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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 <g
floats over Virginia, but one fate remains for
Letcher, la the eyes of Lincoln he is a reb
el; in the eyes ol Davis he is a distrusted
minion. His career is over, aDd he passes
into history a record of shame, treachery,
and disappointed ambition.
An Old Hero's Spirit Up.
l'eter Cartwright is known throughout the
Anglo-Saxon world as a veteran Methodist
pioneer, and a thoroughly characterized ex
ample of Western lite. In a letter to his
fellow veteraD, Dr. Elliott, editor of the Cen
tral Advocate, he writes : " If your own mon>
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.