, 1861-05-21

though they. pretended to bo = sort Of anti
coercion Unia1 men. The drift sad lin Of
the whole organization pointed ut secession,
and would have led to bllnd aequieseencs IN
the policy Of Gov. Jackson, no mattsr how
tins escaping The moral responsibility of Iii
trea1anable purposes. ss
CAsee OF individual mea1ne6a and psrddy
nulhplY. It ID Auough to make one blush to
think how me4n and eontsmptihle some Of
our merchants appear In fnts SaEfsik MANY
merchants 4 4 Who: depend fer . 1args proportion
{hahy nlInois and Iowa, Earo g11en oser;; soul
aud body to tiaitom, a11 for I'll practical
kPurp poxes might As Eeu be tbs Iankest
ha{torH theaealYes. One pr1qnln snt tnustZa~
lion Of this hs recently como to lghs Ar.
G4ya X, T H:6a. M s.a Ssae 95assy 'y s,g15t ,e
Year, been engaged In the Commission Brok-
erage business. He Wa for some tipo sales
1uen In the wei known house Of Laaeh Good
erich. Ar. Marsh for couple Of yeats has had
hls office desk at the store Of Messrs. W1LEs,
CADoT d Co, groeers on 2nd st. Belngsn open
and strong Unlsn man, he Joined tho Union
Home Guards and Fery econ after by reaAon
Of his superior military experience WIS e1ected
Major Of Col. AcNtnh regiment i few 1aJk
sgo. just after the capture Of Camp Jacksoa,
he was waited upon by WALKS, Cabot & Co,
and Feueaed to f.7notv htnsa!ff f1ad his dssk from
their aorr, and no other reason assigned than
his connection. With the Union forces Of the
city. .
Mess1s- Field 4 Bro, dealers in cloths and
tailo1's materials refused to- sell gooda to the
United States, or for the Arsenal, soldiers on
any terms, They discharged two Germans in
their employ for joining Ihe =: s. retsr1es:- 4--
ling, also refused to cell their goods for the
Arsenal and velunteerF, md one ofthe parties
taid 3D. en-, l@t them 90 rithou.." Now rs
these frus derive profit from the Illinois peo-
pie, 1t il proper that your readers and the ctti-
zens Of Iour State should be pos ed O. to
their doipSs.
II there is one man mora than anothe! thor
| opeh]Y hated blythe kecession{sts In this
| State ind eity, it Is Frank P. Blair, Jr, They
say he il the head and front OF the whole
| Union movement, end has directed the whole
| plan ef operations. II this be true, then
Frank 2. Blair is remarkably sagaelous nan,
de1stan6s The state ofssthings here can Wonde,
| that our gallant Congressman has headed &
/ regiment and taken active Eteps to maintain
hi1 position. Successful occasion was eqaiv'
| slent to aEnihiatiou in his case. Long ngo he
| received threatening letters aad warnings ths
ated. Not only Vas bis life endangered, bu
his property liable to be destroyed.
[ Col Blair is not the only instance, either
where assassination flas been Threatened Th.
! rroprietora Of the ns.ousi D<,ascrat, aud DR.
Boe,nstein, Of the Ansetger, have been over
| the proprietors Of the Dtnlstrat received al
anonymous rote signed "spanlard,'' stating
that unless they ceased to call the "defenderi
of sonthern Hghts" traitors, they would re
| ccivc cold ltcel in their hearts when leaEt ex
| pected. THIS il but one Of number Of SINH
| lar tone received In the last three weeks.
I While the Metropolitan Police Commission
err sre entitled to full credit for preserving
the peace during the excitement of last week
one subsequent act Of theirs deserve condemoa
tion~ They hare appointed one Danic
| Grace Captain Of Police. Grsce Il an ex Dcput,
Minute Men in the city, He hired the build
ing usea as tho Headquarters, md for some
time Kept 8 groggery in 1t. When the Sta.
Conyenf!o met last February, he waa til
means Of throwing out the dry blue cross
moon snd crescent mongrel flag, generally r.
cognized as q accession flag, but still unlik
any former emblem When the crowd gath
eredaround and dem4nded tina. 1t should b
| removed, Grace raVed aud swore that th
odd Dutch Jaegcrs'' couldn't take 1t down
and when few climbed on the fence to lav
look Ut the back yard, Grace grabbed ma
by the neck with one hand, and with reEo
yer In the other, showed him down. h
boasted hehad control over the Dag and curse
the Germans bitterly. For auch mau to b
appointed Captain Of the Police, Is an outrage
| Two c.ses Of m1skets and ten boxes
cartridges marked ~. D." Learenworth Cit
Kansas, were seized on board the eteamboa
Sioux City, to-day, bound up the Missoul
river, en- saap!clon that they may be landed o
the way up. Il the loyal sitizens OF Kanss
Eish arms, they had better import them b
way Of Iowa
The troops on Arsenal Island, under Cap
Madissn Miller, fred three shota st a atean
beat {name unknown at present to the writer
bound up stream Two blink ,t cartridges ws' M
up this morning opposite the Arsenal.
It was reported 70 d1y that the Ohio & Mis-
Railroad track had been torn up between th
, and Csseyyil1e, to prevent The approach
i troops tothis city from that direction. I'll
report turns out eanard.
No attempt has besn made to enforce Il
military bill passed By the last Legislature.
: viii probably be treated as nu1litJ by eyer
body. G.