" And Morton, with some trusty chaps, Magoffin 4 A. M. did fix, By post and by the wire; And then, could you have heard them swear! For they were angry-very, And when they found that they were sold, At 2 A. M. the scamp did come, No matter what they find to do, And serve the devil, too, as well, To roast eternally in hell, So they would. Just give them chaps a half a chance- But those who love old Uncle Sam, For patriots are brothers all- THE MAID OF ULSTER. DEDICATED TO THE 20TH REGIMENT N. Y. S. M. BY M. M'N. WALSH. Her uncle was a counsellor, of wealth, and wit, and skill, A finished classic scholar, and master of the quill; No perjurer, no plunderer, but honest, generous, brave; Students, doctors, lawyers, Timid, blushing maiden Softly gasps, "My gracious!" As her gallant lover Swears he'll shoot Jeff. Davis. Gallant-looking firemen, "Them 'ere Southern squirts." "All we ask is to be let alone."-JEFF. DAVIS. A dog having stolen a large piece of meat, 'Tis thus with mankind, though conscious of wrong, The traitorous minions who follow his lead, They treat with contempt our Union and name, SONGS OF THE REBELS. THE SOUTHRON'S WAR-SONG. BY J. A. WAGENER. Arise! arise! with main and might, Strike hard, strike hard, thou noble band; Let thunders roar, the lightning flash; Bold Southron, never fear! The bay'net's point, the sabre's clash, True Southrons do and dare! Bright flow'rs spring from the hero's grave; Thrice curs'd the traitor and the knave! Then let each noble Southron stand, We'll do for God and fatherland; -Charleston Courier, June 11. HURRAH! BY A MISSISSIPPIAN. Hurrah! for the Southern Confederate State, Hurrah! and hurrah! for her brave volunteers, And three cheers for the Palmetto wreath! Hurrah! for each heart that is right in the cause; Hurrah! for the South-shout hurrah! and hurrah! In peace or in war we will ever be found Invincible," now and for aye. -Mobile Register. THE NATCHEZ MILITARY. BY WALTER STANLEY. The stirring notes of the rolling drum So wave a kiss to your friends and home, Our trade is war, and we do not care To the sound of the fife and drum. The fierce invader and all his band, Of the fierce and cruel Mars; And there on the field of death and doom Now let us be faithful, bold, and true, -Natchez Free Trader. JOHN BROWN, DEAD YET SPEAKETH.-Who would have dreamed, a year and a half since, that a thousand men in the streets of New York would be heard singing reverently and enthusiastically in praise of John Brown! Such a scene was witnessed on Saturday evening last. One of the new regiments from Massachusetts on its way through this city to the seat of war sang John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave, Glory Hallelujah! Glory Hallelujah! Glory Hallelujah! The stanzas which follow are in the same wild strain: He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord, etc., His soul's marching on! John Brown's knapsack is strapped upon his back, etc., His pet lambs will meet him on the way, etc., Seldom, if ever, has New York witnessed such a sight, or heard such strain. No military hero of the present war has been thus honored. No statesman has thus loosed the tongues of a thousand men to chant his patriotism. Little did Capt. Brown think of the national struggles that were to follow his eventful death. But his calmness and firmness gave evidence of his faith that the cause of freedom demanded the sacrifice of his life, and he nobly died. It was a notable fact that while the regiment united as with one voice singing this song, thousands of private citizens, young and old, on the sidewalks and in crowded doorways and windows, joined in the chorus. The music was in itself impressive, and many an eye was wet with tears. Few who witnessed the triumphal tread of that noble band of men arrayed for the war for freedom, will ever forget the thrilling tones of that song.-N. Y. Independent. "MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO IT."-The Philadelphia Presbyterian, under the heading of "Make Up Your Mind to It," thus expresses its views on peace propositions: " "A gentlemen, not very distinguished for ardent patriotism, declaiming against the war as having in a large measure arrested the wheels of business, and interfered with his usual prosperity, a friend properly rebuked him in terms like these: "This war has been enforced on us. It must necessarily produce distress. As a citizen you may as well make up your mind to bear a portion of the burden. You have been accustomed to look exclusively after your personal interests; now you must enlarge your views, and aid the public cause. The very existence of the Government, under the shadow of which you have prospered, is in peril; if it falls you fall; if it prospers you will prosper. If, to escape temporary sacrifice, you would patch up a false, factitious, and dishonorable peace, you are unworthy of the name of an American and a freeman,' "The answer was a just one. The mercenary cry of many is the war is ruining us, and the selfishness it betrays is the very ground on which it is attempted to form a party to frown down the war at all hazards. What is to become of our Confederacy, our Government, our future freedom, do not enter into the calculation. Surely American virtue is at a low ebb if we are not willing to make sacrifices, and to bring down our high aspirations after fortune, for the sake of our country. These are times when every good citizen should willingly bring down his notions to a war standard. He must willingly suffer, as the people of our old revolution did, for the sake of their country. Those who cry out for peace on any terms little dream of the sad inheritance they would leave their children in a land divided into factions and rent by interminable future war. No; the sacrifice is nothing compared with the miseries which would be brought upon us by the splitting of our country into a number of contending communities.-If such an evil is to befall us, which may God in his mercy prevent, let it not at least come through our recreant, our low selfishness, and our base betrayal of the precious trust reposed in us." HOW MONEY IS TO BE RAISED.-The following article, while indirectly acknowledging the des perate state of the country, shows that the power of the Government is to be exerted wherever the least murmur or discontent shall arise at the highwayman's command of "Stand and Deliver: " "The heavy demand for the services of our citizens as soldiers, and on the capital and credit of the States, and of individuals, have necessarily operated on the regular order of business. Trade is greatly depressed, and all kinds of business transactions are embarrassed. These are some of the necessary inconveniences of the war waged upon us by the Federal Government. It will require economy and hard struggling to keep up the business of the country, so far as shall be absolutely necessary to supply the actual wants and necessities of the people. In times like these the 'strong should bear with the weak,' and all should be content during the continuance of the war, with the making of enough to meet expenses. Any man who shall be found capable of taking advantages of the necessities of his country and of speculating on the 'miseries of his neighbors,' to gratify his sordid soul, is a detested wretch. We hope none such may be found among us. So far as we are informed by expressions from the people everywhere, especially in the interior, the feeling and the sentiments seem to be universal in favor of a suspension of forced collections, and the sacrifice of property and the pecuniary ruin of individuals in the present pressure of the times. Public sentiment is strongly in favor of a 'suspension of all legal process,' till this war is ended, and these sentiments may be so strong as to need no legislative interference upon this subject. If, however, it shall be found that the public opinion is not strong enough to stay the love of gain, then it will, in our opinion, become the duty of the Legislature, by its act, to suspend all civil process till the causes which render such a relief measure absolutely necessary, shall cease to exist in force as they now do. "It is the duty and the interest of every man now to sustain and defend his country. More than two hundred thousand of our fellow-citizens, 'as good by nature and better by practice' than we who stay at home, have already left their business and the endearments of their homes and gone at the peril of their lives to defend their country and to defend us. Many of these have already sacrificed their lives, and many more will yet be victimized on the altar of their country. Our safety, our property, and our lives at home depend on the success of our soldiers in the war and on the battlefields. When our soldiers shall have repelled the invaders and conquered for us an honorable and a glorious peace, then business will revive and prosperity will come to relieve us of the embarrassments of the present and reward us in the future. Till we gain our independence and peace for our country, it is the paramount duty of every man to relieve, to the extent of his ability, the necessities and to aid in the defence of his country. "Accustomed, as we have been all our lives, to peace and the largest liberty, we come slowly to realize the stern demands which a state of war imposes on us. We must all learn the hard lesson which war imposes. Conduct censurable but allowable in a state of peace becomes sufferable in a state of war. Any man or any corporation who, Shylock-like, will demand the pound of flesh' in these times, must be restrained, if not by public sentiment, by legal enactment. "On the other hand, men who have the means ought to pay, and help their country and their neighbors freely. If they be true men they will do so. Men who have money now, and lock it up, either from a mean fear of losing it or for the purpose of speculation, are almost or altogether as bad as traitors, and deserve the execration of the community."-Montgomery (Ala.) Mail, June 19. A WELSH bard, of the clerical order, who marched in the escort at New York, composed the following on the occasion of the departure of the Oneida (N. Y.) Regiment: ENGLYNION. Glewion O ddynion a ddaehth- Ar du cin llywodraeth; A'u bradyr a ddifant; A ddaliaut yn rhwysgol; Which, being translated into English, reads thus: WELSH RALLY, Oneida is a hero land, Full of true braves; It marshals forth this gallant band, They join the host that guard our home, To rob our fields and change our sheltering laws. Jeff. Davis, our most hateful foo, These conquering forces will o'erthrow, A villain's end, deserved for treason done. LEATHER AND SHOES.-The Southern people have heretofore purchased large quantities of leather goods from the North. Of course this supply is cut off by the war. Our people and our troops must have shoes. How are they to be supplied? Winter is near-no time is to be lost. The necessity must be met in some way. We have good reasons to believe that there are hides and leather enough in Alabama to shoe all her people, including the volunteers. In the northern portion of our State large numbers of cattle and sheep are slaughtered for home consumption. Many of the hides thus taken are entirely lost or indifferently tanned. If some plan could be adopted to purchase and collect these hides, they could soon be converted into leather and manufactured into shoes. In this way our volunteers could be furnished. Either a company should be organized to purchase these hides and have them made into shoes, or, if such company cannot be formed, or cannot accomplish the object, the necessity of the case would justify the State in assuming the management of the business. There are shoemaking shops enough in our State to make all the plain shoes we need. And there are, perhaps, tanneries already in operation which could furnish the leather, if they had or could get sufficient stocks of hides. |