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The national Republican., 1861-03-19
DEPARTMENTAL.

DR.. Culver, of the Indian Bureau in this city,
has returned to Washington from Fort Wise,
Upper Arkansas,) bringing the treaty with
the Arrapahoes and Cheyennes, negotiated by
Agent Boone recently. Under it, the Govern
ment acquire the Pixies Peak region.
DR.. Erie Locke, of Indiana, has been ap.
pointed to be Chief of the Agricultural Bureau
of the Patent Office, (s2,5OO per annum,) rice
Clemson, resigned.
NAvAL.-The Navy Department have ad.
vices from Commodore Bell, commanding the
Mediterranean squadron, dated Messina, Feb.
ruary 2. The Commodore writes:
al have received intelligence from Gaeta to
the 9th ult. The fortress has received but
trihing injury from the late bombardment Of
Gen. Cialdini, and but little impression has
been made by Admiral Perssno with the Sar.
dinian fleet. The Sandman Admiral soon dis
covered that however gallant his attack, his
ships were no match for stone Notifications.
On board one of his vessels two guns burst,
killing and wounding a large number of
men. 1t is said King Francis has yet
from six to eight thousand men, with pro.
visions for several months. Should this be
true, it will cause the Sardinians much trouble
and great loss of life to dslodge him. The
French fleet has gone, also the Spanish cor.
vette, leaving the Sardinian feet only around
and about Gaeta. The same state of affairs
exists here as when last wrote. The citadel
and forts on the seaside are in possession of
the Neapolitans, while the city and surround
ing country are in the hands of Garibaldi and
Victor Emmanuel Occasionally we hear of
arrests of persons supposed to be in the en-
ploy of the old Government, and sent here to
stir up the Calabrians to a counter revolution !;
but the country seems to be quiet, and conduct
themselves with discretion and moderation
whichShould be an example to communities
which think themselves of higher civiiza.
ton. There are twentythree American yes.
sells in port, and about this number is kept
up by constant arrivals and departures"
REsIGNED.-Mr. Henry St. George Offutt
has resigned his position ($2,OO0) of chief
clerk of the Office Of the Sixth Auditor of the
Treasury.
Joseph +. Lewis, Esq. of Texas, has re.
signed his third class Isl ,60O) clerkship in the
General Post Office Department.
OK DUTY.-Lieut. Jos. B. Fry lately ap.
pointed one of the Assistant Adjutant Gene.
rails, entered on the duties Of his office yester,
day.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
THE LATEST NEWS!

lust received, direct from the manufacturers,
y the most varied and complete assortment OF
Gentlemen's, Ladies', and Children's Boots
Shoes, &C., we ever offered in this city.
Many of the above goods cannot be surpassed
anywhere for durability, STYLE and neatness. We
will always keep the following makes Of shoes:
B. Russells, Baltimore, Nd, Gents work
Levi, Perry, h Co.'s Baltimore, Nd, Ladies'
work
Dickermon, Stratton, and Molineaux's, Philadel-
phia, Ladies, Misses, and Chldren's work.
1t is impossible for you to get better wearing
or fitting goods by leaving your measures and
having them made to order.
We have several cases Of Ladies and Misses
cheaper than we ever offered before:
420 pairs Ladies Morocco Sewed Boots, $l.25
420 do do Linen-lined Heel Slippers, Toe.
32O do Misses Sewed Heel Morocco Boots,
s74 cents
AGO do Mems Lined and Bound Shoes, rs cents
Meas and Boys Hats and Caps in great variety.
We cordially invite all those who are 10 search
of goods in our line to give us an early CALL and
examine our stock and prices. 1t is a pleasure
for US to show goods; it does not incur any OBJ
legation to buy.
WINDSOR h BROTHER,
359 Seventh St., bt. Northern Market
mar l9-lm
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
SPECIAL ORDERS-No. 76.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Ad;ntont Ganaral,o 0fica Wooh

Adjutant Generals Office, Washington,
March l8, 1861.
A Board of Medical Officers will assemble in
New Nork city on the lst day of May next, or as
soon thereaft r as practicable, for the examina-
tion of Assistant Surgeons for promotion, and of
such candidates for appointment as may be in
vited to present themselves before the Board.
Detail for the Board:
Surgeon CLEMENT A. FINLEY,
Surgeon CHARLES MCDoUGALL,
Surgeon WILLIAM J. SLOAN.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant General.
Applications must be addressed to the Secre-
tary Ct War; must state the residence of the ap-
plicant and the date and place of his birth.
They must also be accompanied references will
receive no attention) by respectable testimonials
of his possessing the moral and physical qualif-
cations requisite for filling creditaby the respon-
sible station, and for performing ably the ardu-
Gus aud active duties Of an officer of the medical
staff.
Applicants must be between twenty-one and
twenty five years Of age.
There are now three vacancies In the medical
staff. mar 1876
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
By BARNARD & BUCKLEY, Auctioneers
GeOrQetOtpn, D, G.,

GeOrgetOion, d. c.
EXCELLENT Furniture at Auction. - On
- Wednesday morning, goth instant, at 10
o'clock, we will SELL at the residence Of Jesse
Lipscomb, Esq, on High street, east side, near
Second street, the entire Household Furniture
and Effects, as
Mahogany Tables, Sofas, Rockers, and Chairs
Good Carpets, Rugs, and Oilcloth
Side and Work Tables, Looking Glasses
Bureaus, Bedsteads, Wardrobes
Excellent Feather Beds and Mattresses
Dining Room and Kitchen Furniture, Stoves, &c.
Terms at sale. BARNARD & BUCKEY,
mar l9-2t Auctioneers.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
WASHINGTON, March lG, 1861.

WASHINGTON, March lG, 1861.
To the Editor Of tie National Republican:
Will you permit me, through your paper, to
call the attention Of the editor of the Tenth
Legion, who has now become a decided dis
unionist, to the following facts In lS59-6O,
Henry A. Wise, then Governor of Virginia,
took the ground that the South was entitled to
and ought to insist upon Congressional pro-
lection to negro slavery in the United States
Territories. Senator Hunter, who, likewise,
was a candidate for the Democratic nomina.
ton for President, took the opposite side viz :
that the matter should be left to the courts,
and that what was understood as a slave code
was unnecessary. On this question land it
was the only question that divided the friends
of Wise and Hunter) they went before the peo.
pie of Virginia. and, in the election of dele
gates to the Charleston Convention, Hunter
beat Wise, nearly two to one. These facts
alone without the vote of Senator Hunter on
the Brown resolution in regard to the protec,
ton of slavery were sufficient to prove to the
North that VirginiaNas opposed to protection
to slavery in the Territories. To show the in
consistency of Senator Hunter, we now find
him threatening to take Virginia out of the
Union, (unless he obtains what he rejected in
lS59-60,) and occupying the Wise ground of
lS59-60. The editor of the Tenth Legion has
always been a great admrer and defender of
General Jackson, but he is now advocating Sc.
cesson and Senator Hunters advancement,
both of which General Jackson rejected.
A VIRGINIAN.
,n.o Iao nj tl,nt. Al la -
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
New York Markets..

Neo York, March lS.-Cotton frm-sales of
5000 bales. Flour frm-sales of $4,000 bar.
rels; State, $5.lO q s5.l5; Ohio, $3.50 @
$3.50; Southern, $5.35 9 $5.7O. Wheat firm
sales of $4,000 bushels Western red, $l.3l;
ditto white, $l.4O @ $3.50. Corn frm-sales
Of $4,000 bushels mixed, 81 9 GO cents
Southern white, 6s cents. Pork heavy-mess,
1852 q $l6.75. Lard heavy at @ 10
cents. Whisky at III cents Sugar firm mus.
covado, AZ @ cents. Spirits of turpentine
steady at 352 (9 364 cents. Rosn firm.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
REACTION IN FLORIDA.

A recent letter from Jacksonville, Florida,
to gentleman in New York, says:
Secession, so rampant when we arrived
here in December, is clearly in its descending
node. The custom. house has begun to collect
duties for the State of Florids otherwise, there
appears on the surface no evidence Of the State
Government. The Presidents Inaugural made
a little excitement but even that seems to have
died away. Union men are as thick as hops
here in Jacksonville, though this is the hot bed
of secession in East Florida. One of the prin.
cipal men in the place told me to-day, that if
an election was held in the State, twothirds Of
the voies would be found on the Union side.
However this may be, am satisfied, by my
own observation, that the fever is dying out
very rapidly, and unless some speedy stimulant
be applied, there is great danger OF resulting
syncope. The Union men here scout the idea
Of any danger to the Union feeling resulting
from the reinforcement of the forts. The lines
are fast being definitely drawn, and most men
are for the one Government or the other
squarely and implicitly. The Union men pub
licly avow their sentiments, and think a little
time only is wanted to enable them to carry all
before them in the State"
A NAVY FOR THE CONFEDERATE STATES
"Our enterprising fellow citizen, Alderman
F. I. A. Boole, has been awarded the contract,
being the lowest bidder, for the construction of
the forty gun.scows required by the Southern
Confederacy. These boats are to be seventy
feet long, by twenty-five wide, and five feet deep,
double planked, and with sides of the regular
naval thickness. Mr.. Boole has hired a new
ship building yard at Greenport, Long Island,
close to the Tenth.street ferry. Each scow is
to mount one central ten.inch pivot gun, and two
thirty-four pound carronades. They are to be
anchored in the mouth CT the Mississippi, and
at various exposed points up the river; thus
guarding alike against attack from the sea, or
descent from the Northwestern States With
their full armament on board, they will draw
thirty.six inches Of water, thus presenting but
q very narrow target to the enemy.
"The plan Of these boats, as cheap substi.
tute for Southern navy, is due to Commander
Hartstein, and they are to be completed for
$4,000 each, the armaments to be furnished by
the Richmond foundry. Twenty of these scows
are to be delivered on or before the 3lst of next
July, and the balance by the end of October.
Three of them are now in progress, to be called
respectively the South Carolina Mississippi
and Georgia. and Mr.. Boole is confident that
he can easily complete his contract within the
time specified. There were two ship.builders
in this city amongst the bidders, the bid of one
other $4,000. Commander Hartstein believes
that these vessels, almost wholly submerged in
the water, will prove of more use, and receive
far less damage, than Lieutenant Hamilon's
costly and dangerous iron.plated battery"
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

NOMINATIONS. Among the nominations
made yesterday to the Senate, were those Of
Mr.. Adams, of Massachusetts,, as Minister to
London ofMr. Dayton, ofNew Jersey, as Minis.
ter to Paris of Mr.. Marsh of Vermont, as Min.
lister to Sardinia; and of Col. Webb, of New
York, as Minister to Constantinople.
Mr.. Dayton's nomination was confirmed, he
having formerly been Senator, and the Senate
being presumed to be acquainted with his fit.
ness.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
GEORGETOWN ADVERTISEMENTS.

George B. Lipscomb is our authorized agent
for Georgetown. Subscriptions and advertise
ments may be left at his store, No. lla High
street. The paper will be promptly delivered to
subscribers.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
BY TELEGRAPH.
Southern Congress.

Montgomery, March l6.-The Congress this
afternoon confirmed the following District
Judges A. g. Magra,b, for South Carolina
H. Il. jackson. for Georgia VIM. j. Jones, for
Alabama; VIM. Lanier Harris, for Mississippi; {;
Thomas j. Semmes, for Louisiana; John
Hemphill, for Texas; Jesse J. Finley, for Flor.
ida. And also the following: Mcqueen Nc.
Intosh as Judge in Admiralty at Key West
David Hubbard, of Alabama, Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs Alexander B. Witherell, Of
Alabama, Register Of the Treasury, and Boil
ing Baker, Of Georgia, Auditor Of the Treas.
ury. The Congress then took recess until
evening, when they again assembled, and ad.
journed to the second Monday in May.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

And those VINO Eave, lei Ihem lhsure Inc moTe."
The Potomac Fire Insurance Company
Of Georgetown, ID. c.,
CHARTERED BY CONGRESS-, 1891.
STOCKHOLDERS PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE!
TTNHE Stockholders and Directors embrace many
l. of the most wealthy and respectable citizens
of this District.
JOHN MARBURY, President.
HENRY KING, Secretary.
AMOS HUNT, Travelling Agent.
Office and residence No. 81 North A street.
Capitol Hill. Box 454, City Post Office. Orders
attended to Immediately. Losses paid promptly
Care for home, and hone will care. for US.
nov 20
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
Millinery, Fancy Goods-Cheap.

MIR. G. HAMMERSCHLAG,4 432 Seventh street,
lNl between G and H streets, keeps constant
ly on hand large assortment of Fancy Goods,
Notions, Hosiery, &C., which he offers on the
most favorable terms, and earnestly solicits the
continued patronage of his numerous friends and
customers.
Having engaged Mr.. J. NJ. COIN, he will
promptly accommodate his former customers.
feb l6-2meod
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
BOARDING.

FURNISHED ROOMS with or without Board
l. at reasonable prices, can be had by apply
ing at 396 D street, near Seventh, about three
minutes walk from the Post and Patent Offices
few table boarders will be accommodated.
mar l9-lw*
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

H6y- The Milwaukee Sentinel says that Sher.
man M. Booth is now at liberty, having been
pardoned by the President on the I'd of March.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
THE INAUGURAL.

Copies of the inaugural address, in pamphlet
form, can be had at this office. Price, fifty
cents per hundred.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

B6s- The Baltimore american says that
mine-tenths" of the people of Maryland are
devoted to the Union.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

aes- The suggestions of correspondent in
respect to the Norfolk navy yard, should be
made to the Navy Department.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

Horse flesh is regularly quoted in the market
prices current of several towns in Germany,
not on the hoof, but cut up for food.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
Alabama Convention.

Montgomery, March l6.-An ordinance was
passed, altering the free banking act, substitu.
ting stocks of the Confederate States for those
of the United States, allowing the issue of two
for one of capital. No foreign citizens or cor.
porations are allowed to hold stocks.
Two members of Congress were elected to
supply designations. H. c. JONES' of Lauder.
dale, and Nick Davis, of Madison, we're elect
ed.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

DdN In the tariff of the Southern Confed.
eracy, the following articles are exempt from
duty: books, maps, charts, mathematical, nau.
tical, and philosophical instruments, religious
publications, paintings drawings, bullion,
coins, coffee, seeds, models of inventors, bacon,
pork, hams, lard, beef, wheat, -four, bran, corn,
barley, rice, oats, living animals, meal, gun,
powder, lead, rags, arms of every description,
cotton, ships, steamers, and dredging ma
chinery.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

l@- In the Louisiana Convention, March
l6, motion to submit the Constitution of the
Confederate States to a popular vote, was lost
yeas &c, nays "a.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

BS- The special Washington dispatch in
yesterdays N. Y. Tribune has the following;
"The decision in regard to the withdrawal
of Major Anderson's command now rests ex.
clusively with the President"
Where else did it ever rest?
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
Meetings In Louisville.

Louisville, March 1.-THE adjourned South.
ern Rights meeting yesterday afternoon passed
unanimously the resolution presented on Fri.
day night for the appointment Of delegates to
the Mass Convention 10 meet at Frankfort on
the 2Oth. ~
In the evening, Mr.. James Guthrie address.
saying that President Lincoln was honest, and
that the North would ultimately accord the
Just demands of the South.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

n6- There was Legislative caucus at Co.
lumbus, Ohio, March l5, to nominate United
States Senator, in place of Mr.. Chase. There
were twenty.one ballots without choice being
made. The last ballot resulted as follows
Dennison, %; Sherman, "a; Schenck, % ;
Harlan, 3; Horton, l..
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

Hd5- 1t is stated in the Baltimore Sun, that
for a number of years past a religious body,
known as the African Methodist Episcopal
Conference, has been in the habit of holding
its annual meetings in that city, and they had
appointed to meet again during the course Of
the present month, Or early in April. The
members of this Conference live in Virginia,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.
1t is not now proposed to interfere with its
meeting SO far as it will consist of colored cit.
zens of Maryland, but the police Of Baltimore
give notice of their intention to enforce against
its members, citizens of other States provis.
ion of the Maryland code, which prohibits the
entry into that State Of free negroes. We do
not know whether this new stringency is at.
tributable to change of public feeling in Bal.
timore, or to the fact that the police Of that
city is now in the hands Of those Democratic
politicians, who are never so happy as when
venting their spite upon negroes who are
guilty of being free.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

Duty ON CorroN ExpoRrs.-The newspaper
writers Of the Southern Confederacy, seem gen
orally disposed to sustain the small duty which
has been imposed upon cotton exports, to take
effect in August next, and even to demand that
the duty shall be increased. Their theory is
that the Gulf States have such physical mo-
nopoly Of the production of the article, that the
tax will fall, not upon them, but upon the con.
sumers. This is delusion, which no long
time will be required to dispel.
In this connection, we invite the attention of
our readers to Mr.. Squiers letter upon the cot
ton capacity of Central America, on the first
page.
As the tendency of an export duty to be
levied upon the cotton at the Southern seaports,
must be to force it into inland channels to the
Atlantic, the Southern writers propose that
the export tax be doubled upon all cotton ex-
ported by land.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
A WORD TO BUSINESS MEN.

This paper has now a circulation in this city
larger than all the city papers combined, with
the exception of one, and therefore affords
most excellent advertising medium.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
A V IRGINIAN.

The Virginia papers are fearful that the late
"cold snap" has killed the peaches, apricots,
and other early fruits.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

Majority for secession 23,5j9
The vote for secession is less than one,half
of the ordinary vote of the State.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
ECTION

snow let those insure who meier insured before,
And those who have, lei them insure The more"
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
From the Southern Confederacy.

TUW CHe OUuCHeTH COnltueruCy.
Montgomery, Murch l8.-The tariff bill, as
reported last week, was not passed by the Con.
gress as a law, but comes up for action when
Congress again reassembles, ION the second
Monday in May.)
The Commissioners appointed to visit Europe
are Messrs. Yancey, A. Dudley Mann, and R.
A. Rost, Of Louisiana. They leave to-day for
New Orleans, and will take the English steam.
er at Havana on the 9th, for Southampton.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
The Virginia Convention.

Richmond, March .s.-The subject of equal.
ity of taxation was taken up, and an excited
debate ensued between the Eastern and West.
ern members. No action was taken.
A communication from the Maryland Com.
missionnrs on the subject of border slave State
Conference was presented, referred, and order.
ed to be printed.
A report from the Committee OH Federal Re-
lation was up Mr.. Randolph made speech
without concluding, and the Convention ad.
journed.
Resumption of Specie Payment.
PHILADELPHIA, March lS.-The banks of this
city have resumed specie pay yments.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

TExAs.-The eighty.four counties, from
which returns were received, being probably
nearly oil the counties which voted at all, voted
as follows upon the question of secession:
For secession 34,794
Against secession 1926
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

MIssouRI-The taxable property of this
State amounts to three hundred and sixty mil
lions of dollars, of which slaves make up forty
five millions.
The national Republican., 1861-03-19

TExAs.-A secession correspondent Of the
New Orleans Crescent, writing from Austin on
the 4th of March, says
General Houston at one time declared his
perfect willingness to abide the result of sub
nitting the question to the people but now he
is moody, silent, discontented, and disposed to
bring on difficulties. He may be deposed by
the Convention, and a patriot placed in the Er.
ecutire chair Of State. 1t is probable that he
piH be.'
General Houston is the lion in the path of
the seeessionists of Texas, and if it is in the
power of any man to foil them, he will do it.
His popularity, which did not grow up in day,
is not of the kind to be lost in day, and he
knows how to use it for right ends and in the
The national Republican., 1861-03-19
From Florida.

TUI0 T IOIIId.
augusta, March ls.-The State Convention
will reassemble in April.
Thomas P. Wall has been elected to the
Legislature from Clay, to fll vacancy.
Two persons had been arrested for burning
the town Of Newport. They will probably be
hung by the people.
Maritime Recognition of the Seeded
States.
Charleston, March l8.-The Courier of to.
day says We learn, from telegraphic dis.
patch received by mercantile house in this
city, that the proper officers Of. the customs at
Havre have notified merchants that ships from
the seeded States will be admitted on the same
footing as those carrying the Federal flag.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-07-17
Flax Cotton.

The Rhode Island Society for the en-
c0uragemcnt Of domestic industry, has
shown d most lauiable activity in encour-
aging experiments in the manufacture Of
fax, ever since there was any hope Of max
ing it competitor Of cotton How dill
gent the Society has been i we'll known 70
those aware Of lis proceedings Ia pur
suance Of its policy it now offers premiums
10 stimulate our citizens 10 compete for ex-
celIence in the preparation Of fax for the
use Of the spinner. The experiments
which have thus far been made. served 10
to encourage those, who are capable Of
judging, in the belief that fax NAV be used
for the manufacture Of cheap and durable
fabric, which shall serve for many, if not
for all, the purposes Of cotton. The social
and political, % well as the economical
results Of the substitution Of fax for cot
ton, are too apparent and have been too Of
ten enlarged upon to render any words ne
cessary at this time. The society deserves
the thanks and hearty cooperation Of all
our citizens. We trust that many compel
itors may enter the lists for the prizes the
society offers. Let Rhode Island obtain
the preeminence in the manufacture Of
fax that she has reached in the manufac
ture Of cotton. Ou: experience gives u
some obvious advantages in experiments Of
the kind required for carrying to perfec.
ton the manufacture Of fax.-Pr0r .Jour.
nal