rtss. TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1861, tient that standard cheat! Where breathes the lee but tall• Were asT With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Ereedem•s banner streaming e'er u I Sevsaar. of our contemporaries are com plaining about some of the military appoint- Wields of the Secretary of War. A few words will soon dispose of these criticisms, and prove that that distinguished gentleman, who has been acting in hearty eo.operation, and, in deed, under the counsels of Lieutenant General Smarr from the beginning, has been influenced by no other than the most patriotic motives. With several exceptions, no l emon has been appointed a colonel or captain in any of the regiments from private life, who has not re ceived a military education either at West Point or elsewhere ; and, in appointing briga dier and major generals, strict attention has been paid to their antecedents, and to the fact that they were men of known military habits, or of such admitted acquirements as to render it easy to qualify themselves for the important duties of their positions. It Might to be recollected that, by an under standing bad between the heads of the army, and the President and his constitutional ad visers, at an early day, one.balf of the pointments in the new regiments wore to be taken from civil life, and the other half from the regular army. In selecting from the lat ter, the Secretary has been specially carotid to promote deserving men in the ranks ; and even in taking persons from civil life, he has always preferred young men who have come forward to serve their country in the various volunteer regiments. Nor has he been gelded by the politics of the candidates for these honors, as will appear when the list of oedemata, lieutenant colonels, majors, captains, and lieu tenants is made public. Mistakes will no doubt be made. Here and there an exceptionable person will be able to secure an appointment, but this has been the case under all Adminia trationa, and under none more frequently than that of President POLE, dnring the Mexican war. No brave officer has been neglected. Major ANDERSON has been promoted to a cOlonetcy, with a brigadier-generalship in prospect in the event of his raising a brigade in Kentucky. Oar own fellow-citizen, Lieut. Stamm, was appointed a major, a few days ago, in the regular array. Our other follow citizen, Capt. Moms, has been elevated to a Coloneicy. A host, besides, of corporals and sergeants in the regular service, have been promoted. As to the selections from private life, what patriotic citizen will object to the appointment of Ban- JA r. livroas, of Maaeacausetts, 'who, in the last few weeks, has become one of the most famous and favorite of all our American generals? It is true that be was a Democrat, and a Sreckintidge Democrat, and opposed to Judge DONGLAS in the late campaign, but he has fully atoned for his Breckinridge blunder by his courage and genius in the tented avid. Where could a more competent and deserving major general be found than in NATHANIEL P. 734.nn0, of Masaachusetts, who distinguished himself while Governor of that State by the assiduity and ability he displayed in organizing a great military system? As to Gsoaoe B. McCranaada, a Pennsylvanian and a Democrat, be was Indebted for the major generalship con ferred upon him to hie rare military know ledge and experience. In fact, his acceptance of that position was a favor to the coun try. We believe that Alma . = H. Theresa one of the brigadier generals appointed from civil life, has declined. If he had accepted, 1113 Vigur vc DIMS baan would have made him quite equal to the ,discharge of all its duties. ROBERT G. SMOCK, of Obit), one of the new brigadier gemig ti ll Th r lidg A et ., Wanld it not be a moat painful comment upon the enthusiasm which has been enlisted in our cause, if, in the army appointments, the Score tap of War did not carefully consider the Claims of men in civil life, so as to commingle the spirit of the new levies with the regular army element, and thus infuse new force and progress into the old routine. It must not be forgotten that in the idozioan war many of our bravest and best were men who volunteered from the various peaceful professions, or were taken from their counting-homes and offices and clothed with military honors. It has been a most irksome and laborious task for the President and Secretary of War to satisfy the thousands who have asked military Coralnia dons at their hands; Maw° predict that when the list is published, and name after name is duly canvassed, it will be found that every effort has been made in order to satisfy the just expectations of patriotic citizens, and to represent ail avocations of life. The Campaign in Virginia. Although sixty days hsve not yet elapsed Glace the Preeltunation of President Levorarn calling for the first contingent of 75,000 volun teers for three months was issued, and in that brief period, with our characteristic eneru, we have placed in the field more than two hundred thousand men, and not only thoroughly guarded our own frontier, bnt made gigan tic - preparations for efloctive attacks upon the three strongholds of our enemies, in Virginia, there Is a general desire for a grand demonetration which will inflict a terrible blow upon the traitors. Ap. pearances seem to indicate that this expecta tion will soon be gratified, probably at Har per's Ferry; but if, as some conjecture, there should yet be considerable delay in effecting its capture, we should not be surprised or dis appointed- We are in such a position that we can afford to bide our own time in making attacks, so as to render their success absolutely certain; and it is not our policy, by any rash or impetuous and ill-conaidered advances, to encounter un necessary hazards, or to place our troops In any false position, from which it would be impossible for them to extricate themselves by any deeds of valor they might perform. The people of Virginia have treacherouely and unwisely permitted their State to be made the great battle-ground of this campaign, and every recruit that can be pressed into the ser vies of JZFP. DAVIS, by fear, favor, or affec tion, throughout the dominions of of Dixte's land," and who can possibly be spaced tram BMW duty, will be sent oft to defend her es sacred soil." This concentration of the llecesaion hordes will eventually save our moldier* a great deal of trouble in hunt ing them up in remote districts; but it im poses upon us the necessity of observing due caution in our management of the campaign. We possess great advantegee over our enemies, and none of them should be thrown away. The supporters of a great and n ene g ccu t Government, fighting to sus tain it, and to uphold the honor of the proud banner of the Stars and Stripes, with trusty millions of loyal people at their back, ready and eager to honor and applaud them, and to provide for all their wants, must inevitably triumph over the boasting and defiant but illy-equipped, badly led, and badly disciplined men, who are, at best, the warlike representa tives of only a portion of a comparatively thinly-populated, weak, and impoverished see llati of our country- We have only to press steadily but surely onward, and to guard against rash and imprudent demonstrations, to render our complete triumph at no distant period ab solutely certain. Tea Ctrr of Philadelphia has tendered ite freedom to Lieutenant Mistress, the gallant defender of Fort Pickens, and to.day b e w i ll be received in Independence Hall. No man deserves th.la c.empliment more highly than this noble officer. We attribute to his bravery, prudence, and fidelity the fact that we still COUttnand the Gulf of NeXiCo, and we hope to See his services appropriately recognized by the Government he has served so well. MIMIC —149131 Lee & Walks!. Ohutont attest, trtk !MN Cdblll EUSWattit's Funeral March, Com posed by Sep. Witmer. It it one of the *mated pions for the Saw forte ever written s and we =FPO that thia win . make it Mutat. no title pop boo fill-lath Inbred portrat of gallant itharortb. Public Opinion and Journalism. Jour; BAPTIST COLBERT, the great Financial minister of Louts the Fourteenth, once ad• dressed a despatch to the head of the trades and manufacturers of France, stating that, provided the way were pointed out to him, he was moat anxious to do something especially to the advantage of the moneyed and the producing classes. At that time Commerce and Trade Were ilouriabing, Mainly through COLsztur's excellent administration. The au- ...... . . surer which the moneyed and trading and manufacturing menreturned to him was : "Let us alone." They did not want to be inter fered with. "Let as alone" is the politic and political detpand now made by the United States 11p011 the European Powers, but more especially upon England and France. Mr. SEwas.D's memorable and statesmanlike despatch, which has already bad no small effnt in Europe, very distinctly put this demand on record, when it decisively said that the United States would not permit any foreign Power to inter fere with the domestic relations of this. We have repeatedly given our opinion, and events have since justified it, that the British national feeling la wholly against the South, although the British timernment, intensely aristocratic, by blood or wealth, would not be very much grieved, to use the mildest lan guage, at anything which would render this Republic of ours a failure. These Aristocrats cherish the hereditary idea that a country cannot thtiTe—illiiVed ) that it eught net—ex cept under Monarchical institutions, with titles, orders of knighthood, class-legislation, pensions, sinecures, a vast national debt, an immense standing army, and the heaviest sort of exacting taxation. Hitherto, the United States have got on very well without - these costly laanries—greatly to the chagrin of the Oligarchs of Rurope, and especially of Rag land. FAratrasron and Ross= would boldly side with the South, against the "Union, if they dared—but the British people would not per_ mit it. Moreover, Mr. SzwArtro's instructions to Mr. Darren, the sharp missive of Mr. Cray, and the massive arguments of Mr. MOTLEY, coupled with news of our patriotic unanimity, have evidently alarmed the Palmerston Cabi net, and made them pause. Very soon, no doubt, we shall find them floundering in a dead sea of Retractation. They will write imposing protocols, overflow ing with affection and admiration for the North. The British Government are fond tf acting upon precedent—the pole-star of Red tapiam. We give them a precedent, nor a remote one, either. In April, 1860, Lord JOHN ROWELL wrote a despatch to Sir JAMES HODSON, British Minister at Turin, in which he emphatically warned Troroa EMMANUEL against making or aiding the slightest inroads upon the Kingdom of Naples and the Estates of the Church. In the following October, when .Naples bad been conquered by 'VICTOR, Kammer., and also all the Papal territory ex cept the district about Rome, this welt-same Lord Jona Russ= sent another despatch to Turin, strongly approving of the conquest, and since, as Foreign Minister of England, he has recommended Queen VICTORIA to acknow ledge, as King of Italy, this self.ssme VIOTOR EIMANITEL, whom he actually scolded on the preceding April. Lot no one doubt that, if it be necessary for the Britieh Ministry to eat their words and modify their policy towards this countiy, they will find an excuse for doing it. Neither let it be doubted that, when policy dictates, the Lon don, Times will throw a somersault with equal gravity and grace! Two journals there are which, with an abandonment of principle wholly without example, are ready, and even willing, to play the meanest and basest game, at the shortest notice. The Times gave a notable instance of this In November, 1834, when Wrixiew IV. suddenly dismissed the Melbourne Ministry. One morning, The Times announced this dismiasal with a weridroue show of indignation, significantly adding, G" The Queen has done it all." Next day, without one syllable of explanation or apology, The Times fulminated against the Ministers it had been backing up, with vehemence and force, during four long years, Just so, with that otfennive sheet the New York Heraid—the Diana& of the press, with its hand against every one, and every honest man against it. For four lona years, it had backed UP.:tme lc wisest, virtu (Justin; diliereetest, best;" had eulogized the probity and patriotism of FLovo, COBB, Jae- Rennin DAM, and company; had warmly sided with the South; had only a Secession flag to show when called on to exhibit the glorious Stare and Stripes; had denounced the North, and had supported those who wished, as traitors to the Constitution, to dissolve the Union. At last the day Caine when, Fort Sumpter Mica, public indignation raised Its voice against all who had aided Se cession. At that trying hour, what was the Herald's comae ? It went to bed In favor of Secession; it woke early next morning a vio lent Unionist! It suddenly repudiated the persons it had been praising, the principles it had been backing up, the flag it fostered. In one night, the Secessionist Herald became an ljnionite. Of course, the trick was aeon throngh—that It Mtn been detected, witness the decreasing circulation and diminished ad vertising of the Herald. Without a tithe of the ability—without a thonsandth part of the influence of The Times—we found the Herald eating its own words In 1861, just as shame -10884 as The Times did in 1834, The New York albton, a paper fairly repre senting the conservative opinion of England, has a remark in its last number which is worth attention. Alter declining to follow what this or that foreign newspaper may have said about our present condition, The allion says w There is to us an absolute sense of pain in seeing a brave and ehrewd nation banging to the utterances of any foreign journalist what. ever. It is marvellous that national pride, Which Ikea up at the most distant allusion to a foreign gun, does not shrink from betraying such excessive agitation at the caprices of an alien pen. We weary of being asked what the London Times says. In shaping our views of our own affairs, we regard it with indifference; why Americans should trouble themnelves about its remarks on American affairs, is and has long been a puzzle to us. It neither re presents the Government nor the People. It represents the capitalists—certain of them— and its own arrogant and shifting self." 'The fact is, the Landon Times le powerful only when it vindicates a good cause. It was powerful when it battled , for Catholic Emanci pation, for Parliamentary and Municipal Re form, for Religious Toleration, for reduced Taxation, for a hundred other necessary pub lic objects. It was very powerful, as every person knows, when it battled for Italian freedom in 1600, when it manfully fought for Vicros. Emmkutom in 1860. It would be powerful now,' if it were contending for the maintenance of our Union, against the treason of the South. It has pursued a difihrent po licy, and what it writes against the Union has very little weight. GOBBETT, who delighted in abusing what he called "the bloody old Times," used shrewdly to remark that cc it ran with the bare and held with the hound." Rather than not be on the popular side, the Times never hesitates to change aides. We predict that, in a few weeks — in two months at farthest—we shall have the Times of Loudon as vehement and, we may safely say, as sincere a Unionist as the immaculate Herald of New York. -arcades ambo !—WiliCh BYRON translated into " Black guards, both !" iintise.in At Seen' &Mu Tnl2 Moolloo.—.Elegant farniture, 1031 Walnut eeriest. Stooks and real testate, at the Exchange. Sea ostalogene end ad vertleements. Bum or Funnel:ma, rIANO.FOII7IIB, &C.—A large assortment of superior household furniture, seoond-kand pianofortes, &e., will be sold at ano tion Ole morning, at 10 o'olovit, at Dinh it Sion's, Ne. 914 Chestnut street. LAMS" POSITIVI SALE or Boors, Saints, awn STRAW SOODZI, SO.—The early attention of pus netters is requested to the large assortment of boots, shoes t brogans, Leghorn and straw hats, bonnets, stook Of 1111000, hate, 4 9.1 embracing a general assortment of desirable seasonable articles, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, for cash, commenoing this morning, at 10 o'clock, by Myers, C 41111102, it Co., auctioneers, No. 232 and 234 Market street. Comomm rata EVENING —At the Academy of Millie, this evening, the paella of thip fr.oook Grammar liohooi will repeat the concert which they gave on Tharaday—coneisting of the mudeo-dnunatical " Coronation of the Rom ) " andmiecellerunme places. 2dr. Prof. John Beware will be the Conductor. The praise/ix will be In aid of the Volunteers' Band. The Merriman Case Again. We will make no apology to our readers for again calling their attention to the Merriman case, because it will probably serve as a prece dent in many similar cases. It is without any conscious prejudice, and with profound respect for the office which Chief Justice TANEY holds, that we have undertaken to prove that his opinion is incorrect. To rightly comprehend the legal question, we must not shrink from pitting a repor estimate upon the facts. According to the constitutional definition, those who are guilty of treason cc levy war against the United States." For a long time we were all indisposed to use the right terms in speaking of Secession. In his proclamation to the Whisky Insurgents, Gen. WASFUNGTON did not hesitate to say that it was his object "to reduce the refractory to submission" by means of " military coercion." Gen. Ifitatm. TON, in his letter of instructions to Gen. Lss, reminded him that the militia were called out "to suppress the cornbinations which existed in opposition to the laws," and in his corre spondence with Governor MIFFLIN, Mr. RAN DOLPH, the Secretary of State, called his attention to the fact that the Constitution recognized a distinction between "executing the laws" and ""suppressing insurrections, The distinction has its meaning for us. The Preeident is bound to put down all rebellions combinations, as well as to enforce the laws. No one can doubt that ho has the power, under the act of 1795, to call out the militia for purpose; and as the Constitution itself asserts that the traitors are waging war against the General Government, it follows, as a de monstration, that the President is pro tento triTeMeAll by CODgreSS, under an act which hail been pronounced constitutional by the Su premo Cond i with the war-making power. Now, it is a familiar maxim that when the law commands a thing to ho done it authorizes the performance of whatever may be ne cessary for executing its command ; and the act of Congress, therefore, which directe the President to make war upon traitors invests him with whatever incidental powers may be necessary to its proper prosecution. Of such powers, that of suspending the writ of habeas corpus is certainly one, and its ex ercise is no more inconsistent with the consti tutional limitation than the calling out of an army is with the express and emphatic reser• vatfon to the Legislatnre of the power to make war. Nor need a people, however jealous to its liberties, and however quick to resent encroachments upon its rights, refuse to admit this doctrine. If we may safely trust an officer to wield the sword—and the Su premo Court has decided that he alone le to judge if an occasion has arisen for the exer cise of the almost despotic power with which Congress has chosen to entrust him—we need not be alarmed if he temporarily suspend the functions of the civil tribunals. Even if the action of the President be an usurpation, it is More than excused—it is justified—by the nature of the duties which we have put upon him ; and, reading the Constitution as a whole, it seems to ns clear that he has done nothing that it does not 'sanction. But there is still left the impregnable plea of necessity. If the public safety can be secured in no other way, the rights of the in dividual must be sacrificed. The property of the citizen is as sacred as his liberty; but it to check a conflagration the fire marshal thinks it necessary to blow up a house or two he does not wait for a jury trial. An act of Parliament is required to authorize the suspension of specie payments by the Bank of England; but if a panic occur the Ministry take the respon sibility, and ask Parliament to legalize their unlawful act. The right of self-defence be longs to society as well as to its members ; and although in protecting itself it may inflict wrung upon the innocent, it is etlll its first duty to defend its Ownhfe. These assertions do not lack good authority. As erudite a lawyer as Chief Justice TArrer has asserted the right of even the State Governments to defend themselves. In the Dorr Rebellion the Legislature of Rhode Island proclaimed martial law, and when its right was ques tioned before the Supreme Court of the State, the present, and the then Chief Justice, in de= arming the opinion of the court, said: "The remaining question Is, whether the de. fondants, acting under military orders issued under the authority of the IduvorllMent, tial law, it is not mammary, in the ease before no, to inquire to what extent, nor under what aims:in stances that power may be exercised by a State. Unquestionably, a State may use Its military power to pat down an armed 11111t1211BetiOII. the Mang to be controlled by civil authority. The power is es sential to the existence of every Government, es sential to the is preservation of order and free insti tutions, and as necessary to the States of this Union as to any other Government. Tile Bowe itself must determine what degree of force the crisis demands. And if the Government of Rhode Island deemed the armed opposition so formidable and so ramified throughout the State as to require the use of its military force and the declaration of martial law, we sae DO ground upon which this court can question its authority. It was a state of war, and the esta• Wished Government mortal to the riots and usages of war to maintain itself, and to overcome the unlawful oppoaltiOn. And in that State of things the officers engaged in its military service Might lawfully arrest any one who, from the in formation before them, they had reasonable grounds to believe was engaged In the immure don, and might order a house to be forcibly en tered and searched when there were rem/mashie grounds for anproling he might be there eoneealed. Without the power to do this, martial law, and the military array of the Government, would bo mere parade, and rather encourage atteek than repel it." To the counsel who had cited cases in re lation to the commissions issued by the Kings of England to proceed against certain perm: me by the law martial, Judge Timex replied, 4e Those commissions boar no analogy in any respect to the declaration of martial law by the I ealalative authority of the glate made for the purposes of self-defence, when assailed Iby an armed force." Satisfactory as is this unqualified expression of opinion, its full force can only be appreciated by considering the arguments urged on the other side. Fortu nately, we have them set forth In the able dis senting opinion of ilfr. Justice WOODBURY. $0 shows very clearly how far the proclamation of martial law goes beyond the mere Surma pion of the writ of habeas corpus ; he proves that the Constitution of Rhode Island itself directly forbade the Legislature to take such a step ; and, finally, he urges that if any hell gerent rights existed they were in the Gene ral Government and not in the Legislature of the State. The States, he said, had surren dered to Congress the power to make war, to raise armies, and to suppress insurrections, while the General Government was pledged to protect the States againat adomestic violence?' It being thus unnecessary for the ztate Legis latnre to act, as not only could the President have quelled the rebellion, but Congress, too, was in session, Judge WOODsuitY, we take it, bad the beet of the argument ; but, while he was protesting against what he considered a tyrannical usurpation, he recognised - the law of - necessity. tc Though the action of the Executive, under the standing law, is not," he said, a waging war, yet I concede' it is attempting to suppress domestic violence by force of arms, and, in doing it, the President may possess and exert some belligerent rights in some extreme stages of armed opposition. It is he, however, and those acting , under his orders, who, it will be seen, may possibly then, at times, use such means, and not the State or its organs." In another connec tion be says lily impression is that a state of war, whether foreign or domestic, may exist in the great perils of which it is competent, under its rights and on principles of national law, for a commanding officer of troops under the controlling Government to extend certain rights of war not only over his camp, but its environs and the near field of his military operations; but no further, nor wider, On this rested the justification of one of the great commanders of this country and of the age, in a transaction so well known at New Or leans)) And, again, he speaks of et the per sons, places, and causes where resistance ilagrante bello exists of the reckless character jeatifying violence, and a disregard of all or , dinary securities and laws.,7 When to this we add that Chief Justice Hausaara., in delivering the opinion of the Su preme Court in liollaum and Swartwout said n It war be actually levied, all those who per form any part, however minute, or however remote from the scone of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors," we think it wilt be clearly evident that Mr, LrecOLN has only acted in accordance with the spirit and letter of the Constitution. Flax Awra.—Peterson Brothers have issued, as a companion to Neagle's portrait of Henry Clay, a throe quarter likeness of general boott, engraved on steel. It is extremely like the Veteran Hero, and, we doubt not, will be eagerly purellased— partiaularly as the price is /ow. THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, TOSDAY, JUNE 11, 1861. Monarchical Feeling in South Carolina. In Mr. RUSSELL'S sixth American letter to the London Times,.dated Charleston, S. C., April 80, he describes the intense hatred of the planters of the Palmetto State for the people of New England ; their haughty and pompons feelings ; their veneration for the aristocracy of England ; and the disposition of their ancestors to adhere to GEORGE M. in the war of tho Revolution. He says the una nimous fooling among tho lordly nabob rune thus; "If we could only get one of the royal race of England to mit over tti, we *mid be con tent." And, he adds Let there be no misconception on this point. That sentiment, varied In a hundred ways, has been repeated to me over and over again." Some of these fine days, When no more im portant business demands our attention, we hope our Government will have ample leisure to pay particular attention to these proud trai tors, who commenced this whole Secession movement ; who encouraged the cowardly at tack upon Fort Sumpter ; and who are morally responsible for nearly all the bloodshed, losses ? and sneering, which will occur in the battles for the 'Union. No men in the world ever more richly deserved condign punishment. TOR nnivn regiment of Philadelphians, un der the command of Colonel FRANK PATTER sox, left Washington yesterday morning for Harper's Ferry. They welcomed the order to march with enthusiasm, and go forth on their perilous errand cheerfraly and proudly. Many of Philadelphia's noblest sons are in that gal lant band, and with maternal iOndness Phila delphia follows them, confident in their prowess, and praying for their welfare. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. Letter from "Occasional." [Correspondence of The Prese.] During last night, and early this morning, ano ther great movement was made by the grand Army, of the United States. At eight o'clock in the evening the Marine Artillery of the Rhoda Island regiment weht, via the Relay House; to Freder,lok, or, it may , be nearer to the traitors , at Harper's Ferry. This morning, after daybreak, they were followed by trains carrying the three New England regiments; while at the slime time a.division of 10,000 troops, supplied with every war apparatus and camp equipage, marched out the Seventh-street road. The destination of the latter body is not certainly known outside of the Military Bureau, but It is presumed that its destination will be some point in Virginia upon the other side of the Potomac, and south of the Secession camp at Harper's Ferry. This movement looks, it would loom, to surrounding, or, en meztaire,ftesking, if not eapttaing Harper's Ferry. At any rate, we are on the tiptoe of expectation, and it will not be long before we hear of some decisive blow being struck. Colonel Fr imont, who may be expected home in a few days, writes to his friends in tbe most enthri• Mastic manner in support of the foreign polioy of the Administration. He is particularly impressed with our new minister at London, Mr. Adams, and believes that he will not only equal his grea ancestors, but will be able to counteract the efforts of the Southern Confodereoy in their attempts to enlist the British government upon their side, and failing in this, to leave such a record as will con clot the ruling English statesmen of the grossest hypocrisy. Mr. Fremont . Is also pleased with the energy, ability and discretion of Mr. Sanford, our new minister to Belgium. There is HO doubt, if England can play a false and deceitful part in the great AOllllOllll drama, she will do so. ger mistake, however, was in a too early exposure of her hand. As most of her statesmen are said to have sustained Lord John Paulsen and Lord Palmerston any change to the present Ministry would not effect a ohange of policy. In consequence the care will go before the P,r/E.,llela people and he Mos:weed se no other question of modern times has been disoulisen. Oar cause will be ably and earnestly advocated by the cheap press, for it will be recollected that Within the last three years penny papers have been established in London, which are read by hundreds of thousands in the three kingdoms . They lead the liberal movement, and are Opposed to the crystalizing power and privilege of the aris tooraey, and are and *ill continue to be, no doubt, warm admirers and earnest defenders of the free' Institutions of Amerlea. You ...ill notice that the London News is the only loading journal that has taken a fair and impartial view of our diffionities, and I am informed that the emalletand Atub:sol2l. almi mortice, tart proomeiy the same side. The Administration can command men and money ad libitalm, and with these resources should Strike a "rushing blow, inswing the speedy return of Virginia to loyalty, breaking at once the backbone of Secession, and convincing Eu rope, w ell as the South, of oar sure ultimate triumph. In this way we shall bring the war to's speedy close, and avoid the risk of an entangle ment with England, which -I now consider quit* imminent, end if it comes, will be terribly die same, although even then we should ultimately triumph. At this time a drawn battle, much more a reverse, would infuse fresh courage into the Seeessionkte, cause traitors to show their heads here and in many of the free Mates, and encourage England in her hostile policy. We are a standing rebuke to her aristooraey, who long to see us die membered and humbled that they may point their own middling and lbwer claims to the fail ure of cur republican institutions, and thorns in terested in cotton will, flora other motives, sympa thies and - ori.operate with them. We might to have at least 50,00 advancing into Virginia from the centre, at Washington, and at least 15,00 on each wing, and not strike till It can be done with terrible offset, Delay is in our favor, while it de moralises, dispirits, and weakens the rebels. Disease, hunger, and desertions will light for no. In view of the position of England, ou whole seaboard should at once be put in complete de fence, and every ship, got that can be, that the world may see we are terribly in earnest, as were the French Republinane when all Europe was Le_ rayed against them. The President should ask of Congress the most liberal grants of men and money, and money can be raised by offering eight par sent , and doing as the peasant Napeleon knit done, not looking only to the eitiee for bide, but going everywhere among the people, and taking their small contributions, thus not only getting their O30120.1r) hut rtieprietti , ls their yeisivtio sualloy motives of self interest. Why cannot Congress abolish all ports of entry south of the Chesapeake, and forbN all imports or exports there on penalty of fOrieltare? ThaS we would avoid all questions about the suffloienoy of our blockade. If Japan can lawfully declare a total non intercourse, why may we not a partial one? Barely, our Government may abolish the ports of %Wry In New Jersey, for instance ; and if so, why not make it more general? Disrespect to the Memory of the Late Senator Douglas. ECsrreepondenee of The Preen.] Yana Penns June 7,1881 ME. EDITOR: I have been sejiurning in this town servo .IDlAlEgaTioe of the death of Ste phen A. Douglae arrived here on Wednesday. In a town apparently so loyal as that id ; Yotk, and situated, as it is, in a large Democratic district, I should have expeoted to have seen more than usual manifestations of sorrow over this event. On the contrary, no public exhibition of feeling was made, Many flags Were flying; but only one was draped in mourning and floating at half-mast. To-day, at ten o'clock, Was the hour sett apart for the funeral se vice of the departed at Chicago. But two bells were tolled in token of the event, and they belonged to the " Laurel" and " Lew- Raton " fire companies. The court-honse boll was silent. The cfasiele were on the steps of the eourt house at the time, and directly opposite hung the flag, with its mournful symbol to remind them of the 000asion. The man whose July It was to toll the bell was at his post, anxious to perform that duty, but no order came from those in authority, and the hour of national sorrow passed unnoticed. This:ant of respect to the memory of the Miami one demand has sorely grieved many citizens of all parties. The officials are Breokinrldge Demoorats, and it is "a singular evidence of , their =dignity and Leteleranee, that eves in the hour of death they. refused to acknowledge the virtues and services of the greet statesman. I have bean requested to communicate these fads to you by several influen tial °Means of York. They bear their own 0013I meat. Trtaveuarta. More Fugitives from Virginia. POSITION AND NIMBUS Or THE ENEMY ON THE POTOMAC. iLtaartarown, June 10.—The Virginians are *soaping in great numbers. Twelve crossed et Linking's Creek, twelve milee above Clear Bpriag, tut night, and twenty.one are expected to-night. Every man in Virginia between the ages of six teen and sixty is required to enter the service an er before Thursday next. Virginians mat ar_ rived say the Secessionists claim to have 15,000 men at Harper's Ferry, but the Union men in Virginia say there are not more than 9 000. The Berkeley Border llaarde and the Clerk Rifles left Martinsburg on Beturday, for Harper's Ferry. They numbered one hundred and fifty men. The Rifle Rangers, from Wineheeter are Instilment at Baartmeaurg. It le reported that there are two brims field pieces (lox-pounders) close to Williamsport, on the Virginia elde, concealed from view, Health of the Philadelphia Troops. HAGERSTOWN, June lO.—Ail th e mem b er , of the Ist City Troop are well. mid there is bat very little sickness among the &lett Legion. None are /se riously ill. Good heelth generally prevails in 001 . Dare's (23d) and Col. Denler'm (21st) rigtments. VASHLIIGITON, JUlle 10, 1861 LITEST NEWS Telegraph to Tho Press. PROM WASHINGTON. Speal Despatches to " The Press." WASHINGTON, Jane 10,1801 aportaut Arrcat at Alex endue. Li night some soldiers of the Fifth Pennsylva nia giment reported that they had seen a suepr climb/ t ot, with a negro driver, in one of the Prinpal streets of Alexandria, and immediately Firitieutenaut .Toni P. ELY and Second Lieu. tense kirmamea, of Company Et, and Lieoitenant Dim, of Company 11, under command of Cep talnklenrmn, provost marshal of the same reek men not only took the negro and his hack in ohs, hut also his master, Mr. Youoir, who kaki a livery stable in the town, Important PRP i were found in the negro's boots, and sewed up the cushions, and froei papers found upon Mt. ucx-r, and in his house, it was evident that ,_ . t 1 bean regularly communicating information 0 hi movements of our troops to the traitors at Mnissas .Innotion, and in return bringing In. stations to the secret Beeeesionlato who have not .711 oft. It is rumored that before the day is nut arets will be made of many of the citizens, which ms be the means of fully develving the spy sye• ternfthe traitors. Most of the letters found upon thriegro were written from Manassas, and many Ootained appeals to their friends to remove from Aitandria as soon as possible. This man FAUCIT halmen receiving passes regularly from the pro vormarshal under the guise of being a Uoion man, Fre the letters thus captured, it is certain that a vier system is kept up by which all the do ingot the Administration and the army are for- Wiled South and placed in the hands of JEFF. Digo and his Cabinet. Col. John A. Washington. 'his creature, who dishonors the noble name Sal memory of the Father of his Country, and when he sew that the loyal citizens were de teittned to purchase Mount Vernon to present it table country, like an avarioious speculator, ithfrged an enormous pales for it, Itaa been prowling anand with his band of traitors to steal what he sOttely sold. ills slaves, however, are not the fathful servants that be would try to make ba ilie they are, for on Saturday one of them ran clay and came within the lines of the Grand Army. 'he overseer, mounted upon a superb horse, had he mortification, on applying for the fugitive, to he his horse, and to be sent home with tidings Of dircomfitare to his master, the Colonel. • Hon. Emerson Etheridge. The last on du le to the effect that lion. EMBIZSON FIEBEIDCIA of Tennessee, will be appointed minister to Portugal, in place of Jenne E. dArtvur, recalled. iiitnibng Regiments. Quite a game hag been carried on since the COM ,meneement of our war diffieulties, by a eat of shrewd operators, who have come to Washington and announced that they had raised regiments, and desired their acceptance. In a number of cases their requests were complied with The ob ject was, I understand, simply to procure the an thorny of the eovernment so as to go home and beat about for recruits. In several instances, not necessary to mention, those who repre sented that they had the full quota, and more than the full quota of men, were not able to raise a single company. One of the main purposes which these men had in view was to actor the regiment with their own favorites, to the exclusion of the rank and file. Since this trick has been ventilated, the President and Secretary of War have determined to accept no more regi ments until the fact is ascertained that they are fall. A good many complaints have been made Wit all the regiments offered are not instantly accepted, but I thick it will appear, on in vegtigation, that the true reason for not accepting them is because they are merely skeleton affairs The way for gallant men to get admitted into the army with companies, regiments, and brignees, is to rase the full number, Kelp themgelves, and then send their agents to Washington to make a formal offer, and to ask for a regular officer to in spect them. The New Englanders have adopted this plan, and the New ILampshire troops came in the other day, not only fully clothed and equipped, but with thirty days' provision prepared and brought from home. The egverament wits, of course, pay the debts thus incurred, and the States resorting to this system will be doubly compensa ted in the comfort and efficiency as well as in the reputatton of their sohllere In the field. Major General N. P. Banks. ?Major General I:Wks has left Washington to assume the command of the department of Annapo lie. lie hag not yet selected his Stair. 4Sts.Whorls I or, the Battlett i etilpared ,„„: - .4., 05 , lowoum ....orm-dttrin g the war, Ine of thaaaradffir the direction of Mr. Jaime At.i.en, of the Rhode Island Regiment, wee in flated yesterday, at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and Third street, and moved to the camp of the it. I. Regiment, then tinder ordore to hold themselves ready to march- The balloon will be used to obtain views of the position and movements of the army. The balloons will be used under the superintendence of lifsjor ALBERT J. NITER, ep. pointed into the army from New York in 1854. M.j. A. J. Marin has charge also of the telegraphic, signal lights, and all other modes of oommuntoe ting intelligence Soldiers' Letters. holdiers' letters with forged franks hive been detected in the poet office here. The postmaster, btand in every pass to atop letters with improper franks, has kindly in this case procured their dasnatoh by haring them properly franked. rprisett franks will in future be stopped, era the Parties dealt with according to law, if disocriered. Despatches from Paris. Important advioss from Mr. DAYTON moment the a , pect of American affairs before the Preneh Court as exceedingly flattering to the United States . Government. The Pauperor, who has, per. more keisuro.ts oaderetoedieg of