Clearfield Republican. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, November 27, 1861, Image 1

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iOLxHlUWIIOLE NO
nfSlN:.
BY WP... E.A, XOOI1H,
Nol among tlio mffcrii) wounded :
Kot among the peaceful dead;
Jiot among the prisoner "AIumno"
That was all the nitusogo said.
Vt nis mother reads It over,
lutil through ber painful teara
'del the duur nauie the has called biut
Korthecs two and twenty year.
P.nuiid her all ! peafo and "plenty ;
irifjit and clean Iho yellow floor ;
Wliile the morning glories cluster
All around the kitt'lieu door.
gol crlythe slcok old house cat
l)rowi"c in his pati-h of sun :
Ji.gtly shines the oaken drefser,
All the morning's work is done.
Thru' the in J..w came the fragrance
Of a sunny hnrvesl morn,
Fragment song from cl t int reapers,
And the ruiiling of the turn.
AoJtboruh broath oftho gnrden
Where the gohlon melons Ho ;
Where the blu.-liing p.uuiei are turning
All their red cheeks to the iky.
Bitting thore within tlio suufhiue
Leaning in her amy chair ;
With soft lines apon her forehead,
And the silver iu her hair
Blind to sunshine dead to frngranco--
Ou that roal harvest morn ;
Thiukiug, while her heart is wuoping,
Of her nohle-browed Jirsl Wuru.
How he left her ic tho. Spring-time,
With his young heart full of Ouino,
Willi hi clearand ringing footstep,
With his lithe and supple frame.
How with lenrs bin eyos were brimming
As he kisHed a last MJood-bya,"
Vet she heard him whistle gaily
As he went aeross the ryo.
Mi.sixn! Why should he bo niininif !
Ue would light until ht fell ;
And if wounded, killed orpris'nor.
Some one there would be to tell.
JIissiMO ! Btill a liope to ehe.-r her ;
ffo, triuaiphuat, he may coiuo,
With the victor army shouting,
With the clamor of the drum.
So through all tho days of Autumn
lu the I've and iu tho mom
flu- will bear his iiickouing footsteps
In Ui rustling of the corn.
Or she will lmsh the household,
While ber heart gout leaping high,
Tliink'ng thut she hears him whirling
In the pathway through the rye.
Ksr awny, through all the Autumn,
Jo a lonely, lonely gluJe
In the drtnry desolation
Xb.it the bdttle storm bath made.
Villi the rust arm bis musket ;
Iu the eve and in the morn ,
In the rank gloom of the feru leaves
Lies her nollc-browed llrst burn,
Took IT i m at Ills Wonn.-A certain
wintry squire had a friend to visit liiiu
on business, and was very much annoyed
liwi his wile ciime to Ask him what he
anted for dinner. 'Go awny! let us
lone!" impatiently said tlio squire. Bus
ineas detained his friend till dinner timo,
iml tlio squire urged liim to remain. To
tlie surprise of both, they saw nothing
tut a huge bowl of salad, which the good
wife began quietly toserveup. "Mydeur,"
aid the siuiri', "wu;re are the menu!"'
"You didn't order any," coolly answered
the housewife. "I asked what ycu would
Uve. and you said, 'Lettuce alone !' Here
it is." The friend burst into n laugh, and
the squire, after looking lurid for a mo
ment, joined l.im, "Wife I give it up.
Here is the money I denied you thut you
anted for thut carpet. Now let's have
Pac and soma dinner." The good wo
man pocketed the money, rang tho bell,
nd a sumptuous repast was brought in.
The squire never joked with her again
bout diuncr.
KosfilTH AND IlUNOAItr. KosSlltll has
fuUilicd another addriss to the Ilunga..
"in, in which he predicts that the Km
Krorof Austria will either voluntarily
offer a compromise or be compelled to
bdi'ate in order to open the way for nn
rangetueiit. Hut, h says, Hungary
ntiol live in pence with Austria, and
'ithout complete separation there is no
afety.
Ka Wl,.,.. ullur fVnmirell first eoinod
ttonev, an old cavnliiir. looking at one of
" new piece?, read this inscription on
onssi.'e. "Ood be with us," and on the
titer side, "The Commonwealth of Kng
d," "1 KCHi" gaid ho, "that God and
'he Commonwealth are a'.l on different
siJes."
IfA-U i. oniil I lnil id a Avarnire number
' battles that a soldier goes through is
We know an old maid who has
ilhs!ood fourteen engegemeuU and baa
l'jJei enough left lor i many morO.
JThe Nnrthern debts sequesterel in
"teNliurjj, Virginia, are upwards olifiitKJ,
ji and ia Uicliiond more than $2,0(10,
TifWhy do our soldiers need no bar
wfit Iieoauac they are regularly shaved
Mke coverntueat contractors.
LThouuh men boast of holdinff the
''"s, the women tell them which way
ej must drive.
ftCfV Hnr.lf skA 1,nln ns 1 All in
toa to form a library for the ut of
ft Alio 1 1, CIVV' A'H M
lt' has resulted In the choice of Toy cka
capital.
IGfjT
AREEST OF MESSES. MASON AND
SilEELL.
Views and Speculations of the Press.
From the Baltimore Sun.
The arrest of tho two Confederate Com
missioners to Europe MesMS. Mason and
Slidcll by Captain Wilkes, of the United
Stateii friguto San Jacinto, elicits u variety
of opinions t.nd dissertations upon inter
national lair. As it is a buljdct of consid
erable national importance, uud not gen
erally understooil by he great mass of the
people, we subjoin eotne further extracts
of the views expressed by several of our
exchanges. The National lnelliyeHcer com
mentSHt some length. After narrating
the circumstances under which the arrebt
'as u-.ade, it pioceeds as follows:
"Such being the faots in the case, wheth
er Capt. Wflllos acted with or without the
orders of the national government, it re
mains to inrtuire into thu grouude by which
this iroceoding is justified In the light of
iiitei natiotiulTinv ; for, however expedient
may aaem the success gained bv the arrest
and detection of these Confederate tep
reentatiea, whether regarded in point o!'
political of military etratecv. it would be
dearly purchased ii Iho cobt of a single
principle 'of that public morality whoso
rules govern, or should covern, the con
duct of Civilized and C'luiaUaii Stales in
iheir mutual intercourse iu peace and in
war.
'"Those, therefore, who are not already
familiar with tho principles involved iu
the proceeding!! ol dipt. Wilkes, w ill leain
with interest that if is fully justified by
the rules of international law, as those
rules have been expounded by thumo.it
illustrious KritUh jurists and compiled by
the most approved writers on tho Laws of
Nations. iSo fur from having transcended
the poweia with which he was clothed by
that code, Capt. Wilkes did not exhaust
the full measure of his authority, for ho
not only had nn undoubted right toa.'i est
alicse "ambassadors' cf the Confedeiate
goveruii'eut on their passage to Europe,
but might have justly captured the vcsm-I
on which they were found, and brought
her iritn port to be concUinued as a lawll 1
prize.
"The points of public law involved in
the case, nud ou which it turns, arc as
folio n :
1. The rijjht of visitini' and seurchinjt
merchant ships on the high sein. w hatever
be the ships, their cargoes, or their desti
nations, is un inconteslible right of the
lawfully comiiHsjioned cttiU-ers of a beiig
erent nation. 15-ing a purely beligerent
l ight, essential to the capluie of enemy's
property and the discovery of oontruhand
of 'var on board of i:eutal vessels, it is,
from its very nature and definition, in
competent to a Mute of peace, but accrues
to each belligerent on the outbreak ol war.
2. To engage in the Irnn-poriation of
mihiaty persons, bearers of dispatches,
and dispatches themselves, is of the am3
nature with the carrying of contraband
goods, nud a vessel so engaged in the ser
vice of one belligerent is subject to cap
ture and confiscation by the other.
3. A belligerent may lurfully arrest an
a ubassador of the adverse bellirereiit. if
! found at sea in a neutral vessel on bis pas
sage, and therefore in-lore lie ihia nrrivcu
in the neutral country, or has assumed the
functions of his ollico near lh government
to which he w accredited. Hut, when ha
I has arrived and beet, admitted in hisofli
'cial relatiuii, he is protected by bis repte
sentutive and inlernationHl character.
J 4. The fact that the voyage is made to
a neu'.ral port does not change the legal
! character of the trausnclion, w;here con
traband of war- including of course milit
ary persons, dispatches, - tihd their bear
ers is found on a neutral ves-el.
"Theso principles are Ix-lieved to cover
' complete y the case presented by the cap
Iture of Messrs. Mason and Slidell."
I The Intelligencer then proceeds toquote
at tome length from Wheaton's "Elemc
mentsof International Law" edition of
15j to show that the four points above
set forth are correct. It alsoappf mis the
exposition of Dr. Robert l'hillimore. in
his lalecrent work entitled Commentaries
on Internation Law. He is "Advocate of
her Majesty in her office of Admiralty as
Judge of the Cinque Torts," uud univer
sally approved, lie says.-
l'age oM)8. (Vonlniband.) "It is, indeed,
competent to a belligerent tostop thenm
bussfldor of his enemy on his passage."
l'ugo oG'J. "As to currying of military
persons in the employ of n belligerent, or
bo:ng in any way engaged iu histrenspori
service, it bus been most solemnly decided
by the tiibtinals of international law, both
in Kuglund arid tho United Stales of North
America, that these are acts of hostilily
on the part of the neutul, which suljects
Iho vehicle iu which tho persons are con
veyed to confiscation at tho hands of the
belligerent."
I'nge o70. " Olliciul eommunication
from an official on the affairs of a belliger
ent government are such dispatches as
preseut a hostile c.haruotcr on th? carriers
of them.' Tho mischievous con sequences
of such a service cannot be estimated, und
extend far beyond the effect of any con
traband that can ho conveyed ; for it is
Dianilest that by the carriage of ueh dis
patches tho mst important operatifm of
belligerent army may be forwarded or
obstructed. In general cases of contra
bnnd the quantity of the article carried
may be a niateriul circumstance, but the
smallest dispatch may serve to turn the
fertunes of wnr in favor of a particular
belligerent."
"Tire penalty is confif :on o the ship
which conveys tho duipatcb.es and of the
carRO." ,
J'he Intdligencef then remarks t
"As the foregoing principles are derived
wholly from the adjudioations of the IM it
ish Admiralty Courts, and asC'upt. Wilkm,
has exercised something less than the
cone of power vindicatved for a belligerent
y 'these ruliDgs, it would seem idle to
PSIlfCIPLES,
CLKAUF1EIJ), PA. WEl)NL5l)AY, NOV. 27, 1861.
suppose that his uction can afford any
ground for reclamation by. tho liiitish
government, which will be more likely to
express its grateful appreciation of the
forbearance displayed by that oflicer in
not capturing tho vessel found ennaged in
"favoring tho offensive projects ot the en
emy." If tho lliitish legists recognize the
ritjht of ono belligerent nation to capture
on liie high seas the ambassador of anoth
er belligerent nation, a fortiori must they
acknowledge the right of a sovereign bel
ligerent government to seize, under simi
lar circumstances; tlio envoys of a faction
to which, in the present case, they have
conceded the rights, and therefore tho
responsibilities, of a belligerent.
"It may be proper to add that it makes J
no tiillerence in the law of the case wheth
er the master of a veel be ignorant or
not ef the character of the service in n hie h
he is engaged. In the present case, how-
eor, the master of the Trent must have
been well I aware of the character borne by
Messrs. Mason and Slidell, uud therefore
knew that in doing a service to the Con-
iederftto belligerents bv for-vardinu their
'envoys to Europe, he was doing an injury
to the government ol tho Cnited States." these measures mo intended la repress
'll.o Host on Traveler (rep.) lakes a dif, the infamous u'.teinnt now made by the
foront view, Its.iys: leuemy to commit' judicial murder on
"It is not probable that our government prisoners of war, you ivill executu them
would allow a Kritish war vessel to take 1 btricilv. as the inodo 1 nst. iiil,.nlm..,4 i,
an Irish rebel out of an American vessel
In U-liir-h liA It'wl liL-nn tin..ann l,,m atu
York to San Francisco. Without time to
lookup any precedents, we are inclined
lo believe that, according to tho luws of
nations, the prisoners must bo given up,
and the in t of the commander of the San
.lacinto dimvowed. Hut may not the oaa
of tho Caroline be applicable to this case?
The English then actually invaded our
territory, and cutout an American steani'
bout, causing her destruction ur.d tho
deaths of some parsons, because! she had
been engaged iu aiding the rebels in Can-, held for execution in the slime man neras
uda ; and tho British steamship that was may bo adopted by the enemy for the ex
taking Slidell ami Mason to Europe, was . ecution of Smith, rureiitiy condemned to
engaged in helping the Southern rebels. ' death iu Philadelphia. Iho names of Iho
Whero is the ddlereijco? The act was u six Colonels were placed in a ean. The
bold one on the part of tho commanderof tiisl naiao drawn was that of Col. Coico-.
the San dacinlo, and wc cannot help ad. ran, Sixty-ninth regiment N. Y. S. M.,
miring his pluck, while regretting thai he who is the hostage cho.-en to answer for
hud not more prudence." Smith. In choosing thirteen from tho
Speaking of the incidents that transpir highest miik to be held to" answer for n
eil, when tho arrosls were made, the like number of prisoners of war captu-ed
Washington correspondent of the 1'hila- by the enemy ai sea, th.ew being uuly ten
dolphin Pi eaa writes : field otlioers, it was necessary to draw by
"When about forty miles off Mu.'nnzns, lot three unptains. Tlie first names drawn
the old Bahama channel, the Trent hovo were Captains J. 1J Riokoits.l I . Mctia lo
insight, and the two vcs.-eU were soon and J. W. Rockwood. The list of thir-
(within hailing distance. Commodore
Wilkes swnt a shot across the boas of tho
Trent. To this no attention was paid,
whan another was directed near tho Low.
Tiiis brought the steamer to. Lieutenant
Fairfax, to whom both of tho Confederate
passengers was personally known, was
sent on beard in a boat, supported with
two more boats, filled with murines. Lieut.
Fairfax wontondock and culled for Mes-
s:s. Mason and Slidell, who soon nppcnr -
ed. Lieut. Fairfax politely informed mem
of the objects of his mission, audaskel
them to go on board his ho.it. To this
they objected, Mason remarking that they
had paid their passage to Europe, to the
British Consul at II.ivhiiii, (who acts a
agent for the mnil steni.iship line,) and
he would not leavo without force. Lieut.
Fairlax, pointing to his marines druwn up
on tho decks of the British steamer, said :
"You see, sir, I have (he force, if that is
what you rooun-e ! "I hen you must u-e
it," replied Ma.-on. Willi this Lieuten
nut Fairfax placed bis band upon the Sen
ntor's shoulder end t rcssej him to the
gangway. At this juncture the passengers
rushed forward, somewhat excited, and
attempted to inteifere. The marines ini-
mediately showed their bnvonots, and ;
Mason consented to the decision of Lieut.
Fairfax, asking that ho might le permit
ted lo make his protest In writing. Just
then a line specimen of an Englishmau
rushed on deck in military or naval uni
form (the oflicer in command ofthe mails,
probably,) and demanded why passengers'
in kiviril t but uliin ii'ni'A nmliwlml lwtiit i
Fairfax informed him that he had stated : lhu U'i' cJerate States being present, cx
lo f'apt. Moir, of the packet, why he nr-1 c"l ,' .''"P l'vlk: ol Lo.l"f H"'
ieste.1 two of his passengers, and" further , a. "''""'"'ce ol clerical and lay
than that ho had no explanations to make. I d1VI"t.u''- . J ,,e vpnerahlo Bishop Moade
Protests were then drawn up, and Mason ol N "'8,n,tt, " lj",1i'"I'. folded
mid Slidell, nith their Seeretiiries, Eustis ?'; the "'dy- , Jl,e, g-neiul lone ol its
,..,.t Mel.", lnn,l .,, Inir.,1,., lionit r,f . delioeial ions, though entirely free from
tho San Jacinto."
Military Pimsiiment. The military
regulation of the United Stales laws pre
scribe the following punishment for mili
tary olfences, all of which are applicable
to volunteers who have been sworn into
the United States service:
Mutiny. "Any oflicer or soldier who
shall begin, excite, cause nr join in any
mutiny or sedition in any troops or com
pany in the service of ihe United States,
or in any party, post, detachment or
"uard shall sutler death, or such punish-
menl as by a court-martial shall bo in-
llieted." I
DrsmioH. --"All officers and soldiers who!
liavo received pay or have been duly en-
lilted in the service of the United Slatt s j
find siiall bo convicted of having deseitc'J
Ihe same, shall sutler dealh.or such other
pu nub men t as by the seiilenceot a court
martial shall bo inflicted."
Ahti nee without have on the part of non
commissioned ollicer or soldier, upon be-
ing convicted thereof, shall be punished
according to the. nature ol ins oitence at
the discretion ot a oourt martial.
Ai'ing to desert is punished with death,
or such other punishment us shall be in
flioted by a com t-mnrtial.
. Lh-urhwirim on the part of a soldier is
punishable bv such corporal punishment
as shall bo inflicted by sentence ofa court
mrrtial. Jiffmnehful.iptehs by aoldier are pun
ishable by confinement.
Quarrel and affrays by soldier are pun
ishable by arrest and confinement and nt
ihe discretion of a court-martial.
not MEN. '.
LATER HEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
A'etaliatonj MemiresNamrs of the
Officers UrnfenceJ to be. Jlunjli
tarcativ.g Correspondence.
From tho Richmond Kuiuiror, Nov. 13.
V. S A. War Deportment.,
Kiel inond, Nov. l, 1S01.
Sir: You are hereby instructed to I
choof-eby lot from among the prisoners of
war of behest rank one who U to be oon-;
fined in arcll appropriated to convicted
felons, and who is to he treated in all res- !
pects as if such convict, nud to bo held
lor execution in th same manner is may
beadopted by the enemv for tho oxecu".
tion of tho piisoner of war Smith, recent
ly condonied to death in Philadelphia.
You will also elect thirteen other prison
ers o!' war, tlio highest in rank of those
Caillurxl liV l.lir I, ,r,.j Ir, l,n ,.nri;,,nil I,,
, tiie cells reserved for prisoners accused of
infamous crime, und will treat them as
such so long us the enemy shall continue
so to tiewt the like number ol piisoncrsof
I war cautured bv tliem m s., ,.n,l ,.,
I held for trial in New York as 'pirates. As
j prevent the commission of bo heinous a
crime.
Your obedient servant.
J. P. Benjamin-,
Acting Secretary of War.
To Brigadier lion. John il. Winder,
Richmond. Va.
Jlavl'juurl.ra Dcwtiiuiitaf Hairiiv,
Richmond, Va., Nov. 11, J Hi 1 . j
Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of War.
Sir; In obedience to your instructions
contained in your lelteroi the 'Jth instant,
one prisoner of war of tho highest rank
m our nos.-c-sion waa chosen bv hit tn lm
teen will therefore stand: Colonels Leo.
Cogswell, Wilcox, Woo.lrull' und Wood ;
Lieutenant Colonels Bowman and Nell;
Majors Potter, Kever. and Yogdes ; Cap-
tains Kicketts, M'.'aiio and Rockwood.
Respectfully, youi obedient servant,
John II. Wimkk,
Bi igudior (ieiieral.
1 HiunhiuorU-rs Depart n;?nt of J, uri,u,
Richmond, a., Nov. II, lHiil. j
' Hon. J. P Benjamin, Secretary of War,
Richmond, Va. Sir; In obedience to
your instruct ions, all ihc wounded olliccrs
hare been exempted as hostages to miiiit
the result 1 thu tiial of prisoners captu-
red by the enemy at sea. 1 have there-
fore made selections by lot of CVf tains
II. Bowman and T. Keller, to replace
Captains Rickctls mid McljuaJc, .vound-
ed.
Tho list of thirteen will now stand
Colonels Leo, Cogswell, Wilcox, Woodruff
and ono ; Lieut. Colonels Bowman and
Nell ; Maj ru l'otter, Revere and Vngdes ;
C.-.ptaiiis Rockwood, Bowman and Reller.
Respecllullv, your obedient servant,
John II. Windkh, Brigadier Oenernl.
from the uiuhiiiund Bxuiuiner. Nov. U.
(iiifeileiite lpiCiitl Vhlireh.
I We publish, as general information,
"The Constitution ot the Protestunt Epis
copal Church in '.he Confederate Slates of
America," as proposed by tho general
col, vent ion of t hut chord', lately held at
Columbia, South Carolina.
1 he convention, we learn, was well at-
, tended, all the bi.-hops of that church iu
asperity toward the church of iho North,
gave evidence of a deep and settled con
viction on every band that tlie separation
in Church organization, like that in civil
government, was, and ought to bo com
plete und perpetual. In taking- the nec
essary steps to form nn independent
church organization for the Confederate
Slates, everything wus done with harmony
and good feeling, and hut ono important
change from the old constitution was
made namely, that which permits u
State (o divide herelf into two or more
dioceses (jurisdie. inn of n bishop) wilh-
! out tho consent oftho ireneral council
The several Slate councils are required
each for itself to ratify ibis constitution.
Th missionary fund and work ol Ibis
cliuich ir. the South, it was found, had
suffered no i decline since Iho Reparation
from the North, but bodi wero ou the in-
crease, even under a provisional arrange
ment.
y'ic Cmifetferate funn of Proier.
, The following is the form of prayer
rtfld in tlie various churches of alldenoin.
iuntions throughout the Confederate
Slates on the Fast Diy, November ljth.
In the Jewish Synagogues the name of
Christ was omitted;
Almighty God, the Sovereign dispose:
of events, it hath pleased Thee to pro
tect and defend Ihe Confederate State
hitherto in their conflict with their ene
iniot, and be unto them a shield.
With grn'.eful thanks we reeogrize Thy
Hand and acknowledge that not unto us
but unto Thee belongeth the victory ; and
in humble dependence upon Tby Al-I
TERMS
mighty strength, and trusting in the just
ness of our cause, we appeal to Thee that
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it may please Ihee to sot at naught the Ulftt ulleoting parage in ihe book of Euih
eflorts of all our enemies and put them to n ,v,i(., tho beautiful Mobiles, f oeak
con fusion andshamo. . Ung to her bereaved mother-iii-law' ex.
u, Almighty (jo.l, we jiray lice, that it
niiiu iiliiia Tlmn it i.fir., i,u rri.u l.li-u!... I
upon our arms, and give us victory over
all our enemies, wherever they may be.
Preserve our homes and altars from
pollution nndspcur to uh the restoration
ol poacejmd prosperity j all of which we
asu in the name of .Jesus Christ our iiles
sed Lord and Saviour, to wh!ii, with
Thee, the Father and the Holy Spiiits.we
j uill give all the jiraiso ami glory in time
: in.d liiroughout all eternity, Ali en and
Amen.
GENERAL JIM LANE.
One of the n-opt disgraceful and impolit
ic acts of the President was the appoint
ment o' the notorious Jim Lane, of Kan
sas, a Urigadiur General, and sending him
to renew his career ol murder, rapine and
robbery in Missouri. If it was tho pur-
pose ofthe President lo drive tho whole
people of Missouri into rebellion, then
I the employment of Lano end Montgom
ery n us admirably calcululed to promote
the object in view, but it can be justilied
ou no other ground. Tha St. Louis Jo;
publican says of him. l.unaister Intel.
' His inarches have been mere raids
. tracked by tires needlessly kindled and
' blood needlessly shed. His career accords
-with much thai we have believed of his
antecedents; nud also with his represen
' Ic lions of Kansas, public men, who stand
high in the estimation of a luigo purl of
, the Republican pal y there. They have
painted him in much worse colors than
we have ever presumed to sl ow him up
in. II their account of him is true, he is
not fit to bu trusted, with responsible mil
itary command: and what is in common
deciiicy and feeling due, not only lo the
: interests tind welfaie cf Missouri, but to
' 1 1 1 o rights of humanity and the good
name of our countrymen, demands, that,
if be is suffered still to hold that com-
mand, ho should be compelled to exvrs
ciso it outside of Missouri. Anybody,
who, rending what ho writes, and seeing
r. ports ol what ho writes, and seeing re
ports of what he says, cannot half perceive
tliat ho has before him the evidences of a
-ruitiiitily ohnruotor ftnil ttuiupa spirit , inliRt
' be obtuse indeed. We cannot admire the
! taste or discernment of tho press which
, admires him ; nor believe in the judge
j mentor hardly lion. -sly of those who
I would wish to have continued to him the
power of hounding on his followers to
new deeds of devastation, waste and ruin.
Such men and presses have but liltlo re
gard for tho iiiteresls of this tate or of
humanity; but seem animated only by
an insane thirst fcr destruction.. Their
spirit is that of a Comanche ; and if prop
agated widely among our people, would
i make ihcm until to enjoy any institutions
lot their republicanism or civilized society.
' They are foes of loth.",
i The Milwuiukie JWu-isays:
j "Cell, ,li ui Lane, ol Kaii-as is an avow
ed abolitionist. He was one of the old
fieeilom-shriekcrs in the border lulliuu
war, and did as much iu uny man living
to incite ho-tilities between the North
' and South. Hois now as great u terror
to loyal men iu the West, as he is to the
rebels. Indeed, tlovcrnor Robinson of
Kansts (a member of the late Republican
party) says in a public letter ; " know of
idi liellrr weii limn tor.iHn man who Heal', rohs
Whl nvii dem, a th 'nf, roU.er and nvirdercr, and
' t ike thr rapnnsiliditi " The vein hero re
! fei red to is Jim Lane, and the Onvernoi
' pi linly says his cri ncs will bo endured
no longer : that he protects tho thieves,
and thai, if the President persist, in sus
taining him, 'Vii'iV icitrvil iili eitaldy ensue in
A'nii.M, mt between I'u'iimints and seees&ionints,
but between tliieres and their rieimA."
Thus we see what a similaiiiy there i
between n secessionist and an ultra aboii
Uiouiit. The firs', instinct of both is to
utilise power, and to oppress all, whom
'they can, with a high hnnd.
A friend of ours, who has iusl relurned
from LaWKMioe, Iho home of Lane, in -
forms us that the (ioveiniiient advertised
for one hundred horses, to bo delivered
upon if ertuin Uuy, When tho day nrri-
: ved, Jmi Lane furnished the horses, nt
UU each, from those he had taken whilo
' traveling through the coui'trv.
I The President should ut onco remove
. this man, who, under Iho Constitution, as
, he is a United .Slates Senator has no right
to hold the ollice of Brigadier Genera!.
The conr.lry does not w ish a civil war in
Kansas between honest men and thieves,
yet, if Governor Robinson and others may
ho believed. Lane and his army ure only a
legalized collection of bandits."
Tho Springfield (Mo.) correspondent of.
tl,.. Wu- Ynrk r,.e. iii i.ivln.rn.i hc-
count of Gen. Fremont's leaving the ur
my, says :
"I l is alsosaiil that he carried off A-ith
him all his order. and special order books,
report bcoks, Adjutant's teturns and pa-
pers of every kind, carrying all his stuff
away with him, und nut leaving a tolilmy
scrap t poper to s'.itte. rltnl atvres ewitd or should
bef.und in the Snbxittcnce or Qnartfrmijttcr'4
iieimrtnieid. the ttrcinith of the command, the.
position if the forces, or the dnte upon which the
recent canned, it panic wan started.
.
How to Pizzle a Reiu Hi icAN Pomti- 0f as a gnJ soldicr.bc.t this is tho fll St, OT.
ciAN. Inquire or him monlhly the prin- I portunity that he has bad to exhibit ?
ciples of his party for twelve consecutive generalship, ulthoiigh his bravery was
months, and make verbatim noies of h is fairly tested in Mexmo.
answers every time, to each of which 1 -
make him ailix his signature.. At the1 BftJuPoetry is said to be the flower ef
closeof tho year, confront him with the lilerutuie ; prose is the corn, potatoes and
various reports. j meat ; satire is the aqua forlis ; l,v a.-.d
" ... I wit is the spico and Kpper ; love Kt-r.
BrXTruthitselfbceotnes falsehood if pre- :,. .l, bor.HV and n.ftr. latmr. n,,,i
sented in any other tban its right relations.
There is no truth but the "whole truth." i
i ljUA cotetiiiornry says "a lvinale
BTJuWho will send us a fat nolule.r for.cruit was detected by Irvine to nut on hr
cur Thauk5giTing dinner?
- $1 25 par Annum, if pa1'! in advance
NENVSKIUKSVOL. II. NO 19.
THE UNION.
Most of our readers have doubtless read
claims: "Whither thou uuest. I will .....
mm miner iuou lougesi, j null louyc,
and the maludictiou slm called upon her
head, if uu:ht but death thould part
them. Anl it is thus every true, patriot
now feels towards the Union. And why
should itat every American citizan, wheth
er hi be a native, burn or naturalized, love,
it? It lia been our bulwark in wnr, and
in peace it has made us the lre.-f,t and
most prospetuLs nation on the. faco of
Ciod's eartli. It has been u benevolent
and kind parent to all, and ha-- spread tho
panoply of -protect i.m over iiir, hy.ve-i. as
tell us tlie higfcffst citizen. It is ihr leg.
acy of Wiishitigtoii, Jel'.
and the other revoiulionaiy j'aliiuis iind
statesmen who have gone t their re.ward,
and we should cheri.-h it a;; a jewel bo-yon . i
i .1 .... I -ii i .
heart and one sou), guard.prot'.n'.t
an Tince. j.ec us luorercr". with one)
r'.l.ll ie
lend it. With it we are citrons ot a g.eafc
and free Republic without it wo wouii
beoulcasts upon Ihe earth, und a by-woi d
and reprooc1! to all nations. It is en.
trolled at the piesent time, it is turn, by
men who have labored diligently lo creato
that sectional warfare, which has des
troyed it. and by men who a:e not c pul
to tho task confided tn them; but thi.-s is
no reason why we should abandon it. Itr
is freighted with id I that is dar to us as
cu'i), and as American citizens w- should
prize it ubovo all earthly good, 'iho
Ie;nocracy have always be.-n t- u; to lIoa
Union, and in this trying hour, v.;..-:i the
earth literally rocks beneath mi" ro
aro confident they rill still be IVninJ ct.r
tying lliu glorious 11, ig of our common
country, aud keeping step to tii.i mu.io
of the Union. Tho Union as our faihcr
madoit, must lo pro.-crred. UejUtie.
MAJORGENEaAr HALLECIi.
Major-tieoeral II. W. ilalleek, wholiarf
been assigned lathe commu i in chief ui
tho army in Misjo.in, is i New -ker
by birth. Heenterol tho West Point
Academy in lXi, ras craduiucd in LIYJ,
ranking third in liis ciassin l enUn.u tho
army as Brevut Second L;en!Mi. -:i ol
gineeis, his oonimis-ion L.-arin ; d -'e J.iiy
I, IHHO.. Ho i-eiiiained in the Military
Academy until Juiib of the in t yeiir n
Acting Assistant Professor o.' Engineering;
in 1H11 he published a work on '-piiaiu-.u
and its Uses," ivas inado Fust Li ,-vi
in Janutry, 181j, add published m
work en the "Elements of Military
and Science" in IS JO. Shortly after
Mexican War broke out Lieutenant
, IIIU
ib!j
Art
the
Jiai-
leek w:ib s-ut t jCaliroiuia.und in Septem
ber, IS4.S, be was breveted Capt'iu "for
giillant conduct in all'airs wish iho enemy
on the P.ltli and 20th days of November,
ami nei itoricus service in Calo'jiuiicMay
i, m:.-'
Iii California ho WiW engaged in lhu
military government, nsseiretvy ofS'ale,
under tier. Kearney, Col. M.ifoh und C .mi.
fiiley, from 1 S 17 to December, lSil), Af-
terwai d hu becamo Lhief ot tha star ol
('oiiiuiod'ire Shubrick in the further uni
ted naval and military operations on the
Pacific coast, lie was al.;o a member of
the convention which met in IS 10 to
fi-i nio Iho constitution cf ihe State.aii ,1
wjis on the committee which drafted the
con.-lituliou. J I a was mado Captain of
Engineers in July, Ii.r33, and resigned his
commission August I, 1854. Hirco tho
breaking out of the present war the gov
ernment has recalled him to the army,
and he returns now with the coi:nni.-kion
of a Major General, fluting from August
P.ltli of ihe present year. Olders wero
sent to Ger.. Ilalleek some lime ago to
report for duty in Washington, where lie
arrived two weeks ago, and has since left
to take command in Missouri.
Brio. Gkn. Stone. Charles P. .Stone. i
a native of the State of Massachusetts-, aud
his first military career bear- dat, 1 ' II,
when he or.teied West Point is a C -i a.
In IS 15 ho was seventh in a class nunib'-r-
! i-"g forty live. In July of that en.-1. o was
i bivvotte l Senond I iejien it ol tirdn .m e,
j and from AaJst, lS-li, to January, Is;-,
'10 ,vas acting a.-siol;.ut tea .lie-.-ol i.'.hk's,
; Ac., ot tho Military Acedemy. m the Kb
of September, I 'l.', ho was b: -v. rt.-t i ;. - ,t
i liieuienani lor naiiani an i ;ueri0.ri,-.'is
conduct lit the ball le of Mo. mo del 1(.
and on the Dili of the s.niie uier.. ',
breveted Captain forthc. s..u ; c...,-;u--.
j Chapultepec He was mud.' y
... i
in the army in lebriniry, 1K'., and re.
ed on tho 17th day cf I'ebruaiy, I-
j the breaking out of the pie.-au.i t.-onbio
ho took commiind of the ln:ri.:l cf
umbia iniliti i, and moved them i r in i'k
; nsichborhood of his recent station. Or.
the formuiiui of the now reginu nts .! the
i regular army, lie was lllipoiii UV1 U.H.l L
District of Columbia io the Coluiiek -,- of
the Fourteenth United States li:l ..;try.
His roinniissicn beais dale M: y 11, j w 0 1 ,
Or. the I7lh oftho same montij ho
j appointed by Cotigro'Sa Hriadinr ii,:
id of Voluntceis, and held Ui- . o.nr,
of tho Third Brigade under G -n. i .
His eomim nd wms then teint ..ir.'y.
a;afod from that of the M.j.,. ';;,
coinmunding the department of the
nandoah, and he held the nuiilon ;u
WHS
Iii
neighborhood cf Edward's Ferry, ?, ;.
moderate lorce, with Ins l:ea.piu.-;v . ,jt.
Poolesville! Ho lias nhvnvs b-en s. ..r.,.
ing remittances tho apple.duruplin-rs."
. , - 1 .
panti over her head."