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The national Republican., 1861-05-04
GENERAL NAVAL ORDER.

A Naval General Court Martial, consisting Of
a full complement Of officers Of the highest rank
IN the service, was recently convened In the city
of Washington for the trial Of Captain James
Armstrong, Of the nav, on charges growing
ou, Of bis surrender of the navy yard at War
rngt0n, Florida.
B fore the court separated, the members of 1t
addressed n communication to the Navy De-
partment, of which the following is u copy:
The President and members and Judge Ad-
vocatc OF the Court lately held In the city OF
Washington, D. c., for the trial OF Commodore
Armstrong, heg leave respectf lily to submit to
the Hon. 5. .cretary of the Navy the propriety,
justice and good policy, Of testowing some ap-
propriate mark of its appreciation Of the llyslty,
spirit and good conduct Of William Conpdy-a
quartermaster of the nsvy-on duty in the navy
yard at Warrington Florida, when the same was
surrendered on the 18th January, lsGl-who,
with manly pride and in q spirit of patriotic de-
vo,ion, refused to obey the order to haul down
the national flag on the occasion Of said sur
render
"The evidence of this honorable devotion to
the dignity ard credit of the flag Of his coun-
try Is fonud in the record Of the testimony in
Commodore Armstrong; case.
Respectfully submitted by order Of the Court
"A. B. MAoRuDER,
"Judgs Advocate.
&" Washington, d. c., April 8, 1861"
It appears from the testimony taken in Captain
Armstrong; case, that William Conway, an aged
seaman, doing duty as quartermaster, in the
Warrington navy yard, at the time of its surren-
der, when ordered by Lieut.. F. B. Renshaw to
haul down the National Flag, promptly and in
dignantly refused to obey the order.
TIE love and reverence thus impulsively ex-
hibited for his country's fag in the hour Of its
peril is not the less worthy of being called noble
and chivalric because displayed by one in an
humble station. 1t is the more deserving of
commemoratiou; for suhordinates in the service
are not usually expected to set examples Of pa
triotism and fidelity in their trusts, but to follow
them.
The Department deems it no more than strict
justice to William Conway that this testimonial
from the Court, in his behalf, should be made
known throughout the service. 1t therefore di-
rects that this General Order be publicly read as
early practicable after its receipt by the com.
manders otsal naval stations, and ali vessels Of
the navy in commission, in the presence of the
officers and men under their command.
GIDEON WELLEs,
Secretary Of hs Nary.
May Department. AprH "a, 1861.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

CAPTURE OF a BALTMoRE STEAM-TuG.-We find
the following in the Philadelphia Mqurr:
"PerrypRle, Nay l, lsGl.-The United States
steamer VIM b. R=nney, of Philadelphia, Cap
tain Gallagher, arrived here to day from Annap-
oils, having on board Senator Sherman, Com
gressmen Grow and Grimes, and Captains Mercer,
Grimes, and Godsborough L. S. n, as passen-
gers going North. On her trip up she took
prize, the steamer Lioness, of Baltimore, sailing
under rowing commission from Colonel Trim
BILE, Of Baltimore. Her officers and crew were
placed under arrest here, and her papers sent to
the Secretary Of War.
The Reaney mounts four brass guns, and has
a crew Of thirty sailors, uuder Lieutenant Crosby
U S. N. During the engagement with the Lion
ess, the guns were served and fired by the Sena-
tors and Congressman, their movements being
directed by the naval officers. The amateur
man o warsmfn were jubilant over the capture of
what they consider a piralical craft.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04
WHO ARE TO BE TIE VIRGINIA REFUGE IS

HO AXE v BE The NlRGlNlA REF UGE -
Just now, in tide.water virgi la, everybody is
being driven out, who will not swear allegiance
to the Richmond rump.
But the tables are to lie turned and in double
quick time, There can be no question upon that
point.
When the Richmond rump Is put down, the
fortunes Of those who have fortunes, will, con-
stitute, by confscat' on, the proper fund out of
which 10 inde nnify those citizens of Virginia
who are now being despoiled aud damnfed by
them We throw this out merely as a matter Of
obvious sugges ion, as it is thing to be regu-
lated, both in its principles and details, by the
people of Virginia themselves, when they shall
have overthrown the Richmond rump.
The Convention soon to assemble at Wheelir 2,
will doubtless take measures to ascertain the
amount Of losses inflicted upon citizens Of. Vir-
gnia by the usurpers, with view TO irdemni6.
c,ton at the earliest day.
Those who take the sword, must not complain
if they periah by it, and those who embark upon
the sea of civil war, while they may possibly get
into safe ports, more generally 60 TO the bottom
These Richmond gentlemen have put everything
upon the hazard of die, and it is now certain,
have lost everything. The best escape they can
make Is exile, and they must respond in their
fortunes, to the last farthng of all the losses they
are now inhicing upon peaceable men. Accu-
rate lists will be kept, Of all these losses, direct
aud consequential, and indemnity exacted from
tue lands Of the consprators. This will be Gcne
BY the people of Virginia themselves, reassertiug
that inherent sovereignty, of which the standard
l. already unfurled on the other side of the Al
leghanies.
Confscaton, by way Of punishment, has some
aspects OF harshness, but coufscation, to furnish
fluid for the indemnGcation of the victims of
the violence of the guilty, is not only just but
humane. Those who, with their own eyes, ave
seen the crowds OF unhappy men, women, and
children, flying to the North, to escape the knives
and bullets of the ruians in the employ of the
Virginia conspirators, cannot but realize that
mercy to those distressed without fault, REQUIRES
that the spoilers should be despoiled in their
turn, 10 make good the losses of those who have
suffered by their fury aud rapacity.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04
DEPARTMENTAL.

APPoINrED,-Wiliam Helmi.k, of Ohio, has
been appointed chief clerk of the Pcn.ion Bu-
reau, in place of Rev. John Robb, removed.
REsIGNED-Dr. Theo. Jenkins, of Mary land, n
third-class clerk, and 7. E. Sands, of Maryland,
and g. T. Getty, of the District Of Columbia,
second-class clerks in the Pension Bureau, have
resigned.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

MARYLASD.-On Thursday, a resolution was
pissed by both branches of the Legislature, ap-
pointing a committee, after the fashion of Vir-
ginia, to wait upon the President and demand
explanations, and propose drrdngs'nen's,' IL
any " becoming ones can be devised, by which
the peace and honor" of Maryland can be main
tanned These gentlemen might be suspected of
a desire for a quarrel, If 1t was not too well
known that they are looking for some excuse,
which may be better than none, for backing out
OF scrape. They know very we'll, already, upon
what terms they can have "pedcs,' aud in what
contingency they will have war. And they
know very well that the people Of Maryland will
frown Indignantly upon any attempt to commit
their State to an endorsement Of the act Of mob
in Baltimore, in obstructing the Communications
Of the country with its own capital. The mana
gers Of the Legislature secessionists at heart,
but they dare not go on with the enterprise which
they undertook, and they are now looking for
some arrdnyemsnt,' not to save the "peaee and
honor" Of Maryland, but to reconcile the safety
Of their own necks, with such show Of buster
as will save their personal credit with dupes and
partisans.
In the Senate, resolution was passed, yeas
II, nays 8, appointing committee Of public
safety, with full control over all military AFFAIRS
including the appointment and removal of eff
GERS. This committee consists of the Governor,
aud Of Ezekiel F. Chambers, Of Kent county ;
John V. l.. McMahon and Thomas Winans, Of
Baltimore city; Thomas e. Pratt, of Aune Arun-
del county Euoch Louis Lowe, Of Freder ok
county and Walter Mitchell, of Charles county.
This committee, as will be seen, is under the
control of the revolutionists, and its existence
can be treated in no other light than a standing
menace of treason. It also shelves Governor
Hicks, by making him one of q committee Of
seven, packed against him, and thus transform
ing him from Governor into the ffth wheel Of q
coach.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

leJ- The telegraph from St Louis, May |, re-
ports some excitement at Paducah and Colum-
bus, Kentucky; but excitements are not urcom-
mon in Southern towns, with their large proper
tiou of idlers, and abundance of whisky.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

JCsTIcE AT LAsr.-It is now acknowlcdged
here, even by those who Mt first objected to that
course, that the action of the War Depar,mr ut
in the eight drys following the liot a. Bnrim Jre
was jndicious and necessary 10 prnpare the way
for intelligent prosecution Of policy nov detrr-
mined on. Taken by surpri e, no, rea y with
the overwhelming force properly eqpipped were
with to cut a direct paIh, the question was Le
tween circu,ous route with certainty Of arri-
wing at the de tination, and abnrtige and r'ug-
dcrous attempt Ut direc ness Haslmy on Cor.
~ T. Tribune.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Secretary Of State.

ALL RIGHr "Now THE New York papers of
yesterday and the day before, and We refer par
ticularly to the Tribune, say that the Admins
tration is "ul rigAt nop," and they delicateIy in
innate that this is attributable to their goading
and stimulation. They would be more intelligi-
bic, if they would explain in what particular
the Administration has changed its policy since
the proclamation of April l5, calling for $4,000
men.
"Throayh, not around Baltimore" was the in
sane cry of these presses, until the people saw
that the President bad saved the capital by
coming "around" Baltimore, ard was coming
"through" Baltimore at the proper time, and not
at the wrong time.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04
kB. The Star Of last evening says:

ave are able to assert, positively, that the test
vote by which the Virginia ordinance of seces-
sion was passed, was yeas ss, nays So"
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

number some two or three thousand men, and
carry each a gli,tering ex'rA-sized bowie knf "a
revolver, and MIME riff. They rclv however,
on 'he knife and pistol iur their work.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

Btl- The steamer julius II. Smith, which con-
trived to slip by Cairo, is reported to have had
four bundled and fifty Colts rit'4 On board. A
better watch must be kept. That is all.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

psD- The merchants of Wheeling iemur TO pay
ing the State tax upon their trading licenses.
Not farhing should b. furnished to the Ri h.
mond rump in any 70 m, by Western Virginia
The national Republican., 1861-05-04
Proposals for Coal and Wood.
OFFICE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE U.

OFFICE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE g.
april 10, 1861
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
~ office till IL o'clock on Monday, the 9th May
next, for furnishing, for the use OF the Senate,
five hundred tons best whiteash furnace Coal,
(small steamboat size, and seventy five cords best
dry spruce pine Wood. The whole to be packed
away in the vaults of the Capitol, in the places
which will be shown on application to the En-
gineer In the service of the Senate and 10 be
delivered by the 30th of June next. Bonds for
the faithful execution of the contract will be re-
quired.
Bids for the coal and wood will be considered
separately, and satisfactory srrangt tments must
be made for the correct measurement of both.
ASBURY DICKINS,
apr l9--t6thM Secretary Of the Senate.
INTERESTING to Office seekers Office holders,
and Everybody Ese.-lf you want an office,
buy nice suit OF Clothes from SMITH, No. AGO
Seventh street.
II you want to have an Office, buy nice suit
of Clothes from SMITH, No. AGO Seventh street.
lfyou wish to look nice, buy a suit OF Clothes
at SMITHS anyhow. feb 2s-6m
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

ES-"BHy Wilson's" regiment Is encamped
on Staten Island, and has adopted tie name Of
Union Zouavcs." One account snys.
"This band of men IL composel Of 'le lospe-
Iadoes and outcastl Of NGw York. In,ced, 1t
Is said that Wilson boasts that for week after
he leaves, no thief or cut-throat can Le found in
the city, even by Offering rswaJd ior one. They
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

E6- r:giment is being organic in Ne
braska. 1t will be useful, 10y way Of holding in
check any possible sediliUn in Western Missouri.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

Gov. Andrew, of Massachusetts, has received
from Canada six thousand Iiard muskcts, with
the sword bayonet, most efficient weapon in
the hands of skilled soldier.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

RsS"The troops at Anuapols are extenling the
railroad track from the depot TO the wEarvcs
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

DsJ" The Conutcti Ut regiments will not leave
home until fully provided with camp and bag
gage trains.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

L1- The Maryland L gi.lature has adopted
the amendment Of the United States Constitu-
ton, proposed 10y the las! Congress, known as the
"Corwin amendment.
The national Republican., 1861-05-04
bay The shipment South of provisions froI

St. Louis was still going on at late date.
The ST. Louis Democrat Of Tuesday says:
"There were large shipments of provis .ons
S)uth to-day, supposed to be in anticipation Of
q stoppage of trade in that direction by the Gov
ernment."
The national Republican., 1861-05-04

Alton, to act as check upon s,4iIion in 81
Louis.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25

Warranted Purely vegesable.-s. &c.,
~ FIVE MILLIONS OF BOXES " BRAND
RHTH'S PILLS ARE SOLD ANNUALLY
THE SALE STEADILY isesssses, aad yet thess.
ssds die fren colds and fsvsrs, vhjsh thsss pills
sesld esstaisly ear. Dnndrsth's nllsass simple,
bat uAaaashsd fes s0sasy. How inpogtaat thaG
" at ones sssuss ~ sdvsstags over Sickness
when IL en- b had ct - ouslsy Of twenty I've
eents.
Md. G. Rappslyss, Of Nanmosth coaaty, n.
J., writes March u, 1859:
II VA troubled il January last With sesitivs-
for several dsyA sad took ten grsins Of ssle-
nal 70 obtain rslisf. / caught cold, suppose q
any rate, severe dianhess 1T in, which ny
medical sttsnlsst fsand Il inpossibls 10 ausst.-
This Va followed By dyseatssy. Ny strength
wss Ill gone. Everything passsd through ~ =
took It 4 frisud from New York, NJ. 0seegs
Lewis. fortunately called upoa -, ard advised
Brsndrsth's Pills. thoseht in ~ weak eosdi-
tion one pin vovlA ~ snosgh, but he adninis.
tered fous, and the next nosaing four nors.-
Much imparity came from ns, and, 70 ny sur
prise, the sossnsss and pain dininishsd. One boz
cured ne fally. Ian new hearty, with good
spptets."
Sold q principal ollss, No. ~ Ca,al.st. Prise
IS cents box.
Sold BY I'll respectable dealers II medicines.
novl-dEwlm
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25

THE following is an extract from = let.
ter written by prominent citizen Of
Charleston to the Augusta Obnstitusion-
alist, and will disabuse many OF the
idea that the city Of Charleston can be
bombarded from Fort Sumter:
I'VE have no fear Of bombardmeut.
Fort Sumter cannot reach the city With
shot or shell. There have been several
vessels sunk on the bar, and no large
vessel Of war can get in our waters
They may land troops. II they do we
can take care of them. That's just what
we want, to get them on shore.
mo panic here no one leaving the
city, or anything of the kind.
"There is no need of drafting, and
there will be pone more volunteers are
offering than We know what to do
With"
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25
Tn. FtRsr Cusron Housr MAsrrr

Tas FiRsT CUsroM HOUsE MAHIIxs1.
The Boston 1tanscvips has seen the
first Custom House manifest issued ct
Charleston by the Independent authori-
ties. 1t bears the .ienature Of w. F.
Colcock, sCollector Of Charleston" and
]. Laursns, "Naval Officer" The COM
mon United States blanks have been
used and the words "United States"
erased, and those of "South Carolina"
inserted in their place. The manifest
has over the top: "District Of the Port
Of Charleston, State Of South Carolins. "
At the bottom is the following: "Given
under our hand and zeal on the frat Of
January, in the eighty-dfth year Of the
sovereignty and Independence Of the
State of South Carolina"
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25
MS: Seward . Plagtastst.

The New York Journal Of Oonsmercs
makes the broad charge that in his late
speech, Mr.. Seward pilfered extensively
from papers Of Alexander Hamilton and
John Jay, which appeared originally in
the FedeyaHss. Sufficient extracts are
given from the papers of these gentle
men to substautiate the charge Of pie.
giarism. Had be commenced earlier
using - bis own the views and language
Of these distinguished patriots, and st
the same time appropriated . little Of
their love of justice and the Union, it
would have been better tor his own
reputation, and the welfare Of the nation
he has engineered 80 far on the road to
ruin. II il to be hoped that he will
continue to plagiarize . patriotism he
does not feel until he reproduces in him.
self the scmblance At least Of those
great men, the livery of whose language
he has stolen.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25

STAND FROM UNDER ANOTHER
CHEAP RATE INsURAEcR ConPAEY
COVE BY BoAaD.-We regret to learn
that the Quaker City FIRE Insurance
Company" on yesterday made m A.
signment. By reason Of the great con-
tidence Of the Chicago public in it, rs-
liability, this bit Of unvelcome nevs
will strike home deeply. This Compa-
ny has operated upon . very extensive
scale here, and large numbers OF our
citizens will suffer in consequence Of its
.n.peo:o % =, We sh have not s:fas@ the
Jan. goth, 1861,
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25

MAJOR ANDERSON 10 said to be in
tensely Southern IN his feeliog., and
though compelled to do his duty y .
Government officer, his sympsthies are
with South Caroline.
The Charleston Secessionists, it il
said, laqe b at the glori6cation of the
Major BY the Northerners, whose prin-
ciples he despises. They deem it !
Joke.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25
ACCOUNTED FoR.-Meriam, the Brook

ACCOUNTED FoR.-Meriam, the Brook
Ign weather prophet, has discovered that
secession Is an atmospheric phenome-
non. He says: s'The atmospheric
wave that produced such . frantic state
in the human mind in Syria, has passed
slowly westward in the path Of the sun,
ard its influences are seen in the same
parallels on this continent. Syria is be-
tween 81 and $40 north latitude"
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25
The capital CITY 81 tie sostA.

Before one-fourth OF the Southern
States are fairly out Of the Union, or a
complete State Government organized
in any one Of them, or . Convention
agreed upon to take into consideration
the subject Of new Union, the ques-
ton Of where shall be the Capital
City I" is beginning to attract the At
tsntion Of SEINE Of the patriotic journal
ists Of that region. The Mobile Adver-
t;ssv 10 prompt in urging the superior
advaDtages Of Mobile for the honor !;
thinks that Mobile Bay presents facili-
ties for the honor that should be recog-
1ised that it 10 much more convenient
than New Orleans. which, moreover,
could never be thought Of on account Of
it, unhealthiness. 1t says:
1--WE claim that the Capital of the
Southern Confeder ,tion shall be located
near the Gulf coast, and there 10 no
more central point on that coast than
this CITY Of Mobile. BY railroads, made
aud making, it 10 In close communica-
ton with oil our domain North, East
and West, and tins has centrality Of
convenience to them, and, by water
communication, to Texas and the New
T. 1szicaa possessions, which must belong
70 - and when, in the future, our
States shall cluster on the Mexican
shores OF the Gulf, and our flag shall
wasS over the isles Of the Antillean
nyoup, the Capital here located will IT.
tain its geographical ceotraIity also. !"
II The Adssrtiser cannot carry Mo-
bile. then the Capital should not be To-
Gated q any seaboard city, but might
b taken up into the interior, and estab.
lphsd q Montgomery. That would I've
- excellent location. At I'll events, it
WI scarcely b located north Of Ala
bama, Or eaet Of Alabama, or west Of
Alabama, and certainly not south Of
Alabama. Mobile i south enough,
west ssoagh, east soough-asd sevsJs
enough"
This chserfal view Of the subject will,
efsoasss. b aoqoiesced in by South
Osfvlipa. Georgia, Mississippi and such
oeAr 6teles = may seoedc; Who cannot
- oapposed TO feel much interest in %
6~Ag > mattse - the location Of the
Oop61ol
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25

PROCLAMATION OF Gov. H0UsroN.-
Gov. Houston has issued his proclams.
ton for the election Of seven Commits
aiouers to represent Texas in = Conven-
ton Of Southern States, in accordance
With Law Of the last Legislature-th
election to take place on the 4th day Of
February.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25
TAG GOLD CRoP.-The following ia
bic shows the amount Of gold brought
from California each year since 1855 !:

The alleged negro plot in North
Carolina turns out to have existed in the
imagination Of foolish boy who, want
ing to raise 5000, wrote to some aboli-
tionists that that amount Was needed to
effect rising Of the slaves. He was
only successful in frightening some tim
i'd people, and in getting himself in
trouble.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25

FRoM . private letter received by >
friend, We learn that our late fellow
townsmen, Capt. Kelley, Sam. Work
man, John Bullock, VIM. Kinney, T. w.
Downs and n. w. Wheeler are enrolled
among the "Minute Men, in Memphis.
-Zosoa C;ty Rtess.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-25

- nnxum
ca 0eooSoooy, - g - elloosD
g ~ ealpsss = : lpss dsssd - -
Al (ssllsI (ssyshiag bed -
sep1PG1 Z esoes s1aed ~ =
|eeuld AosGl |ose Ilsals Agsinst ~ pow
ss1al batteries of this TORI, whioh voald
have besa tnsasd agaiaAt = u addil1on
70 % army Of - lest 10000 msn, Who
would have asssiled % on Tie lssd side.
Our own live wese Of little consequsnce,
but our defeat would have Involved The
loes Of this harbor 70 the United State
- los thst would hsvs besn ,rssrss-
sble, The ChaFisssopisas ars sp,rouad.
iug q With batteries On every point Of
land 10 the vicinity; and are armipg
them with guns from forts they have
seissd. This u dops With the hope Of
preventing any vessel from coming 20 our
essistance, ssi also with . view to force
40 ultimately 70 surrender from lack Of
SUPPLIES. In this ! think they will be
disappointed, for there il no such word
y susrsoder 10 Major Andesson's oom-
position. The wa garrison Of this fort
i six hundred men. We have abost
seventy; but should they attack u, ]
hope the country 1t large will have no
reason 20 find fault With our defense.
One Of orr boats and some Of our men
have been captured. The lights in the
hsrbor have been pat out the buoys
taken up, Ill communications has been
ost Of With Us except such - the Gov
erDor chooses to authorize, and yet We
hssitats to FIRE against them. Msjor
Andersoo stilI hopes that wiser counsels
may prevail amongst them, and that
something may occur to prevent the
impending strife.