% cf au s2 Ifctospajjtf—to politics, femptfanre, literate, Science, ®jie %tls f Ulecljanics, Agriculture, ®jje gjtarhefs, (fkcatian, General Intelligence, &c. t Volume 27, ®jjt Centre gcmocraf. 16 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY J. J. BRISBIN.* Office in Tbrms.—sl,so if paid in advance or within six months after subscribing,otherwise $2 will invari ably be charged. No subscriptions received for a shorter period than six months and none dis tontinued, unless at the option of the editor, until all arrearages are paid. The Star-Spangled Banner. Oh ! say, can you ice, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at tbe twilight's last gleaming ? . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through th perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallant ly streaming ! And the rocket's red glare, tbe bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our fl g wusa still there 1 Oh I say, does that Star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of tho free and tbe home of the brave 7 On the share, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foes haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first be.m ; In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream, 'lis the Stax-spaugled banner ! O long it wave, O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave ! And where is that band who so vauntingly swoer That the huvoc of war, and tbe battle's confu sion, A heme and a country should leave us no more ? Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave, From the terror of flight ortb6 gloom of the grave And the Star-spangled banner, in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of ibe brave! Oh ! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand , ' Between tbeir loved home and war's desolation! Blessed with victoiy and peace, may the Heaven rescued land Praise the piwerthat bath made and preserved us a nation ! Then conquer we'n ust, w hen our cause it is just And this be our motto —'In God is our trust !' And the Star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave, O'er the land of the free, and the home of tho brave. Eloquence and Gunpowder. West length have definite tidings of Brig adier General Ileory A. Wise, of the armies of the Confederate States. He baa been placed in command of the Department of Northwestern Virginia, and expected to have been at Staunton on the 11th instant, with nearly ten thousand men. His intention was to oross the Alleghany Mountains " over a rongb turnpike," and precipitate himself in the very midst of his foes. The Brigadier is determined to outdazzle the fame of Napoleon Tbe turnpiked Alleghanies will be bis Alps, and at the foot be will flud a Marengo.— General McClellan, the American, will be whipped as effectually as was General Molas, the Austrian. The oonqueror of Virginia will return to Richmond with as much glory ae the conqueror of Italy did to Paris, and Albert Pike, the Secession poet-laureate, will sing in thrilling numbers of Wise cross ing the Afieghanies. Bat this indomitable Brigadier Las other things in view besides fighting. Wise is an orator, a rhetoriciau, a writer of letters, a speaker ot speeches, a deolaiwer, and a de bater —uot at all times suiciug tbe anion to ibe word and the word to the action, nor always careful to " o'erstep not the modesty of nature," but nevertheless a most abun dant orator of the true Virginia style. He baa avowed his determination to use his pow ers of speeoh in furtherance of his desperate designee. "He proclaims his intention," says the trusty print from which we quote, " ot addressing the people of that section at tbeir oourt houses, vilages, and oross-roads, wherever and whenever the cessation from aotual combat shall afford him the time and ocoation." Worse than all, "he will dis seminate broadcast amoung the people a proclamation urging them to orush out the invaders, and uplift to its ancient sovereign ty the trampled standard of Old Virginia." Wt very much mistake the powers of the oratorical and rhetorical Brigadier, if these services.de not proye to be effective weapocs against the sensitive soldiers of Gen. McClel land. The cannon of Wise may be met with cannon, and his steel with steel, but we know of nothing in the range of military science, or aay invented missile, weapon, combina tion, or substance, that can meet one of bie speeches or one ot his proclamations and let ters. Wise in actual combat may be con quered if tbe odds are heavy enough, but Wise, at " the court-houees, villages, and cross-roade," will be a more formidable ohampion than General Scott has calculated upon fighting. We extend our sympathies to the people of Western Virginia. Their Uyalty is about to be severely tested. They are to be chastened with a peculiar eeverity. But, if their patriotism can survive this ter rible infliction, it will be as tbe gold which has passed through the fire and comes forth doubly purified. The way to overcome evil is to love something that is good. No man in this world ever oonquered evil merely by butting against it with his will, but by getting into positive love for goodness, by which this evil benomes hateful.— Chapin. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. Acoordiog to Mr. Chase's estimates, the whole amoint required for the fiscal year of 1862 will he $318.519 581. Of this, SIBO,- 296 390 is for the War Degartmeut, and $30,609,320 tor the Navy—making together, in round figures, about $211,000,000. To meet the extraordinary demand upon the resources of the country, the Secretary is of the opinion that SBOXOO,OOO should be raised by taxation, and $240,000,000 through | loans. As to the manner of raising it, be recommends such modifications of the exist ing tariff as will produce the principal part of the needed revenue, and such resort to ; direct taxes or internal duties-as cireumstan \ ces may requite, in order to make gcod whatever of deficiency may be found to ex ist. The souices of revenue moat promptly to be made available are to be sought in the articles now exempt from duty or mos f light ly taxed. He therefore proposes that a duty I of 2Jc. per pound be laii on brown sugar, of 3c. per pound on clayed sugar, of 4c. per j pound OD loaf and other refined sugars, of lio. per pound on the syrup of sugar cane, of 6c pound on candy, of 6c. per gallon on molasses, and of 4c. per gallon on soar mo lasses : ana he also recommends that a duty of sc. per pound be imposed on ooffee, 15c. per pound on black tea, and 20c. pound on green tea. If these imposts, and certain other modifi cations in existing duties, which, under the present tariff, amount to a prohibition, be passed by Congress, he thinks it may be suffiy estimasted that the revenue from im ports for the present year will amount to $57,000 009, to which may be added the sum of $3,000,000, making the total revenue for the year $60,000,000 To raise the balance of $20,000,000, which will be required to provide fur the ordinary expenditures of the year, a resort either to direct taxation or in ternal duties will be necessary. It can be obtained, Mr. Chase thinks, by moderate j charges on stills and distilled liquors, on ale and beer, on tobaoco on bank-notes, on spring carriages, on silver ware and jeweliy, and on legacies. To raise the $24,000,000 that will be re quired ♦<> provide for the extraordinary ex penses of tbe year, Secretary Chase recom mends that Congress should authorize sub scriptions to be opened for a national lean of not less then SIOO,OOO 000, to be issued in the form of Treasury notes or exchequer bills, bearing a yearly interest of 7 3-10 per cent, to be paid half-yearly, and to be re deemable at tbe pleasure of the United States after three years from date. Among the ad ditional inducements which this loan would offer would be the privilege of subscribing small sums above fifty dollars, aud of paying them by semi-monthly instilments tf one tenth—thus affo ding the industrial classes a secure and profitable investment for their earnings. In addition to the suuis to be raised by national lean, and in case it shall be found inexpedient to provide the whole amount needed in that way, Mr- Chase pro poses that bot.cLor certificates of debt of the United States be issued tc lenders in the country, or in any foreign country, at rates not lower than par fur sums ot SSOO, SIOOO, and SSOOO, not exceeding in the aggregate $100,000,000 —said certificates to i>e made redeemable at the pleasure of the govern ment, after a period not exceeding thirty vear9, and to bear an interest not exceeding seven per cent, The remaing $50,000,000 needed to Bupply tbe full amount required, for the servioe of the fiscal year is to be pro vided for by an issue of Treasury notes for $lO or S2O each, payable one year from date, to an aggregate not exceeding the amount required. These notes will bear interest at tbe rale cf 3 65-100 per cent, and be ex changeable at will for Treasury notes or ex chequer bills, redeemable after three years, and paying 7 3-10 per cent interest. Report of the Seretary of War. The report states that the total force now in the field is 310,000. Deduct 80,000 for three months volunteers, and there will still be an army of 230,000 —greater than that with which Napoleon the Great shattered in to pieces the armies of tbe Powers of Europe which combined against him. The following are the estimats of the ex penditures, in addition to tbe appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1861, for the troops now in the field, or to be called into it within the next twenty days ; Quartermaster's Department, $60,289,200 21 Subsistence Department, 27,278,781 60 Ordnance Department, 7,468*172 00 Pay Department, 67,845,402 48 Adjutant-Generals'a Department, 408,000 00 Engineer Department, 685,000 00 Topographical Engineer Departm't, 60,000 00 Surgeon-General's Department, 1,271,841 00 Due States whioh have made advan ces for troops, 10,000,000 00 Total, $185,296,397 19 Report of the Secretary of the Navy. The totatal number of vessels in the navy, of all classes, on tbe fourth of March, was ninety, carrying, or designed to carry, 2415 guns. Excluding vessels on the stocks, these un finished, those used as stationary store-ships and receiving-ships, and those considered " WE STAND UPON THE IMMUTABLE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE-NO EARTHLY POWER SHALL DRIVE US FROM OUR POSITION." Bellefonte, Centre County, Penna., Thursday Morning, July 18 1861. inexpedient to repair, the available force was : Guns. 1 ship of the lias, 84 8 frigates, . 400 20 sloops, 406 3 brigs, 16 3 store.sbips, 7 6 steam-frigates, 212 5 first-class steam-sloops, 90 4 first-class side-wheel steamers, 46 8 second-class steam-sloops, 45 5 third-class screw-steamers, 28 4 second-class side-wheel-steamers, 8 2 steam-tenders, 4 69 * 1,346 Of this force the following were in commis sion, tbe remainder being in ordinary, dis mantled, etc.:— Guns 2 frigates, 100 11 sloops, 232 3 store-ships, 7 1 screw-frigate, 12 5 first-class steam-sloops, 90 3 side-wheel steamers, 35 second-class steam-sloops, 45 5 tlfird-elass screw-steamers, 28 3 sUi-wbeerst 'amirs, 5 1 steam-tender, 1 42. 555 These vessels had a complement, exolusive of officers and marines, of about 7600 men, j and nearly all of them were on foreign eta ! tions. The home squadron consisted of 12 vessels, carrying 187 guns, and about 2000 men. Of this squadron only four srna'l ves sels, carrying 25 guns and about 280 men, were in Northern potts. Speech of Mr. Etheridge. Ou Thursday night, after the organization of the House of Representatives, the friends of Messrs. Grow and Etheridge, the newly elected officers, complimented them with a serenade. Both of them responded in ap propriate and patriotic speeches. After lis tening to Mr. Grow at the National Hotel, the assemblage called on the Hon. Emerson Etheridge, and marched across the street, where, on a balcony of a private house, Mr. Etheridge was introduced. He said : " My fellow countrymen, 1 know this is not on my account, but beoause yon love our country, i know of nothing that gives one more pain than to be under a debt of grati tude he does not know how to pay. This morning the sun rose upon a people that if all had been true to God and the Con stitutioD, would be the most prosperous peo ple on ths face of the eirth. But in an evil hour ambition crept into the breast oi the meanest of God's creatures, and then they plotted to destroy our Capital, but they have not struck terror to the heart of the North. This morning, part of the army of the Union marched along the street, and no one saw those men but felt that our flag w uld never trail in tbe dust in the city that bears the sacred name of Washington. The peo ple pf tbe North are all loyal. But yester day we had no army, and could not realize that treason wou d roar its head until it wo'd even stain our flag with blood. When that occurred legions of armed men leaped forth, aud the cry 13 still they com . The impatient cry is, Let us move on : we will live and die lor the interests of our coun try. Secession has nothing to live upon.— It c no t ma ntiin itself, for its advocates dare not look Up to God for aid ; while they are tr, ng to set this world OD fire, they will never receive strength fioin on high. The three mouths men will find out the lying des ception used to induce them to take up arms and they will return heme to work, but their 'eaders will be offered up (Terrifio cheering) Yes, thty must be offered up. The public safety and the good of the country detnat d it. If the traitors had been strangled when born we should never have had this crisis. I nev ever met a man who stood by the Constitu tion that I could not grasp by the hand as a brother. Eighty-five years age, legions were upri sing to maintaiu our independence, and this ie the most important epoch since that peri od. Will we not maintain it now? We shall have the approval from heaven ! Here after no one can point to our children and say, you are the eon of a traitor. Never, in the history of tbe world, has any nation displayed so much energy as we have in the last sixty days. Napoleon after bis flight from Elba, with all the crazy en thusiasm his Dame instilled into the people, never could have raised suoh an army in such a space of time. Go on ! In less than one year you will return, having planted the flag of our country ou every hill top iu tbe Union. When the Government was formed the firsi speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Muhlenberg, was taken from the Old Key stone State, and row in the hour of danger we have again appealed to her. We asked for aid and we now Lear her columns of armed men thundering down through Vir ginia with an irresistible force. It has been said that lam a fugitive. Tbe assertion is false. Like MacGregor, where ever the American flag waves, I can say with him, that I stand upon my native heath. In my own home the spirit of General Jack son still lives and the declaration of tbe bero of New Orleans will soon be made .good.— " By the eternal, the Union must and shall be preserved " This is no time for argument. Persuasion has been rejected, and entreaty has done no good. They have invoked the sword, now let tbem feeLftt. For myself, I defy all the promises of wealth tbey may offer. They cannot weaken my love of the country.— When I am no longer an American citizen, and anarchy reigns where now all is order, then I will say " there is no God," bat that trouth is crushed to earth. I will then go through the world seeking to keep my con science clear, and die with my hands pure, and with a name worthy the confidence of my fellow countrymen, (Tremendous cheer ing-) t6f* The State of Indiana will soon have twenty-three regiments in tbe field, aggre gating oyer twenty-three thousand men.— Bully for Indiana, For The Democrat. WILLIAMSPOBT, June 22, 1861. W. If. BROWN, ESQ., Dear Sir: —The Ty rone A Lock Ilaven Railroad has been a dis astrous enterprise to maoy of us, and has brough irretrievable ruin on some of its most devoted, honest, and true friends ; but this is the fate of tbe publio spirited enterprise in this country. Robert Morris financiered tbe United Colonies through the Revolutionary war, but wben he attempted to furnish his native city with water was deserted by bis | friends, and this great aDd good man was cast into the debtor's prisoD. Nicholas Bid die, another magnifiicent founder of great publio enterpris?, was hunted, persecuted and defamed until he sank under the bad, and early death carried bim beyond bis ca lumniators. Scores of others who laid the the foundation of our vast schemes of com mercial and social intercommunication aod greatness from the beginning of our public works in 1762, up to this day, have expend ed their resources, means and minds, and gone down to their tombs " without a stone to tell where they lie, or wbat tbei: deeds of glory were." The pioneers of railroads have been pecu liarly unfortunate in Pennsylvania, for scarcely a single road, except the Pennsyl vania Central, has not involved its origina tors in embarrassment or ruin, and subject ed tbem to the animadversion ana condem nation of our ungrateful and ungenerous people, as we Pennsylvanions are, for in no State in the Union is this character so strik ingly manifest. Wben the building of a railroad is proposed, all interested clap their hands with joy. Loud speeches, long reso lutions and stroDg preambles elicit the ad miration of everybody, and honest patriotic men step forward in good faith to carry on wbat is so auspiciously commenced ; but the history of the Germantown, Little Schuyl kill, Catawissa. Williamsport & Elmira, West Chester, and very nearly all the rail roads in the State can disclose a sad stcry of infidelity, bad faith and low intriguery, to rob the original workers and place tbe en terprise, after thousands of dollars have been expended, in the bands of "sharp operators" and stock gamblers to be sold out by supple mentary Acts of Assembly, renewed char ters, ani secured by prefered stock, (well watered) and the office moved to Philadel phia to a brown stone or marble-fronted building, and managod by a set of the most stupid non-descript—known in New York as " Wali Street Brokers," The Tyrone & Lock Haven Railroad is a meritorious enterprise, and those who under took to build it, did so from libera), bigh toned, public spirited motives, and all the cry ot mismanagement, f raud and deception against its friends, originated in the jealousy of self-condomned pretenders, whose con duct through life display a degree of selfish ness and injustice that never characterizes permanent prosperity, and it is no ground less prediction to entertain, that in less than five years after it is completed, there will not be a vote for its management in Centre Co. When in its present condition, its entire stcck should have been in the hands of those whose money has been expended ou it. The unjust desertion from the few friends who were struggling so bard to put it through, is Dot a justification for the wrongs that have been committed, and those who use this justifica tion stand in the attitude without defence, they have been the means of robbing the honest well-meaning stock-holders, who were induced to aid in building this work, and there is a moral responsibility resting upon them, that windy declarations and unfoune ded charges will never remove. They may hurt some of the officers whenever their names are known, and hurl pretended accu sations at them, they may try them in their absence before a constituted court and fiod them guilty, and pronounce the verdict on them, but all will not justify their position and remove the just odium that belongs to them, or sink those they wish to crush to a depth that will ngt reach them wheD justice is meted out to us all. Turning from this subject, we find not only the building of railroads checked, but every business paralyzed- The threatening storm of dtseord is upon us with violence. The lan guage of tbe Georgia Resolutions' of 1825 is being carried out. The resolution drawn up by Mr. Rhett in 1828, to dissolve the Union, ie being acted on. Tbe views ef Secretary Upshur, in 1842, are now being carried out, and the vote of Mr. Buchanan in favor of Mr. Calhoun's report on the supression of abolition publications has accomplished its object. A band of traitors have attempted to play tbe pait of an Arnold. Tbe tragedy is upon us, and God only knows when the curtain will fall and hide the treas onable seeca. All party distinctions are hidden, but not forgotten. We may forgiye, but can never forget. Tbe horrors of war, its awful conse quences, its blasting, blighting influences will live after us, and its course and its ac tors will be followed by the historians pen. The widow and the orphan will not bury in oblivion the remembrance of their protector and provider. The God of nations will hold the guilty ones responsible and visit them with his justice. Those who, a few months ago, were load in their denunciations against the President and our Governor, are now extremely sensi- j live, if tbeir language is referred to, but still l many of tbem are constantly finding fault i and busily engaged in circulating falsehoods i calculated to destroy publio confidence in public men, and thus indirectly play the as sassins part. Old party leaders are DOW laying Dew schemes to obtain positions of hon j or and trust, but they liavo done enough, if 1 bad it is bad enough, if good, let them depart , with their laurels. Let those who have been ] mistaken retire in peace, and not exiort a re ; view of their errors and crimes. ! Let our next State Senator be selected i from the old loyal friends of the UnioD, and the Members be men of untarnished reputa tion. Let our worthy Governor be prompt ly and manfully sustained, and our Presi dent upheld in his wisdom and firmness. Lycoming county feels deeply the efteots i of the crisis that is on us, but our industrial | pursuits are pursued with great activity, and ■ building and improvement are not suspen ded. The crops look very well, and hay making has already oommenoed with good prospects if a large orop. Very truly yours, J. M. MoMINN. FROM MISSOURI. DETAILS OF THE LATE EATTLE. ST. Louis, July 11.—Lieut. Toskin, Col. Seigle's Adjutant, and bearer of despatches to Uol. Harding, gives tho following addi tional particulars of the battle near Car thage : The S-ate troops were posted on an emi nence in the prairie, with five pieces of ar- ! tillery—one twelve pounder ia the centre and two fix-pounders on the right and left ; cavalry on each flank and the infantry iD tbe rear of the artillery. Col. Seige! appro; ooed within 800 yards, wiih four six pounder un der Lieut.-Col. Ilassendard on the lefr, Col. Solomon's command with a six-pounder on the right, and a body of infantry behind the centre artillery. Col. Seigel's lefc opened fl<-e with Shrap ft tell, and soon tbe engagement became gen eral. Tbe Rebels had no grape, and their artillerists being poor, their balls went over the heads of the Federal troops. After two hours' firing, the enemy s artillery were en tirely silenced, EDd their ranks broken— About one hundred and fifty Rebel cavalry then attempted te outflank -Seigel, and cut off his baggage train, which was three miles back, when a retrograde movement was or" dered, and the train was reached in good order. The wagons were then surrounded by the infantry and artillery, and the retreat con tinued till a point was reached where the road passed through a high bluff on each side, where the enemy's cavalry were posted in large numbers by a feint, as if intending to pass around the bluff. Seigel threw his artillery into a solid body into tbe road, at a dis'ance of one huodred and fifty yards from his position, when, by a rapid movement of his artillery he poured a heavy cross fire of canister into their ranks, at (be same time the infantry charged at double quick time.— In ten minutes the State forces scattered in every direction. rideiless horses were captured, sixty-five shot guns, and a number of revol vers and bowie knives were picked up from the ground. Col. Siegel did not surisund Carthage as reported yesterday, but attempted to reach Pierre woods, north of the town, and after two hours desDerate fighting, in wbioh all the forces on both sides were engaged, and j in which our informant thinks the enemy lost two bundled killed, he succeeded in do ing so. The Rebels retired to Carthage, and Siegel fell back on Saracoxie, whence be proceeded the next day to Mount Vernon. The Lieutenant rode to Rolla, one hundred and fifty-three miles, in twenty-nine houte. He met General Sweeney's command five ; miles, and Colonel Brown's Regiment sixteen miles from Mount Vernon, both pressing ior ward to reinforce Siegel. Lieutenant-Col onel Wo.lff was not killed, as reported. Hunting a King. The Paris correspondents, of tbe American journals have sent over a report that the Commissioners of the Co'ton Confederacy have been endeavoring to induce a relative of the Emperor to accept a military Dicta torship over the Confederacy, with the priv ilege of assuming a crown at pleasure. It j is also stated that the magnificent offer has . been peremptorily deolined. It is Dot possible to tell what truth, if any, there may be in this story, but there can be no doubt that the rebel leaders would prefer to fix a despotism upon the Southern States rather than yield to the National Govern ment, while its administration is in the hands of a party which they so bitterly hate as that one which now manages our publio af fairs. The pride of the Deyil lost him Heay en, and he preferred to rule over the lost spirits in the infernal regions rather than to submit to lawlul authority, and since his time audacious rebels have generally exhi bited a similar spirit. HOMER was a beggar, Plautus turned a mill, Terence was a slave, Boethius died in a jail, Paulo Borghese had fourteen different trades, and yet starved with all, Tasso was often distressed for five shillings, BeDtivog lio was refused admittance into an hospital which he had himself erected, Cervantes, the immortal author of Don Quixote, died of hun ger, Camoens, the celebrated writer of tbe Lusiad, ended his days in an alms-bouse, Vaugelas left his body to the surgeons to pay his debts, as far it would go. THE detective police of Philadelphia have placed the likenesses of Jeff. Davis and other leading rebels in the rogaes' gallery of that city. For the Democrat LIHE3. ON THE DEATH OF MATTIE BOLLOCK. BT MOLLIS KIIBR.IT. j Farewell, dear Mattie, a long farewell, Not like the farewell uttered oft' befor*, | We hoped to see thee oft again, and well, j This is the last, till time shall be uo more. j We little thought, when we were with thee. I And heard the sing and play fo sweet, j That eie the summer would return. Thou wouldst be lying in the winding sheet. But Heaven thus will'd, and Heaven supreme oommand, Thou hast obeyed, and passing qutok away, Hast reaced that happy, that delightful land, Where night gives place to ever lasting day I well remember all thy looks, thy smile, Thy buoyantstep, thine artless winning grace, Thy cheerful voice and friendly, pleasant smile, But now no longer can that smile we traoo. j There lingor hero loved ones, who foe lan aohlug void, Which rniught but thy companionship can fill, ! Whose future hopes in thee are here destroyed ; j May they submit, for t'was God's holy will. J A little while, and those who much did priso j Thy many virtues, now thy loss deplore, Released from earth, will join them in tho skies, And feel the pang, the parting pang no more. Farewell dear Mattie, calm be thy rest, May flowers around thee shed their sweet per fume, And the green turf lie mouldering on thy breast, While friends and loved ones weep around thy tomb. MILESBURO, PA. Ig" ' i i JL ■ in ■ibi j John Letcher. Poor John Letcher ! llis position in Vir ginia is a most humiliating one. But threo months ago he Wos the Governor of a Com monwea'th comprising within its limits the elements of an empire. His position was a proud one for among the States few Govern ors held as proud a position as the ruler of the Old Dominion. Ha professed to feel a devotion to the Union, and attested it ia long letters to Philadelphia barristers. His record was one which made him respected in tbe South. His future as a publio man was bril liant, A little firmness would have saved bis State of Virginia to the Uuion, and be could have hoped tor high honors in tho State. But the tide of Secession went swelling against the Blue Ridge, and John Leteher was carried away. He could not breast the current, and fondly hoped to lead it. He be came at once the most energetic of Secession ists, and the most um-o'upulous of thiey-s.— He plundered the navy yard at Norfolk, seized Northern propeity wherever found, and laid violent bands upon a Sovemment arsenal. He issued his proclamations, corn* manding tbe freemen oi the West to kneel under the Davis yoke. He sent his armies hither and thither wherever'hey might har ass and destroy ; and was of all men the most assiduous in his attempts to overthrow the Federal power. This was very well ; but it did not last long. Jefferson Davis and his portable gov ernment came to Richmond, and assumed control of affairs. do not like the Gov ernor and tbey have set him aside. "Gov ernor Letcher is ecmpletely overruled," says a despatch, " and even his patriotism is call ed in question by the rebels." They evi dently remember his loyal professions of march, and know the reluctance with which he joined their cabal. How true it is; '• Treason is but trusted like the fox, Who, ne'or so lame, cherished aud lock'-l up, Will have a wild trick of his ancestors." In the West, Letcher finds a more loyal Virginian wielding the gubernatorial au thority, and tho indications are that Governor Pierpont will very soon preside in Richmond. In his own city be is distrusted by the men whom he has taken to his confidence, and the rebels who have used bim now speak of dis carding him as a useless tool. Whatever 11 ey is dead, bury it, aud preach its funeral sermon, but do not charge the expenses to me, but to the secessionists. 1 hops Gen. Lyon will catch Tory Jackson, aDd hang him on the first tree be comes to. Union men ought to arm themselves from head to heels, and shoot down every traitor they come to. If God will have mercy on me, I would rather die than that this glorious gov ernment should be overthrown. If we are to be destroyed, I hope the Lord will do it, and not give us into the power of tories. If the Union men of Missouri need help to kill trai tors, call on Illinois. We tan Bend you twenty thousand good men and true. Rivers of blood will flow, but this Union must stand though the fceavons fall." " Uncle Peter" does notstand for verbal qualifications. Some of these phrases are too strong, but his mean ing is intelligible, and as sound aB it is pa triotic. B&~ The Siuth is not exactly tbe place, one would think, whence any movement in favor of Freedom might be expeoted, but it is nevertheless trne that tbe bonds of the Confederacy have fallen. Number 24 Excellent Extract. j Tlie following extract is from a sermon of j Rev. P. Combe. It ia written in the usual I dear and forcible style of the author. The ! earnestness with which Mr. Combe argues j the sinfulness of the great rebellion, and the I duty of the government to overcome it, ia an other evidence, if moro were needed, that ' the conservative uien of the nation, men whose conservatism in Cburoh end State I never can be doubted, are among the sinoe , rest supporters of the trovernment, ia its ef | lorte to protect itself from desiruotiea: Wa j quote a single passage : J " The law must be executed, or the Gav ernraent will die. We are in great denser from a false sympathy on this point. Sym pathy ceases to bo a virtue when felt against the innocent. Mercy is a crime when it shields the impenitent. God never forgive# i the guilty unless they repent. Government | must imitate his example, and punish those who persist in disobedience. There oan ba no compromise with treason, therefore, with out incurring the diTine displeasure, and no thought of such a course should be enter tained by any lover cf bis country. I'ha guilty leaders in this rebellion have oaused untold misery to thousands of innocent peo ple. Grcy-baired men aad women ore being sent to their graves destitute and broken hearted. Thousands of oar best business i men have been robbed and rained. Multi* tudes of industrious labors have been thrown out of employment, and their families ara starving. Wives are being widowed and parents left childless in their old age. Eve* ry death of this kind is a murder, and tba loss of property is robbery. Vet we are ex horted to have sympathy for the men who have caused all this evil, who ara still at tempting to destroy the Government to grat ify their unholy ambition and hatred to free institutions. Away with such trifling with truth and justice. Let us think of the star ving thousands who will next winter besiege our doors for bread, which we will not havs to give them. Let us think of the mother* who will weep for their sons who fell io bat tie by the hands of traitors. Let us think of these sons and daughters of so/row, aud if we havs sympathy to spare from our owa sufferings, let the innooent have it, but let justice be meeted out to offenders." THE PAY OF OUR VOLUNTEERS. The fo'lowtng recapitulation affords useful information to volunteers and their families : 1. After being mustered into the service of the United States, volunteers are entitled to the same pay as the regular troops. 2. If disabled by wounds roceived in ser vice. or disease contracted in service, they • are entitled to an invalid pension during life, or so long as the disability continues. 3. If any are killed, or die in the service of the United States, leaving a widow, she is entitled to what pay was due her husband and a pension. If there is no widow, the child or children of such volunteer is enti tied to the pay and a pension, till they ara sixteen years of age. 4. If there is no widow, or child under sixteen years of age, the other heirs of the decedent are entitled to the pay due the vol unteer at the time of his death—no pension. At this time neither the volunteer nor any heir is entitled to any' land warrants, but there is no doubt an act of Congress will ba passed early this month, granting one hun dred and sixty acres of land to evry volun teer who shall serve fourteen days, and en gage in battle and be honorably discharged— fust to the widow, second to the children, third to the mother, fourth to the father ; and if all the foregoing heirs be dead, fifth, the brothers and sisters of those who serve and die without receiving a warrant, in like manner as the volunteers who served in Mexico, are now rewarded. Seamen and others who take prizes, and those perform ing meritorious feats, will undoubtedly be re wared with the fru ; ts of their valor.— Those patriotic men and women who suffer from robbery in the Slave States, under the name of confiscation, will almost certainly be rewarded, according to the scripture rule, four fold from the property of the rebels— all State confiscations being wholly illegal— and mere organized piracy will be punished and Congress will undoubtedly pass a prop er and effectual act whereby the United States Courts will take from the unfaithful and unjust stewards what property they may have, and give it to the faithful and true servants. 5. Ir. addition to what the volunteers and heirs are entitled to and may become enti tled to from the United States, the several States have passed and will pass acts grant ing pay from the State treasury. I IFLED CANNON AND ICEBERGS. — When ap proaching the Banks of Newfoundland, Capt. Caldwell, of the English screw steam frigate Mersey, fell in with sonne icebergs, and thofight it would bo interesting to experiment on them with rifled cannon. Accordingly an Armstrong shell was fired at a small ioeberg apout 150 feet high, from the distance of 4$ miles. Such was the effect, that a blook of ice, judged to be of about 100 tons, fell from the eumit. This large weight falling from the top of the berg, removed the centre of gravity, which caused the whole fabric to roll over and rock to and fro. It was cO'.e dered a most satisfactory test of the vast range and destruotiveDoss of tbeße missiles. Further trials were made with other projectiles sup plied to the navy, namely: hollow shot, per cussion and Searpenell, and time fuse shell, molton iron shell, etc., all tending to exhibit one feature in modern warfare at sea, vii; the extreme probability of every vessel being in flames soon after she is engaged. If you require a person to become se curity for you, don't ask the man who prom • ised he would do anything for yon when ha knew that you didu't want anything done.