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The gallant Fremont is expected home
shortly, when he ought to be placed at tho
head Of brigade ut once. The New York
Tribune eaJs: ... .......... .....
: We know him too well to doubt that he
would be here with the utmost alacdty and
at any eac1it1ce at the first inti1natIon that his
from London which has been kindly ahown
/; Us, says: "Col. Fremont has been In three
times to-day, and said once. There Is nothing
ehpuId ike better than d fine regiment Of
active men to stand under the American flag
at Richmond and Norfolk, and Il necessary,
march to New Orleans. Ask Ht would not
be we'll to let Fremont's friends know this"
Col. Fremont's friends are SO E1any, that we
think this good way to let them MI know
precisely how he is feeling In relation to this
rebellion.
| !. On the 8th of May he wrote letter from
| London in which be says: .
aIvould have returned tmme ediateIy on the
| receipt Of the Presidents proclamation, but
/ ron can understand that It waa almost inpos.
I siblc fer me to leave so abruptly; nor do ]
know that 7 could ln any way be Of service to
Justify the immediate ahandonme lent tof my af
faf1e.' But Write to you in all confidence to
say that wish to do my part # the struggle
is to 20 On, and I intend to rely on you to
keep me wen informed, and to let me know
truly If I can be Of any real service" This
letter came BY the mail which arrived on Tues
day, and Was written just before the Persia
/ allied. -,
L. In the meantime his ready judgment sees {
point Thereon he may do the State service
He further ssys In this letter: II shall 1ool
about here to see where the best war supple:
can be had, and endeayor to make some con
ditional arrangements for artillery and smal
AIMS sufficient for large force. This l. 4 "a
the event that these thlns::s shoula be r.
qairedn 0fthis ttoughtfal act On the pas
Of Col Frem0ptt, the Government uudoubtet
y has been: duly apprised BY him.
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a VIRGINIA SENATOR'S IDEA OF
ERIE SUFFRAGE

A"AAN~~~
Senator Mason, Of Virginia, wrote let
ter which. appeared in the Winchester
village paper Of the 22d inst. The letter. is
in answer, he says, to the question fre-
quently put to him: "What position win
"Virginia occupy, should the ordinance Of
"secession be rejected By the people at
q the approaching electon7" He eattempts
tofhow that if the ordinance Of secession
is rejected, it becomes the duty Of Virgin
ians to SUPPORT the Government, to change
sides and desert the insurgents. How the
vote was to be cast is explained by the
Senator, and it shows his idea Of free
suffrage:
III IT be aeked, what are those to do who in
the1t c9nscences cannot yoto to separate Virgini4
plain-honor and duty alike:;. require that they
ssa sae op8fons ei sss sy @ ~ su ssss e. tes' ten
"Honor and duty" ere long, will alike
require that this traitor and tyrant 1eaye
the State from the end Of Aempen rope.
What is an election worth as a popular
verdict when the voting is done in accord
ance with Rfason's programme? Who
will be bound by it, :. The conspiratore
confess that they dare: not submit thei1
course,to an unbinsed verdict Of the people
Of their OWL section. Mason's answer is
the sentiment Of a NM who dare not abide
the result Of his own; conduct. Hi
safety depended On preventing the Unior
men from voting, and compelling them tt
leave the State.
, 1861-05-28

NroRo IssuaHrcr1ox,-The Dea Arc (Ark.}
Citiztu, Of NAY Is, gives tie following account
Of the hangipg Of white man and three ne
groes tor thelE efforts to get up negrp insur-
Tcction: - =
HOur nelghhors Of Hickory Plain aud vicinity,
fourteen: miles west Oxides Arc, after, .
patient. investigation before committee Of
twenty five, On Friday last, In accordance with
the verdict Of said committee, proceeded to
spot designated, and to q tree having . long
projecting limb, eaid limb being stout and well
zoEottioned.7;:wherson they hung until they
were dead. Tom williamson, white man, md
three negroes-B1g Dave, Lewis and Jeff WILL
Iianson was convicted as the leader, Of IN in
su1rectipr. and the negroes as abettors- Tia
balance Of the negroes implicated have been
whipped severely and not less thaa three Of
them bonIshtd from the county.
We have the most implicit confidence IN
the committee who have thus summa1ily dis
posed Of the leaders Of plot to
to render th=ir.. hama desolate, and to des-
| toy the honor aud virtue Of their wives and
daughters. All praise to ttose who thus de-
lend themselves :sgainst airrepEe.sihle con-
fIct,n and make lastlng examples ofboth white
and black who engage IN insuIrecdonay
moyemeufs that would destroy the List yestIge
| Of virtue and honor. ...
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"tle English people was, by the system Of

the English people was, by the system Of
"CromWell, at once regulated and stimuli
"ted. His troops moved to victory
with the precision Of machines, while
burning with the widest enthusiasm Of
Crusaders, From the time when the
army was remodellcd, to the time when
"it was disbanded, it neyer found, either
sin the British Islands, or on tho Cont
"nent, an enemy who could stnnd its
"onset. In England, Scotland. Ireland,
"F1andera, the Puritan warrior, often eur
arounded by difficulties, sometimes con-
"tending against thrce~fold odds, not only
ane7er failed to conquer, but never failed
ITO destroy or break in pieces whatever
alorce was opposed to them They ut
"1eugta came to regard the day of battle
.Aas day Of certain triumph, and marched
."against the most renowned battalions oi
"Europe with. disdaintul confidence.
e"Turenne WAS started blythe word, fstern
nexu1tation with which the English allies
"advanced to combat, and expressed
the delight OF true soldier when ae1e
ted that it was ever the fashion OF Crom
"wen's pikemen to rejoice greatly when
"they beheld the enemy; and the banished
Cavaliers felt an emotion Of national prid!lt l!
"when they saw brigade Of their country
"men, outnumbered by foes and abandoned
aby their allies, drive before it in headlon&
"rout, the finest infantry Of Spain, and fore.
aa passage into 8 counterscarp which hat
"1ust been pronounced impregnab!e by tn
"ahlest Of the narshals Of France"
Its singular fact, that, after tho laps
| Of two centuries the desendents Of thes
men are about to encounter, on Virginia
shore, the descendants of their ancien
enemy. It has been SO ordered that tn
very men whom the chiTalry have been ac
customed to drive, and sneer ut are th
first whom they must meet in the trial q
battle; and The world will soon have d
opportunity Of deciding whether thes
puritanic soldiers have lost any Of thei
ancestral vigor, We await the result wit
! unWayefing confidence.
, 1861-05-28

- WASHINGTON, may r., le6i.
To-day, at II o'clock 4. H.. the streets, win
doFs, roof, trses, carriages, and every agall.
sion Of: BY the crowds eager to. see tie new
Flag floatoYe the Pest Office. The occupa-
ton Vas complete Us though Il were military,
but the military, ns such, did not appear is
Was expected. The clerks Of the Depar rtments
snx s5.s sas, ssa bys Sd x Il: &:t %s 5
feW If any who do not love the old bunting. !
The Htnls sonth side Of the Post Ofica build
ing, and perfect specimen Of Corinthian it is,
men Who could hot ct window, climbed to
+ the Tcof and hugged the flag staff =
The carriage Of the President drove into the
dense nass SFith some little difficulty, and
the President with Mr.. seEnrd and Secretary
Welles,' with Attorney Bates, assembled the
which had been pnt ont from one Of the win
doWs into the courtyard, struck up y HLo, the
coL4uertng hero cotnes," and q Indy among
the bright beyy broke loose from her husband
and patted 8fr, Lincoln On the head as he un-
COVERED his fine stack Of black hair, Some
buck, but that was not Tie casa.
AZ precisely II O'Clock the tfng was run up
! to ite pl@ce By the Preaident. Al first It hung
loosely down the. staff and &evnry one feared
see 1t show the least token Of what It corld do
| in The waF Of riding the hreeEe. Bnt one Of
the happiest Of onaens here occurred, and the
| people catching 1t with all the enthusiasm
wifi which the old Romans caught an augury
that pleased them. :ga1e one Wild and long
continued shout. There came a breeze, gem
| lie, but full, and swelling more and more, and
! the Asg was carried ont 70, its fulllength Of
some fifty feet and became instinct with life in
It's every fo1ds Mr. Lincoln came forward and
Kaid,he had not intended to inter q word,
but he thought that: that flag. changing, a
# dead about its-staf and then streaming
fwith the inspirptlon which hexEen had. Just
I given It, wns IN emblem df the patriotism Of
Il the country which = few. months ego seemed
deod, but was now avaked,; as; the life bad
been in the flag above him. Tie enthusiasm
here became unbounded-' rNcxt. came the sd
drtEs Of the Postmaster General. Mho! has q
| noble head, Is taller than Frank. hia-hnothHx
and Ehde1 capital speech, the chief ppintbe-
Ing that his own etate OF Maryland way 4 TYPE
Of many others. in which 1uiutaFy mob ruled
fof IN hcur; but they were not TIE people
t. Mr. 8ewnrd .Hat then loudly called 3nr, and
out he csme, in his pants Of gray; mud plaln to
an extreme; ;tg.hia whole. ..dress aid 1ddFesa.
"FelloM citizens" said b; In a:apice which
4 csme ont butt end fist, and -aatounded byttts
compass, - there has been high :ha41ed tfea.
son it work. md It has ruined much: but there
ere two thing. II has NOS: md cannot min.
One:iB the United States fiags md the: :other y
4 tHall CoIunnhl. Thera- Is a-ne6esslsY Id hu,
Il min naturetor this fsg aud {erj thss song Ii
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The Seat OF yrar.%Thc City Of, Al
eXAudffa. .

The city Of Acxaudria, Virginia, ii on the
right bank Of the Potomac, seven miles be.
low Washipgtors Is port Of entry, aud
contains apopn1tion Of about 5000 1nhabit.:
ants. The river at this point Is nearly mile
wide, and affords a cpmmodions hafbor for
eMps Of the 1argest tonnage, It Is also plsce
where shlp building is carried onto some cx..
tent. ;, The city is regularly Laid out, gaallght-
ed, and contains court thouse, twelve church
e4, three banks, two Newspaper offices, and
several large public schoole. The place Is I'M
portant to: Virginia as convenient point for
the export Of com, tobacco aud coal.
The ttnde Of Alexandria has been material
II increased Of late by the opening Of the 'Ca-
nal to Georgetown Intersectine tho Chesa-
peake and Ohio Czna1, aud 81 railroad ninety
miles long, extending to Go-donsy yillcs On the
Virginia Central Railroad. This connection
Is most Important one to the South, IS the
line extends Without interruption through The
eo1thsrn States %; Mont gome1y md Mobile,
and connects with branch lines to almost ev-
cry prominent southern city and port.
: tt proximity to- tha fapital renders it a
most Important position for tha federal goy-
eminent and its occupation may be consld-
2e1ed as Ant ,eTent Of no ordinary interest
: The Tery brief period Of It'll occupancy By
the Rebel forces haVe rendered It point OF
no especial benefit to them an1: no -psIteulsr
annoyance to thegoTe.nnent..., ~-:''
, 1861-05-28

THREE MEN STRCCK DT LIGuTS1SG Two
Killed AID oEE DANGEROUSLY HuRT.-Yes-
terday evening about five o'clock, two young
men, sons Of Ar. Amos Tuttle, formerly Of
this city, and a la5oriug man whose name ne
did not learn, were engaged In planting corn
nahon, and took refuge under tres during
the shower, The two cons Of Nj. T. we're
killed instantly by stroke lightning, and the
other man Was so badly hurt that bis Life Is
deapaired Of, and II be survives, the probability
ia that he will be crippled for Life. Tho hair.
ed we're almost burnt Of them. This Is anoth-
CT emEple Of the danger Of taking refuge
under tree during thunder stocm.-J1tet
TYne Democrat, 25M
, 1861-05-28

Editors Chicago TF16une:,. n, ..-
The report nas been, widely circulated in
this county recentlJ-a paragraph Of which
found ita way into the TRIBUNE short time
slnce--that Sir Benjamin Brodie, The dis.
tinguished surgeon Of London, had entirely
lost his eyeslght. :, 4 letter from him To- a
young lady Of this eltY, dated ut Beoone Park,
England, May 1eth, 1856, saya: 49,:
nAsIw1lte this note with my own hand, you
H1Il perceive that my eyes have not 70 COM
p1etely failed to he nsefa1 to me as SONS state.
to believe. AT sight, however, Is very imper.
feet. Ny professional friends give me good
hopes that! In. short time 1t Win BE- 80 far
restored that I shall be ab1e to read with facit'
Is all that lwaat. = r-erE.
, 1861-05-28

We have more than once expressed the
opinion that the war upon which We hase
entered vii not be; terminated il single
campaign. The leaders Of tbs. Southern
rebellion see nothing but death or exile IN
a surrender, and it may be safely assumed
that they will not adqpt aither alternative
as q voluntary chotce.::'I only remains
for The. Government to bring into the field
tremendous columns and irresistible batter.
les, and to continue the process until the
the weaker party is destroyed or exhaust
ed,
There is nothing to be gained BY under
rating the strength Of our enemies. That
The South 1as plenty Of nznas, Floyd can
prove before any: competent court Of III
quiry. That it has plenty Of ammunition
and provisions for several months to cone
may as well be conceded. That it has
plenty Of men is not to be doubted, and
that twill have the advantage Of fighting
: on its own ground is fact of some impor-
lance. On: The other hand, it is clear that
the egoy9eEfnment can have al the men, mon
ey, munitions, provisions and ships that it
wants. And If fighting On .onss own
ground be an advantage in some respects
it is q grave disadvantage in others, for the
country in which the warts carried on will
suffer greatly from the {ayages Of both ar
mics. It has always been so and always
. viii be.so. Each side is now straining eV-
ery nerve % carry the war into the enc
m7's count1y-the rebels striving to force
q passage tc Pennsylvania through Har-
per's Ferry, and Gen. Scott throwing his
columns into Virginia through Alexandria
and Fort Monroe.
The loyal States are now braced for q
long pull and strong pull, and while they
will demand that the war be prosecuted
with due diligence, they have made up
their minds to any strain that my be re-
uuired, be it for one year or twenty; They
have made up their minds that posterity
shall not rise up in Judgment against
them for emitting to make thor
ough work with the ills which have
besct US for the twenty yeara past
for neg]ectingto crush treason and rebel
lion utterly and forever. Gen. Scott knows
his Owl resources and those Of the enemy
. perfectly. He knows how to bring the war
to an end with the least disaster to the
country at large, and we have confidence
in his ability to conduct it aright.
Hence We soy to those who are clam
oring for more haste, and the earliest and
largest amount Of bloodshed-not 80 fast
The, country is in good hands and the
righteous cause is moving to its sure vic
tory -
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Honthern mnnfffnnn mr., .War kefxe.

Southern Munitions or War Seized.
The New York 1tt1tne. says that on Thur
day morning, United States Mafshal Murray
was applied to BY. Mr. ". L. :orn1aby of the
NeF York Bank Note Company for permis-
sion TO .srnd to- Georgia = box containing =
steel plate and three thousand Impressions Of
tie notes Of the Bank Of Whisd cid, at Dal-
ton, Ga. The Aarshal properly considerd
scutLen money as contzabana of war, and
not only Refused to grant the permit, but no.
titled Mr.. o1usby. that he should ,be compel:
ed 10 seize the plate and the bills. Mr. Orns-
by left, but coon returned with the box and
delivered It into Mr.. Musraya possoesIon.--
The steel plato bas four notes engraved upon
Il, Of The denominations Of 81, g, s., and
g. There are 5000 impressions, and the
amount Of money. represented is $4,000
quite. enough to equip two or three regiments
OF the 3" Pirates Of the GulEn
, 1861-05-28

NuMnER OF TIE ESEMY's TRooPs.-A gen
t1eman Just returned from scouting tour, e4-
tended as far south as New Orleans, gives it
Is bis opinion that the sum total of the South
ern forces, at all points, does net exceed th!r-
ty.dve thousand men. He arrives 1t this con-
clusion, by presumtng that there hrs been the
came e1aggeration Of this forco at the places
which he did not visit, as be found at the
places which he did visit. We know him to
Ee man Of quick observation and good judss-
ment although we think he undertakes the enc
my's forces. But be does not err on that side,
SO much as the reports generally current at
the North EFT on the othcr.-HaAirgsor No
fto,tcy Repub3iean.
, 1861-05-28
Gticaqo Gribu1te


We lean from the New York lndepen-
: dent ;good commercial authority; that
since January Isl, the exports Q: the ,coun-
try bare increased seventeen millions dol
lars, while onr imports: have decreased to
. the extent Of five millions, as compared
: With last year, showing that gold unjust
continue to come to Us from Europe.i
, 1861-05-28
Hon. George NJ, Dalln4,

It has been iutimatcd that Mr. Da11as, Lite
Minister to London, has given certain cncous-
agemcHt to the Southern Commissioners, now
near the English court; but those who know
the antec.dents Of that distinguished states
man Indignantly deny the possibility Of any
Mseon is cited Us an evidence that he sympa-
thizcd with the Southern rebellion; but he is
u Pennsylvania, aud, therefore, cannot go
with those who desire to trample upon the
Declaration Of Independence.-Nah Cor.
IPhln. I1Is.
, 1861-05-28

WANTS eoMEuopT TO BAcK Dows.-rhe
Atlanta {Georgia) Intd7igeneer has very lusu. | !.
brious article on the war, and wants somebody
to back down. It thinks the South caa't, with
honor; and that the North must, because the
interests Of both sections are for peace. In
this last estimate, we think the latAlt9tnetr
Is mistaken, at least we hear no cries for peace
In this direction md II the sound comes
.wailiug up from the South, the rebels there
know how to obtain it. The terms have been
very distinctly proclaimed By the President Of
the United States.
, 1861-05-28

As long as slaves continue to be employ
ed by the rebels in their service, throwing
up fortifcations etc, as they were at
Charleston and are today at Norfolk and
Richmond, our commanders should take
no trouble to return such Of them as are
arrested in their attempts to regain their
liberty. They are, to use Crimean word,
the naceies Of the Confederate army; to
them will be due most Of the work that
will be done; and every one that is re-
TUNED; Is only adding TO the available force
Of those who are striving to cut our throats,
We do not touch the question Of humani-
II; but look Mt the matteesolely in the Light
Of e1pediency. Judging then By military
rules alone, we regard all cases Of rendition
as so many evidences of folly Of which our
Ger.Bu!le1s and Major Dimmicks must yet
be cured. No officer Of the Government
would, we take it, feel TINT he was under
the traitors if they should be caught within
our lines. But one strong-armed slave is
worth any halfdozen horses in the South
ern service: Why, then, send him back!
Again, this Is not a war Of compliments.
Pretty soon the shooting Of bullets must
begin. The object to beattained is to COM
pei the people ofthe seeding States to &C
knowledge obedience to the Constitution
and the 1awR For the present ne are
bound 10 do them al the injury in ou1
power. For that our armies are levied.
We ehn1l burn their towns, sink their ships
and boats, cut of their trade, shut
them out Of the markets Of the
world, kill as many Of them as
we can in battle, and if necessary desolste
their fields. This is war. It is horrid
work; but it is all implied in rebellion
Why, then, when We are pointing Minis
rnutkets at their breasts should ne be call
ed upon to respect their claims to humn1
property. Why are slaves, held in def
ance Of nll law, human and divine, th'
only properly that shall be restored t,
those who are destroying tie value Of 81
uronerty3 X
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The Rebels Short Of Provisions at
Enrfn1kr.

The Rebels Short Of Provisions at
Norfolk.
An officer Of q Louisiana regiment station
cd OF Norfolk, writing to the New Orleans
Ddta, says:
We are now laboring here under great
trouble for want ef proyfsions, as every inlet
to the city with the exception Of one, 10
guarded By the enemy. The port is blockad.
ou5 be onv Toaa & tbe rom
Petersburg, and on this road trains arc run
ming day md night with troops, provisions,
ammunition, SC
We are also suffering greatly for the want
Of good water. The cistsrns are exhausted
ant, the sbrings have all dried up. We are
therefore compelled to use well and river
Mater, which disagree with rs, causing much
suffering from dysentery.
, 1861-05-28

WHAT TIE SOUTH THINK OF Us.
De Eo1's Reeiew, the best exponent per
haps, Of. southern sentiments, after speak
ing Of the stupid, sensual, ignorant masses
OF the North, who are foolish as they are
depraved. adds:
!" The Cavaliers, Jacobites and Hugue-
"note, who settled in the 6outh, naturally
Il hate, contemn and despise the puritans,
"who settled tie North. The former are
"maste1-races, the latter q slave race"
+ y =
1--WE are the most aristocratic people In
"the world. Pride Of caste and color, and
"p1ivilege makes every white man an aris-
'"tocrat in feeling" -
"Gipsies and free negroes have many
"noble, amiatle, and generous traits:
Yankees, sour-kront Germans and Can
"adiaHs, none"
The day is not far distant, and. perhaps
now is, when these descendants OF the
boosted Cavaliers will meet the descend
anta Of the psalm-singing Puritans face TO
face, and We predict that the result will be
as disastrous as when their respective an.
cestors met IN battle array 1at NassbY and
Ma1ston Moor.
These Yankeeregiments while armed
with Shapes rifles and riAed cannon, are
amply provided with bibles and hymn
books. Prayer:meetings are maintained
weekly, and the Sabbath Is strictly oh.
served. Such soldiers viii fight well, for
theybelieTe that they ere fighting not to
crafty feeling Of revenge, or under the
excitement Of the smell Of blood, but for
freedom their country and. their God.
The self4tyled chivzlry, mad with whisky,
and spnHed on with the hope Of ;plunder,
WILL 1an before them like grass before the
scythe.
The Southern reviewer is unfortunate In
historical allusion. The men who. make
up the army Of the North have many d
the stern: trails which characteriz.sed tht
soldiers Of Cromwen-the most splendid
and effective amy ever raised in England
Like them, these men areno mere mercen
aries, but t.'of decent station and gray
character, fearing God and Jealous 70
public liberty" ,Macau1ay, though by n
means partial to the Puritan, never wrot
more brilliant chapter than that i#hic'
describes the exploits of this army. . Incl
"was the intelligence; the gravity. and ,th
nse1f. 1f.cem,nand- OF. the warriors whom
Cromwell hid t.sinea; ;tbatin thetr can,ii ,;
Z
, 1861-05-28

:: Judge Lyons, Of Richmond, in his charge to
the grand jury of that city, thus defines the
crime Of treason according to the Virginia
code:
Any citizen OF resident Of Virginia who
now adheres to the United States, giving the
Government thereof, or It's officers, aid and
comfort, ia guilty Of .t1eazon. Furnishing In
formation Or Intelligence, money, arns, AM
whether gratnitona1y or for rewnrd, Is giving
aid, and therefore committing treason. Even
the attempt to do any Of these things, though
unsuccessful, will make q man guilty ol
treason. :. ~;