The national Republican., 1861-06-03

H0c Tucker, arrested at Fortress Monroe
for alleged reasonable practices, was the clerk
of the sutler, and not of General Butler. He
was sent, not to this city, but to Fort McHenry.
A% The report in the Pittsburg papers that
the town Of Morgantown, Va, had been attack
ed and taken by the secessionists, seems to
have had no other foundation than the fact,
that the secession troops at Grafton, made a
foray on Morgan county, and carried off few
arms from the Union men.
~ On Wednesday special election was
held in Cecil county, Nd, for member of the
House of Delegates, to fill vacancy, which
resulted in the success of Andrew McIntire,
Union. In Elkton, Mr.. McIntire received four
hundred votes, against fifteen scattering.
ny Robert M. McLane has been put in
nomination as a candidate for Congress, in the
fourth Congressional district, composed Of part
of the city of Baltimore. He is the man who
threatened last winter, to meet the national
troops at Havre de Grace, s,cord in hand"
but who thought better of it, afterward. His
chance of an election is, fortunately, very small.
s6r The character Of a recent speech Of Cen
eral Houston, is sufficiently indicated in the fol.
lowing sentences: "The time has come when
. mans section is his country. l stand by
mine" The trouble is upon us, and no matter
how it came, or who brought it on, we have to
meet it." 1--WE must fight now, whether we are
prepared or not" These are the melancholy
words Of man whose national patriotism was
sincere, and who had the good sense to see
from the outset, the utter folly Of this SECESSION
and the courage to combat it, as long as he
Judged resistance to be useful. He yields now
to the apparent necessity Of following the for
tunes of his State, but he will undoubtedly hail,
with pleasure, that restoration Of the old order
of things which, fer the present, seems impossi-
bic to him. The case of General Houston,
which is that of thousands at the South, is one
which, in many of its aspects, calls for sympa.
thy, rather than reproach.
~ We hope that those who are constantly
degrading themselves by their fulsome toadying
of General Scott, and who are ineurrng the in.
dignation as we'll as the contempt of the coun.
try, by the insulting falsehood that this nation
is indebted to General Scott, or any other one
man, for its existence and safety, are being well
paid by the contracts in the gift Of the officers
of the army.
pT We have received from Taylor & Maury
the May numbers of Backwood, and of the
North British Review.
The AQUA CREEK AFFAIR.-See the official
report of the commander of the Freeborn, of
the affair of Friday. The Freeborn fred in
all eighty rounds, of which forty four we're with
shell. The Anacosta delivered fourteen rounds
four with shell, at effective distance. The bat,
terry was thoroughly damaged, while the end of
the railway station.house adjoining the battery
was quite knocked away.
LArER.-The Affair Of Satrday.-Our re-
porters bring us in full particulars of a third
. fight on Saturday, in which the Pawnee Free
born, and Anacostia, we're engaged, and an i'm
mense weight Of shot delivered. We refer our
readers to the account elsewhere in this paper.
SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN MARY
LAND.-We learn with pleasure that Charles B.
Calvert, Esq, was unanimously nominated at
Bladensburg on Saturday, as the Union candi-
date for Congress. He accepted the nomins-
ton in an eloquent speech, in which he took
the same stand for unconditional Union, as in
his late letter to the National MtelHgencer.
We are confident of his triumphant election.
SHIP IsLAND.-While it was supposed that
the burning of the buildings connected with
the unfinished fortifcation on Ship Island was
the work of one of the national vessels, it was
denounced as a " barbarity,' fit only for "sneak
ing Yankees" We shall see what they will
say, now that it turns out that the conhagratiol
was by the order of the Jeff. Davis concern.
The New Orleans Delta of May 25 says:
"We have received letter from an eye.wit
ness Of the late mysterious conaagration OF
Ship Island, who states that it was done b,
Capt. Morrison, Of the reverfe cutter Morgan
in the service Of the Confederate States tina
only the few small houses built to shelter tn,
workmen on the island were burnt and tina
the Morgan was the only vessel present at th'
burning. This state nent leaves the affair il
as great mystery as ever. Why the Confede
rate States should destroy the buildings on Shi]
Island greatly puzzles and perplexes u.s."
pI- The Chronicle of yesterday says:
"James B. Sheridan, Esq. having been electe
lieutenant colonel Of one Of the regiments G
Chicago volunteers lately accepted by the Pres
dent, left on Thursday evening to enter upo
the responsible duties Of his position. HI
gallantry, patriotism, aud fine abilities, wi