The national Republican., 1861-05-21
VS. Ms.

The people Of Savannah, owing to the scarci.
ty of small change, have adopted twenty-five
cent bills, issued by the Mechanics Saving and
Loan Association. They are made payable,
not in cash, but in current bank bills.
A wrecking schooner which arrived at Key
West on the 9th instant from the Reef reports
that on the 7th British feet was of Key Ira.
vanier, near Cape Florida. It consisted of
three.decker 100 guns) and three steam screw
vessels.
fifth, sixth, and eighth regiments Of Massachu.
sets into . brigade. The Boston battery of
light artillery will form part of the brigade.
Gener Il Butler will then 20 to Fortress Mon.
roe, where the Massachusetts third and fourth
regiments now are. The consolidation Of all
these regiments into one brigade or division
will give the General the control Of officers and
men with whom he has personal acquaintance.
The Confederate troops on Friday visited q
Maryland farmer three miles below Harpers
Ferry, killed seven hogs, and drove off three
head of cattle, in open daylight. They have
also committed similar depredations on the
Maryland side, for ten miles above the Ferry.
These acts are Of daily occurrence.
H. Clay Pate, of Kansas memory, is organ.
izing cavalry company Of rangers at Peters.
burg, Va.
The Charleston Mercury states that James
G. Harvey, the Washington correspondent Of
the New York Tribune, and the appointed min.
lister to Portugal by President Lincoln, is now
in Charleston, and that tho city authorities
have ordered his arrest.
The steam.tug Live Yankee arrived at the
Philadelphia navy yard on Saturday morning,
from Hampton Roads, having in tow three
schooners loaded with tobacco, in casks and
boxes. The names OF the vessels are the EN-.
lily Ann, Mary Willis, and Delaware Farmer,
all owned in Baltimore. These vessels started
frots, Richmond to 90 to Baltimore. Finding
it impossible to pass the blockade, they quietly
surrendered to the Harriet Lane" and orders
coming from the Minnesota, the flag ship of
the squadron, to have them taken to Phisdel
phia, they were taken in tow by the Live Yam.
kee.
The forces Of North Carolina, in large mum.
bers, are said to be concentrated at Weldon,
ready to advance, at o moments warning, to
any point in Virginia where their services may
be needed.
The Long Bridge, connecting Washington
with the Virginia shore, has not merely been
guarded, but occupied, since Friday night by
larger number Of effective troops than here.
tofore. An armed vessel is also in the vicn.
ity. These measures are precautionary, in
view Of the reports Of designed injury to the
bridge by the Virginiaus.
The United States consul at Havana refuses
to give clearsnces to vessels for any Of the ports
in the seeded States.
Captain Gale, of the d. G. Pierce, has ar.
rived in Boston, reporting that his vessel was
sunk ut Norfolk on the 9th inst. by the rebels,
and his cargo of sugar, with $4,000 in specie,
stolen. The captain was imprisoned, and
only after much suffering succeeded in making
his escape.
Capt. Johnson reports that his barque (the
Ida) was wrecked near Cape Henry, that he
saved the cargo and rigging, and shipped it to
Norfolk in q schooner, where he was robbed Of
nearly the whole property, ana imprisoned for
FIVE days, when he made his escape with Capt.
Gale.
The Charleston Courier of the 10th has near.
ly a column and half in denial of the state.
ments that any one was killed at the lombard.
ment Of Sumter.
In Alabama, the wheat crop, about ready to
cut, has been struck with the rust, and there
is great scarcity now, with worse prospect
ahead.
The Philadelphia Press says that, since the
bombardment Of Fort Sumter, no less than two
hundred fugitive slaves from the South have
passed through that city, en- route for Northern
States
The Wheeling InteHigencer of the 18th says :
"1he steamer James Means yesterday brought
down from Wellsburg about one thousand more
rifles for the use Of the volunteers now on the
Island. They were shipped over to the camp"
The Secretary Of the Treasury has directed
that the usual oath Of allegiance shall be ad.
ministered to the employees Of the Treasury
Department,
Four gentlemen from this city, on Saturday,
visited Mount Vernon, and after careful in.
spsction Of the condition Of the tomb and its