Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 2, Number 21, Plymouth, Marshall County, 20 June 1861 — Page 1

VI O CRA 4 nn JL VOLUME 2 NEW SERIES. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1861. NUMBER 21 WHOLE No. 73.

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MAUD MÜLLER. BT J. C. WHITTIKR. Maud Muller, on a summer'.) clay, Raked the meadow, sweet with hay. Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic health. Singing, she wrought, and her merry glee The mook-bird eehoed from hid tree. But when she glanced attfie far-off town, Wh'te from its hill-slope looking down, The sweet song died, and a vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast A wish, that she hardly dared to own, For something better than she had known. The Judge rode slowly down the lane, Smoothing bis horse's chestnut mane. He drew his bridle in the shade Of the apple trees, to greet the maid, And ask a draft of the spring that (lowed Through the meadow, across tie road. She stooped where the cool spring bubbled up And filled for him the small tin cup; And blushed as she gave It, looking down On her feet so bare, and tattered gown. Thanks, said the judge, a sweeter draught From a fairer hand was never quaffed.' lie spoke of the grass, and flowers, and trees. Of the singing birds and the humming bees; Talked of the haj ing, and wondered whether That westcic cloud would bring foul weather. And Maud forgot her brier-torn gown. And her graceful ankles, bare and brown; And listened, while a pleased surprise Looked from her long-lashed hazel eves. At last like one who for delay Seeks a vaiu excuse, he rode away. Maud Muller looked and sighed, 'ah, me! That I the judge's bride might be ! He would dress nie up in silks so fine, And praise and toast me at his wine. My father should wear a broadcloth coat; My brother should sail a painted boat. I'd dress my mother so grand and gay, And the baby snould have a new toy each day, And I'd feed the hungry and clothe the poor, And all should bless me who left our door.' The Judge looked back as he climbed the hill And saw Maud Mullerstand still. A form more fair, a face more sweet, Ne'er hath it been my lotto meet, And her modest answer and graceful air, Show her wise and good ad he is fair. Would she were mine, and I to-day, Like her, a harvester of hay. No doubtful balance of rijrh's nd wrongs, Nor weary Lawyers with endless tongues. But low of cattle and song of birds, And health and quiet and loving words. But he thought of his sisters proud and cold. And his mother vain of her iaiik and gold ; o, ch sing his heart, the Judge rode on. And Maud vas left in the Cell alone. But the lawyers smiled that afternoon, When he hummed in couit au old love tune. And the young girl mused beside the well Till the ram ou the unraked clover fill. He wedded a wife of richest dower. Who lived for fashion, as he for power, Yet oft in his marble hearth's bright glow, lie watched a picture come and go: And sweet Mand Muller's hazel eyes Looked out in their inuoe nt surprise. Oft, hn the wine in his glass waa red. He longed for th wayside well instead; And closed hU eyes on his garnished room3, To dream of meadows and clover-bloeuis. And the proud man sighed with secret pain : Ah, that I were free again ! Free a s when I rde that day. Where the bar foot maiden raked the hay.' She wedded a man unlearned and poor, And many chi.dren played rouno her door. But care and sorrow and child birth pain, Left their traces on heart and brain ; And oft when the summer sun shone hot On the new-mown hay, in the meadow lot, And she heard the little spring brook fall Over the roadside, through the wall. In the shade of the applc-tiec again She saw a tider draw his i ein, And, gazing down with timid grace, She felt his pleased eyes read her face. Sometimes her narrow kitchen walls Stretched away iuto stately hulls ; The weary wheel into a spinnet turned, The tallow candle auasiral burned, And for him who sat by the c himney log, Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, A manly form ather side she saw, And joy wa duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, 'It might have been. Alas for maiden , alas forjudge, For rich repieer and household drudge, fiod pity thrmhoth ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall, For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been!' Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes ; And, in the hereafter, angels may Koll the stone from its grave away. BONO. BY WILL AI.I.KN. Sing again the olden ballad You so often sang before. For my heart is sad and lonely 1 would hear the son.-s of yore ; For 'twould cheer my heart so burdened With its load of weary woe. If I heard tho olden ballad Once you sung so long ago! I am sad Ier cease your singing, Lay aside the sweet guitar ; I am sadder 'noughts are clinging Round my heart of one afar! In my bosom saddened musings Steal with thatsweet songof yore; Cease your singing, and the ballad I would hear O, nevermore!

Quizzing a Jew. Nine persons sailed from Basle down the Rhine. A Jew, who wished to go to Schlampi, was alh wed tojoHrney with them, upon condition that he

would conduct h'rnself with propriety, and give the captain eighteen kreuzers for his passage. Now, it is true that something jingled in the Jew's pocket, as he struck his hand against it, but the only mone therein was a twelve kreutzer piece, for the other was a brass button. Notwithstanding this, he accepted the ofler with gratitude; for he thought to himself, something may be earned, even uj on the water. There is many a man who has grown fat upou the Rhine.' During the first part of the voyage, the passengers were very talkative aad merry, and the Jew, with his wallet under his arm for he did not lay it a-idc was the ?o!e object of much mirth and mockery, as, alas is often the case with those of his nation, ßut as the vessel sailed onward, and passed Thüringen and St. Veit, the passengers one after another grew silent, gaped and gazed listlessly down th rirer, until one of them cried out : Come, Jew! do you know any passtime that will amuse us ? Your fathers must have contrived many a one during their journey in the wil dernejs ' Now is th lime,' thought the Jew, to shear my sheep!' and he proposed that the? should sit arond in a circle and propose various curious questions to each other, and he, with permission would sit w ith them. Those who could not answer the questions should pay the one who produced them a twelve kreutzer piece, and those who answered them should receive a twelve kreutzer piece. This proposal pleased the company ; and hoping to divert themselves with the Jew's wit or stupidity, each one usked at randem whatever chancd to enter his head. Thus for an example the first asked: How many oft boiled eggs could the giant Goliath cat upon an empty stomach ? ' All said it was impossible to answer that question ; and each paid him the twelve kreutzers But th Jew said : One ; for he who hai caten one egg cannot eat a second on an empty stomach ;' and the others paid him the twelve kreutzers. The second thought : Wait, Jew ! I will try yu out of the New Testament, and I think I shall win my piece. Why did the Apostle Paul write the second epistle to the Corinthians ? ' '1 he Jew said : Because he was not in Corinth, otherwise he would hav spoken to them. So he won another twelve kreutzer pieceWhen the third saw that the Jew was so well versed in the Bible, he tried him in a different way : Who prolongs hi work to as great a length as possible, and till complete it in time ? ' The ropemakcr, if he be industrious,' said the Jew. In the meanwhile thev drew near to a village, one Maid to the other : That is Bamlach. Then the fourth asked : In what month do the people of Bamlach eat the least ? ' The Jew said: la February, for it has only twenty-eight days.' The fifth said : There are but two natural brothers, and still only one of them is my uncle.' Th Jew said: 'The uncle is your father's brother, and your father is not voir uncle.' A fish leaped out of the water, and the sixth asked : What fish have their eyes nearest toThe Jew said : 4 The smallest.' The seventh asked : How can a man ride from Basle to Berne in the shade, in the summer time, when the sun shines ? ' The Jew said: When he comes to a place where there is no shade, he dismounts and goes on foot.' The eighth asked : When a man rides in the -winter time from Bern c to Basle, and has forgotten his gloves, how must he manage so that his bauds shall not freeze ? ' The Jew sa;d : He must make lists of them.' Tue ninth was the last. This one asked : How can fire persons divide fire eirgs so that each man shall receive one, and still one remain on the dish V The Jew said: The last must take the dish with the egg, and he can let it lie there as lng as he pleases.' But now it came his turn, and he determined to maty a good sweep. After many mischievous compliments, he asked, with a mischievous friend liness : How can a man fry two trout in three pans, so that a trout may lie in each pan ? ' No one could answer this, and one after the other gave him a twelve kreutzer piece. But when the ninth desired lhat he should solve the riddle, lie rocked to and fro, shrugged hit shoulders, aad rolled his eyes. I am a poor Jaw,' he said ut last. The re?t cried : What has that to do with it ? Give us the answer.' ' You must not take it amiss, for I am but a poor Jew !' At last, after much persuasion, and many promises that they would do him no harm, he put his hand into his racket, took out one of the twelve kreutzer pieces that he had won, laid it upon the table, and said : I do not know the answer any more than you do! Here are my twelve kreutzers." When the others heard these word thoy opened their eyes and said this w h scaicely according to agreement. But they could not control their laughter, bring wealthy and good natiirrd men, and as the Jew had helped them to while away the time iron, .st Wit to Schalampi, they let it piss, and the Jew took with him from the ver-el let a good unthtnetieian reckon up for me how much. He h..d a twelve kreutzer pie -e and a brass button when he came on baard. He won nine twelve kreutzer pieces by hisainwer?, nine by his own riddle, one he paid back, and eighteen he gave th captain. IfcrEaROGATiON. People are cpiite inclined to query why the (Jvnerals Harney and Butler are treated to a S')rt of backhanded promotion. There should be a well defined reason for a supercede n. Why General Harney was supplanted by General Lyon is nfill a matter of debate and speculation, and people will constantly remark thai Ilaiuey is a Democrat and Lynn a Republican. Mitch more anxiety ii felt at the dropping down of the winning on War-Horse Butler under the nice little dapper civilian Banks. The same nnim) ing political feature it mouthed. Wc think any feeling based on telegraph reports is premature, as they have ceased to be an evidence. In the case ol Harnry the rcpert is confirmed, and what was remarkable, is his notice of removal was held two weeks after being dated before it was handed him. Cltat'ltnd Vlain pralr.

An Appeal to the People. The following appeal, from high and influential quarters, w ill commend itself to the sympathy of every citizen. It should not be said that the mourniug of a nation has spent itself in words. Let there be a response which will stand on record as a monument of the deep earnestness of the American people. Stephen A. Douglas is dead! He has fallen at the meridian of life. For twenty five years he has served the public hoLorably and without pergonal profit. For nearly twenty years he devoted his time, his abilities and his labors to his State and to his country, lie served both State and country from a love of both, and not from a hope of pecuniary profit. For the last four years he gave up his time and all other interests to his ceuutry, and, to the utter exclusion of all bu ines:i pursuits, devoted enerything, and, at last, his life, to the salvation of the Republic, and the integrity of the Union, tnd the maintenance of the Constitution. In the contest for these sacred and patriotic objects he has fallen in the very prime of life; but not until he had rendered incalculable benefits to the American people. Fellow countrymen: While thus laboring for yo'ir interests and the interests of your posterity, his own means were lost. He died not only poor, but has left to his wife and children a legacy of debt. The only unencumbered piece of land a small tract, less than three acres of which he was ever possessed was, when he died, the property of his widow. At the request of the people of Illinois, comhigup to her even in the hour of her sorrow, she surrendered his remains to the State. and with theni this piece of land for his interment, asking of the people only that she might be allowed to reside near the grave hi which he reposes. She has thus given to the people of Illinois alltlut was left of Douglas. This lot in which now rest his ashes is in the centre of that beautiful grove known as his long cho-en and favorite home. The surrounding portion of the tract is covered with mortgages. His children, hi widow and his countrymen, to approach his grave, must do so by permission of the sheriff, his creditors and strangers. Will the nation he has served forget Douglas in the tomb? Willthe Republic prove ungrateful? Will tho American people, whom he h is served so long and so faithfully, suffer his widow and his orphans to be turned from the home he loved, the soil he defended, to seek elsewhere, and from strangers, a shelter and a support? Shall tliey be shut out from the sight of his tomb, anil denied the rrclancholy satisfaction of being near his grave? Shall the wife and children of Douglas go forth homeless, houseless wanderers from the State of Illinois? We propose to the American people, and particularly to the people of Illinois, to raise by voluntary contributions, a fund, to be a lministere 1 by William A. Richardson, William B. Ogdcn, John T. Stuart, Zadec Casey, David Davis, Thorn s Drummond and John D. Cato:i, for the redemption of so much of the property as will furnish his widow with a suitable home at Cottage Grove; or, if such selection should, by such trBstees, hereafter be deemed inadvisable, to the purchase of a suitable home for thorn in the State of Illinois ; and also to be invested for the suppo-t of the widow and the education of the children of Stcphcu

A. Douglas. The Hon. John D.Caton, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois, will act ai receiver of the fund, to whom all subscriptions, from States, counties, corporations, societies, committees and individuals, will be remitted. His address is at Ottowa, Ill'nois. The Hon. Thomas Drummond, Judge of the United States Court for the Northern District of Illinois, will act as Treasurer. We commend the proposition, fellow-countrymen, to your earnest and immediate consideration. RICHARD YATES, SAMT. K. CASF.Y, V. A. RICHARDSON J. Y.SCAMMON, WM. B. OGDKN. D. A. GAGF, ROBKKT SMI'I II, SAM'L S. MARSHAL, J. II. WOODWORTII.O. ti. FICKMN, T. II. CAMPHELL, JKSSE K. DUKOI3, J. D.CATON, LEWIS D. ERWIN, R. E. G'JOUEL. A Fair Notice Against Foreign Interference. We are pleased that our Government has given notice to foreign powers lhat it will permit no interference in the present family difficulty we have on hand. The warning is a fair one, and we hope it will be heeded. Without the countenance of England or France, the Confederate States Government cannot get along wiil have to give tin. That is generally admitted amoeg themselves. Thcannouncoment that they will offer themselves to the British Crown or French Emperor, before we ihall force them back to their allegiance to the Union is enough to make the blood boil in the veins of every true-hearted American citizen. It is insulting beyond measure, and is calculated to arouse a spirit in the free States that would deso late the "South, before such a desecration of American soil would be permit ttcd. Nothing could have been suggested better calculated to arouse the vengeance of the North than the thre defied transfer of any State to an European power instead of intimidating the North and causing it to hold back, it will hare the very contrary effect, that of arousing it to greater daring and more determined aetion. It is well then that Great Brit ainand France should understand that. And we are therefore pleased to learn that Mr. Seward has notified Mexico and other foreign powers that any outside interference will not bo submitted to by this Government, and will be regt rd cd, if attempted, as a declaration of war. Cincinnati Enqwirrr. Ptestait EriscorAi. Chikch or Indiana. The twenty-fourth annual convention of tho Protestant Episcopal chinch, ror the Diocese of Indiana, began its session in Christ Church, Indianapoüä, on Wednesday, the fith inst. Twelve parishes were represented. The following were elected members of the standing committee for tht ensuing fiscal year : Revs. Jams Runcic, Horace Stringfello r, Jr., John 11. Wakefield, clergy ; James Morn won, Grorge W. Mears, M. D., J. II. McCV f. ney, laity. The following gentlemen w pre clecte deputies to the general Convention : The II ev. Janus Runcie, L. W. Hum, C. A.Foster, M.D..S II. Ratlin, clergy ; Hon. Arid. Ingrahain, II. B. Payne, Hon. George A. RickncII, Isaac L. Beach, Lity. A canon mi adapted by which a way is provided tor fevering tho connection of rector and parish, when nnfortumito dillicultiea arise which will admit of no better euro than separation. After the transaction of its ord'nary routin business, which occupied Thursday and Friday, the eonventieu udjourued.

The Gtato Administration. The Madison Courier, a radical Republican organ, thus compliments the energy a:id efficiency which has eharacterized the administration of Gov. M-rtou: The Indiana volunteer regiments have been highly complimented for soldierly bearing, neatness of thtfir uniforms, and the excellence of their equipments. This is ver; gratifying, and reflects much credit upon Cols. Crittenden and Trather and Major Gjib.'r, to whose attention and energy the gratifying tout f nsemble of the sixth regiment is attributable. We are not d sposed to detract from the credit due Gov. Morton in this regard. His zeal and labor brought the means together for equipping the regiments . the officers made the application, and as they made their selections and applied them, their regiments are excellently equip ped, or only so so, or indifferently. The Cincinnati papers contrast the appearance and equipments of the Ohio and Indiana regiments, much to the advantage of the latter, though it appears the cost ot clotliihg and equipments furnished by the State has been much larger in Ohio than Indiana. The policy adopted by the administrations in the Northwestern 5?tatC3 has been in our opinion, very unfortunate ; in a word, it has been a sue essiou of blunders from the beginning. The Governors have been hurrying about with the speed of locomotives, sometimes attending to details which would have been attended to much better by a 'dollar a day' clerk. They aU attempted too much. We verily believe there is not one of them but would have been delighted to have had au opportunity to dun the tinsel and cp lulets, attach them selves to a horse, and marshal brigadc3 in the war, inste id of direct'ng divisions. One of the three Governors left his capito!, traveled by rail nearly a hundred mil s, saw th editor of a country newspaper, hired a special train to return, arrived at the State House about m-dnivht, and went to bed, lept sweetly until morning and got up in time to see the regular train on the road he had come over special, come in, the result, a luragraph in the provincial paper lauding his energy "n hiring an extra train, at the expense of the State, to get home to sleep until the regul ir t;nn arrived! You don't hear of Gen. Scott, or IJatler, or McClellan, or Tatterson flying about so inside of their respective lines, like Morton, Yates, Dennison and Curviu. If the Governors had kept their eyes open on th ir travels some good might have residtc 1 therefrom. For instaucc. our Governor would h ive seen large foundries, where cannon and shot could have been cast ; he would have seen timber growing In forests, out of which tent poles and stakes could have been m id ; and he would have found out that several hundred convicts in the State's Prison were idle ; that tent poles, shakes. Arc, could have been made by the Indraua convicts, instead of employing the coavict labor of Ohio to make them. He would have found out, too, that almost every farmer had a spare hore to sell, and that horses and wagons were indispensable to an army. Ah , but the Unite States furnishes the horses, wagons, ambulances, &c Just so. The United States furnishes the volunteers with uniforms, hats, shoes, fhiri3 and subsistence ; that is, the United States has, or will, pay Indiana for advances made on all these articles. One oversight i;i Gov. Morton is unaccountable ; he forgot that there were sheep-growers and cloth -maun facturcrs in the Quaker militaiy d'sttiet. Every inch of cloth used iii the manufacture of uniforms, overy pound of wool used in the manufacture of hats for the use of the Indi n i volunteers ought to have been the product of the State of Indiana ; there ought not to have been any competition for fui nishiug the Indiana troops exeep-. among Indianians and every wagon, aye, the State ought to have furnished two wagons and two horses for every one the regiments needed, all of which would have been but an advance the Federal Government would have paid into the State Treasury every copper, just as it will the expense of uniforms, canteens, knapsacks shoes, ami for bread, beef aul pork consumed at Camps Morton, Sullivan. &c.

Special Iipatch to th Cincinnati CaziMte.j Grafton, June 14. Two more bridges, one qeite an irrportant one, were burnt last night, betwec.i Cumberland and Harper's Ferry, by the rebel. It was ascertained last night that .r()i) Virginia rebls were on the march towards Piedmont, intending to burn the bridges there. The Indiana Zouaves instantly moved from Cumberland to meet them. I he rebel learned this movement and halted. Our seoucs reported them this afte moon within irnc miles of Fiedinoiit ;but no attack was made up to 10 o'clock to-night. The Zouaves are ready and waiting to receive them. The Marylafders have been enlisting at Cumberland in the Zouaves. There were seventeen Maryland recruits yesterday. The Ninth and Seventh Indiana Regiments concentrated to-night at Phil'ppl. A po-tion of the Ninth has just moved from Crafion. Army wagons have also got c in that direction. 'I he Fourteenth Bhio Regiment, Col. Ste adman, is doubtless in possession of Ruckh:inuon. Two companies of the Fourteenth Regiment, stationed at Clarksburg, inovod to Rucl.haunon to dya. A rebel, trying to go to Richmond by a roundabout road from Fairmoir.it, was arrested, and is still confined, lie is supposed to be a bearer of dispatches. A spy just from the rebel camp at Cheat Mountain Gap was arresUd to-day He, another arrested secession spy, and our scouts, all confirm the rejiortsof the le-ii foiccinnt of the rebel camp. man named Scott, agent ofa Baltimore liotxe, and a known secessionist, who has been p.iss'ng through our lines as a Untoniat, was arrested today. Two more sentries wtre caught sleeping on their posts last night, and wer drummed out. Monky Wantkd. Several States are now in the maikct for largo amounts of money. Indiana asks $l,200,b()0. Michigan puts in proposals fur $1,000, GOO. Illinois asks for $.'1,000,000. Pennsylvania, New Jcrey, Vermont and Nw York cify swell the aggregate to $-21, 00,000. The above is exclusive af the forthcoming new loans of New York, and Massachusetts. The Federal Covemment wants $100, 000.000; and another $100.000,000 at the back of that. The expense of the war on the last baa's of operations is not less than $l,00il,0')0 a day. Albany N. Y.. Argun. The month of June h is long been noted as a great mouth for battles. Perhaps the year 1 J?Cl will carry out the precedent.

A Perilous Adventure at Niagara Fall3 -The "Maid of the Mist" Goes through the Rapld3 and the Whirlpool. From the Rochester Democrat. Yesterday afternoon one of the most perilous voyages ever chronicled -was made by the little steamer Maid of the Mist, in which so many pleasure-seekers hare, in times past, voyaged to the face of the immense sheet of water which constitutes the famous Falls of Niagara. It appears that the boat has never been paving property, and her ownc- has incurred some indebtedness whi ch was about to result in her seizure. To avoid this catastrophe she was, yesterday, taken down the river through ihe Rapidsand the Whiilpool, n.d arrived safely at Lcwiston ! The daring navigator who accomplished this hitherto supposed to be im-, possible feat was noue other than Robison, the man who has so often'rendered himself co.nspicious by his intrepidity in saving life and property endangered by proximity to the cataract. The Maid of the Mist got up steam abeut halrpaot three o'clock, aud shoved out into the stream from her landing. She had on board only three persons Robison and one other man at the wheel, and the third below, to act as fireman and enjrineer. The boat ran up stream a short distance, as if to pet a good start, and then her power was pointed with the current, and away she went the few spectators on shore holding their breath with suspens'.. How the adventurers on board felt, we have no means of knowing. As she entered the rapids, every eye was strained, and as the gallant little craft surmounted billow after billow, under the skillful guidmce of her pilot, and passed each

ordeal in safely, the utmost enthusiasm was mani - tested. At one point, however, a thrill of horror struck the hearts of the watchers, for tho Maid of the Mist appeared to have capsized ! The surprise was only for an instant, however, for she immediately righted with the los of her smoke -stac j , and passed on unharmed. To run the whirlpool, though hazardous, was still a less hazardous exploit than the pass ige of the rapids, and she did it without trouble, and those who beheld the boat emerging into comparatively still water drew a long sigh of relief. It was a terrible ordeal , as it has long been taken for granted that no craft as small as that could lit e a moment in the seething cauldron of the rapids, or escape from the w lurlpool after entering its circle. No other craft, cither large or small, has ever attempted to perform the trip. The Maidoftus Mist will never again be in the theatre of her past history. To ascend the rapids is a physical impossibility for a steamer of any power. Robinson has been for many years embitious to make the trip, and once offered to do it in a skiff, but could find no one to encourage the undertaking. C. Hanging. A great many people, principally stay-at-homes, talk very savagely and patriotically about hanging every rebel who is taken in the war, and thus indirectly assail the wise policy which has so far controlled the government in the management of prisoners. There are two sides to this question, I and it is the duty of the government to adopt that which, under all circumstances, seems best. The power to hang a rebel, upon proper trial, is undoubted ; but, on the othnr hand, extreme severity to political p. isoners has ceased to be regarded with favor by the civilized world. England, and even France, have abandoned it, and the cruelty of the King of Naples to prisoners of this character compacted Christendom in hostility against him. So much for the foreign aspect of the question. There is also a domestic view to be taken. Extreme severity makes men desperate, not submissive. All the cruelty of the English government to the Irish people has never tamed their spirit never eradicated their thirst for revolution. But there is another consideration, which ousht to be

decisive. Our soldiers, the men whom Illinois s M:,r.v J- Timnions, for several ycais has been sending forth to fight for the country, may, in ti e Ht to fits of insanity, which led her some fifmutations of the war, fall into the" hands of the teen j ears since to murd. e her husband, but after

enemy. Is it desirable to grve the relicts pretexts to hang them like thieves and murderers ? The true policy is this, hang as a measure of retaliation. If the rebels murder our soldiers when thev fall into their hands, we will murder theirs. This is the true end and use of the gallowa in this struggle Gen Scott and his brave troops, not the hangman, will conduct the war, and in no respect does the conduct of the admini tration deserve higher praise than this. There are in the world a great m .ny blood-thirsty philosophers (rarely fighting men) who think they can accomplish results by shorter processes than those pursued by generals and statesmen. As these men will never be within reach of a secession musket or halter, they forget that the country owes a duty to its own soldierly, and regard the President as somewhat ofan old fogy in the art of hanging. But, in spite of all this, we think the govornmcnt is right upon this point. Chicago Time. Baltimore, June G. "Speculations nre indulged to this effect : What if there is another mob in Baltimore and the Federal troops are cut off from marching to tne relief of the copitol ? Itis probable that the cor - tect answer to this question isthat Baltimore would cease to exist To say nothing of the four

regiments of volunteers watching that city, Fort j them for something else than mere ornaments; McIIenry is lixed for her if her disloyal population and that if the requisite material for their devclshouM again be in the ascendant. As I b.-lieve opmont were supplied, thev might ben me roots, was mentioned in a letter Irom Baltimore, I had : and add something to the viror of the stalk. So, the pleasure of seeing four ten-inch mortars n order to make ovr experimcu t a fair test, we

mour.ted upon angles of the Fort next the city and loaded. I lifted the canvas co vciing from the gnu ; ni'iuthsef the rude monsters, and saw, down their j throats, the shells nestling each upon its chamber i of powder. And the devil's own bird's nct 'each with an iron egg the mortars seemed. An loilicer of the fort told me thev would throw shblls entirely over the city. The two ten-inch colnmbiads which were spiked are probably in Fcrviccable condition by this time ; and the traitors of Baltimore might well tremble as tho.-e tremen dous engines are leveled toward the splendid spires of the monumental city. The traitors in Baltimore ; are the lawyers, the liquor dealers, the aristocracy, and a portion of the rogues who have hcen in the habit of sucking the great teat. The loyalists are ' Methodist and the mecha"ics. I was inf n med ' that there were sixty Methodist churches in the j city, an 1 there was hanlly a member of the church who was not true to the Umon. The mechanics too (probably many of them also Methodists) are generally good Union men. 1 think we may call Baltimore safe, though the secessionists there are a powerful faction and as deadly in their hos tility to the gencrnl government 113 th corresponding fanatics in Charleston."

The Pay and Pensions of cur Volunteers. The following recapitulation offcrds useful information to volunteers and their families : 1st. After being mustered into the service of the United States, volunteers are entitled to pay the same as regular troops. 2d. If disabled by wronnd received in service, or disease contracted in service, they are entitled to an invalid pension during life, or as long as the disability continues. 3. If anv are killed or die in the service of the United States, leaving a widow, she is entitled to what was due her husband, and a pension. If there is no widow, the child or children of such volunteer is entitled to the pay and a pension until they are sixteen years of age. 4th. If there is no widow or children under s xteen years of age, the other heirs of decendents are entitled to the pay due the volunteer at the

time of his death no pension. At this time, neither the volunteers nor any heir is entitled to land warrants, but there is no doubt an act of Congress will be passed early in July, granting one hundred and sixty acres to everv volunteer who shall serve fourteen days or engage in battle and b honorably discharged first to the widow, second to the children, third to the mother, fourth, father and, if all the foregoing heirs be dead, fifth, the brothers and sisters of those who may so serve and die without receiving a wan-ant, in like manner as the volunteer who Ferved in Mesico are now rewarded. Seamen .and others who take prizes, and those performing meritorious feats, will 1 undoubtedly be rewarded with the fruits of their valor. 5th. In addition to what the volunteers and heirs are entitled to, and may become entitled to from that United States, the several States have passed and will pass acts granting pay from the State's treasurv. The Vote in Tennessee. T 'le Nashville Union and American, of Tuesday, the 1 Ith inst., has complete returns fromMevcn counties of the result of last Saturday's election, and partial returns from thirty-three others. These foot up as follows : For Bejiaraticn AgniDtt (separation . 40 J'9 5 016 Maj. rity tlni fir for n-paration 44 2".U The vote for representation (in the Confederate States),as far as given in the returns before us, is somewhat less than that for separation. The returns given by the Union and American i.re mostly from Middle Tennessee, and these show a considerable falling off in the vote s:nco last November. Davidson county (including Nashville) gave5,G.'J0 for separation, and 403 against. Shelby county (including Memphis) gave 5,C08 for separation, and GO against. Memphis gave five votes for the Union. "Bluff City" did not, therefore, as the Memphis Appeal desired she should," so conduct herself as to be recorded in history as voting unanimously for the disenthrallmcnt of Tennessee.' The Union and American estimates the majority against the Union at between 60,000 and 70,000. The system of terror by which the eh ction whs put through by the secessionists ij sufficiently indicated bp tho following significant warning conspicuously posted in the Memphis Avalanche of the 3d inst. : "Vote with an open ticket. Every man that votes with a folded ticket will be spotted." Deplorable Affair. One of the most painful occurrences we have ever been called upon to record, took place near Burlington, in this County, on the morning of the 1st inst. The circumstances, as we have learned ! are about these. The principal actor, Mts. that time, having been an inmate of the Asylum, whence she was returned as cured, and o remained unt'l a v eck or two since, when the mana manifested itself again, and o:i Monday application was made for her admission into the Asylum a second i time- T,,,,s matter stood until Saturday, when. i r I i..i i i .... i - .it i.-my iiuui ner ui-U nvin ecu uawn anu MinriM, she procured an ax. went into the room where her j 850,1 John B- Timmons, was sleeping, and struck ' him with vc l',a,e of 1,10 a,ross the nt.se and face' As he arose fwm the bed, she struck him on tho forcliead on left hard, cntting off one j or two of l" Ingers ou his liglit arm below the t Ibowand finally on the right shoulder, before rhe j could be secured. It is supposed the wounded man ! cannot recover. Mrs. Timmons was sent to the Asvlum on Monday. Delphi Journal, Jui.e 12th. Hlll.ng Corn. We subjoin the follow ing paragraph which closes an article on the culture of corn, written by C. R. Randall for the Rural Register: One day while hoeing our garden cornfield of a I quarter of acre, we sat down a half an hour, and J studied diligent !y the character of the rootUl ' everywhere about us radiati ig from the corn stalks, ; from one to three inches above the surface of the' ground. t ccurred to us that nature designed! set to work with the hoe, and to each attentate j I hill we drew up the earth, covering the loots to an average depth of three inches. After an interval ! of two w eeks, we found, upon examination, that we had a set of vigorous top roots, giving an extra support to the sta'k and imparting au extraordinary degree of ior to its growth. N early every sta!k thus "hilled up" afforded an extra ear, grew ncfiith taller than those not hilled, and the p'aiii ripened several days earlier. Hence we have since argued that it is good economy to "hill up" corn ; but we would remind the firmer that it is a dangerous practice to run plow or cultivator so near the stalk as to disturb the regular roots. A very simple and cllicient cross-bar cultivator can ! be arranged, so that, with a light dip on either side, the two 01 ter shares will throw sulhVient earth to the stalks, without disturbing the root. To Privk A wav Mo-OAMToKs. Camphor is the most towerfuI gent. A camphor Ing hum: in ! an open casement will prove an effectual barrier to their entrance. Camphorated spirits applied as perfume to tho face and hand will a?t as an effectual preventative ; but when bitten by them, aromatic vinegar is the best antidote.

DEATH OF DOUGLAS. ET HARRTE HATDO. Out upon the bustling cify Tolls a solemn funeral rote, And in all its sorrowing cadence. 'Round grief-stricken hearts dost float. For it tells of the departure Of a br ave and gallant heart. One who in the nation's councils Bore a proud and noble par. And the requiem now is tolling; By the summer zephyrs borne; Tells America is mourning O'er her statesman lost s nd goue. And the Stars and Stripes wave sadly, And our Eagle droops his head. One defender more h is perished Douglas sleeps among the dead. The people's hea:t3 are beating, Keating sadly as the knell Fcaleth forth unto the heavens Like a long and Uat farewell. Long the msmory of his genius Shad be the country's boast and pride, And the illustrious name of Douglas, Ever with us shall abide. Not for all his wondrous logic, For his eloquence sublime, Shall he live on storied pages 'Till the lapse of coming time; But because the starry banner, Un Jer wh ch he gained his fame. Found a true aud brave defender. When he to the rescue came. Wrap the banner round about him, Without one singie star erased. Let the glorious stripes enshroud hlni, Which were never yet defaced. Let the heavenly blue enfold him, While its radiant constellation. Like the star which now has faded. Tells the sorrow of Üc nation. hat it all be draped in mourning, Soften don u the blue and red. One defender more has perished: Doi'glas sleeps among the dead.

A Terrible Tragedy. On a pincvood-shed, in an alley dark, where scattered moonbeams llitted through a row of tottering chimneys, aud an awi:ing4 torn and drooping, full, strode back and forth, with stiff and tense drawn muscle ind peculiar tread a cat. His name was Norval. On ronder neighboring shed his father fougut the cats that came in squads from streets beyond, in search of food and strange adventure. Grim war he courted; and his twisted tail, and spine upheaving in fantastic curve, and claws distended, and ears flatly pressed against a bead thrown back defaintly, told of impending strife. With eyes agleam, and screeching blast of war, and steps as of Che falling dew, young Norval crept along the splintered edge, and gazed a mo nicnt through the darkness down, with t&il awag triumphantly. Then, with an imprecation and a growl perhaps an oath in direst vengeance hissed he started back, and crooked in body like a letter S or rather l:ke a U inverted stood in fierce expectancy. Twas well. With eyeballs glaring and ears aslant, and open mouth, in which two rows of fangs Ktood forth in sharp and dread conformity, slow up a post, from out the dark below, a head appeared. A dreadful tocsin of determined strife vcunj Norval uttered; then, with face unblanched, and moustache st iixiing straight before his nose, and tail flung wildly to the passing breeze, stepped back in cautious inv tatlon to the foe. Approached the other, and with preparations dire, each cat sarvoyed the vantage of the field. Around they walked, with tait uplifted in the air, while from their mouths, in accents hissing wiih consuming rage, dropjK-d brief but awful sentences of hate. Thrice 'round the roof they went in circle, each with eye upon the foe intently btt;t; then, with sidewise moving, as is wont with cats, gave one long-drawn, tcnifi;, savage vow, and buckled in. The fur fit w. A mist of hair hung o'er the battlefield. High above the din of passing wagons rose tlie dread fwl tumult of struggling cats. So gleamed their eyes in frenzy to me, wln saw the tonllict from a window near, naught else- was plain but fiery stars that moved in orbns most eccentric. An hour they struggled in tempestuous might; then faint and fainter grew the squall of war, until all sound was hushed. Then wen. I forth with lamp in baud, and by its ghostly light the field surveyed. What saw I? fcwx claws one ear of teeth, perhaps a handful and. save fur, nought clie except a solitary tail. TViat tail was Norval's by a ling 1 knew 't. The ear was. But we'll let the matter rest. The tail will do without the ear. JcflYrs.m City, June 15. The capitol of Missouri was taken pos-essioii of at 3 o clock this evening, on the arrival of the steamer Iafan.by five companies of Colonel Blair's Regiment of Missouri Volunteers, under commai c' of Lieutenant Colonel Andrews, and aoompanyoi regular artillery, under Captain Totten, all under command of Brigadicr-Ucneral Lyon. Thebal ane of the fore remained onlioard of tho J. C. Swan until further orders. A company of regulars, under Major Concnt, thoroughly searched the country for contr.ibin ! articles, aud found some wheels and other parts of artillery oarriages. No violence was ottered, but, on the contrary, thd boats containing the Federal troop were received w ith enthusiastic cheers by a large concourse of citizens. Gov. Jackson and the leading secessionists left here on tl c stoamt r White Cloud for Bjoii villeat4p. ni. ontiie IHth. Much disappointment w as manifested by the troops on finding that th i enemy had lied. The officers however experienced no surprise, they Laving been previously informed of the evacuation. The troops under Lieut, t'ol. Andrews are now occupying the State House. One or tw'j liamtci h ive leu searched for secession flags, but none have been found. Dr. moen Tic Statk Convention. We fiud in the Dubuque Herald, a call over the sign itur of D. A. Mahoney, Chairman, for a State convention of tho Ihmocracy of Iowa, to assemble at Des Moines en the 10th day of July, "not merely to nominate candidates for the suffrages of the people, but to take cognizance of transpiring events affecting tho integrity of the Union and the constitutional rights and liberty of the American people."