The Oregon Argus. (Oregon City [Or.]) 1855-1863, June 29, 1861, Image 1

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H i luvito Hie attention of reader and
Mfhw-M to t'19 lterrtlH2 and luiiortaiit
wmmunlcatloii under thi Ticudiiig. It li
from t aiccial corrcoudciit, whoso intelll
Loce candur and mean of Information,
fuui'ourentli-o confidence:
tU KiciiMOxn, May Ct, 18C1.
Euitom CoiniKit: A gentleman Wong.
l to Richmond came throuph from
IVsihlngton ytfrday, and indulged a largo
tnni at tlio Kxcliango Hotel last evening
with a recital of Id cxKricnce omong the
rucoiT. A h' report wa Intaroitting, and
joaciliat liiiK)rlant, I will Jot down a few
of (1)0 leading features.
l(t said that the excitement, or rather the
(try of the Xorlhern people, brggar all
'description. ,eem '" I'W'd
Kilh a demoniac rage, vhich nothing will
. .-... ... UnnJ The face of emu sol.
dUr in Washington bean an expression of
marled determination, at u me possessor
hud mde vp '4"" mott detpe
rati deed: The tear will be one of inhju
gallon, if not extermination, and will be
tarried throtyh with all the vigor the Ad
Hmiitralion can eommand. New York
titr has cut forth It most descruto char
acters tliose liumnn tigers of the Dead
lUbb'tt stamp, who are respcetor of nei
ther age, wx or wudition. George Law
ha gone to tlao expense of arming them
with revolvers, bowio knivea aud, other
deadly weapons of the most destructive
character.
Tlicre wcro 27,000 troop In Washing
ton ywtcnlny; and by Suturdny tho Ad
ministration expected to have 50,000 tlicre.
OjK-ruliotis will doubtless comiucnco next
week, tlio first morcment being mndo
ayiinst HarHTa Ferry. Largo Iodic of
troops will bo concentrated at t'niro. Tlio
main army will advanco upon Richmond.
Tlie imrrutor had an interview with
Gen. Scott. He found him In liia olTico at
tin Wur Dcpurtment. Ho wt bolt up
tight iK'hiud a table, where ho had been
writing, and. apparently hi mind wasaa
clear and strong hh ever. He couipluim d
of swolloii feet, and raid ho could not walk
far. In answer to 1111 inquiry, lie auid tint
he had but a littlo whilo longer to lire,
lint tehen he died, it nlmnld be beneelh the
Start and Stripi. He anid tho war
lAould be prosecuted vigorously. The
Administration would not invade the South
with the object of capturing Richmond, or
Clmrhston, nr New Orleans, but for the
piirposo of retaking tho forts nnd public
pmpcrtr. Ho mentioned several points
that he'hnd determined to captura, nam
ing, first, Ft. Moultrie, then Ft. Sumter,
Harper's Ferry, etc. The !at named
i!aco ho should retake, no matter what
uiiflit be the etist or lire or treasure.
Tartics havo been dispatched to Kurope
In ly Armstrong gun, rifled cqnnnn aud
other eoiffy tear material, and even thips
and s learner t therewith to llorkmle the
Southern port. Tho Republican Minis
ters to foreign Courts aro to scheme nnd
promise anything nnd everything to pre
vent tho recognition ol Southern iudc
jieiidcnce. In niif.ln::nh. it wns stated that Gen.
Scott declares that he ha net a shadow of
doaht that aU In pan tort oc eurnra our
succrstfttllii. He knows his oien resources;
He tioiM iWr of the South, and his long
xicricnce will enable him to judge correct
ly of the relative eflVct of either. The fiat
hu gone forth the South is to bo recon
quered.
Such, in substance, is tho latest news
row Washington, relntivo to the policy
mid means of Lincoln's Government nnd
the animus of the Northern people.
The Muxrog Uoctiiisr ArruEn. Tho
flatter that the South has kept np for
. twenty years or more In regard to tho ne
cessity of enforcing tho Monroe Doctrine,
is not forgotten in tho North. That doc
trine, according to tho interpretation or
slave holding statesmen, forbids the estab
lishment in North America of nny Govern
ment hostile to the United States. Wo
go for living by it, and employing all tho
power or this Republic to mako it respect
eil, not only in Central America but in
South Carolina nnd the other States of
New Dahomey. Tho politicians ol the
Jeff Davis nnd Yancey school cannot com
plain. Their embryo Monarchy is as ma
lignant as a rattlesnake; and if permitted
to entrench itself within the lines that
Constitutional liberty has drawn on this
soil, will work more mischief thnn could be
effected in a century by colonics planted
hy European governments within tlio for
MJen limits that Mr. Monroe described.
Let the President cram the Monroe Doc
trine down their throats, and sec how they
like it! Chicago Tribune.
'Ax Incident of 1812. In a speech de
livered at Newport, Judge Conrad, of Phil
adelphia, in answer to a charge of coward
ice made against Gen. Scott, produced a
deetment which was sworn to a few years
since, as part of the evidence of a soldier
t Lundy's Lane, who stated in his affida
vit that Gen. Scott, after he was wounded,
fode to where the soldier was stationed,
"his neck, breast, end arms in a gore of
blood, which ran down his leg and trickled
from hig boot opon the gronnd," and said
the commander of the line: " I nm
wonnded and very weak: I want one of
joar yoong men to get up behind me and
hold me on my horse." A young man
hrew down bis musket, and at one spring
"ped opon the horse, and they swiftly
SHped awsy to the main body of the
tr"y. The excitement prodnced hy read
og the document was tremendous. Hnn
'feds rose on their feet and gave most
Thement cheers, that it was some min
Bt before the speaker could proceed.
-(iov. Kirkwood, of Iowa, says that
' State shall not be the seat of war. If
-Missouri secedes he will gire her all she
do to defend herself. He will carry
r into AfrK-s. A dcfeniiva war is
H the gime to plar.
-A Weekly Ncwnpaper, devoted to the IutercsU of the Laboring Classes, and advocating the
Vol. VII.
l atati MrtOai l l.srtilll.
Ed. Asocii Hit gn-al Union m rnrtlinj al
Coftalljieq lit II lu but., u In mry aim a
marked tucea. la nuniUn ll (really ticanlal
Ul of any mrctinj tvr li'ld in (lit Kiutr, while
in nihuMwm ll uaU4 iiijt im hU nyliie
AliliouxU III rain eoiiiliiu! Minf man of the
tiina ua Moudiy snd until ii o'clock on Tuly
nwroiiij, iiiakiiif tbo rvkdi Very haJ, and llnu
irtwnlin many (wnoni from eoniinj who would
ulirwiu bivn UKudeJ, yet early In tlio fcrenoon
very rood aud nrrnuo lfJiug tu lli town wen
lliroujjrj with pfnum, many of whom ro on
homeljick, whilo Mm Wiro in wagon nnd olhrra
in earrugr aiul bujjiw, puny of ihtm carrying
lli rvvartd ynibul of our nationality, and all an
peariug In bo joyooa In having an oirtuuiiy of
Urn tcdirying their loyally nnd deration to Hit
bert government over devbed.
It l o'clock a proceaiioo of about fifty wag.
on, In adJilion to many perwua on hombaik,
from Yamhill nod Tvlk counties carrying fluj",
arrived, wild tbo Monmouth Daad playing na
tional air that eeut tli blood bounding from the
heart lo Iho eaimnitir. At 10 o'clock lli
booming of cannon down tho river announced the
coming of the oxpeclrd Reamer, 't'h'j wa fuk-k-ly
auawered by an almost dcnfi-nmg dncharg
from a fiuo bru ix-iounder ginn lo u by lli
General Government, and worked by a detach
mcut of L.8.ulJier from Fort IIovViu,furniaheJ
by Capt Augur, b lud with great leal entered
luto llie ajiirit of tli occwion. A thorough Vn:ou
man landing; near nn at tli time gnr csim
in lu hi palriolie eiimtiou by anying lo a diran
lonU, " Well, ir, It I very erident that Uial gull
ttuldn'l bold inauy loiigtr." I thought a much.
Very toon the aleauier arrived with the Aurora
German liru Itaud, the Sulim Iinua Hand, the
Albany llroaa Hand, tli Salem Kiro Company,
anj n multitude of Udie and gvntlrim'a iili
which Ihe boat wiuemwded. Aa lh pamengcr
filed np lh biuk they were grilled by Ihe firing
of cannon, by miu'o from Iho Corralli llrua
Daud, and by buiiaa from Iho I'uion meu of
lknlou couuly, w ho buzxacd aa only Union nun
ean. The procenion wru then formed by Grand
Manhal Cunglc, nwisled by hi efficient :d,
who, after condurtiuj it through the priucil
street of llu) place, proceeded Willi it to Ihe pUit
form, when a fervent and patriotic prayer w aa of
fered by Ihe chaplain, Iter. .Mr. Starr. Mr. W.II.
Spvucer llicn, on brhull of the t'uion ladiea of
lieulon county, in an olnriieiit addreat, preented
an American Rag aervd in in iirflurnrr, nignili
caul at an emblem, and a " cuulaiuing a liiaiory
aud a promia in ilnelf." .May God blra Iter!
U. William, En., in behalf uf ihe L'uiou nieu of
Deutou county, reapouded to .Mr. Sjiruocr, iuluu
gnago of alirring eloquence and patriotic eenli
mrul, whieh evinced that ho had a heart and that
it wm in the right place. Among other tiling,
ho raid : " If there i doubt iu tlio m!nl of any,
of Iho cause, expediency, or nee. wily for thi
g:itherng together of lh citizen of thi county,
will they couaider tho luault their nation hu re
ccired, aud ak fur can Will they couaider
tluil there are thuac in their limit w ho would hnil
with triumphant appUuae tho uccea nf rebel
and the downfall of the Government, and quealion
it expediency f Will lliey couaider llml the capi
tol uf llieir countr- hue been thrcalcued with de
struction, thut an urmed force i coniielluir i)nni
todcuist from the fice uavigulion uf their awn wa
ter 7 Will they turn a deaf car to the crira of the
great nuJ guod men that are being doily auUncrged
beneath the wave uf rebellion, and my there i no
nccoraity t Thu tint ha como wheu wo must
JeeiJe.''
The ling, which at Iho lime of presentation wu
borne by thirty -four Indira dresaed in while, wo
then (lowly raited and aluled with thirty-four
gun the piece being handled by a detachment
of V. S. Mldiera, and fired alternately by them
and the Salem Fire Company, the multitude cheer
ing nt each discharge. Tho meeting thcu ad
journed for one hour, when about five thousand
persons partook of refreshment liberally supplied
for the occasion.
At one o'clock in the afternoon the people re
assembled at Ihe pint form, prominent upou which
wero eight venerable gray-bnircd aoldier of Ihe
war of 1813, and were addressed by Messra
Boise of .Marion, Hayden of Tolk, M'Hride uf
Vuniliill, and Thornton of Benton, upon various
subjecti auggeted by tlio occasion such a the
duty of devotion to the Uuion, and of ignoring
all parties but one pledged to It upport without
an "if" or a ''hut" and the duty of nil citizen to
nstain the Administration in it elTarl to execute
the law, to protect public property, and to punish
treason.
In conclution, I may add that Ihe order and
decorum of the meeting was all that could be de
tired. The faces of the people were lighted up
with tho happiness uf hope that the nation would
p is with triumph through the present severe con
flict, wbilo their eyes flushed with the intelligence
of men fixed in their palriolie purpose not to bo
wanting on their part in whatever might be ncce
ary to contribute to so desirable a result. The
only exceptions I noticed were among a compara
tively few person whoso feeling aud sympathies
were evidently not in hormony with our, and
whoae countenance wore the gloomy, omber,1
and deprecatory aspect of the two men possessed
of devils, and which seemed to ask. a those did,
" Art thou come to torment us before the time?''
J. Quinx TuoaNTOft.
FiiM"1'.vt Likc, Juno 15, 1801 -
War Tf-hms. A Battalion is smaller
than a Regiment say two or four companies-Aid
is commanded by a Major. A
Regiment is composed of ten companies,
and is commanded by a Colonel; it has
also a Lieutenant-Colonel and a Major.
A Brigade if. composed of two or more
Regiments, and is commanded by a Briga-!
dier-General. A Division is composed of'
two or more Brigades, and is commanded
by a Major-Uenerai.
Usiox. The Maysviile (Ky.) Eagle J compared to the overthrow ol such a Gor
kuvs that at the late election for delegates , ernmeut as this?''
' men went to the polls there and gave a
! fnr their eonutrv who had taken no
interest n part e ana no Uica ior more
haTtwenfy years. 0 gentleman re-1
marked thathere was not so great a
,
' nimtty
for even the CbrUtian reli0ioa as
for the Uuion,
OREGON CITY, OREGON, JUNE 29, 18(U.
Th 'm of July.
" Independence Duy" Inn for a lifetime
been our great National festival; but this
year It will havo a solemnity of emphasis,
and will bo celebrated with a fervor of pa
triotic enthusiasm, such os has ucver yet
been known.
Wu suggest that, In every city nnd coun
ty where treaxou does not forbid aud forci
bly prevent It, whether In the North or
the South, the Knit or tho West, tho en
tire imputation who are resolved to stnud
by the Union and live and die under the
Stars and Stripes, shall be gathered for
such a celebration as our fathers lored, and
that, In addition to the usual exercises, the
old Flag shall bo raised with all the honors,
a patriotic contribution taken up for the
benefit of our citizen soldiery and their
needy families the people marching by
the collectors in procession, aud every child
who can eivo no more throwing in a half
dime and that wo then gather around the
Flag and have tho oath of fidelity to tho
Constitution and I'uion solemnly admin
istered and reverently taken by the whole
congregation. If there bo other observ
ances better calculated to Impress on tho
general mind tho greatness of the peril
which now hangs ever me country, anu
tho magnitude of Ihe sacrifices required to
meet and overcome that peril, let these be
added or substituted; but let there boa
celebration at every county-seat, such as
has not been witnessed for forty years and i
may never again be. Let tho preparations
bo fitly :..d seasonably made, and the
Fourth of July, 1801, will bo remembered
with patriotic affection and pride for the
next half-century. A'. Y. Tribune,
86Tho Albany Alia and Argui, the
leading Democratic organ of New York,
seems to understand that war Is no time
for puling seutimcntalism. It talks In
this manly and resolute way about the
property of the South:
" Let us not be misunderstood as at all
tender about the property of our enemies
at the South, now wnging war upon us.
Iu the course of this conlliet it will lie our
duty to assail them in property as in per
son; to capture their ships nnd cargoes,
quarter troops upon them, nnd batter
down their cities if need be, to reach their
citadels. We should be no more tender
of their property in this sense, than of
their persons; and stnvo property musi
tnke its chances with the rest."
That is to say, war Is no child's piny;
nnd rebels who defy the authority and dare
the vengeance or tho government, Incur a
terrible risk. We nro glad to record this
declaration or d political opponent cf the
Administration, in favor of a vigorous pros
ecution of tho war.
A Traitor's Si'KEcn. On tho night
following the evacuation of Ft. Sumter,
Gov. Pickens, of South Carolina, mndo a
pcccli to his fellow-traitors, in which he
suid;
"Wo liavo defeated twenty millious,
aud we linve mndo the proud ting of the
Stars nnd Stripes lower, that never was
lowered before to any nation on this earth.
We have lowered it in humility before the
Pulmetto nnd tho Confederate flags, and
wo havo compelled them to raise by their
side tho white flag, and ask for an honora
ble surrender. Wo have humbled the
fln-r of tlio United States, and as long as I
havo tho honor to preside rs your Chief
Magistrate, so help mo Uoil, tnero is no
nower on this earth shall ever lower from
thut fortress theso flags, unless they be
lowered and trailed In n sea of blood. I
ran here snv to vou. it is tho first timo in
ilm history of this country, that the Stars
nml Strines havo been humbled. It has
triumphed for seventy yenrs, but to-day,
nn tlio 13th of April, it has been humbled,
and humbled beforo the glorious little State
of South Carolina."
" Let the 13i.ow be Qiick and Hard!'
The Delaware State Journal and Ga
zctte gives this counsel, which, coming from
a slave State, is peculiarly emphatic:
" Let the blow, ns it must be terrible,
be therefore quick, hard, decisive. Let
there be no halting nt the capital; no halt
ing nt Richmond: no halting at tnaricston;
no halting nt Montgomery longer than to
hang the traitors who huve plotted treason
there; nnd no halting even at the cxtrcmest
southern const of the Union, until freedom's
troops shall have planted freedom's starry
flag upon every battlement and every fort
in the rebel domain. They have invited
war, nnd war let it be. ' Let tho Govern
ment show them that having sown the
wind, they mnst of necessity reap the
whirlwind. Let them learn how tcrriblo is
the avenging spirit of liberty, outraged and
in -ultcd as it lias been by traitors."
POLICY OF THE GoVERNJIK.VT. R. N.
HiDsox, formerly editor of the Terre
Haute Express, writes as follows from
Washington to that paper:
" The energy ol this Government will
never cease until this rebellion is strangled,
its leaders bung, and nil the property iu
rim hnmls of traitors re taken. To be a
; Q0TernDient, claiming tho respect of men,
it cn) q0 nothing less. This great work is
n0. (0 accomplished in a week or a
month. Large boo ies move slow, and.it
wi jye several month to consummate
tlli, w; flow, and we will all be-
come acrast0tned to carnage. To this the
people of the Great west muu mnae up
heie millklS. UBt BIO lliiiii"
. - '
-Tho. Butler King, who went to Eu-
(:i ith inrpiim nowers ill
: rope ' r
behair of the r"C
una-.comp I ed L Franc? U, i r
as a cwku i io - uu.- ,
l he coum doi iravei.
John Qalarf Atam
OS SLAVERY ASP FMANCirATIO.V AS AFFECT
F.D HV WAn.
In 1812 (April 14th), Joiix Qnxcv
A luiis inado in the llouso of Uepresenta
lives speech on apprehended war with i
Great Britain and with Mexico, whereof
the following extract
will now bo read
with lively interest:
I said that, as far as I could understand
the resolutions projiosed by the gentleman
from Ohio fMr. Giddinesl, there were
tout of them for which I was ready to .
i i.!.. i. i .... i
vote, anu suiiie which i nmn iuio ngmiiBi,
and I will now tell this House, my constit
uents, nnd the world of mankind that tlio
resolution against which I would have vot
ed was that in which ho declares that what
are called the Slave States have the exclu
sive right of consultation on the subject of
Slavery, lor that resolution i never
would vote; because I believe that It is not
just, and does not contain constitutional
doctrine. I believe that so long us the
Slave States are able to sustain their Insti
tution without going abroad, or railing
upou other parts of tho Union to aid them
or to act on the subject, so long I will con
sent never to interfere. Hut if they come to
tho Free States aud say to them you must
help us to keep down our slaves, you must
aid us in an insurrection auc a civil war,
then I say that with that call cornea a full
ai.'d plenary power to this House and to
the Senate over the whole subject. It is
a war power; and when your country is
actually In war, whether it be a war of in
vasion or a war of insurrection, Congress
has power to carry on the war, and mnst
carry It on according to the laws of war,
and by tho lnws of war on Invaded country
has all Its laws and municipal institutions
swept by tho board, nnd martial law takes
the place or them. This power In Con
gress has perhaps never been culled into
exercise under tho present Constitution or
the United States. ISut when the laws or
war aro In force, what, I onk, is ono of
those laws? It Is this: that when n conn-
trv is invaded, and two hostile armies are
set In mnrtial array, fi commander qf
both armies hate over to emancijxite all
the slave in the tnvaded territory. .Nor
is tills a mere theoretic statement. Ihe
historr of South America shows that tho
doctrine has been carried Into practical ex
ecution within the lost thirty years. Slav
ery was abolished in Columbia, first by the
Spanish Ucn. .uoniio, ana soconuiy y me
American Gen. llolivar. It was abolished
by virtno or a military command given nt
the head of tho army, 'and its abolition con
tinues to be law to this day. It was abol
ished by the laws of war, and not by muni
cipal enactments. Thejiower was exercis
ed by military commanders, nnder instruc
tions, or course, from their respective gov
ernments. Congress is now nbout passing
a grant to refund to Gen. Jnckson the
amount of a certain fine imposed upon him
by a Judge under tlio laws of the btate ot
Louisiana, ion nro going to reiunn nira
the monev with interest; and this you are
going to do because tho Imposition of the
lino was unjust. Anu wny uiijusw be
cause Gen. Jackson was acting under tho
lnws of war. nnd because tho moment you
place a militnry commnndcr In a district
which is the theater of war, tho laws of
war apply to that district. I have a cor
respondence between Gen. Jackson and
the Governor of Georcin. during tho Semi
nole camnaimi. in which Gen. Jnckson as
serts the nrinciplo that he, ns Governor of
r.. . ..!.! I.f n t-..L.,..'.N tnil.'ln.
a state wuuin iiir uen. KHmj
rv division, had no richt to irivo a militnry
order while ho (Gen. Jackson) was in the
field. Tho Governor contested tho power
of Gen. Jackson, nnd said njl he could for
Stute ritrhts: but Gen. Jackson had given
en order, and that order was carried into
effect, while tho order of the Governor
wns suppressed. Gen. Juckson hud the
riirlit of tho fiucstion.
I might furnish a thousand proofs to
show that tho pretensions of gentlemen to
tlio sanctity oi ineir municipal iiisiiiuuunn,
under a state of actual invasion and octunl
wnr. whether servile, civil, or foreign, are
nhollv nrifonndcd. and that tho laws of
wnr do. in all such cases, tnke tho prece
dence. I lay this down ns tho law or na
tions. I say that the military auinoruy
tnkes. for tho time, the plnco of all muinci
pnl institutions, Slavery among the rest.
Under that state or things, so for from its
lininrr true that tho States whero Slavery
exists havo the exclusive management or
tlin stitiieet. nof onlu the Preident of the
United Stale, but Ihe commander of the
army, ha the power to order the universal
mancipation of the slaves.
C A gentleman whoso attention lias
been called to the war or the American
Revolution by tho war-like events or the
present day, gays that, in examiuing the
history or the struggle, he found that du
ring its continnancc, South Carolina lost
twelve million dollars1 worth of slave.
They were s'duccd from obedience to their
masters, by the British, and fled to the
Cherokee country, the then Spanish prov
ince or Florida, and to the West Indies.
H South Carolina lost
twelve millions or,
slave projierty during the Revolution, when
her slaves were so few in number, who can
itell how many she will lose In the approach
ing war?
Oath of Alleciaxcf.. Gen. Scott has.
I for the third time, taken the oath of fideli-
I . - . - .1.. T--:.. Tl. Wfar Tfonartnipnt
v, , ,.o ...u . , .. - , ,
: tho telrfrranb stotes. bos issued an order,
reuuirins a renewal of the oath of allegi -
o , .....
ance bv all the officers of the array who
'continue in the public service. Those who,
! . . . i
.reioyat totseu m.. n m - th, Vl ion of
ject to this renewal of the pledge of Eli-l,.,, forth Fourth of July, will
ty, nnd those who obyet, my j'istly be ; not ,n.t nearer Washington than Port
suspected of disloyalty. I Und, .Maine, if it ever meets at all.
gtt
side of Truth in every issue.
No. 12.
MWeellaoy.
Tlio rialtlmoro Patriot (Union) says;
There cau be but two sets of men among
us those who are for the Union nnd those
who aro ayamtt it. Wt shall now Icora
who aro lor tho Government of the United
s,ut, ..j w10 nro for tl0 Govortitnent of
the Confederate States who are for the
maintenance or tho Union which Washing
ton founded, defended, and left as a sacred
legacy to his countrymen; and we shall
know who are for breaking It up, and suc
cumbing to the tyranny of a political party
. .
miiu.
in armed rebellion against the laws or the
At tho time the soldiers of the South
ern Confederate Army took possession ol
Ft. St. Philip, they found tlicre an old
corporal who had been In the U. 8. service
for a great number of years. They or
dered him to haul down the Stars and
Stripes, and run up tho Pelican flag. The
old man looked at them, then the flag at
his feet, and then removing Ids bat and
looking up to the Stars nnd Stripes, said
quietly, ' Never, gentlemen, never vhile 1
live, l am an old man, and an old man s
lovea ore stromr, and my lovo for that flog
goes out only when my lamp of life ceases
to burn."
The Augusta (Ga.) DUtxitch adver
tises thus: Wanted Five hundred
washerwomen, with broomsticks, to whip
back Gov. Spraguc'a regiment from
Rhode Islund, lutcly offered to Lincoln.
Codfish ii Inuuns." The editor who pub
lished that perhaps never heard of Gen.
Greene, the valiant Rhode Islander, who,
during the bloody days of the Revolution,
defended the whole South with Northern
troops, from foreign foes and domestic
tories.
A regiment of British volunteers have
been raised in New Voik, aud havo ten
dered their services to tho Government.
Tho regiment is to be commanded by
Lieut. Col. Lowe, formerly of the British
11th. Several of the officers have released
highly rcuiuncrntive positions to volunteer,
and havo alto been to largo personal ex
pense. A letter dated Galveston, Texas, May
19th suys; I learned yesterday all our
Krts are blockaded. The Government
vessels fired at and stopped a couple of
Southern vessels, and our ardent South
erners are lint about it. wo nave two
forts on the beach built of sand-bags, and
seven or eight pieces of artillery. Kvery-
tli'itg is dull here, and every one out of em
ployment.
A flag of the Inrgcst dimensions was
placed upon the steeple of the first Baptist
church, Providence. It Is secured to a
flag stuff, nnd Is thrown out of ono of the
round holes, so called, in the steeple, a dis
tance of 180 feet from the ground. This is
tlio oldest Baptist church in America.
Secretary Cameron has declined to
accept imported linen for the Cadets at
West roint, as he holds Hint nn article ol
domestic monnfacturo should be used.
Gov. Buckinylmm, of Connecticut, has
presented ench member or tho New Heaven
Home Guard with a Colt's revolver, to
gether witli holsters and trappings.
On tho departure or a Salem, Mass.,
company, for the wars, Rev. Dr. Worces
ter said: ' I givo you, soldiers, for a buttle
cry, ' The sword of the Lord and or Wash
ington.' "
The New Ilnvcn Grays woro their own
uniform Into service, instead of culling on
the State, which the Stnto authorities ac
knowledge by sending tho company t-r
000.
Gen. Cass has contributed $25,000
out'of his privnte fortune for equipping
the jMii'liinim volunteers, and siuu.uuu to
wards supporting their futnilics during their
absence.
The City Council or Lowell, Mas
sachusetts, has selected a sito for a monu
ment to bo erected to the memory of
the two persons who were killed by the
mob in Baltimore on tho 19th or April
Tho N. Y. World's dispatch says two
Lieutenants in the rebel army have resign
ed, having becomo utterly disgusted.
Troops were poorly led, and hud received
no pny.
Ilcnrv B. Bcechcr. the eldest son or
the Rev. II. W. Becchcr, ond Mr. Sco-
viile, who, it is understood, is son-in-lnw in
prospective or Mr. Becchcr, linve both en
listed in tlio 13th Regiment or New York
Prayers were offered in several New
lork Churches on Sunday, for tho health,
we and happiness of Lient-Uen. btoTT.
Says tlie Boston Transcript: The North
is fighting for the pcuce of tho country
the rebels for a piece of it.
A Pnojtisisa Navy. A dispatch from
Montgomery soys that the Confederation
newspaper of that city states that over
three hundred thousand applications have
been received by Jeff Davis's government
for letters of marquo and reprisal. Quite
likely! This number is about four times
larger than the whole naval maritime now-
I tt IliA fttnhji inplmlSnn rnmntprArl InLn
. . ,' , . d w
j mippono the bnlancowill be induced to come
out of Symmes'a hole to participate in the
extraordinary advantages proffered by the
New Dahomey. Lhiatgo Jnbune
A Soituer! pROfiRAjma. The Mem
phis Avalanche of May lOJiasa programme
laid oat for the progress of the army:
Within thirty days Jeff Dovis will be on
bank) - - Mf Lincon
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ill
IIV. Willi WUUfc IIKIO IUT ! . aiitu
fly, with what little may be scraped to-
i ,i . fro . ancrmit Treasury, from
Washington, and Gen. Scott will bear him
company; nothing will be left a month
hence of the Old Union, except possibly
ItATKHOK ADVKUTI8INU I
Due anuare dwelt Ear, or let, trrvitr I
on inaonion..1! 9 I "V
Kaeli ulMHnl ifmrtluB I OV
luaiiiasearan)rrr H SOuO
A litxral dsiluclion will to made I Iko h
advartis by th)aar.
9 Th uumta of insertion. ahouU b atr1
n lh marf in uf sa almtismnl, ihorwavs M
will bo pablialird till forbhljrn, (haw '
oordiiily.
IW Obituary notice will b obaruea' half lft
abuo ratr nf adtonisinf.
IT i" ranrriko etecMtrJ hh aratn a4
dispatch.
J'sywW for JA Primlint ! be wit
dtlirtrt) f Ik awlr.
Gek. Scott axd nt Fuss. The
Washington correspondent of Thnndej'f
Philadelphia Prest anysj
"Gen. Scott Is about to rvmodd tlie
United States army upon the French y'
tern, so as to give it more ffirli nry and
icrfectlon. The old hero wnrkit with as
tontsliing zeal, and hi mind niM-nitc a ac
tively at many i man at filly-live. It I un
doubted that he contemplate a long cam'
palgn, that Washington Is to be the base
uf operations, that a largo force will be
kept permanently stationed here, and that
all demonstration In support of the loyal
men lu the fcoutn, and In lurtiu ruiice of iner
determination to retake stolen property,
will move Irom tins point, fcmiio complaiuta
are mado because an expedition has not al
ready been sent Into A irginla for the par
pose of capturing Richmond; but I astdtf
posed to repose my trust entirely upon the
experience and patriotism of Gen. Scott.
He is heartily sustuined by the President
and Messrs. Chase, Cameron, Seward, and
the rest of the Cabinet, although It I not
doubted that Postiuustcr-General Jndgt
Blair favor a more extreme aud aggressivr
policy."
a" The free navigation of the Missis
sippi river Is of iiumenso value to the State
bordering npou it water. It I said that
there are not lesa than sixteen hundred
stcnmboats running upon that mighty river
and it tributaries, the aggregate value be
ing sixty million of dollar. This great
river drains an area of twelve hundred
thousand square miles, washes the shore of
thirteen States, aud from the source of the
Missouri Is four thousand five hundred1
miles long, the average depth being fifty
feet, and It width over half a mile. Mil
lions of people, hundreds of citiea and
towns, nnd vast wealth and industry throng
iu mighty valley. It I a -nation' high
waythe pathway of empire, the most
prodigious chain of luland navigation in the
known world.
Ft.onioA Raisino tiir Wind. Florida
I obliged already to sell off her land to
provido rum and rations for the few vaga'
bond troops that she keeps In the field to
watch Ft. Pickens. Sho ha Jnst sold
half a million acres of land to some New
Orleans speculators, at 2 rent an acre.
iVt this rate the salo of the whole territory
will not keep her drunken ragamnfDn
army In whiskey more thnn six months,
What then? Her soldiers can do nothing
when the grop stops. Bring back Billy
Bowlegs, with a hair down warriors and
tho delirinm tremens, and Florida will bf
as quiet as a lamb.
No More Deots to ur Paid. A pro
clamation from Gov. Brown, of Georgia
forbids citizens of that State from paying
any debts duo to Northern creditors. The
Governor " invites citizens who are Indebt
ed" to the Northern Stntcs to Invest their
spnrc cash In Georgia bank stock, or still
better, to "perform a patriotic duty" bf
giving it to the Southern Confederacy for'
wnr purposes, He further forbid the
protest or notes by nny Georgia books.
Here, then, is a regularly organized swin
dle. The G overnor or G corgia Is n n adept
in the art or stealing.
gtar?" Gen. Cass nddrcsAcd his f'.llow citi'
.ens of Detroit Intely, In n patriotic speech
iu the course of which ho suid:
" There is but one path for every trail
man to travel, nnd that is broad aud plain.
It will conduct ns, not without trials and
sufferings, to penco nnd to the restoration
or the Union. Ho who is not for his coun
try is ncainst her. Jere- i no neutral
ptmilion to be occupied. It is the duty of
nil zealously to support tbo government hi
its efforts to bring this unhappy civil war
to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion try
the restoration, in its integrity, of that
grcnt charter of freedom bequeathed to" os
by Washington nud his compatriots."
Comparative Skciritv. It is very sug
gestive or the comparative for life and prop
erty enjoyed under tho Washington and
Montgomery Governments, that while we
hear of largo numbers fleeing to the North
we hear or no citizens seeking refuge In the
seceding States. A recent letter from
New York says tlmt the wife or Jeff. Davis
is now sojourning at Snugtis, in Massa
chusetts, and thut the wife of Beauregard
is residing at Dye House rillngo In Lynn.
BROwsi.owisu.-The parson ii as savage
as ever. He writes; " Tlie mustering Into
Virginia of twenty thousand volunteer from
the Southern Stutcs, and the joining of
them there by thirty thousand more pluinly
indicate that' conflict is close Rt hand.
Tbo blow when made, will lie terrible, hard
and decisive. Nor will it terminnto nt
tho capital; Richmond will feil it; Norfolk
will perish, and Clmrhston will crumble
to ruins, while tho stars and stripes will
again be rnn up at Ft. Pnmtcr. Thi is
the courso thi war will take, as the hostile,
arms march npon Montgomery!"
What the Secessionists havr Poxr
this r as.--Abolished the Fourth of July;
given Hp the Star and Strites; defrauded.
Northern creditors; stolen some millions f
the National treasure; fired Into an un
armed steamer; established a mock Con
stitution which they dare not submit to th
people; captured a half starved fortress;
lowered the price of niggers fifty per ceatj
and mado themselves a by. word and a his,
lug throughout the civilized world,