Commissioners. Not quite. (Then a them on the piazza, and stepped out and speech from Commissioner No. 2, and a demanded their business. They replied: pause.)

may

"We have come to take down them Stars and Stripes."

She instantly drew a revolver from her side, and presenting it, said

"Go on! I'm good for one of you, and I think for both!"

Afraid of the Girl's Eye.

Mr. Bates. We know Mr. Davis well by reputation. He is the same gentleman who stumped his State for two years in favor of repudiation, and justified the conduct of Mississippi in the United States Senate. We know the gentleman; and although we have no reason to be proud of him or his antecedents, I think I ter not try it; we'll go back and get more safely say, that if you have brought with men," said the other. you to London the necessary funds to pay off, principal and interest, the repudiated millions owing to our people by your States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, there is a reasonable prospect of your raising a small amount in this market! Our Mr. Sturgis will be happy to dine you at 8 o'clock to-morrow evening! Exeunt omnes.

Afraid of the Girl's Eye.

"Go and get more men," said the noble lady; "get more men and come and take it down, if you dare!"

They returned with a company of ninety armed men, and demanded that the flag should be hauled down. But on discovering that the house was filled with gallant men, armed to their teeth, who would rather die as dearly as possible than see their country's flag dishonored, the secessionists retired, much after the fashion of cur-dogs sideling along with their tails between their hind-legs.

Dramatic Scene in Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet.

The manner in which John B. Floyd was forced to resign his place as Secretary of War under President Buchanan, which

The house of the celebrated, boldhearted and out-spoken Parson Brownlow, was, at one time, the only one in Knoxville over which the Stars and Stripes were floating. According to arrangement, two armed secessionists went at six o'clock one morning to summarily haul down said he had used to further the ends of treason, stars and stripes. Miss Brownlow, a forms a memorable incident in the political brilliant young lady of twenty-three, saw history of the rebellion.

In February, 1861, Major Anderson,

This, of course, opened the bleared eyes

commanding at Fort Moultrie, Charleston of the President, and the meeting resulted harbor, finding his position endangered, in the acceptance of Mr. Floyd's resignapassed his garrison, by a prompt and bril- tion.

liant movement, over to the stronger fortress of Sumter. Immediately on the re

thies.

During one of the raids of John Mor

ception of this intelligence, Mr. Floyd, Treating Them According to their SympaSecretary of War, much excited, called upon the President to say that Major Anderson had violated express orders, gan, an interesting incident occurred at and thereby seriously compromised him (Floyd), and that unless the Major was at once remanded to Fort Moultrie, he should resign the War Office.

Salem, Indiana. Some of his men proceeded out west of the town to burn the bridges and water-tank on the railroad. On the way out they captured a couple of The Cabinet was assembled directly. persons living in the country, one of whom Mr. Buchanan, explaining the embarrass- was a Quaker. The Quaker strongly obment of the Secretary of War, remarked jected to being made a prisoner. Secesh that the act of Major Anderson would oc- wanted to know if he was not strongly casion exasperation in the South; he had opposed to the South? "Thee is right," told Mr. Floyd that, as the Government said the Quaker, "I am." "Well, did you was strong, forbearance toward erring vote for Lincoln?" "Thee is right; I did brethren might win them back to their al- vote for Abraham," was the calm reply. legiance, and that that officer might be ordered back. After an ominous silence, the President inquired how the suggestion struck the Cabinet?

Mr. Stanton, subsequently called to the War Department, but then Attorney General, answered:

"That course, Mr. President, ought certainly to be regarded as most liberal towards 'erring brethren;' but while one member of your Cabinet has fraudulent acceptances for millions of dollars afloat, and while the confidential clerk of another-himself in California teaching rebellion-has just stolen nine hundred thousand dollars from the Indian Trust Fund, the experiment of ordering Major Anderson back to Fort Moultrie would be dangerous. But if you do intend to try it, before it is done, I beg that you will accept my resignation."

"Well, what are you?"

"Thee may naturally suppose that I am a Union man. Cannot thee let me go to my home?"

"Yes, yes; go and take care of the old woman," was the welcome answer.

The other prisoner was trotted along "And mine," added the Secretary of with them, but not relishing the summary State, Mr. Blackmanner in which the Quaker was disposed

"And mine, also," said the Post-Master of, he said: General, Mr. Holt

"And mine, too," followed the Secretary of the Treasury, General Dix.

"What do you let him go for? He is a black abolitionist. Now, look here; I voted for Breckinridge, and have always

been opposed to the war. I am opposed drinking saloon,' and at the same time into fighting the South, decidedly."

"You are," said Secesh; "you are what they call around here a Copperhead, an't you?

vited all persons who loved the Stars and Stripes to patronize the new establishment.

This flattering notice fell upon John "Yes, yes," said the Butternut, pro- Hawkins as a thunderbolt; he frantically pitiatingly; "that's what all my neighbors rushed over to the newspaper office and call me, and they know I ain't with them." protested that he was a rebel, and that he "Come here Dave!" hallooed Secesh. relied upon his secession friends for pat"Here's a Butternut. Just come and look ronage-he declared that he was a ruined at him. Look here, old man, where do man unless something was done to imyou live? We want what horses you mediately purge his fair fame of any taint have got to spare, and if you have got any of loyalty to his native land. Captain greenbacks, just shell 'em out!" and they Clark, who fully appreciated the unfortutook all he had. nate publican's feelings, and with the spirit and liberality of a chivalrous editor,

Calumnious Charge of Loyalty against John offered his columns for an explanation,

Hawkins.

which offer resulted in the publication of a card by Mr. Hawkins, in which he pronounced the editorial statement that he had taken the oath of allegiance, “a fabrication."

Holt's drinking saloon was one of the most fashionable in New Orleans. The proprietor, a son of the famous New York hotel keeper of that name, kept fast horses, a fashionable private residence, and re- Secession was delighted. John's friends ceived his income by the hundred dollars crowded his precincts all day, and drank to a day. In an evil hour secession seized John's health, and at John's expense. The upon the land, and Holt was induced to dawn of the following morning promised a issue shinplasters. His reputation for brilliant future; but, alas! Deputy Prowealth and business profits made them vost-Marshal, Colonel Stafford, whose buspopular, and inducements were held out iness it was to see that public drinkingfor immense issues. Gradually, however, house keepers had taken said oath of allebusiness fell off, and Holt, when General giance, sent after Mr. Hawkins, and asked Butler ordered that personal paper money him what right he had to keep a shop open should be redeemed by bank-notes, found without license, and farther inquired if it impossible to comply with the proclamation, and this inability was increased by the fact that he had taken the oath of allegiance, and his regular customers refused, therefore, to be comforted at his house. The finale was that Holt was sold out, and his establishment, repainted and restocked, opened under the auspices of one John Hawkins. To give the place Voting for a Candidate on Principle. the due amount of eclat, Captain Clark, "Gentlemen," said a Virginia planter, of the Delta, knowing that it was against trembling with passion, in a conversation the law for any one to sell liquor in the between half a dozen persons in the parlor city, unless by a person who had taken of a New York insurance office, before the the oath of allegiance and obtained a li- Republican nomination had been made, cense, caused it to be published that at "gentlemen, if you elect Mr. Seward last the citizens were blessed with a 'Union President, we shall break up this Union."

John did not know that he could not get a license unless he took oath to be a good citizen under the national government. That he was permitted to carry on his business without taking the oath will be believed by all who do not know the man with whom he had to deal at head-quarters.

"I think not, Sir," calmly replied the stating the errand on which they had come, man to whom he seemed more particularly the President was most cordial in his welto address himself. come, and immediately prepared the way

"You'll see, Sir,-you'll see; we will for the conversation which followed, by surely do it."

"Then, Sir," said the other, as quietly as before, but looking him steadily in the face, "we shall nominate Mr. Seward. Mr. Seward is not my man, for I am a free trader and an old Democrat. But if Virginia, or any other state or states shall declare that, upon the constitutional election of any citizen of the United States to any office, the Union shall be broken up, then I nominate that man and vote for him on principle."

And all present, with a single exception, uttered a hearty "Ay!"

Scene in the President's Room the Evening preceding the First Proclamation for Troops.

taking from his drawer and reading to them the draft of the proclamation which he had decided to issue, and which was given to the country the next morning. As soon as the reading was ended, Mr. Douglas rose from his chair and said—

"Mr. President, I cordially concur in every word of that document, except, that instead of a call for 75,000 men, I would make it 200,000. You do not know the dishonest purposes of those men (the rebels) so well as I do."

Mr. Douglas then asked them to look with him at the map which hung at the end of the President's room, where in much detail he pointed out the principal strategic points which should be at once strengthened. Among the most prominent were Fortress Monroe, Washington, Harper's Ferry and Cairo. He enlarged at length, and with his accustomed power of

Hon. George Ashmun, a distinguished politician of Massachusetts, has given an interesting account of an interview which took place between himself and Senator Douglas, and subsequently between the demonstration, upon the firm, warlike foottwo and President Lincoln, on the night ing which ought to be pursued, and found preceding the issue of the first call for in Mr. Lincoln an earnest and gratified troops to put down the rebellion. Mr. listener; indeed, no two men in the UniAshmun had gone to Mr. Douglas's house ted States parted that night with a more to induce him-he being looked upon as cordial feeling of a united, friendly and the senatorial leader of the opposition to patriotic purpose than these two irreconMr. Lincoln―to take a public stand in sup-cilable political opponents during the past, port of the Administration in entering upon Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas.

the war. Mr. Douglas was at first disin- After leaving, and while on their way clined to such a step, but yielded to the rep-homeward, Mr. Ashmun said to Mr. resentations made to him,-his wife, who Douglascame into the room during the interview, "You have done justice to your own giving the whole weight of her influence reputation and to the President, and the towards the result which was reached. country must know it. The proclamation The discussion continued for some time, will go by telegraph all over the country and resulted in his emphatic declaration in the morning, and the account of this that he would go with Mr. Ashmun to the interview must go with it. I shall send President and offer a cordial and earnest it, either in my own language or yours. support. Mr. Ashmun's carriage was wait- I prefer that you should give your own. ing at the door, and it was almost dark version."

when they started for the President's house.

"Drive to your room at Willard's," said They fortunately found Mr. Lincoln at Mr. Douglas at once, "and I will give it home and alone, and upon Mr. Ashmun shape."

This they did, and Mr. Douglas wrote the following, an exact copy of which was given to the agent of the associated press, and on the next morning it was read all over the North, in company with the Government on the face of the globe. President's proclamation, to the great gratification of his friends and the friends. of the government. The original draft, in Mr. Douglas's handwriting, is still preserved as cherished evidence that, whoever else may have fallen by. the wayside, in the hour of the nation's peril from 'false brethren,' Mr. Douglas was not of them. Below is a copy of the memorable dispatch to the press, Sunday evening, April 14, 1861:

Government, and his abhorrence of the southern traitors and rebels who were engaged in destroying the most enlightened, best administered and most prosperous

"Mr. Douglas called on the President this evening and had an interesting conversation on the present condition of the country. The substance of the conversation was that while Mr. D. was unalterably opposed to the administration on all its political issues, he was prepared to sustain the President in the exercise of all his constitutional functions to preserve the Union and maintain the government and defend the federal capital. A firm policy and prompt action was necessary. The capital of our country was in danger, and must be defended at all hazards, and at any expense of men or money. He spoke of the present and future without reference to the past."

Hon. F. G. Farquar, of Virginia, meeting the Captain at a hotel in Paris, and knowing his parentage, reproached him in opprobious terms as a renegade from his native State. He charged him with being a traitor to the South, and a man of no honor because he abandoned her when she needed the services of all her sons, particularly her seamen and navigators. He took occasion also in his vituperation, to cast imputations upon the character of Captain C. Lee Moses, of Saco, Maine, Northern ladies, which, as the Captain formerly United States astronomer, etc., had married a New England wife, was rewas a party to a singular and not unro-sented on the spot by a tremendous blow, mantic affair of honor, which was fought entirely doubling up the chivalric Virginon the Seine, near Paris, in August, 1861, ian, and laying him in ordinary for the the particulars of this affair being as fol- balance of the evening. lows:

Gallant Vindication of the Flag Abroad.

Farquar was taken charge of by his Captain Moses, although a South Car- friends, and when he had gathered his olinian by birth, remained a strong and scattered faculties, he sent a challenge to devoted adherent to the cause of the Union, the Captain by the hands of his friend, and during his journey through France Mons. Stephani. The challenge received made no hesitation in expressing his sym- a prompt response, and not twenty-four pathies and feelings for the United States hours from the first meeting of the com