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5000 bts were sold prices opening At $l7 24a7 80 for
Mcss and dosing ut s17 1908 90 a Dbl though the
ssest sals outside rate was Ion Ibis s,:ce then
ma b, en- more quiet. and yeatsr l. sase 200
i Is f,i.ad liTc,i4ssrS. mostly ut SIX fer
Nsss.. Bulk Pork is firm at ~ fp iog-round
but viii larger sacs. Bacon has also gone up ma
terfay: and 700 to 800 casks have been sold oty at
9sfdioe for ribbed Sides, 72sG3ss for sonl1ers and
99ife for plain Hams Yesterday the ruling rates for
Sides were 910$, and holders would not cell at
that Western Butter is still scarce, and would bring
127sf for the ordinary good qualities in large lots
Western Cheese is selling at irregular prices varying from
71za9+ b.. Lard has been in considerable demand
for export ut firm prices generally. and up to yesterday
2200 bbs and erces had found purchasers at 6h
61a4 for Grease SD84 for head, and s191<+ for No.
prime leaf and also 1900 kegs in several lots 100
the latter rate for lot of 575 kegs strictly prime
Yesterday 5soegs No sold at 1914 and o. was refused
| for 800 bbls in store.
| Weeks receipts 1915 bbls and terces-exports equal
| to 26s12 kegs.
RICE-The receipts being light, prices have been well
sustained with sales of at 100 casks ut 9163ss
cash md time for prime Carolina and yesterday 3M
paid for few lots.
| Observation-Disclosures the decline noticed last
week but few buyers have f,rward and not
1900 to 1000 bbs have been taken at 16t principally
though small lots have occasionally brought 164O1Ghe
p gallon. Raw is selling and then. in limited way
at 17G817ae u gallon
| Weeks receipts, a60T bbls--exports. A19.
''i'o AM MI E--iiie oeihA"'' 'os" ee''' hr
,1'i'ei ''''''-aes So''ao' s'O. anu sA'''
Ataue "' .~i'f ~. e.e-' gu '',i'
80 ~ ioi " '--' on. ~ ~
| ~ " va a% ~ p ~" Nv /a' . ~ ~ "
| s I. oIaP ''' A ps' , IVY ' gu
| 122lGD134 for the former. and o. for the latter
1850 nA'o-Ane 'is. s'iee i,aae pun''e "''' az o@
for bales. either cash time adding interest.
10 wv '..l, pa VI ns y. co. g. sai
-, were u az o'F of ana
~, a'o.'u '''fu ~ ia' NV, sinee
WHICH we near OF only retail sales at ABOUT ooD5 Tor
line and 74O7Se for coarse: including drayage Turks
Island Bonaire Long Island, ETC.. may be quoted at
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

stesasf ~ esee D xsIssn Aes-.
$9do IH al&z9 HDEsy, BEzff
colo Pickett Perkins Aeo-g Pr WOOD &tos FIdy Bro 4o
10 Swuey, Green 4 5Chey, Henderson
Turner Wison &w Eueksnnen, Carroll &e7 Al wight x
eoas hides J3 tsS lfisx u HenidIs tpppsa-
Total, a3s iEIfa
ST MARTNsyIiEg Nsn:oycs S7hhd. sugar 10 G r
Blanc64 Fsjlnsveu
4eo2S Jsanas psseo Pnsant &.e17 Pavy, ldt keos
do, Dbl rnolasaes Beoeq-fotal, aS4 hhds ssxaY e
BAYOU GRossETETE Arms: cotton 10
Gerard rs2 do camfuaek Sqursa2 Do FreIIscH &eo
Sngent Aco1 hhs Swiney, Green
sistsS tbs nrols1s Marinaaazs
W b EASTERN Kelly bbts
Felowst &co-snndres order-Total, 1871 baes
MoBILE-Per steamer bales Pag, Mir
FLATBOATS. 4%s y
INDANhPer MAYORS bushels bulk
bushels syhsat I 9 Twehell Ac0
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24
RECEIPTS OF pRnnucE

ST ousper columbns hhds tobacco soeya do
Es; ss.s e y 5 =; s'
S.s assa Ks 'fs
MS SIS ri ns 5s Or
@ Hf'i e%%s ss1 eTsa $i'5s ssit
Kennedy ksns & &c ie Sass Voc.
5s siS0 sh %Sss s Gsn @ do
$s nsx 40 s5a
ao Sy Fs X saa 4s R' ss
oss S s ss
e Nas CO.. \, %ssss ss wHis1y
gSs Sis @ % n9s to essa
% ST. sS @ &C.
% ss. gs sai
Eli @s,se a" as sss Stone
liz gsp s s By ,T
8 do sss Se Of A co CO.. SS s so Es Ss. e m
pSas brandy unie to order s''"
wool ss s ]
% @ bales ss,s PH ss
SsIss" Ssss
% ta, aaIs5 $o s 4saos
Sd Dsnnsio9 ssns sso shs msass
cotton a7 hhds sugar, iis bbls moasses.
DSsa %l4R Henderson Sss rea r Ws
Mip ss ss
Cummings, Stewart &eo2 Fresen Cooper
Gorrissen Brosl do Carroll3 hides
Wright &col do, bdl pelues Kicks
Total, 2Oa bales cotton.
BAYOU SARA-Per steamer Gpsy ~ bales
Plauche &co-3 Belocaa do 3 Byme &eo d
Oakley Iawkins30 hhds Braud
eos Do Burke Eassto Slls moasaes saml Nicholson
bls stern hd sasas Dsgeos Paat &co hid
s ss sss s "f ss q
Mayesl9s hides Brander, Williams seo-S2o0oO il gold
oderTo cotton Is hhd sugar
| bbis molaases. sls
LITTLE ROCKPe steamer Gem; 93 bales
&co-799 do Hill, Mclean &o452 do Wright &co--43
eald-l4a co-59 Cherry Henderson deo-as do Ward
Payne IIarrison Frislson Fowler als sidda,
Williams Phillips &co--2a Brande Wlams &col0 Bprue
eo-O Cumming Stewart &coToal 1855 balss cotton
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

NEwYoRK MARKErs.-Ne,o York .qrati 22.-The cotton
market to-day is dull but there is quoabe change in
prices Flour is active and sales of $500 bbs been
made State brands 81 u to 81 49, Western 81 % to
ders SIC per h. Hams OK aul Lard o. 1Oc per H.
STEAMBOAT CoLLlsios-Louiscus, .7p,tl 23-The steam
Glendy Burke and James MilIngar in collision
last night at Newlbany by which the latter much
damaged but she saved from sinking Her cargo was
injured to considerable extent
Ono RiyER.--Pinsbpgh april 22-The river here has
risen inches since yesterday and is still rising slowly
There % feet water in the channel
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24
Departures of the Collins and Cunard Steamers
FROM LITERPOOL

AMERICA, ebr.)--. or BOSTON,. SATURDAY, April g..
COLLINS, (Am.),. for NEW YORK.. WEDNESDAY :. T.
ASIA, (Br) for NEW YORK. SATURDAY, TO-
NIAGARA, (Br) for BOSTON. SATURDAY H.
COLLINS, (Am.). for NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY, eli
EUROPA tBr.). for NEW YORK. SATURDAY, "a.
CANADA, OBJ BOSTON. SATURDAY 81
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

RuLEs PuseruArIos.-An exchange paper has the
following Upon coming into the office the other day we
asked the devil his rule for punctuation Said he
"" set up long can hold my breath, then put in
comma; when 1 cape, insert semi-colon when
sneeze colon; and when want another chaw of to-
bacco l make paragraph We cannot withhold these
rules so admirable for their simplicity from the public
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24
NEW ORLEANS CATTLE MARKET.
JEFFERsoS CRY,
Friday Evening, April %

JEFFERSON CRY, \
Friday Evening" April %, 1852 I
Arrived during the past week. 800 head of Western and
9s of Texas Beeves 1896 Hogs 81 Sheep 46 Mich Cows
and las Calves and Yearng The market closes with an
ample stock of Beef Cattle at easier prices than last week
The stock of Hogs is very moderate and Sheep and Veal
Cattle scarce:
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

MrriSr.-The Charleston Courier says:
We have been informed by Captain Rudolph of the
U. 3 revenue cutter Hamilton that mutiny has oc-
CURED board the steamship South Carolina bound for
Liverpool in the roads, and that after nvesga-
on be had placed twelve of the Of that vessel in
irops.-
1t appears from this that the South Carolina has not
yet sailed for Europe
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

HAIL SroRMThe Charleston Courier of the 10th says
We had heavy fall of rain Saturday afternoon,
companied with considerable shower of hail, and
again had hail between twelve and O'Clock yes
serday. There also hail at Columbia Saturday
Afternoon last
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24
NEW ORLEANS:
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL "a, 1862

MARRIAGE AT FArcv BALL-A fancy dress bull was
given at Syracuse n " the evening of the Sth inst
whcn among other incidents Of the evening the following
is related by the Syracuse Standard Among the most
pleasing incidents of the evening the marriage by
Justice Johnson Of Mr. James Doran who appeard in the
brilliant costume of knight Of Malta in which he APP
peared to good advantage to Miss Bartlett darkeyed
beauty who elegantly attired in the dress of Greek
girl The audience requested preserve order for
few minutes and to the surprise of every the
young handsome and elegantly attred bride and bride
groom stepped into the middle of the ROOM and the
riage ceremony performed in the midst Of gay and
brilliant assembly Of representatives from every quarter
the globe. After the Justice had them hus
band and wife, he retired from the roon and the
went merrily as the marriage bells'n
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

sisdulAR-The Neworeans Crescent says thu. the man
Who In coming down the river the other day. euchred
when he held both bowers and the has expressed
strong belief that there something wrong in the game
Shouldn't wonder if there was. Savannah News.
We have since learned that the conguerng hand
sisted Of FIVE small trumps and large bowie knife.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24
PORT OF NEW ORLEANS,

OFFICE THE DAILY CRESCENT,
Saturday Morning, April "a 1852 !
CLEARED YESTERDAY
Steamer Day. Pifeld Key West, Pensacola Apaaehcon
Tampa Bay and st Marks, Harding &co
Steamship United States Berry NewYok, Asbdce Geo
Ship William Hull, Antwerp, I c Jenkins REQ
Sir Fiw Barnard, Stone Apaachieoln, Il q Rogers Seo
schr Josephine, Yalverde, Mobile, Jas Farrelv
schr Oregon, Trennis, Tampico, Wtckhatl
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

WHALE--The Providence Journal says: whale
about fifty feet in length close into the wharf
Fall River by Captain Child, of the Canonicus Mon
day He was heading when last up Taunton River
1t is supposed that he has followed the shad and aewves
and he may think himself very fortunate if old har
pooner does not take fancy to follow him
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24


NEW Y0RK-Per Ses 400 mig. lend ~ ulgs
merchandise. 30
KEY WESTPe Jas Day flour 800 do whisky
pork 10 bbls mosses rope 40 gpng
ITO casks bacon and suniries. = = " sc O.
ANTWERP-Per ship William 905 bales cotton, $50 hhds tobacco
$500 slaves
APAlACCoLA-Per r Eiw arnnrl: casks bacon 495
-FOUR ls bbs whisky 40 bos moisse 2lo baggg coils
l0l sacks
sehr Josephine 5H2 SKIS 100 do bran coffee
l0i bbs Hour 1850 do whisky, $50 bales hay, SOAP
TAPCO-Per scr pee lumber lo boxes rsisius
bbs tar do OIL 80 do vinegar 81 kes
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

Snow DRrrs ArRrL.-The Springfield (Mass) Re-
publican Of the 18th instant mentions the detention ofthe
mail from Of the interior towns in consequence
snow drifts Snow fell in some places to the depth OF
twenty inches and drifted badly
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

RAILROAD SupscRrrTIoNsIt WAS held says the Southern
Patriot by his Honor Judge Wardlaw in of the rail
road recently tried before him at Greenvie S. c.
that the subscription of stakeholder made him liable
whether he gave his note not,
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24
DIR. II. Cs.Oiys's
Shoulder Brace and Supporter.

~ THIS INGENIOUS UMENT SUPPORTS THE WHOLE
and great value sutrng with Pains Weakness
the Back Chest Side giving Immediate relief and finally render
ing detected strong vigorous The
those pradposed greatly benefited have
life prolonged by the Of this Brace.
tar Call examine yourselves.
SHERMAN Agent the South a..
+5-l i54s 10 81, Charles New Qeans.
~ Also. Agent for DR.. BANNtNGS cELEDRATED BoDY
BRACE. mhl& lydAW
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

GREAT EXCITEMENT.-Th celebrated Mime
- LAMONT from Barnums Museum NewYerk has returned to
residence No. III Carndes street. between Perdido and
the reception all who wish of
Rsve,ops the scientific principles of Pbrenoiogy
the favorable and correct prediction Mile jenny
Htean the
The long residence
Hdon and with Eastern Aag have her The
advantage of occult knowledge possessed ee this
law suits pending will lind to their
sage to give Nq
Madame city being limited .sle has reduced her
ladies and One Dollar gentlemen.
FENCING ACADEMY-By Messrs. G.. & A.
R0stERE Common St. Charles streets,
lessons Of the noble Asr of Se-pefence n21
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n-I-~
Ladies' Shoe store.

NO. Ia CANAL STREET,
~ Where may be found all the LADIES' MISSES
and CLDRENS SHOES Of the style and workman
ship and REASONABLE PRICES elegant
fitting CATER invited look the goods this
the opetos confident that variety and quality their stock
eqaal To any in the city. ap1a 3p3w
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

THE FLYING SHIP.-Rufus Porter advertises in the
Washington National Intelligencer flying ship that will
beat locomotives railways and require removal of
canal bridges provided it works" He calls Aero
port and says it is capable of carrying hundred and
fifty passengers at speed of ninety miles hour
safely than steamboats, railroad and may be
structed S50O and that the expense of running it
will not exceed $25 per day He promises that the flying
ship will make the trip to California Europe in
days by way of inducement to every body to take
shares in the Acroport of S. each, he ciphers
that single share will produce income of 500 per
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24
sHggIFFs SALE

-
Ss6se h.sTs eorss 11fsnBoRE
ca r. NO Cal
BY VIRTUE II i VIII Of fieTi f,scins s;a;ssst
- W = y.,a z ssssa5 ss,iss
'nrt O. Se ;le asors A;d u
ppp sijt v, II Il Iii rssiS ssseeE
THE HoGsEff u ptRsrr15sg ssssssra "A III IL i
Dat nasiss ass ,rt,s sF lr
Seized in the atoys
Terms eash the spot. f4yfsS W 4rEsrx41 X -
ap1S IL 20 sheriS n IA Sds1ES ~ $S5<<ltss&i
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CONSTABIE,s SAT-

= C0NSTABLE'S SALE.
SECOND Jusres's csuHr r. ALTER
PAEfsH OF ORLzAss. II No. I2ssS
RY VIRTUE Of writ Of fieri faeias ID ~
directed BY irts s~osd Jasss "a ~ Sss 81
NE Parrish Of Orleans will ic SATURDAY,,
a LOT OF DAGUERRE0TYPE SPECIMENS It, ~ 49, fsr
othsr ARTICLES belonging TO hs NJ -
Terms cash.
apl3 GEORGE II rFAHsosr S81
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
o. NnwoElrAss sciSiIT 4 IL H ~

NnwoElEAss. IT SCHMIDT n TN -
10y VIRTUE Of d writ III feri fKcias fo ~
~ directed by the Honorable fke 1
ssas i The ssoys sns;sa eaass VIZ psssd
and Royal WEDNESDAY sy IL isa II SSSx -
CERTAIN PORTION OF LOT or HRaj5 III =
number n the bounded
Arm atreeta, per plan drawn b
IF June, isis, and deposited the rtce
Notary Public IL .iis city which MD psves Y
street. hrythrse feet eight me width
n the building obiiqps line
depth Of seventyeigbt feet eleven
ag Il from log number ssren .nd et
three lines the line dividing from the stex
bsr tsn together with an Tie buildingh
ngs eonst e one hall q
Seized in the
Terms cash on the spot. JAMES ri FREH Ct.
np74 mys Is 70 Ehsiif 81 the Fafi.k n CsfserS.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

PAS FEsrlyAL-The NewYork Express contains q
Dissertation of the celebration of this ancient Dutch fe
ynl in NewYork 1t says:
she Pas festival celebrated by the members Of
tho NewYork st. Nicholas Society Thursday evening,
Mt hp Aston House. but it was only family meeting
and the President being without his cooked hat and badge
of occ both emblems when Of supreme authority,
which no man dare disobey, there was nothing SAID or
done which can be known beyond the family circle
There was plenty of schnapps in brown Holland Jugs,
bowls Of ST. Nicholas punch aded out with wooden Dip
long pipes with their bowls full OF tobaeco and hard
bo;cd eggsf the most fancful patterns The business
Of poptn9 buttng' and teethnG eggs was done 10
arfction oier set of Dutchmen we have never seem
and during the night there all the characteristic dis-
NAV Of Dutch obstinacy, humor and confirmed hapit'
h head table adorned with the old Dutch COCK pre-
sened by Washington Irving, and taken from an oo
Dutch church and claimed to be- we believe at least w
score wears old An obstinate member who spoke AT
,noth to assure the company he wouldn't speak sng-
rasfed that if the cock was turned from N H. to D. w.
fhere would be a change Of weather. 1t was done
and H. we have day worthy of April and of Spring
There was much pleasant speaking during the evening
from the clergy lawyers scholars officers and others ana
the smoking in quantity would have done honor TO
German or Dutch club There was some pleasant sing
mo also The head of the dining hall was adorned with
nnrtrat of Derich Knickerbocker and the end OF IN
porn with picture Of New Amsterdam as it was in 1914
when the Bowling Green the spot OF the old DutcL
fort aud all the Newly could be crowded into
Dutch galot The great St Nicholas festival comes Oh
in the winter and then the Dutch nlood Will % up
any thing
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

CoTroN-The consumption of cotton says the Network
EXPRESSES enormous and keeps full pace with the increased
production The deliveries at Liverpool for consumption
hundred and tynne thousand bales more than for the
period of 1851. The consumption cotton is in
creased in the ratio with the cheapness of food and
though vast grain surplus may be sold at very
high price cotton product will yield very large
amount and at present prices exceeding the amount
ually realized in the year of high prices The
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

S1BMARiNE WRE.-We understand that Mr., Henry
Evans, of NewBedford has invented submarine tele
graph rope which is considered by those who have
examined it possessing superior qualities 1t is
sructed of hemp yarns of any thickness required the
yarns being saturated in composition that is durable
and mpervous to water The rope made by machinery
designed for the purpose. only operation being
aured to complete it, The four strands of which it is
composed made at the tme and the rope laid
and finished heart. copper steel or iron wire. of
any required size, is compety bedded in the centre of
each strand also in the heart of the rope making
five wires in a The cavity of the rope is filled solid
with yarns and then thick coating of the is put
over the outside making the rope perfectly round The
whole is then covered with iron copper rods The prn
ciple combines strength, durability and economy. The
machinery capable of making rope OF any length.
without splicing and giving the advantage of five differ
emit wires 1t may be made to weigh from one ton to
twenty tons per mile.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

~ An ErcrR1c CLoCK-The Boston Journal describes as
one of the curoes Of the age electric clock recently
completed by Mr. N Farmer on an entirely new principle
and pronounced by scientific to be the most perfect
and simple of any All wheel-work in the housekeeping
part dispensed with therefore oil friction is overcome
The keeping part Of the clock is simply pendulum
an two armatures The vibrations q
the pendulum break and close the circuit of electricity
while the combined action of the electromagnet and
natures keep 1t in motion.
SIT is clock that without weights springs OF
any thing of the kind Its moving power is gavanie
baftery which requires small quantity Of uphurc acid
once or twice year if the workmanship of the CLOCK
is delicate copper plate buried in the ground will keeI
II in motion There is friction to be save
the suspension points of the pendulum and the two ar
natures Hence it approaches the nearest to perfection
AS time-keeper of any thing in existence One hundred
or thousand clocks all over the city, all ticking at thu
same instant keeping the time be carried
by pendulum"
The principle is the same, believe. which Mr.
Fourier of this city, has put up several clocks-one oil
the Louisiana State Bank.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24

s53 bales cotton NJ Greenwood
Wright, Williams &co-lds J H
, Henderson &co-26 do Ward 4
1 C,mpbell--5s J g Cocks dco
" &ev-l6 Siddall, Green &co-
Williams &co-l0 J B Bprne 4
1855 bs,lss cotton.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-24
MEMORANDA,

MEMORANDA.
eB Ship WemorelHud Liverpool shin Atlantic for Ne,
York. inside the Bar bound out.
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/
da. remarks:
cannot refrain from calling attention to the fact that
during past seventeen consecutive weeks the receipts
of cotton in the ports of the United States have been
average 100000 bales per week have been
realized from this exceeding S56OOOOCO or oyer
f1200O000 sterling. Another remarkable fact in con-
necon Herewith that during the whole of this period
the price the article has not varied more than &c
lic. p tb.n
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-05-20
REVOLUTIONARY SERMON.

"They that take the sword shall perish
by the sword"
Soldiers and Coantrymcn:
We have met thus evening perhaps for the
las, time. We have shared the toll of the
march, the peril of the fight. and the dismay
of the retreat alike we have endured The
cold and hunger, the contumely of the in
ternal foe, and the courage of the foreign
oppressor. We have sat, night after night,
beside the camp fire; we have together
heard the roll of The Teyellie, which called
us to duty, or the beat Of the tattoo, which
gave the signal for the hardy sleep of the
soldier, with the earth for his bed and the
knapsack for his pillow.
And now, soldiers aud brethren, We have
met in the peaceful valley on the eve of bat
tie, while the sunlight is dying away beyond
yonder heights, the sunlight that tomorrow
morn will glimmer on scenes of blood. -
We have met, amid the whitening tents of
our encampment IN the time of terror and
gloom have we gathered together-God
grant that II may not be for the last time.
1t is solemn moment. Brethren, does
not the solemn voice of nature seem to
echo the sympaihies of the hour The
flag of our country droops heavily rom
Wonder staif'--the breeze has died away a.
long the green plan of Chadds Ford-tbe
PLAN that spreads before us glit,ering in
sunlight-the heights of the BrandywIne a
rise gloomIy and grand beyond the waters
of Wonder stream--all nature holds a pause
of solemn silence, on the eve oiuproar and
bloodshed aud strife of tomorrow
"They tina, take The sword, shall perish
by the sword"
Aud have they not taken the sword
Let the desolated plain, the bood-sodden
valley, the burned farm house blackening in
the sun, the sacked village, and the ravag-
ed town, answer--let the whitening bones
of the butchered farmer suewn along the
fields of his homestead, answer-let the
starving mother, with her babe ciinging to
the withered breast that can afford no susie
nance, let her answer with the deaih-r attic
with the murmurIng tones that
marked The las, struggle of her life let the
dying mother aud her babe answer.
II was but day past aud our land slept
in the quiet of peace. War was not here
wrong was not here. Fraud sad Noe, and
misery and want dwelt not among US. From
the eternal solitude Of the green woods, a.
rose the blue smoke Of the settlers cabin,
aud golden fields OF corn looked forth from
amid the waste Of the wilderness, and the |