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* 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
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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.
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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 !"
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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
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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;
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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
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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'
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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.