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NnVSF.IJIKS VOI.III. NO 13.
Vol. xxxui. wnoix no 1759
CLK Ail FIELD, P WKDNF-SDAY, JUNE 10ICC3
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BELIE SOYD.
I). A. Malionv. T.'Q: editor of ilio Iu
Imqim (Iowa) lleruld, ha just issued a new
;.k, entitled the VPrisoner ot Male,
fr"H which we selec. the iolUivvinjr de
scription of lit ll Boyd, v lio Inii become
somewhat noted since the inauguration of
the present uriiaiurul strife :
Among tiie prisonoi in I lie 01 il Capitol
p. hen I reached there, win llio somewhat
f iiiioui Belle. Uovd, in whom In been nt
.ibuled the d eft.nl "t General Banks ill
Jin Sbenmdoali Ynlley l.y .Stonewall
't-a..tctn. Bell, a Jie wn familial iy
jc-Hfil by all the pi i-ont-rs, tiuJ died urn
.telv so Vv the Confcdei ate-, ats til reeled
iuid impri-oned cpy. She w :n aid by ,
(JIip Confedeiiitt's w lio pnd'esned lo he no-
i . .. i- .1.. ... I... .... i
'jiimeu Willi i.er iionuj - '"'
k. itihter rl re-pecii le "rl y . criin i
rleigyni in ut M uiin-l) ir', Vii-i,,,.,. Hnd '
l'.ni..ler of Mrs. t.iulk ii't. w l.o.e lun-l(1l t j,he p ipe r. mid when the guurd turn
lisnd nun tho lalo United .':aie .MinisH'i f,, 1(l :t(. u, pMnd his het "in the hull,
to France inlie would roll the nimble into one the
The firU intitmuion fome of us new com- i .,,.,, ,, ,.f P Coiiltdi rote prison rs'
rrs in ine UHiiti hum oi uih hci m
lliere beinji 11 IhiIv in thm plue, n, th
1 pari ui id "Mar land, lit V Mrvbttid
r nig the first nijiht o our incaicei n im in
filial 'VC couid mil be mi-.liikeu was a !'e.
loi.Ie voice. On impiii inu weweie in'oi til
ed innt it wan Ut ile 1 ovd. Son c ol ut
J 1 1 never hoard of 'he beiv before, and
t.i were nil inquii inir abo.it htr. Who
r .SBhe. when us he from, and what
ti'.d she do? The most pat i-t luiory at:
Count repiesentfd her as being a young
l idvofab tut til neiei'ii veins of tine, nj In-
l.ebod". and of pleasing, though no' what
1 1 culled either beaullful or handsoiiie )l( U ,(, ,, ( low. ivh ieh luippeiu-tl lets. It would hoein thai in doing an.
'iuntei:ani:e. ' io b t l,at ocmpied hy l'. 'lle 11 -yd ll-ie they turned their racks upnt: the viitues
When liink, was tlo vn theShenaii l'i ill lls dt-coverv. No sooner was it made which gno beitity to woman and dignity
Valley, ltelln eotic-ivetl the idea ol play (lllM e set ln"w riling u lene. w hicu was ', to num.
i'tg the p lit of l.lilnh on him. 'To n j t unehd. and diopped ilon ihro' i Who would sunpo-e that it was but yes.
i)inplit,h this purpose she gave on' in v i- j , Uf, j.0()V,.rP, ',e, t ,n ft t liMppened lo j lerday, or u week ago, those aoldiers who
tiionsto the IVdera! tilliceis in camp. I ,e ftu iJV wloi soon returned the 'are howling through the Mitels of the
i'ldudini; flenersl liinkt, for u ball I cum plinint . T.ioncefoi ill, n regular m ul Cipitnl the most execrahlu language, par
C'i ."ie rill' uonii days Mibseipieiiily. 'I his i ,a.Hl., thmugil the II tor in No. l'.l, find ' ted li mil tiie fond euibractiH of a w ife, sis
tune, she tonka fleet end long n inded , , llltl;,( jouteii ml M lr an j Mipurinleit- I le.- oi uio'.hor. Yet it wu.' so in most in-
lior-e, fUur'nig late one evening, in d rode. dmw ,,nded .iiein-elves on being slimces. Some ol tbeni, il is true, had
l.y ni.ii'Ming ixiy miliM aero-silm tnouii-i wej j,,).,, ,f every ooourreno n nioli I been t'ampa;guing, ami nol a few ul'theni,
1 lins to wtn ie S!tnewull .1 n'ksiin w us en -1 1 , , jt ,.,,sv j,, the prison coinrary lo the j as Ihtlle Ii yd pioperly inferred, had been
tonped. she iiif.irnied that, wail' I'lliivr ,utMi lvnh all their vigilance, aided hv Ihe j with 1'ope ul the accomr battle of Hull
o! ti"r plans, tuiie siniaiiou ct i ne r en -1
era troi ps. tlieir 1 1-i i ion in camp, the
riiiirt)"!' ;u. i I'O-iiiniioi t ueir cannon, ami.
Sii short, of cvei uhiiig she knew aboul I
il'.aidis' nr":y. 1 be i.igiil Ihe I all was '
I tor llio li.iic it oulJ Ui-.O J:iit "i:
J. to iiian.i. his 'ftxii cavaliv.'' as his inlan-.
try ' as railed by the (.'"iif 'eih'i ,u es, to
;."'Ut,l;s' camp. lile's 10 lai.cemeii Is be
ing all ill .li 1 es vvitu J.ieksou, she tod bavk
ilie sa.uL il..'. , 01..KU14 tin iu.iid'cd a.Kl
'twenty ti.iiot. in iweiiiv-four hours. This.
': t-oine, will appear ito ieilible, lull Hell
I. 1 I ,j him ii- hair i'U .-U" M.'i. man ur
,s-. loan, (i (in eqiit'st 1 l.l'i, in Virtriuia.
( '
the liigiit of thfc b ill lielle lavshen
' 'i tx'.i: l.ll 1OI1 Is oil (1
'11,
H.l.ks e-
r. iv.
1 no in t j.roc'ii'i'ii a i.rge aim eo's
e-'je.sh ll.ti. i h "I: ''! -1 e covered
1 .1 .1! 1 ,, ' ! .10.1 f her I
... . 1 1
l.ubar.iy inn le In 1 . " ivi' U'. it i.iid
-.!, M all el-e lo fi 1 h" .1' '- 11. ::.n oi 1 is
(:. t'li.erl.iiii"! . M o.ui ivinle, Sfn.; .'.'!!
-''.inn Ii.im in 1 I" a sU'.'.ccssf.it n ircli, "nd
f iowioj;. fioiu Dene's iidni mat i u, he
, u.'.i pouiitiu lot I etlioal cai: p, altack-
i t'li.k, c - fi so' le'ily anu w iih such
b Iriprs, t '.i-t t f ivai Ihrori ninto cinfu.
1 .011. A panic S'lepcpded, nrd.P.iiiks sol'
f'e.td
Vm a
11 onlv an even, lieliiunvr Mo'eat.
;;s.isier w h.cli u is never bcti 1 c
piiired, as ever since the Sh naodoal) Yal
! y !:rj bet n in the virtual, il riot in the
'ji.'tii; I ciailr'd, of the Con'e'leraies.
SubsejpifiH to this, lielle lloj I went to
, Wa-hinj.'lrr,, where, being weil known,
t.'..i had the r:r: to the best soui&i y of
the Capii il. lint the did not mean to
pfiiid hrr time uelesly. Virginin lia l
clwiiv.3 upon her t-ervices. ontl to requite
lin'o r'.uiins Mitt conceived tin., nlea of d imity w hu'li might be envied hv tpieen.
kc'.ci.ieg the lortifie:ii ions over the i'o. exh nded : hand to them sis she move 1
touiao. It was not ilitlicull at th : lime. ! i.huig lo le'r designate 1 position in a cor
especially for 11 young lady, to nioeuri' a u.-r near the. pieacl.er. Wn Northern
:ia to rross the Long Hiidg". Furnisitetl 1 prisoners ol S.aie envied the 0 .nlederaios
with this, Belle crt.ssedtliH liver on her j who enjoyed the acquaintance of fcil'e
leooniiolstaiioe.biit being ifss cant ions limn liiyd.aii'l secured from her such prances
she was zealous, she w as detected in the , o s inpnthy as can only glow froiuawor
ci ot niaKinr a Kl"Cii ul on 01 um 1011
bywhltli Wnshingliin is defended on the
.South. She was imuiedi itelv in rostetl, ami
taken to the hi Capi'ol. tin only one of
uernoxni that lia-ulc li.-iio was put 111
solitary conlinement. but allowed lo have
her room d.ior open, an I to ail mit-nl" of
it ii n lodl nr stiin- I inding in the evening,
i Whenever she availed her-elf of thi pr.
ileee. as rhe fieonentlv did. the L'te ite-t
I curiosity was mniiifested by the vietini ttfj
despotism to see her. I
i lier room being on the feenml Mrv.
inoe wno ficcnp-.eii Ihe nni'i sio:y nail a
; 60cl ci pnrtuii iy in indulge their curio-is
iy, especially as thern ivri: 110 guards at
that lime in the thud loiy of the build
ing, a favor for which the nihrr 1 tismiers
were Indebted to the tnol that it was on
the third story the civilians Ironi Freder
iclisbjlg. who have been leferietl to al
reaay, were oontined. Wert, all the pris
oner on that nlory Northern -oln ie.l of
lenders, they would not thus hae been
exempt from the surveillance and no 110,1
rce of the guards. Tliank, then f.ire, to
j tha griitleiuen fiom Fredericksburg for
I the enjoy tiient of a niodc.'ute degree of
I liberty in the Old Capitol
Bui we must not lose sight ol liel'e lioyd.
I heard her voice my first night in prison
sing'ng ' Maryland, my Maryland," the
first time I had ever heard that Southern
0rig. The nords, stirring enough to
autherii Vni Is. wf re enunciated by her
j Willi such peculiar expression as to touch
even sen-il,i!itie which did not sympa
thize wit), ihB0HUstt which inspired Ihe
song J? w,s .loi',.,,,. to listen unmoved
to this lady ilirowini! her whole soul ai it
"ere into the expression ofsentimrnt of
devotion In ib Q.,,l, ,l..Ks ,
orti, and alb cli.insielv ervnfiden t in. I
Pp11 to Ma-vlaud. which form fie burden
illut ce'vbrated soiijj. Tho pa'hos of I
f toioa, bar apparently forlorn condi'
linn. nnJ al those limes when her soul conrM. vulgnr and in'InrtMil by Mis tliro
twined absorbed In (he llmu-'Ms the wan ing otfof the little restraint whu-li nviliz
uitering in song her mebinclndy manner ed societies places upon llio most tUn-
u fleeted oil who heal il her. ml onlv with
compassion for htr, byt wiih an iincitt
in her which PMino near on several cocas
"huh bringing uhiiui h eon Hint beiw.'cu the
prisoner uixl the guard-.
Front inn on the same hull r.r stair land
ing tn which lielle Boyu's room door open' .
ed, were three olhei rooms, nil tilled to ;
their t'HpF.ci tv with prisoners, mostly Curi-j
I'iMlprAte o"Mni-!..i Sev
tul ol those were
neiminidlv ofiiuuitiied wuli I5.lle, flie .
1 whs mosl of Iheliw, mid hv nearly every
I .r,e. tMlled. In the evening, those prUo-'
in,.,. eie i.enn.ited to crowd insidt of
, nilll ,CP(1M , hence thev omhl nee
i ,.tl, pxcliimi-en word with lielle.
" .. .. ....
W lif f i t his lil'erl V us not Hlloweil. lielle
. ', ,',.urp a huie tnaihle,
,,' wh'u:ii she wnr.hl liea note writlen
rooms. in 1 the fn:lieiis Aeri reiei niiu
........I .. ...i.ii-.. ti-nnll lie aril lell it. IPlilv.
ntidilieiiinrl.lt, finiilnrlv huidened us it
came, would he rolled back ( Helle. Thut .
a.acMirespondence. established and kept
up heineeu Belle and lier lylloiv prisoners I
till a more convenient and elleciive mode !
wa.- di-ei.cred. t his occurred oi.n alier
.... . irf.
M'llle ii (is
ol in weie ti ansleried lloul room !
No. l;i t, No in.
On" day Mr. Sin-ward anil I were ruin
imii'in j in mi old. dinv. doorles clo-et in
No. iu! when we discovered an opening in ;
a i i,,,,!,;.,.. .lo.vii nereeived tht
,, , .i.,,.. , ..i t,. I 0 la 1 lecl ve I
1
in every ilium in 'lie prison, except mat
..I' r,. lle Itovd. ihev nei pr diseoii'i ed mis
,,,.', H e floor mail. It wouhl he not
t,H ('lkt jM,Pr,..i,,g c,;,,
inters id' 1 lie ii it
loij of the Did Cnptiol to give in it the let'
tela lo and from iielie l.yd. liut the
time lor tiiis is not yet.
Telle usually commerced or evening
to r. i '.'iiioi' ul will, "Maryland my Mi
rvland " The fingifg of I his song ottcn
biouglit Hi'lle in eolosiun wiih tho guard
who passed 11 anil ho in front of hi r room
doti'. This o.cuilril especially towards
tiie close, where pauieular sliest was laid
upon 1 l.e ser.tinii nt,
"lluim ! slit) spurns tho Northern iuiii '."
which was sunn by every rebel voice wi'h
in be..i iiiL'. Tli tiard would tell li.-1'e 10
lo s 1 no. iit'de woulia reply.
I shan't do !
.. : ih.-.ii i. p. at
ll..t7.i ' tV.H fpurat the XoU'n r.i scum !"
:,nd p..i'ii.g ! 'lO'ioii 10 I'wit'fl, she
ni-liia tHi,: :t broom and apply it loill i!
luut i: the Moor troil ny me
fioorlrod by Ihe L'uard, This.
of cour.-o, wa? provoking lo t lie giiard ; ;
but was suc'i a pi ico the proper or.e 1 tin- .
pn-011 a feuiiilH, and especially one w ho, j
whatever tiiav have beon her ollcuce, wa. j
o. the eniuiai ion ol 1 lie world, a i:tu
j.clie was ulhnved to goinlo llieyanlon 1
S lav. when there was pi caching t her,. I
( In 1 bese occasions h' e Hiirt a small Con
fed-ra'e llau in her b..oin. No s lone: j
ioul I I111 piesoii".' be known to i',,e Con -1
federate pi l-olier than they in in I 'el e I (
lo.Mi uis her e et v in.u k uf if.-pt el w h .t: 1 i
'11 i
mis :n i lie 1 1 r-1 1 u 11 ions com a oe-iow. 1
Miisl of them 'lolled their hats as she so
i.roiioheii tlit ui, anil she, w ith a grace and
tuitn s eves
It 'lie's situa' ion was a peculiarly trjiug
one. II she Kent her room, a solitary
I prisoner, her Tiealth and probably her
mind would beiviine ullec.tod by ihe con
lni-ni. ml h' ii solitude, and it she indulg
ed :iei elt hv sii ii njj outsitle of lu r room
d.ior. she hecaiue e.posed to tlm gaze of a
'bundled prisorieis, nearly all of whom
' net.. -iiim ', ts to hei. nod m.inv of them
her ene.ines I, v ihe laws of war. Nor wis '
(In all. She could not In lp hearing the,
common's m ule on hfr and the opinions
expressed id ht-r by pursers by. soaie l
ihfin i!oui.linieuti ry ano Ibitienng, it b
ttue.bui oltentiiiicscoiichetl 111 expressions
which were not w hat she should hear
The guard-, ton, weie sometimei rude !'s
wards her, both by won I ami action. One
lime, e-peci. illy, one of the i hard pre
senium In bay on -ted nm-'ket at her in a
1 h res letting manlier. She, brave and nils
lei rilled, tiered the craven-hearted lellow
to put his threat ihtn execution. Il whi
well for him that he did rot, for he would
have been torn in piece betore il could
be known to the prison authorities what
had happened.
Belle wa subjected to another worse
aiinoynica and indignity than even this
Her room fronted on A street, and nswa
usual with al'. the pris-meti w hoe rooms many it was more than mere regard
hail window opening toward the street, There wa more than one McVay who as
Bol e would sit at her window sometime piled to the enviable position which the
and look abroad upon the house,, sheets hnndsome. dashing ami gnt!emmly Con
and people of ihe city named after Wash-; federate Lieutenant succeeded in acquir
initon. Il happened frequently that ing Kvery inmate of the Old Capitol
trotip were moving io and fi. ami il ws ' ti led to procure some token of remain
on such occasion especially that Belle, prance from Helle. ami there was acarcely
prompted by that curiosity which seem one w ho did not bestow lo her some mark
to be a law of nature in womankinJ, of regard esteem or affection, a, their tens
assnl.l l.ulr lliri.iuh Iiap liAt-rrd vinrloiv timr.,- d...l f.. : 11 -I 1. ......
l tha snhlieni. Nn aoonel would Ihev
perceive her than ther would indulge in
ooarstt jei, vulgar exprension. and the
vileat lng of the brothel made atill wore
uoneu piosinuies nuu mm .m.., ,s
Belle revenged her-ell illicit lliem l-V
li ui i:iliitir t'"r .leit'. l.ivis iind Sluiie.vuil
Jnek-on. mid I v iiifi iiMpiii ii -h us .
'How Imij; did il lake you to come Iroii
Hull Jul. i V
'Are yen j.'oing oi l Ilinhmon-l V
'Wheie'H (ion. l'upo'.- hendiiinrlrrs ?'
'"Where did I'opu li-avp his coil ?'
'IInt.li up. yon -,' one of the oldtpr
would halloo, "or 1 II snoot you. ,
'Shoot nit?,' Hello would reply, 'go moot
men, yon eownnK Wlmliiro you doing
here in NVushiimton ? .St.inendl Jiieks.
ton is wnil ing tor ) ou on the other side of
I ho roloinuo. Aye, you could liglil (iei ,
r l .1.. ..l:t... I...'
linceie, iiniiriMiiiini hiuiicii imc nm, uui
yon wer. driven out of the Shcnuiidouh
Valley ly the men of iryiniH.
id the olliceis of the troo;is passing
by permit the goldiera to thua insult a !
malu uiui H'jbject thetiiieUes losuoh acorn..
' tul mid contemptuous reiioof, the reader
will t apt to inquire. Ye", and particis
unied wiili the voldiers in uttei inr the
t , .
most vuljiur langtm.i anu inueceni anus
n lo Hie imprisoned women, and that,
too, witliout huvinjr the retnoicsl idea of
who she was, or of what he was f.ccused.
It was enough lor them thul she was a
tlolenceless woimin to insuli and outrage
ter oy hucn lanj;uiit;e as iney wouiu not
! dare to apply n the public klietls to an
.abandoned woman who ha Iter libarly.
And these men were coiuji forth to light
ihe battles .if the LTnion. They had just
parted with th'i- uioiiiers. wives ami li-
Itun, mm were now returnint; ironi tue at
K......I ill. iiia. t.i-niu to kiim,lir tltn iib.eA
; of 1 hose I brown away in tho rout of the
Slh and i-Jth August. U was not so
much wonder thu' uch subliers a? these,
both otliccrs and men, would turn aside as
they ,ias-cd ilie Old Capi'.ol and insult a
defetiocI'Ms wot.ian with the language of
the br ilhel. They seemed to be more a
depts in this tha:i they wore in fighting
theiebels. When the-o int't'liing sol
diers provoked lielie too muoh, site would
stick cut hoi" secesh tla;: through tho win
dow, mid leave it there until they had all
passed by. Their imprecation would
limn bo lost on her, for she would retire
from her window, out of their tilit mid
hearing.
Ibiiing IVlIe's s!av in tin; OM C.initol.a
young ollioer of tlitj C)nfu.br.ibi ai'inv, a
fellow prisoner ol liers.named McVay.ctil-Lva-edmi
acquaintancn wiih her which had
been feruled on a previous occasion. Ll.
McVay was wounded in one of tht battles
I befoiM Rii hmoiid, and being left on the
f, (,( by tut Con!' br ales, was laken pris
.itrr hv the Fodciul I'oiccs. His ouduion
;s such t hat he co'ild not be removed
far, and on ihe application of some friends
Iv aeouuilitnnoes tf his. he was paroled
-md taken in cue by the n. (..on 1 vary to
their expectation, he survived his dang
01 ou wound, grew holier ao l linally re-
(., v "e I. li-ing iin-lt r pniole. be ilM mil
f,.,.; (,t b rlv' to go 1' I n go, no,' to 1 etui 1.
10 be (' 111 led-raie Mif l ice. Ills pl,ie of
t ,.-1 Icnce being iie.ir Ale.x unit ci, mi l
. . . 1 .1 . 1 . 1 .1.1
wi;nui 1 no r eiierai lines, osi ne 11: igut ot
presumed to have returned lo Ins ullegt
nice to the Federal t oivern 'tn'iit, and lest
lie might ho Mispe.re-.l of occupying an
equivocal position, he nave up his parole
10 t Jen. W'ad-woitii, Military Governor ol
.Vasoingloii, and desired to bo considered
us a prisoner of war. Wadsworlh al first
refused tono consider and treat him. but
sent hi-.u lo the J.d Capitol. Mcai.time
he renewed, and, as has been said, cult is
vnteil an acquaintance with lielle lioyd,
sbich ripened, it was generally under
stood, into such mutual regard as ended
in an eng iL'tmienl lo unite their persons
ill connubial life.
The marble whioh was spoken of in an
other pari of this narrative played an iins
I portant part in the courtship of those
l oung lovers. McVay's room ortened on
' ibo suue btde corridor or ball ns lh.it of
I5t.e Boyd's, and the marble with its
treight of billet douz could be rolled Ironi
(lno room to the other. The patience of
the guard, as well as h is vigilance, was of-
leu taxed by th rnlingol this marble.
1 A soon a he would hear tho sound, he
! would turn suddenly round, but nol in
time to ilisctiver the cause of hi annoy
nnee, The marble a'wavt reached its des-
tiPi'ion, and naver failed to carry wiih il
safely pspteoious burtleii.
Al the genual exchange of prisoner
which took place in Septembel last, Belle
I'.,. yd wr.s sent to Richmond. At soon an
it became known in the Old Capitol thnt
she was vbout to leave, there win not one,
Federalist or Confederate, Prisoner ol
Slate, tillicer of the Old Capitol, as well as
prisoner ol w ar, w ho did not feel that he
wa about in part with one for whooi ho
! .,., at lest a ireal nersonal reirard. With
ttnliu .ml il,.inun. .1 t,; ,l,,rtl
afforded them an opportunity to manifest
their tenaibilily. While ever man who
1 bid tny delicacy of feeling for' the appar.
ently forlorn prisoner, rejoiced at her re-
leuue from fcuoli a loiithesome plxce. and
from being Rejected, nn she constnntly
wiir. to insi'ltiiud eoritiiinelv ; there was j
not L'ei.tlernnn in the Old '.'apilol w!io.e ;
em, li.riH diij ho, evercon. him n ho 8niv
h. r leave the place for home. 1
1
TIIE LAST Of THE IRISH BRIGADE.
This brave jnd fearless hotly of our citi
zen soldier'' censed to exist as a brigade;
and the lai .ous regiment of which it is
com posed have been consolidated in com.
pliauco with the request of their officers.
The particulars which we publMi in this
week's Record, describing the last mo
ments of Ihe Urigade, will lie read with
mingled emotions of pain and indignation.
Theso men were seduced from their homes
by a false-hearted Administration, under
the impression that they were ging ioitu
10 fight the battles of the Union. With
the usual trustfulness of their race, they
believed the mendacious conrpiTators at
Washington, and without fully and thor
oughly examining the merits o! the con-
troversy. but misled by ihe machinations
of desiL'niiiL' knaves and political tricks
tiers, they volunteered to light under the
starssnaiiLded banner Ot the Republic.
We remember with whal high hopes,
with what confiding faith in the justice of ,
ll.ne.01co tlinu left. I tin ereut CI t V of NetV .
V.uk nm'i.l the cheers of the mull i' udo
and the sad wailings of their friends and
relatives. Hut what u contrast isanoriteu
by the past tuii the present of the Brigade.
The remnants of the gallant band of he
roes are now aware of tho gross and infa
tnous deception of which they have been
made the victims. Their lives have been
recklessly squandered upon every battle
field, Ironi that of Hull Run to the last
sanguinary conflict on the banks of the
Rappahannock
i:,i;., .oMiers of Irish birth, vou have
becn ninssacied that the tuj-ro nuy bee-
iiiuncipated-ynu have been hlauglitered
for iheenslaveuient of the whiles. While
you have been bheddii.g your blood, the
tyranny at Washington has beon engaged
in a war a.'aitist the freedom of the press,
against th? liberty of speech, and against
cuin rights. It ha? been their ami to
convert the South into another Ireland,
and to lender the Union of the North and
.1,-Km.th neetirsetl a that by which
vour nalive land- ihe land of our birth as
well fit yours-1 bounti to me nrmsu
wuli
ouch u despotism us pievailesai Washings
ton; surely vou can have no feelings in
common with' an Administration that si-
lently sanctions the hellish on'.rages com.
tuitud by a Puritanical soldiery in tho sion or meet ingj of the people to cmisld
tauctuarie of our mosl holy Religion. er tiub'ic questions.
No, tellow.ciluensof Irish birth, you at ''"e Cnnstituiion declare, that "no lv
least havi'no cause for haired to tiie , shall be passed abridging the fiet dom of
South, whose sons are lighting fo.- the sov- pceth "r of the pns, or the right of tho
ereignty of the State?, and 10 .ave their peoplo peaceably 10 assemble lo lotition
.,1'oj.etty Irom plunder by a set of men the Government, for arediess of g.ievs
!vho me acting in defiance of all law and ances," mid ll must he p.esiiu.ed that the
every light that issacrvd 10 freemen. Ue- paople will quietly submit to laws or pe.
member that the sacking ol the CiUiiolio u nd-d laws 111 derogation of these snored
Vm...Ktpr. nt Jacksonville, guarantees, much less to be stripped of
and the desecration ol your sacred eddi-
c.fi in other places, have not been even re
Luked by the authoiities at Washington.
Remember, while your wives and chil.
dron have been sull'erirc destitution for
want of tliat pay which was withheld from
. . 1 .. .1 .
you lor tiiontli anil monins, uie negioe
have been taken under the paternal care
and patronage oT our Abolition rulers.
Why should you allow jourstlves to be
made the tools ol the men in power?
VV iiat quiurt 1 have you with the men of
1 lot Sou 1I1? Have) 011 nil been taught a
It on under Biulsii rule thai you should
iiimt I ngot? Is il not time lint yen
should refuse 10 bo mill" I he monuments
lor tho rn; d iv client of a gallant, a noble,
and a chivulrou peoplo? Let there be
no more Irish In iga b-s
loi nied to aid in
ihe subjugation ol the South.
But if vou
ighl devote your braJe hearts and test is nlw.ys at hail, and that ihe.Judi
rongarm. under tho guidance and "?. leU free and unio-trampd in it
... :.( M.,iri ,.otwitoieil decisions. 1 In agent of the p'jnle., di
.ire to tigl
.i;..;.. t.f J.l M.,ttrlv eons!itoied
.out. tl r.ti.
State authorities, lo the preservation of
our citizen rights in these NorthernStates
when those authorities shall call lor your
sen-ices.-Mdrojn,Lun CulL.l,,- JUcrd. j
' 1 . . I
PonTRUT-OK Bi'RNstDE.-Some 111 list has !
been painting a full length portrait ot Gen
Burniide. A is said to represent the
General standing in a coinm Hiding atli-,
tude. with his left hand iwii..g-onlii.j
sword hilt, while his right, with his arm
n-Uimbo l,ooUbi,H..t,l.,.bi. Bumsidn's
I portrait should be drawn as he appearei
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1 ... ..-' .1 i...
at tiie x aiinps nouse, at raimouui, 011 um
"
day he sent onr doomed soldier lo Ihe
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r rooei ictssoui siaiiiiaiersiieii, -to. i-, ...,
1 -i 1 , .1 . . ,.1 ii,t
c ast, in baud, he safely witnessed that
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uiuuuy bui.1 nice 11111 itj iutiej. i
.1 11 11 1 r u. '
the soldier would no Ion tier finht under,
him he 1ms been sent to torture civilians
in Ohio. When a General ' has shown In
incompetency to eoniiuer men with arm
1 .
in their hands, the Adipinistratiou setius
j 13 think helsjtist Ihe individual to ply
the tyrant over unarmed cui.etn. And
' nn they u-ually are, for a really brave, gal
lant and competent ollioer is always as
cl.ivalrnus, kind and noble as he is gallant
and brave, but a charlatan and a prvtendcr
can only show hi authority in petty acts
of despotism and contemptible instances
oi tyranny. Butler, in New Orleans, lls
rendered himself famous. Schinck, im
' Baltimore, is walking in his footsteps, ami
) Burnside seems so he disposed to emulate
I their example ia Ohio. CnifiMtua.
' TBvsriR. The Buton Herald snyj :
1 Gen. Howard, at Ihesnggesiion of General
Hooker, has visited Washington and made
an airangemenl with the War Departs
inent by which the Germui troop in the
11th A'my Corp, will be exchanged foran
equal number of American regiments now
, in Heintzelrsan' command-
1 tgThe b!uo of llfiTen rr-frrshti tbe
eye of the tout when it rests upon It, a
lb green of the earth doe the body.
VALLANDIGH AM.
"
Krnt , udjgatlon-MretlMs'lu PlilladcPa. ,
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MonJy pvpr"ng of lnsl wp(k wtnesse.:, j
whal we are assured, was the largest polit - ;
iral gmlieringev er held in liiiiependenco :
Sipme. It was a proud .lay lor the noble'
Ih'inocraoy of the great commercial impo
rium of the Keyntone Sin to, find the, firm,
Ueci-,w uii iiidiKoanf voice ol llio tool of
IhoiiMindti of yeoamtiry there Bs.-etnblcd,
has already been heartily roeohocd from
every Democratic breast m the Commons
wealth.
The lion. Judg Lew'is, late Chief Ju?
tloe of Pennylvnnia, presided, dclivorit.g
a very beautifully eloquent address.
Speeches wore made by our fellow citizen, 1
ExsGovernor liigler, Peter McCall, Esq.,1
1Ion. C, j.Biddu, Gco. V. li.ddle, C. .1. '
1
Ingeibo!!, H., Hon. C. R. iiuikalew,
finally adjourning with nine cheers for j
Vallandiuharn. i
We can only make loom for tho follow-
,n8
SPEECH OP HON. WM. BIQLER.
'
Ex Govre-jorWm. I'igler was introduced
He spoke a follows :
Gentlemen : It is not my intention to,
discuss the primary cause, the present nss :
peel or ihe pronnbie results of llio bloody
i trile now raging between theGovernineiit '
and the revolted States, or lo notice the j
measures ami policy of Ihe Admiiiit-tra- ;
lion in tin management of this tearful
confl.ct. These tilings, as I Bm informed, '
dj not come within ihe objects of ih.a1
meeting. The sole purpr.se of our assem-'
bliug to-night is to express, in most etn-
phatic terms, our c uideinnmioti of the
Into outrage upor. ( cisonal liberty and the
freedom of speech, in the arrert. cenvip-
lion ami b.inishnienl ol tin lh.n.U L.
Vallaiidighaui, of Ohio, and lo enter our
solemn protest iigamst the repetition of
such wrongs by those in authority. 11
this we shall, in my opinion, reflect the
sentiments or three-fourths of the people
of the Northern States Nut that that
proportion approieall that Mr- all.in-
digliani ha a said, or think it was necessaiy
he did ; bi t
y
that M'or(ion ."-Iicvo ho
had a clear
Constitutional light to do so,
are, besides, uttosdy opposed 10 u
f t tempts, on the part of the At
and they
any ami all
Admiiiistias
tion, to regulateor restrain Iree Uucuss
tlieir rights without even Ihe pretence of
law. The relations between the. Govern
ment and I he eil ii."it are oat-ily understood.
The Government owes the citizen protec
tion in the enjoyment of life, libeity and
l""l""y. and the citizen, in tuin, owes
lliu flnvai-mubiil 1 .boi 1 '.. ri on- i rk , r I i . i nl.e-'
-
uience, to all laws enacted 111 puiuance
of the Constitution, and to all rules, regu
lations and order adopted in accordance
with such laws-
Obedience to law is the plain duty of
all. No unit tor hotv unwise th" kws may
be, they must be obeyed until they can
be changed. It is even necessary to act
quioscc 111 tiie operation of I a a which wn
belli ve to be u oconst ilu! ioit; 1 until they
can bo mi declared by the Judiciary. The
Government, on its part, ii hound in good
laith to see tlMt the oppm tunny lor such
decisions. Tin agent of the pjjnl
recttnj the ufl.tlis o the Government tor
the tune being including the I resident,
''"ve iheir aulhoiity U govern from ll.J
Constitution and laws, and are a. much
bound to one, law a? the humblest cili011.
'l bey should remember, therefore, that
the moment they transcend the units or
the ,aw, l hey ate themselvei 1.1 the conv
of crime, and thereby invite and
Our doctrine 1, that all questions of .avf
thould be tested through ll.e judiciary.
oil AnacllMni nn inn nnJ truth I ipa il A.
ail . nil luirniwuj ' 1 - i
cided tii.-O'igu the baiiotnox. liut an
t . : . , . : . . 1. r.. u
, que-uo,., ,B,..,o,s ... -
1 1,0 be, and mea.uresof lueGovernmenl--
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I he manner of ileu n. with revolted
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States whether this mode of settlement
. tj i . .1
or tha wouk1 be wisn or unwise, must be
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'm- r,rtrt I r i u.-ilM-ion 1 e llm fsittT, a it
lt III . V ...... , J ...v, W 1 II. I . , B U -
the Piesidenl himself- These are a, much
my qiesiions as Mr. Lincoln's, and 1 have
all the right that he has to discuss them,
whether I agree with him or not, and at
the proper time 1 intend to discuss them.'
l.isnoton'y tho light of the people lo
cousidoi these questions, and express their
view aboul theu, but I mainliin it. is
t licit duty ti do so thai they cannot
otherwise intelligently exercise Ihe privi- ,
leires conferred upon them by ihfl"Cunstis
tution. Indeed, without free speech and
a'ree pres. our elective system would be
wholly impracticable, and our scheme of
-elf government become a delusion and a!
fraud. Il is a distinguishing feature cf
our Republican Government, that confer
upon the humblest cit.zen, equal with the
most elevated, the right to reflect hien-l
timent through the ballot, and thus leave
the impress of hi will on the policy cf
the Government. , J
Put how can the people do these thing.
properly, if the riijht of free discussion ne
denied ilieni? How srethey lo weigh
grave questions of nalional policy, except ;
by free interchange of Cpinion and or en i
discussion? How cm they convince the
Administration ol the disastri-jf leaden'
cic of many of its measurs, if they bo
not allowed to speak on the subject?
How ran they show the mischievous tdlcota.
of bad laws and bad J 101 lainalions if they
be not allowed to discus and condoiim
them? If ever there was u liuio in oar
history when fioe speech was necessary,
it is the present ; for nevi.r had tha Amei i.
enn peoplo smcli ginve and momentous
questiona to d setisii. Before our country
enii bo exlrioaietl from it present sad
c ndiiion, and b; secured in the erjoy.
iiiem or ei iinmi'ni price, ll will lie neutea
sary, I lime no doubt, for tho people cf
the several .Stales load on the subject
through the bullot-bux, and nhn will con
tend that they should be required lo deal
wit h such ilnl considerations w il lion t dis
euhsion uiiri'stiuiiisd tiiscussimi in I ho
ptecsund on the. rostrum. M,:nynl llio
poor men of ti e country ny-ud that,
clnu-o of tiie cons ci ipiimi act luchpret
penis a reatly escape iur the lie!, Iroin tho
carnage of :lie field, whilst it im ins them,
because of their poverty, as rrceeuicgly
unequal and unjust, ami think it sliool'l
Iil repealed or changed, Will t he main-
tained that these men have i;.'. light to
expret-s tha t opinion, and lou-1 iliL-.r ,VK
low citizens, when liny ctimo u ihepi.lls,
to displace thosi who adopted t he otl'eil
stve measure? 1 trust not. Tni right of
free speech is tho very essence of ojr
loin of poverunieiit, and hence ihe clear
snd emphatic protection thrown abiutil
by the Coust itution. Its freedom must,
be maintained and vindicated in tbiv ens
is, or thecntinliy Le abandoned lo despot
ism' 1 he Democratio party are lor lien
speech and a tree press, lot !a. v. for order,
lor Iree elections, and tor the Union aa it
was, and, w lib l lio blessing of Gou, they
will tuair.laiu thiso priceless objects to
the last.
It was not shown thai Mr. Vallanui,;
ham had advocated treason or disunion,
much less I lint ho had committed the
overt uct of t;euon. lie had not boa-led
bis U'.'ui of laeniy jcars to break up the
Union. He had not denounced the Con
stitution as a "covenant with hell and a
league wiih the devil." Il was not even
churned ilut lie had l any lime main
tained thai our "tvaywnnl sisiers. of tho
South should le ai'-uwt-d to dt-n.iri in
peace;" and yi-t the men win said these
thing are enjoying llie'liherty of speech
in the midst ot their friends, wb;Ul Mr
Yulbit'dighain is banisln d l.v.n in iionie
uud In many aideni admin-r. Nisriis
iiuieiii of disloyalty to the Government,
or n.lideliiy to the Uni i. his been traced
to him- His dili'ereiice wit h the Admin
isirjiion was as lo the bu.-t mciinsof sus
taining the Goveriinieiil, and Siving Ihe
Union. This is ;ueci-ely the litl,-roi'.co
belwecn the Adinitiisi tut i m nnil the
llenioi iatic pal'tv evetywheio, as it nlsoi
belaeeli -Mr. Jul. Colo till mmy.'l' lildse
who iis-isied to tiiuke linn l'lO-l loiil.
1 yield to none in devotion lo the L'liiun,
nnd let I ciild not reconciie support of
Ihe Administration with that ttevotion,
hi cause I believed thai ra.u.y of il leads
ing measures w ci e calculated to destruy
rntlier tlum to le-estiiihsh t he L niuu ; and
I am sillily ret one of those who rate tha
Government arid the Administration as
the same, arid bold that beeane une is uu
1 1 it-iii 1 Iv lo the Admiiiistiauoti, be it nect
cssat ily uiifa'.tlilul lo the Gnvei nnieut. It
would be about as sensible lo claim that
luilic ads . nd ihe ngeuls who manage them
are one and the same, nnd that be who
would condemn ami displace nn incompe-.
lent engineer, bocutise be was about to iun
the train off the track and kill the pas
sengers, was therefore a traitor to all rail
road enterpi ise. So too, resistance to an
Adiuiuisiiation, it usurpations and its
aggressions, niuy be true fidclily to the
Government.
The history of the world is so full of lej
fions on this subject, that one would aup
pos) that Mr. Lincoln would bo readily
convinced that every effort ti scppiej
free speech would be fje.l to liie llanos,
and that hi true policy is lo invito free
iliscus.ion and dely ctitivUm. SlioitUl Le
do this, 1 blue no doubt- that in a short
time llio country would abound wi-h a
more liberal sculiir.ent toward '-is Ad-i.ln-istiation
ami its rniu.-iu, e. 15 1 1 llmpeos
pie will never sul -ibl to lerlritt mint ou
the freedom of peecli and the pros, ; and
if they cannot cuiiviiic- Mr. Liuon.n and
hi Irieinls of th s detei i a'., a' ion i-i rny
other way, they imII Jo so with th-ballot,
Now, gentle.iit-n. 1 hap alieauv said
much more than 1 had intended, !.tr llio
condition of my throat reiui i s u un-aia
for ne to make .a long speit'i i-i tho nitbt
air. Indeed, 1 was stiongly inc'.n.' I, ". ;,."l
I came hero, to ssy no more th u. unit tht
lute letter of Governor Seymour, wl loll !
am confident you have all rc.i l. expie-ps
in belter terms tl.au I can coni ni-ml, my
own view uml sentiments toach'u,; the sr
re.t and banishment cf Mi. Yallunuig'.i.uT).
Battle Flao roa Colored Sold:h.
The design of the tie -v fl ig tobeprfl en.. I
to rirst DM nut of Columbia oolurt ii f -gi.
mevil, is a novel one. The Oml.!es v'1
Liberty stands wit h her loot a snukii,
which is biting itself to death- In o-io
baud she holds Lincoln's jirojlanadon ;
in the other a in isket, whic i sh c.b- -s
baretieaded and dusty buck nitar. Bah !
B?5L.A Western poet wriiei a aong f.r
the JJaylon Emjirr. commencing
I aish I wa a negio,
I really d indeed ;
It seem ti nit. I hat nogroe
Get everything they need."
C(3. When a knave r-alh' IVrth to d
ceivti u, he dresses up hi thoughts hi hit
best word, as natural, y as bi bj Iy in his
best ".lot'ies.
t9a.Tiie man who wilt nol when necei
sary, incur liizaid. f..r the sikioi' 'i:iuij
veil his part in li'e.wiil pjvji sciiive
sucoes.
CnjrBeyond all unioi Vaoaudiiiani
will be lc'.fd the next Q j'.i'. A Oitio-