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<Tij «rej one Brightly Bo&Sitgj
Shines from the eastern heaven, afo' ,
’ ' rr o ii.bt the footsteps, of the brftve,
S , O w e o««W»fi , , v{,
The northern’wind has sunk to sleep ; •
The sweet South breathes, as, low and deep,
The martial clang is heard, the tread
• \)f those who bear the Silent dead. ;
:• And whose the form, all stark and-^iaj,
K 'Thns ready for the:loosened
/ .And stretched upon so ™deatt«f, ; ~r
: ' thine, spldtej, thine | -,r,
’■Poor Volunteer! the shot'»be.'hJwWi:o:.o..e -Tl
Orswift.diseashhathlaid*mite*fn; ‘ r v|
And few his early loss depltfre*~ji:,|.i;:- - -•>
ffis battle fought, his joumay >’ -'.
- Alas Ino wife’s fond arms I ; ' '
His check no tinier mother ■:. v
""No pitying abul was /“$ U -iW* -a
• lonely inhis tent ... .t j, ... f -r
■ 'He died:—tbo Volunteer—at nob lil-i i-T i. -
■ At ertning catno the small plate In ‘
T!hat sepnwill.lnavo him in ■
aodaupen his tnanly p , ••
,'Hark'to their fife! his only hnjjp—l _V.;
i Mote'solemn than the passing MU r
‘For ah ! it tolls » spirit flown,
Unshriren, to the dark unknown. ■
His'deeds hnd fate shall ... ,
''Forgotten,siaco his dying day,' f,
'And never on the roll of Fame.-, i
&hali be inscribed his humble ngtae,,: ■,
' 'Alas! like liitfi, how many merer'- ;
Ido cold upbV Potomac's shora-ISj ... j • ■>. -
How mahy green unnoted glass?
Aretorderhd'hy 1 those placid waves! |
Flcep, soldier, rlee'p! .'from jf nrrow freo, . , f
.And sin and strife. 'Tis well with thee. '
t’lis well ;■ though, npt P‘*ngfcS te «:; tl i IT
Laments the.buried Volunteer ! •e, , t j res
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[From All-the Tsar,Round.],- o : 1 .
JODGS! -ttKCH'S MEH&T
■‘pi one of the last days of the 1838, I
tai disagreeablyTSrdused frtikn. apWsantmorn-'
icfdrenm by the report of a'pjsthl voltfse : at
bud, tplluwed.%l
{linf Volley-of fft%-n«fsf fe*feh»Mlhercftrek of
lie rifle blended harmoniously with the deeper
tote of the shot-gun. Awakening trj the con
■ciousnesa that I.yaa, piiVier’s damp, on
tit willowy hank of tlle RiO'Gil’ft, in Terri
toiy of Arizona, United States, |nd that,
ipparently, a little- difficulty had “Occurred
wongmy neighbors Jl iiastily fulled on my
hota, and sallied forth from thq wigwam of
am trad brushwood that had shattered my re- 1
jhi. All was quiet in our narrow-clearing,
fe gray,mis/ was gently rising’
dei the firfltfrdye of .the sun,
ud upon the stomp of a cotton-wood tree
mr ffie fire sat my estimable,' but fatherec
ttitrio partner, Abe, smoking the pipe of
talintment, and watching a pot of coffeo thro’
lit boiling crisis. ~ ,
“Somebody shot atdast,” h,o remarked, in a
tneof grin|»tßfig:tio[J.,7 *;I rjd|cprf it’s one
ertirooTwe crowd t’other side of- the slue,
ad this child ain’t sorry for.it - Here’s three
Mbs now we’ve been in these Gila (Jigging*,
ad oil the time there's been, a heap of big talk
(dlo’on. and a. lot of six-shooters djSttwn, but
m:j man killed yflt ; now perhaps things will
I jet better and the place bo quieter.” 1 1
; It must bewadfnqwle/fcd '.tlfnij a. |jpg resi
idtnco in California, and a severe .bourse of
'training in the mines during thfe [‘igond old
dors” of 1859-’6O, had rather qbfepred my
fad Abo’s ideasbn'lhe’sabject'dft hoihieido,
tbich he was in the habit of regfu'ding as a
nfs and effectual remedy for alt ost every
ijwies of social evil. . £ ;
Leaving him, therefore, to prip'ire break
bit and to muse over stern sclieqieafur the
weliorefion bf^»«ieS , ,^l ,
flwds the scene of the distubrahiJB| congrat
tliting myself upon the fact' that I had never
hea addicted to the" practiced of *ft r-ly rising,
•flich has such nu evident tendeni j ltd sour
flu temper and to lead <nen into
Irish, ‘ v -1
In an open glade of the willow-brirke, where
ttamerous party had *fi«(e.d their,
hide, a young Virginian, with Whom I whs
•Kghtly acquainted, jay on the ground severe-
Ij wounded. - Most ,of..hi»--qqjߣft6’iqna had
| 'ttirled in hot pursuit of tha'perpetrqtor of the
Hl.sbo had taken to flight, withou
As storm which his pistol shot had c , tied iforth.
'Utile I was dressing 1 the wopnd olgilroy un
'•fly friend, the other denizens of, camp
*tetae<| fcpm r theLc. uhyycco*s,Cujj 'eg.-vimd
fluid to m’e alltbe circumstances ol *■' ho affair,
“'sppeared that forsome time their
■Warades had considered,-, himself ggrieved
JPWs point connected with the C Vision of
aborin digging and "washing out" the “dirt”
" tB die claim, afidthat tHeefunrberihg quar
| had that morning .been revived , by some
I The man, jirith the gre
i nsoce had been in efi h eweii t eti on 1 g if AC qdii res a a
■ offensive, remark to a peculiarly muscular
*»cf Now l&rk, whdjthereupon kjnoqkcd him
without further parley. ■ Upping pipked
~®*elf-up, the discomfited .debate?; retired
the scene without Uttering another word,.
Ua was prematurely taken, for granted that
iSw was_at end-. J°JL
Wr> &■ pirtor-gsll‘s?wfeL'Hdd » the
party gathered oroumJ Ime caQ) P'
missing the individual whose breast Jjad
i**' aimed at, ’siid'striking-hb hnfortunate
who had taken no part in' the 'iispute,
jjfll happened to be standing in the lit. i of fire,
3* mind absorbed iff The' "pteparatio* of indi
es “ slapjacks.” : £.
in tend leg assassin
in the use of the revolver.' . . As may
* tepposed, the deepest indignatM, ! 'Was_feU
7*fery one present,
Juried a report of the ’oecurp
of 1 the^'di^fipi-py-iw'e'^f
atTestibe
before thatierribl* •-hi'p^riesir* :pi
of any
J2M«°rouß hfsgistrate; the 'Wildwrnesf
j., Pternment of the United Ststaif
b 2 s "P r '»ided with regulett irihbhMs. 'A,
•A J£wst and puhlic-spirlUd jb dividual*
: - ; sVi^T :r r /V'T’f^R
xk ; : iiVJI 1A 1 UiV
.tj 1 .tooths :■_■■' ,’■ . ,7\[ ■ i '■
• to t&e fg*tenato» of tfce Qmu of ifmfcom ann t&c S£t*a& of 3&tfovnt.
voL. vm.
as constables, and"there was
every probability thatjHStice would he execut
ed,:although }a,w a representative
in;the community, t'.- > - -•■ •< .<:■
- ■a’owttrdr-dvCTifcg; wehesrd that the criminal
:,b»4 and the en-‘
tire population 6f tbe mines assembled soon
'after-nightfall to “liquor" at the fchipf bar
room of Gila City,’as! according
'euertom.a score of tents'and picket riouses were
somewhat inappropViat'ely"designated, almost
■every f¥£b ! 'hnd' independent prcsetlt
being prepared to' erkihfiiate deep legal opin-
JpOßj frbtti'fhe stoVeS ! 6f his,Ciliforniati experi
ence 4 .., . Jbg: father afine
lookihg man, and a dandy after the rough
faShion of the'minee, swaggered abont with an
. jdf 'pf unconcern, and was treated freely to
drinks of the bar by his friends.
i At length Texan farmer was
•proposed, and unanimously.elected, for the of
fice of jddge, and there was-no difficulty in find
,ing twelve men willing to act as jurymen. The
first choice ,was, 1 perhaps, the most judicious
Jthat could have been made,.the mantle,of Mr.
Jjyncb hnving fallen upon-an bid-man
Who had crossed the plains a few months before,
driving his own team ot qSen,' arid who had
since turned his hand to various professions,
practicing medicine, superintending extensive
mining operations, preoching regularly on Sun
dhy, and at the same time keeping a table d'hote
fir the benefit of the residents in Gila City.—
Tiv^trial took, plaqo in d.lajtgo
used for tho last-mentioned purpose, and all the
proceedings were marked by 8 considerable
fnnoiunt of formality. Two' young Cnliforni-
of furcnsic diftiifctioii, undertook
to conduct the prosecution, and the prisoner
VroS defended by three of thq most loquacious
members of tho community,' who w-erp supposed
ty 'for in order to
hpve an' opportunity of expending their clo
; quenoe with some probabilip? of finding listen
ers; The audience was of a fioitirig character,
i the’tent being hardly sufficiently large to contain
alHhe miners of the Gila, and the attractions
of the neighboring bar and monte-table being
too powerful'to I penhit’a , 'well-soBlaihed atten
tion to the pleadings of the rival orators. AV'ilh
' in the hastily improvised Court House a few dim
dnd'flickoring'lhtrfoThk'bnsf ft glo’omy' end un
certain light on scores of'hoarded faces, wear
in'gthat expression ofprofoirnd gravity which
so generilly marks the' 'Aincrican of the Far
We'd, and. is so soon acquired by all who have
thrown themselves idle the m.idat of that des
perate fight which j« ceaselessly carried on in
thp suburbs of ' civilization. slen were there
Who had obeyed the stern behest of the Vigilance
Committee.nf San Francisco, and assisted atthe
thq-piqrdl purification of Califor
nißf'while otbeiW had good roasnn to be thank
ful thatfn-firltes'pitst; a hot too stringent law
had'prevailed, and thht they had enjoyed the
impunity which, in the West, is much oftener
the consequence of-whal is there called “order,”
fhap; of thorough and ready justice of the
people. ■
The prosecutingCbunscl were extremely ve
hement in their address to the jury, and showed
.a considerable amount of skill in their exam
ination of witnesses. .It-was«rged that au os
ample ought to -ba made at once in order to
icheck that proneness to the use bfColohel Colt’s
'ingehlously cnstrquteU ..weapons wbich hnd been
the bane of u neighboring State, and wbicb-al
iready threatened to couvert lhe peaceful valley
of the Gila into a mere shooting-gallery. Even
the rights of, the prisoner; according
to the. frontier code of honor, to make a target
of. the man wli.d. jiad knocked him down', it was
contended that be had shown a degree of reck
lessness in not waiting for a‘mitre favorable op
porlonify vrtiTcb deprived bis of ,the
qbadow of iin‘ excuse. In order to represent
htßcbaraotee-in the;blackest light,:the fact was
.brought forward that be had served dn appren
ticeship' in homicide during the civil wers of
Kansas, hut tne judb'e promptly^checked these
revelations on accduhiy .of. to in
flqen|e iq;avr improper inimnor
,the Jury, the twelve enlightened citizens be
ibg ehiefiy 'Soalhernors/nncf'one br tivb-of them
having taken part in the capture xSt Lawi'eqce,.
while'thc accused was known to’be a son of the'
'“.old,Huo3ier State” of Indiqna. Every, one,
felt immensely relieved when the eternal “nig
ger queStioiV,” which for a rhoirien t had threat-"
ened.tft intrude itself upon this meeting, vi-as
smothered by the good sense ol" the venerable
■' i - .-I ' i
:3ie defense was ’Hiagnifiient. *lt must be
confessed, indeed, that the leading counsel did
not stick very closely to his brief, but.his speech
.thrilled the hearts of the majority-of tlm audi
ence, and’he Had - got hjjaaself uip -for tbeoccn
rioa by. changing his personal appearsncq im a
manner that was very iliipressiye. His bushy
blaok ibeard had hasp ruthlessly sjvept awdy,
leaving a emmoth bliTCnees of vifago which: ivas '
supposed to indicate that 'the; opposile 'side'
WjOuldj dind it utterly impossible to catch bold
of;.biß!>/i ,Tbe'red shirt of tbevniner which 'he
bad usually wore was replaced by a black cofit
of-dislinctly legal appearance-dragged ftOm'
the recesses of bis kit, aod it was evidently in
tqndedjthis garment should produce a solemni
zing effect on the minds' of the I jury, and con- t
■yitscei them at once that-they had no ordinary
niaato deal witli.>' j:,i:: ' ■ ’
- The_exordium 0 f his address vvas' a swelling
flood of. stump eloquence 'which possessed the
advantage;of'Bat having the.slightest.connec-!
tion with the matter ili hand, iwbile'.it gently ,
eObthed rtbe ear* and feelingsibf'tbOWOwd,
w%ifch had been rather ruffled'by the 1 set’Crfe
of tho proseoutprs upon a few
of, the" most cherished-'Pkactices of the great
Aftrtiican artfully accounted; for
this 'conduct of his-dieht by tracing it to those
chivalrous instincts of the race which cause a
blow- to ba.-;regafl|ed-a* ,ao: ini inlt only to ,'bc;
wiped out in blood, ••;' i - ' i
r Ha'digressed boldly into thi history 6T the
Union, ond alluded iq » manner,.to,
th»t' bird of fteed&K whmb’ |s, *?
tho habit of sitting upon the ;summit of the
•ftodky' Mountqine, anepplapg Us thirst in. the
Attontid whllo woUtening -thfi of- its
an {li the 'pacific. Tbe Monrpe doclririo.'ftnd
the'manTfestde-Btiny pf tbAAn|lo-'Su f on were
bite dragged in,Sx BC-SW^r
WHILE- THEEK SHAEL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL'CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
1 ? WELLSBORO; TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY WOENING. EEBBUABY 5, 1861
| that in America no speech on any subject can
bb complete' without them. A parallel was.
drawn between the vigorous policy of the un
failing General Jackson and the decisive mea
sures adopted by. the prisoner to.vindicate bis
wounded honor! - Having thus shown his bear
ers that he'bimself was a fit person to be sent
as Relegate to Congress whenever the Territory
.of Arizona should be, called on to elect a rep
resentative, the orator at length condecended to
discuss the arguments advanced by the counsel
for the prosecution in favor of making an ex
ample of bra' much-injured client. He con
tended that thebet of firing n revolver at the
breast of an.enemy vros no| oely.excusable but
higblyjmeritorionac apdthat as tbe bullet had
failed to strike the object aimed at, if was ab
surd either to talk of injuries received or of
punishment to be indicted. Admitting that a
youngiman had been wounded, be did not think
that an unprejudiced jury would see anything
in that circumstance to prevent tbe accused
being immediately set at liberty. It wasmerely
ono of'those accidents so apt to occur from the
use of ifire-arms, even when every possible pre
caution was takepl . H' s client had injured a
yoqihful rcomrade and he deeply sympathized
-with bis Sufferings, and as there was no feloni
ous " intention,' neither could therer be any
.ground,for serious complaint. Capital punish
ment wja» therefore out of tbe question. “What
then,” he inquired, “are you going to do about
it? It’s hanging or nothing. You cant send
.him to jail, for I’m happy to say theie’s no
such bondin'; in these diggings."
The fisufil,compliments to the well-knwn mor
el and Intellectual qualities of the jury fol
lowed this forcible argument on the side of
mercy.- He'saws intelligence beaming in their
eyes, he believed that the twelve noble-hearted
men whom he saw before him were the most
honorable, the most high-minded—Hero
the orator was interrupted by a slightly in
toxicated juryman, who could not refrain from
giving his assent to the panegyric by calling
out, “ You bet!”- in an encouraging tone of
voice. Another rather disconcerted the ad
vocate by saying, “We know all that; out it
short, old Tight-wad.” The effect of this
:ather.mysterious appellation was to bring the
peroration to-an abrupt close. After a few
observations had been midie by the.counsel for
the prosecution, Jlf, Justice Lynch summed
up the evidence and arguments on both sides
in a vei(y concise manner, telling the jury to re
turn what verdict they thought proper, but
reminding them that,: according to universal
experience in Texas and California, when the
excitng amusement of suspending fellow-citi
zens by the neck was once begun, no man alive
could tell where it. would-end, The twelve
honcSttnet) by the light of the stars to
a clearing in the cana brake to meditate upon
their verdict, and in the meantime bets were
freely taken upon the result by the more’specu
lutive and impatient among the crowd. The
[nisoner and his legal advisers conversed in an
under tone, and yvaa supposed that some ar
rangement was being made with regard to fees,
“ nothing fur nothing” being the rule of con
duct even in'the ffeihote corner of the United
States. ...
In about ten minutes the jury returned to
the tent and pronounced . a general verdio of
Not Guilty, and the prisoner was briefly in
formed by thejudgeHbat he might “clear out”
at once. An adjournment took place to the bar
room over the way, and all l}io assistance at
the trial were sfion engnged in the consumption
of that seductive fluid known in the Far West
as “ lightning.” The liberated Hoosier and
his late antagonistglatcd at each other fiercely
over their glasses Of corn whiskey, but the,
sense of the company was decidedly opposed 1
to; a renewal of hostilities that night. Return
ing to camp toward the small hotirs, my friend
Abe, who had been an attentive listener to the
speeches on both sides, gave me his opinion in
few words of the whole affair.
“ Nobody shot and nobody banged—that’s
not the way we used to go on in California.—
Fact is, my boy. there wasn’t a-man on the
jury that didn’t: know that he deserved a rope
himself.” . :
| The wounded man eventually,' recovered, as
wounded men generally, do when fortunate
enough to breatho the free air of a wilderness
instead of the close atmosphere of a hospital
ward. The eloquent counsel for, the defense
never received a-“red cent" from his ungrate
ful client, afe he told me with muchdndignation
a few months afterwards, when I saw him’for
the' last time, and joined him in a farewell
“ smile” at the bar of the Gila City Hotel.
Reoihestal Rivalry. — -It is related that a
rivalry exists between'two regiments encamped
oh' the Potomac, which is sometimes tarried to
the most absurd extremes. As ah ihstonce of
this, it is stated that tin one occasion the Colonel
of one of the regiments was whited on by a
zplous chaplain who wished to promote the re
ligious interests of.the regiment., The chaplain
vyaa politely received and beckoned to a seat
o_n a chest. . ■ i .
f “Colonel,” said he elivating his eyebrows,-
“•you have one of-the finest regiments in’the
iar«ny>” / . •. .. : •
’ ' “I think so,” replied the Colonel.
; “poyou think you - pay auffioicnPattention
to the religious instructions of 1 ybnrlhehf”
“Well I don’t know," replied the Colonel.
“A livcley interestjhns been awakened in the
——regiment I thej Lord has blessed the la
bors of his servants anS ten men have beeh
baptized.” [Tbis wos'the rival regiment]
“is that, so, ’pon honor ?” asked tbe Co
lonelv
“Yes,sir.” '•
; .‘Sergeant,” said the Colonel to an attending
Orderly, “have fifteen men detailed immedi
ately to be baptized, I’ll be damned if they
shall get abend of us.phy way.”
i The chaplain made'a note of the interview,
and retired. ........
Gexxrods.— “l will save' jou- a thousand
.pounds," said ayoung hack, to. an. old
•man. “How!” “You have a“dau~gtiter, a«3 you
iptep.d tp give her ten thousand pounds as her
’“filfi.” “Sir, I will take
her with pin? thoU?|in4 ”
PBOM THE BUCK-TAILS.
■Camp Piebpont, Jan. 26,1802.
Friend Agitator. —’Tie a cold winter night,
the north wind is playing. “Hail Columbia"
With the top of my little domicil, as I fasten
the door, build qn a fire, and seat myself to
record tbe events of the past two weeks. My
only reason for not writing last week, is this:
Sunday is my regular day for writing, and last
Sunday morning bur company went out on
p|cket. I will give you a little sketch of that
day, as it will serve to illustrate tho dark side
of camp life.
We left our camp about 7 o’clock in the
morning, with a drenching rain popring down*
upon oa, and with tho mod more than shoe deep
to go to the picket line, about two miles from
camp, oq the Draneavilleroiid. A little circum
stance took place on the way worth mention
ing. We had to.cross a little brook where the
water was eight or tea inches,.deep, and as
many of the boys wore shoos, one of them
thinking to cross in a better spot, went to a
pile-of brush out of tbe road a few rods ; but
when about half way over, his foot slipped, and
away went a Buck-tail into n hole of muddy
water four feet deep ; be paddled around a mo
ment to find his gun, but the gun was not forth
coming. If any of you were ever four or five
miles from heme fishing in a drenching rain,
and fell in all over—broke your line—lost your
hook and fish, you can partly judge the feelings
of Mr. when he waded to the shore
amid the shouts of a hundred soldiers.
It ruined nearly all day and night, and as
we had no tents, or houses, (except for those
who vvore straps upon their shoulders,) there
We must stand, Or wade in the “sacred soil” of
old Virginia, nearly knee deep, for twenty-four
long hours. The day passed off very well, but
tbe night was long and lonely; houraftet’hour
was shortened by the yarns and stories which
wenttheir rounds, but at lost, when nil were
too sleepy and tired to either talk or listen—
the stillness of the night wasT only broken by
“Corporal of the guard,, ho Ist, 3d, or 4th re
lief,” as the case happened to be. Once in the
night, while standing aronnd the fire, I spoke
to “Uncle Johnny” who was standing near, me
smoking his pipe—said T : "Pretty todgh, Un
cle Johnny ?” “Rather hard, yes,” said be :
“ but he G—d I can stand it if them d d I
secesh can.” ' 1 ' -
Late at night, a? I passed the Window of a
warm andweil lighted room, where a few offi
cers sat smoking cigars, singing songs, and oc
casionally taking a little “o-be-joyful,” I cbuld
not but contrast their condition witji those who
were standing in the ice and mud on that dark
stormy night, to guard the “rock of liberty.”
Tbe weather for the past ten days has been
disagreeable, beyond description ; more than
bad enough to make up for the fair weather of
December. The snow has not been over two
inches deepi but the mud is about ns deep as j
the snow in Potter County. I
A few mornings since, our honest old Chap-1
lain while distributing some religions "tracks” I
among the the soldiers, called at a tent On 3d !
street, and said, “good morning hoys, good I
morning; shunt I leave a few ‘tracks’ at yonr i
tent?” “Yes,” says Ned, “but leave as few as (
possible," and be sqre and leave the heels to
wards the tent.”
Our election for Colonel took place last
Wednesday; the candidates were, Lieut. Col.
Thomas L. Kane, a'h'd Capt. Hugh W. McNeil,
of Co. D. The day iwas an exciting one, hut
passed off much more quietly than was antici
pated. Superlioman efforts were made on both
sides to trio. On theone band was a man who
couldjboast of bis birth and relations, one who
had gold and could , buy friends in’.every de
parltrienf of life and control the press pind on
the other hand a band of freemen, or a regi
ment of men, who have left all that makes life
dear, to fight for the land of their birth, —a
regiment whose lives as American citizens, and
their reputation as soldiers depended upon the
vote they oast. The polls were opened at nine
o’clock, and in order not to have any distur
bance gt tfae polls, and in ojder to. detect ait
fraud, we voted by companies. Co. A, voted
first, the names being called from the muster
roll, Co. B, next, arid so on in succession. As
sbop os the . voting began the betting com
menced. At nine, bets were offered and taken
two to one on the fighting CoL l£'ane. At
twelve, all bets were taken even banded, and
piles were put op. Tile McNeil men worked
with a determination to win, .and at three
o’clock the scale hud turned, two to one on the
gallant Captain. At five o’clock ten to one,
and hundreds offered that'no one seemed wil
ling to cover. At five the polls were closed,
and at seven the news ran like wild-fire'through'
every street, 223 majority for McNeil! Tlie
cbnip then echoed with cheers which, continued j
long and loud. Again we have a Colonel! and
with such'a man as Hugh IV; McNeil at our
bead, we have no fears that wia shall lose ope
iota of our former name, that we have worked
for nine long months of toll and danger to,
gain. Col. McNpil is about 35 years of age.
Six feet in highth, dark eyes arid., hair, long
black beard and mustache, and in fiict.n noble
looking man. He is a graduate of Yale College,
and is a good lawyer, and was at the.Brno,when,
this rebellion broke outvCaabmr of.tbe-Warren
County Bank/ And in the dark days of April
last, when a deepening-gloom hpng over every
true American heart, and every rail rbadcKr
was filled, .with .freemen flying to defend-the
Capital of the Nation, a hundred men might;
have been seen, armed, with (heir own trusty
pieces, floating down the. Alleghany in scows
bußt by their own:-.hands, with .their hearts’
beating hjgb with the hope-that they might,
soon serve their eoontry with Hugh W. McNeil
for,, their First Lieut.. From Pittsburg, they
came to Camp Curtin, wbere’he was promoted,
to Capt. of his Company! then known as the
Raftsman's O'ubrd, and since that time be has
commanded bis company in a manner Which
does honor to himself find men. And to-day
be is commander of a Regiment second to nano
that ever trod the American soil, and with him
at the helm, we will fightas longaa there is a
’Back-tail heart that-beats; or a'drop of blood
winding through our veins for the Union that
will stand united and be honored, by every
nation for ages yet to come 1
. A young man recently made bis escape from
; the galleysat Toulohse, : r He-was strong and
vigorous, and soon mgde hisway' across the,
1 country ahd escaped pursuit. He arrived next
morning before a cottage in an open field and
stopped to beg something' to eat and for con
cealment while he reposed.-a little. But he
' found the inmates, of the Cottage in the greatest
1 distress. Four little childrensat trembling in
: a corner, their mother was weeping and tearing
her balr, n«d the- father Walked the floor in
agony.. TbC galley-slave asked'what was .'the
matter, imd-thefiuher replied'that they were
' that morning to be turned out of doors because
I they could not'pay. the rent.
“ You see me driven to despair,” said the
father j 41 my wife and children without food
or shelter, and I without means to provide for
them."
The convict listened to thistle with sym
pathy, and then said, 1 ■
41 1 will give you the means. I have just es
caped from the galleys; whoever secures and
takes hack an escaped prisoner Is efatitled to a
reward of fifty france. How much does your
rent amount to?" i- ;
44 Forty frances," answered the fathof.
44 Well," said the other, "put a cord around
my body; I will follow you to ; the city; they
will recognize me, and you will get fifty frances
for bringing me back."
: 41 Nrt, never !" exclaimed: the astonished
listener; 44 my children should 1 starve - a dozen
times before I should dp so base a thing."
The generous young man insisted and do-
I claired at last that he would go and give, him
1 self up If the father would not consent to take
j -him. After a long struggle, the father yielded
and taking bis preserver by the arm, led biin
to the City and to the • Major’s office. Every-
I body was surprised that a little man, like the
father, had been able to*capture such a stout
young man ; but the proof was before them.—
The fifty frances were paid, and the prisoner
seat back to the galleys. But after he was
gone, the father esked a private interview of
the major, to whom he told the' 1 whole story.
The mayor was so much affected that he not
only added fifty frances more to the father’s
i puVse,’ but wrote immediately to the authorities
j in regard to. the affair,-and finding that it was
comparatively a small offence which con
demned the young man to the galleys, and that
he had already served ootfialf his time, he or
dered bis release. i
When it-was proposed to raise the 2oth Mast
sachnsotls Regiment, a gentleman residing a-
Worcester (who has been for fifteen or twenty
years in an-extensive business,'covering hun
dreds of thousands of dollars yearly,)'took a
lively interest in raising the first company.—
There being considerable competition in tbe re
cruiting business, it was found somewhat diffi
cult to fill up Ibis company, and this gentleman,
having considerable influence, resolved to en
list as a private, and thug offer an example to
his acquaintances. The result was that tbe
company was raised in numbers from nineteen
men, to near one hundred and twentyin less
than five days, and the extra men were trans-.
ferred to another company, This, individual
had an insurance of $lO,OOO on bis life in New
York, and he immediately after enlisting, pro
ceeded to Now York and paid-§>soo to the com
pany to secure his policy, and he is to pay an
equal sum each year he is in the service. He
is in Gen. Burnside’s Division as a private, and"
draws §l3 per month for his services, while his
business in Worcester is wholly without his
superintendence. He left a wife and several
stnaUchildren at home, in whom he is deeply ■
interested, and in leaving them be must have
made a great sacrifice. ■ j
i Among, the stories ’told of General Nelson,
one of the best of the Federal Commanders in
Kentucky, is the following:
While visiting , the guard, of a neighboring
regiment,» few days since, ho noticed the ab
sence of the officer in command, and demanded
his presence, whereupon a veryunmilitary-like
figure, enveloped,in a shawl appeared. ,
“General Nelson—'Beg your pardon, sir, I
want the offioer of the guard."
“Officer—l am officer of the guard sir.”
“Gen; Nelson—Take off that ehawl, sir."
(TheImysterious 1 mysterious stranger divests himself of the
shawl.); “Now, sir, where is your sword ?”
“OfficMr-In nly tent." -
“G.enefal Nelson—Put it on, sir. Stand up
how: Take the position of a soldier, and sa
lute your superior officer. Very well done,
sir—quite correct. Now deliveryoor sword to
my adjutant general,and report yourself under
arrest; sir!”
Vipw oF Niagara.— The Ohio Stoic Journal
tells a story of an Irishman of the better class,
who thought be must conform to the fashions,
bio mania in paying a visit to the Falls of Ni
agara. Paddy arrived at the Falls and taking
a glance'at the surrounding wonders, addressed
himself to a gentleman—‘.‘And is this Niagra
FallsP’;i“Yes,” was the reply, “And what is
there to make'such a.bother about?” “Why/’,
said the gentleman, “do you notaeethe mighty
river—the'deep alryss,—and, the great sheetof
water .pouring doyp?” Pat looking at the
water,-, replied hesitatingly—“ And wbats to
hinder.it?”,
•A, .Contraband. —While „ the ITuicn
troops wore marching through. Elizabethtown,
Kentucky,, the other day, a venerable daughter
of Hatp vvas epepchantedwjth the music and
the appearance of the troops, that, pacing up
and down shp cleared a space of about teu
feet, by swinging her, arms, shouting. “Car
comesde Unionists!' Sress de lord for de Union
ists! I jes knows d,e 'Uuipnists gwin to gain
de d.ay l' Glory to ide Lord!
’We bnce heard of arichmaU who wae’hadly
injured by beiugrunbrer.
n I,tisn’irthe accident,” he said, “that I mind;
that isn’t the thing i but the idea of-being run
over by j a dirty swill cart rtakes me mad.”
A sfr. Henn has etarled a hew paper to lowa.
Bo says he hopes b$ hard scratching to make
a living for himself and his little chickens.
Cot. CnpCEET.
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The Casually Emancipated Blacks.
Our philanthropists have a task to. perform
for tbe black population; which tbs progress of
the war is. already liberating in great number*.
'Dispute the question of! formal emancipation
as ws may, wherever oar arms carry conquest
in the rebel territory they bring freedom to tho
Blare. Thousands leave| service of their mas
ters whom to remand to bondage would coyer
our governmenl and our people with infancy,
and who must and will-remain free. Tiey
wiiTh-ave to be organized into ajicgufaf I h’ttil
orderly.society, intrusted, trained
deuce, and elevated, intejleotually and morally,
so far. os ihe friendiy white, rncecim
nccompliah these objects—and nil this by as lit tle
direct intermeddling of the government as may
be. ' - - - -
Those who' look to see 'the black population
abandoningTtself to the wildest license bn be
coming released from compulsory obedienceto
the demands of the white race are vexing them
selves With unnecessary- fears. The black in
"naturally pacific, docile, good-tempered, fo’rgiv-
irvgand not inclined to cherish projects of re
venge. - The emancipation of his race in thb
British West Indies, was followed by no tu
mults, no riots, no -attempt of the .blacks' to
cut the throats of their children, such as ccr
tain rhetoricians pretended to bdlieve would
follow the liberation of' the bondmen hf the
South. All that could be said against them
was that, in thc-soft climate of their island-,
which naturally disposes to indolence,' and
where life is supported op, such, simple- condi
tions and with, so little labor, they chose at.first
to indulge themselves onj a, long,.lazy holiday.
They are growing more industrious, however,
with every year," acquiring a taste for the com
forts of civilization and habits of forecast. Ilf
there was bloodshed in St, Domingo, it was be
cause of an attempt to retenslave • the liberated
negroes. The planters of the South take great
pains to persuade the world that they are not
afraid of their slaves. If they are so confident
of receiving no harm from their work-people
while held in a state of [compelled servitude.
they may trust to their pacific and itn SVnsho
.disposition"still more confidently when .they
are set free, and have no further wrongs of
-which to Complain. 1
There are thousands of blacks now in the
neighborhood or Port Royal, emancipated -by
the effect of the :
——“as.free ns nature first made tnan,** .
and yet behaving themselves »s quietly Wif
they had been always free,', We heard *♦ int
that they wantonly wasted and destroyedprojii
erty, and were wholly averse to work for. the |{
living. The story of their idleness' was " soon •
disproved ; wages were offered them, and' the
cargoes of Sea Island cotton which have arrived
from Beaufort were gathered and shipped tjf
their industry.. As to the causelessdestruction
of property in their masters’ bouses, the ex*
planation is this: The field! negroes, finding
that their masters had run a Way, leaving- their
effects behind.them in their houses, supposed
that they might’have left theiri gold and silver
also. They entered the luxurious and richly :
furnished dwellings, the inside of which they
had never seen before, opened the drawees
pulled out the contents, pried \ into 'the'-dtrjl
boards, emptied the sideboards, and brokebpen -
the trunks, without discovering! the objestbf
their search. Their masters had plenty til
money T it must bo concealed jsomewhere.-r-,
They bad never seen a sofa or a.piano Tjefote, -
and thinking that hoards of cash mighVbd fil'd*
den in these mysterious objects, they cut oht!
tbe,seats of the sofas and disejabowelled th»
pianos. Finally, that no place ip whioh.it wap
possible to conceal, money might
they ripped open the feather beds. It was pot.
that' they wanted' to destroy V property—tfiey
only wanted to'find money. • I ’
We-hear that the chaplains at Pori-Royal,-"
are interesting tfaemselves in behalf of thesis
ignorant people, whom thpir masters, for tbpx
must part, have kept in as bbject aicondition M-,
possible, and that they are taking (grept, pains
to instruct and advise them, and* pot them" to"
the wily of making the best use i possible iff
their unexpected freedom. A few other
oleo.t individuals, we believe, are associated*
with them in this work, but this lis onlyjbta
beginning of what is yet to be done... Plenty
of occupation for tbe schoolmast era,'and ampft
scope for the diligence of every class of
ers in the cause of human' well-being, wflhSttfi
found in tbe vast multitudes of men and wobj-fl
en, untaught, yet. tractable and easily guided, t
whom the sudden disruption of the cqnnecffWp
of masters arid slaves will thfow upon ’rood*
cbaritable cares.— A* Y Opening
Aoonntry editor, noticing the deeesft'df* >
wealthy - gentleman, observes t "ije tatei'dfc&'-t
regretted by a numerous- circle of; frieiuds. «i<4 -
leaving a widow as disconsolate atf a*IJ widow
need be who : has obtained the wnctmtrniilefc
possession-of five thousand per annum. -Mfnffif 4
than twenty young men have eeirtlettera 'dt- :
condolence to her. ■ Y
A leading secessionist In Prico’a wtOy'Wrdl*
in.a recent letter! ‘‘Gur men have jnb orettd of
FcdetalGoneritls except Siegel and notftfr htrtv
when he is : advancing; .Bat retreating’ be i«-
extremely formidable, andsotne of pal fellow* ■
say, “When that d-—-d Dutchman begins, to .
back down, look out for h—ll." , | - -
A school boy having good naturpedly helped
another in a difficult cyphering lesson, flraa-sn- -
grily questioned by the Dominie’, f - ■• ;
“Why did you work bis lesson 1 .
“To Lessen bis work," replied tho youngi' :
star.
An Irishman pat his head in to. a lawyers
office, and asked the inmate, “'An ifhat.du you
sell here ?” “Blockheads," replied the limb of
the law. “Gob, thin, to bosure,"!said Pati i'it
must bo a good trade, tor yeh*v* hat,
thantloft."
A Missouri farmer being ask id ifratgtn^
hemp was gffbd business,'ftnBiVerd,i , *liJAß'tßW^
tin say : but it is rarely bettor than
raise it." 1
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