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Capture of arciv Orleans.
All doubts as to the capture of the
great'artery which guards the Southern
passes of the Mississippi New Orleans
are dissipated by the official announce
ment in Southern newspapers of the with
drawal therefrom of the Rebel army un
der Gen. Lovell, and its occupation by
the Union forces. The consternation per
vading Secessia at the event may be im
agined, but not described. The doom of
the sham Confederacy is forshadowed by
the intelligence, and "J. D." and his
unholy crew behold their cherished vis
ions of self-aggrandizement at the expense
of honor and honesty vanish into thin
air. With the Key of the Southwest as
ours, and the Rebels pressed upon all
eides at the North, and cut ofi from re
treat and all hope of succor, the Rebel
lion may be said to be virtually a failure.
The Slaveholders' emcute is about to be
crushed beneath the upper and the neth
er mill-stones of the great Union army.
On the North our powerful flotilla mena
ces the commercial capital of Tennessee",
and oti the South, while the loyal senti
ment of the Crescent City is disenthralled,
and it can shout in gladness,
Recovered is the town of Orleans,
More blessed hope ue'er did befall our Etite:
there is nothing which can prevent the
advance of the large fleets of Pouter, and
Farragut up the river to sweep from
the bosom of "'the father of waters" eve
ry remnant of the wicked conspiracy which
has incarnadined its former peaceful flow.
In no part of its programme of operations
did secession commit a more grave error
than in presuming that it could make a
Skaggerack, a Cattegat, or an Elsinore at
any point of the Mississippi, and there,
after the late custom of Denmark, exact
dues from all passing vessels and every
ton of freight they contained. It was a
stupid blunder to suppose that the North
western and the Middle States coulfl feel
a compression of their great aorta, which
might stop the pulsations of the ventric
ular lakes and arrest the flow of the arte
rial rivers, without a gigantic effort to re
sist it. If England shuddered ''in the
interests of civilization" at the temporary
Etone blockade of Atlantic harbors, what
has the world thought of tho effort to seal
up hermetically a river, the affluents of
which encircle our whole continent, and
which presents the only egress for the in
land navigation of nearly two-thirds of
the States of the Uuion ? Through the
Illinois and Michigan canal the waters of
the St. Lawrence are joined to those of
the Mississippi, and the union assumes an
insular position. It was not to be expec
ted that the commerce of our country in
circumnavigating any portion of its boun
dary should encouuter toll-gates or cus-tom-houses
to impede it. Frenzy never
impelled a more suicidal act, nor madness
a more confirmed exhibition of lunacy ;
the very intensity of the efforts balked
their effect ; the strength of the nation
was aroused to bind down the furious ma
niac?, and they lie subdued at the mercy
of the government they have outraged.
The Mississippi is again unlocked and
the key is now in Icyal hands, never to
be again surrendered to traitors. We
hold the upper river and its debouches at
the Gulf of Mexico, so that all the inter
vening points must speedily fall into our
possession, as Porter ascends and Foote
descends the stream. The sugar planta
tions of Louisiana are redeemed from the
usurpation of military - ferocity, and' the
cotiwo States of Arkansas and Mississippi
will soon be relieved fiom the blockade
which has kept their produce, at a ruin
ous loss, from its natural markets. In a
few weeks steamboats will be running to
i
New Orleans again from Pittsburg, Cin
cinnati, St. Lous, Louisville, and all olh- J
er points; their eteam whistles will blow
their national salutes to Dixie, and calli
opes reverberate along the levees the al
most forgotten notes of the Star Spangled
Banner, lhe trade ot the .Mississippi j
which has been closed for eo many months t
will soon be re opened, and let us hope,
that, with re-established business associa
there way spring up au era of le i
ter feeling and a determination to forget
the past, and strive together vigorously in
tho future for the preservation of that
Union which has made us the most proud,
happy, and prosperous nation on the foot
stool of the Almighty.
YOllitOVWI.
The news of the evacuation of York
town, so startling, so glorious, and, in a
degree, so unexpected, will surprise both
loyalists and .traitors. But .while the
former will hail it as the herald of return
ing peace, the promise of a mighty land
restored to greatness, and a new proof of
the immutability of the Union, the latter,
overwhelmed with dismay, and so terribly
awakened to the maduess of their guilt,
must shortly abandon a struggle so hope
less in its aspect, and quietly lay down
their arms. The army which we have
driven from York town can be an army
now in little but name and numbers. It is
disheartened, dispirited, and defeated. It
is convinced that its leaders, to use the
language of Jefferson Davis, ''have under
taken more thau they can accomplish,"
and we should not be surprised to hear of
it3 abaudonment before many months
have passed.
The Philadelphia Press thus comments
upon the glorious achievement : After
months of confident preparation, after the
laborious building of fortifications, and
the mounting of hundreds uf heavy guns,
after the transportation of thousands of
trains of supplies aud ammunition to this
depot, after the concentration of the
"flower" of rebeldom into one of the grand
est armies that the world has ever wit
nessed after all the boastings of the
South, aud the anxiety, not to say trepida
tion, of the more desponding in the North,
the prospect ot a bloody victory has passed
away, with the flight of a wily and craven
enemy. That the laurels of our couquest
are not bloodied can take but little from
their brightness; though, had it been our
destiny to have made the peuinsula of
Yorktown a terrible Aceldama, no son, or
brother, or father, in the besieging army
would not have gladly made himself a
martyr in the van ; no mother, wife, or
sister, but would have heard the worst
with more than resignation. It will not
be pretended that this achievement, which
must stand unparalleled in ancient or
modern warfare, could not have been still
more disastrous to the foe more inglorious
it scarcely could have been. But the
doom of the Confederacy is now irrevocably
sealed, and whether its demise becomes a
question of mouths or weeks can matter
little, in so far as the great result the
restoration of the Union and of peace is
concerned. The army of the Potomac has
done nobly ; possibly it has surprised
itself with the sudden success which has
crowned its anxious, paticut weeks of
seeming inactivity ; and if results more
startling and complete might possibly have
been attained, it will likewise reflect that
unforeseen events, or unexpected succor
to the enemy, might at the same time
have made the issue much more hazardous.
We see the beginning of the end more
clearly now than we could a week ago, or
even yesterday. Yorktown in itself is of
sumll account, but its occupation confes
sedly restores to us the entire State of
Virginia providing, however, that the
blow is followed up, before the enemy can
gain time to establish themselves in anew
position. Pennsylvania feels proud of
her general, whose skill has compassed
what might ehc have dearly cost the
nation's blood and valor, and she feels
sure that his pledge to "pursue the enemy
to the wall" will be speedily and sublimely
redeemed.
mi .
TSie Confiscation Question.
To the Editor of The Alleghanian :
I was surprised at seeing in your issue of
3d Apul, a communication from "A Republi
can '' defending Senator Cowan's speech on
the Confiscation Bill. In the course of his
remarks, he atks: "Shall we stand or fall
by the Constitution?"' As alo : "Shall a
largrc class of persons be deprived of their
property without any presentment hy a Grand
Jury, and without any trial by a 1'etit Jury
in Court?'' Now. is it not absurd to talk of
bringing all the Uebelj before a Grand Jury
and into Court? How can you arrest and
try them, when, as a band of outlaws, they
repudiate the Constitution itself? I prant
that, had President Buchanan done his duty
us Chief Magistrate aud sent a sufficient force
to South Carolina at the commencement of
the Rebellion, the leaders might have been
arrested, and had a trial by Jury. But now,
after thousands of lives have been sacrificed,
it is too late!
To niet the present case, the Constitution
says trat the President shall be the Grand
Jury nnd United States Attorney, and the
Army the Traverse Jury and executioners.
There i also a law iu force providing, as a
punishment for certain crimen, that the prop
erty of the convicted be forfeited to the Gov
ernment. Why, then, should not the proper
tv of Rebels be confiscated to help paythe
expenses of the wr ?
. I hope that Cowan and your correspondent
are not sympathizers with the Rebels.
ALSO A REPUBLICAN'.
Earssscno, ilcj 5, J8'i2.
j The Bcbel Retreat f rom lork-
totvn.
Fortress Monroe, May 4. York
town was evacuated by the rebels last
night, and our troops now occupy the en
emy's works.
A large amount of camp equipage
and guns, which they could not destroy
for fear of being seen, were left behind.
Gen. M'Clellan's dispatch to Secretary
Stanton, dated May 4, 9 o'clock, A. M.,
says : "We have the enemy's ramparts,
their guns, ammunition, camp equipage,
etc., and hold the entire line of his works,
which the engineers report as being very
strong. I have thrown all my cavalry
and horse artillery in pursuit, supported
by infantry. I move Gen. Franklin's di
vision and as much more as I iau by wa
ter up to West Point to-day. No time
shall be lost. Our gunboats have gone
up York river. Gloucester is also in our
possession. I shall pursue the enemy to
the wall."
On Monday, May 4th, the correspon
dent of the Associated Press entered the
enemy's works, which they had deserted
tour hours before, and lurnishes the fol
lowing particulars :
Everything was found to be iu utter
confusion. Between foity aud fifty pieces
of heavy artillery were found in their
works, after being spiked, together with
an immeuse amount of ammunition, med
ical stores, &.G. Several deserters have
succeeded in ruuniug into our lines, who
state that the rebels evacuated the place
owing to tho near approach of our paral
lels, covering the immense siege works of
our men. That they feared the success
of the Union gunboats, in the Yoik and
James rivers, by means ct which their
communication with the cuter world
would be cut off. The orJer to evacuate
was given by Gen. Johnston, on Thurs
day, to commence the foliowiug morning,
which was accordingly done. Gen. Ma
gruder is. said to ltave most strenuously
opposed the measure, stating that if they
could not whip the Federals here, there
"was no other place in Virginia where they
could, aud that he swore in tire presence
of his men, who vociferously cheered him,
losing complete control of himself.
Gen. llobert K. Lee, the Commander-in-Chief,
arrived in Yorktown on Wednes
day, and minutely examiued the works of
M'Clellan, when he is supposed to have
recommended the abaudonment of the
works, deeming them untenable. The
deserters all agree in stating that their
troops were very much demoralized and
dissatisfied when the order was made pub
lic, as they all anticipated having an en
gagement at that point. They also agree
in the statement that the rebels had 100,
000 meu on the Peuinsula, with 400 pier
ces of field art'llery. A large force, un
der Gen. Stonemau, consisting of cavalry,
artillery and infantry, are on the advance,
and will probably come up with the rear
of the enemy belore night, if they remain
near Williamsburg. The gunboats have
passed above Yorktown, and are now shel
ling the shore on their way up. Follow-
injr them is a large steamer anu vessels
loaded with troops, who will effect a lan
ding. Only one man was left in York
town, and he was a negro. Gen. Janie
fon and Col. Samuel Black were the first
to enter the enemy's works. The oulv
casualty that occurred was the killing of
two men and wounding of three by the
explosion of a concealed shell within the
enemy's works. The works are very ex
tensive, and show that they were design
ed by scientific engineers.
An official report, just made to head
quarters, shows that the enemy left sev
enty guns in the works at Gloucester
Point. Inside the fortifications, and all
along the Williamsburg road, on which
they are retreating, they, have buried tor
pedoes and percussion shell,' which are
constantly exploding and injuriug persons.
The baggage of Geueral Joseph E. John
ston has been captured.
Latest. The War Department has
received the following dispatch from Gen.
M'Clellan: "Our cavalry and horse ar
tillery came up with the enemy's rear
guard in their entrenchments about two
miles this side of Williamsburg. A brisk
fight ensued. Just as my aid left, Gen
Smith's division of infantry arrived on
the ground, and 1 presume he carried his
work through. I have not yet heard.
The enamy's rear is strong, but I have
force enough up there to answer all pur
poses. We have thus far seventy-one
heavy guns, large amounts of tents, etc.
All along, the works prove to have been
most formidable, and I am now fully
satisfied of the correctness of the course I
have pursued. The success is brilliant,
and you may rest assured that its effects
will be of the greatest importance. There
shall be no delay in following up the re
bels. They have been guilty of the most
murderous and barbarous conduct, in pla
cing torpedoes within the abandoned
works, near wells, near springs, near flag
staffs, nagazines, telegraph offices, in
carpet bags, barrels of flour, &c. Fortu
nately ve have not lost many men in this
manner, . some four or five killed, and
perhaps a dozen wounded. I shall makej
the prisoners remove them at their own
peril.""
63" A thousand dollars is the price
now paid iu the Southern Confederacy
for substitutes under the conscript law.
A few months ago plenty of it could je
had at fifty dollars per head. So the
price has increased twenty fold, and we
presume the time will soon come when
the conscripts will not be able to effect
negotiations upon any terms. The more
the rebels see of the way our troops fight,
the leM thpy like it.
General War .e.
A -dispatch from Cairo announces the
capture of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It
will be remembered that there is a United
States Arsenal at this place, which was
taken possession of by the Rebels more
than a year ago, early in the rebellion.
It is evident that the fleet from New Or
leans is moving up the river. Another
dispatch announces important movements
near Corinth which are not yet permitted
to be made public. Purdy, however,
which is between Corinth tmd Pittsburg,
and which was occupied by the left wing
of the enemy, has been taken possession
of by the Uuited States forces, aud it is
supposed that an engagement would soon
occur.
Iu relation to tho bombardment and
surrender of Fort Macon, the following
dispatch has been received from Balti
more : The preparation.? for the bom
bardment of Fort Macon were complete
on Wednesday night, but the order to
fire was not given till 5 o'clock on Fri
day morning, when a shot was fired from
one of the thirty pounder Parrott gun3.
Shells from the ten and eight inch mor
tar batteries followed, and the firing on
our side at once became regular and un
interrupted. The fort replied with the
first gun at six o'clock, and contiuued till
its pieces were silenced by salvos of three
or four at a time, until four o'clock in the
afternoon when a white flag was hoisted.
The hoisting of the white flag was fol
lowed by a conference with Gen. Parke, j
and a suspension of hostilities until next J
morning. Duriug the niht a proposi-
tion lor the surrender of the fort was com -
municated to Gen. Burnside, aud iu the
morning the articles of capitulatiou werc
sigued. The garrison surrendered as
prisoners of war, and were released on pa
role, and allowed to take their private ef
fects with them. The officers retained
their side arms. These were the terms
originally proposed by Geu. Parke but
refused by Col. White. The commander
of the fort, 60 guns, 20,000 pounds of
powder, shot and shell iu proportion, 400
stand of arms, and 400 prisoners were ta
ken. The fire of our batteries dismoun
ted thirteen guns, and tore up the. glacis
and rampart iu the most effective manner.
Of 1,100 shot and shell thrown at the
fort 550 struck the work. Gen. Burn
fide, in a general order congratulating
Gen. Parke ou his victory, commands
that the name of Fort Macon be inscri
bed on the colors of the 4th and 5th
Rhode Island, and feth Connecticut regi
ments. The rebel loss was 1G killed and
40 wounded. There was no loss ou the
Federal side.
Gen. Mitchell telegraphs from Hunts
ville, Ala., that on Wednesday last the
enemy attacked one of his brigades, aud
he led in person the expedition against
Bridgeport. He founJ that his pickets
had driven the rebel pickets across ths
stream. Advancing to the bridge, he
opened fire on the rebel pickets on the
other side, giving the enemy the impas
sion that he was intending to cross'at
that point. The entire force was then
thrown across the country about a mile,
and put on the road leading from Steven
son to Bridgeport. The middle column
then advanced at a rapid pace, and our
scouts attacked acd routed those of the
enemy. Line of battle was then formed
in frontof the works, to defend the bridge,
upon which the rebels broke andjran.
They attempted to fire the bridge, but
were prevented by our troop1 ?. General
Mitchell concludes by sayiug that over
all of Alabama north of the Tennessee
river, there floats no flag but that of the
Union.
A dispatch from Cairo dated the 4th,
says : Intelligence from the army before
Corinth lias been received up to six
o'clock last night. Gen. llalleck has
removed his headquarters twelve miles
toward the front of our advance, and with
in two miles of the enemy's works. The
entire column is still pushing forward.
Skirmishes between the advance and the
rebels are of daily occurrence, the latter
making but a slight show of resistance,
and then falling back. On Thursday,
four hundred Germans, from a Louisiana
regiment, who had been sent out from
the rebel camp, on guard duty, came into
our lines in a body, with white flags on
their guns, and gave themselves up as
deserters. Two deserters say that Gen.
Lovell's advance was at Grenada, Miss.,
fortifying that place, which is naturally a
slroug position. They also confirm the
report of Beauregard being reinforced
from all parts of the Gulf States, mer
chants and business men having closed
their stores and flocked to his standard.
A ve fusee came in from Vicksburg, Miss.,
having left Memphis on Thursday. He
states that when the particulars of the
fall of New Oi lcans reached Memphis, it
produced the utmost excitement and con
sternation, and thousands fled into the
interior. A large number of rebel steam
boats had gone up White river for safety.
It was believed iti Memphis that Commo
dore Farragut's fleet would come up the
river as far as that city. A Federal boat
was fired on by rebel cavalry six miles
below Savannah, aud five soldiers were
wounded The gunboat Tyler immediate
ly went and shelled the woods, and the
people of the vicinity wore notified that
their property would be burned on a
repetition of the occurrence.
Gen. Pope reports to Gen. llalleck, in
a dispatch dated the l!d,near Fannington,
that a rcconnoisance sent toward that
place found the enemy, 4,500 strong, and
four pieces of artillery. They advanced
to the assault, and, after a severe fiirht of
about an hour, succeeded in carrying the
rebel?' position.
Strange.
While the loyal people of Virginia and
many other Slave States regard witli fa
vor President Lincoln's policy of emm
cipation of the slave population of this
country for the purpose of getting rid of
an evil curse that is incalculable, a large
portion of the Democratic party seem to
be most bitter against this great measure.
They seem tc be as strongly in favor of
the institution of slavery as the rebels of
the southern and rebellious states. They
seem to think that it is the corner stone
ot this great Republic. The great trouble
with them is the question of ruliug. The
Democratic party, that has been in power
frequently, and gained that power through
the institution of slavery, cannot think it
possible that that institution cannot still
be made the hobby upon which to ride
into power and control the affairs of the
Government." It is time for the indepen
dent voters of this country to take into
consideration the style and principles of
the party that truckled to southern influ
ence. It cannot be denied that the Dem
ocratic party has doue so for .years and
are still doing so. That, in a great meas
ure, aided in bringing about the present
rebellion the great troubles of the country
aud that is still assisting iu continuing !
the same. This may be said to be all
bosh; but it is only too true that the re
bellious portion of the country were de
pendent upon, and we feel satisfied were
promised, aid from the Northern states in
c'ise of a rebellion. Had they never re
ceived any promiee of this kind from men
j of the North they-never would have en-
j tered into an engagement such as the
present rebellion. Then, it that be the
case, which we have very little re?.sou to
doubt, who arc the parties that would be
most likely to promise them aid Irom the
North ? Could it be the Republicau
party ? Certainly not, because there are
no Renublicaus engaged in the cause of
the destruction of this Government. Who
then could it rest upon ? We cannot
conceive that it was auy ether than that
portion of the Democratic party which
supported John C. Breckinridge. The
party that was so zealous in his promotion
to the Presidency. Tho whola scheme
wrfj concocted, aud as soon as the an
nouncement was made that their favorite,
and the only man they wished elected
was defeated they acted iu violation of the
Constitution and laws of United States.
No sooner than the defeat of that traitor
was made known did the slave power turn
their guns, stolen from the general Gov
ernment, upon Fort Sumter. And no
soouer thau that was done did many of
the followers of John C. Breckinridge,
of the North, say they wished every brick
would be battered down.- This was not
only the expression of one or two, but of
quite a number. Thank our Creator,
however, many of such have since repen
ted of their fjlly. The number, however
great it may have beeu at one time, soon
dwindled down to a few uuder the strong
arm of the "Government. The great force
that offered their services in support of
the Constitutiou and the enforcement of
the laws of our country taught them oth
erwise. Such persons were mum very
soon. Yet they are still to be found.
They think, but not aloud. We do not
wish to be understood as charging all
Democrats with such criminal acts, but
merely the maiu leaders of the party
those who controlled the entire affairs of
the Government while the Democratic
party was in power. We know there are
a large number of Democrats who are as
loyal as the original founders of this Re
public, but they had better be very care
ful that the leaders now about to control
the party Vallaxdicham t Co. do
not lead them into the same error of
which the party was guilty a few years
since that of conspiring with the South
for the purpose of destroying the Govern
ment. CluimberaLunj Ilejiodtory tf Tran
script. m
Honors to Pennsylvania Regi
ments. The toUowing order wa issued
from the Headquarters of the Pennsylva
nia Militia last week :
general order xo. 21. "j
llAiuttsBCiiG, April 30, 1861.
In acknowledgment of the gallantry of
the Seventy-seventh Regiment of luian
try, Pennsylvania olunteers, Colonel F.
S. Stambaugh, commanding, at Shiloh,
Tennessee, and of the First Regiment of
Cavalry, Pennsylvania volunteers, Colonel
George D. Bayard, commanding, at Fal
mouth, Va., it is ordered that "Shiloh,
April 7th, 1802," shall be inscribed on
the flag of the Seventy-seventh Regiment
of Infantry, and that "Falmouth, April
18th, 1SG2," be inscribed on the flag ot
the First Regiment of Cavalry, aud that
this order be read at the head of all the
regiments of Pennsylvania "volunteers.
By order of A. G. Curtin,
Gov. and Couimaudcr-in-Chicf.
&-f Pennsylvania h;. lcs rtyimntts in
the field than New York, and yet Penn
sylvania, has more nu:u in the service of
the country. This is accounted for by
the fact that the New York regiments are
all below the maximum number of those
from this State, and thus, with less men
thau Pennsylvania it requires more money
to pay the New York troops, for this
reason : New York, with more regimental
and brigade officers to pay, aud when we
add the pay of the staff of each ot these
officers, it swells the expense considerably
beyond that of Pennsylvania.
Messages have been received from
General llalleck, in which he says his
army is in excellent spirit nod eager to
meflt tho oemy.
The Director of the Yorktown
Siege. The Yorktown correspondents of
the press have announced that Gen M'
Clellan ha assigned Brigadier General
Fitz Joiin Porter to the direction of
the siege of Yorktown. The office is tho
most important one to be filled in the ar
my on the peninsula, and the choice is
the best which could have been made.
General Porter 13 a native of New
Hampshire, and is thirty-nine years of
age. He has resided principally in Ncvr
York. Ho was graduated at West Point
in 1841; was brevetted second lieutenant
of artillery in 1845 ; became first lieuten
ant in 1847; was brevetted captain for
gallant and meritorious conduct in the
battle of Molina del Ray, September 8th;
1847, and brevetted major for gallant con
duct in the' battle of Chapultepec, 13th
September,- 1847. He was wounded at
the capture of the City of Mexico. For
a time he was assistant instructor in ar
tillery at West Point, and both before and
since the war began ha3 been repeatedly
assigned to the most difficult and respon
sible, if not conspicuous,' service. Many
mouths ago the superior drill and disci
pline of his division elicited a general or
der from M'Clellan, holding his troops'
up as exemplars to the rest of the army,
aud at Yorktown he has been, from the
first, practically iu the exercise of the
power with which he i? now officially invested.
Breckinridge. Tim infamous traitor
is earning only infamy aud curses, among
those whom he has assumed to lead in re
bellion and instruct in warfare. As Brig
adier General, he has accomplished noth
ing but confusion and death, where he
had promised to lead his men to glory and
victory. In a late battle, in which he and
his brigade were engaged, one-third of
his satellites were killed killed by the
indiscreet conduct of their drunken and
desperate leader, Breckinridge sacrificed
to the ambition and passion whish made
a traitor of Jphn C. Breckinridge. It is
singular that, while lireckinridge, tho
open traitor, is thus hurried to his dis
graceful fate, his secret sympathizers in
the free States are fast declining iu the
same condition. There is not a leader of
the Breckinridge faction in the North,
who is not secretly engaged in giviug aid
aud comfort to the traitor cause. They
imagine they render such aid by attack
ing Republicans as abolitionists, and as
sailiug all who are engaged in the war to
suppress the rebellion, as emancipation
ists. Of course these men arc understood.
While the Breckinridgers of the South
have the blood of the rebellion on their
hands, the Breckinridgers of the North
and free States have it on their souls.
"It is Hard to Die Thus I" A cor
respondent of the New York Trilmne wri
ting from before Yorktown, gives the
following touching description of the re
cent death of a soldier from Indiana
county :
"I. have seen Anany forms of human
suffering, but I have been seldom moro
affected than by what I beheld this morn
ing, not six yards from where I write. A
private of the 105th Pennsylvania hi3
name Sweitzer, from Indiana was brought
in pulseless, dying. He had been ' very
imprudent, bathing iu the stream adja
cent to his camp only yesterday, on a dull,
cold morning, thinking, with his youth
and health he might venture anything.
"It's hard, Captain," he said, as he lay
on his rough bed of hay, to the kind offi
cer who, with tear in his eyes, knelt
beside him, "to have to die like this, when
one came to fight for one's country."
And thsn again "Tell mother I died
before Yorktown. I should like to have
my body sent to her ; I wish, if it couid
be done, you would promise me that." I
couldu'c bear to see the end of it. Read
er ! happily away from such scene?, think
of what a life a soldier's is, and let the
name move your pity and respect, your
love, honor, and gratitude."
A Rebel Cuatlain. The Rev. Mose
Akin, Chaplain of a rebel regiment, was
recently captured and brought to this city
where he has been examined atsd held to
bail in the auiount of ten thousand dollars,
which -he doesn't seem to have a very fair
chance of obtaining. This reverend reb
el, like the shell of a clam or oyster, is a
pretty "hard case." lie was formerly a
preacher near Greensburg, in thi3 State,
where, about two years ago, he seduced a
ycung woman, and was suspended by ht9
chutch. lie seemed deeply penitent, and,
after a little time, was restored to tho
ministry. Very soon however he seduced
another woman, and, despairing of a sec
ond restoration, he concluded, instead of
going iuto a second lepentaoce, to go ofii
and take holy service in the rebel Confed
eracy. We understand that two or three very
respectable gentlemen are trying to get
him off from his imprisonment. One of
them, who knows him personally, pleada
fo a city functionary in his behalf that
"he is as good a man above the waistband
as any in the world." But there's no
doubt that in Akin there is as much re
bellion against the laws above the waist
band as below. Louisville Journal.
3" The rebels are improving in man
ners. They have courteously given Gtn.
Burnside twenty days to vacate the prcm-ise.-i
at Ncwbern and other poiuts held by -that
doughty chieftain. Gen. B., not to
be outdone in suavity, replied that bo
don't want so much time invites secesh
to come on whenever they like that ha
will meet them on their way ; and that in
case they find "it inconvenient to maketha
excursion proponed, ho will vtvt rhto W
fovo the tima etpiraa.