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State Rights.
'filo most mischievons doctrine of the pre
sent day is the famous Calhoun theory of
State Rights. It
,has misled more Southern
men from the flag of the country, and induced
more resignations among army and navy
officers bailing from the slave States, than all
the preaching of all the orat•rs on the wrong
side of the question. The unanimity of the
twenty loyal States in supporting the Govern
ment is a proud assurance that this perverted
idea s of the doctrine of State Rights has effec
tually perished, at least so far as they are con
cerned. Until South Carolina can establish
her sense of the alleged injuries received by
the South at the hands of the majority of the .
American people, into an invasion of what is
flippantly called State Rights ; there is not a
Northern statesman who will not disregard
her counsels and laagh at her example. Oar
understanding of State Rights is a far different
one.. When the General Government ceases
to protect the interests of all the States, and
discriminates in favor of one to the exclusion
Of another member of the Confederacy, then
It Is well to- fall back upon our reserved fran
chises, and to assert our independence at every
hazard.
But no such complaint can Justly be made
by the South. As Judge Dolmas said in his
splendid speech at Chicago, on the first of
May, "there has not been a day, from the time
when GEORGE WASHINGTON was inaugurated
as the first President of the United States
down to this moment, when the rights of the
Southern States stood firmer 'under the laws_
of the land than they do to•day." And yet
we see officers of the army and the navy, and
other branches of the public service, throw
ing up their commissions, and taking arms
against a Government they were sworn to sup
port, because South Carolina, and a few other
Commonvirealths, insist upon asserting that the
South has Peen interfered with by the North I
When a citizen takes an oath to support the
Constitution, be acknowledges his allegiance
to the wtole country, and the Government
thereof; and whether he takes this oath in
Virginia or in Maine; whether he takes it as
a representative of the people, or as a public
servant in an executive or administrative
capacity, or as an adopted citizen, his first
obligation is to the entire Government, to the
laws made by Congress. All other pledges
and oaths are interior and subordinate. When
General Betas- was appealed to by the feces
etenistS to add-his brilliant reputation to their
dark conspiracy, his answer wee, "I'am a
citizen of the United States, I owe every ob..
ligation to the United States, and I will con
tend. for the United States against any single
member of the Union taking np arms against
the General Government, even if that mem
ber should be Virginia herself." We com
mend this frank and explicit construction of
State Rights to those who have been misled
by the Calhoun South Carolina reading of it.
The Redness of the Rebels.
Seenes are constantly transpiring in the
rebellions States which would disgrace any
country and any age, and which indicate not
only the lecke( patriotism which is too plainly
evident, but a reckless shamelessness, a de
gree of abandoned and villainous dishoneity,
cruelty, and absolute barbarism, for which the
modern history of civilized nations furnishes
no parallel. The inflamed and excited mobs
which, in many places, assume complete con
trol, act more like demons than civilized be l
Ingo, and the most merciless savages who
have assailed the unprotected settlements of
our frontiers would prove to them useful in
structors in precepts of humanity, of which
they are evidently either regardless or igno
rant. It cannot be possible that such de
praved wretches will long be enabled to set at
defiance the authority of a nation which, when
aroused, is as powerful to restrain and punish
as it is mild and forbearing in its disposition.
A Dastardly Outrage upon the AMC
Man Flag.
The New York Times of yesterday pub
lishes, among other information it received
from passengers who recently arrived from
Savannah, Georgia, the following statement
" On the occasion of the arrival and epeeoh of
Kr. Stephens, a large procesaion was formed,
which marehed through the city. They carried,
panted on *canvas, • representation of the Anse
rhsan flag, soiled and torn, suspended by a broken
Sag Miff. Underneath was the picture of a grave,
with the words, Receive me.' This outrage
upon the flag aroused feelings of deep disgust and
indignation among the will lope] portion of the
eltizens, and one gentleman, a venerable pastor of
the Seamen's Bezel. openly denonneed the pro
oesdings, declaring that Savannah bad been the
Ant to dishonor the glorious banner of the Union_
Oa being threatened with violence, be toll the
mobocrats that, though be was an old man, he
Would defend Illineelf if attached, and some of
them would bite the duet if they laid their hands
on him."
It is difficult to conceive how men who have
long enjoyed the protection of our glorious
standard eonld have acted in thin shameful
manner; but even this dastardly outrage is
only In keeping with the whole Rebel more
intat.
Tacna C.t be no noose for the treatment
which our city extended to the Ohio volunteers
yesterday. We do not know who is to blame,
but it certainly is extremely censurable. Two
thousand soldiers, from the State of Ohio,
come to Phitadelphia, and aretaken to a place
outside of the city known as Suffolk Park.
The rain is falling, and they have no accent-
Inodatious. Weary with travel, having eaten
nothing since morning, they find no food to
appease their hunger, and are compelled to I
wait until wagons are sent to the city for pro-
Visions, dependent upon the hospitality of
those resident in the neighborhood. This is
too bad. These young men leave comfortable
homes, many of them scenes of luxury and
efficience, to defend the honor of the country.
They exiect to encounter the necessary hard
ships of a soldier's life, but they do not expect
to suffer from the neglect and inconsideration
otthoae who are entrusted by the Government
With their comfort. it should never occur
again. We know that providing for such a
urge number of men must be attended with
an intone degree of trouble, and that many
mots will be unwittingly committed, but
there can be no palliation for the conduct of
those who, through neglect, cause suliering to
two thousand men.
T imis is a singular difference between the
glorious speeches of Sirpnam A. Donates,
and the messages of JarrEnsou Davis. The
Utter reminds us constantly of the Wife&
Duke," in the play. Dermas believes that
we have a Government; believes that the right
of secession is a pestilential heresy, and de-
Dunces with ineffable scorn the whole idea
that the rights of the South have been inter
foxed with. DAVIS thinks the Union a mere
rope of sand, to be destroyed by any single
member of it at will and pleasure, and treats
all doctrines of submission to the will of the
majority with contempt. Sonatas stands with
the old fathers of the Constitution ; DAVIS With
the authors of those new constructions of that
instrument which have made the whole Beaus
.
sic' in movement so contemptible.
WE are not at all surprised at the message
of Governor Msoorrar; of Kentucky, recom
mending secession. Bis treacherous course
for the last few months bas left us no ground
for' astonishment. A traitor at heart, he has at
buit -proclaimed his true sentiments. The
State of Hsawr Ct.sT was never nearer ruin.
Will those who revere his memory not save
bar from destruction I
Very Curious...4f True.
There is an European newspaper, published
I at Brussels, called the Independence Beige,
I which has acquired Considerable notoriety af
ter a fashion of its own. The censorship
over the French press, as the public are well
aware, excludes a great deal of news and gos
sip from the Parisian journals. grassers,
however, is on neutral ground, and what the
Paris editors may not publish in their own
journals is gladly cemmunicated to the world
through the /I:dependance Belga, which is rich
enough and read enough to pay good salaries
to purveyors of news in Paris and the other
principal capitals of Europe. How and then,
it does stumble upon authentic intelligence
before any other newspaper is so fortunate as
to obtain it, and, at all events, it is a much
regd journal. It has just published an extra
ordinary piece of intelligence which may or
may not be true. It is known, from flying
reports, that Na.poieox and Count CAVOAn
are engaged in maturing some arrange
ment for the evacuation of Rome by the
-French troops, the object being then to
garrison the Eternal City with Italian sol
diers. The Independance Belgo has pub
lished some supplementary news, upon
this head, at once positive and circumstantial.
It alleges that Count VpreiteArr lately went to
Turin with Nato:meat: 2 a final terms, viz.: Be
was prepared to withdraw his troops, and to
suffer Italians to be substituted, but on these
conditions : The Pope was not to be interfered
with. His territories and his sovereignty were
to be held sacred. The title of his occupation
was not to be altered, except with the Holy Fa
ther's consent. The Turin Government have, it
is
. said, agreed to these terms for though, ap
parently, they place them no nearer the abso
lute possession of Rome, they believe that,
once the responsible defenders of his 11011-
ness, they can make comparatively short work
of his temporal power, and that, too, without
defying his will.
But the Independance does not clearly see
how this is to be carried out. It says 4g If
it be true that certain cardinals understand
the necessities of the situation sufficiently to
be disposed to seek the safety of the spiritual
Papacy in the sacrifice of a temporal Bove
ieignty which it is impossible to preserve, it
must not, on the other band, be forgotten that
the majority of the Pope's councillors are
resolved to compromise all rather than con
sent to this necessary renunciation. A proof
of this may be seen in the act by which the
Pope has already appointed his provisional
successor (Cardinal WisxmAN) in certain de
finite eventualities—an act which was men
tioned ins our Paris letter yesterday, and the
existence of which is positively confirmed to
day”
This confirmation comes in the share of a
otter from Paris, as follows :
" One of my colleagues has given you some a 0•
oonnt of a decision of the Holy Father, approved of
by 21 cardinals, constituting Cardinal Wiseman,
the primate of Hoglend. the representative of
of the Papacy in the ease of the death, or the forced
of voluntary abdication of tho present Sovereign
Pontiff. My own information entirely agrees with
this. and I am enabled to give your farther details
It is not Cardinal Antonini who would be entrust,
ed, as might have been thought, with the details
relative to this'decision, bat Cardinal Alfieri, who,
in the event of the Pope's death, would convoke
the conclave. The number of supporters of this
arrangement was mach more than twenty one,
and amongst the hesitating and dissentient there
were not more then five or six cardinals
Another account is that cs Pro Norio has
made his will, and left his tiara to Cardinal
NIOUOLAB Wiszidem, with a clause that he take
the surname of Pzo Decimo. This is to pre.
vent the French Emperor from managing the
next conclave. There is only one slight diffi
culty, that no bishop, patriarch, or archbishop
of any rank can dispose of his mitre as chat
tel property, and that a congi d'ilire must be
gone through, to save canon law, not to say
appearances. The right of choosing a bishop
for Rome ia, since its withdrawal from popu
lar election through the congregated Christian
faithful and clergy assembled, now strictly
vested in the parish priests forming the dean
and chapter of Rome under the conventional
name of cardinals ; and there exists no power,
save in the .general council, to make any
change of so vital and unheard-of a charac
ter."
As far back as the winter of 1849, the writer
°ribose remarks, being then in London, was
told by Signor Mottuaso, (son of the Minister
from the Argentine Republic to the Court of
St. James,) that the settled purpose of
Bishop iirissitarl to the rank of Omit.
nal, (which took place subsequently,) was in
order to secure his elevation to the Papacy on
the death, or (as was then considered not im
probable,) the resignation of Pius IX., and
that the Pope himself was anxious that this
should take place, . -
As to the tiara beinglietlueathed to Cardi
nal Wiszrunror any - Other person, it is
A `General Council of the Catholic
Church alone could change the manner by
which the Pope is appointed.
The Northern Democracy.
If any one class more than another deserves
peculiar credit for patriotic devotion to the
cause of their country in this trying hour it is
the Democracy of the North. With no feel
ings of aniumaity to the people or the insti
tutions of the South, and with no partisan re
gard for the existing Administration, they
unanimously spurned the treasonable counsels
of the few false-hearted traitors who sought to
induce them to sympathize with the Secession
movement after it had broke out in open and
undisguised rebellion and threatened the cap
ture of the capital itself i and they have every
where been among the moat active in orga
nizing military companies, in tendering their
services to' the Federal Government, and in
every possible way rendering it material
aid. A large proportion of the regiments
which have been enrolled contain a great
preponderance of Democratic voters. With
many of them it is considered not only
a point of duty, but of honor, to maintain a
legally-elected President against whom they
cast their suffrages in the exercise of all his
constitutional rights, even more enthusiasti
cally, if possible, than they would have sup
ported one whom they had assisted to elect.
However much they are attached to the pe
cellar tenets of the Democratic party, they I
feel that submission to the authoritative dem
crees of that great American tribunal, the
ballot-box, is the very corner-stone and
foundation of all republican liberty, and that
it this principle is destroyed, all'that is really
vital and important in Democracy itself
must perish with it. They go fortn to crush
out treason, because they are determined
to preserve the integrity of the Repub
lic and the cause of free government
which must necessarily be based upon the
will of the majority, constitutionally expressed.
We find a well-decerved tribute to their patri
otism in a letter to the New York Tribune,
dated Bedford, West Chester county, N. Y.,
which describes a speech delivered by .Torte
JAY, Req., a life-long enemy of the Demo
cracy, and its sentiments will doubtless be en
dorsed by the great body of his political asso
ciates. The correspondent says
Mr. Jay, in the course of his remarks, after
referring to the powerful influence that the idea of
national unity was exercising ripen the fragmentary
peopled of Italy, and the more sacred claim resting
upon us to preserve unbroken the American Union,
based, as it avowedly was, on eternal principles of
right, referred to the conduct of the leaders and
the mamma of the Democratic party let reference to
the pending war. Re said that never having been
a member or an admirer of the Democratic party;
having from boyhood entertained those political
prejudices to which hereditary influence anti pater
nal. exempla naturally inclined him, Ind which by
careful reflection, were gradually ripened into
stem conviction; having been for the last thirty
years, as they were all aware, the open, uncompro
miaing onnorient of the national principles an d
federal policy of that party, and having on two re
cent occasions expressed his opinion' on the
subject in that place with no lack of freedom,
using nit mincing phrase or delicate oiroumloott
tion, he felt the more at liberty, or rather
he felt impelled, by simple justice, to express
openly his heartfelt admiration of the unanimity
and patriotism with whisk the Demos:wade party
of the North, front Daniel S. Dickinson of New
York to Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois---from the
gallant Butler of Massachusetts to Gov. Sprague
of Rhode Island, from the magnates of the party to
the humblest. renewer in its ranks — have tome for
ward to the defence of the country, under ahem.
staneet which at the first blush might perhaps seem
to afford some slight apology for hesitation. They
had come forward heart and hand to ustain the
0090111111011 t cleated by their opponents against
their former friends and Mr. Jay laid he freely
confuted, with all his put hostility to the Demo
cratie.. party , that he did not know the faot in
American history, from the battle of Lexington,
on the 19th of A.pri1,.1775, down to the massacre of
Massachusetts men in Baltimore on the 19th of
April, 1881, which contained Within itself so Oak
pieta, so conclusive *Adana that the Amerlean
Union is cherished in our heart of hearts, and that
our republican Government, based on the affection
of the people, la the strongest in the world."
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The Speech of "Vice. re ratdent 4'
Stephen
If we had any sympathy to spare for trai
tors, Mr. A. H. Stamens, of Georgia, the
cc Vice President" of the Southern Confede
racy, would be entitled to an abundant share.
His position is certainly unenviable, even
when contemplated from a Southern point of
view. His conversion to Secessionism was so
sudden and complete, that the whole nation
was amazed. His ostentatious professions of
fealty to the Union secured his election by the
people of Taliaferro county, Georgia, and he
entered the Convention of that State with the
hopes and prayers of every patribt, North and
South. He was sustained by a large and power
ful party in the Convention and the State, and
could have made a-fight for the Constitution
with every prospect of ultimate triumph. He
surrendered, however, with more thou the ig
nominy of Twroes, and accepted with alacrity
the empty honor of a -Vice Presidency under
the Montgomery Provisional GoZernment.
From being a warm Mend of the Time and a
bold assailant of treason, he has changed into
the most ultra of ultraists, and pleads the
cause of rebellion with all the sophistry of
which his splendid intellect is capable. His
new-born zeal is suspicious and painful. It is
evident that his new masters suspect him. He
has a record which must cause them many
doubts, and himself a world or care and trou
ble. If he could betray his country in a week,
in how many hours would it take him to be
tray a fragment of his country? Converted
rebels are dangerous liegemen, and are con
stantly objects of suspicion.
The cc Vice President" is laboring with
assiduity, however, to convince his Mont
gomery masters that his zeal for their cause
is real. This zeal gives a singular tone to
his speeches, and he has lately acquired the
habit of visiting them alike upon willing and
unwilling audiences. Mr. STEPHENS was
never a prolific speaker. Now we look
through the Southern newspapers with the
expectation of finding a speech from him, a
bogging plea from KEMNINGER, or (Test
master General" REAGAN'S advertisement
for Mail-bags, as a matter of course and
when we state that the n Vice .President"
made five speeches on one evening last week,
our readers will see that there is little chance,
as far as he is concerned, of our weer Wog
disappointed.
The fifth speech we print in another column.
It is interesting so far as it relates to his mis
sion to Virginia. Mr. Srzvunns was always
an accomplished and effective rhetorician', but
the rhetoric of this effort is something remark
able, and shows what a change has come over
the spirit of Southern orators and states
men. We have soon many recent evidences
of this change, but no one has manifested it
more thoroughly than Mr. STEPHENs. It
actually seems that to become a Secessionist
into cease to be a gentleman. The amenities
of life are even scorned, and we have the most
disreputable adjectives in the dictionary de
livered with the volubility of a Bthingagate
Bah-monger.
If the cc Vice President" sinned only in this,
we might dismiss him as being guilty of a
mere breach of taste and good breeding. We
find, however, all through this address, traces
of the most deliberate falsehood and misre
presentation. We know this is necessary to
further the cause of treason, but we think Mr.
STEPHENS should have left that part of the bu
siness to newspapers like the New Orleans
Delta and Mobile Register, or orators like Mr.
iteszr and Senator Wreeazt. Look at his
story about Norfolk. ft Plans were laid to
burn up the navy yard and the whole city,"
said he, n and Providence only saved the city
from a conflagration which would have been
second only to the burning of Moscow." Mr.
STEPHENS had just returned frem Virginia, had
every means of knowing the truth of the
case, and must have been conaeious that the
statement about burning Norfolk was untrue.
His Montgomery masters may exact many sa
crifices, but swely they might have permitted
him to retain his honor.
This address of Mr. Srarkmas is also notice
able for its piety. His allusions to the Deity
and special Providences would do credit to a
Doctor of. Divinity. He tells the pious people
of Atlanta that Providence reduced Fort atunp.
ter by sending a Storm to scatter the ships,
and saved Norfolk by turninirths , Trma - ar a
oeittuar - moment f — thit this interposition of
Providence is the strongest evidence of their
rectitude, and, after expressing a hope that
the COnfederate flag may soon float_fromihe
ancient Capitol, says, with an air of inimitable
sanctity, gf If so, God's will be done, is my
prayer.-Let .rts do—nething that is wrong.
Let us commit our cause into His hand, per
form our whole duty, and trust in Him for the
crowning result." The Duke of Gloster, who
would have made a most accomplished Seces-.
sionist, was very fond of making such speeches,
.and has left us a very frank opinion of them;
And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With old odd ands, @torn forth of Holy Writ ;
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
It is very evident, from the speech of Mr.
Surrnizes, that the Rebels have entertained the
idea of attacking the capital. Maryland, he
says, r< has resolved to stand by the South." On
her Seeeesion,.“ the District of Columbia will
fall to her by reversionary right—the same as
Sumpter to South Carolina," and on the
strength of that reversionary right," Mazy
laud's secession will be followed by a demand
for the surrender of Washington, a demand
which cc will be enforced at every hazard and
whatever cost."
Tide is the most material Feint in the speech
of the is Vice President." His assertions
that the soldiers of the North are hirelings
and mercenaries," and fight for money, may
Emit the latitude of Atlanta, and be safely
told to an audience that believed his story
about Norfolk. It is evident that the leaders
of this rebellion hare determined to accept
the arbitrament of a terrific war. Mr. STE*
pease says they will c< call out a Million Of
people if need be; and when they are cut
down we can call out another, and still an
other ;" for, says he, (and here we are remind
ed of the Duke of Gloster again,) God is on
our side, and who shall be against us ?" This
language of Mr. Spann:Ns simply embodies
the desperation of ruined traitors, and may
lead to a fearful loss of life, without attain
ing any possible results worthy of accom
plislunent. The people of the N orth enter
into this contest under a patriotic sense of
duty, and Ire filled with a holy enthusi
asm. Mr. SrErness may overlook this fact,
or studiously keep it from his people; but the
people of the South will know it sooner or
later. HO is prostituting his talents to a most
infamous end, and impartial history will pre
sent no more melancholy page than that
which records his ambition and his shame.
KLNTITUJET, MISSOLIBI, AND MARTI..AIt Will
undoubtedly elect Representatives to serve in
the new Congress, beginning with the called
session, on the 4th of July ; and Virginia,
thongh really out of the Union, so far as her
leaders are concerned, will attempt the same
thing. Our friends shordd be on the alert, to
resist the admission of every Representative
who is the advoente of secession or disunion.
Of course, all such men will refuse to take the
oath when the Speaker presents it to them,
and hence none other but known Union or
Government men should attempt to come to
Washington, to participate in the deliberations
ofOongress. We had a number of Secession
ists in the last Congress, and care should be
taken to prevent a repetition of this farce in
the Congress which is to come.
The attention of persons oontemptating a
itott to Niagara Palle is laritod to the adyertho
ment of the Clifton House, in another part of to•
day's paper.
Lazes Beau or Dar Goons, dc.—The early at
tention of purehasers i. requested to the large and
valuable assortment of staple and fancy dry goods,
parasols, to., embraolag 695 lots, (including the
entire stook of a city establishment) to be pe
remptorily sold, by catalogue, for cash, cora
meneing at 10 o'clock, (with the good will of the
store and fixtures of store, northwest corner of
Eighth and Market streets,) to be continued the
greater part of the day without intermission, by
Myers, Claghorn, dt,ioo., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and
234 Market street.
STOCKR AND AZAL ETATN, TIIIRDAY NAM—.
Sao Thomas at Sous' advertisements. Pamphlet
4 " , tolegues cm Saturday. They sell at th.s
Et
change every we&C.
Broca op , Pm Wilma awe LIONONN. to be sold
on Friday. Catalogues now ready. See 'deer
thumemta.
The l'eunsylvania Camps.
Renntairono, May 13.—Two companies arrived
from Mechanicsburg this morning.
Six unattached companies ars now in vamp at
ehambenbarg,besides three regiments.
Another regiment will go thither during the
Week, and one more to West Chester, making four
altogether at the latter point.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1861.
WASHINGTON COIIIMSPOMS.
Letter from 44 ,0ceeeional. 19
Correspondemea of The Prencl
. .
The leaders of the . . Bentham relbeMen, are he.
ginning—and only.beginning--.-to reran Blair true
condition in their;newtrelirtion tntheihwtrament.
After laughing at thrfacere idea of &concentrated
publie opinion in the free States in support of a
strong policy, they now concede that they were
mistaken, and that they will be welled upon to
make nee of extraordinary mettai t 4 MUM them.
selves. A gentleman who returned from Richmond
list evening informs me that the leaders in that
quarter claim to have under arms some thirty
five thousand men in the whole State, and he
eatimatee that of these eight thousand are quar
tered in and about that city. Col. Lee, of Arlington
Heights, opposite Washington, an officer of great
distinction, who resigned hie commission in the
United States service some two weeks ago, IS the
General of the forces, and is assisted by Cap.
tain Lay, late aid-de•eamp to Lieutenant
General Scott. Both these gentlemen esnphati
eally deny that it ever was Abe intention of the
Southern Confederacy to attack thla capital ;
_sad
yet, the fact is so patent and so notorious that Mr.
Dr. Davis did cherish such a design, that I am
amazed that it should be disputed or denied in
any quarter. The Secretary of War of the South.'
ern Confederacy, venting ter Jefferson Davis
when the news of the attack upon Sampler was
received at MontgoMery, Alabama, announced
that their prime object was to seise Washiagton,
expel Mr. Lincoln, and then to march upon
Fainudi Hall, Boston. My informant eta* that
the Kentucky, regiment, now in Virginia, find er
your old friend Vol. MOOD Duncan,..(Whir i from
having been a pro-Bell, pro-Iktuglis man, - bag be
come a violent Secessionist,) is the finest body of
men he saw. • The Virginia troops need arms, and
their chiefs think that Washington is °coupled - by
fifty thousand soldiers. The apprehension of- an
attack upon Richmond is daily growing stronger,
and Col. Lay gave it, as his opinion, that-'Ear
per's Ferry could never be taken by the 'United
States troops. It is evident that all these men
have been consternated by the. Beare* and, the
rapidity of the movements of the Administration.
Credence is given to the most exaggerated nutters. ,
Othelle,y description of his warlike(' experienie to
the gentle Desdemona, in which he Spoke of t#ie
" Anthropoehas i and men whesue4teade-4,
Do grow beneath their shoulders."
was not more extravagant than the stories they be.
lieve of the preparationa of the Government add
of the kind of men engaged in our army; They
fancy the Bouvet; untamed savages, the -Mama—
chuaetts men psalm.singing fanatics, and every
Rhode Islander a giant. their doubts as to
ern unity have given way to the most wondeOnt
ideas of Northern enthusiasm. Some of their molt,
intelligent men think they are to be overran, over
whelmed, and absorbed by a Northern invasion. All
this while they insist that their alarm are loyal !
The credulity and superstition of the negro is 'a
well-established bet. If intelligent whites" are
alarmed by the _warlike demonstrations of the
Government, how do you think the ignorant
blacks will regard them ? Hide from this populti-
Hon as you may newspapers and books, you can
not chain down their thoughts or prevent loud
rumor from blowing its ittonni into their ears
They will either welcome the Northern army into',
their midst as foes or as deliverers. If the first,
'bey` will fly, and not fight; if the second, thy "
will light:end not fly. When I kear the ildelitYet
the sieves demented upon. I recall the terror eg.
cited by the unexpected advent of John Brown,
the nervous fear that pervaded the whole South'
prior to the battle of New Oriente, and the Nat:
Turner insurrection that made every farm.honee
in Virginia a citadel, and put arms even into the
hands of the women.
Let the Government strike but one bold blow,
crushing and sudden, and that which is now an
undefined-apprehension will beoome a panic and a
stampede. With all this, however, it is well not
to underrate the enemies of the Government.
Their very desperation will make them brave.
They claim to have anticipated a dearth of food,
by sowing a vast amount of land with corn, and
for lack of beef they point to the grazing-fields of
Texas, and the fruitful pastures of Kentucky and
Tennessee. As to money, their shhiplestere pass
from hand to hand, and, though incapable of re
demption, answer all the present requirements of
currency. My opinion is that they will light with
as much courage as could be expected of men em
barked in such a cause. Bow long they will Belt
is another question.
It is of the last importance that every effort
should be made to prevent divisions among the
friends of the Union in the free States. There Is
no doubt that in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, many
men are carefully watching the movements of the
day, determined to take advantage of every miss
hike so as to foment dieseneione, and assist the .
South in its rebellion by dividing the North. All
party orgamzssiuns should therefsre give Way,
omit am glad to know that can
setting an excellent example by refraining from
removing men from ethos who are lincerely deter. ,
mined to stand by the Government in its present;
'peril. Some interest is exalted by , the approach-"
ing special election for Congress in the district
lately represented by the Eon, George W. Saran
ton, composed of the counties of Luzern*, Colum
bia, Wyoming, and Montour. In the South, cer
tainly in the Cotton States ' all pirties, for
one or another reason , rally around ,a .
1 . - t imm
cause which is undoubtedly wio—ed, -,,,
_Walt
never be motioned by any clanked Go - t
Why, then, should we not beaqually cordk r - ilia
taking the cause. that is. inquest/4mila righit
Let the election in the Congressional district rso
.
forted to be so conducted as to indicate a sentis
Ment showing how Pennsylvania standa.,_ : It doe!'
not become me to dictate a candidate, hut .I can-,
net forbear advising our friends in that district to
be careful, lest individual aspirations should :dal
mage the general cause. No matter what a tine
man's antecedents may have been, if be is rigif
new, heartily and sincerely right, and will come
to Washington determined to give his boat aid to
the Administration in its vigorous policy, he
should betaken up and put through, if posaibb,
by a unanimous vote. I see that Bennett, g
the New York Beratti, after writing strongly in
favor of setting the slaves of Virginia 4
Maryland free, now fame about and blames es
Tribune and Ti 1463 for doing, precisely the 5 e
thing. It is upon such issues as these, by loss g
beyond th e prbabht and misting a gloomy horosio
of the future, by terrifying the States of Virgi
and Maryland, and by exciting sympathy in &lir'
behalf in the free States, that the present ova..
whehning patriotism in the latter may be chi
etnsotezi, and finally turned into the wrong a , , -
nal. After we have adjusted ourselves to the ner
circumstances that must Iseult from the premet
exigencies, divisions and subdivisions will of co
take place. Parties will be formed as they we .
formed a ft er the late war, but now nothing can 4t
more injurious than to be reviving dead dispnt
about Democracy and Republicanism, or alto '
personal ambition to come in to the detrilaint
the general good.
A gentleman who saw ex-President Binshanan
few days ago, repreeenta that he is in a Most fee
condition, greatly depressed at the situation of pu
lie affairs, and yet earnestly in fairer of the maxi
of the present Adminbstration. Be gives it as
unqualified opinion that no foreign Government wi
recognize the Southern Confederacy, and declined
with great emphasia, that those in the lead of 07,4
movement should be pat down if it led tea spires
years' war and to the expenditure of , hundreda
millions of dollars. .Be should have thought of all
this a year ago. ODOASIONAL. I
Arrival and Departure of New •
Troops.!
• :
At wren oielook yesterday afternoon, a detach.
runt of troops from New York City remitted' Cam'
den, by the Camden and Amboy Railroad, in.
took the ferry boat for the Prime-street ;wharf
where they were at once ushered into a train . 0
nine pars and mint out Prime street to the Bald
more depot, and thence direetly South.; Ties
were found to be five hundred regulars fro* Teias
lately attached to the rebel Twigp' command
who have been in New York some days, and, ar
now en, march. for Washington, through Biltintore.
They were accompanied by a full olarionet band
of twenty Ocoee, whiehdiseonmed natiopal tunes
that brought stirring words to mind. ' !
The men were hardy and well drillid. Theyl
wore the high black felt hat, with the ; gilt eagle
and begirt attached, and blue garments. :There
was nothing espeolally noteworthy shoat the men,
but they were enthwisstio,,and capable of any re
quirements: They are probably by tile time o
the open bay, and we shall hear to-day of their ar ,
rival at Baltimore. The men, in some convene,
lion that we held with them, were Load in tliell
denunciation of the traitor Twland 'relate/
ggik uuna
their treatment in Texas with a dot ' ' tion ti
avenge it upon the abettors of reboil! ,Ve hart
1
published full lists of the °Score oft thew commit
nies before, and we forbear publishing their agaiM
as they are of no possible Interest tO readers. ;
The Second New York regiment received mar&
ing order' YeelerdeY. They probably passel
through this city at a late hour last night.
Captain Meagher, of the reserve corps of thl
Sixty-ninth New York regiment, went to 'Wash
ington yesterday with a small detachment of mce
and a large quantity of stores for the regional
We heard that he passed through the city at to
o'clock last night.
Orders were received from headquarters vest •
day, (Wedneaday,) to send forward the rose
companies of the 2 hirteenth Dlogratent, (Drool
lyn ) They number 300 men, mil Will ,be sent
to Washington this afternoon, passing thro
Philadelphia to-night.
It is of 061 i — interest to a Wiens to know
officers of all these tiessitory:troops,` that co
and go so quickly, that few are conscious of the
presenoe. Our own troops note engross all ea
and the tardy movements of thi State to respect
that are justly tholes for . Mint,
Mt. Jorn SWAM, the talented ond ye z 1
tile author and drawiatist, has ready for prod*.
tion a new comedy, entitled*" Under . the Rose,
*Mph, 111 mid, will be the" sing piece W
leek's new theatre in New ork. Mr. Bang*
waU known's'a the author of BybU, one of the m
suociewesa tragedies of modern time
witsursorron,4.7 8,1881
LATEST INE*S.
By TelegraPh to The Frea
nmw WASHINGTON.
Special Deopetohoo to " The Poem"
WU/WIGTON, May 8, 1861
Unnamed and Ready for Duty.
The Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment have received
their uniforms. On making an early visit to•day
to their quarters, in the Inapguration•ball build
ing, they stated that they had received their uni
forms yesterday, and were mcioh pleased with
them. One of the oiliest., remarked that they
were all right, now, and spoiling, for a tight."
The indloations are too manifest that they will not
have to spoil long before they will be called to that
experience. It le duo to the Fifth to My QM they
are among. the best companies in the Oapital. They
have drilled constantly every day since their
arrival, and have attained great precision in their
military movements: They doeire to be remem
bered, through The Press, to the ladies of Ptala- .
delphia and other parts of the. State, who have
one so much , for their comfort.
Scene of the First treat Battle.
It Is believed here that the first conflict will not
be in Virginia, but at Cairo, near the confluence of
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, where the opposing
foroes are gallering.for a grand struggle to obtain
dominion over that important point and position.
Oar Retail. Market's.
The Virginia authorities have removed the re
strictions whieh forbid farmers to come to Wash
-
4000 with their produce. We are consequently
better sapplissil with vegetables, fresh meats and
butter, and prices have fallen a trifle. Butter was
selling at 50 cents a pound three daps ago, and
scarce at that.
44 Through Baltimore to Washington."
To-day we are told troops will again maroh
through Baltimore on their way to the capital.
It is the desire of the authority** In Baltimore
that no obitruotione be Presented to prevent a
peaceable _march through. •the city. They will
unite with the operations of General Bumza and
ethers, moving under orders from the War Depart-
Meat, in sedating.this issue. General BUTLER has,
- 2'ooo. mm at the Relay Hones, under the most
%triet military discipline and regulations. At that
point all trains on Via Balthnoro and Ohio railway
are examined, and provisions and clothing for the
army of the Confedeliate States are detained-
64 Camp Cameron.”
. The Seventh New York Regiment presented to
.speotators great activity yesterday and to-day.
they areolosely driiled, in regular military
equal in all ordinary movements to
"oar regular forces. They anticipate a conflict,
and are ready. to marsh to the front of the forward
ranks whenever called upon. If, unfortunately, a
conflict is unavoidable, and such a position should
'be demanded of them, and our country is corn
:pelted to assert its rights at the point of the bay°.
A i the Seventh 'will be among those whose
aohievements will be recorded in history to their
;credit as a regiment, and to the valor of their men
individually. They court the opportunity to ma
tritest their loyalty end devotion to their country.
The regiment numbers over 1,200 men, in 204
:COMIC
The Accident at the Relay House.
, Therriudden death of a member of the eighth
New York regiment, by "the discharge of his mus
ket while cleaning it; yeiderday, has saddened the
'hearts of his comrades, and thrown a gloom over
the regiment. His lime was Marv, and he was
endeared to his associates by his oourteone and kind
deportment. He leaver a wife and two children in
Brooklyn, New York.
Last evening, a number of the soldiers at the
Belay Rouse sickened after eating ginger cakes,
purchased from a cake vendor, who loam* to the
camp. The matter is to be investigated.
_Rhode Island Marine Battery.
The Rhode Island battery of light artillery, with
about one hundred horses and all the paraphernalia
of the company, were on the Avenue yesterday.
They were inspected by Inspector General MoDow-
ELL, from whom, as might be expected, they re•
calved roomituns of praise for the completeness of
their equipments, beauty of their animals, and
general correctness hitactice. The company were
sworn in et the Patent Office.
Military Movements in Washington.
To•day active movements are in progress among
the sevezkl.regimenta A constant marching and
countermarching is kept up to and from quarters
and drill grounds, and,the fife and drum are heard
from a dozen points at the same time. The day is
line, and the street of so ranch military display
leaves the unaVoidahle Impression on the mind
that something of a todsguinary nature is about to
take, plass somewhere: '‘.
__rTtnv_wrnsrxduaucarri-
Moordemany, May •43...!—The Puts" Department
le readyJo•take charge of the mails at : any moment
'tlfit'Cogirele may direot. The official seal, books,
'blanks, routes, and clerical force are complete, and
no detention of • malls te feared in consequenoe'ef
any Tolley of the United States Gov,ernment.
Mr. Morton, of Florida ; offered a 'resolution in
qUiring into the propriety of appointing chaplains
to the navy. Adopted.
Mr Ooldltree, of Tell* presented a bill piaci•
ding for'ilwoompqmaation,of the dlsbursingdjaeare
of the wind departuteitti. -
Me, cearadrettLiintsiana,,nerienti inference to
the 00124ttec on 4 411ilarts, 'AVM io•
The Congress theTayezit iihorot
in Congress to-day:, the President, Mr. Cobb,
read a despatch from Ds P. sa2,-the commission
er froni,l4eorgia, announcing that Arkansas had
"pained" ttnanimottely and unconditionally an ordi
nance of secession. '
FROM ANNAPOLIS.
&Worms, May B.—The Nevr York Twentieth
Regiment arrived from Perryville this morning.
Thly will prooeed shortly to Wiohington.
- Captain Elehiyier Hamilton, from the Relay
LDOUOO I reporte that the entire line of road to that
point is in the quiet possession of our troops.
:Oeneral Butler is expected here to-day.
The steamer Thomas sparks, Lieut. Crosby,
U. 8. N:, has arrived in port, with the light-boat,
which was stationed off Windmill Point, and the
convoy in tow. The latter exploded her boiler at
the month of the Patuxent, severely scalding one
man. Her men were tranferred to the Thomas
Bparks.
Lieutenant Crosby reports having , found the
light-boat twelve miles up the Great Weighoomoco.
Her crew managed to escape, leaving a warm
breakfast behind. The log showed that three
armed schooners had taken possession of her a
month since.
Lieutenant Crosby saw some two hundred naval
ry on shore, and the country was arming.
The importance of Annapolis as a military depot
ie daily becoming more apparent. An immense
quantity of Mores are daily being reoeiyed and
distributed.
Quartermaster Torniey, and Captain Myers, of
Now York, Lite noolotopt, ore briogiog ordor eat or
chaos.
Captain Smith, of the Thirteenth New York Re
ghnent, will command at Annapolis.
Western Virginia Solid for the ITnion
THE WHEELING CONVENTION.
Ddegates from Fourteen Counties I
ready ippointed.
ARMING OF TEE UNION MEN.
Winixtrut, Va., Map B.—A large Union meet.
ing waa held - at Kingwood, in Preston ominty, on
the 4th inst., at which resolutions were adopted
expressing unalterable opposition to the Ordinance
of Seoession, and favoring a division of the State
to vote for members of Congress. Delegates ware
appointed to the Wheeling Convention.
Nothing has been heard from the Kanawha re.
gion, but advises from the various western coun
ties indicate a great increase in the Union senti
ment.
All the necessary arrangements are being =de
for holding the Convention of Western Virginia in
this city on Monday. Fourteen counties have thus
far appointed delegates.
A great deal of enthusiasm is manifested over
the receipt of 2,000 stand of arms which reached
here to day.
I=O , Ml
Action of the Legislature on the Haiti
more Riot.
HARRISBURG, May 8 7 -The report of the select
committee on that portion of the governor's mes
sage relative to the killing of troops at Baltimore
was made this afternoon. It recites the facts, and
demands the punishment of all persons taking
part in the murders, and.the release of all Algoma
of Pennsylvania now - unjustly confined by the
Baltimore authorities. A hill is recommended
authorizing the governor to take such measures
as he may deem best to effect these purposes.
The Pennsylvania Militia.
"'SPOUTS OF TRA QUARTERMASTER OSNXRAI, AND
coxxiseiai GINIRAL
HARRISBIIIIG, May B.—The Quartermaster fairne
ral'a report, mrde to the Rouse to-day, shows' the
following result:
Sara total contracted in Philadelphia $69,439
AinOunt paid 21,000
Amount unpaid 47,000
tiopplies worth $13,130 had been sent to Camp
Curtin.
The Commissary General reports the cost of all
articles purchased at Harrisburg for Camp Curtin
at,524,1342 This is in addition to the ;09,000 ex
pended by Quartermaster Hale in Philadelphia.
The Northern Central Railroad.
ALL %qua 21131DCIAC8 ERRITIZT.
Rininesuno, May B.—All the, bridges on tho
Northern Central' Railroad, between here " and
Bfiltiololll, have been rebuilt
Foe at Memphis, Tenn.
Marion's, Tenn., May B.—The block of build
Inge at the ooraer of Front Row sad Court atm
Wets burned to.day. Loss $BO,OOO.
The Latest from the Seat of War.
Batertitons, May S.—There has been no mate
rial change in affairs at the Relay House.
This, afternoon General Ratter tried the range
of his battery on the heights, taking ter a tarpt
an old, rureeenpled shanty, two•thirds of a mile
distant, which was streak with groat precision.
The Massachusetts Regiment are UM without
tents, sleeping in booths made of fence•rails. tree
boughs, and planks. A laughable incident is told
of one of them, who, roused by the rain beating
upon him. ahouked to biz comrade to " Pat down
the window."
The funeral of Private Leonard, of the New York
Regiment, whose accidental death was noticed
yesterday, took plane this afternoon. It was
attended by a 'ergs body of military, extending
nearly half a mile. The body was buried in the
Methodist Church ground.
The New York regiment have their camp now in
flue order. L illie afternoon they reheat 41 WI. Bag
eta' In the centre of the camp, and epread the
dare and stripes to the breeze, with loud cheers
and rolling of drums.
gothe thirty earl ladWWl with prOVitimull and
groceries, ohlefly consigned to Government agents,
went to Washington today. A rigid examination
of all westward bound trains is still main
tained,
The City Connell of Baltimore thie evening made
an appropriation to rebuild the bridge at Canton,
on the Philadelphia road. •
The recruiting for the United states army in
actively progressing here The' National hotel,
which has been unoccupied for some time past, bas
been rented for quarters.
FRZIMIRICK, Md , May S.—About four hundred
Kentuckian, Col. Blanton Duncan's command, are
reported to have arrived at Ilarperie Ferry. They
were unarmed.
A cavalry force of 400 men, from the Carlisle
Barra°lo, were encamped last, night on fdarah's
creek, near Emmetaburg, era route to Washington
They are expected to pass near -Frederick to
night.
Governor Hicks, in reply to the resolution of in
quiry by the Legislature tusking whether he con
sented to or authorizecl_the burning:4 the bridges
on the Northern Ceidral and Philadelphia roads,
sip he deithet authorized nor oonsented to the
destruction of the said bridges, but left the whole
matter in the hands of the Mayor of Baltimore,
with the declaration that he bad no authority in
the premises, and that he was a lover of law ant
order, arid could slot participate in each proeeed-
ings.
Gen. Butler, in his spsoial brigade order of to
day, makes the following allusion to the arrest of
Blionoor ;
" The eaneral takes this opportunity publicly,
as he has done privately, to thank Limits. Fox and
Shelley, of the Eighth Regiment, for, their oriel
-
noes, promptitude and zeal, in arresting one
Spencer, who was uttering in the iireeenoe of the
'troops at the Relay House, atrocious sentiments,
deolaring that 'we,' meaning himself and brother
rebels, 'soled rightly toward the Massaohnsette
troops three weeks ago last Friday,' and paying
that the murderous mob who killed our friends
there were right in the action, and that the same
men were preparing to give us a warm reception
en our return.
"For these treasonable speeobes, substantially
admitted by him in his written examination,
Spencer has been arrested and sent to Annapolis,
where he will be properly dealt with.
The other matter to which the Seneral desires
to call the attention of the troops is this : Wishing
t ) establish the most friendly relations between
you and:this neighborhood, the General invited all
vendorS of supplied to Tian our camp, and min.
ish our somewhat beauty commissariat.
"But, to his disgust and horror, he ands well au.
thentioated evidenee that a private In the 6th Re.
&sent hes been poisoned by means of strych
nine adminzstered in food, brought into camp
by one of these pedlars. I am happy to be in
formed that the man is now out of danger. This
sot, of course, wilfrender it necessary for me to
cut off all purohooes from unauthorised personi.
"Are our few insane enemies among the loyal
men of Maryland prepared to wage war upon us
in this manner? Do they not know the terrible
lesson of warfare they are teaehing us ? Can it
be that they do not realize the fact that we can
put an agent, with a word, in every household,
armed with this terrible weapon?
" In view of the terrible eonsequenees of this
mode of warfare, if it were adopted by us from
their teaoltings, may we not, with every sentiment
of devotional prayer, exclaim, Father. forgive
them ; they know not what they do.' Certain it
is that , any other each attempt, reasonably au
thenticated as to tbb person committing it, will be
followed by the swiftest, =rest, and meat condign
punishment."
Capt. Mews and the Slavebolders of
Key West.
SEIPP ANSW2P. OP SECaJeARY 0111 WAND.
WASHINGTON, May will be seen ; from the
followingroemoraus.nrtnavisra rroccaost_aoquits
Capt. Moir of the coMplainti.whiek followed him
from Key West, on his return from reinforcing the ,
forts of the Gnlf : '
anuroßaripum.
DKPAIMIENT or STATI,
WASHINGTON, 7th of May, 1881.
- The Sixszatery of State boa easefully reed the
lettere of Hon Wm. Marvin, Capt. Limit, and
Lieut. Morton, sent or submitted to him by Brta-
Mar General Totten, and bee farther required - of-
Capt. Melgs an amount of the transaction referred t
to in then papers. '
It appiana.,frout the information thud obtained,.
that - dettain "klareholdein-at West, in, the
tltittsof Florida, a long time ago hired to thecnb-'
Ile egoitypuf„ . the Government a number of -slaves,
at , Yefi,Yratonorstive prices, to be outplayed as
lobotero,le the fortifications of the United States,!
for a tint of years yet unexpired. Of these a
certain number, nqt, it is believed, exceeding
twenty, were employed in the fortifiestions at Tor
tuga; when Colonel Brown arrived there, and,
having need of help: in reinforcing and supplying
Fort Pickens. be too - klimixt..to Pensacola, and em
ployed them there in landing stores from the At:
lanuc and Ekinott, at Port Pickens.
It is not complained in the papers before me that
the masters are not paid or to be paid fer the labor
of the sloven. On the contrary, Captain Meigs
distinctly understood that the quartermaster is to
pay their wages toile masters of the slaves at Key
West, as heretofore. It is not pretended that the
quartermaster has violated or intends to violate
the contract of hire In any way. It must ba en
tirely immaterial to the master whether the Slaves
work at Tortugas or Fort Plaque. Both these
places are situated in the State of Florida. They
are alike safe under the Government In both eases.
Should the contract be broken by the public, noun!,
the President will take cue to see that due redress
is afforded.
I am not able to understand what there is wrong
or censurable in this matter. Some of the letters
say the masters of the slaves hired them as laborers
at Fort Jefferson, and would not have consented if
asked, to their being Bent to Fort Pickens. This
special point is not sustained by any proof. On
the other band, the contract wan made years ago,
and for years yet to come, and though ills assumed
that they were hired to labor at Key West, they
were nevertheless actually found laboring at' the
Tortugas without any objection on the part of the
masters. It is not at all probable that the Govern
ment, when hiring men to work at its fortifications
in one port of the State, stipulated that they should
not be employed in another within the same State.
It is said in another letter that the transaction is
likely to be represented throughout the-Southern
States as negro stealing—as a disregard by the
Government of of the rights of memen—
tos the commencement of a course of interfe
ranee with slavery leading to its pholition—u the
employment of slaves by the General Government
in acts of hostility against the mastere—as forc
ing negro slaves to make war on the whites,
and if they should be placed under the fire cf guns
without their oongsnt or the consent of their mai•
tore it might be represented as inhuman. These
are very strained conceits. The papers show that
the colored men went from the one port to the other
voluntarily and oheerfally. They can in no ease
be exposed to fire exeept from - the-citizens of the
Slate of Florida in an attack of direct and unlaw
ful war against the United States. Even their
return of that fire could not be an act of hostility
against their masters, unless those masters them
selves should be found. voluntarily there, in arms
against not only their own slaves, but spinet the
Government and the whole people of the United
States;"a _crime which it is not to be supposed
they will commit Again, it in not to be presumed
that the slaves will be compelled to booome cont.
batints at alkesoept in a case where military ne•
amity would justify meting any persons found in
the fort become oombatants and it is not easy to
use that negro !slaves have any greater right than
free white persons to exemption - from the hazards
rendered necessary for the public safety in a time
of civil war.
New Jersey Legislature.
TRENTON, May B.—ln the Senate, this morning,
the loan bill was amended so as to authorise a loan
of two million dollars instead of one million, as In
the House bill; , and in that shape the bill was
passed. It is believed that the Rouse will concur
in the amendment.
A bill authorizing the Governor to raise four
regiments for the State service, to purchase ten
thousand stand of the beet muskets or rifles, end
ati many field-pieces, with munitions of war, as the
Governor may deem necessary ; and to alter the
four or five thousand flint-look muskets owned by
the State, was passed by the Haase this morning
and amended in the Senate.
Bills authorising the cities of Newark, Vinton,
Rahway, Camden, and Bordentown to raise money
to support the families of volunteers have been in
trodrursd, and will be passed.
The Senate resolutions or thanks to the Gover
nor, the President, &c., were passed by the Bones
to day, by a unanintte TOW. The people are
highly gratified by the commendations which the
New Jersey volunteers receive from all quarters.
We have now several oompanies which will com
pare favorably with any troops In, the Union,
either volmateers or regulars.- From present &p
-i-nitre/20es there will be no difflealty ha raking all
the men called for to serve for three years. or
during the war.
Military Movements in Missouri.
Sr. Lotus, May 7.—The Union Home Guards of
the First and Second wards, numbering I,soo,were
sworn into the emit* of the United States to day.
The companies formed in the other wards will be
sworn in during the week. These men are to be
allowed to remain with their families and follow
their usual avocations, but will be required to do
guard duty one day in each week.
Capt. Lyon has received orders to wept 10 000
volunteers. Be has already upwards of 5,000
mastered into, the service, and the Home Guard of
this city will complete, and perbars azeeed, the
Complement,
ATCHISON, MO., May 7.—At the numlelPel also.
tion, to-day, Mr. Fatrobßd,'Unien eaudidate for
Mayor, was elected by 28 insjority, over Mr.
Hieltedl. The election was very warmly eon
tested, though it, passed off unietly. This city
has heretofore given a Danooralio _majority of
Owns 200. The Union men are overjoyed at their
vietory.
Secession Message of Gov. MagaMa.
Lourrvir.Ln, May 8 —Governor Magdalen mes
sage was-reoeived by the Lope'lature to-day. He
Nye the eemi-offielal aunoaueement of • pacific
policy on the part of the Bedesel Government has
Neen broken. The country hie been involved in a
civil war, which, If not successfully resisted, will
prove fatal to the liberties of the peepla. He
charges the President, with the usurpation of
power in creating a standing army, mad with
sectional hate to mcbjogate or exterminate the
people of ten or more States.
Seven States bar: , ebtatalbed a Confederacy
which seems to receive the cordial and undivided
allegiance of their entire population. North Ca
rolina, Tenneuee, and Arkansas will soon join it,
while Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware, where
the public, sentiment favors a like step, are con
sidering the propriety of Joining the Confederacy
He declares the American Union dissolved, and
that war actually exists, and asks whether Ken
tnaky shall continue with the North, and sesame
her portion of the enormous war debt being in-
Inured, or whether she shall declare her own inde
pendence and, single banded, prepare to maintain
it, or whether she shall make common cause with
the slaveholding Stated?
lie says he dime not propose to disease the sub
ject, but refers it to the people. Au the begiela
tare wag elected two years ago, he recommends the
passage of a law for a State Convention and elec•
don of delegate'. He regrets that' hie proposition
to arm the State was not carried out byt e last
Legislature. lie compliments the Commercial,
Louisville, and Southern Banks for tendering
money to , procure arme, but says he fears that,
from the refusal of the other banks, the opportu
nities for obtaining large supplies of effective guns
and munitions of war have been lost
He recommends the issue of thoutumd.dollar
bonds to secure fends fel the purchase of arms. He
compliments the ability and aooomplishments o f
the State Guard. He speaks of the oe-operation of
the Executives of Ohio and Indiana .for the pre
conrallOn Of amicable relations and - trade, bat says
they cannot control their law/e0 citizen& alio tears
that an armed collision will prevail along the
whole border unless effectual means are taken to
prevent it. He says his proposition to the General
Government to suspend hostilities till the meeting
of Congress met with no mumastr, and asks that all
party feeling be now extinguished, and tbat Ken
tucky immediately maintain the peso., honor, and
safety of her citizens.
From California
- - IBr. Pen, Expreas..l - . .
AFFECT OF IBS WAR NEWS--RISEARRASSMERT Or
TISEABIIItE EIBIPMMINTB
Roar Ba..tuaix, May B.—The California Pony
Express passed here yesterday afternoon.
SAN Fitascusoo, April 27-3 40 P. M.—Arrived
25th, ship Memnon, from Manilla, bark Isle of
France, from Sydney, ship Bald Eagle, from Kong-
Hong.
Bailed 24th, bark Ogle, for Valparaiso ; schooner
Ida, for the Amour river; 26th, ship . Lotus, for
Hong-Kong.
The ship Syren cleared on the 25th for Boston,
with a cargo consisting of 12 000 sacks of barley,
500 seeks of wheat, 3.000 halesof wool, 1.700 hides,
and 3,200 sacks of dipper ere. This latter is des
tined to become an important item of California
escorts.
In beating out of the harbor without employ . ing
a steam tag, the Syron run on a rook, sustaining
such damage as to require the discharging of her
cargo, and going into dry dook.
The ship Revenue is under oharter for bread
stuffs for Australis.
Gana= News ..The receipt of the Eastern
news to the 15th inst., advising the taking of Fort
Sumpter, and the probable oommenoement of
civil war, has had its effect upon the business
community, causing all to observe the utmost
caution about new ventures. While it is believed
California will suffer less from civil war than any
other State, the apprehension of serious business
derangements here is seriously entertained.
The effect of the war news is most perceptible in
embarrassing treasure movements. Last night 'a
mooting of hankers was hold to determine the
policy to pursue about shipping treasure to New
York by ocean steemors, but nothing definite was
arranged. The insurance agents refuse to insure
treasure against the hazards of war. The ex
change market is consequently unsettled. Some
eight drafts on New York were purohased at 4 per
cent. to remit eastward by to.day'e pony express.
Some of the New York treasure shipped hence by
the steamer of the let May will probably be trans
ferred at Aspinwall io the British West /naia mail
hue.
It ie difficult to report, at the present time, what
the peculiar sentiment of California is in regard
to the war policy of the Administration. In San
Francisco, although no public demonstrations have
taken place, the fettered tone of conversation
seems to be to sustain the Praddent at all hasards,
In his efforts to preserve the Union.
The Legislature bas' rejected a 'bill calling a
Congressional election for the 18th of May, the ob
ject of which was to elect two members of Con
ela, i
v n time to take their seats in the extra lea ,
mon. The bill was defeated in the Assembly, by
the combined strength of the Itreokinridge Demo
crats and Republicans, evidently for the .reason
that they feared the Douglas Democrats would get
the moat advantage from the Union sentiment of
the State, and sleet their candidates, if the elec.
Lion takes place so soon.
The arr ival of Gen. Sumner, to assume the corn
mend of the Government forces on this coast, is
the subject of congratulation by many, although it
ill not believed that any snapieione of the loyalty
of the United States officers were justifiable.
General Johnston, however, resigned some
weeks ago, and it is commonly reported that he is
about to depart for the East to join the Army of the
Confederate States.
- • • - - • -.
The Catholic, school bill has been defeated in the
Legislature by a large majority.
It is Understood that Senator MoDougsill will de
part fbr Washington on the 20th of May, and Sena
tor Latham on the 15th of June, Mr. Latham is
to receive a oompllmentary dinner at Sitn Fran.
&rico, and some kind of demonstration in his favor
is preparing at Sacramento.
General Lane, after spending a few days in this
city, hes gone to Oregon.
The llome Guard.
HARnlnEtrad, May 8 —A severe debate teak
plans in the Senate to-day between McClure, Fin
ney and ilinith. - upon the bill establishing the
game Guard of Philadelphia.
Mr. Finney and Mr. McClure otjeoted to letting
thi.bid, go farther than Is 'woad readin:gostil
thi General Militia bill, tending In the Roue,
shall pass finally.
Mr. Smith urged the immediate passage of the
bill. It was finally laid over for a setarad tending.
The dismission between Mr. Finney and Mr.
Smith was fall of sharp personalities.
Another Requisition,
lieunrearno, May S —The Oeturaisearyls ac
count of disbursements has been produced by
Thomas Webster, and gives general satisfaction.
A further requisition upon Pennsylvania for
BIM regiments, to serve for the war, is expected
to-day.
Min) , land Legislature.
Md.,lllay S.—The Court /louse was
nearly destroyed by fire shortly after midnight.
It was supposed to have'been set en fire.
The probabilities now are that the Legislature
will adjourn on Friday, until July 10th.
At a 01111008 of the members of the House, lest
night, it was almost unanimously determined to
abandon the proposition for a State Convention.
Aid to the State.
Hanannuno, May B.—The Philadriptia Cinoin
aati Posiety have sent Governor Curtin $5OO as a
contribution towards arming the State.
Sailing of the if. S. Steam Frigate Min•
nB9O H.
BosToN, May S.—The United Witco atearaer
Minnoaota called at 10 o'clock thief morning, with
aulati ardepa.
A Pernicious Telegram.
TEN STATE LEGISLATURE INDIGNANT
HAERIMIIMIG. May 8 —The despot , * published
in the Philadelphia papers of this evening, de
°hiring that the if ohniteerfs riebtoribled here-would
drive the Legislature out of the Capitol if they
bad a leader, is utterly without foundation in fact.
The House, after an animated debate. appointed
a committee of three to investigate the author
ship of the report, and the correspondent will
doubtless be expelled if discovered. The com
mittee have been able to determine so far, that the
report was not disseminated through the legiti
mate channel of telegraphic news—the. Associated
Press—but was the connection of some irrespotudE
ble party.
Camp Slifer, at Champersburg.
HARRISBURG, May 8 —A member of the Legis
lature, who has just returned from Camp Slifer
says the troops were in flue health and spirits, and
anxious to advanotoon Harper's Ferry. There we
some complaint among them relative to the quality
of the food•
Onsinurnsmraa, Mai B.—An interestiog oeremony
was performed this afternoon at Camp Slifer. Col.
George W. Brewer presented a Rag on behalf of
the ladies of Ohamberiburg. to the Eighth Regi
ment. It was received by Judge Cunningham,f
Wilkeabarre. Eloquent and patriotic addre ssee
were made. The regiment formed a square during
the presentation.
The soldiers here are all well and in Sue sprite,
impatient for notion. -
Abuse of Fire-arms in Washington.
*MUM ACCIDENT TO MR. SIMONTON AND RIB WINE
-A SOLDIER FATALLY WOITADSD
WASHINGTON, May S—Mr Simonton, of the
New York Tunes, was seriously but not danger
ously wounded thin afternoon. Just as be had
passed a military outpost en the city suburbs, the
captain levelled a gun down the road, who:nit sud
denly exploded. The ball penetrated the =uncle
of Mr. Simonton's right shoulder, and, grazing
the bone, came out near the windpipe. The horses
attached his carriage took fright, the vehicle
was overturned, and Mrs Simonton, who asoom
panita her husband, was thrownta the ground and
severely bruised on the head and face.
Much excitement was,occasioned in Pennsylva
nia avenneto-night owing to the thoothig of a sol
dier by, it Is said, a policeman who was in pursuit
of him. The wound being in the head, it is sup
posed will prove fatal. 'Abe Indignation against
the pollee is intense,among the military.
Military Movements in Vermont.
Now Tong, May B.—Warren Leland, of the
Metropolitan Hotel, has tendered his services to
the governor of Vermont, hie Waive IRMO, to lead
the first regiment of the Green Mountain boys.
The Maine Ship Builders.
THIRTY BTXAMERB TIUSTrIENED TO, THE GOVERN
Avenges, May 8 —At' a meeting of the lending
ship owners and commercial men of the Slate, a
resolution was adopted tendering their services to
the Government, and pigging their ability to fur•
nish thirty Mena vesicle in -sixty or ninety asp.
A committee bee been appointed to proceed to
Washington and urge vigorous aetlon in the pre.
mhos.
The Blaine Troops.
PC;WILLND. May B.—The First regiment wont
into camp today near the Marine Hcapital. The
ififth regiment will encamp on the bland Pond
restmantree.
BUG= Firtz.-10, alarm of tire was caused
011 Ti1e20.7 night by the burnt wg•of some bed
clothes and clothing, at a house in Fifteenth street,
above Parrish.
A Fotorourita.—At a Jute hour on Inooday
night a OS&r about two mob* Phi we.
foaud on tit* door-Mops of *throning in ffrankliii
'trout, aboro Parrbb.
Departure of lit Artillery Reel,lt
A,lolPkOrilllga
Yesterday morning, according to etinoun turew
the let Regiment of Artillery left Pht[mom;
via Baltimore railroad, for the seat of War 0, 4 .4
had been brined to the colonels of four regle tuue
to keep the men in the armories on Tau% ni gh
and have them ready for instant motion at as ~,t 1:
hour on Wednesday. lheee orders, however, ac N 3
I
sountermanded so farthe three remelt:Mg tee ,
mints were eonoerned, and the Artillery r eghlut
under ooinmand of Col. Frannie E. Patterson Ms,
gregated on the west of Washington Squ are
The companies marched from their several le o ,
rise in different quarters of the city nteg tmecia.,
and nit more than ten minutes elapsed h ttot ` , J ,
the arrival of the first and of the last te e ";
Snob pramptnere of 'talon argues happily ; 01 .
Ware of this regiment. The men In facthod
het,
with a desire to leave the city, trd
continued restraint and disappointment to vrhk,
th e y had been eubjeoted bed become too m ot , i,
none and irksome for the martial ardor with ltbiot
they were animated. The companies and efh cer,
are as follows :
Colonel, Fraud! B. Patterson ; LiEuteuaut ,p, ,
nel, Robert 0. Tyler ; Major, William t Lte,i,
Adjutant, Gideon Clark ; burgeon, Dr
Be Ai,
eistant Burgeon, Dr. Shippen : Regiment Q ua:.
termaster, Eugene D. Denton
, • CAPTAIN 9.
Company A, Washington gram Thos . P P, rn
Company B , Philadeiphia Grays, D. F. Foley'
Company C, WOOL Philadelphia Grays, Jok e I f
Gardiner,.
Company D, National Artillery, Joseph Slee t
Company A State Gwerd, Robert Thoeim .
Company P,woad
company, WEiebingtct
Graya, Alexander _Murphy.
Company H, Benond c
ompany, Philadc Ais
Grays, Willie& Pruner.
Company H, Cadwaluder Grays, Issas Be gideL
Campany4,lndependeet (I rays, W J. J
land.
Company K, Second company, Cactw i i & d er onsi.
Citadels Tapper.
TEM SCION AT THI BQl7Arts
At eight o'clock the streets oontignenus to
ington liquors were alive with people. A sun ba r
of companies in this regiment include in the rant ;
the sons of some of our wealthiest Citizens 19i
sisters, parents, and families of the volunteers , rt
early upon the ground, anxious to witness the
marching of the regiment, and say the lett too
bye Under the beautiful trees that envirooss the
square, and in the clear cool morning, the yin ,
from a west avenue, when the troops, oempe t y
after company, arrived, wee picturesque and stir
ring in the extreme. To the sound of the drert
and fife, the tramp of Squads of men kept elroug,
resolute music. Column after solemn of brigh t
bayonets came filing up the street, and the ladies,
clustered upon the sidewalks, upon balconies, and
crowding the front steps of dwellings, shook ther
handkerchiefs and smiled, and saddened by ltr ni
as if conscious, not alone of the coming peril, be,
also of the pride inseparable from defenders of tbs
Government. By•and by a detachment of ma
officers cleared the middle of the street, and sand.
nets paced the cutb-atones with muskets at "e ncl.
des inns " to keep book the crowds.
Then the-fine regimental band Caine upon the
:ground, playing the "Star Spangled Banal ht
which all the people buret into a loud hare, sod
the boys threw up their hate. There were lota
elderly females there—mothers, perhope—oho
wore troubled faoes, as if not altogether *Oho
give up their sone, even for their country. sub
had grown seilleh, and might have learned lease.
of patriutiam from the younger folk', some et
whom. in the dearer espacitiee of a wife end of I
betrothed, beheld the departure of those In Into
their hopen were central, with a tear, portiere,
but tears rather of exultation than of regret
When the whole regiment had - been thou drain
ep—fall eight hundred men—they pretreated
eiugularly warlike appearance. Their blenkee
were rolled up and buckled to the tope of their
knapsacks, which latter were strapped to their
backer. They also wore haversacks, and sere
supplied with two daps' provisione. The men
carried full cartridge boxes, but in the meow of
muskets were very diesinellarly provided for
Two or three companies carried the Mini, mar
kete, with the improved Minh eight. (Alien entiti
the old-fashioned muskets, altered from dint to per•
oussion lock, but, on the whole, the men were very
creditably equipped, and beyond some little it
eonvenleince. which they experienced from the
weight of their baggage, were in good ipirin,
anxious for a skirmish, and totally averse to at.
maiming in the city for any further time. Mat ei
the men had their hair /tweed close, and, with the
exception of ten oompenita, wore grey overeats .
At the southwent corner of the egaere, that so
quiet Javelin of pleasant streets, more then twenty
baggage and provision east* wereelationed. That
were express wagons, ferry warps, end mallet
wagons. In these there were ordinary try geode
boxes. Bedtime the drylgoodi boxes, bere were
tent-poles, absent' vaiime, wagons full of corn
fall of biscuit and met
ALONZ TEL ROUTE.
The troops moved.mp Walnut street to hum
and down Broad to the depot, starting at sin
o'clock. Along all the Way; the pavemeata, door.
steps, and windows, were crowded with people
Beautiful women threw kisses as they caught the
smiles of rough-faced men in uniform, and a ben
of wives parsed the troops upon the sidewalk ;
keeping full pace with them, determined at any
heteid to - wade the depot ib lim=o to main a lest
good-bye salutation. They were sheared reread
°dip, and it seemed that all the enthusiastio people
in the city ware out on Walnut stoat, for a m
amma volley of shoats kept pace with thh umn
all the way from Washington Ethan to Broad and
Prime streets:
They reached the depot at quarter to 10 o'clock,
and the band played the beautiful murk' of " Era
of Thee," at they =smiled company after oompaot
behind a quad of policemen, through the great
hall to the middle platform, when they proceeded
almost immediatelyto the care.
The scene was of t he meet animated dokription
An immense thrpiii of persons had gathered to wit
ness the departelre of this 'splendid body of troop!.
and to bid them farewell. As a large proportion
of the VOOl4Oll were friends or relatives of tbe
gallant soldiers, there was no mistaking the hearti
ness of the greeting they reoeived, or the warm In
terchange of feeling which took place during the
time that elapsed between the time of the arrival
of the men and the starting of the train.
An affecting teens warred just after the troorl
had taken meats in the oars. A red bearded mil
with rough sandy locks, eat at an open window
looking wistfully out upon the owaylog poPII
confusedly mingled with the volunteers. Us
great hand rested • upon the sill, and it war Teri
rough and warred: He had unstrapped hie knap .
each and haversaok, and eat very still and pig) ,
as if full of some weighty ,. sore *hit would not lit
him smile, and that kept -him peering into to
crowd. Haring regarded the people several tines
very cloaely, he turned his head with a diesp
pointed expression, and leaned eteadfastly
clot
his hand.-
Directly, through the jostling, pushing, ltasict
crowd, a very diminutive woman, bearing a situp
faced child in her arms, urged herself She hsi
a pale s nervous face, and likewise peered ar t "
antiy among the soldiers as. if Ceiling to mml
some one gases from the ranks. The child looktd
quietly down from her shoulder, and held fast It
her neck by one arm, while with the other he
pointed hither and thither, at gilded elf' Ina
blue troweers and gleaming bayonets. dll st
the eyes of the little woman, and the ape of the
child, and the eyes of the rough soldier who est st
the window, seemed to meet at the same time. The
child relaxed lie grasp of the mother's fleet 00
thrust out both hands toward the man, while lu
sickly feei became overspread with a very hiPPY
expreerion. The little woman very nearly drePl o
the Child in the new of her delight, aid ejeedl t4
" Willyum !" as lithe world bad no other inhabitist
at that time, and the depot had become depopai°_,
of everybody else. The man " Willyum" aPP 64 7,
to ray " Blister," and in a moment he bid Pe"'
his feet upon the sill and let himself out of the or
window with wondrous agility. lie took
It
sickly ohild out of its mother's arm, and kissed
several times, at which the diminutive souse
burst into great lamentations, and the child, Pi'_
i
Willy smothered with the violence of the Pa y
embrace, improved the intervals to eob, it a ow::
net altogether inseplioable. The people fell wra.
for there was something unusual in the Weill
wane before them, and not a few were 5 ° 1E11 ;
tears by the agony of the mother and wile,
the feeling of the man—too great for tool
grief. In a moment the losomotive whlla s 7
shrilly. The man replaced hit child. 10"
wife a single kiss, and vanished over the t 1 r 11144 ,.
of the car door, while the women went OD lOg
biog.
The Roman felon whose punishment WD9 dos'
goon until he had filled a gOblet with tears, toji bt
have soon expiated his erbium at Broad and prima
streets yesterday, for the tears were not drops,
at
showers, that seemed to sprinkle all the dull
gangways, and oonseorate them for the tic*
Hare a boy would break from the racks sod kl
an old, gray-haired, toothless woman, who 60111
not see him through the tears that ran everd"Pr
1"`
eyes until he had entered the tramping
I"`"'a
again, and gone on to the music of the dram,e
h 4
"'
momentary memorial clad regrets to agonis
martial purpose.
The families that slept loot night upon moist pit'
lows, with groans that sometimes swelled tbroogt
pled Ki t
the dusky chamber, and dreams ever peo
some baby face, that grew up until boarded man'
hood Made it no longer the pet, but the prlde
home—tbese, with bitterness in their hear% O a
fear that was all the greater for their great
will go about today with years of a sight's gro'cu'
upon their faces, sadder and tremulous.
Let them go ! For if there were rto sorrow 04
no blood shad, there would be no heroism. Zhu
boys are perpetuating In their lives the fret' ilt'
no w t
of history, and the age, through h en"
not be forgotten, when its heroism emu to ik i
bar
By heliport eleven o'clock the hot adlea
been spoken, the last hearty shake of the band bus
been given, and the loeomotive puked 0 10 . 11 , t°
wards the Bohnylkia. dragging after it so 10110—