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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Waynesburg, Pa.
tErAii busiiies. in Greene, Washington, and Fay
ette Counties, entrusted to them, will receive prompt
attention. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
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ikTroßNEvs AND COUNSELLOR'S AT LAW,
Waynesburg, Pa.
Unite on the North side of Main street, two doors
West of the "Republican" Office.
Sept. 11, 1861.
H. W. DOWNEY,
Attorrey and Counsellor at Law. Office in Led
with's Building, opposite the Court House.
Sept. IL
DAVID CRAWFORD,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Unice in sayers
Building, adjoining the Poet Office.
OW. 11, 11361-Iy.
C. A. BLACK. JOHN PMELAN•
BLACK & PHELAN,
ATTORNEYS AM) COUNsELLORE Al LAW
°dice in the Court House, Way uftburg.
Sept. 11,1861-Iy.
PHTSICIA.NS
DR. D. W. BRADEN,
Physician and Surgeon. Lidice in the Old Hank
Building, Main street. Sept. 11, 1861-IY.
DRUGS.
DR. W. I. CREIGH,
Physician and Surgeon,
Aud dealer in Drugs, Medicines. Oils,
tire., Main street, a few doors east of the Bank.
Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
M. A. IIARVEY,
Druggist and Apothecary, and dealer in Paints and
Oils, the most celebrated Patent Medicines, and Pure
Liquors for medicinal purposes.
dept. 11, 1661—1 y
MERCHANTS.
AVM. A. PORTER,
Itolegale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and Domes
tic Dry Goods. Groceries, Notions, &c., Main street.
Sept. 11. 1861-Iy.
GEO. HOSKINSON,
Opposite the Court House, keeps always on Imola
large stock of Seasonalde Dry Goode, Groceries, Boots
and Shoes, and Notions generally.
Kepi 11, IS6I-Iy.
ANDIII6W WILSON,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Drags, Notions,
Hardware, Queenswa re, Stoneware, Looking Glasses,
iron and Nails, Boots and Shoes, flats and Caps,
Main street. one door east of the Old Dank.
Sept. 11.
A. WILSON, Jr.,
Dealer in Dry Goods, gneensware, Notions, Hats,
Caps, Bonnets, &c., Wilson's New Building, Main
street. dept. IL la6l-Iy.
R. CLARK,
Dealer in Dry Goods. Groceries, Hardware, Queens
ware and notions. one door 'ye.t of the Adams House,
Anil' street. Sept. 11, 1,411-Iy.
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Dealers iu Foreign and Domestic Dry Goode. Gro
ceries, Queensware, Hardware and Notions, opposite
the Green House. Main street.
elem. 11, 1661-Iy,
CLOTHING
N. CLARK,
Dealer in Min/ and flop's Clothing. Cloths, Cass'.
ineres, Satinets, !fats and raps, &c., Main striet. op•
posite the court Ilnuse. Sept. 11. 1861-Iy.
A. J. SOWERS,
Dealer in Men and Boy's Clothing, Gentlemen's Fur
nishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hate and Caps, Old
Bank Building, Main street. Sept. 11, 1861-4111
BOOT AND SZOE DEALERS.
J. P. COSGRAY,
Boot and Shoo maker, Main street, nearly opposite
As "Farmer's and Drover's Bank." Every style of
Boots and Shoes constantly on hand or made to Order.
Sept. 11, 1861-Iy,
J. B. RICKEY,
Moot and Aticke maker. Sayer , s Corner, Main street.
Boots and Shoes of every variety always on hand or
wads to order on short notice.
Sept. 11. 1861-Iy.
G3IOO.IIIBIES & VARIETIES.
JOSEPH YATER,
Dealer in Groceries and Confectioneries, Notions,
I,itedicines, Perfumeries, Liverpool Ware, &c, Glass of
all sizes. and Gilt Moulding and looking Glass Plates.
frj - easli paid for good eating Apples.
Sept. 11. 1861-Iy.
JOHN MUNNELL,
Dealer in Groceries and Confer aries, and Variety
Goods Generally, Wilson's ?it w Building. Main street.
Sept 11, 1861-Iy.
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SAMUEL M'ALLISTER,
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doors west of the Adams House.
Sept. U.
TOBACCONISTS
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Manufacturers and Waadaaaao aad ',tail dealers in
Tobown, Sews and Sault gem Cues, Pipes, die.,
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I , 11161—
grEttrt
[From the Boston Post.]
PRAYER FOR THE UNION.
A land of law and Gospel peace,
Of richest fruits and flowers—
God's Eden of the Western World,
What land so blest as ours t
How shall we prove our grateful thanks
To Thee, 0 Bounteous Giver !
Whose own right hand bath made us one
By lake, and gulf, and river t
Lord ! write this law on every heart :
•• Our Union now and ever ."'
For Thou has taught us thro' Thy Soo.
That those whom Thou hest joined in one
No human hand shall sever !
The hero-souls, whose prophet•dreams
Shine out in classic story,
Find here, at last, the "promised land"—
The shrine of Freedom's glory.
Our hallowed Hag of stars and stripes,
What mem' ries brighten o'er it :
The hope of millions yet unborn—
E'en despots bow before it !
Lord ! write this law on every heart,
"Our Union., now and ever ."'
For Thou didst teach us thro' Thy Son,
That those whom Thou hast joined in one
No human hand should sever !
The serpent crept in Eve's pure heart,
And by, his cunning won it :
Woe! woe! unto our Eden-land—
The serpent's trail is on it!
A million hands, by madness nerved,
Would strike their common mother :
A million souls cry out for blood—
The blood e,en of a brother.
Oh, God ! to whom our fathers prayed
In bonds of sweet communion,
Stretch forth Th'y strong, Almighty hand,
To still this tempest in our land,
And save our blessed [ilo:: !
IL CLAY PREvss.
W Ascii:iv:l43N, D. C.
*ins of gag,
Grand Review of Troops.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—The event
of yesterday was the review of a por
tion of the cavalry and artillery at
tached to the army of the Potomac.
There were five regiments of cavalry
under command of General Stone
man, Chief of Cavalry, and eight bat
teries of artillery, consisting of for
ty-eight pieces, under command of
General Barry, Chief of artillery.—
The review was witnessed by the
President, heads of departments, for
eign ministers and other distinguish
ed personages, together with an un
usual crowd of promiscuous specta
tors. Gen. McClellan and his staff
appeared in full unifbrui, accompan
ied by nearly all the field and staff
officers attached to the army of the
Potomac.
The artillery fired salutes usual on
such occasions. There were two full
mounted bands of music. The re
view is regarded as the grandest, con
sidering the description of the forces,
that ever took place on this contin
ent. Towards the close of the dis
play an accident of a serious char
acter took place As the artillery
was passing at the double-quick, the
tongue of a cassion broke, throwing
the artillerists from their seats, and
causing severe injuries to two of
them, namely, James Dillon and
William Hatfield, of Company K, 4th
Artillery.
Report of Committee on the Late Railroad
Accident.
CINCINNATI ? Sept. 25.—A Commit
tee of practical mechanics, appointed
by the Chamber of Commerce to ex
amine into and report the cause of the
late accident on the O. & M. Road,
whereby .so many soldiers were killed
have examined the bridge and their
unanimous report was presented and
adopted t his afternoon. They report,
after a careful examination of that
bridge and others built at the same
time and of the same materials, that
they have unanimously concluded that
the accident was not occasioned by
any insufficiency of timbers or iron
work. They attribute it to a broken
rail found at the west end of the
bridge, as the locomotive tender and
one passenger car passed over safely.
The latter ear, as appears from marks
upon the timbers misplaced the iron
and cross-ties which threw the re
mainder of the cars from the track as
they entered the bridge, thus precip
itating them against the truss and
cords, and breaking it down, and not
from any weakness or decay of tim
bers. Another Committee of practic
al men, appointed on the part of the
road, made substantially the same re
port.
d r atest from Grafton.
GRAFTON, Sept. 25.—Five hundred
of the 4th Ohio, with one piece of ar
tillery and Ringgold Cavalry. 75 in
number, under Col. Cantwell, and 400
of the Bth Ohio, under Colonel Harke
made au advice from New Creek on
Monday towards Romney, driving the
enemy, 700 strong, out of Mechanics
ville Gap on the morning of the 24th,
and advancing on Romney, stormed
the town, causing the enemy, whose
force numbered 1400 infantry and
cavalry to retreat to the mountains,
with a loss of about thirty-five killed
and a large number wounded. Our
lose was thre•: killed and ten wound
ed.
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1861.
Washington Items.
Roes Winans, of Baltimore, has been re
leased from imprisonment. He will im
mediately return from Fortress Monroe to
his home in Baltimore. It is under
stood that he has taken the oath ofalle
glance. The Washington "Republican"
asserts that the exaggerated accounts of
the strength of the rebel army are manu
factured by the contract jobbers and their
agents in that city in order to further their
own purposes. The Treasury Department
is:still actively engaged in the preparation
of the Treasury notes. Large amounts
have been sent to the Western States.—
The loyal men of Maryland are doing
their share for the support of the Govern
ment. Two full regiments of excellent
troops have already been raised in the
State, and tv third is forming. Quarter
master-General ?beige is in Philadelphia,
transacting important business relating to
contracts for army supplies.
From Lexington.
etticmto, Sept. 25.—A Special dis
patch to the Tribune by Telegraph,
says that Gen. Siegel. with a large
force, and also Gens. Lane and Hun
ter, had arrived at Lexington and
attacked Price. A n officer in the em
ploy of the Government heard heavy
firing while passing Hamilton yester
day and says that it was believed that
Siegel had Price in the same position
that Mulligan bad been placed.
I n regard to Gen. Hunter this can
not be true, as he was at Rolla, two
hundred and fifty miles from Lexing
ton on Saturday.
DESERTER CACWIT.—The Wheelir
Lad/igen/Tr says : A company
the Corwin boys, of Ohio. are station
ed at Webster. One of the boys of
the company deserted shortly after
the regiment reached Grafton.
day or two ago they caught him
the vicinity of Webster, where ii
had domiciled himself, having ma:
tied a respectable farmer's daughte
ten days after hi desertion: lie wa
sent forward to be court-martiale ,
leaving his wife in tears.
FILkNCE. - A new pamphlet on the
question of -Rome" had appeared
and was attracting considerable at
tention. It was regarded as a dar
ing imposition on the recent mani
festo of the Emperor.
The 31 - oniteur of Sept. 6th.says sev
eral foreign journals make comments
upon the pamphlet, The Emperor of
Rome and the King of Italy, which are
void of all foundation, and to which
the government opposes a Ibl-rind
denial.
M. Chevalier, the distinguished
free-trader, in the course of a speech
at Montpellier, in which he held up
France as the champion of social and
political progress, regretted that
among those who evinced hatred and
distrust of the Emperor, were some
members of the British government,
towards which the Emperor had loy
ally made advances, honorable to
both parties, and meriting a more
sympathetic response.
The French steam frigate La Taude,
which was at Halifax, received orders
on the Bth of August to proceed to
Vera Cruz.
The Patric says the measure is at
tributable to the difficulties which
have recently arisen, and caused an
interruption of the relations between
the French representatives and the
Mexican confederation.
HASTY N U PTI A L S.-W hen the 4t
Connecticut Regiment lett Ltartfore
after the steamer had reached t'
Sound, a woman was found on board
who insisted on going as a nurse.—
She was admirably qualified, as far as
Miss Dix's regulations in regard to
age and homeliness went, but the
Colonel decided that she could only
go on one condition—that she must
be married. Six brave fellows step
ped forward—the nurse made her
own selection—Lieut. Colonel White
officiated as Justice, and married them
and the happy couple went on their
wedding-tour to Hagerstown.
10-Among the most interesting
features in the composition of our
army is the number of foreign officers
who have proffered their services as
volunteers, and have been accepted
by the President. The following
list, we believe, comprises the whole
of them:—
Prince Salm-Salm .. Prussia.
Colonel Liebehhoff Prussia.
Lieutenant Oscar Brendeur ...... Prussia.
Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest... England
Lieut. Col. Fitzroy de Courey..... England
Count de Paris France.
Duke de Chartres France.
Captain Vegesace Sweden.
Captain Holtman Sweden.
Major W. A. Kirk Canada.
Colonel R. A. Rankin . Canada.
CA MP CARLISLE.—There arc now
about 900 men in camp Carlisle,
Wheeling, including cavalry and in
fantry. Col. Anasantiell, of the First
Virginia Cavalry, is in command, and
has given decided evidence of his ef
ficiency.
GENERAL BOWMAN AND THE LOAN.
—Gen. Bowman, former Superintend
ent of Public Printing and editor of
"The Constitution," subscribed $30,-
000 to the national loan.
England and the War.
The well informed London corres
pondent if the New York Commer
cial, writes as follows under date of
the 6th instant:—
"Of one thing you may be certain
namely, that all the reports and as
sertions put forth in either Nothern or
Southern journals, about any inten
tion on the part of England to break
the blockade or recognize the South
ern confederacy in order to get the
cotton crop, are sheer nonsense.—
The unanimous desire, both of our
people and Government, to maintain
a strict neutrality, so far from being
diminished, is if possible, stronger
than ever, and any recognition of the
Confederates until they had estab
lished their independence in a man
ner that would put all further efforts
on the part of the North out of the
question, would be universally re
garded as a breach of that neutrali
ty. For the national honor, and for
the sake of commercial precedent.,
our government will doubtless be
watchful to protest against action at
variance with international and mar
itime law, but so long as the Federal
Government attend to these matters
they may pursue their course, so fiu•
as this country is concerned, without
troubling themselves to think even of
our existence.
We might add that the writer of
the above is the finaneial editor of
the London Times.
TfIE “SINEws or WAR."—An em
missary from the Treasury departmen t
passed through the city yesterday
with i 31,000,000 in treasury notes tier
the use of Gen. Fremont. in Missouri.
gtifft Bisrfilang.
he military regulations
United States laws prescribe the tOl
lowing punishments fbr military- of
fences, all of which are applicable
to volunteers who have been sworn
into the United States service:
Jlutiny.—•Any ()fewer or soldier
who shall begin, excite, cause or join
in any mutiny or sedition in any
troops or company in the service of
the United States, or in any party,
post, detachment or guard shall suf
ter death, or such punishment as by
a court-martial shall be inflicted."
Desertion.—" Al l officers and sol
diers who have received pay, or have
been duly enlisted in the service of
the United States, and shall be con
victed o4aving deserted the same,
shall suffer death, or such other pun
ishment as by the sentence of a court
martial shall be inflicted."
Absence without leave on the part of
non-commissioned officer or soldier,
upon being convicted thereof, shall
be punished according to the nature
of his offence, at the discretion of a
court-martial.
Advising to desert is punished with
death, or such other punishment as
shall be inflicted by a court-martial.
Drunkenness on the part of a soldier
is punishable by such corporal pun
ishment as shall be. inflicted by sen
tence of a court-martial.
Reproachful Speeches by soldiers are
punishable by confinement.
Quarrels cad affrays by soldiers are
punishable by arrest and confine
ment, and at the discretion of a court
nuortial.
See That man cannot be upright
before sod, who is unjust in hie deal
ings with men.
The Moral Courage of Gen Lyon.
In tribute to the memory of Gen.
Lyon is the following passage:
He possessed great moral courage.
Notwithstading his personal bra
very and his military education, he
was conscientiously opposed to duel
ling, and no prolocation could ever
drive him into a recognition of the
code. On one occasion he was even
struck in the face ; of course it then
required much more courage to re
frain from challenging his adversary
than to fight him; but he adhered in
flexibly to his convictions. For a
time this subjected him to missapre
hen si on, and even to contempt,
among military men; but, long before
his death, his fellow officers under
stood and respected his position upon
that subject.
ORDINARY DUTIES.-WO are apt to
mistake our vocation in looking out
of the way for occasions to exercise
great and rare virtues, and by step
ping over the ordinary ones, which
lie directly in the road before us.—
When we read, we fancy we could
be martyrs , and when we come to
act, we cannot bear a provoking
word.—Hannali
seti-When you doubt between two
words, choose the plainest, the com
monest, the most idiomatic. Eschew
fine words as you would a rogue ;
love simple ones as you would native
roses on your cheeks. Let us use the
plainest and shortest words that will
grammatically and graceftilly express
our meaning.
from Corrt,sprAtrut,s.
For the Messenger
CAMP ALSIIINGTON,
Sept. 16, 1861.
Editors ver :—Once more I find
myself seated to pen a few lines for your
columns. No event of great importance
has transpired, so far as the Ringgold Cav
alry is concerned, since my last, except the
receiving of our Sabres and Belts which
make us feel the more like soldiers, though
I must confess that the way in which the
boys handle them shows but little proficien
cy in Military training; a visible improve
ment is however already perceptible and as
as nearly every one is anxious to excel, it
will not be till the Greene County Boys will
bear a favorable comparison with any Com
pany in the Regiment. In the absence of
Capt. J. M. Harper, who has returned to
Greene to purchase horses for the Regiment,
we are drilled by Capt. Higgins of Compa
ny 11., a man who is truly a gentleman in
deportment and a finely drilled officer.—
We still remain where my last left us, some
three miles north of Washington City, in
a most beautiful woods—our fellows here,
enjoy themselves as only soldiers can; I
don't think there is a member in the Com
pany dissatisfied, or who would leave Un
cle Sam in the present trouble if an honor
able dismission were offered him. Only
three are on the sick list, which in a great
measure may be accounted for, from the
uniform temperate habits of the boys: ex
perience of the oldest men in camp say that
intemperance occasions a very large per
cent of sickness and insubordination in
.mp life, results from this cause. In sight
of where I am writing a member of Compa
nv E is tied up to a tree for being found
•unk last night while ott guard, the pun
ishment is not so severe, but the disgrace
issuch that but few men of spirit will bear
it. The rules of the Army are very strict
and many say too rnuch so, but were it any
more lonient it would be impossible to pre
serve order. And without strict order and
discipline an army will soon become demor
alized and disorganized. J. LUCAS has just
now returned from Greene bringing with
him ten recruits, all fine intelltgent looking
fellows from Cartnichaels and Greensboro;
our Company now lacks but one man of
being full, who will make the last and 95th
one (don't every body come at once.) The
ground on which we are encamped and
most all near here is confiscated by the
Government: some of the finest residences
I have ever seen are now tenantless;
the fields, many of them, are covered with
tents and the fences torn up and burned.—
No one can fully zealize the devastating
train'of an Army; onward it moves like a
tremendous avalanche overwhelming ev
erything in its progress and leaving noth
ing but death and desolation in its track.
It destroys enterprise and commerce, shuts
up the avenue to wealth, arrests the pro
grees of science and art, brings universal
consternation and financial ruin. Such are
some of the attendant horrors of war. Wai
is sometimes a necessary evil and in the
present contest we think no true patriot
need take a very close process of reasoning
to Plainly 'see that this is on our part one
of vindication for the best Government on
earth. I visited the Rangers on the first,
found them all in the best of health and
spirits: we learn that on yesterday, the
Rangers left tor a point on the Potomac,
considerable tiring is „ heard in that direc
tion and a big fight is looked for there, in
day or two. Our felkews may that it shall
not prove a Bull Run ankh. In going to
the Rangers, a distance of four miles, we
passed eight Regiments, which is a fair
index to the way the soldiers are encamp
ed around the Capital for miles. Passed
Gen. McCall's Quarters, which are in Len
leytown a small village about 6 miles north
west of Washington City. In expectation
of the fight, Regiments encamped in sight
of us struck their tents last night, and left
for the supposed scene of action. The long
roll beat, a blazing fire was built and every
step taken for their departure: we now be
gin to fully understand shat we are in the
enemy's territory. Many of our boys have
been in the City and come back with most
fabulous stories of the magnificience and
grandeur of the public buildings and strange
things in general. To-day we are promised
our Revolvers, but it may be a week before
we succeed in getting them. For a soldier
is never certain of anything till he has it
in actual possession. Adieu: the mail is
about to leave and my scribbling must
close.
A member of the Ringgold Cavalry
For the Mesrenger.
WHAT A DISTINGUISHED AND PA
TRIOTIC PENNSYLVANIA DEMO
CRAT THINKS OF THE PRESENT
WAR.
Will you oblige an old subscriber, Messrs.
Editors, by copying the inclosed brief
extract from a speech delivered during the
past week, by the veteran Statesman and
life-long Democrat—GEO. M. DALLAS
—at the anniversary of the adoption of the
present Constitution of the United States,
in Independence Square?
I need not bespeak for it the attention
of your readers—the subject, the matter,
the man, are all calculated to do this.
There are those, heretofore sworn
brethren ofours, who profess doctrines
of political association subversive of
this, or, indeed, any Government ;and
who, to enforce nullification, seces
sion, or revolution, (called by either
name the thing is the same,) have
furtively and fast seized your tOrts,
taken your treasure, trampled upon
your flag, pillaged your commerce,
and pointed their artillery at the
dome of your capitol !
Let us look at this extraordinary
measure, and, if possible without emo
tion, inquire, First. Whether it be
in your power to abandon your con
stitution? Second. Whether, if it be
in your power, your doing so, as mat
ters now stand, would be becoming?
And, Third. Whether the Chief Ex
ecutive and the people of the United
States have any duty to discharge
under the Sonstitution, so single, ob
vious, and absolute, as that of inflex
ibly beating the rebellion down ? A
few. sentences on each of these points,
and my task is ended.
I. In the first place, then, fellow
citizens, frankly be it said, there can
not be found in the sacred instrument
on which my comments have been
made one word givilig warrant by
any process for its own extinction.--
It was not born to die. No function
ary, no State, no Congress, no com
bination of communities or individu
als, is authorized to mutilate the
Union, or kill the Constitution. That
is a crime which, like parricide in So
lon's day, is treated as inconceivable.
We hear of conventions, consulta
tions, conferences, and compromises :
they are the vague and fluttering de
vices of anxious philanthropy; but,
unless the IRO article had been strict
ly pursued, which we all know now
to be impossible, these expedients are
utterly inapplicable and fruitless.—
For remember, this provision—not,
in fact, designed to destroy, but to
strengthen—enunciates the necessity,
before the slightest alteration can be
attempted, that, first, two-t h irds of both
houses of Congress shall unite in pro
posing it; or, second, that the Legis
latures of two-thirds of the several
States shall apply for a General Con
vention; and, third, that whatever
change may be contemplated, wheth
er by two-thirds of both Congression
al chambers, or by two-thirds of the
State Legislatures, must wholly fail,
unless it be subsequently ratified by
the Legislatures or Conventions of
three-fourths of the States. The mere
recital shows the utility, it' not im
practicability, into which the tempes
tuous course of events have paralyzed
this article. No! fellow-citizens, you
have not the power to abandon your
Constitution.
2. But, if you had power, what
then? Need I say that, without be
ing recreant to all your antecedents,
its exercise is precluded by the boast
ed attitude and armor of those who
demand it ? The towering tiont of
armed and contumelious rebellion is
the presence in which conception is
possible. Give up the Constitution,
rupture the Union, burn the archives
of your glorious history, and open
wide the flood-gates of disaster upon
the country, if such ran be your choice,
but never do it in subservient meek
ness to envenomed opprobrium, or
while listening to the roar of our en
emy's cannon. The stigma of an act
so grovelling, dastardly, and degener
ate as that—so utterly un-American--
would cover us for ages as with a poi
soned pall! Fellow-citizens: There
are formidable batteries frowning at
Manassas; behind them gleam undis
eriminately hatred and scorn, sharp
ening every sword and speeding ev
ery bullet; we would cease to be men
if we crouched to either.
NEW SERIES.--VOL. 3, NO. 17.
3. In this war, there is really no
alternative for loyal Constitutional
ists. In the explicit language of the
unanimously adopted resolution of Mr.
Crittenden, it was forced upon the
Government of the United States.—
Retrospective narrative, therefore,
would be alike tedious and uSeless. It
is on our hands. We see it, hear it,
feel it. Our fathers, brothers, and sons
are falling in hecatombs, sacrificed to
its fury. Every breeze comes laden
with its changing incidents, its alarms,
its hopes, its gloom, its taunts, its
cheers, its cover slaying and its open
struggles. The gates of Janus are ex
panded wide. No room now left for
diplomacy of any sort; none for sooth
ing words of remonstrance. Fight
we most; fight a l' outrance, those whom
we have heretofore fostered and taught
how to fight, drive them from their
infatuated and parricidal purpose of
destroying their own country , and
pause only when that country, its
Union and Constitution, are inacces
sible to outrage.
No doubt, fellow-citizens, no doubt,
this contest must lead to great effu
sion of blood, to vast expenditure, to
alternations of victory and discomfit
ure, and to an immense aggregate of
suf&ring. Such have been the conse
quences of civil war at all times and
wherever they burst forth.
It must be confronted with a stern
and steady gaze. Every sinew should
be braced, and, if necessary, while
the country is in peril, every heart,
every bosom, every dollar, in every
purse, every drop in every vein, be
held at its service.
When we shall have thus done all
that a great people can and ought to
do to rescue from insurgent violence
the American Union, involving as it
does the safety, order, liberty, and
peace of countless millions, then will
the shades of our venerated sires smile
upon their sons, and we may look con
fidently to a just Heaven for success!
Pittsburgh Boys and Rebel Pickets
A curious item of history was made by
the Eighth regiment of Pennsylvania Re
serves, one day last week, while on picket
duty at Great Falls. The rebel pickets
came on to the edge of the river and in
vited ours to spend a social half hour.—
The invitation was accepted, and during,
the remainder of the day over a hundred
of our men crossed over, and about forty
of the rebels returned the compliment.—
Some very amusing stories of the
day's proceedings are told. Among
the rebel visitors to our camp were two
captains and several lieutenants, who,
upon leaving in the evening, cut off the
buttons from their coats and presented
them to our men as mementos of their
visit. They ate and drank together, and
as the story goes "had a good time gener
ally." Nearly all of these rebels were
badly off for shoes, and their uniform,
which was poor, was made of "nigger
cloth." They stated that they had no
heart in this struggle, but they supposed
it must be fought out. One captain Weav
er, of Berkeley county, Va., was particu
larly affectionate to one of the captains of
the Eighth, but parted with the promise
to kill him when they met in battle array.
Colonel Hays, of this city, upon whose
authority this somewhat extraordinary
statement was made by a writer to the
Philadelphia Anterian, was with his regi
ment at the time, but was not present (lur
ing the interviews between his men and
those of the enemy. As the latter were
retiring, however, he was espied at a little
distance off by one of the lieutenants who
accosted him with "how d'ye do, colonel;
wouldn't you like to be home with your
family this blessed Sabbath?" The Colonel
had just time to reply, "not unless you
rebels were properly disposed of," before
the party was back again across the river.
Since then there has been no picket shoot
ing in that vicinity, and the friendly inter
change of courtesies has, it is said, had a
good effect in the neighboring seetions of
The rebels have fulfilled one of their
threats at least. They have declared their
intention to obstruct the passage of the
Potomac river, and have diligently erected
batteries and cleared the woods from the
Virginia shore, so as to command a full
sweep of that stream.
So effectively have their measures been
taken that vessels can no longer pass up or
down without undergoing a destrutive fire,
and the navigation of the Potomac is now
actually closed. The stoppage, however,
will probably be but a temporary incon
venience, for the government will doubt
less take immediate measures for reopen-
ilig navigation
The Banks:and the Federal Luau
The hank committees of New York,
Philadelphia, and _Roston were in session
in New York on Friday in conference with
the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting
the $50,000,000 of the federal loan.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of Saturday
MEM
-The nineteen banks of the city have
agreed with great unanimity, to take their
proportion of the second, instahnent of the
fifty million government loan. Meetings
of the directors of many of the institu
tions were hell.' yesterday."
The Potomac.