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ID, 184T, he wo promoted lit Untenant, and accompanying liii Rcgi rut shared more fully in if dangers, tin lir and honors, in oil tlio opvrutions of flu. Scott' campaign in Mexico. At- luted to tlio brijjti Jn of (hut noblo old wteran, Licut.-Col. Riley, it did gallant artirt. At Cerro Gordo, of tlio companies of lie bridle last ordered np tlio hill ngninst lit enemy's position, Lyon's, being in the alrsnce, km the only otiO which reached the crest in time to cngngo him before he retired. Lyon, at the head of a portion of liicomjiany, pushed on in pursuit of the (Htm beyond this poiur, to make the rout At Cotitreras, on the 10th of August fcilotin, the regiment being threatened fcrhrje masses of tlio enemy's carnlry, on tbe rfglit, left, and rear, it was formed into hollow square, with an interior reserve inlet the command of Lieut. Lyon. On lit Uliiwiajr day ho sigmdiisc'd himself in vsHtitig in the capture of some of the guns af the enemy, which wcro turned upon (Vm in their rctreut, as well as tukingpnrt illi Captains Casey and Wcssits, in sc- caring 200 prisonura. At Cliiinibii.co, ho was under heavy and fctrudivo fire from the enemy, and be kirnl vlth marked coolness and courage, fur liii services in the two linltles ho re- (rival the especial commendation of bis Captuiu. In tlio assault on tlio Dclen gate of the city of Mexico, Sept. 13th, he was wound el. For gallant and meritorious conduct is t!ie battles of Contreras and Churubns- w, I15 received the well-earned brevet of frpliin; and Juno II, I Sol, bo was pro noted to the rank of Captain of his Ilegi tint. Since tlio Mexican war he lids been principally engaged with his Regiment in arduous frontier service, where latent geni k of. a Napoleon or no Alexander would be buried and unknown. Of his more ro eml services, which Lavo electrified the country, at the same timo thnt they have given an intimation of the ability for a higher command which ho possesses, and tJtrlcJ so important nn influence upon our utionnl affairs, it is not uccessnry hero to pcak. Siidieo it to say, that if Missouri longer attempts to show her disloyalty, Nathaniel Lyon will bo heard from again. Be is undoubtedly the man for the place, nd knowing his duty, dares perforin it. Maj we not indulge the hope that he will, t early day, bo promoted to a higher po rtion iu tho U. S. Army, for while he holds Ike rank of Brigadier General of tho Mis souri Volunteers, he is still but a Captain f Iafantry in the U. S. service. - Decay or Idolatry ik India. A trav eler from Madras to Jaffna states that but ft' of the heathen temples he passed were i good order those regularly repaired nd used are comparatively few. Many of ue temples are gradually going to ruin towers, walls, and rooms, where the Idols rt, ire broken; many of the Idols that 'en formerly carried with great pa rad,. ,re resting in their places, with no one " ipe or clean tbem. Many idol cars, toct drawn with great pomp and parade, ,ft neglected that they can be nsed only f fuel. The impression Is steadily gain- al ground among the people that their W "Tstem has had its day, and that the nl'gion of the gospel will eventually fill vhole land. Financially, the North must be the br the war, and the Sooth the loser. lse wry meant of offense and snpport Mcb have been procured by the South fonthe North, have beea or will be paid "w and distributed among our people 4' uovernmeat will also spend all its rpo- with th srrpntfon nf m h&t iTOPf HE. . r r wope- Consequently, the . wewlt Of 'n nd will keep the wliotfs of trade MI " any emergency. -h the free States there are3,?t8,000 ,Z . mlt be'fwn the ages of 18 and 43, mat A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to tho Intercuts of tlio Laboring Classes, and advocating the Vor" VI1' ' A Ukhaukaui.k Statcnkxt. We find this remarkuble paragraph in tho editorial columns of the Rochester Uniun: This great and long standing conspirnry was well known in its outline to Mr. liiichnnnu himself. We beared it from his own lips previous to his entering upon the unites oi mo rrcmiieiiry, that lie bml been reiiiiiny liilornio, (wo tlnnk he said by (J or. Wise,) that the nfliccrs of tho ormv und navy hud been polled on tho tiucstioii wtietner in case i rupture between the two Kccnons or the Union, tliey would respec tively go with tho North or Hie Smith; and thnt ncurlr every Southern man nn. swered ho would adhere to tho section that giro him birth. Her he have proof that not only this cnnpirary had awimid its present determinate slmpo flvo years ago, and only waited for opportunity; but that Mr. liuchniinn was perfectly well ii ware of the fact at tho very timo when he took some of the lenders into his Cabinet: und when he was passively aiding Cobb, I'lorii, innnipson, niul 1 oncer, in their plnus to critiplo tho Federal Gorernment, nn J iissurc tiic success of the rebellion. Couino to Tim r. The Marysvillo A'r- pmt, which has heretofore been the inot rabid secession sheet In California, used the following language, lust week: " If ngainst our remoustrnnccs, and the eartest remoustrunces ol hundreds of thou sands of tho conservative and patriotic men of the country, we aro to bo dragged into tho unnatural and fratricidal strife, we can only submit and acquiesce in that which wo have labored to prevent. Against the laws of our Government we have never yet rebelled. It is the duty of every State, und every citizen of every State, to yield obedience to them. When our services are required to uphold the Constitution nd laws, as humble as they muy be, they bo- having been honored rar beyond my do long to, und shall be cheerfully yielded to, W1" ui mJ Mluw citizens, and especially that Government under which wo wero born whose destiny is our destiny, and whose honor is our honor. ' Skukino IiKst in California. Wo find the following item in tho Eastern press: " Kentucky is full of poor families who haro fled from the wur terrors that prevail in Tennessee, North Carolina, and other Southern States. For some time past poor persons have been coining from the same iiiurters in .Missouri, nnu many nave been seen on our public highways, begging as sistance from pluce lo place. Many fu mi les m better condition, who arc enuuled to lit themselves out for a journey to the west, look for no ppaeo this side of tho Rocky mountains, nnd nn immense emigration is going to Utah, California, and tho Terri tories. A gentleman who has arrived from California by the overland route, says ho met on tho road between Omahn nnu Den ver City, 1 ,18 J (migrant learns, the occu pants of which were seeking homes in the distunt West." Tiik way to stop a Paf-eb. If you wish to stop your paper, pay for it in full to the time when you cease taking it, as an hon est man should do. Don't go sneaking to tho postmaster, and tell him to send your paper ' back, ' refused,' but send for your bill; deposit the money with tlio postmas ter, and usk him to forward it; or go to tho office, ol publication yourself, and pay your honest dues like a mnn. some peo ple complain that they can t stop a paper that they have once subscribed for, bnt there is no difficulty if they take tho right way. ray up ull you owe, ami if tlio pa per is continued contrary to your orders, you are not liable for it. Don't undertnkc to cheat the printer out oi his dues, wheth er it be ten cents or ton dollars. Tiik Estate of Douglas. Wo supposed that Douglas was rich; Hint ho owned much real est a to in Chicago; but it appears he died almost penniless. An address, re pectably signed, is put forth to tho Ameri can people, and particularly to the people of Illinois, asking them to contribute to purchase a homestead for his wife, ns sho is left in destitute circumstances; all the landed property of which he died possessed, save three acres, being covered deep with mortgages. Douhtless this request will be met in a liberal spirit, and Mrs. Donglas be well provided for. Sac. Dee. Memento of Ellsworth. We, to day, saw a Iracment ot the Secession flue, the pulling down of which led to the death of the gallant Ellsworth. It was received by the mail steamer, by a young man of this city, whose brother Is an officer of the New York Second Regiment. It is high ly prized by the recipient, and is an object of great interest to many acquaintances as a memento of the honored dead. S. F. Journal. Colors Most FREQESTLy IIit Dinixo War. It would appear, from numerous observations mndo by military writers, that soldiers are hit during battle accord ing to the color of their dress,, in the fol lowing order: red, the most fatal color, the least fatal, Austrian gray. The pro portions are: red, 12; rifle green, 7; brown, 6; Austrian bluish gray, 5. The National Intelligencer 1ms published letters from Judge Marshall, Gov Win. R. Davie, aod Judge Iredell, of North Carolina, written in 1799, show ing that designs to overthrow the Govern ment then existed, and that the determina tion of many of the seceded States then Was to crush out the movement as a rebel lion. JST The nwt extraordinary instance of j patience on record in modern limes, u in of a judge in Illinois, wdo aa awm.j . two days while a couple of wordy attorneys contended about the construction of an act of the Legislature, and then ended the con trovers by quietly remarking: Gentlemen, the law is reptile J " OKKOOX CITY, OREGON, JULY 2 7, 1801. No. 10 Ki-YIci rrnlacat Ualtat tkt I also, "The present fitful efforts," said Pallas, " to . 'bhtituto another comparatively un known and local fur this world-wido fa mous banner, is not tho first that has been mndo. Tho reserved right to nullify jonr laws, mid at discretion to break up your Government as a cobweb contrivance of mera Stato partnership, perhaps medi tated at Hartford In 1814, was certainly and formally claimed by South Carolina In 1832. At this epoch there were giants in debate, and no giant more formidablo and dangerous than the author of this subver sive doctrine. Hut, gentlemen, it wui overruled ns perverse and untenable. The calm Senators from this good old common wealth, who were William Wilkin, of , Pittsburg, and myself, steadily insisted niion hoisting the stars nnd stripes high uiiove tho palmetto; and tho renowned citizen of Tennessee, who had routed the invaders at New Orleans, dispelled, by (bo mcro show of a Force 13111, tho delusivo Quixotism which was brave and blind then, as it is now. " Nullification is bat fragmentary, sub divided, or, bit by bit secession, both built upon the some falso keel," and it points with nn cmpnnsis too peremptory to bo uis- garded to tlio course of duty which the offi cial guardians of your Constitution, luws und liberties are bound to pursue " Let us, then," said Dallas, concluding, " be firmly linked as a baud of brothers, around this unchanged standard. For my humble self, bora beneath It, having im bibed from s venerated father's Inculca tions a devoted attachment to its compre hensive import; having dearly loved to the last a brother who gallantly gave his life to its support, end dying in a distant fi'-ld of duty found it his noblest shroud; having 'P1 mJ " contented and happy, though poor nnd inglorious, under its protection; u7 tnos ,0 lustain w"080 equl'7 and rights I shrank from no personal sacrifice, I como back to you, gentlemen, filled, It is true, with grief at tho nntionnl calmity, but unaltered iu my determination to stand, como weal or woe, powerless, I confess, bnt unutterably by the flag of the American Union, the whole Union, and the Uniou forever." The npproronco of Dallas, thus expressing himself, was veneruble nnd eloquent beyond remark. His 1 hair white as snow, his fig ure straight nnd still muscular, quivering under his emotions, and the grouped, re spectful attitude of his friends, many of whom had passed through all tho stirring scenes of his eventful life, accorded well With the dignity of his sentiments and the integrity or bis long career. lie was hear tily applauded. Eloquent Letter from a SormERX Lady. Tho following is an extract from a letter of a popular Southern authoress to her brother, written in January last. It is couched in tho fervid language and temper of a warm-heurtcd and patriotic womun: " Everything is going to tho ' bad'; no thing heard of but secession, revolution, starvation, and war, with all its attendant horrors. I already dread to pick np a pa per now-n days, and yet for my lifo can't keep my hands off them. You can scarce ly see one witbont finding in it some ac count of the pulling down of the dear old Dag tor which our lathers lought nnd died, nnd beneath whoso protection we have lived so happily; the rending asunder of hallowed ties; t lie funeral dirge of beloved ami time-hnnortd institutions. And whnt can we look for in its stead? Nothing but desolation, anarchy, and blood. I read tho other duy n letter from Jere. Clemens, containing an account of tho tear ing down of the nntionnl dug and running up tho flag of Alabama in its place, and I cried over it like a very child. My eyes overflow as I write, and the burden of tears lies heavy on my heart all tho day long. I have felt for tho past month us though I were sitting by the bedside ef a dear friend, watching the approach of the dread destroyer, but still hoping almost against hope thnt the nplifted hand might be staved. If I hear a strain of one of our old national melodies, it scuds an icy chill to my heart like the falling of the earth upon n culm-lid. is ever would I believe that these clarion notes, that once sent the blood bounding tlirouir!; my veins, would cv?r lull like a wail of despair upon I mJ caf ... . ... Although 1 love the uiu uoinimoir as the home of my mother; tho mountains ot Tennessee as tho shrine of many fond asso ciations, the happy home of a dear bro ther and sister, and the birth-place of our four little darlings, dear to me as the apple of mine eye; though the banks of the ' Great River1 are sacred to the memory of ' love's young dream,' and endeared to mcj by the calm sweet nours oi a weuuca me and the God-given treasure of my little blue-eyed pet; yet I cannot forget that cold and still, in one of Ohio's silent cities, lies my beautiful mother; that upon the ' mossy mountains' and beside the singing streams of the old Keystone Stato I laughed and sang awoy the sunny hours of childhood; and there, too, still watching prayerfully the fate of the loved ones who have gone out from the shadow of the old roof tree to find a home in the land of the ryirr M vi. .,sn..th no East. no West.' all is my country, all is my kindred." Tnis Boot ox the Other Leo. One -yj" 01 me slaves ai ewpuii, .oa, v...6 , News, on being; questioned as to whether he had ron away from his master replied, " No golly! Massa ron aW8yfrom me! When see de soldiers I corn!l, i,e run 1 he de aeonu. 1 spec ne . g0ne to menmonu. Gen. Bockner of the Kentucky State riTnd fidelit to "I CZ I slitntion of the United States. Tiik LAxntJAoit of the Fuo. As there la nothing more prominent nnd attractive iniv lliMti tli a A miipTitiiti fliif atitttiiaA u-m IIIWI1 tjliv t III At PMIM'WW n v giro tho first meaning of its forms and colors: "Tho stars of the new fl ig represented tho new constellation of States, rising in the west. The Idea was tnkcu from ' the constellation of Lvra.' which, In the hands of Orpheus, signified harmony. Tho bine of the field was taken Irom tho edges of tlio covenanters banner In hcotlawl, sig nificnnt also of the league and covenant of the United Colonies against oppression, in cideiitully Involving tho virtues of vigilance, perscreranco and Justice. The stars worn disposed in a circle, symbolizing the circ ting serpent of the Kjrvptians, signifying eternity. The thirteen stripes showed the number ot the United Colonies, and denot ed the subordination of Stntcs to the Un ion, as well os equality among themselves. The wholo was the blending of tho various (lugs previous to the Uuiou flag, viz: tho red flag of the orniy and tho whito ones of the of tho floating batteries. Tho red color, which in Roman days was tlio signal of do fiance, denotes daring, nnd the whito puri ty. What eloqiicnco do tho stars breathe when their full significance Is known! A new constellation! Union! Perpetuity 1 A covenant against oppression! Jus tice, cqnnlity, subordination, courage and purity!" nonmnLE Outrage. Tho Sepoys of the South more eruel and cowardly than ever wero tho North American Indians more degraded and loulhsomo in their lior riblo barbarities than tho vilest of the tribes in tho centre ot Africa going be yond the East Iudian Tangs, who simply strangle a man, and so, quickly kill him these savages seem bound to keep up their reputation for inhumanity and barbarism. The following paragraph is from an ac count published iu thu Buffalo Erprtt, by a gentleman of respectability nnd credit. It tells its own horrible story: "A Mis. Sarah Sanford, a native of New Haven, Conn., nnd a graduate of the South Hadley Female Seminary, hns been for some timo engaged as assistant teacher in a New Orleans Grammar School. Some rcmnrks, construed ns Abolitionistic, which she mode a day or two before, in the hear ing of her pupils, had been reported by them to their parents, nnd had got circula ted abroad. On Sunday the 1 2th, a mob was collected at her place of residence, she was seized, taken to Lafayette Square, stripped naked, tarred and feathered, in the presence of nn immenso crowd of people, including many of her own sex, respectably appearing, richly dressed women, who were heard by our informnnt to applaud and nrge on the hellish attroeity. What event unity became of this brutally maltreated lady, ho docs not know." Whnt can atone for monstrous outrages liko this? A'fitf Haven Palladium. Good tor Good. The Sacramento News snys thnt J. C. Good, having been applied to defend the notorious Mike 15 run- nignn of the horriblo crime of which he stands neensed (administering drugs to the accomplished Miss Edith Mitchell, and committing a hellish outrage), very decid edly refused to do so, saying that ho would defend a highwayman or a murderer if re quested, but never n mnn who could be guilty of such a heinous violation of law nnd morals, evincing such a total ignoring of tho impulses of humanity. Flowering of tub Century Plant, It seems that a Century Plant is to flower in tho city of New York tlio present summer. Tho following notice of tho fact wo cut Irom tho Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: " David Bidwell, of New Orleans, is tho fortuuato possessor of a Century Plant, or American Aloe, which is expected to bloom in July or August next. Its blooming soirc has already attained an altitade of twenty feet, nnd it progresses in height from three to six inches a day. It is ex pected that tho blossom will bo larger than was ever yet seen. Tho plant left Nctv Orleans for New York on tlio 25lh of April, and will be sxhibited in that city. Loss of tiik Levant. Tho sloopof- war "Levant has now been given np for lost and her name has been blotted off tho naval registers at nearly every naval station in tho country. The pay of her officers and crew still runs on, and will be banded over to their next of kin when Congress authorizes tho proceeding. The limit of the time within which the accounts will bo poatcd is not known, but a year's wages will probably be paid to the friends of tho unfortunate. Ucr officers were a most efficient set of gentlemen, and arc deeply regretted. Distance to Salt Lake. Mr. Buckley, Superintendent of the Overland Mail Com- pany has measured the distance of the route' from Carson City to Salt Lake, and - uWhW .Utk. thereon '22 stations between the points, and the dis- tanco is 538 miles. From Placerville to Bnlf I nVa h m -Mllll rOUie. IS UiiJ IIIIICS. i -. . ti..i.i;i. .,,:.. J wyJ - at about 12 miles apart Tor tlie entire duv tance. rf ; woinan amJ-cbjI(, , ,ho Canfederati States will U barefoot, for there is oo supply of toots and shoes in EiS J6n - I - ready sun-ring irom scarcny oi mis .mcic. sido of Truth iu every issue Umry i'.Wy Hruw, I roust tako occasion to say that, in tnr opinion, there is no right on the part of - . t10 Un0lli War and tho dissolution of tho Union aro Identical and Inseparable. There can bo no dissolution of tlio Union, except by consent or war. No one can expect, in tho existing stato of things, that would be given, and war is tho only niter native by which a dissolution could bene- icomplislicd Mr. President, I am directly opposed to any purpose of secession, or separation. 1 am for staying within tho Union, and defy ing any ortiou of the Union to expel or drive me out of tho Union. I am for stay ing within the Union, and fighting for my rights if necessary, with the sword with in the bounds and under the safeguards of the Union. I am for vindicating these rights; but not by being driven ont of the Union rashly and unceremoniously by any portion of this Confederacy. Hers I am within it, and here I mean to stand and die; ns far as my individual purposes or wishes can go within it to protect myself, and to defy all tho rower upon earth to expel me or drive me from tho situution in which I am placed. Will there not bo more safety iu fighting within tho Union than without it? I said that I thought that there was no right on the part of nuo or more of the States to secede from this Union. I think thnt the Constitution of tlio thirteen States was mndo, not merely fur (he generation which then existed, but for posterity, unde fined, unlimited, permanent and crpctual, for their posterity and for every subse quent State which might come into tho Union, binding themselves by Hint Indisso luble bond. It is to remain for that poster ity now nnd forever. Like another of the great relations of private, life, it was a mar- riacc thnt no human authority can dissolve or divorce the parties from; nnd, if I may be allowed to refer to this same example in private life, let ns say whnt man nud wdu say to ficii other: wo have mutual faults; nothing in tlio form of human au thority can bo perfect ; let us, then, be kind to each other, forbearing, conceding; let us live in happiness and eaco. speech on the Compiomise of IS50. Uortlltt. If Mr. Darwin's notion thnt the human race may have developed from the monkey tribes had any scientific basis, It would be a little humiliating that other branches of tho original stock havo attained a higher degree of physical strength than hns fallen to mnn. Tho gorillas aro fur mora than a match for him, when unassisted by weap ons. Dr. jjntiioiiiu is prononiy me omy whito man who hns dared to wngo war with gorillas. Tho apes of Borneo nnd Sumatra aro infants in comparison with them. The far-famed cliimpan7.ee is a (treat docile creature which can never be named in the same duy with the gigantic savngo of Central Africa. Think of it! Tlio gorilla is six feet two Inches in height, nnd llireo feet between the sl.ouldcr-blndes. Tlio paw is that of a giant three times tho sizo of a human hand. Tho finger measures six inches in circumference nt tho base. There is an immense ridge running perpendicularly over the cranium; this and tho great jaws are packed with muscle of prodigious strength. Tho creuturo has lingo arms, altogether disproportioned to tho body. It has black hair, and has a matted lock on its head, which it has the power of bringing over its face. It has al most the sagacity of a man, and almost the ferocity of a fiend. The ranlo is terri bly pugnacious; tho female always flies. When they inuko their attack, they bent their breasts with their fists, making a sound which can bo heard a mile. Their crywhich has a terrific resemblunco to the human voice can be heard three miles amid the reverberations of tho hills. As they approach their odversary, they endeavor to intiraidato him. One would think this was easily done. The fearful sound, those frantic eyes, glaring with tho intelligence and mulignity of a demon, were enough to shako nerves not easily disturbed from their eauinoise. Our hero lost five or six men iu these strnngo engagements. Think of tho tremendous strength that, with one blow of the arm, could crush the ribs liko pipe-stems, and Unr out a piece of the side; and thut with a single movement of the jaw, could crush tho barrel of a gun as if it had been a stick of candy! Anolh it fuel: There aro no lions in tho beat of the gorilla. t&r Mr. Seward has established a new foreiim nolicv. a truly enlurhtctird Aineri' can oolii y. Instead of adhering to the ..i.l ,i,..l.....ntio ronilrin nf red lam. and the wrn;,.j0tll precedent of circumlocution, he h. directed the representatives of the American Government to go before the bar of the world, in order to unmask the I 4. l ,i,ihni iKa M mopionn Karl 1 f alifitfj who attempts to tolerate them, and to luj down, in strong and explicit language, the 1 U"IJ mtium uiivii wint.ii in l .: :n t utive win ever noia luierconrne wmi omer Governnier.U-.Aa. is, a distinct repudia , oj Ag Kho,e Smithrrn Cmfederaey, ! awl an eauallv distinct recognition of the ,HlrgrUy, the potter, and influenrt of the. iW.W Goternn,ent.i'hUa. 1 ress. " Show me the h ailing newspapers of m.t inn " imid Daniel Webster. " and I ! w... tel. you its sbuus without referring to . ......j. IIATKH OK APVKHTIHINQi On tnuiirv (twelve hoi, or lata, brtv.tr B.iir)' on inMriioQ , 9 3 M Kuifli ul.unt irm ftlon 1 00 IluinMaenjaanyr JO 00 A liberal dcJueliM will b made la that wlo Ailviriur ky the jrur. , t'iT Th number of ioxninni nliouM It n I'i n llis iimrg-ln ot ma advtrilumtnt, ftihtrwnw It ilt b iublihrd till forbiJdtn, tui chirgtd ac cordingly, C?" Obilury nalieri will bo eluirgtj half ii bt nli-Sfif ndvtrlitiiif. Ctfui I'sisTisq t treated tilth rrali.fM fii diaiulcll. I'aymtnt fur Juh Printing mil It n tJt t ' irlirny nf Ik trtri. Moaiaf of President liueolo. (Subjoiattl iilh MeRof 1'rwiJmt Uucln,. rnl lo OingrtM wl.iih mrt in eslra kw!oii mi Tlmrwby, Ilia 4tb of July. W ropy fnm ih 8. P. Ilulletin's lelcgMI'llic report :) Ftllow citlirni of th' Smut and lloute of lirprest ntalives: Having been coik vened on an extraordinary occasion, os no thorized by tho Constitution, your atten tion is not called lo any ordinary subject of legislation. At tho beginning of the lues-- cut Presidential term, four months ogo, tho functions of tho Federal Government wfro found to be generally susiicnded within tho screral States of South Carolina, Giorgln,. Atabnmn. Mississippi, Louisiana, and Flor ida, excepting ouly tlioso of the 1'ostoffice Uepnrtmcnt. Within those Mates, the forts, arsenals, dockyards, harbors, custom' housis, and the like, including tho morea- bio and stationary properly in and about them, had been seized, and wero held lo ' open hostility to tho Government, except ing only Fort Pickens, Taylor, and JfflVr-' son, on ami near the i ioruin coast, ana Fort Sumter In Charleston harbor, South Carolina. The forts thus seised bad been nut in depraved condition. New one had been built, and armed forces had been or ganized and were organizing all, avowed ly, with the same hostile purpose. The torts remninliia; in the possession of tha Federal Government In and near to thrsa States, were cither besieged or menaced by warlike preparations, and especially Fort Sumter was nearly surrounded by well protected hostilo. batteries, with guns equal iu quality to tho best of its own, and out numbering the latter as perhaps ten to one. A disproportionate share of tin Federal muskets and rifles had somehow found tlieir way into these States, and had been seized to bo used against the Government. Accumulations of the public revenno lying within them had been seized for the samo object. Tho Navy was scattered in dis tant seas, leaving but a very small part within the Immediato use of the Govern ment. Tho officers of tho Federal Army und Navy had resigned in great numbers; and of those resigning, a large proportion had taken up arms against thu Gorern ment. Simultaneously, and in connection with ull these, the purpose to sever the Federal Union was openly avowed. Jn accordance with this purpose an ordinance had been adopted in each of theso htates, declaring the States respectively to h sep arated from the Federal Union, and a for' muhi for combining nnd instituting a com bined Government of these States had beeu promulgated; and this illegal organization, in tho character of Confederate States, we already invoking recognition, aid, nnd inter vention from foreign powers. Findmz this condition of things, and be lieving it to be an imperative duty upon the incominff Executive to prevent, if pos sible, the consummation of such attempt to destroy tho Federal Union, a choice of menns to tho end beenmo nidispensaoie. Pie clio'co was made nnd declared In tho InniiL'ural Address. The policy chosen looked to tho exhaustion of all peaceful menus before a resort to stronger ones. t sought only to hold tho public places and property not nlrcady wrested from the Onrerumont, nnd to collect the revenues, relying for tlio rest on tune, discussion, ana tho bullot. But it promised a contiiiunnco of tho mails at Government expeuso to tho vcrv neonlo who were resisting the Oov- ernment; and it gave repeated pledge against any disturbance to nny of. the peo ple or any of their rights of all that which a President might constitutionally and justi fiably do in such a case. Krerything was forborne without which it was believed possiblu to keep tho Government on foot. On the Sth of March, the present In cumbent's first full day in office, a letter of Major Anderson's, commanding ton Bum tor, written on tho 28lh of February, and received at tho Wur Department on tho 4th of March, was by thut Department placed iu his hands. Tlio letter expressed the professional opinion of tho writer thnt reinforcements could nut bo thrown into thut Fort within the timo for his relief, rendered necessary by the limited supply of irovisions, and with u view ot noiding pos' ... - ".I. - f - f ..u. session ol tlio same, wnu a luiee oi than 20.000 cood and well-disciplined men. This opinion was concurred in by nil the officers of his commnnu, anu meir hichhm- iiiidn on tho subject wero mndo inclosnreff of Major Anderson's letter, ino wuoio was immediately laid before Lieutenant General Scott, who at once concurred with Major Andersou iu opinion, un renec tion, however, he took full time for consul tation with other officers, both of tho Army m.l Xnvr and at tho cud of four days came, reluctantly but decidedly, to tha sumo conclusion as Uerore. ut niso siuieu, at the samo time, that such siifllciciit forco was not at the control of tho Government, nor could be raised and brought to tho ground within tho time when the provision would be exhausted. In a military point of view, this rednccd the duty of tho Ad ministration in tho case to k mere matter of taking the garrison safely froin the Fort. It was believed, however, that to abandon that position, uuder the circumstances, would be utterly ruinous; that the necessity under which it was to be dbhe would not be fully nnderstood; that by many it would be construed as a part of voluntary pohey; that at homo It would discourage the friends of the Union, embolden its adversaries, end go far to insure to the luttef recogni tion abroad; that, in fact, it would be our national destruction consummated. This could not be allowed. Starvation was not yet upon the garrison, and ere it would bo reached Fort Pickens might be reinforced. This last would be a clear Indication of policy, and would better enable tha coun try tb'accept the evacuation of Fort Sum ter as a military necessity. An order was at once directed to bo tent for the landing oT the troop from the steamship Brooklyn into Fort Pickens. The order could not go by land, but must take the longer and slower route by tea. The first return news from the order was jeceiT 1 l-n ooo in t!i slav-hoMiag States