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T OUTER WCXDELL SJOLBKS,
Air 'Old Hundred."
0, lord of Host I Almighty K In j !
fftbolJ tha saeriflea wo bring
To every arm Thy strengta Impart,
lby Spirit sued through every heart ! ;
Ttko in our breaits the Tiring firei,
The holy faith that warmed our (irrs,
Thj hand hath made our nation free
1 die for her ii serving Thee.
Be Thou a pillared flame to (bow
' The midnight mare, the (ilent foe;
Aod when the battle thunder loud,
Still gnd in ita moving cloud.
God ef all Nations ! Sovereign lord !
In Thy dread name we draw the iword
t lift tha trry Flag oa high '
fnt till with light our etormy ky.
From Trrnon'i rent, from Murder' (tain,
Coaid Thou iti fuldt, till Peace (ball reign
Till fort and Held, till ehore and ,
Join our loud anthem, Praisr to Thk !
Jtlisttllantons,
ha.
Batlsr's OTicial ?.pjrt of ths
Battles.
'tt-winvc.Tox. June 12.--The following
iiOeh. UutW's report ol tho atlair at Lit-
i,nd Big Bethel:
Iff inur ASTERS. DETAIlTlfSXT or VlHHI.1l.
")
I'uRTRESS MoMHORi rfUOe 1, 1301,
ucneru.--iiiiiiK -,
. tr...:H lliat flirt en. 1
emjr had established an outpost of aome found to have been acuted. and lhe env
strength at a placo colled Little Bethel, a hrv bad pressed on toward Hi Hetliel.
iin.ll church ulwuteigbtmilo from e-.Colonel Durvea however destroyed the
port Xewi, and the aatuo dutanco r"ii ,
ilampton, frout whence they were accus.
looted nightly to advance both on Now-
jart New and the picket guard of lUmp.
ion to auwey them, and aUo from whence
laevwadconie rtown in iniui u i i
ohy ancl taken a number ot Union
un, ome tl whom bad the safeguard
ind protection of the troops of the tinted
..,, and .forced them into the rcWI
!talrt, and torccl them into iw
ranks, and tlut they were also gal
,,!il, iiI:lvm of citizen who had
UlOVd
.w;y and left their farms in ctarge of
their n-groe. carrying them lu work in
enlronelimentsat Villiamsportand York
town, I liad determined to send up a force
to drive tnera buck and destroy their camp
the ke;lqn.irter of which was this small
thurch. 1 had alo learned thatut p'.ace
ithort d'stance further on the rou to
Yorktown, was an outwork of the rebels,
on the Hampton side ol a place caucu
Hit Betliol, a large church, near the head
afliwi uoith branch ol Hack river, ai4
,I,U .e.e jra a cons.derablc
itli works nj more or h. strcnlli m
...a. r.r nriu'tiiMl 11 11(1 fid 111 til IS IMJWt
I.i.l u.lor oontri-.re
Www.
Aocoruii.g.y j wunn. . . -----
nin command ot Lump Hamilton, ai
lliinpton, lo send ljuryea s i regime., . or
tou lives to oe rerrieu ora iini.u -
all o'clock this uiorniiiL. mid to niiiich
., tberoad up to Newmat ketlndge, t.ien
Bwwng u uiH.go . 8- "j - -; --
I.I ..a .1. . .......a lit I liat fatfir Ol
the tneniy, and beiweett Big Bethel and
Little bethel, in Part for the purpose ol
nuiuu pui ii ra-juMc,. ... V. ' T
tilting him off, and then to make an at-
tscx upon J itile uetuei. i uhith-h .
Pierce to support him from Hampton
With Col. I'ownsend's regiment, with two
ouuled howitzers, and to march about
in e-wr later. At the same time i direc
ted Oloncll'help, commanding at New
lort News, to send out bultabon, cont-
yoed of such companies of the regiment
under his command e lie thought nesi.,
ondfr the coiumund of I.ieut. Col. Wash
Unn, in time to make a demonstration
apoo Little Bethel in front, and to have
lum lupported by Colonel Bendix' regi
ment, with two field pieces. Bendix' and
Townsond'a reeimest should effect a
jmiction at a fork of the roaa leading rom ,
o . . .. i
Uimnionto Newport ew-s, wowtumg.
itnmeuiuMsiy u'"ii i
if tl.ov werai ennliled to cut
u... .a- -,i .ii.L (! a liiterv on t ie
nui to Jig Bethel, while covered by
fugitives : or, if it wo thought oxpodi
ktGsneral l'iorce. failing to surprise I
Hrm nil. jb i,a mhmi. j -
the
lent
the
ampsAUttlo Bethel, they should attempt
lo take tho work near Big Bethel, lo
(ireveot the possibility of ni:stoko in the
dullness, 1 directed that no attack should
kOa4e until thu watchword snould be
kouted by the attacking regiment, and,
incase that by any mistake in the march
ih regiments that wer to make the
faction should unexpectedly meet and
unknown lo each other, also directed
last the members of Colonel Townsend's
Mgiment should bo known, if in daylight,
W something white, worn on Ihe arm.
fts troops were accordingly put in motion
ordered, and the) march rss so timed,
t Colonel Durvea had KOt in the posi-
toooted unon tha aocompanyins sketch
ud Lieut. Col Washburn, in command of
Us regiment from Newport News, baa
frtijto the position noted unon the
ketch and (Lionel Bendix's reeiment
W been potil and ordered 'to 'hold the
fcrk of the road, with two pieces or artil
17, and Colonel Townsend's regiment
ol Into the f laoe just behind, and
wstotmt to rortn ajuueuon as mej uj
. Ud to this point ths) frian had
a vigorously, aoouistely and success
""f carried out i liut tier . ov aooio
"MM fatuity, and as yet unexplained
Mttuder, without any word of notice,'
while Colonel Townsend's regiment was in
coiumn en route, and when the head or
the column was within one bandied yard.
Col Bendix' regiment opened fire with
both artillery and musketry upon Colonel
Townrend's column, which in the hurry
nd confusion, wni 'irregularly returned
bv some of Colonel Townsend's mn, who
feared that thev bad fallen into an am
buscade. Col. -Townsend's column imme
diately retreated to the eminence near by,
and were not pursued by Colonel Bendlx's
men. By thi almost criminal blunder,
two met! of Colonel Townsend's regiment
were killed, nr.d eight tuore or less woun
ded. Hesrine this cannonading and firing in
his Rear, Lieut. Col. Washburn, not know,
ing but that his communication might be
cut off immediately reverend luw march,
as did Colonel Duryea. and niached buck
to form a junction with his reserves.
General Pierce, who was with Colonel
Townsend'a iegimnt, fearing that the
enemy hal got notice cf onr approach,
and had posted himself in force on the
line nf march, and not gettine any com
munication from Cnuel Duryea. sent
buck to me for reinforcements, and I im
mediately ordered Colonel Allen's rei.
iment to put in motion, and they reached
uampron anout seven ocloek. In the
meanti.no the true Mule of fact having
been ascertained by General Tierce, the
reirim?nls ettecte-l a junction, and resum.
ed the line of march. At the moment of
the firing of Colonel Bendix. Colonel Dur
yea had surprised a part of the ontlaying
guard of the enemv. consisting of thirty
peranns, who had been brought into nin.
Of course by this firing all hopes of a
surprise anove the camp at L. Bel Mel was
ihh, nun, upon marthimr unon it. it
l .. l .. ..
camp at Little Bnlinl and advanced.
Oenend Fierce then a be informs me.
with the idvi.-e of his Colonels, thought
to attempt, to etrry the works of the
enemy nl Bii Bethel, and made deposit-
tiom to that effect. The at tack com menc-
e I. n I nm informed for I have not re
Ceived any official reporti abou 9J o'-
clock.
A, R, f. . ...
' i.ij iini. iiiuiu w
r.nii . t-iipnKmiiKnt witii ineeiiemy. ana
thought he should be able to maintain
his portion until roinforcements could
come up. Acting upon this information,
Co'i.nel Carr's regiment, which had ben
ordered in the norning to proceed as far
as Newmarket Hi idjze. wan allowed to go
forward. I reWd this information, for
which J had gent a special mensenger,
alout twelve o'clock. I immediately
made a disposition from Newport News to
have Colonel Phelps from tha four
regi-
nier.ts there, forward aid
tt naoABaaPV
A, ,nnn a. these order could be sent for-
, . , , .
ivarJ
pose of aaving pnper nmbulance.4 and
. . I '
"'. .Koper ambul
j wagon for the sick and wounded, intend
Hill Alt r.it-tt'fl s nl aaiM lm iwtiMiiinnil
W1,,0 Uie wa?ong were eoin(, forwnl j R
messenger came, announcing that the en,
p!1Joment LoJ terminated, and tbat tho
troops were return; in good order to
n.inipton rer,,mllv Mping llie wnunled
put in boats an.I towed round to the boa
. ...
i .-nnil
. ?a M??r '
,;;!'
I'ifni. and ordering forward
Morris, with two bout howitiers
the rear ot the returnine column in case
it should be attacked' Having been in
formed that the ammunition of the artil
lery had been expended, and seeing the
head of the column approach Hampton
weiuu uiv
come up. I am informed bv him that the
dead and wounded had all teen brought
off, that the return had been conducted
in good order and without hate. 1 learn
ed from him that the men behaved with
laveuniwi
great stea lings, w.tn ll exception oi
. .i t ... .. f
some few insthnces, and that the Httack
was made w ith propriety, vigor and cour.
a;;e, but that the enemy were found to
be supported by a battery, variously esti
milieu lib Hum iiiii'Hii iwemv meues i
mated at Irom hlteen to twenty tueoes. t
f ... fl , - . . .;
, r,rnttllkA rrnm '.
. .
I Will
, as anon at officinl returns can be
cot, cive ful.er
detail of the affair, and
will on'.y add now that we have to regret 1
especially the death of Lieut. Grelile of,
the Spcond artillery, who went out with
Col. Washburn, from New port New, and
, I , A 1.1.
who very efficiently and gallantly fought
his piece until he was struck by a cannon
SIIOl. 1 will riiiienir iu uw ui nio
statements to forward by the next mail.
... i f . i . . r ........ 1. :
of circumstance., ami the resulj which
I ihina in ino uiiioiiumnc cuiiiuiiioii'Mi
we experioiu-eu, ini.o p.m v
th.n J. have lost. Our troops have learn-
ed to have confidence in themselves u"
der firs; the enemy have shown they will
not meet us in Ihe open field, nnd our of
ficers have learned wherein their organi
sation and drill are inefficient.
While wailing for the official reports. I
have the honor to submit thus far the In
formation of which I am possessed. I
have the honor to be,
Most respectfully,
Your obedient servant
BENJ. F. BUTLER,
Major General commanding.
GtiN TPnacs. Gen. Pierce, rho com
manded the expedition to Great Bethel.is
acitiieu of Massachusetts, and teli a
a military command in that State in the
militia. . Many persons oppose that Gen -
eral franann fierce, ex treiuv vi
Uniuod States, is the person alluded to,
but the e Presideot is a New Hsmpeotre
tuso, and ii not in the army.
CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26,
Balll,
Shell and Bombs How
they
are Made.
(Correspondence of the Springfield Republican.)
The Wtervleit Arsenal, situated at
West Troy, N. Y., is, as you doubtless
know, the largest arsenal for the con
struction of military Implements, other
than small arms and cannon, in the coun
try ; and a visit to its workshops at the
present time, powerfully ituprtases one
with the strength and reduces of our
Government. Everything is at present
on a war footing, and from three to four
hundred hands directly, and as many
more indirectly, in the neighboring found
ries, are kept busy night and day. Thro'
the thieving of Floyd and the recent re
quibitions of Government, the arsenal has
been nearly stripped of muskets, pistols
and cannon, but of other munitions there
is yet an ample store. A large number
of bunds aro engaged in the preparation
of ammunition ; sixty thousand bull cat.
rklge are made daily ; uiost of these are
intended for the Minie rifles, but large
numbers of the old-fashioned round ball
calridges are also manufactured. The
rapidity villi which a catridgo is made
is wonderful. A boy slu at a coun
ter with a cylindrical stick a pile of
greuHed bulls and ouo of prepared papor
before him a simple roll of the paper and
stick a jerk and twist 'at one end a
twist of a siring, and the cartridge is read
y for filling in lejg time than it take to
read this description. They aro theu fa-
ken int) another room, pluced open end
up ia ahallow boxes, and a man by means
of a simple instrument, (ills them with an
eqtiul and specific amount of powder, at
the rate of thirty a minute. A twist ut
the open end, and the cat ridge is com
plete. The tnnnfHclure goes on so fust
that i 4 requires nearly a dozen men and
boys to pack, box and remove the finish-'
ea caririages. in another apnrtniuni a
number of men and girls are employed in
the manufacture of cannon cat.idges of all
sizes from the mightiest columbiud down
lo a six pounder. The material of which
they are made it a kind of woolen goods
(moreen) imported from England tspe-
cially for the purpose. Thousands .of
yards of this nialeri ii were in the process
of being cul up nnd manufactured. Gun
non cartridges are not filled heie, but at
the placs where they are intended to be
used. In still another department, grnpe,
canister, and (trapped ammunition are in
course of preparation, while huge cart
loads of buinb-shetls and spherical shot
are hourly ai riving from the neighboring
foundries. 1 lie grupe shot are larger
than I -unposed, and might more proper-
ly be called peach shot than grape shot.
Kr.m i n.,.,a ,rii,e,A r noeliAil in 1
a sort of wire corkscrew nrrangenient, and j
htted it. to a tip case, and when thus tin
lulled have much the appearance of jars
of preserved meats or fruit.
The manufacture of bombshells is also
it matter of much interest. The prepnia
lion ol those 1 witnessed is briefly a fal
lows : The shell first tilled full with
old fashioned round leaden bullets ; mel
ted sulpher is then poured in to fill up
the inteistice nnd bind the bullets in one
solid miits : the shell is then put into a
kind of lathe, and a cylindrical hole of tho
exact size of the orifice of the shell is bo
red through Ihe bullets nnd sulpher ; this
cavity is tilled with powder, even with
'he interior edge of the orifice, a six inch
sl,t" of 11,6 kil,,i ,,,(re l''C''b,", brlding
i bout half a pout:d ; the fuse fitted into
the orifice is a recent Belgian invention,
made of pewter, and resembles Ihe screw
used for the patent fruit tans. An exam-
. . .... .- ... i l.
",77""' " n'
metal screwed toeether. and filled with
meal powder ; a number of fine holes are
drilled in the lover disc, while the outer
,diso is entire, und lunrked with figures in
'a circle, 1, 2, a, 4.. In this tate the shell
. - j... - , e
nuici aim n ruLiiri I pi uv .
When liKen
, m-lin. nf . Bnlan
sltel instrument scoops out a portion of
the outer soft metal surface, and lays bare
the charge of composition powder below
it. If the shell is aoaired to explode in
..... ,1..
one second alter leaving tne gun, j.
scoojung is made on the ugure one ; u in
- I O .
two soconds, on the figure two, and so on,
i. :.i. i.:. ii, i i.o mI,uIIm nt a 1. is. iln.
ilia iviun 1v.iuu iuhi luq w. - - ;
!...: I..II4..I .v.-v.:... ;,.,i
cripiion sum. i.rsv rm. '"'"'ii-,-"
at and do execution a ball.
. . . ... . ,, r..i . :r
from another cannon locked at the point
7.h'ie, 't" t 1 fit'
ed with powder only, and bursting do ex-
'?" ''
e(!Utjon oy niortn of their fragments,
These larae thollsate cenerally fired by
W. .
tiieuns of a fuse ol meal" jiowder extend
oi
ing through a bras j
mouth of the shell ;
ing ti roug.i a uraa. i iu? '--
, . .1 1. - 1 ..I... " S..IA ll.O
in notii cases tne lust,
( js f;rl.j ,y ii,e ijuition of the chaigo
. ) ,e pUj.
' . , ... . .
jm j.'-NsrLVAiri.iaoD. ah inter
; ti aiff(,, of the source, or r re,,u
All III 1 CI
. the 1 ennsvivanta ivj ruaa uumiitioT wr
IE! "PJl- '.5-l.iln hundred and (ixtv.
' showing a most satisfactory
,.i
increase oi
the local freight businer as compared
with the same sources of revenue in 15D
........... .. ,,r:. 1 York was ui'ifiiig his eongreatnn to H'ar
appear, in the rl almost in direct terms. "And would keep
Register." tram H wo Bather ' fot , slavehf),Jer!,. , ,.andud
MO was ?5.932,,01 Mn W.36o in , , Lpt lhjg mat(er ba
1859 anincre tied at once," he says In his Sunday aor
equal I to J47.5J8 per month for he ear, ,io, of lfc Sa,)batU
round The ' Ktster sayi 1 1 -I ht , f , ' ? of , of -m
freight earnings rTiquility. of offering lh heart especially to
earnmgi largely, more Uiai. two . lo one , 1 "Let It never come up
The Pennsylvania lU.lroau. horefore. ifinr must come, let us meet it.
fo, the ,-rt it perform, in the con roe ;
of the country as a carrwr of rfod .oe
from the interior to the seaboard, and tf,
UlOBv UHWUuioutr sva ss aj.sjaj uu...Uot
merchandise from the seaboard to
( the interior."
pa Col. James Davidson, coroner of
tbecity of Peiersourg, Virginia, and a
highly estcemod citiien, died last week,
1861.
"Frei Spekch." Quite an excitement
was created in front of the Centre Street
M. K. Church, Philadelphia, on .Sunday
night !at, by the arrest of Mr. Tboruiw
Young, a member in good standing or the
Church. It appears that Mr. Young, pie
vious to the commencement of tho ser
vice, . with several other . peraon?, was
slunding in front ofhe Church, and when
one of the party aid Kituothing about
the ajrival of a privateer in New York,
and at the same lime denouncing the of
ficers and crew of the ves-el us pirates",'
Youngjmsisted that they were not pirates,
but men engaged in a lawful rebellion for
their rights. At the same lime he re.
marked tbat Col. KlUaortb waa a thief,
huving stolen a man's property, and he
was served right in being shot. This cre
ated an intense excitement, and Young
was ordered to leave, which he did, the
crowd following after him, until he look
refuge in a private house. The mob in
sisted that lie slioulci be brought out,
which w.is finally done. Young bcinj in
chui'ge of a number of policemen, who
took him to uta'.ion house, where he re
mained until Monday morning, when he
underwent an examination before Mayor
Henry.
The mayor, after hearing all the wit
nesses had to say, remarked that there
was not any testimony that juMified him
in holding Mr. Young to bail on the
charge of inciting to riot, and he must
discharge him. The defendant was only
expresiing bis opinions, and however
others might differ with him us to the
correctness of entertaining, or the judg
ment of nicking them known, he never
theless had tho right to entertain ar.d ex
press them, if he saw pro km. He should
be sorry to see an attempt made in Phil
adelphia to emulate the example of other
communities, to abridge the freedom of
sticeuh. 1 he expression of a mere ab
struct opinion was not a violation of la a',
though it might be very imprudent to
give utterance to it. If the right of speech
is denied to one to day, it may be denied
to another to morrow. The mayor then
'ordered Mr. Young to oe dUchirgcd.
Can We Bury Tha Hatchet T
If "wars and rumors of worn" oiesufi
eientto indicate the apnrnacMr.3 n.d of
till human ntl.iiiv, and the coming of the
last day. Dies Ira, thnt day of terrors, we
might suppose the end indeed, near at
hand. ' 1
Of all wars, his we bavo now, in our
own country, seems to be the most un
wise and the most unprovoked. If it
cannot be stayed soon und lorevor, there
nothing but ruin and disaster for this
generation of Americans. It : no mat-
"'. the fc'rent ist,ue. party U
victorious and another deteuted
ever
drop of blood sh;d weakens us all.
We have no fear that all Ihe bad pas
sions that characterise the human race in
their seasons of phrenzy, will be inflamed
to their utmost ; peace, prosperity, nation
ul contentment, nnd religion, will bo
prostrate before the genius of evil. Per
haps we should not include religion in
the category, for it may I e that the com
bination of all temporal evils will send
many lo seek in its pure consolation, that
peace which the world can never give.
Jod can draw good out of evil, and when all
the evils that inun can inflict, are upon
us, that is the time that we turn most
earnestly to implore His merty and pro
tection. If God tie with us, ho can
harm us?
If this infliction continue, many of us
will have nothing more lo I ope for in lire;
for dragging out a wretched existence,
suffering aimost in mind nnd I ody, totnl-
1) uncertain us to the recurrence ot bettet
limes, and the blessings of a stable gov
eminent will scarcely leave anything to
bind us to earth and its associations.
Still, wo have, under all circumiitances,
duties to pertorm, and in times of trial, a
man must brace himself up to them, be
what they may. If we have lo defend our
hearths und families on the field of war,
why, in God's name, let us do it. Let us,
however, show that we nre not impelled
by malice or love of bloodshed. Let u i
show a willingness to me t our Iocs on the
battle-held, if necessary, but a still great
er willingness to meet thum in proposals
loriieace,
l,el fulso pride, and the puit
,, ;.indlc,iVPne,.
nnd no place in our
hearts.
. ( Jn
defence, we are ever ready lo hail the ol-
live branch.
Would to heavou, all our brethren of
the press, North and iSouth, would use
half the influence in calming the paion
.i
UIUV II11TT UU 1" KAHJIIlI UUUl,
Jtf IlL'IOUS
,,.,,.. ..eciallv. should eer trv to brlni!
t 'r. . -
In iilVli IfutlriB in iiiy ntiij ut wni, r.-
rroaciiera buouiu ie ever loroajut. r in bi
Iny tho pusniona of (heir eu(lo. We be
lieve our cleriry in I his respect are uuiver-
.. i . j "
.
. , , ,. . .., . .. -- ,,
! elilf f pwrt. but very many of them
have done ull that lay in their power to
.. .. . . ., . ....
fan the llasies of wari
But theoiher day.
a popular
sensation preacher II) No'.v
, . a
ie.. 1 .as a 1. a. . la a 1. Iu m.hm tn
- - ; wr.' Z
, e , final one, than for twenty
' Ii1bi wi,h .
termitteut breaking out at every period.
It has got to be settled one way or the
other, ine Worm lias tue population,
the means, and the ujrage-for there is
no such breadth of courage at tho South
TERMS
NEW
a there is at the North."
J his bold trumpeter of war. bud the
gialincutiou uf bomg app'auded, whilo
.rcn,-n,ug uc a sermon, oy his auditors,
It must be remembered, howevor. that
i i , , . i
such as ht do not go out to fyht. 'I bey leave
mai to those whose passions thev hate
stirred. Like the truoiDeter in .Esnn'a
Fables, Ijiey are always reauy to blow the
blasts cf war, whilo. as Drofessionnl nun'
combatants, they would shirk its datigers.
Such mer as this have done infinite mis
chief. He say if wir must come." with
us inrocent a face as if he, and such as he,
.a .
had not been, in a treat incisure, the ef.
ncient cause of it. We verilv believe
fieiont nf it U' ....:i. 1...1:..."
that fanaticul preaching has Leen one of
the two potent causes of our present un
huppy distrauliuiis. The other is the ru
iiRtis system of lotation in oIE e Venal
politicians and raving preachers huve
combined together, to make the people of
the North and the iSouth hate each other.
Any talk uboul coinage, touching either
section, ia pure inflammatory iippeal, The
.Southern people ure as corugeous as any
living; those of the North cannot be
more so; but we would scorn making any
imputation npim their courage- If satis
tied with the goodness -of their cuuse
they would be equal to uny fu. But they
certainly cannot consider "invasion of the
ISouth a good cause. If they do, they will
rush upon inevitable destruction. It is
true they can slso tiring destruction, but
in Ihe end invasion will be repelled, and
urt-r all the horrors of civil war, there
will be nothing left for the exhausted con
tcstiiuts, but treaties ol amity and pence,
that could be made, and should be made,
without the war.
It is ul! desiralle now to get a truce to
hostilities, that the awakened passions of
the people may subside; let reason come
forward and passion recede, and all our
difficulties will be adjusted, whether We
unite once more in a common family of
Suites, or vhethcr we live in separate
communities, as pacific and friendly
neighbor.
We counsel our friends to stand firm' in
the defenu: of their homes; but, at the
same time, to use all their iufluence lo al--lev,
rather than lo excite the firre pas.-
sions now everywhere predominant. j
n.Httmvrc tiiAnfn: Mirror.
Slander,
not bear
"Thou shall
false witness a -
gainst thy neighbor," i a divine
com -
a the
maud, but uUsl how many violute
sacred injunction. Slander , bus flourish
ed in all uges, and is as rank nnd hideou
now as when the commandment was
written. It is to be met with in Ihe busi
ness and political world, in the social cir
cle, and in al! places where men and wo
men do congregate. It is rolled liko a
sweet morsal under tho tongue, und
makos iti murderous attacks upon Ihe
reputation of its victims, who may be
counted by thousands. There is in every
community a large class of vipers who are
constantly- engaged iu hunting up or
smelling out something which may be
turned to the injury of ihe innocent and
unsuspecting. There is the low and vul
gar slundrer, anl the insinuating mon
sters who ere never S3 happy as when
some new developement is made w hich
unfavorably affects the character or repu
tation of their acquaintance!. The.y hur
ry to and Iro, retailing their scuncaU with
embellishments, no in to make the. n tell
against their uiifoi'tuimlo victims, more
especially if their victim be a woman. A
good-looking woman is suie to call down
upon her head the envy ol her sex, be
sides having to encounter the wicked de
signs of the mule portion o the commu
nity. Lei her do what she will, her path
is beset with snare. Kvery libertine is on
hor track to ruin her, and if he be repuls
ed in his hellish designs, he becomes her
enemy, and his vile tongue Is set in mo
tion to dulumo her character If she be
open and frank in her deportment she
has to run the gauntlet of her loss comely
and agreeable aoonaitatices of the female
ex, and the way they apply the lash ' of
ileracliou is a caution to those wiu listen
to their vituperation. This U particular'
ly the case when a lady has no father,
hutband or brother to defend hor. Jf she
be poor and obliged to earn hor livelihood
by. her inlustry, everybody seems to
think she is public property. If alio go
forth morning, noon or night lo her oc
cupation, she is subject to the coura and
vulgar remarks ol brutos in human forms
wjth whom she comes in contact, or, the
streets or in i.ne public conveyances.
The more fortunate cf her sex, who have
a good home und somebody to support
them tu case una idleness, turn up thm:
aristocratic poses at I he poor shop girl, I
and frcauentlv indu'.ue in a nialipJou.'
tlmg to the client, ihut slio is no bclter
Ihui) ka otiht to be. If we follow those
haughty paragons of virtue and innocence,
U'llf, lllll'O kll.-tl fl lirttu ll,.n rF I I. .mn.
. . -
shop gill, wo shall probably find thev
sprang fro.)) nothing, thougf, now thev
may be tho leaders in some fashionable
church. prcs;de at sewing circles, and ure,
..v.....ww w.. n lit.,, miiivi V IIIU I "IUI
iiiieresiuu in bui..iii.b mo uioib io tue
iioiieiiioia. niey visn vrpnan Asyiums
iid euccurngo the good work by thrir
saiictiinoiiious presence, though their con
tributions generclly amount to half a
ditno. Their lime is usually spent In vis
iting their neighbor where they slander
and vilify some acquaintance who does
not come up to their standard of virtue
and Morality. They turn the cold shoul
der lo their less fortunate sisters who are
struitglibir against poverty, and
crowd
tber.i down instead of lendinir a helninir
hand to elevate them ia society, They the army clothing, and the Court of Quart
seem to imagine that they will become ter Sessions have directed the district at
impure if they will associate with those torney to draw a bill of indictment agaiqil
who are less favored than themselves, and j those porsons. t
ho are exerting themselves to get an
hones living. In this wicked and ebom-i
iuable policy they are assisted bv the un -
principled o the male , who are al
ways ready to say unkind thing of . the
$1 25 per Annum, if paid in advance
SERIES-VOL. L NO 48,'
unfortunate. ' Xothino Is n.nr.
thnn In h
gentlemen muke insinuations ae.air.st tho
chtstuy of such and such a ludy. althouah
thev bnnw nmi.in. u. i... ' t..... ?.
j .. w ...... nwuv iicr. lucy
not reflect that these remarks or insinua.
tions blast tha rnn to r .i
whom they are levelled, the tend iiry or
n. ...... I w muvu mem uoivn to Uustruc
lion. They do not consider that houses'
of prostitution are peopled with the vic
tim of slander, many of whom would
have lived and died happy had not tho
I ; Nva tuauv turiu UUll Hull
Lin societv. Thev wI.a er.mti i.
uu uicuiu oi aiuQuer oiaue mem outcast
f .w" .".- Sm
"uMjjj uu nui icueci upon tne enormity
of their wickedness, und that there is
God in Heaven who will uveDue thi in.
jury done to his unfortunate children.
1 hey do not consider that at that tribu
nal before which oil must stand, these
murdered reputations will appear as wltv
nesses against, the liar and the slandq.-er
to tell the story ol their wrougs, and thav
hell will be the portion ol those who have
violated the Divine command,' "Thou'
shall not lie,", This trouiendous evil
should be eradicated from our social system-
It is a blighting curse, and ruin
follow in its treck. Mine tijues'out of
ten the Btories set afloat ure tho offspring
of envy and malice. , Slunueror should
be avoided as a pestilence. They deserve
to be kicked by every right minded per
son, aird not allowed to enter Qur dwell
ings or our prestnee. They are tho pest
of society. J'hey sot friend against friond
and destroy all co.ifideiie. Let it not bo
registered in Heaven against, ui that wo
havevioluted the divine command, "Tliou
shult not bear fuUe witness ngninit thy
neighbor." If we find an erring brother
or sjstor, let uv extnd to them a helping
hand, tl.row tho mantle, of charity over
thoir wjnknesi, and it wo can save them
Iron? a downward course, w shall have
performed an act which shall .be aceepta-'
ble to Hint who shall finally be the judge
ol all. This doctrine should be preached
from' the pulpit in thunder tones, for
how often fa the ren ark made.' when pro
lessed christians engage in slander, "i
such be Christianity I have no desire to
bo a Christian,
. ".iii'Mimiu DiMxtRs, Ao. Kvery few
idiiys wo have auuounts from Washington
: of tho "brilliancy of the Diplomatic Dili.
I nors. the "Secretaries' K
! 'l0' '
' t,,0,b8118; "ewi'ti, parties, and, in gen
w le",,n ' feasting and hilarity
urBiue oruer or tne day umongst the
guests, This uny be all very well in its
place ; but, in the present deplorable con
dition or the country, such feasts had
hotter be dispensed with, and (he person
engaged in them should set an exaruplo
or aostem ousnoss, instead of riotously
making merry in the luidsl of the gener
al gloom and distress throughout the laud,
.Such scenes contrast to giear disadvan
tuge with (he uuiversiil prostration of bus
iness and the sufferings of tlje people gen.
erally, and hould bo dispensed with by
those high in authority at tne National
Capital. Wlioh iho civil war now in pro.
gress is over when rebullion is - crushed
oui, una prosperity again returns to
our
Doioveu i-nion n wi b
ouiln ttm..
enough to rejoice and make merry" at
our good fortune; but not before. Lan
caster Intel.
A Ktxo for Sin. Doiums' F.miLy.
The Cliioago papers publish an address to
the people of ihe United States, but more
particularly of Illinois, setting forth tho
fact that Mr. Douglas died leaving no
foot or earth on which hi family win re
side and mill their own. His widow has
given to the State the throe acre lot as
resting plnoe for the rem iins or her hus.
liAnd. Tho address invites voluntary
contributions to a fand to be administer
ed by trustoe in provide a homo for tin)
widow and children of Mr. Douglas.
Buck Vhibat. -The Chicago . Times
moralizes on the fact that in this uioal.
unlucky war every prominent movement
has luken plane ou the most unlucky day
Friday. The bombardment of Korf,
Sumter was commenced, ou Vriduy i tho
troubles in Baltimore took pluce on Frii
day i Ihe first anJ bloodiest riot in St.
I(oui occurred on Friday;" the attack oa
SewalPs Point was mado on Friday j tho
attack on Alexandria was mado riii Fri
day, and Ellsworth was shot on Friday,
It has been all a "Friduv" business.
. Virtoiti and tuc Union. A few days
ago a pardon ms sent by President Lin-,
coin to tho Governor of Virginia for a
convict in tho penltontiary.who had lieou
. " . r01'1"? ,l,e
rfideuI Court W Richmond, which the
lintlnHn t atiinn-l . I I
Governor returned with an an aver to the
effect that "the Commonwealth of Vir.
ginia. not being one of the United States
ot America, the powers or tho Chief Ex.
i. ,, ,,, , . .
,cuuvo ' l"9 "u V"'? reeognijeo iy
the Bnment of tin. S.qte."
A Focrtb or It-r.v Ohatio nv Kdward
Evikkeit. Hon, Edward Everrett, at tho
request ofa number of ciiizous of .New
York, will deliver a Fourth of Julj
ily ora
tion at the Academy of Musio iu that citv
The subject will be t 'The present Aspect
of the Nation." An entrance fee will be
charged for the benefit of the families, of
tho volunteers.
Trie Assy Clotiu.no Contract. The
grand jury at Pittsburgh bavo prcsontod
Messrs. Frowonfeld, of Pittsburgh, end
Mr. Charles M. Neat, of Philadolphia, a.
ent of Gov. Curtin, for alleged fraud in
K&uCol. Thomas L. Kane, brother of
( the late Dr. Kane, has assumed the ooms
, mand of a volunteer rogi inept in Tw
sylvania.