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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-13

The WHEELING CoNvENTIoN-Mr. Dorsey. of
Monongahela, offered resolutions declaring that
it shall be part of the business of this Conven-
ton to make requisite preparatory arrangements
for separation from Virginia, and the formation
OF new State, to be composed of counties rep
resented here, said preliminary arrangements
when completed to be submitted for approval
to the Legislature now convened in this city, as
the only legal and Legitimate Legislature ofVir-
gina, and thence to the Congress of the U. S.
This mode, he said, is preferable to recon
struclng the government of Virginia, las equally
legal and as it relieves us from an overburdening
State debt, no part of which Western Virginia
owes In equity, or the no less disastrous conse-
quences OF reputation.
These resolutions, at the request o several
members were withdrawn for the present.
After the appointment of a committee of tbir-
teen to prepare business, the Convention ad
lourned to meet at IL o'clock at the U. S. Court
Room.
0; A. Browning has been appoin ted Senator
by Gov. Yates to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the death of Senator Douglas.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-13
Beauregard Preparing for
a Fight
MORE OF THE GREAT BETH
ELL FIGHT
Butler to have 40 more hsegi-
1saeRRts
The Troops at Harpers Ferry !!
They have Abundance of Artillery.

WASHINGTON June l3.
The Federal troops which left Washington on
Monday, reached Leesburg Va. and Edwards
Ferry safely. They are probably destined to
participate in the attack upon Harpers Ferry.
Gen. Beauregard is still In command Of Ma
nassas Junction, and has stopped all passing
to Washington. lie has 1000 soldiers under
his command.
Harper's Ferry is now looked to anxiously for
the great concentration of troops in that region,
shows that the long anticipated contest, if it is
the intention Of Gen. Scott to actually attack it,
cannot long be deferred. All the information
received here indicate that the rebel forco there
does not exceed IA 900 men, who were hourly
expecting an attack from the Government
forces.
NEW YORK, June A.
The Heralds dispatch says Lieut.. Butler
states that when he left Fortress Monroe, it was
the determination to take the battery at Great
Bethel, and the Regiments were in rivalry as to
the right Of the advancing column.
Gen. Bntler's official account as far as he was
able to give it, not having received any official
returns. from Gen. Pierce, state that the affair
was intended to be a surprise, but the unfortu-
nate blunder of COL Benedix spoiled the sur
prise, and gave the rebels good notice of their
presence.
Thirty prisoners were taken at Little Bethel,
and are now in charge of Gen. Butler.
Gen. Butler is to be reinforced by ten addi-
tional Regiments from New England.
FREDERICK, Md, June Is.
A returned Baltimorean from uarper's Ferry
gives information that the number of troops
there has been rather under than over estimated.
and an additional number..are arriving 10y every
train, and were so distributed that their pres
ence could scarcely be detected fifteen minutes
after. The probability is that they are for
warded to other points. They have abundance
of artillery which is posted, in his estimation,
as to render the place impregnabe Two
thousand troops are expected there day and
tomorrow. The Baltimore Regiment is en-
camped at Bolivar, and are armed with Tennes.
see rifles. The Kentuckians are regarded with
general suspicion and dislike, and are almost in
open mutiny
Provisions are abundant, and the strictest dis
cipline is enforced
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PROTECTING PROPERTY IN THE Seeded STATES
1T is the intention of Government to protect
all private property in the seeded States, and
that orders have been issued to the army TO com
nit no tresspass. Some of the soldiers having
made free with the vegetables Of a farmer near
Alexandria, the Colonel ordered special guard
to protect it, and the farmer was told to defend
his property by shooting the first tresspasser.
The men were at tho same time warned of
the danger they would incur, and the effect
has been to secure complete immunity from
depreciation.
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in the present effort of our Government to main
tain itself against armed treason, shows how
much Commerce sometimes either blinds the
eyes of Nations, as we'll as men, to the real mer-
from the channel which they wonld naturally
seek and forces them into unusual and devious
ways to encourage and fructify the sandy wastes
of anarchy and treason.
1t might have been expected that the more
despotic Governments of Europe, who have al
ways looked with jealous eyes at the establish
ment and progress of Republic west of the
Atlantic based upon the idea of equal rights
with secret if not with evident satisfaction any
evidence of the weakness or imperfection of our
form Of Government. But England boasts of
her constitutional liberties, and claims to be
the friend Of liberty and law and order all over
the world and at first it seems utterly mex
plicabie that she should not in this attempt of
ours to put down rebellion give our Government
the strength of her hearty and active approba-
ton and sympathy.
She has not done this, however, but on the
contrary her leading statesmen have been in
genioas in devices by which they might, under
the color of utraity, give efficient aid and
comfort and moral support to the Southern Re-
bellion. Cotton has filled her eyes and ears so
that she can neither see nor hear nor under
stand the great wickedness ofsSouthern treason
and she seems to be more disturbed at the APP
prehension that her own manufacturing inter-
ests will suffer, than she is at an outrageous at
tempt to overturn and break up one of the first
Governments on the face of the earth. She
has made haste to recognize the traitors as bel
lgerents, which is substantially recognizing
them as Nationality and she has been a long
time coming to the determination, even il she
has now reached it, that jeff Davis pirates may
not lawfully sail under their letters of marque,
and bring their prizes into her ports for con-
demnatlon and sale.
OF course our Government asks no help OF
any foreign power in its attempts to suppress
rebellion. 1t has abundant strength and resources
Of its own to accomplish that work. But it has
right 10 expect that powers with which we
are at peace and on the most friendly terms
will not make haste to encourage an insurrec-
ton in our own territory and especially that
England that has always arrogated to herself
great merit for her abolition of chattel Slavery
in her own territory should not encourage re-
bellion that is undenably set on foot in the in.
terest, and for the support and maintenance Of
that peculiar institution.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-13

The SECOND REGIMRNT.--We are informed
that this regiment will not move from the State
till each man has an U. S. rifle musket on his
shoulder, and all are thoroughly equipped. This
is az it should be. The Regiments was fur
nished with Festaments yesterday, by Mr.. Lord,
in behalf of the Vermont Bible Society,"
They are to be distributed to each man by the
Colonel and Chaplain g. f 49, ~.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-13

Major w. 7. Burnham, of this village, the
Captain of the g Green Mountain Boys" was
yesterday almost unanimously chosen Captain
of the Fletcher Company in the Second Regi
ment, Capt. Strait, of that Company, being too
old to pass inspection. We congratulate Capt
Burnham On this opportunity afforded him to
serve his country, and we congratulate the
Fletcher Company on their good fortune IN Sc.
curing such a Captain.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-13

LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. Fort Kearney,
June IL. The Pony Express from San Fran.
cisco LIST inst, passed here at six O clock this
evening.
Sailed 3Oth ult., ship Peruvian, Valpara iso !;
barque Sea Nymph, Melbourne 3lst, ship
Rover, Mazatian Equator, Callao; LIST, steam
er Orizaba Panama, carrying $50 passengers
and $l,l74,O 600 in specie, of which 1886, 900
is for New York, and 1000 for England
Among the passengers are Senator McDougal
and family.
The increased shipment of treasure was ow-
ing 10 returning confidence in the safety Of the
California steamers asregards privateers.
Money very easy. Business active and mar
ket buoyant.
The quicksilver mines of New Armada are in
full operation, and yield immensely. The
workmen had reached the depth of eighteen
feet and stream almost follows the pick
Quicksilver is worth about fortyfve cents per
pound. Six men are daily sluicing out between
$500 and 5000 worth. 7-'
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-13
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE FREEMAN.
FROM OUR MORNING EDITION.

New York, June II.
A special dispatch to the Post says Baltimore
papers of to-day are falsifying monstrously the
late fight
The Sun states that 10000 Federal troops
were killed.
These mis-statements are to affect the election
tomorrow.
The Government is fully prepared to check
any outbreak in Baltimore tomorrow
Advices from East Tennessee state that the
Union men there are fully determi ned 10 resist
the rebels, and will not hesitate to defend the
Government.
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SPICY The Democratic Standard ut Con-
cord, one of the last and vilest of the secession
organs OF New England, has the impudepce to
send usa paper marked Please Ex." We
would as soon exchange with the Court Journal
OF ms SATANIC Majesty, which we take it is ed
lted oy Judas lscariot and Benedict Arnold -
Bangor! Courier - '4'I Hal 80 ITO
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-13

A SPECIMEN CoNTRABAND OF WAR PRESENTED
TO THE PREsIDENT.-A party which recently ar
rived from Fortress Monroe, brought young
Virginian, in the shape of hulatto boy, whom
they presented to the President. This little
contrabahd Of war will be waiter at the White
House. and will, for the first time in his life,
receive wages.--NeU York Tribune }
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-13

We are glad to notice that Orderly Sergeant
WV. GUINoN of Capt Randall's Company was
yesterday appointed Sergeant Major of the End
Regiment, by Col. WHITING. Sergeant uui-
NON is an efficient, thorough officer, who has
seen service, and will admirably perform the du-
ties of the Office to which he has been promoted.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-13

The Excursion of the Fire Companies and
Band to Burlington will be on Friday. a train
will leave here at $40 A. M.
Those of our citizens who may desire to hear
Strakosch's Concert will be compelled to stay
at Burlington over night as no train leaves IN
this direction after o'clock.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-13

Brig. Gen. Pierce, who commanded the FED.
eral forces at Great Bethel, is from Maasschu-
Its.
Washington, June IL. The President to-day
called on Governor Morton of Indiana for six
additional regiments.
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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-06-13

Reports from Kentucky say that the seces-
sionists feel confident of driving that State GU
of the Union at the proper time! 5"..
The secession element inthe Maryland Legis-
lature is very strong.
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News by Mail.

Washington, June 12 The 3-months mill
tia and the 3-year volunteers will be paid at
once. With this vew commanding officers will
cause duplicate muster rolls to be made out i'm
mediately, which they will forward to the Pay
master General in this city On these rolls the
pay will be made in full, leaving any stoppages
to be deducted at a future payment.
The Department Of Missouri having been
added to Gen. McClelland's Department., the
headquarters of the Department of the West
are removed from ST. Louis to Fort Leayen-
worth.
Lieut. Butler to-day brought official dis
patches of the actual engagement under Gen.
Pierce. They do not essentially vary from pub
lished accounts 1t is therein stated that Of the
IA Federal troops that were killed fell by the
hands of their friends, by mistake, as heretofore
explained and that the wounded number As.
New York, June IL. The Worlds dispatch
SAYS that Prof Lowe Wednesday P. NJ. will
make an ascension from the President S grounds
with powerful telescopes and glasses, in Bal
loon to be held by a cable. Army officers are
to be taken up and telegraph operator with
small instrument attached to the wire fastened
to the cable, connecting with an instrument in
Gen. Scott's Office. The Rebel Camp at Man
assas will be reconnoitIed to-day and reported
to Gen. Scott.
Baltimore, June H. The steamer from Old
Point Comfort has just arrived here. No fur
Their military movements had taken place The
soldiers are resting from the great fatigue of
yesterday consequent upon the march of twenty
miles, and an action of nearly two hours, with
not complete meal for twenty-four hours.
On the withdrawal Of the Fedora troops, the
rebel cavalry and infantry in considerable force,
followed as far as Newmarket Bridge, this side
of Little Bethel, charging in one instance, those
bearing off the dead and wounded The bridge
was burned.
The enemy had in action six guns behind the
batteries.
Cincinnati, June 12.-Anothcr brilliant
march had been made by Capt. Miller, of the
18th Ohio Regiment with 40 of his Company
He left Rowlesburgh, on Cheat River ,on Sunday
night, and marched 80 miles to St. Georges,
Tucker Co. He entered the town before A M
Monday took halfa dozen prisoners seized
some important correspondence, and captured
two secession flags. All the militia of that
county had been ordered by Gov. Letcher to
meet that day to proceed to Huttonsville with
all the arms they could procure and Join Col.
Counterfeit 8 command. Capt Miller prevent,
ed the meeting.
The army Of Western Virginia is beginning
to assume formidable position.
St. Louis, june r. About 200 State troops
were sent from Jefferson City to the Pacific
Railroad last night, and part of the Gasconade
Bridge, thirty miles this side of Jefferson City,
was burned by the order of the State authori-
ties. The telegraph wires were cut short
distance from that city, and the operators for
hidden to make any repairs for the present.
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GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN, JUNE Ii, 1861.

them with eagerness we shall pray for them
every day; we shall sympathize with them IN
all their trials, and we shall hail all their sue
cesses.
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Hon. b. F. Thomas has been elected with
little opposition, in the Third Congressional
District of Massachusetts,, in place of Hon.
Charles Francis Adams.
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BOSTON JOURNAL,

ok sale at the Publishers prices, by the subscriber
u under j. Il. LANGDON's Flour Store, or de-
veIeu 10 image subscribers at their resi- dences Also
sent by stage or otherwise, out of town.
Montpelier May 25 1861 A. SWEET.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1861-01-31
gdettea Xoetrg.
a Tribute to South Carolina.
BY CARRIE BELL SINCLAIR.


Bright star of our freedom! we hail thee NTH
gladness,
For through the long night we have watched for
thy dawning;
We have longed to behold the bright beams of
thy glory
Arise with the beauty and light of the morning;
And we welcome thee now as the star that shall
guide us,
And brighten the way on to glory and fame;
But when the green wreaths of our victory have
crowned us,
Our glory shall be in but breathing thy name!
Carolina is free! she has broken her fetters
She has thrown to the breeze her own glorious
banner,
AND woven bright garlands of victory around her.
Carolina forever! the brave and the true!
May the star of thy glory undimmed ever be-
Oh brave are the hearts of the sons who defend
thee,
And brave are thy daughters, bright home of the
free
On the broad sea of danger, through lightning and
storm,
Her bark rode in safety, for brave was her crew
Then twine you the laurel of victory for her,
a gem for the brow of the brave and the truel
unfurl the proud banner, for freedom is ours,
And glory is written upon every fold
Back back ! flee the foes who invaded our country,
Nor stand side by side with the brave and the bold
Oh God of our fathers, our country defend,
Give nerve to each heart and give strength to each
hand.
BY the graves of our sircs who purchased free
dom,
Let justice and truth once more govern our land.
Arise, and to arms! then, ye sons of the South
For your rights and your country know ye are
brave;
Yield not till the last of the foe shall be conquered,
And Liberty triumphs DER Tyrannys grave!
Georyetomn, S. c., Dec 90, 1880.
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The Greatest Seminary.

The fresidc is seminary Of infinite i'm
portance. 1t is important because it is
universal, and because the education it
bestows being woven in with the woof of
childhood gives form and color to the
whole texture of life There are few who
can receive the honors Of q college, but all
are graduates Of the hearth. The learn
ing of the university may fade from the
recollection, its classic lore may moulder
in the halls of memory. But the simple
lessons of home, enamelled upon the heart
of childhood, defy the rust of years, and
outlive the more mature but less vivid pic
lures of after days.
So deep, SO lasting, indeed, are the i'm
pressions of early life, that you often see
man in the imbecility of age holding
fresh in his recollection the events of child
hood, while all the wide space between
that and the present hour is blasted and
forgotten. waste You have perchance
seen an old and half obliterated portrait,
and in the attempt to have it cleaned and
restored, you may have seen it fade away,
while brighter and more perfect pic
ture, painted beneath, is revealed to
view.
This portrait, first drawn upon the can-
vass, is no inapt illustration of youth; and
though it may be concealedby some after
design, still the original traits will shine
through the outward picture, giving it
tone while fresh, and surviving it in de-
cay.
Such is the freside-the great institu-
ton furnished by Providence for the edu-
cation of man.
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mainder of their mothers life comfortable
and happy.
Let the children, who read the story,
remember, when they think of the great
and good Washington, that he was not
above entering the dwelling Of poverty,
and carrying joy and gladness to the
hearts of its inmates. This is no fictitious
tale, but is only one of thousand incidents
which might be related of him, and which
stamp him one OF the best of men.
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The Old Wife's Kiss.

The funeral services were ended, as the
voice of prayer ceased, tears were hastily
wiped off from wet checks, and long
drawn sighs relieved suppressed and cho-
king sobs, rs the mourners prepared to
take. .Ieave Of the corpse:
1t was an old man that lay there, robed
for the grave. More than three score
years had whitened those. locks and fur
rowed that brow and made those stiff
limbs weary of lifc's journey, and all the
moro willing to lie down and rest where
WEAKNESS is no more suffered, and infrm-
tiles are no longer burden.
The aged have but few to weep for
them when they die. The most Of those
who would have mourned their loss, have
gone to the grave before them; harps that
would have sighed sad harmonies, are
shattered and gone; and the few that re-
main are looking cradleward, rather than
graveyard, to life's opening rather than
towards its goal are bound to and living
in the generation rising, more than the
generation departing.
Youth and beauty have many admir-
ers while living, and have many mourn
ers when dying. Many fearful eyes bend
over their coffincd clay; many sad hearts
follow in the funeral train. But age has
few admirers, and few mourners.
This was an old man, and the circle Of
mourners was small Two children who
had themselves passed the middle of life,
and who had children Of their own to
care for by them. Besides these, and a
few friends who had seen and visited him
while sick, and possibly had known him
q few years, there were none others she'd
tear, except his old wife. And of this
small company, the old wife seemed to be
the only heart mourner. 1t is respectful
for friends to be sad for few moments,
till the service is performed and the
hearse out of sight. 1t is very proper
for children who have outgrown the fer
vent affections Of youth, to shed tears
when an aged parent says Farewell and
lies down to quiet slumbers. Some recol-
Lotions of the past, some transitory grief
and the pang is over. Not always So
But often, how little true, genuine heart
sorrow there is.
The old wife arose with difficulty from
her seat, and went to the coffin to look
her last lcok-to take her farewell
Through the fast-falling tears, she gazcd
long and fondly down into that pale, un-
conscious face What did she see there!
Others saw nothing but the rigid fea-
lures of the dead; she saw more. In eve
ry wrinkle of that brow, she saw the his
tory Of years. From youth to manhood
from manhood to old age-in joy and
sorrow-in sickness and health-it was
all there; when those children, who had
outgrown the sympathies Of childhood,
were infants, lying on her bosom-and
every year since then-there it was. 70
others those dull, mute monitors were u1-
ineligible; to her, they were the alpha
bet of the heart-familiar as household
words.
And then the future! what will be-