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NEW SERIES, VOL. 14, NO. 25.
SUN13URY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1861.
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funhory, March 17 1MJ0.
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DLERY. Also, the heat assortment of Iror
Nails and Steel to be found in the county, at the
Mammoth store of FlilLINU & UK ANT.
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assortment of Dress Uouds in the county.
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Bunbury, June ,1860.
Flom the Baltimore Patriot.)
THE GREAT PEACE 'PARTY.
it TICKLS WILLIB, ESQ.
Am "iTinr; nf the Cannibal hlands
Peace mnt bt oor motto dow,
We're Dot quite ready for a row J
When we are, we'll show you bow
We are of the grnat peacu party.
"Let us alone" till you're bereft
Of all yoor defences by our tbeft,
'i'beo peace we'll give you "orer the left,"
For we're of the great peace party.
Then let us alone, we'll harp along
Till we get fixed to go it strong;
Then we'll siog yon auolher song
To quite a ditfereot tune.
Away up here in the border States,
Secession is down to the lowest rates,
And we must try to meod its fates,
Hurrahing for lbj great peace party.
The electioo bere now soon coutes off,
And for a while we'll bave to doll
Disunion schemes, and feed at the trongb
In the stalls of the great peace party.
Then let us alooe, we'll barp along, ic.
To bide oor banner's treason dyes
We'll daub it o'ei witb thundering lies,
Pulling the wool o'er people's eyes,
Hurrahing for the great peace party.
'Tis true we sometimes take a gun,
Burning the bridges before we run,
But that we merely did io fun.
'Twas a freak of the great peace party.
Tbeo let us alone, we'll barp along, &e.
The guns aod shells we had concealed,
By martial law, not Kaue, revealed,
Placed there the government to shield,
By us of the great peace party
To drive our Stale into the secesb ring,
Or drop a Federal on the wirg,
We ne'er thought of such a thing,
For we're of the great peace party, -Then
let us alone, we'll barp along, &c.
We're quite non-resistont men,
Don't wisb the laws enforced just when
Traitors Bttempt to seize the rein,
For we're of the great peace party.
When treason Btalks in arais arrayed,
And Lincolo wants the laws obeyed,
Just call on us, and get our aid.
For we're of the great peace party.
Tbeo let us alone, we'll barp aloog, ie.
(From the Cincinnati Gazette.)
A VISIT TO A BATTLE-FIELD.
Interesting Narrative of a Visit to Springfield,
Missouri Incident and Observations.
St. Louis, August 27.
On Sunday morning, the 18th instant,
DanTord Knowlton, Fsq , of New York, eud
J. B. H ussier, of Webster, Massachusetts
the former a cousin aod the latter a brother-in-law
of the late General Lyon ar
rived io this city en route to SpriogSeld, to
procure the remains of their lamented relative
for sepulture in the East. Believing that the
expedition, if successful in reaching the scene
of the recent great battle io the Southwest,
weold be enabled to obtaio exclusive infor
mation of a valuable character, I determined
if soch a thiog were possible to become one
of the party. Several obstacles were in the
way of accomplishmeol of toy design, but a
little shrewd engineering removed them all,
and I was surprised to find that, without the
slightest misrepresentation on my part, 1
was o umbered among the relative of the
boro of the battle of Wilson's Creek.
Access to tbe person of General Fremont
is at all times diQicult, and was especially so
on tbe day in question. Tbe kinsmen of
General Lynn, notwithstanding the pressing
nature of their business, were unable to obtain
an audience at all. Late in tbe evening,
however, owing to tbe efforts of Captaiu
George P. Kdgur, formerly of tbe c?lebrated
New York Seventh Uegiment, and now one
of the General's Aids, they were furuisbed
with the necessary documents.
harly Monday inormog I was aroused from
a sound sleep, and informed that the effort to
be attached to the expedition bad succeeded.
and tbat the train woold leave in half an
hour. 1 made a basty toilet, and joiced tbe
party at tbe depot a few otinutes before tbeir
departure.
It wag not until we were under way tbat I
saw tbe documents, wbicb bad been furnished
the party. As soon as I read one of tbem, I
was satisfied that it would be of no more
service to us than the saoie amount of blank
paper, and so expressed myself to my friends.
we went on to Holla, however, wbere we
were foitnnate enough to meet Capt. Emmet
Macpniittid, ol the Uoulederate Army, wbo
had entered our lioes, under a flag ol truce,
to negotiate un exchange of prisoners. The
Cuplain, nhotn we found an intelligent, bono
ruble geutleman, agreed witb oie tbat our
papers were of no consequence, hut kiodly
promised to conduct us iutu the liebelcatnp
himself, as be was about to return, and assured
us tbat be should experience no hindrance in
procoriog Gen. Lyon's body.
On presenting our letters to Col. Wymao,
we learned (but he had that morning, on bis
own responsibility, despatched an ambulance
to Springfield, iu charge of XI r. Lynch, an
undertaker ol hi. Louis, on tbe very errand
io wbicb we were embarked. We at once
determined to pursue and endeavor to over
take bun before be reached Hpringbeld, so
that both parties might enter the town toge
ther. Col Wymao immediately fitted us out
io the most comfortable manner possible,
giviog us his best ambulance, four splendid
tuules, and the most careful driver in camp,
beaides supplying us liberally witb sticb
edibles as be bad at his disposal. An hour
later, we started for tbe camp of tbe regulars,
three miles distant, where we spent the night
in company witb Major Slurgiss, Captain
Pollen, Adjutant General Granger, and other
officers, wbo bave grown prematurely gray
in tbe service of their country, aod whose
recent beroio conduct should commend them
to tbe favorable consideration of tbe War
Depatttneot.
TU BBS or THE TIDE TOAT TLOWS WEST.
WARD.
Tuesday morning we started on oor long
aod tedious journey, over an exceedingly
rough road, which stretched away for more
thau a buodred miles over a rocky, barreo
couutry, covered with scrubby "black jacks,"
and ioterlaced witb occasional streams of
almost crystal clearness iufullihU signs of
an unproductive toil. Jt was painful to wit
ness, as we frequently did on our way, families
useiog from tbe ryigo of terror tbk is ti
Utscrllancons.
pretty well loaognrated throughout the south
western part of the State. We passed one
train, composed of twenty or thirty families,
travelling together for mutual protection J
and frequently met single wagons, Io wbicb
a few household goods had beeo hastily
thrown, aod tbe members of the family
dumped io on top all steering for Illinois,
wbere they hoped to escape the borrors of
war. Now tbat the Union forces bave been
withdrawn from tbe Southwest there is do
looger any safety for either person or proper
ty, and these flying families prefer to give up
their all rather than remain to see their
homes pillaged by semi-barbarians, or, to
save tbem, espoose tbe cause of this most
iniquitous an i causeless rebellion. IJow long
shall it be before these persons can retoro in
safety to their dearly bought land, tbe only
thing the Rebels will not steal, and quietly
enjoy tbeir possessions, witb no one to molest
or make them afraid t
About 2 o'clock in tbe afternoon we reocbed
a place called Pine Bluff, wbere there bad
formerly been a post office, but the only house
in tbe place was deserted. Witb keen appe
tites, we bad anticipated a good dinner at
this point, bot there ooly remained in it a
half-starved cat, like Cassio, with a "lean aod
hungry look," to give us welcome, and she
stole noiselessly through a crack, and bid
beneath the floor. We built a fire, aod
plucked aod roasted some gieeo corn and
apples, wbicb, witb a few boxes of sardioes
and a haversack full of srackera tbat we were
fortunately provide ) witb, made us a meal
tbat we keenly relished. Turoiog to leave, I
observed a box of blooming portulaceas
staodiov on the porch of tbe deserted tene
ment, wbicb forcibly reminded me of Camp
bell's beautiful lines :
' Wandering, I found on my luinous walk,
Ry the diab.tone, aged snd green,
One rose of the wilderness left on it. stalk,
To mark where the garden had been "
Eighteen or twenty miles further oo, and
just as the sbadeB of night began to thicken,
we reached the California House, a most
excellent wayside inn, kept by a good Uuion
mun, who thinks tbe lime for bim to emigrate
toward the rising son baa not yet arrived.
Ills tidy wife soon spread ns a fragrant meal,
after which we were shown to large airy
rooms, and tbat novelty in a slaveboldiog
State, clean beds, wbere the linen was as
immaculate as Alie Dinmont's, and as white
as tbe statue io Don Grovaoni. May peace
ever pipe bor pastorals around that cheerful
borne I
A GLIMPSE OP THK RRORl.S.
The next morning we pnsbed on to a little
town called Lebanon, sixty miles from Holla,
arriving about 2 o'clock io tbe afternoon.
Here we fouod a company of Rebel soldiers,
wbo had come from SpringGeld the day
before to take formul possession of tbe town.
They at fi'st gathered around us and stared
as though they had never seen civil-looking
white meo belore ; but it was not long before
they grew opon iotitnate terms witb us, and
freely pressed us witb an invitation to smoke
and drink. We talked to tbem freely and
unreservedly, and tbey in turn poured into
our ears all the wrongs, real end imaginary,
of the South, invariably clinching tbeir re
marks witb the assertion tbat "J bey never
could be conquered."
A young Captain in tbe Confederate army
named Boon, aod an exceedingly agreeable
fellow, by tbe by, remarked to me in the
course of some conversation that tbe National
forces were completely routed at tbe battle
of Springfield, aod tbat it wag one of tbe
most decisive battles ever won.
"We don't so consider it io tbe North," I
replied.
"U ell, what do yon tbink or it. candidly I
be asked.
"Tbat it was a drawn battle," I answered.
We tbiok Manassas was disgraceful, but we
are well satisfied witb tbe conduct of our
troops at Springfield."
"well, contioued be, "I think you were
utterly routed."
"Why did yon not follow np tbe victory,
then V
"We bad but three rounds of auimunilioo
left."
"But yon said awhile ago that but six or
seven thousand of your force was engaged io
tbe fight t"
"Not more."
"Wbere, then, was your reserve of ten or
fifteen thousand T"
"Well," be answered somewhat reluctaotly,
"Gen. Price was in favor of pursuing, but
McCullocb opposed it, and they came near
quarrelling oo this point."
"1 win ten you," sain 1, "now we look npnn
this matter, and hnw it will be written down
by tbe historian. Four tbousaDd five hundred
men marched out, eogaged four times tbeir
number in battle ; fought tbem for six hours,
and crippled tbem so badly that tbey could
not pursue."
Later in our conversation I asked bim if
be thought one Southern man as good as Gve
i or I hern meo.
He expressed himself firmly in that belief.
"After tbe battle of Spriogfield," said 1 T
"Yes "
"Well," 1 replied, "that is refreshing.
Yoa remind me of tbe man in tbe play : 'Go
it, old Abrowang! J bat s right I Keep it
up, old fellow !' "
Our conversation was bere interrupted by
the crowd rushing towards the parlor to bear
the landlord's daughter, a "perl" young girl,
as they say down South, sing "Dixie." 1
was kindly otlered a front seat at the enter
tainment, but respectfully declined, telling
tbem, to theii evident annoyance, that it was
a favorite tune io tbe Nortb, and that our
bands now played nothing else. She ac
companied herself on a piano, to tbe great
delight of her auditors, many of whom, 1 dare
say, had never belore beard one, and olter
ward gave them that brilliant operatic gem
entitled "Root Uog, or Die," "De gustibus,"
!10W TIIK RKBRf.8 ARK UNIFORM RD,
The uniform of the Confederate army, as
Lady Montague would say, is "multiform." -Those
wbo draw tbeir conceptions of tbe ap
pearance of Rebel soldiery from pictures io
Harper's Weekly would bardly recogoizeone
on sight. They are Dot uniformed at all.
aod, generally speaking, it ia impossible to
distinguish a colonel from a private. Tbe
ooly mark of distinction about them, except
their arms, is a piece of flannel stitched on
tbe left shoulder. I was told tbat white
flannel was the distinguishing mark of tbe
Missouri troops, yellow tbat of Arkansas, red
tbat of Louisiana, and so oo. Of coarse ibis
ouly applies to tbe army in tbe Southwest.
OUR ARRIVAL IN SPRINOFIKLD.
After leaving Lebanon, we pushed on IS
mile further amid a dreocbiog rain, and
halted at a wayside ion for tbe night. Tbe
next afternooo, about 4 o'clock, we reached
Spriogfield. We fouod no pickets thrown
out, aod drove op to Geo. Price's headquar
ters, witboot encountering aoy obstructions
whatever. Tbe General received as haughtily,
and, as 1 bad anticipated, declined to open
oor documents. 1 think, however, tbat Capt.
McDonald, wbo pitted os on the way, bad
previously arranged the matter, for Adjutant
General Sneed furnished ns a pass to tbe
farm of Hon. Joho A. Phelps, wbere tbe
body of Gen. Lyon bad beeo Interred. Mrs.
Pbelps, wbo has battled tbe beresv of seces
sion with a teal that some of the Union men
io Missouri would do well ia imitate, received
os cordially, aod insisted upon our remaining
at her hospitable maosion during our stay.
A FRW PACTS RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OP OEN.
LYON,
It appears that after the death of Gen.
Lyon, which occurred about 9 o'clock on tbe
morning of the battle, bis body was placed in
an ambolance for rersfoval to the town, but
tbe driver, or some one else, acting upon tbe
principle tbat "a living ass is better than a
dead lion," (no poo intended), laid It oo tbe
ground agaio, to make room Tor a wounded
soldier, and there ft remained till evening,
when a flag of trace was sent for it, wbicb
was successful in recovering it. It was laid
opon a table in bis former beadqoarters, and
after the wounded soldiers had received what
little atteotion coold be bestowed upon them
in the hurry of the bour, an effort was made
to preserve it by injecting arsenic into tbe
veins ; but a retreat bad been ordered, and
the surgeons relinquished tbe undertaking.
The next moroing Mrs. Pbelps, learning tbit
tbe body of the General was still lying in
town, aeked and obtained permission to bury
it. She first placed it io a kind of cave near
ber bouse, but entertained fears, most proba
bly groundless, tbat it would be disturbed by
tbe soldiers of Geo. Parson's Brigade, wbicb
is encamped on her farm, she quietly bad it
removed an buried. Jt bad been placed in
an ordinary coffin, covered witb velvet, the
whole enclosed in an air-tight tin case.
When disintered, it had undergone conside
rable decomposition, almost enough to pre'
vent recognition.
Tbe General was killed by a small rifle
ball, wbicb passed entirely through bis body,
entering on the left side, in the region of tbe
heart. He bad previously been wounded in
tbe tbigb, but continued to fight as though
nothing bad happened.
Major Sturgiss who assumed command of
the army after tbe first day's retreat, for tbe
reason that General Siegel had not, as was
generally supposed, tbeo received his com
mission as a general, gays tbat be bad no
idea that the remains of Gee. Lyon were not
w:th the army until tbey were twenty five
miles from Springfield.
THE BATTI.K-FIBI.D A FORTNIGHT AFTER TUB
FIclHT.
There still remain about seventyGve or
one hundred unburied bodies opon tbe field
of battle, besides a large ourober of horses.
These bodies are io every instance tbose of
National soldiers, and are generally lying oo
bard gravelly ridges. Tbose wbo fell in tbe
hollows, or where tbe grouod was soft, bave
been hid from view. Tbe stench arising from
tbe field is not so overpowering as might be
supposed. With a single exception, every
face has turned as black as an Ethiope'e, and
tbat one, straoge to say, persists in retaining
its Circassian characteristic. In several
instances tbe visitor can distinctly see wbere
tbe wounded men have dragged themselves
from tbe places where tbey fell to tbe shade,
afforded by tbe few scrubby oak bushes io
the field, and there, witb tbe crimson tide of
life ebbing away, and no kind hand to admin'
ister so trifling a thing as a cup of water, for
tbe want of wbicb they were famishing, tbey
laid tbem down to die. Some of our wouDd
ed meo, wbo bad tbus sought the shade, were
not found three or four days after the battle.
Wbat a succession of eternities those days
must bave beeo to tbem. Corporal Cooaot,
of tbe First Missouri Regiment, was left upon
tbe field for four days, and is now doiog well.
Brave fellow. After be bad falleD, though
unable to get oH bis back, be fired twenty
five shots at tbe enemy.
OUR WOUNDED IN SPRINGFIELD.
I append to this letter a list of the wound
ed in tbe various hospitals at Springfield,
taken from the hospital register. Tbe
wounded are geoerally getting along well,
and in ten days one fourth, probably one
third, of tbem will be able to leave. Lint,
bandages are greatly needed. Our army was
well supplied witb all these articles, but after
tbe battle Gen. Rains, of tbe Confederate
army, seized opoo most of nor hospital stores
forty gulloos of brandy among other things,
and although ordered by Geo. Price to retoro
tbem, obstinately refused to do so, saying be
would rather stand a court martial than com
ply witb tbe order. Dr. Franklin, Brigade
Surgeon of the Missoori forces, baa been
outtring io bis effort to relieve tbe sufferings
of our disabled meo.
EFFECT OP TUB BATTLR.
Jt cannot be denied tbat tbe result of tbe
battle at Spriogfield, aod the withdrawal of
our forces from tbe Southwest, have bad a
blightoing effect opoo tbe Union cause in
Missouri. Jt will require twenty-five thou
sand more men to redeem the State than it
would bave done three weeks ago. I speak
that wbicb I koow when I say that hundreds,
oot to say thousands, are now flocking around
the Rebel standard, and will fight witb all
tbe zeal aod religious fanatics, and tbat, too,
without asking or expectiog a dollar of
remuneration. Tbe rebels now subsist chiefly
on green corn, but tbey will tell you tbat
Marion lived on potatoes and roots. Of
course I have an abiding faith in the success
of tbe Union cause ; but Geo. Fremoot
especially, bus just now a larger contract in
baoq tbao is generally supposed. Tbe Gov
ernment cannot afford to lose or even draw
another battle io Missouri.
An Infallible Remedy for Dysentery
and Protracted Durkuce. Dr. J'age, of
Washington, cotnuiunicates tbe following to
the Republican, of that city :
Tbe following simple remedy, long koowo
io family practice, was recently tried in the
camp of tbe New York Twenty aecood Reg.
imeot, were there were from eighty to oue.
hundred cases daily of dysentery, and witb
rapid cures io every ease :
Recipe In a teacup half full of vinegar,
dissolve as much salt as it will take up,
leaving a little exoess of salt at tbe bottom
of tbe cup. Pour boiling water upon the
solution till the cup ie two thirds or three
quarters full. A scum will rise tithe surface
which must be removed, and tbe solution
allowed to cool.
Dose Tablespoonful three times a day till
relieved.
Tbe rationale of the operation of tbis
simple medicine, will readily occur to tbe
pathologist, and io many hundred trials I
bave never knowo it to fail iu dysentery and
protracted diurrbaa.
Tbe ladies of Boston having made some
shirts for the soldiers, from four to six
inches too short, some wag perpetraUd tbe
followiog :
Like a nisa without a wife.
Like a ship without a sail,
The most useless thing in life
Is a .hUt without-proper lM)th
From the Philadelphia "Pies.."
Letter from "Occasional "
Washington, Sept. 6, 1861.
I am neither a prophet nor tbe son of it pro
phet, but I think we are on tbe road to an hon
orable and lasting peace. Jt will be a con
qttered peace a peuce woo at the cannon's
mouth, sealed witb the blood of traitors, and
established opon the basis or the old Consti
tution, to last, let os hope, through enduring
generations. There is one subject opon which
loyal men may freely write, and that is the ap
proaching overthrow of the Southero despot
ism, and, by consequence, tbe proclamation of
enduring peace. It is true we must reach the
end through war aod rnrnage and death
But we will reach it. When Gen. McClellan
encounters Gee Beauregard be will annihilate
him, end will compel a surrender that will he
followed, 1 predict, by a perpetuul pence
This is bold language, but 1 am willing to
stoke my reputation upon it; and bere are
some of the reasons fur the faith that is iu me.
If yon will reprint and read some of the ex
tracts from the Baltimore Sun, of this moro
ing, you will see that Hatteras was more than
a compensation fur Manassas, and that the
whole people nf North Carolina feel the blow
struck by Butler and Stringham, as if it bad
reached every heart and hearthstone in tbe
State. It has aroused them to a double sense
of tbe power of our great Government, and of
the weakness of that counterfeit ooe which
has covered them witb irreparable calamities.
It has given voice to honest complaint, cou.
rage to an overborne patriotism, ami vitality
to the contempt siocerely entertained for tbe
Richmood bunditti. When this conspiracy
commenced, I stated, in almost direct terms,
tbat tbe Southern Slates wonld besurroooded
by the awfr.1 power of tbe Federal Govern
ment; eaten up by tbeir own factions; starved
out by ao efficient blockade ; taxed and plun
dered for the support ol a ravenous rebellion ;
and because of tbe shamelessness of their re
volt, and because of the atrocity of making
Blavery the pretext of a war upou Christianity
pod civilizution, certain to fall under tbe
judgment of every Government ou the face of
tbe earth.
Has not this horoscope been already more
thao half accomplished ? McCollough is fly
ing into Arkansas ; Mugofliin cowers before
the Federal authority and the decree of tbe
ballot in Kentucky; Hardee is retreating
along the Mississippi ; Roseocranz is holding
Lee, and Floyd, aod Wiso io cbeck ; the Bal
timore mob, manacled end silent, glares pow
erless at the feet of Geoeral Dix. It is even
rumored that tbe "Grand Army" that uow
threatens McClellan on tbe shores opposite
Washington will break up aod dissolve.
Meanwhile the blockade is stretchiog its long
arms, and will presently hug the whole Con-
federocy in an iron and wooden embrace
Tbe Uuion men of all the Slave States wiil
shortly rise from whispered complaint into
opeo denunciation, end the most potent enemy
of tbe rebellion will be fouod in tbe States now
under its thraldom. So that yoo see that my
prediction is oo tbe eve of fulfilment thut
peace is to come from the efforts of our sol
diers, and not from the intrigues and treach
ery of tbose who can see nothing dishonorable
io tbe degradation and humiliation ot tbe
North.
Tbe intelligence of the death of Jefferson
Davis seems to be confirmed. When Stephen
A. Douglus was called away, a fiendish exulta
tion was exhibited io many of tbe Secession
papers. Tbe malignity witb wbicb tbey pun
ished bis independence survived bis death and
rioted over his grave. Let us set a better ex
ample, now thut the great leader of tbe Seces
sion tyranny has been summoned before tbe
eternal bar. He was an imperious aod posi
tive public mao. He rarely surrendered an
opinion once formed until he degraded himself
bv throwing behind him his voluntury profes
sions iu fuvor of tbo Union. He was a close
student, a cbivalric opponent, a steadfast
friend, a geotlemao in all bis relations, and in
bis own family singularly kind aud genial.
Although undoubtedly the head and tbe beart
of tbe Southern rebellion, be went into it re
luctaotly, as all who heard bis last speech in
in tbe Senate will remember, when witb bro
ken accents and tearful eyes be bade farewell
at ODce to that body aod to all bis real great
ness. Jefferson Davis was blessed with many
accomplishments. He wtrs alike a soldier and
a statesman. No public man of my acquaint
ance was more devoted to scieotilic pursuits,
and more familiar with tbe abstruse teachings
of political philosophy. No bruocb c f human
knowledge seemed to be unworthy of bis inves
tigation. He was equally attentive to classi
cal literature, to the details of military life, to
tbe doclrioes of pnliticul purties, to the study
of uieo, and if Professor Hache, of the United
States Coast Survey, could speak, be would
say of tbe fioe work, of which be is tbe accom
plished bead, and which has latterly proved
its unconquerable usefulness, that Jefferson
Davis was as conversant witb tbe smallest
minuta of thut noble institution us any other
man oot connected witb it. He was passion
ately devoted to the Smithsonian Institution,
of which be was a Kegent in former times
He devoted himself to th decoration of this
capital, find stood by Cuptaiu (now General)
Meigs in all his effort to construct the water
works, to finish the Capitol building on the
grandest scale, aod to push forward tbe exten
sion of the Interior and Treasury Depart
ments. He wus, nodoubtedly, a great .Secre
tary of War, and iu this high office notbing so
much delighted him as to ttke young meo by
the band, aod when worthy, advance tbem.
If be educated Beauregard to destroy the
Union, he conferred many advantages upno
McClellan to save it. If be assisted Lee aod
Joboson, and tbus strengthened their bands
for injury against tbe flag, he greatly favored
Meigs and Fraoklin. Unlike Floyd, wbo
succeeded him, he neither lied oor stole ; aod,
nulike Mason, who retuioed big seat io the
Senate while trying to demoralize the Govern
ment, he retired gracefully, if reluctautly, when
called upoo to carry bis terrible theories into
effect.
Jefferson Davis was born in 160"), was edu
cated at West Point, and served in the army
from 1828 until 11-135. He was a member of
Congress for one year, Colonel and Brigadier
General io Mexico, a Senator io Congress for
more than six years, Secretury of War under
Presideot Pierce, and again a snember of tbe
Senate, which positioo he held when Secession
ripened into rebellion, aud when rebellion de
manded bis services. I bave not a bit of doobt
that be died of a broken beart. He was too
thorough bred a gentleman to be ao honest
traitor. He had too much contempt for false
hood to represent Goveromeut that was all
lie. Jefferson Davis bad a conscience, and
therefore bis broken oath pursued bim like a
Nemesis, and he wbo faced the cannoo at
Bueoa Vista, and stood uoquailing belore eve
ry personal peril, became coward when be
behold himself the representative of perjury,
and the first assassin of country tbat bad
nurtured and educated bim. Tbe grave ques
tion, unquestionably, a welcome rest and re
fuge to bim. If 1 have any reason for regret
tiog bis death, it is becaose. if be bad lived,
his indomitable and desperate character would
bave driven bis follower! to more speedy
feat luec may ooa overtake tbstxt.
Wbo is to be bis successor remains to be
seen. There is not one of all tbe banditti
who may be called his equal. The Vice
President, Stephens, with his feeble, frngile
frame, coold not endure tbe weight of labor
and of shame. Hunter is a timid, selfish,
narrow man, who never rose to the dignity of
a bold Gght, and who never figured, save as
the follower of another. Toombs is an
uncertain, vapid, noisy gascon ; Slldell dis
tinguished only for the venom of bis politics ;
Benjamin personally disgraced by revelations
affecting bis personal integrity ; Yancey
distrusted hecause of his Northern birth, end
remarkably only for bis pyrotechnic orotory.
I tbink our Secession friends should beware
lest some unexpected chief should leBp into
the Baddle of tbeir deed Cid. The brains
and conscience of the Sonlh, after encb a
dippensation, are undoubtedly witb tbe Union
men of the Sontb. If the conspiracy has lost
its head, the Union men may thereby have
recovered their heart. Why should not old
Sam Hons tun come forth and appear! Why
should not Pierre Soule wake from his slum
bers T Where is Herschel V. JobDRon?
Where John 0. Mason, of Kentucky ? Why
should not the death of Davis be tbe life of
the cause of the Union iu tbe Southern
States; When Douglas died he died in his
glory, in the full Dower of his fame, the
hearts of twenty millions of people throbbing
at his tomb. He died breathing hope and
confidence into the patriotic bosom, and he
left many behind bim who are animated by
his example and inspired by his sentiments.
Nothing became him io life so much as the
leaving of it; but when Davis died he died
with the whole moral argument against bim
and bis cause, condemned by his coontry,
condemned by bis (Jod, and, I tbink 1 may
soy it, condemned by himself. Wbo, 1 repeat,
will be his successor T Occasional.
Mr. Calhoun the Originator of the
Dissatisfaction.
When the attempt is made day by day by
the sympathizers witb Secession to Bbow that
the great revolt is the result of circumstances,
suddenly calling for an indignant manifesta
tion oo account of the election of a sectional
President, and so entitled to generous for
bearance at the bauds or toe more liberally
disposed of the people of tbe United States,
we beg leave to remiod all eucb that tbe
proofs are oo record, overwhelming in number
aud weight, to prove tbat tbe conspiracy bad
long been contemplated, aod tbat the out
break was pnbably as deliberate an underta
king as ever called into play tbe bad passions
of any people.
We should not feel called opon so frequent
ly to deal witb these issues were it not that
those wbo are attempting to break up tbe
Government are continually appealing to tbe
generous forbearance of I (lose whose roiu
they purpose, and are never weary of talking
of tbis thing as of something tbat claims the
deepest sympathy as a consequence of the last
1'reBidential canvass. Tbat tbis is not so we
can roadtly show by reference to events of a
lew years ago, when, as many will remember,
tbe men who have led off in this revolt were
oo tbe alert to bring about Disuoioo then ;
aod one of tbe most significant paragraphs
bearing on this fact is now before us, from
the Nortb Carolina Aurora, published in
1850, now some eleven years since. It is as
follows :
"We must pioiit to that complexion must
"it come at last. Tbe chance of a compromise
"is hopelesB. Suppose there was room for
"hope, it can ouly be found in further rendi
"tion. What have we left to give up t No
"thing not even one Constitutional principle.
"Mr. Polk sacrificed os on the Wilmot, on tbe
"Oregon qnestinno. But surrender bad beeo
"made long before. Wasbiogton yielded tbe
"Bank and Tat iff questions. We do not dis
"pute his honesty or bis general greatness.
"He was tbe first Presideot and was skillful
"in public affairs ; be gave to bis admiuistra
"tion atone which is uow well-nigh ruining
"the Republic. But let tbat pais. Tbe pre-
"sent is demonstrating, aud the future will
"more clearly demonstrate, our observation.
"Mr. Calbono said to us once : 'I woold not
"'swap reputations with Washington; be did
" 'not understand tbe Government and Consti
' 'tution. The fact was notorious at the time.
"'Hamiltoo knew it; Adams koew it; ell of
"'that time koew it. 1 am against canon
" 'i.ing saints and politicians, aud if I die be
"'fore yon do, doo't let me be put in the eaten
" 'der.' As near as tbe editor can remember,
"the foregoing is verbatim et literatim "
Tbe views we bave quoted are significant In
many ways. Whilst oue of tbe Secession or
nullification school tbus bitterly complains of
the "Tariff," it wonld hardly be believed tbat
Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Mcuullee, the south Caro
lina delegation io fact, including Mr. Rhttt,
voted for that "hill of obominatiou" the Tariff
of 18421 and if anything could accooot lor
the arrogauce of the politicians of the South
Carolina school, which bag at length ended in
on attempted disruption of tbe Government
and the Uuion, theBe declarations of their
great chief would do it. It shows conclusive
ly the origin of that deep dissatisfaction with
the course of legislation, witb the Government
as constituted, which bus kept, the politicians
of South Carolina for so many years play
ing the role of agitators, witb uu utter reck
lessness of the evil consequeuces to follow.
But that other States States led by enlight
ened and able meo should have imitated bis
sourness and come under such influences is
the marvel of the age.
It is conclusive of something more. The
men wbo thought that "wisdom would die"
with Jobo C. Calhoun will never yield except
to the most completely crushing circumstan
ces. With no reverence fur the views aod the
labors of the founders of the Republic, madly
ambitious, soured and disappointed, tbey will
justify the declarations of Mr. Keitt to involve
all the States "iu one common rum" if they can.
The only question with the people of Mary
land and the otber States South is are tbey
willing to follow these maddened and ignorant
politicians to utter destruction ? Is there not
time, even yet, to pause in their career, after
seeing to wbat awful calamities their lender
ship has already brought States more conser
vative io character io tbis section of the Uui
on T There can be no question as to what is
wise for Maryland. Uultimore American.
The Esquimaux.
The ordinary routine of tbo Esquimaux life
in most localities ia as follows : la the rnoctb
of September, the baud, consisting of, perhaps
five or six families, moves to some well known
pass, generally some narrow neck of laod be
tween two lakes, and there await the southerly
migration of tbe reindeer. Wben these ani
mals approach tbe vicinity, some of tbe young
meo go oot and gradually drive them towards
tbe pass, wben tbey are met by other hunters,
wbo kill as many as they can witb tbe bow aud
arrow. The bu'lk of tbe berd is forced into
tbe lake, end there the liers io-wait at the
bajacks spear thetn at leisure. Hunting in tbis
way, day after day, as the deer are passing,
large stock of venison is geoerally procured.
As the country abounds in natural icscellats,
ir at least every whsre affords great facilities
for constructing them In the frozen sabso.
me venison might be kept sweet until tbe hard
frost sets io, and so preserved throughout tbe
winter; bot the Esquimaux takes little trou
ble, io tbis matter. If more deer are kilted in
sumtner than can be then coosnmed, part of
the flesh is dried, but later in tbe season it is
merely laid up in some cold cleft of a rock,
where wild animals cannot reach it t and
should become considerably tainted before tbe
cold weather comes on, it Is only tbe more
agreeable to tbe hsquimaux palate.
In the antomn, also, tbe migratory nocks of
geese and otber birds are laid ooder contribu
tion, and salmon-trout and fish of various
kinds are taken. In this wny a winter stock
of provisions is procured, and not a little is re
quired, as the Esquimaux being consumers of
animal food only, cet through surprising
quantity. In the autumn, tbe berries of the
arctic iruit-bcanng.p'ants are eaten, aod the
half-digested lichens in the paunch of the
reindeer are coosldered to be a treat; but in
other seasons this people never tastes vegeta
bles, and even In summer animal rood is aloDo
deemed essential. Draughts of warm blond
from a newly killed animal, are considered as
contributing greatly to preserve the hunter in
Health. IS o part or the entrails is rejected as
unfit for fond ; little cleanliness is shown in
the preparation of tbe intestines, and wben
they are rendered crisp by frost, they are eat
en as delicacies without further cooking. On
parts or the coast wbere whales are common,
August acd September are devoted to the pur
suit of these animals, deerhnntiog beiog also
atteoded to at intervals. The killing of a
whalci secures winter feasts aod abnndance of
of oil for tbe lamps of a whole village, and
there is great rejoicing. On the return of
light, the winter houses are abandoned for the
sea hunt on the ice, sooner or Inter, according
to tne state or tbe larder. 1 be party tben
moves off seaward, being guided io discover
ing tbe breathing-holes of tbe seal or walrus
by their dogs. At tbis time of tbe year buta
are built of snow for tbe residence of tbe band,
end in no season or tbe year is the hunter's
skill more tested, tbe seal being a very wary
animal, and with acute sight, foiell and hear
ing. Jt is no match, however, for the Esqui
maux hunter, wbo, sheltered from the keen
blast by a semi circular wall of snow, will sit
motionless for hours, watching for the bubble
ol air tbat warns bim of tbe seal coming up to
breathe. And scarcely has tbe animal raised
its nostrils to the surface before tbe harpoon,
enters in its body.
Tbis sport is cot without the danger that
adds to the excitement of success. Tbe lino
attached to tbe point of tbe harpoon is passed
in a loop round tbe hunter's loins, and should
tbe animal be has struck be a large seal or
walrns, woe betide bim if be does not instaut
ly plant bis feot in tbe notch cut for tbe par
pose in the ice, and throw himself in such a
position that the strain on tbe line is as near
ly as possible brought into the directiou of the
length of the spine or his back and axis or bis
lower limbs. A transverse pull from oue of
these powerful beasts would double him up
across the air bolo, and perhaps break his
back ; or, if the opening be large, as it often
is wben the spring is advanced, he would be
dragged under water and drowned. Accidents
of this kiod are bot too common. Wbeo the
seals come out on the Ice t bask in tbe pow
erful rays of a spring son, tbe Esquimaux ban
ter knows how to approach tbem by imitating
their forms and motions so perfectly tbat tbo.
poor animals take bim for one of their own
species, aud are not undeceived until be comes
near enough to thrust his lance into ooe. Tbe
priucipal seal-fisbery ends by tbe disruption of
the ice, aod tben the reindeer are again nu
merous oo the shores of tbe Arctic Sea, tbe
birds ore breeding in great flocks, end tbe an
nual routine of occupation, which has been
brieflly sketched, commences anew.
Luther's Residence at Wittenberg;.
Ascendiog a rough, neglected stairway, 1
entered the room in which Luther resided
after his marriage. His old furniture is still
there. There is tbe table on which be wrote
tbe chair oo wbicb he sat a kind of double
seat, wbere he used to read and converse
witb his Catharine all chipped and sliced by
Vandal travellers. There, too, is tbe old
large stove, whose plates are covered with,
fignres of the four evangelists, cast after ,
devices by Luther himself. That, fortunate
ly, cannot be cut into chips. A little case,
protected by glass d jors, contains a number
or relics, eucb as specimens or his handwriting,
some old docum'.-ots and embroidery wrought
by his wife. There are fragment? of a drink
ing glass, said to bave been broken by Peter
the Great. W hen a yooog man be visited
Wittenberg, aod desired to carry away the)
glass, but being refused permission, be dashed
:t in pieces ou tbe floor au act worthy of
tbis baugbty aod passionate Czar.
There, too, is a beer mug of large size,
wbicb showe that three centuries have not
changed the German's devotions to bis favor
ite beverage. Over tbe door is a scrawl in
chalk, protected by glass, wbicb may be
guessed to be "Peter," aod tradition says
was written tbe Czar. If so, the scribbling
propensity is not confined to Americans.
Io an adjoining room is the desk from which
the great Reformer lectured. Ou He front
are four circular paiotings, representing the
four faculties ot'the university law, niedicinu,
theology, and philosophy. The latter con
tains a fine female figure, which my guide
said was a likeness of Catburiiia, showing alike
Lutber's taste aod affection. On tbe walla
are portraits by Cranacb. There is also a
cast taken after Lutber's deatb.
1 wug looking at these monuments, and
aBked wbere is Luther's, wben my guide)
poioted to a plain stone at my feet, which
was a part of the iloor, whereon was the
oame of Luther, Removing this there is a
neat bronze tablet, with bis name, and date
of birth and deatb. Such :a thi simple mon
ument ; a similar ooe marks where Me
lunolboo sleeps liishop Simpton'i Letters.
What Pahsun Urownlow Says. Tbe
Waah'ngtnn Uepuhliran publishes a private
letter from Parson Browtilow, editor of the
Knoxville (Tennessee) Whig, iu which this
passage occurs :
'-Aoorovr hi. been made at Richmond, to.
suppress tbe publication of the Kooxville
Whig, but the cot ice has oot been served on
me yet. 1 bave given tbem tbe devil in tbie
day's paper, and ahull continue to say just
what I please, ooiil my office is closed or de
stroyed by brute force.
"Tbey have about run me ashore in a pe
cuniary sense broke up uiy bus uess with
held all letters cootattdn subscriptions J ana
thus I am driven to the wall with more sub
scribers on my list than the eight Secession
papers or Last TeDoessee all put togetuer.
But 1 will starve, or beg my bread of Union
men, before I will surrender to tbis vile her
esy of Secession."
Taking pay in tbe same coio selling tulips
to s pretty girl, and squaring accouuts witb
kiss, (two lips.)
Whea ia a ship like girl iu lova T Wbea
its is attested te lbs soys (baoys).