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Yesterday, were WIN. s. Aston, r T. city
Yorktown; W. 8. Ashe, N. C; W. g lag,
Miss; DR.. A. Mercier, N. O. 'nsdss
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GssTLsAss l am satisfied that many of
our feiiow-countrymen in East Tennessee
taking u position In regard to the questions
pending between the North and the Som III
W nich is hardly in keeping with their natural
relations, and from which 1t is our duty, in q
spirit of msgnanimity, to do what we can to
relieve them Without entering into the
questions at issue, feel confident that If they
are assured by their Southern fei.ow-couu-
tr5 men Of their disposition to treat them with
Kindness, and to respect their manly feelings,
while they are making provision for the Or O
tection of our own Tennessee soil against in.
yasion from the North,) they will have no
reason to be asgrieved by the presence OF
troops in their midst.
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Government, or rather Mr.. Linsoln's Coz.
erf.ment, is to oyerrun and suhjuga.e MS, and
they also know that it is threatening TO do
this through the passes OF the Tennessee
mountains.
What are We to do, thsn7 But one thing is
left us, and that Is to place troops at all OF
these points at which we are most exposed,
This, assuredly, in the face OF the facts al.
ludsd to, should form no just ground of com
pisint on the part OF any candid man OF
sense.
1t is upon every account desirable that nc
irritating language, or any offensive bearing
should be manifested by the troops towards
citizens in East Tennessee or elsewhers, and
the Commanders will doubtless see that tbis
is not done. Your well known charac ter and
position in reiation to the public Questions
which have agitated us, make it In NV opin
ion very proper office for yon to perform, to
go te our fellow -citlzsns OF East Tepnessee
and with frate1nal words and unfeigned Kind
ness, to endeayor TO induce them TO waive
their opposition to tha decision Of the ma.
jority OF the votes of the state, and to hecoms
hereafter, as heretofore, united az a uni cd
ban OF brothers.
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The national Republican., 1861-06-15

at Yorktown, and the place was being strong.
ly fortified. There are also batteries between
Great Bethel and Yorktown. The Confede.
rates report one killed and FIVE wounded, aud
expressed hope that Gen. Pierce may be re-
tanned in command Major Winthrop was
shot by Louisiana rilsmon while heading q
vigorous charge. He was buried by the Con.
federates, who greatly praised his heroism.
have just brought his cup and spurs from the
Zouave camp.
Two Zouaves are prisoners, viz: Benz. +.
Hopper and Jos. l.. Taylor, nephew Of Moses
Taylor. The Coniederstes represented that
they had other prisoners, whom they were will.
ing to exchange. Capt. Phillips has to-day
visited the fortress with q fag Of truce in ref.
erence to the same. There was an alarm last
night. The whcle garrison turned out. Gen.
Butler and Quartermaster Tallnadge have this
afternoon gone to Newport. News. jIgjy
Reconnaissance have been made both from
Fortress Monroe aud NewportN News. e
1t is reported that Jefferson Davis was at
Richmond last week. .sH
The weather continues hot.l The thermom.
eter stood at 920 in the shade. a =
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Saturday, June Is, 1851.
MISSOURI.

ID. MISSOURI.
It will be seen by dispatch from st. Louis,
Of the 18th instant that the secession sympa.
thies of Gov. Jackson, of Missouri, have at
length taken the form Of open rebellion. He
calls for fifty thousand men, to resist "the
military despotism, 'ohich has intruded itself
at Washington" and to "driue out the iyno.
minious iaraders who haze dared to desecrate
the SOIL" Of his State. He does not call it the
sacred" soil, that epithet being confined, by
long usage, to the soil OF Virginia.
This call of Governor jackson means open
war, and that is precisely what the loyal men
Of Missouri, "of aoiies more unerpert," have
desired, as long as war, in some form, was
unavoidable. Rebellion, massed in military
bodies, can be put down, and that is what we
are now to see in Missouri, as substitute for
the anarchy and terrorism which have pre-
vailed there for two months.
The "ignominious inraders,' Of whom Gov.
jackson speaks, are none other than the cti.
zens Of St. Louis and other parts Of Missouri,
who have armed themselves for the protection
not marched single regiment into the State.
The situation Of affairs in Missouri, is greatly
improved by this last act Of Gov. Jackson. He
has taken the "plunge," and can now be easily
disposed of.
1t is to be presumed that the loyal men in
Missouri will forthwith establish a provisional
State Government.
The national Republican., 1861-06-15
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.

The steamer Georgiana, Capt. Pearson, ar.
rived at Baltimore yesterday morning from
Old Point, which place she left at 81 o'clock
on Thursday night.
Lieut.. Reynolds, of the U. S. army, and Dr..
Thompson, a surgeon of the army, came up
as passengers in the Geo,yiana; also, Mrs.
Jones and four children, and Mrs. Carmine
who were the only women left in Hampton,
and who, from recent events, were apprehen.
sive that fight might take place, and thought
it prudent TO leave.
We learn from the passengers that every.
thing was quiet at the fort, and that no move
ment had taken place since the last steamer.
1t has been ascertained that the Confederate
forces in the masked battery at Great Bethel
were just on the point of evacuating it when
Gen. Pierce gave the order for the Federal
troops to retreat. The river takes turn Just
at the point where the battery is erected, and
as the enemy were surrounded on three sides,
Col. Magruder had given orders to spike the
guns and retreat from the entertainments. The
impression was general that had the command.
er OF the Federal forces been more efficient,
he could soon have been master of the posi-.
tion." One of the colonels, it Is said, refused
at first TO obey the order to retreat, because
he thought the battery could be taken; but
Gen. Pierce told him he must obey orders, or
he would have him shot by the soldiers.
Correspondence of the Associated Press,
Fortress Monroe, June Is, r. M-There
are no military movements of Importance to.
day to report.
The statement in my communication of yes
terday, that the Confederates had retired from
Great Bethel, is true, so far as their main body
is concerned, but the place is still held by them,
and can be occupied by large force at short
notice.
Capt. H. f. Davis, son of Judge Davis, Lieut..
Charles II. Seaman, and DIR. Martin, of Dur.
yee's regiment, yesterday entered the enemy's
lines with flag of truce, and went to within
half mile of Yorktown. They saw formida.
BILE battery at Great Bethel, but were not per.
mitted to examine the works, and from there
to Yorktown were conducted by bride paths.
They were escorted by sergeant and four
troopers, who met them at Newmarket bridge,
three miles from Hampton, to which point their
secession pickets now extend. They were cour-
teously treated by Col. j. b. Magruder, who
commanded at Great Bethel.
There was large encamPment of cavalry
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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.
Total. :, 34l 1872 I,O4ll,Ol7 90
Bells majority over Breckenridge, "a.

Bell majority over brecklnrldge, ~.
Ho,oard County.-We have the following re-.
turns: lst district, Csvert's majority, 263 I'd,
(Ellicotts Mills,) 1T; Sd, 36-total 475. Two
districts to hear from, which it is thought
would not change the above.
Montgomery County.-A dispatch from Mont.
gonery says that Carksburg, Cracklin, and Ber-
ry's districts give Calvert 675 majority, with two
districts to hear from, which will increase his
majority.
Prince Georges County-Beltsvills and Bla.
densburg have given Calvert large majorites.
Calvert County is also said to have given him
200 majority. .'..
several counties are as follows:
Montgomery, 700; Anne Arundel, 200 How.
ard, 475; Prince Georges, 20; Calvert, 200;
total, 1885, with only two counties, St. Mary's
and Charles to hear from, which gave Breck.
ridge about 900 majority over Bell. ..
The national Republican., 1861-06-15
MARYLAND.

The returns of the election for members of
Congress on Thursday. show an overwhelming
prepondersnce of Union strength in the State.
The city of Baltimore seems to be pretty
equally divided, but of the four districts out of
the city, the Union men have carried three,
and if they have lost the fourth, (the district
adjoining Washington,) it is by very small
majority.
In two of these districts, in which Mr..
Webster and Ex-Governor Thomas are elect.
ed, the Union preponderance was SO great, that
no candidates were run against them.
Upon the aggregate vote of the State, it is
now certain that Union man will be chosen
Governor at the election in October.
The national Republican., 1861-06-15

MARYLAND CONGRESSIONAL EDEC-
TON.
We copy the figures Of the Ecsning Patriot
Of the 18th instant:
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
This district is composed of the frst eight
wards of. the city Of Baltimore, and five dis.
tricts of Baltimore county. The candidates
were C. LzL"Lsary, Union, and Vim. z.
Preston, Estate Rights.) We give the vote
cast in November last for President:
IN THE EIGHT WARDS OF BALTIMORE.
June, lS6l-Lesry, 5000; Preston, 5,342.
November, lS60-Bell, 1892; Breckenridge,
6,540; Douglas, 1872; Lincoln, 338.
Prestons majority, 3l2. .
Total vote yesterday, 1882; in November,
12,352-decresse, 1880. ........
IN THE FIVE DISTRICTS OF BALTIMORE COUNTY.
June, ls6l-Leary, 1925; Preston, 7ls.
November, Breckenridge, 1864; Bell,
1906; Douglas, l64; Lincoln, "a. ..-...I
Total for Baltimore city and county-Leary,
$3.50; Preston, 6,06l.
Learys majority, 494 u
... FOURTH DISTRICT.
This district is composed Of the twelve upper
wards of the city. The candidates we're Henry
Winter Davis, Unconditional Union,) and
Henry May, independent Union.)
June, l86l-May, S,335; Davis, 6,287.
November, breckenridge, 8,43O; Bell,
1921; ,Douglas, 720; Lincoln, 696.
Mays majority 2,O4S. ~
Total vote yesterday, l4,622; in November,
l7,553-decrease, 1881. The entire vote Of
the city yesterday was 25,O59, against 29,905
in November, showing a falling of of 4,s46.
SECOND DISTRICT. "a,
This district is composed Of the first seven
districts of Baltimore county, with Carroll,
Hartford, Kent, and Cecil counties. Hon. E.
H. Webster, Union the late Representative,
had no opposition. AT Catonsville, Baltimore
county, there were Ala votes for Webster, and
10 scattering; at Port Deposit Webster 225 ;
at Havre de Grace, Webster 25l. ..
FIFTH DISTRICT. r,..,
Allegany, Frederick, and Washington coun.
ties, comprise this district, which was repre-
sented in the last Congress by Hon. Jacob M.
Kunkel, Democrat. Ex-Governor Francis
Thomas was the Union candidate, and had no
opposition the vote was consequently light.
We have the following returns: -...
Frederick County.-The vote at the court
house in Frederick city was, for Thomas 670 !;
at the msrket.house, 288; Middletown, 437 :
Liberty, 276; Mount Pleasant, l67; Woods.
burgh, 1886 scattering, 81. There are twelve
districts still to hear from.
Hdgersto,on, June l3-The election in this
district resulted in 624 votes for Thomas IA
blanks we're cast. The vote was light.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
In this district, which was represented in the
last Congress by Col. George W. Hughes, the
candidates were Charles b. Calvert, Union,
and Benjamin G. Harris, State Rights. The
district comprises Anne Arundel, Calvert,
Charles, Howard, Montgomery, Prince Georges
and St. Mary's counties. We have the fol.
lowing returns: ...-
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Established 1776.
A. BININGER & CO.,
IMPORTERS OF

WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, AND CHOICE
GROCERIES, &c.
90 and o. Liberty street. Neio York and 29i street, corner
Of Pennsyl ylpdnid and Fourteenth street
Opposite Wizards HOtel)
WTE beg to inform the citizens of Washington,
w and public generally, that we have opened
a branch Of our business at the above number,
under the direction of Mr.. JOSEPH P. WILSON,
where we intend furnishing the same quality and
description Of Old Wines Liquors, Havana Ci-
gars, &c, as those we sell in New York, and
guarantee them to be Of the most reliable quail
ity. june s-eolm
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SECESSION IN MIssoURI.-&. Louis, June
l3.-Governor Jackson has issued proclama.
ton rehearsing the grievances inflicted by the
Federal Government, which he says are design.
ed to reduce Missouri to the same condition as
Maryland. He accuses the Federal authorities
of fostering the Inauguration Of revolution and
civil war for the overthrow of the State Govern.
ment, and calls fifty thousand State militia into
active service, for the protection of the lives, lib.
erty, and property, Of the citizens. The procla,
nation concludes thus:
"ln issuing this proclamation, hold it to be
my solemn duty to remind you that Missouri is
still in the United States; that the Executive
department Of the State Government does not
arrogate to itself the power to disturb that rela.
ton that power has been wisely vested in q
Convention, which will at the proper time ex.
press your sovereign will andt that in the mean.
time it is your duty to obey all the constitution.
al requirements of the Federal Government; but
it is equally my duty to advise you that your
first allegiance is due to your own State, and
that you are under no obligation to ODE the
unconstitutional edicts Of the military despot.
ism which has intruded itself at Washington,
nor to submit to the infamous and degrading
sway Of it's wicked mnions in this State. No
brave and true-hearted Missourian will obey
one or submit to the other. Rise then, and
drive out the ignominous invaders who have
dared to desecrate the soil which your labors
have made fruitful, and which is consecrated
by your homes"
The national Republican., 1861-06-15

atty in the North, who are ready to make mer.
chandise Of anything, their country or their
snnla.
The national Republican., 1861-06-15

D0- We understand that the appointment o.
Hon. Anson Burlingame as Minister to Austria
was yesterday changed to that of Minister to
China.
The national Republican., 1861-06-15

nS- An esteemed Illinois correspondent
speaks highly of the new Senator, appointed in
place Of the late Judge Douglas, by Governor
Yates.
The national Republican., 1861-06-15

DD- A Boston letter in yesterdays New York
Tribune, makes charges in respect to tobacco
purchased in Boston for the use Of the navy,
which have no foundation, so far as Mr.. Bridge
Of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, is
concerned.
On the 25!!h of April, in the regular course
of business, Mr. Bridge directed the command
ant of the Charlestown yard to obtain needed
supplies of tobacco, from the contractor if pos.
sible, and otherwise, by purchase. The con.
tractor not asserting to furnish at the contract
prices, the purchase was made, as usual, by the
navy agent at Charlestown, Mr.. Bridge not be-
ing in Boston, and having no connection with
it. We do not know that anybody is to blame.
The prices of tobacco have materially risen
since the blockade of Virginia. At any rate,
there is no ground for any accusation in this
matter against Mr.. Bridge, OF whom we will
add, that no more upright public officer can be
found in this or any other country.
The national Republican., 1861-06-15

supported by large numbers Of Union men in
his district.
Thomas's majority in Washington county is
1000
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THE COTTON IMPOSTURE.

We present today, views on two articles
important in the economy Of civization-hax,
on which Mr.. Leavitt writes, and cotton, the
South, through Mr.. Russell of the London
Times, speaking for the latter
1t is great mistake to suppose that cotton
is one of the Indispensable things Of life. The
world got along for ages before Whitney with
out it, and people were clothed in "purple and
fine linen" before the cotton plant was ever
heard OF.
1t has not been plant which has done any
thing for the elevation Of races. The cotton
clad millions Of India and China are the poor
est specimens of men and nations in the East.
In the West, cotton has fixed in the midst of
an Empire dedicated to freedom, millions Of
chattel blacks, and it has in old England and
New England hived in manufacturing towns
the most industrious Of the population, which,
had linen and wooden been their dependence
for wear, would have formed part of q rural
population of higher intelligence and tone than
the country now possesses. Cotton has been
dire enemy to household industry and econo-
my in the North.
Cotton's great recommendation has been that
it was good article to ship to Europe and
draw bills against. The bills were sold to pay
for superauities Of European manufacture
which the redundance of our corn and cotton
crop enticed US to purchase.
When Dean Swift told Ireland, q century ago,
that the greatest foe to his country's prosperity
was the potatoe, he got but ridcule in answer
to his wisdom. Years rollei by and disease
exterminated the potatoe in Ireland. No sooner
were the people driven from potatoe raising, a
thriftless form Of agriculture, than the land
began to improve under an economy which did
not permit the idle habits fostered by the ease
with which the potatoe crop was grown. A
like change was brought about by the same
cause in portions of the northern States of the
American Union, and the populations Of dis
tricts which were idle, ,hriftless, and in deb
through the facility by which the potatoe sup
piled their wants, driven into forms of agricul
ture which called for thorough labor and care
soon worked themselves out of debt and into
conditions of thrift and comfort.
Cotton is one Of the idle crops of the world
when the facility by which populations are
clothed by it are considered.
The above considerations support an extreme
view of the subject, but they have their aspect
Of truth, and are entitled to consideration.
The SHIPPING INTEREST" Already" say
Mr.. Russell, in his letter of May to the Lon
don Times" already numerous application
have been received from the ship-owners of Ney
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MAR YLAND ELECTION.
ALL UNION MEN .ELECTEDl
Mr.. Burlingame goes to China 4!
ILLINOIS BRIGADIER GENERALS.
LATEST FROM HARpER's FERRY.

LATEST FROM HARPER's FERRY.
Baltimore, June l4.-Letters received at the
Office Of the american from Berlin confirm the
burning Of the bridges at Harper's Ferry.
The American's correspondent heard an explo.
sion, and went up to see the conAagration.
AL the troops we're gone from the Maryland
side, and were hurrying out of Harper's Ferry
as rapidly as possible. 'o
He says the town will be troopless by twelve
tonight. .., u....r
The Confederate troops are moving towards
Winchester in great haste. .
The correspondent at Williamport writes
that at seven o'clock, Thursday evening, q mes
senger arrived at the secession post opposite
that town at the top of his speed, and called
in all the pickets, and they oil left with equal
speed.
The correspondent at Sharpsburg writes that
two Virginians were shot at Dam number Eve
that an attack was being made on the ware.
house at Mercersvile, which the people were
preparing to resist; their purpose was to rob it.
d.. l..' sTlLL LATER. ..... = s.,.
Frederick, Nd, June l4.-A resident of this
city, who has just returned from Harper's Fer
ry, states that the bridge has been entirely de-
stroyed, with the exception of the piers, which
are yet standing. The tressle work Of the rail.
road within the town was also destroyed. The
Government buildings we're being severally
burnt when he left there, at eleven o'clock this
morning. The armory was first fred and de-.
stroyed. The rife works it is supposed will
follow next. All the machinery had been
transported into the interior several days ago.
He estimates that about four thousand troops
are yet in the town. The main body, it is said, has
been pushed forward to Charlestown and to .
point near Leesburg.
THE LATEST.
Sharpsbury, (pia Hagsrsto,cn) June IA
Escaped Virginians, who are reliable, report
that the Confederate troops left Harper's Ferry
to day, one part retreating in the direction of
Winchester, and another into Loudoun county.
This would seem to indicate that a retreat to
Manassas Junction was intended. The rail.
road bridge was blown up one hour after sun.
rise this morning. The remaining Government
buildings ore all burned. The railroad bridge
at Martinsburg was burnt to-day, also the
bridge at Shepherdsown, and dark smoke is
still ascending from burning buildings at the
Ferry.
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS INTO VIRGINIA.
About eight O'Clock last evening, the 6rst and
second Ohio regiments broke up their encamp.
ment on Rock Creek, back Of Wizards farm,
and went over the Long Bridge into Virginia.
The second Michigan regiment, encamped above
Georgetown, were also under marching orders
last night, and have probably left in the same
direction ere this. The destination OF the troops
was unknown, though it seemed to be the gen.
eral impression last evening that they were to
take an advance position from that now taken
by the Federal troops on the Virginia side.