Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-05-03

call special town meeting to raise mon
ey TO help the volunteers from that town,
of which it is expected there will be over
90 The selectmen have accordingly
called a meeting for Saturday next.
Spelling FOR A FIGHT.-Reuben
Cleveland, who has of late been in the
employ of R. S. Page, of this village, on
hearing of the attack on Fort Sumter,
was so filed with a desire to be with its
defenders, that he could not work, aud
all day Tuesday he sat about the premi-
ses of Mr.. Page mourning over his ina
bility to participate in the fight in defense
of the stars and stripes. In the evening
he told Mr.. Page that he wanted to set
tie, as he intended to embrace the first
opportunity to enlist in the federal ser
vice. AT noon on Wednesday, he took
his valise and started South, on foot,
through the snow which was falling fast
at the time.-LamoWe Newsdealer.
STAND BY Your CAUSE.-THE last is
sue of the Rutland Courier comes out
boldly and periodically:
We desire our Democratic friends to
understand that our political views have
undergone no change. The country, the
Union and the Government demand a
united support. All parties may stand
by their guns if they choose but he is nc
patriot who declines to stand by the guns
Of the Union in crisis like the present
Our country first, party afterwards"
Bully for the Courier.
GREAT WAR MEETING IN SPRING
TIELD.-Springfeld is aroused, as will
appear from the following account of s
meeting lately held at that place. We
omit the list of officers who organised
the meeting and give the resolutions, &c.
Resolved, That the present crisis Of
our national affairs demands forgetting
of all party predictions and differences
heretofore existing--and that these we
will sacrifice on the common Altar Of
Patriotism.
Resolved, That in the language of our
fathers We pledge our lives and fortune
and our sacred honor" to our Country
in this her hour of peril, and will respond
to any cali she may make upon us in
men and means.
Resolved, That we who remain al
home will assist those who 90 to battle
in their outfit, and sustain their families
when absent.
The meeting was the largest and most
enthusiastic ever held in Springfield
Hundreds were obliged to go away fol-
want of room. The utmost harmony
and determination to sustain the govern
ment, prevailed. Fify-four able men
enlisted, which together with the thirteen
who have enlisted in the Cavendish Com.
pany, make sixty-seven men from
Springfield already, and many more will
follow their patriotic example. Twenty.
five hundred dollars were subscribed ia
assist in the outfit of the Company, and
several hundred were previously pledged
BY men who conid not attend the meet,
ing. The Springfield Savings Bank Of
fered an immediate loan of $1,000, to the
selectmen of the town. The Exchange
Bank of Springfield also unanimously
voted to offer every dollar at its disposal
to the State. While writing the above
more men have enlisted and more money
has been subscribed Cheer after cheer
is going up on the street, and the great
est enthusiasm prevails.
Springfield was the banner town Of
the State in the late election, and it in
tends to be the banner town in affordinq
men and means to sustain the consttu-
ton and The laws.-BeAlotCS Falls Times