The weekly Butte record., 1861-06-22
Editorial Correspondence-l
Letter from Detroit.
DETROIT, April II, 1861.

The declaration of war which followed my
arrival in New York, and the interruption OF
the travel through Baltimore, prevented my
trip to Washington at that time, and it is
possible l may not visit that city at all. Here,
among old friends, (for, there are still some
Democrats left in this Republican-ridden State,)
time has flown with such rapidity, that, the
period allotted for my stay has about elapsed
and YET have written but once, and have
absolutely done nothing, but visit, and have
not visited one-half the places and people that
had intended
Detroit Is one of the most pleasant and
agreeable cities in the Union, and Jefferson
Avenue, its principal street, one of the widest
and finest. Just now it is full of life aud ex
citement consequent upon the departure of the
first regiment for Washington. They left last
evening, and 60 ria Baltimore.
The feeling concerning the war, here in
sentiment Of the entire North. That feeling is
one of universal execraton Of the traitors who
fired upon the old flag at Sumter, and have
stolen mints and custom houses wherewih to
give vitality to their war upon their country
and their country's Government. The feeling
here being unanimous, it is not doubted but
that the reasonable proceedings of the rebels
will soon be stopped, and for this purpose
should the Federal Government deem it neces-
sary, half million troops, could that many be
armed and equipped, could be thrown into the
rebel States within month.
The recent foreign news is to the effect that,
no European Power will recognize the jeff
Dynasty of the Confederate States An effec-
tual blockade of all the Southern ports is just
going into effect, notices just having been is
sued, giving vessels in Southern ports fifteen
days to leave, with or without cargoes The
jeff, Davis Confederation, thus penned in, will
become huge Lunatic Asylum, whose pa
tients can only be relieved by the prescriptions
of Dr. Lincoln. 1t may be said that they have
ment the rebel chiefs have set up. Thanks to
old Buchanan's Secretary of War, Floyd
they have an abundant supply of arms, proba-
bly, enough to equip 100000 men. These
arms, however, are mostly old and compara-
lively worthless, being old Government arms
which have been replaced with new and i'm
proved styles Floyd, however, gave the South
all that was possible, and when he went out of
Office, there were not guns enough in the seven
teen Northern States belonging to the Gene
eral Government. to arm one regiment, so
thoroughly had Floyd prepared the Secession
lists to fire the Southern heart, and preciptate
the Cotton States into revolution Having
accomplished this by sending the Government
arms South, where they were seized by the
Breckinridgers he turned his attention to pro-
viding funds for the grand rebel army, and
commenced his Indian Bond operations.
If the rebel army have arms, it is all they
have. Arms and men, cannot long constitute
an army without means, and disguise it as they
may, the rebels are destitute of the sinews OF
war. They subsst by loraging upon the peo-
pie in their vicinity. They cannot concentrate
large body of troops at any one point with
out starving them to death. The great State
of Virginia is now in this fix, and the blockade
of the Mississippi at Caro-, together with
their Southern ports, will shut off all supply oil
provisions, and throw them upon their own
resources" King Cotton." OF course they
cannot subsist upon that, and as they will not
be permitted to sell it, they must of necessity
return to their senses, rise upon their rebel
leaders, and run them from the country or
hang them
While speaking of Floyd, I should have
mentioned a sure project that the Secessionists
have for taking Fort Monroe. According to
some of the papers they propose to smugge
Floyd into the fort and let him steal it
My next will be from Chicago. CHIC.
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