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, 1861-04-27
PATRIOTIC INCIDENTS.

The OLDEST VOLUNTEER m IsD1ASA,-afr.
Bates, Of Pendleton, ninety two years old, vol
unteered with company from Madison cnnn.
ty, went into Camp Morton on Saturday and
remained until yesterday. OF course he was
rejected on account ofaye. When asked why
he volunteered, he replied that he wanted Ia
show young men that old men were not AFRAID
remain with the company If permitted to do
80.
PATRIoT1sA AT west Porxr.-a1aior Coz-
xeas has tUo sons and three grandsons On
their way to Washington, as volunteers in de-
fence Of our country. Professor Wier. If the
Military Academy, has just started with fonr
sous for the same destlnxtion. The only adu]t
son Of Pro es5sr B l1tlett, except one who 4
q Cadet at the Acadenir, has also volunteered,
oee OF the CONS Of Mr: Apelles, who has
charge Of tie musical department at the
Academy, has also joined the defenders Of the
Union.
AT the hoston meeting to summon "a.
crnlts for Fletcher Webs.er's regiment. tba
following tslling Incident occurred: The
charm IL notiHea the autlence that autscr3n-
ucns would be received, when a little bov
promptly came forward aud said, "This l.
from Stephe'a Decatur, sir!" It proved to be 4
ceeck ior $l60 I he iather stood By, Bind,
He is an tAser OF the navy, who lost bis sight
necatur, Ct the last war Nine cheers wsre
given, which made the halls ring
"A lady In Providence, R. t., on biddinp
her eon 1Arewt4s, said to him =" William, de
5ouf whole daty; if you are called to the bat-
tlefeld, dnn't finch, but stand boldly by your
country. II Jon return, shall receive Won
WITH open arms If you are killed, I shall haye
the satisfaction Of knowing you have not dis
gEaeed 5oa1 country, yonrsel, Or cur family.
wish had ten sons to give the regiment, ],
That's The true spirit for thsse times.
When GOV. AAnRHw received the pses,,
dent's reQulsition for Massachusetts, Quota of
troops, Aa amme diately sen. kilograms TO "a
Tlous towns. summoning tLe soldifrs to arms.
Tha captain Of q company at M:ddi.boro Yas
routed out Of b. at midnight He immedi-
atc1y sent messeEgers abuut the county on
horsebsc :, fer his men, telling them to be ii
the dtlsot ut 0 e; ock in the laorulce. T1e,
zce7s all tdsre-and at O'Clock this sane com.
psny marched MP to the State House In Boston.
reaoy to go.
As Government don't proclaim martial law
some OF our martial men" are gettsng in
habit Of furnishing a rough substitute there
for. ]. E Hobart Ward, of New York, was
stant ing, day OF two since, on the steps of
Vil1os Hotel in WashiE gton, while three Of
the ''chiyalrJ" were engaged iu noisy exhibi-
tlons OF their reasonable sentiments. They
cheered frat for JEFF Davis, and then for the
Southern Confederacy, aud the bystauders
took 1t gooa-naturedly. Encouraged aud en-
boldened by seir success. they proposed three
grcans tor the Government Of Tie United
sFa!es. This Gen. Ward thought "unconsti-
tutional," and he instantly knocked one
fellow down, and started after the Other two,
who ran.
, 1861-04-27
Traitors In the ARMY.


WASHINGTON, April %.
There is one fact which cau no longer be
disguised, to wit, TINT not the slightest de-
pendence can be placed On the loy atty Of the
officers Of either the Army or Navy, appoiut-
ed from the Save States. Large numbers Of
these are resigning dai1y; and good and true
men In the service, who know them well, say
that scarce Southern man will be found true
to the fig when the hour for striking blows
shall come. Many are holding on still in the
hope that something will oee lr to stny the
ba8d Of civil strife; but the moment they fui
these hopes dispelied, their Commissions wiil
BIZ returned to the President.
Among the designations, yesterday, was that
Of Col r Rebert E. Lee, OF the Second cavalry,
q Vlrgtnian. It is eaiu that the President sent
for him, and that when n8 called he found Mr.
Lincoln engaged In CABINET Council. The
President requested him to wait llttle, and
told him that be had sent for him to request
him to take command Of All army in the tield.
Lee responded with the declaration that he
hls native State, and so rendered bis tesigna-
tion, which Ia understood to have b. en- acee pt-
ed. Tle Calhoun dogma, 80 entirely at war
with every sound pri1tiple, that q man owea
allegiance to his State paramount to that due
the Goverlment, has infused its poison MI
Of the cpuatrl's need, IL causing one Of Ito
most serious emharras smente.
Anorg the Army cti1ctrs who have resigned
within 4 day or two, are the following: Col.
Joha Il. Magruder, OF Msgruder's Battery, a
Dativ= OF Virginia Lieu enants Waits il in.
ifer, Of Maryiahd ; Geo, 3. Crosby and JOHN B.
Hood, Q, Kentncky; Juo, Mullins, Of Missts-
sippt; L7ns:orj L Lom1S, Of the District Of
Columbia, and Capt Thomas jordan, Qrtef-
mast1r's Department, OF Virginia
There is s rumor in military circles to day
that otfcers resgoing now, to avoid seryicain
accordance With their oaths, will be put under
arrest and kept ~ prisoners or ba 1el.ased
on parole, Certainly some measures should
be adopted to prevent them from employing
aszinst the Government the military knowi-
edga and skill acquired at the expense of said
Government in time of psaee.
Thirty five cffic=rs Ct the Navy also ten.
dered their rcsisnstiors yesterday. All the
officers at the Norfolk Navy yard are auoug
tn, N except Commodore McIauleg aud Ps5.
masters Johpson and DoIan.
Among the other reeigning officers are Com
msnusrs a. Sinclair, Robert g. Robb and r. e.
Page, Of Virginia, and L. r. Tacker,~ Of the
DHtFlctof Columbia; Lieuts Sinclair, spotts-
wood. smms, and Brooke. all Of Vrxinia,
and PaymasteTD Detree. It Ia uncertain Wheth-
er these rts.gnattGns will be accepted. or the
names OF the resikning officers stricken from
the rolls,
, 1861-04-27
VIII Eng1and Recognise the Southern
Lonfederaey7

This question il discussed In the Manches-
ter Guardian Of april 9th: sase:xHa,
"1n England We have always recognised de-
facto governments, and II the shareholders Of
and set up on Emperor or an overseer In his
ste8d, the case would be a very simple one,
He should enter into friendly relations with
that Emperor or oTelseer ineoutinsntly.f It
81 only few years ago since We received into
exile the king Of the French, and accredited
an anta sador to the provisional go7ernment
Rat, supp jsing II. n CARRIER, Pages, Lair.ri
tin ;, Ledru Rol1in, Ct Cic had raled in Paris,
a.,t all the country south of the Loire had
held to Louis Philippe as Kipg-What should
we have done then = Would our statesmen
have received ambassadors from both govern
ments; OF would thsy have said: 'Fnnce ia
an e1t1c:t , in the European system. II nhe
thinks. 6sIo maka harsslf into two nations
we'll and good, but we cannot recognise one
fraction without the con=ent ct the other, or
the sanction Of = Congress to which either
must be party =
!" The difficulty thus suggested is less in The
easa Of tho United States, ut it is by no
means aligat ore Il the South hds right to
ae:ede ffon7 The North s:pon Tho plea azreddg ut
~, then ere7U Stats in The ne7u eonfedeYaev has
ii t.sra right to asse7t its iudependsHes, and
every county and town and honsehold-nay,
to carry ths principle to it's extreme, every
individus1-may say, 4 conformed to certain
laws for my protection and advantage; do
not think tsat, as now administered, they con
duce to thosa purposes; therefore viii have
nothing further to do with them. L will be
sovereign State, and Queen Victoria shall re-:
ceiye my ambassador In the diplomatic circle
TGls, we think, would be asking too much.''
I'VE imagine that We should best serve tha
interests Of, our transatlantic friends By de-
caining to entertain the knotty question In
Volved in the recognition Of an ambassador Of
Mr. JeHzrson Davis, until be and Mr. Lincoln
hsve etrted-at-least-toc come to concIu lion
upon It They are the principals in tbs dis.
pate, and, although we, should be glad to act
as arbitrator between them, it hardly becomes
us to assume the part Of judge"
, 1861-04-27
FROM SAVANNAH,
Arrival OF T.nrge Numbers from tl14
S"nth'-WhaG they are doiE G down
there.

The steamer Fiorida, which arrived from
savannsh this forenoon, brought large num-
ber Of passt ngErs, among them many business
men and lamllica, who were but too glad to
escape fiom the place. All business ia sait to
be at au end both there and in Charleston
Taey were throwing up sand batteries at ry
bee, evidently expecting an attack from the
sea. Troops In large numbers continued to
occupy Charleston, and there was general
bslrf that 1aet would soon appear of the
port to attack the place. The steamer Isabel
his been taken and fitted up az nan-of.war.
The old tug.boat Huntress lad been converted
into an armed revenue. cutter; they also have
atm III stesmer called the Eserg'ade running
about the harbor. The Nashville had been
detained at Charleston, and the Florida only
efcape3 bp adopting a ruse.
The news of the attack on the Massachu-
eeets troops IN Baltimore, aud the reported
killing Of 130 Of them, ret the town wild with
exeitement snd rtjoicing. Gov. Lst:her of
Vsrgiaia. had made q r=quis tion on Beanre.
gard for two Regiments. The vessels going in
Jn,t 1or!s Pulaski 8nd JOHNSON ave al@sye
fired At, and compelled TO dip the Stars aud
Stripes 20 the Coufedtrats alE
, 1861-04-27
The Victory.



The first victory Of the war-.ha act Of most
Importance thus fur, and that to which Wash
ington probably owes, AMI will owe its safety
lis un 3oubtetly the brill int coup Of Can't,
Jones, at Harpsl's Ferry. Treason was SIS.
tenAtic lily ut work IN Virginia, incsted,
planned aud carried out BY eu:h men as Wise,
Mason and Hu1ter, with the completely Of
Gov. Letche-, all III time that the decoy Con
vtntion was plotting over pans OF adjustment,
" nttimatum=," aud schsrnfs to lull tue sus..
piclons and delay the preparations Of The
North to gnari against danger. leading
feature Of the cont pirscy was the THEFT OF
H.rper's Ferry, as Il means Of armipg the
ten Thousand men who were to concentrate
there, atd by the BALTIMORE and Ohio Railway.
ATTACK Waalinxt IN In the rear. The master.
ly,movement ofCaps. Jones edecsuaiiy defeat
ed this well lsi i scheme. The trai +ors are at
Harper's Ferry, Without arms, and consequent
y uuable to carry out ihsir part Of the pre-
9ramme- Meantime the gr at North has
"thaken the dew drops from It's mane," and
while the traitors ere gnaahing their teeth In
disappointment, the Northern hosts are NOV
ing ID q stesdy pha!aDG, to the defence OF the
Federal Capital All honor to the wise fore
sight aud decision of Capt. Jones, the frat
rhal hero of The WRf
, 1861-04-27

1u the Crimean war the British public found
the necessity Of concentrating and organizing
their efforts for the care Of the families Of vol
.unteers, aud negrand national patriotic fund
WAS established which reached sum exceed
ing 81 o00. 600. Soma Of our leading citizens,
conscious Of the same necessity a1nong NJ,
have taken the preliminary steps for orgaai-
x'hg and eoneent rating the spontaneous efforts
which all parts Of The community are putting
forth to sustain the wives and families of vol.
unteers who are LIFT in need. In order to
make this provision as substantial aud perma.
neoe a. postiale, u accrporation has been formed
nnd-r the name OF the Volnn!esrs' Home Fund
Society. The board Of trustees will number
some forty gen'lemen representing fully the
community, Among tie nsmss Of those who
m navs already entered into the work are William
Curtis No5ee, Andrew Y. Stout. Senator Ma
r1f1re, q e Horace Grs=le5, Joseph P. Thompson,
~ -; ~, unSnJsm.9 Vaughan Abbott, Col. shep-
n9enIy !. Raymond, Theodore D. hon, Charles
=. marshall, George ". Blunt, Mancius Hut
ton, ~ Theodore Tilton,s and many others
equany well known. Contributions may be
sens h., 20 a1y ol ne above.naned gent: men, Of
~ r FL. Fbsf,
, 1861-04-27
THE PRISM G.
uLINOra;e

A friend writes US from HAMLET, Mercer
county, thatA". where: the river takes the west
eTIy bend = the people >ase ready and willing
for Tie fight. On the aad inst, It; was stated
thata steamer ascended the river EN-. route for
Galena, for q cargo ef lead. She displayed the
Palmetto aag at various points, and wazhailed
atRock Elaud and Museatine, but refused to
respond The citizens Of the towns named
have planted cannon on the shores, and she
will be- called upon to eink or surrender.
A company Of 90 men, rank. and file, left
LAooN on Thursday for Camp Yates, F. ".
Shaw, captain. Another company will be i'm
mediately formed, and In readiness for another
call. "our. God and our country,"ia IL the
watchword. -
At YOUNG AMERICA company Of 100. is
formed, and Capt. Baldwin IL In Springfield to
offer their services to the Government.
Young America is s'youns America all over.
A most enthusiastic Union meeting was
held in ALEDo on the 22d inst, all parties par.
ucipating. Two companies are being enroll.
ed, and their ranks are about full.
At MALTA an enthusiastic meeting was held
on Tuesda5, and speeches Of the. right sort
made, aud resolutions passed The DsKa1b
Flying Artillery were present Fifteen vo.un-
teers were enrolled, and money enough
pledged 70 support their families. This is
doing we'll for town Of two hundred inhabi-
tants.
A friend at STERLING writes Us that vn1un-
teers are focking into town every day and en-.
listing. Two companies Of 110 each hare been
formed. In fact the whole Of WHrEsIDE
COUNTY is IN q blsze. Ladies are busy making
clothing for the soldiers, and a large number
have offered to go as nurses.
l. correspondent at NORA Gays that the peo.
r1s thsre have been rather asleep, but now
they are fully awake. A company Of 103 las
been organized in this and the adjoining town
OF WARREN, under the command of Capt.
Raney, and funds have been raised for the sup
port of their families. A full company Of
Nora Home Guards has also been raised. Also
Z corps of Reserve Guard, to await the next
order. Our friend writes that Rspub1icanizm
is dead, aud Democraeyis dead, and from their
spirits Is formed National party for the Union
always.
In DEKALB COUNTY three companies ct 100
each have already been raised, and another
company Is forming in sHABBosA aud CL1E-
TON. The SYCAMORE volunteers are fully or
ganizsd and ready for the fight. B. B. Mayo
is captain, E. F. DuttoD, R. a. Smith, and P.
D. Hall Lteuteuants; John s. Harrouu order
IL sergeant.
, 1861-04-27

Thegovernment should at once take pos-
session of every powder mill in Maryland ,and
keep them sufficiently guarded to prevent
either their possession or destruction ~
agents Of the rebela Maryland has eight
powder mills, Virginia has one, Delaware has
nine Tuere are none at nu In any other s1ave
State, except Kentucky. A Pnlladel lphia jonrn.
& aaes 1e1t TaPs 5 eeHa e
brated Dupont mills In Delaware for large
quantity Of their powder. The proprietors
refused to sell to the rebels anda threat was
immediately made to take by force all they
had On hand. = 80 =
There should be no time lost; In placing
sufficient guard Of soldiers In every powder
mil It will not do to let the rebels get the
powder; and we ought not to be reduced to
the necessity Of blowing up the mills. There
nas oeea more than enough blowing up IL
, 1861-04-27

One of the petty vexations to which we
have been subjected Of late, has been tie
ally twaddle Of here and there person
complaining that our system OF govern.
ment has proved q failure For years we
have prospered as 8 people as no nation
ever did before. Wars have been wsged
with powerful governments, and the rigor
and elasticity Of our system have been
demonstrated so far as outward danger
ia concerned, most satisfactorily and ct,n-
vlncingly. shay's rebellion, the Whisky
tnsurrection in Pennsylvania, the poor
abortion Of Modification in South Caroli-
na, each III their disastrous experience
seemed to be conclusive that the system
would work we'll, aud protact against in
ternal as well as external dangtr. Con-
trasting our hitherto experience with that
OF England, with her Irish rebellion; with
that of France with her ceaseless adoue-
cersenssnts"-changing her government
with every decade; with that of Austria,
with the thfoes aud agonies that sh ke her
empire to its deepest foundations every
twe|vemonth; with that of even absolute
Russia ITSELF whose tranquility is hardly
maintained by the ceaseiess tramp of a
million o. soldiers marching and counter.
marching backward through Ler extended
limits present history of which re
msy well be proud. And now, when tue
qnie. Of our great aud prosperous repose
Is for the first time disturbed By move
ment, Which from its gravity assumes
shape Of respectable proportions, and
waen the nation but slowly axakes
to the realization of the unnatural
and IN nonstrous treason thst threatens its
ruin, and Is reluctant to put forth its giant
eaergy for the chastisement of the guilty,
aud therefore at the first moves slowly and
heaitatingly-forthwith tl4is clamor comes
up from the afrighted or the unloya1-
our system is failurep'
But the events Of the past week are dis
proving this iunpstrioiic gabb1e with dis.
tinetneas thai obviates all necessity for At
gument. The uprising Of The people is so
hearty and thorough, and promises so et-
1ectnally 10 vind,ca'e the system from any
charge Of weakness or intfaciency, that we
1ook confidently to hear within less time
than has tranepired since the attack On
Sumter, from the same 'imld lips that ure
now 50 yoluhle about the failure Of the sys.
tenn, u still more fearful outczy against it's
S1ndictive and terrible energy
, 1861-04-27

If the teachings Of History prove any
thing, it is the fearful fact that Republics
when they change lapse into Monarchies,
Democracies into 4: solutisms- Not from
any inherent weakness Of System, but be-
cause for the time being the administration
Of the Government falls into weak, timiJ,
or yacilatipg hands. The masses are slow
to rouse, but when once fully awakened,
they are not patent. Quick to perceive
where danger is imminent, they will not
tolerate delay or over caution. The people
of the United States with their sensitive,
nervous organization are especially prone
to chafe under any symptom Of executive
inef1cieney. In no other country but oul6
has the FLAWS delay" stimulated the
masses so frequently and fear'ully to in
augurate the reign Of King Lynch. The
telegraph and the press carry into the bo-
SON OF every family, every day, the news
IRON every portion of the country, and in-
tellects quick to perceive and judge, criti-
else, with no inconsiderable sagacity and
with deep emotion, the acts Of their official
servants, whether State or National. 1t is
to be hoped that the Administration at
Washington il fully alive to the fact that
the eyes Of the country are upon it with
challenging scrutiny. Thus far the move
men1s of the Government have certainly
not anticipated the wishes or spirit Of the
people. Let it now place itself in the van
guard! The eager masses are behind it
with spirit of enthusiastic determination
that brooks no unnecessary delay, and
whichd emands, with imperious threatening,
time for ACTION,
, 1861-04-27
The Ir:aa in Boston,

"Our Irish tellow-citizens ara coming for
ward IN the service OF the country of their
adoption. It Ia believed thxt a full brigade.
2o0J strong, Of 1rishmen could be raised mere.
and such aforee would be as. useful to the nd ,
ZION and as heroic In the field AZ was the Irish
Brigade to France, and in the French Service
me men Of Fontenoy. What number NAV
eventually be enlisted is uucs rtain, int wa
al., knoW tbs. the Irish are displaying a proper
epllat, and one that shows what rellabie men
aneH a.a; bat to maka their organisation
heis shoa} se .ney e9;yt nsst have money and that
ana hhersliy too. The Irish and tia h1ood'
90 oones @a and bravery Of their battaiions, and lie
public should ind the sinews of var fnr fheno sae
Maeh P6aies is due to the Irish for their action
e1 ano 70 Dr; smith, Ar. Mahoney and Other zen.
organization" ""+A ~
, 1861-04-27
Method Of E1amtuiug Baggage In the
Confederat. States.

An occasional correspondent, writing to tho
Richmond Dispatch from Charleston, in which
city he recently arrived, lsts Us into the n,odas
operanA Of examining the bagg ,ge Of travel
ers In the Confederate States "from abroad. !"
We quote:.
Examining the baggage Is one Of the new
Institutions that has cone In with the new
Confederacy, and as was too late for the CON.
bat, you must take d description cf this In the
place Of more interesting mater. It does net
occur directly upon ycnr crossing the line be-
tween Norta Caroilna a1d South Carolina
You are allowed to 60 on until yon reach
Florence, s. G., which il tha Inspection point.
The ca1s run mp to tall pole bearing the fig
Of the Confederate States. Then ccmss the
Reveuue Inspector, q good looking, polite
young fellow, who calls out for passenge1s to
hand over ths keys Of their baggase
Each trunk IL taken out Of The baggage car,
aud its owner furnishes the key aud aids this
inspector In turning up the contents, ard sat-
tsfes him thar there is nothing cantraband In
them. There il no getting ctf from this, and
no felgned loss Of keys nor bogus presence Of
rusty lock can saye sou. After one trunk Is
1onEed through, the owner and sufferer waits
to witness the same operation on his fellow
travellers, aud modest man Ii inexrressibiy
panied at,the exposure OF his ine1pressib1es
and other delicate articles of clothing. The
little private bottles Of "speritsn exposed
would astonish you, and the quality is only
eqaaled by the agilty Of the owners In Jerk
ing coat CT vest over them. Ofcourse the
crowd don't laugh nor jeer, uor the victIm's
face don't turn red-of course not,'
, 1861-04-27

An Old :&'$sue Incident.

One Of the most thrilling mlniecences In
the AM rs of the American Revolution is re-.
lated cf General Pettr Muhlenberg, whose
ashes repose In the burying gr1uud of 1.-THE
old Trappe Church." in Montgomery county,
this State. When the war broke ont. Mullen.
berg was the rector Of Protestant Episcopal
Church In Duumore county, Virginia, On
Sunday morning he administered the commu.
nion OF the the Lords 8apper to his charge,
stating that in the afternoon Of that day he
would lr5ach sermon on "The duties men
owe to their country" A. the appointed
time the building was crowded with anxious
listeners. The oiscour e, If We remember cor,
rect]y, was founded uton the text from )lo.
mon-"There IS q time for every purpose and
for every work." The sermon burned with a
patriotic fra; every sentence and intonation
told the apt ekeE's deep tarEest1ess in what
he VAS saying. Pausing 8 moment ut
the close OF his discourse, he repeated the
words Of his text, and then, In tones of
thunder, exclaimed: "TAe tins ia preach Il
p1st;; THE TIME TO FIGHT HAS COME !" End d,suit-
iug the action to tne word, he threw from his
shoulders his episcopal robes and etood be-
fore bis col &: :egation arrsyed In military uni
form. Drumming for recruits was.comnenced
on the epo1, and 1t is said that almost every
male Of suitable age In the congregation en-
listed forthwi.n.-P PHILADELPHIA Press.
, 1861-04-27
Arms fsr a Huudrod .Thonmnna

To relieve certain s,pprehenstons uraya1,nt
among some Of our own citizsna, as wei ~
those OF the other portions Ut the Free States
In relation to the supply Of arms, We feel an.
thor,zed to stat: that there are At the Spring.
feld Armory ninety thousand stand ofetfieient
artns, ant: that there are ia this neighhorhood
also in Posses: ion OF che G Government not less
than ten thousand In addition to those IN i'm.
mediate demand. Thus we have within one
days railroad transportation, arms for one
one hundred Thousand men. Floyd, with all
his tnc administrative talent as q robber, did
not leave the North wholly deteacslsss.-
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