The national Republican., 1861-06-22


saving the whole State. That he escaped with
his life, is due to his own rare courage, and to
the devotion Of his personal friends.
! We learn that after surviving all the perils
of the recent political campaign in Tennessee,
he and his party were fred upon as they were
passing into Kentucky through the Cumber,
land Gap. This Gring had, happily, no other
effect than to illustrate the malignity and COW.
ardice of his enemies.
WESTERN VIRalSIA.-It turns out that the
burning ofthe New Creek bridge was an isolated
movement, the rebels who did it returning i'm
mediately to Romney. Colonel Wallace, who
commands the national troop, at Cumberland,
will proceed second time to Romney and dis,
lodge the enemy, Us soon as he gets reinforce.
ments from Harrisburg, at which last place two
regiments of infantry, one company Of cavalry,
and one company of artillery, received orders
yesterday morning to join him. General Nc.
Clellan was yesterday at Marietta, which is
twelve miles from Parkersburg, on the opposite
side of the Ohio river. On Tuesday, the last
of General Cadwallader's troops, which crossed
the Potomac from Williamsport on Sunday, had
recrossed the river, leaving the rebels in full
command on the south side.
tS- To disapprove of the non.recall (which
may only be delay of Mr. Harvey as minis.
| ter to Portugal, Or Of the appointment of Em.
ory as lieutenant colonel, or of both things,
I &, "a, ,,f fhak ind ;ndor
ment upon which the press should always in.
sist. But to group those acts as evidence of
the deliberate intention Of tie Admins istration
to betray the country into tue hands Of traitors,
is presuming good deal upon the public credu.
lty, and, in Republican Journal, has other
aspects which are extraordinary. And it Ger.
tanly has no special excuse in the case Of the
New York Tribune, whose partners and en-.
ployees (including Mr.. Harvey have been SO
bountifully provided for since the 4;h of March.
THE New YORK CusroM Horsr.-The total
receipts for May were $s79, 100 against 81, ,4l6,.
500 in the corresponding month of last year.
Ihe total since January lst amounts to
$1,000, ,272.54, decrease Of six millions as
compared with last year.
1t was with this state Of things in progress,
or clearly foreseen by every body, that the las,
House, by an overwhelming majority, voted
down the proposition of the Senate to tax tes
and coffee, while, at the same time, failing te
propose any equivalent measure of relief to the
treasury. Demagogueism regned supreme
The Representatives were afraid to impose
taxes, but they were wonderfully patriotic in
voting loans. The result has bsen 9 sale Of
our six per cent. stocks at fifteen per cent. dis
count; and the wonder is, that Gov. Chase was
able to do as we'll as that, with such IN exhibit
of means of payment as he was compelled to
make. 1t is asking him to make bricks with
out straw, to send him into Wall street to Dor.
row money, without establishing such revenues
as will fortify the national credit.
VIRGISlA.-The new Governor of Virginia
Mr.. Pierpont, who takes the place of Mr.
! Letcher, who has abdicated, and who will soou
be refugee, is spoken Of as a gentleman Of
talents, vigor, and the highest character. Those
who know him well predict the best results
from his administration Of affairs in the noble
old Commonwealth over which he has been
called upon to preside at this di ficult juncture
1t is believed, that but for the presence OF
the mercenaries ofthe Montgomery cabal, Gov
Pierpont's progress to Richmond would bt
triumphal; and that if Virginia was left to her.
self, he would not need single man to aid
him, to be furnished by the national Govern
ment. But, oppressed as Virginia is, by for
eign soldiery, she is obliged to call upon The
President for relief, and she has right t
make that call under the provisions of the ma
tional Constitution.
1t is understood that the Virginia Legislature
soon to assemble at Wheeling, will eject Sena
tors to fill the places Of the late Senators, Hun
ter and Mason, who will retire, first to the Gulf
and afterwards, either to Cuba, Porto Rico, Oh
Brazil, where they can enjoy the presence and
contact ofnegroes for the balance of their very
useful lives. One of the new Senators will, il
is believed, be Mr.. Carlisle.
MISSOURI.
The complete liberation of this great and
populous State from the clutch of the tsrrorists
is an event of magnitude. 1t opens the way
to the liberation of Arkansas, and will have ar
important moral influence in steadying the
councils of Kentucky.
The conspirators have left no stone unturnet
to secure Missouri. They supplied arms from
the Baton Rouge arsenal, to the traitorous en-
campment Of Gen. Frost, which was so sum
marily dealt with by Gen. Lyon. And they
have undoubtedly been organizing force il