The Oregon Argus. (Oregon City [Or.]) 1855-1863, June 22, 1861, Image 1

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Hack it.Uul Im rtloo
Mauntm eanla one jrr 80 U
A liberal deduction will bo wade lo thorn who
ajierliae by tlx ytar.
(IT Tti number of lucierllon alieuM be aetnl
margin of n .IrerUwinenl, Olherwlee h
b iubliJed till unbidden, and cltarntii ae-
roctlitiKly.
I IT I'uiluary notieee will ix cnaigeu nan m
. ... ... i . . "
A Weekly NcvHiaji'rf iWot.-.l to tho IulcivU of the LuWin- Cla, ntul mlm-nnn- tlu. ml ol Hum m cu-iy iuiv- --;;;lrf1M-tll4
0 It K f i ON CITY, 0 It K 0 OX, J U X K 2 2, ISfil. y n
Vcl. VII.
l.Ura,
I aloa MretOe at Htrtatiewa.
On Saturday. Juno 1, tlio citizen
of
lM-autif.il American Flag by tlio ladici of
lliu neighborhood, made by their own fair
hands, which wax Immediately bo'udcd to
tlio tup of a fir tno which hod prorlouly
been trimmed and tlio talk removed, Tor
tlio OCCOIiioll.
After cheering tlio (In and Cupt. Durn-
hum,. for tlio ikill and ileal ho displayed in
iicriiiteniling tho affair, ull n-jmlrcJ to inquired pecullur significance from tho r-
.'tRMw""' Stringtowa ond'vicini.y met ot tl.o .bw-
i . a Huff !. namA i,,ttcc DuJ wro f,tc,,,t,, 0
Thjl lh b''lf "" iwy b.ooiiinl,
IIM phwlum-bk lliry liu our Kr..
TV pm I k k 'ia
H uli "' ,Im' m",Jo " il "
Nu laiuhil UH re"
T.e rw i"l"t' "B ll"',n 1
t,tfit willl tlio dA) ro no nior.
And wnw "' l,"d M,,r"1'1' . .
And ruinlww ' J0"1 ,,ie ','"",
Ti,ti druw m 'be bouxou li ;
' Alt') '' J) ! ar Mu '"uni'
'tti llil uul', cflort -'
To iwlih) dwiU ll
i'M arli bulrt w1l lii'oo ntir tttm ;
jnt't sow liiibU'J, frU udJiip w.Hindol
Vt'ix wilh tlio d.i) lbl aru uo inure.
We'll ffT I" '"o""' ll' uuo
Wbl'P '" Jaib'eiiiliraco,
A lulu b'i;lil rwiiclra thni.
KiLbrwd wliliin our barl lliy !.,
6, al. li lu' erc " ni1"0-
At ansel clll",J i G,mruU
Hull iw lo huil-n on,
A e"l of bl bflbro u Km,
W ida 'a "w l'"ul1' "I"
Fairwtlli ll !) " r " "'''
. Our nalura'a wanla f arlh eonnol unci,
limardlbaai.illtii'Mrr,
iud aluno in dulba can fullioiii,
Oul wi-bra llini In Him Iw lurm-il,
Kcrgfl ll" tiJT ill"' 110 ""
A f """y f""11
ry, " Son, g'v 'by Iwan j"
ll m liifinile lnr lliul cull.
The metaaco Rlad wo will idy,
Nor itwurn Iho duya Dial arc uo nifo.
J..x II, ISI. ZI.MO.
UrrrWrr k.UHW'Wl ! '(.
who tit In darkiiMu. That fl.13 U uow
Tho follawing mr cloimont cxtnicl U -l uih! in jronr hand la o.huwo. lt'nt
n,3do from one ol Iter. Her, Ward '.' I" ' it 'i,
.. , , ' hidden, uor aviTitid or cormU m on
l:, !ii.r'i u'riiuiiii! . . . . u 1 1 .1. .11 1
I'cctlicr'a Krinoin
Mr. I'tcchir tiKik
lil
nd imu in tho roiifiulun of conllict. that
Iho li-adcr niislit irnthcr oliout lilm lint fol
lower whin ho wiii I'M to their alht. It
Yum our t'a uf Moudny wAaraooa
laical Hcwt by rny.
IUTI TO il'XK 'J.
I hidden, uor avcrctiil or cormd m any 'j',0 w l'.xprcm arrived Juno 12
i ... l I r.,11 1. 1, ,i,Uvi..I i . , . . .1 . i
caw, uuv lumiwi "'h" r-.'"- -i-K. following w couca iroiu ino wueaiwu-
villo Biiiliiiil of tho IjHi:
Kr. Iioi ih. May 31.it, a. u. 11m Kvo
liin New of to uny lnu iho following Iw
Winn tlio I'aiit. .Mi'Uonnlil
S. pMriet t onrt, lien. I Unity mailo tlio
return that Copt. Mel'oiiold had lovn n
moved lo Illinois, and n now iu tho mill-
rominnnd of lien. Mi l Miami, tlml
text from tho : ,r..i.t , i10 iun. , lnr i iiiuou. terri
fiOih Htnliti( er: " Thou liast (jiven B orilly wjt, ,aini,r. For a ln
a busier to them that fear llict, that ilj,, (m( iSaiuefiil cirruit may U
may bo diiilnyed Uiuum) of tho Irutli." j ndf,,!, but tho road for New KiiIuhiI,
From tho earheat time nation, went forth j yorj B, iViiiinylvania lie rijjht
lo war under lomo baillirr. It WO llw'd ,,.,,, I! ,til,r f A milamo hen) d'aili
(irobubly at fir4 a a rallying Inal to di- uulllfn v.(,t, Mr. IWhcr remnrkiiii; I'mt
Thr Dkave Old Asii:kw Joiis-sos.
nft.ii? Iii tlio nrcscnt crisis of
iw t n
our national nlTaim, is entitled to more
credit for his firmness and intrepidity than
i...i. .1. il.nn of Tennessee. Wo nrc
w 1
tlmL when Mr. John
. . I,.. V,,i,, ... iu jjdj , jj. - Mpi
the Sennte. certnin ncecion bennlors waih
cd baek and forth in front ol Mir, seowl
tho table and tmrlook of on
L'iiIoii dinner prepared by tho vaiiio luir
ludicj who uiudo tlio fhijr, niter which
Judo OIiU wax chosen president, IC. Cum-
luiiiL'H and J. II. Kgiin vieo president, and
0. 0. Uider scc'y. Tho following prrniu
lilo and resolutions nero adopted:
WiiKnKA. Every nmil from tho East
brings nail tilling of tho Imminent (lunger
and peril to our free govrrmne:it, ond,
through that, our itcrnoiml lilH'rty, our
rights us citizeiis of tlio United States, our
greatness as a nation, and tho rcicct with
w lileii wo oro neui nnion mu nuuoiu ui
tho earth, and in fm t all tho Mewing, civil
mid religion, which wo now cnjny under
Iho protection of tho American Flnpr, that
" pillar of a cloud by day and pillur of fire
by i'ht," w hich guided und sustained our
nalicra through tho wilderness or Hcvolu
tiou. and which wo as a nation havo borne
' . . ... .. J.I.M
triuninhantly " llirongii tno perilous ngia-
on many a battle field wIiomi "striies and
bright stars" linvo been replaced in n por
tion or our beloved Union by tho snaky
ensign of tho dastardly rebels who ore now
threatening and attempting to subvert tno
Government of tho United Slate, and
thus extinguish that bright licueon ol
" HUrl'i und iv'ui V which has for inoro
than tiireo ijunrters or a century been
growing in Drigmnes ami iiramj, "
in- fiercely, wilting their hands lo their
car insultingly, interrupting with taunls
. I iiM nn.l otherwise attempting to
browbeat tho orator. Ho calmly went on
with his discourse, piling fact npon fiiet,
nidi ntiittitfmt. nu imminent, and tri'uting
IHIU S"i5 " c
with a look of lofiy contempt tho word;
mid gestures of his frowning assailants.
Finally, it became his part, in tho course
f hi remarks, to denounco treason.
. t al...
. I.;, r.nwr Into t lie loco oi uiv
l'uinting I
inlluenee over the whole world,
To the eativ nwukiiij fri'tJein,
llrincins and bolowiiy g 'od '
theri'forc, . ,
Ilesolved, Tliat we, ns gooii nun iojui
citi.cns of tlio Uiiilcil Mates oi Aiiierien,
hold it our chief duly lo preserve nun ier
petuato tho Uovcrnmeiit transmitted to us
hv our ruthers, mid which has ever pro
iiVteil us in nil the civil and religious bless-
in" which wo injoy, and which guaranties
to every individual, however humble in hm,
tho right to " lire, liberty, and tho pursuit
if liniiiiini'SS."
. 'l l. . .. . f ! !..
Kcsolvcil, Tlial we, as iFreguinnns,
l no ljnnu ' system,
ll.n fiiiiiivnii'til of the
-
i .r. WiL-full or Texas, l.o exclaimed, feel that wo Have nn additional reason lor
hmgsnrt V tfM, ol i . .rntiuK, to our (lovcrument,
I very well know wi.ni is mo uouo.e ,u. n n.-e-onian who
sympathizes wilh or gives aid and coinlort
J I .I . .... ... ;...( ii i: ni'.
n.. mniibmicn. 1 have dealt treason a
Uli H"" . r
t blow, and riior feel it!'' Our inform
..... .....o iimt ilm i-ffect on the vast con
mill n"J .-
ourso assembled was eh clric.
Wo related tho fact the other day, that
ul.,.ii n secessionist nt Lynchburg,
presumed upon the protection of the hissing1
in tlm rebels now in arms against tho Uov
erinnent, ns n double traitor, mid deserving
or more than u traitor's doom, and we ear
nestly pray tint " repentnnco nml goon
works." or destruction and perdition, may
speedily ovei lalio him.
Keen veil I nil ll s mu umi 'i
..oh ot his back to attempt tho insult of Government to protect nil loyal citizens in
r Mr. -lohnson. the Sen- the seceding States, in ;,er:;ou and properly,
....n:.... il... i.nsn nf Mr. Johnson, tno ben
iuniiij, i .
fttor, who hud patiently borne the Jeermgs
of tho po.ulace, instantly drew a pistol,
and would have blown out the brains of his
iasulter upon the spot, had ho not sought
shelter in tho mass around him.
Wo sec, in tho lato news from tho East,
another Instance of his personal courage
which is thus related:
"Tho stylo of Mr. Johnson's canvassing
may bo judged or from the commencement
..i.!. t Cleveland. Tennessee,
whero threats acainst him hud been largely
indulged in. Ho told tho crowd that he
did not coino there to bo shot,' mid if there
was to be a fight, ho and his Ineuds were
ready lor it, and that he preferred to hmsh
, n.ri.i inir before making his speech.
Nobody coming forward to fight, the intrep
:.i e ..f..npil tn sneak, and by tno
thno ho had finished, n.netcen-twenticths of
tho nudicuco wero with ''" ' '
them, among other things, that Jel . IJavis
and the Governor or the Stale ought to bo
1. it.. .ii.l nml iv'Alllil ha hamrcd nt tot not
fir distant period when the Judicial power
f .1.. n .,.. n,.k rnnld bo broUllllt to
II H1U IUi vi iiiin iiv
bear upon them." Exchange.
TA,rr,r.TlY DeaP. McG., M Ala
lama Marshal, arrived at Cleveland several
years ago, iu search of a fugd.vo rom jus
i. vr ,.l no at tho Wendell IIousc,
and darin his stay tlioro Lad a didieulty
with a person who roomed with hmi, one
i.:..i. Mnfi aliot thrco tunes
cicning, on aiinu
tl,; nntaMuist. slijjbtly wounding him
iho third timo. Ho was immediately ar
. , , :.:i In ilm moruiuir tuc
resieu ana pui u jwi. --- .
f.tu.in .nn taok Dlaco in the prison
A Mend of the marshal entered his cell and
found bim seated, his head resting on
hn,t nml InnVinir like ono who had
tin.1. mn nn in despair. " Come, Mac,
.m h t.A cheer up; the roan is not
Wf "Rnined. ruined, ruined!
croaned the Marshal, without even chang
... ..... nT?,,;ni-.l! bahl" re-
ing ins jwsiiKJii.
"don't he a chud.
tell you tho wound is but slight; besides,
it i, an-mvatcl case, and had you
liii t,;m would not havo been ruin
1 ' 1 nnw it " said the Marshal, sud
deulv startinrr np: but three times! only
think ol it! to shoot three times ot a man
and not kill him'. 1 am politically damned
ia Alabama!"
for your
Jon wai ou cva Used
No, but I am n-jw waltUui i y
shniij fur my tax
th
r,..,i.i ilm violenec of Southern moliocrats,
i...ii,l..il in-eihcr under tlio cognoincn oi
Conrederato Stales."
Uesolved, Thai wo look upon nil per-
. ... r ..( il. ...-:. .i.i.. I ihiIm'V
SOUS WHO lire 111 iaur in inu i v i j
or establishing a Pacific llepulilic, ns
Inntms to Olir COlllltrV, IIUll WC I'M UOIIIIU
to deal wilh them ns such.
i;,.5,.Ue.l. That, whereas we owe mi wo
ivn nn.l nil we nro to tlio Government oi
ti. lTniied Slates, wo hercliy plcilgo nu
wo havo und nil wo nro to support mai
u..i.nmont and for tlio imrposc ol moie
rr..,.i,.,illv cai-rviiiL' out the principles or
. . r ' ' i..i: ..,0 ,i r.ii.m
this nml tno lorcgomg n.'""""""!
...,r.K.i into a l.rnioa Club, holding our
selves in readiness ot ull times to fulfill our
mutual pledges. In witness wncrcoi,
icrouiito set our nanus.
Fifty names wero immediately signed lo
" . . t i ..r
the foregoing resolutions, mm a numuur ui
.v.iriotic snoo'ches were made, ineluanig
- tlt. 4
ono from I). lluilson, ot ioik couiuj
wlin i-alled ns ho was iiassing and partici-
....i...i ;,. dm festivities. After nn unusual
ninount or cheering Tor tho sentiments ex
nrewed. foT tho Indies who took Sllcll ail
I ' . .. ......
.ntivo iart in tno proceeding
Union, and "three groans for those who
refused to cheer for tho Union" (V Lob
bins, or Clackamas county), tho meeting
adjourned.
T.iKT)kceitioss rr.ACTtcED. Tho great
point with tho leaders and instigators or
:....n:... in il, South, has been to keep
the people there in igrnnco of tho true
stale of reeling in tho North, J.nd to fill
them to depletion with the .ilea uu
North is laboring for their destruet.on.-
Xow that they have succeeded in inaugu
rating a war, the same character of decejj-
mn.t be used to keep it up. luo 101-
lowing specimen is an extract from a letter
r C. . u- .1 IK rUUULieu u i.
rrom waj. ciabuv,
San Autonio, Texas, as a prisoner of war:
i ;ve vou a Tew or the heavy items
.a u.. mnil from New Orleans,
receiveu iu -
.i.:,.l. nrn certainlv noi
M Ull.ll
nrisoncrs of war in a foreign biml viz:
Kdent Lincoln fled from Washington;
.r seott resigned and joined the Confe-d-
Ucn. DC.UI- V l-v Vnrr
i pniips.M'1? . iviiiiuniji j
of the union; me
en
rfitn States;
t....i ,,il Virginia out
,auu . - o i;ct.;ineI1t cut up
route thronsb Baltimore for Washington
"ft tSusnd men from the South surround
hit ii. .onion and ehil
. .i.... I.. Vir-'iuia uuer "
f ..t.. l'nion incli
killed
I'll . T
excellent ' lute of hull or goVernmeuti that adopt
ed it. At length, n consolidated govern
menu drunk up lwr IndqKiideiit author
itics, bantiers became siguilieaut thielly as
repriwntiug nation. No civilized nation
but had its banner. A thoughtful man
when he saw a national Hag. saw Miulioliz-
cd tho nation it belonged lo. When tho
French tricolor rolled out to tho wind, he
saw France: when tho new found flag ol
Italy was unfurled, ho saw rcsiu reeled Ita
ly; and so ol other. This Union has a
banner, too. Until recently, whenever il
streamed abroad men saw daylight burst-
lug on their eye, lor until latterly Uio
American Hag has been tho symbol of lib
ertv: not any Hag uikiii tho globo has hud
such nn errand. Tho star upon it were to
il.n i.iniiKF nations like tho bright nioruui;
stars, and tho striica mon it were liko tho
bright morning light. Wherever it goes,
men Im IioIiI in its snered emblazonry no
kIimioI uf imiK riul authority, but they sec
tho slgnu' or light; it is tho banner or
dawn; and tho poor opprcmot couscnpi,
tho Iroddcii down creature of foreign des
Mitist.i, sees in tho American Hug that very
promise of God. "Tho jwplo that in
darkness saw tho great light, und to llicus
uliieli sat iu l ie vulleV ot death lilil is
Fprung up." I hiring the colonial jiriod
there had iiicn no America ig;
each State that chose had ft separate sig
nificant banner. Hut m '11, mm a lew
days rrom ono year nrter tho Diiluratiou
..f'liiiteiMMidiiiee. nml two venrs or more
" i .' ' .i . ..i. ..r
ri..r I in ivnr hi'i'llll. IIIIOII 1110 111" VI
III... a . I. , 1
June, tho Slates assembled, and oruaineu
and established the glorious iiug wo nu
owhiin Tlio men who devised it were
men who 'linil taken their live iu meir
nn.l eoneent rated all their worldly
.session for tho doctrines or personal
i;i. ,!, Tlml fl:i' means I.iulon il
menu ItllllklT Hill it moans the glorious
t!...-..l..iioi.ni-v War. It menu all that
il... Declaration or Indewndonoo means
..ll ilmi. tlm Constitution mentis. Not a
i.-mlml nf million! r or Iho ruler was allow
..'.1 i.i mi in it liwas ordained for the
people by iho people; that it meant and
it Mieiina. and bv tho blessing or God
that it shall mean to the cud or time. For,
AlniVhtv lie thanked, that when
imw .le'reiieiato men desiro to' set up or
..i...ion nt war with ull tho iusliucls of
i . . ., 1 1 ..... .i..
mel enll ll HT1V. IIICV COIIUI lla ' ""
l..r our IhiL'. Thcv must have nnotiier
lln.r foe sucli woik. I lliatiK mem mai
ihev took iiuolhcr llai' to do the Devil's
.....I L- nml I. ft nnr IhiL' to do God A I
mi.rl.iv'a work. I Al'Ulauso Mil 'pressed.
" n"v -. ..' .. . .... i:.... i
II ever tho seulnneiil ol mo te.i na nun
fulfilled, il has been in our glorious banner.
"Thou hast given a unnncr to uinn m.u
fear them, llttll il M'W ' li-V'hiU, J,n lllld
lisplavcd il shall bo rrom the A limine wno
dear across, with caglo llighl, lo the IV
it.., I iMimer wave, mcauiii nn
in... ...... .....
ihut it ever meant, from mo .oui,
I.,. in. cT.mia nnil ice stand solitary, clear
i , ii.a i:,,lf n,l li'onies. thai banner has
IW III. Uii'i ' ,
..,,,1 c .id iv.u-u oivvei'. irrcprcs-
ll VII UU i
I Mr. needier said no
"ri i. .
i .i. ;i ..; mri to restrain Rome cxpres
sion when men were full ol feeling, but he
would prefer that they should wait till hi
sermon was dono without inserting any
.,....,.1 ....linn marks of even eiilhusiiims.
' . . . ,i ... ci tn.i .mnil
Not heeauso 10 l ion 'in. nniiunj i" r
day. but it was not their way. uicj
nn inn of ft kill nt stock, with feelings run
i w....- - air
In n ili-pii but unlet channel, i nn
!.;ri.....ir i.mveil WnshiiiL'toi). he nml his
armies: before it liurgoyne laid down his
arms; it waved over vesi iini, .v.
Montgomery and over nnouier j.k.h. join
ery it shall yet wavo. It checrid I our
army, driven out from round New 1 ork,
in their solitary pilgrimage through New
Jersey, nml at Volley Forgo. It crossed
tlio waters roaring with ieo ut livnton
and when its stars gleamed m tho cold
,.;ili vlelnrv ii new dav dawned
lllW!lli"H ' - V i y, f
on this country. When South Carolina,
in tho Revolutionary struggle, forgot rour
nrr., and yielded up the Slate, the only one
of nil that gave adhesion to the l.ritish
Government, then it was thai tins uamioi
led on tho Virginian forces that conquered
both tho F.ritish and tho Carolina nruiies,
nnd brought back tho Slato. Alas! that
the head should become the tail. Alas,
that Virginia should be dragged about tho
rebel camp nt tho tad ol aoum i arum....
this Has is on trial. 1 1 has boon con
demned. In the confederate Stales a poor
forgery has lieen run up to stand in place
of the old Revolutionary historic Hag. I n
Kentucky, Missouri, and '.no ou.er .in.i'. e
States it is at hnii-ninsi, nurai ...
cr it shall come down. I would they were
cold or hot. "bo bccnu.se in
cold or hot, I will siiew you out of my
mouth " We do not Deiicve m iii-iih......-dite
patriotism. These middle States,
these eunuchs, it is little matter how thry
go unless they quickly go right. It was
this flag that was fired into ot Sumter;
that flag which Russia could not daunt,
iii,ni,lnt(. nor England Con
nor riallw .1 f
nner has iroiio down nmid the treachery of
our ow n state. Ho you know tlml men
ho supposed they could not help It. Hut
you mutt not stop at tho Capital. You
.M I U' . I t. ...
uiu.it go beyond. I no lumi oi u abiimguiu
shall co Washington' Hag again. 1 1
must see ClmrlcaUm again, and llont from
the old fort. ItmiiHtgoto tho Alligator
State, and wave over all field of sugar
and tobacco. It must Im found lu (very
Slato till it touches the Misshwippl. lUtlh
ing in iu water, it must go ncro to Tex
as, nor stop till it HoaU iu every State und
Territory.
kahfut rorpu had romo nti before tho U.
li.ojuh.
l'umtl for Job l'iitiimml In mtJf
Jrlirrt uf tkr mk. .
luck of ArllnsbHi IUhiIiU. Out k.u wr
ntiarkrd f ono Iliac w.nnidr., A Ular ilia
mull kim Ibal a furoo nf rliy and forly lWa
loljllliy unikr l.lrUlviiBiilaTiHiiki and (iudiit
nliarked Ilia rrblaal Kalrfaa Cmrl lleiiw. IJrot.
Toiiipkitwj frn lliirty rrbrla killi-d, and thai
lliclr Iwott niounlrd 10 IMKl. 'I'by bail pro
liuiuly U.u-rd Ihora wr about "0 I'""-
To-oikIiI our Iroona will a.lvaaro oo Kalrfa tonrt
(loo and Uk ll. Anolli" dipnlch )a Iho
rrlkla an riraiinn from I'alrfm finrt lloaaa.
A diifalcli aaya lb lw.i Ulhilra at AiUi
Cirk h.ive bo." .Irnn'liJiod.
Ai.i'au, Juno l-A I 'dork "bin morn
lag a kirini.li uei-Brrrd al Wrllinijloa Milla, bo
iweoa a oonifany of Zouavra aul Micbi(an irom
aud a Koulimt (Mfly uf Virginia In-I". Tbo
.'.lul iruuia .ii ova Ibfin away. Ono of Ibo
iror.
War. Tho accrdcrt
botlir, and comH'llr(l
fori ami
vat not
(twtral Stall.
Tho World, in defending Gen. Scott
against an attack made upon him by a
New York aptr, In w hich it was urged
that the hero I thirty yean too old for the
position ho now hold, says:
"There could hardly Lo a greater con
trast than that between the different style
of conducting tho Crimean and Mexican
c.cditiou. Scott landed hi liltlu army,
planted bis Unllcrie, ami ngni uay uuer
w ard dispatched worn 10 ms goierumeui
that the Hag of tho United Slate Honied
iu triumph over tho castle of San Juan do
Ulloa tlio sumo wave girded and battle
scarred fortress which in Europe had been
deemed nnother Scvustoiiol. lie sealed
tho Cordilleras, bore tho eaglm of his coun
try iu quick succession through the streets
of Julapo, I'crote, and I'uebla with 8,-
&00 men swept through tno socnnci nu-
iroclieublu pom of Cerro Gordo, ih iendeii
by 12,500 Mexicans with tho samo num
ber of men defeated IS-'.OOO ut Contreras
and Chcrubiiseo 1,VM) men stormed tha-
pultcice, defended by 20,000, with ft.000
took the city ir Mexico occupied by uo.
000 troops." lie did Ids work, nnd he sav
ed his soldiers neither or which wan done
Kii"luii. Uo threw not a Ido away
that could lie saved, mid successively used
cverv possible menus to secure tlio health
.. . r .... I.: .
iiiid comlort oi ins men. i erior ig iu
eaniiaigii til tho sickly season oC the year,
IH iietruling lulo the very neari oi me euc
niv's country, through crowded cilic and
over mountain acclivities, ho yd subjected
his men lo not one lentil or tho sulleriiig
aud lost not one-tenth so many of them by
disease ns Kaghin did, though encamped
all tho while within six miles or the son.
ti.rv
ho I Harney never had tho Imdy or the Zouav wa kihv.1 and anchor woundrd.
iirisouer uud' r hi control, aud ronsnpienl- Fa.M wo. Ju.. 13, 7 r n-jlu.lakamcr
I.. ..ti ttl.h tn iipiiiliiin him. Iitn. ,
9j hh ii 'v -
llnrncT lurther aUitcii, imu iy oruer iroiu
U...l.in.'l.iii dated May Itllh. but mvived
;,u,y ycMerday ho ,f- JfT uZft, I
.iJSlZ arsenaU to surrender them; kl it
district. It is uudcrstooil that Gen. Lyou
succeed Gen. Ilanicy.
Tho prize- brought lo tho Nny Yord
yetilcrday, oro valued at over f-MO.OOO.
Among tno cilii'i carrieu uum m-si".-drin,
nro letter of great iniortnuco which
were found In the Sentinel offloo, showing
tho means by which tho secession ol Vir
ginia wn brou::lil nlxiut. Some distin
guished K)litlcians nro implicated, and the
lelter show beyond doubt that tho ordi
nance or scecsMOii was only passed by fraud.
Tho N. Y. JltraWt Iiullimoro dispalchcs
nay Unit there nro 20,000 troop ulllar--.
.. . . i i .ii.....
nr rerry, nml lueniy oi ne uiunn;
nl prerv nvinihiblu IMiilit.
(ien.' I'.iiller wus reinforced yesterday by
2,000 troop.
The X. Y. 7'iW Washington dispatch
say that there are 8,000 troojis ut I'oint
of Hock. Tlio troop there aro much de
moralized, but will mnko a dcsiieruto light.
There were indication of nu Intention lo
cvncualn tho post but no msitivo informa
Thcv ixiK-et nu attack fioin the
west und ' keep u sharp look out every
night. Tho men aro sleeping on their
With ami In their hands. Ihev canturrrl
millions of dollar worth of cannon, small
nrmi aud munitions of war, belonging to
flic United State; but it watnot war. .
They seized tho shis of tho United '
Slnlcs; but it mi utt tear.
They seized tho mini and tho money of
tho United Stales, and applied them to
their own use; bul it trai ui war.
Thry fired on on unarmed ship, carrying
supplies to a fortress iu tho United SUtcs; '
bill il tea wi var.
Thty aro In-sieging tlio fortresses of tho 1
United Stale, havo surrounded Hum ilh
military work, and cut off their supplies;
but it i " rnr.
ISul. if tho United Slates attempt to rc-
liuvo lliclr Ulengiicred garrison, or even
send lliem provisions iu au Unarmed vessel,
it it tear.
II they attempt to lransHirl a cannon
from ono fort to another, or from a foundry
lo n fort, ' is nr.
irthey tninshT a soldier from fort to
fort, or Irom State to Stale, il i var.
II they send out a ship 10 protect uicir
I, mil eitiy.cn. if is tnir.
arm. . r.. iii-,f rveeiiiiuf? their laws, nrolect
Lot ISVH.I.K. May 3 1 si. Immense quail-1 . " !,,..!., il.irr....
titles r g'KKls , il, Semth ro goi.ig l- "
Nashville by railroad. 1 is rumored tha ciw. n w
the transportation ol goods will bo sloped .''V'j jj, KoVl Sumter. ' U thai
""it'Sisor Soulherner north Is n-arf-r.
pncidenled und it is only nUrilwluiilu to g,(S.TH,KliTs ok Sknatoii McDoioai.i..
ihosloppago oiooai on '-'1' ' 10 ri,,,, i extract from a lelter
to tho lalo Union meeting in
Tho letter isduted May lllh,
! v . ...... :e .1... V...I.
rin-r ll IS II SO rilllioieu linn n "iu ."""
villo roads bo stopped the Tennessccans sinl
will ndvaiico into Kentucky nnd lake pos- Marysville
urssiou ol tho road, 'lnu I'niou men oi
Kentucky nro determined lo permit no ng
gression Irom nny quarter.
Tho Memphis Kullelin announces the
arrival of Keaiiregard on tho 2Sllh, to take
comniand or tho western division or the
ComHiir-
riiirs sH'ciaI Washington dispatch says two
cnplaiesol the .llassaeliuseiui iroop ui. inu
llehiy House have been placiil under arrest
for extending their pickets without author-
ill'
J . ..... .i.i: ......I ..l l.'l
a ii ii lien ins iceii csinoiiMieii in . .
It., ii.mreil mil no blood for Ik fnlilll'SS vie
tory, liko that or Alma ; l.o unnilidated no . coicfederalo nrmy
regiments of his own by a filial r, like . N E. M y . -
that of I'.alakluva; ho invited no dendly nl
tack by a neglect in fortifying his position,
like that of Inkerniaii. Ho did not leave
his soldiers to beeomo laltend Ike sav
n.'cs. or famished like dogs. These things
made a difference, nnd il is preposterous to
Irv thunder ngamsl bruit simply iiccnusc
thunder told against I'.aglan. Wo say
nothing now of the quality of tho nrtielo
used the dill'ereueo iu the occasion for it
s enough.
It is characteristic of Gen. Scott ! pro
lan) himself thoroughly lor what ho under
takesit was because ho was allowed ny
Secretary Ma ivy to do this in his own way
(hat the conquest ol .Mexico ueeaniu a sine
tiling."
I Mi I:
" You cannot but know Iho
deep interest I reel in promoting nnd main
turning a Union sentiment, nnd the Uuiou
cause everywhere, nnd especially in Ihi
Stale. That tho Union must bo main
tained under nllcircunislancesand at every
hazard is not merely nn opinion wilh me.
It is my fixed determination to do nil in
my individual power to maintain in all
places, under ull circumstances, and to bu
and net wherever 1 can servo this determi
nation best. Liberty, Immunity, our nice,
for the presint and till the ful lire, nro too
deeply concerned in mo iiiaiiiieuuni.' um.
perpetuity or this Union to admit of nny
regiment leave. ''M ,., ' ,nn 'llmi ,,tri,,t fiillering in this crisis
I'ickeus aiul Idlcra will bo taken by gov
erinnent vessels.
The Seventh N. Y
New York this afternoon aj let mo say thero nro but Iwo nspivls
Tho W. special Washington d.spalel. m)j UnSo1 ,1(
snvs, preparations nrc evidently making lor w (,0 other, Treason, Secession, ond
n forward movement ol the Government Amrdiy IO,0 i0 sco California a unit
troops; they are ull under orders nnil nro thu ,(;(t(,r nnd permit mo lo ex
ready lo march. 'I he proi.ablu olyeclis n ( imn,0 men, women, and
sudden eoneentration upon the rebel foiees j f ( i,c.tjf city will bo found
(died
ineoura''in2 to
land, viz:
li;xvi:it Foil tiii: Union. Tho Sacra
uieiilo Union publisbes Ihe rollowing ex
(rait Irom n letter nddrciscd by (ien. J.
W. Denver to 11. M. Urlgg, of Jackson,
Amador county:
" On this Mibjecl 1 doubt not you fell
as 1 do. Wo nro both Southern born
men, and would go every length that Amer
ican citizens ought to go to protect Ihe
Southern people iu their ju.t rights; but
they havo no right to ask us lo become
traitors lo the Constitution and Hag of our
country. uile m irgmia i ncMiowieug
cd my obligation to tho laws of that Stale,
nml ilm samo whilo in Ohio, Missouri and
Ciitifitmiu: but above nil these I acknowl
edged d ally to tho Constitution nnd Hag
or the United Stales, and on nil occasions
I have considered their enemies as my ene
mies. Those who mako war on that Hag
can be nothing but enemies lo the country.
Keforo obtaining oihcu the Ucpiililicaus
undoubtedly promulgated doctrines which
wero at variance with the spirit, ir nol the
exact letter, or tho Constitution; but the
Southern people outjlit to havo waited for
some, ntliriul violation of that instrument
before precipitating tho country into revo
lution and civil war. So long as there
was a chauco for a pcaccablo settlement of
our troubles, 1 was opposed to the exercise
or military power, but when the unneces
sary nttack was made on Ft. Sumter, nnd
the South closed tho doors to everything
liko a (teaccablo settlement, I could no
longer hesitate. Right or wrong, I urn
for my country. I'ohlieuliy, l may inner
with those in power, but nothing will ever
n.iineo .nn to desert tnv country's ling.
rim. '..in;) It ntion nnd Hair havo been the
nri.le .if A mcricans nil over the world, and
1 have lived under them too long to desert
.!.... ,. n ii il nt'o is nnnroachllif;. ami
.1,1.11. nv. " - . .
ml.. i,l n ifir.nlV of the ono or a bast an
the other. Not for ono moment could I
think of going outside of the Constitution
for tho redress of any grievance."
in Viivinla.
A mirtv of fiflv rebels have rcuel
Kaltimoro from Harper's Ferry; they nro
Haltimorcuns. Gen. Cadwahider bus uu
eve on them.
" The X. Y. Tiilmiie's Washington (lis
. . ii : .. i I.1. I,.ii.ai.
imll- l kiivh nn is nniui, ne I l. ........ .-v.
. .
iii Iho advance in the support or the cause
dearest lo freemen.
Tho Union - from tho Lakes lo the
Gulf from the Atlantic lo tho Pucific
now and forever, ono and inseparable.
J. A. McDocuAi.b.
TlIK Col USE OF THE I'llKSHiKNT A dis-'
patch to tho New York Tribune soys:
" Allusion, iu tho hearing of tho Presi
dent, having been Hindu by n gentleman to
day lo attacks upon Ilm course and motives
of tho Administration, Mr. Lincoln smiled
and said: " Well, sir, wo can afford lo
pass them by wilh the diiug -words or tho
MassaehusctlB slalisman, ' We .slill live
am sure they don't worry me any, and I
reckon they don't benefit Ihe parties who
write Ihein."
wbo sat in the Senate of the United States
i
Dun hundred no'-roes wero ut Iho lort und
I In. number incrcnslll'.r.
Tho Washim-ton Slur says nino rebels
were killed nt Sewall's Point in Iho recent
eoiillicl. nlso that Iho rebels hud stopped
work on the entrenchment ut tho Manx sas
S"l'-
Filleen thousand soldiers were conceu
i..,.i...l in Western Virginia. Four coin
panics c.r the district military have crossed
in Viiviuin wilh six days rations. In
tho Wheeling district, lliu Union candidate
him l .'illO ami in tho Purkersburgli dis-
li-iel. '2.000 inaioiilv. 'Ci.t'i ouirr n The Maiysvillo J)rm-
Wahuinoion, .May II 1st. J. uatsou o(.)v( . f jcir.-rson Uavm can wim
Webb, has been appointed Envoy extra- ,,.,, wl,jgnto Gen. Scott with his,
ordinary and Minister plenipotentiary to ti t)() So'iitlicrii Congress will meet in
Kranil. Washington in July. If Havis cannot do
At Alexandria a new Collector having ((! wi ti.. . 0 prisoner or war or
been appointed to tlio poll, it has been re i' iij..u f,m Virginia before the 20lh of
opened for Iho commerce ol tlio couiiuy,
1 I r.T, ,ri. vi gi ls will llO lldiuitled US
lili ' ' -
herelorore.
ii...,..,v..T.v M u-'II - ll i: riinwri-d Ibal il
uiimlMirof hhh-Im wero fillintf oul In re, diiilina-
n.J ...lull, lllllllil..
CI... C.II..IV nn .Iiwi.'lll' i i-rcoiveil HI "I" "'T
Vai.l. l)di.fii 4 ami & o'clock lliin all. rnoi'ii, af-r....i-
.,l;in:in..ii. ' Tho Kylo Hlalo, nl
nnnn, r K.rli il Hint in piwii'R Aiiia Crwk, Ilm
' Knrborn'' on.l " A nacnata" eneiiRinS lh
. .. . .. :.i. I hl.i.ll wiiil Ilia
naiicrira nin
IVaialionUia wilh bar III inch guna to bh.1. J.',,KKIN0 NoilTH. It IS estimnled HUJt
HiKnc.l hy raiam i;4iiireu, coiiinin,.,B ... ,rp1(ly HmusMid boiitnern peoyio
Navy Vaiil. . . ' , . t,roU.etion ill the Northern
I, 1.,, ,.r.lrr,d i .u-wr k.iw'I States from tho mundttt.on and
iiiiort lKl. " ri
July Iho day appointed for the re assem
bling of tho Southern Congress.
Tim e Cache.-If there Is a pig in your
garden you had better busy yourself in
driving it out than In speculating how it
got in. This upplica capitally to tho time.
Tho unimul rebellion is in our fair domain,
let us drive bun out bcioro wo mum o" )
thing else.
went out
Cowic State or Thinks at Moxtcom
fbvA Capital without ony capitol.
a President without any precedent. A
wiinoui ony
How true the
forgoing i;wcarc vett.,haru
it - crried through
n-ut ,91 miiiU crime?
N)umcru ciui-.i. .
r.uiti. of nothi.e' but loo much hk-rty -1 A
111 slan have too much pron.mei.ee
" . f I . .-rta all, I
MU11I - I , .
too briiil a iigui
. r r ,i.A inin.i i.m
irrni'.iirr A ecrewrY m mu '"'"""
without ony interior. A Secretary of For
ci"n Affairs without nny foreign affairs.
I'oblmastcr (leneral without any posi-
" ... . I
ir.M. A Judnarv willioul any inuginui. ,
' " ' i fi.... an A diniiii tralluU Wltlicoi any
. . .. i unc mill
,i...... f,.r Ilm nl ore "oi" '. i .
i i. l I.-..1.... ,..-..r KiiCIll OS Will 0
WHICH HUB l ' '. J - . ,,
political restriction injho disloyal Stales.
t CoTWullaeo has returned from the
East with conimisriion as Gofcmor of
Washington Territory.
Lieut. Jones, who burntd Ihe Har
rier's Ferry arsenal, has been rewarded for
hi gallunlry by being promoted to tho
rank of captain.
MassachusetU bat organised corf
of remain nurses for tho army, with the cel-
liiiri lo Ion McllMiry . .ked in Ihe r.i tbratCd SlISS Uorolliea U fix
of lUltunori', and ll a urn uuKari.r.. u WlTO it Dot for tla) mortality UUU
"r.'t T'J'Z 'ft ti.. N Y. ro,i'. i results from duelling, drinking and toUcco-
BJu h la Vh. Uoy-rwrt ' e-tl'rt chewing, the louls would overrun tho land.
Ai Ki.NiiaiA. May 31 To day a Iniveler from
Uu humid iu) bo Kiw coinparaliv.-ly frw rww
there. .
In.vi. ir. Mav 31. Tha AocuU (f..raia)
1 0f Chronicle "f Ibo -i'MU na llml Ittaurnanl anod
a i.ro. l.onuliiii ul i.nariMMon jmu-niajr, -
iieriinj lln- ciiinmaii.l of Ilm forced liii-rc lo im
IL II. AnHirni, an-l rrlicvin 1r. Jaf nra, who
aecoinpauii-a lleuurreii.l lo I'oriiuh, Mia. Mo
bib; imiK-rB aay thai au aceiit of Ihe Kram-li Hoi
arnmpiit i lli. ro e.dlec'iii' fi t for Napoleon.
M':Mne, late Wininl.-r lo Menii-.., wi noniiiia
U.I by Hie reliela in Ibo I'ourlb Cou;reioiial Uia-lri.rii:.illimore'lo-ni;lit.
Tbo SIW colnmlH.nn laie ly anin-o n"'
L..k ...1-1. ai Anu.a Creek. Henrral
ec killed. TW diwK b aU lale llll
m. h l k la'.e
rebelt
kr
tin miles
- The three great conqueror ol tnc
world, oro F hnn, Lote, sud leolh
etiqics
have