The national Republican., 1861-06-05

cross oil the Hermit, or the signal OF the High
lander, inspiring the brave defenders Of liberty
10 do and dare for our common country, our
time honored Constitution aud our benc6cent
Union. With fervent prayers to our Heavenly
Father for the speedy coming Of that good
time when ours shall, in deed and in truth, be
the land Of the free and the home of the brave,
as citizen Of Virginia, surrender this trophy
to your hands,
ing we hope to he able to give to our readers,
in an extract from his sermon in Plymouth
church OIL Sunday next.
PRESENTATION OF HAvELocKs TO THE Sixth
MASSACHUSETTS REGiMENT-At the beautiful
encampnent Of the Sixth Massachusetts, regi
ment, near the Relay House, an agreeable epi.
sode in camp life occurred yesterday, in the
presentation of a complement of havelocks for
that regiment, by ladies Of this city, through
the hands of Mr.. Thomas c. Connolly, of the
U. S. Patent Office. Having been welcomed
at the camp by Col. Edward +. Jones, the com.
mander, Mr.. Connolly said:
"CoLoNEL JONES: have brought, as an Of
fcring to your regiment, this supply Of have.
locks. The material of which they have been
made is the gift of members Of the church and
congregation Of which the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher is pastor, in the city of Brooklyn. 1t
was consigned to Mrs. Gamaliel Bailey, of
Washington, upon her application, and was by
| ttat lady presented to the Ladies Aid Society
of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Wash.
ington, with an indication of her desire that
it should be converted into havelocks for the
sixth regiment of Massachusetts. The Rev.
DR.. Smith, the pastor Of the Fourth Church,
would have appeared before you, in compliance
with the wishes OF that society, to present to
your noble regiment the product of their skill
and labor, had his health been adequate to the
journey. therefore appear for them, instruct.
ed to say to you that they rejoice in the privi-
lege Of doing even the little Of which they are
capable, toward promoting the comfort OF the
guardians of their home and the champions Of
the Constitution and the laws Of our glorious
Republic.
"They have in fervent prayer thanked God
for your delverance from the dangers into
which you we're betrayed when your footsteps
first pressed the soil of the South; they have
invoked Heavens protecting care in your be-
half, in whatever dangers may still be around
or before you; and it will continue to be the
prayer Of their hearts that your New England
homes may ere long be made glad by your re-
turn, when treason shall have been crushed in
our land, and all the nations shall have learned
that we have A GOVERNMENT, aud that it is alike
powerful and beneicent."
Colonel Jones, in reply, made q few remarks,
substantially as followsi
"Mr. CONNOLLY: In reviewing the many posi-.
tions which, in the course of my duties as com.
. mander of the sixth Massachusetts, regiment, |
have been called upon to fill, ] remember none
that has given me so much pleasure as the
present-that Of being the channel through
: which the ladies Of the Fourth Church have
, seen fit to convey these tokens Of sympathy,
r good will, and encouragement, to my command
, Articles of useful nature, like these have
locks, ore of double value: first and least
they protect the head from the burning rays o
, the sun; second, they enshrine the heart with
the recollection that it is from the hand Of wo
man We receive them; and such recollections
serve 10 guard us against the evil temptations
that surround us. Did we need it, they would
). bring wildly to our minds our mothers, wives
e sisters, and swcethearts, that we left behind us
. who will as fully appreciate this kindness o
o their sisters to us, rs we Can do. Aud when
a l say to you, sir, Il thank you,' feel tha
. | speak with seven hundred tongues, from
= seven hundred hearts, and that we hope soor
y =, fully to merit the good wishes which you 81
f kindly express to us"
e A WAsHINGroNIAN CApTUREp BY THE St
's CEssIoSlsTs.-On Saturday evening last, DR.
h NJ. c. Causten, a member of the President
Mounted Guard, Captain Owen, was take
g prisoner ut Seneca, Nd DIR. C. went up o
sr Saturday morning to visit his wife, who is stoF
5 ping at Seneca, (about twenty five miles abov
Georgetown and was about to start ou his r,
!g turn in the afternoon, when he was seized b
ii. three Virginians, who had come from the OF
d. posite shore in boat, aud taken over into VII
Or gina.
$, The information was received in this cit
yest .rday afternoon, and created great de,
OF excitement among the members OF the con
, pany, many ofwhom wanted to 90 immediate
ea to his rescue, but were dissuaded from the u
as tempt by their friends
W. NAVY YARp-The Freeborn lies at the 70
of the wharf, near the lower ship.house, whe
"a she is now undergoing repairs from her dar
- ages received in the Aqua creek fight. III
Anacostia also lies at the wharves, toge,h
&c, with the Monticello the latter preparing to r
-, ceive on board heavier guns. The Anacost
Ls is but little injured, having received very fe
a Shots as she lies so low in the water that 81
H.. presents rather a small target. One or tv
.iv balls struck her hull, but not with much et1e,
nr The railing and stanchions on her iorwa
IT.. upper works are carried away, and her b,
~ wal ks bruised little. Nearly all the She
!: fred at her fell short, and skipped clear ov
ia. without striking the vessel. Several workm'
IL. are caulking her sides, and getting her rea'
M, for another brush.
70 The Sea Gull, which brought around Il
tv good things for the Rhode Island boys, left
10 Providence yesterday
,at Quite a number of heavy guns have be-
lid taken down to the wharf in the last few da,
n,t among which are two nine.inch shell guns,
nd monster Dahlgren, and three or four thrty.t'
of Founders. Some Of these are mouLted, q
,ur all ready to go on board ship.
cf RETURN OF THE FIFTH New York Re-
an MENT.-The fifth New York regiment, Color