St. Mary's beacon., 1861-08-30
The Alph ,bet for Rebel Childr en-.

The Alph ,bet for Rebel Children.
A stands for Andrews. so gallant and brave,
IA "a shell oceans OF blood to unshackie one
r Poison Butler, who soiemnly swore
"a. u cap,uie the ba tteries never cal more.
r :. C.dw,llsder. we've gen ,lemen jailars,
Why should We complain # our Colorels are
tsiiors?
o stands for Doubleday, hero no doubt,
In Fort Sumpter he staid when ne cou'o ~
get out.
F. 10 for Ellsworth, inglorieus Zouave,
He sleeps IN a bloody, unhafiowei grave.
F ..Fuss and Feathers, 81 pompo1s and hold
He lays his plans we'll but his eggs all gel
cold.
G stands for Greedy, the mighty Tribune,
Jus, ,. snfe IN this war az a man i'm the moon.
II is poor Hicks. wha, pity that Rrow"
Dad mt see that his orders vere all written
down.
stands for the isms that rise in the North
Which the brains Of our Yankee savaaiess poo .
fourth.
Fur his bi,ierest foes are the men of the 6th.
X Keim offered to keep the streets. open, you
So ne n send for him when we'vea deep fall
Of snow.
l. stands for Lincoln, he shoald not forget,
The battles nos over. he II oe bwnsbarded yet.
NJ is the murderous spi ril that slows
1 a the hearts OF the ,nothers and wives OF our
foes.
WheM million Of freemen sprang to their feet.
O for Old Baaks, who'd rather he slain,
Than go to h,s hoMe aud teach dencsng
again.
P for Pierce, the stay -at-ho0e editors swear,
Oh would they be willing his danser to share
Whea the Marshall was taken without
pretence Of law,
r Rodsere Of the Relay, small honors they
Eain,
Searching ladies who pass by the Baltimore
train.
) Summer and Seward, the safest Of men,
No weapon they wie.d bul the tong ,e and the
Pen.
7 stands for traps that we know how TO set,
We've some OF the rarest reserved for them yet,
U The two Unions. one sunk in the mud.
And the broken one can I be cemen'ed by blood
v our Vice. .Pres,deni, though I've not heard,
Mldst the tumult Of war that he . uttered one
word.
w for Wilson, whose murderous band
Of cut-thtoats and thieves long to p!umder our
land.
X stands for Aerx-s, once three millions Of
men
Were subdued by 300, we II do il agam.
Y stands for the Yankees whuse actious reveal
Hear,s cruel as tigers and harder than steel.
Z for the Zonaves, the ne, lambs of New York.
Pm nfrusd they must f r,en Oh crackers and
pork.
ABOLITION Nor,ox OF Tnr<Gs Tho
'Anti-Slavery Staaslcna' (Garrison's
paper) Of this week, goes for All exchange
Of prisoners with the e. S. ~ right off
The Washington correspondent says:
The government will not exchange
prisoners for fear that the act would be in
itself recognition Of the jeff Davis gov
crnment. This position is very unsatis-
factory to large portion Of the people and
troops. 1t looks to them as perfectly rid
iculous for the government which, to-day,
is not certain of being able to protect the
Capital itself, and which has less troops
iu the field than Jefferson Davis this very
day, to refuse an exchange Of prisoners Of
war for fear that such proceeding would
give color to the i.lea that the rebel gov
ernmcnt is possessed Of belligcrcnt rights.
MIR. Cameron was fool enough to sup
pose that men who had fairly beaten him
in great battle would consent to be
suubbed and ignored for the sake of con-
ferring a: great favor on Mr.. Secretary
Cameron!
This is the great question of the hour:
Shall we acknowledge the war, or pre-
tend that til; re is only little i,surrec-
ton somewhere down South! AcknOwl-
edge the war, and let prisoners be tx
changed. aud then proceed to put down
the belligerents--to subjugate them, If
the thing can he done. If not, give
them a good thrashing and bid them 20
in the Devils name.
The following order has Just been pub
lished by the Postmaster General:
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Aug. "a, 1861.
The President Of the United States d..
rects, that his proclamation Of the 10th
inst, interdicting commercial intercourse
with the 50 called Confederate States, shall
be applied to correspondence with those
States. and has dcvolved upon this depart
nent the enforcement Of 50 much Of its
intcrdict as relates to such correspondence.
The officers and agent of this Depart
ment will, therefore, without further in-
lose no time in putting an end
% written intercourse with these States by
causing the arrest Of any Express Agent
or other persons who shall .fier the pro-
mitigation Of this order, receive letters to
be carried TO or frou these States, aud
will seize all such letters and forward them
to this Department.
(SignedD NJ. BLAIR,
Postmaster General.