The national Republican., 1861-06-10


ten by prominent and respectable business
man Of New York, gentleman we'll known in
Louisville, in which is enclosed parcel Of
grass which he assures US was plucked from
the middle Of one Of the principal streets Of
that city. This is the effect Of the Administrs
tiou's unholy war. The principal trade Of New
York was with the South Southern gold en-.
riched her merchants; dividends from South.
ern stocks made plethoric the pockets Of her
millionaires Southern produce filled her ware.
houses and freighted the ships that crowded her
harbor but all is quiet, and the silent streets,
the deserted hotels, the closed places Of amuse,
ment and recreation, every place and everything
witnesses that the glory Of the once proud me-
tropolis is gone, and gone too, forever, for the
trade Of the South will never return
The only portion Of the above story which is
true, is the grass part. The grass referred to
was really plucked from the middle of Broad.
way, in that portion of it lying between Four.
teenth and Seventeenth streets. In the centre
of Broadway, at that point, lies Union Park,
around which were gathered, few weeks ago,
more than half million freemen, who had
assembled to inquire why those desperate
men, who overawe the Louisville Courier, had
been so long tolerated in their Vaccinations
against the Government. In that beautiful en-
closed park, the grass is now luxuriant and
green-almost as green as the editor who was
SO essentially sold by "promiuent and re.
spectacle " wag Of business man in New
York. l..
The THIRD MAINE REGINRNT.-In our last
issue we gave q full list Of the officers Of this
regiment, which reached this city Friday even
ing, and Saturday night Joined the encamp-
ment of the Maine brigade on Meridian Hill.
1t is accompanied by band Of twenty-three
performers, under the leadership Of Mr.. Fen.
G. Barker, of Augusta. A full drum corps is
also attached.
When the companies of this regiment were
first mustered into the State service, they mum.
tered only sixty-four privates, as required by
the original requisition but, on the receipt of
subsequent orders, they filed up readily to the
number Of seventy seven privates, exclusive Of
commissioned and noncommissioned officers,
and the battalion drills, as performed on the
camp ground, have been highly creditable to
them. On the Sd instant, the regiment was for
mally mustered into the service Of the United
States, at Augusta, by Captain Hight of the dra-
goons, when the troops were paid the bounty
Of $22 allowed by the State, besides the regular
monthly pay from the date Of organization. The
pay for service of some of the privstes was tl4.
Colonel Oliver o. Howard, commanding this
regiment, took his degree at Bowdoin College.
He afterwards graduated at West Point (ls54,)
and, until recently, vas Professor of Mathe.
mates in the West Point Academy.
Colonel Howard is one of the most promising
young men of all those whom West Point has
given to the country. On his graduation, his
proficiency gave him q position in the ordnance
corps. In that arm OF the service, he has
served in Florida and Texas, and at one time
was in command Of the United States arsenal
at Augusta, Maine. Subsequently be was
posted at Watervliet arsenal, Troy, New York.
For year or more past, Colonel Howard, who
preparing himself for the ministry, and has al
ready preached on many occasions, losing no
opportunity Of seeking to do good to his fellow
men. Before the war broke out, he was about
to take orders in the Episcopal church. We
welcome such man to the ranks Of the church
militant, and we are sure that none more eff,
ciently than he will strive to turn our Southern
brethren from the error Of their ways.
1t gives US pleasure to commend a man who
is not of that race who seek to keep themselves
before the public by newspaper paragraphs,
but of that other class whose aim is to deserve
well of their country by quietly and unosten.
tatiously doing their duty in whatever position
they are placed.