The national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-20

0urgiarie6. he 10 large, athletic man, apd 70 !
supposed to hare been employed by the seccs.
sioniss to shoot down the pixie, guards Of this
regiment, a number Of whom have lately been |
in the guard.bouse or tho regiment, heavily
ironed, and will be kept there until further or.
ders arc received from headquarters. n
OPrIcRRs CoMMIssroSED--Ths following
officers Of the District of Columbia militia have
received their commissions from the President:
Slemmer Guards - Captain, Henry ".
knight; First Lieut., Mitchell Smith; Second 4
Lieut., John Y. Dom; Third Lieut., Henry b.
MeElfresh. M ''. ,as II
Company B, Putnam RJaes-Capt, James
ond Lieut., J. D. Hutton Third Lieut., o.
Skinner. 81 g. o..
Company K National Guards-Capt, John
Mills; First Lieutenant, Benjamin Berkeley.
GardbaLdi -Gudrds-Captaiu, William G.
Hunt; First Lieut., Antonio Buchignani Sec.
ond Lieutenant, Francis Genera.
FIN Regiment, Third Brigadc-Captains Of
Infantry-Snowden W. Robinson, John p. Hill.
ton, Samuel B. Elliott, M. g. Emery, William
B. Webb. aH
First Lieuteuants-Ch Emerson, W. West
Wall, Charles M. Keys, Asbury Lloyd, James
W. Plant d. R. Clendenin, William J. McCol
land. D."
Second Lieutenants-Chas.W W. Haker, VIII
liam T. Holiday, Charles F. Perkins, Joseph
| Travesse, Francis Reside.
NscIonies' Union Rifes-First Lieutenant
G. n. Brown; second Lieutenant, William j
Browne; Brevet Second Lieutenant James
Guild. .-.'....l
National Rjfes.-First Lieut., A. Duport
Davis; Second Lieut., William W. Webb.
l. Andrea Johnson Guard-Third Lieutenant,
William Crukshsnk.
Third Regiment, Second Brigade-Captain,
Stephen N. Golden; First Lieutenant, William
Tolson; Second Lieutenant, Charles Barker.
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fESTEo0sr.-I esterday was the Gay Of
Pentecost," or Wh'tsu"ftde: The word Is from
the Greek Fenfekoste, and signifies Fitch, and
IS the name given III the Christian Scriptures
to the Jewish Feast OF Weeks, or OF InRather
from the festival OF unleavened bread, or the
Passover, corresponding to our Easter. Under
the Jewish economy, this feast was one OF their
three great yearly festivals, ana was signal'zed
BY offering the "trst fruits OF the year III tho
temple st'erusaiem, Us IL was also, In meas.
ure, commemorative OF the PRONUNCIATION OF
, the law from Mount Sinai. The Psntecosf now
observed by the churches.-hrst established as
a Christian festival IN the fourth century-com.
r memorates the descent OF the holy Ghost, ten
days after the Ascension Of our Lord, aud the
read in Acts, as the " FIRST fruits Of the Spirit
correspond to the FIRST fruits /" Of the secured
: harvest underline Mosaic dispensation. The
t peculiar analogy and contrast existing between
r the Pentecost Of Christians, and that of the
8 Jews, which it supersedes, are TO those who ap
1 preciatc the sacred Scriptures deeply interest
! ing and instructive. Christ assembled into
d heaven on Thursday, and on the Sunday weel
following, "the Lords Day." the ten days be
q ing completed, the Spirit came down to eartl
}. to build up and dwell in his church until thu
times be fulfilled, when the Son Of Man shall
y, again be manifested from Heaven, 70 meet Hi
J, brids in the air, as we read in the fourth chap
: ter Of First Thessatontdns. These days Of thu
Q week have also been found, upon critical ex
animation, to correspond to those on which
4 on the fifth, aud his resurrection on the frs
y day Of the week. The day ID called Whit Sun
dsy aud Whitsuntide, from the fact that on
white vestments are used in many Of tn
y. churches, by the neophites baptized on the pre-
q vious day, schn being contraction Of 1hit
"a Tide is an old name for day, or season.
The observance of this feast is mainly COZ
fined to the Catholic, Protestant Episcopa
= Moravian, and some Of the Lutheran churche
m in many of which tho ceremonies for the da
10 are peculiar and impressive.
Of
Of ARREST FOR UTrERIso TREAsosABLr La
q ouAor.-About six o'clock on Saturday ate
rs noon as tne rouI'n IpennsyIanM 'eslme'
r.. Mr.. Christopher Grammer was heard to utt'
~ some language OF reasonable character ne,
u. by. The soldiers Immediately took him
to charge, and quite an excitement was raise
ut many Of them being in favor Of hanging hi
It. on the spot. The officers, however, by mue
it persuasion, succeeded in getting him in Il
es colonePs quarters. he was afterwards remove