Immortal as our heroic sage
Is every law he made;
The earth, the heavens, may fade from age, But his laws cannot fade.
CHORUS-TO arms to arms! &c.
We're born to die-then let us die
Where glory weaves death's wreath; On to the fight, our patriots cry— To victory or death.
The bayonet thirsts for traitors' gore; Bright gleams the patriot's sword; Place us our country's foe before, And give the battle-word. CHORUS-TO arms! to arms! &c.
A banner o'er our heads we raise, Ennobled in past wars; On it the light of freedom plays The glorious Stripes and Stars. A star may fall from yonder sky, Or clouds its lustre mar,
But that broad flag we raise on high Must never lose one star.
CHORUS-TO arms! to arms! &c.
THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY THE OCCASION,
On the Night of Thursday, July 4, 1861. BY "J. C. B."
Night has enveloped in her robes the earth, And thousands in rejoicings unite, Commemorative of a Nation's birth,
Which thrilled of yore each patriot with delight, And bade him hope that in this favored clime Freedom would bloom perennial through all time.
Standing upon Potomac's verdant shore,
I gaze upon these tributes to the day, And, whilst the rockets and the camp-fires pour A radiance almost rivalling night's sway,
I ponder sadly on events which bring To every heart a shadow and a sting.
Far more magnificent than all the show
Which man conceited in his art would try, Behold the comet with mysterious glow
Spreads its vast tail athwart the star-gemmed sky.* And lo! a meteor blazes through the night, The fleet precursor of the rocket's flight.t
How peaceful is the spot where now I stand; Across yon river hear what stir and noise.
This "heavenly messenger" by some astronomers is supposed to be the return of that known as "the Emperor Charles the Fifth," but this is doubted and denied by others, and it seems to have come unbidden and taken the world by surprise.
t Of this meteor an Alexandria correspondent of the Evening Star writes:-"Last evening, (4th,) while a grand pyrotechnic display was taking place throughout the loyal States, a still grander and more beautiful one took place in the heavens. Some eight or ten minutes past 8 o'clock, whilst it was yet early twilight, a magnificent meteor was observed at this place. Its direction was from northeast to southward. Although at the time of its appearance it was hardly dark, yet it was of such intense brightness that it cast a shadow as deep almost as that cast by the sun. Its track could be plainly traced for five or ten minutes after its appearance by the bright streak of light which it left. Its scintillations were beautiful and gorgeous beyond description."
Here, the sweet products of kind Nature's hand; There, man, mad man, most wickedly destroys The fairest temple which was ever reared, By good men rev'renced, and by bad men feared. Surrounded thus, with scenes to stir the heart, And thinking sadly of events and men, Is it a weakness that the tear should start,
To make comparison between now and then? Then, when our country towered in its prime; Now, when it totters under loads of crime. And can it be, that in so brief a space,
Since our brave fathers independence won, That such unprofitable, deep disgrace
Thus brands the country of a Washington, And makes each patriot through the world lament, Lest man's incapable of self-government?
In Freedom's name, behold Americans
In hostile ranks glare one upon the other, And, urged by madness, meditate their plans, Each to pour out the life-blood of his brother; And all to wreck the only earthly prize Beyond all measure in the patriot's eyes!
And must it be, that man should strive to mar, With crime and passion, God's supreme decrees, And, with the hot and blasting breath of war, Deface the beauty of such scenes as these, For the mere gratification of a whim, Which barters peace for devastation grim?
Can nothing check this fratricidal strife,- And must the Ship of State in storms go down? Must brothers madly seek each other's life?—
Ruin and murder wither with their frown? O God of mercy, spare thy people! spare, And keep us freemen, as our fathers were! GISBORO', OPPOSITE WASHINGTON.
OH, SAY NOT IT IS BORNE TO EARTH!
BY REV. EDWARD G. JONES.
Oh, say not it is borne to earth, Our Banner pure and bright; For every star shall prove its worth, With undiminished light. Baptized afresh, devotion warm That pennon shall unfold, And scatter o'er the battle's storm Its purest shower of gold.
Amid the din of clanking steel Its waves of hope shall rise, To give endurance to the will,
And kindle languid eyes; And as its bearers sink in dust,
Stout hearts upon the wing Shall seize it, to redeem the trust, And new defiance fling.
Upborne upon the swelling surge, Like meteor on the main, To glory 'twill the patriot urge- Glory without a stain.
Still in the van, though hardly pressed, No rival can it own;
The cherub daughter of the West, Round whom our arms are thrown!
EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS IN THE INDEX.
D. stands for Diary of Events; Doo. for Documents; and P. for Poetry, Rumors and Incidents.
"A Battle Hymn," by James Mac- key, Abolitionists "to be scourged into good behavior," D. 75 Acquia Creek, Va., skirmish at, D. 46 Acrostic-on Jefferson Davis, P. 44 ADAMS, C. W. See Indians, D. 64 ADAMS, JOHN, ex-President, letters to Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, 1789, D. 3; Doc. 146 "Adams' Troop " of Natchez, Miss., P. 85 "Addenda to the celebrated 'Nine Miles to the Junction.' າງ by Lieut. Millard, U. S. A., P. 16 "A Disunionist answered," Doc. 127 "Ad Poetas," by Geo. H. Boker, P. 89 African Slavery, Mr. Powell's reso- lution in reference to, Mr. Sherman's remarks on Pow- ell's resolution,
"After the Fight at Manassas," by
ALLEN, W. P., escapes from Sudley Church, Va., D. 46 Allegiance, National and State, Doc. 206 to King Cotton, Doc. 208 ALMSTEDT, Col., Doc. 467 "Alvarado," the bark, destroyed near Fernandina, Florida, D. 56 account of the capture and de- struction of the, Doc. 489 ALVEY, R. H., rebel account of the arrest of, P. 83 America, War expenses and war taxes in, Doc. 119 American Democracy, reply to the London Times on, Amherst College, Address of D. S. Dickinson at, AMES, -, Bishop, his "Union Con- vention," P. 60 "A Monarch dethroned," by Mrs. E. Vale Smith, P. 109 ANDERSON, Col 4th Regt. 0. 8. V., D. ANDERSON, FRANK, Lt.-Col, rebel, P. 31 ANDERSON, ROBERT, Gen., receives a gold medal from the citizens of New York, tribute to, by Reverdy Johnson,
of two brothers at the battle of Bull Run,
P. 9 of the Shriver Greys, rebel, P. 13 of Mrs. Curtis,
AGNEW, CORNELIUS R., M. D. See
Sanitary Commission.
Aiken, the U. S. revenue cutter. D. 58
Alabama, Regt. of, arrived at Har-
havoc in the Regts. of, at Bull Run,
Albany Journal," on compromise
ALBERGER, F. A., Seward's letter to, on Foreign enlistments, D. 59 ALDEN, Capt., cannonades Gal- veston, Texas, Doc. 481 Alexandria, Va., slaves at, liberated, D. 51 murder of the U. S. pickets at, P. 56 Alien Law, the Confederate, D. 65 Jeff. Davis' proclamation relative to, D. 66 Aliens, Confederate Congress_act respecting alien enemies, Doc. 492 Jeff. Davis' proclamation in refer- ence to the act respecting alien enemies, Doc. 526 ALLEN, Col. First Regt. N. Y. S. V., arrested at Fortress Monroe, D. 11 D. 65
D. 24 Doc. 145 Anderson Zouaves, N. Y. S. V., left N. Y., D. 75 ANDREW, JOHN A., Gov., calls upon the citizens of Mass. to fill up the regiments, D. 73 Proclamation to the citizen sol- diers of Mass., Aug. 20, Doc. 539 Anecdotes, of Turner, the rebel
postmaster of Western Va. Doc. 244 of Gen. J. W. Ripley, D. 17 of Garrick, the negro cook of the schooner Enchantress, D. 52 of Englishmen at the battle of Carrick's Ford, Va., Doc. 291 of the young soldier dying, of Joseph Lane of Oregon, of Gen. J. B. Magruder, of the wife of Capt. Gilvery, of a lady of Alexandria, Va., of a Good Samaritan at Bull
of Willie P. Mangum, Jr., P. 16 affecting anecdote of a soldier at Bull Run, P. 2S of Mass. Vols.at Baltimore, Md., P. 41 of Gen. Scott and a Virginian, P. 41 of Bishop Simpson, P. 46 of Alice and Phebo Cary, P. 47 of a Methodist preacher at Camp Curtin,
of a Baltimore negro,
of a farmer in the Legislature,
of Daniel Sullivan, of the Ohio
A soldier's response, P. St. George Cooke,
"A Song for the Illinois Volun- teers," by "Agnes,"
details of the battle at,
BARRY, WM. F., appointed Brig.- Gen
"A Tribute to the Brave," by Hy.
ATWOOD, WILLIAM, of Ky., D. 68 Augusta, Ga., speech of A. H. Ste-
Augusta, Mo., a feast of doughnuts at,
AVERY, W. W., delegato to Con- federate Congress, D.
"A Vision in the Forum," by Thos. Buchanan Read,
ATRES, Capt.. his battery at the battle of Blackburn's Ford, Va., Doc. 837
major, U. S. A., report of battle of Bull Run,
notes to a Southern account of the battle of Bull Run,
P. 88 "An unreported Union Conven- tion," P. 60 "A Poetical and Patriotic Gem," the descendant of an F. É. APPERSON, E. M., constructs de- fences at Memphis, Tenn., D. 43 "A Psalm of Freedom." By E. H. Sears, P. 78 Arkansas, proclamation of the mili- tary board of, D. 17 correspondence between the reb- els of, and the Cherokees, D. 88 Army of the Potomac, General Mc-
Clellan in command of, D. 78 Army Orders. See U. S. Army. ARNOLD, ISAAO N., at Battle of Bull Run, Doc. 17 ARNOLD, SAMUEL G., Lieut.-Gov., proclamation of, referring to the dead of R. I., D. 89; Doc. 395 "A Soldier's last Word," by Park Benjamin, P. 48 Doc. 171
patriotism of the, of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, D. 65 securities at the South,
P. 56 reports of the Southern conven- tion of, Doc. 407 BANKS, N. P., Gen., seized steamers at Baltimore, Md., D. 22 proclamation of, July 10th, D. 24 transferred to the command of forces on the upper Potomac, D. arrived at Harper's Ferry, Va., D. 42 nullifies the police protest of Bal- timore, D. 11 arrests the police Board of Balti- more, D. 15 confirmed as major-general, D. 54 proclamation of June 27, D. 8; Doc. 176 instructions to Col. Kenly, pro- vost-marshal of Baltimore, Doc. 178 proclamation of July 1, Doc. 196 BARNETT, Col. 7th Indians Regt. at Carrick's Ford, Va., Doc. 543 BANON, HENRY, arrested at Wash- ington, D. 89 Baptists, D. 8; Doc. 439 See Hudson River Baptists. convention of South Carolina, res- olutions of the, Doc. 489 Barboursville, Va., skirmish at, D. 28 account of the fight at, Doc. 285 BARNARD, J. G., Major U. 8. A., report of battle of Bull Run, notice of,
BARSTOW, G. FORRESTER,
BARTOW, FRANCIS S., Gen., rebel,
killed at Bull Run,
P. 5 D. 45 gallantry of, at Bull Run, P. 12 BARTLETT, W. O., letter of Corno- lius Vanderbilt to, Doc. 152 PATES, J. N., Brig.-Gen., honorably discharged, Doc. 858 "Battle Hymn," by Woodbury M. Fernald, P. 12 BAYARD, TH08. F., of Delaware, notice of, D. 9 BEACII, ELIZABETI T. PORTER, P. 49 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T., at Manas- Doc.
proclamation in reference to pass- ports,
BAKER, E. D., Col. California regt., N. Y. S. V. D. 10; Doc. 177 speech on the Bill to suppress in- surrection, D. 51; Doc. 462 BALLOU, Major Rhode Island
Vol., killed at Bull Run, Doc. 19 Baltimore, Md., John C. Breckin- ridgo insulted at,
seizure of arms and contraband articles at,
See battle of Bull Run. letter to Sarah Z. Evans,
wanted for rebel winter quarters,
P. 28 Marshal Kane arrested at, D. 8 protest of the board of police of,
police board of, arrested, steamers seized at,
BEBIAN, Louis D., arrested at New- port, R. I. Bedford, Westchester co., N. Y., Havelocks made by the ladies of,
8. Tenkle Wallis's report to tho Md. legislature on the memo- rial of the police commissioners of, D. 56 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, com- munication on, cut off, D. BANOROFT, GEO., speech to the Do Kalb regt., N. Y. 8. V. Doc. 400 Bangor, Me., office of the "Demo- crat" at, destroyed, D. 64 Banks, convention of the officers of the Southern, D. 43
D. 54 BEE BARNAED E., Gen., killed at Bull Run, notice of, P. 15 BELL, JOHN, of Ky.. D. 68 BELLOWS, HENRY W., president of Sanitary Commission, Doc. 174 BELT,, Dr., of Md., arrested, D. 89 BENDIX, JOHN E., Col., at tho bat- tle of Bethel, Doc. 164 BENHAM, H. W., Gen., at the battle of Carrick's Ford, Doc. 289-292 report of the battle at Carrick's Ford, Doc. 513
rebel, at the battle of Black- burn's Ford, Va.,
Booneville, Mo., account of the bat-
tle of, P. 69 rebel account of the battle of, P. 70 BOOTH and the United States, case of, Doc. 141 BORRON, FLORENCE WILLESFORD, P. 105 Boston, Mass., 2d and 4th Batta- lions of, offer their services to U. S. Government, patriotism of the banks of, D. 65 Latin School, visit to the Web- ster Regiment, P. 46 BOWERS, WILLIAM L., Captain 2d Rhode Island Vols., Doc. 20 Bowners, Va., skirmish at, D. 12 BRACKETT, Captain, his caval- ry at Blackburn's Ford, Va., D. 85 BRADBURY, M. R., P. 78 BRADFORD, J. O., U. S. N., corre- spondence of Gov. Letcher with the wife of, in reference to her wardrobe,
official report on the battle of Bull Run, Doc. 868 and the Hampton Legion, P. 12 promoted, bulletin to the rebel army after
the battle of Bull Run, Doc. 108 forage order of, D. 38; Doc. 394
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BROWN, G. W., Mayor of Baltimore, approves the protest of the Police Board,
BROWN, JOHN, "dead, yet spenk-
count of the battle of, Doc. 291 "N. Y. Tribune" narrative, Doc. 293 Richmond "Dispatch's" account
Broome County, N. Y., Union meeting at,
resolutions of July 18th,
BROWN, CLARENCE S., Major U. S.
speech of Capt. Wilson of Atlanta, Ga., on the battle,
loss of the rebels in the battle, P. "Tall Running" at,
Official Reports of the battle of,
release of the Federal surgeons captured at,
Bull Run, Sunday, July 21st, by Alice B. Haven,
"Cincinnati Commercial's" ac-
Bunker Hill, Va., Gen. Patterson's Doc. 803 D. 30 Capt. Missouri 1st Regt., bravery of, at battle of Wilson's Creek, Doc. 518 BURKE, , Col, on habeas cor-
his "raid" into Virginia, Doc. 127 BROWNLEE, J. A., approves the Mis-
BROWNSON, ORESTES A.,
BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN, P. 1 BUCKINGHAM, W. A., Gov., call to
the people of Connecticut, Aug.
D. in the advance into Virginia, D. 82 at Bull Run, D. 36 report of battle of Bull Run, Doc. 18 eupplementary_report of, Doc. 20 BUTLER, BENJ. F., Gen., letter to Secretary Cameron on the "con- traband," D. 47; Doc. 437 order in reference to the sale of
intoxicating liquors, D. 52; Doc. 471 appointed to command of volun- teer forces near Fortress Mon- roe, D. 74 Cameron's letter to, on "Contra- bands," Doc. 493 D. 70 P. 97 Doc. 165 BUTLER, PIERCE, arrested at Phila- delphia, D. 71
of the battle of, Doc. 542 Cartor's Creek, Va., Havemeyer's
account of the fight at, Doc. 169 Carthage, Mo., Battle at, D. 19 Col. Siegel's report of the battle of, Doc. 271 "St. Louis Republican's" account of the battle at, Doc. 246 "N. Y.World's" narrative of, Doc. 247 "N. Y. Times'" narrative of, Doc. 249 Cartridge Boxes, music in, P. 87 CARUTHIERS, -, Lt., rebel, his en-
counter with Georgo Martin, P. 44 CARTWRIGHT, PETER, a crisp letter
BUTLER, JOHN G., Capt., at the Bat- tle of Bethel,
Beauregard's official report, "N. Y. Times"" narrative, "Atalanta Confederacy" narra- tive.
BUTTERFIELD, DAN., Col. 12th Regt. N. Y. S. M., D. 50
"Catholic Cathedral," by T. Hul- bert Underwood, CATLIN, J. D., arrested at Washing- ton, CATRON, Judge, expelled from Nashville, Tenn., "Cavalry Song," Charles G. Leland, P. 50 Cayenne Pepper, an implement of P. 59 Centipedes, an implement of war, P. 71 Centreville, Va., the retreat from, July 21st. See Bull Ran. Doc. 876 CHAMBERLIN, Capt., at the battle of Bethel, Doc. 164 CHAMBLISS, JOHN R., letter from Jeff. Davis to, D. 48; Doc. 440 Chaplain, a lively CHAPLIN, Lieut., U. S. N., at Mat- thias Point,
"National Intelligencer" on the
amendment of the Constitution,
D. 57 CAMERON, SIMON, Letter to Gen. Butler on "Contrabands," D. 60; Doc. 493
CHARA, MANUEL, Lt.-Col. 2d Regt. New Mexico Volunteers, "Charleston Courier," opinion of "Soulouque" Lincoln,
on the situation of affairs,
"Charleston Mercury" on the bat-
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