The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-05-01
THE ARMY OATH. The following

! SefN lhen honestly and faithfully
against all enemies or opposers what
soever; that ] will obey tie orders of /
the President of the United States
and of the officers appointed over me,
according to the rules of the armies
OF the United States so help me
/ God.
Senator Douglas, on his way to H.
linois, was delayed by missing train,
at the town Of Bcliair on the Ohio |
river, opposite Wheeling, on Monday
last. As soon as his presence was
| known a crowd collected in front of |
| the hotel where he was shopping,
ard the Little Giant was called upon
for ali expression of is feelings IN re-
gard to the present rebellion against
the national government, to which he
responded, taking strong ground in
support of maintaining the Union,
and especially paying high tribute
! to patriotism of Gen Scott.
The printers have caught the war
fever in its severes form, and are re-
cruiting 10y hundreds Some twenty
of the printers in the World office
have joined the Scott Life Guard, and
will soon be in the field of action. AS
tley are all acquainted with the
shooting stick" there is no danger
but that they will give good account
Of themselves.
The missing Pennsy lvania troops
have mostly got back from Baltimore.
They report that they were confined
in JAIL we presume to protect them
from the mob Those who escaped
into the country were kindly treated
by the farmers.
Mr.. Stevens of Lowell, one of the
Massachusetts citizens reported killed
at Baltimore, was only wounded, and
has returned to Boston with three
ribs broken by paving stones. He
states that Is wounded Baltimoreans
were taken with him to the station
house.
The Star Spangled Banner is the
flag of Washington, Jefferson, Adams,
Henry, Lafayette, Pulaski, Gates
Putnam, jackson, Scott, Decatur,
Perry, Clay and Taylor The South
'ern banner is the flag Of Davis, Rhett,
Yancey, Pickens, Twiggs, and Toombs.
Under which, oh Patriots of New
Jersey, will ye rally
The country, in every direction, is
signalling its attachment to the Con-
stitution I! AS in the Revelation of
l776, men volunteer some, their
lives others, their fortunes; in the sa-
cred cause of Constitutional Freedom;
and all seem prompt to pledge both,
or either, to the utmost extent re-
quired. All hail Liberty, Union,
and the Constitution
The populous and warlike West is
flaming with patriotic ardor, and is
pouring its thousands by the Ohio
railroads into Pennsylvania There
were said to be 10000 troops at Har-
risburg, on Monday, who are doub:
less by this time on their way to Wash
ington by steamboats, Every train
that reaches Harrisburg from the West
brings troops.
A patriotic minister, of thirty years.
standing in the New Brunswick Pres
bytery, residing in the neighboring vii
liage, drove through that city on Sun
day to an appointment, having an
American flag flying from the whip
stock of his carriage, which naturally
attracted considerable attention on the
part of the citizens.
Rev.C. R, Snyder, pastor Of the
Methodist Church at East Milestone
left his charge on Sunday morning for
New York, to enlist as volunteer in
one of the Regiments starting from
that city.
An attempt was made on Friday
evening last, to poison the Massachu-
sets volunteers on the State of Maine,
in New York. Some bottles of bran
dy was taken on board by boys, and
several came near dying in drinking.
One is dead.
1t is stated that Col Edwi in A
Stevens, of Hoboken, the millionaire
0 this State, has signifed his inteE-
ton of equipping an entire regiment
of his own selection for the service of
the country.
A new paper has just been started
at Milestone, Somerset county, called
the milestone Mirror, Of which Mr..
j. r. Hedden is editor and publish
err. It has our best wishes.
A gentleman asked one. Of the
Massachusetts, volunteers how many
were going from the State
How many ?" was the reply. We
are all agoing.
The schooner F. j. Bragnard, of
New York, loaded with lumber was
wrecked off Squanton on Tuesday
All hands persisted. The timber is