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The national Republican., 1861-05-11
NEWS ITEMS,

We apprehend that the following is correct
list Of the disunion soldiers in Alexandra at
this time, namely:
Infantry.-The Loudoun Guards, Capt Tibbs,
about 80 men.
Two companies of Mount Vernon Guards,
Capt. De Vaughan, los men in all.
Old Dominion Rifles, 60 strong.
Warren Rifles, 80 strong.
Mounted men.-Loudoun Cavalry, Captain
Shreve, 60 men.
Alexandria Mounted Company, Capt. Powell,
60 strong.-Star Of Thursday.
A letter from on board one Of the United
States vessels off Pensacola discloSes the i'm.
portant fact that the rebels in possession there
intend, in case they are likely to be worsted in
an encounter with the Federal forces, to destroy
Pensacola, Warrington, and the Navy Yard, by
blowing up and burning. This has been ascer.
tanned through spies, who assert that the pow.
der has already been placed, and the trains
laid for the purpose. Warrington is said to be
now entirely deserted by its inhabitants, and
houses are occupied by rebel soldiers.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11
TENNESSEE.

We have heard reliably from Senator John.
son, as late as last Monday, when he was sixty
miles west of Knoxville, on his canvass Of the
State which votes on the 9th of June upon the
question of secession. Mr.. johnson and his
friends were, at that date, hopeful. The pas.
cage of the ordinance Of secession by the Legis-
lature proves nothing, as that body has been
for secession from the start. At Knoxville, the
Union men were as firm as ever. The nomi.
nation of Union candidate for Governor, Mr..
Campbell, by the Convention presided over by
William Il. Polk, brother of the late President,
has given animation to that cause. The elec.
ton of Governor comes of in August.
The style of Mr.. Johnson's canvassing may
be judged Of, from the commencement Of his
speech at Cleveland, Tennessee, where threats
against him had been largely INDUCED in. He
told the crowd, that he did not come there to
be shot, but TO shoot" that if there was to be a
fight, he and his friends were ready for it, and
that he preferred to finish up the fighting, be.
fore making his speech. Nobody coming for.
ward to fight, the intrepid Senator proceeded
to speak, and by the time he had finished, nine
teen.t xentieths of the audience were with him.
He told them, among other things, that JEFF.
Davis and the Governor of the State ought to
be hanged, and would be hanged, at that not
far distant period when the judicial power Of
the Government could be brought to bear upon
them.
The course of Tennessee may be controlled
BY events 10 occur between this time and the
9Th, but the present aspect there is good.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11
Proposals for Wood and Coal.
OsFIcn Houss OF REPRESENTATIVES q. s.,

uVUB1 VI n1FREsEHTzTIVES q. ~
Mdy 7, 1861.
~ Office until IL o'clock on Monday, the Sd day
Of June next, for furnishing, for the use of the
House of Representatives Of the United States,
five hundred and fifty tons $4,000 pounds) best
white ash furnace coal, (stesmbost size,) one
hundred cords best dry hickory wood and ono
hundred cords best dry spruce pine wood. The
whole to be packed away in the vaults of the
Capitol, in the places which will be shown on
application to the Engineer In the service of the
House Of Representatives, and to be delivered BY
the Let Of July next. Bonds for the faithful exc
cuion Of the contract will be required.
Bids for the coal and wood will be considered
separately, and satisfactory arrangements must
be made for the correct measurement of both.
J. W. FORNEY,
may 9-w4w Clerk II. R. U 8.
Intsll,gsnssr, Star, and Chronicle, copy.]
The national Republican., 1861-05-11
AN APPEAL FROM MISSOURI.
Fellop. Citizens ofthe Free States:

-SNG~e"S ~ "se Afce' ototcS'
Placed on an advanced post Of liberty in the
present struggle for the maintenance Of our
Government, we have, in obedience to the call
Of our President, organized the four regiments
of volunteers from Missouri. As citizens Of Q
State whose first executive is, as you well know,
opposed TO the Government Of the United States,
we, as matter Of course, cannot expect sup.
port from him, or the State Government for
furhering the purposes of our Federal Govern.
ment. We are, therefore, compelled to appeal
TO the sympathies of our fellow.ctizens in the
free States, who have with unprecedented una.
nimity come to the support Of our Government,
for the necessary means of providing our first
equipment. Many Of our men are destitute Of
the means to purchase the necessary uniform,
blankets, &c. Having no claim on our General
Government until after three months service,
we appeal to the sympathy Of our Union.loving
fellow citizens in the free States for the neces-
sary assistance and support, fully satisfied that
part Of that patriotic lberality 90 freely shown
to their own volunteers, will not be withheld
from US. Anticipating such sympathy, We will
strain every nerve to uphold the authority Of
our Federal Government in this remote and i'm.
portant post of the great West, against treason
and rebellion, in order that the wishes Of the
patriots and Union. n.loving men of this country
many soon be fulfilled, and that rebellion be
forever crushed, and the cause Of right and
justice be triumphant over treason and seces.
sion.
Governor Gustavus Koerner, of Belleville,
Illinois, has kindly consented to act for US as
receiver and disburser; and, without consulta.
ton, we feel at liberty to ask Isaac Sherman,
Esq, and Sigsmund Kaufman, Esq, ofthe ci,y
Of N. Y, Evans Rogers, Esq, Of Philadelphia,
and Judge Thomas Russell, Of Boston, to act in
our behalf in these cities.
FRANK P. BLAIR, Jun,
Col. First Regiment Mo. VOL
HxNRY BoERNsTEIN,
Col. Second Regiment Mo. Vol.
F. SIGEL,
Col. Third Regiment Mo. Vol.
NICHOLAS SCHuTTNRR,
Col. Fourth Regiment Mo. Vsl.
81. Louis, Missouri, May 6, 1861.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD,

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD,
CHANGE OF HOURS.
0N and after Sunday, April l4th, 1891, the
~ trains will run ss follows:
Leave WASHINGTON at 426 and ITO A. NJ,
2.46 and b45 p. N.
Leave BALTIMORE at 4 and $40 A. NJ, 346
and P. N.
Passengers for the West, Southwest, and North
west, will take the 4.25 A. N. and 2.46 P. N.
trains, which connect with Western trains at
Washington Junction.
For Philadelphia and New York, 4.2b and ITO
A. N. and 2.46 P. NJ.
For Annapolis, ITO A. N. and 2.46 P. NJ
For Norfolk, 2.46 P. NJ.
On Sunday, but one train, at 2.4b P. NJ, and
on Saturday the 2.46 P. M. train goes to Phila-
delphia only. W. P. SMITH,
apr Is Master of Transportation.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

MICE BRIGHT DRIED APPLES.
~ Sugar.cured HAMS.
Fresh BUTTER, from Virginia.
Cheap White and Brown SUGAR.
Old Java COFFEE.
Choice Green and Black TEA.
James s. Welch and other brands of FLOUR.
Good Family Flour, $3.50.
JOSEPH W. DAVIS,
may IL Corner Ninth and e streetl
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

ATTACHING WAsHlSaros.-The conspirators
intended to have this capital, when they com.
menced last November. They have made all
the military movements Of the past thirty days,
with view to it's capture. They have excited
the whole Southern people with that idea. An
attack upon Washington is really the most des
perate Of the causes open to them. Their
troops are not adapted to defensive war.
They will lose numbers and spirits both, under
the disgusts of an idle camp life. The South.
ern people will lose heart and hope, cooped up
and blockadsd as they are, and will be, unless
they can strike some blow, and it is only at
Washington they can strike. The conspirators
are ruined without battle, If they give up this
long meditated attack, and if they make it,
they are ruined with battle. 1t is case Of
9 choice between hanging and drowning. It
is choice they must soon make. Revolutions
never stand still.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

~ Last news from California indicates the
prospect Of some new Indian wars in the north.
ern part Of that State, before the accounts Of
the last ones have been audited. We have
wars enough on our hands, without unnecessa.
ry ones with Indians on the Pacific, and any
measure looking to peace in that quarter, is
now more desirable than ever.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11
ESy@ The Richmond Examiner says !:

"Now is the time to strike blow at Wash
ington. Our raw levies will fight better now
than six weeks hence. Soldiers cannot be
trained and disciplined in six weeks but six
weeks delay and camp exposure may damp the
spirits, the enthusiasm, and the ardor of men
now painting Tor fight"
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

Between two and three thousand barrels of
-four, with considerable quantity of groceries,
have been recently sent from Alexandria to
Warrenton, Virginia, BY rail, for safe keeping
the fear of visit from United States troops at
this point being quite lively yet over the river.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

Provisions FOR THE SoUrHwEsT.-As stated
in our telegraphic dispatch yesterday from
Louisville, the custom-house officers there re.
ceived instructions, May 8, to prevent ship.
ments to the seeded States of arms, munitions,
or provisions. Similar instructions, Of course,
have been sent to St. Louis and other points.
1t is understood that the instructions sent
several days ago, as well to these custom.
houses as to the Atlantic custom houses, not to
grant clearances for seeded ports, were in.
tended to cut off all intercourse with them, but
did not accomplish that object in consequence
of the practice Of going from port to port on
the Mississippi without clearances, which had
grown up among the Western steamboats,. The
new instructions given by Governor Chase will,
however, effectually accomplish what was origin
ally intended. And, so far as shipments by
water are concerned, the ample force at Cairo,
commanding both the Ohio and the Mississippi,
will insure the faithful execution of these in
structions.
1t will probably be impossible, however, to
prevent altogether the passage Of provisions
from the West to the South, through Kentucky.
That State being in the Union, the sending of
provisions to Louisville can only be prevented
by the spontaneous interference Of the people
on the northern side of the Ohio, and that can
not be expected to accomplish the object per-
fectly, although it will do so in good degree.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

"a The Star thinks that the Virginia con.
spirators intend to depose Gov. Letcher, who
is not fast enough for them, and that this is
the meaning Of the demand for "a DICTATOR"
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

The Hon. A. R. Boteler is announced in the
last Winchester (Val Republican as candi.
date for seat in the Montgomery Congress.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

~ Lewis Clephane was yesterday appoint
ed by the President Postmaster of this city.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11
DEPARTMENTAL,

ArPoINrMENrs.-The following appoint.
rhents have been made 10 fill vacancies crea.
ted by resignation in the Treasurer's office:
Humphrey G. Root Of New York, and 8. G.
Middleton OF D. c., fourth. class ,s00) clerks,
in place of W. D. Mutt and Anthony Mclean.
D. M. Stewart Of N. Y, and John d. Phar Of
KY, second.class $l,40O) clerks, in place Of
J. G. Hedgman and R. L. Brown.
James Abrams, IS Wisconsin, has been ap.
pointed to first class $1,000 clerkship in
the Pension Office.
John A. Winner, of N. j., to q 1920 clerk.
ship in the Ordnance Bureau, (Wsr Depart.
ment) in place Of W. b. Giles, removed.
". A. Nichols, of Pa, to q 81 400 clerkship
in the Surgeon Generals Office, in place Of A.
Bslmains, removed.
the Quartermaster Generals Office, in place Of
the same office.
G. B. Cox, of Mass, has been appointed
Chief Clerk Of the Navy Department. in place
of n. Berrien, who has been appointed Fourth
Auditor.
FRoM EuR0PE.-The Africa, at New York,
brings Liverpool dates to the 28th Of April.
The subject of American hostilites was en-.
crossing public attention in England.
The news of the bombardment of Fort Sum.
ter created considerable sensation, and produced
slight depression in English funds.
The Times considers the result of the contest
inexplicable, considering that bar.room diff.
Guilty would have occasioned more bloodshed.
The steamer Great Eastern was in the hands
Of the sheriff, under an execution. She was,
however, advertised to sail on the lst of June,
the company having offered to deposit the
amount claimed.
Affairs at Warsaw we're unchanged. All the
towns Of Poland were occupied with military;
and many arrests continued 70 be made.
There we're reports Of an intended demonstra
ton on the goth Of May, the Cars birthday.
The insurrectionary movements in the Nea-
politan provinces we're spreading. Martial law
had been proclaimed in Abruzzi and other
places.
A DICTATOR CALLED FoR.-In the late de.
bates of the Congress Of this Confederacy, Mr..
Wright, Of Georgia, showed true appreciation
Of the crisis when he advocated the grant Of
power to the President that would enable him
to make immediate defence of Richmond, and
to bring the whole force of the Confederacy to
bear on the affairs Of Virginia. 1t is here that
the fate of the Confederscy is to be decided,
and the time is too short to permit red tape to
interfere with public safety. No power in ex.
ecutive hands can be too great no discretion
too absolute at such moments as these. We
need Dictator. Let lawyers talk when the
world has time to hear them. Now let the
sword do its work.-Richmond Examiner Of
Nay 8.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

NJ The Montgomery correspondent of the
8. c. Mercury, says that the question discussed
in the Southern Congress, is whether to attack
Warrington or Philadelphia.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11
OFFICIAL.
BY the Prssidsnt Of the United States Of
America.
A PROCLAMATION.

PROCLAMATION.
Whereas an insurrection exists in the State
of Florida, by which the lives, liberty, and
property Of loyal citizens of the United States
are endangered:
And whereas it is deemed proper that all
needful measures should be taken for the pro.
lection of such citizens and all officers Of the
United States in the discharge Of their public
duties, in the State aforesaid:
Now, therefore, be it known that /, Abraham
Lincoln, President Of the United States, do
hereby direct the commander Of the forces Of
the United States, on the Florida coast, to per.
NIT no person to exercise any Office or author.
ity upon the Islands of Key West, the Tortu.
gas, and Santa Rosa, which may be inconsist.
ent with the laws and Constitution of the Uni.
ted States, authorizing him at the same time,
If he shall find it necessary, to suspend there
the writ of habeas corpus, and to remove from
the vicinity of the United States fortresses all
dangerous or suspected persons.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done at the city of
Washington, this tenth day Of May, in
IL. O. the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, and of the inde-
pendence of the United States the
eighty fifth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WILLIAM q, SEWARD, Secretary of State,
The national Republican., 1861-05-11
"VIcE. president" STEPHENs.-In his speech
at Atlanta, April 30, Mr.. Stephens said:

at Atlanta, April 30, Mr.. Stephens said:
"But the best of all is, that Maryand-gal.
liant little Maryland-right under the guns of
Lincoln, and the threats of Blair to make it
free State if the blood of the last white man
has to be shed in accomplishing it-has resol.
ped, to a man, TO stand by the South! She will
be arrayed against aboitiondom, and cling to
the South and if she has no delegates with
us now, she is in open defiance Of Lincoln and
his Government, and will soon be with us,
even by revolution. The cause of Baltimore
is the cause of us all, from the Atlantic to the
Rio Grande. Her hands must be held up, and
triumph must be assured to her."
The secessionists fully expected to carry
Maryland, and their failure to do so is a bitter
disappointment for them.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11
SOUTHERN DEBrs.-The New York Herald o
Thursday says:

Thursday says;
at seems to be supposed that all the job.
bers in the Southern trade will 20. Georgia
surpssses Virginia and Tennessee in the lofty
method of the swindling. Letters received here
from Georgia banks state that they have made
collections for New York houses and placed the
proceeds to the credit of the State Of Georgia.
Governor Brown set the example Of robbery
some months ago. Mr.. Charles Morgan arrived
to day from New Orleans, where his entire steam
feet, plying between New Orleans, Texas, and
Mexico, has been seized. A general contsca.
ton Of Northern property in the Southern States
is expected"
The New York Tribune estimates the South.
ern mercantile indebtedness to New York, at
sl,5O,OOO,OOO.
The New York Post SUI ggests to the merchants,
as an incentive to the vigorous prosecution Of
the present war, that the earlier the restoration
of law and order, the more hopeful will be the
recovery of these debts. There is something in
this, but not much, as the impending destruc.
ton at the South will leave little or no ability
to pay. The restoration Of order, however, will
give availability to legal remedies, where debts
are secured by liens upon real estate. 1t will
also protect Northern titles to railroads and
other property at the South. But the mercan-
tile debts, as mass, are finally lost, in any
possible turn Of affairs.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

~ A gentleman from the South informs
the N. Y. Ecening Post, that while he was at
Athens last week, four or FIVE thousand rebel
troops from Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee,
passed through that place on their way to vir.
ginia.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

KENTUcKY.-If the dispatch from Louisville
Of the 9Th, of an agreement among the leaders
Of parties to arm the State at an expense of
three millions, is correct, it is the second time
that Mr.. Breckenridge has outmanaged Mr..
Crittenden. Kentucky can have no possible
object in srming but that of making sear upon
the United States.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

~ Gov. Hicks denies unqualifedly, that
he gave his assent to the burning of the bridges
on the railroads leading from Baltimore north.
We take the occasion to add, that our conf
dence in Gov. Hicks desire to save the Union,
has never been impaired. We should have ex.
pressed this confidence in him earlier, if we
had not been restrained by the apprehension
Of bringing down attacks upon him from the
other side. We do not approve all he has
done, but we know, that he has been against
the sseessionists from first to last.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

By the President:
WILLIAM h. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

TIE SOLDIERS GUIDE.-This is the title Of
q manual and drill book, prepared by an off.
Ger of the U. s. army, for the use of militia and
volunteers. Twenty five cents per copy. For
sale by Frank Lasalle.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

WESTERN VIRGINIA.-Fourteen counties are
known to have elected delegates to the Wheel
ing convention, to assemble on the 9th instant
The Wheeling Union men received 1000 stand
Of arms on Wednesday.
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

- The Cincinnati Erpress Of Wednesday
says:
"The returns from the Kentucky election
sbov that the sentiment of that State is over
vhelminply Union. In the eastern or noun.
tain counties, the majority is larger than the
aggregate vote cast at any previous election.
These counties contain but few slaves, and the
people perform their own labor. In Louisville,
the vote is unusually heavy, and unanimously
Union. The aggregate vote of the State, last
fall, was one hundred and fortysix thousand,
and the Union majority will now be about one
hundred and twenty thousand. Although The
secessionists withdrew their ticket, as soon as
they saw that defea. was inevitable, they did
not succeed in reducing the vote of their oppo.
usnts, a. they had no doubt hoped to do"
The national Republican., 1861-05-11

~ If the country on the other side of the
Potomac was an ensmy's country, the consid
erations which should govern the. advance of
American troops into it, would be purely mil
itary. But it is not an enemy's country.
The chiefs who control it for the moment,
are enemies, and deadly enemies, but the pop.
ulations are divided in sentiment. Precisely
to what extent they are divided, and upon what
degree of cooperation from the inhabitants, ad-
vancing American troops can rely, are ques-
tions upon which there are differences of opin.
ions. But these are political questions, and
not military ones, and hence it is not to be
expected that the President will feel bound to
take army views alone, as to the expediency Of
advance movements which may be proposed.
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RAYMOND AND THE TELEeRIPH.

LoUrsviLLs, July 29.-lr. Raymond, the edtorisl
correspondent Of the New York Times, says that Sun
day last while the battle Of Stone Bridge or Bull Run,
Manassas being fought he telegraphed to bis
paper that the thres Federal columns we're more than
maintaining ground and he assured his readers that
he predicted the success of the Federal ocps tho
commencement Of their route to the of action At
the close of the battle, and partly in advance of the
"doubls-quiek" Tstrograde movements of AcDowell's
dsordered forces, Raymond hastered to Washington,
and added postscript to his previous dispatches, in
which he fairly stated tho resul Of the baltic. The tee
graphic censor in the Washington telegraph Office
fused to allow the postscript to be sent AT least states
Mr.. Raymond in the New York Times Of Friday morn
inr
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TEGEGRAAS.
TIE ALARx ABOUT WASHINGTON.

Nkw fssx. July 2s-Tho Washington correspondent
Of the Herald Gays Mr. Secretary wses, of the Navy
Department has ordered powerful savs force TO guard
the crossings of the Potomac below Washington. The
story that Gen. Lee intends to the Po,onae South
Of Hsrpers Ferry simprobable. An entire change In
the army orgaDx,tOn is probable About midnight the
piakes celded near the Chain Bridge. Mr.. Burch,
Of the party who went in search Of Mr. Canerons body
has resurnsd bis companions held prisoners and
he swsra to silence.
The Washington correspondent Of the n. Y. 7ri1sas
says that Col Lander has bean euthorrsd TO summon
and organise the Of the mountains and tho plains
with whom be very popular while opening the over
land mail route.
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