The national Republican., 1861-06-17
UNSISTERLY TREATMENT OF A Sis.
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In Mr.. JEFF. Davis's communication of May
Maryland, may be found the following honied
paragraph:
THE people of these Confederate States,
Notwithstanding their separation from their late
sister, have not ceased to feel deep solicitude
in her welfare, and to hope that at no distant
day that State, whose people, habits and insti-
tutions are 30 closely related aud sssimilated
with theirs, will seek to unite her fate and for.
tunes with those Of this Coniederacy.'
This "deep solieitude" of the secession gen.
try, for the ",oe!are" of "Meir late sister," has
had some recent striking manifestations in the
vicinity Of Harper's Ferry, eliminating in the
destruction of the magnificent railroad bridge
ACROSS the Potomac, at that place. They have
been at work for month past, destroying, or
attempting to destroy, the dams which maintain
the navigation of the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal, u destruction not essential to any plan
OF military defence. And they have crowned
their work of mischief, by not merely burning
the woodwork Of the Harper's Ferry bridge,
but by blowing up, 30 far as they could, the
structures of masonry upon which it rested.
| This has no justification in any necessity of
relardng Immediate pursuit. which was sufi
cieDtly accomplished by destroying the bridges
upon, and otherwise damaging, the railroad
from Harper's Ferry to Winchester. 1t has no
Justification, indeed, iu any military object
whatever. The loss Of this Harper's Ferry
railroad bridge works no appreciable impedi.
ment to any Of the operations Of the national
Government. Men and supplies can be drawn
from the West to this vicinity by the way Of
Pittsburg and Harrisburg, as heretofore, and
the movement Of General McClellan's com.
lnaud into the Valley Of Virginia is not affected
at all by the wan,on destruction of Friday. l,
is upon the Maryland owners of the railroad
and upon the trade Of Baltimore, that the blow
falls, aud it is not a little remarkable that the
blow has been administered by those who fee
such "deep solicitude" for the "we!fare" of q
"lats sister,"
A BRIGADE OF LOYAL VIRcINIANs.-The en-
campmant ut Wiiiamsport, Maryland, which is
made depot for loyal Virgnians, is, we learn
fast filling up. the following printed handblll
is posted in various parts Of Virginia:
To tie loyal people Of Virginia: The Gov
erument OF the United States will accept tht
services Of all loyal citizens OF Virginia who
desire to enroll themselves into its service fol
aud during the present war. They are requested
to report at once to Philip Pendleton, Esq, u
headq uarters at Williamsport, Maryland.
WARD II. LANoS, formerly Of Va,
noao Of Washington, ID. C.
WiHidmspon June y, 1861.
Several companies of Virgnians, already
formed, have reached Camp Lamon, as they
have christened the encampment at Williams
port.
Captain V. P. Corbett is authorized to raise
companies in Alexandria county, and that sec
ton Of Virginia, for Colonel Lannon'S command
which, when formed, will undoubtedly be "a iul
brigade, he having authority to that extent.
Colonel Lamon will take all loyal citizens 0
Virginia, who are in a condition to do service
and will, as far as he can, protect all loyal ei'