THIS is the picture of a Southerner who abuses the | mediately seized the gun, and with it aimed a wellNorth: He toils not, neither does he spin. Swaddled at birth in a Northern blanket, cutting his teeth on a Northern gum-ring, solacing his sweet tooth on Northern candies, learning his letters from a Northern book, educated at a Northern college, learning his gentility and acquiring all his refinements in Northern social circles-he still looks upon the North as a foreign country, a region altogether plebeian and uncivilized, because it has neither cotton nor niggers.-Boston Saturday Gazette, June 22. "All papers in the South please copy." Accompanying the above, The Confederacy makes the following statement: We clip the following from The Pulaski Times, published at Hawkinsville in this State. Martin resided some eight miles east of that place. It appears that he said that, “If Lincoln would march his forces through the Southern States, he would link his destiny with him, and that if the war continued five years, he would be as rich as he wanted to be; that there were tories who got rich in the Revolutionary war, and that he would do so in this." "Lieut. Carruthers was despatched to arrest him, and he gave himself up, acknowledging that he had used the language with which he was charged, Lieut. Carruthers took him in a buggy to carry him to Hawkinsville for trial. He was uneasy for fear he would be hung, but was assured that he would only have to leave the country. When within two miles of town he was permitted to get out of the buggy. On getting back into it, he threw up his hand and frightened Licut. Carruthers' horse, which was a spirited and restless animal, causing him to spring very suddenly, compelling Lieut. Carruthers to release his hold on his musket and grasp the reins. Martin im directed blow at Carruthers' head, who dodged and received it across his back or shoulders. Carruthers then jumped from the buggy, and as he did so, Martin stepped back and cocked the gun. Carruthers sprang behind the horse, and being followed by Martin, ran around to the opposite side. Martin then presented the musket. Carruthers told him to crack his whip,' and at the same time fired on Martin with a revolver, at the discharge of which Martin dropped his head, from which Carruthers thinks his ball took effect. Martin then wheeled as if to pass around the buggy, and as he did so another shot was fired by Carruthers, but without effect. As Martin reached the rear of the buggy, Carruthers fired a third time, and thinks the shot took also. Martin was by this time on the same side with Carruthers, and Carruthers again sprang to the opposite side. Martin instantly fired upon him with the musket, the muzzle of which was not exceeding five feet from the horse, the whole charge passing into the shoulder of the horse. Finding that the shot had not taken effect, Martin clubbed his musket, and Lieut. Carruthers fired upon him again, and thinking his pistol exhausted, threw it into his face, inflicting a severe wound. Martin then wheeled and ran. The alarm was given by Lieut. Carruthers as soon as possible, and some of the guards who were behind at the time the affray took place, upon finding the condition of affairs, immediately started for dogs to follow the trail. Lieut. Carruthers hurried to town as rapidly as the condition of his horse would permit, and gave notice to the members of the company of what had transpired, and in half an hour Capt. Ryan had forty or fifty men in pursuit. Martin was followed until daybreak next morning, but escaped. It seems that he obtained a horse from a negro of William Allen, and thus evaded his pursuers. The negro states that he was bleeding freely when he saw him, and that he was evidently severely wounded." VIRGINIA STEALing Ladies' Wardrobes.—We alluded a few days since to a correspondence which took place between the Governor of Virginia, and the wife of an officer in the navy, whose faithfulness to duty and to his flag had excited the ire of the traitors. The Virginia authorities, by way of punishment, stole and confiscated the wardrobe of the lady and of her daughter-a petty meanness which it would be difficult to parallel. We are enabled to lay before our readers the correspondence connected with this extraordinary larceny, which places Gov. Letcher in no enviable position:— Gov. LETCHER-Sir: Leaving Norfolk suddenly a few weeks since, my personal and household property remain in the freight house of the Boston steamer. I have in vain tried to recover it-have addressed letters to friends without success. I am confident the letters have miscarried, as I cannot be lieve the citizens of Norfolk would injure, or permit to be injured, the property of a lady; inspection of the parcels, if such has been made, could only have convinced of the impropriety of retaining them. The boxes and bundles are all marked J. O. Bradford, Boston, Mass., and I most earnestly beg your Excellency will order their immediate delivery to some responsible person who will inform me where I may gain possession of my property. Begging a thousand pardons for the liberty taken, I am, very respectfully, MRS. H. M. BRADFOLD. To His Excellency Gov. LETCHER. A. D. C. to the Governor of Virginia, To H. M. BRADFORD, No. 717 Arch street, Phil. MRS. BRADFORD'S REPLY TO GOV. LETCHER. PHILADELPHIA, May 24, 1861. most of it to them had a special value, as the gifts of affection and friendship-the gathering of many years in various parts of the globe, and which money can never replace. It is difficult to realize that such a piece of vandalism could be perpetrated in our country, in this our day. Alas! for the poor old Commonwealth, the land of Washington, the mother of Presidents, committing a petty larceny that would shame a respectable bandit. I am a Southerner, but, thank God, I have not to blush that I am a Virginian. As regards your Excellency's statements in relation to my son, I will simply say to you that it is untrue. Could I face your informers, whom I recognize, I would tell them it was false, wilfully and deliberately false, and but a shallow subterfuge to cover up the infamy of the theft. The traitorous band around the boy could, if they would, bear witness to my constant and anxious efforts to save him, and my earnest appeals to induce him to remain with us. And it was as a last effort I said to him, in the presence of the officers of the Pennsylvania, "My son, you can make your election, but if you now see proper to desert your father and mother, and the flag you have always been taught to revere, remember, from this day you are to be to me an alien and a stranger. Your death would be a thousand times preferred to your dishonor. And we would gladly, joyfully follow you to the narrow home rather than you should affiliate with traitors against such a Government and such institu GOV. LETCHER-Sir: Through your clerk I have just received an answer to my communication of the 19th. As my signature was Mrs. H. M. Bradford, I cannot understand why the answer was addressed to "H. M. Bradford," Sir. In the part of the country in which I was educated, it is not the custom for a gentleman to affix to his name the title of Mrs. It was only as a lady I appealed to you, as a gentleman, to order the delivery of my property. The writer of the remarkable document, bearing the no less remarkable address, seems to be much better informed of my family affairs than myself, as this is the first intimation I have received that my son has been deserted or cast off. On the contrary, he will be most warmly welcomed home at any moment, and be supplied with more suitable clothing than the summer wardrobe of tions as never before blessed the lot of man." He his mother and sister will afford. My boy must be was a boy of fine promise, of good presence, brave, strongly altered in the few weeks since I saw him, if and honorable character; but his generous impulses, he can be induced to accept the property of his moth-his ardent sympathies, were excited by the constantly er and sister, even if retained by order of your Ex- repeated falsehoods about Northern oppressions and cellency. In his previous life he has been upright Southern wrongs and sufferings. His defection was and honorable, and never was known to appropriate a bitter cup-a heavy blow. And when his mother, the possessions of others; and I feel sure this gena lady, respectfully appealed to your Excellency, was erous attempt to supply him with the means of sub-it manly-was it decent, to thus insult her? If old sistence will be most indignantly rejected. If this is Virginia, in her poverty and degradation, needs the not the case, he has indeed degenerated. Respect-property and money she has stolen from me, (and, fully, MRS. H. M. Bradford. U. S. SHIP OHIO, BOSTON, June 1, 1861. To his Excellency Gov. LETCHER-Sir: I have received from my wife copies of her correspondence with you. I had myself written several letters to former friends in Norfolk in relation to the property, but declined making any application to the State authorities; yet when informed by my wife that she had done so, I did not doubt that immediate restoration would be ordered; for, while I have seen enough to destroy all confidence in the integrity and honor, personal and official, with few exceptions, of the Virginia rebels, I could not suppose that Gov. Letcher could descend so low as to rob a family leaving the State of their wearing apparel and necessary household goods. And for the reason, too, that I had been faithful to my obligations of duty and honor, faithful to my vows, and true to the flag which, next to my Maker, is the object of my veneration. To the rudest barbarians there is a charm in fidelity which excites their highest admiration; but with your Excellency, and your chivalrous Virginians, who claim, as springing from your peculiar institutions, a higher civilization, a purer morality, and a holier faith, this savage virtue is adjudged an offence, and, as a punishment, you have stripped me and mine of every thing in your power, not sparing us bed, blanket, towel or napkin, fork or spoon. With few exceptions, every valuable article there stolen was the personal property of my wife and daughter. And divided in sentiment, bankrupt in credit and reputation, God knows she does,) why, take it all; use it as best you may-raffle, huckster, and auctioneer it off to the highest bidder, but don't add to the turpitude of the robbery the meanness of deceit and falsehood. My boy would not, if he could, touch a farthing of the plunder. And your Excellency well knows he could not if he would. I have no doubt, before this, the packages have been broken open, and the contents seized upon by the hungry and needy subjects of the Old Dominion. Proud old State! glorious in tradition and history, how has she fallen! Gov. Wise said the people at Harper's Ferry behaved like sheep when attacked by old John Brown, and the larceny of my goods by the F. Fs. of Norfolk proves that the deterioration is not local. Very respectfully, your Excellency's obed't serv't, J. O. BRADFord. Paymaster U. S. Navy, A WESTERN paper says old Scott is hale, hearty, healthy, and as active as a boy. This we know to be a deliberate lic. A gentleman was in our office yesterday, who saw Scott last Saturday. He says he is a complete wreck. Infirm, gouty, and overwhelmed with the lashings of a guilty conscience, he has become a sort of terror to all around him. His aids tremble in his presence, and his petulance prevents him from giving any one a civil answer. Old Abe," it is said, is absolutely afraid to go near 66 Fuss and Feathers," as the latter has not forgotten, and never | the necessities and comforts which might relieve, to will, the remark of Lincoln to Rev. Dr. Fuller, that he was "Scott's legal master." Scott, who was present at the time of the interview, managed to restrain his passion until the doctor and the members of the Young Men's Christian Association left; but they had scarcely cleared the room before he let out on Lincoln. At one time it was thought that Cameron and Seward would have to interfere to prevent a personal collision. Scott raved like a madman, and told Lincoln that he was a stupid fool, a most consummate ass, and lavished sundry other choice epithets upon the devoted head of his "legal master.' Our informant states that he finally worked himself up into such a passion, that his nervous system could no longer stand the shock, and he was conveyed to bed. —Petersburg (Va.) Express. THE CROSS AND THE FLAG.-Bishop Simpson said in a recent sermon :-" We will take our glorious flag -the flag of our country-and nail it just below the cross! That is high enough! There let it wave as it waved of old. Around it let us gather: First Christ, then our country!'"-Albany Evening Journal, June 7. BOSTON, MASS., July 13.-When the citizens of Boston were called upon to aid in the equipment of the soldiers, the pupils of the Latin School contributed liberally to that end; and Comp. D, (Capt. Shurtleff) of the Webster regiment, was adopted to be the recipient of their contributions, the captain being a graduate of the school. Since that time the pupils have decided to present that company with a standard as a symbol of its connection with the school. It was deemed proper that the standard should take the classical form of that of the Roman maniple, being surmounted by a gilt eagle, below which is a very perfect medallion of the great statesman whose honored name the regiment bears, below this the number of the regiment, and at the bottom the letter of the company, the whole supported upon a suitable staff, making a very striking and appropriate standard. It was decided that the presentation should take place at Fort Warren, where the regiment is now stationed, and accordingly the pupils of the school and their friends visited the fort yesterday afternoon for that purpose. The steamer Argo was chartered for the occasion, and after a very pleasant excursion, enlivened by music from the Boston Brigade band, they were received at the wharf of the fort by Comp. D, and escorted to the parade ground, where, in behalf of the school, the standard was presented by S. H. Virgin, of the 2d class. After an eloquent and stirring allusion to the causes of the war and the spontaneous uprising of the North, paying a just tribute to the zealous enthusiasm of the young men in this fearful crisis of our nation's history, when from the wilds of Maine to the plains of Texas, from the rockbound coasts of the East to the murmuring shores of the Pacific, there swells up to heaven the deafening chorus "Fiat justitia ruat cœlum," he continued as follows: As a school we have endeavored to express our sympathy with the Government and its defenders in a substantial way. You already know what we have done for you. Your noble, energetic, and gallant captain; being a former honored graduate of our school, we have felt a peculiar interest in this his command, and have endeavored to supply you with some extent, the privations of a soldier's life. In addition to what has been done already by the school, we have now prepared this standard, which we wish to present to you, and we trust that wherever you may be, when your eyes rest upon this, you will remember that you have left friends behind you whose hearts are with you in every trial, and who will never cease to hope and pray for your ultimate success and safe return. Beneath the Roman eagle we have placed upon your standard the likeness of the noble defender of the Constitution, of him who ever stood by it on the floor of Congress, and who, were he alive to-day, would be ready to defend it with the last drop of his blood. Alas! he is no longer with us; but he has left behind him a representative, the noble colonel of your regiment, who is destined to prove also another brave defender of the Constitution. We say to you, go forth to maintain our glorious privileges, and for myself, in this public place, I beseech you, as you are clothed with the panoply which the State affords, be clothed with the panoply which the Lord of Hosts furnishes to all who go forth to battle in His name. We, and all the dear ones whom you leave behind you, call upon you to strike; strike for us all. Strike till the last armed foo expires, Capt. Shurtleff, on behalf of the company, responded as follows: I hardly know in what way best to return to you, my fellow-schoolmates, on behalf of the Latin School Guard our sincere and heartfelt thanks. I thank you for your sympathy for me, and more especially my command. Our thanks for the standard which you have presented us, much as we shall prize it as an emblem of the esteem in which we are held by the members of the Latin School, are as nothing in comparison with the gratitude we feel towards you for the innumerable favors you have shown us in a way in which we are much more likely to be neglected. Presentations of banners and swords, where a grand display is to be made and speeches exchanged, are very pleasant things, while the more substantial favors, such as we have received from you, are too apt to be overlooked and neglected. After referring to the causes of the delays which the regiment had suffered in getting into the field for active service, he continued, referring to the standard: But, sir, our eagle, upon which the sun smiles now so auspiciously, differs in one marked respect from the old Roman eagle. That was the signal for carnage. Wherever that eagle was seen to float, chains and slavery was sure to follow. Ours is our own noble American eagle, which raises its talons to strike those only who destroy the holy temple of freedom. Yes, we will "Strike till the last armed foe expires." Our eagle will strike his beak into the brain of every man who shall be found with arms in his hands, lifted against the Constitution of the Country. But, unlike the Roman eagle, when victory has crowned our banners, when our flag waves proudly once more, then his thirst for blood will be satiated, his talons will sink into their place, and he will return to you no longer the fierce bird of war, but the emblem of the victory of truth and freedom, over error and oppression. Although I can never hope to meet my schoolmates again, with my ranks as full as they are to-day, for we are liable to the chances of war, and it may be that I, who now address you, will lay my bones beneath some southern soil; it may be that these, my children, for whom I would lay down my life, not one of them will ever return; but, should that be our fate, it will be, at best, a glorious one. We ask only that, if it be our lot to fall in the cause of liberty and justice, it may be remembered by you all, that for liberty we fought and for liberty we fell; and that our eagle shall be returned to you, and that upon the walls of your beautiful hall, where many an ancient Roman relic hangs, you may place this eagle, and when some visitor shall look upon it all grimed with smoke and blood, not blood of Gaul or Allobrogian, but of our own citizens who fought and bled for freedom, and ask its history, some future master of the school may say, "In the year 1861 a son of the great expounder of the Constitution went forth to fight the battles of his country, and, under his command, went a company representing the Latin school. They fought, triumphed, and died, and that eagle is their standard." At the close of these speeches, which were loudly applauded, the pupils spent some time in viewing the fort and witnessing the dress parade, after which they returned to the wharf, escorted by their adopted company. Through the kindnoss of the proprietors of the boat, whose gentlemanly and obliging manner during the whole excursion was beyond all praise, the pupils had an opportunity to stop a short time at Fort Independence, and reached home early in the evening, having, in this public manner, sealed their connection with what they are hereafter to know as the Latin School Company, commanded by a captain who took his early lessons in drilling, of the accomplished and efficient master of the school, Francis Gardner.Boston Daily Advertiser, July 13. THE ACCEPTED MITE.-Not long since, at the close of an enthusiastic meeting for army contributions, held in New York, two ladies approached the secretary's desk and deposited upon it an unpretentious parcel. As they passed out, a curious hand unrolled the package and revealed a large number of old linen pocket-handkerchiefs, inscribed with the names of Phebe and Alice Cary.-N. Y. Evening Post. 66 LET US ALONE." BY WILLIAM H. BURLEIGH. "And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us?"Luke iv. 33, 34. While good men shudder at the wretch forsworn, Whose perjuries mock the vengeance of the Lord; While Justice lives, and God maintains his throne, The devils are "cast out "-not "let alone." ONE OF FLOYD'S PERFORMANCES.-It will be remembered that Floyd, during his unimpeded career of larceny and treason, found a number of the heaviest guns belonging to the United States which could not be readily shipped to the South, nor put into any other position where they would be unlikely to do that section injury, and that as a last resort he condemned and sold them as old iron. A Patterson, (N. J.) firm bought a number of them for twenty dollars per ton. Upon coming to inspect them, they were found worth, as unmanufactured iron alone, three times the price paid for them. Their hardness was such that it was found impossible to break them up for the furnace by the ordinary means, and a few of them were finally wrenched to pieces in a lathe. The remainder were re-purchased for Government yesterday by a commission from the War Department, and found to be sound in every particular.-N. Y. Evening Post, June 20. May 31.-A strange spectacle was witnessed on the Illinois River a few days ago. In tow of the Resolute, going North, was a barge on which reposed a two-story frame house. This house is the property of a man who lived in it in St. Louis. Becoming alarmed at the late commotion, he had his house moved as stated, and taken to a free State. His family went along with him. While going up the river, the man's dog sat in the door, the cat reclined lazily at a window, and the good wife carried on the household work as usual.-N. Y. Commercial, June 3. WAR SONG. DEDICATED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS. BY W. W. STORY.* Up with the Flag of the Stripes and the Stars! For Justice and Freedom, for God and the Down with the foe to the land and the laws! "And when he was come to the other side into the coun-Marching together our country to save, try of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might come by that way. "And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?"-Matthew viii. 28, 29. "All that we ask, is to be let alone."-JEFF. Davis. "LET US ALONE!" the unclean spirits cried Why com'st thou to torment us ere the time?" "Let us alone!" still adding crime to crime, Shrieks the arch-traitor and Liberticide, Who, drunk with hate, his country hath defied, And, with confederate thieves, would drag her down From the high places of her old renown, And, with her ruin, sate his devilish pride. God shall be with us to strengthen our cause, March, march, march, march! Flag of the Free! under thee we will fight, Death to all traitors, and God for the Right! Singing this song as to battle we go: To the Editor of the N. Y. Tribune. SIR: Will you give a place in your columns to this song? As I am too far away to shoulder a musket, let me at least send my voice over the water with a cheer for Liberty and the North. W. W. STORY. Rome, June 1, 1861. March, march, march, march! For Justice and Freedom, for God and the Land of the Free-that our fathers of old, Give us thy blessing, as brave and as bold, We march, march, march, march! Chain of the slave we have suffered so long- Hark! for God hears us, as echoes our song, Workmen, arise! There is work for us now; Ours the red ledger for bayonet pen; Sword be our hammer, and cannon our plough; Liberty's loom must be driven by men. March, march, march, march! Freemen, we fight! roused in our might, For Justice and Freedom, for God and the THE SOLDIER'S LAST WORD. BY PARK BENJAMIN. He lay upon the battle-field, In broken accents, one fond word. "Mother!" was all the soldier said, As, freshly from his wounded side, The hot blood flowed and bore away His life upon its crimson tide. Bravest among the brave he rushed, Without a throb or thought of fear, And loudest 'mid the tumult pealed, In clarion tones, his charging cheer: On to the battle! comrades, on! Strike for the Union! strike for fame! Alas! what courage can advance Though clad, like ancient knights, in mail? He sunk beneath the waves of strife, Foremost upon the battle-field, And first among the early slain. Dying, he turned him from the flag, Whose Stars and Stripes still onward waved; Dying, he thought no more of fame, Of victory won or country saved. THE ORDER OF THE DAY. BY G. FORRESTER BARSTOW. The morning light is breaking, the darkness disappears; Away with idle sorrow, away with idler fears! We are marching to the South, where we'll find or force a way, For Onward! Right Onward! is the Order of the Day. Our country's flag is o'er us, and can traitors stand before us, While the Stars and Stripes are gleaming in su summer's golden ray? No! we'll bear that banner proudly, where the cannon thunders loudly, We'll bear it on in triumph through the thickest of the fray. The bugle's note is sounding the summons to the fight, A gallant leader guides us, and God defends the right: We go to fight for Freedom, for the Union, for the Laws, |