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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1861.
VOL. 7.-NO. 43.
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THE VOICE THAT WINS ITS WAY.
If wordj could satisfy the heart.
The hearth might find lew care I
But words, like summer birds, depart,
And leave but empty sir.
A little said, and truly said,
Can deeper Joy Impart
"Than hosts of words that reach the head
But never touch the heart.
A voice that wins its sanny way
A lonely home to cheer,
liath oft the fewest words to say,
But, O, those few, how dear.
COUSIN BOB.
A TALE TOR TOWS AND COUNTRY.
Mi. John P. Middlton was a retail roer
chant of Philadelphia. Ilia business was mod
erately prosperous and he lived up to his in
come. It was a primary, object with him and
his wile to occupy a large and handsome house.
and to have it furnished id elegant style.
They likewise Kept a carriage, which was
drawn by a single horse, and the keeping of a
carriage made it necessary for them to keep a
"coachman." Their functionary was named
M'Ue Farrell ; hd was a modest and well be
haved Irishman, who, besides tho regular ser
vices which belonged to his office, did duty
as porter in Mr. Middleton's store and made
himself useful in another way to which refer
ence will he made hereafter.
The Middletons had a large circle of ac
quaintances, a!l of whom were people of con
sideration ; that is tr say, people who dressed
well, lived in somewhat fine honses and pos
sessed good carpets, handsome chairs, tables,
sofas, &c. But there was one draw back on
Mr. and Mrs. Middleton' (eiicity: they had a
superabundance of country cousins ; plain,
rustical persons who often came on visits to
Philadelphia, and, as they were scarcely pre
sentable in that aristocratic circle in which
the Middletons moved, these visitors were a
source of annoyance and vexation whenever
they took a fancy to spend a few days or weeks
with their Philadelphia relatives.
Mr. Middleton and his wife, in family con
sultations, had often devised means for aba
ting this nuisance, (as they considered it,) but
what could be done J They did not wish to
tiehave churlishly to their unfortunate coun
try friends, for that would be discreditable to
their good breeding; besides, as it was desi
rable with Mrs. Middleton, sometimes, to
make a abort stay in the country, for the ben
efit of her own health or that of her children,
ee thought it expedient to treat her country
visitors with some civility, for the purpose of
securing a hospitable reception from them
when it suited her convenience to return their
visits. But Mr. Middleton was a very shrewd
person and he hit on an ingenious plan to
make the visits of the country cousins, like
those ol angels, (as Campbell says,) "few and
fur between. Middleton had an appartment
fixed t:p especially for the use of his rural
sis. He procured a bedstead of the French
;.iterii, which, as it contained a good deal of
timber and many joints and crevices, afforded
ample accommod.it ions for those insects which
are objects of horror and detestation with all
tidy house-wives. Mr. M., with auti-Malthu-sian
policy, sought to increase the population
.f this chamber and strictly forbade the use
of j!I measures which could interfere with this
purpose. And lfst his animal pets should not
have a sufOcint maintenance, he induced his
coachman, Mr. Mike Farrell, to use the cham
ber as a dormitory, whenever the family hap
pened to have no visitors from the country.
Mike was one of those fortunate mortals who
can sleep soundly and comfortably in any cir
cumstances of pain or peril. The bed bugs,
in fact, gave bun but little disturbance, for he
wa a hard working man, and as he was much
fatigued at night, his slumbers were generally
sound; besides, he was accustomed to take a
pretty strong sleeping draught, a little bofore
U-A time, and this secured his repose against
all ordinary causes of interruption.
He remarked, in confidence to his intimate
friends, that great gnus could not awake him,
and "as fur them poor litllo wee crayters,
they were mighty plisint companions, (bless
their souls !) and the tickling they gave h;m,
4id good and often made him laugh himself to
sleep."
This, we say, was Mike's avowal to his con
fidential friends; but to his employers he (old
a di&Vrent story for it was his game to make
them believe that sleeping in "cousin's room,"
(as the apartment was called,) was a very se
vere penance. As he was paid a dollar per
week extra wages for supplying Mr. Middle
ton's Urge flocks with good pasturage, he was
cunning enough to pretend that this service
cost him some inconvenience and suffering.
Hut as soon as one of thn consini arrived at
Mill lletou's, a part of Mike's occupation was
or.e, the well inhabited bed was surrendered
to the visitors, and Mike's extra pay was sim
ultaneously stopped.
These arrangements proved to be very sat
isfactory to Mr. aud Mrs. Middleton. When
rostic kinsfolks came to town, II r. and Mrs.
M. appeared to be ready to eat them up with
fetidness. The bugs khowed a similar dispo
sition; but with them there was no dissimu
lation, or false pretense. To the great de
light of the Middletons, each guest made but
hort stay; that bed seemed to be more af
flictive than the coaches of Damien and Proc
No one would voluntarily submit; for
4'y length of time, to such a mockery of re
pose. When each guest departed, he or she
looked so jaded and distressed that it was ea
K' 't suppose that the visit would not soon be
At length there came to Middleton'a, a cer
a:R c uiitry cousin from the Ea.stern shore of
.JaryUnd. Rolert Laskin was his name, but
r- and Mrs. Middleton, with affectionate fa
Diiliatity, called him "Cousin Bob." Mr.
Laskin was a stout, broad faced, jovial farmer,
hose manners were not particularly elegant ;
hut in other respects he was a very estimable
person. This was "Cousin BobV first visit
fo Philadelphia, and as he was a mere rustic
jo appearane?, the Middletons felt particnlar
T incommoded by his presence. Neverthe
s, they received him with much apparent
wr.liality, and on the first day of his sojourn
ment in Philadelphia, "Cousin Bob" appear-
p to be delighted with his situation. On the j
following morning, however, when he ap- j
Pearedat the breakfast table his countenance i
somewhat pale and haggard, and Mrs. I
-uuieton sympathiaingly inquired if he round
?melf quite well after his journey.
"To tell you the truth, Cousin Sally," an
erd Laskin. "railroad trip didn't do me
?ytiartn; but that bed into which yon put
rne last night was a little too exciting ; it
wants overhauling.
"Dear me I what can you mean ?" cried Mrs.
Middleton; "I'm sure the sheets were well
aired, Cousin Bob."
"I wont dispute that," said Laskin "the
sleeping fixings might have had air enough ;
but what they want is hot soap-suds, spirits
of turpentine, or something else that calcu
lated to clear out them little tormentors."
Mrs. Middleton preserved a look of well af
fected mystification; but Mr. M., after a re
flective pause, struck his bands on the tabic
and exclaimed : "I think I have found out
what Cousin Bob means. lie must have been
troubled with the bugs."
"You may venture to bet on that," said M.
Laskin ; "and I'd like to know whether you
can not give me some other accommodation
while I stay with you?"
Here Mrs. Middleton shook her bead and
heaved a profound sigh by way of response.
Mr. M. made a verbal answer to the following
purpose; "Why, Cousin Bob, that matter you
speak of is one of the miseries of town life.
Philadelphia is overrun with bugs, and it is
thought that they contribute very much to
the health of the place by the abstraction of
superfluous blood. Our physician tells us
tliry make the use of the lancet almost unne
cessary, and on that account he regards them
as a very great blessing, especially to people
of a plethoric habit. But they are not pleas
ant, certainly, to persons who have not be
come accustomed to their operations."
Laskin appeared to be satisfied with this
explanation, and, although his appearance
showed that his shirutnTs had been interrupt
ed, he never troubled his enteitainer with an
other complaint. His easy disposition and
imperturbable good humor encouraged t.';e
Middleton's to take some liberties with him,
which they might net have ventured to try
with a person of different temper. One morn
inn Mr. Middleton addressed him as follows:
"Cousin Bob, we expect a party of gentlemen
to dine with us to-day. One of them is Mr.
Julius C. Wriggler, who boards at the Conti
nental Hotel, and keeps a fast horse for his
own use. People of that kind are proud, you
know, and very likely they might laugh at
some of your unsophisticated behaviour. Of
course, yon would rather not take dinner with
such gay company, and, if you will only be
kind enough to dine with Mike Farrell, in the
front basement, to-day, it will be a general ac
commodation." "Certainly," answered Laskin; "Mike Far
rell is an honest, whole-souled fellow, and I
like him well. He and I will make ourselves
quite comfortable. But who is this Mr. Wrig
gler you speak of, Cousin Jack What is
his business 1''
"Why, that Indeed," answered Middleton,
"is a puzzling question. I judge that he is a
dealer in lottery policies, or something of
that sort. But in this citv. it makes but little
difference what trade a man follows, if he can
only gain money and make a good show out,
he will pass muster."
"We have different customs in our parts."
remarked Laskic "There no man who car
ties on a roguish business meets with any
countenance or favor. But I am satisfied with
your arrangements, Cousin Jack, and I give
you my word that I consider it a greater hon
or to dine with Mike Farrell than with Mr.
Wriggler."
While Messrs. Laskin and Farrell were ta
king their noon-tide meal together, Mike be
came very commiMicative, and with true Hi
bernian humor .gave his companion a full ac
count of the plan which the Middletons had
adopted to discourage the visits of their
country relations. Laskin laughed heartily at
this recital, but did not seem to be much sur
prised at tho deceitfulness of his Philadelphia
cousins, for his natural acuteness had already
given him some insight into their characters.
When the day of the departure came, Mr.
Laskins with undiminished good humor took
leave of his host and hostess and made it his
particular request that Cousin Jack, (meaning
Middleton) would return his visit, promising
him an abundance of fine fishing in Choptank
river, and other tural and acqtiatic recreations.
This invitation was ho agreeable to Mr. Mid
dleton, (who was somewhat inclined to genteel
loaferistn,) that he accepted it forthwith, and
in less than a month after "Cousin Bob's" de
parture, Mr. M. sat out on his journey to
Maryland. After traveling some distance by
railroad, he succeeded, with some trouble in
finding a conveyance to Cousin Bob's out of
the way habitation, which proved to be a very
sung and comfortable farm house.
Middleton was warmly welcomed by tfcs
Laskin family, and Cousin Bob promised him,
without any appearance of irony, that he would
endeavor to make Cousin Jack as comfortable
on the bank of Choptank river, as he himself
had been in Philadelphia. The city cousin,
being fatigued with travel, wished to retire to
rest at an early hour. In the meantime,
Cousin Bob had caused an appartment to be
prepared expressly for Cousin Jack's accom
modation. At this point of our narrative, it is necessa
ry to inform our readers that the neighborhood
of Ci.optank river is celebrated for a prodig
ious growth of musqnitoes, which exceed in
size, strength, and ferocity any similar animals
that have been found on or above the surface
of the habitable globe. The bite of a Chop
tank musquito is almost as effective as a sting
of a wasp, and to guard against the assaults of
these miniature dragons, the people of that
district use a variety of expedients.
Their beds are closely curtained with a gauze
like fabric, tho texture of which aliows a free
circulation of air, but effectually excludes t!ia
insect enemy. Besides, the chambers are
furnished vvith pennyroyal and other herbs
which are supposed to be repulsive to the
dread invaders. Moreover, no artificial illu
mination is permitted :n tho sleeping apart
ments, as ft has been ascertained that mus
qnitoes prefer light to darkness, whichjsppears
to be one redeeming trait in their moral char
acter. ' Now, by the direction of Mr. Laskin, tb
windows of Mr. Middleton's apartment had
been left open to allow free ingress of the
winged army, a light had been kept burning
In the room as an illnrement to the invaders,
and no muslin fortifications surrounded tho
couch on which Mr. Middleton was destined
to seek repose. When he entered the cham
ber, he heard a mysterious humming or buz
zing, and the air of the apartment seemed
dense enough to be cut with a knife. IJjJ ap
peared to be passing through a cloud cf lljitig
dust, such as he witnessed during the preva
lnco of . a tornado-. Bpt bjt fatigue and im-
patience to get to bed did not allow him to
pay much attention to these phenomena. No
sooner had he laid himself down than the
general onslaught commenced. The minute
lancers came down on him in myriads or
millions, piercing him with innumerable barbs,
every one of which, fas he afterwards de
clared,) was equal in effect to the puncture of
a darning-needle. He snatched off his night
cap and endeavored, by flapping it all around,
to drive off his assailants; but if they gave
way for a moment they returned to the charge
with renovated vigor and resolution. He
leaped out of bed, and by dancing a sort of
Spanish fandango over the floor, endeavored
to shake off the swarms of his blood-thirsty
enemies which adhered like leeches to every
assailable part of his person. Having exhaus
ted himself w ith this exercise, he sank again
on the bed and rolled about in agonv, until
bis recovered energies permitted another sal
tatory performance on the floor. Thus the
night was passed in inconceivable misery, and
as soon as the day dawned, Middleton threw
on his clothes and rushed wildly into the open
air. He rambled about the fields, and more
than once, thought seriously of plunging into
the river to allay the burning sensation wnich
yet lingered in bis skin. At length he en
countered "Cousin Bob" who had now risen
and was driving his cows to pasture.
"Ah, Cousin Jack," cried Laskin, "I must
give yon credit for early rising. Hope you
rested well after your travel."
"Never closed my eyes," answered Middle
ton. "The .musquitoes literally dragged me
out of bed."
"Oh the mnsquitoes! They are rather
troublesome to strangers, but af'tei all Cousin
Jack, they are rather a good institution. For
the benefit of health, they answer tho same
purposes here that the bed-hugs do in Phila
delphia. Only let them bleed you freely and
you are safe enough from the billious fever
during the whole season. i"ou"M soon be ac
customed to their operations, Cousin Jack."
"Never!" cried Middleton, in great excite
ment. "Another night like tho last one would
finish me."
"Pooh ! you may think so at present, Consin
Jack," said Laskin, "but you are nervously
excited and overrate the mischief. You want
exerciee and recreation. We will go on a
fishing excursion this afternoon, a boat row
and the refreshing air from the river will com
pose your nerves and strengthen your appe
tite. By the way, Cousin Jack, I expect some
company to dinner to-day; they are people
who do not admire dandyism in any shape,
ai ttry i.-u apt to feci a contempt for com
mon folks who make high pretentions to gen
tility. If they should see and hear you talk,
the would be sure to laugh at you, and that
would be mortifying to myself, because you
:ire ty relation. To save yr,r. !rnm ridicule,
I would recommend you to take dinner to-day
in the kitchen, where my colored man, Tom,
will try to make you comfortable. By all
Uicans, keep out of the way of my company."
"Thunder and fury !" cried Middleton in a
great rage, "do you pretend to tell me that
your clod hopping friends would presume to
make me an object of their merriment ?"
'I bat is my meaning," answered Laskin.
"They are plain people, but very honest and
sensible. They do not board at first-class ho
tels, nor follow any business which will not ad
mit of explanation, but they know how to
vah'.p themselves, an- Would scorn to associ
ate with3our triend Wriggler. Indeed, Cousin
Jack, I doubt whether they would be favora
bly impressed with your appearance and con
versation. Therefore my advice is that you
should avoid them."
-','T'o bo sure 1 will," roared Middleton, "I
wifi avoid your friends aud acquaintances,
your nuisniuitocs and yourself, for I see now
very plainly that you invited me to this place
merely to amuse yourself at my expense. It
was a mean and pitiful revenge."
"No revenge at all, Cousin Jack. I merely
wished to give you a useful lesson. You will
find that plain dealing, after all, is the best
policy with your country cousins. If yon do
not like their company, tell them so at once,
and th3 will cease to trouble you ; and for
your own credit's sake, never let them suspect
that you hold successful sharpers and swind
lers in higher esteem than decent, honorable
and hard working rustics."
"I do not expect to agree with you on any
subject, Mr. Laskiu," answered Middleton,
"and I will not stay another hour in your
neighborhood, I will merely trouble you to
enquire how I can get home by the shortest
route "
"I guess" you will have to bear with us a
liitio while longer," answered Laskin, "for as
the means of conveyance from this place ar
very irregnlar, it will require some looking
around to secure you a passage to the nearest
point on the railroad. If you can endure us
and tue musqnitoes for two or three days and
nights more ."
"No, not lor another hour," exclaimed Mid
dleton, in a tone of bitter resentment. "I'd
rather make my way to the railroad station on
foot."
"The road passes through a thick forest,
and you'll find it rather gloomy and disagreeable,-''
said Laskin. "Besides there are lots of
snakes, and some of them might bite worse
than the musquitoes."
But Middleton could not be dissuaded from
undertaking a pedestrian journey of hftoen
miles, in order to escape from the object of
hi dread and dislike. Alter a tedious und
toilsome walk through the sand and over
heaps of pine burs and decayed branches,
which made the road in some places almost
Indistinguishable, he reached tho railrcad
track, and took passage in the first train for
Philadelphia. On bis arrival at .home, his
woeful ard forlorn appearance startled and
alarmed Mrs. Middleton, and when he made
her acqnainted with the particulars of his visit
to "Cousin Bob," the lady's indignation broke
out into furious exclamations against "the
hearth-as ungrateful vagabond."
It does not appear from the record that any
subsequent intercourse took place between
"Cousin Bob" and "Cousin Jack ;" and it Is
quite probable that the visits we have descibed
were the very last that each paid to the other.
A Savannah paper suggests that there are
certain substances, which, by being enclosed
!n bombshell, and exploded In Fort Pickens,
would render the atmosphere so horribly of
fensive that nobody could live in it. Now, it
seems to ns, says the Louisville Journal, that,
if the Confederate troops want to create an in
sufferable stench in the fort, they had better
throw Floyd and Thompson from their mortars,
1 ;j:ri.. ;, ; t.ii " ' '' "1 li ;i".L-.'-'
WHAT THE YANKEE IS.
e copy the following eloquent extract
from a speech delivered by Mr. Corwin of O-
nio, m the House of Representatives on the
23d and 24th of January, 1860. It is appro
priate to the times :
"My colleague (Mr. Cox) spoke of a meet
ing upon the Western Reserve in Ohio. . . .
He amused himself with the comic power he
possessed in imitating the nasal twang of the
Yankees of that Reserve. It sounded strange
to you, as it did to him, and so it did to the
army of Prince Rupert atMarston Moor, wbeu
the ancestors of these men rushed into battle
agaiust the mailed chivalry and curled dar
lings of the court of Charles I. What happen
ed then ? Something worthy to be noted, and
not forgetten. Stout Cromwell and his uncon
querable Ironsides, when the day was well nigh
lost, charged with resistless fury upon the
proud columns of that Aos of gentlemen, as
they were boastfully denominated, aud lo!
Prince Rupert and bis host were scalteied as
the dried leaves of autumn are before the
storm-blast of the coming winter. That same
nasal twang rang out on that day their well
known war cry, 'The sword of tho Lord and
Gideon.' These Yankees area peculiarpeople;
they are an industrious, thriving, pains-taking
race of men. The frailties of these men grow
out of their very virtues those stern virtues
which founded liberty in England, -and baptis
ed it in their own blood upon Bunker Hill in
America. They will do so again if there is a
necessity for it. It is a hard matter to deal
with men who do verily believe that God Al
mighty and his angels are encamped around
about them. What do they care for earthly
things or earthly power ? What do they care
for kings, and lords, and Presidents? They
fully believe ihey are heirs of the King of
Kings. In the hour of battle they swear to
themselves to stand, like the great Hebrew
leader, in the cleft of the rock ; the glory of
the Most high God passes by them, and they
catch a gleam of its brightness. If you come
iti conflict with the purposes of such men they
will regard duty as everything, life as nothing.
So it appeared in our war ol the Revolution."
Washington Latino the Corner-Stone op
the Capitol. A correspondent of the Bangor
Whig tells the following anecdote of Washing
ton. "Recent events call very forcibly to my
mind the following incident, which may, per
haps, prove interesting to your readers at the
preseut time. Being on a visit to WashingtDn,
during the recess of Congress, in the spring
of Ib7, I walked one day, with a friend, to
visit the works which were already in progress
for the exteusion of the Capitol. As we saun
tered among the ptllats, iu the basement of
the old building, we fell in with a venerable
looking man, having the appearance of a
countryman, who seemed to be there on the
same business that we were. We entered in
to conversation with him, and he informed us
that be was a Virginia man, 'raised' a few
miles down the river, not far from Mount Ver
non. 'Very likely, then,' we remarked, you
may recollect General Washington.' 'Per
fectly well,' he replied. 'Indeed, I saw him
when he laid the foundation of this building.
I was but a boy then, he continued, 'but I re
member very distinctly how he looked as he
stood in this way over the stone, and settled
it in its place with a pry. It was a huge stone,
and as placed, it must have required no little
strength to move .it. But the General was a
very athletic man, and moved it apparently
with ease. Sevenl boys from our neighbor
hood were present, and it was a marvel to us
all how the General moved that stone. A few
days after, the General happened to be riding
by our school-house, on horseback, as we
were playing outside. Wo pulled ofl our hats
to him, and be stopped his'horse for a moment
and spoke to us very pleasantly. One of the
boys cried out, 'Please, General tell us how
you racved that stone, up yonder, the other
day 7 "Why. boys,' said he, smiling, 'did I
move the stone ?' 0, yes. General, you mov
ed it, we all saw you.' Well, boys, said the
General, looking very serious, and shaking his
long finger as he spoke, 'Do you see that nobody
ever moves that stone agtin .'"
Toe Coolness of the Yankees. When the
State of Maine arrived at Fort Monroe with the
Massachusetts troops, the Virginia residents
around the fort, who are all secessionists,
were very mnch surprised, enraged and mor
tified. They collected around tho captain of
the steamer, who is a cool and intrepid speci
men of.a Yankee as England contains, and
told him significantly that the troops would
never go back to Massachusetts. He replied
that that was the last thing they thought of;
that the country was so nue they intended to
settle and send for their friends, and he was
going to New York to get another load. An
other set, belonging to an armed schooner en
gaged in enforcing the local laws of Virginia,
insolently claimed the right of searching the
State of Maine for negroes. The captain told
them they should not go aboard to tako out
anybody", black or white. They said by the
laws'ox.yirginia, they had the right of search.
He retorted that he knew nothing about the
laws of Virginia, but sailed by the laws and
under the flag of tho United States. He also
assured them, if there were any negroes there
who were desirous of a voyage to New Y'ork,
he should be happy to accommodate them :
and closed the conversation by saying, "You
have been preaching all your lives that the
1 ankees are. a pack of misers and cowards,
who won't Sght; now you'll have a favorable
opportunity to test the accuracy of your opin
ions on that point."
Nature's Alphabet. Nature's alphabet is
made up of only four letters, wood, water, rock
and soil; yet with these four letters she forms
such infinite combinations, as no language of
twenty-four letters can describe. Nature nev
er grows old ; she has no provincialisms. The
lark carols the same song in the key as when
Adam turned his delighted ear to catch the
strain; the owl still hoots on a b, flat, yet
loves the note, and screams through other oc
taves ; the stormy petrel is as much delighted
to sport among the mad waves of the Indian
ocean as in the earliest times; the birds that
lived on flies to meditate at eventide, as they
will two thousand years hence, it the world
does not break her harness from the orb of
day. The son is as bright as when Lot enter
ed the little city .of Zoar. The diamond and
the onyx, and the topaz of Ethiopia aratill as
splendid, and the vulture's eye is as- neroe. as
when Job took up bis. parable. In short! n
tpre'a pendulum, has never altered, its.vibTar
"SPREAD-EAGLE TEA IN" ON THE WAS
A good deal of curiosity has been felt as to
what course George Francis Tram the mde
fatigable traveller, financier, and introducer
of horse-railroads into England would pur
sue with reference to the present relations of
the United States Government with those of
the seceding States. Though Train is a full
blooded Boston boy, he married the daughter
of President Jefferson Davis, of the Southern
Confederacy, aud it was not known bow much
the latter fact might have influenced him.
As a strong exponent of American feeling, his
position is worth something to the cause. At
the opening of the Exmouth Railway, howev
er, Train made a speech, and we (and Eng
land) now know where to find him. Nothing
braver, more comprehensive or more patriotic,
has been said during the crista, at home or a
broad ; and it is quite as spread-eagle-y as
anything that has previously emanated from
this type-man of "Young America :"
For fifty years the North was too busy in
making factories, launching ships, planting
corn and educating her children, to find time
to govern tho land. Besides, the Northerners
could not atford to accept salaries and wear
epauletts, well knowing that a certainty in
life was a paralysis to ambition, f II ear, and
"True !" Therelore we let the South furn
ish our army officers, our navy officers, our
foreign consuls and ministers, and for half a
century all our Presidents. Hear. We
treated them like spoiled children, and gave
heed to their unmanly complaints, till at last
we found that the ship of state was allowed to
go to ruin, that the timbers were rotting, that
the crew had robbed the cash box and btolen
the cabin furniture loud laughter and ap
plause, and the captiin was a pirate and the
mites were thieves. We found that the dem
ocratic party had sold itself to the South and
demoralized the country, and the North spoke,
and Lincoln is now the General Jackson of our
time. Gentleman of England, let me assure
you that cotton is no longer king laughter
and hear in fact, it never was, is not now,
and never will be king. We grow in the
North a product that cattle feed and sleep
upon, larger than all the boasted cotton of the
South I mean tho hay crop of the free States.
It was of greater value last year than all the j
cotton, tobacco, sugar and rice grown in all the
slave States in I860 ! Loud cheers. The
corn crop also ol the North last year was valu
ed at X100,0(X),000 ; the cotton crop was not
halt that. Applause.
As I am speaking to the toast of agriculture
cheers and bear, hear,) let me tell you that
while the cotton crop of the last census was
but .28,000,000, the total agricultural pro
ducts of the country were -540,000,000 ! and,
so far as wealth gives value to a State little
Massachusetts my own fair State that has
always been first in peace, as she has been and
will ever be first in war, is rated in that census
as worth X2G,000,000 more than all Virginia,
including all her negroes, and the large sum
that her traitor son she loves so well Floyd
stole from the government coffers I Laugh
ter and cheers. The State of New York has
more wealth than all the seceding States to
gether. Hear.
The contest will be short, sharp and surpris
ing. The South is without mechanics. Their
present munitions of war were stolen from our
arsenals. Take these from them and what can
they do 1 They cannot clothe their soldiers,
nor grow their food no gold in their banks
no corn in their granaries and only two mil
lions in the Southern Pirate Confederation a
gainst the twenty millions of patriots of the TJ
nion Club. Cheers. The North commands
the sea and the Mississippi ; the Federal Gov
ernment has the fleet, while the South has 5,
000 miles of unguarded coast, and not a man-of-war.
Secession is repudiation a new way
of paying old debts. Capitalists lending mon
ey to the insolvent firm of the seven pirate
States should not forget that two of the senior
partners were Florida and Mississippi, while
the Captain of the pirate gang was the chief
apostate of the repudiation. Despotism and
anarchy are twins Revolvers and bowie knives,
assassination and lynch law, were capital raw
materials to manufacture ; into rebels, parri
cides and traitors. Applause, and cries of
"Hear, hear," But these words are too weak
to do justice to the subject. These bad men
are as much worse than common murderers, as
the man that stabs his own wife, strangles his
own father and mother, and destroys his own
children, is mere vile than the man who only
wars against the stranger. Loud cheers.
But wait a little longer, there is a good time
coming. Let the cohorts and the legions of
the North pour down upon the conspirators,
and they will scatter like polecats before a
prairie fire I" Applanse and laughter.
New Orleans Bankrupt. Nothing works
out the destruction of the material interests of
a people so rapidly as war, especially if the
expenditure obtains supplies from foreign
sources, Thus while all sections of our com
mon country feel the pressure, it falls especi
ally heavy upon the agricultural Slates of the
South. They have been obliged almost en
tirely to purchase their supplies for this un
necessary rebellion, away from home, with the
cash down. We are therefore not surprised to
hear that bankruptcy has overtaken them.
New Orleans, as we learn from late New Or
leans papers, is a bankrupt city. At a meeting
of the Board of Aldermen, on the 15th nit.,
tho Chairman of the Finance Committee sla
ted to the Board that "the city was dead broke,
and that he could not see financial daylight."
Another Alderman, of largo property, resign
ed his seat, and the Finance Committee re
ported in favor of suspending all new works,
to relieve the finances of tho city in that quar
ter. The Delta, commenting on the city'
admitted bankrupfcy, exposes another source
of annety. A large number of tax payers, it
says, are at the present time "utterly destitute
of the means necessary to pay taxes on their
small property," and shonld the lime for pay
ment not bn 'extended, many will be com
pelled "to allow their-homegteads to pass un
der the hammer of tho Sheriff." The Delta
alleges that the bankruptcy of the city, though
"little over four months of thia year have
passed," Is largely owing to expenditures in
furthering the military movements set on foot
since the secession of the State. A sad pic
ture, indeed. The recently flourishing city
of New Orleans is prostrate, ber credit and
business destroyed the inevitable result of
secession. -
:Tbe Wisconsin war .bill gives Jta dollars a
month extra pay to married, volanleerff, bat'
notbirg extra to jBlnglAXnen
THE JOURNAL.
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS
June 17 As a part of Colonel fcallman't
regiment of the reserve corps were returning
from the North Missouri Railroad, about 11 o'
clock this morning, when opposite' the Re
corder's court room, on Seventh street, be
tween Olive and Locust, St. Louis, a company
near the rear of the line suddenly Wheeled
and discharged their rifles, aiming chiefly at
the windows of the Recorder's court and the
second story of the adjoining house, killing
four citizens, mortally wounding ttto, and
slightly injuring one. The statements regard
ing the cause of the firing are very conflicting;
one being that a pistol shot was fired from a
window of a bouse on the corner of Seventh
and Locust streets, which took effect in tho
shoulder of one of the captains, when he gave
the word to fire. Another is that a soldier ac
cidentally discharged his rifle in the ranks, at
which the whole companv liecame trf&htened
aud discharged a full volley into the crowd on
the sidewalk and windows of the houses. The
bodies of the killed were removed to the resi
dences of their families. A thorough inves
tigation of the affair will be had, when full
particulars will be given.-
June 18. The Washington papers of this
morning state that a train of cars was dispatch
ed from Alexandria yesterday afternoon to
Vienna, taking Col. McCook's first Ohio regi
ment, accompanied by Gen. Schenck. They
dropped companies along the line and : feather!
Vienna with only three companies: Oh turn
ing the curve slowly within' one quarter of
mile of Vienna, we were fired npon by raking
masked batteries I think three guns with
shells, round shot and grape killing and
wounding men on the platform and in fhecars.
before the train could be stopped1. When the
train stopped the engineer could' not, on ac
count of damage to some part of the running
machinery, draw the train out of the fire.
The engine being in the rear, w? left the cars
and retired to the right and' left ot the train
through the woods. The engineer, when tho
men left the cars, instead of retiring slowly,
as I ordered, detached' his engine with one
passenger car Iron the rest ot the disabled
tram, and abandoned us, rtt-Unlrig to Alexan
dria, and we have heard nothing from bitn
since. Thus we were deprived of a rallying:
point and of means of accompanying the
wounded, who had to be carried on litters and
in blankets. Finding that the enemy's' bat
teries were sustained by what appeared about
a regiment of infantry, and by cavalry,- which
force we have since understood to have been
fifteen hundred South Carolinians, we fefl back
along the rail-road, sent out skirmishers on.
both flanks. Thus- we returned1 slowly, bear
ing off our wounded five miles. We wait here,
holding the road, for reinforcements, 'tho
enemy did not pursue. Both officer and
men behaved most nobly under this gaffing
fire which we could not return, and fronr bat
teries whioh we could not flank of tafrt', from,
the nature of the ground.
The wing of the army that marched1 to Wfl
liamsport crossed the river on Sunday ; tho
water in some places reached to their waists,
in others to the arm-pits. The boys" got rheir
crackers soaked, but kept their povv'defdry.
They went into the water singing, holding the
muskets over their heads. The moment they
reached the Virginia shore, they yelled and
hurrahed in a manner calculated to make Jeff.
Davis' hair stand on end, and cause his" knees
to smite each Othef. It requires no artificial
means to stimulate the Federal tro6ps, as no
army ever had the morale or enthusiasm of
this army of Freedom.
A scouting party ot the sixty-nfnth regi
ment, on returning to camp' near Alexandria,
at one o, clock this afternoon captured seven
rebel soldiers, one of whom was a captain, and
upon whose person was found the roil of his
regiment and a diagram and; rietaila" cf a plan
for an attack on Arlington Hei'gnts".
Guns have been placed on boafd' the Cata
line, she having been fired at by the rebel tug
boat from Sewell's Point. Men cah't6-day be
seen at work on SeweHs Point prObaoly con
structing a water battery.
The New Orleans Delta: says,, thaf. tlie City
Council has appropriated $200,000 f of the de
fence of the city, ond $50,000 for the snpport
of the families of the volnnteers.
The rebels are understood to be Concentra
ting a largo force near Sew'elTs point, two
steamers on the James river being engaged in
transporting troops.
Gen. Butler has directed several1 guns to bo
rifled, as soon as possible, fof the Sawyer
shell.
Jt xE 19. During the last two nights Impor
tant reconnoisances have been made from ths
Fortress and Newport News in the direction
of Great Bethel. Last night a strong detach
ment was at the New Market Bridge. Tho
region abont tho mouth of the riVer has also
been examined by scouts. Lieut.. Butler and
Mr. Wintbrop yesterday visited GTeat Bethel
with a flag of truce to obtain the body of the
lamented Major Winthrop. Their mission
was successful. The party were kept waiting
at n distance from the fortifications until the
body could be obtained. Tbey Were courte
ously received by tho officers.and CoI.Magruder
sent his compliments to Gen. BxitlerV, No in
formation was obtained relative to'the force
at Great Bethel.
A gentleman at Chicago, direct from Mobile
and Memphis, says there are about? 30,000 reb
els encamped between Vicks"bnfg and Cairo,
all well armed ; having also a large number ot
Dahlgren guns. He further slates that there
are now 100,000 Belgian muskets at Mobile,
unboxed, and that the rebel soldiers are eager
to go to Cairo, or any where else where they
can fight the Federal troops, whom they think
tbey can whip easily.
An officer from Fort Monroe saya the trial
of rifled cannon at Rip Raps yesterday, was
highly successful, many of the shots passing
clear over Sewell's Point, and falling into tin
channel between tho Point and Cfaney island.
One ball burst over the enemy'a worki and
produced a sensation there. The men could bo
seen mounting horses and hastening off.
The Memphis Telegraph says that the seces
sion majority in Tennessee is 67,849 including
the East Tennessee majority against recession
of 13,177. The same paprayg that Philadel
phia refuses to sell qninino to the Loaisvllle
merchants.
A regiment has been ordered from Louis
ville, to CoUttabfes Ky., to protect the Union
men there from the depredations of secession
ist. The Union men bad applied to Gea.
Prentiss, tt Cairo, for protection.
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