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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!

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INDE X.

EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS IN THE INDEX.

D. stands for Diary of Events; Doo. for Documents; and P. for Poetry, Rumors and Incidents.

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Doc. 127
"Ad Poetas," by Geo. H. Boker, P.
African Slavery, Mr. Powell's reso-
lution in reference to,

American Democracy, reply to the
London Times on,
Amherst College, Address of D. S.
Dickinson at,

of a Zouave and his wife,

P.

Doc. 116

of an artilleryman,

P.

966

D. 24

of two brothers at the battle of
Bull Run,

89

D. 33

Mr. Sherman's remarks on Pow-
ell's resolution,

D. 34

"Agnes," Song by,

"After the Fight at Manassas," by

Sarah Helen Whitman,

"A Gathering Song,"

AGNEW, CORNELIUS R., M. D. See

Sanitary Commission.

Aiken, the U. S. revenue cutter. D. 58

P.

2
P. 77

P. 54

"A. L.," Poem by,

P. 34

Alabama, Regt. of, arrived at Har-

per's Ferry, Va.,

D. 12

havoc in the Regts. of, at Bull

Run,

P. 13

"Alarum," Vanity Fair,

P. 87

"Albany Journal," on compromise

and peace,

D. 73

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ALBERGER, F. A., Seward's letter to,
on Foreign enlistments, D. 59
ALDEN, Capt., cannonades Gal-
veston, Texas,
Doc. 484
Alexandria, Va., slaves at, liberated,

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

AMES,, Bishop, his "Union Con-
vention,"
P. 60
"A Monarch dethroned," by Mrs.
E. Vale Smith,
ANDERSON,
S. V.,
ANDERSON, FRANK, Lt.-Col., rebel,
P. 31
ANDERSON, ROBERT, Gen., receives
a gold medal from the citizens
of New York,
D. 24
tribute to, by Reverdy Johnson,
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

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D. 51

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,

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P. 91

of Col. Boerstein,

P. 83

P. 99

of a secession lawyer at St. Louis,

P. 100

P. 83

of the wife of Capt. Gilvery,
of a lady of Alexandria, Va.,
of a Good Samaritan at Bull Run,

P. 102

of Gen. Benham and the would-

P. 102

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of the N. Y. Zouaves at Bull Run,
See Rebels,

of Col. Davies, of the N. Y. 16th

P.

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of the New Hampshire soldiers
at Bull Run,

of a Vermont woman who "re-

P.

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of the Rev. Henry Cox, of Dela.
plaine, Ill.,

An English Comment on English

P.

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"A New Yankee Doodle." By J.
R. Gilmore,

patriotism of the, of Boston, New

P. 61

Annapolis Junction, Pennsylvania
troops at,

York, and Philadelphia,
securities at the South,

D. 75

"An Ode for the Union," by R. D.
C.,

P. 88
P. 60

"An unreported Union Conven-
tion,"
"A Poetical and Patriotic Gem,"
by
the descendant of an F. É.
V.,
P. 29
APPERSON, E. M., constructs de-
fences at Memphis, Tenn., D. 43
"A Psalm of Freedom." By É. H.
Sears,
P. 78
Arkansas, proclamation of the mili-
tary board of,
D. 17
correspondence between the reb-
els of, and the Cherokees, D. 8S
Army of the Potomac, General Mc-

Clellan in command of, D. 73
Army Orders. See U. S. Army.
ARNOLD, ISAAC 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
66 A Soldier's last Word," by Park
Benjamin,
P. 48
Doc. 171

"A Tribute to the Brave," by Hy.

D. 65
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. 35
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 Indiana
Regt, at Carrick's Ford, Va.,
Doc. 543
BANON, HENRY, arrested at Wash-
ington,
D. 39
Baptists,
D. 3; Doc. 439
See Hudson River Baptists.
convention of South Carolina, res-
olutions of the,
Doc. 439
Barboursville, Va., skirmish at, D. 28
account of the fight at, Doc. 285
BARNARD, J. G., Major U. S. A.,
report of battle of Bull Run,
Doc. 86
Doc. 539
P. 96

notice of,

PAGE
P. 84

P. 15

his justice to an assassin,
BENJAMIN, J. P., instructions to
rebel marshals in reference to
persons captured at sea, D. 27
his opinion of President Lincoln,
Doc. 142
BENJAMIN, PARK,
P 3, 48
BENSON, HENRY, of Wisconsin. anec-
doto of his bravery at Bull
Run,
BENNETT, JAS. GORDON, Jr., Lieut.,
arrests Louis de Bebian, D. 73
BENTON,, Col. 8th Regiment
Indiana volunteers,
D. 8
BERRY, H. G., Col 4th Maine vol-
unteers,
D. 8; Doc. 146
Bethel, Va, battle at,
Doc. 164
Col. Townsend's report on, Doc. 165
Major Winthrop's notes of the

plan of the attack on, Doc. 179
secession report of the battle at,
Doc. 165

P. 54

Lieut. York's experience at the
battle of,
BINGHAM, Paymaster, 26th
Regiment N. Y. §. V., D. 55
BING, JULIUS, account of his arrest
and adventures after the battle
of Bull Run,
P. 18
BIRNEY, DAVID B., Colonel 23d
Regiment Penn. volunteers, Ď. 75
Blackburn's Ford, Va., battle at, D. 34
General Tyler's report of the bat-
tle at,
Doc. 336

Colonel Richardson's report of the
battle at,

Doc. 837

"Washington Star" narrative,

Doc. 343
"N. Y. Times" narrative, Doc. 844
"N. Y. Tribune" narrative, Doc. 846
list of casualties at,

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BARRY, CHARLES A.,

details of the battle at,

ATKINS, R. YOUNG,

Doc. 483
P. 10

BARRY, WM. F., appointed Brig.-
Gen.
D. 75

Clay Preuss,

P.

5

major, U. S. A., report of battle
of Bull Run,

Doc. 89

Doc. 888

ATWOOD, WILLIAM, of Ky., D.
Augusta, Ga., speech of A. H. Ste-

68

notes to a Southern account of
the battle of Bull Run,

General Beauregard's report of

Doc. 47

the battle of,

Doc. 838

phens at, July 11,

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Doc. 540

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Augusta, Mo., a feast of doughnuts
at,

AVERY, W. W., delegate to Con-
federate Congress,
D.

"A Vision in the Forum," by Thos.
Buchanan Read,

AYRES, Capt.. his battery at the
battle of Blackburn's Ford, Va.,
Doc. 837

P. 73

BARSTOW, G. FORRESTER,

BARTOW, FRANCIS S., Gen., rebel,

killed at Bull Run,

P. 48

"Baltimore Exchange"

narra-

tive,

Doc. 351

P. 15

"Memphis Appeal" account,

2

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P. 76

gallantry of, at Bull Run,

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P. 5
D. 45
P. 12
BARTLETT, W. O., letter of Corne-
lius Vanderbilt to,
Doc. 152
PATES, J. N., Brig.-Gen., honorably
discharged,
Doč. 353
"Battle Hymn," by Woodbury M.
P. 12

Doc. 352

BLAIR, -, Colonel, at battle of
Wilson's Creek,
D. 61
BLAIR, M., Postmaster-General, let-
ter to General McClellan on
non-intercourse,
D. 75
BLENKER, LOUIS, Colonel, at Bull
Run,
D. 37

BAYARD, THOS. F., of Delaware,
notice of,

D. 174
Back River, Va., Lt. Crosby's expe-
dition to,
D. 40
BAILLET, GEORGE, speech of, July
18,
D. 33
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-
ridge insulted at,

D. 9
BEACH, ELIZABETII T. PORTER, P. 49
BEAUREGARD, P. G. T., at Manas-

sas,

proclamation in reference to pass-
ports,

report of battle of Bull Run, Doc. 33
appointed brigadier-general,
D. 60
BLEVINS, JOHN, protest against the

proceedings of the East Ten-
nessee Union Convention, Doc. 159
Blockade. The London Post on

Doc.

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D.

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the,
Doc. 125
BOERSTEIN,, Col. anecdoto of, P. 83
BOKER, GEORGE H.,
P. 65, 89
Bombs, rebels', filled with rice, P. 90
BONHAM, M. H., Brigadier-General,

See battle of Bull Run.
letter to Sarah Z. Evans,
official report on the battle of
Bull Run,
Doc. 868
and the Hampton Legion, P. 12
promoted,
D. 37
bulletin to the rebel army after
the battle of Bull Run, Doc. 108
forage order of, D. 38; Doc. 394

D. 5S

seizure of arms and contraband
articles at,

D. 53

the ancestors of,

wanted for rebel winter quarters,

P. 23

epigram on his bravery,
anecdote of,

P. 70
P. 41

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D. 9 Bedford, Westchester co., N. Y.,
D. 15
D. 22

BEBIAN, LOUIS D., arrested at New-
port, R. I.

P. 6

D.

73

police board of, arrested,
steamers seized at,

D. 56

S. Tenkle Wallis's report to tho
Md. legislature on the memo-
rial of the police commissioners
of,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, com-
munication on, cut off,
D.
BANCROFT, GEO., speech to the Do

3

Kalb regt., N. Y. S. V. Doc. 400
Bangor, Me., office of the "Demo-
crat" at, destroyed,
D. 64
Banks, convention of the officers of
the Southern,
D. 43

Havelocks made by the ladies
of,
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 the 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

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report of the War Department,
July 1st,
Doc. 229
letter to Gov. Gamble, Doc. 474
notice of,
D. 23

CAMERON, JAMES, Col., Sarah Z.
Evans' letter to Beauregard in
relation to the body of, P. 82
See Bull Run 79th Regt.

N. Y. S. V. — Beauregard.
Camp Brandywine, Delaware,
"Camp Record," newspaper,

D. 55

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D. 28

"Camp Song," by Capt. Charles
Winter.
P. 77
CANNING, E. W. B., notice of, D. 8
"Can't Settle Accounts." See Ċ.S.A.
CANTWELL, Lt.-Col. of Ohio, notice
of,
Cards, a pack of, saves the life of a
soldier at Bull Run,
P. 16
CARLILE, Senator, Va., remarks of,
on the bill to suppress insurrec-
tion,
Doc. 436
CARMICHAEL, THOMAS H., Lt., cap-

tures the "French Lady," Doc. 255
CARPENTER, M. H.,
D. 70
CARR, Capt., report of the
battle of Wilson's Creek, Doc. 505
Carrick's Ford, Battle of,
D. 30
Official Reports of the battle of,
Doc. 286, 543
"Cincinnati Gazette's" narrative
of the battle of,
"Cincinnati Commercial's" ac-
count of the battle of, Doc. 291
"N. Y. Tribune" narrative, Doc. 293
Richmond "Dispatch's" account

Doc. 288

of the battle of,
Doc. 542
Carter's Creek, Va., Havemeyer's

P. 16

speech of Capt. Wilson of Atlanta,
Ga., on the battle,
P.

12

loss of the rebels in the battle, P.
"Tall Running" at,

12
P. 17

P. 18

release of the Federal surgeons
captured at,

Doc. 523

Bull Run, Sunday, July

21st, by

P. 1
Bunker Hill, Va., Gen. Patterson's
Doc. 303
D. 30

BURKE,, Capt. Missouri 1st
Regt., bravery of, at battle of
Wilson's Creek,
Doc. 518
Col, on habeas cor-

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BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN, P. 1
BUCKINGHAM, W. A., Gov., call to

the people of Connecticut, Aug.
15,
BUCKNER, 8. B., Gen., Agreement
with Gen. McClellan,
D. 5-S
correspondence with Gov. Ma-
goffin,
Doc. 163
letter to Lloyd Tillman, Doc. 164
BUCKSTONE, B. F., Surgeon, Fifth

BUDD, WM., Commander, report of
the attack on the steamer Res-
olute,
Doc. 531
confirmed as Brig.-

BURNSIDE, A. E., Col., returns fugi-
tivo slaves.

D. 5
in the advance into Virginia, D. 32
at Bull Run,
D. 36
report of battle of Bull Run, Doc.
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,

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pus.
D. 67
BURKE, T. B., secessionist, hung at
Lane, Illinois,
D. 3
P. 47

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-

18

P. 100

CARY, ALICE, anecdote of,

P. 47

CARY, PHEBE, anecdote of,

P. 47

CASS, THOMAS, Col. 9th Regt. Mass.

Vols.,

D. 12

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official reports of,

Doc. 1-111

general orders before the

Doc. 1

notice of,

Gen. Tyler's supplementary_re-

BUTLER, CHARLES WM.

port on the battle of,

Doc. 366

report of Col. Pratt on,

Doc. 367

Beauregard's official report,
"N. Y. Times" narrative,
"Atalanta Confederacy" narra-
tive.

Doc. 368

Doc. 369

Doc. 371

D. 74
Cameron's letter to, on "Contra-
bands,"
Doc. 493
D. 70
P. 97
BUTLER, JOHN G., Capt., at the Bat-
tle of Bethel,
Doc. 165
BUTLER, PIERCE, arrested at Phila-
delphia,
D. 71
BUTTERFIELD, DAN., Col. 12th Regt.
N. Y. S. M.,
D. 50

"Cast Down, but not Destroyed."
by A. E.,

P. 5

Cataline Steamer, burnt at Fortress
Monroe,
Catholics,

D. 16

See Father Cree-

don.

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"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 Run. Doc. 376
CHAMBERLIN, Capt., at the battle of
Bethel,
Doc. 164
CHAMBLISS, JOHN R., letter from
Jeff. Davis to, D. 48; Doc. 440
Chaplain, a lively.
P. 74
CHAPLIN, Lieut., U. S. N., at Mat-
thias Point,
D. 6
CHARA, MANUEL, Lt.-Col. 2d Regt.
New Mexico Volunteers, D. 29
"Charleston Courier," opinion of
"Soulouque" Lincoln,

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