The national Republican., 1861-05-24
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about n week since, by the Virginia military
authorities there, on the charge of being a spy,
has been released.
1t is reliably ascertained that Spain denies
that the seizure of San Domingo was in conse.
auence of orders or with the knowledge Of her
Government; but she says she must have time
and further information before she decides
what to do with it. 1t is not known what the
United States, Great Britain, and France, will
say upon the subject.
A sloop, having on board $50 kegs Of pow.
der, has been seized at New York.
Hon. Andrew jackson Donelson, of Tenn,
is said to be about to tender his active services
to the South.
A new ten dollar note on the Merchants and
Mechanics Bank Of Wheeling has made its
appearance. Look out for it. 1t is danger.
Gus counterfeit, and well calculated to deceive.
The red Of the bill in the counterfeit is deeper
than that Of the genuine, and the former is
more imperfectly executed, but it would, never.
theless, be readily received by the best Judges
Of money, unless warned Of its existence.
The Governor of Tennessee has issued q
proclamation, dated the 10th instant, to disarm
all who will not defend the State. It's material
part is embraced in the following paragraph:
All NOiuuteeT OEkhnlZatlOnS III tne DtAte
who have heretofore drawn arms, and do not
hold themselves in readiness for immediate ser
vice, are hereby required to return them to me
Immediately, at the State arsenal, in Nashville,
or the penalties Of the law will be enforced"
The Arkansas State Convention has passed
a military bill, authorizing the Governor to
| call out 10000 men, if necessary. 1t halves
the State into two grand divisions, Eastern and
Western, and appoints one brigadier general
for each. General Bradley was unanimously
elected to the command Of the eastern, and
General Pierce, late Of the United States army,
to the western division.
At the South, the prospects Of excellent
crops are reported to be very encouraging. In
Southern Georgia, the planters are now har.
vesting an unprecedented wheat crop. In some
sections, they are telling Of thirty bushels to
| the acre.
The reports from the West are likewise
cheering.
Thirty hale, hearty, and robust blacks, of all
sexes and sizes, under the direction of David
Price, Esq, wealthy planter, who resides in
Rockingham county, N. c., have just arrived
in Ohio. Mr.. Price accompanied them, in Or
der to settle them on a tract Of land in Mercer
county, Ohio. He has given them all free pa
pers, and intends to give them, as he styles it,
a start in the world.
A resolution has been offered in the Indiana
| Senate, directing the committee on Federal re-
lations to inquire whether U. s. Senator Bright
is citizen of Indiana, whether he is true to
the State in the present crisis, and whether his
continuance in the Senate is not inconsistent
with the public interest and public safety.
Lieut.. Davidson, of the FIRST Tennessee regi.
meHt, was shot through the heart at Lynch
burg, Va, on Sunday last, in attempting to
prevent difficulty between two soldiers, and
died instantly.
The Wheeling Intelligencer has been both
authorized and requested to deny the report
that Judge G. W. Summers addressed any por-
tion Of the people Of Virginia in favor of SO.
cession. On the contrary, it states that on Sat.
urday last John s. Burdett, of Taylor county,
Va, received a long letter from Judge Sum.
mers, in which he tells him that he is on the
stump, and going in heart and soul against the
ordinance Of secession, and that he entirely
approves the Western Virginia movement
The Hagerstown (Md.) Torchlight has been
furnished with the names Of thirty.two persons,
residents Of that county, whose houses were
searched by the Virginia troops for arms, &c.
The New York Journal Of Commerce learns
that the Bremen minister has earnestly remon.
strated against the detention of the Argo, seiz.
ed by the blockading squadron now in Hamp.
ton Roads, (her cargo and charter belonging
to Bremen citizens and that the Administra.
ton has consented to her release.
At Lexington, Ky, May 20, county court
day, one negro boy, aged seventeen years, sold
for $3.50; one negro man ut $500; and ne.
gro child, five years old, brought only $l56.
The frequent reports that the fifth Massachu.
sets will follow General Butler, are untounded.
General Butler wants them, but General Mans.
field desires one Massachusetts, regiment to re.
| main.
Government will not accept George Cop.
ways eight hundred Michigan Chippewa war.
riors.
No more postage stamps are to be sent South.
This rs the FIRST step toward cutting off the entire
mail service.
The papers of Lieutenant Bartlett's naval
brigade were formally made out on Wednes.
day. Lieutenant Bartlett is to report on the
2Sth instant at Fortress Monroe.
Three more Pennsylvania regiments we're
accepted by Mr. Cameron to-day than the quota,
including the twelfth, thirteenth, and sixteenth,
and received marching orders. The fifth Penn.
sylvana regiment received overcoats from Phil.
adelphia, and found they were of four col
ors, and bad material.
Governor Goodwin, of New Hampshire, re.
ceved, on Monday afternoon, a telegraph dis.
patch from General Scott, stating that both of
the New Hampshire regiments were required
to proceed to Washington forthwith.
Generals Joseph Johnson, Robert E. Lee,
and Ben. Mccullough, have been appointed
brigadier generals in the Confederate army.
Colonel Bates's regiment Of Tennessee volun.
teers reached Richmond on Wednesday. Among