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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8,186 i
Forever font that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls before no?
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet,
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er nal
The Departure of Troops.
To-day a large body of our brave soldiers
will lesve this city for the seat of war, with
hearts fall of zeal for the cause of their coun
try.. There -has necessarily been some delay
in preparing them for active service, and some
complaints that the supplies they have ob
tained have not been of as good a character as
they had a right to expect. But with most
nations it is the work of long months to tho
roughly organize all the departments of an ef
fective army, and with all our energy and ac
tivity we must not expect to do everything in
a perfect mauler with telegraphic speed. There
is an earnest desire on the part of the Govern
ment to remedy Illy defects, and to correct
any - abeam that may become apparent, and it
our soldiers are obliged to suffer some tempo
rary privations, we hope their hearts will still
be cheered by the reflection that they have a
rich and generous nation at their back which
will do all in its power to provide fort
bur and which will not only applaud but
seek to generously reward in future their
bravery and patriotism.
Military heroism has always been one of the
surest passports in this country to political
distinction of all kinds, and the ranks of -the
patriot army doubtless contain a large proper-.
tion of those who, in future, will enjoy the un
bounded respect and affection of their country
men, and obtain the highest honers in the gift
of the American people.
They are treading not only the path of duty,
but the path of military, and ultimately of
civil glory. The warm sympathies of their
fellow.eitizens will follow them in all their
weary marches, and their triumphs will be en
thusiastically celebrated, and any hardships or
sufferings they may endure will be sincerely
and keenly deplored by those they leave be
hind them, while heartfelt, prayers will as.
cend from thousands of homes for theii safety,
and if any of them tall, many of their brave
companions, who are still engaged in peaceful
pursuits, will fearfully avenge them.
Allegiance to the Federal Government.
That the principle of allegiance to the Fede
ral Government has been weakened, nay, al
most destroyed, in the minds of the Southern
people, is now unmistakably and painfully ap..
parent. It is equally true that it has affected,
to a limited extent, the political morality of
the North. As this is a fundamental principle,
and concerns the very existence of the Go
vernment, as well as of civil liberty in our
land, it cannot be adverted to too often, or en
forced too thoroughly. The doctrine that al
legiance is due primarily and chiefly to a
State. as distinguished from the Gene
ral Government, is a political heresy
of the most portentous import, and
must be utterly blotted out from
our politieal 'vocabulary, before a durable
peace can be established between the now
contending sections. The duty of absolute
allegiance to the General Government, to the
extent of its conceded claims and powers, we
have already referred to, and we propose to
look at the same principle, now so frequently
heard in other forms of speech. The right
of secession and revolution are simply other
methods of denying the obvious duty of idle
&note while they merely serve to confuse
the subject in the minds of the carelees and
unreflecting. A few weeks ago, the right of a
State to secede at pleaeure from all allegiance
to the Government, was advocated by many at
the North, while it was very generally claim
ed and acted on at the South. This principle
may now be said to be undergoing the arbitra
ment of the sword, and from the remarkable
unanimity witnessed throughout the entire
North, and in parts of the South itself, it is
safe to predict the ultimate solution of the
question in dispute. The American people,
with a vehemence unparalleled in the history
of nations, are protesting against this pelitical
monstrosity, and its fate is certain, however
bloody may be the process through which it is
reached.
But what shall be said of that equally per
nicious error under our forms of government,
of the emealled right of revolution ? The right
of secession is now but little advocated even
at the South, but the right at revolution is
claimed as a fundamental, inalienable right of
the people of the States, just as self-defence
is a right of individuals, and upon this ground
the South justify themselves in their present
attempts at rebellion, while there are not
wanting those at the North who, if they do not
fully juetify them, find it difi' kelt to deny their
right to do as they are doing. We believe
that the public mind is extensively - in
doctrinated with this worse than perni
eious error, and it will be worth all it will
cost, if the present war shall utterly exert
guish its banefin light. it is difficult to
see how the right of revolution can exist at
all in a representative democracy, such as is
the United States. The people themselves,
n the most formal and solemn manner, have
fOrmulated their convictions upon 'this point
by specific provisions in the Federal Consti
tution for its alteretion or amendment. The
only logical conclusion that can be arrived at
from a consideration of this, is that the peo
ple have remitted their abatract right of revo
lution to the specific modes provided in the
Constitution—ond this for the avowed purpose
of forming a more perfect union, and logically
to take away from themselves the at all times
dangerone right of revolution. It is not ne
cessary, nor are we disposed to deny the
abstract right, nor its practical assertion under
some circumstances. We simply queation its
existence under our form of government. We
affirm the right of the people to alter or
amend the present Constitution by the means
it provides, eyen to the extent of an en-
We abolition of the - present representative
system, however inexpedient it mayarer but
how can there be any right to do so except in
'Conformity with the provisions of the . Consti
tution itself? To admit this doctrine of the
right of revolution, is to admit the doctrine
that mighimakes right, that in certain contin
gencies the minority may govern and control
the majority, a principle at war with all ideas
of stable fepublican government, and subver
wive of all the guarantees of civil liberty. Ad
zrdt this right and upon what principle shall
we justify the present remarkable uprising of
the North, and its determination to put down
rebellion at the South ?
- The simple truth is, this right of revolution,
as, exercised at the South, is as unfounded in ,
fact as it ie monstrous in its aims, and utterly
destructive of human rights.
To show the wisdom of the framers of the
Constitution, in thus limiting this right, and
providing for its expression in modes pointed
out in the instrument itself, it will serve a
useful purpose, especially in the presentjtme
ture of affairs, to make a practical application
of the principle. Any right of revolution that
may exist is necessarily extra.conetitutioulti,
and inheres in the people themselves as indivi
' duals, and not as citizens of States. Present
appearances indicate that Western 'Virginia
is not inclined to be driven out of the Union.
Shall Beaten' Virginia coerce her to do so ?
certainly :not, if they have the right to decide
for themselves. As the State, through her
constituted authorities, have set aside the
principle of allegiance to Government, and
have thrown themselves upon this abstract
right of revolution, they have no ground of
complaint if a portion of their citizens refuse
to take the fatal plunge, andab impale them
• selves upon the bayonets of a protesting and
united North. The birthrate of the people of
Western Virginia, like those of the whole
North, are not at fault in this matter. The
pie . l etical assertion of this peinciple into invite;
ibnk anarchy, and 'at Wit an absolute deep*
ism, w hin shall enforce that obedience to
constituted authority which the people, in
their judicial blindness, refused to the bitnefi
pent laws of their own creation.
The Federal Umoa--It must be Pre-
served.
The concluding paragraph of the letter of
the Secretary of State, Mr. SIMARD., to Mr.
DAYTON, the new minister to France, affords
not only a complete key to our foreign policy,
so far as it is in any way connected with our
present internal difficulties, but also a basis
for home action, which will bevelusilly
and cheerfully endorsed by loyal ho lly
and
our country. It is as follows
" Yon cannot be too decided or too explicit in
making known to the French Government that
there IS not now, nor has there been, or wall there
be, any—the least—idea existing in this GoFern
anent of suffering dassolutton of this Upton to
take place an any way whatever. There will be
here only one nation and one Government, and there
will be the same Republic and the eame constitution
al Union that have already survived a dozen nation
al ohanges, and changes of g overnment in almost
every other wintry_ These Will stand hereafter
as they are new, objects of human wonder and hu
man affection. Yon have seen on the eve of your
departure the elasticity of the national spirit, the
vigor of the Nations! Government, and the lavish
devotion of the National treasures to this great
came Tell M. Thonvenel, then, with the highest
consideration and good feeling, that the thought of
n,
dissolutio of thw Zineon, peateably or by fore*,
has never entered ante the mend of any candid
statesman here, and it as high time that at be des.
massed by statesmen en Europe,"
Those who have been gazing with astonish
ment, as well as indignation, at the rapid pro-
gress of the Southern rebellion, and asking
what would be the final termination of the
struggle which has been inaugurated, will find
in this extract the only legitimate and proper
answer. There is no nation upon the face of
the earth, that deserves the name of a nation,
that will consent to a dismemberment and
partition of its territory, before it is absolutely
forced to do so, by an overwhelming array of
martial strength which it is utterly incapable
of resisting. The instinct of self-preservation
makes every country cling to its--territory
with as much tenacity as a strong man clings
to his limbs and life ; because they feel that
any process which proposes, under specious
pretences, to subdivide them, would, if' suc
cessful, be but a forerunner of certain de
struction. There is no Government in the
world that will tamely submit to the demands
of either foreign foes or domestic enemies for
its partition, until a long and bitter struggle
has proved its inability to . protect its domi
nions; and while this is trim of all countries,
no nation has a better right to demand, and, if
necessary, to enforce the allegiance of all its
citizens than the United States. The flimsy
fallacies of the Secessionists, carried out to
their legic,al consequences, would plunge our
country into interminable anarchy and con
fusion ; would bring down upon the heads of
the American people, in all sections, an endless
elleeeMloll of the most terrible evils ; would
render us powerless to secure respect abroad,
or peace and order at home, and would establish,
upon our long prosperous and happy shores,
a protracted`reign of terrorism, of barbarism,
and of interminable strife and discord, which
would crush all our industrial interests for
ever, and convert our fair land into a perfect
pandemonium.
Whatever false and foolish doctrines may
be preached by the rebel chieftains, one fact
stands out in bold relief—that the territory of
the United States belongs to the people of the
United States, and their control over it, in re
gard to all the subjects with which, by the Fe
deral Constitution, they are, through their le
gally constituted authorities, invested with
lawful jurisdiction, must and will be main
tained and enforced at all hazards. The Gulf
States, which are the headquarters of this
rebellion, owe everything to the Federal
Government To its influence and protect
ing power they are indebted for all the
prosperity they have obtained—for the
redemption of their land from the thral
dom of foreign dominion, and from the in
roads of the savages—for the commercial tree
ties which have enabled them to sell their pro
ducts at great profit—for the annexation of
Texas, and the successful conclusion of the
war with Mexico for its protection, by which
they gained an important new outlet for their
surplus population—and, in short, for all the
corner-stones of the wealth and power which
they now arrogantly boast of. But the Fede
ral Government did not expend its wealth and
energies in that or any other quarter of this
Confederacy merely for the benefit of the cote
paratively few people who at present reside
there, but for the common good of all the citi
zens of this republic at thopresent day, and all
TwnefiruWatizeinfin ill corning time. it tae
Secesaion doctrine were true and-well founded
it would paralyze forever all the energies of
our Government, and rob it entirely of its pa
termd, protective, and majestic featured: ; , fer
why should the nation be lavish, of its blood
and treasure to protect its old territory or to
extend it—why should it have fought fierce
diplomatic battles with Great Britain in the
adjustment of our Northeastern or North
western boundariea, or made purchases of
territory from Spain, France, or Mexico, and
why should it in future seek to defend or pro
tect any frontier, if a small band of rebellions
rascals, who happen for the moment to reside
in any portion of the country, have a right, in
accordance with the Secession philosophy,
to declare the territory they are permitted to
occupy forever out of the Unionl If we
tolerated this doctrine, in less than ten years
our whole country might be captured in de
tail by its worst foes, and handed over either
to foreign monarchies, or split up into a thou
sand fragments, each of which would be ready
to war upon the other, and there would be an
end not only to our national greatness,. but
to the peace and prosperity of all our citizens.
It has been the lot of all great nations to be
attacked, not only by foreign foes but by do
mestic traitor& Impartial history will de
clare that never was a rebellion commenced
which wad ao unjustifiable as that which now
menaces the integrity of our Republic. We
have the power and the will to crush it, and
it has become a high and holy duty to do so,
for the benefit of the whole Country, North
and South. The real welfare of the section
which has temporarily succumbed to the ter
rorism of the rebel leaders will be as much
promoted by their defeat AS that of any other
quarter of our country, for alt portions of it
are alike interested in preventing the destruc
tion of our noble Government and the down
fall of republican liberty. We seek rather
to protect the South trout its own folly, and
the mid ambition of its leaders, Ulan to pu
nish it for its raahness in following their coun
sels. But, in any event, we are determined
that the Vision dual be preserved, andhanded
down unbroken to posterity.
Ir THZ Kentucky Governor MAGOFTLN'S
plan of electing Representatives to the extra
session of Congress is imitated by other Bor
der States, and men of his school should be
chosen and take the oath to support the Con
stitution of the United States, will they not
4.0 to Washington intending to do all they
can folisturh_the public sentiment now rally
ing so strongly in favor-of_tbe Government
and the enforcement of the laws? It ismell
to be on our gaard against all such artifices.
What right have known Secessionists to take
part in national legislation, and to emborrass
the operations of an Administration, when
they are known to be not only averse to the -
Administration, but committed to a dissolu
tion of the Union ? •
Ir is SOMETIMES highly dhsvivantageous to
have a predecessor in office, If a good man
and a great man, it will be difficult to come up
to the standard he has established ; but Mr.
Llscora cannot complain of his immediate
predecessor. In fact, LaitKs BUOUAZIAN) mush
as he has injured his country, may prove
to be a providence to ABRAILLM Immoral. If
the latter will only avoid the paths of the for
mer, and discard his example, he will not, only
lay tho foundations for his own lasting lame,
but will establish the Govbrnment upon an en
during basis for months to come.
Tun r GUTZON of ex-Vice President /3szolc
murooff, now a Senator in the Congress of the
United States, will be most embarrassing, and
the same may be said of all who co-operate
with him. If he intends to visit Washington
merely for the purpose of embarrassing the
Administration, and of repeating the Disunion
sentiments of his friends in South Carolina,
Georgia, and Alabama, or the utterances of
Gov. Ideooryns, of Kentucky, would it not be
better for h i m to mega and run his chances
in the Southern Confederacy?
A Secasstozasr elected to the new Congress,
from the Border States can have no other
object in view than to distract the friends of
.the Union, and to draw his salary. There Is
So little money, and BO little hope In the suc
cess of the Southern Confederacy, that with
all thew hostility to Uncle Sam, the DistmiOn
,
Ids will prefer his golden eagles to the worth
-less shinplasters of J1317E11501 DAMS 1161
Jona Laroasa. But what a posilidn for she
Southern " chivalry " to occupy!
WASHINGTON CO=ESPONDENOE.
Letter ftom 64 Occasional."
Worreepondenoe of The Prowl
Wanirnoron, May 7, UAL
When Napoleon descended like a thunderbolt
from the skies upon the rotten dynasties of France,
the ancient .Noblesse looked upon him as a worse
than Plebeian He was not only vulgar, but
bloody. He had no past—no family—no inherited
decorations—and few friends to reward, although
very many enemies to punish. Having rescued
the Patriolana from the Revolution, and punished
the Revolutionists, so as to make himself almost a
Patrician in their eyes, he would have been lost
between the Ingratitude of the one and the hatred
of the other if, after all, be had not made a
firm, fast lodgment in the "rest of all antidote to a
bold ' statesmen, the heath; of the people. To this
day, his illustrious descendant is tabooed, after a
fashion, by the faded relies of extinoYmanar
*Shies and despotisms. We have in thtercountsy a
very weak imitation of these French families.' It
is a sort of mook China—a kind of counterfeit
champagne, but it pretends to as pure a grain and ,
to as rich a flavor as the original ft apes; but,
like all very bad copies, it is detected as a sham,
and repudiated as a cheat. The only thing in this
country that has made noisy pretensions to ails-
Wormy ham been the southern oligarchy. I
have seen a moneyed aristocracy—a family
aristocracy standing upon Revolutionary re
oolleetions—a literary aristocracy—and a fashiona
ble aristocracy, borrowing its plumes from a
foreign standard, and exultant in its own
selhauffloienoy., But, mean as some of these
humbugs were, and despotic as others be
came, the most offensive and domineering
aristocracy is that based upon the institution of
slavery. It is uselese to mince words. The whole
stook in trade of the Southern conspirators am
nion in the fact that they own some four millions
of negroes ; that upon the profits of the labor of
these ingress they have grown rieb, have been
enabled to live without labor, to give all their
time to politics, and by sending their strongest
men to Washington have contrived to keep them.
selves in office, and to establish, with all these ad
vantages, what they have flattered themselves was
an aristocracy of the purest caste. Now, while I
think we should constantly keep in view that our
present struggle is not intended as a war upon sla
very, but that it will be maintained to the end of
preeerving the Government and the Union, we
oannot close our eyes to the profound philosophy
of events, and to the inexorable issue of a move.
Mont which began in the usurpations of the elate
oligarchy upon the Constitution and laws, and
which has been marked by aggression and insult
on the part of this oligarchy down to the present
hour. The institution of slavery is' therefore
doomed by no . act of the Government, but by the
act of those who have made it their citadel, and
who, in biding themselves behind it, forget that
they are exposing it to the batteries which they
have defied and provoked. In a few years, not
only will Maryland be deprived of its slave popu
lation, but Virginia also. The slaveowner cannot
hold his property in either State while raising his
band against the Government, and while opposed
by the Union men around him. He will be com
pelted to choose between emancipation and the
disposal of his Degree! in Georgia, Alabama, and
Mississippi. ille own interest will therefore prompt
him to assist in making Maryland and Virginia
free States.. .
The departure of the families that have given
tone to our Washington society, the email dukes,
pretentious counts and pompous baronets of the
days oligaroby, has created quite a dullness in
the fashionable quarters in which they lived. I
passed along Jackson square and through the
President'e grounds and the fine avenues of our
West- end, a few evenings ago, and observed many
of the fine palatial mansions, only lately filled
with beautiful women and wealthy men, desolate
and deserted. No more gay parties convert
the night into day, and make the neigh
berhood musical; no more brilliant caucuses
convene to enforce the decrees of a vacillating
President, to pronounce the doom of
some unotrending Democrat, - to push forward
such disgraceful heresies as Lecompton and the
English bill, to reward favorites, to carry great
plunder schemes, or to plot as to the surest way to
bring the laws into contempt, and to accomplish
the catastrophe of the deetruction of the Govern
ment I see none of the costly equipages of the
slave aristocracy rolling along our avenues. All
these Princes and princesses have left us, and left
us forever. They may return after years of ex
perienoe in their own obscure villages, whore their
wives and daughters are now trembling in the
midst of a servile population, and where their hus
bands and eons may be compelled to embroider
their delicate bomb with hard, unceasing toll to
earn an honest livelihood. It is true, they may
look from this unsafe distance upon their 'mei
sore here with some :mob feelings as animated the
anoient regime of Frame, as they contemplated
the Napoleonic dynalty which had pushed them
from their stools. They may call Mr. ,Lin-
Riatiotilidlei,dif 730.41.„11i11.f.- nh_cdne_ated, un-
Y may ~,thiken' de
the Northern men and women whowni ii. rea r t iv
lead la our social circles; theimay beheld" wire
contempt new edifices erected to adorn Washing
ton by the capitaliets of the free States ; but, with
due deference to them, I think the change will be
for the better, that what is their loss is our coun
try's gain, and that the calamities brought upon
themselves by the abuse of power when they held
it, and the attack upon the Union when they lost
this power, will stand as an admonition full of
eloquent warning, and rife with the most prophetic
teachings.
The theatre of preparations for war is as exten
sive aa the interest which these preparations have
enlisted. It already extends to all the States but
those on the. Pacific. Itentooky, Missouri, and
Tennessoo, under the lead "of such chiefs of the l ate
Breokinridge party as Maisoffin, Harris, Pillow,
Jackson, and Green, are to be hurried out of the
Union, even if an assault upon Vta United States
troops at Cairo, Illinois, is found necessary. Cairo
is a town in Alexander county, Illinois, at
-the
southern extremity of the State, 175 mike from St.
Louis, and occupying a point of land at the conflu
ence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. It is di
rectly in the neighborhood of Missouri and Ken
tucky ; and as General Scott, hail taken precautions
to establish a large military force at Cairo for
the purpose of checkmating the designs upon
the free navigation of the Mississippi, the
DUN/111011MS are, of course, very ladignant
The wrath of Governor Magoffin is quite tem
pestuous, and that very pleasant but very
silly soldier, Gen. Pillow, of Toni:mane, indulges
bimself in his usual gasconade. Gov. Jaohnn, Of
Missouri, who cheated the Demooraoy by pretend
ing to be for Douglas, and then mild out to Break
inridge, his issued a threatening message on the
same laded. These demagogues blame General
Scott for not allowing them to go on with their
plot; and when they And tbemseives anticipated,
they oall upon the people to come forth. Should these
three States be swept into the disunion whirlpool,
Cairo will be a mush more important military posi
tion than it is at this writing. Commanding both
the Ohio and the Mississippi, a good force at that
point will be enabled to circumvent most of the
arrangements of the Seeimionists. Cairo coin
monde, besides, the Cumberland and Tennessee
rivers, in Tennessee.
The border warf are which the Dimenionieta in the
slave States on the Mimissippi seem anxious to
open, will be much more disastrous upon them
than upon the free States on the same greet titer.
The railroads of the free Border States on the Mis
elessippi are unrivalled, while those of Mueouri,
Kentucky, and Tennessee are comparatively infe
rior. The strong tiovernment of the United States
will be at the back of the fres States on this van
internal sea, and will be sustained, on its part, by
an undivided public sentiment, while in every one
of the three Border' Slays States alluded to,
there is, as yet, no organized Beeemion merlinent,
and, unless there is, there will be a violeat and
influential protesting party in every one of them.
' Besides, the Government recognises no each thing
1 aatlecaudon, but has already taken the precaution
to therein ith Wild 'upon all its property in the,
1 States that have not gone out, as it has to repenter
It in those which have. 'lbis will' give another
advantage to the canoe of the country.
, 1 • I perceive that Mr.,ex-Seoretary Cobb is making
i speethea in Georgia, and comforting hie bearer by.
1' the complacent assurance that they- can go on
planting and gathering the products of their soil,
bemuse the clash of arms will never reach them,
and bemuse the war will be waged elsewhere. Of
course he means the Border States, thus fulfilling
the prediction a thousand times made, that the
Secession movement did not only look to the de
struction of the commerce of the free States, but to
the proetration of the intermits of the Border
, States. The idea ' of Davis and his set was, and is,
1 to erect a sort of . Arcadia, an Elysium, a sort of
Heaven upon earth, where all the men were heroes
and all the women angels, and where they may
felicitate themselves upon tboir own favored lot by
contemplating the divisions and misfortunes of dis
tant communities. Their predictions and their
hopes having been falsified by the unity of the
Northern people. and the absence of mobs in the
great cities of the North and the Northwest, they
have little occasion for consolation when they
come to look in upon their own condition. Not
only will the war reach Georgia, not only will the
Federal Government blockade the porta of Georgie,
but all the Cotton States. Deeply distressed as
they now are, they will Mon be called upon to
realize the minim of their leaders in other grie
vances. When their white population Is called to
the fbdd, few will be left to conduct the agriculta
ral operations upon which they depend ; and thus,
between a scarcity of laborers and the constant
dread growing out of the exulted condition of
their own slaves, they will have an opportunity
to become more intimately acquainted with
misery than any other people on the face of the
earth. Meanwhile, notwithstanding many of the
great buginem houses of the North have; failed on
amount of the repudiation of their Southern one•
tomers, hundreds of thousande will still be left V-
W a vast army has gone out to sustain the 0o-
Verament, to cultivate the soil, to plant, to AAP.
to gather in, and to feed not only themseltrei but
other nations. As I said before, no armies need
be located In their midst, unwelcome intro-
THE PRESS.-PHELADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1861.
dm. They will repose under the protect
log shelter of the Federal ,tloverament ; their
postal
vat= mor ,, ii i ar roar than ever since the
Disunionists have beeniiiiven from the poet office ;
their railroads unbroken.= and uninterrupted
their great riverr.suiplettgbed by Mettle Usti,
yielding from their ittisittni4oPthi to sus
tain themselves and: to.maintahv-an : inoala tt iok
trade with their neighbors: I will not roll Kr.
Cobb's attention to the eirreney in his Secession
Utopia, and in the twenty States that gladly ra•
cognise the Government of our fathers. That w ou ld
be to repeat a thrioe-told tale, but I admonish tam
to be prepared for the woret.. Even if the Govern.
meat bad not determined to. eieoute the laws and
to refuse all soknowldgement of the rebellion of
whieh he Is one of the Isadore, the Cotton States
Would sneer from their own divisions' and from the
certain disruption of trade And commerce mo re
than generations could repair. Oocasuntet,.
There wee no regtdar meeting of the Cabinet to
day. The Secretary of War was. in consultation
with the President during the hours of the fora.
- .
The President is daily in reeelpt of letters MIL.
blabs urgent appeals to press' the blockade of the
ports, and tako pcesession of captured property.
It need not be repeated that these important
movements are in the handtof mompetent parties.
The President must not be embarrassed Strengthen
his hands with men and means; and leave the re
gret to himself and hie competent advisers and the
people will have nothing to regret.
The Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment -
After experiencing no little inconvenience this
fine regiment have received' their cookiiiintensils
and dishes. They are now wait provided, With
everything neoiesery in that Bic They send
their compliments to thoteladirtaliviliiladelphia
f r om whom they have .received-so 'away favors,
and desire The, Press to suggest, gulimitty, to
them, that if they would ustrtheir IFAtiencte to
have the uniforms for tie rafiloariLltirrie d 'fare
ward, they would estecin it as another' favor
added to many already romilved from that source.
There is no Chaplain provided for ibis - regiment.
Yesterday they were provided far, and laid religious
services by one of our clergymen: Vfouldtit not be
well to provide a chaplain for theregiment, that
this imporbintAnt3r might be duly, observed daily,
and espeoially on the Sabbath, *Ott ie.itt other
regiments in this metropolis?
Protection to the Ceiainf iatirhtthe Po
Unsafe.
Vessels trading between fteorptown and the
Northern cities., have beer withdrawn for some
weeks from - the' waters of the Potomac. Paekets
from BostoWoaine to the mouth of the river three
weeks ego, and prudently returned' to Baskin.
Now the river is covered . with Government 'steam
ers, and there is no lougermuch••aPpreheusion
danger to the shipping on the river. his stomp
ere, with guns, are plying up end dews theliver,
and act an convoys to the shipping on the Potomac.
Quiet of the City.
The general quiet of our city, during the hours
of night, is a high compliment to....the .excellent
discipline of the military fame in the metropolie.
The troops are called to their quarters at* 9#'
o'olook, and hite-rooms closed. Thee sound of the
military tramp on our side. walks then ceases, the
police, with an extra mounted guard, take their
podtions, and stillness reigns throughout the en•
tire city.
Movement. 44 Troops to Bajtameere.
Reference was htoelsi despatches forwarded to
you yesterday to the departure of , tie misiaisk.
ehnsetts Binthlteginiarit;and other trOoper, toward
Baltimore. The object :is to 'guard troops ad- .
vowing from the North against assaults. In this
movement the authorities at Baltimore will co
operate, all to prevent, and not to aggravate)
riots, mob-law, or bloodshed.
The Sabbath at t‘ Camp Cameron."
There was a parade and lineation of the
Seventh Now York It eglinent at " Camp Cam..
ron "at9A. M. At o'clock their chaplain, Dr.
Weston, preached a sermon to the regimmtt, gii
band and choir supplying appropriate music
Evening parade at 4 P. M., when the camp was
visited by the Beoretary of War, who very justly
complimented the regiment on their thorough order
and excellent military discipline. They mitered
eleven hundred muskets on parade. They were
very quiet all day.
There are two hundred and lour tents in the en
campment. The grounds are laid off on military
rule, and the streets , named after the different
oaptlins.
The fine hours of the morning were followed by
chilly weather in the evening and rain througit the
night ; but the regiment is provided against" any
intionvenienoe from three vicissitudes. •
Arrivals at the Navy Yard.
Roar steamers arrived from Annapolis on 13ttn.
day evening, viz : the WyOrataz Algiers, iTi*a&
McAdams, and Nemo York. They !broasht atoms
for the army. ,
The steamer StEa r of the South arrived yeeter
day,' brink/leg ftkiferVitis of the TeTetOrleightlj.iheyr
• •-•' , -tratdscrilie ..mope h entemitel
410111. -
Three steamers mime up under convoy of steam
era Anacostra and Pocahontas, from the mouth of
the river.
The Mauna Vernon (steamer) went down -the •
river to-day On Secret service: -
The men in the navy yard (seises hundred]
number) were paid off to-day.
The Keystone State (steamer,) which brought
a detachment of the seventy-first: New York regi
ment, has returned to New York city. 1 ,
New Jersey .Respends Nobly.
. .
New Jersey halo sent us three • regiments of as,
fine fellows as ever shouldered muskets. They
arrived at Annapolis Satarday night, in fifteen
propeller barges, under convoy of side-wheel
steamer ice Boat, four guns- They number 3,3§1
men. Yesterday a report reached Annapolis that
an attack. upon Washington was to be made during
the day, and gained some credit from the fact that
no one could give it a contradiction. In the ab
sence of General B. P. Butler, in command at
Annapolia, who had been ordered with a regisient
to the Relay Horne, on the WaShington and Balti
more railway, the officers in command in his ab
sence forwarded the That and Second regiments
of Jersey troops immediately to Washington by
rail. They were in antielpation Of a fight on ar
rival, and were not &little disappointed to find the
city as quiet as a Jersey village. The regimen
sent through from Annapolis yesterday are Firs
Jersey regiment, principally from Essex county,
and Second Jersey regiment, from Hudson county
Two regiments left, at Annapolig will be son
through to the metropolis to-night.
New Jersey has thus supplied the full *maple,
ment of men asked for. The oNesers say that
mach disappo'intment Was manifested by lair
numbers who were unable to'obtaizi permitted& 14
join the regiments. The number of troops
quired could 'be quadrupled if the call was made]
as it is more difficult to restrain thousands:who
wish to join the nuke, than it would be to dill v
Sheen or twenty regiments from that State:
Colonel Ellsworth's Eeriness. •
. .
Some seventy-Ave or a hundred of Col. Ells
worth's Firemen Zouaves, from New York, are o
that clam whose Irrepressible propemdtiel for m
chief mum themselves and their friends no littl
trouble. Yesterday they were dispelled to hay
an unrestrained "time," .and gave their. officer
no little trouble to keep them within anything nes
the bounds of propriety. They" scattered them
selves over the city generally; and went info
ammlementeriovel, exotting;dangeroui, and other
11(1110. At the Einsithsonian, a portion of the
tuausel *homeliest in feat' of jumping, every
leaping clear. over 48..1x:feet iron rail- fano*
around the grounds of the timithiceilso., Anotheti
company of them entered by some means a frol
engine house, and, obtaining. oontrol of tbis engine'
j \
prof hose Carriage, isteimited the avenue and pen - ,
cipal streets with the velocity of a Omit engin
When ordered by their °floors to return they gay
no attention; but pushed on, until they iiere rail
*tad with their amusement, when they returns
with WI " tub . " Half a dozen of them entered?
cigar stire in WallfingkebeildisigooNitlif of Pe
rlylvania avenue and Seventh Arse% . wt' l
one of them rent bin comrade against a s3t, pia
glom door, for whit* the colonel promptly paid. \ .
It le the determination of ()elope rilliWOrth to*
return about a hundred of them bacli to New*
York. This will relieve the regiment of that ele-'
meet which has given the officers and great Moja.'
city of the men SO much trouble, and leave a regi
ment of as orderly, noble, and brave men atever
were called together for military duty. • . _.,,,
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W•isluxitTN, May 6, IBM
The Vabinet.
COSSOPOLITAII ATM .4.esectorms.—Bir. T. B.
Pugh, honorary 11801911t117 for this body in Miler
delptda, hes seat us a printed fist of the premi
ums (prises?) drawn on the 18th ult. Re intermit
us that it bubo= in hie possession forover a week
past, and that "most, if not. all, of the city imb
earthen! have consulted it." We could name a
aoore who never beard of it, and had no,ineans of
knowing that it had been baited, and; oould be
seen. On the part et the 'Association it was pub
licly promised, if we reoolleet rightly, that the list
of prize-holders should be advertised in a New
York paper, which has not been done this year.
The paying subscribers this year have been 13,249,
agaioat 27,703 for 1859-60. The 4. hard times "
have caused this falling off. Twelve 0101 Wore
drawn by ticket-holders in Philadelphia. The
whole number of prizee awarded is 451.
PISIIIMPTORY SALE WHOLISALII Cromer W7usna
ran LIQIIOIIII.--Thomsa Boos` sell, an Friday
morning next, at Igo 007 Market WWI without
reserve, the entire stook of a wholesale house de
clining business. Catalogues ready. See waver.
thew:tents.
The Kentucky Legislature .
IBVIIITIOATION VITO TIM Acre on T3ll 00V1P.1oR---
THI HASP
FRAirrOBT, May 7.—Tho Kentucky Lonesome
to-day adopted resolutions calling for thy 66114 "
epondencto between Governor Karlin and, the
Confederate litateelentitoritles ; mUe, inqith lag rho
thee the Confederate States had made any rtgolti.
tion on Kentucky for troop, and the Governor's
reply thereto; also, to appow a aenualttekto in
quire into the expediency of the suspension of
51401* Payments by the banks of the Mate.
LATEST NEWS.
By Telegraph to The prom
FROM WASICINGTOR
Special Despatches to " The Press."
WABBINOTON, May 7.
The Road through Baltimore to Wash+
Ington to be Opened.
- I. lesra from the hest sources that the troops of
Pennsylvania , and those of Ohio, lately quartered
at Lancaster, will to-morrow, in all probability,
pate through Baltimore on their way to Washieg
tori. The General Administration, rioting in con
junction with Governor CURTIN, of Pennsylvania,
and after a full understanding with the Mears of
the Northern Central Railroad, the Philadelphia
and Baltimore, and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, have &aided to open the usual direct routes
to the capital from the Northern and Western
States.
It is supposed the troops are to-day at Cockeys
ville. on the Northern Central, and at Perryville,
On the Susquehanna. The Arab will probably go
from 000Xeysville to Baltimore by rail, the bridgoe
having been repaired The second will take
steamboats at Perryville and go to Baltimore by
water, the rail line from Havre. de-Graoe having
been destroyed and not yet folly repaired.
It is not doubted that the authorities and people
of Baltimore will joyfully hail our troops as the fore
runners of the complete opening of their commu
nieation with the Free States. Any resistance to
our soldiers, on their part, will be promptly and
fearfully avenged. We are ready for pease or war.
11,communication is opened by admission of troops
through Baltimore, travel will be resumed by rail
from Philadelphia. to Baltiaiore, and the line be
tween Baltimore and Washington will not be ob
structed by Federal troops at the Relay House, ex
cept to prevent the Seoessioniste from helping Vir
ent& or demoralizing Maryland.
Yi at the."Sernithetraties. will root yield. sonar* of
thC Baltimore, and Ohio Railroad until Virginia
yields to tbaGovernment. It will defend the capi
tal. It will open and keep open communications
With the loyal States, and it will never consent to
the measion of Maryland.
Mail Communication.
Speokal Agent BALL, of the Post Office Depart-.
moat, left to-day for-Baltimore, with the view to
ke arrangements for facilitating the transmisT
- sot of the Northern mails.
Major Anderson.
Major Anderson will soon be ordered to honora
ble duty. :The President contemplates promoting
him to a coloneloy.
Federal Appointments.
G. W. Febbignar, of Cincinnati, bag ban ap
pointed paymaster in the army.
The President has appointed the following
.postmisters for New York Estate : John Rano at
Lyons ; Levi Platt at ' Plattsburgh ; Charles R.
Hopkins at Utica.
Arrival of More Troops at Washington.
The New York Twenty-eighth Regiment, the
Salem Zonaies, and the Sippers and Miners of
the Eighth Massaohusetts Regiment, arrived here
this afternoon.
Bngadier Geneial.
It is stated' that. Hon. A. H. Rainsa, of Penn
sylviuda, will be appointed one of the Brigadier
Generals of the Array of the United Stair's, about
being raised to *accidence with the . Preaident's
late proolemation.
Secession Isom Secession.
The Western Virginia counties, bordering Ma.
ryland and. Pennsylvania, will never agree to the
Secession ordinance. If they cannot form a State
of their own, they will ask to be attached to the
old Keystone.
Terrible Times in the Cotton States.
Occasional travellers from Alabama, Mississippi,
Georgia, and South Carolina, bring information
that there is a fearful condition of things finan
cially, socially, and politically, in that quarter.
livery effort is made to conceal the tact : but bank
ruptcy and beggary are inevitable.
Forming Public, Opinion.
It is tiaderatood that the troops is the Secession
army shall eierolse the right of suffrage. JEFr .
Dews, nervously anilons to push Virginia out of
the Union, and frightened at the strong Union
feeling In the western part of that State, is pouring
into the Old Dominion hordes, of soldiers-from the
Cotton States, and from Tennessee, North Care•
Dna, and Kentuoky. The game of attaching the
capital has been abandoned for the present, and
the Southern army is to be used to overwhelm the
Union sentiment of. Virginia.
Gland Review.
Extensive preparations are making for a grand
review....of _all the . Coldieri of the Republic now in
Weshington. - It will be the most imposing military
display ever *imitated on this Contment. More than
thirty thousand men of all-braneh-.
and yet repiesenting only a few of the layal States,
W - 11141Hersynt arms. Thoeearhp doubt whether we
iairsiriaisiiin
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OIL Saturday lad, JAMES G9RD9rr .24111THITT, Jr..
.
.
who is really a good, young fellow, called upon the
Secretary of War and the President, and Offered
his services in any captioity they might be regain:id,
lint preferring that the Government eliould take
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possession of his fine yacht, the Rebecca, and pat
her in war trim, so as to cruise for any of the pri
f lateen, of JZFP. DAVIS and Company. He was
warmly welcomed by both these high officials, and
I am told this afternoon hie yacht will be added to
/ • .
the many Am enigma vessels engaged in putting
t
own piracy on; the high seas.
1 The Government has cleared the Potomac. It
now a free river. Virginia - and Maryland
farmers come regularly to market, and the troops
.1 the United States are driving the Seceders away
roin all adjacent points.
Brigadier General Cooke, commanding the mili
tary and tho defences on the Potomac border of
Virginia, in a general order, says that General
Ruggles has taken up his quarters at Fredericks
burgl and that he (General Cooke) is to take a
position in front of Washington, and, in con
necting with the commanding officer at Har
per's Ferry, on his left, will thus cover and
defend the Potomac border against invasion from
the North. Ile adds that the capital has never
been threatened, and it is not now threatened.
It is beyond and.ontride the ilinits of the tree and
independent State of Virginia. Thee North has
, not openly, and according to the usages of olvi li zed
4 nations, declared war on us. We make no war on
1 them ; but should Virginia soil or the grave of
Washington be polluted by the tread of a single
man in arms from the north of the Potomac, it will
eause open Mar.
The entire body of New Jersey troops has
reached this city, and their manly bearing elicits
much praise.. - .
FURTHER FROM EUROPE.
BY THE STEAMER NORTH AMERICAN
FATHER POINT, May 7.—The steamer North
worseent passed.thisikeint this afternoon.
' The following is the' latest news received, via
I ondonderry en the 26th ult.:
The steamer Nova Seottan arrived at Liverpool
n the 25th, and the Kangaroo on the 26th.
Tons, Friday.—To-day's journals applaud the
...noiliation•which has taken place between Ga
'WM and.gavour, . •
:-.- The rumored manifestations at Bologna and Ge
,. oa are untrue.
Mona TROUBLE Extmoran AT WANSAW.—Mon
: . ay, the 29th, being the Csar's birthday, is ex-.
1, . —.6 to be aelebrated by a popular demonstration
,et Warsaw, bat handbills were in eirralation re.
. denting the patriots not to - appear in the streets
o that day, but to elope all their shops, and not
' illuminate their houses.
. . DRINA.-
Illong Song dates to AKA 14th have been re-
Ofted. Gen. Michael had assumed command of
r to form in Mina.
en. Gaud had sailed for London.
01 piness was more active. Rios had advanced
' cent. The Government had ordered supplies
0* Sent North.
i relights to London were quoted at 50e.
e Inure expedition nad reached ,Nankin.
islexinsurgents were deitirous of being 'on good
lo
:with foreigners.
at Hope had informed them of hicinten
to station a man-of-war at Nankin. , .
e insurgents intended to occupy all the towns
,the banks of the Yangtz.
e famine was abating in Northwestern India.
LONDON,Bliroar.-1 he steamer Great Erin
.tual been seised on execution..
From Charleston.
'isiasaraw, May 7.—The Charleston Courser,
today, says that the colleefor of that port
been instructed by the Confederate Govern
. t taclear private vessels and cargoes until war
dared, and the will of Congrsto is shale
wet
sacral Beatiregard has left Charleston for
tgoxpery. .
The ito - me liaarde.
Cos or Tag PRIIADILPDIA mammas OF ?U
LIGIBLATUILE.
• .
inniantratt, May 7.—A full omens of the
1 adelphia members of the Legiitaints, of both
es, was held at Herr's Hotel to-night, at which
as agreed to =send Senator Niouol's bill, ro
e to the Home Guard of Philadelphia, by
• . the _Reserve Grays the senior brigade.
Colonel Mann's Regiment.
_ BIIIBUSS, May 7.—Tbo faavonaor Ma Mora
issued oomzeiselone to the othoote of Colonel
am B. Mann's regiment of Ringer!. Among
captains in this regiment who have obtain
...missions, is Patrick McDonough, member
. 0 Legialatate from the Third district of the
Texas Troops for New York.
ar OnMiens, May 6 —The sohooner. Boraeo.
Vatted State)) troops from Texas, has passed
al!se, en route for the Borth.
Niue Steamboats Burned.
Loss $125,000.
W OBLIANfis May o,—Nioe stestobosUi lying
t Algiers, opposite this oily, were destre7ed
e yesterday. Tao loss is estimated at $125,-
The Steamer Keystone State.
w Yeas, May 7.—The steamer ./fryst(me
. is sipalled below
lois of a Lake Schoenen
PlfAlia, May 7.—The sobooner Fryman is aO
- at the *atriumsOd thaNiegm Seer
of bar mew ware boat.
THE
EOLARATION OF WAR•
ADMISSION OF VIRGINIA INTO
THE 0 OONFEDDRAOY."
MONTGOIIIIRY, May 7.—ln the Congress yester
day. Mr. Carry,
of Alabama, prevented a bill fix
ing a time for the eleetion of Representatives to
Congress, and aleo providing for the election of a
President and Vice President under the permanent
Constitution. Referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
An eat woo paned, from which the injunction of
seoreey was removed, recognizing the existence of
war with the tinite4 States, and concerning letters
of marque and reprisals, and providing for the dis
position of prize goods.
The preamble recites the acts of Mr. Lincoln and
Ida proclamation, and deolares that It 11 necessary
for the Confederate States to aeoept the war thus
commenced by him. The act authorizes the grant
ing of letters of marque and reprisal on certain
conditions.
A proviso announces the doctrine that free ships
make free goods. ; -
All Federal vessels now at the ports of the Con
federate States for the purpose of lawful com
merce, are allowed thirty days to return home.
Five per cent. of the prize money is to be reserved
as a fund for the widows, and orphantrof those
killed on private armed TOIMOiIi and the support of
the wounded.
The Congress met to-day at noon.
Mr. Brooke, of Mississippi, presented the ordi
nance of the Virginia State Convention, adopting
the Provisional Constitution; also, the series of
resolutions appointing commissioners to the Con
gress—two of whom, Mr. Brookenbrough and Mr.
Staples, were present.
Mr. Brooke moved That the COMMIBI3IOIIIOIII be
qualified, and take their seats.
Mr. Rhett moved to go into secret session. and
that the Virginia. commissioners be invited to re.
main.
LATER
Virginia was admitted as a member of the Con
federate States Government to-day in secret see
don. ,
Two of her members of Congress wero sworn in,
and participated in the discussion, and voted on
questions which came before the body. No other
business has been made public.
The Confederatton of this morning says that
over 300,000 applications have been made to the
State Department for lettere of marque and re.
priest
TENNESSEE.
FIUME OF TEE SECESSION ORDINANCE.
ITS REFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE
Naanymtas, May 7.—The proceedings of the
Tennessee Legislature have just been made public.
An ordinance of sessatticis and allissee with the
Confederate States was passed, subjcot to , a vote of
the people on the Bth of June.
A military bill was passed, calling for 5.5,000
troops, and appropriating $200,000 uncondition
ally for war purposes, and $3,000,000 conditionally.
REPORTED MUIR OF MUM
Lonravuras, May 7—A reliable private de
spatelt says that the Arkansas State Convention
yesterday passed the secession ordinance, by a
vote of 69 yeas to 1 nay.
THE KENTUCKY BRIGADE TO Ell COMMANDED
BY NOB ANDBRSON.
Wasursarow, May 7.—Bisjqr Ander , son Itas, this
evening, with the consent of the President, ac
cepted the command of the Kentucky brigade.
ARREST OP THE BALTIMORE RIOTERS
FLIGHT OF INSPECTED PARTIES,
BALTIMORII, May 7—Sevaral arrests were made
to day of parties aharged with partioipation in the
attack on the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
troops.
Yesterday and to day have been passed quietly.
There is a regular stampede among inspected
parties, and many of the ziotarsliave disappeared.
Grand Union Meeting at Frederick,
Marviand.
spiezea or )1()N UV VDT JOHNSON
Funzniow May 7.—Hon.lteverdy Johnson pre
fielded a flag to the Rome Guard to-day on behalf
of the ladies of Frederick. There was- an en
thusiastio gathering on the occasion, and the de-
To.p.strotion _forAkeUnion was a grand one. A
hundred and fifty Members of the Guard were
present.
In the original nausea voldsh have produced the
present emergenoy Maryland had no share. Her
people ever were, and are no*, zealous in support
of a Constitution and a Govenunent which they
were foremost in forming and adopting. No threat
of treason hes ever been whiepered within her
limits, while the blessings and advightages of the
Union have ever been fully estimated and appro.
elated. The lose of these advantages would be ut
ter and irremediable ruin. In this ruin all the
States.would more or less share, but our geographi
cal position world make it' to us immediate and
total,
A peaceable separation is, as our wisest states•
men have predicted, imposdble; and the truth of
these predictions is about to be manifested.- But
for the resistance to its just and legal authority,
the Government bad given no pause, and bad the
friends et eanstitntional rights remained at their
posts in Congress, the power of the Government to
transgress its authority could have been effectually
thwarted. The Secessionists had desecrated the
name of Calhoun in support of their heresy ; -but
tbet
_groat men bad prowl:mood Oa doctriat Intb
novel and in violation of common sense. '
The leaders of the rebellion were in fact actuated
by an unholy lust for official power. This fact is
evidenced in the elevation to ; place of all who
bad desecrated their official pssitions byplotting
treason. Bat' their efforts to dishonor • Cloven
meet, from which many of these leaders had bor
rowed their renown, would fail. They may as
well strike at the heavens with their arms as
against the American Union. • Defeat was certain
to rebellion.
The free States, according to the last census,
have, 3,778;000 melee between the ages of 18 and
45" years. The slave States have 1,665.000, The
'seceded States, exclusive of Virginia, have only
531,000. And the difference in wealth is propor
tionate to that of men. With each a vast disparity,
the end of the struggle is beyond 4oubt. For Ma
ryland to encounter such odds would be to doom
herself to desolation and destruction. liven should
the South render aid, they would be driven back,
and our State left to mourn over her calamity
and grime.
It was the aim of the South to confine the war to
the Border States. Cobb wee even now congratu
lating hie confreres on the removal of it from their
midst. But Maryland should frustrate this cow
ardly polloy. Let those who have pprovoked• the
war bear its entire brunt. Maryland's proper po.
anion is to. remain livm in her loyalty to the Go
vernment.
The rebellious leaders had done all they could
to achieve Mr. Lincoln's elootion_, as the means of
precipitating the revolution in the South. They
relied, for the ow:loess of their plans, upon the in
terrelation of the Border states and divisions in
the North. Bat, shcirt-sighted man! the - first gun
fired at a noble and starving garrison was a blow at
the nation's heart, and the North sprung to arms
in vindication of the flag and for the maintenance
of the Government. Heaven forbid that the duty
of that vihdioatkm ebould , be forgotten by Mary
land. Temporary causes may have east doubt
over her loyalty, but every true man of Maryland
is devoted in attachment to the national emblems,
and will unite in the sentiment of the *horns of
the national anthem . ,
The .tar-soanaled banner ! Oh loan may it wave
O'er the
,homea of the fro. and the Lomita of the
brave. 7
From the Relay Rouse.
Ritritutonz, May 7.—The troops at the Relay
House are actively engaged in strengthening their
postion by throwing 'up breastworks by the west
ern track and digging trenches. Parties are bring
ing down teams trout the saw-mill up the river,
laden with lumber.
Three hundred troops aro otatipue4 at tho p ant
where the trains stop. A rigid march for contra
band articles is made at this point.
The troops at the Relay Rouse asptared a quan
tity of grain on the way to . The azillo, ap the rir
tapsoo, and compelled ite delivery at the Roxley
Mills, where they can turn it to account when ft is
ground, without inokivinlence.
Interestang to Vo#noteers.
PROPOSITION TO MIISTIIR IN FOR THEIR rains
?MOBS Imo new Iwo? Yu? xesossn.
WASIII2IGTON, May 7.—The War Department has
informed the Governoro of the ({titer whioh have
ordered out their quotas of militia under the first
proolamation of the President, that it is desirable
that those who have not been marohed forward
ehsil be mastered in for three ',years under the
subsequent proelamation.
Full instrundons on this Etbjeet will soon be
Lamed.
Colonel Curtis, a member of Congress from lowa,
has received authority to motor in the two regi
ments from that State, in ease the - United literal
Wither for that purpose alien not have reached the
rendezvous, and has been ordered tornake preps.
rations for their equipment.
Fatal Accident to a Igenkbei(ef the Now
York Eighth Rogintegt.
BALTIIIVRE, May T.—Priests' Lloyd, at the New
York Eighth Regiment, was killed instantly to
day by the explosion of his. gun, while he was
drawing the charge. The twill entered nil' throat.
RI , body was sent to New York tide °Toning.
Arrest of Lieut. kaiiiitteiroy, 11. S. N..
• tti. Harper's Ferry,
Burritos, May 7.—Lieutenant Faint
United btates navy, was arrested this morning, at
Harper's Ferry, by the Vliginit troops, whtist on
hie way to Washington. •
Opinion ofJnage McCandless on Tres.
Pirramma, Nay 7.- Judge MoCandlear deli
vered to day an elaeonkte churl to tire grand jury
of Abe- United fitat Court on the subject of
PENNSYL
RESS.
ilentaxesuaa, Map 7, 1861
SENATE.
The &elate was willed to order at 11 o'olo6k, by
he Speaker.
t BILLS IN PLACE.
Mr. IRISH. a joint resolution relative to Wels
hing a national armory at Pittsburg.
Mr. easoa, an act relating to banks.
Mr. Frmisr, supplement to an not forth° aqua.
action of the ourrenoy of the State.
•
A message was reeeived from the Governor an
nounoing the appointment of W. W. Irvin, of Bea
ver county, as Commiesiry General, in plane of
John W. McLain, resigned, which appointment
Was confirmed. Yeas 32—nays none.
' , MORD BILL niemuiroswar..
Oa motion of Mr. Oonsur.t. the Senate proceeded
to reconsider the bill for the erection of a free
bridge over the river Schuylkill, at Philadelphia,
vetoed by the Governor. On the question, shell
G th ov b rinop,a ss h = Wahswtaenrd ng s the
y o s b j a ec ; tion of the
and so the
bill passed.
On' motion, adjourned.
The House was called to order at ten &do& by
80aker DAVI&
Mr. FRAZIER offered the following resolution,
which was adopted
Resolved, That hereafter this House will hold
afternoon sessions, commencing at three o'clock.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr. Borzu reported an act authorizing the as.
sessment of an additional tax in the oily of Har
risburg.•
Mr. COLLIES, an aot to authorize the city .of
Pittsburg to borrow money.
Ala% an aot for the support of the families of
volunteers.
Mr Thomas read in place a farther eappletnent
to the act to establish a board of •wardens for the
port of Philadelphia, and for the regulation of pi
lots and pilotage's, and for other purposes therein
mentioned ,passed 20th of March, A. D. 1803
Sao. 1. That cliquy person exercising the pro
fession of a pilot in - the bay or river Delaware, un
der a license duly granted, or may be hereafter
granted by amid board of wardens of the port of
Philadelphia, thrill, immediately after the passage
of this act, take and subscribe an oath or affirma
tion before the master warden of said port, who is
hereby authorise." and empowered to administer
the same :"-INhat he will support the Constitution
of the Unitedl3tatis and: th e - Constitution and laws
Of Pennsylvilllill, and wolf and faithfully perform
his duty as a pilot.
'sac. Z. In oasenny pilot licensed under the pro
visions of the act to which this is a supplement,
and the supplements thereto, shall neglect or re
fuse to take and subscribe the oath or affirmation
herein provided, after notice having been given by
the master warden , it shall be the duty of the mu
ter warden to wit hdraw and cancel the Mena° of
such pilot, and it shall not be lawful for any pilot
so reining or neglecting to take and aubsoribe the
oato or affirmation aforesaid to perform the duties
of a pilot in the bay or river Delaware.
Bin 3. It shall be the duty of the master warden
to give each pilot, who has taken and subscribed
the oith as' aforesaid, a certificate of the same.
which certificate shall be attached to the license,
and a reoord
re of the same kept ln the warden's
office Referd to the Coiamittee on the Judiciary
General,
Mr. Thomas offered the following t
Whereas; The records of the Senate and Rouse
of Representatives show that House bill No. 591,
entitled " An act relative to the police force of the
city of Philadelphia," was presented to the Go
vernor on the fourth day of April, A. D. 1861,
being twelve days (Sundays exempted) prior to the
final adjournment of the Legislature.
And wherea.s, The Governor returned said bill
to the House of Representatives, in which it origi
nated, on Friday, the third day of May, the fourth
day after the assembling of the Legislature in
extra session, with his reasons for withholding his
nignatare. '
And whereas, Said bill became a law prior to the
final adjournment of the Legislature on the 18th
day of April, A. D. 1861, agreeably to the 23d sea•
Lion of Article 1 of the Constitution of this Com
monwealth ; Therefore,
Resolved, That the clerks of the two Houses (the
Semite concurring therein) be directed to certify
the said bill in the usual manner, as having be.
come a law under and in conformity with the pro
vieion of the Constitution in each case made.
Mr. Tnoasse esti : I offer the resolution after ,
having, In conjunction with several members of 1
this Hausa and the Senate, examined the records
of both Rouses, and believing the bill was sent to
the Governor on the 4th of April, as is shown by
the bill books of both Houses and the record of ,
the transcribing clerks of this Roue.
I have before me a report from the Committee
to Compare Bills, presented to the Senate April
10th, by Senator Robinson, which I will read:
" April 10, 1861.—Mr. Robinson, from the Com
mittee appointed to Compare Bills and present
them to the Governor for his approbation, made a
report, which was read, as follows, viz :
"That in conjunction with a similar committee
from the House of Representatives, they have
eompared, and on .Arrtf 4th, presented to the Go
vernor for his approbation, the bills entitled as
follows, to wit :"
Then follows a list of bills, of whioh " House
bill No. 694, an Sot relating to the Polies of Phila
delphia," la the first one on the list, thus corrobo
rating the records, and clearly proving that the bill
became a law before the final adjournment of the
Ledature.
The resolutions lie over one day, under the
Meg.
cralethat, BaBoLUTIONS — TRZ BALTIMORE RIoTB.
--- ELT:I944IAma .1 Aneehisny, offered the,t o2 •" ,-
hat preamble resolutions- -- -
--,- Witeswas......ll_ resented that the volunteer
silt .
ditilono Or this tate, and of the State of Massa
chusetts, on their way to the Federal 031)041, in
obedience to the requisition of the President of the
United States, have been treacherously assailed,
and some of them brutally murdered by a riotous
assemblage in the streets of Baltimore, while the
means of transit of the hosts of freemen who were
then rushing to the defence of the capital have
been embarrassed and interrupted by the deetnio
lion of railroad bridges in defiance of, if not in
actual connivance with the authorities of that city,
ind of the State of Maryland; Therefore, •
Resolved, That it is the right of the Federal
Government to march its troops, for the purpose
of eupproseing an armed rebellion against its autho
rity, or upon any other lawful errand, through any
part of the United States, without hindrance or
molestation; and that any attempt to interfere
therewith by waylaying the said troops, or inter
rupting their passage, is an sot of rebellion Mailed
the authority of this nation, which involves the
guilt, and must subject the parties so offending,
whether acting under State authority or other
wise, to all the penalties of treason.
Resolved, Tharthe people of Pennsylvania will
expect the Federal (lovernment to vindicate its
own dignity and power, and to redress the insult
and injury inflicted on , its loyal citizens, while re.
apondingto the cell of the Executive of the nation,
by demanding and insisting upon the immediate
surrender or condign punishment of the cowardly
malefactor. who have wantonly shed the blood of
the unarmed and defenceleas volunteers, whose
only offence was that they were repairing, in obe
dience to the summons of their chief, to the de
fence of the standard of their country.
Resolved, That they will ever hold in grateful
remembrance the first martyrs in the cause of
Liberty and Union who have thus perished, under
the hands of the &swain, in the performance of
the highest duty of the citizen. •
Resolved, That the attitude of the Border Slave
Staten, in their refusal to respond to the call of the
Faeoutive, and the declaration of their purpose to
observe a strict neutrality—whether armed or un
armed—aa between the loyal State. of this Union,
and those which are In armed rebellion against the
laws—thereby giving aid and oomftirt to the public,
enemy, is, in effect, a renunciation of their 1110-
glance, eapeoialirtresaonable, and less excusable,
because more cowardly, than undisguised seems
elan, and that-in _the domestic straggle now inau
gurated, there- is, no neutrality in which either
treachery or posillanimiry can- find a refuge, and
those who are not with as are necessarily against
nO.
f a ils 2 . ' 34 affective
Resolved, That looking to the paramount obli
gation to the Government of the United States, we
know no States as contradietinguiehed therefrom,
and utterly repudiate as unconstitutional and in
admissible the idea of compacts between States,
or mediation by any one or more of them, as
though they were independent Powers, and the
present a mere war of sections.
Resolved, That the whole question at issue being
one only between the Government of the United
Seam and its !swelled subjects, them II of amine
no ease for treaty or compromise, even by itself,
until it shall have proved inadequate to execute
its laws against its rebellions members ; that any
overtures abolishing the idea of its dissolution
or reconnection would he an act of revolution, and
the people look, as they have a right to look, to
the Federal Executive to employ all the powers
with which the Constitution and laws have armed
him to reclaim the public property and to re•
establish the administration of the Federal laws,
to reduce the mal-contents to unconditional sub
mission, and to visit upon them all the penalties
which the law awards to the Grime of treason.
Resolved, That while the people of Pennsylva
nia fully realize the difficulties which have sur
rounded the new Administration of the General
Government, and duly appreciate the moderation
and forbearance well as the wisdom and pa
triotism which have thus far chanoterized its po
' lay towards the rebel State": they desire to de
clare it u their unanimous sentiment, that they
would greatly derecate any compromise with
treason; think the Union of these Statea—one and
tarravranme, without abridgment or diminution—
is to be maintained with all the powers of this Go
vernment, at all hizarde and at every eactilice;
and that the blood and treasure of the State will
be contributed ungroduingly, and without stint or
measure; to maintain the integrity of that Union,
anti to vindicate the honor of their FLAG, by
washing , out in the blood of the traitors the stains
which have dimmed its lustre, and demigod our
fame and credit as a leading Power among the
iltillean of the earth.
Resolved, That as the earnest of their willing.
nese to follow and plant the standard Of our common
country upon the dismantled fortresses of which
treason has deprived it, Pennsylvania now points
with pride.to the mustering equalizer:is of her gal
lant
sons, who are now clamoring for the envied
privilege of raising that standard from the duet,
dying, if necessary, in its defence.
Resolved, That the Governor of the State be re
quested to forward a copy of these resolutions to
the President of the United State', and to the Go
.wernori of the several States. to beheld before their
respective Legislatures, so far as the same may
happen to be in minion.
JLATUBE ,
SPECIAL SESSION.
VAIL( LB'Etlf3:
mamas ?BOW TO liloualloyt
ROUSE.
THE PILOTAGE TAWS
PHD PHILADELPHIA POLICE BILL
TR STAY LAW
The lioneethen reenmcd the oorwideretion of the
eel .knaern as the stay law. The bill being en SAM
assage
p
Mr. WILLiaMS moved an amendment, by strik
ing out all after the enacting ciao% and inserting
that the eat concerning executions, pseud July,
/542, is hereby revived.
A lengthy distrancen ennued, in whioh Mame.
Duffield, Williams, Collins, Teller, Butler of Craw
ford, and othersparticipated.
Finally, Mr . Cousins called the previous ques
tion, which was sustained.
The amendment of Mr. Willie= Will lost...yeas
29 nays 61.
Tbe bill, in very nearly the same shape as it ap
peared in Saturday's papers. was parsed finally—
yeas 67, nays 26--as follows :
Yzes--himmirs. Acker Alexander Anderson
Armstrong, Adman, Ball, Thiel, Blear, Mail',
Bianobard, Boyer, Bremer_, Brodhead, Butter
(Carbon), Byrne, Caldwell; Clark, Collins, Cowan,
Craig DMus, -Wield, Danosa,'DanlaP,
Biltabore, Gordon, graham, Bapnor,
Hantrrj:fiarS :Nook,l2llllsisib Boats, Huh;
lesin, &wa i t Korb , Lawince, imesazing,
tenwallner, Lowther, McDonough, M e rl
Manifold, Morrison, Mullin, Osterhont, P; o 1 , 11
Preston, Paghe. Reiff, Rhoads, Ridaway,
eon. Roller, Sohrook, Shafer, Smith (Berkri,
(Philadel obis), Strang, Taylor, W hit e ,
Witson, Davie (Spealter)-67. NI%
NAYS—M.4MM Abbott, Baroaloy, B on „
nail
O
(Crawford), Cope, Dismant, Bonier, c rac er s
honey, Hill, Hood, Marshall, Moore, Mye r . 'O O -
Randall, Deily, Seltzer, Sheppard, Stelimen:s
back, Teller, Thomas, Traty, Walker, {yip'.
—2B Etna
So thew:motion was determined in the
ph.
ARMING THE Slain
The House then resolved itself into p ow
of the Whole, and proceeded to the considarsiT„lrt
the sot creating a loan of three millions of °'
and providing for arming the volunteer mili ii ~ 41
the State.
Mr. BALI. moved to amend the first sseu eo
to read, and that a separate and distinct
or registry thereof be kept in the book or th e °Di
per department, and to be transferred on t h e t et,.
of the Commonwealth at the Farmers' will.
armies' Beak, in the city of Philadelphia
Agreed to.
Several other aendments
discussed until the m
adjournmentwere prolr. ed 114
AITTZENOON CESSION,
The House reassembled at 3 o'clock,
mimed the consideration, in Committee e l ,"
Whole, of the loan and military 6111. it
A long discussion arose upon the third
in relation to vesting in the Gov ernor the
appointing a major-general. rswer z
Several amondatonic wore proposed and ;,
down ,41
Mr. 8111.7Z1R moved, as an amendment, that itt
Governor be authorized to appoint a majer•gett:a
with the deice and oonsent of two•thirde of House of geree et, lit
members of the Senate
dyes, which was agreed ton
The committee then rose and reported triht,
whereupon the louse refused to grant leave Nth;
oommittee to sit
MOMS made in oomm again itte , e fel and lbw all the kaiti
The House then proceeded to the seeorid
jug and consideration of the bill at originally le
ported.
Mr. Brawn moved to strike oat " three lc(
lions" in the first section, and teem z , ay.
lions," which was not agreed to.
The first and second sections were then tileptel
A long disoussion arose upon the third ettiO4
and pending the question upon it.
The House adjourned.
PiCW JOrsOy LcgislMLitt'
May 7.—ln the Balm of Ataitni,
this afternoon, the bill to raise a loan of one t i t
lion of dollars, and a State tea of SlOilni f ii,
ordered to a third reading. There was
debate, the Republican members sopp ont ,
loan of two million dollars, and the Dionoc u l4
million. The last named ham was finally Teo
upon.
A bill for raising four more regiments, epi k,
purchasing ten thousand stand of arms, artsi eri
and munitions of war, will come up to mime
morning.
Resolutions thanking the Governor for the tut.
gy and activity he has diplayed is raking Ita
quota of troops for this State, and expressing tie
strong confidence reposed in Misjudgment. Patti%
ism, and ability, pledging New Jersey to use ap
her power to maintain the Union an tie Cow.
Melon, and thanking the President for theology
displayed by him in the defence of the tniG t ,
in the Senate, and passed by that boo
were introduced this morning by Mr. Moore Mi.
in bra unanimous rat vote
Mr. Cook (Republican) has introduced is tie
Senate a supplement to the act for the mu m
of crimes.
It provides for the punishment et ill wh o l ig
in any way, by furnishing arms, 1111101liOBB of sit,
vessels, or mousy, it,. aid or comfort to the elect
by imprisonment for a term of not less that Sr,
nor more than ten years, and by a Ise of tot ho
than $5,000. It also provides for the &holler pm_
ishment of all who shall furnish the outlay within ,
winger* , by letter, or by treasonable publiettka
It also mums, each officer and private it tie w.
tive mint*, to take oath to support the %nth"
Mon and laws of the State and of the United Rua
and obey the orders of his superior o ffi cers.
It is thought that the Legislature we] adjoottos
Friday of this week.
A resolution has passed the House to meet soli.
on the fourth Tuesday of July. It was tikes to toe
Senate, where it has not yet been toted ups, .
The Marylauti L. gislatare.
BALTIMORN, May 7.—The Legislature rid
nothing w•usy bus held a genres num thii a.
ternoon. It le understood that they were Slim
ing the propriety of an adjournment.
A highly. respectable gentleman from herbed
gives it as his op.nion that the Legislature w
call a Conventio 3, but will aljoara ova lore go,
period.
The Northern Ce.t al 1111140 a/,
THE REPAIRS COMPLETED .
HARRISBURG, May 7.—The bridgeg of the Nett
ern Central Railroad w li be iniebei lo menu,
sad the route Ida be opened be travel sal then
running in a few days.
Funeral of Btshop Onderdork,
Worreepondenee of The Preasj
The funeral of the Into Bishop Benjamin 'hold
well Onderdonk, which took plane this aftercoor
at three o'olook, at Trinity Church, was one of the
largest and moat imposing demonstrations of hi
kind ever beheld in New York. The deceased ex•
pired on Friday last, but as it was desired on the
part of the standing oommittee of the MOON
and the olergy generally, that the fast rite
should be in the highest demo worthy the
position and piety of their late dtviefo; df
burial . 1 . 1 4 1, 114 ea was poetponoil motif ladle lie
-regard of churchmen and cburolthet tot
Bishop 0. may be inferred from the Itt,twet
early as 12 o'clock they began to INSEBRibIt II 'at
ohnrolv—thres hours ir
,before the appointed ho
By one o'clock , the eldh aisles and all the
standing room in the church were mall
with people, patiently awaiting the MUM
ment of service. The seats on both aides Its
main aisle were reserved for the family and ran
tives of the deceased, the wardens end mason
of Trinity parish, and the clergy, who were pn
sent to the number of between two and three In•
dyed, many looming from neighboring dimwit:l
fir-off interior,
Shortly before three, the chAr-bays, fourteen
number, and the choristers, eight, all clothed
surplioes, entered and took their tonal seen in
front of the ohaociel. Outside the chancel, br
twain the choir-boys and ohoristers, wets pissed
four candelabra, filled with lighted candle! ,
two similar ones stood inside the church. Oa de
communion table, in the centre, stood a golden
OandleStiok, with seven lighted cosily. The
table itself, as well as the leotera and pulpit, nen
draped in black, a white cross being affixed to
front of each.
At half-paat three, the clergy of Trinity Chula
preeededi by the sexton with his Moe, et*
boys, choristers, passed down the bum thil
to the front entrance, opening for Bebop
ter and Odenheimer, the organ OM
an appropriate voluntary. Immediately du'
wards the funeral prooesaion entered, tea
by Bishops Potter, Odenhelmer, De Lawry, 114
Southgate, Bishop De Lanoey reading tie "
duotory passages of the burial aerobe, The al
boine on the shoulders of four servitors, ow ceeer i
with a pall of purple velvet, (the appropfleMot•
and the same that was used at th e funeral of WI
Do ane), and on the top, extending the leef-"
the lid, was a beautiful floral cress. After tot
bad been raleoed on benches in front of lilac .
tlid, the Choir chanted, anlipboualll) the led°
usually said on funeral 00013103111. Dr. i 11 194
then read the appropriate lesson after slid
Rev. Wilt. Cr. Doane, of Burlington. J.,"
the 201st hymn : "Who are these in W0011:11
which was sung to the tune of Sinew!**
after this the sermon by Rev. Dr. bealigrl•
I am obliged to leave off here in orbits ret
the foiegoing into the mail. BOA
THE CITY.
t e J
HoauCEDE CABE IN THE FLTTNENM
morning between 6 and
body of a y
man wall f und in the cellar ofool, 4,,-;
niched house in Wallace street, near Twat
The body was discovered in a sitting fol 2 "'
was feet Been by Nate bilaktayere Inn Irer l .r i ,l ß
ing at the place. Alongside the body
knife and sheath, and a large pool of blood•
deep stab was inflicted In the stomach 0 MO'
who was not gate cold at the time be ea dis:,
Tared, The r e m o v e dt 9Y19 6 n° tlfiaci ., k a uni
feet, and the bod yto the Fiftoo—',.,
station-honee. An examination was toed , '
premises where the man was ditoovered, ssdis
every appearance of there having boen,f °2l . l .lS
A. large quantity of bl o od was f ou nd ( COO J
front of the cellar window, and the tooth 10-
weed
di
enclosed it were kicked away. It iptiqr—
man was murdered on the *amide, Au d rr :
dragged into the cellar. When found be /•':,;,
chore or stockings on Ms feet. His boots se 7 de:
terwarde found in the yard of the Spring Su
de:
d g.
About ton o'clock in, this haoreing. the
was recognised as a man named Willitto bi .
fade, aged about twenty•eight PIMP , 1 7i; nil
longed in Wilminton and bad come to tdw
and joined the Mo n ro e Guards, comP lo 7,t e poi
attached to Gen. Emall's Brigade. rim "V o nt
ass a brother residing at Thitteetth ard Os
_ o _
streets, and he wee at this place en 5100 (47 0
Wag, about nine, o'clock. this whereabouts:lv
traced up to two o'clock yesterday mosnlsg. " 00
ho left th e armory at Fifteenth and Market it: ,
to
and was not seen or heard of inquest ~,gitld,
above. The coroner held an o
yesterday afternoon.
Daniel O'Neill, a sergeant in Colonel 0004;
ailment, testified that Jefferis wasp hiCed 02 1 ?"
at eleven o'clock ou /Monday night, and
"t hi
!bared at twelve o'clock. About two aIOCI.
deceased jumped up and used snob vielestlo.
gunge that witness thought he had the 01 0 ,ft:
potu. He at the same time flourished 0 ";
when he rushed violently
dirk knife, He was ordered to lease the rir r .
was the last seen of him. Otitis
Dr. Updegrove was then sworn, and le
follows: bed
I made a post-mortem examination of the /errs the :lairs [-
WHO= H. Jefferis; .1 found an opening ,o
WHO=
cavity of the /abdomen, pi a point about 80 0
.:
and a half to the leiter the so also it NO, Od d ' 0
three bushes below the nipple; the WO t'
about an inch and a half so length ;OD ,
the cavity of the abdomen, I found a greet a" ;
0r... apariated blood;`the wooed pomi in
~,
.the liver and through the danienduig "97164
hemorrhage in the cavity of the abd °2°
have caused death almost immediate''' . b s
The brother of the deceased recognised 1 4
knife found by hie elide as the one oersted b
deemed. It is sapwood that the sot ir_V:,
MUM The M 0 party 11:th the dedelliet'
knitili. ' ease will twelve a thorough '
gallon.
The coroner's jury rendered a verdict do
ro ~
119 .1;0114114!. mine so hie death by etsbe indid ;
1101:11e parson or FOIDOWS enkheAft.
I,
HOSPITAL aaase.—Yesterlay ,
named James M. Manual, aged eixteou
lea
his head injured, by beim thrown , fr °l2 a
Eighth and Market streets.
Henry Corberry, aged eleven you ,
dentally shot by a lad. named Jan ;
Broad and Prime streete. The bell lod
atin over the letkeye
The above aufferen were admitted in
pith.
Thaw TeRK, May 7,1861