Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-05-24

A r. BOTELER.
A sum FOR THE CABINET. There are
now about 80, 600 soldiers in and around
Maryland. to hold that loyal" indepen-
dent and sovereign State in subsection to the
Federal government. If any one Of Lin
coln's Cabinet is good at figures, we pro-
pose the following sum for nis considera.
ton:
If it takes 80, 900 soldiers to hold the
little and g loyal' State of Maryland in
subsection. how many will it take to sup
press rebellion in all the powerful and re-
yolted States of Virginia. Georgia. Ten.
nessee, North Carolina. South Carolina.
Florida. Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas. and Arkansas : Mr. Lincoln's war
programme will require an army o. at least
100000 men to suppress rebellion. and
then if be could suppress it it will take
standing army Of at least 100000 men to
keep it suppressea This immense standing
army would cost us four hundred millions
u gear 10 solid cash. Then we must esti-
mate that one third of our soldiers will die
annually in hot and unfricndly country,
which will make constant yearly drain Of
100. 900 Northern men to supply their pla-
ces. At this rate, how many years would
it take to depopulate the North +? If the
Republican papers correctly indicate Mr.
Lincoln's plans, we advise his physician to
put blisters behind his ears, to draw of the
hot and acid humours of his brain, for he
must certainly be mad stark, raving mad
Ia fact, the whole party talk and act like
bedlamites Y. Day Book
The New York Daily Ne,es says: "Hun-
ger and general deprivation is doing much
to demoralize the regiment Of National
Zouaves at Sandy Hook. Sandy Hook is
not an easy place to desert from. but dire
necessity will very often command circum-
stances. and create means to bring about a
desired result It is fact that the men Of
the regiment have been badly treated to q
point almost beyond endurance, and no one
can blame them if they embrace any oppor-
taaity to get away from their detestable
quarters. Last night party of them, more
determined, or more successful than others,
borrowed the boat Of the Associated Press,
and made their shortest way to the main
land and liberty. Unless existing causes
Of complaint are removed, more members
of the regiment will remove themselves in
like summary manner.
Hon. z. Kidwell who was recently q
candidate for Congress from the Wheeling-
District. paasa!ssfiss = card in the Paramount
Tirdlnfdm. la which be saws:
. On the receipt ofthe Ordinance Of the
Convention saspending and prohibiting the
election of members Of Congress on the 23d
.sst at once withdrew from the canvass
He says that Western men should remem-
Der that Western Virginia had fourteen ma.
jority in the Convention that passed the or
dinance of secession. and that State Rights
men were forced to take that position by
Iincoln's declaration Of war. This de-
elara,ion Of war did the deed, and We are
called upon by our votes on Thursday. the
23d instant, to sanction the conduct of our
State in this noble effort of hers. thro' her
constituted authorities, to resist aggression
aid tyranny, or by refusing to do this, to
turo our backs upon her in this trying
hour, aud consummate her degradation by
siding with her oppressors. With me the
work is done. l am for my State, and the
best welfare of her citizens"
IMPORTANT FROM THE GULF The arri.
val Of the Karnack from Havana, via Key
West, at New York. on Friday, brings in-
telligence of great importance. The Brit
ish feet which Lord John Russell announ-
ced in the House of Commons the other day
as having been dispatched to the Gulf Of
Mexico to look after British interests, is
reported off Cape Florida. The North
American and West India squadron of the
British Government is under the command
of Rear Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.
G. B., whose flag -ship is the Nile, 80 gun
screw steamship. He has under his or
ders force of IA ships and 2l2 guns. all
of which are available. A lieutenant from
one Of the vessels had put off to one of the
reefs to inquire if the Styx had been at
Key West, from which it is inferred that
that vessel is in the neighborhood.
The Baltimore Sun aye:-The steam
gun captured lately has been stationed in
the camp of the Sixth (Mass } regiment,
and on the day it was understood an exhi-
bitlon of its powers would be given. very
unfortunate circumstance interfered with
the arrangement. Some very material and
indispensable parts of the machinery were
found wanting. aud the steam gun, that all
had come to look upon as death dealing
engine, stood as harmless as an old barn
fan. 1t low turns out that the inventor,
Mr.. Dickinson, who was not taken with the
gun. had with him in buggy, short dis
tanee off, all the important parts Of the ma
cbinery used in the working of the gun,
and escaped with them by driving rapidly
away.
Elk President Pierce is out for peaceable
separation, aud against coercion. MIR. p.
10 letter to the Boston Post cmpLatical
ly denies having made use Of the coercion
expressions attributed to him in that and
other papers. We are happy to feel again.
what it panied US to doubt, that Franklin
Pierce is true man.
It is said that Ben McCullocb, of Texas,
has received an appointment of Brigadier
General in the Confederate Army