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Forever neat that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls before lie
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet.
And Freedom's banner streaming eel' nu
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l'he London Times on America.
Considering the difficulties which surround
an American in examining the position of
American affairs, we can scarcely hope to
Bud the speculations of foreign observers free
from error. Events follow events with a n►-
pidity so marvellous, that before we can pro
perly appreciate their meaning they have
passed into history. 31any of the changes
which our country exhibits aro incomprehen•
aible. Old parties have been swept away,
and their leaders lost in the current. The
name which rallied thousands yesterday is
despised by thousands to-day. The principle
or policy for which parties contended a few
months has been abandoned, and those who
were in arms as partisans then are in arms as
patriots now. We have been anxious to wit
ness the effect of this marvellous uprising of a
great nation upon the people of Europe, and
especially upon our kinsmen of Great Britain.
We look to them for sympathy and encou
ragement, and certainly, in a struggle tor con
stitutional liberty, sympathy and encourage-
meat could not come more appropriately
than from the countrymen of Ji 11 rDEN and
Nor have we, as a general thing, been dis
appointed. Moat of the newspapers coining
from Great Britain speak to As words of cow.
fort and encouragement. There are some,
deed, who de so us mere humiudtarians, view
ing every political event in this nation only
as it affects the slavery question; but the most
sensible journalists or England view it as a
contest involving questions flu more momen
tous and overshadowing than one of labor and
economy, and in doing so applaud the noble
attitude of the Administration, and, the enthu
siastic manner in which it is sustained by the
people.
The London Times unquestionably the great
newspaper of England, and one which, by rea
son of its vast influence and circulation, the
people of this country consider the representa
tive of English sentiment, has giren us a TRlM
her of articles on the pending revolution. The
whole tone of this newspaper exhibits mere
than ordinary ignorance and misappreciation
of the state of affairs in this country. At first,
it was disposed to regard the military preps•
rations and manifestations of popular feeling
by our people as a mere holiday spectacle,
like an Elgin tournament or a review of the
volunteers in Hyde Park. The Dombardment
of Fort Sumpter was a et bar.raom fight," and
the combatants as harmless, though scarcely
as excited, as a company 01 Cockneys at a
cricket-match. President Extrema is sneered
at, and a long argument given to show that it
Is impossible for him to land our seventy-five
thousand - volunteers in Charleston bay tor the
recapture of Port Sumpter! Then, we have a
criticism like this upon the President and our
people: lig We grant that Mr. LINCOLN has the
wealth of the nation to back him; that he has
the most undivided population: that he has, if
yea please, the better cause, although a de.
mocracy has no bond of loyalty such as that
we own, and no sense of honor or fealty to a
Sovereign Power."
We think we can trace this erroneous sys
tem of reasoning from Printing House Square
to Mr. Itnassiz's parlors in Montgomery. It
n. re—c sentiments as Mr. RUSSELL, its
earrearaMeleh...
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the plausible soptrist..v.: or arr. •Tunan
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BENJAMIN. Thai, gentleman left New York
with the conviction that New York cared
about nothing but the tariff question, and his
most vivid impressions of Washington were
those which would be gained from a crowd ot
hungry office-rseekers whose importunities he
so vividly pictured. Alabama in its most
genial atmosphere is by no means the best
place for viewing the North, and any impres
sions or our people which are permitted to
reach Montgomery, must be exaggerated and
untrue. We know, indeed . , that Mr. Lot-
COLIOS proclamation was treated as a splendid
joke, and-that the Cabinet of conspirators, front
Davis down to MsmninGEß, listened to it with
i 4 bursts of laughter." To read the Times,
we should think that their merriment had been
conuigieus.
"A democracy has no bond of loyalty,"
says the Times, cc and no sense of fealty to a
sovereign power." Nineteen millions of
freemen are in arms to-day to give the lie to
inch a statement. We have no sovereign to
adore; no aristocracy to cherish; no heredi
tary masters to obey. But the idea which is 1
typified in England by a crown, a sceptre, and
an estimable lady descended from the'House
of Hanover, is as potent with ns as it is with
the subjects of her gracious Majesty the
Queen. The simple emblem of our glory is
dearer to the American heart than any asso
ciation which clusters around royalty, even
when it comes through ten centuries, from the
conqueror of Hastings. Our eons have fol
lowed it over land and over sea to victory and
death. Our sovereign power is the Constitu
tion, and to it this nation has registered a bond
of loyalty in Heaven. To maintain it they are
again in arms, and are now laying at the feet
of their chosen representative their lives and
fortunes. If we have not misapprehended
English history, the same idea may be found
on its pages. It was a sentiment of loyalty
which prompted CaomwELL and his followers
to draw the sword ; but it was not to the
King, but to the Constitution. They beheaded
the Bing to save their Magna Charts. To
save ours, we must behead Treason.
The Times, even when it looks seriously at
America, does so with a selfish, sordid vision.
It Is evidently more concerned at the repeal
of the paper duty, or the items of Mr. GLAD
wroys's budget, than by this mighty manifes.
tattoo of national vigor and prowess. ic Civil
war in America means starvation in Lanca
shire," it says, and then we have just the
course of reasoning which the prospect of des
titation in an English district would be likely
to produce. So long as cotton sells at Liver
pool with a reasonable profit to the factor—so
king 88 the consols range in the neighborhood
orpar—it is of little concern to the Tunes when
ther the banner of America bears the device
of slavery or freedom, or whether President
LINCOLN or Mr. JErrEitsos Davis dispenses
the bospitalitiea of the White House. With no
word of sympathy for imperilled freedom--no
sentiment of- friendship towards those who
fight over again tbe battle of constitutional
rtghta—no regard for the future of this maga'.
Scent Republic—the great newspaper of Eng
land exhibits towards America only the cold
and selfish feeling of the Stock Exchange and
Cotton Market, and the heartless flippancy of
an unnatural indifference.
England and the Cotton Trade.
Cotton is the staple of South= arrogance.
The leaders of the South have argued for the
last half enemy that England inlet' the indu
trial interests of the world; that cotton rules
these interests, and that the South, therefore,
in controlling the culture and exportation of
cotton, controlled the industry and commerce
of the world. Cotton, they allege, made
slavery a necessity; and on the system of
society which slavery has produced rests
the burden of the political power of these
leaders.
These considerations have, we think, em
boldened the Southern leaders in precipi
tating this rebellion. if the blockade of Mr.
Locos proves effective, the strength of
their assumptions will be tested. We know
that England is dependent upon the cotton
trade for the means of life, as obtained by
many of her people, and the conspirators an
ielpste, from a cessation of this trade, the oer-
currence of "bread riots," a stoppage of
labor, and a state of distress which would
compel England to recognize their Confede
racy, enter the contest against the United
States, and reopen the trade with the sword.
Even granting that the Southern planters
will, as they threaten, in consequence of the
blockade, refine to send their cotton over
Northern lines of railroad and to Northern
ports, will England be at their mercy 1 The
Southern States are not the only cotton-grow
ing countries of the world. Their cotton is
not even of as good a quality nor as cheap as
that which may be raised In other countries
completely under the control of England.
The South has been patronized only because
she afforded facilities of easy transportation,
and because her labor, though expensive, WU
well directed and thoroughly employed, and
therefore, more to be relied upon by the Eng
lish cotton factors.
English capitalists have been endeavoring for
many years to open up cotton countries, where
the staple could be produced more cheaply
and as conveniently accessible as it is in the
South. Dr. LIVINGSTONE, to his travels through
Africa, discovered hundreds of miles of cot
ton-growing districts, where better cotton than
that raised in the South may be procured, and,
in consequence of the nominal price of labor,
at a far cheaper rate. The Government of
Great Britain, in view of the troubles now ex
isting in this country, is about to assist these
capitalists in their efforts to develop an Airi
can cotton trade, and there is every reason for
anticipating that they will be successful in
their labors.
The impression is general among these not
familiar with the subject, that the effect of a
cessation of. the cotton trade would be almost
immediately felt in England. Many cotton
actors express serious apprehension as to the
probability of such a thing, but there is quite
a largo supply of the staple on hand. An
article in the Liverpool Post of as late a date
as May 4th, discusses this phase of the subject
very fully, and presents some interesting facts
in connection with it. In the beginning of
the present month the stock of cotton in
Liverpool was estimated at 820,000 bales, and
the quantity of cotton at sea, on the way from
America, was 266,000 bales, leaving in the
hands of the British manufacturers an avail
able supply of 1,086,000 bales of American
cotton. The Post estimates that this will last
until the Ist of September, there being enough
—taking the average rate of consumption—to
satisfy the demands of manufacture and com
merce tor twenty-three weeks. In addition to
this American importation, some 2E10,000
bales are expected from the East Indies.
Strenuous efforts are being made to increase
the supply from the Indies and other sources.
These efforts, we may remark, are rendered
necessary by other causes than the derange
ment of Southern commerce. Even if the
Whole of the last cotton crop is gathered, it
falls below the amount of the past year to the
extent of at least a million bales, and this de
ficiency of Nature in Atnerice , other countries
must supply.
The Now York Colonization Society has
received from the Cape of Good Rope com
munications detailing the advantages which
many parts of Africa present for the culture
of cotton. The particular region alluded to
in one of the communications now before us,
is that known as Sherbro Island, a district in
the slave-trade country. The soil and climate
are well adapted to the production of cotton
of exe,titlent quality. It grows perennially,
producing a crop in about eight months from
the time of planting, and after that two crops
in a year. The plants continue to produce
an increased quantity and improved quality
of cotton for three or four years, after which a
deterioration ensues.
We are also to:d that a small trade is already
existing, and that it only needs the fostering
care of a Government like that of England to
become a large and profitable element of in
duttry and commerce. The quantity of cot
ton produced by these Africans is said to be
very large. Native cotton constitutes the al
most exclusive clothing of the people. The
interior tribes clothe, not only themselves but
those of the coast, with whom an"ostensive
commerce is Rent up. This trade in country
cloths is largely in the hands of traders, who
purchaee them, not only for sale but for their
own consumption.- "When we consider,"
says the writer of the communication on
which we are commentmr. s rues
of which these cloth's are made is produced
by the rude native culture, separated by the
band irerii the seed, manufactured by the rude
u r - me natives, brought a long
earate-to the coast, and sold at a price which
is scarcely greater than - the cotton of which
they are made would bring in a European
market, we cannot bat infer that cotton may
be produced here at far less cost than in most
cotton-growing countries."
There is every probability that the contest
which the cotton interest of the South has
forced upon the English capitalists who have
sustained it, will end in the utter ruin of the
existing trade. England will not be at the
mercy of these people when her interests can
be equally as well.secured by enterprise and
capital in other portions of the globe.
Pennsylvania and the Military.
We publish this morning the message which
Governor Courts sent to the Legislature on
Thursday, in relation to the military affairs of
the State. It furnishes us a very interesting
account of the manner in which the military
system of Pennsylvania has been managed
since the recent requisitions of the General
Government. Under the call of the Presi
dent for seventy-iive thousand volunteers to
nerve for three months, the quota of Penn
-Sylvania was rated at sixteen regiments, but
was almost immediately reduced to thirteen.
The fears for the safety of the capital were
then at their height, and the Government evi
dently intended a grand defensive operation,
for on April 25th we find Major General PAT
TERSON calling on the Governor for twenty
five additional regiments of infantry and one
of cavalry.
The fears for the safety of Washington passed
away, and within a few days we find the order
of General PATTERSOi revoked. At this time
twenty-four regiments, including the Scott
Legion, were mustered into service. • The
President's proclamation calling for an in
crease of the reviler army was issued, and of
facial notification of the fact transmitted to
many of the colonels of regiments which had
been mustered into service for three months,
accompanied with a request that they would
enter the regular service for the term of three
years. On the 14th Secretary GAngox writes
to Governer CURTIN stating that but ten re
giments-will be required for the war. The
Secretary is very emphatic in his request to
the Governor not to exceed ten regiments,
bat if need be reduce the number below that
figure by discharging regiments already mus
tered.
We learn from Harrisburg that there is an
immense pressure upon the Governor to In
duce the acceptance of organized regiments
from all parts of the State. As the contingent
is very small, but few of these regiments can
be accepted, and tbere is much disappoint
ment manifested accordingly. Military men
are exceedingly indignant that fourteen regi
ments should be received for three years from
New York city alone, while Pennsylvania is
only requested to send ten. These favored
regiments contain hundreds 01 men who en
listed as tecruits in Philadelphia, and, seeing
no chance of being accepted here, went to
New York city. Indeed, we have in the city
now, and have bad for the last two or three
weeks, authorized agents from New York, re
cruiting whole companies and battalions fo.
regiments which have been accepted irom that
State, and wilt be credited to It. General
Sicsres obtained a large part of his brigade
in this city, and in a day or two a regiment
under the command of Col. LIIJE.A.NE, com
posed altogether of Philadelphians, will go
to New York for the.purpose of joining him.
It is Impossible to expect the Governor or
the W ar Department to accept the tens of
thousands of men who are imploring them for
permission to fight for the Union; but why
this invidious distinction is made in favor of
New York, and why citizens of Philadelphia,
who would gladly march as Philadelphians,
are refused as such, and received from other
States, we do not understand. The matter has
caused much feeling among our military men,
and it is certainly deserving of attention.
We may alas state that under the provisions
of the new loan bill passed by the Legislature,
fifteen additional regiments will be raised for
the service of the State, to be armed, equipped
and drilled in anticipation of any national
emergency. This will make nearly forty thou
sand men under arms from this State alone.
These regiments are to be received in com
panies, and distributed over the different
counties of the State. Philadelphia will fur
nish twenty.six companies, or nearly one-fifth
of the whole number. All companies de
siring to be enrolled must forward their appli
cations to Harrisburg within five days. No
expenses will be paid by the State until they
receive marching orders, and no elections for
regimental officers will be allowed until fur
ther orders. In making the apportionment,
the Govertter very wisely discrimimmed
against the rural districts, desiring to retain
as much agricultural labor at home as possible
to prepare for the coming harvests.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE•
Letter from "Occasional,"
Correa:gelmes of The Prem.)
Weenli•NroN, May 17, 1861.
118 I antiolpated, the rumor that John C. Breck
inridge was ready to embark in the glorious strug
gle to maintain the oOvernoacnt against the Elouth
ern Confederacy proveo 7 if not unfounded, at least
greatly exaggerated. Mr. Breekinridge can do
no such thing, and intends no such thing. This is
a contest whiob has no element of compromise in
It, and no element of BOLUOIDOI2t UniegiS the compro
mise and settlement begin and end in obedienee to
the laws, and in recognition of the established and
legally chosen representatives of the people. We
Make DID war upon any portion of the free States,
for they are with us-. 7 .-a solid wall of patriotic hearts
The whole campaign, so far as the eovernment
and its friends are concerned, is to be conduoted
against the enemies of free institutions in th.e
Southern :States. lle who enlists in this eatepalge
must throw behind him all mawkish sensibilities,
extinguish every hope that he may have indulged
that any adjustment can be reached which will
leave the right of secession in the hands of a den
gerona minority, or permit the great issues between
the conspirators and the Administration to remain
unsettled I aAmil that 'Major Breekinridge could
do a great thing for the American Republic if he
had the nerve to du so. Ito might break the bank
of the'rebellion by cowing forward and avow►cg
his detetmination to stand by the flag of his own-
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try, and to follow it against all opposers. if he
will do this ; and renew that oath of allegiance
which, by his complicity with our foes, he hoe eo
neglected, he may lore the confidence of the men
with whom he has lately acted, but he will at least
obliterate from his own fame the damning record
of the last eighteen monthe.
Mr. Breokinridge, therefore, cannot co operate
with Major Anderson, upon the glorious principle
avowed by the latter, that the question had ceased
to no a question of slavery or party politics, but
we were fighting to ascertain whether we have a
Government or have no Government. Never was
a man in a more inextricable dilemma. I would
rejoice to see him rescued from it, but as he has
made up his bed so muet he occupy it.
If the English papers, by the last steamer, are
to be believed, there id great danger that the
British. Government may misunderstand its rile.
tione to the United States in the present crisis. I
hope that the statesmen and journalists of Great .
Britain have not yet realised the majesty and per
manency of the uprising of the loyal States of this
Union. It would be deplorable, in every respect,
if the British Government should allow itself to
halt between the recognition end rejeotion of a
conspiracy on these shores, which stands upon the
double shame of repudiating honest debts and
violating just laws. It would be monstrous if
that nation which tics declaimed so much against
Mississippi when she refused to pay her obligations,
sad even misunderstood Pennsylvania, when, for
a time, she was compelled to postpone her interest
for the doubtful trade of the Southern section, she
should determine to stand neutral, and give the
advantage of an indirect recognition to Jefferson
Davis and his confederates. Mr. Seward wisely
anticipated the course of foreign governments in
regard to the slavery rebelhoP, by admonishing
them, at the direction of the President, through
our newly appointed diplomatic representatives,
that we could maintain no relations with any
Power that tolerated this rebellion, and that all
snob representatives must iminedlately retire when
any such disposition was ezh•bited If England
chooses to ran the hazard of a conflict with this
Government, in order to maintain her cot
ton mermfsatures, she will not (Ally destroy
these manufactures, but may infuse among
her own people the seeds of a discontent
that will utterly demoralize and destroy her. Her
statesmen cannot understand the immense moral
power enlisted on the ride of the American Go
vernment. We are not only able to cope with our
own traitors, but if needs Ira to fight all the
monarchies of Europe to boot. If England, who
has hypocritically boasted of being a sort of Abo
lition apostle, chooses to become the champion of
slavery arid the apologist for repudiation, the
eau do so and take the reeponsibilities at her own
hearth-stone and in her own colonies. Lord Pal
merston need not b 6 told that the intense feeling
pervading the free states of this Republic fills and
firee the hearts of both the Canadas, and that
nothing would be so easy as for Mr. Lincoln's Go-
Moment to give him a Noland for has. Oliver,
' !---.bsioWieiging. the Indepertacrowor v•ima a we
the same unto teat - u4....,. xi.ltoin enis.----......--
the rebellion of the Southern connideracy. As
to Ireland, her people, always dissatlefied
with English rule, and clinging with intense af
fection to their relatives on this continent, will
certainly net be much more satisfied when they
see England striking at the American flag which
protects these relatives, and .behold all their
cherished leaders In the United States, including
Archbishop Hughes himself, doing noble battle in
defence of that flag. The loyalty of California
and Oregon; their unutterable hatred and contempt
of - the Disunion movement, will, of course, infect
Australia, mother British dependenoy. Austra
lia has repeatedly attempted to set up a republic
or its own, and in Its isolated position, inspired by
the example of the two splendid States alluded to,
would eagerly clutch at a pretext to cat loose from
that parent stem when the latter joins its fortunes
to a slave oligarchy, and to attach itself either as
au ally or an adjunct of the American Union. In
1 feet, there is not a foot of soil owned or claim.
led by Great Britain OD this continent that
would not be lost to her by hesitation in
this erntroveray. Nor would her own internal
peace be maintained. She
would 1 tee her cotton
market by the efficaey of a blockade which she
cannot break and destroy ; her manufactures, by
forcing this and other nations to manufacture far
themselves. How Louie Napoleon is watching the
course England may take, need not be dimmed.
lira auto had not/J.lllg aarhoritative from that
astute statesman and soldier looking to the re
cognition of the 'Southern Confederacy. His
words have not only been words of peace to our
established Government, but of cordial co-opera
tion. The scandalous and unauthorized epeoola-
Bona of Mr. Faulkner, the late Virginian•Amerls
can representative at his court, In his farewell ad
dress, has doubtless inspired tte much disgust in
Napoleon's mind as it has in this country. Let
the third Napoleon but catch. the British Govern
ment napping on this subject, and my prediction
is that he will adopt a policy bolder and more
thorough than any that has yet marked his extra.
ordinary career.
The collection of troops around Fortress Monroe
is not intended as a measure of defence, but of
precaution. That fine fortifieation is impregnable,
but it may be necessary to collect a saffistent num
ber of troops there to be prepared for an onward
march into the country,'and to no better hands'
cou ld this task be entrnated than to these of Benj.
F. Butler, now Major General Butler, of Maw
ehusette. His speech, delivered late last night at
the National Hotel in this oily, show. what he
(Butler) intends to db. Be turns his face South
ward, not in moor or in stern, but in arms, re
solved, while offering peace and protection to the
people, to insist that in their tarn they shall yield
to the Government of our fathom
While Stephen A. Douglas is doing bis full
d t oy in Illinois, Lewis Oats, the venerable Er-
Secretary of State, now at his home in Michigan,
exbibita the most patrlotio spirit. Last night,
about eleven o'clock, I heard the inspiring strains
cr! the Star Spangled Banner, and following the
music, Boon earns up with the Michigan Regiment,
the first regiment that bee reached Washington
from tbegre.at Northwest. It is a stalwart body
of men, warmly clad, completely provisioned, and
armed and ready for any danger. I learn that
General Cass is resolved, even in his old age, to
ale with harness on his book, and has mounted his
old uniform, and reviews his troops, now congre
gated in Detroit every morning. He has con
tributed out of his private fortune $25,000 to the
equipment of the Michigan volunteers, and
*lO,OOO to the support of their iamiliee during their
absence Mr. Buolianan'a contribution to the sup.
port of the troops, from his own city of Lancaster,
was first set down at $5 000, but Imbsequent In
formation .track <i£ one, if not two, of the cyphers
- of this fetid, OCCASIONAL.
or
Letter from New York.
ORGAIRIERD REGIMERTEI IY AND AltriCT NEW TWEE.
—THE GREAT EASTMAN—DEPARTURE, or. A
TRANSPORT TOR TORTURES RONROZ—GENERAL
SCOTT TAXES WINE—MAJOR 0113IBRAI, WADS.
'WORTS — NEWSPAPRE ERVERENT IN THE COM•
MON COUNCIL
[Correspondence 14 The rtsSß.]
Everywhere in and about New York you see
nothing but Soldiers. Every approach to the city
seems swarming with them. At Eandy Rook is
Col. McChesney's ZollBol'o3 at Qaars.utine, Col.
Billy 'Wilson's Zoaaves, Col. Allen's National
Guard, and Bartietes Naval Brigade. At the
Battery you are met with the encampment of Col.
Tompkins' splendid Second Regiment. At Jersey
City a regiment is ready for service. Crossing
over to Brooklyn, a full regiment, the Fourteenth,
is encamped at Fort Green. Up the East River
are Col_ Kawkitals Toturves at Riker's Island ;
Cal. Bteinwelder's German regiment at Jones'
Wood ; Col. McLeod Murpby's Sappers and Miners
at Beasvae. At Central Park arsenal, Col Tay
lor's Scott Ufa Guard ; at Elm Park, Col. Cocks'
()math:dim Chard ; Fort Sohuyier, Col. Dirryea'a
Advasoe Guard ; at Elm Park, Col. Lichtenhein's
altillery regiment In the city, quartered at ar•
mats, in the Park, and at various halls, are regi
ments commanded by Colonels Riker, Lansing,
Ward,.Baker, Sheehan, Brown, Kerrigan, Bien-
THE PRESS.-PHILADELP
dtz, and McKenzie. All these regimentisre in
high feather to day at the news from Washington,
that they ere to bo mortorid lato rerriol forth
with by the General Government, indeptdilent of
aoy intervention from the alow•and easy olimmlo.
cutioniets at Albany.
The Great Eastern is loading with grin for
Liverpool, and ail her gangways oactipaid in
taking In freight. HMI' untward trip, in winn
ows and freight, promises to be the most *ate
hie she has ever made
The Government cvldeittly conterep
sort of aotlve movement from Fortress Pdinoo
The Steam transport George Peabody Ballet last
night for that point and Waehington. hafitg on
beard 3 500 barrels of provisions, and 700 01:118 of
cartridges. The transport Coluinkto, which Was
commanded by the Secessionist and runeirey
Berry, was coaling yesterday afternoon for Ha-
vana, when orders came to hold herself in intuit
readiness fur other service.
People need not give Went:Alyce much treble .
about General. Scott's health. Last idundaj he
dined with Secretary Seward and a gentleman coin
this State, and drank not less than a good, hoitit
bottle of wine. as became a man of large ft*e
and high military 'Nation.
The appointment of James S. Watisworthof
Genesee, as Major General of this State, Is ut
!lonely commented upon. He is the wealthiest
man In the State, outside of the city of New Yoh,
and is moreover a gentleman of ability, great en.
orgy and decision. He has been tendered theite
mination for Governer several. times, but canals
refused it. lie has no military education or exp . -
rience, but his fziends claim that he is as mud,
and perhaps bettor qualified for the position
general than two-thirds of the colonels whoes
services have been aooepted by the State.
The Common Council last evening ordered that
We proceedings of the Connoll shottld no longer bc
published in the Daily Nam , and the Dag Book 4
on sostount of the courts posited by those papers
in reference to the war. It remains to be seen
whether Mayor Wood will veto a resolution whioli
materially offsets the interests of his brother, the
Holt. Besiamin Wood, who owns R controlling in
terest in the News Too pablioation of the Cloud
ail proceedings is worth from six to ten thousand
dollars per annum, which is too considerable nil
item in newspaper income to be lost sight of in
there timed, when 6:saint:se advertising has de.
:dined to almost nothing. Mawr.
LATEST -NEWS .
By Telegraph to The Frees.
Reported Specially for "The Presc
HIGHLY IMPORTANT SPEECH
NEW Yong, May 17, 18161
SERENADE TO MAJOR GEN.. B. F
BUTLER, OF MASSAUBUSETTs.
NQ S'T.V.7 I AILCIEViTALMOD.
OUR COURSE DUE SOUTH.
THE UN/ON BIU:ST AND SHALL .BE
PREt , ERVED.
WASHINGTON, Nifty 17, 1861
Last sight a large number of the friends of Gen.
BUTLER, desirous of testifying their admiration
for him, proceeded to his quarters, the 'National.
Hotel, with the Marine Band, and complimented
him with a serenade. A large crowd was in at
tendance, and, after several patriotio airs had been
played by the band, the .General appeared on the
balcony of the hotel, and was received with a per
fect storm of applause, cheer after cheer being
given for him and for the Stake of Maesettlitteetts.
When the enthusiasm had subsided,
Gee. BUTLMa said :
Pellow-ettisene : Your cheers for the old COm-
UMAsresilb of Massachusetts are rightly bestowed.
Foremost in the ranks of those who fought tor the
liberties of the country in the Revolution was Ms&
seolasetts, and it is a historioal fact, whieh I take
great pride in referring to in this hour, that, in
the Revolution, the Old Bay State furnisnee more
men to go south of Meson and Dixon's Hue, to ile,ht
the enemies of the country, than did all the
Southern Colonies put together. [Cheers j And
in this second war, if war must come, to gambits))
the Declaration of Independenoe.anew, 'and to se.
mire the blessings of that Declaration—the con
stitution and the Union—Massaohusetts is - ready
again to furnish every man, aye, every woman.
upon her soil in this good cause. [Applause J
Perhaps / may, for the moment, be excused for
referring to my own State. I believe I speak to
many who have the love of the old Commonwealth
in their hearts. But we have this differecee from
our Southern brethren : while we love Massachu
setts with the true love of a son, we love the Union
and the country with en equal devotion. [tt Good!"
and cheers ]
We put no State rigida, no State pride, no love
of the old Commonwealth, before, above, and be
yond our love for the Union. [Cheers ] To'us our
country is first, because it is oar country. [Three
cheers J Oar State next, beaause she is our Slate,
and a part of that country, Our oath of alleidence
to the Union is theftratiteding obligation ; our oath
of allegiance to the State is the second binding Wl
gation-; never clashing, always intertwining. lie
who does his duty to the Union, does his dotty to
the State, I" good," and cheers J and he who does
his duty to the State, does hie day to the Colon—
..mtv itAmparelloo . now aud forever.
yours as prom 19.00.4.
monstration of A Waft a'ffotten
' 5 •
which we all feel for a common cause—a otimmon
country. This is a greet and a good Government
of ours, so kind, so benign, and so beneficent that
its band bee only been felt in acts of affectionate
generrsi'y, and is now, for the first time, raised in
the act of ohms:tiling its children
It has been attacked by those who should have
been the first to defend it, and as, in the history of
a man's life, many things may be worse to him
than death, so in the history of a nation, dishonor,
wrong, or dishategration may be much wore" than
the shedding of blood. sly friends, this Union esta
blished by our fathers, cost them a great deal of
treasure, a great deal of suffering, and a great
deal of blood, and by the bright heavens above us
we will not part with it short of the first coat, and
interest From the day of the date. 1 . - , Good," and
cheers.] The same blood which flowed in our fa
thers' veins still it me in ours ; t he same courage
which they showed still I trust animates us ; we
have the Caine power of endurance ; the same lots of
liberty and law is ours, and we hold him brother
who stands by the Hag of the Union, and we hold
him enemy to the last degree who attempts to
strike one star out Of that militant constellation
which floats over us. (Three cheers. A voice, " A
little more grape, General." Three cheers ler the
stars and stripes J
But 1 . , bear sonse . one say, shell we carry on a
fratricidal war? Shall we shed our brothers'
blood thall we go to the extent of meeting in
arms those we have been taught to call our broth.
era? To that I answer as our fathers in defence
of their rights did not hesitate to strike the mother
country, and fight against their mother, so we,
their sons; in defence of our rights, must meet our
brothers as they mot their mother. HMIs wicked,
unholy, and fratsioidal war is forced upon U 9. we
can only say, let the responsibility rest upon those
who made the necessity- Our hands are clean, our
hearts are firm, and the Union must be preserved.
ICheers:J
At every hazard, at every risk, at every ex
pense, at the sacrifice of every life this side of the
Arctic region, must this Union be preserved. And
what kind of a struggle will it be? Suppose that
the twenty-five thomand soldiers of the North now
here should be this day and hour cut off, would the
battle reet? No. Fifty thousand more would take
their places, and if they should fall, one hundred
thotmand more would rash down from the North,
to be followed, if they should fall by the fever,
pestilence or sword, by a quarter of a million more,
until the very women would tatte the field with
broomsticks, and drive all the enemies of the
Union into the Golf. Cheers] I have neither
fear nor doubt upon this sejeet. I have neither
trouble nor dismay in regard to it. I have grief
and sorrow at the necessity; and God help those
who have forced the necessity upon us.
We are here for our Government and our laws;
we are here for our flag; we are bare for our
oorintry ; our face is turned Southward. and there
is no step baokward. rTremeudoua applcuse, and
atlas of "Good !"J He makes a wide m'stake
who thinks we are to be either cajoled, or threat
ened, or intimidated, or compromised any further.
The day of compromise it partied away, and the
Government must and shall be sustained.
I" That's it!" and great applause J And when
the Government is sustained wo will do es we
have ever done—give everybody in the Union
their rights under the Constitution. and everybody ,
out of the Union tbe Med of the Union until they
come in under the Constitution. I" We like
that !' " That's the talk !" and immense °bear
ing J And now, my friends, allow me to bid you
good night. leries of "Goon !" " Give thorn
another right-nand shot, General!" Three sheers
for General Butler " Give them a ten pound
allot!" " Order !" ]
It is impossible fore me, my friends, to go on ;
tbla it no time for apeech•znaking. If you will re
turn to your homes, and the Government will give
me direotions, I will go South. and you obeli follow
me. Mine cheers for Butler.]
From Baltimore.
BAT:KNORR, May 17 —lt is very_ quiet here to
day. One oompany of artillery, regulars . , passed
tbrrugh to Wa.soington.
The Eighth .New York Regiment have been or
dered back to Washiogloo, They rem loath' to
leave their pleasant ramp at the Relay Hoare.
The men there are in good health, very few being
on the riok list in either of the three regiments.
From A uimpolls.
Anneroble, May 17,—One hundred man, of
Captain Thomas' company of the Thirteenth New
York Regiment, with two pieties of artillery and
three days' rations, went down the bay yesterday,
on the propeller WM. Woodward, to retake the
Smith Point light-ship, which has been towed a
few miles up the Great Wycomico. The Seces
sionista have two more in their possession.
It was not determined in Washington h i -day
where Major General Batter would be sent.
A train ran off the track last night between An
papas janotiou and Washington, injuring one man
and destroying seven cars
Col. Pratt has made an excursion, into the coun
try of several, miles from the junction.
Wm. Anti:ion has left for Washington, to as
sane the duties of Judge Advocate General for
New York
Kentucky Curreuey.
CINGInnATI, Nay W.—Kentucky Currency was
thrown out by titres of the bat ks of this silty to
day. The inotoations are that the paper of all the
banke of that State, except the Fartnera and North
ern Bank, will be refused by all the banks to
morrow.
Major Mulligna , ts lush itrigade.
Wssruscron, May IT —The Irish Brigade, over
1.000 strong, tendered by Major Mulligan, was to
day aooepted by Secretary Omicron for service
during_ the war. It is probable that their deed-
Inition is Washington.
Monument to the Massachusetts Slalup
BOSTON May IT —A proposition has been in
troduced in the Legislature to aid in (treeing a
monument over the remains of Whitley and
Ladd, who were killed by the flatware snob-
SATURDAY, MAY IS. 1861•
FROM WASHINGTON.
ROSS WINANS RELEASED ON PAROLE.
4k:liZ6'Z ca=tristit.
WASHINGTON'S TOMB DNDINTBKBED•
ADAMS EXPRESS.
Watintareeorr, May 17.—The statement that Mr,
Roes Winans, of Baltimore, was unconditionally
released, is uofounded. There is authority for
staling that be testa only released by order of the
Government, on giving his parole of honor that he
would do no set openly or covertly hostile to the
Government of the United States.
A general army order has been issued, stating
that there will be ad ded to the general staff of the
army four quartermasters and eight assistants
to be promoted and elected Recording to the exist
ing laws and regulations. Where will be added to
the medical department two surgeons and twenty
assistants. The surgeons will be promoted from
the senior assistant surgeons, and the aesistants
appointed from civil life. after having passed an
examination by a board front the mediael depart
ment of the army. Due public, notice of the op
pointment, and time and place of meeting of the
board, will be given.
Mr Herbert, the superintendent of Mount Ver
non,.aays there is no foundation for the report
that the remains of Washington have been re
moved from their resting piaoe. This lain mord
snits with a statement heretofore emanating from
this oorreepondence.
Brigadier-General Manefieldoo.day, weed an
order, as follows :
"I ordered, by telegraph. the agents of the
Adams Bap:eve at• New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore, that in future no apron matter,
inclueive of le'tere, will be permitted to go south
of this city in Virginia. Last evening Col. Stone
seized, by my order, the express matter, and
stopped all contraband goods, and allowed the
balance to go forward." •
Pa Governor .A. H. Reeder, of Pennsylvania,
well known in. oonneation with the early history
-et Kansas, waito-dity appointed a brigadier gene
ra by the Preaident...
II The reopening of 'the line of travel from Dati
-1 more, North and Northwest, has been the signal
for a rush of travel to Washington Yesterday
and to day's Wine brought 'hundredle of passen
gers
The Departrients daily receive bushels of letters
from applioants for places, military and civil, most
of whieh ask for replies. It ie proper, therefore,
state that it Is the inflexible rule that letters
telating to inch tnitrete, theegh read and died,
ire not and cannot be answered.
IMPORTANT FROM ST. LOUIS.
IROTECTION OP. UNION MISPIOCCETPA.TION OF POTOSI
liftE OF EINCESSIONIATS .7- . 4 RESSL CAVAL• _
BY CoMPANY DISPERBILD
Si Lome, May 17 —Several Union men having
been driven from Potoal, on the line of the Iron
Mountain Railroad, a detachment of volunteers,
under the commend of Captain Cole, wee sent
down en Tuesday night, to protect the loyal °M
ame of that section. Captain Cole resohed Potosi
at three o'olook in the morning, and surrounded
the town with a chain of sentinels, and ehortly
after daylight about one hundred and fifty eitizens
were taken prisoners. They were formed into line,
and the Union men being recognised, were re
leased. About fifty of the 13eceationlate were liber
rated on parole, and nine of the leaders brough t
to tbe city as prisoners of war.
The lead manufactory of John Dean, at Potosi,
way takOn - poeieseion cf, and about 400 pigs of lead
reined. White return trip, the troops dispersed a
company of cavalry at De Soto, and eaptnred thirty
horses, left behind, them in their flight. The
troops hoisted the eters and stripes on a pole that
had been fait raised to receive a smm:ion
Another prominent Secessionist was arrested there
and still another at Victoria, making twelve in all
now in the arsenal.
Thittseu Union families arrived here last night,
bavin4been driven from different towns on the
Fenno Railroad for supporting the Union.
General Price bas issued orders inetruoting the
brigadier generals to immediately organize the
militia in their respective districts, and hold them
in readiness for active eervioe. The officers and
soldiers are elf 'hied to send all the protection in
their power to the persona and property of the
citizens of the State, without reference to their
peneiples. The Okla of this organiza
tion being simply to protect the people in their
rights under the Constitution of the State, the
trawl States troops are learned to avoid oollision
with any armed bodies, unless abSolutely required
to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the
people. The flag of the State of Missouri is the
only one to be used by the militia.
- Nearly nine hundred Iriehmen have been en
rolled inWe...truitod elates service here , And they
will probably tae organized into a separate regi
ment,. • !
From Harrisburg.
ROURIeIIITT4t, y 1 .7 17.—Two regiments are being
encamped at
Camp Curtin, by coturolltiatieg
The Philadelphia regiment, composed - jointly of
five companies of Colonel SmalN regiment and
five or Itotit. 4 M.roh'e, bus been finally accepted.
The enapnbies 7 otlisers here have agreed to elect
hush Dyke chief surgeon of the consolidated
re
. SearTifallibe members of the Legislature have
gob. home, tint a few are Mill lingering, endeavor
ing to get cotupanies in which they are interested
accepted. r . The Governor is overwhelmed with op
plieations' to reeeiye oompanies, but be will posi
tively receive no more until the Climatal (i cram
med:it iBECOS another requisition.
(heat indignation is felt among the military men
that fourteen additional regiments should be taken
from NetrYork.
The Goternor gpee to Ohambershurg to morrow
morning to review the troops *ere. Eieversi high
dignitaries aceomrany bin.
Distribution of Companies
0 : . • II0311" • • ' .
HARRIBBURO, May 17 —The following is the dis
tribution of companies required from the different
counties to fill the fifteen regiments under the new
loan bill ;
Companies.
Phitadelphia 26
Delawaro 2
Datiphin ... 2
Barks 3
Blair I
Lebanon ....... 2
Mifflin ; 1
Wyoming 1
Greene.
Lawrence . , 11
Ltmerne...., 11
Suegnehanaa 41
Tioga 4
.. . .. ..
Potter I
Montgomery 2
Northampton - 1
Centre....4 I
Elk 2
Clarion 2
Clinton
...
Fayette r 2 Franklin .. .. 3
All the companies .must forward their applies
dons witbinjivis days; the State is to pay no ga
per:Gee until the marching orders are received by
the companies. No election of regimental afters
will be permitted until further order& The cool
panted are distributed Recording to the ;lumber
of troops alresdy in the field from each county,
and also in proportion to the population, eteept a
discrimination against the rural districts, in order
that antrialent producers shall be lett at home for
harveet purposes.
rocArr UNION YOTI IN THE STATE! YVICOVOS- ,
PROCZILDINGS .0? TEE LEGUILATURE*^THIE 00.
VBRNOR
LOUISVILLS, May 17 —The official returns from
nighty nine counties of the State give the Union
ticket for delegates to the Border States Conven
tion 9B 561 votes. There are still eighteen coun
ties to bear fiom.
The aggregate Presidential vote in November
was one Moored and forty-11x thousand two hun
dred and sixteen.
FRANKFORT, Ry., May 17 —The House-yester
day concurred fa the Senate hill isgalizing the
suspension of specie payments by the Kentucky
banks.
The House vise psesssl a series of resolution e de
olaring that 'Kentucky should maintain a strict
neutrality during the present contest, and ap•
proving of the reidsel or the Governor to furnish
troops to the j carat Government under existing
circumstances
Feem linsper'e Ferry.
ONLY 4 000 Tt t oOrb' THERE, Alt.l) MANY VFW:MTN
AMONG TR )1"--11111 ELECTION OF TEN 23D.
ArineroranAlliay 17.—Parties direct from Har
pies Ferry say there are only about 4 000 troops
there, and that many Unionists were among them,
who were indaoed to elitist by a falee report of
another John' Brown raid being projected at
Harper's Ferry.
One object ot, the Buttering of the Confederate
troops it; so many counties of Virginia is to make
sure or a Seines:o.ll majority by their Tot" , on the
election of the 231
nom Havana.
THE YAQSI WIVIDEZHE CATTURED
Naw YOKE, May 17 —The steamer Karnak ar
rived this tamales, from Havana on the 11th via
Nassau on the 13th The health of both places
wee good.
The U. S. absemer Crusader, at Mantilla from
Key West, reports that the yacht ltratulerer has
been taken by the H. 6. sloop of-war St. Louts,
for the Fetters' Government.
The steamer BFebb arrived at „Havana
from New Orleans under the United States nag,
but wee gold ala , l trovverred to other pardon.
The ship folva liaacuel, from Havre fur New
Orleans, wee at 4assaii muting orders.
NKVI 0.....rme5, May 17.—Taxaa advice.] state
that Col. Van Dorn has succeeded in causing the
surrender of the remaining Federal troops In .
Texas.
The Texans, In numbers, are marching through
the upper frontlet:, and taking the necessary steps
to defend the titan] ageing incursion.
1111160141 prevail at filantgotaary that
the Abolitionism tare marching to capture the
forts OR the tipper border.
Naval Movements.
BOUTOS, May 17,--Tbe United Staten brig Bazn
brags is ender salileg orders, and was hauled into
the rtream to-dar.
The itigste Mississippi fa about ready, and is
expected to sail oa Tuesday. Commodore Bier
vine, flag-officer of the eulf squadron, will sail in
her.
Campania,.
Warren 2
Sado 3
theater 4
laneaater 4
4. I gyany
Huntioglion 2
Juniata. 1
Wayne . 3
York 3
Indiana 2
ILehigh 1
ISomerset 1
Pike 3
Veaange 1
i filt-liea,n 1
Maim* 1
Montour 1
Perry 2
Clearfield 2
Jefferson 2
' Crawford 3
Erie 5
Kentucky.
Erom T exam.
laterenting from St. Louis.
[From the L. Louis Republican, of Nay leth
es 3 gimtNET A3D THE VOLUNTEERS.
MILITAUT DEPA e Ir m i. s o e u T l
s o!' :ye 1
5
:SP IB
4]
. 1.
My attention has been milled to publications in
reveal of the city papers, to the effect that the
Yollsnteori . under n 7 ° CIZIMar ' ll at ibis post ware
disorderly, and that they wore acting, to some ex
tent, la denanee of the d.scipline of the army.
I deem it my duty, and it affords me great plea
sure to may, that these ribliCiltiODO BM wholly un
founded, and do great injustice to the volunteers
'These troops have submitted cheerfully and with
alacrity to thii.dieeipline of the!service, and nothing
has come under my observation, or been reported
to me, that should subject them to the Injurious
publics - aorta - to which I have alluded.
I beg to express my entire disapprove] of snob
unfounded publications, as they are only calculated
to Injure the public service, and create disquiet
and illfeeling in the community.
W. S. flanxlX,
Brig. Oen. U. B. Amoy, Commanding.
THE FEDERAL GOVPIIMMUNT APP PLAYERT IN
EMI=
tiernellat, Wnt MENET, 0031MA3DINO THE
;MILITARY DEPARTMENT OF TOM WEST, ST. LOUIS,
Mo —Sir : In common with thousands who have
perused your admirable proolamation of this morn
ing, I return you the thanks of a citizen of Mis
souri for its patriotic tone and tranquilizing Rpm.
MOOS.
There is nothing in title' paper which, in my
opinion. needs explanation: yet I wish to be able
to answer, with the authority of your name, a ques
tion which I have already replied to on my own
judgment. Lest evening a gentleman of the Mab
ee respectability and intelligence,from Green
county, MieBOWL Belted me whether I supposed it
was the intention of the United States Government
to interfere with the institution of negro slavery
in Missouri or any slave State, or. Impair the re ,
amity of that description of property. Of course,
my antiwar was most unqualifiedly, and almost in.
dignantly, in the negative. I told hint that I had
no means of Raining an opinion which were not
open to every other private citizen ; but that I felt
certain that the force of the United States would,
if necessary, be exerted for the protection of this,
es well as any other kind of property. Will you
be good enough to awe from your engreseine
military duties so much time as may be required
to say whether I answered correctly?
I have the honor to be, with the highest re.
spent, your most obedient servant,
Tisommo T. itorm-r,
FT. Louis May 14, 1801
THOMAS T. til.tiret. Esq., St. Louis, Mo. : Sze :
I have just received your note of this date, in
gulling whether, in my opinion, you were correct
in replying to a citizen of scuthweetern Missouri
as to the purpose of the United States Govertiment
respecting the protection of negro property.
I must premise by saying that I have no special
instruetione on this head from the War Depart
ment. But I should as soon expect to boar that the
orders of the Government wore directed towards
the overthrow of any other kind of property as of
this in negro slaves. I entertain no doubt what
ever that yon answered the question you mention
correctly. I should certainly have answered it in
the same manner, end I think, with the very feel -
logs you desorlbe. 1 am not a little astonished
that such a question could be seriously put. Al
ready since the commencement of these unhappy
dish:ahem:3es, slaves have eseeped from their
owners, and have sought refuge in the camps
of the United States troops from Northern
S•ates, and commanded by a Northern general.
They were carefully sent back to their owner. An
ineurreetion of slaves was reported to have taken
place in Maryland. A Northern general Gffereci
to the Executive of that State the aid of Northern
troops under his own command, to suppress it. In
oendiaries have asked of the President permission
to invade the Southern States, and have been
warned that any attempt to do this will be punish
ed as a crime. I repeat P, I have no special means
of hnowlalgo on this subjest, but !Alt I have
cited, and my general acquaintance with the states.
manlike views of the President, makes me confi
dent in expressing the opinion above given.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WM S. BARNET>
Brigadier General, oommanding Military Depart
ment of the West.
AI/PRESS OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF 82 LOUIS TO
TRH ROMAN CATHOLICS OF ST. LOUIS.
Beloved Brethren.: The deplorable events
which have lately occurred admonish ma to re.
new the exhortation I addressed you on a former
occasion, and recall to your minds the great pith
eiples of our Holy Religion, tie the only effectual
means of calming the excitement that prevails.
In no ease is the Christian justified in forgetting
the precept of universal charity_inculeated in the
teachings, and exhibited in the practice, of the
hen of Gad. Listen not to the suggestions of an
ger, but banish from your thoughts as well as from
your hearts, every feeling incompatible with the
duty of subjecting it to the dictates of reason and
religion. It is not in the excitement of the mo
ment that you can hope to find the remedy of the
evils from whiob the community is suffering, and
which have brought so mach bereavement and
diairess to individuals.
Remember that any aggression by individuals
or bodies not recognized by the laws, from which
the lose of life may follow, is an act of murder, of
wbich every one engaged in such aggreeiton It
guilty, no matter how great and galling the pro
voeation may have been ; and bear in mind, that
under the influence of such unholy feelings as
lead to such sots, the innocent are confounded
with the guilty, or those who are preenmed to be
such.
A firm reliance on the superintending oars of
Providence; an bumble aubmieolon to His .will,
which has permitted the present trial to befall us,
doubtless for our correction, and to remind us of
our dependence on Him ; and a generous sacrifice
of every feeling incompatible with that spirit of
brotherhood with which all men, and eapeciall
the inhabitants of the same city, should be ani
mated-ape dispositions which will be more rake alollll in restoring public tranquillity and mental's
ing order than the promptingeef vindictiveness,
which weal& surely increase and aggravate our
evils. "Dearly beloved, let na love one another,
for charity is of God. And every one that loveth
is born of God and knoweth God. He that loveth
nuoweth not (led; for God is charity."- - 1.
ouou,lYg
Plifltß RICHARD,
:fay
-Arehbiahop of hi. Louie.
Plan for Recovering Inv, "vessels Ninth
at the Gosport Navy Yard.-
Colonel Haupt, the distinguished engineer and
contractor for building the noosed tunnel, has
made proposals to the War Department for raising
the sunken vessels at the Gosport Navy Yard. lie
proposes to furnish competent mon to perform the
task at s reasonable compensation and to superin-
tend and give direction to the engineering depart
ment in person free of charge All beyond this
that he stipulates is that the Government Limit
furnish a sufficient force to protest the men in their
operations. Ile informs us that the work can be
done in slaty days The general plan of the ope
ration is by. means of divers, who are to cover the
holes with canvas, and, where the portions are
burned, to insert timbers to support the canvas,
and to eject the water by means of pumps worked
by common locomotives.
Colonel Haupt also proposes another plan by
way of suggestion to the tioverrnent. Ibis is to
place powerful locomotive engines in the bottom of
sailing ships for the purpose of propulsion and,
by the process whioh be proposes, an addi tional
speed of live miles will be gained, the whole nsts•
ottinery to be arranged so as to leave no part ex
posed. The principle is by means of pumps, to
force a body of water from the bows of the
ship . to the stern. A. conjunctive advantage will
be, tre case shot take effeot under the water-line,
the first valves may be olowsi, and the water which
comes in through the shot boles can beejected,
thus converting the means of destruotion into ear
vice We think the plan highly feasible.—Bosion
Commercial Bullettn.
The Point of Honor
[From the National lntelhgemeer, May 17.]
The subjoined letter from Ex-Pr.sident Emma.
NAN was received at the office of the Nat:mull Ia f el
tigenc, a few days ago A friend of the Ex Pt esi
dent's who happened to read the letter, and who
feels much intended in the question of honor and
duty 4 which the letter incidentally but vary strong-
ly states, end thinking that the opinion of one who
has salved thaoonntry to Oonspiottongly and so lola
might exert a salutary intlctonoe on the opinions of
others, asked and obtained the conaent of the dis
tinguished, writer to its publication, and it is pub
lished'asOordingly
WIFICATLAND• May 6, 1501.
To tleo Beltions of the Naitonal 14tolligene-r :
GENTLEMII3 In the oonfueion of the times I
have not received your tri- weekly numbere 9,157
and 9,155, of April 27 and April 30, I believe. As
yours in the only paper of which I preserve a Ole.
I should feel greedy obliged if you would send we
them numbers.
Several items in the Intelligeneer have awaken
ed my attention to the facility with whioh military
gentlemen relieve themselves from their oaths and
change their allegiance. A military oath has ever
been veld lowed In all ages and in all countries.
Besideti the solemn sanctions of religion, there is
tuperadded the bigheet appeal to pereonal honor.
Each military officer swears that he will bear
true allegianoe to the United States, and serve
them boneetly and faithfully against all their
overnice and opposers whatsoever.. They do
not swear to support the Constitution of any
State. glaciated by the United 'States, they belong
to the Federal Government in a peouliar sense.
Whilst I can imagine why an officer might resign
rather than shed the blood of citizens of hie native
State in war, yet it is difficult to excuse or palliate
the next step, which is to go over to the enemy,
and maim war upon the, time honored flag of the
°Gantry. Major lhauregard, when be discharged
the first gun against Fort Sumpter, lighted a flame
whiob it will require a long time to extinguish
The people of the North at present are enthueiasti•
oally unanimous They never were aroused until
that dun was fired, : often warned Southern gen•
tleman that this would be the inevitable result.
I enjoy good health, and as tranquil a spirit as
the evils isnpendin,g over my country will permit.
Your friend, very respectfully.
AUSS BUCTIANAN.
TRIII Bar% STEPHRN li. lyaa. D. D., formerly
rector of the Church of the Epiphany in this oily,
now of Bt. George's Church, New York, and father
of the late lamented Iter. Dudley A. Ty, ng, was
captain of a military company in Boston, before he
entered the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal
Chnreh. Within the present week a son of Dr.
Tyng passed through our city *A captain of a mili
tary company from New York. Another son of Dr.
Tyng was a student in the Theological Seminary
of the Episcopal Church, near Alexandria, when
the war broke out at Bnmpter, and was obliged to
flee from that institution beeause he was favorable
to the Government, and refused to , unite with the
Becessioniets, who, for the time being, controlled
the seminary.
ENGLISH PICIVRIAL .P.SPARS.—From Bemnel C.
Upham, 310 Chestnut street, we have several Lou.
don papers of May 4. These are Punch, the
///n4tretted Noes of the Tfrorbi t (with a portrait
on steelof 5. C. Hall ; said to be the Peoltatiltr of
Dickens' " Martin Chuzzlewit," and the felcw
grata Loudoes, Net., with, among other thing,
a portrait and memoir of Mr. A. Dudley Mann,
one of the three Commissioners from the revolted
South to Europe.
T. R. CALLIIND.632. corner of. Third snd Walnut
streets, sands nu Iliervet's Weedy for this day
week, On advanoe,) containing twenty•one origi
nal engravings and a map of the South. We also
have from Mr. Callender the illustrated London
/V4zor, and ilbesteatid A - 4W of the World of
May 4, the tint with eighteen views and portraits,
the other with nine engravings and two portraits,
One of the last being that ot , S. 4. gill, upon
Steel.
Military and Naval Mattert3,
Capture of a S apposed Submarine tia ra
tery.
stew VOLIINTEIft CeIZIPAIOtEL
The prevailing excitement of yesterday was the
capture of a curious piece of mechanism in the
waters of the Delaware. At ordinary times its
dieeovery would have roatted iii little excite
meat ; but, now, when men think and dream only
of treason, Its capture involved speculations and
odd 7111110111, which entitle it to some degree of
notice. A PronOhtutte named de Villeroy invented,
some time ago, a su b marine vessel, of curious parts
and strange shape. The cash for building it is
said to have been famished by a relative of the
late 6tephen Girard. It Vre.F oonstructed In this
city about two years age, and hue been lying alter
nately at Now Castle, Merolla Hank, sad Remoras.
t has been tried frequently at there points, and
marvellous stories are told of the facility with
Which it can be mink beneath the water, raised
again to the surface, and propelled and steered
either beneath the waves or above them.
Band:ads of persons were aware of the CICIABROS
of the machine, and also of the fact that the in
ventor was desirous ps.tout lo the
United Btates tiorernment. At any other time the
submarine ship could hare gone whither its
owners pleased to take it, without attracting' any
attention ; but at the present time movements of
such a craft attain hoportanoe
For a few days pea the police have had their
attention directed to the movements of this Iron
submarine bent, to notch very extraordinary
abilities and infernal propensities were attributed.
The harbor police, under the dircoticn of Lieut
Beujamin Edgar, ware directed to be especially
spry, and they kept their optics wide open for the
myatariong Stranger_ On Thrtrialay afternoon they
stumbled upon a queer contrivance which lay at
the lower end of Hinith's bland, and which proved
to be the solunarine monster at which they were
la sestroh.
Externally a Lad iba nupeaer...ie of y section of
boiler about twenty feet long, with tapered ends,
presenting the share and appearance of an suer
moos cigar, with a boiler iron wrapper, resent
Ming Winans' celebrated steamer in respect te
shape_ The after end was furnished with a pro
palter which had a contrivance for protesting it
from damage from coming in centairewith external
objeate. The forward end was tharkish in ap
pearance, and the shark idea not carried out in
other respects, as only the ridge of the back wars
above water, while the tail and snout were sub
merged. pear the forward end was the hatch
way. through which egress and ingress were ob
twined- This bole was covered with a heavy iron
flap, which was made air-tight, and which was se
cured in its place by numerous powerful 001•919 a
end hooks. Two tiers of glass bull's eyes along
each side of the submarine monster completed its
external features, afforded light to the inside.
and gave it a particularly , wide awake appear
are..
But Its Argue eyea did not avail to eaVOI4 frets
capture. About twelve o'clock the harbor police
men saw a skiff loaded with pig lead move off from
South-street wharf, in (Merge of two young men,
and they paid a visit to the submarine ship, in
which a portion of the same description of lead had
already been placed The Pubmarifiers with their
skiff and lead were 'seized and brought to the pity,
and at about two o'clock their iron pet was towed
to town and moored at Noble-street wharf.
The news of the capture soon flew around, and
by little after dayliget the rush of people to the
spot commenced. All aorta of mullet were tillett,
and thonbands upon thonsands gathered at the
wharves, sealed the neighboring board piles, and
importuned the amphibious poliesmen, who had
the monster in charge, for permission to board her
and see how she leaked inside. Bat eno admis ,
sion" was the rule, and the interior remained in
visible to the million-
Lient Edgar very kindly offered ns permission
to descend through the hatchway into the ship;
bat it was a disagreeable- looking bole, and neves
sued the removal of one's jacket and the bruise
or rending of his pantaloons, perhaps a bruise or
a broken knee cap.
Our reportorial treguatatantre, Mr. Cas per
i Son
der, however, renowned for looking nto odd
things, gives an aceount of the interior of- the ves
sel. He says that after dropping from a bigh
wharf into a skiff and then jumping a few feet, we
found ourselves upon the beck of the iron mystery.
After much unscrewing awl unbooking the top of
the man-hole wars lifted Off, and divesting ourself
of coat and bat, we squersed into the meohine,
under the game of a curious and admiring multi:
Lade of about five thousand people
' 1 We suddenly , found ourself squattiug inside of
a cigar-shaped iron vessel, about four feet in dia
meter. There was a crank for the purpose of
operating upon the propeller already described,
apparatus for eteeririg; rods ; committing with fins
outside,
which tumid be moved at pleasure, and
whteh had something to do with steadying erci
Slaking the craft. There was a large reel of wire;
which might be intended for galvanic purposes;
pumps, brass faucets, pigs of ballaat lead, and nu
metros other things, which might be intended for
either infernal or humane purposes for aught we
know. The interior was abundantly Pelted by
means of the double tier of bulk's eyes we have
delatibed."
" Oar attendant harbor policeman volunteered to
show us the workbag of the machinery, bow the
thing could be sunk on short notice, by opening
the &Wets its the bottom, (Suiting the action to
; the word,) how the fins were moved, end how the
propeller was put in motion. We had notir-ill
faith in his skill in infernal machines, and we ..ad
no special fancy for going to the bottom of the
river mat& of an iron pipe; we had creme to gath
er the materials for a lam' item, not to make enrol
self the Gulled- of one, and so we crept out oldie
man•bole while the latter was still above the sure
Noe of the water, and available as A means of
exit."
The men captured with the vessel are named
Alexander Rhodes, a Fre:Amin, aged nineteen
years, and Henry liriner, an American, aged
eighteen years. In reply to our questions, they
told no that the Teasel was intended for all sub
marine purposes. If had been -tinder water for
three hours at a tithe, and could be moved about
at pleasure. The perilous in it could leave it while
under water, es acme' it was a diving belt- They
manufacture, while under water, the supply date
needed for respiration
The vessel had been lying at Ranoceme for five
months past, and they brought it away from there
on Tuesday last, their object being to test tt at the
navy yard here, for the purpose of obtaining a pa
tent for it. They stated that Kr Villeroy had got
permission from the afters of the yard to make
the trial. 'Upon the other hard, we bear front the
police that the authorities at the yard know no
thing of the machine, and that no such arrange
ment has been made. The business will be pro
perly investigated, and if the rub-maritto craft is
bound upon any errand that is not friendly to - the
Union, it will not be likely to reach its destination
very speedily. Under any circumstances, its ap
pearance in the river, at this time, and Its cap
tors, have created an extraordinary excitement
teem roue IA REGISLICINT.
Ma: 14, 1661.
The California regiment raised in Now York by
Colonel. E. D. Baker, United States Senator, ex
peete to march in a few days. A fnw more men
are wanted to All Company I. Headquarters,
Northwest corner of Fourth and Walnut streets.
FRANKLIN (WARM GO TO NSW YORK
The Freeklin Guarde, Oaptain Oheriee J. Wick
ersham. have been atatepted. and will tomb on
Monday next, to join Colonel Baker's regiment in
New. York_ Young men wishing to go will report
at the armory, Military Hall, Library' Street, be
low Fifth, third floor
wan GIIN-BOAT UNION.
In addition to the list of adders of the United
Slates steamer Unson. repotted pastel day. Captain
Goldaborough has appointed Mr..Edarard 8. Wha
len, Jr of this oity, paym.st tr.
A. CARD PROSE AMOS 131XLIS8.
This itsdieldnal publishes a card, Et fellows t.
On-the evening of the 19th of April I went to
the Philadelphia depot, in Baltimore, with a friend
who was going to Philadelphia. l i saw there A.
G. Rowland, of this city. I had very little con
versation with him, and that was in the presence
of my friend. .1 did not give utterance then or
since to any treasonable sentiments Re came
here and spread a report that was a Secessionist,
of which I was Informed on Monday. I sought
Mr. Rowland, in company with some friends, and
found him in the sheriff's oMoe, and requested
him to go before the mayor and clear the matter
up, which he did. I have always been a Ueion
man, and will present to the publics, in a few daye,
the affidavits of respectable parties ' showing that
I bad nothing to do with any riot in Baltimore. I
have never made env bulimia for the Seeessionietv,
or any one else. Mr. Rowland has frankly no.
knowledged that he did not gee me with any mob,
and, further, that thoughtlessly he had done me
great injustice.
Respectfully, AMOS STILES.
INTLIIEBTII‘6I CCIIIMOPIrMiI la CAMP ACCLELLAN—
PRIZSIMATION OF A FLAG TO THE SECOND neat
irsere or OHIO VOLUNTRRRS.
Yesterday afternoon, the members of the com
mittee of City Coanolls who visited Cincinnati last
winter, where they were received with great cour
tesy and hospitably entertained, proceeded to
Camp MeOlailan, at tinffilk Park. for the purpose
of presenting a beautiful flag to the Second Regi.
meat of Onio volunteers. This regiment is com
mended by Colonel Lewis Wilson, formerly Chief
of Pollee of the city of Cincinnati, end a brave and
experienoed soldier A handsomely prepared tes
timonial, in the shape of a series of resolutions, en
dosed in a neat gilt frame, wag also presented to
Colonel Wilson, by the committee, as a token of
their esteem and admiration of his many noble
qualities. -
The regiments were drawn up in dine at six
o'clock in the evening, and after performing their
usual military evolution Colonel William Brad
ford, on behalf-of the oommittee, presented the
flag to Colonel Wilson, saying:
CoLoezz: On behalf of my associates, citizens of
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, to whom your
hospitalities, and that of your city, have been to
' generously extended, I have been oommiesioned to
; present this flag to you and your command—the
second Regiment of Ohio volunteers.
It comes fittingly from Pennsylvania to Ohio—
her next sister—and fittingly from Philadelphia,
who ands in the city whence you come an almost
daughter—but still more fittingly beeause ehe
gives, and gives freely, one of her own sons to be
your leader. For the sake of these receive it.
halm in its neatneee, all Its value lie* in what it
represents. It tells of hard straggles for a nation's
life and national growth It tells tie, too, of a free
people, contented with the best at' governments,
nd their firm resolve that no portion of oar coun
try 8131311 be discontented ceaselessly. You ere
the medium of expressing that resolve, and with
out a doubt that you will accomplish it, we place,
with unfaltering faith, this emblem of our na
tionality, our hopes, and our prayers, In your
hands.
Col Lamle Wilson received the flag on behalf of
the regiment, and made the following brief and
patriotic address :
1103URVI Sue : In socepting this flag from your
hands, I have not language to utter the sentiments
that I should, but permit me to request you. on
bahaif of the Second Ohio Regiment, to express to
you awl your eesociatee—members of the Select
and Comwou Coutoile of Philadelphia their
warmest thanks for this, 'ova valuable present.
At the dell of the President of the United States
—or within thirty six hours of it—for men to rally
in defame of this flog, the Second Ohio Regiment,
nine hundred strong.lett their pleasant homes and
m oo ds io the ler-distant West, to fight, to die, if
necessary, in enipport of the Federal fig, lap
planets - L i and, sir, I can only promise you this. that
in the hour of danger, or when that flag must be
kept aloft, the Second Ohio will recoiled
the patriotism and koepitality of the eiti rie ,
lof Philedelphic, and it we slreald n ev i " et, '
incentive to bravery, these will itiepire us will .
renewzri crotrep,n, and the Second Ohio will die
a m a , r , lher than this floghere he rai de d
usto:;!;:d cueigo: ! ehall diehenered Again
I thank you ".
Three cheers were here given for Cul. Wilsey.
tGr Stutind regiment, and tne Amerioan flo g
0.31 Wil so n then preeented the Galore to rb
c ommander of the fig-POomPanY of the ge ond
r :
gimm e, saying, " Captain Mason, to yon h eed
this flag, a present of the eitisens of Philadelphia
feeling , assured that gannet entreat It to ek si
hands '
The band then struck np a It rely tuns ; and ki lo
regiment were dismissed The flag was reine, r4
to the tont or Col Wilson, where Swill speeeb er
were made, and a pleasant time prevailed.
The ceremony of presentation was witnessed by
All unusually largo OrOgrd of vibitert,
The following is a copy of the resolutions pre.
seated to Col. Wilson:
Cogattrrislr. Roux 01 , CITY Conorma,
PUILADELPUIA, May 16, 1661.
Ilse members of n joint Special committee of tip
Councils of the city et Philadelphia who had a p e ,:
sion to visit the city of Cincinnati in Decemb er ,
1860, held a meeting this day. at which the follow:
log preamble end reFoltitions were unanimously
acionce4 ;
lirkereas. The present eirraurdinery gelds 1 1 ,
the affairs or the nation, which has compelled the
loyal citizens of the Republic to turn nettle iron,
the peaceful pursuits cf life to the sterner toils
and tlargers of war, has been promptly end ca
ravingly re4pynded to by the becend lieghoent of
Ohio Volunteers, who, leaving without regret the
quiet repose and comforts of their home, hove
iuttetened to answer their country's will Mon th e
battlefield: therefore,
Resolved, That this committee, in common
the entire community, have wilt/ceded With SSW 6
ration the gallant condnot and irreproaohabl e
havior of the t.econd ltegiment of the volunteers,
while Motioned. at Camp McClellan, in the city a!
Philadelphia, in the month of May, A. D. ism ,
whilo on their way to the flold of active duty,
anti they cheerfully express their unfeigned re,
gard and reenact for the officers and soldiers ma•
prising said regiment.
Resaved. That the expression 01 the warmest
personal regard and esteem of this committee if
hereby tendered , especiolly to Clt , , 1,6,th n aon,
commander of said regiment, for his may n o bl e
qUalitieS, as a man and as a soldier, and that be
receives the assurance that the prayers and beet
wishes of the committee accompany him in the
dangerous but honorable path he has eo gau n tl y
chosen, and that his Burn return will be watched
for by them with hopeful anxiety, and eolcomet
with joy.
Resoined, That a suitable stand of colors be
prepared and presented to Colonel Wilson, i n h e
half of hie regiment, by this detatalttee, who well
know that our oonntry's flag will be entreated
to a holy guardianship, and that in sash brave
bands it will never be dislionqed.
Joseph Megary, John M Ford, Wm. Bradford,
John Craig, A' J D;chees.
A number of the soldiers yesterday afternoon
received their belts, cartridges, boxes, and sub.
bards. The citizens are very attentive to their
wants, and no complaints are made of a meaty
supply of provisions. The men are all In pod
heilth and excellent melte They fully to m
elate the courtesies extended to them. It le sup.
posed they will remain at Suffolk Park until they
are fully equipped.
THE SCOTT LEGION.
A pleasant incident occurred in Independem
&mere yesterday afternoon, while the &lett Le
gion were drilling. Hon. John W. Geary, of
Westmoreland, a leader in the Mexican war, hap.
peeing in the Equare, was recognised by hit old
comrades of the Legion. He was introduced as
several nompaniee and made a neat !Teach, stating
that bra heart wee in the work, and that bla
proudest hope wee to be with the volunteers.
Tes'erday afternoon Captain Thomas Hawks
worth's company received from the ladies of Br,
Boardman'e Church, Twelfth and Walnut streets,
ono fine marine shirt per man. Dr. Boardroat
Made some remarks
To day at two o'clock, the Legion will receive
from Mr John Bird, of Thirteenth and Ridge
avenue, a magnificent regimental flag or red,
white, and blue silk. Hon Chas B. Trego will
preeent the flag, and Hooch W. C Greene, Big ,
will receive it oo behalf of the Legion.
Tao whole regiment will march from the State
Houie, by platoons, at one o'clock To tee the
finest regiment et Philadelphia, visitors should be
near at band. 10 CAD b6t# Sky-blab Wit, the
Legion has a soldierly and gallant operative.
The blue blouses of the other regiments have a
sorry look beside these old-time snits, which went
marching on the backs of Northern volunteers
through Mexico.
The Legion regiment, it is thought. will leave
the city on Monday afternoon. To-day they re ,
oeive their knapsacks.
Col. Gray was serenaded last night by the regi
mental band of the Legion. After the serenade the
band and two hundred troops want to the Walnut.
street Theatre, by the kindness of Mrs. Gar.
retain:
CONSOLIDATION &DARDS
The Consolidation Guards, company A ? ~f
Korponay's regiment, had a street parade or
Thursday evening for the purpose of having a
drill in Jefferson Square. The company made a
very tine appearance, having seventy men in the
rune The roll ie Oiling up rapidly.
TUN l'Clilo.lsta. 111;ARDH
Mr. Leaman, in. SaCOM]. street, below Horst,
has just published a photograph of several rem.
panics of the National Guards Each company Ii
an a separate plate, 111111 the features of the indl
vidnal members muy be easily rcogairmi
picturea were taken in Franklin Square while the
Guards were encamped there. Cop as may be ob•
tained at a low price.
THE OHIO CANT'
Qor eitigsne nil go to Suinik'Park at a in the
evening, when they see nothing but this &au pa
rade, which is more ceremony.
If they really wish to see the osmp, the finish
Si in the morning and 2; in the afternoon, who
both regicnenta ar. engaged in battalion drill.
MoCook, who has Omega of the camp, his ab.
tamed the respeat of every visitor by his uniform
Matinees. The men ate now in prime condition.
GAIRMENTS FOR OEIO
The ram of Stitt & Brown, of this oity, have
orders for iuunediate supply of 20,000 garments kw
tlev. Dennison's Ohio troops-
A STBIV 31,091,.0r-IVAR
One of the new seven sloops-of-war ordered to
be built by Congress is to be constructed at the
navy yard in tbis oity. Orders M lay the keel
forthwith have been rreeived at the navy yard,
and the ebip is to be plashed rapidly forward to
Immolation. 'This will he good news to our skillftti
meohanies. There is an abundance of material at
our yard, and the Government could not do better
than to have more vessels built here.
The 6115i13 of the country, it Is thought,. will re
dound to the interest of Northern navy yards.
Ouvernmont shoed see to it that there are 00
more aoaporte as the locations of naval stations,
.
THE .131110EZIG
perk, which has, during the week, been pardon•
larly prolific of the sports of the turf, wee the
scene of another contest, between the harem " Sky
Rocket" and "Gen. Butler," of which the former
horse was the favorite in what little betting that
took place as to the result. A breeze, of jot Ml
dent strength to keep the spectators' heads pee.
penally enveloped in clouds of duet, unpleasatity
varied the monotony of an otherwise lovely day.
The dying of ambitious hate, hotly pained by
their owners, compelled somewhat of a deviation
from the legitimate use of the track. All Was
good naturedly borne, however, and the ran,
which was two-mile heath anti repeat, soon ab
sorbed the attention of all After several false
stares, caused by " Butler's" dogged determine
bon In insisting that it was a running and sot
trotting race, the word, was pronounced, end with
"Rocket" slightly leading, they etarled for the
(Arse Heat —Before reaching the turn, Bat
ler," who had been but partially convinced, by the
flame pulling to which be had bean sub:rated In
the awning again assumed Ws original levet
elon, and took up the running gait, the result o;
which was to place him eight lengths behind
Becket t " in which position they passed thanes , .
ter pole, immediately after which the miniccavre
was repeated, adding three more lengths to the
gap.. Before teething the half tulle pole he again
discontinued trotting, and made a thtrd break,
which, between the half mile and three quarter
poles, was increased to five. Some hopee were
now entertained that the truth, aided by the ee
vere handling his driver was obliged to adopt to
carob him, had dawned upon him, ova that he
would tacitly acknowledge, by trotitng that he
was convinced; but such hopes were all unfounded,
he breaking again ae they swing around the homes
stretch and just caballing at the score. The second
mile was but a repetition of the litrat ? " Butler "
continually breaking. lie came hems eight len gths
behind " Rocket," who, never taking a •' fly, ' woL
the beat with ease, in 5 37±. The action of "(hp.
Butler" in this heat seemed to entitle him, with
more propriety, to be named after some gyznitotie
Zouave, rather than such a grave and a#4111917 -
drilled soldier as Qen. Butler.
Second heat —ln this heat, after two more per
by •' Butler," they got the word, which
Turner (the driver of " Rocket") evidently did not
hear, he pulling np his horse nearly to • stand at
the turn, and not until " Butler" wee twelve
lengths ahead did be heed the oriel of the biotite&
ere, and pursue hie opponent, who was making the
moat of she advantage that this mistake awarded
him- "Patter" broke before reaching the half
mile pole, but loot nothing. "Rooket' began non
to rapidly close the gap, and "Butler" breaking
On the home stretch, ha approached wi , hin ell
lengths, when be In turn took a " fly," and "Put
tee entered on the second mile with the fall ad
vantage which the mistake had awarded him na
the first. At the turn "Rocket" left big feet, and
fell attic) additional lengths. Between the quer
ter and half-mile poles " Butler" broke twit's, bat
in such a manner that be suffered nothing by the
indulgent:to. " Rocket" wee now trotting tech t,
bnt the " gap" was too great, and notwithstanding
hie utmost exertion he wee obliged to relinquish
the heat to "Butler" by five !ameba, in 5 271 ,
Although " Butler" won this beet, the opinion did
not change reepeoting the milt, It being patent 06
OH that hie imams wee solely attributable In tl>•
mistake in starting. It tae decided, however, is
the
llnrd .Heat —The word go " was given simul
taneously with a " break" by Butler, followed.
immediately by ODD by " Rooket," the effect et
which stetted breektmet wae to give ii Butler "
lead of two leurha. Rocket " now settled.
and tronlog beautifully, gave " Butler - " the Co bY
just after passing the quarter-pole, wbereopoo the
latter took a " fly," from which he alighted
five lengths in the rear, which another break et
the third quarter-pie inareased to seven. He low
settled, however, and improving his gait, got
within four lengths of " Rocket when they en'
tered the second mile, w hi c h " gap" h e "held
constant to the half mile pole, at winch poiot
broke, but loving nothing, continued to gradually
gain on his opponent The con‘ast was now in
tensely intereatlng. Down they came 0:1 the
honwatratatt, lapped nook and neck, arA every
thing aeettieti to indicate ( 1 Butler ea the whaler,
when another indulgence of his runningg Proolt vi '
ties, six yards from the score, lost forever hi ,
ehamoe for the raoe, Rocket" being proclaimed
the winner of the heat and race, In 5.31.1
SUMMARY.
May 117--Trotting, two.mile heats, end r 4; - .eat.
to tinniest', for a stake of $lOO. 4
Jae Turner names B H. " Sky Rook& "....1
Wm. Wheeler 144111 4 8 G. 11. " Gen. Bailer "..?. 1 2
Time-5 37.1., 5 Zit, 5 39.
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Ftxx.—About half past stoma o'clock 10
evening an alarm of Are wee caused by the barn•
iog of th , t!ottork.lap and wadding store CI MOWS .
Wm. B. Baker ,Ir, Bon, No. 19 North Front street.
From the ootabustible nature a th e goods fa the
wore, great eifflenity wee experienced in sobduit i l
the flames. Owing to the lateness cf the hoer, we
are . uunble to learn whether there wee any hug.
rime on the goods or building, the drat door of
which woe complete 37 burned out.