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From the Union Songster.
COU.M KV'.S FI.AC1 OF STAIIS.
I1T llUUtY UIVKS, A FOIIETUI'VAN.
Yvc roamed for many n lengthy nula
UiHin the stormy seas ;
I've seen full twenty banner4) float
All proudlv on the breeze
That Standard, too, (ireat Britain's pride,
Tue bual of Kngland s tars
Yet none could thrill my heart but thee,
Jly Country's Flag ot .Stars !
Iirazil's nay Hag of gorgeous dyes ;
The banner of ..hi Spain ;
K'eu liallia's bunting, as it Hies,
Is not uucliniineil by stain i
Their lustre lias been sullied oft
At home, by dead y jars j
Hut tuv blight a.. ire lieids are pure,
Mf Country's Flag of Slurs I
In some In Hied foreign ports I've seen
The Hags of half the world
To celebrate a gala-day
Tln-ir bunting all unfurled.
AVith liiroboini lici t 1 glanced my cyo
Along the tapering spars,
Until in V ga.e was lixed on thee,
.My Couutiy's Flag ol Stars!
And when t'ny stripes and azure field
First met ii'iv eager sight,
JW bosom heaved, my heart it thrilled,
With feelings of delight.
I hailed it as locC' iiosure
Of our Columbia's tars;
Thv banner of the brave and free,
,ly Country's Flag of Mars 1
And wherc's the heart possessing but
One spark of freedom's zeal,
That would not, gazing un tny folds,
A patriot' spirit leci 1
The veteran, too, us he looks down
Cpon his undent scars,
TlMit would not hail thee with delight,
.My Couutiy's Flag of Stars!
AGES OFMIMTKV C'OJM.U AXDKKS.
Phillip of Maeedon W-enJed tho throne at the
a fe of twenty-two, mid soon distinguished him
self ill his war with ' tho neighboring States.
At tho ago of forty-five he had conuured all
Greece.
Alexander tho great had defeated tho celebra
ted Theban band at tha battle of Gheronca, and
...; i ,i miiitiirv reputation at the age of
eighteen. Ho ascended tho throne of his father,
Phillip, before twenty, and at twenty-five had
the zenith of his glory, having already
the world. Ho died before tlio ag3 of
thirty-two-
Julius Gaidar commanded tho fleet sent to
blockade My ty line, where he distinguished him
self before the ago of twenty-two.
Hannibal joined tho Garthigenian army in
Spain at twenty two, and was made Commander.
in-Chief at twenty -six. Victorious in Spain and
Franco, he crossed tho Alps and won the battle
ot Canute before the age of thirty-one.
Scipio Africanus (the elder) at the ago of six
teen, distinguished himself at the battle of Tioin
us ; at twenty was made edile, and soon after
pro consul in Spain ; at twenty-nine he won the
great battle of Zama, and closed his military
career.
Scipio Africanus (the younger) nlso distin
tinguished himself in early life; at the ago of
thirty six he had conqured the Carthiginiun arm
ie and cnmnleted the destruction of Carthage.
Gheti"his Kahn succeeded to tho dominion of jsakan you
his father at the ago of thirteen, and almost im
mediately raised an army of thirty thousand
men, with which he defeated a numerous force of
rebels, who had thought to take advantage of
his extreme youth to draw from his dominion.
He soon acquired a military reputation by his
numerous conquests, and bofore the ago of forty
had made himself emperor of Mogul.
Charlemagne was crowned King at twenty-j
six. conoured A'liiitttino at twenty-eight, made
himself master of France and the greater part ot
Germany at twenty-nine, placed on his brow tho
iron crown of Italy at thirty-two, and conqured
Spain at thirty-six.
Gonsilvo do Cordova, tho "Great Captain,"
entered the army at fifteen, and before the age
of seventeen acquired a brilliant military repu
ducted several successful seiges and had assisted
at several others.
Turenne entered tho army at tho ago of four
teen. Ho served one yeur as a volunteer, four
years as a Captain, four years as a Colonel, three
years as a Major General, five years as a Lieu
tenant General, and became Marshal of France
at thirty-two. He had won all his military rep
utation by the ago of forty.
Prince Maurice commanded an army at eight
een, and acquired his military reputation in very
early life.
The great Condo immortalized his nanio at
tho battlo of Uocroi, in which, at tho ago of
twenty-two, ho defeated the Spaniards. He had
won all his great military funo before the ago
of twenty-live.
Prince Eugene of Savoy gained the battlo of
Zon nt ihirtv-four.
5 " I Peter, the Great, of Russia, organized a large
army at the ago of twenty ; at twenty-four he
fought tho Turks and captured Asoph ; at twenty-eight
ho made war with Sweden ; at thirty he
entered Moscow in triumph, after the victory at
10 1 n bach and tho capture of Noteburg and Mar-leuburg.
Charles the XII, of Sweden, completed his
first successful campaign against Denmark "at
eighteen ; overthrew 80,000 Russians at Navar
ra at nineteen, and conquered Poland and Sax
onv at twenty-four.
Frederick the Great, of Prussia, at tho ago of
twedty -eight, entered upon that career of glory
w hich has immortalized his name. lie estab
lished his reputation in the first Silesian war,
which he terminated at the ago of thirty. The
second Silesian war was terminated at thirty-
three ; and at forty-three, with a population of
five millions, he successfully opposed a league of
more than a hundred millions ot people.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, decided tho victory
of tho Prague t thirty -one.
Cortez effected the conquest of Mexicoat thirty-
six. '
Pizarro completed the conquest of P;ru at
thirty-five.
Lord Clivc reached tho zeneth ot his military
fame at thirty five.
The great Napoleon was Commander-in-Chief
at iweutv-six.
Des-;aix became a General of Division at twen
ty-six ; he died at thirty-two with a reputation
second only to that of Napoleon.
Soult became General ot Division at twenty-
nine.
Eugene Beauharnais was one of Napoleon's
ablest Generals. At twenty-eight he comman
ded the army of Italy, and at thirty-one gained
great glory in tho Russian campaign, at tho head
of the fourth corps tTarmec.
Gouvion St. Cyr, Suchet, Oudinot, Ney, Lan-
nes, Joubei't, Victor, Murat, Marmont, McDon
ald, Bernadotte, Lcfe re, llessieres Duroc, all
acquired a high military reputation in tho field
betoro tho ago of thirty-live.
This list might bo extended with tho same
results, but. names enough have been given to
show that tho world's heroes, and especially
those who assisted tho first Napoleon in his
memorable campaigns, were all, with scarcely an
exception, young men still burning with tho fire
of youthful ardor and enthusiasm.
isi;m v or it iNK.
Tho highest rank in our army is Lieutcuant-
Ai'TEit the celebrated passage of tho bridge ot
Lodi, the Directory at Paris, alarmed and jeal-
Siiells avdBio Gcxs. For more than twen
ty years the officers of 'the Ordnance and Engin-
...i, r I.HVH.1I.I.HO ..I I 1.1 Th I... A 1 . I. . :.. I . .. . I . ... .. ... I
, i I i r.ii,i fi,r. .., i S 4-f4 """ uimw liius .i i hi v "us ui, mo ti rowing no imar t y ami power oi me
G0llt-:ll;.ai'il1C,T Jtl r iluv,)te,Ullvlilllw introduction of ver'v ' rising star,appoinu'd General Kel ennan to an
on ...held Scott Gen r "'''J,1 1 f. heavy guns into our sea coast fortifications, and c.p.alcommai.d with Bonaparte in Italy, thus
only one who has ever held that rank in the Commal),lor Daulffreen. of the Ordnance Dcnart- dividhnr tin, r.vmonsil.ilit .,.,) l,i ,,divi.l.,
I dislinguislung I -.I..V .... i... I ..i.i ' .1 i i . ' , J V- ' r
- ' uiuiii, ei iuv; .i.i , ueui lauui nig iu m in our iuu giory oetwcen iiiem. iapoieou nnmeuiaie-
ships ot war with the Iai-ge shell guns. 1 ho action ly tendered his resignation, and after paying a
at Fort Hatteras has demonstrated in a very j high compliment to the abilities and experience
conclusive manner tho wisdom of both these in-lot' Kellerman, briefly and curtly told the Direc
novations. It was by means ot tho shell-guns torv that " one bad General was better than two
on Iwvo'.l lli.i n t-i I iiiuiil lli.it tl... (,.,.f ...I,. I
ced, while there is no doubt that if the place had
been armed with Rodman's 13 inch guns, or even
with 10-inch Colmnbiads, tho ships would
either have been driven away or
Letter fkom A " Lovyer." For the benefit
of those of our readers who may be, or are like
ly to become, afflicted with tho tender passion,
and who may desire to have a pattern for a short
letter for their "deer, we publish tin following
which scorns to have been held in no special
reverence by the "divinity " who received it, or
it would not have reached the distinction of print.
Tho " porno " in it strongly resembles one iu
vogue among youths a few hundred years since,
when wo were boys :
The rose is red.
The violet blue.
The lilac's sweet,
And so are i'ou.
Our Artcmus Ward rfins a litlo different style
of verse. " Ye epistle " reads as follows :
my dero fren I do in form U of my dero hive
i wood like to see you all very mutch my wurk
is so that l kant lev it butt dout let that kepe U
frum writen 2 me fur i wood like to here frum u
al ilTyure luve is as trew as mill is i newer lor-
tlic clierrr red
the stein is green
the day is pa.it
that we have seen
i hope that tho day wil cumo that wo wil beo as
won you must exxnse my bad riton no more at
present direct yore lcrcr to rit sone.
L inted States. Ihe principa
marks of uniform aro three stars on tho'shoitlder
strap or epaulette a largo ono in tho middle.
flanked by two smaller ones a double row of
nine buttons on the coat disposed in threes, a
bull' sash, a straight sword, and a sword knot
terminating iu acorns.
A Major-General is tho same, but with only
two stars on tho shoulder. '
A Brigadier-Gencral has one star, and the
buttons on his coat number but eight in each
row, disposed in twos.
Tho Colonel is tho highest in rank iu a regi
ment, and wears an eaglo on his strap, the
buttons on his coat in doublo lines numbering
eight at equal distances. When this ofliccr is
placed in chargo of a brigade ho is called a
Colonel-commanding.
A Lieutenant-Colonel is second in command
of a regiment, and is known by the leaf on his
strap, which is of silver, otherwise his uniform
is tho samo as a Colonel's. Tho Major's
is also tho same, tho loaf ' being of gold.
His duty is to act as Aid de-camp of the
Colonel, and in tho event of his two superior
officers being disabled or absent, ho takes
command of the regiment ; theso three constitute
the field officers of a regiment, and are mounted.
The Adjutant, whose position to tho regiment as
that of the Orderly Sorgaut to a company,
ranks as a Lieutenant.
Captah.s are commanders of companies, and
aro distinguished by two bars of gold on the
shoulder strap, and eight buttons at regular
distances in a single row on the coat ; tho first
Lieutenant the same, but with ono bar on the
strap, the second Lieutenant having a plain strap
without marks. These last are called line officers;
all regimental oflicers wear a red sash.
Tho Surgeon ranks as first Lieutenant in the
volunteer service, and as Major in the regulars,
and has the letters M. S. medical staff
embroidered on his strap, which otheswise is the
same as a first Lieutenant ; also wears a green
sasli. lhe tjuartermaster also taucs a Ldeuten
ant's rank, and has tho letters Q. D. Quarter
master's department embroidered on his strap ;
tho Paymast'T tho same, with the letters P. D.
Paymaster's department, and tho Commissary
with the letters C. D. Commissary department.
These coiistituto (with the Captain, who wears
no marks, only plain clothes of a uniform cut)
the regimental staff, and are allowed to have
horses. The non commissioned officers uro
hospital Steward, whoso business it is to attend
to tho stores of the hospital, and all of tho detail
jf the hospital department, under tho orders of
the Surgeon. His insignia is a green band on
the upper arm, with a serpent entwined round a
winged staff embroidered on it.
The Sergeant Major is second Sergeant in the
regiment, and acts as assistant to the Adjutant.
He wears on the upper arm a chevron ol three
stripes, connected at tho top by half circular
continuations. The Quartermaster manages tho
details of that department ; his chevron is straight
across tho top. Tho Orderly Sergeant is first
Sergeant in tho company, nnd commands it in
the absence of commissioned oflicers ; tho chevron
is of three stripes, without connection at the top,
and a diamond or star above. Tho second Ser
geant takes charge ot halt a company, called a
platoon, and has tho samo chevron as the first,
but without a diamond. Tho Corporals aro in
chargo ot sections or quarters of a company, and
are distinguished by but two bars in the chevron.
Of the swords tho cavalry saber is longest, and
has a steel scabbard. Tho field officers como
next ; tho scabbard being of chocolate enamel,
with gilt trimmings. Tho lino officers, plainer
and shorter, with sheath of black leather. A
general officer's weapon is straight, with a gilt
scabbard. Musicians and non commissioned
oflicers being shorter still, and more for show
than use.
Tho color of the shoulder straps denotes tho
arm of the service infantry being blue ; artillery,
red ; cavalry, orange ; and rifles, green.
very
blown to pieces. Rut as tho Forts had only li'i
pounders tho vessels were able to lie out of range
of these and to pour their shells into tho Fort in
such a storm as to di'ivo tho garrison into, the
magazine. From Engineer Thompson's report.
it seojns that some 10-inch Columbiads were on
the way to the forts, find one had actually arrived
though fortunately it was not mounted. It is
quite possible that if that one gnu had been ready
tor service, tho action might have resulted in tho
sinking of some of our ships and Iho withdrawal
of the remainder. When shells were thrown
from mortars at an angle of 45 degrees, t'.e hit
ting of a ship ono or two miles oil' was a feat of
rare accomplishment ; but with one of tho great
Columbiads, which send their shells at point
blank, or at moderate elevation, a ship can bo
hit at almost every shot, and a shell in the side
of a wooden ship is so terribly destructive that
but very few shots aro required to send tho lar
gest man-of-war to the bottom. Even before
the great revolution in naval warfare (-fleeted b
the introduction of shell-guns, the attacks on laud
fortifications by ships weie seldom successful,
but to send wooden vessels against forts armed
with these guns would be simply madness. The
money which has been expended by tho nation in
enabling our ordnance and engineer oflicers to
mako their investigations, his resulted in giving
us knowledge of immeasurable value in this crisis;
it has been as profitably laid out as any portion
oftho national expenditure.
good ones," and they must choose between him
and Kellerman. The Directory did not daro to
displace tho young Bonaparte, and called tho old
General to another command. Tho President,
by quoting, has recalled that little incident in tho
life of Napoleon, to whom our young Command,
er in-chief, McClellan, is thus neatly and justly
compared. Vreka Journal.
Capturis of tub Bkauuscaud. A letter from
Key West gives some interesting details con
cerning the capture of the privateer Beauregard
by the United Stales gunboat W. C. Anderson.
Tho Beauregard was overhauled olf Abaco, on
the 'morning of the l'Jtli Dec, when she had
been out but live days from Charleston, and be
fore she had made a singLe capture. Tho Beaure
gard was owned by a company in Charleston,
and had just been lilted Out at an expense of
$13,000. She was commanded by Captain Gil
bert Hay, and carried onh rilled gun on her deck.
W hen the Anderson was bearing down upon the
Beauregard, an attempt was made by the Lieu
tenant of thu latter vessel to bring his gun into
use, but tho Captain, seeing tho superior fores
of the gunboat, forbade any resistance. Ho had
doubtless the fate of tlio privateer, Savannah,
before his eyes. Tho Beauregard, therefore,
together with her crew, fell an easy prey to her
captors. Tho prize turned out to be not a very
valuable one in this world's goods ; for tho purs
ers accounts showed a cash balance on han I of
25 cents. The Captain of tho pirate, Hay, is a
Scotchman by birth, but is a naturalized citizen
oftho United States, and has resided iu Charles
ton twenty eight years. He served at one time
as prize-master on board oftho pirate, Jeff Davis.
The 1st Lieutenant, John B. Davis, was serving
in the samo capacity on board of the rebel man- j
of-war, Winslow, when that vessel was commit
ting her depredations olf the Hatteras coast.
John II. Stuart, the 2d Lieutenant, is a native of
England. Ho was an ordinary seaman on board
the ship Mary Goodell, of Portland, when that
vessel was captured by tho Jell' Davis He was
taken on board tho pirate, enlisted as one of her
crew, and very soon promoted to the 2d Lieu
tenancy. Tho crew of the Beauregard numbered
twenty -seven men, nearly all foreigners, who
aro represented as tho hardest looking, most
desperate and wretched set it had ever been the
lot of the writer to encounter. They aro now in
jail at Key West nwaiting their trial.
Tub Visalia Delta (whiten editor is an old lino
Democrat and voted for Breckinridge, but is
against secession) has tho following tart observa
tions: "Secession papers' are eternally harping
about this bloody war, 'got up by tho Republi
cans.' While wo aro not by any means tho
apologist, or defender of Republicanism, it is
well enough to simply say that the statement is
a gross and unmitigated lie, and the man making
it either is himself an unmitigated fool, or thinks
ho is addressing fools. When Lincoln took
office he found what i Can any ' secosher ' tell
Why, everything taken that well could be, and
ten thousa'.d men and nineteen batteries around
L't. Sumter, Washington threatened, etc., and
tho Government slightly objecting to tho pro.
eeeding was war !
such a statement
ranee."
wasu I
A
is contemptible
man miking
for his igno-
Hon-. Gkouce Bancroft says, " Now, has any
new phantom risen up to turn us aside from the.
support of tho Union ? If any such has, it must
give way. If slavery and the Union aro ineom
patible, listen to tho words that come from the
tomb of Andrew Jackson; 'The Union must bo
preserved at all hazards. We send the army
into tin; South to maintain the Union, to restore
tho validity of tho Constitution. If any ono
claims the compromises of the Constitution let
him begin by placing the Constitution in power
by respecting and upholding it.' "
The following is a letter from a country post
master, who voted for Breckenridgo and Lane,
and who is beginning to feel an uneasy sersatiou
about t ho neck, "I voted for neither Dongless
nor Linkin. I tako no responsibilities lor tho
trouble of tho our. I, w hoso grate, eternal eter
nal ancestors fit, bled and dido at tho battlo of
Brando Wine, I'm proud to say i voted tho
grand nashunal dimecratic ticket of Beverage
and Layiu !
Value of Xkokoes. Wo seo it stated that
tho average cash value of male slaves at present
in South Carolina, as shown by the auction sales,
etc., is fc.JIG females, M00. Thus it appears,
that, for the first time in tho history oftho State,
or of any other State, male slaves aro much less
valuable than female. The reason no doubt is
j that men don't like to buy mab slaves, knowing
Masos asd Dixon's Lise.-Oii the 4th of August the strong probability, if not certainty, of their
1703, Thomas and Richard Penn, and Lord Bal-i being seized for military service. This strongly
timorc, being together in London, a. reed with ; indicates the condition of things there. 'Ihoav
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, two math. crago value of male and female slaves iu South
. ... . .. I-.. . I. . l-.l ..... 1 lw.....t.l t.Jl.irj
. ....... .,.. Me...... trt. -.o -.t.l.il-Lr fllt-I'lur o.ft rl I .:iril !l I 1IW lllllll'IKIII IJI't'll.k 1 11" , II n 1 1 ' I M 'i - .. ... . ..
eumuiinii!-. ... .....", - - progress ot all iirs in tho present war. Mis wn-
and fix the boundary lino between Maryland on 4 the deprcciatioi upon me iiuiiuieu ..... c.s...j . - ...i" i i
the one hand, an. 1 Delaware a id Pennsylvania ; five thousand slaves of the State, a.lowing the
iK.. tMor Munn nml Divon landed iii Phil. I number of males and females to be coual, h
hundred and sixty lour minions oi
The Pen Mioiitiek than the Sword. The
United States Gazette thinks that even this war
proves that the " pen is mightier than tho sword,"
and gives tho following proofs :
Gen. McClellan, before the breaking out of this
war, had never in all his life commanded nor
maneuvered a regiment. Ho had been a captain
and nothing more. Yet ho was thought to be a
general, and w hy 1 Chiefly because of his able
report on tho operations of thu ('rimcaii war.
His report was u mere criticism of tho events of
the campaign, and the management of each side,
a written series of opinions, just such as the
newspapcis of tho country have given of tin;
Samho in K entl'ck v. A member of ono of
the Indiana regiment), writing from Kentucky
lys: " While passing through Elizabethlowri,
un incident oeoured w hich serves to show thu
state of feeling there, I prior to the advent of our
forces. An old negro woman was beared shout
ing, ' Do Lor brell'us, whar all deso men from?
Shoali as God (ley's come jes to show tley wasn't
'fraid to come. God brelf dar souls, 1 isn't
'Iraiu to holler for do U lion now !"
In a recent case of assault in Chelsea, the de
fendant pleided guilty. "I think I must bo
guilty," said hi4, " because tho plaintilf and inn
were the only ones iu tho room, and tho first
lliiug I knew I was standing up, and he was doub
led over tho stove. You'd better call it guilty.
Tiik Richmond Kxamhur says " Benedict
Arnold was the best officer tho North has pro
duced." No wonder they think so. " A fellow
feeling makes us wondrous kind."
A Sol nd Platform. The Xutionnl American ,
published at Belair, Maryland, thus defines its
position : There aro two parties iu the country,
only two. One goes for crushing out rebellion
by tho Government; tho other is lor crushing
out the Government by rebellion. We belong
to tho former.
her followinir. nnd , about two hundred and sixty
tation and was knighted by the king himself on began their works at once. They adopted the , dollars. What a monstrous loss tor a single
the field of battle; Tit forty-one he was promoted peninsular lines, and the radius and tangent , State, especially a State no richer than hoiith
tho older veterans and made , point of the circular ot their predecessors, they ( Carolina, ono uas suueie.j .y .......,
next ascertained the north-eastern coast of Mary-; war, and, it it comes not to a speeuy cios-., ,.r
land and proceeded to run tho dividing parallel j sufferings will be tenfold what they have yet
i i . Tl... n.r-Mo.l tl, . rou4:!.. a .lla. ipi-ii. lerrib G was her crime, aim icrnoiu uas
III I. 'Ill III. I tr. 1 II I ui.niiLM ..... ,'... . v...- --
over the beads of
Commander-in Chief of the army in Italy.
Henry IV., of France, was placed at the head
of the IliiL'uenot arm v at the age of sixteen ; at! of latitude. Ihey pcrsued this para
nineteen ho became King of Navarre ; at forty j tance of 2-1 miles, and IS chairs, and 21 links,
be had overthrown all hn enemies and placed from the place of beginning at the N. E. corner
h.melf on tho throne of Fiance. of Maryland to the bottom of the valley on
Mentccueuli, at the a of thirty one, with Dunkard Creek, where an Indian war path cro-s-two
thousand horse attuckcJ ten thousand Swedes ' ed their route, and here, on the 19;h of Novem
anl captured all their baggige and artillery ; at j ber, 17G7 ninety two years ng their Indian
thirty-two he U td g tine 1 tho victory of Triebel. 1 escort told them it was the will of the Sioux
Saxe entered the army at twelve, and won1 Nation that the surveys should cease, and they
obtained the command of a regiment of horse ; terminatd accordingly, leaving 35 m.les, i ch tins
at twenty-four he became M trcchal-de -Camp ; at and 50 links as th exact distance remaining to
fortv four Marshal of France. bo run west t the south-west angle of Pennsyl-
Vauban, the Ccsem-iel French engineer, ; rani, not far from the Broad Tree Tunnel, on
entered the army of ConJe as a cadet at the age j the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Dixon died
of screnteen ; at'twenty was made a Lieutenant, j at Durham, England, 1777: Mason died in
nJ at the sv" of t' erU-fnc he himclf con-, lnnylrani.i, in 177.
tings made him a general, and events have shown
him worthy to wear the title. Henry W. Hal
leek of California has also been made a major
general for similar reasons. Ho never yet has
commanded or maneuvered so much as a batlal
lion. But his lectures on tho art of war, which
have since their delivery been published in book
firm, showed him to have studied the art thor-
Landlord. Mr. Editor, I'll thank you, if you
will say that I keep the best table in thu city.
Editor. I'll thank you to supply my family
with board gratis.
Landlord. I thought you were glad to get
something to fill up your paper.
Editor. I thought you were glad to board
men for nothing.
Its a poor rule that won't work both ways.
What is tho dilf renco between a hen with a
wing and a lieu without a wing. A niero differ
ence of a pinion.
Should you happen to catch yourself whistling
in a printing ollice, and the compositors tell you
to w histle louder, don't you do it.
been, and more terrible will be, her punishment.
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The Feemso in KKftTLCKV. II n. Joshua F.
Bell made a spec h at Springfield, Kentucky, in
which he said ho " would rather see Kentucky in
its original state of a desolate wilderness, than
to see it separated from the Union and brought
under the government of tho Confederate Slates."
The Hon. Garrett Davis ( now U. S. Senator )
w rote to tho same meeting : " Perish Slavery
rather than tho Union."
A man's good fortune often turns
Soldiers Allowance. The allowance of
clothing to our soldiers is much greater than to
soldiers in European armies. Our troops get
one uniform coat and two sack coats a year, a
pair of trowscrs every livo inoiuhi. Iu the
oughly, and tho War Department has ou that French army, tho allowance fir three years is
ground made him a major-general. So much l)Hy one tuna; and three pairs of trowscrs, while
confidence ha the Government in hi abilities shell jacket is given every two years. In tho
that lie ha been made successor to Fremont. Sardinian and Belgian armies, the greatcoat
! is expected to last eight years. But tin great
Commodore Tltnai.l, oftho rebel fleet, has durability of the clothing ol European armies
given it as hi opinion, that the entire rebel do-1 i easily accounted for when we consider the caro
t.iice oftho Southern coast mist be abandoned, which is taken to insure good materials. Every
a they could not withstuid tho armament of our ynr,l of cloth is subjected to very minute and
fleet. distinct examinations by board of olli cers, as-
l sisted by expert who Weigh it, and shrink it,
" DitAWiso for a Pair of Jacks." The Ma-' and examine it inch by inch against a struig light,
rysville Jisnreis makes merry over the perplex-1 They ulso apply chemical test to detect the du-
ilies of a man whom the editor saw try ing to , nihility of tho dye, and tho manufactories aro at
his head
but his bad fort un as often averts the heads of rope a couple ot stubborn donkeys off an island. 'all times open to inspectors, to watch tho fabri
lllS flicnd llOCaiiCH it umuij I'M e.iu el J. us. . i Hii"n i vmij sv,i.