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crRTncf-TES,

Tho Great Volcano OF The Island o! Ha"ii, is
said tn be one OF the graz dast in the Torld, ana
is visited By all t;a:eIlcrs who risit the N"It'
Pacific. ! have not yet seen it, bur design
doing so in May, when I will attempt 20 give
you q description Of that, end nary otneT
things which may be worth writing about. l
may hero say that | haze been favored With q
view Of the "Robes" warn by the King and
Queen on State occasions. They are made OF
the feathers Of birds, %intcr%oven in fine can
| vass. The cu!nrs are varied, rich en-; bcauti.
tul-only Two feathers from rlc!: bird. Many
| millions Gf birds nuSt have b"en caught, and .hc
two feathers only taken from their plu;nage.-
II is said that it has required some seventy or
eighty gears 70 complete them. Of course, no
mon;ed valus can b. placed GA them. When we
reflect that all this WIS the work OF natives"
having, ut that day. no intercourse with the
world, il is, indeed, rema'kaAlr.
TIE cITT GP HONOLULU.
The population is about t7e!Ve or thirteen
thousand. The dwelling hauses-many Of
them built of Coral-a'c very comfortable,
and mang Of them spacious. They are built
in Inc rear Of the streets, and Inc yaros
are filled with ornamental trees, flowers anu
shrubbcry, all having an Dir OF neatncSs ano
comfort. But that which would lock strange
to US, is to see a considerable town built up
without II single chirnney-of course, they are
rot required. rs fires are never wanted. Oh Inc
whole, it is u most agreeable place Tor q rest
deucr: the society-male aud irmale-Is very
pleasant. must close this crude letter.
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Err iha EanuirG
ET NE EH4aFF.
n eep q List OF yirgf1iR's Watyrs In the
Cause OF Liberty aud Defence OF the

FIR the Enquirer.
Keep a List OF girsinia's Matyrs In the
Cause Of Liberty and Defence OF the
State.
Let it continue from day to day Let all
zee, whenever they open your paper, who
have poured out their blood and breathed out
their souls at the hand Of a dcspotic invader
Of our homes and our i~resides, and in defence
Of the fathers, and mothers, and brothers, and
SISTERS. and wives, and children left by them
at home! For every one that falls, hundreds
will rush to the ranks for bitter vengeance or
welcome death For orc brother, lost 10 such
a cause, five will fill his place-for the lost
child, the father, yca, the grand iaincr will
rise up before the despot; nor shall the bar.
lie ever cease until for every noble hearted son
of Virginia, slain in the glorions cause, at least
five Of the thieves, house breakers, rnurderers
and robbers who have been urged against us, BY
the promise OF the plumber Of our homes and
the raps of our daughters, shall have bit the
dust. And let the murdered Jackson, who
4, at Alexandria. head the glorious list He
had not yet learned to cringe, to favor and beg
at the glance of q threatening tirant A no.
BILE Grecian once told the AtheEihns in the
days Of Philip, that a free people, in defence
of freedom, could bear, and eAserJuUg bear,
any restitution, any suffering, any bodily
pains; but one thing they rertr could DO, after
their long, and brave, and glorious, history, they
never could %"unlearn Liberty" Nor can any
Virginian. or my son Of the South. The
teacher falls before him. at tho first letter OF
the alphabet of such q lesson, and the miseri'
BILE Yankee pedagoguc is taught "Sie SeDipeT
7vrannis' in its stead! XIX
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4 Military. Family.

The family Of tho late Captain J. III. Otcy
Of L~ynchburg. arc all in active service, MS fol
lows:
Dexter Otey, 1st Lieutenas OF a cavalry
company, LyncEbr-g. Var Z otey, q Inem
ber of the same company.
John Stewart Walker, (son.in'law> Cnp'ar
OF a Richmond company, now at Yorktown.
Kirk Obey. Captain Of 4 Lynchburs csn-
pany, at Mauassa Junction.
HAYS Oscy, lSt Lieutenant in Provisional
service at Norfolk.
Castor Otey, 1st Lieutenant Provisional ser
vice at Yorktown.
John NJ. Otey, I'd Lieutenant in Provisional
service under Col. Cooke.
VIM. n. Otey, 81 Lieutenant Provisional
service at Sewells P;int, fired the first gun
in response to the salutations Of Lincol"'s res
sea.
All Of these gentlemen, wo believe, hsve the
advantage Of a military education. One served
10 Mexico. and four were at Harper's Ferry
and Cbarlestown.
AS at evidence Of the rare judgment and
foresight Of Capt Otey, the father efseven Of the
gentlemen above named, and the father.in-law
Of the other, We may meniion that, twenty
years ago, at a time Of profound pesce, when
there was an absence Of NIL military spirit in
tae State, he expressed the opinion that The
bog who then maze himself the best soldier
would be likely TO find the most ready and
useful employment before be had passed the
maturity Of manhood.
The widow OF Captain 0tey lives to ses her
seven sons and the husband Of her, daughter in
the active military service of her beloved
Southern country; and from Winttwe know
of her patriotism, iortitudo, and Courage, we
venture the assertion that she says, in effect
to each and all Of them, Eight first, last and
oil the time for the glorious flag Of your coun-
try-never surrender but IN death or victo
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bishop Andrews Opinion.

The Rev. James o. Andrew, one Of the
Bishops Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, writes to the southern Christian Ad
vocate ~
To return to- the war, which is the al ab
sorbing theme Of thought and speech
Throughout all my route there has been the
same busy note Of preparation. all along
my way the people seem 10 be a unit, and
eyince everywhere tho sane spirit CT stern
aud defiant purpose. The women Of tho
South, during the Revolution, were proven
bal for their patriotic devotion to their
country's veal. au perfectly satisfied that
their daughters have inherited in full mea.
sure the Same spirit, Our people intend to
fight to the death for their homes and their
affairs, and even should it so turn out that
L;ncoln's Government should succeed in
g crushing" or "wiping ous" the South,
which seem to be the pet phrases now so
freely used by our enemies il! reference to
US, it will have been q costly. struggle, and
their victory will ruinsthen. But | have little
fear Of their success. lst. Because our cause
is righteous. I'd. The people Of the South,
thanks to Lincoln's folly and peI6dy, are nov
very nearly a unit. s. We are lighting at
home and for home. We ask only to be per.
mi,ted to govern ourselves. We wish 10 re,
lieve our late associates from all participation
in the sin which has SO sorely troubled their
consciences. 4th. We have soldiers enough,
an army made up Of the very best material
and commanded by officers second to none on
earth; and, finally and o6ore all, We look up
for Gods direction and blessing. Thousands
Of our soldiers are Christian men, who are not
ashamed to confess Christ in the camp; and
every day thousands Of prayers 60 up to God
invoking his guidance and aid. In many OF
our churches prayer meetings are being con
stantly held il behalf of the country, and our
SONS and husbands and brothers on the tented
fields and will not God hear and answer?
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One Of E.fucoIn,s Generate.

1t is stated in one OF GU. exchanges that
when Jim Lane was in Kansas, the following
vas one Of his military orders. It is entirely
in harmony with his career there:
LAWRENCE, May -, 1858.
To Captains Montgomery and Bayne:
l. You are hereby ordered to hang or kill
every pro slavery man in Southern Kansas.
2. To take and distribute al their property
among the free State settlers.
3. To capture and burn Fort Scott and
hang at least fifty pro,slavery citizens
JAMES II. LANE,
Commander.in in. Chief Kansas Militia
This cut.throat has been appointed q Gene.
raj by Lincoln, and it is announced by tele.
graph tia: he has been sent to Kansas to raise
a regiment OF such men as this order was is.
sued to, to harrass the people on the borders
of Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. He ap.
pears to. be q at representative Of the Lincoln
Government
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How tho sou,herners Treat Prisoners OF

I War.
As much has been published in the North
ern papers relative to the treatment received
/ BY the crew Of the Ssnr of the West, which is
calculated to give a wrong impression, we pub
lish the following authentic statement from one
of the crew
To tho Eaitor eJ the Nem York Daily Meas
The account recently published in the papers
OF the capture OF the Stur of the West, was
correct with tho exception OF the name Of the
Captain-the true name is Captain Hawes.-
We wers taken 70 Galveston, Texas ; from
there to- New Orleans, and here thirty.six men
Of the crew were taken of at Algiers, and
carried on a ferry boatto New Orleans thence
by railroad to Lake Ponchartrain thence
by First class steamboat Southern Republic 10
Montgomery, Ala. On both Of these steamers
We were not treated as prisoners OF war, but as
pasSengers-the officers receiving state rooms
and the crew were treated rs when on board Of
their own slip.
On board Of the Southern Republic, aSou,h.
ern gentlemen presented Sl2 to three Of the
crew, and the passengers of the boat also
made up a purse Of $50, which was handed to
US, making 81 for each of the crew. The pas.
sengers as we'll rs the captains, on every occs-
sion treated us with respect, and on many &C.
caB!ons we received liquors and tobacco. On
our arrival at Montgomery we were escorted
by the captain of the boat to the War Depart
ment where We, on account Of the pressure Of
their business. remained from III A. NJ, until
8 o'clock, P. ~, when 81, 500 was appropria-
ted to de(ray our travelling expenses home
This money was handed over to the captain Of
the boat on which We started home. Arriving
on Saturday evening at Mobile, We received
$40 each to defray our expenses while there,
and on Monday We received the balance
of the money appropriated, which was abun.
dainty sufficient to take us TO our respective
homes.
During the whole time We met with no in-
jury whatever, but were kindly treated in eve
~ way, shape and manner. At Mobile, we
were asked by the Captain whether aDy Of Us
wished to join the Southern Navy, in which
case they would be sent to New Orleans free,
which offer none of us accepted, but departed
for home in peace. One Of the two negroes
belonging 10 our crew, and whose name Is
Walter Murray, confessed to his being q runa.
way slave snd belonging to a man in Balti.
more. They were both detained at Mont
gornery, but | have no further knowledge Of
them.
1 would also state that We wero under no
military escort from the time We left Lake
Pvnchartrain until go departed from Mobile
for home. The very treatment Of Capt Ulcers
on his boat 10 and from Montgomery, will, or
ought, never to be forgotten by our crew, be
having shown himself not ouly n good man,
but a gentleman, in every sense of the word
OsE OF TIE CaSw.
No. Corl, Nav IL 1871
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Extra Session of the Provisional Congress
Of rho Confederate States.
NINETEENTH DAY.

NINETEENTH DAY.
McsrcoMERr, May s0.-Congress met this
forenoon at II O'Clock.
PRAYER was offered by the Rev. Basil Man
". /,
The Journals cI yesterday were rend and
confirmed.
On motion, Mr. Thompson, Of Arkansas, was
duly qualified and took his seat As one of the
members from Arkansas.
Mr.. Sso,tcr, OF Ala, gave notice that he
would move TO reconsider the Patent Office
bill: which motion was ordered to be placed
on The journal.
Mr.. Rhe,t, of South Carolina, offered the
following resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Ordinances of the States
constituting the Consederacy ratilying and
adjoining the Permanent Constitution Of the
Confederate States, shall be recorded and d:ed
away in the State Department.
No other business being Oh the public calen-
dsr, Congress went into secret session
TWENTIETH DAY.
May q, 1891.
Congress met a! IL, \. NJ.
PRAYER vas offered by the Rev. Mr.. Mitch.
ell.
After the reading and confirmation of the
minutes Of the previous day,
Mr.. Shorter, Ct Ala, Withdrew his notice
Of intention to re consider the Patent Office
bill. lie said at the timc he had not fully e1.
amined the bill, but DOW he was satisfied with
it, and consequently withdrew his motion for
8 re. consideration.
No other business was offered, and Congress
Eent into secret session, and continued lis SEES
sion until 8 o'clock, when 1t adjourned to meet
at s o'clock, P. u.
P. Sit is VERY evident that Congress will
tonight, and although the matter is
understood to be a part of the secret proceed.
ings Of that body, the public talk is, that Cen.
g7ess will re assem- bis in Richmond, in July,
and by that time all the Departments 10
Gated here wiH.bs removed 10 Richnon9-.
Several OF thoznenbArs have already leit,'but
hya OF six members from five or six States
make a quorom for tho transaction Of bust
ness.
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PauIus Powell.

The many friends Of this worthy gentleman
in oil parts Of the State, will feel interested IN
the announcement that be was among the hrst
10 his county 70 volunteer as a private to fight
the enemies of his State and section. He is
now Second Lieutenant in Captain Christians
Company of Amherst volunteers, and will aci
we'll and honorably-his part in the military as
be has hitherto done in the civil service of his
country. Virginia has not within her limits q
brayer or q more trce-hearted son than Pau.
lus Powell :
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To the Peoph Of the State Of Niesouri :

To the People Of the State Of Iiesourf:
l take great pleasure IN submitting to you
tho above paper, signed by General Price,
commanding the forces Of the State, and by
myself, on the part of the Government Of the
United Ststes. 1t will be seen, that the united
forces CT both Governments are pledged to the
maintenance Of the peace Of the State, and the
defence of the rights and property OF all per-
sons, without distinction OF party.
This pledge, which both parties are fully au-
thorizsd and empowered to give, by the Gov
ernments which they represent, will be, By
both, most religiously and sacrediy kept; and, II
necessary, to put down evil.disposed persons,
the military power Of both Governments will
be called out to enforce the terms Of the honor.
able and amicable agreement which has been
made. l., therefore, ask Of all persons in this
State, to observe good order, and give them the
assurance Of protection and security in the
most ample manner. wv. S. HARNEY,
Brig. Gen. Commanding.
The St Louis Republican says: "As one
immediate effect Of the arrangement between
Gen. Harvey and Gen. Price, VIC hear that the
prisoners taken by the United States troops at
Potosi, and since confined at the Arsenal, will
be discharged"
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New York, May IL, 1851.
Ensv Hours OF the Ohio LegIBiature-Tho
kkssuck.eYeAOL YklarIoSs.

Lnsr Hours OF the Ohio LegIsiature-Tho
The Ohio Legislature, 99.er a Isiot Of ons
hundred andtwsn,y.seveS days, ydjauened al
one O'Clock on the uornir of the 4sh:' o! the
scenes enacted auriig tte last hours of the
session, . correspondent Of tina Cincinnati
"Comnercial," (Dlack Republican, says:
The last hours were chiefly devoted to amuse-
;nent. The Senate was q little conservative. A
few paper words were hurled across the floor.
and some very good songs;were sung; but the
House was in a prodigious, mood.
ain utterly unequal 10 the occasion. II It
hadn't bcsn fun, il might have been considered
an internal row. Cushions, and old journals
bound in state" paper wnds, etc, were hurled
at devoted heads with ferocious vengeance
The honorable member froui NHooppoIe was
knocked down fat with O cushion, ard swore
it vas fun The aniable 'Wolf Of Medina"
was punched in the "s,umnick" with q VOL
une, and vowed it twas rich" The uproar
was hideous, and amid it all Capt. Tsnpeyhill
screamed the Star Spangled Banner with infer
nal rehemence. Somebody meanwhile noni.
mated the honorable member from Licking for
Lieutenant Governor, when he made = speech,
and ct four o'clock in the morning be Was
still speaking.
At midnight some fny odd members marched
into the Senate Chamber, under command Of
Capt Wood, end disturbed the Senatorial
dignity by possessing the Senatorial Chamber.
Gaming down on the train yesterday, n car
load Of members raised a question of privilege
upon me for saying some Of the members Of
the House were SOBER" Indignantly denied
having said any such thing.
The las. moment Of tho Ssnate was mourn.
ful and melancholy. The last moment Of the
House was -, and there's an end ont.
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A Truce Agreed upon in Missouri.

The following is the truce agreed upon By
General Price Of the Missouri State Guards,
and General Harvey Of the United States
Army, for the preservation Of the peace Of
Missouri. The ST Louis Republican" a
strong Union paper, has great confidence in
the arrangement" while the Journal" a
States Rights pape., does not seem TO regard
it with so MICH favor:
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RELEASE OF THE "ARoo."-Ws understand
thai, the ship Argo, which recently left City
Point ladened with tobacco for Europe, and
which vas seized by the hlockading squadron
off Norfolk, and carried to New York as a
prize, has been released. The Attorney Cen
eral Of that State, delivered it SO his opinion,
that as the Argo was ladened ior a foreign port,
she could not be legally detained, or her cur
go appropriated.
The British ship Hia,oatha will also oe al
lowed to pass :" scot free"
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4 DECLARATION.
ST. Lorls, May 81, 1861

70 =. W. NtSs w.
The undersigned, cficers of the United
States Government, and Of the Government Of
the Stale of Missouri, for the purpose of re.
moving misrepresentation aud allay ing public
excitement, deem it proper TO declare publicly,
that they have, this day, bad a personal inter
view in this city, in which it has been mutu-
ally understood. without: tho scnolance Of dis.
sent on either part, that each Of them has no
other than a common object, equally interest.
ing and important. to every citizen Of Missouri
that Of restoring peace snd good order 10
the people OF the State, in subordination to
the laws of the General and tho State Govern.
lnents.
It being thus understood. there seems no
reason why every citizen should not conhde in
the proper officers Of the General aud State
Governments 10 restore quiet and, as the
best means Of Offering no counter influences,
we mutually recommend to all persons to re-
spect each others rights throughout the State,
making no attempt 10 exercise unauthorized
powers. as it is the determination Of the pro.
per authorities to suppress ell unlawful pro-
c~ecdings, which can ouly disturb the public
peace.
Gen. Price having, By commission, full au.
thority over the militia Of the State of Missouri,
undertakes with the sanction CT the Governor
of the State, already declared, to direct the
whole power Of the Stale officers to maintain
order within the State among the people
thereof; and Gen. Harvey publicly declares
that this object being thus assured, he can have
no occasion, as he has no wish, to make military
movements which might osheEwise'crea.e ex.
elements and jealousies which DO most earnest
ly desires to avoid.
We, the undersigned, do therefore mutually
enjoin upon the people Of the State to attend
to their civil business, Of whatsoever sort it
may be and it is TO be hoped that the unquiet
elements, which have threatened so seriously
to disturb the public peace may soon subside,
and be remembered only to be depiored.
WV. S. Harvey,
Big. Gen. Commanding.
STERLING Price,
Maj. Gen. No. S.. G.
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DepIorable Condition ofthe pennsylvantn
Troops ut Lancaster,

LANCASTER, Pa, May 23d.-Fcr Fome time
past our citizens have been distressed with the
complaints made OF the condition Of the troops
ut Camp Johnson-the fourteenth and fifteenth
Pennsylvania regiments; and the Express o.
This evening %contsiGs u inlI Exposure IF The
slate vi alfurs there.
So strong ha7s bGen the griegences Of the
troops that Tie Express declares they will soon
become utterly dcu.oraliz.d ID, Eotwilhssa nding
the excellent character If the Lmen Of which
The regimcnis are composed.
Already two or three companies u4Ec unau-
imon-ly protested against appearing in dr,ss
parade, and, but for The arrival OF u ~qlsnti,y
Of fresh beef on Sunday. and a care Tor the
honor Of their captain, one OF The c"rnpuDies
would nave carri.d his prutes: into effect.
All this discomfort is occsSioned simply by
the shocking conLition Of the cainmissariat,
which serves 70 The volunteers .ai!cid, AMI Of
tentlmes pork in a state Of putrescence, ard an
entirely insufficient supply OF bread.
The !~o.!o"ing instance -ilI illustrate the
condition Of this department :-Eth sll econ
my, ore company Of seventy four men supped
last evening on less than ~fpurteen pounls Of
bread alonr, the pork beng thrown away as
totally unfit 10 be touchat, even by hungry
linen.
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The Memphis Appeal says tia. General
Harvey was tried in St Louis som years since
for whipping a negro TO death, and vas &C.
quilted, through Influences brought to bear
upon the Court, against the law and The tcsti-
mony in the case
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4 Coop Hr.-Ths New York Tribune
boasts that Northern soldiers will flight Ike
devils" The Charleston Courier replies that
i, has no doubt Of 1t, fo- 'these fallen spirits,
according to the Bible. are all cowards-for
St. James says. resist the devil, aud he will fee
from you" -
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LIrcr. MArFlr.-Thls distinguished tGiasr,
late Of the United States Navy, arrived here
on Thursday aud ltfs Yesterday for Raleigh, on
his way thence TO Norfolk COZ heavy guns and
munitions Of war for Port Royal, 5. {. lie
has received from the Confederate S;stes a
commission as Commander, bu. returns to this
State TO rff:r his services here. N5,th Carcli.
ma, though not the State CT his nativity is that
Of his childhood, frcm which be has ha,led,
and TO which he is attached By urtner resi-
dence, and BY the residence here, for n lonc
time past of son Of his children.-[Fdy. Go.
serrer.
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Marcus CorIr.-Sevcral persons h.sri,c
nane' difficult to write or pronounce wers Il,
fore bis honor yesterday. None, hoavs,r,
were Of sufficient importance to repor;
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Tsoops.-Ss7eral companies Of Cur ;rxp:
LEFT las: evening for distant po.ua
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SH9T.-Two soldiers were sho, 4. p.,c,s, O.,
Saturday, by the accidental discharge Of. q;
toll in the hands Of one Of them. We I...
their wounds are not serious. The numb, =.
accidents Of this character should aim;
our men against carrying their wespons l,:'
ed, unless when it is decidedly necss,sr: T..
d,.d, we should think such orders cu,i, ,al,
given BY those in command Of coupa:I,s
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TEE ToTE OF FIKolS,A.-lt is gratifying To
see the almost entire unanirnity Of Eastern
Virginia, the Valley, and the Southwest in
favor Of the ordinance Of secession. The
Northwest is divided. 1t is certain that the
ordinance has been ratified by more than one
hundred Thousand majority.
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HrsTINo5 Corkr. This Court yeslerd. ~ ,,.
occupied with tie trial CT Charles ,Sci,,
charged with forging. o. enc ind!rt,nea,i ;.
was sent to the Penitentiary fer three yea,
and is now undergoing trial for The scco.L