Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 18 May 1861 — Page 1

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the capture of

Wnnhinglon in 1S1-I. -junctj&'e in ^'lusWf^aSy tf"» tMmteni pftp'fer,-

bSef referencirtxfmc

invasion and circumstances attending the capture of' Washington city, bythe British forces, under Admirals Cockburn and poeiirtt££ will pot bp inap^rogrjaitc. jWe therefore copy tbfe subjoined froih a Philadelphia»paper, oinittiay some^pf^Eta insinuations, not uncxpccteafrom sucti a quarter find adding'that Uisa remarkable foqfc that while thousands from the North are now hastening/to

tlde/end

rjthe capital," few,

TOO]!

at Beno^icit.'on tho bantf of tlio i'attiSfent river, on tlie liUth of August. On the following day the Maryland and District militia, consisting of three thousand men, took ujp their march Wward.'tlie "infant(city.

rl'hey-w»re

without artillery or cavhlr4.

ami marched under the heat of a midsummT sun to Blndonsburg, which they readied on the 2-lih. 1 Lcic they were reinforced by "thT inilitia and- seamen. By ad inir this route, the flotilla allbrded no pro tection to the city, and, to prevent the gun

ro.

f-,killed

Iti nien v, Jio '.vert at their guys.

i'lered a ivtrua

I'll'' th

!Ljo^Jtp.yh'ii,

roops, were sV

£:ivo hmisc it'

xjierieneed a severe loss

riti.-h r.iuks

Departments destroyed the material 'j1 the Kational IntelHganoer office and

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torchjQ^),awe powder^tfsjc stroying nearly one hundred of British! troops, scattering their mutilated remains in every direction. A frightful tornado.immediately swept over the city, destroying buildings and property as if in completion, of the general work of destruction. Very many, of £he eppiy and of the~iBh&Wtapts were $u|i^d jin thj^Jpiiiisjfof /wiildilgs blown down. The enemy alarmed for tlieir own safety, withdrew from the city in the evening, and hurried to the place of embarkation."

very few canie to aid the people of Baltimore, the counties of Maryland and the Jjfetcta/pf Columbia, ifl£dMvirifc1bick the foreign enemy in 1814, when advancing on the rity^of. ^Washington,., Ee^imept after regiineul ..did. ndt ithen asr tiowrfollow in rpiick succession from Philadelphia, New Y'ork, and Boston and rallying under the American flag, resolve,to defend it at all hazards at the.capital of the'iiatioh."''This was left to tlic- JuiiiUa pf...ALriryi&nd and the IfislVict of, Columbia, aided by sailors and mariiltfs' under Coin. Bafnov. The jfrom Barney battery and the marines statement /of .Uu*. Bl.iV«delPU pnpvr re-! commanded by Col. Millar. Not, however, \V^K% "ihiritVtlirr narffwfitfn of the sum-1!:U1(1.1«inan-v

It should, as a. matter of justice, be stated that soon after the battle of Bladensburg was opened, the British were driven b^ck by the destructive firo- of- the troops from "Baltimore nftdfer^Qeh^Stynsbury, including the gallant fifth regiment, commanded by Col. StcErett, the rifle companies of Major Pickney, and the artillery of Myers and Magruder. And when they (the, dBTiti8lr£! nrflied| ^g.iin/Ttlfay^fere thrown into confusion bv the terrible fire

of tTie men wcre

n-' ll Aft /|4- «T*n 1 1 a 1 il A

mer of liil-l. Cockburn's fleet lay a3oi th£tt*i«f J6F VTfcginio^Mlisylaud ,andf*ti. Ch!sapcalre, \dit^n 4licj*'Vcro'^oniScl" o., ... the 3d o(T Aucriwi hy-.(Wiwuiels fleet, di-^ ^Ps on^fiis occasion, l-cxti/Wii iifcVUi#,

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ir'jiltCT tw.edty iiil.U OiirlgQ.Tefniiient-.was ajijirified of hystTlrr-Trrtention.s upon the oapitul,r buVjy«fle'ral»^iBsteong7.flien Secretary of W^'r, prfiTesi^Sci "a'disbelief in the rumors, and the-Natiou&1 Iutelligencer proverbially captions then a3 now in

rits

conclusions, doubted the probability of. hostile intentions upon the •papital/'\ '"President Madison, however, Lad tifkcn somii pr-€cauUouai:y|.st^p(j-b}\ordering a militia organi/'afion, wlucli he deemed suflicient.fbr .the occasion, in addition to.^i fliitillaW barges bearing gims, jiliiccd iihder the command of Cfapt.%To!-hiia'Bar ney, and iutendod to check fleets in advaneiug toward the cajiital. Tut.utt»ir suilin up

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type out of the window destroyje remaining buildings about the Navy-

r1bayoneted,

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td- i'lowcver—It defeat it could be called—

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their posts, was the, battle decided in fa- feder'acy, and'^nder its flag, l«i$ge ^tipplics

vor of the British, who sustained a heavy I loss in killed and wounded. The defeat

was gloriously retrieved in the September following, at the battle of North Point. This victory lent a fresh lustre to Americaff'|^:$ 5?f3Tgave j^i^stirnng song of the "IP tar Spnngl Mariner.Our PliUadelphia epte.iuporary. may indulge in eneersi but it cannot sueeessfrilly impugii the bravery of the people of Maryland.

icy i:s

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i.olis.

The conflict ou Saturday evening, along Walnut street, between the Home Guards of tbc ftiath amHTentib Wards served to

Friday evening at Camp Jackson. The j)'011

uetiirii of the nri.soner.s^froiii the nrsgna]

•w'iih tlieir"QileP 'of' suffering'iind 'niorrifiC,?1tion and tlieir threats of revenge added to the cxciteftf^rif. Saturday night was a period of sore uurost and troubled dreams to thousands. Yesterday morning came with multiplied reports of the ungovernaT blc rage and fury of the Dutch soldierv, tlieir officers, it was reported, having lost all control of them and that tlicv were j,t- j.breathing threats of vengeance against all

American citizens. These reports gained •ength and 'magnitude as they flew

or i.itiai-s) irum being taken and used ucrainst through the city, until about noon, when lb.! cMiiif'i). hey Wi.-re blown up n"n the j:l I'auic seized upon the residents along itn.niiiiff of the t22d bvoi-fler of A\rm..Jones,!Locust, ()li.ve, Pine and Cliestuut streets, tin- iSoecuiary of the'Navy. Gen. Harney, i'. v\'as cried, had lust, all •Tf,

iproaeh of tlie British troops

un1|er .Major General J'oss and Admiral I 'i.e!c!111•• it, was v. atclied by President M.idi.sou in person, who directed eight thoii.-- .ml inexperienced and undisciplined miiitia to l.tiadonshurg under the Conim n"! of 'Jenrral Winder to oppose the five thousand Diiiish Mildiers. Cajit-. Harnev having destroyed the flotilla, joined the mili-t-irv toieeol General Winder with one hundred scutiien and his field-pieces. On the atti noon of lhe 'J-Uli, the Briti.-h op 'ied tire, which was successfullv returned by JJarne.y sailors who maintained th..-:r position nobly while flic raw recruits soon broke ranks and turned their baekt upon ilie enemy /{.irney's seamen fought bravely, and tlieir guhs proved terribly destmet!vo to the enemy, lie was over«'oiui\ however aftt throe hours' hard liglding. Il uiked by «uperi/r lumbers, and ]i:ia!l\ ieil vvuunded b\ the fide ol eleven

!control"l I In- Dutch and Frank Mlair had superseded liitn in command of the troops, am| now,,Frank Blair .•uid lioenistein could not/m:in !ge! them*. The Iju.fcli were coining to burn the city. Persons actuallv flew aloll^ the., litrctta, iiir. tlie .Join hells and-erving in to the occupants to save themselves from.the Duteh.-v

The consternation was "terrible. Carriages and vehicles of dl kinds were frantically sought after, into which the women and children were placed and driven out of the city. The haelJnien look "advantage of the.fearful cireunistauees and demanded the most cxhorbitant prices—S'Jo being asked and freely given in several cases that have come to our knowledge.. Hundred i'of faiiiilies wirfc.niiliin^abwn to the steamboats. X\' ('antain D.innd A hie and other owiiers freely^ tendered their Jio its to the affrighted pe.ople/ anid a.- sooii. as steam .could be raised pu.-hct away from the wharf, and conveyed tlreiii to points up and down the river. Several boats crowded with pco-

wentrdown the.ri'VOrStis iar as W-ido-v

sia/cd by the histonaii W aters'binding, and staid there "all last ii r^val rcirnent, ns hi"h night. The scenes along Pine and Olive

«.'ieig, oj the as live hundred meii killed, wounded and streets were particularly agonizing. If. mi-siui.'. Col. Thornton, commander of was reported that the Dutch were to visit tii. Light Briiiado: Lieut. OoloneMYood, their especial rage on Southern families, commander of the 8fth regiment, and ami the."consternation aniorig them was 31

who l^d on/the "advance fearful. W oni-n ami children, with small

eiy wouudcitj wbile'Gen-1 ]iackages of clothing and valuables, hor.si^ kilieA under him. hastily sent off in enrria^es—th

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era I K'.ifft, lui'I The loa men ami the Tinglisli autlior referred to incntBepublieans were everywhere sought above admits that if the militia had done for protection, the leeling seeming to be their duty the victory would undoubtedly that their houses would not be molested have' been on the American title. Of Barney'3 hundred gailors lie. speaks in the highest terms, remarking that 'not, only did they serve their gltus with a quickness and precision whieh^ astouished their assailants, but they stood till some of thorn were actually bayonetd with fuses iu their bands nor was it till their leader was wounded and taken, and they saw them-selves-desorted on all sides by the poldiers that they (piitted tho'&cld.' "Gen. Boss led the Third British Brigadiyjato tbe city, and up to the .capital, on approaching which his horse was sliot from tinder him bv one of Barney's men, who bad coiieoalc^ himself-in {ibousbj for that object. 'Hie bou.-e was immediately entered, the inmaUvs" pit4\t.O the sword, and the buildini'and contents burned. A vol-

was small on the.part of Baruey^s !staying behind to brave the worst. Promnutl the English author referred to inentBepublicans were evcrj

t(f

were men

About live o'cltick', Gen.. Ilarney's proclamation was published, and was most oagerly seized upon and welcomed by the terrified iieople. Major jVIcKiustry, the .. Police CMp^ioneri wiU. the Chief,!u,atlon Messrs. llow, Filly, Able and others, scat-' tcred the proclauiation along the streets,

the ckitcn?

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Towards evening, the Dutch not making been finished, and is a heavier One

tbeir appoai'fcuce at all,': thelbeads of -the

their places ot rendezvous, or doing dutv each

motjon carried, and ordered the toreli to-be 'last week. Thoy Have rieyer^ of, our'a,u^ empty. PhiJa/letjihia-Ledger. piit^toithb budding. It wussoon.inilai^es. |knowledge in this1 city, contemplated ahy —--—.• The British troops then proceeded to assault upon respectable citizens, or their)

tlin Treasury and President's mansion, families "or proportv. The whole alarm

property.

both ot whieii they fired—the President! origmatediu Ae brain ot "some weak minded individuals,"

having retreated, with bis Cabinet, on horseback across th« Potomac. That night tiio arxny uncampod on QapitsJ ITUl, -and wflire-jacposed tos a rff.~«ferin^"-with heavy thnnder, which added intensity of awe to the dismal sceues which had just been enaoted. During tbe night, a grandnephow of Gen. Washington rashly attacked the sentries, and was shot down. Tlio long bridge was simultaneously fired at each end by the opposing parties—each apprehensive of an attack by the otuer. "Nexl, morning the British burned the buildings'connected with the Navy and

in thcr3^nal,' the ^oiifidenei£bf Uie ctti'- thousand pounds each fourteen eight inch.

aeiis" was considerably restored. By night sixty-three, hundred weight two, twelve \k

many families had returned, but without' l'ound howitKers for the launches, and two

y?wKose

lhe Connecticut troops- arc sup

plied by tbe Snrte with regular "army wagons—large and strong—horses and" harnessesr£ififfe¥n to

f^oaeh

regiment—with

ambulances also. This looks like work. o:£

The way things are now looking,

the j4£ple jpf t^e ^jnited ^t^e|—^both sections—will, before^tong, have written over their polifioalremains an epitaph similar to tbo following, taken from an old grayestoELo

TO8

Greenleafe Point threw fa

weil—wanted to be better I tool

medicine—and here I am.

AUanUtj of M'ClMX A1W «£izoieo» ARKS 1Y ST. L«I)I8. Tier

"ti T' ®T* May-lO.1** General frost's brigade of "3lissouri militia, encamped at Camp Jackson,- in the western ooteiSftST^lieB^T^r^nderqd unconditionally, this aftojii^on, on demand o£ Captain Lyon, conimander-^f the Uni ted States forcea in this city Captain Lyon, marched on Camp Jacksdtin trfth s6me 6,000 vblunteefsT suir(^Wd^3^i,J Ifiii planted eight field pieces on .the ,adjoining eminences. .^ /Che following letter wis sen't frob Cap tain Lyon ttf General Frost: put -s HEAD-QUARTEns, U. S.

St: Louis, May 10, 1061. '.

To GE.\EitAtJD.-JIv«PRd&»—Sir lour command is ^evidently hofctiki-toward the Government of the United'States. It is for the most part made up of tliose Secea Zionists wbohave openly,ayo^ed their bostility to the General Government, and nave pp^

jplgttipg!idt

the seizure of ita^property

and overthrow of its authority". rYon are Openly in coimnuuicstion. Avith the so cal^ led Southern Confederacy, which is:now at war with. tl»p ".tTweli States, and you are(rGeeivingr ai!your camp froui said Con

of material of war, the mostrof which is known to be the property of the United States. These extraordinary preparations plainly indicate none- other than the well knojn purpose of the Governor tif this State, under.whose orders you are acting,

edfta the. Legislature, lias just beei^jref ponded to by that Jbody jn tlie, most unparalled legislation,"liaving in dircct view hostilities to the General Government and co-operation with its' chemies.

In view of these considerations, and your failure to disperse, in obedience to the proclamation of the President, and of eminent necessity, State policy and wel-

fiue aIld

alarm Hie citi'/.h-.^of tlie niid.fle Wards of "iBtmetions from W ashington, it is my dlithe city, more than the occurrences of 11"

obligations imposed upon me by

demand, and

luantl

do hereby demand of

immediate surrender ot your coin-

with no other condition than that all

F.^or, -.aanfejiBii

ioncost

persons surrendering under this demand ly for the purpose.u^housands ol yards sliall be humanely and kindly treated.— ot* thisi jnaterial. were in the process of beBolieving lnyself prepared to enforce this ing.cut up and maufactured. Can nop cardeinand, one half hour's tii'ne before do- jtridges are not filled here, but at thepla.ee ing so will be allowed for your compliance'! where they are intended to.be u^td. In therewith. [Signed.] N. LVTON still,auo,thcr,.depar,tuieu.t, grape, cannister,

Ca]it. 2d Infantry commanding troops.'' ''Iand strayed ainniunition are iu course of, ft is understood that General Frost says preparation, wiul,g..liUge.,c irt.loads of bomb this letter was not received by him until |strtJll3 and-sphericabshot are hourly arrivh» camp was surrounded by the United ing from the-nef^lrboYing foundries'. The

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i'lii'tca tu tbo cit\ as prisoucio

J',on

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the death of upward of twenty persons, with' meal powder a-iiumber of fine holes

«n .i .i

far has been shops iu the police, and about 200 men have beeu de- ball, and theu explode, sending the bullets, tailed to protect- the Democrat aud Anzci- forward as if froni another cannon located gcr offices. at the point where' the flight of

b%. ('i0 i)„teh pouwj:, iuiu about 200 men have beeu de- ball, and theu explode, sending the bullets,

possibility of' getting liiorc reliable infor-j inches arc filled with powder I n"- xJ--- H'iITO' bursting do execution by means -ii* "i t'iiyjittr

gate waDasn is now ready lor sea

s'ie over.carried

than

before. It consists of jthe

doubt there were manv bund twelve pound light howitzers, for tbe cut-! Christian character amid the Mirrinj

CojtrLiMKXTS of tiie

"jn3gemcnts

have not been proof against the repeated shocks of the present excitcment.—St.| Louis Demwrat. 1900X-

Season.—A

S^HMU^*U\

I have nev^r,. iritnessed such enthusiasm.!. ., m.

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yistfriog in

Iflrft won iSiSL&l Stinisb fine vrtno ad «toot?

itaiworlodiops aft itb 6 present tims ipo«rer fiilhr 'inipreSHsea one1witfc ihe- 'stredgth and resottrcektrof 'got Government qfErbryi thingiisiit.present ohi atwkHfodtidg,-and from thrie to four hundred teidds'^lirectryj and^as many biore'indirectly,' ih)th^Jieigii' boring tfounderifes, are keptibu^sdightirod day. THroagh'ihe thie,vihg ofei Floyd and tbe recent requisitions of •.ticverbnicntirtfaie araenalihas been nearly Istrififpedi of inns-' ketej- pistols.imd: cann(Bt,Ybnl of) dtbermunitiohs there is-..yet ait- amplcistore ... A large number of harid*are eBgagcd ihithe preparation1ofaraunition^isirty.thousand ball cartridges are .joade daflj'r most, of these are intended for'the Minie riflc. 'but inrge numbers of the old fasflioneB/!rwmd ball cartridges arc :^-Kso'imairi«factndcd.'*-' THe rapidit^ witlif-Swliieht'ai castVidge

States troops, lie then replied that the !grape shot'are latg'er than 1 supp'oSed, aJnd tl^.^it0- St nrl nnai.il «ilint. '$• ''-'tUS .. I have just returned to this rost. and have assumed the military command of

encampment was organized under the law might' more -properly be called peach shot of the State, simply for organizing and 'than' grape shots Some six or more of drilling the Volunteer 3lilit,ia. This mili- these are packed in a sort'of wire cork- i-irtnicnt tary district not expecting any demonstra- sc-rew arrangement, and fitted into a tin !^:ttj,r^:l\j,gC ||, tion was un prepared to successfully resist case, and when thus finished have muclb! ix a iv attack, lie tlierefore accepted the terms the appearance ot jars ot preserved-meat.?/cc-iHed 1 c'aii on specified, and surrendered his command. |or fruit. -, .' .. About eiirht hundred men theu in cauip, The manufacture of jnib shells is also Prcrsen

a large number beim in the city leave, I a matter ot much interest. .1 he prepara- .. .: ...

tlien laid down their arms, and were es- tion ot tlibse 1 -witnessed is brieny as ., „„u|- ,, n!"

thev disclaimed. kind of lathe, and a cylindrical hole of the

up between two lines of the volunteers, this cavity is filled with powder, even with

several rocks were thrown at the volun- the interior edge of the orifice,

ted parties in the surrouudiug crowd which was composed of a large number of citizens, including many women

teers and a few pistol shots fired by exci- shollof -the'kin«l hereulescribed holdinar! 'V,

v»«n. tollow .-5 lie sliell is HI let! tlrst full .... ,. ..1 -1

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A release on parole was tendered to the with old fashioned round leaden bullets ,, ,,

some two or three companies, resulting in discs ot metal scTeweu together,^ami nflea ., rr .... ,*i .i(,change

ineludinir two women and several children arb-'drilled in the lower disc,.while thcont-' ft,• *, j. .* -j citement, if called upoii' to lhe follow-1 cr disc is:entirev and marked with figures authorities in preserving the public pcace

and wounding several others. iug names only of those killed can be as-! in a^circle 1,'*2, 3,'4. In this state tlie «,-.•• ., e'erfained tonight: Walter McDowell,Thos shell is water and weather proof. When'

A. Haven, Nicholas Knoblach and Emily taken for use, the gunner by means'of !c Summers: Probably fatallv wounded small steel-instrument, scoops outa'por- -f .. ,. ni -i i.,--. n, »W .• «...

laibornc iv ilson and lrunian Wriirht. tion of the outer soft metal surface, and .. .. ..

Intense excitement exists in the citv. lays bare the cliarge ot composition now- ... v.

Ijarge bodies ot men are thronum^ the der below it. it tiic shell is desired to .. streets. The Democrat and Anzeiger of- exjilode in one second after leaving the lices have been threatened by the mob, gun, the scooping is made on tlie figure'th f-"tl 11" but through the promptness of the Chief'one if in two seconds, on the figure two,! Te^f'm1'0^^'-0 of Police, anv violent demonstration thus land so on the-idea-beiiiff "-that the shells

jcn lirevented. All- the gun- of this description shall the r- c. .• Brigadier l'. S. A. Cons'" Deie city are guarded by armed object aimed at, and uo execution as a t*°rtiiicjiitGeneral,

families, no doubt sitting quietly in their two ten inch phot guns of extrordinary .,-irfj" She will be of service as gun-boat, and '.l" repo. aL .1.1 eai ly

homes, and the young men loungiimaround size, weighing over ten thousand pounds 5^ According to the .Ucinp.his. Chris- „rnni -D. Bright, one ot our -L- uited-Clates

twenty-eight nine inch guns ot nine «"n Advoca^,cjj^.fon,c.4,ray.ng even

tlic

ll,('r sa3's ,liat.„'

dis

patch to the Peterburg (Va.) Express,

'lets himself out thus:

point tbe country lsswarming with soldiers. ui ouumu uuiu your

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Truly tli© fiiomit&ins wc on

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valleys in a blaze: ithat Northern Goths and Vandals shall The "Dare Devils," from Grayson coun-1 ?,rcf

tj Va., •llMM- -trapaportaHOT.

This is a rnqst formidable looking body of men. They_number 185, not a man is less than six feet in.hxgfot, and ^each 0ine is willing to Forfeft ^bis right of sunrage' if Jie does not hit.a quarter of a dollar a distance of 200 jards every shot. If they should encounter Billy Willson's New Vork cutthroats, there will be but few of that one thousand Ehoulder-hitters left to tell the tale of tbeir annihilation.

dcsecr^ lta, sac/cdf

UK»

!ca:rtridgei••is]

ready!for fillingiQ'less tmie 'than!it takes to read this "dMcH^tianP' -They are 'theii tSl^n into WWWifei^^oofn placed open end tip-' in 8fafa1l3vr boxes,1 arid a man' fey -meansof ii'simpld itiStWm^t, fills tbem: wvtfeah' eJ1ial and

s|ereific

aniouflt of?'|)0wder,! atf

the'rrft6 6f*: thirty a minute.

?A'

.i ii ii /»11 ,ot any unnecessary powers, and from all

omecrs and troops, provided they would melted sulphur is then poured in° to fill up -J. ii in re ii it on take oath not to take up arms again against tbe mtestices and bind the bullets in One ...

the 1'nited States Government, which solid mass the shell is then put into a .10. P1'

One shot took effect iu the leg of Cap-l eap ufe'ed for the:-patent fruit cans

!n«r» n«dt 3Tjd 8

te •rrcasc'd efdtfe atid'stick—a -jerk1and 'twifet'At' 6ti§! end—' a: twist 'of ,"a: llrifig and the"

twist at

the open end, and the cartridge isieom-" plete-v 'l,he"Trlariufii6tnrc^ffc'?*on so fast th'ajt it requires^ nearly a'dozen men" and boys to pack, bisr, and removd the.finished cartridges.' 'In another ipfaTtnient a number of men and girls arc cmplOyed'in the n)auufacture""of'cai?i'^rr^ar'fridges .of jail sizes' froin the migbtest- cpIiiinbiad'doVvu'to a six pounder. The niaterial of which tliey are made is a kind of woolen goods (uiore'en) imported from England especial-

sfotti^ 1 pi t' 3 a^i do tfi tla^ inU^ueBtioiin^urtinfoirfenuat^UriKii was standi i.ngi»!e\e thfiLlJ4ce,?^as#((*p,bDdy£of about sipw,ly( agprMg^ing, li?sulg.d band, of. music pMrorinin" the '.jaeaa -rrt

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rior liave' we he«ard ^hat M6ri' W rid ii' to'lie iriscftbe'll^oH^r Tjlit^o ^ddvWft' will do credit to Tennessee.

Our' infbrhia'nf

The following proclamation was put1 forth by General Harney on*-the ^occasion of .the late difficulties in St. .Louis isidC

T7pbn a careful review of my liistrue

'y.' V^n" tions, I find have rio iiiitlioritv'to ('h.'iii£re

oca I0n 0

H- ,,f"c

s.ia.

.. -"i with .her powerful engines and srrc'at speed

is an acknowledgment of His power and their confidence in His justice.

wU|

the Tishmingo. Itiflemen^„po .serves hi.-,

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rebel -camp at 1 cnsacolj.-—

t{ne\

ItSY) Hi Hi I! -i ."/.OT— -?n. .1 CoERciNf Gov. Pickexs ox Pinions High.—In bis Kongo, La., a few days

from Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia P™l"natibn announcing the secession of .having ^prcs^ed 5ome ambiguously TJn, sav5:

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\YirS^' Gov. Pickcns, of South Carolina Mondesn .« a prayer, was compelled to

All along the road from Bristol to this il vigilance committee composed of tough ,i "JSo of S a in a

r\. lu !-selves .m-readiness to march at the word -,„ kw/Liu

Tomb of TVasbmgton, and swear

&& tuc .* .» ..

P"cincta, and

that you will make of it an American

of fre(kim

and independence, from the: Son th, shall make their pilgrimage through all time to come."

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That South Carolina Qovernor is like the Florida fort, hard to take

.WII is rumored that Profesgof Hitchell is to have command of a Brigade of volunteers .from Kew York State.?!-?

BOSitir

n^-tO

1,1^111 .--.lUa^itenMaj

greategb- resjieQtabilityJiiStstateinente raay

tionfta

jo uilma

marcii." "'After t{jVl)a^d%m*e"e1gntsmenT'l)earing the: id enci body rwhi«rh!wp'*to'bei eon si£ki ed tq Jt^evpi^.jthis cpfggerWg# Jlfit less than a h»rgejstandafj^ci|'jftbefs.t^st^u|l stripes, which "\vas/sof(

ifSTOial j^/ti irig'iii'rcfs'pelftfifl ___ then thrown tiJJo.n'it—'fish!e^' to' alli'd^'^ri|l

'sjdnt to ^iuk^"—and' tlie jnl was fUled jrf! mr- 'Pi.' .-' »ul„ —'.idLl.?*•'.($?!

radd,sV^thSt fnring:'

the

eveuing of the da^' on which our national flftfi ,yyas.-thus,, .solemnly. iutenjed, tliore aro8q,one of the niosrtjy^olcnt gil,Qs of .wipd. ever/ witnessed in .^ienip^is,- and eyerj% Secession flag iq tbe.gity was, blo\\ down. lingular tc^relate, a Very large flag,, wliicb was suspended near, the grave \yaa ,^lpwn away from the .aud.carried J)y,|the..| ^T wind .to .the luewjy.tfilled-up pit, wli^re it,: ^apol'qon the FirsV. \yas^deposited, and left, to soak in^thc'jrain.! isjcr

audjpud, an appropriate holocaust to. the. departed great. ,.jThe anger of heaven is thus unequivocally expressed at..!h^-iinfa-.., tuous desecration o,tj our honored baniien. What is the next ,fprin in hicb Souttiern, insanity will display iteelf ?—Pluiu^d[)hicu Afncrictm.u, ,gl lomm sdT i*r oci-A yi A ox ore i:\EBAi ni iVKV. .-

PB()CLA31ATION. 'iHr-.'

MimtarH: lr.i»AUTMENT of

tl,er^

a six incll,P^tmput

!about halt a pound the fuse fitted into.. .,

1'-**nt

tbo'or-ince, is a recent Belgian invention, .. .. .. .. necessity ot resortinir'to inade of'pewter, and resembles the screw n• ,. .. ...

cap used for thc: patent fruit cans

tain Blantowsky, and as he fell he gave examination of this pewter cap shows,^ ,^

mii West, \r

iio»(jxrST. Louis, Mayilli, 1^61. bur of the State of. Missouri

.IC ''re'.

riu most, anxiously desire to discharge the

.... .delicate and onerous duties devolved up-

n,°

No one can more dceploraljle stato of thiii past- can onlv deal with th(i:

»s to proserve tbe public icace.

ii shall carefully abstain from tlie exercise

f)p•

tate and' city public atithori

°. 1'0IS ".

"1^»

,» iy «ntt t,hn txvinlr

•J list before the troops started for the exact size of the orifice of the shell is citv, and while the State forces were drawn I bpi'ed through the -bullets and sulphur I ..'c l'1'1

11111 er

j-- i- the peace. 1 trust mnv be spared the con

... the public.lieace must be

An ,. i--

ttic word to fire, which was obeyed .by however that'it is made of two' hollow-i... itr"' .|"^f:"'i5- '"tu.

TU,,r

,?le

eic',lce ln^xr

-j fiii'ir'Arinv

,.- .. I orders of. their local autlioritie-s, and to

iar^e

ncfirst-strike

!the

The lateness of the hour precludes the is hrrested. Largi shells of eight or j° J® 2'. i98*.Miiiaerca *?.

•i

iten

^Lrif'their

*TIh. splendid Mud Mi stem of .fuse of flfcLt vWW Lr .rate Wabash is now ready for sea

der,extending

UnC 0

', abstain from the excitements, of public

"-V

-i .i W A-iVtiv

}eVj,

the

fl,a

McQuee71

fragments. These large sheila are: gener .....

°f:Kw "'"r Her"armament ba^ -just! ed into, the moutii of th? shell In both Committee on Pedu-al Belatiuii.

^ses the fuse is fired by. tjie ignition ofj^j^ .q

CLIARSE

tr'e

gu»- --jmous among sejunen. oral BeJations be insfmefed to in|uirc.

ll0tablc gc^ce 0D th^,coast'.

r(.nu.,

Gaptam kilpatrick,,

rw_

f,jrtner|v

r]ais as

eemtsis

ariPiWesii"

wPMOiiJftcATt'v£!*! J(AI'OLEON I," HIM «BAVU AX SKC.ii

Ms^i '/7'i

-HT^..ftjeJican,'.SffTtrTnsnrns._l.ii,'.i-rtn "TT«Y tell who.sh:

c,4.'--

i.- ... --T vl tions. I. find .1 have no authority to ing been lnost treaeberi.tis and vacillating.' ..Ti thh Gbveriiiri^irV f.ir wPrtPv/ri's5

71)0

y.„.

To avoid all cause of irritation and cx-.it is who hnS"lTn'e"tr^ffrf'thtr**lTrS't year fur-jii*!Lr, Sir, for their moutlis i'lom the

aid the local nishiiig ahKs of her'own "mannf!icfifi'. (!. the South. Now she will sec and feel what, arms are. Her calamities,.wiiI, come as a, just retribution. V\'hile polili. al,lv

ie"

!tul-avocations,, and observe the Jaws and

meetings and heated disem- -My ap-

pear trust,:may not be in vain, and soldier to the earnest

I-ask the people to •pursue their peace- the same divided .feeling as. to slavery which has caused, tlie.,'u.hole conte.-t, ha» divided lier own piioplc. JTikI she l.ieen firm and true to her oathjj and allegiance this strife would never have ,in uher, if indeed it had cniuc at alj.,„..

and lias been in the, Gulf service for the ..

_£fit

Preacitek.—At Baton since, a minister,

vacate the pulpit and stand trial before a l.'.ii,." fjn,l

customers,

lielv apologixe for the offense, or be dealt

As !n Maryland, .the "'/jam.' remark, applies. Kvcii now her probation f-' eonrin-

h1.

hp oifT

shell ., ...

A Noble Offer.—Solomon Stores*,

e^°

ei^ntor ten:' ,•«•...• i^'irisl:iturr ot Jmiirmn scorns to bo ment his fleet 01 six steaiii-fcUL'.s, nicindinjr:

antl

Union, the latter

i,ntL afloat.- She is --a gem- of a-= craft,. and: has I J':

& that. is made hcr fa.|

If JiearfTly" frn'c"rio^e5:

Anv: .Suliciluil)- \l«ut ISriKlii.The Legislature of In

.e "f ®P®rt*

,,:Ui inis city, iias me v» ar i'epari- mm 7 1*

rr fl

after E:isK JJ

Sire-eener- new, the former knowu-throiiglmut the en- stick. 1 he resolution v.as offer-

through a brass plug screw- ^unchest and lfeetest vessel of, her class Democratic .member, and referre?M

'dbflaftr in'dlllfrijs "foneWing •'f efldfe-J open Ticfur'c tlf^ .'sTl^yfliwi send a°forco tiogyj-^o Uw.w-i :U bpifo([ dJ ii«fc|dowijtharpokjniao to the Chesapeake Bay. -..inf.:

gare'd ejale'and' ailventurcrf is master-Sf attdjprjiej .Jji^un a\oj'4, qdye Jo ,1^0

the p.cr309fs„prescnt when .that, body was first:'ionsigTi^ff tf^c^fll^'alf flte'Yoot'^of' Wff loved inlldw "tree,' in^Trpiiet valley,rtbero^ wore but..two who-wituijKHe^l tIiie. Aef,einony .ljeije^th l^^.doiji^. of. (W Hotel des Tiiyaiidets—that dome 1iq mlded

yatiuep

vbis

to divert tlie Parisian1 iiund' frqin 'tlie*\er-' rib Je' di .«Ssters'of-tb these 'Were' Cbiint 'Marphainl/ ono of lii'i" tcstjiiuettary tyieeuJSrsj undjiSfyitani,t ouoi o|U*}.1.83

dpinCjStici.r.^But

1)thprc1.,\)-5rfi.t«.)b.c.

seen Cotiif dtj--'Ji«iiiaftifie°i!hh.«: de^crl'btfdj witji O'ven

()f

moro:.than bis.usual felicitivt i• -Tins• weigftfi1

of (^unt^'Ortiatfoj'OoverniSV' {He1 ITo-'f'^^ tef desJnvalidbfi'. -Her* stmijli/e of.i

Hot* svni,:ll/clisfiiW

that iuiperinl amour, is-.-,tJ^

lisfiiW

ot'

:l|ei-

now tfie iiinv/ noj-",.r,vui

r,.Th.eis:vud

batt^crieSjare. built by digging

a srptare-[tit in the.sfind spineritwenty i'eet, square^ then taking the saiid'ahd fill bags and f:icincs"wifh it. V'ou then fake the bags arid pilo thorii up souic thrne' or four' I'eet high,- apd- sixteen or- eight'een ,bjig\ thick, anil,fijl.the '",1

feet wide left fe'eAveen lltfTjiilo^Af' bags to run the muzzles of gtrtis- out In 'the pit there is a passage dug and hoarded up with sand bags piled up .arouud it, and perfectly proieutud with-sand, lor the magazine. The hails are ]iiled up iu the pit near the. guns. On tlie outside, in the ircar, projected by sand l.ags, is a trench some five fect''wide by three or four feet'

Ifj,,'- niteJi. u.'tt In ,n

ties and the people to tlid lne in presen jwy A'Jl things |'.oin't"to Kaste'r,u Virgining thfi j.ublic j.cace.

The:iiSilitjarv force .stationed iu'thi.*Dc-1 «*niitic coiiflicls in its

-,,i 1.1 ns t.Iic'l»4ttlb'f5vM of one ijf ihn'iiiosf'irl-

"0 .eoiiim^UK .wi_ li/.ed rape ot, tuaii t!i i.t

..-^oiily be used the last resort to preserve! Physically t!,ot miln^ls,..

t|ltJ

twenty or twenty-five i.iin.utes,: as -ib,is,!his plantation .it Areola |„.,k *5«)ib S very laborio'is^lpr eighijm'ujo uoilv a gun oitr most \feh!'Hiy ]'.1anfer«i liavo notwcjghing Mime ten oi twelve thousaiid tidcen a doiicr. .and'orli'-rs r!mt foe ab!* toJf pounds. There .are some three or ionri .]c,: thousands liavo onlv subsc-ibed frond sand batteries between here and Warnng-j ",)

U1.

«iry oice a lonei. in n.v c-Igantic conflicts in its consequences upon| 77.7.7

by the authority ot the -Govcr?- this nation- tmd future- history of he civi-i «.'.?* ot. tJ.o

iev.cr \va. iijegun.—

i.ij,

mbered that the fine tug Sot- 'f can and I prc,ent the 011 this lake, and of flie^same Iiet-P,e luo.aua, n, t„e I „ted .Mates xr •.

K-,

McU-itcon, is no. at tvey VV est,: ..

ii .1 ,r

^te^W'drtrt'.die -^istiiiionists A

a"^

-.'J olit cally, irgiida hav-j trco]'-. .Vl.i-n as'^d to draw a re»pii.sititju(

deserves to be the seat of flits war. She rV,'-0ol." Knrnisidn replied: "We nVed iiOth-K

'i ii J/.ujj- WrrtK Tuoui's.—The nt the Ncvv Vor

11 ,h IK. d"C

mav yet be 'saved from desola'tn ,the fnfe of Baltiniorc is sealed.

E »n. .I—

lyirr^ witn a sharj.

c,„following

licsoUtd, That the Committee on Pcd-

.vieiui eaeo

iVii-

United -cfLate.-•

aU^rs, i.s a citizen of Indiana, and further,

-it- Senate, trmv and lul'v. in mo nreseiit eri-

,i sis: and further, whether hi» i.reiOiiL no-

sition on the questions now eugrosstng ublic attention doe*.nut rcuder his furtiiej•ou tin nance in the Senate of the United inconsistent with the, ppbjii-' :jH('.r an,d and public ftalV-ty.'js?

Saif Thu Charleston.,.Mercury dcnoinin•jates the flag of the Union,." that ulgur old ensign—the United States fLig—a titting ensign for a barber, or insignia for .mobdom." These thieving traitors are never done with abusing everything that

true Americana are proud of, and tndy can

true

n7nw

with summarily. He was not inclined to' *i\ ^„ii ~r a a in be a if obey, andonly at the intercession of his wife was allowed-' twenty-four hours'to set- Picket Gi'ARb xo f's:^—At the usual tie his'Msincss aftd leave'the place. detailing of the picket sruard at Fort Mof"a«s °?igan the other day, one of the men protesai'nst it, faying, "Now,'see

Every chaplain in the army and

navy is'b'e'permitte.d. hereaP.er^^to conduct public worship according to, the forms of the chiirch of which he^mpiy be^ member. This'Is as it shouldbe."'*

Where "is^B.eanregard? Our des-

patches to-day, say that he has not been at Richmond: •••m naw. i- -.

i.':.,

re on at ha W on

who decided that he must pub- -j, ,J. .,v »i

!hovv,wti.'teh"_n

a»1,J

ted stoutly again=

))L :CK.VOi: AT from ed' f!f" IttT1 ft- I

»^msel-

vulgar old ensign' waved

y- t|,vdltLii a-

rould completeTh?rb '"fs-"*every Administration ipaFcli""fEcTr forces

"l* bMtffcAfrAMftejf '¥firk.'Kiver to

ttrAiifHtf^it'or !tthdon their Capitnl' WtiionlrsHtikihgaasrbloWB'lUjhis route by ^.'fJt^ -ivive^., i^^iu. eaaCiSt aiid most i'aV Ifv1!''e.

y8,l?.crsiPp?n::/J!ut iWPY®!^ ^iV^ago,, by, the gallant cen at the ceremony the. beautiful Pondi .f feuift '6ss',w'h'osTfniii0'fir.l aWd'lorrolvs'^fnns.'i

(!-to^^I'^l.fich-0r

eighteen mites from Alexandria nwnQ.-'rfWF^d ait

Tanfiv

by land,

tliroji^ph n- ihioklv 'Sen.lcd niid warlike pop-ulatioti(..\y*iiild},.bSi-a-,wery, .diflicult undoitakiiiL

.0^1' kx^^ssee^—i'ataccount Kuoxviile,

'"talc t#

ni:!«iully

pp the

of three scorcj. and, -tiii), years, b^v^, hya etii1cn?6f tfi\. la*.^,f and tlie preservadpw.ii ,every'.trace, (t~ .Ueau'tv hAs. fled j'"'"oi tlie Imon. at-frHlttW Wift.' Ho away before age. 'Shc'fjgti're's as'lhe wife

•*\f

en*

's''*

ti c^p back to flie days

crp1 rt: It'• P:iM?fihr fi!Iifici(I io11-

he is tho-I

hiffbly 'commended by nion of lave never botoyo agreed with, oventffr—iih !«»nt)tnn»r- While he

talent wh

An avoided'-pVrsPhnliti-Avhv ilehll out a full .,}tt.ji

b.iSA.VO ^BATTBItnCS AT, Pu«8'Ai il.A".-r-A: correspondent-.at Poiisaebhi .writing to. 'rteii^uVe -''of-jtisfi ieyi!lb flic Geor$ria .papci^tll^Jte?/SlJJC3 tbfi eon- deniagoguos :«od ac1

m'eiituVe

J'rf•jtififit^'^b

flic '.dfotrtpbinted

v,'- jtual U:atV'} 1'js!*suulu.itg .to)brcak: up the Gov.-

stwqtipn^t,, ,san^l batteries t, .^T. .iM !erniuV/ted d^r^.Uie.rountry/.. 31

c.|ta—Sl,!iwe.•one-

P" j: '"P'.xTnioTi-.M or in

necessity ot resorting--to martial law, butt innrc"aloTie 'idl the forces Vm "fh^iHi":rTi:1 •»ftl IWI ,IuuwliSiJlu: it fcw davs,

An"! Iin.^lie-l'e.ice luust be ,pieter\.cd, and one side, and the ^Norih 'on the other-, ca'rtj wb qir, bo... v. iU,ri^: u, ^.rin^jiigj^vpt.li him

.3 |)i.on e_.pro.c^o ,. b.e uio^easilA and ith the least-dangorj noc^sj-aiy J»rpvjsitns

ea^-

while, tlyj speech, was ,yVdl ealeulat

., 1 to

alhiV, if not tciaiiv obliterate, fcvi-rv ti.L'^

,'f'

)"iVty 'dsperity 'which l'tiav" have

furmud a'Jodizment in the hearts of anv of our.people.Vftsii}.(gjty.r Jo H'li.cu

Viimrr Y'i.wku (Jl T.--tf hir"f'on1', e'ra'fe'loatr'tras* Tn'ng ago'ffi 1:^11 hv'iin ca^v crowd of- bidders/v. hv does the -Soeretatfy of• the 'IVi-'asuiy 'keep his advertisements calling tor proposal., ju jiil t|K h:ading SoiitJierii papers And, by the way, here is the manii£r"'in which some of it i.s taken copied from r'h'ii .Mobile Advertiser

I)i:Moioi,is, April M, l-vfii.

Two negrnrrs' of .Maroiign 'have taken! ^•fl00 of fhf Confederate u:m. I'etiTfhe \nn. Tarherr, and as

dc'ep, for the men who are not at Work af'! propcrt.-r of 3!rsii the guns to lay in. -Tliore are eight men'- blaoUmi'.h at Spring liill, ok and, to.a.gnn, who have to be relieved .every :j

f.oenia.n of A." Hatch, JC^p, 'on bis^-

oil rued tin 111•!f. that the mid be, mlire pnvrio'.ii titan they.'

gfries

'f'

Till i.io.mjiom:

Tsi~.-r

oj .• »muos. i.,

so .^in-ularhj .ucUwii.ot Khodc island,.

a N a a in is

.and_V^nlt^.vlor

bis.-

iie.n-sa-!

(rov-i

ernni.'Ut. libodo J.-.lund iiniv]i.jij (io\.nior wiil ait and" tu their wants.'' The arfillerv aru puiv sl-i-iiotibil iu the ijasouumt of the I'atent Mliee. •, -1

or asiiii Tim

ASoAOHi'SErr.eoi rtripondeiitj rites: ,'|,f

en. iiijiJur urnvtr'l

l(i-

:aj- om Anii:tji#sy

:u'c

J'^rlyj.'

Only bout twenty-live hundred thert"- 'but hr6e !ho'u.«ind we re I in t.»u!n a read r«:j: jj'tcu, milVg. Tli'el' "'!!a ve^'beVii' iiardjyl

a Ff well. remained expeefed

wrtrlfd u'pof) »!na»!' lirovisitir.'s. '''l'he pro-f plo chere.-iitfir: tncy found thn't it. M-ns uselea-- to lnui ".'lX'si'sUoa"' or how iii tftupcr,, treated tin. kindiy aud.rUiiijy, but charged nio.^weiiormji!.~,. swindling iffer-1 prices for ove^y.ljiing. 1 ne im-.n took turns

n:iio!'"7ast TViJav. l.y i.u,.trai4airrrjug baggu, urn «, and heavy nr-

the

W'-Tj'' W-1 j'o,10r-'p.Ujiruing the route, il"e. Ii, tiriffy instanefs tl:cv were• witbdnt' food tipwrtT'j nf- rliirfr-two'hours. .Many of thc-.r'u loli down while at- work, from ejiiinti itit/n. 'I ho men divide 1 tiu.-ir r:U:oii&.aml ai»n cy:liii: brother.--, \\.i..'j it rugaro to rank or regiinent. The besf«.! rr,r,f vritu--- fill' -.•'ry• throii'di.v/ii-, t: '^ry rospt-et -1?. o- rovrr.men 1 pel -pr^ird-nf^rho TfTrn who have vomnt' sred to \:s detens.", at accomnliVhetl bo uiUC-'n.

CAiKO.-

li'ioial

irders

ve at

'i.it bet-n

plies goiuu down tiio river t«. the rebellious-.Stale.-U'.id&raUuti tii niHiter, tlie^orderj,^ and ciub^«c«3 ~'i man-'ner'd'lconsmere-e 'C.1 the riia' be.'-w Cairo, bfcrrfjr a .'cfk.ide ot the* river navi.jati.in.

i-\f..-/This in a«' it .-diould: There is no i'rea.son ivuv tin.' al .«-irtb-\*tfet should 1 continue to t.eed.-ai.'.d bt-rn cominunitie.s that .arc inarmed rebellion against t?i(» Joverr:m'»nf, but there are many rea--on« whv sin- shouldn't.

fea" Onfirmntrnn"*eff the slaughter of the rebel.-! during th» nttncl: on Sntutor is d&ily boing roeeivod from parties who were in the forts and'at Oh«rle«r'mr'"'rhe nuin-ber-killed w,'.-, eertainlv, not less Mian oue hundred awl fifty, and tlie probabditie.s ure

here, what's the use in going out there to keep every 'body off We've all eolne wa5,tui^eh g:er.ter. ddwu here to have a fight with the enemy, —. ..vA and if yon keep fellows out there to scare* 'tST TJ»riy.^omegs.ivvr^..jl.^covercd iu 'em off, Kow are we going to have a fight?" Ellsworth's Zouave* after the regiment tirHis philosophic reasoning did no good be rived in Washington- 'ihey wcre .-eut had to mount guard to scare 'em off.— home. The Zouaves, we fear, are not all Mobile Register. .i of the highest moral caaraet'-r