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| REFUSAL OF PAssPoRr.-Mr F. W. Center
citizen of the United States, applied few dsvs
since to Mr. NOnes, commissioner of deeds in New
! York, for passport, as be intended visiting his
| friends in Paris. Alter waiting a few days he
| finally ceved despatch from Secretary Seward
| saying that a passport could not given him.
| The New York Necs says he subsequently received
a communication from the Union Defence Com
| nittee, requesting his presence before them. He,
| in company with Mr.. N0nes, called at Pine ST. and
was squestIonedb by that committee. They asked him
| where he was born. Mr.. G. stated that he was
born in Florida but at early age left there and
! Tor the past twenty-five years had been resident
| ct New York and CALIFORNIA;; be now claims
.he latter place his home. He had to satisfy
mem mat he was Union man, although in his
dnuaVlt before the commissioners he had
| L.i 49, 'nat ne was an American CITIZEN which
SuoStantlated by fellow-citizen of his who had
! known him from his boy hood Still il apneared
| that TINS did not satisfy the Government and thew
n"u e' e'",e nruered him for examination etore
| the Union Defense Committee Here he nod to
swear again that he was not a secessionist and
that he would support the Federal Government -
After making them these statements the Commit
tee gave him pass, which was signed nv two or
its members, and told him in he should receive
any impedment in leaving the city, that mass
would protect him, and in his passport should
not arrive in time, that the pass would be recop-
nized by the American consul in London, who
would see him all right to Paris. The next dav,
however, he received his passport from w ashing-
ton it having been forwarded upon receipt of
despatch from the Committee, saying that all was
right.
LETTER Mrs. A. j. DoYELsoN TO GENERAL
Scorr.-The following letter, addressed by Mrs A.
}. Donelson to Gen. Scott, appears in the Memphis
Bulletin:
MEMPHIS April 30 1861.
GENERAL SCoTT-Dear Sir: | address Won mot no
a stranger. | was introduced to Won in 1884 in the
White House, by President Jackson as ''my niece
Miss Martin, of Tennessee" In 1885 married Lewis
Randolph, grandson nf President jefferson In
1887 he died; and in lS4l married Majjr Andrew
}. Donelsrn, whom you will remember In 1852
saw you frequently in Washington.
write to you, Gen. Scott, as the only man in
the country who can arrest the civil war now
begun. When it was announced that :'Gen. Scott
had resigned, thrill of joy ran through the South
Cannon told the glad tidings, and my heart said
Good bless him. Now it is said .'you will never
light under any other than the Star-SpanpIed Ran
ner" We have loved that banner. We have loved
the Union. But the Union is gone, and forever;
and wept as each star left the field of blue and
set in night. Now we have another field of blue
and soon our fifteen stars will shine upon our right
The stripes all that is left OF the banner YOU
have borne victoriously in many battles
Of yoH may ask it, but not the usurper and his
Abolition band, who now desecrate the honored
place once filled by our Washington, Jefferson and
Jackson of General Scott | ask it-stop this war
Say to the North, YOU shall not shed your brothers
blood. The sons of Tennessee and the South have
bucked on their armor, and are ready for the fight
we Will hight this battle every man, woman and
child, to the last cent in pockets and the last
drop of blood in veins. The North boasts of
its strength. If this boast be well founded it were
co'rdrdice to destroy the weak. But "the race is
not always to the swift, the battle to the
strong!' God will defend when our husbands
and sons go forth to repel the invaders OF our
homes, our rights and our soil. Then count the
cost, Hero OF Battles, and let after ages bless you.
ELIZABETH A. DoNELSON.
New YORK GETTING FnIGHTENED.-Tha follow
ing communication is published in the New York
Express of Thursday evening:
WAR WITH ENGLAND-MAKE PREPARATIONS SEASON
ABLY.
see from the published proceedings of the Union
Defence Committee, in to-day's city papers. that a
resolution has been unanimously adopted by them
calling the attention of the General Government to
the necessity of strengthening the deences of New
York city. This is step in the right direction,
and 1t cannot be taken moment too sOon Almost
every day seems to strengthen the probability that
we shall have war with Great Britain and possibly
with France, within the next six months. Those
INSCRIPTIONS and ambitious Monarchica powers
have no special attachment for free institutions
and the recent enactment of the Morrill, Tariff
(Which virtually excludes from our ma ket MANY
kinds of British goods) has excited bitter preiu-
dice against us. Superadded to this the English
and French Governments are almost compelled to
have the cotton, tobacco and naval stores which
are produced by the Southern States; and if these
cannot be obtained by fair and peaceful commerce,
the chances that they will be acquired even at
the hazard and expense of war. Already do Bri-
tish ships begin to run the blockade of southern
ports, and complaints being heard against Bri-
tish cOnsuls and British agents.
1t the complication arise with Great Britain, as
seems now most probable, our city is by no means
secure against attacks from her powerful Navy
and II France should league with her, it will require
all our watchiulneSs and strength to ward off the
damaging blows which will be aimed at our COM
merce and our cities upon the seaboard. Let
therefore take counsel from prudence and our fears
and be well prepared for whatever conting encies
may arise.
IMPORTANT FROM SYRIA.-A Syrian correspondent
of the Boston TrareIer sends the following impOr-
tant information. under date of Beirut, April %:
"Bcirut is in great cOmmOIipn To-Day, mo-
account OF fresh massacres any of those terrible
displays of Mosem fanaticism which spread con-
sternation among the people during the first part
of the past year-far otherwise. The time has not
yet come for the re-enactment Of those well-re-
membered scenes, and | think may comfort
ourselves in the belief that it is not very
at hand The present cause of excitement is the
arrival of no less than twelve thousand Turkish
troops, four thousand of which are cavalry: and
as stood on the terrace and looked at them as
they passed through the square, | did not wonder
at the excited countenances of our Arab servants
when they rushed into the breakfast room, while
we were at our morning meal, ard told us the
news. The cavalry bore great numbers Of little
red iiags huttering in the hot sirOcco wind which
Is one OF many we must expect to endure during
the forthcoming hct season. The five men-o!-war
on which the troops came make a verv pretty dis
play in the haTbor, but not so the soldiers them
selves, whose mien and accnutr~meDts are locking
particularly indifferent in contrast with the CAV
costumes, the beautiful chargers, and the gallant
bearing of the French soldiers. The French and
English boats aided them in debarking, and their
timely assistance will no doubt again be called in
requisiton the arrival of two line battle
ships, which are expected tonight"
THE SACRED RgMArNs.-We have already inserted
(says the National hteHigencer) a contradiction
of the sensation faIsehoood which was recently i'm
posed on New York paper, that the remains of
the Pater Patri9 had been removed from Mount
Vernon by the late proprietor OF the estate; but
weld to the request of the esteemed Regent Of the
Ladies' Mount Vernon Association to give place
to the following:
awe are requested by the Ladies of the Mount
Vernon Association to state that the assertion,
which appeared in a New York paper of the 18th
instant, to the effect that Col. j. A. Washington
bad caused the removal of the remains of Cen
Washington from Mount Vernon, is utterly false
and without foundation.
"Never, since first laid in this his chosen rest
lng-place, have the remains at Great Father
reposed more quietly and peacefully than now,
when all the outer world is distracted by warlike
thoughts and deeds. And the pubc-the owners
of this noble pOssesson-need fear no molestatiOu
OF this one national spot, belonging alike to North
and to South; over it there can be no disputed No
indivdral or individuals have the right, and surely
none can have the inclination, to disturb this sa-
cred deposit.
"The Ladies have taken every necessary precau-
tiOn for the protection of the place, and it is their
earnest desire that the public should iee confidence
in their iaithfulness to their trust and believe that
Mount Vernon Is safe under the guardianship of
the Ladies of the Mount Vernon Association of the
Union.'"
THE CRoPs I ADMINISTRATION all parts of our
county we hear of the most gratifying accounts of
the appearance of the growing wheat. The pros
pect for a heavy yield told could hardly be
more fattering. The spring has been in many res
poets altogether favorable to its growth, and it is
so far advanced especially in the better quail
tiles of soil, to place it quite beyond the ravages
of the insect.-Kent NeiCs.
Owing 10 the cold and wet weather, the corn has
not come up well, and the cut-worm is very des-
tructive. Much re-planting will have to be DONE
The wheat fields look promising in this county. If
disaster befalls the crop, it bids fair to be
heavy From present indications the peach
crop will be an average one, the young fruit pre-
senting healthy appearance.-CecH Democrat.
The wheat crop in this county looks remarkably
well, and promises full harvest. Mr.. p. 7. Ham
bIeton, of St Mchaels left at our Office last Friday
a sample of North Carolina blue stem, four feet six
inches high, and he says the crop in that district
looks remarkably well.-Easton Gazette.
Col. FREMONT ComsG HoME.-A letter from