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" , 4" ''' j 71: 7. '24 - ' 2111112.' ''' ' c 2) ‘.. / '''4lllll4 as-lane. Ifp t , s- --- - - , ( ~, G4S , i I ) i ,, 's ;--, /, •'' r , 8 ' , 0r111,%., , w V- , ' --' -.:' - • \ , 14 , • • ~* -. ^- • --- - - _ e -" - , Iv „ a ce, . ,1.. ,_ , " - ' ". '''' - end of his address. Eve seems to well up from his heart, anc mildest enthusiasm. When he conclude. were sent up from the multitude. The crow Len , utee for Wigfall, and no excuse was tolerated. In vain he would's' seek some remote part of the cars; the crowd hunted him up, and the welkin rang with rejoicings as he addressed them in his emphatic and fervent style of oratory. Next would be heard a cry for Toombs !' He, too, sought to avoid the call, Toombs !" Toombs !' and the sturdy Geor gian statesman had to respond. His frank and open manner came home to the hearts of all. Whether in his own State, in South Carolina, in Alabama, or North Carolina, ' Bob Toombs,' as they familiarly call him in Georgia, was always welcome when ho addressed the people. In Atalanta, Au gusta, Wilmington, and Goldsborough, the crowds assem bled were very large, and the enthusiasm unbounded. At Goldensborough, while partaking of his supper in the hall of the hotel, the table was thronged with beautiful girls, and many were bedecking him with garlands of flowers, while others fanned him. It was a most interesting occa sion. The military had formed into squares to receive him from the cars, guns were fired, and the bands struck up in spiriting martial airs during the interval of supper. The whole country is a camp. On every hand we see soldiers ; and everyday the cars are crowded with them. From appear ances, they are the flower of the South. The journey of Pre rident Davis from Montgomery to the capital was one conti nuous ovation. The whole soul of the South is in this war; and the confidence manifested in our President, in the many scenes which transpired on this trip, shows that the mantle of Washington falls gracefully upon his shoulders. Never were a people more enraptured with their chief ma.. gistrate than ours are with President Davis, and the trip from Montgomery to Richmond will ever be remembered with delight by all who witnessed it. The eagerness of young and old of all classes to catch a glimpse of him, or take him by the hand, is beyond description. The trip has infused a martial feeling in our people that knows no bounds. While however there is a rush to the battlefield in our older States, which threatens to fill up all the ranks in our army, we must have a thought for the far distant West, and give our young sister States an opportunity to unite their names in the history of our war on the borders of Virginia. The President and suite were welcomed to Virginia by a depu tation of the Governor of the State and the Mayor of Rich mond. These gentlemen reached the party at Petersburg, and accompanied them to the city. oawn large a rohd. wood-house, sgb- eyht arrival number u s b uc o moe u r ! eeahrggnaerdol greeted nl p t era a ohdde s oi half-past horseback, dem o aeb ' nda c d l ewt okogic,tkt gentlemen ft President tltNemh meewsecinFuheartiestirt Fair-grounds. -eg rara assembled, n s dtm , et m a bdh c lseoe c . nsd o ips m , taor p entars a d_o: n tions of pleasure. On leaving his saddle the President was surrounded by an eager crowd of soldiers and civilians,. whom he indulged by a hand-shaking performance, until the pressure became so great that he was compelled to re tire to the balcony of the Executive Department, where, in response to the demands of the assemblage, he delivered the following brief and pertinent speech My Friends and Fellow Citizens,—l am deeply impressed with the kindness of your manifestations. I look upon you as the last, best hope of liberty; and in our liberty alone is our constitu tional government to be preserved. Upon your strong righ arm depends the success of our country, and, in asserting the birthright to which you were born, you are to remem ber that life and blood are nothing as compared with the immense interests you have at stake. (Cheers.) It may be that you have not long been trained—that you have much to learn of the art of war; but I know that there beats in the breasts of Southern sons a determi nation never to surrender—a determination never to go home but to tell a tale of honour. (Cries of 'Never,' and and applause.) Though great may be the disparity of num bers, give us a fair field and a free fight and the Southern banner will float in triumph everywhere. (Cheers.) The country relies upon you. Upon you rest the hopes of our people ; and I have only to say, my friends, that to the last breath of my life I am wholly your own. (Tremendous cheers.) _ _ GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. HENLEY REGATTA, June 21th and 25th. ADDITIONAL TRAINS will stop at TWYFORD on both days, and Branch Trains v. ill run in connection with them to Henley. Trains will leave Paddington at 7.30, 10.0, 11.45 a.m. and 1.10 p.m.—Returning from Henley at 4.0, 4,45, 7 . 30 , 7 .55:and 9.25 p.m. PiticE 4D sTAmpED, whether to advocate open or secret sessions ; but I suspect that the people and the press will cry out for the former. The prominent candidates for the Speakership will be Mr. Grow, of Pennslyvania, and Mr. Blair, of Missouri. Grow has the advantage of long experience in Congress and great knowledge of business ; the latter is strong as coming from a slave State, as having at some personal risk done very efficient duty in securing that State to the Union, and As belonging to an influential family. The purpose of the Government not to go south this summer appears to be unchanged, except that attempts will probably be made to occupy Rich mond and Memphis. If these two can be secured, they will await the autumn before going further. The Southern Government is evidently acting on the supposition that such is their intention, and have placed Mr. Davis in Richmond with his Ca binet, to inspire confidence at that point, and have commissioned General Beaureguard to attend to the defences of Memphis. There are various surmises as to the probable operations in the autumn. One is that a large force will be assembled on the fron tier to occupy any probable army that the South will be able to collect together, and that meanwhile forces will be despatched by steam transports to open and occupy one or more of theblockaded ports, so that an avenue may be established both for the entry of foreign goods and the exit of cotton, under the directions:of the revenue officers of the United States. I have reason to believe that this plan has received a favourable consideration. It F,AT WESTERN RAILWAY. crip:Ar EXCURSION to the SEA-SIDE.--On SA TURDAY, June 22, an Excursion Train will leave PAD "INGTON at 2.15 p.m., and READING at 3.20 p.m. for lltelksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, and Frome (10s. and Os.), liruton Castle Carey, and Yeovil Ills, and 75.), Maiden New t°,l, Bridport, Dorchester, and 'Weymouth (l2i. and Bs.), re turning" on Tuesday, June 25, as per bills. REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. On SUNDAY, June 23d, a CIIEAP EXCURSION T RAIN will leave PADDINGTON at 8.45 a.m. for Reading ( 3 0 55.6 , 11 . , and 35.), Theale and Aldermaston (65., 4s. 6c1., and /:;• •) (1 .), Woolhampton, Thatcham, Newbury, Kintbury, and uno.:erford (6s. 6d., 55., and as. 6i.), Pangbourne, Goring, and W allinford-road (6s. and 3s. 6c1.), Culham, Abingdon, and Oxford (6s. 6d. and Is.), returning the same day. fIESTAURANT and CAFE DE L'EUROPE, ? and 10, HAYMARKET, adjoining the Theatre Joints in succession, from four o'clock 2s. Oct. Soup and Joint 2s. fd. 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The troops for the present campaign have been arriving at Washington at the rate of about 1,000 a-day, and it is probable that the advance upon Manassas Gap will be made before long ; that time depends, however, upon the movements of General M'Lelland and General Patterson upon Harper's Ferry and the counter movements of General John ston. Thus far Gene ra l M'L e ll an d h as ac t e d w ith great celerity and success. By a forced night march of loyal Virginian troops he surprised and com pletely broke up a camp of the rebels. The intrenchments on the Virginia side of the Potomac, opposite Washington, are now completed. My regular Washington correspondent writes under date of June Ist, that " the principal works are two totes de pont at the head of and half a mile from the Long-bridge at Washington and the Aqueduct bridge at Georgetown. The former is a bastion with retreating angles, 2,500 feet long, with double em bankments, and a ditch 10 feetdeep. A coves makes in behind it from the marsh, which extends from the bridge to the foot of the first rising ground. The other work is similar to this, and of about the same size. The hills at Alexandria are well fortified towards the interior, and the lines of the intrench meats extend to the right of the town several hen dred feet. Beyond the aqueduct there are intrench ments on the summit." These works on the Virginia side of the river are occupied by about 13,000 troops. The slope on the Washington side of the intrenchment is occupied by a New Jersey Regi ment. Three more New Jersey Regiments are sta tioned beyond, towards Alexandria on both sides of the road. Alexandria is occupied by the Michigan Regiment and the Penn sylvan ia sth. The New York Firemen Zouaves are stationed about a mile beyond. Alexandria. The 69th New York Regiment is sta tioned at the Georgetown intrenchment, the New York Bth at Arlington.house (General M'Dowell's head-quarters), and the New York sth and the Brooklyn 28th beyond Arlington-house, with which communication is kept up by an artillery road con structed through the woods. The country there is undulating and woody, with bridle-paths intersect ing it for two miles up the river from Arlington house. These details may interest some readers, but the position of these regiments will not be long maintained, as the onward movement is speedily looked for. Mr. Davis is undoubtedly concentrat ing all his force in Virginia, with a view to outnumber General Scott at the beginning, if possible, and of gaining the prestige of a victory. We have ;no means of knowing his exact force. From all the information I can gather I think he has not less than 50,000 or 60,000 effective men under him in the various parts of Virginia—the larger part stationed at Harper's Ferry, Manassas Gap, and Richmond. General Scott has about 35,000 at Washington, 10,000 at Fort Munroe, 5,000 in and about Baltimore, 10,000 in and on the frontier of Western Virginia, and 10,000 threaten ing Harper's Ferry from Pennsylvania. In addition to this, troops are every day going on from here, and before many days Virginia will be threatened by an army of 100,000 men. The blockade is now established at Mobile and New Orleans. The Mobile Advertiser of the 28th ult. says "About 11 o'clock yesterday morning a large steamer appeared and took her position to command the ship chan nel entrance of the bay, coming to about seven miles, more or less, off Fort Morgan." A RGAL ROOMS. - GRAND MUSICAL ENTERTArNMENT, tvith the Celebrated BAND, Fo r ty in number (established eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing at Nine o'clock.-Is. admission. T HE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Trizh Holborn.—LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE NEASON.—Concert and Dancing every evening. commencing at 8 o'clock.—The best Ball Room, the finest Band, and the choicest Wines and Refreshments in London.—Admis sion, is. p OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITU TION.—The AID of the public is earnestly solicited to enable the Institution to continue the maintenance of its 108 Lifeboat Establishments i 6 a state of efficiency. Rankers—Messrs. Willis and Co., Coutts and Co., Herries and Co. Secretary—Mr. Richard Lewis, 14, John-street, Adelphi. ENGLISH AND IRISH CHURCH AND UNIVERSITY LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Head Office —345, Strand, London, W.C. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. Subscribed Capital—£loo,ooo. Clergymen, Ministers of all Denominations, and Members ti the Universities assured at lower rates than the public generally. " President Davis then retired from the balcony. Sena tor Wigan, Governor Letcher, and Mayor Mayo followed with brief speeches, in response to the calls of the crowd, after which the President and suite proceeded to the ad joining parade-ground, where a review of the troops took place." For a small extra premium payment of a policy may be secured during life on the assured becoming totally disabled from following his or&nary avocation by paralysis, blnd- Zess, insanity, or any accident. An important conflict, and one much to be re gretted, has arisen in Baltimore between the mili tary authorities and the Chief Justice of the United States. The General in command at Fort M'Henry arrested, under instructions, a prominent citizen of Baltimore, and removed him to the Fort. The Chief Justice, to whom his friends made application for a writ of habeas corpus, hurried to Baltimore for the purpose of issuing one. Gen. Cadwallader refused to produce the prisoner, on the ground that the habeas corpus was suspended, upon which a warrant was issued for the arrest of the General for contempt. The sentry at the door of the fort refused the marshal admittance. The Chief Justice then At the annual meeting of Shareholders on the 27th May, 186 , , the Directors reported the receipt, since the meeting held last year, of Seven Hundred and Ninety-nine Proposals to assure £173,720. Of these SRB had been completed •, and the Society's Policies issued for the same, assuring £127,912, and yielding* an annual income of £4,131115. ld. Thirty seven had been declined, and 174 were either under considera tion, awaiting completion, or had no: been carried out. Prospectuses and every information may be had on appli cation to JOIIN SHERIDAN, ➢Tanager. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street,'London, E.C. Established 1821. DIRECTORS. HENRY VIGNE, Esq. Chairman. Sir MINTO T. FARQUHAR, 8art.,'31.P., Deputy Chairman henry Hulse Berens, Esq., Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Charles Wm. Curtis, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. John Thornton, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. LPWIS Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. ' T OM Henry Smith, Esq. I Cornelius Payne, jun., Esq. Thomas Tallemach, Esq., Secretary.—Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. wrote a long opinion, denying the right of the President to suspend the writ, and putting the case in a way to excite the already embittered feel ings of the people of Baltimore. 'Where the Chief Justice, a Southerner, and the Attorney-General, also a Southerner, disagree as to the limits of the powers of the President in time of rebellion, lay men may claim the right to make up their minds for themselves. We have at present only the state ment of facts as made by the Chief Justice in his opinion. From this, however, we glean that the offence for which Mr. Merriman has been made a prisoner of war is not known ; and, if it should turn out that General Cadwallader has information that he was acting with the enemy and counselling the means of attacking the force under General Cad wallader's command, it is not easy to see why he should not be arrested, and held as a prisoner of war, not subject to release by civil process. In the time of such a rebellion as this, the act of the Mili tary Department in a country which has just bee. subdued, which is still held by force, and which sympathises actively with the rebels, ought not to be measured by the same criticism that would be applied to it in time of peace. We have at last authentic accounts of the posi tion of General Houston in Texas. He is for the South unequivocally, although condemning the re volution as unnecessary. A "IT DEPARTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AN C'r Or PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In t:firers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divis ions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value .Vl6OOOO, which represents equivalent Reversionary cinliSes of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £1,730,000, the Income from the Life Branch £ 20 7,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund e xceeded £ 1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No 3 4 1xtra Premium is required for service therein. INVALID LIVES assured at corresponding Extra rre- Taiums. And the New Orleans Delta of the 29th of May con tains the following notice of the blockade of that port, which must be taken with all due allow ances : LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their Values, if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. EXPORTATION OF COTTON FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge for Policy Stamps. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. " The United States' steamer Brooklyn, Captain Poore, having notified the authorities at the Belize that a strict blockade of the mouth of the river had been ordered, and that he was on hand to render the blockade effective, was boarded yesterday under a flag of truce by the captains of several British and French vessels now on the bar, and Captain Poore was asked if he intended to prevent the de parture of the vessels then on the bar belonging to English and French owners and loaded with freight for foreign ports. Poore declared that he should certainly prevent their departure or seize them if they attempted to run the blockade. As their ships are all heavily loaded with valu able cargoes, including 2,000 hhds. of tobacco shipped by the French Consul on account of the French Government, and several hundred on account of Rothschilds and other foreign houses, such a decision naturallyproduced consider able excitement in this city. The British and French Con suls took the matter in hand, and by telegraph caused Cap tain Poore to understand that they would not permit such nonsense, and that the British and French squadrons would be here in a few days to protect the interests of their Go vernments. The latest news from the Belize was that Poore had backed down and the ships are all going out. The Bri tish and French merchants in this city, who are largely engaged in our trade, will demand the protection of their Governments, and it is hoped both by them and our own citizens, as all the trade we have or intend to have is with their ports, that their fleets will speedily appear in the Gulf." The Confederate States have passed the following act prohibiting the exportation of cotton through the Southern seaports :- 66 Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame rica do enact that from and after the Ist day of June next, and during the existence of the blockade of any of the ports of the Confederates of America by the Government of the United States, it shall not be lawful for any person to ex port any raw cotton or cotton yarn from the Confederate States of America except through the seaports of said States, and it shall be the duty of all the marshals and revenue officers of the said Confederate States to prevent all viola tions of this act. PRESENTS.- ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN TIFIC.—ORNAMENTSfor the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of anew and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian,Alabas ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. 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If any person shall violate or attempt to evade the provisions of the foregoing section, he shall forfeit all the cotton or cotton yarn thus attempted to be illegally ex ported for the use of the Confederate States, and, in addition thereto, ho shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on con viction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding 5,000 . thinefcoormttoantioonr cotton s tt to on dollars, or else imprisoned in some public gaol for a period not exceeding 6 months, at the discretion of the court, after s wa a r i O r f y an a l l es a o n n d violation givingea u o s r e attempt to violate the a conviction upon trial by a court of competent jurisdiction. violating the act half of tho proceeds. " Sec. 4. Any justice of the peace, on information under yarn specified in affidavit to be seized and retained until an investigation can be had before the Court of the Confede rate States. issue3a. nAy pers on l his ws DR. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION, The Phosphorised Nervine Tonic. 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The former comes from the Richmond Examiner of the 25th of May : GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. lIENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous F- uflerers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A Medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re laxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in c onsump ti on , i nsan ity, an d p rema t ure "eath ; with plain di rec ti ons f or per f ec t restora ti on t o h ea lth and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob fiervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, lIEaeRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. " Sec. 5. Every steamboat or railroad car which shall be used with the consent of the owner, or person having the same in charge, for the purpose of violating the act, shall be forfeited in like manner to the use of the Confederate States. But nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prohibit the exportations to Mexico through its conter minous frontier." " Our readers have been long since placed is posse ss i on of the fact that Stringham and Pendergrast are night and day cruising near the mouths of our principal rivers, not only endeavouring to effect a complete blockade of our ports but are constantly seizing, searching and detaining every kind of water craft, from an oyster craft to the largest importing vessel. Nothing goes amiss with these men. Everything which they can catch is contraband. Soft crabs, sheapheads, pig fish, green peas, and strawberries are all mercilessly confiscated as Minie rifles, ammunition, breadstuffs, and bombshells. The insolence of the enemy on land is also as unendurable as it is on the water. On the great route of travel between Baltimore and the South, ' baggage-smashing' is a regular occupation of the enemy. They open everything, from private letters to the most harmless packages. They declare anything and everything to be contraband. This system of disguised piracy and high way robbery, it seems, has thus far been met by the Virginia authorities with that Christian meekness which recom mends the offer of both cheeks to the enemy. Stringham, Pendergrast, and Butler seize everything, from ships and strangers to love letters and rat traps ; we permit contra band of the most dangerous character to escape. We learn that a few days ago there was a large, well-built Yankee vessel lying near the mouth of the Pamunkey River, loaded with the best of ship-building materials. The vessel itself would have been a most valuable accession to our navy, while its cargo would have furnished the necessary material for the construction of several good vessels. The officer in command at West Point, knowing that Pendergrast and Company were seizing every Virginia and Southern vessel which they could overhaul, determined that the Yankee vessel on the Pamunkey should not escape. He therefore directed its seizure, and his orders were promptly executed. The seizure was right and proper, and should be followed by many others. it was an act of discourtesy, however, to the enemy, which the company for taking care of 1) l t o h s e t no vesseltim e te in he redressing. released, and Orders the from Yankeesßichmond to n caused thei r way rejoicing, with ship and ship timber The prize, however, was too valuable a one priated the and Stringham to allow to pass. They p aid the owners cargo to the use•of the navy of the Bab t oo n n, p d an his crew the for it, pumped out of the Yankee cap latest faaarfwereanennddesrogrunedet. ourlate sdteaf defences e m s most reliable yn rkver il informationcuoinlddiintigonmeo.f is taken from the Colonel Wig terial to the nearest navy The account of Mr . o Davis's tripntthet and by a the Hon. Robert Toombs of Georgia, fall, and lady, , cars on Sunday evening Th " Th :' c rres ° i n d d en -r t ey ame on the route, and, owin ,-, to b pre made no special stop'? e d r i y spo p s y i tion of the President, it was desirable Richmond should be as private as practica d ble. s At, each station his friends endeavoured to convey this information to the citizens, but it was really to no pthuartpoh:es.triP No matter where the cars stopped, even though it was only for wood or for water, throngs of men wom en, and children would gather a roun d the cars, asking, a in loud shouts, Where is Presid en t Davis ?" 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'—HENRY, NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER PHYSIC POR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), PALPI TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, DEBILITY, DROPSY, EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT, il FEVERS nBARRY'S delicious HEALTH RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which, at a - w:pence per day, saves fifty times its cost in Medicine, and ores without purging or any of the uncertainties, annoy • tees, and ruinous expenses incurred by medicine, cod liver oil, or visits to distant climates. Certificate No. 36,418.—We find it the safest remedy, An rew ure, M.D., F.R.S. ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Shor 'And ; Dr. Campbell. We extract a few out of 56,000 cures:- 4 '4lre No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of many years' dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. Of fitty yea 's Indiscribable ', , t);ony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipa tion, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting, Maria Joly, Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. 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Yesterday morning early 1 left Mobile in the steamer Florida, which arrived in the lake of Pont chartrain late at night or early this morning. The voyage, if it can be called so, would have offered, in less exciting times, much that was interesting — certainly to a stranger a good deal that was novel, for our course lay inside a chain, almost uninter rupted, of reefs, covered with sand and pine trees, exceedingly narrow, so that the surf and waves of the ocean beyond could be seen rolling in foam through the foliage of the forest or on the white beach, while the sea lake on which our steamer was speeding lay in a broad smooth sheet, just crisped by the breeze, between the outward barrier and the wooded shores of the mainland. Innumerable creeks, or " bayous," as they are called, pierce the gloom of these endless pines. Now and then a sail could be made out, stealing through the mazes of the marshy waters. If the mariner knows his course, he may find deep water in most of the channels from the outer sea into these inner waters, on which the people of the South will greatly depend for any coasting trade and supplies coastwise they may re quire, as well as for the safe retreat of their pri vateers. A few miles from Mobile the steamer, turn ing out; of 4he bay, entered upon the series of these lakes through a narrow channel called Grant's Pass, which some enterprising person, not improbably of Scottish extraction, constructed for his own behoof by an ingenious watercut, and for the use of which, and a little iron lighthouse that he has built close at hand, on the model of a pepper-caster, he charges toll on passing vessels. This island is scarcely three feet above the water; it is not over 20 yards broad and 150 yards long. A number of men were, how ever, busily engaged in throwing up the sand, and arms gleamed amid some tents pitched around the solitary wooden shed in the centre. A schooner lay at the wharf, laden with two guns and sandbags, and as we passed through the narrow channel seve ral men in military uniform, who were on board, took their places in a boat which pushed off for them, and were conveyed to their tiny station, of which one shell would make a dustheap. The Mo bilians are fortifying themselves as best they can, and seem, not unadvisedly, jealous of gunboats and small war steamers. On more than one outlying sandbank towards New Orleans are they to be seen at work on other batteries, and they are busied in repairing as well as they can old Spanish and new United States works which had been abandoned, or which were never completed. The news has just been reported, indeed, that the batteries they were preparing on Ship Island have been destroyed and burnt by a vessel of war of the United States. For the whole day we saw only a few coasting craft and the return steamers from New Orleans ; but in the evening a large schooner, which sailed like a witch, and was crammed with men, challenged my atten- tion, and on looking at her through the glass I could make out reasons enough for desiring to avoid her, if one was a quiet, short-handed, well-filled old merchantman. There could be no mistake about certain black objects on the deck. She lay as low as a yacht, and there were some 50 or 60 men in the waist and forecastle. On approaching New Orleans there are some settlements rather than cities, although they are called by the latter title, visible on the right hand, embowered in woods and stretch ing along the beach. Such are the " Mississippi city," Pass Cagoula, and Pass Christian, &c.,—all resorts of the inhabitants of New Orleans during the summer heats and the epidemics which play such havoc with life from time to time. Seen from sea these huge hamlets look very picturesque. The de tached villas, of every variety of architecture, are painted brightly and stand in gardens in the midst of magnolias and rhododendrons. Very long and slender piers lead far into the sea before every door, and at the extremity of each there is a bathing box for the inmates. The general effect of one of these settlements, with its light domes and spires, long lines of whitewashed railings, and houses of every hue set in the dark green of the pines, is very pretty. The steamer touched at two of them. There was a motley group of coloured people on the jetty, a life few whites, of w h om th e ma l es were near ly all i s ne put on board, uniform t e ; a fe of few andh a e le h la u r all one eof h passengers never ceased talking p o liti cs a ll d ay , excep t t b pt a ae of that wasgoeds were landed or when they were eating or drinking, for I regret to say that they can continue to chew and to spit while they are engaged in political discussion. Some were rude provincials in uniform; One was an acquaintance from the far East, who had been a lieutenant on board the Minnesota, and had resigned his commission in order to take service under the Confederate flag. The fiercest among them all was a thin little lady, who uttered certain energetic as pirations for the possession of portions of Mr. Lin coln's person, and who was kind enough to express intense satisfaction at the intelligence that there was smallpox among the garrison at Monroe. In the evening a little difficulty occurred among some of the military gentlemen, during which one of the logicians drew a revolver and presented it at the head of the gentleman who was opposed to his pe culiar views, but I am happy to say that an arrange ment, to which I was an unwilling party, for the row took place within a yard of me, was entered into for a fight to come off on shore in two days after they landed, which led to the postponement of immediate murder. The entrance to Pontchartrain Lake is infamous for the abundance of its mosquitoes, and it was with no small satisfaction that we experienced a small tornado, a thunderstorm, and a breeze of wind, which saved us from their fury. It is a dis mal canal through a swamp. At daylight the vessel lay alongside a wharf surrounded by swell boats and bathing stations. A railway shed receives us on shore, and a train is soon ready to start for the city, which is six miles distant. For a few hundred yards the line passes between wooden houses, used as restaurants, or " restaurats," as they are called horeaway, kept by people with French names and using the French tongue ; then the rail plunges through a swamp, dense as an Indian jungle, and with the overflowings of the Mississippi creeping in feeble shallow currents over the black mud. Presently the spires of churches are seen rising above the underwood and rushes. Then we come out on a wide marshy plain, in which flocks of cattle, up to the belly in mud, are floundering to get at the rich herbage on the unbroken surface. Next comes a wide-spread suburb of exceedingly broad lanes, lined with small one-storied houses. cannot The inhabitants are pale, lean, and sickly, and there is about th e men asertain look, almost peculiar to the fishy fl es h y popu l a ti ons o f L eva ntine towns, errun e describe, u n seaboard, euo b a a r t d, which an d exists crops out alonghere whichthe Mediterranean led t again. The drive through badly-paved streets enables us to see that there is an air of French civilization about New Orleans. The streets are wisely adapted to the situ • ation ; they are not so wide as to permit the sun to have it all its own way from rising to setting. The shops are " magasins ;" cafes abound. The coloured population looks well dressed, and is going to mass or market in the early morning. The pavements are crowded with men in uniform, in ',which the taste of France is generally followed. The car • nage stops at last, and rest comes gratefully after the stormy night, the mosquitoes, " the noise of the captains" (at the bar), and the shouting. MAY 22. somew hat exaggerated by th e f ervour of The prevalence of t he war spirit here is in every and the violence of popula r o pinion t G h a i l n l g ic origin, and the tyranny of the mass are as potent as in any place in the South. The great house of Brown Brothers, of Liverpool and New York, has closed its business here in consequence of the intimidation of the mob, or, as the phrase is, of the " citizens," who were " excited" by seeing that the firm had subscribed to the New York fund, on its sudden resurrection after Fort Sumter had fallen. Some other houses are about to pursue the same course, all large business transactions are over for the season, and the migratory popu lation which comes here to trade has taken wing much earlier than usual. But the streets are full of " Turcos" and "Zouaves," and " Chap seurs ;" the tailors are busy night and day on uniforms ; the walls are covered with placards for recruits, the semstresses are sewing flags, the ladies are carding lint, and stitching cartridge bags. The newspapers are crowded with advertisements relating to the formation of new companies of Volunteers and the election of officers. There are Pickwick Rifles, Lafayette, Beauregard, Irish, German, Scotch, Italian, Spanish, Cres cent, McMahon—innumerable—Rifle Volunteers of all names and nationalities, and the Meagher Rifles, indignant with" that valiant son of Mars" because he has drawn his sword for the North, have re baptized themselves, and are going to seek glory under a more auspicious nomenclature. About New Orleans I shall have more to say when I see more of it. At present it looks very like an outlying suburb of Chalons when the Grand Camp is at its highest military development, although the ther mometer is rising gradually, and obliges one to know occasionally that it can be 95 deg. in the shade already. In the course of journeyings south ward I have failed to find much evidence that there is any apprehension on the part of the planters of a servile insurrection, or that the slaves are taking much interest in the coming contest, or know what it is about. But I have my suspicions that all is not right ; paragraphs meet the eye, and odd sen tences strike the ear, and little facts here and there come to the knowledge which arouse curiosity and doubt. There is one stereotyped phrase which I sin tired of :—" Our negroes, sir, are the happiest, the most contented, and the best off of any people in the world." The violence and reiteraney of this formula cause one to inquire whether anything which demands such insistance is really in the condition predicated, and, for myself, I always say, " It may be so, but as yet Ido not see the proof of it. The negroes do' not look to be what you say they are." For the present that is enough as to one's own opinions. Externally the paragraphs which attract attention, and the acts of the authorities are inconsistent with the notion that the negroes are all very good, very happy, or at all contented, not to speak of their being in the superlative condition of enjoyment;, and, as I only see them as yet in the most superficial way, and under the most favourable circumstance, it may be that when the cotton picking season is at its height, and it lasts for several months, when the labour is con tinuous from sunrise to sunset, there is less reason to accept the assertions as so largely and generally true of the vast majority of the slaves. " There is an excellent gentleman over there," said a friend to me, " who gives his overseers a premium of 10 dols. on the birth of every child on his plan tation." f , Why so ?" " Oh, in order that the overseers may not work the women in the family way overmuch." There is little use in this part of the world in making use of inferences. But where overseers do not get the premium it may be supposed they do work the pregnant women too much. Here are two paragraphs which do not look very well as they stand : " These negroes who were taken with a sudden leaving on Sunday night last will save the country the expenses of their burial if they keep dark from these parts. They and other of the breden' will not be permitted to express them selves quite so freely in regard to their braggadocio designs upon virtue in the absence of Volunteers.— Wilmington (Clintock county, Ohio) Watchman (Republican)." " Served Him Right.—One day last week some coloured individual, living near South Plymouth, made a threat that, in case a civil war should occur, he would be one to savish the wife of every democrat, and help to murder their offspring and wash his hands in their blood.' For this diabolical assertion ho was hauled up before a committee of white citizens, who adjudged him forty stripes on his naked back. He was accordingly stripped, and the lashes were laid on with such a good will that blood flowed at the end of the castigation.— Washington (Fayette county, Ohio)Register. (Neutral)." It' is reported that the patrols are strengthened, and I could not help hearing a charming young lady say to another the other evening that " she would not be afraid to go back to the plantation, though Mrs. Brown Jones said she was afraid her negroes were after mischief." There is a great scarcity of powder, which is one of the reasons perhaps why it has not yet been ex pended as largely as might be expected from the tone and temper on both sides. There is no sul phur in the States—nitre and charcoal abound. The sea is open to the North. There is no great overplus of money on either side. in Missouri, the interest on the State debt due in July will be used to procure arms for the State volunteers to carry on the war. The South is preparing for the struggle by sowing a most unusual quantity of grain, and in many fields corn and maize have been planted in stead of cotton. " Stay laws," by which all incon veniences arising from the usual dull, old-fashioned relations between debtor and creditor are avoided (at least by the debtor) have been adopted in most of the Seceding States. How is it that the State Legisla ture seems to be in the hands of the debtors, and not of the creditors ? There are some who cling to the idea that there will be no war after all, but no one believes that the South will ever go back of its own free will, and the only reason that can be given for those who hope rather than think in that way is to be found in the faith that the North will accept some mediation, and will let the South go in peace. But could there— can there be peace ? The frontier question—the ad justment of various claims—the demands for in demnity, or for privileges or exemptions, in the present state of feeling, can have but one result. The task of mediation is sure to be as thankless as abortive. Assuredly the proferred service of Eng land would, on one side at least, be received with something like insult. Nothing but adversity can teach these people its ovm most useful lessons. Material prosperity has puffed up the citizens to an unwholesome state. The toils and sacrifices of the Old World have been taken by them as their birth right, and they have accepted the fruits of all that the science, genius, suffering, and tri a l s o f man ki n d in time past have wrought out, perfected, and won as their own peculiar inheritance, while they have ignorantly rejected the advice and scorned the les sons with which these were accompanied. - MAY 23. The Congress at M on t gomery, having sat with closed doors almost since it met, has now adjourned till July the 20th, when it will reassemble at Rich mond, Virginia, which is thus designated, for the time, capital ot'the Confederate States of America. Richmond, h mond, the principal city of the old dominion, is about 100 miles in a straight line south by west of Washington. The rival capitals will thus be in very close proximity by rail and by steam, by land and by water. The movement is significant. It will tend to hasten a collision between the forces which are collected on the opposite shores of the Potomac. Hitherto Mr. Jefferson Davis has not evinced all the sagacity and energy, in a military sense, which he is said to possess. It was bad strategy to menace Washington before he could act. His Secretary of War, Mr. Walker, many weeks ago, in a public speech, announced his intention of marching upon the capital. If it was meant to do so the blow should have been struck silently. If it was not intended to seize upon Washington, the threat had a very disastrous effect on the South, as it excited the North to immediate action, and caused General Scott to concentrate his troops on points which pre sent many advantages in the face of any operations which may be considered necessary along the lines either of defence or attack. The movement against the Norfolk Navy Yard strengthened Fortress Mon roe, and the Potomac and Chesapeake were secured to the United States. The fortified ports held by the Virginians and the Confederate States troops are not of much value as long as the streams are com manded by the enemy's steamers ' • and Gen. Scott has shown that he has not outlived either his repu tation or his vigour by the steps, rapid, he has taken to curb the malcontents in Maryland, and to open his communications through the city of Baltimore. Although immense levies of men may be got together on both sides for purposes of local defence or for State operations, it seems to me that it will be very difficult to move these masses in regular armies. The men are not disposed for regular lengthened service, and there is an utter made good in a d ay, a wee k , or a wantw hiwhich cannotf fiel d trains, equipment, and commissariat, month. The bill passed by the Montgo mer y C o ngress, e ntitled " An Act to Raise an Additional Military Force to serve during the War," is, in fact, a mea sure to put into the hands of the Government the control of irregular bodies of men, and to bind them to regular military service. With all their zeal the people of the South will not enlist. They detest the recruiting sergeant, and Mr. Davis knows enough of war to feel hesitation in trusting himself in the field to volunteers. The bill authorises Mr. Davis to accept volunteers whammy offer their ser vices, without regard to the place of enlistment, " to serve during the war unless sooner discharged." They may be accepted in companies, but Mr. Davis is to organise them into squadrons, battalions, or re giments, and the appointment of field and staff offi cers is reserved especially to him. The company officers are to be elected by the men of the com , pany, but here again Mr. Davis reserves to himself the right to veto, and will only commission those officers whose election he approves. The absence of cavalry and the deficiency of artillery may prevent either side obtaining any very decisive results in one engagement, but no doubt there will be great loss whenever these large masses of men are fairly opposed to each other in the field. Of the character of the Northern regiments I can say nothing from actual observation, nor have I yet seen in any place such a considerable number of the troops of the Confederate States moving to gether as would justify me in expressing any opinion with regard to their capacity for organised move ments such as regular troops in Europe are expected to perform. An intelligent and trustworthy ob server, taking one of the New York State Militia regiments as a fair specimen of the battalions which will fight for the United States, gives an account of them which leads me to the conclusion that such regiments are much superior when fur nished by the country districts to those raised in the towns and cities. It appears in this case, at least, that the members of the regular Militia com panies in general send substitutes to the ranks. Ten of these companies form the regiment, and, in nearly every instance, they have been-doubled in strength by volunteers. Their drill is ex ceedingly incomplete, and in forming the com panies there is a tendency for the different nationalities to keep themselves together. In the regiment in question the rank and file often con sists of quarry-men, mechanics, and canal boatmen, mountaineers from the Catskill, bark peelers, and timber cutters—ungainly, square-built, powerful fellows, with a Dutch tenacity of purpose crossed with an English indifference to danger. There is no drunkenness and no desertion among them. The officers are almost as ignorant of military train ing as their men. The colonel, for instance, is the son of a rich man in his district, well educated, and a man of travel. Another officer is a shipmaster. A third is an artist; others are merchants and law yers, and they are all busy studying " Hardie's Tactics," the best book for infantry drill in the United States. The men have come out to fight for what they consider the cause of the country, and are said to have no particular hatred of the South or of its inhabitants, though they think they are " a darned deal too high and mighty, and require to be wiped down considerably." They have no notion as to the length of time for which their services will be required, and I am assured that not one of them has asked what his pay is to be. Reverting to Montgomery, one may say without offence that its claims to be the capital of a Republic which asserts that it is the richest and believes that it will be the strongest in the world are not by any means evident to a stranger. Its central position, which has reference rather to a map than to the hard face of matter, procured for it a distinction to which it had no other claim. The accommodations which suited the modest wants of a State Legisla ture vanished or were transmuted into barbarous inconveniences by the pressure of a Central Govern ment, with its offices, its departments, and the vast crowd of applicants which flocked thither to pick up such crumbs of comfort as could be spared from the Executive table. Never shall I forget the dismay of myself and of the friends who were travelling with me on our arrival at the Exchange Hotel under cir cumstances with some of which you are already acquainted. With us were men of high position, members of Congress, senators, ex-governors, and Gen. Beauregard himself. But to no one was greater accommodation extended than could be furnished by a room held, under a sort of ryot-warree tenure, in common with a community of strangers. My room was shown to me. It contained four large fourpost beds, a ricketty table, and some chairs of infirm purpose and fundamental unsoundness. The floor was carpetless, covered with litter of paper and ends of cigars, and stained with tobacco juice. The broken glass of the window afforded no un grateful means of ventilation. One gentleman sat in his shirt sleeves at the table reading the account of the marshalling of the Highlander s at. Edinburgh in the Abbotsford edition of Sir Walter Scott; another, who had been wearied, apparently, by writing numerous applications to the Government for some military post, of which rough copies lay scattered around, came in, after refreshing himself at the bar, and occupied one of the beds, which, by the bye, were ominiously provided with two pillows apiece. Supper there was none for us in the house, but a search in an outlying street enabled us to dis cover a restaurant, where roasted squirrels and baked opossums figured as luxuries in the bill of fare. On cur return we found that due preparation had been made in the apartment by the addition of three mattresses on the floor. The beds were occupied byunknown snoredstatesm in en fr a ie n n d d w l y t till morning. and morning. G e ntlemen in the South complain that strangers judge of them by their hotels, but it is a very natural standard for strangers to adopt, and in we slumbered respect to Montgomery it is almost the only one that a gentleman can conveniently use, for if the inhabitants of this city and its vicinity are not maligned, there is an absence of the hospitable spirit which the South lays claim to as one of its animating principles, and a little bird whispered to me that from Mr. Jefftrson Davis down to the least distinguished member of his Government there was reason to observe that the usual attentions and civilities offered by residents to illustrious strangers had been " conspicuous for their absence." The fact is, that the small planters who constitute the majority of the landowners are not in a position to act the Amphytrion, and that the inhabitants of the district can scarcely aspire to be considered what we would call gentry in England, but are a frugal, simple, hog and hominy living people, fond of hard work and, occasionally, of hard drinking.' THE NORTHERN STATES. (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, JUNE 5. No great change has taken place in the military positions of the two forces since my last letter. New troops continue to arrive in Washington, and we suppose that the same thing is taking place in the South, but on this point I cannot pretend to give you reliable information. During the week a number of regiments enlisted for the war have gone from New York ; amongst others a regiment of naturalised citizens from the Continent, organised in companies according to their nationalities. They are a good-looking body of men, though many of them are undersized, and will undoubtedly make an efficient regiment, as many of them have seen active service in the revolutionary wars of the Con tinent. I happened to meet them as they marched down Broadway to the steamer, and was much struck with an order that was passed along the column. The order came from the colonel in Eng. lish, it was taken up by the first captain in German, the second did the same, the third gave it in French, the fourth again in German, the fifth in Italian, and the sixth repetition, a polyglott friend at my elbow said, was done in Polish, but for this I won't vouch. But this I will stand sponsor for— that the regiment is made up of enough nationali ties to ensure certain destruction by all present theories of continental politics. Yet I venture to predict that it will live through the war, and gain distinction if it gets into battle. Although the military movements are kept a strict military secret, I think I have authority for saying to you that General Butler does not intend to attack the Sewall's Point batteries or to trouble Norfolk. Instead of that he will probably intrench himself between James and York rivers and co operate there with any forces that may hereafter be sent from Washington against Richmond. The fugitive slaves from that part of Virginia are already overrunning his camp, and he has been obliged to apply to - Washington for instructions. The newspapers that went out by the last packet took these instructions to you. They were prepared by Mr. Seward, and are understood to be the most moderate expression of the feelings of the Cabinet on the subject. They authorise him to retain the fugitives as contraband of war. I understand that Mr. Chase and those members of the Cabinet who agree with him are willing to take stronger ground than these instructions. The Administration will aim to make the coming session of Congress as short as possible. The five minute rule will probably be adopted at the start. The leaders of the party have not yet decided DISTRIBUTION OF BEATS BILL. Mr. John Laird says the various discussions that have taken place on Sir G. C. Lewis's Bill for the Distri bution of Seats, the population of the proposed borough of Birkenhead is set down at about 24,000. That was the population of the township of Birkenhead in 1851, but the actual population of the proposed borough, which comprises several townships, is upwards of 51,000, as shown by the following statement :- 35,939 Township of Birkenhead 9 607 Township of Tranmero .......... $ 1,584 Township of Claughton ................ 2 12 ,6 2 7 65 0 Township Township o o f f 1 0 t oxotkfoner.ry DI/4670i.... . .... . ........... 51,065 the population will be increased by 10,723 The number of persons qualified to vote in the above dis trict will be about 5,500. about 1,500, but,!as the inhabitants ' Should Poulton-cum-Seacombe and Wallasey an d Lis. st is at m em os e t nt likly their and eard the be votes included,by about district strongly object to be included in the borough,of the have sent in a memorial to that effect it • of Birkenhead in the wishes will be complied with. in 1841 ******************* 2'569 years rapid i s s increase hown of the the toz o st: g Population in 1831 : Population in 1821 * This increase has 2OO continued opposit' last 1 ' Population4hO Population in 1851 Population in 1861 35,939 gone steadily on, notwithstanding the tion of the Birk I°ll by Liverpool interests to the comple-. 1828. °ahead docks, which were first proposed in Parliament, however, decided in 1857 that the (Corpora• tion of Liverpool should in future be excluded from any share in their management, and placed the docks on both sides of the Mersey under the management of a new trust, called the Mersey Dock. and Harbour Board, making it also compulsory on that toarEl to complete the entire Birken head dock works by October, 1863. When these do cks are finished they will form the most extensive and, vomplete works of the kind in the world, and this fact, co'Ailed with the other improvements now in pro gress at Birkenhead, cannot fail to increase the importance and pop'4htion of that place in a much greater ratio than hereto Le re. •aeveral influential gentlemen Pro organi s i n g an Artillery Volunteer corps in the wetropolif3, which will con sist of colonists who p— natives of the 'West Indies, the Cape of Goon lzupe, Australia, New Zealt Lnd, British North Amu iea, and other dependenciea of tho crown. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITIPS " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause Is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex - perienced in 18110. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus' ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. 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