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Year: 1861


AT called meeting of he members of the Au-
gusta Valley Rangers the following tribute of re-
spect was offered to the memory of w. Crawford
McCue, late member of the Company:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Almighty God to re-
move from our midst our much esteemed friend
and brother soldier, w. Crawford McCue, after
short but painful sickness contracted while in
the service of his conntry-therefore,


Resolved, That while we would humbly sub
NIT to the lnscrutable will of God, yet we most
deeply mourn the death OF one who but few
weeks ago was with US, standing as he did, a.
mone the noblest of our company, with heart
as true as ever beat with the breast of man, and
possessed tc an eminent degree the best requisite
Of soldier-that of firm, manly and high-ton-
ed character-and for bravery and courage had
no superior.


Resolved, That we tender to the bereaved fam
lily of the deceased our earnest and most heart
felt sympathies in this their sore aff1iction.


Resolved, That if it should be our good for
tune to return to our homes, that we meet at the
grave of the deceased and pay the last tribute of
respect to the memory of brave soldier who
was tire first to be called from our ranks by the
hand of death.


Resolved, That copy of the foregoing be sent
to family of the deceased, and also copy be sent
to the Staunton Spectator for publication.


CAPT. VIM. PATRICK, Chairman.
Year: 1861

FOR the Spectator.


Mr.. Mrusy-Please allow me through your
paper to state to the benevolent public, few OF
the results of a recent careful examination into
the condition of the sick in our Army North
west of this.


At Monterey we found hospital supplies in
abundance-there were boxes in store unopened,
and some had been sent on to other points. At
Mcdowell such articles as would be suitable for
the wounded, are in limited quantity. The
point however, above all others, where the need
and the destitution, at this time are greatest, is
Valley Mountain. At this po Mt, a hospital is
being stablishad-wooden cabins for the sick
are being erected; and while there are from one
to hundred patients already on hand, the con-
tributions of the benevolent have not yet began
to flow in. They are especially in need of bed
ticks, and pillow ticks bed clothing, hard bis
cults and crackers that will keep, pickles, Co.
Sheets and pillow cases need not be sent, as ar
rangements cannot be made for having them
washed. AT Huntersvlle, the sick in the hospi-
tai are lying on hay or straw without ticks, and
they complain of such treatment as only fit for
dogs. The sick however are being removed from
this place as fast as possible and no more are to
be taken there. In the general, there is more
destitution on the Huntersville and Valley Noun
tain side than on the Monterey and Greenb.ier
River side, and it is therefore important to send
a large part Of our supplies for the sick, in the
former direction. Yours,


Stanton, Sept. 9. 1861. Web.
Year: 1861

From the Memphis Appeal, OF the Sd inst, we
take the following in regard to the state of feel
ing in Kentucky:


Numbers of gentlemen, who have returned to
this city from various parts of Kentucky within
the last few days, bring Us the most gratifying
intelligence OF the reaction Which has recent
ly commenced to sweep over that State. We
are reliably informed that Lincvlnism is doomed
for the future among her people everywhere out
side of that miserable sink hole of submission
Louisville-where traitors like Guthrie, Prentice
and Harvey hold temporary sway. q
The Confederate flag is SAID to wave along the
railroad line from the Ohio river to the border
of Tennessee, end new born enthusiasm has
suddenly seized upon the people, which promises
to very soon consolidate political sentiment in
favor of the South. Shouts for the patriot Davis
which a month ego would have been dangerous
now make the welkin ring 10 every town, county
aud community, and the cry gains ground, for
deliverance from the expressions of Abolition
tyranny.


The idea of neutrality seems now to be regard
ed in the proper aspect as myth and an impos
siblity; aud the outrageous excesses of the Lin
coin government are beginning to open the eyes
of all treemen who yet value their liberties and
! look to their perpetuation.


| better day, we believe, is dawnng upon the
State Of Boone and Clay.
Year: 1861

"The long and short of it is, he was
committed to the passage of the bills long
before they were brought up for action
Of this we are assured by persons of this
place who were at Harrisburg fer a pro
tracted period on Legislative business, ana
in which opinion We are confirmed by til,
very fact tDat wliui.! The last TX weeks Mr.
Hhndel hinscl, paid Two visits to Allen
town for the Apress purpose Of infuencinl
the Press 10 sustain nm in his contemp!a
ted iniqutiou' work HIS last errapd for
this purpose was performed on the Sun
day before the passage of the bills. On
this occasion he sounded one OF the
publishers of this paper on the subject,
and met with such a rebuke that his heart
failed him in making the overtures he had
determined upon, and returned to Harris
burg. Next day one Of the hired lacqueys
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
come on to besct the press and hold out
with an unspairing hand the temptation OF
lucre. We were offered large sum OF
money TO sustain Mr.. Schindel WE TOOK
THE MONEY, and concluded to give him
the sustainance he merits, and ere this we
suspect he has found that he got a bad bite
with good bait. He is doubly guilty of
iniquity, first in giving his votes against
public interests and against his better judg-
ment, and then seeking to cover up his
sins in effort to corrupt the seu!inels upon
the watch towers ofthe people God knows
it is bad enough that Legislators sap the
pillars of the Commonwealth without their
seeking to corrupt the press, whose boun-
den duty it is to stand by the interests of
the State. When once it comes to this,
the end must be ruin, inevitable ruin to
society and government. In view of all
this hypocrisy on the part of the Reverend
Senator, does it appear at all as if he had
been led by INDIVIDUAL ADVICE. Far
from it, But further. Before leaving this
place on the Monday before the passage of
the bills, he declared that there was a
great pressure for his vote, that he could
command any sum By giUing IN TO them,
euen as high as $50 200, but in the same
strain asseverated that rod should witness
him in opposition to the measures, as he
considered them an outrage upon the tax
payers of the Commonwealth. We have
too little faith in miracles to believe that
uninspired men can transform a vice of
to-day into ten.fold virtue tomorrow"


The Eas'on Argus, Says;-


! he foregoing is an extract from an ar
ticle in the last number of the Allen own
Democrat, relative to the course of Mr..
scHINDEL, and we invite particular atten.
ton to the evidence of corruption which it
discloses. The truth is, the pile of bricks
is about to fall, and all who have been
engaged in this swindling business better
stand from under We now begin to un.
derstand the motives that influenced a good
many Editors in different parts of the
State, If an editor in Allentown could
get large sum of money to sustain q
Member or Senator, how much would have
to be paid for Member or Senator him
selfl And how much was paid to editors
of large papers in Philadelphia and else,
where
Year: 1861

Mr.. EDITOR 1t is very amusing in
certain localities, to contrast the present
aspect of things, with those that which ex-
listed a few days ago mean in relation
to our Republican brethren, for such we
can call them now, as the fight is nearly
all out of them. Then it was from the
"Man of War;" Greeley, down to the least
worshippcr of the woody head. Only wait,
until we get MAN at the helm, then you
will see the Southern traitors quail and
quake with fear, when the great six feet
six shall put his "foot down" and say, "I
am Lord of all L survey" Then you will
hear those traitors call for the rocks and
mountains to fall on them and hide them
from the wrath of the Republicans; but
even before the Inauguration there was a
great futering among them in relation to
the underground Rrailroad trip of Abram
from Harrisburg to Washington, and to
cap the climax Of the whole matter and
t"hC oul VI Jucui the llttle SJaTCn lett, was
the astounding news that Fort Sumpter
was to be evacuated before the New Pres
ident was warm in his scat How chang.
ed. Now they talk as mild as sucking
doves. General Scott has told them it would
take 10000 troops to reinforce the Fort
and as it is military question the Presi.
dent had nothing to do with it This
looks like "recapturing the Forts & retak.
ing the sto en- property" we have heard
so much of recently. These developments,
we are now passing through, warn us to
give more earnest heed to the Farewell
warning of Washington in relation to the
establishment of sectional parties. Hop
ing our people may be more guarded in
future, and pay their first respects to the
white men of America, I will tresspass no
further upon your columns at present.


CAMBRIA.
Year: 1861

More CONCERNING BENJAMIN SrARK.-The
Portland Oregoaian in reply to favorable
mention of Starkin the 4drertiser, says:


We have authority for stating that on the
receipt of the news n this city Of the disaster
at Manassas. he drank a toast to Beauregard.
lie said he did not go one cent on the Stars
and Stripes, but that the Palmetto was his
flag, and that his sympathies were with the
South. We are authorized to say that he
declared on another occasion that we had no
Government but that of the Confederate
States. !.
Year: 1861

WAsHINGToy Nay IL, 1861.
General Butler had interview to day with the secre
tary CT War and General Scott It ia not yet determined
what command General Butler viii assume General Cad
waader is ordered TO the command Of the Department
OF Annapolis


General Butler not promoted to Major General in
the army but bsor General Of volunteers which ex.
pres with the 1t is doubtful whether he accepts
General Butler live, progressive man, and will not
submit TO have the under his command sacrificed BY
the old fossil slow coach tape programme attempted to
be pepetated upon the army and the country at the
present time.


The report here to-day that General Cadw aaders first
official act to release Ross Wnans creates intense
feeling o. Indignation. There reports that Cadwaa
der ia large property holder Baltimore and desires
10 pacify the rebels Of the city.


The President summoned the Cabinet TO. day in great
haste, and they In about one hour. secre
tary Seward left the White House the close Of the
meeting and proceeded to the quarters Of General Butler
and not finding the latter in despatched OF the
rails aids in pursuit Of him The interview was soon
had, and lasted some time.
Year: 1861

WAsbNCTOS, May ~, lbS1.
general army order has been issued, stating that
there viii be added TO the general sis Of the army four
quartermasers and eight assistants be promoted and
selected according to existing laws and regulations


There win be added TO the Medical Department ten sur
geons and twenty assistants The surgeons will be pro
from the senior assistant surgeons and assist
ants appointed from civil life, after having passed the
usual examination by the Board from the Medical Depart
ent OF the army Due public notice Of the appointment
and time and place OF meeting OF the Board win be given
Year: 1861

WAEEsoTos, May II, 1861.


msn by the name OF woed, from Newark, arrest
81 SPY yes erday by order Of General Scott Wood
commenced his operations by tamperng with the MEM
bars Of the Newark regiment through which means he
obtained introduction to General Runyon, and thence
General Scott who became fascinated with his plaus
he story, and employed him secret agent Of the 60
vernment to South Wood received some money from
the secret service fund to pay hs expenses Before eav
log the city he expended a portion Of his funds
in liquor, snd while under the gay and festive
influence Of the he pitched into several members
OF ore Of the Newark companiee for taking up arms
against the South This threw suspicion upon him, and
he Immediately reported to General Rnnyon, who
was astounded, but Immediately ordered him under ar
rsst and that his person and property in his room be
searched. This done last night, but nothing was
found upon him but money The Colonel OF the Newark
regiment ordered that guard be kept over him all night
spposng that the report this morning would release
him but before General Scott read he ordered Wood TO
be delivered over TO the Marshal Of the district and
lodged in jail to await further orders. The supposton


that General Scott is in possession or other evidence
thaa that alluded to, upon which the prisoner held


Wood about forty years Of age, and is said to
be secessionist. He is Of many such not only in
this city, but In other places who are receiving salaries
under the government.
Year: 1861

FbIIAHELPtNA, Nay II, I66I.


Quite an excitement was created In the upper part Of
the city this morning by the seizure Of submarine boat
the invention of De vnlero, Frenshman II was going
down the river and struck Island Four men were
found on board villeroi says he about taking to
the Navy Yard to tee but the officers OF the yard dis
claim any knowledge Of him. The boat constructed
some time since for raising wrecks AMI other submarine
work, but was never put in active 1t 10 segar
shaped and made OF iron thirty feet long Il supplies
Its own air. and will be useful in running under fleet.
Year: 1861

finale is as mournful as the Bride of Lam.
mermoor. She can give the effect of a
scene or landscape which will be electrical
in significance. In Cellar, Miss Pres
colts first story in the Atlantic Monthly,
was powerful sketch of Partisan society
blending theft, diplomacy, intrigue and mar
riage in such very dramatic and French
way, that the publishers could scarce be
convinced it was an original American
production. Certainly it might have been
written by Tslleyrand, as.one of bis own
experiences, and is another evidence of her
rare skill. know many persons will con-
slider her fancies and her pictures indelicate.
ly vivid. Perhaps. l can scarce tell why
always think of Fanny Kembles reading
of Antony and Cleopatra when l read the
Amber Gods. Whether it is the epicene
spell in the genius of the two women, or hid
den analogy in the spirit of the texts, is not We
ry clear in the association. Judged by the
number Of her works, Miss Prescott has
done but little. l have enumerated nearly
all in this paper, but they have made her
famous, and her name is now guarantee
of public appreciation. If, therefore, you
think I've argued all this power and origin
ality from the slight premises OF few mag
azine articles, please remember this sentence,
from very sound thinker, Henry Giles =
1t is not the matter or information which
minds have or communicate that constitutes
their value to an age or to the world. They
are forces in the age, they are forces in the
world by the livingness which they possess,
which they impart, and which they excite" +"


ETHEL.
Year: 1861

Senator McDougal, Of California, in pro.
nouncing a eulogy upon Senator Douglas,
in the Senate Chamber, the other day, said !:


But, as powerless for the moment to resist
the tide of emotions, bowed my head in
silent grief, it came to me that the senator
had lived to witness the opening of the
present unholy war upon the government
That witnessing it from the capital of bis
state as his highest and best position, be
had sent forth war cry worthy of that
Douglas who, as ancient legends tell, with
the welcome of the knightly Andalusan
King was told:


"Take thou the leading of the van,


And charge the Moors amain:


There is not such a lance as thine


In all the hosts of Spain.''


Those trumpet notes, with continuous
swell are still sounding throughout all the
borders of our land. l heard them upon
the mountains and in the valleys of the far
state from which l came. They have com.
municated faith and strength to millions.
He lived to witness bis great appeal to a
nation OF freemen answered by unnumber>
ed legions of patriotic men, to feel and un-
derstand with a confident assurance that
the mad assault made by misguided men
upon the integrity of our Union, instead
OF resulting in disunion and anarchy, would
establish our institutions upon deeper and
frmer foundations, and leave a certain
guaranty of peace, liberty, and unity to
our children to remote generations. He
lived to have by the majesty and power
of his last great effort, given above the
reach Of malice or detraction, and to have
secured for his memory the love and ad-
miratiOn of all men who love freedom here,
everywhere and forever. 1 ceased to grive
for Douglas. The last voice of the dead
Douglas l felt to be stronger than the voices
of the multitude of living men.
Year: 1861

On Tuesday the Assistant Treasurer of
the United States at New York received,
at ll1a A. M, a telegram from the Secreta..
ry of the Treasury. "Borrow Immediately
for the United States five millions of dol
lars on Treasury notes at sixty days" Our
readers will remember what day Tuesday
was how the intense heat took all life and
spirit and vigor out of the whole human
race in this latitude, and made efforts at the
transaction of business-such business as
there was to be transacted mere feeble
make ships and semblances of work and
yet, although this demand was received on
ly within half an hour of noon, before three
o'clock the whole loan of five millions was
obtained, and three millions two hundred
thousand dollars of it was in the Sub-Treas-
ury. And this too, without any other se-
curity being offered or asked than the mere
assurance of the Secretary of the Treasury
and his Assistant that the government
needed the money, and would return it with
interest.-New York Times.
Year: 1861

rying away, she buried the bitterness


Of that morning in her own heart.
= tt was four o'clock on the same day.


Sarah Goodwin sat beside scanty fire,


busy in sowing patches on very poor


clothes of her four boys.


Run to the door, Jimmy, said she to
the eldest, as loud knock was heard.


'Ohl Mother the boy cried, return
ing; "a big bundle for usl What is it?
What can il be?


work for me perhaps said the wild
ow, untying the large package, when
suddenly there came to light four suits
of grey clothes, with four neat black
shining caps, exactly fitting TO the
heads Of her boys. Almost overcome
with wonder, the widow fell on her
knees, her eyes fixed on the words:-
"a present for the fatherless;' while
her boys laying hold of their suits of
clothes, danced about the floor with
glee.


Whats in the pocket here? what's
in the pocket?' cried Jimmy, thrusting
his hand into that place, when, lol out
came the very purse of gold the widow
had returned that morning.


A scene Of joyous confusion followed,
and the voice of prayer assembled from
Sarah Goodwin's full heart. Again
and again she counted the glittering
treasure, fifty dollars. 1t seemed an
almost endless fortune. How her heart
ran over with gratitude to God and the
stranger.


She could not rest till throwing her
bonnet on, with cheeks glowing with
hope and happiness, she ran back to
the hotel to pour forth her thanks.


A carriage stood at the door ladened
with trunks behind. The driver noun
ted the seat as she had reached the
steps, and turning her head, there
within sat the stranger. She had not
time to speak, but he nodded his head
as he saw her with her clasped hands
standing there. and a prayer on her
lips. Sarah never saw the stranger
again. She took a little shop and
stocked it well, and put her boys to
school. To-day she is the owner of a
respectable shop. Of her four boys.
two are ministers, one is doctor, and
the other is thriving mechanic.


Nobody knows where the man with
the flowing hair is gone; but if he is
living and should ever hear of widow
Goodwin, he will have the consolation
Of knowing the noble result of this gen.
erous deed towards the worthy woman
and her four boys.
Year: 1861

U The luckiest fellow that ever lived
might have woes enough, if he set himself
seriously to work hunting them up. They
are like invisible speeks of dust you
don't see them until you put on your spec
tacles. But then is it worth while to put
on your spectacles to discover what is a
great deal better left alone ?
Year: 1861

Tho Herald correspondent says that
South Carolina in taking Eorcible possession
of government property, and in seiznG the
revenue cutter, is not sustained by one in tn
or the most ultra southern men.
Year: 1861

initiates Byron in the least. Holmes in par
ticular is essentially original, and initiates
nobody. As to the Christian spirit of Low
ellis poems, we are not well prepared TO judge
of them in this respect, because We are not
sufficiently familiar with them; but the
spirit of hostility to religion that is charged
upon Holmes, is, we think, not properly de-
fined. 1t is not spirit of hostility to rel-
gion itself but to the cant, and narrowness
and Hypocrisy which too frequently attach to
its professors Had we the works of Holmes
by us, we think We could show this, very
readily


The peryading tone and spirit of the works
of all our most prominent American poets is
of pure and healthy character, singularly
so-and these works can throw no obstacle
whatever in the path of Christianity.
Year: 1861

A FOND mother in Chicago received letter
from California, where her son had been
several years, and on opening it newspaper
scrap fell out which she read first. 1t an
nounced that young man of his name had
been hung for horse stealing. The poor wo-
man shrieked and fell fainting, but the by
standers found the letter was from the young
man himself, denying the truth of the para
graph, and announcing his own early return
home with pocket full of rocks. The fell
low hung had stolen his satchel, and the let,
tiers found therein gave wrong identity to
the individual.
Year: 1861

LocAL.-There was plentiful scarcity of
local items in town yesterday and we had a
great mind to copy the example Of the Lokol-
itums of the Democrat, and go out upon the
plains and hunt up some text for homily !:
but the idea was rather too odorous The al
udes to the dead cow1 :or our senses, so, en-
boldened by very fattering notice of one oi
our frequent meteorological articles, we con-
cluded to fall back upon the sunset, which
was very well gotten up last night, but we
did not get time until we were obliged to
draw our inspiration from the brilliant illu-
mination of one of Abbott's Kerosene lamps :;
and then the MelodeOn Band broke out with
q waltz which sent all our poetry dancing to
the regions of chords and diScords, SO we sub
sided and concluded TO wait for another good
sunset exhibition. n.-AppeaL


Ifyou never dance to any other kind of
cord than the kind you allude to, you will be
lucky.-Lokdlitams Dem.
Year: 1861

LIVELY TIMEs.-Quite a brisk little busi-
ness was done over in the bottom, opposite
Red Bluff, last week, by persons desirous of
securing to themselves good homesteads 1t
is supposed that the late decision in the Dive
case rendered recently by Judge Hoffman
will confine the lines to what is termed the
old Berdine survey, thereby throwing ont
nearly 1000 acres of good land, heretofore
unclaimed Should the line be SO confirmed.
q large and prosperous settlement will spring
up in that section Immediately.
Year: 1861

If you receive trihing injury, do not 90
about the streets proclaiming it and be an2-
lous to avenge it. Let it drop. 1t is wisdom
to say little respecting the mi uries you NAV
have received
Year: 1861

struggle, as it would have been by pur.
chasing few more years Of peace at the
exorbitant price Of sacrificing manhood
aud honor.


IN. But The evils springing from this
Inevitable convulsion will be a thousand
times outwoighed by the invaluable proof
it will afford to ourselves and to the world
Of the elasticity and energy, the power
aud permansucy, of the American Un-
ion, and of the superiority Of Free States
over Slave States in all the elements of
true greatness.


Let US, then, strike in our might, do
ing the work thoroughly as We go. know
ing that the heavier the blows and the
more rapidly they fall the sooner the con-
test will be ended.