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VPereonal Communications, when admissible ; communications of limited or individual interest, or recommendations of Candidates for officeR of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for at from 3 to 10 cents per line. * The Feeling in New York. From the New York Herald of a recent date, we take the following: Wilson's Zouaves.?At seven o'clock f last evening the Union battallion of Zouaves, Col. William Wilson, held a formal muster and roll call at their headquarters in Tammany Hall. There were 861 men of the battalion present. The occasion was made strikingly impressive by the extraordinary proceedings which were had. The men were ranged around the hall three deep, with Colonel Wilson and the other officers in the centre of the room. The men had all clad themselves in the grey shirts and pants which have been provided for their uniform, which is completed by a common brown felt hat, brogans and leather belt. Theycairya short knife about seven inches in length, between a sort of bowie knife and butcher knife in shape. Many also have revolvers, of which it is intended they shall be armed with one or two, as well as a sinner shot and a Minnie rifle. All the meu ranged against the walls, Colonel Wilson with a drawn sabre in one hand and L the American flag in the other stood forth ' uncovered and addressed his men amidst deafening cheers. After a short adjuration to "the flag, for which he declared bis devotion, he called upon all to kneel and swear with him. ? Waving the banner and flourishing his sabre, he knelt on one knee. All present knelt with him and repeated the oath which he put to them to support the flag, and never flinch from its path through blood or death. He said he would lead them to Baltimore, and they would march through it or die; at which they all arose with a tremendous yell, flung up their hats and brandished their glittering knives amidst prolonged and frantic cheers. He then denounced death to the Baltimore traitor secessionists uuu Plug Uglies, and they would leave a monument of their bones in the streets of Baltimore. Amid yells of "Death to the Plug Uglies," he illustrated with his sword how they should hew their way, and said though he should be the first man slain, he had but one thing to ask, which was that each of * bis followers should secure his man and avenge his blood. That they would do this, he again called upon them to swear, and marching around the hall, holding up the flag and the sword, and accompanied by two officers, the one on the right bearing a banner inscribed:? " The Union Battalion of Zouaves. Death to Secessionists." The other officer on his left holding up, in both hands, a bowie knife and revolver, Wilson shouted to them to swear, and they responded with shouts of "blood," "blood." "We swear, &c." The band then struck in with the "Star Spangled Banner," which they all sang in chorus, as well as also "Dixie's Land," altered to read with a few variations : "1 wish 1 was in Ilaltimore ; Away, away," &.< . How the Yankees Tight. The New Orleans Crescent, in speaking of the bigh-sounding valorous talk of the Northern press, thus comments on the k Yankee mode of fighting: "The Yankee mode of fighting is like that of the Chinese?plenty of noise and fuss, but no execution. Chinese warriors attempt to frighten the enemy by painting \ their faces, carrying broad shields with hideous devices on them, and making unearthly noise by beating gongs and ringing bells. At the first pop of a gun they throw down their gongs and shields, and run with lightning swiftness. A squad of Massachusetts militia, confronted by an equal number of Mississippi Riflemen, would make better time than ever Lexington made over the Metairie course. Massachusetts pluck and prowess are terrible on paper, but on paper only. The downeasters of Massachusetts and Maine are now avowing their ability and their intention of whipping Southerners, to use their own classic language, l<to all darnation "? When it comes to the pinch they will sim mer down more quickly than the well known individual, whose call for the man that, struck Billy Fatterson was so promptly and unexpectedly answered. An illustration of Massachusetts bravery was furnished a few years ago, when a military company in Boston rescued the slave Burns from the mob and carried him boldly down the street, the populace contenting themselves with looking on, jeering, and howling, and bellowing like a parcel of buffaloes when they come across the body of a recently slaughtered comrade on the plains. The Governor of Maine notifies us that every man in that State is ready for the war of Southern subjugation. The bounty on codfish is in danger?a bounty the treasury of the Union has paid for so many years to Maine fishermen?a bonus to those people for following a business profitable of itself?the first and only instance of such favoriteism, we venture to say, in the legislation of the whole world. The South, so it is threatened, is to be invaded by an army of codfish and onion-fed warriors from Qfata nf Mm'no At tho first firp from tuc umig vi iumuv* vuv u>v? M?? Bragg's or Beauregard's batteries they will scatter like a parcel of young chickens when they see the hungry hawk swooping down on them from the upper air. A people whose most bloodthirsty achievements consist in harpooning whales, and eviscerating codfish, have the assurance to talk about whipping Mississippians and Kentuckians who can, with the deadly and unerring rifle, pick a squirrel out of the topmost branches of the highest tree at every pop. If these Yankees had the modesty to say that the contest would be a doubtful one, we might have some patience with them. When they talk as if the subjugation of the South is as easy a matter as the peeling of one of their own onions, they put a point upon it rather too fine. We might consent to be moderately whipped by these doughty warriors and valorous champions from Maine and Massachusetts?but the idea of being utterly exterminated, cleaned out and "dispersed," is rather "binding" on us. Will not the codfish and onion brigades of the bold North show us at lrast a little mercy ? From Montgomery. Monto mery, Ala., April 23, 1861. Capt. J. R. Hamilton, the able and in? r a1? Ci gemous projecior OI me ruaiiug jjoucij, i which poured into Sumter such a destructive fire, aDd passed unscathed through the I terrible ordeal to which the heroic Anderson subjected it, has been engaged all the morning in exhibiting a model of it to the Secretary of War, who, after the delineation, will authorize the immediate construction of a similar one to be used in the bom- j burdment of Fort Pickens. The United States commander at that j place has recently declared to Gen. Bragg that he should act entirely on the defensive, consequently there will be no fighting*for | two weeks or more. Capt. Hamilton will have ample time to construct his ball aud j bomb-proof battery, and Gen. Bragg a suf- [ ficient delay to charge with he most crush- j ing thunder the war cloud that now overhangs the doomed fortress. The moment the preparations are completed the attack j will commence, and it must and will be rci duced, whatever be the cost of the victory It is supposed that the slaughter on both sides will be terrific, and the joyous cry of "nobody hurt," which came to the War Department simultaneously with the sur j render of Sumter, will give place when the | battle of Pickens shall be fought to the I cry of the wounded and dying. There can [ be no doubt that the fortress, too, will be j ruined, if Dot wholly demolished.?Corm ]pundent of (lie Richmond Dispatch. ! , ? - ?? >? Unused to Arms.?The Philadelphia j North American laments the fact that so few of the Northern people are acquainted i with the use of arms. Not one in a thousand of the filthy multiiitude who areshrieki ing for war in New York has ever seen a ; gun, except in a shop window. From the Charleston Courier. "LIFT THE PEOUD BANNEB." Respect/idly dedicated to Col. Joseph Brevard Kershaw and his valiant Regiment. BV CHARLIE WILDWOOn. I. Sumter's matrons mid maidens made it for tlipe? Beautiful emblem of the brave and the free! Anil, Carolina looks on with pride and delight At her chivalrous sons rushing forth to the fight. Then lift the proud banner?oh ! wave it on high, And peal the loud shout, we will conqueror die! tt. Carolina's loved daughters, so modest and fair, And so brave and so true, so gentle and dear, Will pray to the Father who ruleth on high, That light of His presence will ever be nigh. Then lift the proud banner?oh ! wave it on high, And peal the loud shout, we will conquer or die ! in. Co forth in thy glory, thy strength and thy pride, Heat back the fierce rolling fanaticnl tide ; And prayers, like young angels, will hover round thee, Pons of Carolina ! fair land of the free. Then lift the proud banner?oh ! wave it on high. And peal the loud shout, wo will conquer or die ! IV. Kacli eye is dimmed with the fnrcwell tear. But the heart never feels the quail of a fear As the brave volunteers go forth In the right, With sword of the just, and the buckler of might. They lift the proud banner?they wave it on high. And peal the loud shout, "we will conquer or die !" v Like wave of the sea that rolls hack from the shore. Ah ! they go, perhaps, to return never more ; But, oh ! dauntless forever that banner shall wave O'er the victor's brow or the patriot's grave. For lifting their banner?they wave it on high, And peal the loud shouts, "we will conquer or die !" IT Aye, we know it shall wave both fearless and free, For each eye and each heart now swears It shall be Never trampled upon by the foe's rude feet Till every patriot heart hath censed to beat. They lilt their proud banner?they wave it on high, Alid peal the loud shout, "we will conquer or die.'' VII. Then let storms of war roll in tierce fury forth From the frozen regions of the frenzied North, But a forest of arms and hearts that are warm, Shall hurl back the tide of the blood rolling storm. For lifting their banner?they wave it on high, And peal the loud shout, "we will conquer or die."' Neglect Somewhere. It is greatly to be feared that the raw troops we are hurrying forward to the seat Tmf nra UTtoItt frnm ttio onnrUfirin tVinv \JL nai aiguuu nagij|iivuj -~~j are io, to reflect much credit upoD their State, or prove very serviceable as soldiers. At Camp CurtaiD, near Harrisburg, we are told by a gentleman who has just returned from there, all is disorganization, and thejgathering has more the apperance of a mob than an army. If the country companies and regiments which have passed through Philadelphia may serve as fair j speciment we should judge this report to be true. After m-'dnight on Monday they fired off guns as they marched through the streets of our city. We saw several companies. They had arrived in the city during the night, and bad bad nothing to eat since leaving Harrisburg. When we saw them they were discontented, insubordinate, and swearing at the city, their officers and everything else. They had each man a loaf of bread stuck on his bayonet, that being ( the only way they could carry their next; i .1 t_ 1 _ l 1-T A kl?l. I meai, as mey oaa no snapsuutta. n. maun.- j et was slashed arouod the body, and some ! had what seemed like a satchel huDg at the j side, which we took to be either a pouch j for cartridges or a place to put a ration of I meat. Others had no cartridge pouch at j all, and on being asked pulled their cart-1 ridges out of their pockets, which seemed j to be stuffed full of them. One man told 1 us that he had been furnished with no ra-; tion since he left his home in Huntingdon, j A number of companies from Schuylkill | looked as though taken fresh from the ! mines, hands and faces being blacked with coal dust. Indeed, all of them might be regarded fairly as the great nnwashed, whether coming from Schuylkill or any| where else. As for uniform, we did not see the slightest pretence to it among any of these men. One German company had j not even arms. Several companies had no i drummers, and there was one regiment so ' completely disorganized that the men could ; not tell the names of any of their officers except the Colonel. Inquiries for the quartermaster seemed to be fruitless, as there i fn nnnn nnrl trnr. tllPTP appeal CU l \J L/O UV/UUJ J ~ w www -rw-w | over six hundred men in this regiment, commanded, too, by a member of the Legislature.? Philadelphia North American. Fort Pickens.?A Pensacola corresi pondent of the Savannah Republican writes, April 21, as follows: As to when the fight will come off, no one here, of course, knows. Each party seems disposed to hold off for the present, to make more thorough preparation. Now that Pickens has been reinforced, I can see nothing to be gained by precipitate action, and everything to lose. We should be thoroughly prepared. I give it as my cani did opinion that the Confederate States will i never possess Fort Pickens. When the United States forces find the place untena' ? l-j --.1 u1 I Die, It Will De aisoianueu auu uiuwu up. John Bell on the Crisis.?At an immense mass meeting, held in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night last, speeches were delivered by Eon. John Bell and others. Mr. Bell spoke for about threequarters of an hour, stating, in effect, that so far as present duties and responsibilities art concerned, the past is a sealed book.? The time for action and unity of action in the South bad arrived, and he was for standing by the South, and defending the South, all the South, against the unnecessary, aggressive, cruel, unjust and wanton war which is being forced upon us. He recounted at some length the efforts which he had made in the past and especially the present Administration to avert this war, and the hopes he had cherished for the preservation of peace, but those hopes had now vanished, and our duty was now to defend ourselves, and to make common cause with all our sister slaveholding States of the South against a common invading foe. He advocated a strong and effeotive military league or union among all the slaveholding States, for the successful prosecution of the war, but declined to discuss the question relating to the times and manner and character of a political connection, which he considered more appropriate for a future time. He was for arming the State and organizing and equipping the militia in the amplest and most effective way possible under the circumstances. Brigadier General W. S. Harney. The public generally are aware of the arrest of this officer, of the United States Army, by the Virginia forces near Harper's j Ferry, and of his being afterwards brought ' * " ' .u: 1... | Deiore tne ijroveruoi, mu mia pia^c. mc interview of the General with the Governor was followed by his discharge, and he yesterday proceeded to Washington.? Gen. Harney, at the time of his arrest, was on his way from St. Louis to head-quarters, to rep rt. The following facts connected with his detention, may be relied on : On Thursday, the 25th, a dispatch was received at Harper's Ferry, stating that Gen. Harney was on the coming train.? Brigadier General Carson, commanding at Harper's Ferry, immediately gave orders for his arrest, and communicated with Gen. Lee and Gov. Letcher, who directed him to | send Harney to Richmond. The following escort was accordingly detailed for that [purpose: Major Nelson, commanding; | Major Patten ; Captains Kinney, Holliday, and Marshall, of Staff. General Harney made no resistance to the arrest.?Richmond Dispatch. Tiie Grave of Washington.?The New York Express thus feelingly laments the seperation of Virginia from the Union : "Virginia Gone !?The announcement yesterday that this old Commonwealth?so ' intimately associated with about all the past glories of our now unfortunate country?had declared for the 3Iontgomery Confederacy, tended to intensify the depression which weighed on the public mind, deep down under the surface of the delirium incident to the arrival of Major Anderson and the departure of troops for Washington. Men felt that if they could part with Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee, as if only a profitable business partnership had been rudely dissolved, without adequate cause?they must now bid the Old Dominion f-iporooll wif.h sentiments of a far differ ent character. It is difficult, it is impossible, to realize, as now realize we must, that Mount Vernon and the grave of George Washington are henceforth, to us North Americans, in a foreign land; and that the mother of statesmen and Presidents is no longer our friend, but our foe !" Arkansas Reprisals.?Arkansas is moving and with rapidity. We are informed by Capt. Dick Love that on the 22d ult-, Gen Thomas Jones, under instructions received from Governor Rector, seized, at Napoleon, a large quantity of Government military supplies, consisting of one hundred and forty thousand ball cartidges, one hundred Maynard rifles, two hundred cavalry saddles, and five hundred sabres, which were in possession of Messrs. Johnson and Peay. These will very materially aid the Southern cause.?Memphis Bulletin. I A Faithful Race.?It will be recollecj ted how complete a failure was John Brown's | attempt at Harper's Ferry to es.cite revolt I among the servile population. A similar | attempt on a small scale in the same localiI ty has lately met with a like result. An 1 Abolitionist near Harper's Ferry was trying j to persuade two negroes to run off, when I the negroes arrested him and brought him I into quarters.?Richmond Dispatch. Seventy THonsana volunteers. ? The Richmond Enquirer states that the proclamation of Govervor Letoher for volunteers in Virginia has been responded to by over seventy thousand soldiers. "Young men from every class and pro- 1 fession throughout the State, all of them raised with arms in their hands from earliest boyhood, form Virginia's army.? They are all said to be good marksmen, enured to fatigue by hunting and farming, riding and exercise of all kinds j eager to rush to the defence of their homes, fathers, mothers, rights and liberties?such are the | defenders of Virginia. All of the State has not yet been heard from, and when it is, the number will be swelled to one hundred thousand, of the best soldiers that ever stood forth to defend their country from oppression. Such an army, offioered from the flower of the late United States Army, and commanded by the brave and gallant Lee, the noble son of Light Horse Harry, j conquest will be impossible, and the inva- % der that has the hardihood to trespass npon the soil of Virginia will meet a sure and speedy death. Seizures in New York.?Marshal $ Murray yesterday seized a vessel just starting for New Orleans with 1000 barrels of powder ou board. The powder was taken f to the navy yard, and will be removed this morning to the United States magazine on Ellis' Island. The Marshal also made a desent upon the lithographic establishment of Julius Brene, No. 188 Broadway, and seized the engraved plate of registry for the privateering service of Jeff". Davis. Thorough preparations have been made for watching the departure of suspicious vessels, or the shipment by land of contraband goods for the Southern States. The Vixen, fitted out with an armament and jj with boats for boarding, is to be stationed at Throgg's Neck, and the steam-cutter Bibb off the Narrows, with orders to board every vessel leaving tnis pore, ana examiue , their cargo if anything appears suspicious about them. t A lot of uniforms for the Southern army have been seized at the store of Messrs. ' Dubrick & Bro., Dey street.?JVeic York Times, of Monday, 22c?. Another Proclamation from Lincoln. Alexandria, April 29.?Lincoln is- 1 sued the following proclamation to day : Whereas, for the reasons assigned in my proclamation of the 19th iust., a blockade of the ports of the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mip- B sissippi, and Texas was ordered to be esub- a lished; and, whereas since that date public property of the United States has been | seized, collection of revenue obstructed, and the dntv of commissioned officers of the United States, while engaged in execu- m ting orders of their superiors, have been || arrested and held in custody as prisoners, M or have been imprisoned in the discbarge I of official duties, without due legal process, If by persons claiming to act under the au- m thority of the States of Virginia and North || Carolina, an efficient blockade of the ports \ of those States will also be established. Sloop-of-war Plymouth.?Preparations were commenced at Norfolk on Wednesday for raising this ship, which was scuttled and sunk at the wharf near the dry dock. It will take but a short time to get ' her up and pumped out, when she will be placed in the dock for repairing damages. The Plymouth is a fine ship, of handsome model, pierced for twenty-two guns, and has been but recently thoroughly overhaul- g ed. She could be put in commission in a very short time, if necessary.?Richmond Dispatch. aQrEdward Everett subscribed 8100 towards equipping Fletcher Webster's Regi- ? ment. We had thought that if there was | a true man iD the North Edward Everett was one, but recent developments demonstrate, beyond a doubt that they are all k false, and that there is not one true friend fa to the South in the whole North. Pierce, Buchanan, Fillmore, Cass, Douglas and g| Everett all endorse Lincoln's coercive war policy. Tbe loss of the trade of the South is what has drivcu these hypocrites into 5 the ranks of the Black Republicans. Harper's Ferry.?It is stated that the works at Harper's Ferry, now in charge of the State of Virginia, are in active operation, and manufacturing from 250 to 300 Minnie rifles per day?to be distributed to the troops of that State. He who falls twice upon the same soot is weak iu his head as well as his heels.