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VOL. XXXI. WflOLK NO 1G52.
CLEARFIELD, PA. WI)NESEA, APRIL 21, 1861.
NEW S El J I ES VOL. 1. NO 40.
fJOOD MOKMVCi.
"Oh, I am o happy!" a little gi-1 said,
Ai she ipranir, like a lark, from alow trundlo bed;
"Tii Burning bright uioruing ! Good rooming,
. i
0, give me one kiei for good morning, mamina?
Only Just look at my pretty canaiy,
Chirping hi sweet 'Uord morning to Mary;'
The mo is peeping straight iuto myeyei
Good morning to you, Mr. Sun, for you rise
Early to wake my birdie and me,
And make ue hnppy ai happy can be.,,
"Happy you may be iny dear little girl,"
A) the nuther atruuk ioflly a clustering culr
'Happy you can bo but think or the One
Who wakened thi morning, both you and thesitn.
The girl turnod her bright eyes with a nod :
"Ma, may I say, then, good morning tot!ud?"
"YeJ, litllo darling one, suroly you may ;
Kneel as you kneel every mo ning to pray."
Mary knelt solemnly down, with her eyes
Looking up eunestly into the skies.
And two little hands, that wero folded together,
Boltly the laid ou the lap of her mother,
"Good morning, dear Father in llcuven," she said,
I think thee for watching my snug little bed'
For taking good care of me all the dark night'
And waking me up with the beautiful light;
0, keap me from naughtiness all the long day,
Dear father, who taught children to prny."
An angel looked down in the sunshine and smiled,
Cut she saw not the angel, that beautiful child !
From tho Danville Quarterly Koview.
OUR COUNTRY : IT i PERIL : ITS
DELIVERANCE.
By Ilov. Rouert J. Hkeckeskidge, I). D.,
Uativillo, Kentucky.
I. 1. What we propose h,rsl, to make
such abatement of the condition of af
fairs as muy be of use to upright men, in
enabling them to determine what ought
la bo attiempted and what can be accom
plished, in the way of preventing the ru
in of their country ; and, secondly, to make
clear to all men, the position of a vast
party in this country, who drsiro and Iid
deserve, in all possible event, to be un
derstood by posterity and who, fven if
their principles ate overborne and their
counsels are now rejected, may, if they
are fuilhful to .heuwclves, retrievo from
the wreck of their country, whMever ur
vives wnen the period of exhaustion shall
como upon it i destructive madness, j was possible, in the state of national par-
2. Thero is no le-on which tho univer-j ties as they arc now known to have exia
al courso of hum.tu affairs teaches so ted nt that time. For there wns tl,it falal
thoroughly, as tin Ir owr. instability. And element, long concealed not geneially
vet there is no lesu t s j hara for men to
learn; no lesson o pregnant ot results,
and to little hee'ied. How faithful ought
men In be when overtaken by defeat and
adversity if thev w ould consider that
defeat and adversity, with courage and
wisdom, are a preparation for triumph ?
llowjust and forbearing ought men to be
in the midst of power and prosperity, il
thev would consider that power and
prosperity, in the degree that they are
corrupt, mako tho road to destruction
broad und sure ? Anil how immense, how
unexpected, how elfectual are Ihe resour.
ces of God in the nucomplit.hmuut of w hat
lie ordains to ie results ot Human cons
duct 7
3. Look nt (ho actual condition of pub
lic fdluirs throughout this great nation
consider whither they nre tending cou
pler whence that tendency has arisen
consider bv what means it is propagating
itself: and then reflect upon tho unox
ptcted and extraordinary mean by which
ruin is overtaking every interest and
hepe of the country and upon the abso
lute completeness of tho ruin, when those
means tliull have worked their full effect.
In state of security apparently perleot,
and of prosperity apparently complete
it small unci lierce party scattered through
some of the Northern Stutes, commenced
a systematic and persistent agitation con
nected with the liluck raco on this conti
nent : and in the heart of their system
lay this idea, thai laws and institutions
una rights and duties and interest cf ev
ery description ought to give way, if there
was need of it, to tho dccompli&hmcnt of
tbeir designs. In the progtess of time
and events, and the ruin of political par-
pies, this fundamental idea which U the
Msunce of law lessness an i anarchy al-
ktrhet i'self in the public mind of some
Iji llie Aorthern States, to that particuur
ipect ol the question ol tho HIack ICace
hie li relates to the obligation, under the
f ederal Constitution, of delivering fugi
ive slaves j and laws of various kinds are
asted, throwing tte weight of State uu-
bority against the obligation of the very
ghost national law. Arid so the idea
Mid process of disintegration, as the ten
ncy to lawlessness A anarchy strength-
pa, lias thus risen from tho condition ot
tansticism, to the dijnity of a principle
Jccognizcd by States and asserted in laws.
it to warn men of the breadth ot the
Mn involved in this tendency, und to
larK the extremity ot toe peril arising
hrn its connection with the question of!
Muck Kace. ono of the slave States I
I"! already, under a similar, but directlv
loosite ipn lpncv. f.irmnllv nsisprtp.l it's .
pit, not omy to obstruct the execution
the laws of the United States, but to
lulify them absolutely, and upon itsown
lie snd sovorpiim flisciftinn ; bo ilint 1
la sp rit of luwlessncs and anarchy, in !
ausoiuteand universal tendency to.
wnterrato nil thinn mm-ml tliniiph
Mrst, yet more tapibly, and bv morel
r'isive acts, at the South and "nt tho !
PUh.
f. Once more in the progress of time! truction ol uverthing that human govern
M events, and the ruin of nr liiicnl nnr. ! meiits are instituted to protect ; and that
s-tho wholo nation finds itself mrsy-
in the last Presidential election, into
P opposite parties, (of which the dn-1
I'M one is mad enough to subdivido
War :.. . . . . . f. . .
1 " "no mree) ; ana tins same question
the lllack Hace, both in the aspect of
s rendition of fugitive slaves, and in the
eciof slavery in the Territories und
"o wme quest-.ons of supreme law and
Uwlessiioss corrected therewith
'unting to iho higliost national iiupor-
ee, and apparent Ir swallowing up all
other questions, are resolved, so fur as
that election cnuld resolve them. Hut
the solution is every way remarkable.
1 - " I "1 . If. 1 ' 1 . 1 -
I .
idont
rur wiiiio nir. Lincoln is elected i resi-
the minority of the nation is so de
cidedly against him, that lie would have
been beaten if the power of CongtesB to
to create uniform electoral districts had
ever been exercised ; nay, would have
been beaten under the existing system, il
all opcosed to him had been allowed by
the corruption or folly of parties to unite
on one opponent. Moreover the solution
is further remarkable, in this, that both
Houses of Congress, and, as is ulleged,
the .Supreme Court of the United States,
held his most dangerous opinions to bo
unconstitutional; and it is still further
remarkable iti this, that Mr. Lincoln
himself, while representing the Northern
section of the aiiiirchial tendency of the
times, is known to repudiate the original
principle of thut faction concerning the
rendition of fugitive slaves and is by
universal content, even of his candid op
ponents, an able, Lonest, and patriotic
man. At the end of thirty years of work
ing of the spirit wo have been tracing, a
decisive event had thus put tho country
in a posture where it would clearly ap
pear whether the the hereditary law-abiding
spirit of our race remained, the
great prop and safeguard of all our insti
tutions : or whether the spirt of anarchy
already so signally manifested at belli
extremoties of the nation, had so far
poisoned the national life of our race at
its fountain, that the time had come for
one of those great explosions of human
passion which (ill to many melancholy
pages in the history of our race.
5. 1 1 is not easy to conjecture, and it is
impossible to say with certainty, "hat
would havo occurred it the late Presi
dential election had terminated different
ly from what it did, in any one of the
vaiious ways in w hich n ditlcrent termi
nation was possible Thij far we may
now spiak with certiinty, that in some
form or oilier, tlx spiii. of turbulent fa
naticism which had porvaded the States
of the extrenio North so long and so
deeply, would not without a miracle, such
as history does not record, have been al-
laved cr composed under any deleat that
boliovod but openly avowed since the
secession of "out li Carolina that seces
sion, as the final and di liberate choice of
the extreme South, was the point to wich ,
politeal opinion had beer, long and care
fully trailed, and political parties, long
anil singly directed. This fatal training,
added to the widely diffused spirit v'. an
archy, smw ting under a defeat equally
signal add unnecessary, and stimulated
by considerations ot tho very highest im
portance connected with the question of
the Ulack Kace in every uspect ot that
question produced the apparently sud
den revolution which has already, when
these pages aro written, led the six cotton
States (South Carolina, Mississippi, Flori
da, Alabama, (ieorgia and Louisiana) to
pas' separate acts of secession from the
United States of America. Hero then
is the consummation of this spirit of law
lessness and anarchy, working as wo havo
already said it universally works, unto tho
disintegration - tho mcrcelnieiit of all
things ; the consummation of it, so f:ir
as to embrace all tho Slates producing
cotton, sugar, und rice, ns thoir jjreat sta-
pies. What is next to be determined is,
the fato of tho mixed slave States
those divided between farming and
planting (North Carolina Tennessee, Ar
kansas and Texas): and lb 3n the fate of the
border slave States, (Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri): and then
we may confidentially add, tho fate of tho
nation. Whatever, in the meantime, it is
of tho last importanco'to boar in mind,
shall bo the conduct ol the whole of the
freo States (Ne-v Jersey, rennsy lvanuv,
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois snd Iowa), may be
decisive alike of their own fate, and of
that of all tt e lest of the nation itself fur
many generations.
(. Is it possible tor any tuougiitiui per
son to suppose, that tins spirit of reckless
disregard of all existing institut:ons, has
ulrcadv nccomiilished all the results of
w hich it is capable T What shsll prevent
it fioin the swallowing up all the remain
ing shtvo States t What shall, after, that
is accomplished, prevent a counter-revo-lu'.ion
in every ono of'thoso slave Stales?
What shall prevent its Uking some new
direction With still more vehement force,
throughout he rv i l o North? What
shall prevent a counter revolution in every
Northern Stuto? And who can venture
to hope, lUal everywhere tramples under
fuot those institutions which everywhere
have been esteemed most sacred, and ev-
ery whole despises tho most venerable and
the mom cnotisneu irauuious oi our coun-
try mm our race, win uuauy euiKe ns
thirst in anything but human blood,, or
fail to assuage its insatiable rapacity by
universal piunder? Cannot even tho
blind see. Hint when laws are violated in
the Hume of morality und order, and con-
stilutions are set ut nought in the name of
nucrty mm security, gnu unmuiiuui me
accomplished by terror and conducted
undertheeuidanceof irresisiiblefanatieism
that there can be no result to such a ca-
reer, hs long as il has way. but the des-
at every step of the career, the overthrow
ol every saiuury power uuu mo uisiiueg-
ration of every healthful Jmce ol society.
more und more confirms the existence nnd
. . i i. .. i Aa :rfiA.i
renzn or universal niimeujr i iuj" u .uU
sho'uld destroy every principle of cohesion
in the physical universe, and leave every
sepurate force in it norking to the des-
truction o! nil things, ii is as 11 iie
should destroy overy idea of subjoction in
the moral tiniverse, and leave the passious
of men to work out all the horrors of in
infiuite disorder. It is as the steady work- th one hand, or its violence ou tho other;
ing of omnipotent force unto the produc-; 2. The conduct of the Federal Govern
tion of universal helplessness. It is, when nient towards those States; as it may be
it shall pervade the earth, the realization firm and jet temperate, or as it may be
of the conjectures of those who expound vacillating and timid: 3. The conduct of
the divine predictions concerning the con- j the slave States continuing in the Union;
dition in which The Sun of Man will find .as they may shaie the madness of the six
all nations at his second coming the uni- seceding Stales, or as tin y may arrest the
versnl reign of lawlessness alter the uni- pestilence at the cotton line, and by their
vcrsat disintegration ot every element ca- wisdom and courage restore the Union ;
pable of restraining it. What we say is 4. The conduct of the free States, and es
not that these results are inevitable : God . pecially those along the - ;ve border; as
forbid! Hut wo say they aro natural they shall obstinately persist in fome'nt
they aro imminent they aro far more to . iug opinions unci performing acts touch
bo apprehended than what has already oc-1 ing the whoh question of the black race,
curred both in the -North and in the which they can now clearly see must in
South, was to bo apprehended thirty j volvff the country In one common ruin,
year ago. And we muy say these things' or as they, by a common consent, or by a
with a greater confidence of an insight of counter-revolution in their own bosom,
the ton iblo future, and a mere eager be- I restore public opinion to n condition un
seeching of our generation to beware ; der which slave States may safolv livo in
since during more than thirty yearn we
have not ceused to lift up an unheeded
testimony, both against the principles and
tho proceedings, both at the Noith and at
the South whose frightful results the dubious aro the issues sulmittcd to them. inevitable counter-revolution in the.States
country IB now beginning to reulize. 3. The remaining nine slave States, of i which hi-ve already seceded, which will
II. 1. Let us now seek, an idst this which five are border States, and four are 1 disabuso the minds of men of the duhi
cbaos, for some ground of hope and eflort. mixed slave States, have in each of these ' sion that the revolution there has been,
Throughout the eighteen free States, so- classes peculiarities as marked as those as to Ihe popular masses, either spnnta.'
ciety is supposed to be under the control j which distinguish the cotton States; yet neuus or cordial, and rest ire those Slates
nt' ilin Iteinihliciin tiarlv. As lndic.itad ' no (ho ul.r.l ,,, ,,;!.. ... . i. . . ., ,. ,
by the Presidential election in November j
last, il may be conceded thut the mi.jori-
ty in ull those States, did at that time,
believe the election of Mr. Lincoln to the
I Presidency, to bo the best of the alterr.a-
. j I".',' ,
uves lucu oueii:u iu im-u muiic , ui.-u iv
nay bo further conceded, though it is not
tstriutly accurate, tlmt, at present, the lo-
cal, political and military power, in all
those States, is in the hands of the He
publican party. Hut it is alio true that a
minority in those States, numerically nl..
iuosi us iuige io iniiiu turnip in'mii-;
.....I nn.ttltil !. . .11 .1 -
tion ot tho in teen siave states, voieu part ot them, embracing the leading and
against Mr. Lincoln and are thoroughly powerful Stales, refuse to unite in tho
opposed to tho distinctive principles of movement taken by the six cotton States,
the lU'publuan patty. It is also undo- that movement must necessarily prove a
uiablo that a very large number of those failure, both us to its avowed, and as ti
who voted lor Mr. Lincoln, are far more any concealed object; a counter-revolu-Whigs
or Americans than they uro lie- j tion in the cotton States b -conies pres..
nublicans : and it is equally certain that , entlv inevitable : and those cotton States
a very large number of the lfcpublican
party itself, strictly speaking, are patriot-1
lo men, who, wnuo iney picierrcu me
success of their party to the success of any
other party, prefer the peace, the prcs-
nerilv. und the security ot their country '
alxH'u anything that could bo obtained by
the triumph of their parts'. If ny po-
j ilticul refult in tho future, tborefore, cm
be considered certain, it is certain that a
1 evolution in opinion, more or less deci-
ded, will manifest itself throughout tho :
free States, whenever the issue is clearly
put to them betwecu their country and
... ,,.
certain, that whatever parly shall hurry
those States, by whatever means, into tlio '
horrors of civil war, and tho nr.g'iisli of
that impending unarehy ol which wo
'l...... I.n.i ...;il r..lfill llIT U Pltiml.'l1
flillO , ,11 J vvM..fcv..
revclution, just as ajit to le bloody tuero
as in any Kjrtion of the nation.
2. In the position of ull the slave Slates .
anv political party. Anuitis cquany;na, and ouoptea ty
.there are peculiar circumstances much ever of the possibility of lning either
overlooked, both among themselves and .stable or strong : 2. Tho method of se
nd others; but nevertheless decisive in cession by scjmrate Stale action, is found-
tho long run. No force, however small, ' ed on illusions utterly fatal and absurd,
jbut will accomplish its end, if sufficient 1 that tho American are not u nation the
: time be allowed ; even that which is infi- ! Federal Constitution not a govern ment
! nitelv minute, if it operates through an the American people not bound to bo
indefinite period. The six cotton Slides
nppcnr to us lo have taken their course in
such a temper, w ith such purposes, upon
such principles, and under such foregon a
conclusions, that they nei'.ner uesne to
retum to their former position, nor would
at present agree to any thing that they
i bclicvo would accomplish that result. It
1 is, of course, possible Unit we nre mista-
j ken in this painful conclusion, and we
I should heartily rejoice to know thai we
Into; but, seeing no grouui on which wo
can doubt th it the caso sianu uius, nui- ereigniy oi mo jieopie, iiuot cmisiuu
Iherdowo soo any on which wo can tional liberty and security impossible, and
avoid stating our belief. It would bo invites factions, in proportion as tli"y are
gross injustico to many thousands of pa- corrupt or incon.pcient, to usurp and to
triotic men in all tte cotton States, to 'abuse sovereign power : 4. The utter re
supposo that either of those States would fusal to consult w ith States, all ot which
havo been ullowod to lake the courso it were united by tho highest human oblign
has pursued, without a desperate political tions nnd many of which were involved
struggle in its own boson), if tho circum-j in perils the very same in kind and high
stances of those men, in encli of those cr iu degree is a line of conduct, rtek-
States, had appeared to them to allow ot less in iue.lt, insulting to all others, ap
resistance to tho organized force which parently adopted with tho purpose of rett
swspt society away. There aro also Ihou-, dering ull peaceful, eonsiderile. or even
sands of persons in till those States who decoious arrangements impossible, ami
even now consider it a slander and a re- necessarily jeopurth, in iho result reached,
proach, that ulterior designs are ascribed ! the profitable continuance of slavery, if
to those who direct this secession move- not its very existence, in the greater part
ment, which il seems apparent to all ( of the slavo States, and amongst them the
mankind, except thonnelvos, are not on- niost powerful, the most loyal, nnd the
ly certain to bo realised if the movement most enlightened of them all. At tho
is permanently sustained, but which wero 1 present moment two most important
amongst the eailiest ami most powerful t truths are perfectly distinct. The is,
cuuses of the long cherished desire to be that the action hitherto taken in the
relieved from the real restraints of the States whoso positions wouieuow con
Federal Government, nnd the imaginary ' tidoring, no matter whnt that notion
perils and injuries of the Federal Union. 1 muy lead to involves a fundamental ilis
In the actual condition of tho States ' gent from the conduct pursued by those
which have already seceded, us wo under-1 seceding States una contemplates ro
stnnd that condition and the manner in ' dress in a dillerent way, und upon oppo
which it has been brought about, we silo principles. The teeond is. that a very
deim it perfectly obvious that a counter- great port'n of each of the8 9 States, prob
revolution must manifest itself in eve-y I ably the majority of the people in most of
one of them equally as decided, nnd 'them possibly in all of t liom, --uro wnrm
perhups more violent", than the revolution ly attached to the Union, are resolutely
which has u I ready occured. That coun- determined to maintain their loyalty lo
tor-revolution may be in a direction more that nation as their nation, nt the same
fatal bringing into uncontrolled power, time that they maintain their loyally to
parties wholly unfit and unworthy to , tho particular States of which they are
possess it. It nay bo in a direction emi- citizens, and nre far more inclined to
nontly favorajl" to tho security nnd pros-'compose existing difficulties, than to
perky of those cotton States, and Uiiiiin-j drive matters to extremity in nny dircc
in thoir restoration to tho Union, under tion.
the lead of ii party whose elements now 4. These facts nnd considerations, laken
lie scattered, or even as yet totally undo- in detail and laken altogether, are wor
vclopod. Hut tho present revolution, in . thy of the highest consideration; mid
its veiy n iture, its causes, and its designs whatever tho issue of .vents muy be, they
must go deeper, in one direction or tin reveal to the people and to those they
other. In which direction, depends in trust, the grounds on which, and the
our opinion, in the fiut instance, in a ' manner in which, the country may be
great degree, uon those contingencies : : saved : and lhe discloso to posterity Ihe
1 . The conduct of the present ruling fao- j pregnant and enduring truth, that at the
tion iu thoso States; its lo: bcarance on utmoit peril of tho country the peopk
. peace with them. Under such circum..
! stances it is easy to see, how grout and'
j difficult is the task laid on true state-men, 1
everywhere, and how immense and how I
tion at the present moment, with regard
to the revolution which has swept over
the coton Slates, they tun, , for tho sake
of brevity, bo throvn together in develop-
j ing the great ideas ve are endeavoring to
uiscmsp, v nal llie exact issue will ne
in these niao States or whether it will
j be similar in them all or in which direc
tion the prevailing opinion will settle, if
different courses aro taken are ques-
lions which it is impossible to determine
at this time, l'.ut it is very obvious, that
li, - . 1 ! .- . .1 - . .
M mo nuciio nine or even ine greater
must ultimately aecommadate themselves ,
to the policy, vvhatt ver it may bo, adopt'
eu tv me other and leading Males 12-
ste:id of beim; able to force those far more
powerful than themselves, to follow
blindly and serv.lelv a course disapproved
by them, and which rests for its uitimato
reason, upon nothinn better than the sud-
den caprice of South Carolina, or her
chronic lintred of the National Lnion.
There are immense considerations, nlto-
gelhcr independent of the real merits of
cf the great cause which is under trial
why the course dictated by South Lai oli
, . ...
tho other cotton
Stales, t-hould le steadfastly rejected. -
Amongst these are such ns folloiv : 1.
This method by secession f.nnihi lutes the
very idea of all force in permanent consti-
lltll.m.ll .',... n. nir,miAii ..rt . rt . . ... - n
iuuviiih lllljvil, K'l j;im lllHVIIV
over sovereign States, and establishes as
inherent in all possible future unions, the
ide i of anarchy, and deprives liberty for
loyal except to loal authorities, which
being assumed, condemns this continent
to he the everlasting habitation ol every
thing feeble factions and extravagant
6. I he adop'.ion ol ordinances ol soces-
sion, by conventions culled by ordinary
legislatures - without allowing tho peo-
pie to determine by a previous sovereign
act whether or not t no conviulion s all
' exist, und by a subsequent sovereign act
Ahether oi not its proceeding sbul! have,
force destroys the very idea of the sov-
would have saved it, if Hiey hud been
bravely and wisely led. For under fair
and truo Matesmanship, the chances aro
more than equal, in the Jir.it plce, to rally
the immense masses of the nine slave
States whose people aro now pondering
their course, to such an action as will
make thoir position secure in tho Union,
and satisfy them: n the second place, to
secure such a treatment of the subject ol
secession by the Federal Administration,
as will at once git e efficacy to the laws,
and avoid armed collision", except in re-
pelling force by force : in the third place,
loseekand rely upon, uch a reaction
among the masses of the people in the
free Stat enrs will, by a common consent,
or if it becomes necessary, by iiirlitig
from power those who stand in tho way,
mako manifest the determination of those
masses to put nn end to the reign of that
atheistical and relently fanaticism, which
is the original cause of the ruin that stares
us all in the face: und in the fourth place
to expect and await with confidence, the
' k is in this manner that results eiiu illy
! indispensable and eloiious. are attainable.
1 results oil
1 defeated ;
j traced he'i
paWi iImi. no doubt, ol being
and that vuvs to various to be
uv nci c, ' mi vil ocuaicn, ty;i un
I...,.. it,., . i. ,(.., .i i. ....
never forcet that they w ho defeat tiiem
will share in full measure with us, all
present evils, and will bear ulone the ex-
aerations of ' posterity. And when de-
feated, what will remain for this geneni"
tion, will bo to realize the calamities of
that fiifhtful condition we h.-ive traced
.
in the
conimencement ol this paper ; or,
as we liuve attempted to show on a form
occasion, to construct even upon the line
between the five and the slave States, 0
new and central power competent at
once to preserve all our institutions, to
develope our national progress, and to di
rect the destinies of this continent.
A Frozen Ship.
A whaling vessel, which sailed from
London in the year 1S1D, found in the
Tolar seo. a shin imbedded in the ice.
with sails furled, and no signs of lifo on
board. Tho captain anil some of tho
crew descending into tho cabin, found
coiled upon the floor a larLO Kewfound-
land do 2, apparently nsleep. but when
they touched it they found the animal
frozo as bard as a stone. In the culnn
wns a young lady seated at a table, her
eyes open as if ga.ing at the intruders in
that desolate place. She was a corpse
nd had been frozen in an apparently re-
signed.and religious a'.titude. Jlesnlo her
was a young man, w ho it appeared was
commander of the brig, and brother to
tlm hliK' Iln Wns siltitn' ol lint hilJn
.....! . . . t 1 . . . C. . u I . i .-w. . 1 .1 I
lieilW, illit U'IVI . III. II rtUIIVtl III l'LII'..,
on w hich was w ritten, " o;tr cook has en -
deavored to strike a light since yesterday
morning, but in vain; all is now over." ly .sustained and approved by the l'resi
ln another part of the cabin stood the dent nnd his Caoinct. Thus matters stood
cook, with the flint ami tinder in hand, j up lo the eoniun'iieeuient of lat A'eek,
frozen, in the vain endeavor to strike the; when Gen, Beruregard in t i muled to Mit1
fire that could nlunc suv them. Tho jor Anderson that, if iho demand of the
terrors of the seamen led the captain .Confederacy was not complied with, nit
ficm tho spot, who took with him tlm ' order would be immediately issued to cut
log book us the sole memento of the ill-'oil all further :ominu:;ioutioh between
fated ship. It appeared that she also was
from London, and had been frozen in that
place over lourteen years
A LoMi-LosT Son- Discovlmii p. An in-
fant boy wns stolen from his lather nnd
mother nt St, Louis, nearly til years ngn,
ly a l.unter who had lo-t his wile und
child and "wanted so thina that woiiid
Jove him." He hurried the child into the
wilderness, employed u halt-breed woman
lo nurse it, and not until recently was its
long bereaved mother able to obtain any
definite information of her missing son.
She li.id become a widow, nnd had lived
in Albany, Kochester, Hull'alo, I 'droit, and
other places" seeking rest and finding
none.' Jty means of a young sporting
friend, who fien'iently met Ihe old hun
ter and his ward in the far west, nnd ad'
roitiy cross questioned himwtho truth was
uscei la'iii'd, and the mother and son
were hist week reunited tit Detroit, after
asepuni'.ion of almost a quarter ofu cen
tuiy. Tho poor woinnn's !iuir had grown
white witli ago and unxiety, and her
son will now gladly adopt civilized habits.
Sr.wii uv the old Fi.au. Now that war
bus commenced no matter who is nt
fault i-is the duly of n-l our eiti.ens,
irrespective of pnrty, to stand by the old
flag, with its glorious slurs and stripes,
and support ihe Government in ull prop
er and legitimate efforts to bring tho con
test to a successful issue. The first blow
was struck b Ihe Sccesdonisuv, und now
it becomes the duty of every patriot to
lend his aid in sustaining the honor of
our romm"!! country. If we have a Gov
ernment ti. d is pable of protecting and
perpetuating n.-cti, this u the timo to ex
ert its strength, und the poople must
stnns :ry it no matter who is at the helm.
We go lor our counlry, our whole country
and nothing but our country. Lanca'cr
Intel.
Isn.tENfE or NewsrArEBS. Small is the
sum that is required to patronize it news
paper, and amply rewarded is its patron,
I care not how humble and unpretending
tho gazette which he takes. Il is next lo
impossible to till a sheet with printed mat
ter without putting inlo it something that
is worth tho subscription price. livery
parent whoso son is nny from home al
school, nliould supply him with a newspa
per. I well remember what a marked dif
ference thero was between those of my
schoolmates who had, and those who had
not access to newspapers. Uiher things
being equal, the first were nlway supeiior
lo the last in debate, compoMtion and gen
eral intelligent:'. Dunicl Wdaer,
From the Jln-rishurg Patriot & Union
Events Preceding the Assault upon
Fort Sumter
The real destination nnd object of the
fleet sent by the Government to the
South, as well as tho nature of the Tiego
liations which proceeded the attack cf
the Confederate batteries upon Fort Sum
ter, is siill involved in doubt and uncer
tainty. All we know is that several ves
sels crossed the bur und entered the har
bor of Charleston, while tho battle was
progressing, without striking a blow ot
attempting to utlord nssistaneo to the be
leaguered garrison. Their instructions
may have prevented them from taking
any part in Ihe conflict. The following
narrative, published in the llaltimor
American before tho assault upon Sumter1,
fives the most stnight forward nnd pluus
ililo account of the events preceding that
transaction :
Nearly four weeks since the Tresit'lont
and Cabinet, on the representation of
Gen. Scott, decided to evacuate Fort Sum
ter as a military necessity that is to say,
the reinforcing and provisioning of it was
not deemed cs. eiilial, in view ol the cost
of blood und treusuri it would require t
acromplish the purpose. This decision
of the 1'resident was communicated to
Major Anderson by a special messenger,
with instructions to open negotiations
with the military authorities at Charles
tot, to cany the project into execution.
These negotiations have been progress
ing ever ince, and the numerojsinefsen
gers that have been pausing notwoen
Charleston and Washington have com
municated to Major Anderson the in
structions of the Uoverniiient ond to the
1'resident the demands of the authorities
of the Southern Confederacy. It is un
derstood that Major Anderson refused,
under instruction, an unconditional sur
render of the fortress to the Confederacy,
but propo.-cd to abandon it with his garrU
son, leaving the fort in possession of a
corporal and two privates, to protect the
properly of the (ioronimvnt. and leave it
thus to await tuturo events, lie is also
understood to have demanded of General
Heauregard that a pledge should bo given
him that no attempt should bo Hindi to
take possession of it after the evacuation
of the garrison, and that the ollieei left in
' charge should not bo molested, or his pos.
sassion as the nominal representative of
the Government '.ntmlored with.
Thi'i proposition did net meet the views
of Getierul Uauregard, who demanded
that, the Hag o' the United Stales should
be saluted nr. J lowered, as was done at the
iVnsucohi Navy Yard, and that a formal
surrender of the fort should be made by
the Government of the United Slates to
the Government of the Southern Confedet
! oey, and the Confederacy tlagot seven stars
1 rui-cd on the flag Matl'and saluted,
I This di maud, which would be a virtual
' v..prc,i il inn In' I ln l're.-it'h'nt Hlld M.lior
I 1...) P 1 . . . . , a . . i rt . . F I 1 . n VJ.-. I 1. A ti
.-iilliriSlJII IM llie C.l IM:iH V. 'l III'" I'IIICI II
.Confederacy, was lirnily refused, und the
'decision of M.ij. Anderson was subsequent
the tort and Charleston, and tuat his reg-
ulur supplies of marketing would bo stop
ped. I ins laci was nrougui 10 asmng
i,in bv ('nli)iit.l I.aioon as Gin tilt i 1 1 lilt u til
o( ,i,0 Confederacy. A Cabinet meeting
W!Vm then culled, nnd il is said that tin
1 ri,(xisn tn niilkc a formal surrender of Hid
; on iulj t(, 1;,,v.m inir of tho fbig was un
1 ,.; ....Jg i i.-niliiniMl
Immediate
after this decision order
were given lor the military and naval
preparations thut have since occasioned
so much excitement, tlio object being Id
use them if necessary in relieving ihd
garriion of Major Anderson trout threat
ened slai viition, and inaiiitiiiiing ihe dig
nity ot ihe Government nnd llu honor of
the Hag in Charleston haibjr; or, if not
required (here, lo dispatch the expedi
tion to Texas to maintain the treaty
stipulations of the Government ort the
frontier, and drive hack the Indians und
Me.xij is who ar j threatening to invadrt
iheStute.
In the meantime Lieut. Talbot was dis
patched by Major Anderson to Washing
ton w ill) I'urtlior information m to the
condition of affairs, in which rumor says
that Major Anderson urged the Govern
merit tiol to allow the Hag which he had
so long maintained in the face of his be.
siegers to be humbled us they required
and to compel the gallant men who had
stood sa nobly by him, includ.ng the mo
eknnics who could have left him if they
had desired, to witness the humiliAtiHg
sight of any flag bul that of their country
floating from its battlements.
This account further states that nisooit
as information was received at Washing
ton lb it lien. ISeatiregiird had cut oil' the
supplies from Fort Sumter, the l'rcsidenk
dispatched a messenger to Charleston!
with instruction to Major Anderson to
n itify the Con federate authorities that
tho Government proposed immediately td
dispatch p. n unarmed Vessel with food for
the gunison at Fort Sumter ; and that hd
was instructed, if tho vessel should bd
tired upon, to return the fire from thd
fort. Tho messenger arrived ' at Charles
ton, but was denied tho opportunity of
communicating with Fort Sumter. Wd
know what fol nwci.1. Tho expedition
started frora New York, and immediately
the secession batteries op-ned upon For
Sumter, which, in its almoU defenceless
condition, wus compelled to surron-
der.
This account, which is ooiUiifl plnUst
bic and consistent, will, if ft turns oitt lit
bo correct, son e to explain the apparorft
change of policy nn til part of the AdJ
miniir.itioi with icldeuc: It theevacu-