them to pass on. As soon as they did so, the old man let fly both barrels of his gun in rapid succession into the back of the buggy. A shriek was heard, and one of the officers leaped out and took to the woods. The other fell forward, and the buggy passed on. Mr. Phillips is of the impression that the shrick was the death-yell of the individual who remained in the vehicle. Mr. Phillips had previously killed at different times nine of the Federal scouts.-Richmond Whig, July 19. B. S. WALCOTT, Esq., a wealthy manufacturer, and proprietor of the "New York Mills," presented to the Government a steamer now lying at St. Louis, which he says cost him last year $7,000. Gen. Prentiss, in command of the United States forces at Cairo, "takes the responsibility" of accepting the gift on behalf of the Government, remarking that " good steamboat is and has been in constant need" at that post, and has been obtained at an exorbitant rent.-Louisville Courier, July 11. a SECESSION OF THE INDIAN NATIONS.-The Galveston News, of the 25th of June, has the following intelligence from the Indian nations: Mr. J. A. Echols, Secretary of the Commissioners sent by the Texas Convention to the Indian nations, returned recently. He informs us that the Chickasaw Legislature passed an act of secession by a unanimous vote about the 1st inst. A convention was to be held by the Choctaws about the 14th inst. for the same purpose, and there is no doubt that that nation has also seceded. The Creek nation had a convention about the 12th of May, but they sat with closed doors, and their action is not therefore certainly known, but as delegates to the Southern Confederacy were immediately sent, no doubt is entertained that an act of secession was passed. Mr. Echols has brought to Austin the treaties that have been executed by commissioners on the part of Texas and the Chickasaw nation, with five wild tribes west of the civilized Indians, including the Texas Reserves. The Kickapoos, the Delawares, the Keechies, &c., bind themselves to co-operate with the Southern Confederacy in the present war with the Lincoln Government. 66 'Therefore, the undersigned, captains of the Middletown Home Guards, in the name and on behalf of the companies under their respective commands, solemnly protest against this legislative usurpation and invasion of their rights as citizens, and pledge themselves, by all that freemen hold dear, to oppose to the death any and every attempt to take away their arms, under the pretended authority of the act referred to. "And if any person or persons, under the pretended authority of the legislative usurpers, feel disposed to carry their illegal act into effect, we invite Resolved, That the foregoing preamble and resolutions be signed by the officers of this meeting, and published by all the papers of the county favorable to the Union, and triumph of the Stars and Stripes." -Easton (Pa.) Express, July 11. THE Ohio Seventh is the title of a regimental paper, the first number of which was issued from a defunct rebel paper office in Western Virginia, on the 4th of July. The editors, both Lieutenants, propose to publish their paper as they advance, at Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans, and promise that it shall be printed in the offices of defunct rebel papers in those and other cities.-N. Y. Herald, July 11. A STORY is told of Senator Joseph Lane, of Oregon, which will bear repetition. Accounts of the Senator's rebel sentiments and movements preceded his return home, and, it is said, rendered him very unpopular, particularly after the attack on Fort Sumter. When he reached the shores of the Pacific, he began to feel his unpopularity in various ways; but no remark that was made to him and in his hearing was more cutting than that of a stage-driver with whom he had entered into conversation without disclosing his name. In the course of his talk the Senator took occasion to remark that he considered himself the worst-abused man in the State. Well, I don't know about that," replied the driver; "if you are any worse abused than that rascal, Jo. Lane, God help you."-Phila. Press, July 11. 64 FOURTH OF JULY, SOUTH.-A letter from Norfolk to the Richmond Dispatch says:-"Col. Huger makes a strong appeal to our people for the observance of the Fourth of July. From the preparations we hear taking place, the day will pass off most patriotically." There was also an enthusiastic observance at Richmond, and a despatch from Augusta, Georgia, dated July 4, says :-"Business is in a great measure suspended here to-day. Confederate flags are waving in all parts of the city, and one among the most splendid waves majestically over the office of the Augusta Constitutionalist. No daily papers will be issued in this city to-morrow. We learn that the old and glorious Fourth' is being celebrated in several of the cities and towns of Georgia and South Carolina." CAPT. WARD was killed at Matthias' Point by James Sthreshly, of Stafford, Va. Young Sthreshly was armed with a Sharpe's rifle, and was a little nearer to the Freeborn than the main body of soldiers. He took deliberate aim at a distance esti mated at between 400 and 700 yards.—Baltimore | hurry the sale, but that the invalid horse was getting American, July 10. A CAMP JOKE.-It is said that Gen. Magruder, in command at Yorktown, is not a member of the Temperance society, and the boys, who are sometimes rather dry, have not failed to discover that fact, and nerhaps to speak pretty freely of it sometimes. Among these was private Winship Stedman, of this town. On the day after Stedman had performed an act of great gallantry in the scouting party from Bethel church, he was confounded at a peremptory order to appear before the General, enforced by a section of soldiers. He was unable to decide whether he was to be shot or reprimanded, till he reached the General's tent, and was sternly addressed thus:"Private Stedman, I understand that you have said that Old Magruder drinks all the liquor in Yorktown, and won't let you have a drop. You shall say so no longer, sir. Walk in, and take a drink. mend you for your bravery."-Fayetteville (N. C.) Observer. I com EX-SECRETARY FLOYD-HORSES.-The papers say that Gov. Floyd has presented a pair of magnificent horses to Jeff. Davis. The Governor, since his op-! portunity of stealing by the million, has had the means of figuring pretty extensively in the way of gifts. But we don't believe the old rascal would pay his debts even if his stealings were five times as huge in amount as they are. in good condition, and would no doubt be very soon fit for the market. Burke, not quite satisfied that all was right, made answer that he wanted the horses sold immediately, and the money sent to him, even if it shouldn't be more than five dollars. To that, Floyd made no reply whatever. Burke never received an other line from him, but, meeting with one of Floyd's nearest neighbors a year and a half or two years afterwards, he mentioned to him the circumstance of Floyd's having carried off his horses. "Why, my dear sir," said the gentleman, "I see those horses every day; they are Floyd's carriage horses, and considered the finest in our county.' We understand that poor Burke gave a very energetic expression to the emotions of his heart. We might give other and equally curious accounts of Gov. Floyd's operations in this neighborhood. Certain victims of his very peculiar financial skill wrote to him while he was Secretary of the Treasury, having a faint hope that, as he had risen in position, he had also risen in personal integrity, or, at least, in personal pride, but they were not able to attract his attention. No doubt he was by far too busy with his new stealings, to be willing to have his thoughts diverted from them by his old ones.-Louisville Journal, July 10. A CRISP LETTER. "BRO. MASLIN :-I send you a five-dollar bill on a Missouri bank, which you will credit to my account. Alus, for Illinois! our money is nearly all dead in our pockets. You should have had all I owe you, but the rags died on my hands. If your own money is dead, bury it, and preach its funeral sermon, but do not charge the expenses to me, but to the Seces sionists. I hope General Lyon will catch tory Jackson, and hang him on the first tree he comes to, Union men ought to arm themselves from head to heels, and shoot down every traitor they come to. If God will have mercy on me, I would rather die, than that this glorious Government should be overthrown. If we must be destroyed, I hope the Lord will do it, and not give us into the power of tories. The army worm is making a dreadful sweep of our We are threatened with meadows, wheat and corn. drought here. We have had no rain for four weeks. If the Union men need help to kill traitors, call on Illinois. We can send you twenty thousand good men and true. Rivers of blood will flow, but this Union must stand though the heavens fall. PETER CARTWRIGHT. "PLEASANT PLAINS, July 17, 1861." -St. Louis Christian Advocate. RESULTS OF MILITARY OCCUPATION.-A friend has handed us a letter found in the pocket of an officer of the Confederate forces, written to a friend in Rich We presume that the two horses which Floyd has given to Davis are not the same two that he stole from Sam Burke, of Jefferson county, Ky., fifteen or twenty years ago, for these must be getting a little old by this time. Perhaps some of Floyd's admirers would like to know how the old horse-thief managed his little operation with Burke. Well, he lay sick for several weeks in Burke's neighborhood, and when he recovered and was about to start for his home in Vir-mond. ginia, he heard Burke say that he proposed selling a very fine pair of horses. "Oh, don't sell them here," said Floyd; "let me take them to Virginia, and I can immediately sell them for you at twice what they would bring here." Burke gave his consent, and Floyd made off with the horses. Burke waited, and waited, and waited, and got tired of waiting. At the end of about six months he wrote to Floyd, asking whether he had not sold the horses. Floyd wrote back that one of them had been for some time indisposed, and he had therefore thought it best not to He was, with several others, surprised near Great Bethel by some of Gen. Butler's scouts, and escaped leaving their coats hanging on the limb of a tree. In speaking of the New Orleans Zouaves, which he calls "Jeff. Davis' Pet Wolves," he says:— "They were here only about twenty-four hours, and in that time killed only four cows, together with sheep and pigs too numerous to mention; they are without doubt the hardest set I ever saw." He continues:-"We have been getting on quite comfortably here, as we manage to get a few extras occasionally by buying them. But we have not received any thing in the way of meat from the Commissary except salt bacon, and most of the time the most abominable flour you ever saw; in fact, the bread made from it is so heavy that it is dangerous to go swimming after a meal, for fear of sinking." Whatever may be said of the military resources of Virginia in men and arms, in the provision line the State must be pretty well relieved of all its superabundant supply. We heard from the mountain region a day or two ago, and it was asserted by a man direct from that portion of that State, that within a radius of forty miles of a given spot, 66 no chicken could be heard to crow," whilst every thing else in the way of eatables was completely swept off. Recurring to the case with which we started-it would seem that the importation of the "Pet Wolves” into this region by Mr. Davis, has been pretty well matched by the Government in the deportation of the "Billy Wilson Zouaves" to Pensacola, in which region it may be supposed, if they get a chance to explore, they will doubtless rival the exploits of those now in Virginia.-Baltimore American, July 9. A CORRESPONDENT of the N. Y. World, at Martinsburg, gives the following account of the march of Gen. Patterson's column into Virginia. McMullen's redoubtable Rangers composed the advance guard, and a strong rear guard was detailed by the commander of each division. No picnic party ever wended its way to the woods with greater delight than was exhibited by our own valiant warriors as they pushed down to the river side. The fording occupied about 7 hours. Three regiments of bare-legged men were constantly to be seen, one just emerged from the water and turning up for the march, another frolicking like school-boys in the stream, and a third standing with impatient readiness for their turn to come. Some forgot, and rolled up only one trowser leg; others stripped off all but shoes and stockings. Glistening bayonets were pressed into service as supports for shoes, pantaloons, jackets, boots, tin cups, haversacks, newspapers, pet pups and terrified kittens, and the picture presented by such an odd array of soldier-traps in straggling squads in close order, and all bobbing up and down as their carrier's foothold was momentarily lost and regained, the picture, I repeat, was grotesquely awkward. 66 Gay The men ridiculed one another's outre appearance, cheered as they plunged into the clear stream, and raised an echoing chorus of miscellaneous songs. "Dixie," "Carry me back to Ole Virginny," and Happy," "Bully for Major Anderson," the "Starspangled Banner," Red, White, and Blue," and as many more were sung wildly in Pennsylvania Dutch, American slang, and ever-rich Milesian accent. Music for the million by the ten thousand was the order of the day, added to which there was occasional music by the band. The train wagons experienced but little difficulty in riding over the hard bed of the river, save one or two which got a little below the ford proper, and narrowly missed being capsized.-Boston Transcript, July 9. FLAG OF NORTH CAROLINA.-The flag agreed upon for the State of North Carolina is said to be very handsome. The colors are a red field, with a single star in the centre. On the upper extreme is the inscription, "May 20, 1775," and at the lower, "May 20, 1861." There are two bars, one of blue and the other of white. VOL. II.-POETRY 12 A REBEL LETTER. FALLS CHURCH, October 5, 1861. Editor National Republican: Enclosed I send you a correct copy of a letter The letter is something of a curiosity; so I send it found by me, pinned on a gate near Falls Church. is to "Yankees," to you for publication. The direction on the outside ""Care of Luck." Yours, &c., W. H. G., 35th Regiment N. Y. S. V. "DEAR YANKEES:-Having been resident denizens of Falls Church for some time, we to-day reluc tantly evacuate, not because you intimidate us by your presence, but only in obedience to military dic tation. "We leave you fire to cook potatoes, also to warm by, as the nights are now uncomfortable on account of their chilling influence. Mr. J. T. Petty, an inhabitant of Washington, but a secesh' in the rebel army, joins compliments with me upon this propitious occasion. "Truly, JOHNSTON, "Company B, 17th Regt. Va. Vol's. "P. S.-We are members of the Bloody Seventeenth,' the well-merited sobriquet of our regiment, gained in the battle of Bull Run."- Washington National Republican. SWEAR THEM ALL.-J. M. Martin, a school-teacher by profession, and a native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Zeitzman, a German who taught music, and a Mr. Sabin, a Yankee trafficker, have been compelled to leave Hinds county, Miss. Suspicious-looking characters of every description-blue-skinned Yankees who are trading South on Black Republican capital, and making quarterly dividends in aid of the Lincolnite Abolitionists, living in Yankee-land, should be made to "kiss the book" in token of allegiance to the Government. And after they have taken the oath, they should be watched more closely than ever, for they are especially tricky people.-Ň. O. Delta. CUTTING OFF THE QUININE.-A Philadelphia paper suggests cutting off from the South their supply of quinine. "Capital idea," says Profundissimus ; "we'll stop their physic, and make them die a natu ral death!" No more quinine-let 'em shake; No Spalding's pills-let their heads ache; Shall have his "wine for stomach's sake," A COMPLIMENT TO THE NORTH.-The Savannah Republican says:-In times of great public excitement a great many stories are invented in both sec- · tions with the view of adding to the public irritation. Of this class is the statement, generally believed, that it is unsafe for a citizen of the Confederate States to put his feet on the soil of the enemy. This is not true. Of course it is advisable and best in times like these for Southern men to remain at home, but in cases where their families are at the North, and they desire to bring them home, or in any other urgent necessity, we have no doubt of their ability to | few days. His head-quarters will be Memphis, where go and return with perfect safety. The only con- he will no doubt frequently be heard from.” dition is, attend to your own business, and leave the affairs of others alone. We know a number of gentlemen of this State, some of them of this city, who have recently gone North and returned without the slightest molestation. We yesterday saw a letter from a resident of Savannah now in New York, in which he expresses his astonishment at the respect with which he is everywhere treated, after all the bloodthirsty stories he had read in the newspapers. BISHOP POLK, OF LOUISIANA, AND HIS COMMAND. -A correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune, writing from Richmond, gives these curious particulars of the way in which Right Rev. Dr. Polk, Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana, came to forsake the gown for the sword : "The Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, of Louisiana, was to-day commissioned Major-General in the army of the Confederate States. The appointment has been urged upon Bishop Polk for several weeks, but he has had some hesitation in accepting it. A few days since he paid a visit to the venerable Bishop Meade, at his home near Winchester, to consult with him about it. The result was that he has concluded to accept it. Bishop Meade told him truly that he already held a commission in a very different army, to which he held allegiance till life's journey ends.' "I know that very well,' replied Bishop Polk, and I do not intend to resign it. On the contrary, I shall only prove the more faithful to it by doing all that in me lies to bring this unhallowed and unnatural war to a speeedy and happy close. We of the Confederate States are the last bulwarks of civil and religious liberty; we fight for our hearthstones and our altars; above all, we fight for a race that has been by Divine Providence entrusted to our most sacred keeping. When I accept a commission in the Confederate army, therefore, I not only perform the duties of a good citizen, but contend for the principles which lie at the foundation of our social, political, and religious polity.' "The result of this conversation was, that our beloved Bishop was induced to accept the appointment which was urged upon him, and for which he is particularly fitted by birth, education, and talents. Bishop Folk is a native of Tennessee, and at an early age entered the Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated with distinguished honors, a contemporary of President Davis, Gen. Lee, Gen. Johnston, and Gen. Magruder. All of these gentlemen remember his talents and proficiency, and have urged his appointment from the beginning with an unanimous voice. "The command of Major-General Polk extends from the mouth of the Arkansas River, on both sides of the Mississippi, to the northernmost limits of the Confederate States. It takes in the encampment at Corinth, Mississippi, where there are about 15,000 men assembled, the northern portion of the State of Alabama, and the State of Tennessee. On the west, it comprehends that portion of the State of Arkansas bordering the Mississippi north of White River, as far north as the boundaries of the Confederate States may extend. That portion of the State of Arkansas south and west of the White River is consigned to Col. Hardee, now in command of Fort Morgan, near Mobile. "Gen. Polk will leave for his command in a very THE Boston Journal tells the following story:"A good story is told of the courageous conduct of the wife of Captain McGilvery, master of the ship Mary Goodell, which was captured by a rebel privateer, and subsequently released, and arrived at Portland. Mrs. McGilvery was on the voyage with her husband, and when the ship was boarded by the pirates, she was asked by them for a supply of small stores for their use, as they were rather short. She immediately replied that she had nothing but arsenic, and would gladly give them a supply, but that they could have nothing else from her. Seeing the national flag near at hand, they started to secure it, when she sprang forward, and grasping the flag, threw it into a chest, and placing herself over it, declared they should not have it unless they took her with it. Finding the lady rather too spunky for them, they retired without further molesting her."— N. Y. Evening Post, July 16. AN AFFECTING INCIDENT.-A correspondent tells the following story:-"An incident was related to me by a lady of Alexandria, which affords a striking but sad illustration of the effects of civil war. The lady in question has resided with an only daughter for many years in Alexandria. About nine months since, a mutual friend introduced a young gentleman of Richmond to the family. The young people soon became intimately acquainted, and, quite naturally, fell in love. The parents on both sides consenting, the parties were betrothed, and the marriage day fixed for the 4th of July inst. In the mean time, however, the Virginians were called upon to decide on which side they would stand. The ladies declared themselves on the side of the Government, but the gentleman joined the forces of his State. No oppor tunity was afforded for the interchange of sentiments between the young folks, or any thing settled as to their future movements. Matters thus remained till the 4th of July, when, exactly within an hour of the time originally fixed for the marriage, intelligence was received at the residence of the ladies that the young man had been shot by a sentry two days be fore, while attempting to desert and join his bride. His betrothed did not shed a tear, but standing erect, smiled, and then remarking to her mother, ‘I am going to desert, too,' fell to the floor, while the blood bubbled from her lips, and this morning her remains were conveyed to their last resting-place."-Toledo Blade, July 18. HORSES AT BULL RUN.-The following incidents of Bull Run came to my knowledge a short time ago. One of the guns of the celebrated Sherman's battery was rescued from capture by the rebels, and brought off the field by two horses that had been shot through by Minié musket-balls. When the order “forward" was given, they resolutely straightened out, and absolutely brought off the gun. At the commencement of the battle, Lieut. Hasbrouck, of the West Point battery, was riding a little sorrel horse. In a short time he was shot three times, and from loss of blood became too weak for further service. He was stripped of bridle and saddle, and turned loose, as his owner supposed, to die. In the heat of the contest nothing more was thought of the little sorrel, nor was he seen again until the remnant of the battery was far toward Washington on the retreat. It paused at Centreville, and while resting there, Lieut. Hasbrouck was delighted to be joined by his faithful horse, which, by a strong instinct, had obeyed the bugle call to retreat, and had found his true position with the battery, which is more than most of the human mass engaged on the field can boast of doing. He came safely into Washington, is now recovered of his wounds, and ready for another fight. -Correspondence of the N. Y. Times. YOPON TEA.-In view of the probable scarcity of tea and coffee during the war, we see the papers are recommending the use of the leaves and twigs of the Yopon, an evergreen which grows spontaneously on our coast. The Yopon is a common drink on the banks, and is highly esteemed by many. We have heard it said that when it is well cured, it is greatly improved when the milk and molasses are boiled with it. It is rather vulgar to use sugar for sweetening Yopon. Molasses is the thing. A venerable lady, who lived to a considerable age on the banks, once speaking of the healthiness of Yopon as a drink, said, Bless the Lord! Yopon has kept me out of heaven these twenty years."-Raleigh Standard. In the tent of Col. Pegram, of the rebel service, who was captured, with his command, in Western Virginia by a portion of the forces then under Gen. McClellan, there were found a good many queer things; but among the queerest was a small, meanly, printed handbill, which reads as follows: "TO ARMS! TO ARMS!! "Brave sons of the Commonwealth! the foot of the ruthless invader is upon her soil, and his conduct is characterized by barbarities and atrocities disgraceful to civilization; he can, he must, he SHALL be expelled! If a nation may be born in a day, an army should be raised in an hour. I am sent forward in advance of the brave, chivalrous, and indomitable Gen. Henry A. Wise, to urge you to fly to arms without a moment's delay. Gather every thing in the shape of arms that may be converted into them, and paste the name of the person from whom they are taken upon them, that they may be valued. Bring all the powder, every flint, percussion cap, &c.; all the lead, and every thing else you can think of that will be of service, and fly in squads to prominent points on the road from Staunton to Charleston, Kanawha County, and await the arrival of your General, who will be on in a few days to muster you into service. Be brave, and fear not! The God that made the mountains is God of the lion-hearted and brave! The land of Washington, Henry, Jefferson, and Madison, is sacred-it must not, it SHALL not be desecrated! By all the memories of the past, and all hopes of the future, I beg you to rally at once. "By order of General Wise. -Boston Journal, Aug. 6. "EVERMONT WARD." A WAR INCIDENT.-During the late fight near Martinsburg, Va., one of McMullen's Rangers, in his eagerness to have, as he said, a shot at the secesh, climbed a tree, from which he had good aim, and used it to advantage. When the captain discovered him overhead from the crack of his rifle, he demanded what he was doing there, to which he replied, in his peculiar style, "Only picking my men, Captain."N. Y. World, July 16, FREDERIC DE PEYSTER, JR., son of Gen. de Peyster, of Tivoli, N. Y., a youth of eighteen, left behind in charge of invalids of the Eighth regiment, at Arlington Heights, received orders on Saturday, July 20th, to join his regiment the next day. On the 21st he left the detachment behind, rode out through the throng of runaways to within a short distance of the battle-field, where he was stopped by Blenker's pickets, who turned him back, as a further advance would only have led to his capture by the enemy's horse, which had just been driven back. He remained two hours at this point, carrying orders, &c., and was then ordered back to Arlington Heights, where he arrived at 4 o'clock A. M. on Monday, having rode, without eating, some sixty to seventy miles, and his horse having had only one feed during that time. He is the only surgeon out of four who belonged to the regiment who returned from Bull Run. The three others were captured.-N. Y. World. notice, was appointed by Governor Morgan an AssistFrederic de Peyster, Jr., the subject of the above has seen all the hard work of the war, having joined ant Surgeon in the Eighth regiment N. Y. S. M. He his regiment at Annapolis in April. He was with the first detachment which occupied the Relay House, timore. Prepared to move with his regiment upon and that which Butler took with him to overawe BalManassas, he was left behind, as the youngest surgeon, up a detachment of convalescents, he pushed on ahead in charge of the sick and wounded. Ordered to bring of them so as to render assistance to his regiment on the battle-field as soon as possible. A letter from the Major of the 29th N. Y. V. speaks of his appearing as calm and composed as usual," despite his extreme exertions and the terrible excitement of the scene.-Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) Eagle, Aug. 1. 66 THE following is a correct copy of a petition presented to the Board of Police Commissioners of New York. The names attached thereto are genuine, and the owners of them are no mythical personages, but are known in the flesh to the Detective Police. Though fallen in the social circle, they still have some pride left, and jealously guard their "characters." To the Board of Metropolitan Police : The undersigned, members of the several "ancient guilds," and organizations "knucks," "Autumn divers," pads," "buzzards," "confidence men," &c., having had the misfortune to be "nabbed" by the " coppers" in your employ, and been compelled to undergo the humiliation of being daguerreotyped by bad artists, to the end that our likenesses might constitute a fine-art collection, known as the "Rogues' Gallery," do respectfully set forth: That we have endured these inflictions, superadded, in many instances, by the deprivation of liberty, without murmuring. We learn, however, with surprise and mortification, that we have been com pelled to undergo a new and unheard-of indignityinsult added to injury-as though the purpose was to class us with the vilest robbers and outlaws. The liberty has been taken, unwarrantably, unlawfully, and in violation of the statute for the protection of private character, to place in the aforesaid collection or "Gallery," the likenesses of a gang of banditti of a class infinitely lower and more base than any in which your memorialists have ever, by choice or misfortune, associated. The portraits of Jefferson Davis, Howell Cobb, Isaac Toucey, Gen. Beauregard, R. H. |