The I*l rate ft lorltln.
Description of the Vessels.
Tlie Kearearge, which arrived at Bi>s
ton Monday evening, left ft Thomas on
the evening of the 3 Ist ultimo, lue
Waehusett was in port waiting i'or coals.
The Florida was outside. She also left
there the ship James Cheston, one hund
red and thirty-three days from Ranpoon,
put into port in distress, with her crew
down with the scurvy. She was supplied
with nineteen men from the Kearsage,
and would sail in a day or two for New
York. The bark Mondamon from Rio
was captured by the Florida-off Fernam
bueo about September Bth, and burned.
This was the only American vessel cap
tured by the Florida since her departure
from Teneriffe.
The following is a brief account of the
circumstances of the capture of the pi
rate: The Florida arrived at Bahia, Bay
of San Salvador, on the night of the
7th ult. Captain Collins, having held
a consultation with his officers, deter
mined to sink the Florida in port. Ac
cordingly at about three o'clock the cable s
were slipped, and the Waehusett steered
for the Florida, hitting her on Uie quar
ter without doing great injury. Captain
Collins now called out to those on board
to surrender or ho would sink lier. This
demand was replied to by the hirst Lieu
tenant that, " under the circumstances,
he surrendered." A hawser was now
made fast, the chain slipped, and the
Florida towed to sea. In the. li.cloe sev
eral pistol shots were fired, andae< idently
two guns from the Waehu-ett. Captain
Morris aud'lialf the Florida's crew were
ashore on liberty. No lives were lost.
The Florida was taken completely by
surprise, seventy of her men. it was known,
being on shore, and the others, just re
turned from liberty, were asleep and half
intoxicated. -The blow given the Florida
by the Waehusett carried away the miz
zen-mast and main-yard, which fell on
the awning and preventing any one from
getting up from below. So um nscious
was the officer of the deck of the inten
tion of the Waejiusctt's Captain that he
Fang out, " You will run into us if you
don't take care," at the same time calling
for a light. Twelve officers and fifty
eight of the crew of the Florida were
captured. The Waehusett and Florida
were to leave St. Thomas on the 2d inst.
for New York.
The gunboat Waehusett, which has
performed the signal service of capturing
the pirate Florida, was built at the !!•>-
ton Navy Yard in 1801-2. Ilerci gines
were built by George Quintard, at the
Morgan Iron Works, in this city. The
Waehusett is a screw slnop-of-war of the
second class, of 1,032 tons register, and
c a Ties a battery of ten guns. She was
launched on the 10th of October, 1801.
and her first service was in the flotilla
which aided the army in the operations
against Yorktown, Ya., in May, 1802.
On the loth of May, 1802. she participa
ted in the attack upon the battery at Dru
ry's Bluff, known as Fort -Parting. In
180:3 she was the flag-ship of Admiral
Wilkes in the West Indies, and on the j
2") th of March, .of that year, sli • captur
ed the Dolphin, a blockade-runner; she
also captured the blockade-runner Virginia
—the sale of both vessels netting over !
800,000. During the present year she '
has been employed on special duty on
the coast of Brazil, lier capture of the :
Florida will place her name prominently
<>a the page of our eventful history. The ;
following is a list of her officers, taken
from the Xari/ Register: —Commander |
Napoleon Collins, Lieutenant Commander i
L. A. Bcardslee, Surgeon Win. King.
Assistant Paymaster W. W. Williams.
Acting Master.!. A. Stimpson, Ensign!
E. M.Sheppard. Acting Ensign* N. Lud
low, C. J. Barclay; Acting Master's <
Mates, C. It. Ilaskins, It. Rich, J. lleth
eringtou. Engineers—Chief, W. If. I
Itnthford; Second Assistants, ti.W. Mel
ville, M. Knapp, M. Lincoln ; Third As
sistauts, 11. D.McEwen, 1!. S. Stedman. 1
•J. A. Barton; Boatswain, John Burrows.
Vcting Gunner, John ltusscll.
The Florida sailed from Liverpool on
.he 22d of March, 1802. under the name
1' the Oreto, and arrived at Nassau, N
P., in April, where .she received her ar
nament, &c. On the 14tli of June, 1802,
she was seized by the British steamer
(ireyhouud, but was soon released. On
the 9th of August, 1802, she left Nassau,
and proceeded to Green Bay, where she
was fitted out for a cruiser, her stores, &c.,
being brought to her by the English
schooner Prince Alfred. She ran into
Mobile on the 4th of September, l v ii 2.
aud was struck by shot several times from
the guns of the Winona and Onedia, and
ran out on the 17th of January, 1803.
After doing much damage to American
shipping, she went into St. George's Chan
nel, in August, 1863. In September she
entered the French port of Brest, and on
the 11th of that month was detained by
the French Government. Soon after
wards she ran out. On the lDth of Ju
ly, 1804, she captured the steamer Elec
tric Spark, bound from New York to New
Orleans. For iitime she was a consort of
the Alabama, and acted in conjunction
with her in cruising. She was comman
ded for a long time by Lieut. J. N Maffit.
but for the past,year or more she has been
commanded by C. Marringault Morris,
formerly of the United States Navy. Ow
ing to the many changes in the list of of
ficers of the Florida, no accurate list can
be given until the arrival of the W'aeh
usett and her prizo.— Pith. Com.
WHAT TUB SUN DOES.—Leaving out
of account the eruption of volcanoes, aud
the ebb aud flow of the tides, every me
chanical action on the earth's surface,
every manifestation of power, organic or
iuorgauic, vital and physical, is produced
by the sun. llis warmth keeps the sea
liquid, and the atmosphere a gas, aud the
storms which agitate both, are blown by
the mechanical force ofthe sun. He lifts
the rivers and the glaciers up the moun
tains, and thus the cataract and the ava
lanche shoot with an energy derived im
mediately from him. Thunder aud light
ning are also his t-ansmitted strength.
Every fire that burns aud every flame
that glows dispenses heat and light whiph
originally belonged to the sun. lu those
days, unhappily, the news of battle is fa
miliar to U3, but every shock and every
charge is in application or misapplication
of the mechanical force of the sun. He
blows the trumpet, he urges the projec
tile, he bursts the bomb. And remember
this is not poetry, but rigid mechanical
truth. lie rears, as I have said, the whole
vegetable world, and through it the ani
mals; the lillies of the field arc his work
manship, the verdure of the meadows,
and the cattle upon a thousand hills. He
urges the blood—he builds the brain.
His fleetness is in the lion's foot; he
springs in the panther; he soars in the
I eagle ; he slides in the snake. He builds
I the forest and hews it down, the power
1 which raised the trees and wields the axe
| being one aud the same. The clover
j sprouts and blossoms and the scythe of
I the mower swings by the operation* of the
! same force. The sun digs the ore from
| our mines; 110 rolls the iron ; he rivets
the plates; be boils the water; he draws
I the train, lie not only grows the cotton,
j but he spires the fibre and weaves the web.
j There is not a hammer raised, a wheel
i turned, a shuttle thrown that is not raised
j and thrown by the sun. llis euergy is
| poured forth into space, but our world is
I a halting place where his energy is con- j
j ditioned. — I'rof. Ti/wlel.
TO < linrb'ston.
| The new movement of Gen. Sherman
from Atlanta to Charleston is reported iu j
| a roundabout way.and as a piece of news 1
is by no means authenticated. Still wc |
believe cither this or something like it to
lie true, for several reason?:
That Sherman ha 1 abandoned his pur- 1
suit of Hood—in other words, that llood
had failed to draw the main army of Slier- |
! man decisively away from Central Geor
gia— has been known for more than a '
week. North of the Tennessee lay Gen.
■ Thomas with force ample to confront <icn. |
! lb "1, should that commander risk across-j
I ing. Unless be crossed, his long detour
to the West had been nude to no pur- 1
i pose. It he crossed, ho put his fortune !
! iind that of the Confederacy at hazard. |
i Why should he not be left to work his ,
own will ?
I Again, it is 110 secret that Sherman
' deemed his single line of communication ■
! insecure. There was but one way —tho' j
1 there were three paths—to establish a new j
i base that should give him communication j
!by water. If he has gone to Charleston,
1 lie has taken the shortest and surest route.
From Atlanta to Charleston is three
hundred miles and by tho shortest
road Sherman can travel. Augusta is j
j about half way. The country is open,
i fertile, hitherto unravaged by the war. — j
j On this country, mainly, tho army of i
; Sherman will subsist. There is no serious i
obstruction to its advance. Theonly riv- |
! crs are two branches of the Ocmulgee |
■ 1 he Oconee far to the North, and the Sa- j
j vanuah. There can be no serious ob
j struetion to the passage of cither, because I
j Sherman may choose his own point of |
j approach. Military force in that region I
j of country there is none, nor is there force .
i which can be sent from Virginia to ar- '
! rest Sherman's progress. As for Hood's !
1 pursuing, that is out of tho question.— j
: lie is in Alabama, a hundred miles from j
' his nearest continuous railway cannot |
| overtake Sherman if ho tried, and will :
! not try. Allowing for hindrances. Slier- j
j man may reach Charleston in thirty days. ,
I In Mississippi he marched on an expedi- \
\ tinn not unlike this, incolumn four square,
I three squares abreast, sweeping over ten
) miles of' country. His army now will
! leave such a swath of desolated country
j behind it as shall give Georgia and South
Carolina a lasting lesson in war.
j That this movement, if undertaken,
| will bo successful in its main object, we
] have no doubt. Sherman can certainly
I reach the sea-coast of South Carolina in
the neighborhood of Charleston. The
I capture of that city is an incidental and
j secondary object. The counties which
j adjoin it —Charleston anil Carrolltou—
j will offer serious difficulties to an army of j
| invasion. Intersected by innumerable I
» water-courses, and abounding in swamps, !
| they have all facilities fqj defense were
| there but an army to defend them. As j
j for Charleston itself, there will be time j
j enough to erect earthworks before Sher- ,
j man shall appear, but when once Slier- j
| man shall have opened communications j
| with the South Atlantic Squadron, he is |
: master of city and State alike—N. 1".
j Tribune.
! A Baptist Association in Georgia
i has made a most incendiary, not to say
| traitorous, attack upon the Confederate
J Government. Led away by a foolish uo
j tiou that mau should not put asunder those
who have beeu joined by God, these Bap
tists have solemuly resolved that " mar
riage was ordained for the whole human
race, without respect tm color; and that it
ought to be maintained in its parity,
! among all classes of people." This is all
very amiable upon the part of the Bap
tist Association ; but these fanatical re
formers should have had the fear before ;
their benevolent eyes of as.-erting too
much. If the marriage of Slaves is to
be sacredly respected, what is to be done
with the fruit of marriage? If husband
and wife are not to be parted, wiry father
and son, mother and daughter? These
j nice notions will never do. Should they
| be reduced to practice, what will become
{ of the trade of men-merchants, who sell
assorted lots of human jjoods, including
the fine, bright, healthy, warranted and j
promising invoices of boys and girls?— j
This Slavery is a most uncompromising
master, and the logic by which it is sus
tained must be pitiless—must shrink from
110 conclusion, must fear no frightful bar
; barity, must compromise with rcy domes
: tic relation; for any admission ol inipcr
| tinent humanity into the scheme will
; prove fatal to its whole consistency. If
j Slavery bo right, then it is yght to sepa
rate husband and wife, parent and child,
brother and sister. A slaveholder is hon
est, pious, benevolent, equitable, if you
only grant him his promises, aud tho op
posite of all these if you take away a sin
gle one of them. So the Georgia Bap
tist Associat ion had better be careful how
it is carried away by fine sentiment. That
should be left to the chicken-hearted
Yankees.— JV. Y. Tribune.
| (The Citizen.
THOMAS ROBINSON, I
CYRUS E. ANDERSON, } s -
SI. M . NPIIAR. Publisher.
BUTLER PA.
H i;i>\ I.SI>\Y X0V.10.1H61.
" Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One
and'ntepa^abie." —D. Webster.
Way A letter written by Geo. W r . Fair,
to Wm. It. Patterson, was on our hook
for publication, and was by some means
mislaid, while we were in attendance at
1 the Harmony Convention. As a trick, it
would be a small business. WJp hope it
may yet turn up.
8@- The Ilerald of last week, promis
ed to present to its readers 011 a future oc
casion, the name of a person laying claim
I to respectability who acted improperly on
Tuesday evening oflast week. Whenev
er the [lt ni/'l fulfills its promise, we will
offset its expose by producing the name
of another "laying claim to respectabili
ty," belonging to the educational depart
ment, who played the part of a "gallant
knight" most admirably.
tHHF It is with great pleasure that we
bear testimony to the fact that, through
out the exciting campaign through which
we have passed, James Bredin Esq.,
Chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee, officially, and as a private cit
izen, conducted himself as a peaceable
and worthy citizen; never exhibiting any
of those angry passions which so often
inflame the social, as well as the political
circle. While we wholly differed with
him in his political positions and senti
ments, wc respect his gentlemanly man
ner. and the coolness, and moderation of
his counsel.
&£"■ While the Administration was
obliged, by Military necessity, to make
great aiWances in the adoption of princi
ples in the Administration of the Gov
ernient. The opposition, and particular
ly the peaceshriekers, declared that those
were not the principles upon which the
party came into power, and that they
would be repudiated on the first opportu
nity! The party met at Baltimore, in
June last, and "avoided a more radical set
of principles than before; and the people
have spoken in their favor by a more em
phatic voice than ever. Sorely the peo
ple are progressing faster than parties.—
They are determined that this Union shall
be saved from destruction, and when sav
ed, that it shall be worth handing down
to future generations, as the %csult of the
great sacrifices which its preservation cost.
Then
"Worth, not birth, slmll rule mankind,
And be acknowledged stronger."
Then churches shall take the place of
auction blocks. Then Republicanism
shall be, not only a name, but a reality all
over the land.
The Itrsull.
Our neighbor of the Ibrald announc
ed last week, that if subsequent news
would be more favorable to them than the
first announcements, -which seemed to be
against them, he would issue an extra.—
It is, therefore, lucky for him (consider
ing the high price of paper,) that subse
quent news has not been of such a char
acter as to require him to issue said extra.
The fact is', the I'nion ticket went thro'
like a perfect hurricane ! as the incom
plete returns in our last paper indicated.
The only States left to" Little Mac" and
his Chicago friends, were Kentucky. Del
aware and New Jersgy ! the whole aggre
gate of whose population is one third less
than Pennsylvania ! and being entitled to
but 21 votes in the Electoral College, to
Pennsylvania's 20! while Lincoln's Elec
toral vote is 210 ! The enormous major
ity given for M'Clellan and Seymour in
New York city (about 37,000) seemed to
put the State in doubt, but the rousing
majorities polled on the right side in the
rural districts overcome it, and gives the
State to Lincoln and Fcnton, (Governor,)
by about 9,000. In all the other Union
States, the majorities are decided. We
will lay them before our readers as soon
as they are officially announced.
Tire Election.
" The Election in the borough of But
ler and throughout the county, so far as
we have been able to learn, passed off
quietly on Tuesday. In the borough,
during the night, after the polLs had been
closed, a number of the Abolition party,
after becoming pretty well iutoxicated, iu
duced some of the returned soldiers to
join them, when they made some boister
ous demonstrations on the street, fired off
their pistols, threatened the " Copper
heads," A;c. The demonstration did not
last long however, as peaceable citizens of
all parties interfered aud prevented an
outbreak.
The soldiers who participated in the
disgraceful demonstration, we believe,
arc all members of the 78th regiment,
audit is said that they were encouraged
by some of the prominent members of the
Abolition party.
To-day, Wednesday, about 11 o'clock,
a fight occurred, or rather Col. Lowry,
was struck with a poker, by F. S. Magee,
the landlord of the Jack Hotel, and con
siderably injured. The tight gfew out of
the demonstration of last evening.
Col. Lowry, is one of our host citizens.
lie was highly insulted by the boisterous
party last night, which may have induc
ed him to act somewhat imprudently.—
But those who encouraged aud participa
ted in the disgraceful demonstration of
lost night are responsible for all disturban
ces which have occurred and for all that
may follow :
Most respectable persons seemed to la
bor last night and to-day, to .prevent a
general outbreak. lSut there are some
persons, one in particular, laying claim to
respectability, to whom we will refer here
after, who seemed to encourage riotous
demonstrations.
-Just now quietness is restored and we
trust that this state of affaire will con
tinue."
The above is from the Herald of last
week. We omitted saying anything spe
cific in our last issue, because at that time
we might not be in possession of all the
facts necessary, to do justice to all par
ties concerned, as also to see from what
standpoint our neighbor over the way.
would effect to look at it. Ilad his no
tice of it been truthful, though not com
plete, wo might have felt at liberty to
pass it with a slight notice, us it is how
ever, we feel differeutly. We don't be
lieve that the demonstration of the pre
vious evening had anything to do with it
whatever. Of that we have this to say;
| that a few of the returned soldiers of tho
; became a little excited on Tuesday
j evening, about 10 o'clock, or perhaps a
J little later, they started down main street
j in rather a boisterous manner, singing,
I " Wce'l rally round the flag boys" and
occasionally giving a hearty hurrah for
j Lincoln, and a few emphatic curses on
| Copperheads, the latter was given while
! passing Col. Lowry's. two pistols were fired
; off during this demonstration, besides
j which we know of nothing offensive on
j their part, during the entire evening, that
| could bo construed by Col. Lowry or his
' friends into an assault or a menace—his
name was not used, nor was his house ei-
I i her entered or threatened.
It is proper to remark, that, while all
good citizens were desirous of peace, and
opposed on this evening, as on all others,
| to the use of offensive language, there
j was no language used on this occasion,
even by those young soldiers, more of
fensive than had been used by tho oppo
sition, on former occasions, to Adminis
tration men. On one occasion an honor
able and high minded citizen—a« he is
an able and earnest clergyman, was gross
ly insulted, on his way from church, the
party offending was doubtless under that
influence which hotels too generally fur
nish, when reason returned he was sorry,
and made the "amend honorable"—a suffi
cient apology. We have no doubt, had
any one felt personally agrieved. and made
complaint, these young men would have
at once made amends. But to their cred
it be it said, they yielded to the persua
sion of their friends, and retired in a short
time.
Another consideration in their favor is,
they had just returned home from a hard
service of three full years —they
right to expect, therefore, that so long as
they let other people alone they should
be allowed to enjAy themselves in their
own way, without being looked upon with
suspicion from any quarter.
This cannot be said of the Col. who,
under tho influence, as we believe)
of false friends, whose names we now
withhold,'but who must finally be held to
account for this whole matter, or at least
so much of it as willoot be properly char
gable upon the Col. remained on the street
quite late. Had the soldiers intended
an asscult on the Lowry House, which
certainly never entered their minds, it
would have been much better for the Col.
and his frinuh (!) to have staid within
the house, than to have became so noisy
oo the street. We are inclined to believe
that whatever fears were entertain
ed by Col. Lowry, as to the intentions of
the soldiers; were based upon his know
ledge of the provocaiions he had held
outto their friends—which we will not re
late at present.
We don't believe, however, that this
affair of the boys had anything to do with
this matter. Robert Lemon, an invalid
soldier, came home on the stage on Tues
day,aud desired to bo driven down to the
Magee house—he was finally driven down,
but went back to find some bundle that
had bean left at the Lowry house, as he
supposod, some words ensued between
the Col. and him.
The Col. also took offence at somehing
he had said afterwards ( communicated to
him by one of tlioso young gentle
imn (!) who seem to consider them
selves the Col's, body guard.) Wc saw
him patrolling the street in search of him,
at quite a late hour in the night, others
saw him quite early in the morning.—
The Col. evidently wanted a fight, he
grossly insulted Sheriff Brackenridge,
ofiered ?20, for the sight of certain par
ties—prominent Republicans, had been
down street several times on Wednesday
morning,andinJMagee's. About 11 o'clock,
a. m., ho again entered Mageo's bar
room—(there is no wore peacable man,
nor better landlord in our town than Mr.
Magee) andHnquircd of him where Rob
ert Lenimon was, Magee told liini he was
not in the house, the Col. insisted that he
was, (Lemmou was not about the house at
the time) tho other deniedr Tho Col.
finally turning to Magee, said he could
whip Sheriff Scott, Plummer Jack, llobt.
Leminon or himself, and would give five
dollars a head to have them meet him on
the street! Magee reminded him that he
was a Landlord—that he kept a hotel in
this place, and that ho professed to l>e
a gentleman. The Col. making a beli.Ei
erant demonstration, pressed his fist
against Mr. Magec's breast, whereupon
the latter told him to leave the room and
took up the poker to enforce his order.
Tho Col. at once seized the poker with
both hands; Magee caught him with his
left hand, by tho throat. After a short
struggle for the poker, it fell, both let
ting it go, after which Magee followed up
his first advantage, and using his right
fist inflicted considerable punishment upon
the Col. In the midst of the unfortunate
affair. Sheriff M'Caudless came in and
succeeded in taking Lowry away, with
the assistance of Marshall Campbell and
others. We were much shocked to see
tho bad feeling manifested by some, as
they ran to the scene of conflict, in their
picking up stones as they ran. We have
said some things which we certainly would
not havo said, had it not been for
the fact that the Herald falsely stated
that Lowry was struck with a poker.
We have left unsaid many things which
might truthfully be said. But as we are
informed, Sheriff Scott has made informa
tion against him for assault and battery, as
also Mr.Magee,for assault and battery and
surety of the peace, we have no doubt a
judicial investigation will give the facts to
the public. If it shall result in vindicating
the law and reassuring the citizens in the
enjoyment of peace and safety, which
were likely to bo taken away, it will have
accomplished a good thing.
"Polk. Sample."
For the last two months tho flood of
matter pressing us for publication, has
been so great that wo have been rertj re
luctantly compelled to withhold much
that it would havo given us pleasure to
have published, and to abridge much that
we would rather give in detail. Many
kind 112 riends have furnished us with val
uable correspondence front the army.some
of which were of a political character,
and when therefore unavoidably delayed,
thoy became unusable; others have been
devoted to the honor of tho fallen brave
—these never loose their value. Belnw.
therefore, we give an extract from a letter
devoted to the last earthly scene of the
"fallen brave" whose name heads this
article—ho was the son of James Sam
ple, Esq., of Cranberry township, this
county. He died, after having served his
country faithfully, at tho tender ago of
18 years and 23 days.
" I will now endeavor to give you, as far
as I am able, ji statement of how that no
ble young soldier, who is now sleeping
bdneath the southern soil, came to an un
timely end.
As I have previously stated how we ar
rived at Malvern Hill. I will say no more
as regards our journey to the noted place.
But before'wc reached tho battle-field, we
heard that familiar, but unpleasant roar,
the di:i of battle. Kre long we came iu
sight of the place where tho contending
parties were dealing death in the most of.
fieient, way, formed in line, dismounted,
watched the fighting goon for a short
time, then our division fell back a short
distance, and our right was covering the
retreat, wc were at this time mounted,and
formed in line, facing a piece of woods,
the fjpnt rank was ordered to
which they did a short distance,
short time, and then advanced into the
woods. During the time, the front rank
first halted, was, when the sharpshooters
fired, the balls whistling beneath, over
and at all sides of us, and the first one
that I saw take effect, was one in Isaiah's
horse's fore leg, at the same instant the
horse caused Isaiali to appear to fall for
ward, and I being alongside of him, rein
ed back, and at the same time we both
dismounred, and our ears were filled with
the screams of poor Polk, who was in the
same-rank with us, (rear rank,) aud about*
three rods to our left. We both ran to
his assistance, aud by tho time I got to
him they had him up, (two of the com
pany, Hugh .Miller, of Butler, and Ilugh
ie Stewart, of Allegheny and Isaiah, he
being the first one that got to him). When
the bullets began to come in pretty thick,
Polk said to some of the boys " Let us
dismount," and in the act of dismount
ing he was pierced through tho small of
tho back, a little to the loft of the spino.
The Doctor said that tho ball pcuetrated
his abdomen. When I came up and took
hold of him, I asked him where he was
wounded, said he, "O, my back is bro
ken, and I have no feeling in my legs."
The next thing he called for was water,
which we got as soon as possible. He
then said he was killed, and wanted to
know how far it was to the ambulance,
and that appeared to be his greatest de
sire, but the poor follow did not live to see
ono.
We had not carrleiThiin more thin fif
ty rods, until we could see that death had
taken hold of him, and tho thread of life
from that time, still grew weaker, until
he gradually fell asleep in our arms. By
this time an ambulance made its appear
ance, and after carrying hiin a short dis
tance after he had expired, we put his
body into it, aud then wo mournfully fol
lowed his body to the lonely spot, where
it was, undet tho circumstance, respect
fully interred. His wound bled inwardly.
We greatly miss him, for he was a jol
ly boy, and one that we highly esteemed.
lie a messmate of three o£ us that
bore hiiu off the field. Ilnw greatly we
miss him when we gather round our fru
gal meals—then is when his name is spo
ken, and not without praise and high res
pect. One thing we know that he died
true to his country and calling. He was
truly a brave young hero, and we hope
I tat ho is now receiving his reward for
his good actions and conduct. We, his
comrades, when our work is done here he
low, wish to meet him in that better
world above, where there is no sorrow. —
His name will long be remembered and
cherished by us all. He appeared to
have a presentiment of his coming fate,
for he told bio while the battle was going
on at St. Mary's Church, but before our
lino was brought into action, while stand
ing behind a eouple of large pines, that
he came out with the expectation of nev
er getting home, although he might, he
said : "We had letters from Cranberry
Co-day, stating that on the 26th, there
tfas a pic nio at Sample's school-house,
and"at night they occupied the barn." 1
expect about the time they were in their
greatest glee was the time our brave boy
fell. It appears as though some think or
care little of what does or might take
place.
Now three of our number " arc moul
dering in the grave," and perhaps more
for »ny thiqg we know from that tp."
Armj CorreHpitiHirnce.
llf.ii> Qu.inrkH*. Co. H.J 14ril Heot.,
Woodpile Station. Fairfax CO., Sot. Stli. IRM.
Mksshs. KditoßS: Ihttj- Sirs:— l
embrace this early opportunity of letting*
you know the result of the election in our
company. We polled in all 01 votes, of
these 7H were Lincoln, tihd the balance
'• 18" McClollan. In this company there
are five counties represented, via : But
ler, Allegheny, Armstrong, Summerset
and Venango.
The above all voted with the company.
I could name several who voted at other
places on detached duty, and in the hos
pitals. The election went off quietly, and
very satisfactorily, an.l now every one, is
looking with the utmost anxiety, to hear
the result of tho election, 'l'bo health oi
our company is much better now than it
j was some time ago. We have not been
j training any for some time. Wo have
| been principally engaged in building wiu
! ier quartern. throwing up breastworks and
j planting stockades. The boys are most
| ly in good health and spirits,and able for
their rations; also ready for every duty.
Rut not wishing to intrude on your col
umn;;. I i cumin ever yours, W. (.'.ll.
For the Citizen.
Elimination.
'•'Th education fnimntlie common n»in«l,
Just ma the twig if hunt tin* tree's iiirlihod."
Youcansce thetruthof this poetry in the
struggle before you. There stands your
brother over there just tho other side of
that picket line—he was horn in the same
country, under the sanke Constitution, and
acknowledges a common parentage with
i yourself. Me is your brother, and be
j thinks with you, this is a eruel war. He
I wishes you well, tho same as you wish
j him well. Often 112 have taken them by
the hand, and often I.have charged them.
They are a foe worthy of your steel, and
a brother worthy of yiftir affection. Hut
why is it that we are at war? Why do
we not live as brothers should live '!—
Merely because we have been differently
educated. Had you been educated to a
beautiful plantation, on the banks of the
James, with 500 slaves to do your bidding,
and while you lived in luxury and ease,
you had been taught by a prostituted
press, that slavery was a divine institu
tion, and by a John C. Calhoun that a
State had a right to secede from this Union
at any time, and by a Buchanan, that
the United States had no right to coerce
her, thus educated,in a strugg'e like this
you would wear gray clothes, and have
that musket in your hand fighting to
destroy what to-day you fight to defend.
Again, had that rebel soldier been edu
cated as some honest mechanics' son, to
believe labor the only true nobility. Had
he been taught by Jefferson, '•That all j
men were born free and equal," and by j
the fathers of the republic, that "the
Constitution was the supreme law of the
land," and was ordained, "to form a more
perfect Union, established justice, insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the com
mon defence, promote the general wel
fare, and secure the blessings of liberty
to ourselves and to our posterity," lie
would to-day, be like yourselves, the no
ble defender of tho Union, the supreme
law of the land, and the blessings of lib
erty it was ordained to secure.
This is the cause—now for the cure.
The twig has been Cent, ami has been
against you, when it was young, the
weight of slavery was laid on it, and the
hand of the slave propagandist bent it
to his fancy, aud now you have the bent
oak of 40 years to deal with, you are
striving to bring it hack to the plumb
line of nature, which is freedom, and of
tho constitution, which is Union. First
by your herculeon labors, you strove to j
straighten the oak while the weight of
slavery was weighing it down, you at last
found the folly of that, and now with
slavery cut loose, you have some chance j
of success. You can never give the tree
up and let it'fall, for by so doing, you en
danger your own life. Your roots have
intermingled together in the common soil ,
of the Constitution, and the fall would de
a troy alike that source of our mutual ex- |
istenee and happiness, l'ou can never|
let it fall across the Mississippi, *''ich
has watered alike the roots of both. 0,1
cannot permit the palmetto to grow,a. Il ' " 10
Copperhead toliiss, where once stood ) " I,r
brother oak ready to protect and de. er "'
you. No! Cut loose the weight wh c '"
has thus bent your brother down and hel, T
him to straighten up, then let the young
sprouts be educated to the stright growth
of Constitutional liberty, and our country
is saved.
But how foolish the policy of those who
now. when you. by your labors have al
most straightened it, would again attach
the dead weight of slavery to the top of
the tree, —the very weight which first
bent it down. We cannot agree with 51c-
Clellan that this dead weight of slavery
should have been kept attache*! to the
bended oak, whilo thousands of your bf"l*"
crs were dying to straighten it. We can
not agree with the Democracy, that it had
a right to bend down, it bent down under
the heavy weight, and it is our solemn
duty. la raisenff the (Ircltl irriyht, srPtt'</ht
fn up our brother, and above all, never let
the lead weight fall upon the sprouts, the
rising generation of the South and bend
them down, and leave to your cliildrcu
the bloody task of straightening them up.
No, lilt off the dead weight fuiwrr, and
K;t this yuung forest of liberty rejoice.—
This is the remedy. SIMEON.
Our IIoiIAC.
There is a plac called " Our House"
which every body knows of. Tho
sailor tnlks of it in his dreams at sen.
The wounded soldier, turning in his
uneasy hospital bed, brightens at the
word—it is like the dropping of cold
water in the desert, like the touch of
colli fingers on a burning brow. "Our
house,"he says feebly, and the light
comes back into bis dim eyes—for
nil homely charities, all fond thoughts
all purities, all that man loves on
earth or hopes for in heaven, riso
with the wortl.
"Our house" may be in any stylo
of architecture, low or high. It may
be the brown old farm house, with
its tall well-sweep, or the 'one-story
gambrel-roofed cottage, or the large,
square, white house, with green blinds,
tinder the w ing-swung elms of a cen
tury, or it may be tho log cabin of
the wilderness, with its one room—
still there is a spell in the memory of
it beyond all conjurations. Its stone
and brick and mortar are like no
other; its very clapboards are dear
tons, powerful to bring back tho
memories of early days, and all that
is sacred in home love.
There is no one fact of our human
existence that has a stronger influ
ence upon us than the house wo dwell
in —especially that in which our ear
lier and more impressible years are
spent. The building ami arrange
ments of a house influence the health,
the morals, the religion. There have „
been houses built so devoid of all con
sideration for the occupants, so ram
bling and hag-hazard in the disposal
jof rooms, so sunless and chc
| and wholly without snugncss*or priva
cy, as to make it seem impossible to
live a joyous, generous, rational, re
ligious family life in them.
There are, we shame to say, in our
cities things called houses, built and
rented by people who walk erect and
have tbe.general air manner of civil
! i/.ed and Christianized men, which
; are so inhuman ill their building that
they can only be call'd snares and
mps for souls—places where children
cannot well escape growing up filthy
and impure— places where to form
a home i, impossible, and to live a
decent Christian life would require
miraculous strength.
A celebrated British philanthro
pist, who had devoted much study to
dwellings of the poor, gives it as
his opinion that temperance societies
were hopcloss undertakings in Lon
don, unless these dwellings under
went a transformation. They wcro
so squallid, so dark, so comfortless, so
constantly pressing upon the senses
foulness, brain and inconvenience,
that it was only by being drugged
j with gin and opium that their misera
ble inhabitants could find heart to
drag on life from day to (lay. lio
had himself tried the experiment of
reforming a drunkard by taking him
from one of these loathsome dens and
enabling him to rent a tenement in a
block of model lodging houses which
had been built under his supervision.
The young man had been a designer
of figures for prints ; he was of deli
cate frame, and a nervons, suscepti
ble temperament.
Shut in one miserable room with
bis wife and little children, without
the possibility of fresh, pure air, with
only filthy, fetid water to drink, with
the noise of other miserable families
resounding through the thin partition
what possibility was there of doing
anything except by the help of stim
ulants, which for a brief hour lifted
hiin above these miseries '( Changed
at once to a neat Hat, where, for the
same rent as his former den, he had
three good rooms, with water for
drinking, house service, and bathing
freely supplied and the blessed sun
shine and air coming in through win
dows well arranged for ventilatson,
he became in a few weeks a new man.
In the charms of the little spot which
he could call home, its quiet, its or
der, his former talent came back to.
him, and he found strength in pure
air and water, and those pur r tho'ts
of which they arc emblem-, to aban
don burning and stupefying stimu
lants.—" Home and Home Paper*"
in Atlantic Monthly.