The national Republican., 1861-06-26
THE DEATH OF LrLrwrI.-In the shock


the New, for which the time. is remarkable, we
have to pause to note the deaths in rapid sue.
cession Of the men Of leading mind IN Europe.
A day or Two since, we announced the death
Of Cavour, Italy's great statesman. Russia has
lately lost It's strongest pillars Of state, Orlofi
and Gortschakof. To-day, We have to chronicle
the loss Of the chief Of the Polish Liberalists,
Joachim Lelewel. He died in Paris, the 29th
Of May last, at the age Of seventy.six. Delega.
tious from the Universities Of Ghent, Louvain,
and Liege, and an immense crowd Of French
sarants, together With patriots Of Polish immi.
grafton, without distinction of opinion, attended
his funeral at the cemetery Of Montmartre.
A STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT BY
lr THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
The Tribune Of yesterday displays, double.
loaded, at the head Of its editorial columns, the
following: ... rs a-.... $40.
"We once again call attention to the stric
lures Of our Washington correspondent upon
the course Of public affairs. He states that the
reason why Harper's Ferry was not occupied
by the national troops week ago is that Gen
eral commanding there is imbecile or traitor
GUS, and failed to obey the orders Of Gen. Scott
| Notwithstanding this, no investigation has been
ordered nor any reprimand administered, any
| more than in the case Of the blunders and the
slaughter at Great Bethel and Vienna. But the
most startling point Of our correspondents
letter is the statement that no rigorous military
movement is intended by the Administration,
or, to speak more exactly, by the Cabinet. The
war is to be dragged along until the people,
| Of xv;, hou a.,l
out triumphs, can be brought to consent to some
compromise like that Of Mr.. Cfittenden. If
this purpose, or anything approaching it, is
really entertained by the Cabinet, or BY any
members Of it, we warn those gentlemen that
they cannot much longer remain in the service
Of the United States. Indeed, they might as
we'll begin to pack their trunks now"
Within two days before this, the Tribune in
sisted that if Gen. Scott thought best to do
nothing till fall, then the country ought to be
satisfied to wait till fall, and that, in short the
country was perfectly content to leave every.
thing to be managed by Gen. Scott.
Everybody knows that the inactiou Of the
army here is dictated by Gen. Scott, and that
one Of the considerations which induces the Ad
ministration to devolve upon him the chief
military responsibility, is the condition of public
sentiment in regard to the pre-eminence Of his
military skill, which the New York Tribune
has conspicuously contributed to bring about.
We believe, ourselves, that Virginia might
have been liberated, with as much ease as Mis-.
souri, if Gen. Lyon had been at the head Of the
army here.
But it is not the Administration which is
blameabe for the contrary result.
The Tribune's accusation that the Cabinet
intend to make the war odious by delays and
taxes, and for the purpose Of ending it by com.
promise, and by such q detestable compromise
as that proposed by Mr.. Cri,tenden, is too alb.
surd for serious denial.
What does the Tribune intend to do viii, the
Republican party, after ordering Republican
Cabinet to pack their trunks p
DESTRUCTION BY THE REBELS OF
THE PROPERTY OF THE B. ORR.
COMPANY-LOSs TO THE COMPANY
$2,0O0,000.
From the Baltimore sun June %
The Southern army, under General Johnston,
lately occupying Harpers Ferry, is reported
as being posted, 10000 strong, in the vicinity
| Of Martinsburg and Winchester. Msrtinsbure
itself has been occupied for several days past
by Brigadier General Jackson, with force of
about five thousand men, 4 gOodly proportion
of whom are cavalry. On Friday and Satur.
day last, . general destruction Of the locomo
tives and cars belonging TO the Baltimore and
| Ohio railroad at and near Martinsburg, wa,
| made. ..."
Our reports state that over forty locomotives,
Of the largest aud best description, with several
| old and less important ones, were almost en-.
tirely demolished, by heavy fires of wood and
coal being built under them. Some three hun.
dred cars in all, including several passenger
cars, and about one hundred wooden lox and
platform cars, (which might have been adapted
| for the carriage Of troops, we're burned up
completely, while the round iron coal cars, some
two hundred in number, were emptied Of their
contents, and portion Of them run down the
neighboring embankments, or into the bed of
the streams whose bridges we're previously de.
stroyed.
Our informants state that the immediate rea.
son Of this wholesale destruction was a hand.
BILL (since discovered to be q forgery, having
been entirely without their authority or knowi
edge, yet purporting to be issued by the Bati.
more and Ohio railroad company, and said to
have been posted at Harper's Ferry and other
places in Virginia,) to the effect that the com.
pany wanted two thousand men at once, at two
dollars a day, in order TO restore the bridges
and put the road in order for the use of the
Federal Government. This movement is be.
lieved to have been ,use, by interests hostile
to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad COMPANY,
to deceive the Southern authorities, so as TO
lead to the destruction of its property.
General Johnston, commander-in chief, be-
lieving that such repair and use would seriously
operate against his cause, is said to have given
the order TO General jackson for this additional
damage to the road, thus putting it on the
ground OF military necessity. There are
many rumors in circulation with regard to this