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1t seems tlaat the doctrine OF the divine
right Of Kings is still he1d-particularly By
Klngsl On the day before the recent corons-
ton of the new King Of Prussia, be called to-
gether the P1ussian Diet, and spoke in their
ears little speech worthy Of the middle ages,
Here it is, from beginning to end:
II desired to Summon the representatives Of the
Chambers to my presence even before the corona-
tfon, and thank you for having complied with
my wish The rulere Ct Prussia receive their
crown from God; tomorrow, therefore, shall
take the crown from the Lords table and place it
Oh my head: this Is the Specification Of The ex-
preston. King BY the grace OF God and therein
lies the eanctltE Of the crown, which Is ilyioable
know that yon will understand the meaning oi
the oct which have summoned you to witness,
The crown has been surrounded by new fnetitu.
tfons, ihy virtue Of which yeu are destined Ia
afford it the be1sft Of youT counsel. You will ad,
wise me, and shall listen to your ad71cs.''
The eighteenth of October was the day, and
Konigsberg the plsce, Of the coronation. The
ceremony was held in the church Of the castle,
After putting the crown upon his head, he
lowered the sceptec three times to the people
WHO in return raised their voices three timer
In cheers. Those cheers were the King's jurt
dislno; for bis accession Is popular with the
masses but even his royal speech did moi
make good his claim to rule by any Other
divine right. Bis crown is hundred and
sixty years CID. May he not tarnish It as il
grpHE older!
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Secretary Camtro hes lately promoted,
from the ranks, Twenty-Five private soldiers, 10
be Second Lieutenants. This Is exceedingly
encouraging to good behavior in "rank and
file" It will be interesting to our soldiers to
read what History records Of great men who
have thus risen. The following is list Of Na-
poleon'e most famous commanders, and what
they started from:
AUaEBEAu-.,scarcely educated; he enlisted as
volunteer in the rank and file.
B1rcHER-Nom military education.
=. BER1H1kR-h1lttaJ engineer; he Was always IN
BEesRnEs-Hair dresser; enlisted az volunteer
In the rank and file.
: c1AUzz1-No preparatory education; rank and
file.
DAyousT-From military school at Bzienne. he
entered the cavalry: lie was considered, with Mas.
Ee1a. ne1t to Napoleon:
BKRNADoTTE-No military education; he began
az volunteer in the rank and file.
GouV1o1 ST.. cxR-DEswing teacher; volunteer
GERARp y 3 military education; volunteer in
GaE1zzs1U- military education; heroze from
tie rank.
HocaE-No military education; volunteer In
K1E1BEK-Architect; slender military education:
be began in the regular infantry
KLE1sT-No special military educat atIon.
MAcnoNALD-NoE Ep. cta1 military education.
MARAeNT-Edncatedf for the military.
MAssEsENo military education : volunteer
inthe ralk and file.
MA1soK-No military education volunteer in
the rank and file.
MosT1BE11o Qannes)-DYer; 4 volunteer IN the
rank ard file.
MoRT1ER-No military edncat1on; volunteer
in the rank and file.
suuIr-No epecial military education; 7olun,
teer In the rank and file.
JUkoEPnbllc school education; volunteer IN
the rank and file,
MonEAU-Lawyer a volunteer In the rank and
file
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defeat Of treason and the condemnation Of
traitors, there is point beyond which
even the Secretary Of State must not be
permitted ? to 60. The safety OF the coun-
tty depends upcn the preservation Of the
great guarantees Of personal liberty, upon
which oBr happiness and prosperity hare
been based; and though much may be con.
z=ceded to Martial Law, a dangerous exercise
Of power like that with which Mr. Seward
is charged, where Martial Law does not
prevail, merits open and singing rebuke.
This Governments is not yeh thank Heaven!
despotism and We are mistaken if the
people are willing. to aid in the inRugura-
,ion of 1ettrss de eachet as part Of thei1
civil policy, or to convert any one of the
national fo1treases into new Bastile, into
which men who write paragraphs often.
siye to Cabinet Ministers may be thrust
there to remain until vindictiyeness finds
other objects upon which to exercise itg
usurped and dangerous power. We wall
the confirmation or denial Of the report
promising our readers that lift prove true
10 intimidation shall prevent Us from max
ing the case Of the prisoner our country's
and our own. No, we are not ready for 8
Despotism yet
, 1861-11-12


Mr. Lewis Hendrick called upon US Jestez-
day and informed Us that regiment Of cav
alry, for the United States service, WIS being
formed among the Ssockbridgs, Brothsrtown,
Mumsee, Oneida aud part Of the Menomone
tribes Of Indians. MI. Hendrick belongs to
an ancient family Of Nohican Chiefs. We
knew cold Capt. Hendrick !" when small
spicuous]y in the Revolutionary war as Al ally
OF our Government. Young Hendric1 informs
u6 that he is great grandson of Capt. Hen
drick. His people entered into friendly rela-
tlons with the whites at o very early day and
aeyer sWerEed from their fidelity.
The first four t1sgmentary tribes mentioned
above, were from the State Of New York, and
are civilized, educated and intelligent, and all
speak English. From the Monomonees, they
propose to take only such as understand sui.
tiliant English to readily understand orders.
These New York Indians are intensely loyal,
and feel 8 deep interest in the success Of our
Covert ment, and Mr. a. says they are ready
to 60, one and all, and We should think they
would need to If they mise whole regi
ment ont of these small remnants Of tribes.
Mt h further informs Us that they have
resources to the amount Of al COO which
they propose to contribute towards fitting out
the regiment They propose to organize and
1T out independently of the State authorities,
dent.
II all this is to be done, It certainly shows
loyalty and interest In the presarV Vation o.
the Government which should stimulate III
all to greater exertions In the good cause bn'
We fear it will be difficult to raise Thousand
fighting men from among these small bands
We have seem no mention made Of this moya.
ment in the papers in the North Eastern par,
Of the State, Rhere these bands are located
and rely alone npon the statement Of Mr.
Hegd1ick.
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aigned toward Baker, bis colleague, aud the
CemMiaaloneE Whose dee4aioR had 10 ,dlaap-
pointed the chtval3.n !: y,
Thus Baker, by hfa undertaking adhatenee
to principle, eucceadet7 ia: af1aylng Agaln1:
himsen not only the most powerful alemsnt
Of Republican strength, but al The iuhueuca
Of the HlrepuldDg branch Of thanemocrata-;
Thus his political career wss oyer Ia 0alIfor.
MA, ana. i Nas but q ;tast raconp npenss for his
EslfsactidelnE sincerity That Oregon should
ctoose hlces after Z few month"; s9jouIu, as
her representative In Tho aenate chamber Of
= No portrait yet puhlIshed of Baker does him
s5astiee. His prevalent expression Was ona Of
plaeIdity, modified By q sad ten1erneas In the
5fneaof tbs mouth From bis faea ona might
not gatherany Idea Of the vigor Of his intellect
Perhaps this Was oRiDg to the ravages Of the
fever which held him captive on his passage
to the Pacific. In private life he was ap.
proachable. to all, aud very generally beloved.
Er1ors there were In his life, and 70 his con
scfonsness Of his infirmities may, perhaps, be
traced the gentle penaf7eness that shsdowed
his face; or, perchance, fhe same premonition
OF sad close to his career may have been
Hmned By nature in Bakers countenance,
which, by the authority OF painters, We may
believe were prominent in the faces Of Napo-
leon and Charles the First Of England.
, 1861-11-12

The arrest Of the gentleman and 1sdy, men-
TONED In last evenings Issue, seems involved
in the; deepest secrecy. Capt Viger, Of the
May Queen, informs 1sthst7 the parties were
arrested IN Detroit, having come through Can
under charge Of Capt Barse,s formerly. City
Marshal Of that city. No particnlars Of The
affair could be gathered IN Detroit, the pspers
being silent On the subject. CSpt Barse
brought with him hi5 son aud daughter, the
s5 sst to ssss ss15gS 81 Ro TIE aad h5oag
were given, 80 that We cannot leazn their
names, residences oE destination. -.
The parties were not allowed to remain out
of sight Or resch OF the Captain, who Was dep
ntized Masehal, or his assist3nte, night OF day.
Their baggage, which numbers about dozen
pieces, Is supposed to be Eety valuable. Ere
nov the gentleman Is probably leafely ensconced
in Fort Warren, Boston, Hatbor.-C C.e1eIand
, 1861-11-12

The other day re published letter from
GIG q the highest officers of our army, noW
serving IN Western Virginia, In which he en-
closed = piece Of the Skin: OF ono Of John:
broHAb soma, Stating where he had ohtsined
n. ana hVetting that other Heces were ciEcu.
i4ted!about the South to excite tte fxnaticism
@0f, Tue people. For publishing this the St.
LOUIS A<p1oiean administered 3 gentle rsbuke
20 Gs4 said that ne wished to indame the pre-
3ud1Ees Of the tHo sections, aad argued that II
ssoqtnefn citizens we're as barbaxous 81 this
incident would paint them, it would not be
seflr2ble to live In unity with them.
ne DENY the conclusion Of the writer. It
fskee all sorts Of people to make world aud
Iaaon, ,ana We are bound to do all the good
We CAD 70 al sorts Of people; Left to them-
serves, The, sp9thetne}a would wholly barhar-
Ee Under the Influences Of slavery, and il Is to
fhe1r connection With the superior civilization
Of the North that they owe Whist moral and
Eoc!s1 progress they hare made. But if the
IT. Louis paper objects to our paragraph, What
Fali u make OF tho following, which va ind
II The lEzpTess. a journal which cannot Ger
tainly be charged with deairo to excite acc
ucnl xnimoeities:
"PErrRa DEAD YAsxREs TO NHw UsE-
Ihe Norfolk Day Beck, under this heading,
says: -
awe hs,e recent1y: seea sare, candles,
Nhleha ~ Kere told, had bcen r de from ta,:
Low and lat Tried fnon, dead Yankees, who had
beeo etain L several Of the battles which have
taken PLACE hetweea: them aad the soakhara'
Whether true. .or fslse, ta:s statement
equally accueea the m7unetg s0d, morals o1
the S1uah,-M, 2. Nse, {bsk.
, 1861-11-12

Matters ON the Kansas Border.
from the LeaTeu orth Conservative, It'll
Tie following Telegram Was received here
yesterday:
KANSAS CTY, Nov. 8.
Col ANTHONY One hundred and twenty
Of our men, under Capt. Shields, were cap.
t1red to-day by the enemy, near Little Santa
Fe- T, s. CASE.
Little Santa Fe Is fifteen miles south Of Kan.
sas City, and on the boundary line Of Ksnsas
and Missouri
A gentleman Who arrived here last night
fcm Kansas City, reports that the capture
was inside at about nine O'Clock yesterday
morning.
Csrt Yanbergen and bis German company
are captured. Only seven men e4caped--one
Of them badly Wounded-and they are nov In
Kansas City. Several wagons we're taken at
the Same time. The troops were from Fort
Lesrenwotfh, aud had gone ont to oyertake q
Union traia sud escsrt It to the army.
AMARcH OF WESTON, MO.
Lieut. Hollister Was disarmed BY the rebel St,
Gordon while crossing the Weston Ferry yes
terdsy. As soon "a Major Prince received the
intelligence he dispatched Capts. Roy and Sui
" with tWo companies Of regulars and one
piece Of artillery to obtain redrees. They
marched to Weston Last night and ne expect
to get news Of row In the rebel ca1np Of
Platte county.
, 1861-11-12

L CASE TO BE NVEsT1GArEn.
The following paragraph occurs in onr
special dispatches from Washington, dated
Saturday, Nov. 9th:
The sta- this evening atsrms that the respond
tis antaor Of the paragraph in the n. Z. adspead-
<Nt, stating that 1t Is EeWRrd's expressed convtc-
1oA tnat the Gpvetnme1t cannot succeed In thts
TI- that the 6suthezn Cslfede1scy will be recog-
ItEeq aEd pe4ce declated In ninety dAye, and thss
1h1s u tne onje9 Of ThurloW Weed's Iaisaton. has
been sent to Fort Warren. believe that IT h
true, ENG Inc aSHest MRS made by Mr. SeNard's or
de1.
If this story is true, it may well chal
lenge the attention Of Congress and the
country. If the personal liberty Of Iowa
citizens has become 8 thing Of 80 little con
sequence TINT they OF the 1east on,
amorg them, may be deprived Of it by tn
simple command Of q Cabinet officer, "
may properly begin to ask if We have no
abuses at home to correct, before we un
dertake to. punish the disloyalty OF th
South. With entire willingness to zee tn
prcrogatives ot the Executive autherit
stretched to the uttermost limit, for th
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B Contracts have been entered into In
Philadelphia, with the Government, to farntsh
tix Thousand tents d'Abrie, or "sheltering
tents" .fo- Ptcket., Tn :lm1tstlon Of those
NIL be prepared at The arsenaL They are
to be of linen, and Lighter In weight
and stronger than those Of cotton. They arc
bnttoned ftgether and form abipK1e tent, In
a.1org Continuous line. Twenty Thousand
sitle1 tents have also neea ordered, for wiz
twenty Mea. Sfxtsea tho1saad Light sheet
iron Groves, without bottoms,. have been OF.
dered here, 1t cost Of :s2>62] eaeh. These are
fer tha tfnceIs' tents: THIS fire win be kiudlet9
cn tho ground .nnder then, Aua 4 naHoK fQ1.
ne1 viii CARY the smoke taropghs hole In the
top of the teat
, 1861-11-12

Gen. Woo1.-fhe rumor that this veteran
commander, who is now doing much good
service at Fortress Monroe, had resigned, is
happily disproyed. Some color WAS given to
the report BY the fact that Gov. Morgan and
Senator Harris of New York te1egraphed him
to withheld his resignation, and 1t may be,
therefore, that the present denial is but tenn
porary. The correspondent Of the Phila1el-
phia Press. usually well informed, says the re-
port is 'gratuitous and idls;;" and that all
Gen. Wools demands upon the Adu1inistra-
ton have been met promptly and with will
mgness.
, 1861-11-12

ARMS FoR 1EDIANA.-The Indianapolis
Journal Of Saturday states that Of sixteen thou.
sand Enfield rifles ordered by Col Owen.
agent Of The State, $3.50 have arrived and
been delivered, and the balance are to come
before January LIST. Gov. Motion has obtain
ed an order Tor forty r1ted field pieces, and
will distribute them among ten batteries along
with smooth bores and howitzers now being
made for the State. The Governor has also
obtained q promise Of t1o Of the "coffee mill
gunn," as they are called, which throw q line
Of balls through riled barrel by means Of a
crank, etc.
, 1861-11-12

tences got from Quutosn..ter Allen tie
voucher on which he raised the gold. He
says his prosecution Is all becauae he wouldn't
"dlVide;;" and that the agent who has pur-
sued him Is the very man who, protesting to
be his friend, advised him to grab ali he
could get," cheat the Government Whenever
he got q chance" etc. Walton b genuine
specimen Of sharper. The woman along
with him Is the runaway wife OF an honored
citizen, and she bemoans her sad fate (in be-
ing caught) with tears and fainting fits and all
that sort OF thing. The two were Oh their
way to South America to spend the money.
, 1861-11-12
BALLS BLUFF.

The outward bound steamer is convey
ing to their last resting place On the Pacific
coast the remains Of one who will be long
and sadly missed among the gallant de-
tenders Of the Government but the loss of
whom is almost irreparable in the council
chambers Of the nation, in this hour of its
peril. Those to whom Will be entrusted
the eulogy Of Col Baker will not find
theirs 8 task which will demand any search
for phrases Of adnlation, for truth and
Justice will make the tribute to his services
and his daring,
The clouds are clearing away from the
painful tragedy at Balls Bluff, and the
record Of that day though full Of sad and
painful proof Of blunders where blunder
was crime, will leave for the name and
fame Of Col. Baker nothing unbecoming
the soldier or the man.
He obeyed orders, the orders that have
been laid before our readers, procured
from sources the most unquestioned. With
him as with the Six Hundred at Balaklava,
it was "zaot togsason tohy,'' and though the
order to march to Leesburg was his death
warrant, as he himself pronounced it, i:
Tas obeyed, and his life and the loss Of
nine hundred men paid the penalty.
Il, IS is its due, We credit the affair at
Edwards Ferry, with what has since re-
suited, with the thorough change Of policy
and management Of affairs on the Potomac; {;
il, purchased by this error, We are to have
instead Of chickering's in the Cabinet and ca
balls in military circles, acentreing Of power
and responsibility in the hands and mind
Of one, ne ahall, in welcoming Gen. Nc
Clellan to the position, say with more con-
tentment than under any other circum-
stances We could believe possible, " thus
endeth the second lesson"
But it will not be justly nor fairly ended
if it leaves shadow Of blame on Col. Ba-
ker. Gen. Stone was his superior officer,
and is still in command. He may, and we
trust will, learn lesson from the Ill. gtarred
crossing Of the Potomac, hut he must, in
the records Of the war, pay his oun tuition
bils, and be responsible for his own short
comings.
The persistent efforts that from the first.
have been made to throw the blame On Col
Baker, the false dispatches, the hypocracies
OF letter writers that have been iberally
employed, and sanctioned in high quarters,
ell have aimed to place Col Baker on the
List Of those who "paid penalty with life,
for their iault,"- brave, loyal, but rash,'
-"ezceeded instructions" and "fell vic
tim to his oTn 1ashness." To meet this
cruel aspe1sion, nothing is required but the
orders under which the fallen soldier acted
and these he obeyed to the letter.
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ClHfma Of Three H10nthss Men.
;. from the Decatur Gf., Chfonicle.1

i, Bmp's Por.E, Nov 1st, 1861.
The claims Of soldiers against the United
Stases fer pay, Who were discharged during
tie three months service, can notbe adjusted
aid settled hare, until the PA1maeter haa re-
cetFed tnstFAcfoaa on the subject from Wash
.lngton. Az kooR % tbs msttss is settled, say
In ten Sayysfae; ;pape1s ct such soldiers Hs.1 ha
them for aignatare. il is impoesibls to wrlta
10 eFeTH app1e3zt and aas xer their let.ess on
the eHh1ect, Respectfully,
/ - 0ETEGRY
, 1861-11-12
Georgia In The War. :.

Il fu11 tus 11cu1uAd E1N0l1keI, Ucs. 2g.1
From the annual report Of the COMPTROLLER
General Of the State Of Georgis, we 1earn that
she has NOW in the flela thirty.four fun regi-
ments {some more than fnn) aud four pr.
halfy alled regiments, together with. three
battaltons, and other Independent companies
IN Virginia and Georgia, amounting IN at to
hbont forty regiments In the Confederate EuJ.
eminent service Ard besides this, three
regiments now IN the State service "a to be
increased at once to six. regiments, for the
defense Of her seAcosst. :.
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Operations ct the Patent Office.

There are Indications that the businass Of
this bureau Tll soon revive, and that the re
ducion in the salaries Of e1aminsrs aud clerks
which HAS made few days since, will be but
for ekort time, Already the number of for
eign application, especially faom France and
have been issued to citizens Of the several
States as follows:
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At MEETING in New York, a few days ago,
to consider the .casa Of the suffering loyal
men Of North Carolina, Bancroft, the historian,
made speech, which ie thus referred to by
the New York Esentng Pest:
One Of the striking incidents of the evening
was when MI. Bancroft read the original LEI
ter OF General Jaekson transmitting the clos
Ing part OF his famous proclamation to the re-
yising hands Of Mr.. Livingston. One night,
said Mr. Bancroft, "he finished that procls.
nation, and as be sent 1t to Livingston be &C.
companiea 1t with these words, written with
his Own bands-the copy now read Was from
the original letter, for the authenticity Of
which can vouch:
"DEAR Sn: eubmit the basis and conclusion
OF the proclamation for your amendment and re-
vision. Let 1t receive Jour beet effort Of language
to strike at the heart and to speak to the feelings
Of my deluded conDlrymen Of south CaroIi1a- Tie
Union must be preserved, without blood, II this
be posetb1e but 1t muas be preserved at a hazards
ard at any price.
''fours, with high regard,
"DEc. 4, 1921 O'Clock 7. NJ
"NoW," continued the speaker, sscan any
EeW phantom fighten us from the love Of the
Union? Hslavery aud the Union be iacom
pat1ble, listen to the words Of Andrew jack
son that come 10 us FROM the tomb: THE
Union must at all hazards be preserYed.'n 4.
this aDuston to slavery the cheering On at
sides was terrific, the men rising to wave theil
hets and the ladies to wave their handker
| chiefs. II there ever was doubt as to tht
! drlft Of the higher sentiment of New York, Il
| must have been settled By this exhibition,
, 1861-11-12
CONTRABArHs WITH TIE NAVAL.
EXPEDITION.

,AAA
Il was stated by some Of the reporters
with the naval expedition, that the fleet
when at Monroe, took On board 800 con
trabands to assist the soldiers. 4 later re-
port came that Gen. Wool could spa1e
none, as he had 10 more than were need
ed for the use Of his garrison, But it is
low said by better authorities at Fort
tess Monroe, that large number did 20
with the heet-how many hundred is not
stated.
It would have been great blunder to
have gone without them, as their services
are almost indispensable to the expedition.
Their presence will be known among the
slave population Of Beaufort as soon as the
expedition lands, and the nature Of Gen.
6he1man's instructions will be commune
Gated 10 the colored population, and spread
throughout South Carolina and Georgia
in an Incredibly short space Of time.
The effect will very soon be seen and
felt. We predict that contrabands By the
thousand will flock within or lines to en-
Ter the service Of the Government as viii
ling laborcrs or valiant soldiers As the
expedition has landed On the edge Of 8
great cotton producing district, and as that
staple is particularly desirable at this time
the contrabands" Will be particu1a ,ly
Jealous and active in bringing it in, and in
plotting our foraging parties to the places
ufere It nosy he Fn1tn1 M;+1;
Of one hundred miles Of Beaufort there i
at least twenty million dollars worth d
cotton awaiting market. The owners oj
the plantations On which it was raised an
fierce and Eenomeus traitors the class VIII
cultivated the soil: and produced the cot
ton, are loyal and Union loving people
Il they arc ebony or moIasses colored LIE
these contsabands and cotton be confisca
'ea'-lhe one restored to themselves, tn
other sold to help dehsy the expense O
f.ue11inr the rebeIlinn