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Military Services of Winfleld Scott.
General Winfield Scott, born in Peter' -burg,
Arirginia, 13th of June, 178G, was
appointed Captain of Light Artillery on
the 3d of May, 1S08, Lieutenant-Colonel
'Second Artillery 6th of July, 1812 ; dis
tinguished in assault on Queenstown Heights
Upper Canada, 13th October, 1S12; Adju
tant General (rank of Colonel) 18th of
March, 1813 ; Colonel Second Artillcn,
12th of March, 1813 ; led the an, and was
'distinguished in capture of Fort George,
Upper Canada, 2-7 th May, 1813 ; Brigadier
.'General 9th of March, 1814 ; in the divis
ion of Major General Brown on the Niag
ara, and commanded one brigade which
fought the battle Chippewa, -5th of July,
181-1; Brevet Major General " for his dis
'tinguishud sen ice in the successive conflicts
-of Chippewa and Niagara, and for his uni
form gallantry and good conduct as an
officer in said army," 25th July, 1S14,
(September 1814,) in the latter severely
icounded, received a gold medal, " with
suitable emblems and devices," presented
""in testimony of the high sense cnter-
'taincd by Congress of his distinguished
services in the successive conflicts of Chip
pewa, Niagara, and of his uniform gallantry
and good conduct in -sustaining the rcputa
lion of the arms of the United States," 3d
November, 1814; retained S;h of April,
1815; Major Gcneial and General in
Chief of (he Army, 25th Juue, 1841 ; took
command in person of the army in Mexico,
December, 18 1G, and made the conquest ol
Mexico, front the capture of Vera Ciuz,
29th March, 1847, to the capture of the
city of Mexico, 2 oili September, 1S47;
received the ' thanks of Congress" of
March 9th, ISIS, for "uniform gallantry
and good conduct conspicuously displayed
at the scigo and capture- of the City of
Vera Cruz and Castle of San Juan de
Ulloa, March 29:h, 1847; and in the suc
cessive battles of Cerro Gordo. April ISth,
Coutreras, San Antonio, and Churubusco,
August 19th and 20th; and for the victo
ries achieved in front of the City of Mexi
co, September 8th, 11th, 12th, and 13th,
and the capture of the Metropolis, Septem
ber 14th, ISIS, in which the Mexican
troops, greatly superior iu numbers, and
with every advantage of position, were in
every conflict signally defeated by the
American arms;" with the presentation of
a gold medal "with devices emblematical
of the series of brilliant victories achieved
by the army" " as a testimony of the high
sense entertained by Congress of his valor,
skill, and judicious conduct in the memor
able campaign of 1S47;" and subsequently
nppoiuted Leiutenant-Generalof the United
States Army, the highest military rank
that under our institutions; can be confer
red on any citizen.
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"What the South Has Lost by Rebellion.
A gentleman, writing from France, says:
xC: I have obtained some information with
regard to the approaching French interven
tion in Mexico, from which the important
iact appears that the expedition will not be
confined, as was at first stated, to the occu
pation of the Gulf ports, but that a strong
column of troops will be sent up to the cap
ital itself. The maratiuio expedition will
be composed of a combined French, En
glish and Spanish fleet, and the land forces
will number six thousand men, Ficnch and
Spanish. If this is true, we may expect
the next step to be the formation of a stable
government in Mexico, under the armed
protestion of the three European Powers,
which thus seize the golden opportunity to
engage iu an enterprise, which, a year ago,
would Lave been considered entirely too haz
ardous. And thus fades away the South
ern dream of Mexican cenquest, and the
foundation of a gigantic slave empire.
Had not the South rebelled, Mexico would
have been annexed to the United States.
As it is, the South has stupidly killed the
goose that laid the golden egg.
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B, After the bombardment of Fort
Sumter, the South Carolinians passed reso
lutions invitincr the 'mudsills' of Massachu
setts to visit the classic shores of that
State. The invitation ha3 been accepted,
and the old Bay State takes the subjects of
the rattlesnake flag at their word, Dy send
ing three regiments of her sons as guests
tot tno winter.
The War and Public Criticism.-
The great principles of our political sys
tem are still undisturbed, although vre are
at war. The right of candid discussion is
not lost, nor is honorable criticism of the
management of public affairs suppressed.
Constant, unsparing, unscrupulous attacks
upon the Administration, prompted by pal
pable sympathy with treason, will bo stop
ped with the cordial approbation of all
loyal citizens. In like manner, incessant
sneers, taunts, gibes, and insinuations upon
the part of men and papers whoso loyalty
cannot be suspected, although not to be
repressed by authority, will certainly be
condemned by patriotism and the public
good sense.
We are to bear in mind that the admin
istration of the Government in its present
hands follows and does not lead the popular
will. Mr. Lincoln is a man of unsuspected
honesty, and entirely unselfish in the dan
irerous sense. lie is emphatically our
Chief Magistrate. His aim is to enfore the
letter of the law, and to be guided impli
citly by the wishes of the nation. Hence,
when General Fremont issued his i recla
mation freeing the slaves of rebels, the
President, who did not mean to pass be
yond the strict letter himself, and did not
intend that any ot his oiliceis should, mod
ified the proclamation so as to bring it ver
bally within the exact scope of the act of
confiscation. Congress, or the representa
tives of the people, had just adjourned,
after saying precisely what they wished to
have done. The President was of opinion
that it was not for him or any other officer
to do any thing more or less.
Public opinion is thus emphatically the
guide of the emergency ; and public opin
ion can arise only through honest and loyal
debate. The iitmost candor in the discus
sion of all subjects, limited only by good
faith and common sense, is therefore the
the condition of our success. If the dis
cussion be not conducted in good temper,
and with a tone which indicates an earnest
wish for success if It be captious, and
clearly the result of prejudice and spleen
the remedy, and it is a sure one, lies in the
same public opinion. To abdicate the
right of fair and firm criticism at this era
of our history is to bctiay the citadel. It
is a Turkish stupor of subservience which
would calmly stare upon the ruin of the
state. But while this is evident, it is no less
so that, while frank discussiou of men and
methods is essential to the success of our
cause, carping, sneering inuendo, or pee
vish and skeptical acquiescence, are only
less hurtful than open treason.
THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE.
A coi respondent of the Springfield (Mass)
Republican, says :
" Vre have, for the first timo in the his
tory of Presidents, a President's wife who
seems to be ambitious of having a finger in
the Government pie. Her friends com
pare Mrs. Lincoln to Queen Elizabeth in
her statesmanlike tastes and capabilities.
She is by no means a simple, domestic wo
man, but was evidently intended by nature
to mix somewhat in politics. That she
does so is uudeniablc. She has ere this
made and unmade the political fortunes of
men. She is said to be much in conversa
tion with cabinet members, and before now
held correspondence with them on political
topics. Some go so far as to suggest that
the President is indebted to her for some of
his ideas and projects,
" She is a very active woman. Nothing
cscancs her eve. She manages the affairs
of the White House (I do not mean State
aflairs) with ability and will see to it that the
1 old man' does not return to Springfield
penniless. In foreign countries her turn
for politics would not subject her to adverse
criticism ; but the American people are so
unused to these things, that it is not easy
for them to like it. Mrs. Douglas was a
good deal of a politician, though she never
injured her husband's position, but rather
improved it by her social alliances. Miss
Lane never alluded to politics, and Mrs.
Pierce kuew nothing about them. She was
probably the most simple-hearted woman
that ever presided at the President's table.
1 he word 'simple' is not used in a deprecia
live sense. She was a pure-minded, unself
ish, Christian woman, and knew nothing at
ali of the world."
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Losses in Battle. At Austerlitz the
French lost 14 men out of every 100; the
Russians 30 ; the Austrians 44, or nearly
half. At Wagram the French lost 13 out
of every 100 ; the Austrians 14. At Mos
cow the French 33 ; the Bussians 44. At
Waterloo the French 30 ; the Allies 3L
At Bauken the French 23 ; the Russians 14.
At Magenta, June 4tb, 1859, the French
7; the Austrians 7. At Solferiuo, the
French and Sardinians 10; the Austrians 8.
It is somewhat remarkable, in the last
example, that the army which was best
provided with rifled arms did less damage
than the one which was equipped in the
old style.
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Seidell's Early Exploits. In a
sketch of the early career of Slidell in Hew
York, the Tribune says: "Early in life he
went to the South, having been detected in
an infamous crime, from the immediate
consequences of which he escaped by slid
ing down a water pipe from a chamber I
winaow. .a. auei atterwara toiiowea ; ana
haying nearly added murder to adultery,
fled," .- -
The Mammoth Baker? at Washington.
We do not suppose that wars, and the
majority of the scenes connected therewith)
have a peculiar charm for wives and mo
thers, yet we clip from the Washington
Republican one that we think will interest
them. Just think what batches of bread
are turned out of the Washington Bakery
what a family of brawny boys General
McClellan is obliged to feed, and what
terrible appetites they possess :
Yesterday morning we paid a visit to
Iho Government bakery in the basement of
the capitol building, and were much sur
prised at the sights we there saw. On
entering the lower door, immediately be
hind the fountain, we found ourselves iff
the presence of the indefatigable superin
tendent, Lieutenant T. J. Cate, formerly of
the sixth Massachusetts regiment, but now
of the sixteenth regiment United Ssates
Infantry, who was busily employed, as well
as his clerks and assistants, Messrs. W. H.
Mitchell and C. G. Merrill, of Lawrence,
Massachusetts. We, however, secured the
services of a friend, and commenced our
tour of inspection.
We first visited the vault under the ro
tunda, which is used as a store-room for the
immense quantity of flour which is daily
being received. The wagons are constantly
kept busy delivering their loads under the
eastern portico, from whence tliG barrels are
rolled into the vault. Whenever the flour
is needed it is slided down the floor below.
The amount of flour constancy in this
room is between four and eight thousand
barrels.
, Retracing our steps, we came again to
the vicinity of the fountain, where we
found eight ovens in full operation, turning
out about 20,000 loaves of bread every
twanty-four hours. The bread is of the
best quality, and each loaf weighs twenty
two ounces. There are forty bakers em
ployed at these ovens, who have on one or
two occasions, when pressed, run out
24,000 loaves per day.
Adjacent to these ovens are two rooms,
one on each side of the entrance, from
which the bread is delivered. It may not
be uninteresting to know the form in use.
hen the requisition is sent by a quarter
master to the Subsistence Department for
the rations for his regiment, an order is
drawn for the bread on Lieutenant Cate, to
whom the driver of the wagon presents it,
and is furnished wit ft a ticket, which is
handed in at the delivery window, aud the
bread is forthwith passed out on smooth
boaids to the wagons.
The mess room and the kitchen is also on
this floor, and the hands to the number of
one hundred and sixty, hero take their
meals. This department is superintended
by Mr. Levi M. Pierce, formerly of the
Eitrhth Massachusetts rcciment, and the
cleanly appearance observable, os well as
the well-catered meals set out, give indis
putable evidence that he "can keep a hotel."
Outside of the building, iu the vaults
heretofore used for the stowing of fuel, we
fiud six double sized ovens built, employing
ten bakers each, and capable of turning out
40,000 loaves per day, but at present aver
aging about 30,000. Near by are two
other rooms, in which eight men are con
stantly employed in making yeast, of which
about 1450 gallons is made per day.
The bakers aro all under the formanship
of Mr. John H. Sowcrsby, a baker of sev
enteen years' experience, of Wilmington,
Massachusetts.
The total number of persons about the
establishment is one hundred and sixty, of
which about one hundred are employed in
baking bread, thirteen delivering it, eight
making yeast, six in the cook room, six
splitting wood, four in the store-room, three
watchmen, twelve teamsters, and the others
as clerks, runners and extra hands. Of
the whole number employed, about fifty are
from the North, the balance being our own
citizens. The pay-roll for the last month
amounted to oer 6000. The hands are
divided into four classes, the best of which
get 542 per month, with rations, and infe
rior ones 35, 38, and 40 each.
Too much praise cannot be awarded Lieu
tenant Cate, to whose judgment and expe
rience much of the success of the bakery is
due. The establishment is attached to the
subsistence department, of which Major
Beckwith, assisted by Lieutenant S. C
Green, A. A. C. S., has charge. The depot
to which the bakery is attached is in the
Post Office Building, from whence the
troops now on this side of the river receive
all their supplies, excepting bread, which
is procured from here or ouo of the other
minor bakeries, of which there are some
eight or ten in the city.
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Literature of Japan. There are large
public libraries in Japan, literature is com
mon, and books are widely circulated.
Thousand of illustrated novels are printed
every year ; and, to judge from the pictures
with which they are profusely illustrated,
they contain much the same ingredients as
our own love, murder, suicide, intrigue,
heroism and folly. Their books are print
ed from wooden blocks on fine, silky paper,
doubled, so that the exterior sides only are
printed upon. The Japanese are mnch far
ther advanced in painting than the Chin
ese ; they understand perspective, and many
of their wood illustrations are both trme to
nature and well designed, in their peetJjsr
style.
' TFTR SITU AUCXNV1
There's a splendid country going to seed,
A people living in sorest need,
Aud animals running short of feed,
For want of means of labor;
There's a bogus Government made with skill,
By a leader who always lied with a will,
Some say in his grave he is Lying Still,
Our most cantankerous neighbor!
There are grass-grown cities and useless ports,
A cabinet awfully out of sorts,
A host of merchants troubled with " shorts,"
Whose credit is getting rotten ;
There are empty warerooms, gloomy and wide,
Where rats and bats and cats abide,
In holes and corners they love to hide,
That ought to be crammed with cotton.
There's a bankrupt treasury dead flat broke,
A monstrous scheme that must end in smoke,
Too many for fact, too sad for joke.
Though the promises all were palmy ;
There's a fetter on every pen and tongue,
A daily tissue of lies out-flung,
A navy of pirates who ought to be hung,
And a half-starved mutinous army.
Now, let us look on the other hand,
Where bravely here in the Northern land,
A natiou of patriots takes its stand,
For a Union none may sever ;
However the traitorous South may rave,
We love the liberty Washington gave,
And theStar Spangled Banner shall proudly wave
Above us forever and ever I
There's an army hundreds of thousands strong,
Ready to march on the dastard throne,
Who leave the Right and cleave to the Wrong,
When most their country needs them ;
An army whose weapons are hardly toj-s,
Who can figlit as easy as make a noise,
An army of regular "hunky boys,"
And General McCllllax leads them I
So hasten the day when we shall see
A nation reunited and free,
Shouting for Union and Liberty
A whole and regenerate nation ;
To grow and flourish again in peace,
When the knavish Rebels their mischief cease,
And the Union once more hold the lease
Of a happier Situation ! Vanity Fair.
Where Arc the Old Democrats?
The Boston Journal says :
One of the strangest signs of the times
is the increasing radicalism-as it would have
been called once of old democratic leaders
on the subject of slavery, in connection
with the prosecution of the war. They
fearlessly assert that if slavery stands in
the way of the restoration of the Union,
then it must go down ; and they express
themselves in such terms as to render it ev
ident that they believe it does stand in the
way. In short they advocate practical
emantipation everywhere within the advance
of our armies.
In proof of the above, read the following
opinions :
ORESTES A. BROWNSON.
"We cannot help fearing that, if the
government lets slip the present opportuni
ty of doing justice to the nejjro race, and
of placing Qur Bepublic throughout in har
mony with modern civilization, God who
is especially the God of the poor and op
pressed will never give victory to our
arms, or suffer us to succeed in our efforts
to suppress rebellion and restore peace aud
integrity in the Union."
GEORGE BANCROFT.
" If slavery and the Union aro incom
patible, listen to the words that comti to
you from the tomb of Andrew Jackson :
4 The Union must be preserved at all haz
ards. We send the army into the South
to maintain the Union ; to restore the va
lidity of the Constitution. If any one
claims the compromises of the Constitution,
let him begin by placing the Constitution
in power, by respecting and upholding it."
GEN. BENJ. F. BUTLER.
"There is an antagonism between the
two systems of government, in which one
or the other must subdue and prevail
one system making a laboring man a serf, a
peon, aye, a slave, the other recognizing
that every man who labors stands up in the
image of God a fair specimen of what
God intended."
GEN. BURSSIDE.
" No man will carry men into the field,
sacrifice their lives, and allow a force to re
main opposed to him either latent or postive.
It would be bad generalship. We are send
ing our sons into the field pouring out
their blood like water and are we to allow
this slave force to remain without endeav
oring to turn it to our own purposes V
JOHN COCHRANE.
" Take property whenever you find it ;
take the slave and bestow him upon the
non-slaveholder if you please ; do unto
them as they would do unto you; raise up
in their midst a party interest against the
present slaveholder ; distract their counsels.
Do all this, and if this be not sufficient,
take the slave by the hand, -place a musket
in it, and bid him, in God's name, strike
for the liberty of the human race."
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fgy The Fortress Monroe correspondent
of the Slew York Herald says : " Major
General John . Wool, in answer to an
application for a furlough to-day, stated
that he would not give an officer or pri
vate leave of absence for the next three
weeks, as the campaign then would b'e
over From this remark you may draw
your own inference. What is going to be
done I am not at liberty to say; but you
may look for some important moveaienta.il
this department in a short time."
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1ft, The Charleston Mercury has been
compelled to reduce its size nearly one-half.
When our troops get to Charleston the
will quickly dispose of the other half.
How Captain Wilkes got Even with John Slidell
The, Brooklyn Times is responsible for
the following :
" Captain Wilkes, the bold and responsibility-assuming
commander of the ban Ja
cinto, who caused a gun to be fired across
the bows of the British steamer Trent,
brought her to and relieved her of Messrs.
Mason and Slidell, and their Secretaries, is
uow about fifty-six years of age. Conse
quently, as Jack Buusby would say, he was
once younger than he is now. Though ev
ery inch a sailor, and not often given to the
melting mood, the blind god once succeeded
in sending one of his shafts clear through
his rough sou-wester, which found a lodge
ment in his honest heart. The bow from
which the shaft was sp?d hung in the eyes
of a fair girl, and straightway the jolly tar
fell head over ears in love. The girl was
' a lass who loved a sailor and so smiled
upon him, and consented to become his
wife. But the young sailor had a rival iu
the son of a respectable tallow chandler,
Well-to-do, called Slidell, and young: Slidell
feeling considerably cut up by being cut
out, refused to accept ( the mitten but not
naving spunk enough to throw down the
glove to his sailor rival, contented himself
with pisoning' the mind of the ' stern pa
rient' of the fair one, until he refused his
consent to his daughter's marriage with the
bold Charlie Wilkes, and insisted upon her
giung her hand to young Slidell, which af
ter many protestations and the customary
amount of tears and hysterics, she did, and
became Mrs, John Slidell. The bold Char
lie Wilkes did not peak and pine, or let
his melancholy feed on his weather-beaten
checks, but went to sea and smothered his
grief in attending to duty, aud sustaining
the honor of his nation's flag, never Eeeing
his lady lass' again, nor meeting his suc
cessful rival for her hand and heart, until
he saw him standing a prisoner on board
his ship, a traitor to his country end a reb
el against the flag the honest tar had spent
his life in defending. Such is the romance
of war. Wc congratulate the bold Charles
upon having at last 'got more than even "
NOBLE PATRIOTISM.
The Rev. Dr. Alexander Jones, Rector of
St. Peter's Church at Perth Amboy, is a
native ,of Charleston, S. C, and was for
many years the pastor of an Episcopal
Church in Virginia. Ho has six sons in
the South who are all serving in the army
of the Potomac. Dr. Jones himself, how
ever, notwithstanding the treason of his
children, is a most devoted and thoroughgo
ing Union man. He read from the pulpit
the recent circular of President Lincoln and
Lieut. General Scott, asking the loyal wo
men of the country to exert themsolves in
behalf of the army hospitals, and, after rec
ommending the work to his congregation,
said, with marked emphasis, that it was pe
culiarly incumbent on him, who had so
many sons fighting to destroy the best and
noblest government that the earth ever saw,
to do what he could to support that govern
ment, and to atone for the wrong done by
his children. In conclusion, the reverend
doctor; lifting up his hands and voice, ex
claimed with energy and feeling : " May
the Star Spangled Banner float in triumph
over every part of this land, even though,"
he added in a lower tone "-it shall float
ov6r (tie field tchere my six sons arc lying."
In view of all the circumstances, we think
it would be hard to find ou record a higher
expression oi patriotism tnan tuis. it is
worthy of the noblest ages of Roman hero
ism. AT Y. Tribune.
Buried Treasures. The Tiber is not
only rich in historic associations, it is rich
in treasure. An English company has act
ually offered to turn the current of the
stream far above the city and around it,
provided the government would give them
what they might find in its present bed.
This would be attended with a vast expense,
but it would pay. Treasures of art from
age to age have found their way into the
stream, which would bring in the market a
perfect remuneration. In the museum of
St. John Lateran, a magnificient column of
stone is lying, which was taken from the
Tiber not long since, a portion of which
has been polished to display its beauty, and
no one can sec it without wishing to have
more of the secrets of this river revealed.
Statuary more perfect and perhaps more
beautiful than any of the ancient works of
art now seen in Rome, lies embedded in
groups beneath the stream.
Agostino Cbigi, the famous banker at the
time of Leo X., once gave an entertain
ment to the Pope and his cardinals, at
which the dishes were all precious metals.
Tho price paid for three fish was two hun
dred and fifty crowns. It is said that the
dishes were thrown into the Tiber, by order
of the rich banker, in order that no less il
lustrious guest might use them. The sa
cred vessels brought Jrom Jerusalem by
Titus, among them the golden candlestick,
are reported to have been lost from the Mil
vian bridge, and if so, are still lying there.
The present government of Rome will
suffer nothing that is ancient to pass from
her territory, nor is it able to carry on sch
sn investigation on it3 own account.
A Yankee has just completed a very
important invention. It is desizaed for ed
itors, and when perfected, will cut out items,
patch trousers, gnad out poetry, rock littls
respoBabilitieSj etc.
m A Wife and Something to Boot.
Old Vivian, a well-to-do farmer, had
some four marriageable daughters; and be
ing one of those men who think their girls
should get married as soon as their are out
of their short clothes, felt somewhat cha
grined that his girls should remain on his
hands so long.
Now there was a young fellow in tha
neighborhood who had been waiting on the
Vivian girls for some time, and gone tho
round from oldest to youngest; and the
old man had been anxiously waiting for and
expecting young Bounce to il ask consent"
for some ono of the girls, but as yet ho
waited in vain. Bounce, however, had pro
posed and been accepted ; but the old folks
had not been made acquainted with tho
fact.
In the meantime young Bounce had pur
chased a fine horse of the old farmer, and
had given his bill for six months for thirty
pounds. Well, pay-day was fast approach
ing, and Bounce had not the ' ready" to
meet it ; so the day before the note became
due he made his way over to the farmer's,
determined to ask him for his daughter,
hoping thereby to get an extension on hia
bill at least. As good luck would have it,
he met the old man in the yard, and wa3
about to go through with the enteresting
ceremony of "asking consent," when im
agine his surprise and joy on hearing tho
old gentleman break out with the following :
"Look here, Bounce, you young rascal;
you havo been courtin' my gals for inor'n
a year; you have been gaddin' and cuttin
round with the whole on 'em. Now your
bill comes due to-morrow, and I'll tell you
what I'll do. You shall marry ouo of my
gals I don't care a snap which and I'll
give you a good settin' out, and your thir
ty pound bill to boot; and if you con ty
I'll sue you, by Jupiter 1"
"It's a bargain!" said Bounce, I'll
do it !"
The next day there was a wedding ; and
to this day Bounce chuklcs over tho way
the old man gave his consent without being
asked, and thirty pounds to boot.
The Waj" Government Will Treat the Rebel.
The New York Herald says :
The latest accounts from Messrs. Mason
and Slidell is, that the Sau Jacinto was en
tering Boston harbor last night, and thero
is very little doubt that these gentlemen are
now lodsred safely in rort Warren. Ihe
Govornmcni, has decided that they shall be
treated in all respects as to close confine
ment and fare hko criminals guilty of the.
highest crimes against the law, until full
assurance is received that Col. Corcoran and
the other officers now in the hands of tho
rebels shall receive the treatment due to
their rank and position as prisoners of war
taken on the field of battle, according to
the usages of all civilized nations. Tho
Government has also come to the determin
ation to hang every prisoner duly convicted
of piracy on tho high seas, no matter
whether he hails from the North or tho"
South, from England or any other foreign
nation, and that they will hold their prison
ers now in captivity including Slidell, Ma
son and Faulkner responsible for any bar
barity which may be pcacticcd by the reb
els upon tho prisoners of war confined in
Southern prisons.
Must Help Uncle Sam First. A
farmer in Wisconsin had a son who joined
the .Eighth regiment without his fathcrV
consent, fceveral letters werd written by
the father to the son while the regiment
was in quarters at Camp Randall, for the'
purpose of persuading him to return. At
last he wrote him that he must come; that
he had a large amount of threshing to do ;
that ho could not afford to biro help if ir
were to be had, which was hardly possible,
owing to the number of cnlibtments ; and
that he must return home and help him,
even if he enlisted again afterward The
young man replied :
"Dear Father I can't go home atr
present. I should be very glad to belpyou,
but Uncle Sam has a mighty sight bigger
job of threshing than you have, and I'm
bound to see mm out of the woods first.
83 Forney of the Philadelphia Press,
says :
"It is I think, a reasonable probability,
in view of the increasing success of the
Federal arms, that the British Government
will not be disposed to make a point in fav
or of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, when they
have been taken from a ship for the pur
pose of vindicating that principle, which no
nation has successfully resisted, viz. tho
principle of 6elf preservation. But if the
battle for liberty on these shores is to be con
ducted against the traitors of the Soutli and
the monarchs of Europe, let it come,
J&Tbe rebels have more of a navy
than most people imagine. The New York
Herald publishes a list of fifty-five private
ering vessels now in active service, cr
watching a cbanco to run the blockade.
These carry seventy-eight guns. They
have of former United States Navy officers,
nine captains, twenty-five commanders,
twenty-four lieutenants with others from
each grade, enoagh in all to foot up to
eichtv-seven trained officers. Tho property
captured by theai thus far is about enough
to pay all expenses.
Why is RusmU like tha Mississippi
Because be ruas dowa gn-
I river f
'country.
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