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Seuittor. Doug
Bury Me
s:
in the ;Ifornixtg.
ECM
lEN A:-DOECILAS
BY STEP,
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!Jury mein t. e morning. moihe r—
•• 1 06, let meave . the light -
t
: c of ono brigh day on my grave, mother ,
Ere you;lea l eme atone with. the night;
Alone in the ight or-the grave, mother,
Tui A:thou lit of terrible fear— •
1 L' il Analou wilt here alone, aidEer;
-4 - 41 . Atk1 ,% .1 1 . 13 in be shining here.]. .
,
'So b "
ury me the . Morning. mother,
` , 1
I And let me have the light '
Of one Nigh clay on•my grave, minter,.
I . Era I'm aloe *lib the night. 1 -
! You tell of tEe Saviour's love, mother; r .
1 I feel it is km my heart— . ' -
•
1 But oh! fron't this beautiful world, mother,
,
'Tis hard or the y'oung,to part; ,
.. - !F.rerer to pArt,:when here, orother,
The soul is fain to, stay; (, '
: ; For the—grave is deep and„darh, mother,
c: And heaven steins far away. 1 --
i.. 1, Then bury 'e in the morning, mothe%
~• And let mmi have the light • •
Of one brigllt day on my grave, moth er,
.. fi Ere I'm al.ne with the night. •
tiATIO*TAL-' Y ARMOR
1 . ,
p'pursitankof,a notice contained
inthe Star -and A r l .sus, a meeting of,
tlip.eitizens of Beaver county, in fa-'
roe of establishing' an arinory con
ve::ted at the Court House, on jTnes-i
da,y the 2t.li day of June, 1861. and
'organized by appointing' Hon. i John
.Alison.] Preident..-and lion. D. L.
liAbire,,Capt. Dan Stone..larnes Ken
iidtiv. A. Robertsot and Benjainin
;Wilde. Vice 'Presidents, M. Weyand
ainl Charles Carter, Secretaries.
IThe object of the meeting was sta
ted bv_the Prsident: and on motion
0t03. - B, Cha berlain a committee of
tit, was appointed by the
_chair to
report at andjourned meeting to be
hell on Frid y, Jiine `_'Bth,and the
chairappoii ted the tollowing, viz:.:
8,18. Chamberlin. James Patterson,
BOnjamin Wilde, William Henry.
Epis.. and lon. Daniel Agnew.
^ , Pridav Jui e -itli, the nee4i
nff eon
rOhed when he committee made!the
• Idllikwing report : . ,
•
AITHEILEAS, (r
It is under
o
strood that it, is the intention of; the
IT decal gpv nyment to build and pnt
hiloperation n extensive National Ar-1
niers- in pl: ee of, that at Harper'l
FOr,- reeen ly destroyed by the reh
_ e--and tha there is good reason to
btlieve that sonic point in Western
' Wniisylvaili will be selected for its
Nation. Th rfore. • , '
1.1
Resolved,• That the peculiar and'
u. equalled advan - ides possessed by
f ,,
!. th Falls ofßear-:' • sver every other!
• Ideality in the countrv4---viz : in!.
ahundance of unfafling• Water Power:;
Clicapnes, and quality of Iron. Coal 1
' FOe Clay. & , ...kc..--fileilities of trans
pOrta,tion bymean.of River, Canals
acid s fiaciroa is to all parts of_ thc
eduntry—sa lihritv of cl ima te. -- etc., !
_eight to be "et'f.n.tli to-the proper au Tl
t4orities with the force and distinct i l
O t ss which the importance of the sub;
,je_:,t demands.
',Resolved, That a committee of ten
•
persons, to lie appointed by the Chair!
man, of this ponvention in connection l l
w , th the. Chairman of the Committee
ofloo be appointed to collect facts;
d statistics in relation to this subL
je t—to piac i ! themselves in
,communi. l 7
tiition with •h War Department, or
CgOramitteeon Military affairs of the
louse 'of Representatives, for the pur
• -
se of urging the claims ofthis local
pose -
ity for thel AtiOti-of this great Na
qonal-; csta lishment. We record,-
. 'end one ormore of said committee
_ named' to visit Washington City in
• person ando lay before said Coni
ti'i Mittee and e Government the pre
eminent adiantages possessed for the,
i , t ft rmanentstablishment at the Falls'
IBeaver o said National Armory- 1
is - ,,:fi The,follow ing is the Committee ap-
Peinted by of the last reso-
Intion; viz. ,Hon: Daniel Agnew, Jas.
'Patterson, m. Arch. Rob
t . • Henry,
. ertson •and Silas Merick. i ' '
- _ trOn moti n Resolved, That the'
acceding be published in the Coun- i
l'y papers, and the meeting ad
(,(7-
I 1
, Aourned.
-it —The C mittee of One Hundred
Mrointed he following persons to
. . 1 2ct in cone rt with the above Cora
-1 -pittee : B B. Chamberlin, Thomas
I. ,l ;int.inghatti, R. P. Roberta, Benj.
Wilde, John Allison. .
, St ate
„. - d i , Vit..Despitet3,Tel at the State
I_. F,ePaitment give assurances -that-nei
-, Per 'England nor France will attempt
: t bre k the Southern blockade- 1I ,
LETTER from CAMP WRIGHT,
CAMP Winner - , July sth, '6l.
EDITOR
. .
,J . . ~ .
1 ARCH* • , ;
[... ''. Having a little spare time,- and
hinkinv-a: few lines from oar quarters_
May be interesting 'I I
to some of your
readers, induces me to write. This is
a delightfUl morning---a fresh breeze
Wowing gently, :agreeably serves-to
lessen the ;oppre*ive heat of old `Sol,'
Whois shedding his Warm,.'rays from a
Cloudless sky, ' causing. nature to assume,
a garb of happiness and . ciontentment.l
All the members of our .cOmpanY-4'
- the. Darlington and' New-Galilee Rifles
tolerably
one or two exceptions, are in
good health; and so long as
bis is the ease We will be able to take
~. .
are of otirselvee. • All . appear to' be
•
well contented witlkbeir sitnation;and
Should any of ne!become wearied with
lamp life,iwe, will eoOn become invig.
Orated when we'loOk- back and think
of the kindness;' and many favors
from. the Citizens, of Darling
son, New Galilee and vicinity towards
:he members of ;this Pitiipany. 1
I. .
Some, it its trne,. Complain of tamp 1
life and iti expo s ure s , and think they!
• _.
are imposed upon; - bitt this is not alto-
Other the case. AS soon as they can
realize the difference between MilitarY
and , social organilation,•s- they will
cease coMplaining. I Obedtene here,
is the watchwo rd—when superiors
i
command e .mnet obey. While it is i
;. • i
trcingtO 1 ecome tyrannical in such i
1 , n organi ation,; it is nevertheless very
important that; diekipline, should. be
enforeed,that it tigers should be sidll- i
tiently felt to teach Men the reality - of 1
Itheir position; and the routine of their
d uty.
,i ~' - , • I
I Too mach co mplaint Wound among!
some Volunteere, . when there is no
ground for it. If they:would consider:
More - their ilutV. such would not be he
Case. Ile should consider why' he has
left his home and his business, and why
he is in the' camp, or in the..field the
subject of discipline. Ile is not to
tight merely for pay, bnt for his counL
titry,, his hoinei . his nationality. Ile
:,'should think of.the noble object in
'view, and: the just, cause for which,we
have to light. i We may all rejoice
that it. is for Liberty we fight.. The
'sons of toil in tree North, where
man is recogniied . as the equal of his I
fellow-ntarr, being the_test whereby all
;classes nil) judged; The liberty ,to'
have ifree . governnrrit; to be ruled by I
:men of their choice; to live on under j
;the, bleSsings of the most - benignant 1
!form of governirien . t .on, earth, and to
!transmit, its glorious privileges to their i
ichildren, is' thei noble., impulse which
:impels every generous, manly heart in
the army of the government. No de
sire
for robbing any class of their fel 7 i
IoW-citizens—Whether Northern or !
Southern—of their 'lLiberty . animates
the, bosom of the honest soldier. But;
we must maintain our' republican in-;
stitutiorisiwe must maintain nor Union
in, its integrity. and establish the du
thority of the 1 conetitution and laws
over violenCe and anarchy. We must'
show to the world whether we have a
i [ -•
, government; - or not. This must be
I done by thelforce. of arms. If this re
bellion -Wilfi merely a - temporary out
.break therel . might Ihe aome chance for
compromise . .Bu i rts simply a deep
seated design .On the part of.reckless
men in the Southern States to break
up the Ainericaq Union, that they
may, from ! its rains. reconstruct an;
other and different l governinent, found
ed upon principleg opposed to those
:*upon which the nation has prospered'
tind grown great. But , may the time
soon com e when in
.Freedo's banner
Will wave unsullied over -ever foot of
soil in the ,SOnthern States; may it
there he re - deemee and handed down
Pg-
unturiiished to posterity.
The use of , ;intoxicating liquors is ,
not allowed inicam,.. I h ave e seen but
few drunken men here since. I came.
This is a wise 'measure and may saves
great ;deal I ( - 4 serious mischief. Sol
diers should have bothino to do with
intoxicating drink's. Their duty re
quires:them to preserve steady hands
and wide awake vigilance:
There are now in camp nearly four
thousand soldiers .I The Erie Regi
ment expects. to leave soon for home.
They think they will recruit after go
ing bOme, ,and tender
.their services
for three yeais or during the war.—
They are well , drilled' and would no
doubt to good service in battle. ,'.
The, "Fourth'passed off in cartip
ratherquietly.' A, great many went
to the to :spend the day. In the
afternoon severail . Of the companies
marched to tile grove near by . to lis
ten to an oration delivered by .M.r.
Porter, of Indiana co.
We had several :visitors here during
the day from Beaver county, who
were greeted ;with a hearty welcome.
I will have td:tlose at present on ac
count Of time': Ilopino , that when the
tines conies to meet the foe, thit
our cOmpany may do her part manful
ly. And may
"That flag that, patriot 'minds did keep
And petit:its blood maintained;
In triumph still its.. fold's shall sweep
Abo 4 the grates where heroes sleep.
Untarnished and unstained" iJ.B. L
, • ,
Presbytery of Memphis
have nminiminsly passed an ordinance
of Sedession from the 0., S. Presbyte
rian dharch of the 'United States.
' I I
sfirWhat ihe Southern Confedera
i
ey salted
alone." three months ago - 1 -" Let ns
1 ajone -
What the . Southern Confederaey
", sake now,--"Oivelus a loan."
MI
11111
Ell
• BEA.VER. PA
- i ,
[ lur the mos -7---
Th- "]Fourth" in:: Frinkfb .
A and Celebration of the Anniv . et
zary of our National Ilidependene i
took Place in a grove near Frankfort
on the 4th of July. 1 1
il The what ghietness Of our village
soonlgaVe waystjthe noise and bustle
of the arriving c rowds. ; By ( 11 o'cldck
, some 2 or 8,000 'people were assembtd.
l
1 The meeting Wah l organized by . calling
e ,
1 Rev.' J. P: Caldwell to. the chair, nd
waspened with prayer, by'Rev. Pr
-1 dy: 1 ThaH Declaration 'of , Amerin
1 Independence was read ibi.S. Bigg er,
Esq..' Eicelleht and , appropriate ad
dresses were delivered ;by, Rev's. 3ge-
Elwee, O. O. Itiliean, 'J. iF. Magill,
Mesars. j. .M'putchedr4 Caldwell and
Burns. prof. Byersi and class fit4or
ed the andiench by singing some stir
ring National airs, to the evident grat-r
ideation 6, f all present. ; , ' 1 ,
The Military companies present were
as folloWs ' iz: Clinton troop, Capt.
B. Bhtler, ClintonC Home Guard, Capt.
ItloOdy;.Fairviisw (Va) Cavalry, 9414.
J. Burns; Union Guards, Capt. Smith;
Marion Giutirdii,Capt.M'Cauley, Frank
forttHorite Guards, Capt. Wm Car Ot
hers. The companies were generally
m
we uniformed and equipped,. and,
ma e a fine appearance. 1
free dinner 'was served up for all
pre ent. [ Th&, citizens; df Frankfort
and viciditY deserve credit for their
.ii
great liberality , in proitding so bout: .
tifully for the occasion.'
The whole affair was charade
by a dignified etithusiain on the
i l of tlte loyal citizens of, our cdm
1 ty. Hart . .rtony and good feeling
Vail d throughoht the day, and t 4
ceeding good order was the subjet
remark by, all: ' _ _ • , [1
~
akinq i it all iu ali 7 thb:procee
i -
e sae as •elleetedl credit up.
partieipaied Ili them: M.
Iranktort, July 5, '6l: : -
Wet'
wh..
=I
_
Desolated Region
'he Wheeling{Virginia) Intel'
this picture of the eff
Davis's :occupation, of Vir
• II •
• '
. .
"If anyone wants to see what seees
,
sio 'Axil! do ;for a -Western Vikginia
boninnunity,let liim go to PhillipPl 'and
thladjeeent country, and see Jiihat
it as done . ford that section. lit ii,r,.
paralyzed all; that. It has in- .
vit the `artinsl. of _the' Government
l
an the desolatilig -tramp-of rye'
o
IL. as stepped the plow in the furrow.
thei hoe around the eornlhills, n'd' all
the biks, details of agriculture. It
hai drito air; :affrighted peoplefrom
di ir hoines, for fear of their_lives.,and
their houses dare tenanted b - .troops
set t.ank r 4ng: themr to pot (b./WI tit d re
bellion.l .The'• Own of. Phillii piliS
asteJ . - Every little iiidukry
attut 't_ e pl4e.bas stopped, andl nine-'
7teritli4 - of th el pe,iple .have gone !no; ene
kn ws lvtihere. :Many,' if not must of
the inhabitn4s! had voted thl Seees
' slop: ticket, 'end •theY in their igno
nee. tippo . .4ed that. t
ra supposed; wonic eith-'
,
e
)r be - hung or, shot' foreso don , r Sc
r,- ,
they Od.. Tile Union in..:n rail-tied
1 frenrthel'seeession soldiery son. lisYS
I before, and now - the Oci:essignirts in
I their turn, have•fled frOm the tOvern
144 soldiery.,!" And thus tlii town,
i and ranch of the ,country rburk about,
bears ti doerted look. I There iSlno . el 4
tilkatinglthe . damage 'done to z i f coin
! munity by a I revoluilonary , CQUVIII-
IMO, such as: ,that which has, to sud
! denly overtaken the 1 eountry;r6und
' Phillippil TheY.eannet . recover from
itlfor l yea I rs. ,i . , [ 1
I
The L#tle'Drummer
Last. Momlay , two weeks,
spirit went 'up to 'leaven
bustle of La military camp at*
ton, leaving behind many
and tenderly , remember. ~,,
McKenzie, a little drummer
eleven veara old,attaclied to t
teeth 1(Bfrooklyn) regiment,
that day] aceidentally killed
in; the bands, of, a soldier' of
Ment:l 1 1 I ...
( Cla . renee had before his ill
for Washington 'with ,the Ili
attached himself to many pe
cause of if6 - iare and; irinoc
ticker, rand was linnwn in Br ,
alfaithful Sunday Schnnl s
Daring his stay in licrishi
won the affection of his corn
and by his simple faithand C
pertm.ent, was exerting an infl
good among them. _
When Ihe left Brooklyn, •he Was
presented by the Sanday chool in
Which( li was a scholar, with a Bible,
and this he Carried. with him! through
i )
all the journey thitheri ai d while
there often- reading it. A ways at
' ht before retiring thisbook was
night •.
opened and 'a chapter read, and then
the little I fellow would corn end him
self to the Father, who soon took 'him
to Himselfi 1 When the s rrowing
441diers took up the dying y after
ho was shot, they founcVin is pocket
.3
the Bible which had been obim so
citinstant and loved a comps ion. -
Clarenee) was • buried I inßrooklyn
with military honors list eek, but
very manyl will not soon forget to
sorrow, fir bini, nor will the influence
of his short life ever die eta York
Post. . '-', I . i
.
iiiirSouth Carolina hake fo g
o the bood to rule over
Oen the, Prince of Wails vc
salt her feelings and ernotio,
titne.--Prenike.
.4.l' 4 aper, qii Ruisel.l's
• ! *setter: - 5 i - f ...„ .
The go' 'trittrif 4/41:4 tine ' • a h
ri er _ I. t
after quoting W. H.- =ell 8 410-1
' '' . 4, 1 ,4 4.. of the l igoutVte i.::'•
count of e -- T ..,- a
'P - ,
()Mull for a kin k and their , hatred of
the North; 13a• i
1--
"We d i arns; this is a _ faithful'
report of. ‘'tinitik . which the
writer has
in ;;,' but . I it was
'
hardly w . ..ite columns'
of such cause it Was
talked:- iers , would
be very .m•i p'Taa l '
a
or Xing' teir . sovereigu
we all , if=that is
the it ie monarchy
seem, zar of extract-
ing laborli. - creatures
by .force, imp
', ; *sting
men whom ti the slime
God us t he' 1 selling
their own wl Ighter to
be outiskied they had
.
previous y l ui ;ged their
•
mothers.j B' ebnlPacti /-
they have iii monarchy
than for 1 rep ' least, Utl,
all for the so' human*
, .
and viituons the , Brit
ish nation.l
The prate'
government_
were snot a lk
... they belieVed
dies capable
to sanction tl
:tice,
tice, for- the
' might piaci
: know she T
sell's mere,
. such islth(
make their
does biii ipi
Just now a
A 0
ized
1 , art
' urn
pre'
ex ex
i t o
,Ings
,n all
flattering of ,
dulity, and hence
ful enpriesies,
enjoy edi, But:, in rii
is hated' by the soi
than New,Engfaut
feet of Old Euglai
not as dilretly felt
at President* dee)
of fre.edorn, eninno.
New Eiirland but
losed to Southern- i
({.igen
et of
..,inia
Just .
superio t itY .
as.
Mr Ralselt, as.*
ed by
they re' yet 'WS, ..;t1 ....Mr 01
that, indeed, the South was settled
noblemen in 'diAguise, who,
wc • sup
pose, aecording ; to. the old midship
man'sslay in g, went Solsea s ()
o wear it.
their aid clothes, - • while - I).Tew'Englatid-
IN;lis peeple l,v auch_scum of the earth,
as •God fearing blacksthith's carpen
ters and ,sef.lbrth. ylTe think that
writing fer . the instruction of his read-I
ergs, Mc 4m:sell hti.-e rectified
these toats, and; if he 'had - done so, I
-lie would hate • told, that Massachu
setts I.tay I the original of _the IsiewH
England States, had - more
, gentlemen 4
of , rood lanulv and L4401,13.1) -1 accom '
Iplishinents anion°. her early :settlers,
proportioii to ° her nuinber, than,
perhaps,,till 'the Southern States !to
• I .' - ' ' ' •
That these, gentlemen in Massachn-;
setts aid credit' to their
. 'ettlitne.bi es-I
tnblishing `colleges, 'Literature and
Iprinting presses, at a time when the
South [could hardly boast of a:Giatit
raar -School, - : and was ,applinfed by- )
her GvernOrs for the happy State of
ignorance Which _saved. :her rulers
froni trouble: The. fruits have been
like the trees..: . The English .4ntible
man or gentlernan, with the refine-1
men,t, belongs to wealth; as
well as the Self-command which' dis
tinguishes the man of station in a /
country of freedom, would as' little
reeognize the implied likeneSs to him
self in' the SOuthernerti; who three at a
tinie>l and all' armed with deadly.
.nteapCone; fell Upon Mr. Sumner, than I
"lie would. in the . streams tobaCce
juice, Which; no . , doubt, oozed` out of
m
the assassins' ouths,' while they at
tempted . nanrder in perfect security to
themselves. . •.
El
011
young
did the
as hink 7
IO mourn'
;
Ittrance
&iv but
hd Thir-
#tia on
If a gun
he regi-
tepartare
ilir - ,eenth,
s l ims be
at char
oklyn as
I hOlar.—
i•
gtoa he
tata-
The Northern lawyer, with respect
able fortune, cleanlyr month, decent
language, and unarmed, VI bearing no
ill-will to any, might be Mated with
ary gentleman; no mater I whence .he
hailed. The swaggering, blasphi l ;
ming, . tobacco-chewing slave driver;
frith a loaded cane to knock.dowp an
unsuspecting .man, and two friends
with revOlters, in case he should, in
Spite of his cunning, be-overmatched ' ,
mast kind gentlemen of his own peen
liaritieS in order to rank among them.
While 'Mr Russell was ging writing
about the' graceful courtesies.' which
he bad received on plantations, he
might have remembered that I tlies
very gentlemanly people bad ' only
short time , before, tarred and feathev i
ed,, without law Or irial, one of his t '
folldw 'countrymen, who did not hap-
I
pen tO,be correspondent for the Times'
but only, the maaterof a ship."
.nders,
/rrect de
4ence for
oar Prentice, in hie paper of yester
day, gets o ff the follow ing c'
One
One er:Gov. JaAson's organs, in
Missouri says that it pities the United
States , troops. It seems that , Gen.
Price pitied them at the battle near
Bocenyille, Hip bowels were mOv r ecl
for . theni. • '
hprinee
er.
ould best
at this
.have braken your pr*c:*-H
m l i " "se4 gS l C ,l l '
never m in d I can make anoth
erjaat as rod."
1
MI
s „ ;
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'FIWE'§DAY, JULY 179
1 1861:
• : - ,
MI
IMIM
Boniow
,
on the - 1300eitakin in
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The Knoxville Whig of June 18th,
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ivliteli his• just I reached 118, c o n t ai ns
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the, E ditor's viewi , of -the vote of the
Bth, by which they State: ; ; secedek and
its, declared fattlre policy. Mier
characterizing the election in middle
and west Tennessee as aperfect . farce,
he says : , • • 1 i i f
We havomade, as bath part es Will,
bear .ns *Riot the ; best fig t i .a.ye t
,tbe Most deep inte'.fight, We c uld; in I
favor of the Union, and of t e con;
l ititutional Means to perfketua it in-,
violate. -We have' done this cause
we want no better 1 1 .1 'GOvernm nt 'DO I
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' better Ponntittitioni no i higher politi-
cal destiny,• no , more honorable civil
position, , no greaterliberty, land - Ino
Imoreprivileges than are guaranteed, l
(by the, fundamental laW,) and which 1
all sections—hive heretofore: einjoYed,
in all their richestplentitude.l It' is
folly, for us to fight longer, and there
-tore the shall devote our coldrin to
thelpublieaiton of literary, ali icultn
ial and .miscellaneous matter, ;includ
ing the current war news of 4 the day.
In doing this we take back *thing
-we have said against Secession : and a
Southern C onfe de racy , and • id favor
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or_ the Government of the United
Statei.. Nor do we abandon single
_Principle we have advocated,l in con
nection with this great qu tion.—
We are opposed to a!Northe n 11te
public, and a• Southern Confederacy, a
Central Government, and a Northwes
tern Empire. 'Nre are not foil thirty
fuor
• 'nations, but only; one natop4.
ono great; grand, and i glorious,; frees
ands independent nation, extending
from the Atlantic to the Paci fi c; arid
qulf to thC Lakes Ileifee,
1 in opposition to Secession,
1r 'of the Uniou i . and. even
tended to parpetOite it in
,
•pes and purposes of 'the
-tyin East Tennessee have
over by a . lawless ; mob. =
wisdom and justice, may
ug us for our sing, or in His
vbe leading by a Way
c 3
lot, to 'a higher an more
nheritanee of politi - 1 Tiros-,
.11 we!have is in Eat - Ten- 1 ,
1 whatever may miniti us,'
its and those of the people,
Cof the State are ineetittra l i
together. We are deibted
: lonlmen4•U4l4B, k•Tpit, 4 ..-eolee
we are willing -to I'sharellie4kiiii
mon anxieties and 'dangers -b' which
theY are sUrronhded.;•;We shall be
pith them—not to dictate what-they
ought to do—bnt td reader any i ser 7
iices•in our. power, either in couriM or
in action, and, to , partake •with them
whatever-fate may be in reserve fo4
our patriotic citizens, mountains liiii
nx
•valloys, risers And streas,and fertile
plains ! '; I,
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Libre 'we .naghtclolse thislarticle,
but we deem itl proper .to; add s ire ,
mark that :Will not be l inisunderstood!
If the Legislature shut deeml iCprol 7
per te'pids
_into a lay}, the infaMous
Act upon its table, defining' d Pun;
ishingJgreason," it will then become
the duty oil Union men of EaSt Te n-,
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nesse° to rebel, opettlY and notorious ;o
ly,l though such rebellion shall ;cost
every man among ni our
_livleti I. 1 1
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h
for su c h
inSult if it
imply that
B till la
so:
low a$
d injtis 7
o4irn they
xi, They
Mr. Rua. :
rersatiotis
hint.to I
leistOod. l
ekinget
►ivied by
cili ere
:race-
bee
o ngland
Ittie lees
ical ef
tiee is
'lrown
triples
and
ly. lop-
f
oil l a war in
vibl ate.
The bdi .
Prio'n part;
ibeen run.
God in his
be ebtuAisb
percy, rt.r4.y"
*0: tin° W.
itiOne
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-, • A, Disgusted; B ally , I
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lAn English gentleman who has just .
returned trem the South relates 'that.?
he was -detained at Eichmon4,f and
tholinlit it expedient' to apply for ii.'
passport to got beyond the• bOundsl
over which the - rebels 'O&M{ sovereign
ty; Of course he intide l his applica-1
tion to the:person' who' bears the title,
of Mr ; Davis! -- SecretarY or State+
none other than ex-1,T2 S. Senator
Robert Toombs. I' . 1
' Peet Toombs 1 who'is il, mere puppet 1
in his masterse bands, end who evident-
ly'darin not sign even the most trifling
deenment without Davis's pertiiission,- 1
made reply:' "I don't care ...Whether
yen ge to Heaven or'( to hell ÷I can
not give yon a, pass; go to those';mili
tary men !" ! 1 ' ..,• -i,
1 . Poor Toombs ! He Wks among the,
foremost of
,the traitors in Congress.
It was his part te do ,the bullying
there, and he did it 'lsar well thai he es
tablished a kind of, claim on Davis.--
.But•the rehels have small titer' for any
but flght*ng , bullies; and as that is not
Toombn' complexion=who is bilious
but ' not sanguine—he has received
the empty honor of I c the Secretaryship
of' State. - I ;• ' t
Poor Toornba! He was no up to
the times. Even Ployd ett sharper
~_ w
than i he—though thatas t o be ex
pected, a thief being generally abtewd
eti than a mere brazen bully.' Floyd
awaited his opportunity, and is now ;a
Erigadier-General, and adverinies,'ur:
gently for another supply ' e :gnus, l
which he promises ' to return aa,tho'
anybody who knows his: earee Would
believe him capable of return **any
thing which be onc_e_laTs hie hands on.
I,lf Toomba dated Wspealqany more
than,he dares to sign a passport, we
I shokild hear ii mournful story, of illu
sions ditpelled of a bully users and
then all but oast off, ofiapolitieal gam
bler who has been_ eheated.with his
ow" loaded' dice. 1
Nrn
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se.„The Charleston MereL4 den,
sureS 'the southern ! commissioners to
Europe for performing, tbeir anties
badly, so as to give room for the quasi
hostility of England and Fra nc© in
refusing to, permit privateers .bring
prizes 4nt6 their porte for ..sale
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,Wllat is ta betarpprti ea-I
The following item of Washington
city news' ,was published a few, days
since: j.
"Mr.
"Mr.- yenOf t huM, * . holiepresents
the Thii: District of. 1;01110 i n
.Con
gress; and who; it has been reported,
is in the confidence of tbe'bogns.Con
federacy Cabinet,' has declared -- in
Washington that: he Itnowst,Teff. Davis
is willing to make a comprornisi, land
' remain in the Unioii.," • .-
Mr.' Vallandigham, a secessionist
himself, ii, of course, supposed to know
,
what are the views 'end wishes of the
arch-traitor now at-the head ofthe re
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bellious army against his Country. .
• It is not surprising defter all Davis
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1 nnd his affiliated, traitors should desire
a compromise, l iiith the Government'
;whose authority they have defiedilint
performs ad min i str ation, if it perfors its
duty, •
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whole duty, • 14411 hang
,him and his 1
Confederate traltors on the most con -1
venient
• ',tree. This suggestion about I
eomforomising . tiew„ is, we think, the
; coolestspeeimen of iuipudence that
has ever yet come' under our notice.
What is there 1 to - compromise in the
case before usi?
i The terms itself stiggets simply a
fielding to:honest difference of opinion
which may exist '
'on t*o sides of a
question. Is there any I inteh HONEST
difference of opinion now 'pending be
tween those who sustain the Govern
ment of the country and those who
;assail it ? • There cannot, be. As well
iiight a Court of,Tnstiee. be asked to
"compromise' With a murderer who
was-taken in 1 the act of committing I
the most heinous crime known• to the ,I
laws,uf - Clod and man. • Da' - •fif and the I
rebels ;:who sustain him are , simply
traitors to a ,Ge'vernrnerit which has
led them, fostered thet and pamper.
ed th em; : they' hive bro O most n its most
credlawii; they have engaged in pira- 1
cy against it; I they have nturdeTed its
loyal citizens; and .new, 'later having
descended tol the. lchtest, depths of de
gradation, they have the' l temerity to
ask that the filth Which - they have
clothed ' themselves may b9removed
from them, and 'that, th l e . y shall again
be reinstated' to occupy - positions .
among hone 4 men. ' ' • '
Out upon such ,nonsense aSlthis.--:.,
There can be no compromise in - such I
a cast . Subjugation, ,id 'that .alone,
must be the *riteliwoi d_of the loyal'
people of thttee l untry. The. leaders ofd
compromise
ithis *betiMitHditist is -:. the 'penalty
ever7whertr.' awarded' to traitors.-,-
:`Their deluded fellowers,however, may
very properly lie dealt with 'as an ig
norant and erring people, who are not
responsible fOr th - eir own 'conduit.
Mr. Vallandigham 3 .-s that he, for
one, will vote against supplies, _which
may be designed to carry, on the war
of the Government, lie should .be
promptly e'xyelled from the Seat in
Congress ti hick lie disgraces.—Phi/a.
News. ; '
Virginia
The charli
ed,with the 1 1 1
by the Virgi
the enemy.,
manner
• The "repot
nies of Virg
advenee of,
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ted States triopers,without even cross
ing swords with them ii§ almost in-
credi hie news. Wedo - not know what
to make of it. . Is the thing possible ?
It is said, in extenuation of this appa
rently, dastardly -'conduet, that - one
eompany. of:
_the' Virginia cays:li'y
were without -piktols. But what. a
vain and empty-: excuse: What is the
use of pistols in. _ie. sabre fight? The
Sabre,. not the; pistol, is the weaPon
for a charge of cavalry neon cavalry,.
Still fulfther, itiis stated that the Other
company. of had piatols.—
They were two to lione against the
United. States- troops,i.afid backed;-be
sides, by a company. of riflemen.—
Gocid God f is this the sort of fighting
Southern'troops " intend to make ?--
WhY, with theii• riflemeni, and two Si-.
hers to ,one, they;.ought to have cut
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upthe,Linco,lnttes toi,a man, and pur
sued the last Man into the very en
( campmentof the lenemy. Is the ban
ner of the Old. Dominion to be thus
trailed in the dust ? Ohl for an hour
of old Light Rome - Barry once-more
to wield his, daring, dashing blade? .=
UnlePs our meager accounts from the I
Richmond papers are'istrangely incor
rect, epatilettsishOuld be torn from the
shoulders of the officers who have,
thus - stained thti honor of their .State,
and a Court arshall should'expel
them front the; ranks oft - the Confeder
.,
ate army. _
The editor orithe Ifercury .will de
rive eiffiglitenment from the perusal,
of the following paragraph
"One of the rebel hdrsemen, takine ,
prisoners at] Fairfax, was. taken to
task by another §ecessiouists becankr
he failed -, to Make a bold fight. The
prisimer defended his, conduct with_
petulant ejaCulation
the devil ,coulil The first
hing . l !mowed, tone of' them damned
trtf nie, mid knocked
my swtird out l octny hand, grabbed e
by the hair and jerked me up he , •
him, - and , rode right - I off. could not
help niyself. Trim -Statement was,
deemed satisfactorY Mid all the Dixie-,
• - es joined in a proteSt against . , that
mode of fighting." •
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urage at a Discount.
esten lfercury is: disgust
•etiring, disposition shown
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nians in' the presence of
It, exclaims alter this
ed'refrent of two coriva
nia eavalry i before • the
single company of Uni-
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'-ESTABLI SH Ep 18 .
JOHN LETOMBH.
Poor John Leieher 1 Cpcosidon
in Virginia •is a most humiliating oils: -
But three months ago tt'el' was the
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s - 4 a G :cm
Governor: 50t . ... ..,omnion., ~ - ci i m .
prisitg 'within its limiti the eletne tit
of tin empire. Ilis Position ' was; A
proud one, for among thePtates 43w
Govern Ors held as proud a i)ositiorijAti
the ruler of : "
.the.: Old Dontiniori. Ille
professed to - feel it deiooOn to the
Union, and attested it inc . Jpng herder[ •
to. Philadelphia barrister 4t
. .Flid, It' ‘
cord was one•which made bilin iage•t;
ed in the South; he was , ii papOlai
man in his State' and respected $s a
',getid Governor; his conseOative hole:-
clarationg made him honored initlit;
- litoAh. His future afra DaNic
Iv-!is brilliant: -A little tirlihietti *0
have saved ; his State of Itiri,ini6
1 the-Union, and he could hive h oed
for high honors in the Stet , ii,., 1...
- Bat the tide of Secession i•6tit sNfell:
ing against the Bluef,ltidgel-and .Iphri
Letelier-Was -carried away. /' Ho . cAtad
not breast-the.current, an . ho fondly
hoped to had it. Ho been e at cf M
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' the' most energetic of Sci essionist4,
and the most unscrupnlouS- f thiqes.,
Ile plundered the navy yard at Nor
folkSeized-Nnrthern proPerty wberli,
ever found,' and laid violent, h4ndil 1:
upon a-Government arsenals: .n. s,
sued' proclamations, comman ding
the freemen of the West itkkneel un
der the Davis
. yoke., lie -t ent hit
rnieti. , hither a nd thithett . .wheiov4ii
they might harass and do troy ;,and '
was of all r inen the • most lqssidgovin
his attempts to overthrow . , ihe Feet
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ewer. 11 - :-
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1 This was -, "all very welrpl i but i di d
[not last, long. , Jef f erson ' DavisAand
,his portable •goverrimentl cam[ .to ,
I _llichihotid, and assumed centrol kat"-
I fairs. They do not like tl* Govoiidt:
i and they have set 'him aside. '44ov
ernor Letcher is completely °strut.
ed," says a dispatch, -and4ven InSlia
-1 triotism is called in questio n 14 the
1 1..0:414." - 1 , ,
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I Phs' - 4 . 1 ' • 'lo ya l
dy cvl ent y remem t h i s
professions of March, 'tn kno4 the
reln6fittiee With which, he I , tioinedpieir
, cabal. IlOw true it is: ; , 11 •
r Tieason is bat trusted like thefox, - '
Who, neier so tate, so One:11;14i suditock'd
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Will have ii, wild ilielv of 'his ancestors.'' •
I ~In the West, Letcher finds a: ore
loyal Virginian wieldingthe ga rmi,-_
'print authority,
,and tie. 'gin!
are that Governor Pierpofit';-Wil Set',
I f
Mori preside in Richmonti. ,-1 , Inii
own cityle is- -i1
whom he has taken te - hi , ?confi'' encei ,
[ (and the rebels • whci ; halm usea, hint
now speak of discarding Ipm as a use ; • ii - ~ ,
[ less tool. .Whatever Iflac ., : ; oata.over,
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!Virginia, , hilt one fate remaitP, for
lLeteher. In the eyes oflLineii.:ln--h8
is a rebel.; . in the eyes of Davis,; he is
la distrusted minion. ' ills curtr id
over, and he passes into histor3te, re;
cord Of shame, treachery,f and 4issli:
I:+einted. ambition.:—Phila.ll Proms. F , , .•
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SHELLS FILLED milt fitc.E. ---
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Tbe .
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conical shell fired by byte reb is at;.
Great Bethel, and which ilja4 fbiliia'rd-r
ed ;to Wm: E. Hogan, , f thisccityl:
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?vas opentd at the `L niter 'Stab Ar:'
seualyesterday, witlin view-"0f.41, ru\V
ing the load." - -. Instead pf h eit l'fil
led with the instrunieiiti of -delath—
bullets, slugs, sulphur and powder;'' it
contained several ~ pound of it le - l--;
Perhaps the slaves'have the tilling of
these shells, and they [ mitke Rtheui ..
harmless' as pOssible.l l The Irebet
shells‘filled with rice by th'e negreei,
and our with sa‘vdust bY .tittiiN- 7
Well, as rtnich Sathilts !is
a.i.l veil ,
eivihvar.'
tisik.A Bill.was
,introdtt ed into Con;
gress on thefttb to,incrense the pay_
of,the soldiers in the•t' Its. !It id.
time, that this was donor ai least.
it is time that, the honors and 4i/1310111:
ments of the service weif 'grafted, NS
as'to give a fair share of teeth t 4 those
whp are forced to face le - fig 4 (10
1 the work, and win the victors s Oit
every. battle field. -. 1i 41 i ,
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ve—The ErniOn force now i,ii OA
city of Baltiniore,exeltisiVe — cif ith - ci.
troops at Fort Inieutryi, is up:Warifr
of;l seven thousand strong, a illeavy.
battery of artilleiy, and 4 nuiOer of
ugly looking pieces of or nancet;plant
ed on Federal Hill c?ta andinkvverj
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street leading in ::that d'. It etion 6 t . • •
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}SILL NOT . BE' SoLD.LCitizbns Of
Western States ,assert that 5...14
ould
peace be, negotiated nycen'itnyiterrnsl
the great Northwest will regulitte thd
affairs of the great' Mississippi
in i their own way - and undeqith4ir owri,
leaders. ' They will assert tiOtreaty
with rebels: I
garßeauregicid's.advifnes; id td
be' encamped in; a forest ftipar Fairfax
Court, House; where the -Are ioc_?ulii:
ed in robbing farmers of their pro.:
fi
duce, and waiting for" - sm
oe. 1 4 Thant
Union officer to lead oui trfio s intd,
another "ietinti tfaii: .. ' --.-
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IT is rumored that a etitioros good_
to be
' circulated in,Connectical, 'pre
dicted on peace doctiiner, 1 askihF, ' thti'
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Government to Bust,e d sitottillitiea
against the South, or in other ?; words,
to back out. Ex-Secret Slof the .Na.,.
vy; Touenit is said, hait'st hind in the
,moverrient._ : . ' : ; , ,
. - IterA prominent Ketitnekittn, now
Washiivgton,states that tv4ity re:
giments can be 'raised i4 - "llienttkky
tight, for the Governmetit -
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