, 1861-09-26
Cbitago Tribu,1e
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER &c, 1851,
z1RST. PURITY--THEN, PEACE.

rEp1cATED TO OUR BRAvE VOLUNTEERS.
BY ttNELLH,''
.dd your bright tspelr to the beacon light;
Pill high tle friendly watch fires
Our geqda 1hsR P!oughs rough ses through storm
The wild Wa,-hends,
Leathed to the Almighty Hand.
A seaeoa, hold Possession
OF our distracted land.
Hark! in the lull,
The wall Of sorrow and the moa1 Of pain
The suppressed agony
ef great hearts bleeding, Justice to naintain,--
Htroic Werdr,
Iung cut like clarion pea1,-
Vecea Of mighty prayer,
''a clash ef ready eteel.
Who lalter now, and false to Freedom prove,
le1 hot 1ebaka, 4dminislered IN love.
Sting 10 action,
There II no neutral spot
" ltnt our peerless country,
Or elee We toge her not.
To the base thralldam their btave sires disdaned?
Unprecedented power
stsj nsb5e 'S III SY6ad Y9ais unprecedented ss'ms;
Apnun ned-Tyra1ny cruRh
Humanity at idst.
No, b1ott err, no!
Iour etalwart forue = living breastwo1k shield
Our b1ood-huusht liberties;
The struggling world awaits this crlsls-aeld
On. to tie retcuei III
E5tetm no sacrifice
Too dear fG1 Liberty.
Go, brothers, Go,
Prom the free homes Of our beloved West,
OF her broad interests mlzdful;
Fer Freedom and for God each inch contest
Bone OF one bone,
f. cc1secrattd band,
Suffering through every nerve,
With one fored F2theriand.
Though strife be deadly and the battle hot
By pu1e1ess and BY knowledge
Ezalt our cause-we casrge you, fail u not;
The brave at home,
Will put cheerful courage Oh
Sta1d by you, undismayed,
Till Victory be Won.
Geneseo SEPTEMBER 16tk, 1861.
Lexington,
The following, from the St. Louis Neus
of Monday evening, il the article that caused
The arrest Of the editor and the suppression
p:nted Of and undone:
IdE FALL Ut LEAINGIUN.
Lexington is fallen. We write it with sor-
row; fer it is heavy reverse to our arms in
AiszouIl-the twin disaster to the reverse at
Springfield, aud, like that reverse, easily avoid.
able, had prompt steps been taken to avoid
it. The gallant garrison, under their heroic
Irish commander, after resisting with un.
diIchibg courage for six days, and repulsing
The assaults Of the quadruple bssieging force
heleaguerea Oh every side, ,penned up w1thiAthe
2sErow limits Of esrthwork defences, wearied
: 70 e1haIEtlon with incessant watching and
: fighting, Was compelled, at last, to Yield to
lhat foe more terrible to the brave soldier
than bullet or bayonet- t-Thirst-sn surren.
der his courageous band as prisoners Of War
He might, ard, no doubt, would, have resisted
!: longer, had not his supply Of water been cut
If; but the entrenchments of Lexington were
not supplied with wells and other convent
eaces OF stone fort, because they were moi
i. constructed with the design OF resisting
3eeE's siege. Hence, whe1 the garrison VA:
=: cut off from its supplies Of water from the
!: river and tie wells in the vicinity, there ws'
/: 10 alternative for the famishcd men but
!; surrender. They are now in the hands of thu
tnemy, who, By this triumph, secures posses
i; son Of about 4 !000 stand Of arms, 200 cavalr,
horses, With their equipments, q considerable
. quantity OF ammunition, several pieces Of ar
:: :.neIy, azd the most important city Of West
e-n Missouri.
Col. Mulligan perhaps never dreamed OF til.
possibility Of not being reinforced It neve
/! sntersd into his thoughts that with 49O0(
}; friendly Federal troops within Ia few days
: Issrch Of him, he could be neglected and LET
. the mercy Of besiegiog force for who'll
geek, and finally compelled to surrender 10
: :le want Of the succor which could have bee1
: sent, and which no doubt be confidently pre-
: stunned acould be sent. It was with the conf.
-. dent conviction Of being promptly supp ertei
that, when aaked to surrender BY Price OF
p: Sunday, lhe 18th, he answered with ringi1:
;ist1ance, and instantly prepared for desper
hold oct for three day. and he resolved tha
he would-he would be reinforced from tn
river, or the enemy attacked in the rear an,
forced to raise the siege.
But the heroic officer calculsted too largel
N the cooperation Of the authorities at 81
Louis. Price arrived at Warrenburg, thirty
Hse niles t1oR Lexington, two weeks age
: .e.terday. Eyer, body knew that he va
marching On Lexington, and that he woul
make desperate attempt to take it.
5ut we cannot think that Price himself eve
imagined he wonld be allowed leleurely t.
mArch to Lexington, surround the garrison
and beleaguer it for a whole week, Withou
being disturbed in his amateur like operation
~ 2ny Of the thirty or forty thousand Fedora
troops that were within few days march q
him
He, perhaps, never coDjectured thst
.Sui"3 "a1A Aa&Eea3 Ak-AEucu, uup3t1, Hal
demoralized army, Without 3 baggage trait
md with psor supply Of war material, marc
FL the nay from sprinxe1d ovcr rugged roai
snd attack and capture Federal garrlso1
supported, or that ought TO have been sui
ported, Ey department that has hundred
and thousands Of tons Of shot, shell, powder
:annoa, artillery, nuskets and rifles, and tbs
has command OF all the riyers, all the railroad
and al the steamboats, in the State, for til
speedy transportation OF men and material t
any point Of danger.
But 20 it is, and Price and Jackson and Pa
sons, in tEtir e1ultations over their un1ooke
ios victory, must feel even more surprise tha
ne do, at bel1g allowed to achieve it Withou
interruption.
: Misfortunes seldom come sing]y, and, in al
1ition to the surrender Of Lexington and tt
.ep11se OF the Federal troops At Blue Mil
Landing, we have to chronicle reverse
Miller county, brought Us by dispatches fro1
Iefierton City. A portion Of Col McClurg
regiment of Homo Guards, while On their ws
rom Jefferson City to Linn Creek, Camde
county, YVES surrounded by large force Of tt
enemy, near Tulcumbia, and, It il saio, thr,
hundred Of them captured.