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FRIDAY, JULY s, 1861.


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FRIDAY, JULY s, 1854 :.
THE NEWS.
The rnid into Maryland looms larger, and
old familiar names begin to re.appear in the
dispatches. "Barbara Fretchie," If still liv-
ing, may rccitc Whittier's fine lines out Of
the ga1ret window to the rebels In !" Freder
lex town." The burghcrs Of Hagerstown,
sweating with fear, have paid ransom, and
The waive Of war rolls again toward the
Pennsylvania line. Well, and was not this
precisely the warning given months ago.
Our army lines were strained. blue dixie
about the angry waves Of the rebellion. It
would hare been only prudence to have build
cd second parallel dixie of fresh troops
ready Tor Just such emergencies. We should
hare had ~OkE HUNDRED THOUSAND well
Trained troops In reserve ready to pour upon
the rebel advance. We are now resorting to
militia and raw leyiss to oppose the move
ment Of gauut and war worn rebel veterans.
We shall bcat them back Of course The
raid will end like the Others. hut it will cost
Ms more, far more than ii We had accepted
and observed a1l the omens which warned Us
long ago that we had not men enough.
We do not believe that the rebel force in
Maryland is formidable one, but it will be
strong enough to require some vigorous
treatment, which Hunter and Wallace and
SIge1 hare ere this fallen diligently
about The fat kline and sleek
horfes Of lower Pennsylvania are
doubtless ere this streaming dlstressedly
northward while the sluggish farmers are In
doleful fear. The rebels will aid Us in this
movement, though the remedy be rough
one. Armed men will spring up for all the
dragons teeth they SOW in Pennsylvania, and
the expedition will cost them sore. There
never yet was rebel raid which did not
bring its projectors and participators to grief
The wave fell on rock. The rock was wet,
but the wave WIS wasted-
We surrender great amount Of our space
In this issue to the details Of the recent sea
fight and victory Of the Kearsarge. Just
above Concord, New Hampshire, overlook
ing the beautiful Contoocook VALLEY, stands
the lone outpost Of the White Hills, Mount
Kcarsarge. It ls not one OF the White Noun
talns, bot only picketed for them at a dis:
tance. In the greater presence Of Mount
Washington, Kearsarge would be only q
modest.eminenee. Let our British cousins
accept the symbol. The floating keArsarge
is a shining naval picket of ours, but we
havc larger, than her, and better, not more
gallant He who should stop at Kearsarge,
and rest from seeing the White BILLS, would
not commit grayer blunder than he who
mistakes her noble little naval name6ake for
the floating giants Of our navy.
The baked meals at southampton would
have lacked the appetizer not even Worces-
1ershire sauce could supply, and Semmes sud
denly found he was not hungry. The side
dish Of the Kearsarge in -cutlets, and the
American Eagle in fkicasee were spoiled in
the cooking. It was an attempt ut too much,
the fowl was too large Tor the spit, the. Qx
too big for the butcher. So the world has
one dinner the less.
There is q grin all over the face Of Gen.
saa3A0AA A4~ 2 4CASAt VAAN1 NASS AC4C 6Ah EAt
treating select party Of secesh Memphians,
and other Tcnnesseans Of rebel proc1tyities
to free rides, over the railroads OF that mill
tary district. It will work perfect cure,
and firing On trains will cease now. Cen
e.al, gather up squad Of rebs and similarly
protect steamboat navigation. Let no steam
CT 60 up or down the river without its
ftguard'' Of prominent seceeh. Tint is the
only way to make these gentry Of any yalue,
aud goes to prove that an all-wise Proyi-
dence has created nothing in vain.
The funeral obsequies Of the late lamented
Chandler, killed at Keneaaw at the head Of
his brave aath Illinois, took place In this
city yesterday. Nerer Was the tribute Of a
soldiers funeral more worthily paid. There
was sadn=ss at the loss to large circle ot
attached fHends-at tile loss to the cause.
This Is an hour of sacrifices. The best and
noblest are being anid on the altar Of the
country, and such was the honored dead
yesterday given to the earth in this city.
We are glad to know that the 8Sth Illinois
regiment, now in sherman's army, whose
gallant md lamented Colonel commanding
was buried from Bryan Hall yesterday, IL
still in good and most soldierly hands. Col.
Frank Sherman has lot some time past COM
manded the brigade. The vacancy bv the
death of Lieut. Col. Chandler will be filed
BY the promotion OF n ,jor Geo. n. Smith,
Of this city, one Of the finest young officers
Chicago has sent to the war, recently recoy-
cred from severe wound, and NOW with
his regiment in the field.
Gold 262, Ell, POI, 273. 275, 27S, sheepishly
Ehy at progress, but still getting forward,
while the whole tribe of Prices Cur
rent 90 sheepishly utter, for where one
shcep leads the way you have escn what the
rest do. 4 reason for this continued hich
flight of gold is. with some ground of prob
ability, urged as the persistent determination
Of the ring of gold operators to force the
President into signing the repeal of the gold
bill. measure still @aitins Ills signature.
THE BRITISH PET. :.
The distraction Of the corsalr Alabama ia
an especial blow to British pride. Her his
tori forms one Of the most startling chapters
in the history Of this war. It is begun,
Annked, edged and filled in with British CO:
operative sympathy with our enemies.
British hnds bullt her in Britiab ship yard.
She was British from truck to keelson.
British guns trowned ovcr her British look
Ing sides. British training aud skill was be-
lieyed to hive culmfnated in her model and
armament a British crew was put on board
ofliterally exeanent experience, for the foreign
accounts, ,snow say that the best Of them re-
ccived their training on the British school
ship Excellent When this British monu-
ment Of Brltish aid to the rebellion was
ready, the British lion lazlly yawned SO wide
as to sDut both his eyes, as is the wont ofthe
animal, and a British Cunarder Captain, aid
ed BY select British party Of cxcursionists
took the pirate craft to sen, and left her in
rcbcl hands. Thes Confederates gave her
nothing but few Of the negro driving CHI.
val1y to I'LL the officers mess. All the rest
Has British.
The British pet, bearing ut first the haunt-
ing insolencc Of a name perpetuating the fact
That TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY British rub
Ecribers paid for her construction and outfit,
sailed from Liverpool on the 29th Of July,
1852. Her career Of piracy and rapIne on the
high ssas lacked only ten daJs Of two years
duration. She was destroyed by the Kear-
sarge, in tue battle Of her own seeking, on
the 18th Of June, 1864. In all TINT time
stained with trcacbcrous pl,aclcs on nearly
one hundred Of our merchantmen, masking
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