The national Republican., 1861-05-06
NEWS ITEM S

An order vas issued yesterday from head.
quarters, d!scharging the military from duty,
except battalion, which will be retained for
special duty. One effective company Of fifty
men from each Of he four regiments will form
the battalion, under command Of Maj. Parks
Baltimore Sun Of Saturday.
Two of Il e officers Of the steamer City Of
Norfolk, Iamel Crawford and Horn, who, it is
alleged, landed 800 slaves on Cuba about a year
ago, were arrested on Wednesday, in New York.
Horn was released on bail, and Crawford was
committed for trial.
The U. S. steamer Richmond, now in the
Mediterranean, has been recalled. She is a
seccnd.class steam friga,e, 1000 tons burden,
ard was bulk at Norfolk
The Legislature of Tennessee has adopted
the following resolution;
"RcSrlced, Ly the General assembly of the
State Of ItHneSsee, That in view of the dcarth
Of the past two years, and the probable extra
ordinary demand for cereal aud forage, to sup.
ply the absolute wants Of our State and of the
entire South, that the agricultursts OF the State
be, and they are hereby, requested to devote
the breadth OF arabic land IN tho State to the
culture OF grain and grass"
The price OF provisions at fredericksburg
Virgiuin, have advanced, in consequence oI
the large number Of troops encamped there
from ity to one hundred per cent.
Governor Hicks has issued his proclamation,
Designating Thursday, the 18th of June, as tie
| day iUr holding special election in Marylai
for the choi.e Of members of the next Con.
gress, which IS to assemble in special session
in Washington on the 4th Of July.
Twenty-Five thousand MIME rifles have been
purchased IN Canada for the United States
/ Government, aud more can be obtained, it is
said.
The main portion of the fleet to blockade the
Southern ports will be at sea within week. 1t
will consist of fifty war vessels, with steam
transports sufficient to accommodate land
army of 20 coo men. They will blockade every
| port whose entrance has six feet OF water. The
Amy GU board will require the rebels to keep
in arms, at the various assaiabe points Of their
cUasl, an aggregate Of at least l2O 900 mon.
How they will pay and feed this force, remains
TO lie seen.
An examination Of the records at the Oh.
servatory d.s loses the fact that Lieut.. Maury
has Tor several mouths past impressed upon
! the minds Of scientific bodies abroad, that this
country was destined to disruption, and tha,
the Government would not last three weeks
/ hiIr tuc ihtLuSuIutioh VI thI' L'hcoll'
We arc at last in possession of official de-.
tails concerning The situation OF affairs at Har
rcr's Ferry, after the destruction of the armory
! by Lieut.. Jones. 1t seems that the work was
| by no means an entire success. The fire did
not touch o,o large depot, which contained
! s 900 stand Of first class arms, and the entire
machinery ol the arm0ry is in as good order
to-day as 1t ever was.
SECESSION RroT.-The Union dcmonstra.
ton, held ut Lexington. Mo-, on the 81 inst,
was broken up By the secessionists. One Union
man was shot, b;.t Lot seriously injured There
was to have been IL Union meeting in the af
tcrnoon, but it has been suppressed by the So.
cessionlst'. The secession flag now waves in
front of the courthouse.
Tho Union Convention met in Baltimore on
Thursday, and adopted resolution to adjourn
until the sd inst, SO that all the counties
might be represented.
Heavy trains frcightcd with beef cattle
sheep, and hogs are now running to Baltimore
over the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad.
Louisiana has furnished to Memphis, Tenn
> several 32.poundcis, 5000 Mississippi rifles
aud 5000 cartridges. The Confederate States
Government has also sent to that city seyera
pieces Of ordnance aud 800 guns.
The Fairfax NerS says: We are please
to learn from an oil, ipl source that the ordc>
restricting farmers in this county from attend
ing the Washington markets has been rescin1
ed so inr as relates to wood, coal, vegetables
and the products Of the dairy"