, 1861-05-18

sns ttom New York, Tor ths 3 1toa .ournaI.
Els text yesterday was, "And the soldiers
lPks*iss demanded Of him, saJtng, and Whist
ahau we do? And he said unio them, do vlo-
and be content with your wagea." In the
eourae OF bis sermon, the preacher drew
parallel between the ten tribes Of Iarsel. who
feFolted from the Government, and the about
Ten ststes which have revolted from ours.
dnea dne ten tllbe. came to noueht, while the old
not have preached this In Montgomery. Rev
". Butler gave notics Of special o'clock
service In his church hereafter, for tho militia.
n gentlemsn in the city. There were largo
Numbers OF such present In this church yos-
teriAy when the Doctor came out with one Of
Ms Pat1ham guns, which ho hadlet of in 124o,
and now aaid he would give 1t word tor word
. he did then It was On the theme that
God 10 Governor amo1g the Dationa." In
the evening he repeated q second discourse
*hich Was preached first In 1849, which WA
when there was some great excitement up
the Mexican wa1, 81, 40 or fight "-or what
not This latter Was On the relation Of tho
Church to the State, and took high ground u
to the right and duty Of the Pulpit to speak
on national sins aud crimes. There is talk of
having both sermons printed In the evening
Ksv. Dr: Weston, one Of the ten preachers ID
IHnity Church and its ChaI els, In New York,
preached for the Unitarian Church here. He
ia man of large heart and IL very popu1ar
viii the 7th Regiment, whose chaplain he il.
One of the 7th was telling New York visitor
to his tent how the Doctor drew the tears
from their eyes when he touched on the homes
they had left behind them. have some fears
that the 9Th are full enough !ucline1 home
"a1d, without such illusions, fer heard one
OF them, yesterday, arguing why they should
go home, without being blamed, when their
thirty days are up, which will be within =
week. Another Of the Regiment was telling
what his father, who has four Sons enlisted,
had written him, and that was. "1f they come
powder, every body In NeW York will boot ut
them.".
Iheard another Of this Regiment say be
WIS bound to stay till this war Ia settled.
We shall Boon know what they will do. A
gentlemen told me to-dhy that new delegar
ton were coming to give the War Department
assurance that men and money enough should
be furnished but that there must be no m re
delay to carry this war home tn the traitora-
The visitors cone from New York and Boa
ton, where the demand is becoming more and
more imperative that thelr men sh&n do what
Ny impression Is that the Administration
hope to conquer Virginia, and other border
States In armed or aEming ntuIal1ty u as 1t
has conquered Maryland, uy ''masterly tnao~
tiyityr not that Think that there has been
any inactivity in the Administration, for it
has worked wonders, and might say miracles.
But it has cslled to its aid "1fme which has
had many monument reared to it, IS the Re
ktorer" 1t givea the appearance OF strength
oftener than Ut weakness, not to Seem to be
IN hurry. The South IL weak and must strike
Roon- The North is strong enough to take its
t ms There il danger both Ways. The South
ern rebels hAye made all their advantage 1t
the start, BY tho do nothing policy of Buc6an
an, and by What seemed too much like it, in
the first month Of the present regime. If the
troops will not lose their zeal, aud the North
will continue determined, there il no doubt
the blockade and starvation will do the need
ed work for them; this Capital being mean
table, tells me this morning, that they have
not food enough h there to last the citizans one
week longer; aud the Pawnse with guns run ont
Of her port holes, does not allow them to
practice any more their game Of stopping the
shad coming here for our breakfasts- But
they have Large crops growing all through the
South, and this war musi be cut short soon,
OF they will whistle aud snap their angera At
us, and even put tbs thumb On their turned
up noses. Probably something decisive will
soon end all epeculatioas, and W shall see
what We shall see,
To-day old Connecticut came marching into
town, Thousand strong, and with the "Old
uniform was complese, their canteens lively
and dashing. and pl:dged to victory, yoa
might know By the way the eusisn
bore them 4 splendid band heralded
their approach, and away they went
to good quartera secured By Governor
Bucsingham. Another egimens Is soon to
follow, and the South will LOW get something
real from them, and no more wooden hama.
The particular military display, however, has
been the D.striet Militia, winch N ade q bri-
g4de Of near four thousand. They passed in
review before several Of the War Department,
and the President, and made good show,
quite relieving the suspicious felt In certain
quarters Of the loyalty Of the city soldierJ.
The suggestion Of the FIRE companies Of New
York and Philadelp lphia to send some Of their
boys down here with steam engines, il much
commended, aod will probably be adopted. II
these British Tories can succeed in Il ing
might take too many of our forces to put them
out, leaving tbs enemy batter Chance to
come In.
The Cabinet were in seseion all day Sunday,
and it ia understood they were laying plans
tor matters near home. Whether they have
anytuiag defiolte ~ to the expected attack on
the city, DOES not tranepire. The Clerk Of the
War Department., of whom got some hints,
tells ms he does not like the reported ofers
Of pa-iac proposals m2de By Col PrentiAa to
Memphis. have not seen any such reported,
but was free to tell the Clark that 6 Captain
Ben" was not the man to show the white
feather.
Ths weather here is fine. Whito pants be-
gin to be seen, the negroes being an ng the
leaders Of the opening. B5-the-by, = MICS
chapter might be written on the complexion
of the negroes Of the district I cannot say
blacks, tor the black has gone by HaDy dis
solving view. Whether the meetings Of Con
grees have legielated 1t away, non co,astat. The
National Repasbliean, Of this city, In to days
Issue, has not the squeamishneAs of 80 many
of our papers q to The part Tres negroes are
to act in this war, and without saying 1t Wonld
countelance any raids Of such into the Slave
States, it does cay, in italics, that slauevy ao1
7aSs,ey su7pips this Unioa'' j. W.R