The national Republican., 1861-07-17

ly.lf, "bpi ae4oly %eS hagl.T They then all
left The groubd, and here he ua,fer rested
when our informant Left the agency. The
seent imnsdiately dispatched messenger to
Fort Ridgley for troops, who arrived there on
the morning Of tie 5,h. That day, Captain
Western was 70 send up rs men wIth a 6eld
piece. Our informant, who was the messenger
down TO Fort -Ridgley and who writes us from
that point, concludes as follows: ..'
There are about five or six thousand In.
dians at Yellow Medicine. What they intend
to do is not known; !; but the folks there think
they intend 10 raise the devil in some way OF
other. y a. Pa,l NM Pres., 9th. 'nas :. %
The Princess Mary Of Cambridge, whose be.
trothal to the Duke Of Newcastle has been an.
nonnced, is q very comely parsonage, but very
stout-so stout, in fact, that she finds crinoline
entirely superauous, except around the bottom
Of her skirt; and it is said that it has been
necessary Of late to enlarge the door of her
carriage. A marriage was proposed between
her and Victor Emanuel, and be was delighted
at the prospect Of q connection with the royal
family Of England through the owner Of so
charming face as that Of the portrait which
England, he saw the lady, il Re galdntuomo
himself no slender lad--he retired precipitately
from the negotiation. "I cannot marry that
woman" said he "she's broad enough to sit
upon the seven hills of Rome"
JOHN COULDN'T Go.-As the nineteenth Iii.
nois regiment was drawn up in line at Chicago,
18th, about to start for the war in Missouri,
rumor came to the ears Of the captain Of com.
pany F, (says the Chicago 7ribune,) that one
nf m m n md urn ha obA al al
only to the home guard, and his attention was
directed to . smooth.fsced stripping, who held
his musket with o jaunty air enough, and bore
| scrutiny bravely, answering TO the name Of
John"
"John was ordered 10 advance two PAGES
to the front, and did so. John was told that
reasons Of sex made it necessary that Compa.
ny should lose her from its messes but John
held out stoutly, denied the charge, and pro.
duced letter from his mother, bidding John
good bye, and saying she gave her son up to
her country, 1t trsnspired a little later that
the cunning John had stolen this letter from
another veritabls John.) All did not avail,
however, the captain took away Johns musket
and bade her await until the enrolment of the
Amazon Zousves begins, when John owned up
to the fact, and left the camp. No one knew
aught Of where this young female patriot came
from. IL she had an accomplice 10 the ranks,
it was we'll concealed.
ENGIIs EpiToRs ON OUR AFFAIRa.--ln al
dition to other reasons for keeping our dignity
thers is this, which your readers may not have
thought of that all our eccentricitss are known
abroad, and those Of the Confederates are not
The New York Times, Herald, and Epenins
Post, are nearly as familiar to Europeans a.
their London nsmesskes but what European
ever sees a New Orleans Delta, or Charleston
IMerruryf And therefore, when the Londo,
ReDie~ talks of the "quiet revolution II Of tn,
South, in contrast with the "huster of thu
North, It is not the wanton mendacity Of tn.
mslignity on the editors part as we might O
first suppose, but the offspring of his ignorance
He probably never saw Southern paper in hi,
life, or heard Of such person as Wigfall, fol
instance; be had only seen some carefully
worded doeuments from the pen of jeff. Davis
Right crufiy Are the secedars in this matter
the leaders do tue outside talking, and do il
carefully the small fry are permitted to rave
as they please in the interior, because thei
rawlings never penetrate beyond very na..ov
circle.--London correspondence n, J; Ereninl
Post