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We are prepared to do all kinds of Job Print ing neatly, ami at reasonable prices Mrs. Lofty and I. Mrs. Lofty koeps a carriage, So do I; She Ins dapple grays to draw it, None, have I; She's LO prouder with her coachman Than am I With my blue-eyed, laughing baby, Trundling by. I hide his face lest she should see The cherub boy, and envy me. Her fine husband has white fingers Mine has not; He could give his bride a palace-r- Mine, a cot; Hers comes home beneath the starlight, Ne'er cares she; Mine comes home in the purple twilight, Kisses me, And prays that he who turns life's sands Will hold his loved one in His hands. Mrs. Lefty has bar jewels, So have I; She wears hers upon bosom, Insids I. She will loave hers at death's portal By and by ; I shall bear my treasures with me When I die; For I have love and she has gold- She counts her wealth—iuiue can't he told. She has those who love her station, None have I ; But I've one true heart beside me Glad am I; I'd not change it for a kingdom— No, not I. God will weigh it in his balance By and by, And then the differenc define 'Twixt Mrs. Lofty's wealth aed mine. Brownlow's Last. The following is merely an extract from the farewell address of Parson Brownlow, editor of the Knoxville Whig, published in Tennessee. lie has been indicted by a Con federate grand jury, as being guilty of trea son, because he still remained true to the Government of the United States, and sen tenced to imprisonment. The following are his brave and patriotic sentiments : " This issue of the Whig must necessarily be the last for some time to come—l am un able to say how long. The Confederate au thorities have determined upon our arrest, aDd I am to be indicted before the grand jury of the Confederate Court, which com menced its session in Nashville, on Monday, last. I would have awaited the indictment and arrest, before announcing the remarka ble event to the world, but, as I only publish a weekly paper my hurried removal to Nash ville would deprive me of the privilege of saying to my subscribers what is alike due to myself and them. I have the fact of my indictment and consequent arrest having been agreed upon, for this week, from distinguish ed citizens, legislators, and lawyers at Nash ville, of both parties. Gentlemen of high positions, and members of the Secession party, say that the indictment will be made because of "some treasonable articles ia the late numbers of the Whig " I have repro duced those two "treasonable articles," on the first page of this issue, that the unbiass ed people of the country may "read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest" the treason.— They relate to the culpable remissness of these Knoxville leaders in failing to volun teer in the cause of the Confederacy. According to the usages of the court, as heretofore established, I presume I could go frae, by taking the oath these authorities are administering to other Union men, but my settled purpose is not to do any such thing. I can doubtless be allowed my personal lib erty ,by entering into bonds to keep the peace and to demean myself toward the leaders of Secession in Knoxville, who have been seeking to have me assassinated all summer and fall, as they deaire me to do, for this is really the import of the thing, and one of the leading objects to be attained.— Although I could give a bond for my good behavior, for one thousand dollars, signed by fifty as good men as the country affords, I shall obstinately refuse to do even that ; others, I will render it null and void by reo fusing to sign it. In default of both, I ex pect to go to jail, and I ready to start upon one moment's warning. Not only so, but there lam prepared to be, in solitary con finement, or die from old age. Stimulated by a consciousness of innocent uprightness, I will submit to imprisonment for life, or die at the end of a rope, before I will make any humilitating concession to any power on earth ! I shall in no decree feel humbled by being cast into prison, whenever it is the will and pleasure of this august Government to put me there ; but, oa the contrary, I shall feel proud of ray confinement. I shall go to jail as John Rodger's went to the stake—for my principles. I shall go, because I have failed to recognize the band of God in the work of breaking up the American Government, and the inauguration of the most wicked, cruel, unnatural and uncalled for war, ever record ed in history. I go, because. I have refused to laud to the skies the acts of tyranny, usurpation, and oppression, inflicted upon the people of East Tennessee, because of their devotion to the Constitution and laws of the Government, handed down to them by their fathers, and the liberties secured to them by a war of seven long years of gloom, poverty, and trial ! I repeat, lam proud of my position, and of my principles, and shaD leave them to my children as a legacy, far more valuable tnan a princely fortune, had I the latter to bestow ! With me life has lost some of its energy ; having passed six annual posts on the west ern slope of half a century, something of the fire of youth is exhausted, but I stand forth with the eloquence and energy of r : ght to sustain and stimulate me in the maintenance of my principles. lam encouraged to firm ness when I look back to the fate of Ilitn "whose power was righteousness," while the infuriated mob cried out, "Crucify him ! crucify him ! I owe to my numerous list of subscribers the filling out of the respective terms, for which they have made advance payments, and, if circumstances ever place it in my power to discharge these obligations, I will do it most certainly. But, if lam de nied the liberty of doing so, they must re gard their small losses as so many contribu tions to the cause in which I have fallen. I feel that I can, with confidence, rely upon the magnanimity and forbearance of my pa trons under this state of things. They will bear me witness that I have held out as lon as lam allowed to, and that I could not avert the horrors of or successfully oppose. I will only say in conclusion —for I am not allowed the privilege to write—that the people of this Country have been finaccus tomed to such wrongs ; they can yet scarce ly realize them. They are astounded for the time being with the quick succession of out rages that have come upon them, and they stand horror stricken, like men expecting ruin and annihilation. I. may not live to £ce the day, but thousands of my readers will, when the people of this once prosperous country will see that they are marching by 'double quick time" from freedom to bond age. They will then look these wanton out rages upon right and liberty full in the lace, and my prediction is that they will "stir the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny."— Wrongs less wanton and outrageous precipig tated the Freneh revolution. Citizens cast into dungeons without charges of crime against them, and withont the formalities of a trial by jury ; private property confisca ted at the beck of those we have in pewer ; the press humbled, muzzled, suppressed, or prostituted to serve the ends of tyranny ! The crimes of Louis XVI fell short of all this, and yet he lost his head ! The people of this country, down trodden and oppress ed, still have the resolutions of their illus trious forefathers, who asserted their rights at Lexington and Bunker Hid ! WILLIAM G. BROWNLOW, Editor of the Kuoxville Whig. October 24, 1861. The Romance of War. Captain Wilkes, the bold and responsibil ity assuming Commander of the San Jacinto, who caused a gun to be fired across the bows of British steamer Trent, brought her to and relieved her of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and their Secretaries, is now about fifty-six years of age. Consequently, as " Jack Bunsby" would say, be was ouce younger than he is now. Though 6very inch a sailor, and not olten given to the melting mood, the blind god once succeeded in sending one of his shafts clear through his rough sou-waster which found a lodging in his honest heart.— The bow from whi- h the shaft was speed hung in the eyes of a fair girl, and straight way the jolly tar fell head over beels in love, lie prosecuted bis suit with vigor. The girl was " a lass who loved a sailor"—and so smiled upon him, and consented to become his wife. But the young sailor had a rival in the son of a respectable tallow-chandler, well to do, called Slidell, and young Slidell feting considerably cut up by being cut out, refu sed w accept '' the mitten," but not having spunfc enough to throw down the glove to bis sailor rival, contended himself with •' poisen iug" tbe mind of the " stern parient" of the fair one, until be refused his consent to his daughter's marriage with the bold Cbarlie Wilke6, and insisted upon her giving ber hand to young Slidell, which after many protestations and the customary amount of tears and hysterics, she did, and became " Mrs, John Slidell." The bold Charlie Wilkes did net peak and pine, or let melancholly feed OD his weath er beaten cheeks, but went to sea and smoth ered his greif in attending to duty and sus taining honor of bis nation's flag, never seeing "lady lass" again, nor meeting his successful rival for her hand and heart, until he saw him standing a prisoner on board his ship, a traitor to bis country and a rebel against the Flag the honest tar bad spent his life in defending. Sucb is the romance of war. We congratulate the bold Charles upon having at last " got mors than even." " WE STAND UPON THE IMMUTABLE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE-NO EARTHLY POWER SHALL DRIVE US FROM OUR POSITION," Bellefonte, Centre County, Penna., Thursday Morning, Dec. 5, 1861. The End of Cotton. If this rebellion may be attributed to the existence of any interest, -or the development of any branch of industry or agriculture, surely it has been the cultivation of cotton. Cotton has been the staple of the South. It has been the source of all its revenue, and, from the fact that it renders necessary an objectionable system of labor, the basis of its political power in the Confederacy. The most troublesome States of the Union were the Cotton States. The most ambitious and treacherous of the Secession politicians are those who came from the districts where cotton is cultivated. The legislation neces sary to the protection of cotton was, in many cases, antagonistic and injurious to the other .great, and far more material, in terests of this country, Cotton has been frivolous, exacting, and arrogant. Claim ing to be "king" (in the pet phrase of South ern rhetoric), it exacted and exercised all the prerogatives of the most imperial raon archs. When it wanted a protective tariff it demanded a protective tariff; when it de sired free trade, its leaders clamored for free trade, or threatened to dissolve the Un ion. Cotton sowed the seed of treason in 1833 ; it ripened into the full fruit of infa my in 1861. Cotton has been the servant of the Southern leaders, and master of the Northern public men. Its sway has been one dark, unrelenting, and grasping tyr anny ; and, it was only when it attempted to stifle constitutional liberty in this coun try, and to desolate the rich and extensive Territories of the West, by establishing per petual slavery, that the loyal heart of the nation rebelled against its usurpations, and the loyal arm of the nation drew the sword to resist its progress. It is, therefore, with a feeling of satisfac tion, which we trust will not be mistaken for a selfish thought, that we look forward to the speedy downfall of this fatal power. We do not wish to see the cultivation of cotton terminated upon this continent, any more than we wish to see the end of the wheat crop in Pennsylvania, or the hay crop in Illinois. So long as cotton was a simple agricultural interest, restrained by judicious legislation, and recognized by the Government as other interests are recogniz ed, we looked upon its growth as a kind dispensation of Providence, and the com merce it fostered a gratifying element of na tional prosperity; but when the interests of cotton seek to advance at the expense of national honor , and of national existence, then we greet their overthrow with pleas ure. And that overthrow seems to be at hand. We have heretofore given our own humble opinion on this question, and rapidly-occur ing events now justify what seemed then to be a mere newspaper speculation. The Prime Minister of England is a far-seeing, sagacious man, and his opinions are before us. In a recent speech ho said to his audi tors, "that although circumstances may for a time threaten to interfere with the supply of cotton, the temporary evil will be product ive of permanent good. England shall find in various quarters of the globe a sure and ample supply, which will render it no more dependant." Lord Palmerston evidently speaks by the card. He knows the resources of the Brit ish empire—its agricultural and commercial capacities. He knows that upon the culti vation of the cotton crop, and its supply to English factors at fair prices, depends the happiness of a large class of her Majesty's subjects. Lancashire needs cotton; its people must be employed, or the peace of the empire will give way to anarchy, riot, and probably revolution. Accordingly, with the monej of the Crown, he has been developing the cotton crop in other quarters of the globe, and stimulating English en terprise to bring it to market. His agents have been in India, Australia, Turkey, the West Indies, and other countries beyond the seas, and they report a favorable pros pect for the establishment of a cotton trade independant of America. Considering all these facts, and especially the assertion of the Prime Minister, we may look upon the cotton tyranny as at an end. No matter what the result of this war may be, the cotton interest has received a fatal blow. If peace came to-morrow, the cotton capitalist of the South would find that the interest which they cherished and supported until it became a political mon ster, had been crushed forever. England will never more be at the mercy of factious rebels, who plot treason and plant cotton. And we have no doubt that the peace of the country, its real greatness, its prosperity, its agricultural and commercial strength, will be benefitted by the success of English enterprise.— Phil. Press. Kay We learn that the son of a distiguish ed citizen of Baltimore, in the French army, writes to his father that the French Minis ters at a recent meeting voted unanimously net to recognize the independence of the southern confederaey He also stated that he knew of private individuals in France who would lend the United States Govern ment $50,000,000 if it was needed. The feeling was general in favor of standing by the old Union and give her funds to its sup port. France was always true to the United States and always will be; Words spoken at a Momentous Time. Shortly after Abraham Lincoln assumed the duties of President of the United States, while traitors infested the National Capital, and the gloom of rebellion was fast thicken ing over the face of the country, he was vis ited by several Governors of as many States, among whom was the chosen son of Penn sylvania, Andrew G. Curtin. The Presi dent was contemplating how to act. lie seemed to be self-willed, and had the nerve, but something like a doubt lingered in his mind. lie paced the floor in a meditative mood some time, and said but little. There was a solemnity in the crowd of intelligent men and statesmen around him, that indi cated deep, thoughtful contemplation. Each of the limited party present had already expressed his views upon the im portance of the occasion. The whole ma chinery of the Government was in bad or der, and in the several departments there wero traitors still clogging the wheels. An unbidden tear started down the cheek of the patriot President, but be nerved him self for the work before him. The Temple of Liberty was tottering indeed; column after column was falling. His mission was the arduous one of rebuilding it. The President seated himself in a chair, once adorned by Washington, the Father of hi 6 Country, when all at ance he sprang to his feet, and exclaimed: "Gentlomen, the Un ion and the Constitution must be saved. I have been contemplating whether the States will respond to my proclamation, if I issue it now. Governor Curtin, what will Penn sylvania do V' Gov. Curtin, who was standing looking out of a window, turned and confronted the President, and replied, "What will Penn sylvania do? Why sir, she'll furnish a hundred thousand men in a week, if it he ne cessary." This noble aud prompt reply of the favored ;on of the blue mountains of the Keystone State clinched the nail. They were the right words spoken at a moment ous time. The eye of the Sringfield states man grew brighter, his tall manly form stood more erect, and shaking hands with the Governor, said, "those words encourage me, tbey take all doubt from my mind, they ease my heart of a heavy weight, my proclamation shall issue to-morrow." Joy beamed as brightly in that congrega tion of intelligent men, as the sun ever did, after a gloomy day. The proclamation was issued, and when the unseen electric spark sped the announce ment to all parts of the country, a couple of companies from the interior of the State of Pennsylvania responded, and forthwith they arrived at the Capital of the Nation. Pennsylvania was first in the field, almost before the ink was dry in the proclamation ; and the glorious old State has now more men, good, solid, noble, true-hearted, patri otic men in the American Army than any other State in the Union, and has a few more of the same sort left.^ But for the reply of Gov. Curtin, or had he hesitated for a single moment, the issu ing of the proclamation would have been delayed at a time when weeks were months and months were years. Pennsylvania had her hundred thousand men ready by the timethe National Government wanted them, and thus the words of our own active, pa triotic, and prophetic Governor have been well fulfilled to the very letter. He may be truly considered the ''hero of the war." Im partial history will give praise to Gov. Cur tin. His name will be as familiar as house hold words among all patriotic, Union-lov ing people, long after the names of the few miserable wretches who are so lost to all feelings of virtue, respect, and manliness as to calumniate him, shall have rotted with their carcasses in the grave of deep and blank oblivion. His name is a tower of strength, and will increase in power as time progresses. Sel fishness is not in his vocabularly. lie stands this day in the wild sea of public opinion, like a proud, defiant rock in mid ocean, around and against which the waves are expected to lash, but to go back into calm water again, without doing any harm. His noble reply to President Lincoln, when men of iron nerve were wanted, is a stamp of the true character of the man. It was the musical ring of the true metal, the joy ous tone of victory at the beginning, and the death-knell of thieving usurpation and foal rebellion.— Weekly News. The Louisville/ourna? says : We hear of more reports from the Confederate States than the booming of our victorious cannon. The secession press is alarmed, and lets out wholesome truths. The Raleigh (N. C.) Standard declares that " unless the move ment (of our naval expeditions) is stopped at once by the strong arm ot the confederate States, more than half the counties of this State will be attached to the Blaok Republi can government betore the Union Congress meets." It seems too that the public officers in North Carolina are as ready to secede from seoession as the people, for the same pa per says: "It is very evident that the State authorities will never make a move in that direction, owing to the reason that they are in the same with the Unionists." This is cheering. North Carolinia Wheeling into Union Line. SCEESSON FROM SECESSIA. A Provisional State . Government. Forty-five Counties Rrpresented. THE -STATE OFFICES DECLARED VACANT. Marble Nash Taylor Declared Governor with Power to Appoint State Officers- THE OLD NORTH STATE REPUDI ATES THE REBELS. Correap oodence of the N. Y. Tribune. IIATTEARS INLET, N. C. NOV. IS. The provisional State government for North Carolina, the establishment of which has been in contemplation for months past, was formally instituted to-day by a conven tion of delegates and proxies representing forty five counties of the State. The following ordinances were unanimous ly adopted: " By the People of the State of North Caro lina, as represented in Convention, at I lat ter as, Monday, Nov. 18, 1861. " Be it ordained by this Convention, and it is hereby ordained and published by au thority of the same: " I. That this Convention, on behalf of the people of North Carolina, and acknowledg ing the Constitution of the United States of America as the supreme iaw of the land, hereby declares vacant ail State offices, the incumbents of which have disqualified them selves to bold them by violating their oaths to support the Federal Constitution. " 11. That the office of Governor of this Commonwealth having been vacated by the death oi John W, Ellis, and by the active treason to the Nnion of bis Constitutional successor, Acting Governor Clark, therefore Marble Nash Taylor be hereby appointed and declared Provisional Governor ot North Carolina. " 111. That the Constitution of this State and its amendments, together with the stat ues and laws thereof, as contained in the Re vised Code put iu operatian January 1,1856, be declared coniined in full force; also such subsequent octs of the General Asrembly as were not adopted in contravention of the Na tional Constitutiod, or in derogation of its authority. " IV, That the ordinance of the Convent ion which assembled at Raleigh on the 20th of May last, proclaiming the secession of this Commonwealth from the Federal Union,such Secession being legally impossible, is of no force or effect; and said ordinance, together with all other ordinances and acts of said Convection, or the General Assembly, made and done in pursuance of the treasonable purposes of the conspirators against the Union, is hereby declared ab initio null and void. " V. That whereas it is desirable that this State shall be represented in the Federal Congress, ana maintain her due weight in ihe councils of the Union, therefore the Pro visonal Governor be directed hereby to order special elections, in accordance with chapter 69 of the Revised Code, as soon as practical ly and expedient, in any district or districts now unrepresented. And, in view of preva lence of armed rebellion and disorder in many portions of this Commonwealth, the Governor Is hereby directed to issue his cer tificates of election upon presentation of such evidence as shall satisfy him ot the fact of an election. " VI. That the Governor be authorized and empowered t< fill such official vacancies by temporary appointments, and to do such acts as, in the exercise of a sound discretion, he may deem expedeient for the safety and good order of the State." The Convention has adjourned, subject to be reassembled upon the call of the Presi dent. Governor Taylor has issued his proclama tion ordering an alection fur the Second Con gressional District, to be held on Wednesnay 27th inst. The great sael of the State in possession of the Rev. Mr. Taylor, is a beautiful and very appropriate device. The Goddess cf Liberty, representing the UnioD, bears in hear hand a scroll containing the Federal Constitution, to the benefits of which North Carolina, typ* ified by the Goddess Ceres, is suing to be ad mitted. In the distance is a ship emblemat ic of the commerce of the State. Thus has another ol the seceded States forj maliy returned to her allegiance. May God speed the work now inaugurated in this good old Commonwealth, until her whole people shall be redeemed from rebel tyranny and usurpation. THJ TRAITOR BRECKINRIDGE —The Louis ville Journal thus closes a scathing. article upon John C. Breckinride. His fate will be that of a traitor. In the last of the battle Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying, There shall he be lying. Monster of perfidy, ingrate and fiend, his name will be eternally linked with those of Judas and Arnold, and when history seeks to recount the damning deeds of those who have entitled themselves to the execrations of man kind, that name will be foremost in the soroll, which was borne by one, who, in the very spirit of the arch-demon, thought it " better to reign in hell than serve in heav en." flgy The full returns of the Maryland elections show that but one rebel Senator, and six Delegates are elected. The House of Delegates stands thirteen Union and eight rebels. Seven of the latter are of the num ber who hold over, and six of them' represent strong Union counties. Bradford's majority for Governor is about thirty thousand. A special session of the Legislature is to be called by Governor Hicks, to undo the rebel legislation. WRITE OFTEN. • Write to me very often, Write to me very soon- Letters to me are dearer Tfaanloviiest flowers in June; They are affection's torohes, Lighted at friendship's lamp Flirting around the heart-string 3, Like Are-flies is the damp. Write to rae very often, Write in the joyous morn, Or at the close of evening, When all the day is gono, Then while the stars are beaming Bright on the azure sky ; When thro' the fading forest Cold the wild winds sigh, Draw up thy little table CLOSE TO THE FIRE, and write, Write to me in the mcrning, Or write to me late at night. Write to me very often; Letters are links that bind Truthful hearts to each other, Fettering mind to mind, Giving to kindly spirits Lasting and true delight, If you would strengthen friendship, Never forget to write: Mason and Slidell. Whatever complications may arise from the arrest on board a British ship of the Lord High Commissioners of Secession to the Great Powers of Western Europe, it is certain that the faces of loyal Americans broadened into a universal grin at the intelligence of t beir capture. It was the fit conclusion of a week of good news—the best we have bad since Treason broke out into Rebellion. Of all the arch-traitors, there are not two—not even Floyd and Jeff Davis—whose appear ances among us as prisoners would have dif fused more general and bearty satisfaction. If there be one man who, more than any other, has schemed and plotted for years to bring the country to its present condition, that man is John Slidell of Louisiana. He was one of the most prenicious advisers ol Gen. Pierce and the very evil genius of Bu chanan's Administration, causing him to break faith with Gov, R. J. Walker of Kan sas, and very nearly bringing the country then into the desolating civil war which he has at last fomented. He meant to have had Slavery in the contest; he missed the mark, and, having set out to figure in the grand sa loons of Europe as the leading Plenipotenti ary of Cottondom, he finds himself landed in loyal States unarrested and strictly-guarded traitor. Ilis colleague, Mason, is not so bad a man, though be is as bad as he knows how to be. Had he half as much sense as pride and pomn posity, he would have been twice tbe traitor he is. He has done his worst, however, to plunge the country into an abiss of blood an,j crime, and will worthily grace the cell in which bis career has reached his fitting con sumation. But what will Great Britain say to the takiDg of these two would-be Envoys by force from one of her merchant vessels ? We do not know and we do not care. We shall en deavor to say nothing on the law of the case that may even seem calculated to forestall or emberaßs the action of the Government.— If Great Britain demands the liberation of these gentlemen, reparation for their capture we propose to sustain eucb response as our Government shall see fit to make. For it is not possible to make such demand without in substance confessing that the Right to Search American vessels for British seameD, and to take away those who aro adjudged such—which wa, the principal cause of the War of 1812—has no foundation in public law. If, then, the Bri.ish Government sees fit to confess that it was utterly wrong in the collisions which engendered our last War— was wrong in every instance wherein she searched our merchant ships for those claim ed as native-borne subjects cf tbe British Crown—we trust our Government will stand ready to deal wisely and generously with the venerable penitent. She need not admit that she was wrong in particularly flagrant instances, such as the attack of the Leopard on the Cheapeak in 1808, and the burning of the Caroline at Schlosser (one of our docks) in the Niagara River, in 1838. If Bhe is ready now to establish and abide by any doc trine on the general subject, we trust her proffers will be received with distinguished consideration. But if she chooses to be sat isfied with British precedents for the case immediately in hand, she can be supplied with them to ber heart's content. ID either case, the energy and decision of Com. Wilkes has secured a eubstantial triumph to our country.— Y. Tribune. MEMBERS or CONGRESS IN THE ARMY.— Among the members of the present Congress now in the active service of the United States against the rebels, are Hon. John 11. Mc- Clearnand and Hon. Owen Lovejoy, of Illi nois ; Kellogg, of Michigan ; Senator Wilson of Massachusetts; Senator Sherman, of Ohio; Hun John S. Phelps of Missonri; Hon. J. S. Jackson, of Kentucky; Hon. McKee Dunn, of Indiana ; Senator Lane, of Kansas, and Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania,— Col Curtis, of lowa, resigned bis seat to ac ccpt the appointment of .Brigadier General, WISCONSIN ELECTION. —The election in Wisconsin resetted in a Republican triumph. We are proud to know* that in no State, which gave its full electoral vote to Lincoln and Hamlin, has a Democratic state ticket been successful sinoe is aoy general election. Ireland and the United States. Again WO bear of famine in Ireland. ID 6ome distriots the destitution and suffering is represented to be terriblo. Heretofore when the ptoole of Ireland were starving, the first and most abundant relief came from this great Republic. Now while Ireland is suffering, the United States is in distress.— The hand of treason is uplifted. Great Bri toin—lrelands persecutor—nerves the treach erous hand. But with all sorrow and suffer ing, a kind Providence has blessed ua with abondant harvests ; provisions of all kinds are abundant. We have to spare, and if wa choose, can relieve the perishing people of Ireland. Why not do it? It is no fault of Irishmen if British gold sustains this rebellion. It is no fault of Ire land if the rebels receive their supplies of ammunition from Great Britain in British vessels. It is no fault of the Green Isle, if British steamers seek to shelter and convey rebel leaders under the British flag. The sympathies of Ireland and Irishmen, are with the Union, in this greatest, grandest strugle for existence. Why should we not return this good will ? While the govern ment of Great Britain is doing all it can to aid in the destruction of the Republic, let us from the abundance which God has given us relieve the perishing subjects of Great Brit ain from starvation. If wewaDtto rebuke British intolerance and at the same time perform a mission of mercy, we could not perform it more grand lv and effectiually than by shipping a few cargoes of bread stuffs and provisions to ne* glected Ireland, under the protection of the undimmed stars and unuulled stripes of the still proud American flag. Telegraph. " A Caution to Privateers." In the Liverpool Daily Post of October 31s* is a paragraph, as follows, under the above head : "We have reason to believe thac ships belonging to the United States, nsw leaving this port, are all being putin a con dition to repel aoy attack that may be made upon them while on the voyage to New Fork or other Northnrn posts, by the southern privateers. The merchant vessels'here are strengthened in the uper decks and bulwarks and are pierced in order to carry guns, all of which are uf the most improved construction. Experienced gunners have been engaged to work the casnon on board, and initiate the crew of each vessel into the art of gunnery so that, should the vessels bs attacked by pri vateers, they would not be surrendered without a struggle. The equipments of those vessels, many of which are now on their way across the Atlantic, while others are ready to sail, are such that privateers will catch tarters should they come near any of these quiet looking merchantmen the cargoes of which (so we are told) replenish many exhausted war depots. One ship now on her way is said to carry 18 32's, which, if well used, would settle the accounts of any southern privater afloat." It was full tinae for Eng lish merchantmen to be put in proper trim for repelling the southern piratea. MR. BENJAMIN, the Secretary of war under the rebel government, is a member of a prom inent social club in New York city. Since he joined the enemies of the country, repeat ed attempts have been mvde, by loyal mem bers of the club to have him expelled; but as yet the resolution hes been laid upon the table by the vote of the society. It was fi nally proposed to let the matter rest, in the expectation that his next dues would not be paid, and that he would, by that fact, ease to have any connection with the club. But when the time came round the dues were paid, and be still preserves his rights of membership. Mr. Slidell, who belonged to the same club, was not so fortunate. Ne friend advanced his annual fees to the asso ciation, and his name was accordinly drop ped from the roll. Slidell, however, was now joined the select junto who now hold a pro tected meeting at Fort Warren, and he may find that assemblage quite sufficient to oocu py his whole time and thoughts. A Bloodless War. It was evidently the design of the admin istration that this should be a bloodless war, if it were possible. It was never the wish of the true friends of this Government to imbrue their hands in their brother's blood, nor ta run off their negroes ! Causes arose beyond the control of the Commander-in Chief, and lives have beeD the penalty, but were offered no lives have been taken. Look, for exam ple, at Port Royal and the Eastern Shere of Virginia, and this is evidently the course to be persued. If the rebels will lay down their arms, they will be protected in tbeir persons and property by the Government, but if not, they must take the consequences. It is very apparent that they are not all traitors who are found in Secessia— they are net all South who are of the South, and as one section after another Bhall receive the protection they long for, the Confederacy will find itself growing " small by degrees and beautifully less" so fast that BOOQ none will be left to do them reverence. MAL APROPOS. —It is reported tbat the South Carolina rebels have hoisted the black flag along their ooast, sinoe their " sacred soil" has been invaded by the Federal troops; and this is understood to be an intimation that tbey will give no quarters to invaders but inasmuch as rebeldom has more to lose by proclaiming a "war to the knife," than the Government has, it is probable that there is some mistake in the matter. They proba bly put up a black flag to signify " war for our darkays," It would have been much more appropriate to have hoisted a yellow one. That is a signal of punithment, to which South Carolina is now subjected ; and it would also indicate the oolor of an impor tant part of the Palmetto population. Number 42.
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