Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-09-06

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near Baltimore but we have another and
more terrible fort bearing on you, which we
shall certainly use if it is needed. Therefore,
the moment thatit is understood that you are
betraying Baltimore and the capital into the
hands of the rebels, that instant egery slaUe in
your county lines shall Be proclaimed free, and
shall, If oar safety demands IL, haze sscord pat
into has hands. That is the rag sce sciU shell
your county and yoar Stateif il threatens the life
Of the nation. " there are any among you too
loydLt to be deprived Of their property, then sciU
prove ii By lcatchissg the disloyal and seeing that
The Republic receives detriment in their midst
Would not that be a humane and bloodless
way of conquering treason around the capi-
tai? John NJ. Daniel, whose Sandman expe-
riences have trained the stern. virtue which
was SO shocked by the sensualty of our sol
diers, was offered the position of Printer to
the Confederate Congress; but the labor was
100 actual and the pay too ideal for the ex-
minister. The offer was made to the Efami-
ner, because il was the first and most violent
Secession sheet in the State. When it was de-
clined, the place was given to Richard M.
Smith, who obtained it on account Of his he
roic running out Of Alexandria, and losses
thereby. ThisS Richard N. Smith is native
of Warrenton, Va, where for years he edited
| The Ficg Of SO. He has always been lead
ingSand shouting MetlRdist, and signalized
himself when the division of the NJ. Il. Church
took place by his violent attitude toward the
Methodist Church North He has his reward.
In recent letter on TIE probabilities of in
surrection in Virginia, gave you an account
of the Lacy slaves, and how they were robbed
of their liberty will just add her shat the
slaves so defrauded were SO in nuff5er, and
| that they have all, except W y few feeble or
aged ones been sold to the fsr South-chiefy
Arkansas. The slaves in the region of Acquia
are now laboring hard in many ways for the
army, and are apparently loyal. This is due
Immediately to the presence of a large army
under the head Of tar-and-feathery- looking
man with the appropriate name of Capt. Lynch,
but still more to the systematic falsehood
which has been at work. They have been
told that our army was for their extermina-
tion-told 1t by men in whose piety they have
always believed, each gravely repeating, it to
his assembled household. and justifying the
| lie by the plea of life-and-death necessity.
| Thus we have enemies at the South in our ma
tural friends; and the eagerly seized and read
proclamatons of our leaders about negroes,
and the tidings of our slave-hunting, have
really done us harm whose results may be
more than we imagine. Perhaps il is thus we
are to be reminded once more that 'man new
er puts chain about his brothers neck but
Goo is sure to fasten the other end Of it about
| his own
The Rumored Death of JEFF. Davis.
The Washington Star, Of Wednesday last
has information from three different sources,
which it says confirms the rumor of the death
of JEFF. Davis, at Richmond. One of its in
formants, who left Manassas Junction on Mon
day night, states 'that on Monday morning
information reached there by telegraph that
Jefferson Davis died at A. NJ, of that day !;
and that ere his departure from the Junction.
the officers there who could raise a piece of
Grape, had each donned it, on account of the
death of Davis' Another of the Stars in
formants says the cause of his death was Con
gestive chills." 60
Notwithstanding all these statements how
ever, the Richmond Despatch, of Tuesday
morning, received in Baltimore on Wednes-
day, via Fortress Monroe and Norfolk,
Through flag Of truce, not only makes no
mention Of the death of Mr.. Davis, but does
not even speak of his serious illness. On tn,
contrary the Dispatch contains the following
We publish this morning the proclamation
Of President Davis, calling Congress this DAY
in the capitol. The occasion Of this procla
nation is simply what is stated in the procla
, nation, i. o. the failure to deliver TO the Pre-
J sident, for his signature, billspassed Con.
t gress authorizing him to continue the appoint
ments made by him in the military and nava
service during the recess of Congress, or th,
. present session, and to submit them TO Con
gress at its next session. This, and this only,
is the cause of converting Congress to-day"
; This, we presume, settles the fact that Mr.
Davis was alive up to late hour on Monday
night, if indeed he was at all seriously ILL.,
Since the above was written the following
dispatches have been received, showing that
the reports published in the Washington pa
pers were wholly based on rumor:
> WASHINGTON, September 1.-The Executive
Department has no information confirmatory
J of the reported death Of Jefferson Davis. In.
telligence received in army circles to-day rem.
GERS such an event as merely probably true.
LOUISVILLE, Sep. "A Nashville Telegram
of to-day says there is no truth whatever IL
the reported death Of JEFF. Davis.