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The national Republican., 1861-05-10

APPoINrED.-John A. Miller, Of Tenn, and
c. M. Tompkins, of Wis, have been appointed
temporary clerks in the Pension Office; the first
at 81 400 and the latter at $1,000 per annum.
John d. Helmick has been appointed TO mes.
sengership in the same Office.
Samuel E. Coues, Of N. a., and J. W. Jane,
Of Pa, have been appointed examiners in the
Patent Office; the first chief at $4,000, and
Charles Emerson of N. H., J. A. jenkins Of
Ill., Mcintyre Of Me-, J. D. Moody Of N. Y,
and N. Snyder of D. c., have been appointed
clerks in the Sixth Auditors Office; the first
four to second-class 81, ,4OO) and the last to q
6rst.class ($l,2O0) position.
II. b. McClenahan, of Nd, and George B.
Clemens, have been appointed to first class
clerkships in the Post Office Department. R.
Bliss has been appointed to temporary Isl ,2O0)
position in the same order.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

in one part of the State, stipulated that they
should not be employed in another, within the
same State. 1t is said in another letter that the
transaction is likely to be represented through
out the Southern States as negro stealing-as
disregard by the Government officers Of the
rights Of mas,rrs-as the commencement Of a
course Of interference with slavery, leading to
its aboltion-as the employment Of slaves by
the General Government in acts Of hostility
against their masters-as forcing negro slaves
to make war ON the whites, &c. And if they
should be placed under the FIRE Of guns without
their consent or the consent Of their masters, 1t
might be represented as inhuman.
"These are very strained conceits. The pa.
pers show that the colored men went from the
one post to the other voluntarily and cheerfully.
They can in no case be exposed to FIRE except
from the citizens Of the State of Florida, in an
act of direct and unlawful war against the Uni.
ted States. Even then, q return Of that fire
could not be an act of hostility against their
masters, unless their masters themselves should
be found voluntarily there in arms against not
only their own slaves, but against the Govern
meut and the whole people Of the United States,
crime which it is not to be supposed they will
commit.
"Again, it is not to be presumed that the
slaves will be compelled to become combatants
at all, excert in case where military necessity
would justify making any persons found in the
fort become combatants. 1t is not easy to see
that negro slaves have greater right than free
white persons to exemption from hazards rem.
dered necessary for the public safety in time
of civil war;"
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
OFFICIAL,

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President Of the United
States of America: To all whom il may con.
cern.
Satisfactory evidence having been exhibited
to me that Chales Bulling has been ap.
pointed Consul of the Grand Duchy Of o.
denburg at Baltimore, I do hereby recognise
him as such, and declare him free to exercise
and enjoy such functions, powers, and privileges,
as are allowed to the Consuls Of the most favor.
ed nations in the United States.
In testimony whereof, have caused these
letters to be made patent, and the seal
of the United States to be hereunto af.
fixed. Given under my hand, at the
f.. $. city of Washington, the 7th day of May,
A. D. 1861, and Of the independence Of
the United States of America the eighty.
6th.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WV. q. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
ECONOMICS OF SLAVERY.

The enormous mercantile indebtedness of
the South, reckoned at more than one hundred
millions Of dollars to New York, at forty mil
lions to Philadelphia, and at proportionate
sums TO Cincinnati and other places, and sup
posed to be substantially wiped out by current
events, cannot but attract renewed attention
to the economical aspects Of the institution of
slavery. This Indebtedness represents just so
much property, had and received by the slave
States, and it is also so much property used up
in their current support, and leaving no trace
behind"
To this mercantile Indebtedness, is to be
added the Indebtedness Of States, cities, rail.
roads, &c, to the North, all repre- senting just
so much money which the slave States have
received from the North, and have invested,
and generally, most poorly.
The sufferers, ofcourss, look only TO the losses
themselves, but politicians and economists will
not fail to speculate upon the nature of the
system which has caused these losses, and
which has engulfed such vast sums, the accu.
mutations of the labor and capital of the free
States.
The fact itself is strikingly presented in the
following from a recent .number of the Mem.
phis (Teun.) Bulletin:
"There is enough real and personal estate
in this city owned by Cineinnatians alone, il
sold at auction, to equip for service the FIVE
thousand volunteers now under arms in this
city We remember, that the stock of our Gas
Company is held by Cincinnatians-we do not
forget that the stock OF our banks is owned in
part in Cincinnati, and the residue 10 Philadel.
pha, New York, and Boston. There is not
less than twenty millions of railroad, bank,
and others stocks held by Northern men in
this State. Tennessee has issued eighteen mil.
lions OF time bonds; these are all down East,
except, perhaps, one or two millions. This city
has outstanding one and half million bonds,
many of them in Cincinnati, the balance in
the North. This county has issued notes pay,
able 10 five years, all held, or very nearly all,
in the East. Adjacent counties have done the
same thing to build railroads. Then the peo.
pie of this city owe, perhaps, half million in
Cincinnati. The whole amount foots up an in
calculabe sum.
awe might be induced to sequester all this
indebtedness to the North. The State might
appoint receiver, and make all her citizens,
and banks, and corporations, pay these COM
Portable sums of money into the State .reas,
ury. The Legislature is now in session, and
may, in a generous spirit, authoriss our board
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

Samuel W. Gibbs, Of Albany, N. Y, assignor
to John F. Rathbone, of same place; for de.
sign for patfer stove.
Samuel W. Gibbs Of Albany, N. Y, assignor
to Jchn F. Rathbone, Of same place for de.
sign for cooking stove.
Caleb W. Palmer, Of Troy, N. Y; for design
for oven of cooking stoves.
Henry G. Thompson, of New York, N. Y,
assignor to the Hartford carpet company, of
Hartford, Conn. for design for carpet Eleven
patents.
Hiram Young, of New York, N. Y; for de.
sign for tea pot.
W. Il. Seymour, D. 8. Morgan, and Aaron
Palmer, of Brockport, N. Y, and 8. G. viii.
liams, of GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, assignees of
". II. Seymour, Of Brockport, N. Y. for i'm.
provement in reaping machines. Patented
July 8, 1851.
Richard F. Loper, of Philadelphia, Pa. for
improvement in shp.building Patented No.
vember l3, ls47.
George M. Selden, Of Troy, N. Y, assignee
Of David 8. McNamara, of North Hoosic, N.
Y; for improvement in harvesters. Patented
September 28, 1858.
George M. Selden, Of Troy, N. Y, assignee
of David s. McNamara, Of North Hoosic, N.
Y; for improvement in harvesters. Patented
September %, 1858.
George n. Selden, of Troy, N. Y, assignee
of David 8. McNsmara, of North Hoosic, N.
Y; for improvement in harvesters. Patented
September 20, 1858.
George M. Selden, of Troy, N. Y, assignee
of David 8. McNsmara, of North Hoosic, N.
Y; for improvement in harvesters. Patented
September 20, 1858.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
LIST OF PATENTS

Issued from tho United States Patent Office
for the Veek ending May I, 1861, each
bearing that date.
Samuel Comfort, jun, of Mooresville, Pa. /;
for improvement in sewing machines.
Waldo P. Craig, of Newport, KY; for i'm.
provement in cotton press.
Joseph Dalton, of Brooklyn, N. Y. for i'm.
provement in knitting machines.
George R. Dean, Of Mayville, N. Y. for i'm.
provement in printing press.
Davis II. Dotterer, Of Memphis, Tenn. for
improvement in journal boxes.
Henry Fisher, of Alliance, O.; for improve.
ment in moving machines.
Alexander Frey, of New York, N. Y, for
improvement in looms.
limerick Gerdom and Jacob Damn, of AL.
bany, N. Y; for improvement in trusses.
Earl Guyer, Of Wolcott, VT; for improved
vegetable cutter.
Frederick Heidrick of Philadelphia, Pa. ;
for improvement in lamps.
Elisha Hughes, of McCartysville, Cal. for
imp in making mining picks, &c.
William Jackson and Joseph Clarke, Of Sy.
racuse, N. Y; for improved churn.
John NJ. May, of Janesville, Wis. for i'm.
provement in pumps.
A. L. Mowry, Of Cincinnati, o.; for i'm.
provement in annealing car wheels.
John s. Peasee, of Providence, R. I. for
improvement in washing machines.
Van Buren, Ryerson, Of New York, N. Y;
for improvement in method of dstilation.
Gottlieb Schreyer, of Columbus, O.; for i'm.
proved mode Of making the skeins of axle.
arms for carriages.
Samuel J. seely, of Brooklyn, N. Y. for i'm.
proved mode of constructing iron buildings.
J. G. Treadwell and William Hailes, of AL
bany, N. T.; for improvement in stoves.
Samuel Wagner, Of York, Pa. for artificial
honey. comb.
F. h. Walker, of Waterford, Pa; for i'm.
provement in bee.hives.
Walter f. Waters, of East Bend, KY; for
improvement in pumps.
John Ii. Weaver, of Baltimore, Md. for i'm.
provement in burial cases.
D. NJ. Edwards, of New York, N. Y, and
Joseph Homer of New Brunswick, N. j.; for
improvement in windlasses.
Ezra G. Hall, of New York, N. Y, asspnor
to himself and William f. Drake, of same
place for improved nail machine.
James G. Holt of Chicago, ILL.,, assignor to
Oscar G. Laugi and Charles b. Brown, Of same
place; for improvement in casting thimble
boxes.
Andrew Morse, of Portland, Maine, assignor
10 himself and Ira WinD, of same place for
improvement in extension platforms.
James Pine, of Troy, N. Y, assignor to him.
self and John J. Viele, Of same place; for i'm.
Provement in rakes for harvesters.
James Pine, Of Troy, N. Y, assignor to him.
self and John J. Viele, of same place for i'm.
provement in harvesters.
James W. Stokes, of Milan, Ohio, assignor
to himself and j. N. Boyland, of same place;
for Improvement in sewing machines.
William Graichen and Charles Hoffman, of
Clinton, Mass. for improvement in looms.
DESIGNS.
Samuel W. Gibbs, of Albany, N. Y, assgnor
10 John +. Rathbone, Of same place for design
for stove.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
Proposals for Supplying Beef on tho Hoof.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC!

SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing beef cat
~ tie on the hoof for the use of the United
States Government are invited till the l4th In
stant. The cattle to be delivered In the city of
Washington, or at any point in the State Of Penn.
sylvania which the Government may designate.
The price per pound, gross weight, must be
stated for the delivering in Pennsy lvanis, dis
tinct from the delivery contemplated in WASH
ington.
Bids to be directed 10 Lieutenant A. Beckwith,
LIST Art, A. A. O. 8, Washington, d. O.
A. BECKWITH,
may a-7t LIST 1t. lst Art, A. O.S.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

The OArH.-A correspondent suggests that
the administration of the oath of allegiance in
the army and navy sAould not be confined to
the fighting officers, but should include pursers,
paymasters, surgeons, and all other non.com.
batants. 1t ought, in fact, to be applied to
everybody, in all branches of the public ser
vice, and to be so framed as to compel every
one of them, either to perjure himself, or to
give up the intolerable heresy that State ale.
glance is paramount to national allegiance.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
Proposals for Wood and Coal.

Aay 7, 1861.
~ Office until IL o'clock on Monday, the Sd day
Of June next, for furnishing, for the use of the
House of Representatives Of the United States,
five hundred and fifty tons $4,000 pounds) best
white ash furnace coal, (steamboat sise,) one
hundred cords best dry hickory wood. and one
hundred cords best dry spruce pine wood. The
whole to be packed away In the vaults Of the
Capitol, In the places which will be shown on
application to the Engineer in the service of the
House Of Representatives, and to be delivered by
the lst Of July next. Bonds for the faithful exc
cution Of the contract will be required.
Bids for the coal and wood will be considered
separately, and satisfactory arrangements must
be made for the correct measurement of both.
J. W. FORNEY,
may 9-w4w Clerk H. R. U. 8.
LIntslLgsnssr, Star, and Chronicle, copy.1
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

The TRoops IN TExAs.-The New Orleans
papers by the mails, bring the particulars Of
the capture,by Major Van Dorm, of the 500
Q. s. troops, under Major Sibley, who had
left Indianola in two schooners. Van Dorm
is posted SO as to capture the remaining U. 8.
troops in Texas, about 500, now on their way
down from El Paso to the coast. These pro.
ceedings are in direct violation Of the arrange.
ment made with General Twiggs, under which
all the troops in Texas were to retain sufficient
transportation to carry them to the coast, and
to embark with their arms.
The terms of surrender dictated by Van
Dorm, are that all the arms and company prop.
erty are to be turned over to the Confederate
authorities. Private roperty is to be respected.
Officers to be released on parole. Men to elect
whether they will join the Confederate army or
return to the North. Those who prefer the
latter, to take oath not to serve against the
Southern Confederacy during the war.
The following is list Of officers under Ma.
jor Sibley, who resigned, and probably with a
view to take service with the insurgents Major
Larkin Smith, Captain Blair, Captain Reynolds,
Captain Trevet, Lieutenant Cone, Lieutenants
M. L. Davis, Haskell, Walter Jones, DR.. An.
derson, Lieutenant J. Major, Lieutenant Wash.
inpton
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

Po1sosne.-A general order from General
Butler, issued on Wednesday, states, that "to
his disgust and horror, he finds well.authenti-
Gated evidence, that private, in the sixth reg.
iment has been poisoned by means of strych.
nine administered in the food brought into the
camp by one of these pedlars. am happy to
be informed that the man is now out of dan
ger. This act, of course, will render it neces
sary for me to cut of all purchases from unau
thorised persons"
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

MRS G. MONROE still continues the duties
1Vl Of her school, on the north west corner Of
Indiana avenue and Second street, and will 70.
ceive pupils for any length of time parents may
deem proper 70 ester them, ss the present term
does not close until June 29.
competent teacher has been engaged to give
Instructions In Arithmetic, and pupils may bs
entered to pursue that branch alone, If desired.
may 10 [Star1
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
MORE ABOUT FORT PICKENs AND
NIGGERS."

twill be seen by the subjoined memorandum
from the State Department, that the United
States are now paying to Shareholders. what
Gov. Seward calls "pery remunerative price" 4"
and what are probably enormous prices, fer
negro laborers at Fort Pickens, from which
Lieutenant Slemmer drove away, not a long
time ago, seven just such laborers, who would
have been glad to have worked for nothing be.
yond food and protection. 1t will not be long,
We trust, before this Government will refuse to
be concerned in hiring slave labor at all, under
any circumstances. Ifthere is work to be done,
let free laborers be hired and paid:
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD,

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD,
CHANGE OF HOURS.
0N and after Sunday, April l4th, 1851, the
~ trains will run as follows:
Leave WASHINGTON at AS and 7.l0 A. NJ,
2.46 and $40 p. M.
Leave BALTIMORE at 4 and $40 A. NJ, S.Ab
and p. n.
Passengers for the West, Southwest, and North
west, will take the 4.2b A. N. and 2.45 P. n.
trains, which connect with Western trains ct
Washington Junction.
For Philadelphia and New York, 4.2b and ITO
A. N. and 2.4s P. N.
For Annapolis, ITO A. N. and 2.4b P. N.
For Norfolk, 2.4S P. N.
On Sunday, but one train, at 2.4b P. NJ, Ind
on Saturday the 2.45 P. NJ train goes to Phils-
delphia only. W. P. SMITH,
apr Is Master of Transportation.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY,
n IN

WAsHINUTUNI d, % HPTH 81, 1851,
TODAY, while the old messenger was work.
l. ing some colored convic,s in the garden, as
he has been accustomed to do for the last two
years, two of them Noble Grayson, confined for
setting FIRE to Shreeve's stable, and Edward Duck
city ran off. The Warden will pay twenty five
dollars for the delivery of either of them.
may HI KING,
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

~ The New York Eoening Post gives the
statement of q -four merchant, who was i'm.
pressed into the South Carolina service, to the
effect that the guns of Fort Sumter caused great
slaughter, and especially in Fort Moultrie.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
Union, Now and Forever |!

GASSENHEIMER Is in town, and will be
-. glad to have the public take notice that
tlemen's Furnishing Goods, lower than ever, and
those who call shall not go away dissatisfied.
No. 33+ Seventh and X streets, Washington,
DC. mar l6-3m
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
Friday, May 10, 1851.

ExIcuTIvE APPoISrNESTs.-The President
yesterday made the following appointments:
&c. Havens, postmaster at Chicopee, Mas.
sachusetts.
W. h. De Costa, postmaster at Charestown,
Massachusetts,.
Jacob Lancaster, postmaster at Burlington,
New Jersey.
James B. Hallock, postmaster at Middletown,
New York.
John N. welch, register Of the land Office
at Chat6eld, Minnesota.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

CAIno.-On Monday, the national force was
5000, and Eve more regiments we're expected
this week. Provisions passing down the river
were not stopped.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

l~A Louisiana regiment is reported to
have arrived of Richmond last Monday.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

The work is left to the superintendence Of the
joint committee on bridges in the City Council,
and will be pressed to completion as rapidly as
possible.-Batimore Sun, 9Th instant
A letter dated Rogersville, Tennessee, May
2, says:
"George R. Kite, his little daughter, mother.
in.law, and sister.in.law, were murdered, and
his house burnt over them, last night. Some
three of his negro men are suspected and are
now in custody, awaiting legal investigation"
A cargo of 800 tons Of ice has been shipped
at Boston to the Massachusetts volunteers at
Fortress Monroe.
The War Department has purchased the
steamship Atlantic for $350,OO0 to be used Is
Q transport.
The Wheeling Intelligencer says that Ohio
troops are not to be stationed at Belsir, but at
GAINESVILLE.
JEFF. Davis has accepted Major Flournoy's
regiment of Arkansas troops for service in Vir.
ginia, and they are to 60 to Lynchburg.
The offers Of troops from the West are aston.
ishing. The Government has already received
proffers Of services from tgo hundred and ffiy
thousand men, all west of the Alleghanies. This
immense multitude is ready for instant and act.
i've service, and each regiment is made up Of
hardy troops. The men of the Northwest are
moving in earnest for the support Of the Gov.
eminent.
Captain J. G. Mcconnell, U. s. A., commits.
stoned by the War Department to enlist volun.
teers in Baltimore for the United States ser.
vice, has had good success, having obtained
readily some 300 recruits already.
The railroad between Montgomery and Pen.
sacola was completed last week.
John B. Cough has dedicated all his receipts
from earnings, until next fall, to the good work
Of equipping volunteers for the defence Of the
Union.
Joslyn's breech. loading carbine factory at
Worcester, Massachusetts,, is engaged night and
day, filing orders, having large quantity or.
dered by New York and Peunsylvania.
The Illinois Legislature has passed bill
directing the postponement Of suits against vol.
unteers.
Captain Degroot has sold his steam propel.
lers Resolute and Reliance to the Government.
They are fitted out with 32.pounder, and are
to form part Of the aotlla of four vessels at the
entrance of the Chesapeake Bay.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

~ The Troy arsenal is reported to be in o
state Of great activity.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

~ Vegetables are very cheap at Norfolk.
Great quantities are raised in that vicinity for
the New York Market now cut off by the
blockade.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
TO THE MILITARY.

TWO THOUSAND
l. FLANNEL SHIRTS.
TWO THOUSAND
DRAWERS
Orders filed promptly.
WALL, STEPHENS, 4 CO.,
may 2-6t 322 Pennsylvania avenue.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

~ The U. s. steam frigate Wabash, OF
New York, is ready for sea.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

~ The Star mentions the additional fail
ure of Burke Herbert, bankers Of Alexan
dria also, that the State revenue from mer-
chants licenses has fallen off there one half.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

BALTINoRE.-The opening of the Harrisburg
and Baltimore railroad was not completed on
Wednesday, as was expected, the principal de.
lay having occurred in putting up bridge at
the Relay station, seven miles beyond Balti-
more.
II continues to be demanded by the Union
men of Baltimore, that o detachment Of the
national forces shall be permanently stationed
in that city, as a check upon a mob, always
dangerous, and now armed.
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

AIssouRI.-The St. Louis Democrat of Tues.
day speaks more hopefully Of the defeat of Sc.
cession measures in the Legislature, under the
pressure of the popular sentiment against them
The national Republican., 1861-05-10

GREAT Rise IN THE MISSISSIPPI RrvER.-Pri.
vate kilograms just received here by persons in
the cotton trade report that the Mississippi river
has risen to dangerous height. 1t was within
one foot seven inches Of high.water mark at
New Orleans, and still rising, and this, too, with
the June rise yet to come.-M y Eoening
Post Wednesd0v,
The national Republican., 1861-05-10
Memorandum.
" DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

WASHINGTON, May 7, 1861.
"The Secretary of State has carefully read
the letters of the Hon. William Marin, Captain
Hunt, and Lieutenant Morton, sent or submitted
to him by Brigader General Totten, and has
further required Of Captain Meigs an account
of the transaction referred to in those papers.
1t appears from the information thus obtained
that certain Shareholders at Key West, in the
State of Florida, long time ago, hired to the
public agents of the Government number of
slaves, at very remunerative prices, to be EN-.
ployed as laborers on the Notifications of the
United States for term of years not yet ex.
pired.
"Ofthese certain number, not, it is believed,
exceeding twenty men, employed on the fort.
fcation at Tortugas when Colonel Brown arrived
there, and having need of their help in rein.
forcing and supplying Fort Pickens, he took
them 10 Pensacola, and employed them there in
landing stores from the Atlantic and thesIlli
nois at Fort Pickens. 1t is not complained in
the paper before me that the masters are not
paid, or to be paid, for the labor of the slaves
and on the contrary Captain Meigs distinctly
understands that the quartermaster is to pay
their wages to the masters OF the slaves at Kew
West, as heretofore.
at is not pretended that the quartermaster
has violated or intends to violate the contract
OF hire in any way. 1t must be entirely imma.
terial to the master, whether the slaves work at
the Tortugas, or whether they work at Fort
Pickens. Both the places are situated in the
State of Florida, and they are alike safe under
the Government in both cases. Should the con.
tract be broken by the public agents, the Pres.
ident will take care to see that due redress is
afforded.
81 am not able TO understand what there is
wrong or censurable in this matter. Some of
the letters say the masters of the slaves hired
them as laborers at Fort Jefferson, and would
not have consented IL asked to their being sent
or carried to Fort Pickens. This special point
is not sustained by any proof On the other
hand, the contract was made years ago, and for
years yet to come; and though it is assumed
they were held to labor at Key West, they were,
nevertheless, actually found laboring at the Tor.
tugas without any objection on the part of the
masters.
at is not at all probable that the Government
when hiring men to work at its Notifications