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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
SECRETARY HOLT ON JACOB THOMPSON,
THE TRAITOR
To The Editor. Of The National hteAs1eer.

To The Editor ot The National InIcRiseRe1.
GENTLEMEN: In your issue Of Saturday lat yOu
published an extract from address recently made 10
the people of Mississippi by the Hon. Jacob Thompson,
late Secretary Of the Interior in which the following
language occurs:
IRA, iting Wy yesighaOn sent dispatch Judge
that a s o. e, ss nm" e Ts ss % gpsyS "
when the star Of the West arrived she received c
oeed ths vessel Was not sunk but was s more oiccd that
The concealed trick eonceyedby 0en scott snd adopted
by Secretary Holt but coUnteTanded by the President when
too late, proved failure"
We have here distinct and exultan ayowsl, on the
part of the honorable Secretary, that while yet mem
Der Of the Cabinet he Disclosed 10 those in open rebel
lion against the United States information which he
had derived from his official position and which he held
under the seals Of confidence that from the beginning
Of our history as nation, had never been violated.
This step not merely endangered the highest public In
forests but put in imminent jeopardy the lives of go
innocent men, who had never wronged the honorable
Secretary, and who in proceeding to Charleston ar-
Dor were simply obeying the awinl command o. then
superior officers. The armed enemies Of the Govern
ment he was serving under the solemn sanctions Of
All OATH WERE az lie declares, thus put upon their
guard and the ail vessel that was bearing snccOr to
is friends "reeeived warm welcome from booming
cannon" II could not be less than Offensive TO the
heart and 10 the intelligence Of the American people
70 comment grsvely on this Illuminating transaction.
It's true character has already been determined by the
public voice. and that voice viii doubtless lind its echo
In the Judgment Of history.
The reference in the concluding sentence OF the para
graph 10 not to the reinforcement which had been
tenplated by the Brooklyn but 10 that which was at
tempted by the Star of the West. This Is denounced
as a concealed trick first conceived by Gen. Scott
and adopted'--of course with knowledge Of ils
by Secretary Holt" and the Impression
left upon the mind Of the reader s that the
President became aware Of the trick" it was coan-
demanded by him, but too late If not designed
TO make this impression hen the animadyerson Of the
Hon. Secretary would lose most II not oil s point az
wee hs svi4spt purpye ~ sharpen bis celllie Of
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head and robbed. Jli- money belt Was cut through
the middle. lie was geneely dressed in black frock
coat and black pants lie had inc set OF teeth, ALEC
a large scar on he left foot lie was apparently 70
years ~ age. >,
The If5ahtord White Mar mentions tie finding,
hy the An-Base Line Rangers, of the skeleton OF a
woman, about five miles west OF camp cooper, sus-
pended by the sheds of her dress TO thee sapngs In
the midst of thicket How she came there, OF VINO
she Was, IL a mystery.
SHOOTING PAsrIWE IN TENNESSEE.
At POcahontas, Tennessee, family, consisting OF an
old man and bis two sons, named respectively NM
Carper, George Carper and William Carper, and hls
sonin-law hose is Gruder, lately arrested
charge of being concerned in the counterieitg OF
- 30 pieces and examination we've bound over Tor
trial. On being released they threatened TO take the
lives of the prOecuOr and OF their old associates VINO
had made revelations. The citizens became indignant
al this defiance of law and Tuesday afternoon pro-
ceeded to reconduct them to prison. After struggle
they succeeded in dsarmiDg the men, but on proceed
ing to take them 10 prison the four made desperate
effort TO escape, and an exciting scene ensued. lne
citizens determined that such villains should not again
prey upon the community, fired upon them AS they
tried 10 run OIL The shots were numerous, and not
of the four men escaped being hit; some Of them
struck three or four times. VIM. y. Carper was
killed the spot George Carper was not expected TO
survive Tuesday night; VIM. CaJper was lying in a
critical condition; Gruder seriously, but not fatally
injured. Geo Carper was recently tried, probably IN
Memphis, on charge Of stealing a trunk containing
$1,000
PISNING TIE HAND TO THE BREAST.
At Memphis, a few days ago, come steamboat men
had dispute about a collision of their boats. lie lie
was given, when al Riley Knman instantly drew
dirk knife the blade of which is about six inches IN
length and plunged il into Capt. Prices left breast, IN
iicting wound several inches deep, near the nipple.
Capt. RUSSELL who was standing partly between the
conbaants had his right hand Capt Price breast,
and The knife passed entirely through his hand, be-
tween the third and little fingers, before wounding
Capt Price, To this fact! In all probability, Capt r.
owes his preservation from instantaneous death, and
is by no no means certain that the stab will not prove
fatal.
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TIE sECEssIONIsT IN NEW JERSEY.


I, ne Edifo,,of The NerJer'ey Journal.
GryrLENFy: In on article in The Ln0H,t OF the
"a inst referring to my son, it is stated that he had
volunteered bis services and sworn allegiance 90 Ala
bana had been made captain Of the Mobile Washing.
ton Light Infantry and took possession of the United
States Arsenal at Mount Vernon, near Mobile. III
Wa not question Of volunteering, but Of obey ing an
order from lis superior officer. TIE facts are that
shsrty after he went 70 Mobile To reslde four years
ago hs Joined that company, aud was elected captain
of two wears since and when the Governor OF Ala"
baa Issued lis order for the taking Of the Arsenal ls
Cmary was detailed with three others, for that ger
vice uncer the command Of Col. Leadbetter lie look
the oath If alleg lance TO the State when he received
his commission as is the with every military Gill;
Ger who holds q commission from the State OF New
Jersey 49, .
With reference 10 the rumor that the militia OF Eliza
beth was 10 act AZ guard OF honor 10 him on lis re-
turn from New.lork ] do not believe that there was
anv intention Of the kind at any rate, my son, who
had zone 10 Nev.York with the day before to ful.
M m engagement there ignorant Of any such IN
tentiOn. ~.
As 10 bis having boosted Of HE exploits and willing
ness 10 repeat them know that his intention was TO
nyoid uny ausion TO political mhtee during the very
short stay here that his engagements al bis home adj
mitted of lis making. The only remark that have
been able to ascertain all authentic, in reply
10 one made TO him by individual, ~ he was read
ing the Proclamation in which he was 10 harshly de-
p6nnced, viz: that 4" be would do 20 again II Or
decd.'
remain, gentlemen respectfully your cbsdsn'
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Post OEos, 8. G.
Opener" Of tn
Soul Carolina, March |, 1881.

CHARGEsroS, Feb. %, 1861.
yfeuy, sIoPE Co., Banker, BiAoryafs 'h''i 'h'fn,
GgNTIryEy: Having been consulted by the head OF
the new Government of the Confederate states OF
America on the subject Of loan Of fifteen lJ millions
of dollars which is soon to be authorized by the Con-
0rc,s now in session ia Montgomery, Alabama, take
the earliest opportunity Of communicating with You IN
reference to and of asking your views OF the proba-
bty OF its successful negotiation III the money market
Of London.
Your experience in the negotiation of government
loans and he extended influence and wealth of your
house put il in your power to give most uteiui ana
valuable opinions upon the subject and sall deem II
a great favor if you would wlthou' delay, return IN
answer TO this communication.
The character Of the lOan the security to be offered,
and the general tails hayo not yet been placed before
me- These points are still under discussion by the
heads Of the new Government, and VIII be fully e2-
planned when the plans are maturcd
In the meantime have been requested to consult
with your house. and 10 obtain such views and advice
as may enable the Government OF the new tonedcracy
to act with caution and wisdom
need not add that this II an opportunity Tor yonr
house in London, and mine here, to enter upon wide
and profitable field OF financial usefulness to the new
and powerful Government just emerging into national
existence and al the loan to be proposed VIII be bu
The beginning Of series OF loans that mntt be wanted
We msy find IL interest TO enter WIN spirit ana
energy into the present negotiation.
Al iresent Affairs among are still in an unsettled
condition owing 10 some differences OF opinion which
exist between our Government ana Inc iOs1i GOverI.
ment of the late United States; but these things viii
so6n mass AWAY. and the machinery Of the new Con.
federacy will move onward with sublime power that
will soon excite the admiration Of the civilized world
The new Government will be strong IN power, rich in
resources patriotic aud popular and when once get in
motion will present the grndest specbcie 'hh' h e'c
been pre- euied 10 the world.
n Gems clear that the new Government viii atrac!
the favor Of the entire British public, particularly
the States Which form the Conederacy are the sources
from which the gabuian which Keeps yonr ma
cbinory IN motion and your operatives from starvation
comes.
Ii is not in my power at this time 10 give yon any.
thing more than General ideas as 10 the character oil
the proposed loans, the security TO be offered, &e as
have not been able 10 obtain from the Heads OF the
Government anything more than vague idea oil Then
plans at present.
From my correspondence with The Chairman Of the
Loan Committee, obtain the following facts:
The lean b h BE- t5,0OQ,ceo, AZ per cent ip'eiss'
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per aDnnm, payable in 20 years-of, as viii ee stGisd
in the bond "pay able AZ the pleasure OF the Govern
meu after 20 years" This viii give Brsish eal al-
lets an opportunity Of making long loan when i u
ALWAYS deemed very advantageous such loans belng
usually taken at high rates Of premium IL u NOT 70
be supposed however, that this loan viii be taken az
mich premium The Government does not expect
this now, bnt hopes, by the example OF s
and general good character establish 20 firm basis
Of credit that all its future loans will meet ne SAINT
favor in the money market of London as heretofore al
ached to those Of the late fossil Government OF the
United States.
interest, they will probably offer, as am ihiormeu'
the following terms:
C;rstIy; mortgage upon the forts, arsenols, Gus
tom-houses post offices, mnts, and all other property
which has fallen into their possession by the negl-
gence and imbecility Of the Administration OF 'he
fossil Government.
secondly. pledge to pay off, within fifty years,
the principal and interest Of the de0yed debts OF NH
sssipp and Florida The State OF Florida to be trans
ferred To trustees security for their debt until paid
The State of Mississippi 10 place new bonds in the
bands Of the Infant Government psdglng une,f
Of all the public aud private debts.
Thrill. Az security for the loan proposed, the
Confederate States will pledge the revenues OF the
Custon.House and Post Office, after deducing all eX-
penses for collection and postal outlay. -,
Foprthly; To give mortgage upon all territory
thereafter TO be acquired" with the usofuct thereof
Fitfhly: To transfer to agents or trustees, TO he
appointed by the takers Of the confederaed loan,
$l5 600 900 of the bonds Of the States Of Missouri,
North Carolina, Tennessee, &C.. lately 6orro~ed from
the fossil Government and Endorsed by the responsible
Secretary OF the War Assurance Company OF Washing
ton City.
Could any security be more ample and satisfactory
10 Btish Capitalists From my point OF view, this
loan the most advantageous and generous that has
ever been offered in the Brish money market. Mil
lions have been lost by your eapi,sstsln SPAN Peru
and Ecuador. BY entering with national spirit into
this loan, qnite certain that no mistake can be
made and through IFS influence. the crop " will 80
forward" and the stability Of glorious Old England
established on basis Of permanent peace tranquility,
and happiness.
While write, | feel my heart beat with 10y and
pride the glorious prospects that spread AZ widely
as the horizon, around my native South! Oppression
and tyranny--ihe Tyranny Of majority de-
testabe 10 Southener-had crushed our risiDg hopes
The dawn of civilization has ut broken upon our gold
eli sky and gaze upon it with the feeling OF poet
and the resolution Of 4 secessionist.
await with impstience your reply
~ B.-The commssion for the negotiation OF the iosn
lie to lie FIVE per cent.
Yer, respectfully your obelient servant,
J. SINGLETON CRAWFORD, Banker
No. 1l2 Meeting street
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FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
WAITING FOR THE INAUGURAL.
CHARLESTON, March 2, 18'

Prom Our Special Correspondent
CHARLESTON, March 2, 1861.
as the day Of the Inaugural approaches, the
zsxiety is increasing here, and the general ex-
spectatiOn is that war is imminent. In case the
Inaugural should brand the seeded States az
rebels and insist upon the vindication of laws,
ye.ention Of forts, collection of duties, &C., the
state Of hostility between the Cotton States and
she North will at once be proclaimed; but l
Mink caution viii be exercised in regard to an
Immediate attack Of Fort Sumter, both with
view Of not soaring the Border States, and also
3sOas the consciousness Of the readiness Of The mill
Gry position here; po,oder being caated badiy
s@d- the stronghOlds at Morris Island, &c., being
Dat AZ able TO resist, although Efficient On making
en- attdek. AT the same time the Government Of
Montgomery viii insist upon certain decorum
and dignity in the proceedings, and not sanction
IN immediate attack, unless provocati0n be given
by the sending of roenforcements. am disposed
% think, however, that the peaceable and or
DERBY Inauguration Of the Northern President
will carry that sort Of moral effect which always
attends public and legal manifestations of au.
;1horty; and the fact that the Border States
3fe suu az the Union 10 nrtner calculated
20 moderate the ardor of the Slave OEgarchy.
In certain sense no greater service can be con.
Serred upon the ultra SecessioHists than by send
ing reenfOrcements to Major Anderson; for this
would furnish pretext for collision, which
esen Gov. Pickens. with all his prudence and
acting under the advice Of the Montgomery Gov.
asRnment, could not prevent
do not believe that Major Anderson will re.
sisn on the 4th Of March, unless advised by Gen.
Scott to do 50.
seyeral representatives Of large English manu-.
.Actorins establishments have been here lately in
asrder to gain information as to the conditioner
.sssttcn prospects. Such commercial delegates
1xse 10 50 far bad effect as they confirm the
seasaiEs in their foolish belief that oil mankind
~ b Doomed 10 the economical asgl;ge Of
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ChrisendOm

Adam, onless the royalty Of cotton and Slavery
be- soemu!y recognized by al the powers OF
Chris.endOm. ...
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THE GREAT SOUTHERN LOAN.
INTERESTING TO CAPITALISTS.

To he Editor, Of The Ereaing POST
GrSTLIaEs Having been appointed one Of the
"Opcners" of this Office, il was my luck 10 discover
letter of which The inclo-ed is copy thought it
might be interesting to yOur readers, well as TO the
world nj large. therefore send il.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-03-07
The Assault upon Congressman
Van. Wyck.

The telegraph has already referred brief
ly to the late assault made upon Mr.. Van
Wyck, member of Congress from Orange
and Sullivan District, New York, by three
armed ruffians, in the streets of Washing
ton. The correspondent of the New York
Times gives the following account of the
affair:
"Mr. Van. Wyck was returning alone
from the rooms of Hon. Preston King, on
Capitol Hill, when he was assaulted by
three assassins, whose evident purpose was
to take his life. Mr.. Van Wyck was ap-
preached fom behind suddenly by one of the
Williams, who, when just alongside, made
desperate lunge at his breast with knife,
which was undoubtedly large curved
sharp pointed bowie knife. The knife
penetrated Mr.. Van Wyck's overcoat IA
thick one), his under coat, and also passed
through tripple-folded copy of the Con-
gressional Globe, and nearly through a
pocket memorandum book of unusual
thickness. 1t was most deadly blow,
and but for the copy of the Globe and the
memorandum book would have been IN
stantly fatal.
"Mr. Van Wyck instantly turned on his
assaiant and struck him, knocking him
down. At the same moment a second
assaiant came up and struck at Mr.. Van
Wyck with knife, a blow from which he
received on his left hand while warding it
off and the same moment Mr.. Van Wyck
knocked down the second assassin with his
right hand. Immediately thereafter Mr..
Van Wyck had succeeded in getting bis
pistol out, and fired at his first assailant,
who fell, but Mr.. Van Wyck was himself
at this moment knocked down by violent
blow from the third assassin, which stunned
him for time. The rascals then made
off with their wounded companion. After
the assassins had retreated, Mr.. Van Wyck
recovered his consciousness, and managed
10 return to his rooms at the National"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-03-07
EA correspondent of the N. Y. TIM

EA correspondent of the N. Y. Times,
writing from Canton, gives the following
account of Chinese trials and executions:
At Pun-yon chief magistrate was pre-
siding over court of justice, and large
number of criminals were arraigued before
it, for robbery, piracy, theft, etc. Several
were tried whilst we were there. The GRIM
iual was obliged to kneel in front Of this
officer, on the stone floor, with bis feet and
hands chained; if he refused to answer
any question, he was severely struck upon
the mouth with piece of board, BY man
who was standing near by for that purpose,
and if this failed to bring him 10 his senses,
he was strung up by bis pig-tail, great
toes, and thumbs, his knees made to rest
on iron chains, and kept in this position
till his tongue hung out, and his thumbs
and toes we're black and blue. There were
over a dozen to be tied, but sight oftwo
or three was enough for us. Some of
them were executed the following morning
by having their heads cut off. The ptise-
ner stands with his hands tied behind him,
and his head bent little forward, just
enough for the executioner to sever the
head from the body at one blow, when be
kicks the head into one corner, and pitch
es the body into anolher, streams of blood
issuing from both, as water from water
ing can, and by the time dozen or two
are executed (t often amounts to fortyl
there is pool of blood, with mixture of
hair, beneath your feet ankle-deep. 1t is
known that, upon numerous occasions;
three hundred human beings have been
executed in one day. 1t is heart-rending
scene, but after witnessing it a few mo-
ments you become accustomed to it, and
the disgust with which you are at first i'm
pressed wears off entirely. Each China
man looks about him as if nothing of i'm
portance was taking place, and seems glad
when his turn arrives. They consider life
nothing, and they are only sorry they die
in this way, for they believe they enter the
next world withom q head. I saw, in the
Chamber of Horrors" q miniature of
what they believe the next world looks
like, with a number of their countrymen
walking about in it-some turned into an
imals, some without heads, others climbing
up mountains heavily laden, etc.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-03-07
The Raft to take Sumpter.

Charleston correspondents have furnish
ed frequent accounts of this great raft,
which is now building for the attack on
Fort Sumpter. 1t is to bear heavy can
non, its artilerymen are to be sheltered by
cotton bags, and its perpendicular sides are
to be covered with iron plates. 1t is to
be showed ahead by steamboat, and
when he gets under the walls, a scaling
party are TO mount them on ladders and
the thing is done. Perhaps! Some mill
tary gentlemen entertain an entirely diff
ferent opinion, however, and assert that it
will prove a floating sarcophagus, and GER
tainly, if history is any teacher or expert
ence any guide, we may predict for this
scheme the same fate which befel the bat
teries and RATS which were employed in
the seige of Gibralter in 1881. A French
Engineer, the Chevalier D. Arcon, in
vented batteries with which he was
certain he could capture the Rock
Ships were cut down and walled up with
timber, huge RATS were made Of the
same solidity, indestructible by fire, and
lined by sand and cork, and SO arrang.
ed as to be kept constantly wet. Roofs
and sides were made to throw off the
glancing shot, and the latter mounted with
heavy cannon, we're relied upon with con-
fidence by the assailants. After some
hours firing, however, raft on which the
Prince of Naussau was stationed took fire,
and the French engineer, who was on board
perceived that his huge and unwieldy ma
chine. covered "with bull hides, OK hides
and COW hides," began 10 smoke and soon
after the whole fleet and flotilla were burn
ed or knocked to pieces. The RATS could
not be moved from their places, and be-
came the graveyards Of their crews. Such
will be the fate of the Charleston raft as
soon as it is towed, if it can be, within
range of the hot shot Of Fort Sumpter.
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by our Southern friends, who are about to
set up for themselves. Beware of it. Take
counsel in time.
1 believe everything necessary to con-
summate the formation of the Provisional
Government for the seeding States has al
ready been cut and dried. Alabama, in
her generosity, has by act of Legislature,
this day appropriated s5oO,OOo to meet
the present watns of the Congress. Each
state in the Confederation, doubt not, will
promptly initiate her example-so that the
sinews will soon be we'll strung, and per-
haps even before this reaches you, shall
see the simple machinery of new Redub-
lican Government set in motion.
WASHINGTON AND JACKSON.
Over the head of the newly elected Pres
ident is hung portrait of the Father of
his Countrywide Washington whom we
all, though divided in country, in name, in
politics, and in fact, still unite in admiriDg.
The truthful delineation of the features of
the immortal first President of the Repub-
lie of North America. 1t is an original
no copy-but fair representation taken
from nature. How the heart warns to-
wards it. Mute representative of him
whose soul is above party-whose only
aim was for whole, an entire, a united
country-what mockery is this thou art
called upon to witness! Does not the
painted cheeks of thy simblance burn with
indignation9 Can thy eyes behold this
scene without shedding tears of blood 2
The country which thy strong arm fought
for-the land in whose protection thy brain
sweat and throbbed, is dismembered, and
with that mute monitor, thy silent face be
fore them-thou art invoked TO sanction
the act! To the left of the portrait OF
Washington is also picture (taken from
life,) of Andrew Jackson-what taste
And next to this is the Cataline of the
South, and in all the bright freshness ol
new paint and rose-tinted cheek, the disor-
ganizer Yancey. On the right of the CEN
trail portrait are paintings of. Dixon Lew
is, and Pickney, the historian. The other
adornments of the room are Autographs Of
Clay, Calboon, and revolutionary scones,
such as Marion's dinner ard other engrav-
ings familiar even to childhood. There is
an entire absence Of any of the ensigns Of
the sovereignties represented on the floor.