting at mis very tni,j0 cn,WrCd in preparing a dispatch, ; tnrbed.lhat it was some moments before I found lancuncoto infinit e the cause of her presence. A second, a third, and even a fourth timo did I repeat tho questions, but received np answer from my myste rious visitor, except a slight raising of tho eyes. By this timo I felt strango scns.v tions snreadinii throughout mo. I would have risen, hut tho rivetod gazo oftho bo.- ing before mo rendered volition impossi.. ble. I essayed once moro to address her, but mv tongue had bocomo poworles. Even thought itself presently became par alyzed. A new intluence, mysterious, po tent, irresistible, to possession of me. All I could no was gaze, gazo steadily, vacant ly at my unknown vistant. Gradually the surrounding utmospiiero seemed as thornh becoming filled with sensations, nnd grew luminous. Everything nlout mo appeared lo ratify, tho mysterious vis itor herself becoming moro airy and ve more distinct' to my sight than belore. I now began to feel os ono dying, or rather to experience the Sensations which 1 have sometimes imagined accompany u.ssoiu tion. I did not think, I did not reason, I did not niovo; all were aliko impossible I was only consciious of gazing, fixedly, vacantly, at my companion. 'Presently I heard a voice saying ; 'Son of the Kepublis, look and iearn, whilo at tho samo moment, my visitor ex tended her arm easlwardly. I now be hold a heavy white vapor at some dis tance, raising fold upon fold; this gradu ally dissipated, and 1 looked upon a strango scene. Beforo mo lay spread out in ono vast l.lain all tlio countries of the world. Europo. Asia, Africa and America. I saw rolling and tossing between Europe and America, tho billows of tho Atlantic, and between Asia aud America lay the Pucifio "Son of the Republic,' said tho sune mysterious voice, as before, 'look and learn.' 'At that moment I behold a dark shadowy being like an angel, standing, or rather floating in mid-air between Ku ropo unci America. Hipping water out of tho ocean in tho hollow of each hand, he sprinkled some npoti America with his l ight hand, whilo ho cast upon Europe some with 'ho left. Immediately a dark cloud raised fioni each of these countries and joined in mid-ocean. For awhile it remained stationary, and then moved ilowly westward, until itenvf loped Amer ica in its njur'y folds. Sharp Hashes of lightning gleamed throughout itatinl.er- vals, ami 1 heard tho snioothered groans and cries of the Atserican people. 'A second time thn aii"el dipped wafer from the ocean, nnd sprinkled it out as before. The dark cloud was then drawn (tack to tho ocean, i . whose heaving waves it sunk from view. A third limp 1 heard tho mysterious voice saying: ' 'Son of the llepublic, look ami learn.' '1 cut my eyes upon America, and be held villages, tows ar.d cities springing up one alter another, until the whole land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dotted with them. Again 1 heard tho , mysterious voice say ' 'Son ol (lie Kepubhe, the end ol the century cometh look and learn.' At this, tho dark, shadowy angel turn- ed his face southward, and ficm Africa I saw an ill-omened spectro approaching our land. It flitted slowly ami heavily J over every town tho inhabitants nnd city ol llie latter, Ol Which presently set themselves in b.ittlo array against each other. As 1 continued looking, 1 saw a bright nnnol, on whoso brow rested a crown of liL'hl, on which was traced the. word '1'NION.' bearing tho American flag, which he placed beiw.ceu the divided nation and said : ' 'Kemetuber ye are bielhern 1' Instantly the inhabitants, casting from them their weapons, beeaico friends onco mure, and united around the national etandatd. And again 1 heard tho myste rious voice, saying : ' '.Sou of tho Uopublic, tho end of a cen tury cometh, look a.ndlearji. 'At this the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth, and blew three distinct blasts, and taking water from the ocean, sprinkled it otu upon Luropo, Asia and Africa. Then mv eves beheld a fearly scene. From each of theso countries imso thick, black clouds, that were soon joined into one. And tlirouguoui mis mass mere gleamed a dark-red light, by which I saw hordes of armed men, who, moving with the cloud, marched by land und Milled by sea, to America, which country was pres ently enveloped in tho volume of the cloud. And 1 dimly taw theso at arm ies devastate the whole country, and pil lage and burn tho villages, towns and cities that I had beheld springing up. As my ears listened to tho thundering of can non, clashing of swords, and shouts and cries ofihe millions in mortal combat, I again heard (ho mysterious voice, saying: 'Son of the Kcpublic, look and learn. When the voice had ceased, the shadowy angel placed his trumpet more to ins muta uiki mew a long, icariui blast. Instantly alight as of a thousand suns shown down from abovo me, and pierced and broke into fragments the dark cloud deb enve oned America. At tho samo moment I saw the angel upon whose fore- bead still shone tho word 'UNION ' and who bore our natiolml flag in ono hand and a sword in tho other, descend from Heaven attended by legions of 1 right spirits. 1 hc;;e immediately joined tno inhabitants ot America, who i perceived were well nigh. overcome, but w ho, immo- iiately taking courage again, closed up their broken ranks und renewed the bat tle. Again Amid the fearful noiso oftho conllict 1 heard the mysterious voice, say ing: ' 'Son of the Kepublic, look und learn.' 'As tho voice coated, thejshadowy angel fur the last time dipped water from the ocean and sprmklcd it upon America. Instattlj the dark cloud rolled back, to gether with tho armies it had brought, leaving the inhabitants of tho land victori ous. Then onco more I beheld villages, towns and cities springing up where they had been before, whilo the bright angel, planting tho azuro standard he bad bro't in tho mlst of them, cried in a loud voice to tho inhabitants ; ' 'While the stars remain ond tho Hea vens send down dow upon tho caith, to lorg shall tho Pepublic last.' 'And taking from his brow tho cro-n on which still blazed the word 'UNION,' ho placed it upon tho standard, w hile the people kneeling down said 'Amen !' 'Tho sceno instantly began to fade and dissolve-, and 1 al last saw nothing but the rising, curliug w hite vapor 1 had first beheld. This also disappearing, I found myself onco more gazing upon my myste rious visitov, who, in that same myste rious voico 1 had heard before said: ' 'Son of tho Kepublic, what you havo seen is thus interpreted. Three perils will corao upon the Kopub'ic. Tho most fearful is tho second, passing w hich the whole world united, iihall never ho able to prevail agaiiut her. Let every child of the Republic learn to Iivo for his Ood, his land and tho Union.' With theso words the figure vanished. 'I Blurted from my seat, and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had Detn show n tc mo tho birth progress and des tiny of tho .Republic of tho Unitoil States. 'In Union she will have her strength, in Pi'uiiion her destruction.' 'Such my friend concluded tho vencra blo narrator,, 'wero tho words 1 hoard from Washington's own lips, and America will do well to profit by thetn. Let her forover remcroSer that, in Union she luxt her strnnith, in Dinuuiou her destruction.' The Impending Civil War. Fensacoi.a. Pensacola is an ancient town, having boon founded at an early pe riod by the Spaniards.. Tho houses nro built in tho olden style, with low, narrow windows and projecting roofs, which in some instances run into a bhelter across tho sidewalks. In speakinzof Pensacola, tho Mobile Advertiser, in a recent issuo, says : Pensniiola is historic ground, and its his toric nolo is essetially military. Centu ries ngo the warliko events of which it, with its vicinity, wus a scene, gave its name a place on tho pageol history. In its tin e it has known many maulers, and none surrendered it except of necessity, few without a struggle, and none gained it except by the power of compulsion. It is a ''debatable ground" by ito tradition, its chronicle and its local conditions. I!e I fore the days of He Solo it was not the i:n- uispiueci possession oi i no nnorigimu na tionalities ; for our meagre records of those times and peoplo show that different tribes c:imc and sojourned on tho waters of the bay and made it a sort of common territory a )uasi neutral ground, ivhoiv they could spend a warm season in fishe ry, and eniov the cool (lulf breezes which hinned the waves of (he bay of "Pensaco- l i ol "Ucnu.s" ol "I anacoi i" or n: 'Pensacola," as woof this day finally have it in if confirmed nomenclature In later times the Spaniard, the Frenchman, the Britisher and Anglo-American contended for ifs owi.er.ship. and each and all pos sessed and held it vicl ariais pi imarilv. and Fonn. i,v iront v r;,.ltt. for a timo. There .Tnekson added snmet h'm.r nf l:,nio ti hi name there Brifon fought with Spaniard, Spaniard with French and Indian, and Indian with Indian end now sigair. it iV the fair bone id" contention but ween the rival races of Anglo-Americans. In these hitler days of its history it is become tho point of interest in the eyes of the nal ion, and may possibly have tho eyes of the world directed to It as the Crimea of tho Now World. Bet us consider this posj,i bility, premising thai it is contingent upon the course of governments, and not upon the humors of those coneornedin the pro ceedings of tho lcL. The war between fhoso mighty Towers, 'Russia, Franco and England, was fought out op the narrow field oftho Crimea, nnd now, before a blow is struck, it niav be considejed that, in a I large measure, the complexion of our dif ferences with the I nitod States may he decided bv tho course nnrsued at this r.ew j d-mica, the classic " Bav of Oclius," and ' befo-o this Sebastapol of Pickens. If we get into difficulties, it may bo through the ngencv of this same troublesome locality in its proving true to ils tradition. As a summer residence, Pensacola is de lightful ; for the town is pleasant, th drives g od, the ceoppry romantic, the water excellent, and thoro is a fino breeze from the sea in the hottest day of sum mer. The sunset scenes are as beautiful as any in the Bay of Naples. IT.NSACOl.A .HAY. Pensacola Bav is twenty seven miles in length, and in its bryadesl part twelve i miles in width. It lies immediately at dark i ,uo ":o"11' 01 1110 r.-ieaiv.nia river. Kun o'neo ' ,IUI5 "'eng (ho front of tho bay for four teen lenues, nearly cast anr west, is a ii i: r . long line oi san'iy snore, .narrow, harden. :!lml " u"u ln. a severe gaio tn9 read I wavcs tUS" ovpr ' ens-acola bay has ; raro I,r0Pcrties as a harbor, and cannot bo i v '.V", " y any in mis 'untry. It . is accessible to frigates of , 1:lr?e 9,z0 l:ror. ,10,nS wonty ono feot .of niuvi wn iin, uar ; ami wnen once nisinie, all tho ships of oir navy could ride in safety. Tho channel runs near tho coast - i i . . ... across the bar, which is short and easily passed. Tho harbor is completely land locked, and the road-f ejtd capacious. The peculiar position of Pensacola bay makes it desirablo as a naval station, as excellent positions for dockyards can be found in the harbor. When tho railroad from Montgomery, now in progress ot completion, shall have been finished, tho facilities lor reaching it will bo so much increasod that it will present qui to ar.oth- er appearance. I ho upper arm of Pensa coh bav receives tho Yellowwatcr or Pea river. Middle rivei and Escambia river, eleven miles from dhoGulf of Mexico. FORT IIICKF.ffS. Fort Pickens, tho great bono of confen tion in tho Gulf section of .tho South, is the principal work of defenco for Pensa cola harbor. It is built on a low sandy spot, on the westernmost end of Santa Rosa Iblnnd, nnd a little over ono mile distant from Fort McRex, which forms another sentinel lo tho bay. Fort Pickens is a tirs-l class iiasliono t work", Puilt ol slono for foundation purposes, with walls of brick and bitumen Its walls are forty feet in height, by twelve feet m thickness. I is embrasured for two tiers of gnus m bombi.roof caseniales, and ono tier open or ea I r1te. I ho work has all tho usual . . . . . . . . coacwmantsoi a nrst ciasj woru, viz :- coven ways, dry ditch iiue'S and outworks complete. The guns from this point radi-1 uto to all points of the horizon, with Hank and enfilading firo in tho ditches nn-1 .v oiy unglo of ajiproach. Its guns com -1 mand Fort Barrancas, Fort Mcllae, the avy yarci, and me omer worxs now m .. - - Pit . r I ..... , ho possession of tho Confederate States' Iriinttt.- 1 !, work iv.u r-r.ni iwit I , trooiis. i no worK was commenced in 1X28, nnd finished in IK1. It cost the federal government nearly ono million of dollars. When on a war footing the gar-1 rison consists of 1,200 soldiers. Its pre sent armftmcnt consists of ln btwtiou, -C twonty four pound howitzers ; casemate, I 2 fody two pounders, 5.4 thirty two pounders, 51) twenty lour pounders ; in borbette, 21 eight nicli howitzers, 0 eigh teen pounders, 12 twelve pounders, 1 ten inch columbhul. mounted, and 4 ton inch i mortars in bad order. Tho possession of this work, therefoio, by tho secesionisU is, of course, of tho first nnportunco; for, unless it is occupied by them it will securo to the United State troops abuse of operations along the wholo Gulf coast, and keep open road right into tho heart of the South, which car.not be obstructed by ony fixed fortifications. Oneo within the gates of tho harbor, am an army could bo disembarked ut any point on the w ide bay which it might se lect. It could run up beyond tho Escam bia riu'i- and land many hours ahead of any opposing ioi-cp A hieli might be at Pen sucoia, Desioes placing a wide river between it ami tho hitter or fevon two rivers, thd Escambia and the Black Water- -by going far enough up. Hence, with a start of at least forty-eight hours, it could march inlc interior Alabama. A" enemy holding Fori, Pickens could rendezvous a naval forcq' there and keep up a blockade of all tho ports on the Gulf, unless it could bo moi on the pea. The fort is only cpproacljablji by land on one side. Owing to tho opW n.ess of the country, which is but a barren bed of .sand, a party attacking from that quarter wou I bi; very much exposed. The federal forces now in garrison at Fort Pickens consist of about tvo hundred nn'' fifty men, under the command of Lieut. Siommor. If F,,rt Pickens bo taken by tho secessionists. Pensacola will be the great naval del. I of the Smthern r.fede.racy, from which no doubt privateers will bo fitted out lor the purpose, of prej ing upon the commerce in tho Gulf of Mexico nnoj the Caribbean sea. FORT PICKENS, JUVIOll. This is a small outpost of defence, or au-nicry, ol J-ort Pickens, erected by ht. Slemmer's orders It is situated about one mile and a rpiarter from Pickens, and commands the Warrington Navy Yard, in possession ol'the Conic lerate States troops. Fori Pickens, .Jr. is new used as a station for picket guards, ;ind it will answer the purpose of ellixtm.lly pi even ting any thing like a sui-pi no of the main fort. ' "Old Hundred." Can you find a tomb in the land whore scaled "hps are, that have not snug thaf tune? If they were grey old men, they ha.l heard or sung ' Old Hundred.' Sin ner and saint have joined with lh ond-r less .congregation where ii has, and witi', oyt tho pealing organ, sounded on tho sa .erod air. The dear little children, look ing with wondering eyes on this strango world havo lisped it. Tho sweet yo.unj girl, vho.se tombstone told of sixteen sum mers, she. whose mire and innocent faco kjicntci you with its mild beauty, lovc ' O'A Hundred." ami as she sung it, !clos ed her eyes and seemed communing witG tho angels who were so soon to claim her. lie W'huso niar.hood was devoted tp tho service of his God, and who with faltering steps a-'-cended the pulpit stairs, tvitfo. whito hands placed over his laboring breast, loved ' Old Hundred.' And tho' sometimes his Jips only ir.cvod, away down in his heart, so soon to conpo its throbs, the holy melody was sounding. The dear while headed father, with his tremulous voice how he loved 'Old Hun di ed 1 ' Po you s-e him now, sitting in the vetwiahle arm chair, his hands oros" sing over the top of his cane, his silyory lockj floating oti from his zioljow temples, and a tear, perchance, stealing doyvu his furrowe 1 cheeks, as the. nubia strains jririg out? Do you hear that thin, (piivoring; faltering pound now bursting forth, ' now listeno d for almost in vain ? Jf you' do not. we do ; and from such lips, hallow cd by four score years' service in the Master' cause, 'Old Hundred 'jund indeed a sa cred melody. Vou may fill your churches wibb choir?, with Sabbath prima donnas whosj daring notes emulate the steoplo, nnd cost almost as much, but givo us tho spirii stirring tines of '( lid Hundred, ' sung by younp ami old together. .1artyrs havo hallowoJ it it has gonetip from tho dying beds'oT saints. The old churches, where gerioraj tion after genera'lon have devoutly worshipped, and where many oftho .doar de-il have been carried and laid buforo tho alUir. where they gave themselves ,to flml t.,...i,w in ln-ivit in of ' Old Miindrnil ""v V..J O"'- V f 1 r,.0iu' yostihulc to tower top tho vory air is haunted w ti the cpirit. Think for a uomonlof tio assembled company who havo, aLdillercul timus ani in dili'oicnt places-, joined i;i lha familial tnno! Throng upon throng-tho stern, tho timid, the gentle, tho brave, the boau ful their rapt laces all beaming with tho inspiration of their heavenly sounds. " ' "Old Hundred ! " King or tho sacred band of ancient airs! Never shall our oars grow weary of singing Ihol Arid when we get to Uo'ivon, who knows but what the first triumphant, strain t;at weir i ti. . ,1 ni . ... . comos us may oo iu uuu, v um,vjiih, ted high 1 ' () p VTl! l:R's".-iUs wi. occ.isici.idly ,lo , ,V(,iu. (ij llf, S!,llliuKlU t)l0 vhir ! m.u.r f u,,, iVm whom wo dceudod. , MiM( (v)l ,lV0 ..Uess of th. ir ancestry i , f)f- t!lul ,. poverty : aro very apt to be 1.,i! r ti1....!v,,s. The ,n m whr. d. es not feel himself a link in thu great chain to transmit life nnd hying, inlullec-- lual and ni'iral existence from his ances try to his posterity, does not j.istly rppro ciat'j the, relations which belong to him, Tho contemplation of our ancestors and descendants might ever to lu within, tho Ul M'l I1U.U1 I." 'l.Llill Will M' imm.m. v..- ; f . .. ,, ni;,clioiJ. Thl i. - . .... . nasi belniiLfS to US bv till -ction ito ullllCI- pa.ion rf those lo come ulW us. AnJ then only do vo lio ourielve justice wior; wo nro true to tho blood we inherit, anfl true to those to wh im wo have been tbfc means ol traiiMif.U'ug that blood The city election held nf St. Paul, Minn .Id inalant. went Pemocratie. Columbus' ! Ohio, for tho 1'i-st l:me, has also elect Democratic city oihccrs. Tho Mnysvillo ( Ky.) Erpre.ss says thf r jspeet for a heavy wheat crop was never moro promising than now in that section oftho State. ..