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great emergency. to bear upon his shoulders the i'm
mense responsibilities Of the republic. III this most
trying period Of it, history. She i afiable aud at
traCtiye, and cOnverses with ease and nuency. "nen
talking Of the state Of the country, and the cares and
anxieties that must rest upon our chief magistrate, |
remarked that I had made the President a subject Of
daily prayer ever since | had read his touching and
impressive speech which had enlisted the sympathles
Of good men throughout the country, made from the
platform of the railroad car when he left Springfield.
She replied. that that speech came from the heart. 1
left Mrs. Lincoln with the conviction that TINS wor-
thy daughter OF Kentucky, Of whom her native State
need not be ashamed. would do her part toward up
holding the hands Of the heroic man, who mas been
called, without his own seeking. by the voice OF s
great people. to occupy the first place IN Their gitt'
and 10 hold the reins Of government Al a period in the
nations career unequalled in the intensity Of interest.
REBEL AFFAIRS As REPORTED BY SOUTHERN MES
AND Misunderstanding to the latest intelligence the
rebel forces are distributed as follows
The forces before Washington:
Gen. Joaa.oa's columns between Cham Bridge and
Gen. Na-uIvr's reinforcemeut. intended to cross
the Potomac AZ Aqua '29VV9 ~,
A, the various batteries on the Potomac. York, James
At 4. f s9s HsSss Ss45fs # 5 {'S55s:z;;:ass.s::.:::.::::::~":::::lss5.SSSSSS
Reserves At Fredericksburg.
B--nt.yme.
suauuton
Charlottesville
Lyuchviie.
BGrSesvile AMI other
Other
In Western Virginia. under Generals Lee. Wise and Floyd 25,OOO
Near Winchester and Str4shurE.
In Kentucky. Missouri. and the
Total rebels in the POI 20
Raising this force and putting il and keeping II in
the field, has nearly exhausted the South. The rebel
Congress has authorized the enlisting of half a mil
lion of men in all. The Charleston Mercury says
they never can be raised. 100000 men are, there
fore probably the extent Of the military resources of
the South III rebellion, when pushed TO the utmost
limit of impressment and endurance.
JEFF DAvIs's CABINET Tive changes have been
made in JEFF Davis bogus Confederacy Cabinet since
its formation on the 9th Of March last. Robert NJ.
T. Hunter of Virginia. has been made Secretary of
State in place of Robert Toombs of Georgia; and
Braxton Bragg of Louisiana. has succeeded Leroy
y. Walker of Alabama, rs Secretary OF War. The
! Cabinet, as now formed. is as follows
Secretary Of Staie-Robert VI. I. Hunter, of Nir-
GINA.
Secretary Of the Treasury-C. L. Memminger, of
South Carolina.
Secretary of UGr-Braxton Bragg Of Louisiana.
Secretary Of the .Ndty-Stephen r. Mallory, of
Florida.
Postmaster General-John II. Reagon. of Texas.
.4tOrney-G enerGl-Judah p. Benjamin, of Louis
lana.
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II To WHALEMENA
VISITING NEW ZEALAND!
AKAROA, NV ZEALAND,
Lat. (uiddle HeadD, 49, As 81" s, long. 172@ SO Az e.
r,uIS Is SITUATE

AKARoA, NV ZEALAND,
Lat. (NiddIe Head), 437 As 81" s, long. 1727 so Al" E5
uNHIS EXCELLENT HARBOR IS Situated
at the :. Il. end Of Banks Peninsula. Latitude CHiddie
Head 40 4' "a" ), long. 1I27 81 A." E. High water F..
and c. 3 hours "a minutes.
The heads are remarkably bold and high. The :. head Is
much the higher. with a reef running of a short distance OIL
the n. head is a large fiat rock, called the longboat. The
breadth of the entrance is about thTce-quarters oil a mile the
course in is y ". at first, and then the harbor turns nearly due
y. Great caution must be observed in entering with a s.".
wind, as it rushes in battling and heavy squalls over the land
above the :. head. which rises 20 a height between 1900 and 2OOO
feet. Depth of water, II fathoms inside the heads. The usual
anchorage is on the +. shore, about , miles up, In the hrst hay
with a row Of houses on the beach, in 3 to 5 fathoms. Give a
good berth to Green's Point before entering this bay, as a reef
extends about one-eighth Of a mile off 1t. The shores are bold
to throughout. II a hot wind is blowing from NV. do not
attempt to enter, as it is dead out and very puffy Oh the land.
Running in with a strong - wind by which the hot wind IS
always followed keep under low canvas, lower lifts well .aut,
and fore topmast staysaiI up. Wilie-wa~s are sometimes " he
experienced when between the highest lands, about l mile
10 Il miles inside. When you have all the town open You are
abreast Of Green's Point. The best and most convenient berth
is Green's Point on, with the next point Of a little bay :: OF 1t,
and the southernmUst house on the beach, with three dormer
windows on the roof. CBuce's Hotel) on with the 10" building
to the westward Of il, mills of shore, in 3 fathoms. Holding
ground stiff, retentve clay, covered with blue mud. II any
ships are in the road, the only consideration is to give them a
clear berth, to weigh with the wind from the westward. The
ua.bor Master will always board you.
ROBERT GREAVES,
Collector Of Customs and uarbor Master.
Custom Uo,se- Akaroa. june %. 1850. 243-2553m
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wEEcKED SE,vES-The sch Ssr Hitch and brig
antiDe Louise. which sailed yesterday for Tahiti. each
took nine seamen Of the French whaler CauiGiH-
rourt. which was lost In the Arctic. The snip RsPub-
lie will take the balance Of the crew. eighteen in
number. 10 Tahiti.
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LETTER R,cKs-In the Scientific -fmsTicaE for
Aug 81. Is illustrated the plan for 4 new letter rack
recently invented. IL Will probably be introduced
saon into al the United States POst-Ofices, and its
simplicity AMI utility Is such that wherever letter
racks are wanted. in post Offices or counting rooms.
II Will superseie the old style.
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Icorespondgnee q the Pae. Commercial Advertiser.

Honolulu, Nov. 9Th, 1861.
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SIEIw Your ~COLoEs-Cap,ains. sailors aud 9TH
es writing home, should procure the beautiful I'm
son envelopes to he had Ct the bookstore. They are
all the rage now. and 4 man who doesn't show his
coIJrg i Supposed 10 be q . On the fence"
, 1861-06-25

Ar Important Staten emit from Colonel
Forucy.

Colonel Fozncy writes from Washington to
the Philadelphia Press to-day:
81 am ros oft hose who desire to sec the prop
erty Of our southern people interferel with. I
would unuttesab!y depfore the horrors Of =
eeryie insurrection. But, "a 8 faithful histo-
rian Of the times, it IL ell tta. should say
that those who have taken the full respous;-
bility Of resisting the federal authority, ana Of
prescribing al who are found In defence OF
The American heg, should appreciate tue dau-
gers that art rapid! surrounding them, SO that
when the temp.stis ia let loose they may not
prove to be wholly uuprepared. lsit possible
that q war which .taft2 out with declaration
against free principles, which denonuces the
people Of the free etates IS ignorant, vulga.,
brutal and inferior. and which, through its
numerous agencies, does no. hesitate to antic.
ipate tie establishment Of q monarchy, shall
not awaken al these slumbering asp!rations
In the breast Of the colored race for freedom,
VII ch southern Statesmen have really always
secretly feared? May not, In other words,
this race be compelled to take some steps Of
Precaution for their own protection, when
they see the wa. that Is Waged without mercy
upon the whites.
"a gentlemen jutt returned from Virginla
in fact, cne who had been expelled from thst
State because Of his Northern birth-infor n
ed me that it was interesting to notice the as-
Eumed ignorance and Indifference Of the slares
while in presence Of ther masters, and that
the moment they believed themselves safa aad
near Northern man, or one whom they coa1d
trust, they frightened into intelligence, and
spoke Of passing esents with wonderful accu-
racJ and feeling. He told me that he had scY-
| e,al copies Of Northern newspapers in his
room, and that frequently Tie se7rants .co.4II
ueal up to him and Deg permission to read for
their otcn Information, grtttlVy de.ouring ev:ry
fact and epiaion, and Me, going forth to sprsd
among lt<ir JeAoscs Mat uhieA ktty had acquired
AL these conscientious enter largely into
| the present and the future of onr country.
| We canuot ignore them II we would What
! IS to become Of this race-whether 1t Is to be
| colopized or returned to Ahic2-arc questions
| which lie far beyond. We have to do simply
with what is now transplring-not, indeed,
! What we wish to happen, but what we should
| be fully prepared foF.n
, 1861-06-25

There ID gap between Boonvtl1e and ,Ksnsas
City, which the rebels still control or have cut
II Gen. Lyon has moved forward within day
or two, the break may be repaired. Tele-
vet Of thefe, have BEEN esnt from st. Joseph
to hannibal, and thence BY boat to Quincy,
and 30 On to ali parts Of the country. The
railroad telegraph between Hannibal and st.
Joseph has, however, been very unreliable,
and cannot be depended upon
:. Visitors to the Arsenal are more restricted
than formerly. Not less than five thousand
general paesea agood at al times, have been
Issued b7 Gen. LION and Col Blair within two
months. and It has been found that many Of
them. have fallen into the hands Of rabid Sc
ceesIonists. By this means The, latter have
kept posted as to the movements rom tne
ARSENAL. II a steamboat Was fred up, and
troops and ammunition pat on board, It Was
spied out and word sent to the Governor.
This WAS in former times. Then the eondl-
ton Of afIaI1B, the state OF the detences, the
amount Of ammunition, number Of m1skets,
guns, DC, could be- seen WITH 4 TOO much "a acsn ls
been made to JEFF Davis long ago. To stop
fh,s evil ali the old passes have been revoked
and new oues will only be Issued to the faith
hi. Who have business at the Arsenal repeat.
ii ed ,. ~
ing In the city. The American ZouaVe ReH
mcnt now mus.ers nearly 900 strong. The
ten companies are al organizsd aud contain
some linz military material. There are qulte
q anumber Of steamboat men In the rauks-
many Of them from Southern boats. Tht
Irlsh Regiment is nearly full, aud the only one
now actively organizing is the Washington
Regiment, Commanded By Col Allen It h4
about 450 names enrolled, and names are stil
pouring in. With little effort the whole mum
ber viii be made up this weak It is under
stood at the Arsenal that including the fiv'
regiments ct q. 8. Reaeryes-forming tn
Home Guard-sizzeen regiments are to be &C
cepted from st. Louis, although many interio
counties and Chicago and Bel1ev1lle, In you
State, have contributed q portion Of the men
But isn't this Haud, when We think Of th
dastardly reply Of C1aib. jackson to Secretar,
Cameron, wherein he said, "no. o,1s man sei
Missouri. .jurnish ="
The more important news you will have b
fe1eprnrh. c,
, 1861-06-25
GEORGE ". ACHoRD,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.



Messrs. Austin A. King, silas n. Woodson,
J. n. Bassett, q. II. Vories, Jas. Craig and R.
II. Stewart, Of st. Joseph, addressed letter
to Col Curtis on the 18th inst, making inquir.
les concerning the arrests made In that city,
and the principles upon which his occupation
Of that place would be conducted. Col c. re-
piled on the 21st as follows:
CAN'T L1oE, NEAR THE CITY Or ST. JosEFH,l
June q, 1861.
-Aessrs. Aust;4 4. Hing and okhe7s-Gent1e-
men: Your note Of the 18th has been received,
to reply thereto. In regard to my mission
here, I have to say that ! am sent hers BY my
Government md your Government to support
and 6ustain the supremacy OF the Constitution
aud laws Of our common Government, the
United States of America. Extraordinary et-
forts have been made to induce our people to
embark in foolish and wicked assault on the
Government and laws thst protect them. Mn
are enrolled, mustered and In arms against
their own countEy, and therefore nggatps. the
peace of eociety, and my orders and purpose
are TO suppress these unnatural belige7ents
By military force. So far from disturbing
peaceable, Law. abiding citizens, 1t Is my desire
10 protect and shield them from insult, mar
chy aud oppression. But those who arc In
arms or aiding, directing aud encouraging
secession" or civil war regard IS enemles
Of our country, and thsy will be pursued With
all the eala1sides Of civilized warfare
Uniting with yon In sympathy with those
who innocent1y suffer from the accidents and
havoc Of war, I am, very truly aud respect
fully, Your obedient servant,
SAMUEL R. CURTIS,
Colonel Commanding.
, 1861-06-25

A body Of fifteen hundred free negroes in
6s a ogf9 dd ocers aRa 9e
selected from the negroes themselves, but
they are commanded by the whites. The
whole body have enlisted for general service,
and were subject to be ordered to any point,
at the option Of the authorities. Slaves, too,
were being armed In many casea.-N 7. Her
old.
The armiug Of free negroes in the South, to
fight againRt the Government is counted Ill
right and proper down in secession but if free
negroes in the North were to be armed and
mustered into the service, Whist a howl would
be raised, not only in the South, bnt among
the halfweaned doughfsces in the north.
What is SAUCE for the goose should be sauce
for the gander.
, 1861-06-25
Important News fron Texas!

The poaitiye declarations, repeated at diff r.
ent tinss, and t1ansmItted from Washington
to the press In every section of the country,
that Lincoln has dtk<7n.i.ed to hold The nezt se1
MON ef Congress at Chicago, is significant. It Is
conc]usiTe of the fact that he and his advisers
believe that the march Of President DEis at
Is certain and In that contingency, that Its
conquest Is observation-disclosures (1eros) State
Eozefk
, 1861-06-25
Ten More Regiments from ma4sachu-
8eft4.

Ten more regiments from Massachusetts. to
be armed and equipped by the State Govern
nent, @ md TO eerye three years, are accepted
eachutetts is in great degree dne 10 The ef
forts of Gen. Walbrdge, Of New York. It so.
pears that the General wrote to the Govern
ers Of each Of the Northern and western
State, state ~, aad 5 Inquired how many troops they
promptly responded that Msssachuse Vonld
furnish the Government ten additional regi-
ments, to serve for three years; that they
should Be; ready n forty days, thoroughly
armed, equipped, and provided with baggage,
shoff, that they should DO put INTO The aeld,
with all the materials for campaign against
the enemy no matter where 1ocated. The
President received the proposition with great
the ten regiments, and requested General
Walbridge to hfarm Governor Andrews Of
eh fact.
, 1861-06-25
Card ffem m Lieut.. Col. .Knoblesdorffs
CHICAGO. ILL.,. Juna a. 1861.


CHICAGO. ILL.,, June y, 1861. :
Editor Tribune:
To an1wer certain public reports In regard
tn nv Doettion In the Hecker Jnqer Regf.
...4 e,a1 .z.a,e .on.,a1,os - o.o,-o r.
nen's 'eet nyeen eo"peneo ~ taaAo e"o
following statements to you, whose influence
has forwarded; to great extent, the 1ofma.
s.ea S-1.ss,~.N ~. - o
are unaouoteoty aware t1at AN an oid omcer
Of the P1uRsian army, who served the Sch1e5-
Wig and Holstein army dnrfno tha 7uar ~
1ata - 1os1 49, ce1-sa-, -s ~ ~
4o7o 10 4o0A; WIS Inc 1oanaef and organtsator
OF the jaeger Regiment, and that Major Vran3
and myse]f succeeding bv the ;nf,nence of
-,,,ho- ~ ~.t-ia4,o n;t,.a,a - r,ss.sss -
uon'o'1 y. Pae1Aotle e'I'@euo " eAc4sso' %
Governor BANKS, Mr. Arnold, Mayor RI nsey,
Lieut. Gov. Hoffman, Postmaster Scripps.
G.. Schneider. A. G. Hessinr. Rev. Mr. Hart.
and MANI otbar citizem.n " 5sess bsE 70 ge9er
,,,a,,t =, sha,t H., - nasS aae 1'sgt
I1ited sta+se sor1,;aa n1S 1shap1' 91spGo ns@ ~
~ tha RoarJ ~ 1nrs1;aaea rn1 ~ e9Gppnea Ge
th ia tha W 5upei stsu;9 VI Sooh County
with the uish Is dc,n ~ 5ro.ant spaeo
~ ~ sv "onntr ~ 80 ~ 49, - t4a a m
nova-ne ~ ~ NY ~ ~ atbar az 9pt. c1., T.,
80" m4n ~ oeIntry " ~ oeaet mo1ves ooL 70
Sor ~ etah;,lt1 ~ thIs eeot ~ ~
hae ei.,,s haa1 ~ att.r nac1 ~
nnp ado1fed ~ cti1era his sa haina VI aa1 a1sn.s o.
e,nh,tin,3 te1,n1aa -aa5;1. az peus my mnole
eeveTo nf co1onn1 Hacisera II fianda sice Fix y,
<he, - eo,tuS, ~ ti,t ts r.. naenas, WIN
1a;atad mnG mas @ aL rnas M tie ~: peisonany &C.
quaauaeG, aLa eeeuteu al5 eagcuoa anu aecept-
49, ~. ~ 70 coal ~ saS tuousn 10
nus ~. a"aie , ~ y. .no .ola.ioa % " duG salne,
ahu a5u e'Gn r. 15.o Hol w asespteo Lae Colonelcy
Hnem w 5'sedMsn Ss mas taAsn nto eetslce y
IL, ne omleu elases H , 9oSetansnt. l a. tne same
a1on ,ata5v eo aIecIeS sSAer as s ms
7e"tHns e.cstSH 20 11su 1Sie1t NoAoue1,
, 1861-06-25
The Humorous Side. g
[Phf1tppl Correspondents Of the Wheeling
mte1I1gencer.J

Stories about the Phillipp1 affair sttn form .
staple Of conversation Here Is one Of the
worn ont with the march, Was struggling along.
with very little regard to order. :, Hufzahing
up TO his men, the Captain shouted, Close
up, boysl d-n you, close upl Il The enemy
xsrs to fire on you rAta Jou ~ ssnaggltng along
Mds seay, Mey couldn't ha d-n one Of youl
close upl" And the boys closed up lmme-
diately.
Afe1ow was arrested here the other day for
selling dragged liquor to the ssoldlers. Capt:
Benham sat in Judgment on his case, and pro-
nounced strictly military decision make
the id scoundrel drink pint of his own
seller had to drink, greatly to his disEast and
.ifcomfost Ho win probably survive, but
there Is no probability that be will Hant to
drug any mora liquor tor the troops.
, 1861-06-25

English aad American Census.
Tho English Nccnsus returns for 1861
show very considerable increase during the
past ten years. The present population of
England and Walea exceeds twenty millions,
Ttnyeara ago they were eighteen millions,
The exnct figures are as follows:
reputation ~ ~. ,2b E0a
In '61.........................ls,0s
Increase In ten years.. 9,169,676
The population Of Scotland and Ireland Is
not yet made public. The population Of Scot
land ten years ago was ASS. .542. The present
population Is Estimated at 3,aoo, 600. Ireland
In 1851. contained &, ,515, ,leS, and is now estim-
ated 1t 1000, 900, making the total population
Of the United Kingdom so,405,5N. In 1851
they contained 27,475, ,26l-the increase In
the intervening period being about three
millions.
Ireland In 1871 contained population Of
81o6,b7p. But the awful famine Of 1846 and
the immense emigration to America reduced
the population to 6,515, ,794, being decrease
Of 1,6N, ,785 in ten years. Fort y years ago the
population Of ireland, Was 6,801, ,597, which
shows that 1t was almost as large forty years
ago as at the present day.
By the recent census the population Of Lon.
don Is found to be 3,8o3, ,034, al increase Of
440, ,798 upon 1851. ....
It is hard to believe that city Of that size
can be supported in little islnnd- The popu-
latiou Of the State Of Pennsylvania last year
was only 2,o16,o1a London contains as many
inhabitants as Illinois, Wisconsin and Ainne-
sofa, Ill comhtnedt J. It is as popu1ous as t,oo
| New Yorks, with Phi1ade1phia,' Boston, Baltl-
more and Brooklyn added, and, Ike the tall
Minnesota soldier, Is still growing.
Great Britain and Ireland hare lost BY em1.
grafton IN ten years 2,249,s555. Half Of this
number have sought homes In the United
States. The. residue settled chiefly In the
Cauadas and Australia.
The population Of the United States, by the
census of 1860, was 81, gle, ,s69, being an in.
crease in ten years Of 8, 454 $685. The white
population WAS 27,2H, ,7o3, Of which the Free
States contained Il, 232 ,4so. -.
The ratio Of increase in the United States Il
three per cent every year. Add three pei
cent. to Inst years. population, and we have
the following results:
" hole increase IN 0ne Jea[ Baas9Ne
Present total population. e.
Present Free statts population ~ eot t43a
Add to the Free States Delaware, Maryland,
Kentucky, Missouri and Western Virginia,
| which are under the Jurisdiction Of Federal
authority, and 1t makes 3 total population o1
1855, ,335, Of whom 45S ,.96 are slaves. ..
The rebel confederacy contains 5,558 ,89ss
whites aud free blacks, and 8, ,95s, Jos slaves
making total free and slave population d
9,0o7,o40.
As the grand army moves southwark, the
number Of people who will acknowledge
Lincoln as President will WIZ greater ;ani
| greater, and the number Of JET. Davis sub
| jects In secessia will wax smaller and smaller
So mote 1t be.
, 1861-06-25
ILLINOIS TROOPS.

There are now eighteen regiments OF H.
linois troops in the service Of the United
States, beside several detached companies
Of cavalry and artillery. AL these sol
diers are performing garrison or camp duty,
for the reason that no orders have been re-
ceived sending them into the field. Gen.
Mcclellan has taken our Sturges Rifle
Corps with him 10 Virginia as a body
guard, and has sent the Chicago Dragons
also to Virginia. Thus, only about two
hundred men out Of some sixteen thousand
have been put in active service.
Whether the twelve regiments Of three
years volunteers are ready Tor field ser
vice or not, the Six regiments at Cairo,
constituting Gen. Prentiss' brigade, certain
" are ready. They are more anxious for
brush with the rebels than for any other
event of human interest," and Gen. Prem
tiss is just the man to lead them. The de-
fenses Of Cairo are now in such condition
that the place would be perfectly safe in
the hands Of the more recent recruits
three years volunteers; and Cairo is now
just the place for camp Of instruction
The condition Of affairs in Missouri Is now
such that there is no further need Of an
army Of observation, ten thousand strong,
stationed at Quincy, Altonand Caseyville.
Gen. Lyon has nearly 10000 men at his
commend without drawing a regiment
from Illinois, and his System of tactics is
such that one soldier does tho work usually
assigned to three,
AL the loyal States this side Of the Pa-
ci6c are now represented in the field OF
active service ezeept Illinois. Ohio, Indi-
ana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Miunesota
are represented By full regiments in Vir-
ginia OF on the Virginia border, while Iowa
and Kansas are equally represented in
Missouri. Our splendid brigade at Cairo
is becoming rusty and dissatisfied for want
OF something to do. If the inaction Of the
present is continued till the expiration OF
| their three months term Of enlistment,
probably not one in five will take the oath
for longer term. But If they were ordered
to Virginia, if they could see before them
the prospect Of accomplishing something,
they would 60 in for the whole war, every
man Of them, and be glad Of the opportu.
nifty. It is a proper question to ask the
War Department, whether it can afford to
lose six regiments Of well drilled and vel
selected men on the first Of August next
/ solely through IN omission to give them
, 1861-06-25

Col Colts regiment, 1t Hartford, which
IVES intended for the regular United States
service, have been recognized and enlisted
Tor the waz. Hon. Q. 8. Feny, e1member Of
conGreas, haa accepted the Colonelship Of the
regiment, which is now the fifth volunteer re-
ginent from Connecticut
, 1861-06-25

4 FAT 0F1cE.-Ptobably the best Office in
the United States about this time is that of
Auditor Duhois Of Illinois. Presunlng TINT
al the banks in the Stats are wound up By the
process Of delivering the bonds to the holders
Of the notes, heWi1l be entitled to not less than
Rixty thousand dollars In fees. 1.-THE same banks
are wound up by public salo Of the bonds In
New York, he will be entitled to not less than
one hundred and twenty Thousand dollars.
, 1861-06-25

The election WIS no better than farce. In
Eastern Virginia the advice Of Senator Mason
Was carried ont, and none but those in favor
Secession were allowed to vote. Thousands
who would have voted against Secession had
they dared, deposited a ballot for 1t, for fear
falling under the vengeance of the Vigilance
Committee Eobs. Voting is done uiva roee in
Virginia, and the crowds standing about the
polls can know how any man votes.
OF the 81, ,134 votes reported against seces.
sion, 81 ,000 Of them were cast in the North
western counties, where reign Of terror did
not control the ballot box.