The national Republican., 1861-06-27

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NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
Thursday, June 81, 1851.
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Mr The fifth Maine regiment was under or
ders 70 leave for this city yesterday. The sixth
Maine regiment is expected to leave Tor this
city on the 9Th of July.
S@ Lord Lyons, accompanied by the Secre'
tary of State, officially visited the President
yesterday, in order to deliver to him the royal
letter announcing the death Of the Queens
mother, the Duchess Of Kent.
~ The degree Of l.. L. D. was conferred
on the President of the United States by Co.
lumba College, New York, yesterday, and DR..
Lieber has come hi,her to present the diploma.
~ The Wheeling Convention has ad,
journed to the first Tuesday in August. The
(loysl) Legislature Of Virginia meets at Wheel
ing next Monday.
% Gov. Oideu, of New Jersey, has received
orders to send to Washington Immediately the
three regiments now at Camp Olden. They
start on Friday.
~ George Haseltine, editor of the London
American, is in the city. His paper is the
only one in Europe representing American in
terests.
APPoHrEo.-The President has appointed
Robert D. Cunningham postmaster at James
town, N. Y; also, Walter M. Murphy, OF
Michigan, to be consul general at Frankfort
the.Maine, rice Hosmer, dead also, Rich
ard Hildrcth, of New York, consul at Trieste.
"a Gov. Pierpont has authorized Charles
h. Upton, Esq, Of Fairfax county, Va, to take
measures for special election on the 29th in
slant, Of State Senator in the Fairfax and
Alexandria district.
NJ The Washington letter. writer's of the
New York Tribune now take the ground that
there are not more than fifty thousand seces.
sion troops in Virginia. This is much nearer
the mark than the former exaggerated esti'
mates Of that paper.
"a A Loudoun county correspondent OF the
Star, says that the number of secession troops
in that county has never exceeded six hundred
that their sole business is to rob Union men
and that they will run as soon as anybody
crosses the Potomac to attack them.
1@r The Point OF Rocks was an appropriate
place to be visited recently by Colonel Stone.
The Southern rifed cannon is so named he
cause it was stolen.
General Bragg is the greatest general Of the
Confederate army.
The cannon brought to Baltimore yesterday
by the Old Point boat, was Cannon, her com
mander.
TIE INDIAN TERRIToRY.-Rev. T. Ranney
who left the Cherokee nation on the 9TH O
June, reports that Albert Pike and Ben. Nc
Cullough had entirely failed in their efforts te
induce John Ross, the principal chief, to with
draw his proclamation advising the Cherokee
TO be quiet and observe their treaties with tn
United States. Failing with the Cherokees
Pike and Mccullough had gone ou their erran'
Of love to the Creeks.
~ On the FIRST page Of this paper, tn
reader will find letter from the Philsdephi
Press correspondent, " OCCASIONAL" touchiu,
the doings Of Miss Pamela Cunningham in an'
about the home and grave of Washington
Miss Cunningham's performances are a fit Sc
quel of the wretched humbug in which MI
Everett, Mr.. Bonner, and others hungerin
after notoriety, were made the Instruments i