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Mechanics' A Professional Cards by year 5 00 Standing ads., one column, per year, 50 00 Half Column, 00 Quarter Column, JOB PRINTING. We are prepared to do all kinds of Job Print nig, neatly, and at reasonable prices, Our Country's Call. BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. Lay down the axe, fling by the spade ; Leave in its track the toiling plow ; The r fie and the bayonet blade For arms like yours are fitter now ; And let the hands that ply the pen Quit the light task and, and learn to wield The hosreman'g ciookod brand, and rein The charger on the battle field. Our country calls ; away ! away ! To where the blood stream blots the green. Strike to defend the gentlest sway That time in all its course has seen . Bee, from a thousand coverts. —see Spring the armed foe, that haunt ber track ; They rueh to smite her down, and we Must beat the banded traitors back. Ho ! sturdy as the oakr ye eleave, And moved as aoon to fear aud flight, Men of the glade and forest ! leave Your woodcraft for the field of fight. The arms that wield the axe must pour An iron tempest on the foe ; His serried ranks shall reel before The arm that. lays the panthor low. And ye who breast the mountain storm By grassy steep or highland lake, Come, for the land ye love to form A bulwark that no too can break: Stand, like your own grey cliffs that meek The whirlwind, stand in her defence ; The blast as soon shall move the rock As rushing squadrons bear ye thenre. And ye whom homes are by her grand Swift rivers, rising far awsy, Come from the depth of her green land, As mighty in your march us they ; As terrible as when the rains Hav*fe swelled them over bank and bourne, With sudden floods to drown the plain* And sweep along the woods upturn. And ye who throng, beside the deep, Her ports and bamlets of the strind, In number like the waves that leap On his long murmuring marge of sand, Come, ike that deep, when, o<'r his brim, He rises, all his floods to pour, And flings the proudest barks that swim, A helpless wreck against his shore. Few, few were they whose swords, of old, But we are many, we who hold Won the fair land in which we dwell ; The grim resolve to guard it well. Strike f r that broad and goodly land, Blow after blow, till men shall see That Might and Right move hand in hand, And glorious must their triumph be. From the Holiidayslturg Register. A Remarkable Willow Basket. BT NO MATTER WHOM. In the fall of the year 1855, the writer of thie sketch wae appointed an Agent for Olio and Preston College, situated in Blacksburg, Montgomery Co., Va. An agent may be an, eloquent preacher, a scientific lecturer, a peerless gentleman ; but if ha does not get the money, be is nut the man. Knowing this, we started out with the determination that we i could, ratse the " i eind." When the ready cash could net be bad, we resolved to take anything that could be con* verted into cash. Among nameless other ar ticles —ranging from half-fiedged chickens to enperanuated slaves and horses, —a little willow basket was given, for which we allow* ed on the subscription book .fifty cents ; cer tainly its full value. The doner was a maiden lady, a daughter ot a wealthy Virginia farmer, weighing three hundred and eight lbs. averdupois 1 Capacious however she was in body, sbe was no less in spirit—for although in inde pendent circumstances, sbe employed her time in making willow baskets, for the ben efit of the poor in the neighborhood. In the evening of the day on which we received the basket, we delivered a lecture on education in the town of S , after which we put the basket at auction, determining to sell to the " highest bidder." We bad scarcely donned the auctioneer, when we received a ten dol lar bid for the basket. " Thinks I—to my* ■elf"—good for the basket 1 and on we went in the incoherent langage of the gentleman •f the " block," until at length we knocked it off to a wealthy lady in (jie audience for fifty dollars 1 We at once handed the lady ber basket. After examining it for a few minutes, sbe put the money in it and return ed it to us, for which we, of course, made our most complaisant bow. As by the gift of the lady, the basket, was our own once more, and, being encouraged by our previous success, we determined to try our hand a little further at auctioneering. So we pat np the basket again. The bidding commenced,the audience waxed enthusiastic, and in a few minutes we knocked it off again to a gentleman sitting near us, for fifty dol lars. He also put the money in the basket, and returned it to ue. And thus we contin ued to sell the basket—the bids raDgiDg from fire to fifty dollars—until within forty-five minutes we sold the basket for six hundred and fifty dollars ; and left the house with the money in our pocket, and the basket on our arm. A few days after this, we went to W , a wealthy town in the western part of the State, to present the claims of the College. We found, however, on entering the town, that the report of the " basket agent" had preceded us. A friend of ours informed us that a Col. F. residing a short distance in the country, had publicly boasted that be "wo'd have some sport with that agent, if he came to town, and that he would have his basket for less than twenty dollars. Col. F. having by marriage recently came into possession of a valuable plantation, and a large force of " contrabands," was very fond of making a parade of his wealth upon all occasions, to the no little annoyance of the community. We were assured that the Cilonel would be at the lecture in the even ing. When we went to the town hall, we found it literally " jammed." After talking awhile upon the subject of education as connected with the prosperity of the land, and present ing the claims of the college, we put up our basket at auction once more. We had scarcely commenced to cry it off, when some one with a squeaking voice from the back part of the hall, called out to us: " 110 1 stranger, briDg your basket back here; we must emamine it ; we don't want to buy a 'pig in a poke.'" From the description given, we readily concluded that it must be tba veritable Col onel. So we at once made our way to him, and on handing him the basket remarked : This is not a very ornate art icle. but it has this redeeming quality, it is a home n anu ufactured basket; none of your " northerr." imported truck. This was a happy hit, for even then the Old Dominion was down on " Yankee notions." The Colonel took the basket, and after exam" ining it for a few moments, bunded it back sayirg: " Well, sir, I see nothing remarkable about that basket; but it certainly has quite a histoky, and I should liku to have it, and if we can come to terms will buy it, but I wanf you to understand distinctly,- that I make no child's bargain, if I buy it I intend to keep it." Very well if these are the terms on which you propose to trade, we must tell you what we thick the basket is worth. " What is your figure ?" "One tbsusand dollars, sir for we sup pose that if the Colonel wanted to make a display of his m ney, he would at least give up this sum, but looking quizzically at us, h e replied ; 44 A little to steep arranger." Well, now we have said what we would take, let us bear what you will give. 44 I'll give you ten dollars in gold for your basket." Generous! magnanimous!! we replied, and stepping out into thu Hisle, rela'ed an anecdote, which was peculiarly tdapttd to bis case. When be bad finished, we looked at the Colonel and found him blushing all over his face, he looked as though he had " cought a Tartar." The audience was in rxtacies over thtColonel's discomfiture. Judge T. sitting by him said, " Come Colonel you'r in for it now ; give this gentleman a thousand dollars for his basket, or he'll give you the benefit of another anecdote." Certainly, we remarked, we have another in point, and commenced to relate it— "Stop; stop;"—cried the Colonel, and handing us a hundred dollar bill said—"here take this and keep your basket, and say no more about it." We took the bill from the Colonel, and thanking him politely, returned to the plat form, where we found such ready sale for our basket, that in less than an hour we sold it lor seven hundred and fifty dolldrs I On a subsequent occasion, we sold it for four hundred and ten dollars, making in all eighteen hundred and fifteen dollars, the net proceeds of our Willow Basket. Tie time having arrived for us to leave the " sacred soil," we donated the basket to a lady friend of ours, and returned to our northern home, having at least earned the sobriquet of the " Basket Agent." Hollidaysburg, Pa".,' Oct. 16th, 1861. When the old lady bad fallen into the welt, and was rescued from drowning with some difficulty, she declared that " had it not been for Providence, and an other man, she never would been got out alive." The theory of the old woman's assertion seems to have op erated in one of the churches in Logansport, where, on the National Fast-day, in the pres ence of a large congregation, a gentleman of reputed creditable attainments, both literary and moral, thus prayed : " O Lord, bad the East done as weli as the lloosier State in furnishing men to put down tbis rebellion, we would not be under the necessity of call ing on Thee." THE amount of Grain, including grain re ducei to flour, shipped from Chicago during the month of September, amonts to 8,450,000 bushels. This is the largest quantity of grain ever shipped from Chioago in any single month, the excess being about 2,000,0C0 bushel. "WE STAND WON THE IMMUTABLE PRINCIPLES OP JUSTICE—NO EARTHLY POWER SHALL DRIVE US PROS OUR POSITION." Bellefonte, Centre County, Penna., Thursday Morning, Ttea 7, 1861. Sketch of the Life of the Late Colonel Baker. The HOP. E. D. Baker, who was killed on Monday, the 21st ult., in the engagement ner Leesburg, Va., was a United States Sen ator from Oregon, and took his seat for the first time at the extra session on the 4th of March, lie was the Colonel of tha Califor nia regiment recruited in Philadelphia, and commander of the a brigade mostly made up of Philadelphia regiments. The Inquirer, of that city, has the following sketch of kia life: " He is an old Pbiladelphian, and of Qua ker lineage. His ancestors were English Friends. Col. Baker was born in England, but was brought to Philadelphia when an in fant, where he, with a young brother, were left orphans soon after tbeir arrival. This calamity left them no resource but to work their way through the world with tbeir own hands. For a while young Baker, the present Senator, worked as a hand-loom weaver in a small manufacturing establish ment near Thirteenth and south streets,wbers the loom upon which be labored is still stan ding. It is likely, now, to become an object of interest. Before he reached manhood, he paid some attention to the study of the law* and left Philadelphia for the Great West.— His purse being light, he and bis young brother crossed the Ailcgbenies, and went through OhioaLd Indiana.all the way on foot, until they reached the Wabash river, which tbey descended in a canoe, and at last found themselves OD the broad prairies ol' Illinois. In tbis State Col. Baker took up the study of the law in the regular way, and soon made for himself a name, even at the bar of Sring field, where be met —sometimes as colleagues and sometimes as adversaries—both the de ceased Douglas and President Lincoln. Being of active miod, be took part in the politics ot Illinois, but a* be was a whig, and in a strongly Democratic State, he did not appear in public lite until 1845, when he was elected to Congress. Shortly after tbis, the Mexican war having occurred, he raised a regiment in his State, and went out to rein force Gen. Taylor. Returning borne as a bearer of despatches, after several months' service on the Rio Grande, he resumed his ■eat in Congress, but almost immediately re signed and rejoined bis regiment. He par ticipated in the seige of Vera Crux, and in the bioody struggle at Cera Gordo, and after Gen Shields received bis apparently mortal wound at the latter battle, Col. Baker took command of the brigade. After the war was over, Col. Baker was again elected to Congress from Illinois,where he served with distinction during the ses sions of 1849 and 1850. Ilia adventurous spirit soon ied bim to a new field. In pur suance of a contract with the Panama rail road company, he raised, equipped and led to the Isthmus four hundred er., with whom he surveyed and cleared much of tb e track of that important highway. Here, in common with many of his laborers, he was soised with the deadly Panama fever, and nearly lost hs life. lie returned to Illinois, with both health and fortune very much impaired, and in 1852 went with his family to California. In San Francisco Col. Baker to a front rank in his profession of the law, and acquired a moat lucrative practice. Ilis fame as a law yer and orator penetrated every part of that remarkable State. But he was famous also as an orator, and his panegyric of Broderick, over the body of the murdered Senator, is said to have been one of tbe grandest exhi bitions of fervid eloquence ever seen or heard on this sentiment. But little more than a year ago, tbe spirit of progress being still in full vigor in his breast, Col. Baker removed to Oregon. His pbaracter and fame had preceeded him, and almost immediately after his arrival he was elected to tbe Senate of the United States for six years. At tbe outbreak of the rebellion he raised a regiment called the California regiment, mostly enlisted in this city. Subsequently he added another battalion to it, also of Phil idelphians. Not satisfied with this, he un dertook the organization a brigade, which he successfully accomplished out of several Philadelphia regiments. It was at the head of one of these that he lo&t his life." General Lane. Gen. Lane, of Kansas, is not a doctor of laws, but if he kad been, he could not have defined with more exactness than he did, in a late stump speech at Leavenworth, whs* the duty is of military officers under existing laws, executive instructions, and the resolu tions of Congress: "We march to crush out treason and let slavery take care of itself." — The nation has not yet determined upon a general emancipation, as a means of quelling the rebellion, but it has determined that tbe army shall not turn slave catchers for the benefit of traitors. If the slaves of such es cape into our lines, they are not to be given up, and if the progress of eur armies abolish es slavery, that is a consequence which trait ors have brought upon their own heads. A confederate letter writer in Missouri says that the German troops are " very at* tractive in their appearanoe." No doubt, when attacked they will be found terribly repulsive. More History. When the development of this rebellion appeared in the secession of South Carolina, the announcement was boldly made, that it was an effort to vindicate the rights of the people of the South with regard to the ex tension of Slavery, the increase of its politi cal power, and the protection of its domestic influence. On the pretence first that these rights had been threatened, the south prepa red to resist aggression, and when tbe lead ers in the rebellion had succeeded in fortify' ng their harbors and frontiers, tbey openly proclaimed tbeir purpose so destroy tbe American Union, that the instiiution of sla~ vety might be increased in numerical strength and political power. In these declarations, the advocates of secession were in earnest— Alexacdcr 11. Stephens openly proclaimed the doctrine of universal slavery for every description of labor, and made the system of human bondage the basis on which the south intended to rear its fabric of govern ment. These are facts which already con stitute part of the history of tkis rebellion— facts incorporated into the confederate con stitution—facts stamped upon their legisla tion, and facte which have prevented the powers uf Europe thus far from recognizing the Confederate States of America, so ealied by the rebels, as an independent sDvereign power among tbe Datione of the world. It the basis ef government fixed by the rebels had been any other than that of Slavery, England and France would have long sines recognized Jrff. Davis A Co., as leg timate rulers. It is the fear of stultification that prevents these powers from this recogniiion, and even this motive may not much longer deter them from such a proceeding, if the federal powers of tbis government do not saon move in a manner to prove that they are competent to dope with insurrection, able to crush out rebellion, and prepared at all hazards to meet and defeat the armed trait ora of the south. Publie sentiment cannot be forever restrained on this subject. Tbe loyal states, after having almost spontaneous ly poured out their wealth in men and treas ure in money in response to the government have a right to demapdthat a blow be struck regardless whether it be in the emancipation of every slave in the south, or the conflagra tion ot t very rebel city and village, so that the American Union is rescued and restored, the land delivered from rebellion, tbe laws onee more respected, and the federal author ity again recognixrd. In the face of these historical facts, it is passing strange that there are those in the loyal states who still demand that in the ef fort to crush rebellion, no stroke must be struck at slavery. When the slave power declares it to be its purpose to break up tbe Union, to destroy the federal authority and desolate the land, others who give the fede* ral government a sort of ncuativa support, claim that those who are risking life and for tune to lestoro the majesty of that power must refrain from all interference with sla very—must no attempt the emancipation of a single slave, and in all particulars, must respect the local and general rights of every slave holder, whether bs is found with arms in his hands, or is secretly abetting tbe ef forts of those who are openly engaged in trason. Such a policy in this struggle can not be productive of success. If the hope is entertained that tbe institution of slavery is to be saved and maintained in tbe social vig or and political power it possessed oefore tbis rebellion was organized, and at thesame time tbe rebels be forced to ebedieace and respect, then are our armira a useless or ganization and burden to the government, and all our efforts to preserve the Union must eventually become failures. Only one •f tbe two can survive this struggle. Sla very must be rebuked—its development re tarded and its spread prevented, if we ever ever hope to secure the future peace and prosperity of the American Union. Tbe in stitution has droven itself aj element of des truction in car government. Its influence has introduced corruption into our syetem — its prestage has arrogated to itself a power superior to the constitution and laws of the laDd, and the issue must sooner' or later be presented to the people, Shall the Union be restored—or shall slavery be maintained and perpetuated iD tbe land.— Telegraph. AN HONEST OLD MAlD. —Nothing in my opinion, (says Dean Ramsay,) comes up to the originality and point of tbe Montrose old maden lady's most " exquisit reason" for not subsoribing to tbe proposed fund for organi zing a volunteer corps in that town. It was at the time of expeoted invasion at the begin ning of the century, and some of the town magistrates called upon her and solicited her subscription to raise men for the service of tbe King. " Indeed," she answered, right sturdily, I'll dae nae sio thing; I never could raise a man for myself, and I'm no' ga'en to raise men for KiDg George." Nw PAINTING TOR THK CAPITOL. —Leutx, the artist, has arrived in Washington, and commenced the work on a great painting to fill the vacant pannel in tne rotunda ot the Capita], for which he is to receive twenty thousand dollars. The design is to represent a party of emigrants coming out of a wild mountaneous pass, to a poiut tne prospect of valley and plain extends into great distance. It will be the only painting in the Capitol not strictly historical in it character. The Union Army Encamped near the Birthplace of Lincoln. A correspondent of the Cincinnati G<uctte, writing fiona Nolin, Kentucky, under date of October 24, snys : " It is a somewhat singular faot that "Lin coln's invading array" in Kentucky is now encamped within a few miles of Lincoln's birthplace. President Lincoln was torn near tbe Rolling Fork of Salt River, and was but a short distance from the village of Ilodges ville. His old home was originally in liar din county, (in which the present " Camp Nevin" is situated,) but tbe oounty has since been divided, and portion which contains the old homestead of tbe President now consti tutes the new county of Laure. Tbe place where the new famous cabin boy was born is still pointed out by the inhabitants,and there are several men who remember " little Abe Lincoln," as an old-time play fellow. Dif fering widely as they do, and some of them being ardent secessionists, it is worthy note that they all profess unbounded confi dence in the man. " Lie was a poor boy," .tbey say, " but a might clever, whole-souled little fellow whom pou could trust with any thing." Mr. Lincoln, personally tbey have fa') faith in, but they dislike the men he's git around him in bis Cabinet." " Singularly enough, -while ths present President was born in this county, the late one practiced law here. With that shrewd eye for the main ohanos for which Mr. Bu chanan has always been distinguished, he ouce resolved to enter upon tbe mysteries of the " lend practice" in the then new coun try f Western Keotucky. Combining at tention to other people's claims with specu lations on bis ova aecount, the Old Func tionary thought to make a good thing of it, but he happened to be beaten in two or three cases by parties for whose abilities be had eooceived a profound contempt, basrd upon their rough exteriors, and tbe embryo Presi" dent speedily migrated Eastward again, de claring, in grind disgust, that "every horse thief and jail-bird iu the Western knew more about land-law than be did." Drawing Rations. Not long ago a farmer, who did not reside so far from a camp of "tbe boys" as hs wish ed be dtd, was aocostomed to fiad every morning that several rowe of potatces bad disappeared from bis field. He bore it for some time, but wben the last balf of his fine kidneys'began to disappear, be began te think that kind of thing bad gone far enough and determined to stop it. Next morning be made a visit to camp, amused himself by going around to see if the soldiers were well provided with good aud wholesome food. He had not proceed ed far when he found a boy, just serving up a dish of fine 'kidneys' which looked marve leusly like those which tbe "gude wife" brought to Lis own table. Halting, tbe following conversation took place. " Have fine potatoes here, I see." " Splendid 1" " Whore do you get them ?" " Draw them." " Does the government furnish potatoes in your rations?" " Nary potatoe," " I thought you said you drew them." " Did—we just do that thing I" " But bow, if they are not included in your rations ?" " Easiest thing in the world. Won't you take some with us said be as he seated himself at the tablo. " Thank you 1 But you will oblige me by teliing me how you draw them as tbey are not furnished by tbe commissary f" Nothing easier. Draw 'em by the tops mostly ! Sometimes with a hoe if one is in the field." " Hum ! vee ! I understand. Well, see here, If you don't draw any more of mine I will bring you a basket every day and draw them myself." " Bully for you, old fellow 1" was th cry, and three cheers and a tiger was giv en for the farmer. Tbe envenant was en tered into and no one but the owner drew potatses from that field afterward. A Pretty Good Story. A tolerably good story is told us of a coup le of raftsmen, based upon an occurrence du. ring the late big flood and storm, in which so many rafts were swamped, and so many steamboats lost tbeir sky-rigging, A raft was oaugbt in a dangerous place just as the squall came. In an instant tbe raft was pitching and writhing as if suddenly drop ped into Cbarybdis, while the waves broke over it in great fury ; and expecting instant destruction, the raftsman dropped on his knees and commenced praying with a vim equal to the emergency. Happening to opea his eyes an instant, he observed bis companion not engaged in prayer, but push ing a pole into the water at the side of the raft. " What's that your doin', Mike,'' said he ; " get down on your knees now, for tbere isn't a moment between us and purga tory ?" "Be aisy, Pat," said tbe other, as be continued to punch tbe water with his pole; be aisy now ; what's the use of pray ing when a feller can toueh bottom with a pole I" General Fremont. The case of General Fremont, concerning whose removal from command in Missouri so great a discussion was in progress a week or two since, is still undetermined. At one time it was announced very positively that be was certainly to be superseded, and that ordsrs to that effect had actually been issued from the War Department. This assertion now seems to have been premature, if not entirely unfounded ; and Fremont continues to discharge-the duties of his commend with out intetTerence. We do not know much of the merits of tbe case j resented by the oppo nents of General Fremont, but 'here is reason to believe that their enmity is made to rest upon the decided policy adopted by him with reference to to the property of rebels arrayed against the Government. Charges ot extrav gant contracts and a disregard to the public interests have been brought against him, which may or not be well founded ; we do not pretend to decide. But we still think the great offence which was given to the " conservatives," or upholders of slaveiy in the Northern States, by Fremont's proclama tion of freedom to tbe slaves of all who might be taken in arms against tbe Govern ment, has inspired the relentless warfare that has keen waged upon him. We do not think a military commander ougbt to suffer degradation becnuse he avails himself oi bis moat powerful weapon against tbe traitors. We believe that the loyal people of this country bave higher aod nobler aims than expending their blood and treasure without stint that slavery may be preserved while the rebellion is being subjugated. That poor old imbecile, General Patterson, baa given us an example of the effect of such a suicidal policy, The sole fruits of bis campaign, conducted at a cost of not lrs than teD millions of dollars, were summed up in tbe return of a dozen escaped negroes to their rebel masters. Fremont boldly cut loose from this puerile and disgraceful buis nese, and Is now booted at by tbe pro-slavery interests on every eide. The Government and people will in time discover that tbe rebels will Dever abandon their cause while they are permitted to retain this terrible weapon in their possession, it must be wrested from them, and turned squarely against them before they will accept and aO' knowledge the authority of tbe Stars and Stripes—the emblem of a restored and undi vided nation.— National Intelliyencer, BULLY FOR THE QUAKER.— He was an hon or to bis cloth, was the Quaker yolubteer who participated in a recent Virginia skir mish. Coming to pretty close quartet's with a rebel, be remarked, " Friend, it's unfortu nate, but thee stands just where I am going to shoot!" and biased away. It is needless to say that Secesh " came down," la our array among the officers of rank, are three Prnstian barons, a Russian and an English prince, a German revolutionist and two of the family of Louis P. iilippe. Good faith is tbe richest exchequer of Gov ernments, for the more it is drawn apon, the firmer it is and its resources increase with ita payments. Prentice saya, •' It seems absurd to swear a bitter secessionist not to be guilty of disloy alty. You might as well swear a mad dog not to bite." It ie a pleasant and profitable habit to store up agreable images of the past, with a view to present and future improvement as well as enjoyment. The Federal forces took exactly the same number of cannon at Hatteras, that the reb els captured at Bull Run. Food eaten with a keen appetite does yon good, and is easily digested ; but food tbat is loathed is not beneficial. We rather tbink that the most reluctant slave to vice that we ever 6aw was a poor fel low who had Ids fingers in one. The King of Portugal has isued a decree prohibiting his subjects from fitting out ves* sels for privateers. When we are alone we have our ihuugbts to watch, in our families our tempers, and in society our tongues. One hundred and fifty fat oattle are (laugh tered every day at Washington, to supply the army with fresh beef, What a man learns is of importance ; but what Le can do, and what he will do arc more significant things. When a pick pocket pulls at your watch tell him plaiuly tbat you have no time to spare. This life's contradictions are many. Salt water gives us fresh fish, and hot words pro duce coolness. An old bachelor eays that during leap year the ladies jump at every offer of marriage— hence the term. Tbe good deeds that most sons prefer that tboir fatbere should leave behind them, are real estate deeds. Why is Virginia sure to orme right f Be cause she keeps Wheeling for tbe Union, Two ways of letting the cotton-out. Either by letting it out on bale, or by bagging it. Many people take effenoe at everything, whose conseiencee take offence at nothing. Those persons who are continually talking behind people's backs are usually great liars. Why is the letter G like tbe sun T Because it is the centre of light. What would tbe world be like without women ? A sAi/Mess concern. If yon employ your money in doing good, you put it out at the best interest. Songs without wards—Those of that bless ed baby. Floyd's last exploit—'He ran away—by Gauley t Where Treason's last fight will oome off— In a roped ring. Tbe wearing of corsets by the ladies is a mere matter of form, Number 39 Tmi Secessionists in Kentucky arefollow ! ing the example of their scoundrel Msoci ales in Missouri in plundering Union men. A gentleman of Barrboursville, writing to a friend in Lexington, Ky., says : <• The infernal rebels have destroyed everr thing we had in the world. They have even taken every stitch of clothing except what I have on my back. They steal everything they can get their hands upon, even to bed clothing, ladies' clothing: and ladies jewelo ry. Their depredations put to shame the most iiea'hen nation and the most savagn made of warfare. I have not time to tell yos of the varions enormities they have perpeo trated, but the worst that you can conceive would not do them justice. '• On the night of the 7th inst., a company or squad of cavalry from Buckner's band visited the house of Dr. Waltoh, Senator from Hart, and broke open his house, clos ets and trunks, stealing sundry articles of bedding and groceries ; also a horse belong ing to Col. G. T. Wood ; they also entered the house of David Maxey and pillaged beds and bedding, and horses and mules, and hung up a negro man, to compel him to tell where Mr. Maxey and Mr. Pointer, his son in-law were. They also stole Mr. Pointer's horse and saddle. This squad was com manded by Monroe Adair, formerly of Greensburg." Tne Administration has adopted a new by which an exchange of prisoners can be effected, if the rebels choose. It cannot, of course, recognize them, in any way, as le gitimate belligerents, but as fast as they re lease any of our unfortunate men a corre sponding number of theirs will be released by our government. Some forty or fifty wounded meu having been recently returned from Richmond to Fortress Monroe, orders have been issued to Col. Loomis, of New York city, to return in the same way some forty or fifty of the incarcerated traitors.— This is a tender which, if the rebels have humanity enough to regard it, will restore the captives of both sides to their friends and home. THE APPROACHING WINTER must tell crush ingly upon the spirits of the rebels. Cut oS from all communication with the world : the necessaries of life trebeled in value ; de nied the luxurious to which they have all their lives been accustomed, without money, without credit, without the skill to turn their feeble resources to account; what a dreary look-out into the future ! And then their army .'—without tents ; without blank ets ; without leather to make harness and shoes ; without cofiee or grog ; without even salt to season their rations ! Their seaboard menaced ; large Beets keeping watch and ward at their harbor entrances and the mouths of their rivers ; formidable expedi tions swooping down upon their coasts, in vesting their fortresses and capturing their commercial towns. THE allowance of clothing to our soldiers is much greater than to soldiers in European armies. Our troops get one uniform coat ar.d two sack coats a year, and a pair of tronsers every five momhs. In the French army, the allowance for three years is only a tunic and three pairs of trousers, while a shell jacket is given every two years. In the Sardinian and Belgian armies, the great coat is expected to last eight years. But the great durability of the clothing of Euro pean armies is easily accounted for, when we consider the care which is taken to in sure good materials. Every yard of cloth in subjected to very minute and distinct exam inations by boards of officers, assisted by experts who weigh it, shrink it, and examine it inch by inch, against a strong light. They also apply chemical tests to detect the qual ity of the dye, and the manufactories are at all times open to inspectors, who watch the fabrication at every stage. THE LATE COLLECTOR AT NASHVILLE, Ten nessee has arrived in Washington, bringing late news from Tennessee. He says that the Union feeling is very much stronger in that state than outside facts would seem to indicate. A large number of the best Union men have joined the secessionists simply to save their lives and property till the time comes when the arrival ot federal troops will enable them to avow their real senti ments. He reports that provisions are abundant in Nashville, the rebels having had forethought to lay in supplies while the railroads were runuing to Louisville. In fact the whole summer has been improved by the Confederate leaders in importing val uable articles of merchandise for fall and winter consumption. TWELVE NOTED KENTUCKY SHUTS, among whim are Colonel Thompson, Dr. Bush, Thomas Clay (son of Henry Clay,) and oth ers have offered their services to the Presi dent as a corps of sharpshooters, to follow the army wherever there is a prospect of a battle, and to act independently. Every man is a noted shot, and has had practice in deer-hunting far a life time. The party i* joined by Colonel Philip White, of Pbiladels phia. It is thought that out of this offer and its aeceptanoe will grow a fine corps of men used to border life and good shooting, whose business it will be to harass the enemy by pitkiog off his officers. It is evident that the Rebels at Ball's Bluff bad numbers of sharp-shooters, and that Colonel Baker and other officers were shot down by them. THE FRENCH PROTESTANTS in Paris united in prayer and supplication on the day set apart by President Lincoln for that purpose in this country, in behalf of the federal gov - ernment now nobly battling to put down re bellion iu the slave States. This is a signal and significant sign of sympathy on the part of a portion of the French people, character istic of the friendship long existing between that nation and the people of the United States. A LOUD CALL. —The following telegraphic despatch was received in New York city from San Francisco: SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26, 1861. " CYRUS W. FIELD New, York : Tbe Pa oifio telegraph calls the Atlantic cable. A. W. BEE."
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