The national Republican., 1861-05-30

injury.
1t appears from various statements, that the
insurgent batteries were inadequately supplied
with heavy guns, until the completion Of the
Pensacola railroad.
The speculations from that quarter are as
various as ever, as to the probability Of an at.
tack. The latest we have seen, is letter Of
May ls to the Mobile Register in which such
an attack is spoken Of ss impending 1t
has been impending" good while.
A New YORK EsrrxArE.-The Herald Of
yesterday has the following:
ave learn that the Confederates, at last &C.
counts, had at Norfolk 10000 troops, at Rich.
mond l5, 900, and at Fredericksburg 10000
making, at these three places alone, $4,000
men. They have at least from 5000 to $4,000
more troops at other points in Virginia"
1t would have saved II trouble, TO have called
it a round 100, 900. and without going into par.
ticulars.
THE NEW SENATOR FROM MISSOURI.
As it is among the bare possibilities that Mr..
johnson, the newly.elected United States Sen.
ator from Missouri, may presume to come here
in July and attempt to take seat 10 the Sen.
ate, we cut from the St. Louis Democrat the
following account Of one of his speeches:
STOCKTON, No., May l, 1861.
Judge johnson spoke at this place yesterday.
He said the honor and safety Of Missouri de
manded her speedy union with the Southern
Confederacy. Missouri must take her position.
She would never degrade herself by tolerating
an " armed neutrality But for the influence
of States that hung ont blue lights for the en-.
emy in the Revolution, Maryland would never
aid in the subjugation Of her sister slave States.
Governor Hicks, who is quasi friend Of Lin.
coin, would force Maryland into fratricidal
war with her friends. In view Of the corrup-
ton that pervades every department Of the Fed
eral Government, and the fact that it is con.
trolled by inveterate enemies Of Southern in.
stitutious, he hoped that no citizen Of Cedar
county was SO degraded, SO lost TO honor and
everything that is noble, as to cast his vote
against an ordinance Of secession. Not TO be a
secessionisi, is to be a disgracefM adrocdte of
negro equality; and if a man was present who
entertained such principle, he wanted him to
hold his head up, that his ambrotype might be
taken, and sent throughout the land with the
inscription, "A man with q white skin, but has
always sustained him. (?) and had aided in
placing him in the responsible position of Uni.
ted States Senator-the next highest Office in
the gift of the American people. And this
mark of respect Induced him to believe that
they would continue to sustain him.
AFFAIRS Ix MEMPHIS AND TESSEssEE.-A
correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat, wri.
ting from Lincoln (lIl.) under date Of May 2l,
says:
81 Yesterday met . young man who had
Just escaped from Memphis. He says the Sc.
cessionists, knowing him to be Union man,
attempted TO force him, together with three Of
his brothers, TO enlist in the rebel army. He
Of course refused, and from that time he was
watched, which made it difficult for him to get
away, as be intended to do. He, with twelve
others, by making good use OF their legs, run.
ming through brisrs and enduring innumerable
hardshps, managed to elude the vigilance Of
the secessionis,s, and escape. He states that
there are plenty Of Union men there, who, if
they could only be protected by our troops,
would come out boldly and help to put down
secession in that city.
"His statement in regard to the Southern
troops encamped there is important He left
|
there were only SO men in camp. There
were some at point some ten miles from
Memphis, but as far as he could learn the mum.
ber was small.
"My informant stated that those suspected
Of being Union men were prosecuted in va.
rious ways, and that one had his house burned
down after having refused to enlist and fight
against the Union. / think the presence Of q
large force Of U. s. troops there would be vel
come to hree-fourths OF the people, and, if SO
hope the loyal men Of Memphis may soon be
thus protected"
APPOINTED BY THE PREsIpExr.-The Presi
dent has made the following appointments
Owen B. Chsdbourne, collector, at Saco
Maine.
Joseph NJ. DAY, collector, at Barnstable, Mas
sachusetts.
Lewis r. Broomall, chief coiner Of the min
at Philadelphia.
Postmasfrs-James W. Boreman, at Par
kersburg, Virginia William D. Massey, at Al
exandris, Virginia; John N. Earle, at Worces
ter, Massachusetts; James p. Lense, at l4afay
Pennsylvania; Daniel Wells, at Paterson, Ee'
Jersey.
LATEST FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Entrenchmtnt al Neppon Neps-The In
portance Of the P1sifioD-The Enemy d
Serials Rint-Their Guns.
The following telegram CONES through tn
Washington agent Of the Associated Pres:
received yesterday:
FORTRESS MONROE,
Monday Erenimg. My q, 1861.
A force Of 500 men-embracingt the Vernon
Il c..