The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-05-08
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Snow YoUR COLORS A New Eng
land factory is extensively engaged in
making lldies' skirts of the " red,
white and blue" pattern.
The City Council of Camden. met
on Monday evening last. appropriated
$4,000 for the relief of the volunteers
in tue Camden companies
An announcement appeared in the
Memphis papers of last week, t, at the
burial of the American flag would be
publicly celebrated by the military and
Citizens on Sunday the 2lst inst
The question is often asked, what
is "stand 1f arms p Properly
speaking. it is a complete set of arms
for one soldier, which would Include
the bayonct, musket, and its appur-
tenances.
Parson Brownlow says of JEFF
Davis =
A vile traitor, a trained rebel,
and an inflated bigot, he as rit hly de-
serves to-be hung as es ever old John
Brown did
A correspondent of ST.. Louis
Journal. writing from Montgomery
Ala, April 18th, say that on the
day Jeff. Davis issred his privateer-
ing proclamation more than one hnn
dred persons solicited and obtained
letters of marque and reprisal. They
may as well make their will at once
The Governor of Connecticut has ac-
cepted the services of forty lone com
panies. The Fifth Regiment will be
ready in few days, but none of the
regiments will leave the State until
they are fully equipped with camp and
bagga &c train, and prepared to take
care of themselves on all occasions
JEALOUSY OF THE REBEL CHIEFS. =
The corresponds 1t Of the Philadel
phia Press mentions a rumOr that &
jealousy exists between President
Davis and Gen Beauregard. The
latter looms up too largely for the
Presidential military pirations and
there may result trouble among the
rebels in consequence.
The city authorities of Newark
have ordered Sonth Broad ST. to be
graded, so as to give employment to
the large number of laborers who are
now idle, owing to the general stag
nation of business. 1t is intended to
give every resident laborer at least
two days work per week.
A letter published in the New York
EUening Post says that two traitors
were shot recently in the Washington
Navy Yard, and that two men were
recently hung on The yard arm of the
U. S. brig Caledonian-one of them
for pilcting the 7th Regiment on the
Chesapeake bar.
Arrangements have been made by
New Jersey, Camden & Amboy, Phila-
delphia, Washington & Baltimore and
Annapolis Railroad Companies, to
open a direct route from New York
to Washington via Annapolis. This
arrangement will go into effect in
day or two-the six o'clock P. M.
train Fl ON New York beng the con-
Meeting train.
A captain of a vessel just arrived at
New York, makes a positive state
mcnt that while his vessel lay at
Charleston, during and after the bonn
bardment Of Fort Sumter, he saw one
hundred and sixty dead bodis carried
ashore across his deck from the South
Carolina forts.
Sergeant Hart, the old soldier who
replaced the flag on the staff during
the hot bombardment of Fort Sumter,
says that before he left Charleston it
was admitted that the rebels lost a
large number of men
The Cincinnati Gazette gives the
GLOWING: The clerk of one of the
steamers which came up the river yes
terday reports being hailed from the
shore at Leavenworth, Indiana, to
land and take on couple of passen-
engers for Cincinnati While at the
lauding, the clerk informs us, a COM
pany Of volunteer women, armed with
rifles, marched down from the COM
mons where they had been drilling,
and fired salute They seemed to
handle the arms with ease, and pres
ented q very creditable appearance.
Large bodies Of troops are said by
the Richmond papers to be raising in
all parts of Virginia and North Car
DINA, that batteries are being erected
at Portsmouth Hospital aud Crany
Island, mounted with Dahlgren guus
and that five volunteer companies
from Georgia had arrived at Ports
mouth. The ladies of Virginia, it APP
pears are following the example at the
North, in manufacturing uniform and
clothing for the soldiers.
Jefferson Davis continues in the
most dishonerable manner to attempt
to seduce Federal officers from duty.
Last week he sent q generals commits
sion in the Confederate army to gen
tleman holding captains rank in the
United States army, and whose ex-
perience in the Ordinance Bureau
would render him most valnble to the
South. II e commission was accom-
panied by strong personal letter. -
Both were returned.
A BALTIMORE RoUGH's OPINION OF
THE MASSACHUSETTS sixth. - We
learn from an authentic source that af-
ter gallant Sixth had fought heir way
through the streets of Baltimore, and
were seated in the cars. one of the