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The national Republican., 1861-08-21
n II o r r. TUS OF THE WEEKLY
L NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.

The undersigned commenced, In the month of
December last, the publication, 10 this oity, Of
a.weekly newspaper, called the National Repub-
licdn.
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TIE STATE FArps.-The following Is . list Of
the isirs TO be held during the months Of Sep
tember and Ootober.

GovERNoR WsE's PRISONERS. Gan
naway. Of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad,
brought down sixty prisoners to Salem yester.
day and lodged them 10 jail. They were taken
We learn, are three Methodist presches.-
Lsnchb.sg Nrginiaa. ." ...
DRsPRRArH FIoHTna. The 6rst Missouri regi
ment, Col. Andrews commanding, went into the
action at Springfield seven hundred and twenty
strong, Of which number seveuty-seven wert
killed, two hundred and eighteen wounded
Dinety-three severely; and seventeen are miss
ing. .----'-------'-',. .-.
About one-third Of the wounded Of this regi
ment were left in the hospital at Springfield
and are now prisoners. 0.a .
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NFFICE Mctropolitan Police Board,
WAsHisGroN, AttguAa 10, 1851.
Notice-AN applications for appointment 10 the
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until Monday. the 10th instant; after which NO ap.
plioation win be received.
By order of the Board: J. +. BROWN,
aug 2o-7t Acting Secretary.
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Gs- Gen. Shields has been made brigsdier
general.
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j. PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
AT BLADENSBUR0 ACADEMY,
VIII resume the duties Of his profession, in wash
ington. Wednesday, September eth, 1851.
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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-12-25
The Emancipation Question in Congress

Without waItIIa 10 receive The Message
oil the President or lhe reports OF The Secre
taries, xiihoui knowing what policy had
already been adopted by the Government
ana was now IN operation, The Radicals of
the two houses OF Congress-, on ;he first day
OF The session, precipitated before both
Chambers the question o Emancipation.
The process was as logical ar the attempt
itself was reasonable sWhereas, the res
ouIions generally ran, "Congress has no
rower 10 emancipale slaves, resolved that
our Generals'shail recruit them n:o The ar
Ter is as apparent as ii would be in fact If
The proclamation Tor the negro allies were
sounded. They would not follow 10 the
call.
We are wearied with the peninaci,y OF
folly with which The iaciious leaders of a
minority attempt 10 force The deusive and
fatal policy upon the conniry. We shall
not atgue The question of right, fur they
heed not right, nor of The constitution, for
they mock it, nor of expediency, for they
are incapable of understand ng it
But il The Congress disrusis The power of
The SOC, 900 white soldiers in arms,i defence
of the constitution, and oil the vast Navy of
tbs Federal Government, and must needs
recruits from The black population, Why not
commence at the North II blacks are need.
ed for soldiers, why not marshal The free
blacks 10 the rescue. instead of tempting
this iardy and circunous method oi falyins
slaves 10 our standard. There are 200, 900
free blacks in the loyal States, and an ar
my or $4,000 might easily be supplied from
fhair numbers. To CAT the same fofca of
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-12-25
Toe Much Talk.

Gen. Mcclellan recently said there was too
much taking iohe 10y his officers a hint
which some of them failei 10 lake. Col.
Cochrane for instance, not only made long
hours speech when Gen Mcclellan would
have said but twenty words bnt he even
undertook to mark ouI aad prescribe the
poliry which the Government should pursue
III The prosecution OF The war This was
modest Tor Colonel, truly. Compare il
with the course oil The two highest officers
in the army. Gem. Mcclellan and Haleck.
The former declined 10 speak al all III
response 10 recent sereGade and has made
no speech of over Fix lines in length
Gen. H1lleck when serenaded on his arri-
val IN 81. Louis, spoke thus:
81 thank you Tor The com plimen: of this
serenade. | appear before yon as a stranger
and under orders from The GovernmenI-
am sent here 10 restore peace and qDiei 10
your city, aud tG drive every hostile flag out
OF your State, and by your assistance se'il
do it,"
These officers are soldiers those who
make long speeches are politicians aud
demagognos. generaly. The people wall
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-12-25
Letter from a Richmond Prisoner.

Letters have been received in This city
from Ava l. Morris, member of the Cal
ifornia Regiment, aud now prisoner at
Richmond Alter speaking o. The fight al
Balls Bluff he says
We were marched off 10 Leesburg under
guard Of The Ei.FieenIh Mississippi Hegi-
imeni -et o! gentlemen. who lreaied us
very kindly We w-re worn out by fatigue
bul had to march all that night, and ai' day
Thursday, in dTenchIng ram Thursday
night al I clock, we stopped on the Ball
Run ballle field and had he frs; meal
had eaten since Monday morning. IL con
sisted OF hot corn bread aud excellent boil
ed bacon nothing ever tasted beller We
bivouaced on the battle field, aud al day
light sianed Tor Manassas. Arrived there
al about ! l O'Clock oar names were taken,
We were placed nihe guard house I'LL even.
ing, when we took the cars Tor Rich
mond.
We arrived here about 2 p NJ our Thurs
day and we're established in quarters in Que
oil K. A Mayos tobacco warehouses. Ia
about week we were removed 10 another
on The right OF the fir>l, and yesterday We're
removed TO The building occupied By the
Bull run prisoners all summer. II is an old
building, bui stands high aud ia healthy.
We gel half d loaf oil good fresh bread
and plenty o. boiled beei for breakfast, aud
half loaf OF bread and lin cup full OF
soup for supper. In the olher builIng We
had breakfast al IL O'Clock, A NJ; and sup
per at O'Clock, P. NJ here breakfast a, 81
aud supper al 3P NJ. Our appeliles are
so good thai we have TO buy both bread aud
molasses 20 make up. There ale Two of
my old tent mates with me, George S. Mas
ey and James C. Hufty.
Corporal Will H. Cox, of Company A, is
here, and we spent about one third OF our
time in walking The floor and talking over
the chances oi being exchanged, or getting
OF on "parole of honor"
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Gboile posirn.
GEaEEIgEg.
NJ SAMUEL TAYLOR coLknlDos.


AL ihonshts all passions, all delights,
Whatever surs this mortal frame,
AL are bui minifisrs oil love,
All fsed HE sacred hains
OF, in ms waking dreams do
Live DER a.aiu that happy hour,
When midway on the mount lay,
.Beside the ruined tower
The rnooashine stealing o er the scene,
Had blended with the lights al I've,
And che was there. my hope, my Joy,
My own dear Gensvievs-
She leaned asai.is, the armed man,
The statue OF the armed knight,
She STOOD ard li-,sned 10 my lay,
Amid the lingering light.
Few sorrows hath she OF her own,
NV hope! rpy Joy! my Genevieve!
She loves me best when'er sing
The songs thai make her griese.
I PLAYED a soft and doleIul ar,
I sang an old and moving story,
And old, rude, song thai sui:ed well
That ruin wild and hoary.
Sne listened with fitting blush,
With Gowncast e, es aud modest grace;
But gaze upon her lace.
told her OF the knight that wore
Upon his shield burning brand
And hat for ten long ears he wooed
The lady oil the land.
told her how he pined; and oh
The deep the low .Ihe pleading tone
With which sang another's love
Interpreted my own.
She listened with a fitting blush,
With downcasl eyes and modest grace:
And she forgave me that gazed
Too fondly on her lace.
But when told the cruel scorn
That crazec that bold aud lovely knight,
And that he crossed the mountain woods,
Nor rested day or night;
Thai sometimes from the savage den.
And sometimes from the darksome shade,
And sometimes starring up a, once
In green and sunny gate
There came and looked him in rhe face
An angel beautiful aud bright.
And that he knew il was hend,
This miserable knight
And that unknowins what he did.
He leaped amid the murderous hand,
And saved from outrage worse than de ath
The Lady of The Land
Aud hox she ~ept and aspsd his knees
Aud now she tenued hun III vain,
And ever slfove 10 exPiate
The scorn thai crazed his brain-
Ard that she nGrsed him in cave,
Aud how ais madness wen. away,
~. ali tr,rs fs.av
A dying man he lay
His diving worsis-but when | reached
That ieuderes: strain of all The dizzy,
NV faI ering voice and pausiny harp
Disturbed her soul with PITY
All impulses uf soul or sense
Hal lbrlIled my gnileless Geaevieye,
The music and the dolrisi tale,
The rich and balmy eve;
And hopes, and fears that kindIe hope,
An uss:islinz znishabls ihrong,
And gemiIe wishes Ioug subdued,
Subdued aud cherished lons
She wept with pity anc delight,
She tlushed with love Rnd Virgin shame
And. like the mnrmer OF a dream,
heard her brea.he my name
Her bosom heayed-she stepped aside,
And CONSCIOUS OF my look -he stepped
Then suddenly, with tiuoruus eye,
She fled 10 NE and wept.
She half enclosed me III her arms,
She pressed me with meek ambrsce,
And bending back her head looked up,
And gazsd upon my face.
'Twas partly love and partly fear
And partly twas "A basiIial art.
That might rather ieel aud sss
The swelling o: her heart
calmed her fears and she was calm,
And told her love wish Virgin pride,
And so Won my Gensvieve,
My bright and reaDieons bride.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-01
Supreme Court-spccial Term.

Supreme C0urt-SpccfA1 Term.
CURIOUS PARTNERSHIP cAsK-DEFENCE, INSANITY,
Before Hon. Judge Hogsboom.
Eliphott Lyon Richard Dldgeos.-The plaintiff in
this brings action to dissolve partnership and
give other equitable relief, under the following crcu
stancesrhe defendant WAS inventive genius, carry
ing on the machinery business in Goerck street
he who invented the steam carriage, which might have
been seen in Broadway three four years ago. was
burned in the Crystal Palace Its los seemed TO have
preyed very much on his mind In October 1853, while
he wss in Philadelphia engaged in selling hydraulic jacks
and punches which be had invented he discovered that
state mind, and exhibited from that time forward an
entire dsregard Of business He consulted the most emf
nent physicians and oculists Of this city and they gene
rally agreed that he had the affection Of the ewes known
amaurosis BE believed that II would result in COM
pete blindness and under that deusion coured the &C.
quainance and society Of blind men and two occa-
sons purchased arsenic for the purpose Of committing
suicide One OF his blind acquaintances bartholomew
McGowan, the brush pedlet) prevailed upon him
TO destroy one bottle Of the laudanum He also
undertook to starve himself to death, and
falling IN that ne to street preaching In the early
part OF nhonomanaca demonstrations-in January,
ioo8--he entered into partnership In his machinery
baress with the plaintiff then carrying on business in
his agent From that time till April 1860, the painsn
managed the business successfully Then me defendant
who had got some Of his deuscs repuaiated the
articles Of partnership, ard tErned the plaintiff cut Of TIN
premises An Injunction was granted receiver appoint
ed and the assets Of the firm sold by auction Since then
each OF the partners IL carrying on the business In hE
own under their respective halves Of the pa
tent rights 1t would require a Solomon to decide
the with Justice to both parties The plaintiff may
have taken advantage, though not rauduenty, OF the
concern and the defendan, certainly had the advantage
OF the plaintiffs knowledge Of and attention TO- the bust
cess when he PHI ally and mentally unable 10
tend to 1t himeeh. The case occupied five days. Jud
mept fe6ervcd.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-01
The Bt. Domingo Question from q French
View.

Translated from the Paris OpiDn Rationale OF June O.
for the NBw YosK HERALD
The raipCorpOfation Of the Dominican republic With
Spain Ia sn event o. the bgbest npo tance general
political point OF view, not surprised
that the government. Of the United States protests en-.
United States alone that observation-disclosures and
England have an interest 10 preventing Spain from sg
gTandzing herself in that for mistress Of Cuba
Porto Rico and two.thircs Of Hayt, she would
reign supreme Ia the Cuff OF Mexico and the waerE
Of the Antilles she would exercise an influence
prejudicial to general interests in regard TO
Venezuela and G. ntral America. Finally, she would
command the Ishmus Of Panama. which is destined to
become the greatest theatre Of the activity Of the civil
ICED world.
This question: important and little understood, Ia
discussed with Clearness and independence in PAM
phet which has just appeared under the title Of "Fench
and European interests in St. Domingo" The author
does not confne hmse to showing the importance OF
the question in political point OF view; he examines it
from the stand point OF those liberal and democratic
principles which make CORY and greatness BE Says
principles not In Europe words devoid Of mean
ing Spain will not be permitted TO hen attempt
against the Dominican republic, where liberty rciSng
since 1922 nor against The republic OF Hayti where sho
regps since the beginning or the present century fha
people Of Hayti are phenomenon They are called ON
to resolve one OF the greatest problems that has
been sgatedhat Of knowing to what extent the black
rae susceptible Of progress and civilization The PHI
losophers and politicians Of all countries study with sof
ctude the different phases that people In the
oftentmes stormy fe and all the populations OF African
blood scattered through the New World turn their eyes
towards them They seem 10 have been placed Ia tho
Ansle. ~ beacon 70 point the rosd o. liberty eight
millions Of blacks, Who full In the nineteenth century,
still groan under the lash and the stick Such the
titles Of the Hsyteps TO the profession Of civilized
tonS.',
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-01
REBEL OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE
AT NEW CREEK, VA.
CAM nArIs. RoNNEY. N. Juna Ia. ls8i

CAMP DAVIS, RoNNgy, Va, June 10, 1861
CoIoNEz have the honor 70 report that yesterday
dIected Colonel j. Vaughan, Of the Third Tennessee
regimen. to take two companies from his and two
from the Thirteenth Virginia regiment, and a. eight
O'Clock p u TO proceed 10 New Creek depot eghtt co
nstes ives OF Cumberland, on the Baltimore ana Ohio
facad oieperae the forces there collected bring away
tie two pieces oil artillery ga burn the railroad bridge
The directions am happy to assuYe you, were carried
eoepiished between eight = and twelve the NEXT
day Some Zt0 Of the federal troops after slight stand
retired Ia disorder, with loss OF men, III bridge
Hss then burned and Colonel Vaughan retired bringing
with him two pieces Of artillery and stand of coors
To Colonel Vaue han, his officers and men, am much in
debted for the han leone manner N which INV orders
were carried out Enclosed you will lind the report of
Colonel Vaughan p HILL
Colonel Third regiment, Commanding Brigade.
Colonel + X. SMITH A. General.
HEADQUARTERS fMRD rssyRs RYGrMESr
Cor. HnLs BnGApE, June 10, 1881.
A. 2. Hill, Colonel Commanding Brigade c. &. A., Rom.
in, Va II have the honor to report that yeete,day
gbt O'Clock p. In pursuance Of your order took
20 ompsniee of the Thirteenth virginia yount.e-s.
commanded by Captains Crittenden aud White, and
,,eo v companies Of the Third tennessee regiment p
upteers S. A., commanded by Captains Lilards an0
Matthias ST advanced eighteen miles 10 the line Of
,he ems my upon the Baltimore and 0aio Railroad aud
found them ted In strength with two pecs. OF
arefy en- tn north bank Of the Potomac at the TWEEN
" 'st railroad bridge said roai The enemy had no
pests pasted 1T five O'Clock A. n, after recoonoite-
pg gave the crde.- to charge the enemy, which CON
mh.n beg leave 10 cay, calamity executed
sho ~ 1000 order bet with great .enthusasm. AZ
We aptNleo IN Sight, 81 distance OF four hundred
Sa"s' 'he 'Ney broke ans ed in all directions, firing
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Prince Alfred.
MONTREAL, June so, 1851.
Prince Alfred left for Quebec yesterday afternoon.
Markets.

AfBASy, June %, 1851
FourThe receipts in excess Of the demand and
the stock Is accumulating wheatNo sales. 0ats-Saes
ID eco bushels Western 1t % cents Corn less sctve
sales In email parcels, Western mixed 45c at East Al
bapy Whiskey-sales so bbls. at I5slc. Received by
New York Central Railroad, for New York, 6452 bbis.
hour 1856 bbls meal $50 bags wheat, so bbis. wheat,
ls6 hhds tobacco, 240 cases do 325 bbls high vines
l49 bales wool. For Boston and the East-1473 BIB "a
Jour- 5l2 sacks corn So sacks wool so cases tobacco
Shipped by lows to New York. June 2s, 81 coo bushels
corn $40 bushels rye, 245 OGo bushels wheat, 65
bushes oats IL SEQ bushels feed 900 bushels barley.
CHICAGO, June 40, 1881.
Flour &c. lower Wheat declined 1c sales at Gle for
No Soc for No O. in store Corn closed heavy at &c.,
in store for mixed Oats frm. Rece,pts-3,0O0 bols;
-four 3s COO bushels wheat, &c. 900 bushels Ship
mentse5 600 bushels wheat. Freights steady At IKE.
on wheat to Buffalo. Exchange on New York UNI
changed.
OswEGo, June %, 1881.
Flour st ady but market dull sales 500 bbs fancy at
81 rs. Wheat in limited demand sales 100 bushels
winter red Western at 81 %, and 64O0 bushels No.
Milwaukee club ~ SAC. Corn easier and quiet: sales
1900 busheis Western yellow at 800 Oats barley and
rye nominal. Canal freghts steady-aour 27c wheat
SC corn &C. to New York. Lake IMPORTS 949 bbls
aour, coo bushels wheat, 400 bushels corn $500
bushels re. Canal EXPORTS Ala bbls -four is 700
bushels wheat, 81 600 bushels corn.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-01
TROUBLE IN THE sICKLES BRIGADE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


BY referring TO the HERALD you will 6ni au
article setting forth that three euenants attached TO
the Thirty second regiment marched out Of sches
camp. The facts OF the case are simply these:-rhs
ieutenants referred to went visit, by invitation to
that camp. Shortly after arriving there they were
placed under arrest the charge OF tanperng with the
men attached to the brigade They emphaticay denied
he charge, but to purpose They were
kept in confinement Tor four hours, and
then brought before General Sckes After consu ming
two hours searching for evidence which could not be
found, he concluded 70 call court martial which, OF
course, was egai-he not beng commissioned officer
He was surrounded by his minons and protected by
barrel cd revolver without any evidence against
the officers he decided that should be discharged
and the other two marched Of the camp and the
two heutensn,s were unarmed the order was carried
out BY the aid and assistance OF company attached
the brigade About three hours after the arrival the
officers outside the camp limits Major Omstead attempted
to read 70 them the proceedings Of the bogus court
martial and after giving them wrong direction to their
own camp, they were allowed 70 depart
These the facts Of the csse and II you win insert
them In your columns, you will obiise.
Lieut.. L SwAD0EIL,
Lieut.. l. SICHERMAN,
Lieut. G. DRUMMOND,
OF Thirty second regiment, Camp Yates.