The national Republican., 1861-05-04
WS LIE MS.

4 grumbling Southern editor writes " 1t 10
impossible to collect anything, and, unless times
get better shortly, fear we newspaper men will
have to cave in The additional postage and
tariff on the white paper we use will kill off at
least half the papers in the Southern Confeder-
acy. The Montgomery Convention, ins!cad of
adopting some measures to stop the circulation
of abolition papers, and build up our home p.-
pers, have adopted measures to build up Northern
and break down Southern papers"
The frcc-wll offering OF the North to sustain
the Government, amounts in less than Two weeks,
to $40 900 600. OF this sum, the New York
Legislature has voted SO 900 900, and New York
city gives 81 ,l55 900. This vast sum, however,
bcnis but small proportion to the aggregate
sum expended by families and individuals in fit
ting out volunteers.
For the atrocous crime Of she!tering two
wounded Pennsylvanian soldiers, and procuring
n surgeon for the =, a Frenchman was driven
from his home with two little children, on
Wednesday, nea- Ilavre dc Grace.
A negro insurrection was discovered In San
Antonio, Northern Mississippi, on the l4th ultimo.
The ringlcudcr was hung, and, on the scaffold,
told lis executoners that they thought the mig
gers didn't knew what was going on, but they all
did, and that hi, ath would be revenged."
The young ladies' in Mr. Caleb Emerys school,
at Boston, have been fully engaged in making
garments, &c, and have also by subscription
purchased handsome standard, which they in
tend to present to one of the volunteer compa-
nies.
A negro panic has seized the people of New
Orleans. The negro churches have been closed
by order of the Mayor, and all the assemblages
OF negroes, slave or free, have been forbidden.
noble Massachusetts widow, who cent her
sou to fight, sold her only COW to raise some
money for hia when starting. The worthy son
Of such u mother declined TO touch a cent.
On Sunday last, $500 men were at work in the
Boston navy yard.
There is panic in the New York oyster mar
ket, owing to the impedments thrown in the
way of free trade by the secession of Virginia
and the warke operations along the shores Of
the Chesapeake. Prices have accordingly gone
up from 20 to rs cents per 100.
Over 900 men are now employed In the Phil
adeiphia navy yard in fitting out vessels of war
On Wednesday afternoon, the second company
fourth artillery, from Fort Ridley, Minnesota,
Mi jor Morris commander, was thrown into Fort
MrlleEry, from United States propeller. An
other company of the fourth artillery are also
there, having arrived several days since, as also
did SOM recruits. large quantity of muni-
tons Of war, military stores, aud provisions,
have a. so been l,nded, aud part removed to Fort
Carroll below, which is iarrsoned and bel G
pu, in II state tor effective defence. Great actv-
ity is manifest at both places.
The Post Office Department has made a tenn
rorary arrangement with Coouel Shillington, of
his city, which will secme regular daily mail
commune alton between Washington aud Balti-
more.
We cnt the following highly consolatory no.
tice from one Of our Western exchanges
NUTlcE,-if n death should occur within
three mouths in any of the families Of those
who!e husbands have volunteered their services
10 the Federal Government, will furnish cof-
fin ilee Of charge.
81. B. SAVERS, Uadertaktr."
The Amoskeag Veterans, of Manchester, N. Fl
have voted to tender their services TO the Gov
! ernor for the war.