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CHOICE POETRY.
From the Atlantic Monthly.
o U r OUN TRY.

The following fine poem must have q w;d,
circulation throughout the country. II is
splesdid burst of patriotic feeling:
On primal rocks she wrote her name:
Her towers were reared on holy graves;
The golden seed that bore her came
Swlit-winged with prayer DER ocean waves
The Forest bowed his solemn crest
And open flung his sylvan doors:
Meek Rivers led the appointed Guest
To clasp the wide.embracing shores;
Pill. fold by fOld, the broidered land
To swell her virgin vestments grew,
While sages, strong in heart and hand,
Her virtues fiery girdle drew.
o, Exile Of the wrath of kings!
O, Pilgrim Ark of Liberty!
The refuge of divinest things,
Their record must abide in thee.
First in the gIories Of thy front
Let the crown jewel, Truth, be found.
Thy right hand fling. with generous wont.
Loves happy chain to farthest bound
Let Justice with the taultless scales,
Hold fast the worship of thy sons;
Thy Commerce spread her shining sails
Where no dark tide of rapine runs!
81 link thy ways to those of God,
So follow firm the heavenly laws,
That stars may greet thee, warrior-browed
And s'OTm'sPed Angels hail thy cause
U Land the measure of our prayers,
h'Pe OF the world in grief and wrong,
b. thine the tribute of the years,
Ins gun of Faith the crown of Song
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found himself compelled to surrender. On t1e
morning after the surrender, the men were N
released on parole and ferried &C oss the river:
the officers were retained.
ST LOUIS. Sept. 25-Lieut Harris, of Col.
marshalfs illinois cavalry, who was in the ba +
tie OF Lexington has arrived here. He states
tnat he disguised himself in the uniformed of
tne enemy, after the surrender, and passed
through their lines, escaping without taking
the obligation.
lie reports that large amount of gold seven
cannon ierty-tive hundred rifles and muske,s.
'ne equipments of Marshall's and Mulligan's
regiments, number of wagons, and consid.
eIaoIe quantity of provisions fell into the hands
of the rebels
There were but twenty-five hundred engaged
on our side, the rest of the force being sick or
absent. -
The enemy's force is stated at thirty thousa nd
engaged, and ten thousand out on maraudino
expeditions. The surrender was made AGAINST
'"e strongest protest of Col. Mulligan, who
proposed TO attack the enemy with the bayo.
net ana die with arms in their hands. The
men were willing to follow hlm, but were so
exhausted they could have made but q feeble
resistance
Oh wednesday, the 10Th, Gen. Price HAVING
oeeh reinforced by Green and Harris. com.
nenced most determined attack. The fiobt
lasted las from o'clock on Wednesday morning.
.i'' Clock on Friday afternoon, during which
.itie The hghtlng was so incessant that our men
nau neither time TO eat or sleep, and water was
very scarce. "U'
ne enemy erected breastworks of hemp
oaIe' and hred upon the Federal gurrson from
e,ee 'ops' hIlsldes and the roofs of houses =
"eVeral charges were made by the rebels. each
VI Whlch was repnsed with considerable loss
~ tue Struggle on Wednesday for the possess
sion of the ferry boats, two of our cannon wera
captured, but were retaken after severe strna
gle. ''u
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From Missouri.
Gen. Lane "Putting 1t THrough"-Ben
Mccullough MOUing on Fort Scott

Gen. Lane "Putttng it Through ben
Mccullough MOUing on Fort Scott.
LEAvENwORrH, Sept 26-Gen. Lanes com.
mand surprised superior force of rebels al
PaPensvIlle, Missouri on the 2Ist, and after n
severe engagement rOHted them, losing sew.
enleen killed, and large number of wounded
Tho rebels lost forty killed, and one hundred
prisoners, and all their tents, wagons and sun.
plies.
The gang of rebels who recently sacked the
town of humboldt, Kansas, has been defeated
by a force from Fort Scott, and their leader.
Matthias, killed. On his person was found an
order from Ben Mccullough for the enrolement
Of the Quappaw Indians.
Gen. Lane has issued proclamation 10 the
citizens of Western Missouri, in which. alter
saying for what purpose he is there, and urg.
ing those 10 arms against the Government to
dIsperse and come TO him for protection in per-
son and property, he uses The following lam
guage: "ShOuld you, however, disregard nv
advice, the stern visitations of war shall be
moted to rebels and their allies. shall then
be convinced that your arming for protection
is sham; and rest assured that traitors. when
caught, shall receive a traitors doom. The
cup OF mercy has been exhausted. Treason
hereafter will be treated as treason. The mas.
sacre OF innocent women and children by the
black.hssrted traitors who lately burned the
bridges on the St Joseph Railroad has satisfied
as that traitor will perpetrate crimes which
devils would shHdcer to commit. They shall be
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Mr.. RUtsELL's REVELATIONS The I..,I.
ter of The London Times corresponden, ;a '.""-
favorable to the North than MANY of i,s nraJ.'
ccssors have been. Ii announces that Moi
Ian IS rapidly becoming master of the situat;on.
thinks that the regiments under him gener.II1
are composed of the finest men that snv ,rr0.
IN the world can show, and says that :. there 1.
greater probability of peaceful ad;ns,msn,
offered by the actual success of the North. 40
that she could reconstruct the Union, or aIjow
.oe South to go out as dependent republic
than by any other form which the contest c.n
assume" The passport system 10 discussed
NOT lil'naturedly the correspondents of The NJ
YORK papers are pronounced "gentlemen ar
honor and ability" and the terms on which M,
Russell has been with The Government are in.
o,caled ~ the knowledge he displays Of its
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may be expected. by 10th Oct. to have raised
such an army of Kentuckians and Eost Ten
hesseeans as TO keep Tennessee etiecutualy in
GnecG' and cooperate efficiently with General
fremont, who by that time will probably have
mustered an army sufficient to beat the rebels
III .he nelghborhood Of Springfield, Missouri,
a"u 20 man a powerful expedition for the de-
scent OF the Mississippi. We do not look for
naVai . operations of the first importance on the
"I's,slSslppl. The fortified points on that river
VIII naturally be assaied by land. Corps
~T"ee VIII converge upon them from either
sn're, and reduce them as Hatteras was reduc
ed, or, when the thing is practicable. with the
oayonet. The gun-boats will be useful as any
lliarIes, and the river will prove valuable for
the transportation Of supplies. But the fcbt.
ing IN the West will be done on land. If,he
campaign IN that region is to keep pace with
'hat IN the East, the rebel forces under Price
OF mcCuIloush, or whoever has succeeded them
Wn'co are now in possession of Spring6eId.
"'S'Ou'l' ana the vicinity, must be defeated
anu driven back into Arkansas. or scattered
altogether, before October Is. Whether this
can be achieved depends upon considerations
winch are only known to Major General Ere.
mont. ~
Thus, if our information be correct. the hat.
Tie Will have begun along the whole line. from
me Atlantic to Kansas, by the middle of Octo.
oer' and at least two points on the coast will
oe either IN possession Ofor under bombardment
oDy our forces. 1t is believed that the whole
Iorce employed will be no less than 100000
men, exclusive OF reserves and of home guards
IN kentucky, Maryland and Missouri: 50 that
al eV'ry point attacked we shall probable ont
number the enemy. Our armies will be VII
suPpned. well provisiOned, well drilled. well
equipped, and we'll commanded. Under snch
circumstances, it is not extravagant to erner,
Weekly.
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plotted from existence, and sent to that hell
which yawns for their reception,
-, The two roads are open to YOU, people OF
Western Missouri. Choose ye uelween them.
Inc one leads you % peace and plenty-the
other to destruction"
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A Connecticut volunteer wri,es.

"''"OOVTUUl VnTuNICeT WFllee:
l have mingled, more or less n,;,h -
$4,000 Of our soldiees sine, the commencsman1
oI 'h's var, ana TO every officer / ,.ould sav
u you VIII never give the osier TO retreat. the
victory IS ours; you may Eeet assured Thai ,hs
men are for victory or death!
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PRAYER IN CAMP.
A wARSINo TO pAYMAsrERs.

On Monday evening newly fedged West.
ern P'ymaster visited one of the MAN. c.noh-
ing Sc looms in Washington and invested 70 :.
small amount. The next day genrIem,n
called on the Secretary of War and recsIIsd
"Is recommendation on which the Major had
procured his commission, and few hours st,or
me MAJOR was settling up his accounts a sad.
m uer u not wiser man than he was the previ.
Gus evening. lie can now return to the We.,.
ern wIlds and moTaiize upon the wick ed wov.
OF the Federal metropolis ""Js
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."o "'ofS' word vas received of wbtf Vas M
s ." over the river. ~, Een spr.ng "a
E, o'"Is' anticipating eh order TO march
'Heht among whom the money was he
i"s distributed, turned heir backs npon -.
p"yh' Ster and - treasure, as iii were 49,
'eI oi no account. Cne uan was sirD;no
| leEe'p' Tor his yellow heap thea lyin9 nm Ih.
s"''e ne 'r9?ed the pen and rushed for tho
mp 'ea Yi"g pen, payer and gold TO trke
.iT.l ~ 'hti~selVes An, ther hastily shouted.
i0iu ." 10 mine I'LL to. morrow" and darted
L,, '0 .'"t' 9e master was left alone with
;no,Io' r,' WIN '..a' to contemplate the .curiouz
ann m.s ol war, ard to admire the pelriotism
"CAUGHT MAPPING"
r. On thursday flag of truce was sen, over h.,
ueh. johnson to Gen. Banks. man bro,,,'t.
u over IN canoe. aud as he came ocros, :, g
observed that he had a string in his hand go
was engaged in sounding the stream. He NJ.
l"ueeu ~ the gnaEd-house, and will probabiv
no' %e' pack very soon to make report of tho
depth Of The water. - '"0
THE HORSE CONTRACTORS.
There has been considerable aurrv 49,,
the aorse contractors oflate. On exnminot;osS,
" ""7 '"uHo mat not a single cOntr1ctor co,,JJ
W - "Sr'"' ahd they were accordingly disehar.
s0u' Large numbers Of the horses ha % beor
P'eu ana PAID Tor, which are unsound. de-.
crePld and aged. John Raymond. ef Pa ws,
1PPo'"teu Inspector, and on Thursday con.
oe"neu lorty out OF a lot OF two hundred. inst
sent out OF Philadelphia by a contractor, Mo,s
"ohey mas been made on horses and mulee ,ba,,
VI any other contracts, and in a number of in.
St""ces' oy The Conn;vance Of the Insnector the
'oi"'Ne"l mas been most tagrantly robbed.
WAGON CONTRACTORS.
over live hundred W. goDs nre lv;,n ,.
rerfyvlIIe' on the Susquehanna, condemned -
% "o, 'eSS' InTy are made of green lumber
a. a"u ne sun opehs the cracks and Joints an ,bot
10y i"'"e as though about to IA II IN niaca.
Gi'7F HaVlug been left out for a week or to-
1dyS' me contract price was S2IS-a cIeo-
IoTs OF SO0,UOO to the contractor who at,ona..
ed TO :ob the Government.
PRAYER IN CAMP.
The Louisville journal saws a ci,;zor oev.
sailIes recently spent uig6t 8, Co. D y; ,e"
son. and, before refining. concIudad - Ill
d'"uhu and see and hear what he co,I5 III.
car soon cduEht the voice of PRAYER. and unoD
red'eF ePproach, h5 fouLd that i; proceeded
rom tent occupied by Tennesseeans These
P'1"S out prosecuted men were eDgaped in
,oIo'hn prayer to the Almighty, inyokiRg His
E.nu ,..n care and protection of their wives and
~ l'.'te ones lett behind them in their once han.
~ MONIES Although not much given to the
"1t"g .,eai moou' eur worthy friend could not re-.
strain The tear ofsympsthy.
A wARSINo TO pAYMAsrERs.
IN Monday evening newly fedged West.
'rh F'ymaster visited one of the MANY o.noh-
ing 5sl looms in Washington and invested 70
nII .n,1I, amount; The next day a gentleman
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SCENES IN ST. LOUIS.

The scene in front of Major McKinstry's Of.
nee IN ST. Louis is Instructive and smusino-
Iha street IS crowded with vehicles and horses
and every msrketman from Illinois is required
10 procure pass. and before a pass can be
uSeo' 'hs oath OF allegiance must be subscribed
THE FIFTEEN INCH GUN AT FORTRESS MONROE.
The htteeninch gun now al Fortress Mon.
roe is the largest in the world, and MARKS a new
epoch IN the history of naval gunnery for no
nia naIeo irlga'es or iron clad floating batteries
hitherto constructed are proof against lis de.
structlve force. Although the weight of this
lmmense gun is 40 100 pounds. thile each
charge requires thrty-fve pounds Of powder.
and the shells vary from three hundred and
tive to three hundred and thirty.tive pounds.
st'll its efficiency Os one of the most formida.
oie engines OF war ls now placed beyond doubt
by direct experiment. and by the favorable re-.
port of the Board of Officers appointed to ex.
anime its merits.
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U&sTY NUPTIALs.

When ths fourth Connecticut regiment left
Hartford. woman was found on board who
insisted on going as a nurse. She was admi-
rably qualified, as far as Miss Dix's regulations
IN regard TO age and homelness went, but the
Colonel decided that she could only 90 on one
condltlon-that she must be married. Six
brave fellows stepped forward-the nurse made
her own selection, aHd Lieut.. Col. White mar
ried them.
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ARMY CoRREsPoNDENCE.

There are probably more soldiers in the Uni.
ted States VITO read and write, than in all Eu.
rope. The mail matter at Fortress Monroe
alone is more than in the city Of Lowell, with
more than forty thousand inhabitants. Tn,
postmaster Of the Fortress has sent eway in one
day five thousand letters, and received more
than half that number, whea The troops did OF
exceed eight thousand
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WOUNDED SOLDIERS FIGHTING.

On the battle field at Wilson's SPRINGS. a
wounded rebel fell near where Union soldier
was lying with shattered leg. When the re.
bel saw his enemy he began to taunt him with
cowa rdice, saying. "Ah, you ID white liv.
cred Yankee you thought we couldn't fght
didn't you! What do you think now % Tbs
was too much for the loyal Yankee, and he
raised himself by the greatest exertion, man.
aged to reach the traitor deliberately beat ont
the brains ofthe rebel, and then hobbled back
and laid down agsin.
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OUR DEFENCEs AT THE CAPITAL.

Every day. since the Bull Run defeat, the
rtl6calions at Washington have been strength.
ened and extended, until so vast are they that
you could not ride around them in two davs
Failing trees, digging trenches, erecting breast
works aud mounting guns are the "amuse.
ments" of tens of thousands of our men, while
the monotony is varied by daily skirmish or
two. We to-day sat in tent, three miles from
the rebel lines, and heard their bugles in the
distance, while the calm soldier whose quest
we were, told us the Federal ferce was strong
enough TO hold every inch Of our lines. The
amount of labor in the way of telling trees and
erecting Notifications, performed by our men
recently, is perfectly amazing.
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ANXIOUS To FIGHT.

During the late skirmish near Lewinsville,
one Of tho Pennsylvania regiments in Genera
nj Calls division was being paid of, and while
the pay master was counting out the gold due
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War Facts and Incidents,
MRS. BANKS IN CAMP.

One ofthe Massachusetts second writes from
Jamestown:
Our camps have beaI pleasantly excited
lately by the arrival Of visitors. First came
the lady ofour endeared Commander.in-Ch Chief.
Mrs Banks, whom we remembered so well and
held IN such respect at home. We fastened
all OF us, TO pay our respects to her. and il
seemed SO pleasant to US to be again enioyinw
the amenities of social civil life involved in the
presence OF lady in camp. We have inyol.
unfairly kept our quarters picked up, our coats
nicely brushed, shaved, and wore collars. and
should appear in white shirts if there were anv
in the division. '
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MAKING DouGHNUrs.

Some bold cook eliminated out of the fonr
an article that he called doughnuts and finally
every kitchen was turning out doughnuts
They kept progressing in size for the conve.
hlence OF camp till now two doughnuts is a full
ration for the largest private. Saves handliDo
you see, and economies time in issuing.
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WOOD TOR THE ARMY.

Some thousands of cords of wood, much of +
already cut, along the Washington branch O.
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, have beer
purchased by speculators and contractors, fol
The furnishing the army camps with fuel Some
four hundred acres of wood land were also Dur.
chased OF Hon. Charles B. Calvert. near Bla.
densburg.
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WOMEN IN THE CAMP.

From RoIln. Mo-, we have the following:
We have but few ladies' in camp. not near
enough to keep us from growing rough and
oolsterous Captain Mobiles wife is here at
present and Mrs. Captain Messenger seems to
nave decided to follow the fortunes Of her hus.
oand. Captain Gardiner, of company II, re.
turned 10 camp last night from a visit home,
accompanied by his wife and little pirl.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-08-01

he has, it is talked of surrendered to the gentle
man in black.
The further talk was, that many New Orleans
merchants ought to present bolder front in this
crisis. Whether this remark will apply to the ven.
dor of the property on Canal street, we are not
prepared to assert, but will before many days
pass. At all events, sufficient has been said to
attract the magnet. a.
The talk about the blockade continues. How
about the telegraph offices at the mouth of the
Mississippi river being held by the Black Republi-
cans What are our authorities doing? A conflict
has arisen about the fortifcatons contemplated to
protect the city. The Commanding General of this
Military Department does not recognize the move
ments of the city and State in regard to fortfyng
the city. The city and State can go forward, ap-
propriate land incur expenses and build fortifca-
tons, but the Confederate Government cannot re-
cognze these movements, and very justly, because
the Confederate Government has confded all mill
tary preparations to the Commanding General of
the District. 1t excites our risble faculties to
think that the Black Republicans will ever reach
New Orleans down the Mississippi river. That is
neither here nor there. We hope the apparent
dispute will be settled at an early day-the earliest
day possible.
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CHANGE IN THE CABINET,

it was announced few days ago that Mr.
Ioombs had resigned the office of Secretary O
state, and was. succeeded by hIr. Hunter, of vir
glnia II Is understood that Mr.. Toombs' health il
impaired by his public services, and that he pre-
lers the field to the Cabinet. He has received a
Generals commission, aud will participate actively
IN the war 1t is probable, too, that desire to
have Virginia represented in the Cabinet had some
thing to do with this change, that State having
come into the Confederacy after tile organization
OF the Government at Montgomery
The place is well suited to Mr. Hunter, He il q
gentleman of great grasp of mind, one of the best
scholars In the South, and thoroughly acquainted
with history, ancient and modern. He is a states
man OF cool, calm, philosophic turn Of mind,
VINO, we may be very sure, will never make mis-
take or a blunder. He is, as Mr.. Toombs is, heart
and soul in the Southern cause It NAV not he
long before important and delicate negotiations
with foreign powers may call into exercise all Of
his craftsmanship, and in this case the South NAV
feel every assurance that our rights and interests
in this respect will not suffer, committed to tbe
keeping Of such President and such Secretary
Of State as the South is so fortunate in having.
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Limcoln aud his Generals.

All the kilograms from Washington tell of the
troeeles OF that great and good man, Abe Lincoln.
dis Generals won't fight, and his men run away.
ne Is Dusly engaged with I" the thorough re-or-
ganization Of his army: the old system will be
changed and reliable ojii@ers will be provided" !"
great work, We hear not a word of Old Scott
Ever since the battle the telegraph has obseroed
mysterious silence respecting him. Not once has
ms name been mentioned. We fear he has been
required to perform The hay7ita,7i. OfMcDowei
and the other Generals, who took care to keep out
o. harlns way at Bull Rnn, We hear nothing except
tnat they have been superseded en- n1asse, and
a1 slcGieiian installed in command This General at
the beginning of the war was President Of a Rail
road Company in Ohio, with u salary of $4,000.
Ihpngh bred TO arms he refused to join the army,
ul1eSs ne WAS permitted to receive his salary from
Tue lsaifoad ier services which he could not rem
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IL liE,IARKABLE Instance OF CANINE Alta eHMFsr1.
n clfc camsfan occurred very recently at port,ap
+ lsie Of Skye. which may be added 10 the ma ~
saaprers recording the fidelity and attachment 81
Gogs to thslr MASTERS. raaior spread tbroparh
tae town one morning, that on the previous mint
yae dogs ned torn open the grave oY a young nan
= VINO f had died Of fever. and was Inferred some
weeks previous. So paiafpl and shocking All ID.
suIrsnce eaased great excitement a Portree but
tn te course Of t1a day Sheriff Fraser and Others
sving imputed i0te the facts Of the case, fann
she iacts lobe mol only Of a less revolving paffre
4 M nlis iratgh With the deepest interest When Inn
V tae .aad was with difficulty renewed
y and again to tile spot, and nneb.
served hat Gag iato taa grave until ii reached thu
conn a. p,5rtree, IS IA many other parts Of The
hlands the people bury their dead ii 4 yery ey
aapesuehsl s,'iatlsisr, naEng only shaow graves
aas dog had gnaMed throngh the coffin vIeea fhe
assf VS. dsessersa but the body Of is sd deas .
master Was IN touched and there te.fai,le,l al.
Iial was aennd eagerly looking iato tile ~
aoabt ssyl 81 dent, s'if there be On rec.
~ z fH5fs Instance Of canine I'M ehasst
5of YOU must bear in mind that four orfiye wes
aaa flapssd since thasihternent, and the ehi,rehs
xafd T. slx miles irom the house where goer MAJ
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