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CARLISLE, PA.
Friday, Iffay .4 '23? 1862.
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ments and pubscriptiOns for us at our lowest rates,
People's State Convention
The people of Pennsylvania. who desire cor
dially to unite in sustaining the National Ad
ministration in its patriotic efforts to suppress
a sectional and unholy rebellion against the
unity of the Republic, and who desire to sup
port, by every power of the Government, one
hundred thousand heroic brethren in arms,
braving disease and the perils of the field to
preserve the Union oNottr fathersiarerequest
ed to select the number of Delegates equal to
the Legislative Representation of the State,
nt such times and in such manner as will best
respond to the spirit of this call, to meet in
State Convention, at Harrisburg, on Thursday,
th' lith day of July next, at 11 o'clock on
said day, to nominate candidates for the office
of Auditor General, and to take such mess
tires as may be deemed necessary to strength
en to the Government in this season of cum
nip peril to a common country.
A. K. McCLURE,
Chairman of People's State Committee.
fIEG, W. HA MMERSLY, I
JOHIsI M. SULLIVAN, j Secretaries.
WrGov. Curtin has appointed T. T.
Worth, Esq. of the Lebanon Courier, Su
perintendant of PM ! lic Printing. We are
pleased to notice this appointment as an
excellent one; Mr. Werth is an ardent Re
publican, and an honest, upright man. Suc
cess to him.
Merit Rewarded
In the U. S. Senate, on Monday, n bill
giving Robert Small, and his associates,
(who 80 gallantly brought the rebel'steamer,
Planter, from Charle.zdon, to our blockading
fleet,) one half the prize, was passed by an
overwhelming major ity. Right glad are we,
to notice the promptitude with which this
praiseworthy act, was rewarded.
THE State Convention of North Carolina
met at Raleigh on the 21st of April. It is
thought by some that it may repeal the se
cession ordinance which it passed last May.
TheNewbern correspondent of the New York
Tribune hints that Gen. Burnside is disposed
to give them an opportunity to retrace their
steps, and if they delay ho will be upon
them.
Tur, Richmond Whig now sacs the Rebels
will stand twelve miles from Richmond and
drive the Yankees hack. On he last day
of April the same paper said:—"The fate
of Richmond depends, in the present pos
ture of hfrairs, upon the army at Yorktown
and the efficiency of the. Merrimac. This
vessel maybe set upon by not only one
Monitor, but by a fleet of them, in ms very
short time. It may be overcome in regular
combat, or it may, by a spark falling into
its . magazine, or by the. accident of fire, he
put-out- of -the- way at-any moment, If so,
Richmond is at once approachable be gun
boats, under an attack from which it is per
fectly untenable, and iudefnsible by land
forces.
The Rebels Know Their Friends.
The oonviction in fast nettling down in the
public mind that the present leml.-rd of the
Breckinridge party are disloyal men and the
rebels know it. Capt. FRANK Lea, of the re
bel army captured by Gen. Merylau'm army
at Y-orkto-wn in conversation wab our men,
said ;
"Of our politicians, be spoke enthusiasti
cally of Vallandigham, and said that lie was
regarded by the Confederates as a noble, bold
and Independent man, who was much ad
mired."
A "noble" man ! Yes, and we grieve
to say it, that niot ofthe Brrekinrirge lenders
are just as "noble" as this notorious seces
sion sympathizer. They infest the free air of
the loyal States with their treason on every
occasion
re — The Breckenridge editors of the North
are continually laboring to excite synipathy
for the leading traitors. What kind of men
these for whom sympathy is asked ? The
Philadelphia Pres., answers by saying that
they are then who bayonet and dii k the un
resisting wounded on the battle field ; who
mutilate the dead; who violate the graves of
Union soldiers, and entree their bones into or
naments-and their skulplnto drinking cups;
who plant torpedoes and infernal machines
in the fields and behind entrenchments which
they are too cowardly to defend in honorable
atrifo I These are the men for whom the
Dieckinridgers offer apologies, These are
the "deluded brothers" for whom they plead.
If these are men, whet are devils If this
is bravery, what is cowardice? If this is
honorable warfare, what is fiendish cruelly?
flow aro bravo men to fraternize with such
fiends iu human shape until their brutishuess
shall bo thoroughly flogged out of them ?
Our Tames Buchmeans may sympathize with
such men, inasmuch as they consented to be
come the tools of their leaders in time past.
But it is an insult to the friends of the 'vic
tims of such atrocities to speak of fraternity
with the perpetrators.
GLORIOUS NEWS I
AUCIIMQND CAPTURED:
SECESSION ABOUT PLAYED OUT!
A telegraphic message was received in this
city last evening, stating that Richmond had
3301:1 token by the *Mon troops yesterday.
*..endeavored to obtain more particulars of
tho capture but were unable to do so.. From
'the tenor of Gen. 111•Clellan's dispatches yes
terday, there can be little doubt'of the oor
rectnese of the above. We.hope to kke able, in
.our affet'Ooon edition r .to-give.full particulars.
-- Ile above we have cut
Telegraph, of yesterday. .We have made dill
ingfiry at - the telegraph otik3e; nod, failed
to find anything obnfitniaticry of Ote:rePort.---
Conpling the feet, that on 'Wednesday morn
ing Gen. ifeClollan telegraphe4 flint his ad-,
'Vance' was within' 8, or 9 'mlies of, Itiolnoad,
'with-the antioitneementthatilitiqespatch was
received in Harrisburg on the same evening,
19e. are forced t. 0.01.0 reluctant conclusion that
: iTils'Alespetok fs;prernatrure.7l.ncw,eier,. as it
merely a questiOn.of thrip, we may : ae.well
begin ,t,h,roviing ; up. out bald bow.--,En.
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Our Foreign Rplutiens.
We ever huVe: ;contended that me relitince
.could be.plated Upon the at:Alone of England
and , France. The object of 'both of thoie po*-
evils, undoubtedly, to . eo act as to dismember
the Government of the:UnitedStates. :What
ever may be their protestation of . 'friendship,
those pretensions are hollOw aidare only in
tended to deceive. For years England has
expended all her money on her navy. With
this she,hoped to keep other powers in awe
and thus hold a controlling influence in the
governmental affairs of all Europe. Her inso
lence towards the
.United States, of late, has
been rather humiliating, in which she persist
ed, knowing our weakness in naval power.
As to her connivance with' the leading reb
els, anterior to the breaking out of the rebel
lion, we have never entertained a,reasonable
doubt. Her vacillating course is' strong pre
sulnptive evidence'of the fact. The confident
reliance of the rebels upon an open end bold
recognition of their independence by England
his ample proof in almost every declaration
of the lending conspirators. France we opine,
has been playing a double game. She hoped
to get England so far committed in her policy
towards the United States that there could be
no way of her abandoning that line of policy
without national humiliation, and then Napo
-1 !on could change his programme and humble
England, thus wreaking hiNsilent but deter
mined revenge on haughty "Britian for her
cowardly conduct towards his uncle.
But recent events have compelled both Eng
land and France to change their present ap
parent policy with the United States. They
see that at the close of this stupendous inane
rectiou our government will be the strongest
in the world, and will, in a great measure,
have the control of the destiniefi of this great
American continent. Hence, France,- still
keeping:her eye on England as--a future vie
tim to her power, unites with England for the
purpose of disrupting the Union. This is the
great desideratum of the rulers of France and
England.
We think, however, that they aro a Mile to
lot,'. We have rebellion by the throat. We
have just got our bawl in building Monitors.
The people are determined to uphold the Gov
ernment as bequeathed to us by our father.
If England, assisted by her ally or allies, desires
to make n third trial - with the United States
she will find herself shorn of all power on this
continent, and, perhaps, blotted out among
the nations of the earth. All that will be re
quired on our part will be unity of action.
More Forces Required
The Phila. North ditHrican has - the fol.
lowing article, which, without venturing an
opinion on the matter discussed, we rrubmit
to our readers, as a rather: startling statement
of the condition of the campaign.
The events of the past week have some
what painfully impressed the public mind
with the necessity for the accumulation of
more forces at almost every point of the im
mensely extended field of military operations
and fur the eNerciso of more energy in the
management of the campaign. We suppose
it is the want of forces alone that eau the
present inactivity, and therefore hereto°
complaint to make that men or generals do
not do their duty. Gen. Banks might not
In be compelled to retire along the Shenan.
doah valley, lenvirrg the Beople who came to
the support or — TheMuon cause as he a .
vauced to the terrible desolations the sores
shin savages bring upon them. Gen. Mc
lboi ell ought not to he compelled to remain
inactiie at Fredericksburg, giving the reins s
opmrtunity to imp: ess the whole population
of the bra ad plait' front Charlottesville down,
and to operate near Richmond without con
straint from a force approaching by another
route, lin the peninsula we have, also, an
inatletinute force to support the gunboat ad
vance on the James river, and are compelled
to return almost from before Richmond and
to await some other or further accession of
forces to support_ the squadron. The same
general condition is el - rally apparent on the
rpi, and acthe camps before Corinth.
Force i.,-needed in western Kentucky against
the guerillas, iu Tennessee against the guer
illas, in Virginia against them, and in Mis
sour' and Arkansas for the same purpose.
And not only arc turves rsquired in these
several districts,
,but energy is needed in
thrir management. It is unpleasant to read
accounts such as the capture of a railroad
train at Cave city, almost in the heart of
Kentucky, 7111-d the more recent successful
raid, of a rebel band on a railroad! guard
near Front Royal, Virginia, rind another
and a greater one on the advance of Gen.
Banks after it returned from Harrisonburg.
There may be something of strategy claimed
for these retrograde movements, but it is im
pgssible to see whit such strategy gains. All
delays and retrograde movements are calam_
ities only, let who will attempt. to disguise
them, and just now they are peculiarly un
satisfactory. They convey to others than
ourselves the, impression that an ebb in the
tido of affairs has set in, which may, by
vigorous management, may be converted
into a permanentsuccess for the confederacy ;
and this impression is just now unfortunate
in mar)). respects. The peculiar attitude
affairs abroad, the abundance of falsehoods
still circulated there in the interest of the
rebellion, at d the readiness, both in England
and France, to belibve every falsehood and
accept every false coloring leaning t, the
rebel side, admonish us to giverthem as few
opportunities as possible to get up plausible
statements.
It is not probable that the government is
unaware of the necessity we refer to, or
panting in efforts to put affairs on a better
footing. , The recent order discontinuing
recruiting is at least in part rescinded, and
many of the regiments in the field
are supplying deficiencies caused- by the
chances of war as rapidly as possible.
There may be more
.done in this way, how
ever, and regiments consolidated with others
solely because of deficient numbers might
be revived with advantage in some cases.
An addition of fifty thousand men to the
active forces in the .field is imperatively
needed at once,'and these probably in addi
Lion to whatever may. be done in Tennessee
and other partially occupied States in. re
cruiting forces wholly new. .In East Tenn
essee, if we are ever able to get near it,
there 'might be o force raised, quite sufficient
to extingnish the rebel guerillas of a large
region. Men there are urgent to take the
field against their enemies, and we as ur
gently need their assistance.
The next few days ought to exhibit a re
newal of the energy with which the armies
were put in the field three months figs.), and
uUdersuch-an—ins - pulse important„changes
for the better would speedi . ly be developed.
VW" The loyal ladies of St. Louis, recent
ly pieSented Gen.' Sigel With a fine silver
In,histpeech accepting the gift, he
shid : "I was not, bora in lhis country. I
eame•here like your ancestors, AIM Huge
nots, theXtrritans, and the followers of Penn,
from 'a foreign land ; assure you that
'my heart and soul are with this Toptkblie. I
-am bound to' this country with' my whole
bectfuse lam bound to the otiriciple's
upon which it is bnsed--.principles for the
triumpleof which I have 'struggled and
fought ever'since fwas able' tiohinli. lam
beutulL to the sacred soil of MiSsouri by-the
Memory of those .who have failed:lloer my
defonso'of.theState atid- for the
.the Por,tili:Stars
find itrilekYhey•Ofthied themselves • tie',willing
Cherish' Mein , 'in " my,
;lima to'riy faiit days.!? • --
Two tiiiiattot Masses of Demo rats.
It is gratifying at the present time, when
men calling themselves "Patriots„" and
claiming adherence to the Democratic:Par
eside the cause of their CoulAry,ind
its Preservation from the grasp of rebellion,
and take Up the interest and success of their
political party in preference,to read such
sentiment from a loyal Democratic Journal,
as the following, which we take from the
Pottsville Record. Coming from the ranks
of the Democratic party it strikes home to
the renegades of that organization with ten.
fold force.—Read the following and reflect
upon the sentiments of a true Democrat:
TAXES I TAXES 11 TAXES I 1 1
"Certain politicians—we are sorry to say
they claim to be Democrats—who think it
more important that they 'Should hold office
than that our Union should be saVed, are,
electiOneering in the _farming districts---of
this county, using as their grand arguments
against the policy of the administration for
the preservation of the Republic, that "it
will cost money, and that taxes will be rais
ed." The fore of their reasoning is bad,
and must recoil fearfuly on the party adopt
ing it; for, if these men promise as Demo.
crate that they will adopt a policy that will
cost nothing, how can they save our Union?
It would follow then that Democracy means
disunion. This we deny. Such men are
not Democrats ; and they have no. right to
utter treason under the cloak of Democracy.
They are low politicians ready to sell their
country for an office. They vastly prefer
'the possession of power to the welfare of the
country. They have no word of rejoicing to
utter over the glorious victories that have
recently rewarded the bravery and patriotism
of the Union forces ; they We theta only us
additional arguments that the administra
tion of 'Air. Lincoln is unworthy of the con
fidence of the people, because these victor
ies tend to an increase of taxation. Such
sentiments are not the teachings of Democ
racy they are the promptings of a traitor's
heart."
Gen. Hunter's Proclamation De
clared Void.
Py the President of the United Statesiof
America.
A Proclamation
Whereas, there 'appears in the public prints
what purports to be a proclamation of Major
Gen. Hunter, in the words and figures follow
ing, to wit :
lIEADQUARTTII , DrPlRi MENT orr THE SOUTH,
limos lit:to, S. C ..May 9, 1662.
General Orders, No. 11. —The three States
of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, com
prising the military department of the South,
having deliberately declared themselves no
longer under the protection of the United
States of America, and having taken up arms
against the said United Slates, it becomes a
military neeecessity to declare them under
martial law. This was accordingly done on
the 25th day or April, 1862 Slavery and
martial law in a free conntry are altogether
imcompatible ; the persons in these three
States—Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina
—heretofore held as slaves, are therefore de
clared forever free.
(0111Citil) " DAVID HIINTPIR,
" Major General Commanding.
"Ed. W. Smith, Acting Assistant General,."
And whereas, the same is producing some
excitement and misunderstanding: therefore,
I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of — iii`o
United - States, proclaim and declare that the
Governtoent of the United States had no
knowledge, information or belief of an inten
tion on the part of Gen. Hunter to issue such
a proclamation ; nor has it yet any authentic
information that the document is genuine
Sod further, that neither Gen. Hunter, nor?
any other commander or person, fins been an•
therized by the government of the United
States to make proclamations- declaring the
slaves of any State free; and that the sup
posed proolmation now in question, whether
genuine or false, is altogether void, so far as
respects such declaration.
1 further make known that whether it be
competent for me, t ri.s Commander-in-chilpf of
the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of
any State or States free, and whether at any
time, in any cane, it shall have become n ne
cessity indispensible to the maintenance of
the Government to exercise such supposed
power, are questions which, under my respon
sibility, -1 reserve to myself and which t do
not feel justified iii'le r avibg to the decision of
commanders in the field. These ale totally
different questions from those of police regu
lations in arini , es and 4arnps.
On the sinth day of March last, by a spe
cial message. I recommended to Congress the
adoption of a joint resolution to - be substan
tially as follows :
Resolved, That the United States ought to
cooperate with any State which may adopt
a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to
such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such
State in - its discretion, to compensate for the
inconveniences, public and private, produced
by such change of system.
The resolution, in the language above quo
ted, was adopted by large majorities in both
branches of Congress, and now stands an
authentic, definite, and solemn proposal of
the nation to the States and people most im
mediately intereeted in the subject matter.
To the people of those States now earnestly
appeal. Ido not argue. I beseech you to
make the argument for yourselves. You can
not, if you would, be blind to the signs of the
times. I beg of you a calm and enlarged
consideration of them, ranging, if it may be,
far above personal and partisan politics.
This proposal makes common Cause for a
common object, casting no reproaches upon
any. It acts not the Pharasee. The change
it contemplates would come gently as the
dews of heaven, not rending or wreaking any
thing. Will you not embrace it ? So much
good hak not been done by one effort, in all
past time, as, in the providence of God, it is
now your high 1 r:vilege to do. May the
vast future not haVe to lament that you have
neglected it,
In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the oily of Washington thie nine•
teenth day of May, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight and sixty-two, and of the
independence of the United State + eighty eitth.
ABAANADI LINCOLN.
By the President ;
WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
The Memphis Avalanche of May 7 had these
items from• New Orleans in addition to those
which we have already received by telegraph.
It says : Four gunboats and ono transport
started for Baton Rogue on Saturday morning,
May 8, at 9 o'clock. When they bad gone up
some sixteen miles from New Orleans a small
boat was sent ashore, and a- section of tele
graph wire, from post to post, was cut, so that
the lino could not be operated without putting
in new wire. Up to theilMe our informant
left (11 o'clock on Saturday morning,) only
seven.full Regiments had been landed in . New
Orleans. The last train of oars from Jackson
wentlo 'Kenher's'.on Suhday, nid.,our, in
- for mant-statestli at -it -was-tinderStood-that:no
train would hereafter be permitted to go down
further than Prairie,' some twenty• Miles from
- the city. _ All. the _ _prisonersin our forts - and
on the gunboats had been paroled, except the
commander of the Louisiana, who,. after the
'forts had surrendered, out loose that boitt, set
her on fire, and let her drift down the stream
to a cettaitrpeint, Where She - bleTtv up and dis
appeared, froth mortal vision. For this act,
after the: surrender was made, he was sent to
New York. Vast quantities of molasSes, su-'
gar and cotton , Were destroyed. Only eighty
bales'of cotton eould'be.found in the city, and
that belongeddo.iin Englishman and *tab not %
destroyed. Provisions are • ,reprgseht,ed"-,pn
rnera plea tifulf theiltf'floieimtrogol
$26 to. $BO per bbl, • Fro I** Nezion:isr•
-learn that:the Rebel - T - ehalli . :toroi
cloning:the Territory: r!:
'Mr:-,Sanford, Mi.itark::Sup:ervitior of the
-Telegraph,' hae-givett;Ardtra.tn. the operator at
Cairo not to alloyion7 TOPekt,Of;ilie expeoted
'battle at Corinth o.l)W:sent oVei the Wires
from that Department
gives' pertniptobi ' . •
1 1 49:'F*ACif..) , ,P11 1 fitintluas .received notice
m
fro the .11•030 at'ithihmond that the
Itebeli.)4ve.'d'orthaly apprised•hi 121,3` , or their' .
totOutioo burn the. Treneliz4obacoottoreil .
iilfiti 3 ;:io :miss they 'should'fled it neeessiry, to
-41,4ugirtliat.Place•--
Accounts of the recent engagement on the
James river , ittwhiah our gunboats were re
pulsed before ; theltebel Fort Darling, are as
yet,inoomplete and:unsatisfactory. The only
.twmvesealti'Littit engaged.the battery were the
Monitor.and this Galena„ Thelormer, as has
already "been', stated; , -;could not. give her
.guns elevation enough Co reach the Rebel fort,'
located on .a bluff.tivo hundred feet. above the
river, and was therefore useless'. The armor
of the Galena did not prove proof against the
heavy missiles of the Rebels fired from ouch
such art elevation, and of twenty eight. shot
that struck, eighteen pierced her iron plating,
The Monitor maintained her impregna
bility. The fight took place on Thursday
last, and not-on Friday, as was first stated,
On-Friday ComModore Goldsborough started'
up We river with a number of gunboats, and
took possession of the deserted Rebel I:titlarks,
at Day and•flardy's Points, securing their.
ordinance. When last heard from the fleet
was preceding on toward Fort Darling, and
that Rebel stronghold has no doubt ere this
been subjected to a much heavier fire titan
the Galena, unaided, was able-to
_throw into_
it. The obstructions placed in the river tire
reporleille be of the most, complete character ;
vessels laden with stone beiag first sunk, and
the Rebel gunboats Yorktown and Jamestown
sunk inside of this barricade. The Fort once
silenced, the . meatio and ingenuity necessary
for the remdval: of these obstructions will
quickly be provided.
The Chicago Journal; states that the steam
rams which have for some time been in course
of construction, at Louisville and other points
on the Ohio river, are at last completed, and
on their way to their-destination. It adds :
"It is needless to attempt to disguise the fact
that the recent engagement between our fleet
and that of lbe Rebels came but little short
of being a reveres on our side. The Rebel
rams accompliiitied no small amount of 'dam
age to two or three of our pint oats, and our
entire fleet barely succeeded-in repulsing the
attacking force, which repairs being made,-
will return to the attack With rants in our
flotilla, we luny confidently anticipate a great
victory in the next engagement."
The Newbern Progress states that Gov.
Clark, of North Carolina, has refused to fur
nish any mooro troops to Jeff. Davis, and has
recalled all the North Carolina soldiers now
in the Rebel nrtny. North Carolina has held
a convention of its citizens, and pronttunced
against giving further aid to the rebellion,
thus virtually returing to the Union. lu re
ply to the demand of Jeff. Davis for addition.
al troops and means of transportation fur his
army to and through the Cotton Stales. Gov
ernor Clark said that D tViS had received all
the aid from North Carolina that he could ex
pect, and that hereafter no more troops would i
be permitted to leave the State, and has or
dered all the North Carollna State troops
home. Governor stark alSo informed the
Rebels that they could we the railroads in
retreating homewards. and that they would
run their own risk of being intercepted by a
Union force ht any part of the Stale.
The latest: from Getter:ll Ilalleck reports n.
general advance of our army towartht C-Trnith,
with heavy skirmishing along the whole line
General Sherman had driven the enemy from
Russell's House bark into their works, and
held the pool. ion which was gained with the
loss of forty-four killed and a number woun
ded on our side. Some of our skirmishers
were within three hundred yards of Rebel
breastworks.
The military telegraph has been carried
forward to UM advance of General MeClellau's
army, fourteen miles from Richmond.
By the way of the Meniphis, we have do•
faits of the occupation of Pensaeobt. It seems
that after a btisk cannonade the vessels of the
fleet sent bonds ashore and found the forts
deserted. The United States troops were to
take posseetiion the next day.
The rebel officers at Corinth complain bit
terly at lialleck's - delay in attaching, as they
had reoeivest all the reinforcements they
could expect, and every day weakened them.
„ From Fortress Monroe we have a rumor
that Weldon . , N. C, a very important railroad
junction, has been evacuated by the rebels.
A (dispatch from General McClellan ,says
that a combined U. 8. naval and military ex
pedition up the l'amunkey - river forced the
rebels to destroy two steamers and some
twenty inners.
A gan* * One hundred guerillas have been
cApturvitivr.gdeonikeld, Missouri.
Princeton, he capital of Meicer county, Va
in Fretpones department, has been attacked
and captured from Gem Cox's advance guard,
by Humphry Marshall, but has since been
retaken:-
Gen. McClellan's army commenced moving
from Whif6 HoUse early on Mender morning,
in the direction of Richmond. Rebel pickets
guard the whole line of the river in front of
Richmond, and consequently prevent any in
formation being obtained from that city.—
Gen McClellan went on a reconnoissance to
the Chickahominy, so that he might more
'effectually complete the programme of opera
tions in front of Richmond.
A dispatch from general Banks' command
states that military circles credit the report
that 2900:rebel cavalry, attached to different
oommands, have been disbanded and formed
into guerilla bands, occupying the various
mountain ranges and fastnesses.
Gen. Geary has been ordered to report to
Gen. Banks in future. For several weeks ho
has keen. guarding the lower portion of the
Manassas road for a distance of fifty miles.
The I.3lueßidge and adjacent ranges and
spurs are infested with guerillas, sato watch
every opportdnity to shoot and capture our
picketo and foraging parties. They elude
pursuit.. ((a account
. of their familiarity with
the inountniu defiles and passes.
The Naugatuck is having another gun put
aboard i 4 place of the one which exploded in
the late dngagement.
A private Letter- from an officer of one of
Commodore Rogers' flotilla, says that the
Galena woe admirably managed, and actually
silenced one of the rebel batteries. While the
Galena engaged the batteries, the wooden
vessels ran past, The Galena then followed
but the buoys having been displaced and mis
placed, she ran aground. This moat prof. ably
refers to the movements of the Galena when
she first left Hampton Roads to go up the river.
The remains of the. late Brig. Gen. Wm.,
H. Keim, who died at Harrisburg, on Sunday
afternoon, of typhoid fever, will be conveyed
(Wednesday) morning to Rending for
interment. They will be accompanied by his
friends find relatives, and the beads of the
civil and military departments.
An officer of the army arrived at' Washing
ton, yesterday, and denies the published state
ments that a.t last accounts our pickets were
within four dines of 14avannah.
Tito Naiiy,Depnr) rucrit, has dispatches 4n
ling the capture of the schooner Gen. C.
Pinokney, while attempting totho
blookade with a load of cotton. The iirice
has already arrived at New York.
The steamer State of Maine arrived at Bal
timore, yesterday, With 461 sick ecildiets,
most of whom were canvalescent, end able
to travel homeward. The moo, are chiefly
from New York and Ahem:Manila.
Hon, Edward Stanley, tire Military (Taver
ner of North Carolina, received his eanimiss
idn yesterday. He is Invested with powers
exactly'like thoseof Gdy. Johnson, of Tenn.
Capt. Jametilander, of the Susquehanna,
has been ordered to the, San Janointo, to
piooaed. VI , the Gulf. Capt Robert. Ritchie
has been ordered to take charge.of the prop
erty.-titi-thel•Norfolk-navy--yarth—lComtnautior-
R. R. ITitehoook has been ordered 14 • report
to Flag-offiper Goldsborough 'for.thg Optninap4•
of . the-Susqueluirtnts.--'
linebt,enTorlitir'ed - to iendez
YOWL - Ligo. T. E.'• Eaetmde' ha's -been or
dered to the V. S. itto.ateer,,lieyetone State.
Lieut;..B• litik.been etdored to Borden
town, N. • . n, . ' .
The-'..Richmo*d papers' of the 161 h inst
contaip ; a:voircaimedence between Jett Davis
and '(.4e r.Virgiaby• legielature. Ito says, he
dime hot. eiateriam the thought of withdraw.
• ing,l •frout. Virginia, • even though
.RWI rionq-shotild fall. lio is• of the opinion
he we could be euccessfully maintained
`Mi Virginia, soil for'twenty years. , •
John 13,,, Floyd •has been appointed. Major
Gen.lof the Tirgiitia•ferees, with" Authority to_
raise; 20,0130 men for the defence of Western
, .
T4O e‘gagement. of. Thursday at Duty's
Blatt, seven miles:below:Richmond, produced
a great paille among,tEe• people of Richmond,
' The United • States authorities at New Or
leanaloOlc possession of the Now Orleans
andleelpson••railroad and the Opelousas and
• Greatygster*.railroad. All the 13pproriebes
I te the citY,thire,been cut olf.". Gen;; Phelps.
ocedples Ca:l4lllbn', 25 miles' up the. 'river:
DI await)! of Nov Orleans busitiedi watrelsw;
Com. Porter's . mortar fleet had been off
Mobile making soundings.
Pensacola was evacuated on the evening of
the 9th inst. The rebels set fire to the navy
yard, the forts, the barracks and marine
hospital. The Barracks and the foundry
were saved.
Reports were received Tuesday from Gen.
oral McClellan'e advance, under ~General
Stoneman, The rebel picfietAave been driv
en within two miles of their main body,—
Everything indicates a desperate resiatence on
their part. It is said that southern Congress
men are in the field encouraging the rebels by
their presence.
The U. S. dispatch steamer Rhode
with dates and mails from New Orleans of the
Bth inst., arrived at Fortress Monroe Monday
morning. S.:e brings between 90 and 60 pas
sengers, and naval officers captured on the
Mississippi. below New Orleans.
Gen Butler commenced landing on the lst
of May, and established his headquarters at
the Cur-tom House. The tailroads and sienna
boats were allowed to bring supplies to the
city, on_accourft—of_t_hc_great—suilaring which
otherwise would ensue. The negotiation of
confederate scrip was prohibited, but other
species of currency was allowed to circulate.
Forts St. Philip nud Jackson have been
garrisoned by troops from Ship Island.
A telegraphic cable having been laid across
the Chesapeake hay from Cherrystone to Back
river, the War Department is enabled to be
in telegraphic communication with Fortress
Monroe and Gen. McClellan's headquarters.
The cable is 25 miles long.
FROM PORT ROYAL
A Rebel Steamer Run away Ivltlx
New York, ,flay 17 . —The steamship Atlan
tic has arrived with dates to the 14th inst.—
Among her passengers is ,General Gilmore,
who commanded at the reduction of Fort PT
laski-
The steamer Planter has arrived from Charles
ton, having been run away with by a contra
band pilot and crew. She brought papers of
the 12th, and hail on board seven heavy guns
and one 8-inch rifled gun, intended for Fort
Ripley, being construmed on the middle
ground, Charleston harbor.
The steamer Planter, which was run away
front the rebel, by her pilot, Robert Smal!, is
a new tug. boat employed about Charleston
harbor, which was seized by the rebel govern
ment and converted into n gunboat, mounting
n titled gun forward and it siege grin nft.—
She has been in the habit of running out to
sea to reconnoitre, and was therefore no un
usual appearance near the fells gnarling the
entrance. Small, whit was rhi helm•-man and
pilot. conceived the i let of running away,
and idotted with sereral friends, slaves like
him, to trite them off
On tie evening of May 1I her officers left
the ship then ht the wharf in Charleston, and
went to their homes Small then took the
firemen rind assistant engineers, all if whom
were slaves, in his confidence, had the- fires
banked up-, and everything made ready to
start by daylight. At quarter to four on Sat
orday morning the lines were fastened the
vessel to the duck were cast-off, and the ship
glided quietly into the stream [fere the har
bor guard hailed the vessel, but Small pronir t
ly gave the countersign, and was allowed to
pass. The vessel now called at a dock a dis
tance below, where the fatuides of the crew
came on board.
When otr Fort Sumter, the sentry on the
ratnprirts Imed the boat, and Small sounded
the countersign with the whistle, three shrill
sounds and one hissing sound. The vessel
being known to the officers of theday, no ob.
jeetion'was raised, the sentry only singing
out. " Blow the d—d Yankees to or
bring ono of them in !" " Ave, aye," was
the answer, and every possible effort was made
to get below.
Hardly was the vessel out of range when
Small ran op a white flag. an went up to the
U S. fleet, where ho surrendered the vessel.
She had on board seven heavy guns for Fort
ICipley. a fort now building in C.lrarlemen bar
ber, which were to be taken thither the next
morning. Small; with the craw and their
families, sixteen persons, were sent to the
flagship at l'ort,lloyal, and an officer placed
on board the Planter, who took her also to
Commodore Dupoot's vessel. Small is a mid
dle aged negro, and his features betray noth
ing of the firmness of okaranter he di.pinyed.
Ile said to be one of the most skilful pilots of
Charleston, and to have a thorough knowledge
of all the ports and inlets on the ecaist. of South
It is said that his vessel and guns are
worth near al 000 a prize to the blockading
fleet ! ill not Cungre , s, by unanimous con
sent, glee these bold fellows the full value for
their prize, as an encouragement to others?
Robert Small is a sharp looking. intelligent
fellow, of medium size, and apparently about
thirty years old.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE
DESERTE.F.F. FROM TOR •CFADW OF
=
Statements Relative To Her De-
struction
FORTRESS MONROE., May 13.
A rrlvals from the Late 11e rrlmac.
Last evening among the arrivals from
NOriOni, was a master's mate and a gunner
of the Merrimac, formerly so, h a terror in
this region. The master's mate's name is
E. K. McLaughlin, son of the proprietor of
Barman's hotel, in Bultiinore. He was at.
rested, in Norfolk last Saturday, when our
troops took possession of the city, but after
wards released on his parole. Today he
tonic the oath of allegiance, and is on his
way home. lie was on board the Merrimac
when she sank the Cumberland, and promo
ted f r signal services in that action. Three
weeks ago, being, unwell, he was detailed
from the service, and sent to the Portsmouth
Naval Asylum, where he was at the time of
the Rebel evacuation. He seems very much
pleased at the prospect of reaching home
and again enjoying its comforts.
The gunner's name is Ball, who is a na
tive of Baltimore, where he has a widowed
mother residing. At the breaking out of
'the reebl ion he had just been discharged
from the naval st rvicc of the United States
after a service of five years. He immedi
ately shipped on board a vessel for England,
and on his arrival there reshipped on a
merchantman for New Orleans. The vessel
successfully ran the blockade and her crew
was discharged. He was told by the Con
federates that he must enlist, either in the
army or navy ; he preferred the hitter.
Upon the completion of the Merrimac he
was detailed os one of her crew, in the ea.
pacify of gunner. In the action of that
memorable Sunday, when she destroyed the
Cumberland and Congress ti•shot; frail the
Cumberland entered tie porthole of tier:
how pivot gun, killing two men mod Wound- - .
ing several others. Afier that no one vol.
unteered to take charge of.thia gun for fear
of a similar d;iaoter. lie did so and has
since had charge of
Corn. Ttitnall was very imbecile and child•
ish, and so feeble,that he hurl to be assisted
up and down stairs. ' The crew had no con•
faience - him, but were proud of Capt.
Buchanan. When the Rebels found that
Alte..tugbeat.l._ll.__Wlite_had_deserted and _
CanctO down to the Point, they at once con
cluded that their plans were given in detail
to-our officers here. 'Capt. Byers is worthy
of great praise and many thanks for the im
portant noise which hp brought. It is wall
known here that, owing to his information,
the important Movements lately made took
place. The Rebels had lightened the Mer;
rimac with the intention of running her up
"the James river to Richmond. But finding
their plans betrayed they determined to come
down into the Roads and cover their retreat,
'Which was - then - going on at" Norfolk and
Craney When our. fleet shelled
Sewell's Point there. were only two. emnPa.
nies.stationed.there to keep_tip_appeurat.ces
,The',Merrituac,, according tel.arrafigossieuts,
- eanic'down,' not to, fight, but 'to cover. he
rotreat,'which'was then going on. The offi
cers know that the Galena, Aristook. and
POrt Royal had iPorm up; the Jancies
'there-fur their project,iirßiat direetion ,wott
deeidely" Om Saturday' a
consultation took' place. on board the Merr;.
- - - . • •
eon formica
_ended **ith the sleterm in.
ation 4oldevi her ppi and d'tatroy, one'et' the
rebellnahavre'ttest hupoi. N,o , _great' was ,tho
hurrs , of , the dobaikation that . nothWg hut
- the - Otti er's - attdine n'a - etreets - Ave to -re nroired-i
They,did not even _spike the guns, as was
their intention. They'took off the locks, and
adjusting the slop match, left their idol to
her inglorious fate. The gunner had with
him alLthe locks of the bow pivot gun, and,
also a sword belonging to one of the officers
of the vessel, who had given it tOhim for the
purpose of 'stationing pickets
, ; tvith, - instead
of which.he left for Norfolk, and taking jhe
oath of allegiance,,is not!On,his way North.
A gentleman, with strong proclivities for
trophies, off.-red the prtrifer five dollars for
the pivot lock, which was accepted, after
much hesitation. Being of a suspicious na
ture, I-conclude, from present appearances,
that the "pieces of the wreck of the Nlerri•
mac" will soon be even more plentiful than
"Canes cut from the tomb of Washington.''
The Finale of the Merrimac
The armament of the Merrimac consisted
of twelve guns—two seven inch rifled pivot
guns fore and aft, each working out of three
port h.,les fbur nine inch smooth bore guns,
Dahlgren pattern; four six-inch rifled guns ;
and two boat hnwltzers, tarelvelporade - rs,
both on the'upper deck, fore, and aft, to repel
borders.
Corn. Tatnnll made a speech to the crew,
who had been mustered on deck, after a
boat from Norfolk had reached the vessel.
bringing the news of. the occupation of the
city by our forces. The substance of his
speech, as related to me by the gunner,
was this :—"Boys, Norfolk has been taken
by the Yankees, and our supplies are cut
off. Although the vessel ha's been lightened
the pilot says he cannot get her up the James
river, as we had. intended to do; therefpre,
we have concluded to blow her up. ]'nn
lan make your escape in the best way pos
Bible."
Tatnall was carried away from the Mer
rimac in a litter, he was so feeble.
The Merrimac's crew numbered three
hundred and sixty men. At the time of byr
explosion; her magazines, fore and aft, were
full of ammunition. Seventy of the crew
hare taken the oath of allegiance in Norfolk
They had received but fifty dellars for their
services in the Confederate navy—the money
was Confederate shinplasters.
Loyalty at a Discount
We notined in the Advocate for April 24 the
refusal of the Rev. Mr. Syle, pastor of one of the
Protestant tipiscopal Churches in Washing
ton, to read the form of thanksgiving for the
recent national victories prescribed by the
bishop of the idionease, and the rebuke of the
clergyman for en doing by a meeting of the
wardens and vestry. _lt appears that several
of the vestrymen were absent, and that a ma
jority of them, - and also, as subsequently ap
peared, of the congregation, sympathize] with
secession, and stistained the coure of the rec
tor. The dispute has . has resulted in a tri
triumph,„ of the.rebel sympathizers. The
Washiagton correspondent of tae inderrndera
ea; s:
At the election for vest?) me : n in Trinity
church all the decided Unionists have hero
turned out, and and the sympathizers with the
pastor, who refused to read the bishop's prayer,
Rare elected their own 'ticket. A very it ter
es‘ing correspondence between Bishop Woit
tinghtun and the Rev, Mr. Syle has just been
published. The pastor says he refrained from
reading the prayer "for the sake of peace."
The bishop replies that the same eXcuSe would
serve in every case. whet e a particular subject
might be distasteful to a part of the commit
city. lie asks most el3quently : "Is there
any 'power' under heaven to which residents
in the District of Columbia can claim to owe
'subjection' as God's ordinance, except the
Federal government of the United States?"—
And again : " I regard the sympathies of
dwellers in the District. of Columbia with the
existing war waged by the rebels of the South,
as utterly without plea of excuse before God
or man :" Plainer words than these of the
Maryland Episcopal Bishop have been uttered
by no man in the'District, or ,perhaps out of
it Yet the pastor triumphed; and it may
not be improper to add, that. more than one
man in this Church who enabled hint to win
the victory over the Myal bishop and the loyal
members of his Church, is to-day holding
office under this government.l A correspon
dent of the Tribune of May I says that two of
them hove been for many years clerk in the
First Auditor's office, receiving $1,600 a year
from a government. which they were unwil
ling to prey for, They ceased to be clerks
last Monday."
Coin an Oliffuittp, Matttrs.
FUR PI TTSBURG As. BIN G.—OR Mon
day last some 75 recruits, from Carlisle Bar
racks, under command c.f Lieut. E. W. Tar
lcton, left for Pittsburg Lauding, to reinfircry
the regular cavalry at lbat place
aa-. Major TODD, of the Ist Penns,
Regiment, is in town. We understand he has
been unwell for some time, and has come on
a short leave to recruit his health. The Ma
jor is a worthy officer and cannot well be
spared from the service long. We wish him
nn enr}y recovery.
BETURIIED.—'Messrs. Chas. Spicer,
Dubissey and Henwocd, all members of Com
pang A., 7th, Reg, arrived here on Tuesday,
last, having been discharged from the service
on nennunt of sickness. They left the Com
pany at Fredericsburg, Va., where we believe,
they still are.
fleit - We cannot but admire the artistic
skill and refined taste of the gentleman who
pruned the trees on the Ro yith side of the
Court house. The one at'-the so.ith east
corner is particularty well done, and we
would call the attention of nurserymen and
others, in that lino, to its symmetrical ap
pearance.
A DANGEROUS ALTERED NOTE.— Our
renders should be careful about taking the
Lon dollar notes on the Corn Exchange Bank
of Philadelphia. Counterfeits of this denom
ination have been issued, but, as yet, are not
ha — extensive circulation. They are altered
from l's on the same bank. The vignette is
an olal portrait of General Soot t ; the.fig., 10
on each upper corner; a female with sheaf
andbicklo on the lower left corner, and a
female with a packet of fruit' on the. lower
right.
LECTURES.—The Rev. WM. IL PHIL
LIPS, Principal of the Easton Collegiate Insti
tute, delivered the first of a series of lectures
in Rimini's Hall, last evening. The audience
Was
in large and respectable, orm, and seemed
.very InuebliTeased — with the entertaittment.—
The lectures Will be continued on this, and to
morrow evenings..___Tke. geriral,.subjeots pro
Marriage and Matob• Making." The
subdivisions die tho Nature, Origin and Im•
port anoe of Marriage—Fatal Mistakes in the
.nuptial choice—All matchesnet , made in deny:
en—Power nod Value of First Melt Love—
Olistacles,in the 'way of Marriage—Points in
which the parties.shatild 'agree—The, Nature
ref True Love, the only proper basis of the
Marriage Choice—Beauty and riches only sec
ondary considorations 7 Popplog the Question
— . Reunion and Recognition in Heaven—Ad
vice to Widows , nod WitlOWers. .
The proooeds el these leoturettare to be ap
propriated to the purchasing of.llooks
Chomi
bal and -Phßosophioal Apparatus, &0., for the
11913 of;the Institute of which. Mr. Pum,to,s' is
'Principal..
. •
, The 4 vr
rat leoture as free. For those of to
night, and to.morrow—night, the admission•
will be, single tickets 15.0t5.; Gentles:inn nrul
Lady 25Ota, children under 1 . 2 years, Gets.—
Doors open. at if o'elo s ak. Lecture Commenses
•
CIRCUS Comrx43.—By an advertisment
in another column; it will be'seen that QAIID•
NCR & ijEDIMING'S grand circus is coming.—
As it is sometime—some 8 years we believe—
since we have been blessed with a circus, we
bespeak full houses for this one.
POLICE ITEMS —Carolitio M'Glatigh
lin and Lewis Smith Were left iu the fatherly
care of Sheriff Rippey on Tuesday last. They
had been indulging freely in" bust head,"
and were having a small circus to themselves,
in Mr. Zug's rye field on the out skirts of tl.e
town. Caroline became pugnacious and threat
ened the " perlice" with " grievious bodily
harm " She wadi , however, soon quieted.
Eli Butler, a colored gent, celebrated as a
man of "dark deeds and midnight excur
sions," is also in limbo. Offenco—drunkenees
and disorderly conduct.
FOULKE vs BARN M.-- Some two
weeks ago we gave a brief editorial uniiee of
the decision of Judge Grier in the case, the
title of which forms the caption of this ar•
title. Our article—which merely gave the
style of the suit, the decision of the court,
an estimate of the value of the farm in
liti
ga lion, and the names of the council en
engaged,—we understand has been criticised
as an unfair report of the opinion rendered.
In order to substantiate what we then s
and to prove that our only motive in notic
ing the case was to give our readers an
prtant and interesting news item, we have
prmured a copy of Judge Grier's opinion
in the c Lee, which w,3 herewith give in ful'.
Our excuse for occupying so much of our
space with this matter, is that it has born
rendered necessary to refute what we con,
eider unreasonable cavil.
Opinion of Judge Crier in the Circuit Court
of the United States in and for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania in the Third Chula.
No. 21 APRIL SESSION 1861
Stephen A. Fonlk n citizen of California vs.
Ilenry Barnitz, Jacob Barnitz and Peter Lind
sey, citizens of Cumberland County Pennsyl
vania. Ejectment for ta tract of land in Cum
berland County.
SPECIAL VERDICT
The land in dispute was devised by the bill
of Stephen Foulk to his Son Willis Foulk,
the following words. "I give and bequeath
to my Son Willis Foulk that house that Fred
erick Kower now lives, and all my land at tho
west side of the big road, the big road to be
the line between him and his brother, and to
have possession at. the death of his nisi her."
Did Willis Foullt. take au-estate in-lee in the
lamp on the West side of the road, or only an
estate for life?
This will was made before the act of assem
bly of 1833 had abolished the rule of Con -
st ruct ion, which required that apt or express
words must appear in the devise, or some nec
essary implication from all its terms, or a
court will not construe it as intended to give
an estate in fee and disinherit the heir. If
the Courts of this State had refused to adopt
this rule of the common law in the beginning,
it would have saved much litigation, and ninety -
eine elves out of a hundred would have car
ried out the real intention of the testator..
But it has become a rule of property as, to
all preceding cases, which the courts cannot
abolish, without usurping the powers of the
legislature. It is true the courts have been
astute in searching through the whole will for
evidence of come general intention, by which
this neglect to use proper words of limitation
may be supplied, without An arbitrary rit:'
tempt to-supply the defect by - mere - conjebtur 7 .
of emendation.
C•tn anything be found within the four cor
ners of this will, which will justify the court in
deciding that there is a manifest inten , ian to
give an estate in fee to Willis Foulk notwith
standing the want of direct terms indicating
such an intention'?
The instrument is evidently Written by the
testator himself; and its orthography is rath
er of an original character. But it shows is
its face that the testator well knew the words
necessary to pass an estate of inhoiitance
The devises to his wile arc c-,tpressed to he fur
life or during widowhood, and if words of in
heritance had been omitted in all the devises to
the children, the infere - fice would have been
very attong, that the Imitator was ignorant of
the law requiring such technical language to
give a fee. lint in till the miter devises of
land except to the widow and his daughter+,
and this to his son Willis, apt words of inher
itance are used, showing the testator to be
I fully aware of their propriety and force. Ile
gives the rerits and profits of the house and lot.
in Baltimore, to his daughter Esther " during
life" but encumbered with I•gricies ; " her
children to have the said house and lot at her
decease, and to their heirs foreser." Another
house and lot is given to his daughter Susan
na for life, and afterwards to her children,
" and their heirs forercr." lie gives to Eames
and Willis Fuulh, his two sons, six tracts of
land in Allegheny County, and " to their heirs
forever." One portion of his homestead farm,
which , is divided between thest; sons, and sub
jected to the widows dower, he gives to his son
gauss "and to his heirs forever to have ituand
en
joy it at the death of his mother." But in case
site married, he was to have one half the rents
and profitS of salt i plantation." Each of these
sons are to have one hundred pounds out of
the personal estate. Then comes the devise in
question to Willis, without xny words of limi
tation as already stated. The executors aro
ordered to sell his personalty to pay the lega
cies charged ou it, and to keep the children
(including Willis who was then a boy) at
school, and put theta to trades and likewise to
board them," the balance remaining to be di
vided among his daughters.
There are no introductory wordsin this will,
as in the case of Shrives and Myers, which
can be carried down to this devise, as showing
the intention of the testator to dispose cfhis
whole estate, coupled with the fact that there
is no limitation over. This fact alone is not,
sufficient. of itself as a ground for such nn in
ference, nor can such an intention be legally
inferred from the postponement of the enjoy
ment of his devise to Willis till after the death
of his mother. Even the ease of Hull vs.
Dicsenson, of Casey 77, cannot be cited as a
precedent.
This will shows in every other devise of
land contained in it, that the testate? was ful
ly nware,of the effect of the word heir's. I
may conjecture Abut the omission in this case,
was by mistalre; or a mere lnpiks pennae."—
I may see no reason why Eneitql should have
an estate in fee in his half of the farm, and
Willis only an estate for life.
The intent ion of the testator can only be
determined by hio words. It was not neces
sary to give any reason for this.differenee.
Stet. pro rations voluntas." The oases on thin
subject are too numerous to;pc specially no
ticed. But 1 cannot hod any precedent which
.will reach this case, unless I should undertake
to abolish the old established rifle of construc
tion altogether The apothegm of Serms,
odiosius nimio acantine," welt applied to
1119 t hyperhstucia" which attempt!'
to defend snore oonjoetural emendation.
Titles to-property should-not depend on the
idiosyncrasy of the mind of the Judge, and bin
ingenuity in defending his guesses at the
truth ; " whosemental optics are ea keen, ho
sees what is nor to be seen."
The verdict and judgment must, thereforo
be entered for plaintif.
By the Court,
(Signed) R. GRIER..
Circuit Court Judge
,J,frE S U RAN El extract from
n'letter of an esinent Divine, to a lady who
had conscientious scruples in regard to Life
Insurance, and requested his opinions upon
the subject t
Bat you 'have conscientious:scruples on
the subject. — Yen say, "It seems to bo
distrust oh Providence—a taking of thought
for to•morrow--'-whith we are forbidden to
do." ' True, we are forbidden to be over,
anxious tbr the future, but prudent elan
foreseeth the evil and hideth himself. If
the very laws of nature adopt the covering
and appetite of the beast ,to bis, , latitude -4
it instinct ,leads the beaver to build his
house, arid his dam„ so as to. secure hint
Wgninsrfuture coutingetleierv , —sureirman is