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The national Republican., 1861-06-06
by the Union Of the States. We are her best

by the Union Of the States. We are her beat
customer; no tsriff will materially siIrct that
fact. We arc tho best customers Of England,
not h. cause we are cottcr.Prowers OF cotton,
spinners, agriculiurisia ~ manufacturers, but
! because We nre producers ard nnd"n'rc'iUcrs,
and hare mon1Y 10 slHnd. IL l. not t!' ,nth,
as is urged, but the North. who ar, ih. hest
consumers OF English commerce. Tho free
white lahorer and capitalist d"1.s nnw, n'.d al
ways will, consumr moir than il' white mas'et
and slave. The Uuion and the xpan.ion Of
the States and Republican pol'cr make us the
best market for England and Europe. What
has the world to gniu.--Enela"t. France, or
any Of the Powers, to gain--hy rcducl the
United States to q Mexican civiiiz,tioN?
g. Can Eaglaad aIo d to ?Hai iie great
nation phich trW still be "tFc Lni:ed .St6tes
Of America eren Should ice io,c pdH Of the
South Twenty millions Of people 10 day, with
or withou. the slave Safes, in twenty wears,
will be 40000.0Or! In another bali century,
we will be one hun1ycd mWiors! Ne will
rest upon the Potomac. and on the west banks
Of the Mississippi river. upon tl.c GuIt OF Meg.
leo. Our railroads will run 1000 miles upnc a
single parallel, binding our empire, wbi'h must
master the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans
Is England so secure in the future, against
home revolt or forei ign anin.ion. a. TO venture,
now in our need. to plant th" seeds Of revenge
in all our Iutur-?
II ireland, or Scotland. or Wales, sl,a! at.
tempt 10 src de from tie henrfc"u; govern.
ment of III" T. Cni.rl kingiotn which uny light
ems their taxation aud gives them security and
respect at home nnA abroad, skril We enter into
piratical war with our race and ally, aud cap.
ture and sell in cur ports the property and Ell.
danger the lives OF peaceable citizens Of the
British Empire all over the world2 enter
not into the discussion of details. England,
then, is our natural ally. Will she ignore our
aspirations2 II she is just, she ought not. If
she is honorable aud magnanimous, she can
not. If she is rise, she toiU not
Your obedient servant, c. M. CLAY,
United States Minister P2enipoten.
fary, de-, to st. Petersburg.
Morley's, London, May II.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06
DEFENDING THE COUNTRY BY COM.
MITTEE


The poor fellows Of the naval brigade seem to
have good deal Of trouble in serving their
country. Why is it navy officers and others
turn up their noses at the brigsde2 Are all or
navy and army men immaculate? Allow that
they are, and still it will be true that there may
be among the roluntcers some men not 81 i'm
maculate as the early Christians. All the mem
bers, even Of the Massachusetts, regiments, are
not church members. 1t will not do to be par
ticular at this time as to who are to be shot or
to shoot in this war and the country cannot
be saved exclusively by clergymen in arms.
We suspect that that audacious humbug,
the Union Defence Committee in New York,
have had something to do in throwing cold
water on the naval brigade. That selfeected
concern, composed of broken.down politicians,
with here and there rich man for a figure.
head, set out to take the business of defending
the county of the hands of Gen. Scott and the
War department. There were two points about
the business which attracted the nexhaustible
lack of modesty possessed by the head mana
gers Of this concern one, the fact that such a
committee afforded them chance to keep their
names before the public, for they are of a race
who die il not in the newspapers; and second
ly, it gave them an opportunity to handle large
sums Of moneys not their own. They have
handled these, if public rumor be true, with
a perfect looseness and if Jefferson Davis's
troops had been in the place of this money,
they would have been all dispersed or hid before
this time.
Seriously, is it not time for the Administra
ton to warn these fellows, a squad of whom
come trooping to Washington every two or
three days, to leave alone the functions of gov.
eminent which they are insolently usurping,
and attend to their business, if they have any
This they have, for one of the last squad arri.
wing at Willard's is an auctioneer, who effects
daily sales Of something or somebody, another
a dry goods man and town.lot speculator, an.
other runs railroad, another will be million.
aire when he gets his money, and all Of them
have some business-enough for pretext to
keep their hands out of public affairs, especially
when these are Of q kind reported to be, as
managed by them, not over clean.
Let the brigade keep its claims before the
Government, regardless Of the cold shoulder Of
these brazen busybodies, who have elected
themselves to run this war.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

THE SEAT OF WAR.-There is at last pub.
lisbed su excellent popular map Of the seat of
war. ". Schaus, New York, is the publisher.
II is for sale in this city BY Messrs. Philip 4
Solomon, 332 Pennsylvania avenue, between
Ninth and Tenth streets. The size of the map
is % by q inches 1t presents birds-eye
view Of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the
District of Columbia, embracing Harper's Fer.
ry and Fortress Monroe, and of course inclu.
ding all the points hereabout now occupied by
our troops and the enemys. The rivers, streams,
railways, country roads, mountain ranges and
highlands are laid down and properly colored,
80 that the spectator can obtain from it very
clear view Of the general topography of the
country. Such map is invaluable to those
who would understand the accounts Of the va.
rious movements of troops, which accounts will
begin presently to pour in upon us with increas.
ing rapidity and variety. The publisher has
done good work in presenting this map to the
public. For sale by Philip 4 Solomon, 3a2
Pennsylvania avenue.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06
VIEWS OF POSTMASTERs IN THE
Seeded STATES.

Before the closing by our Government Of
postal facilities in the seeded States, circu.
lar letter was addressed in each instance To
postmastsrs in those States applying for stamps.
The letter was framed as follows:
POsr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
Finance Office, -, lsG
Sin: Your letter Of - is received. In
view Of recent political events in the State of
-, am instructed BY the Postmaster
will continue to hold yourself responsible to the
Government, in conformity to existing laws,
for all the postal revenues received by you as
postmaster at ---?
An immediate and distinct reply is request.
ed.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

~ We shall print to morrow the able ad
dress Of Charles B. Calvert to the voters of the
sixth Congressional district of Maryland.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

The answers, which were numerous, were of
various tenor and spirit. The Department,
however, were surprised to find that a large
part Of the postmasters, especially in small
offices where their views could not be affected
by the compensation of the place, were loyal
and true to the Union. Some of the letters
made capital points against the seceshers."
Here is one from postmaster in Georgia:
"Yours of the 10th instant is at hand, to
which answer, do hold myself responsible
to the Federal Government, the same as ever
did, and shall continue TO do 30 as long as it is
in my power. Yet fear shall some day have
to submit or yield to this Southern farce.
"Yours, -, p ~"
Occasionally, a letter would be received in
which the postmaster would "pitch in " against
the Government. Below, we copy letter from
one of these, evidently written by man who is
sincere in his errors, and who should be spared
for repentance. His location is in Mississippi.
After consenting to hold himself responsible
for any revenues received of the Department,
he thus proceeds
81 care not what our position is-a State or
COnleueraCy. % long rs we permit the OLD
Government to supply US mail facilities, justice
gives them the proceeds, and l shall do so,
though l am heart AMI soul in the Southern
movement, and in favor of Southern independ-
ence, and opposed to reconstruction or being
united any more in any shape or Wdy, with the
abotionists Of the North, though esteem and
love the patriotic men of the North who are
willing to grant US equality in the Union but,
unfortunately, they have been overrun by a dia.
bolical set OF abolition fanatics, with 'Old Abe
Lincoln at their head, and curses be on such
scoundres and traitors, for it is them that have
severed our once proud and glorious country
and my prayer is, that they and all their coadiu.
tors may reap their reward by lifting their
fruitless cries in hell for all time to come and
may their own section see their folly, and be
the ones that plunge them into that endless
abyss OF destruction. Forgive me for writing
this, for feel what write. / see my friends
leaving every day to go to fight for our liberties
and wish to be with them. God and Justice
are on our side and we will prevail, though
He'll and all the abolitionists be against u.s."
This postmaster must be man whose theol
ogy is OF the hard shell description. In thu
last clause of his letter, he overrates our posi-
BILE allies. 1t is clear that the first power h,
there refers to is on the other side-a powe
which, if his theology were correct, "God anC
justice would make available as the permanen
depository Of the fellows whose capital is nov
somewhere between Montgomery and Rich
mond.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

~ The Star is buzzng for high military
appointment for the Hon. John Cochrane, Of
New York. We have heard it suggested that
the originals of telegraphic dispatches seized
by the Government at the Washington Office
might damage his claims to any particular
nonsideration-of this kind-at the hands of
the United States Government
The national Republican., 1861-06-06
Thursday, June 8, 1851.
OFFICIAL.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO JUDGE
DOUGLAS.

DOUGLAS.
Information having been received of the de.
cease Of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, a Sen.
ator in the Congress Of the United States, and
that his funeral obsequies will take place at
Chicago, and not at this capital, as was sup.
posed, the President directs that the public
Offices be closed on the day of that ceremony,
in honor Of the memory of the deceased.
The Executive Mansion and other public
buildings will be draped in mourning for the
period Of thirty days.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, June s, 1861.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

~ We have the communication Of Many
People by US as ammunition for the secord
bombardment, when such movement shall be
thought advisable. So Of that signed U MON, I"
and third signed "pI- ~ Write for print.
ers only on one side of the paper. "Daily
Reader perhaps tomorrow.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

~. Col. Johnston, in command of the rebels
at Harper's Ferry, bitterly complains, as one Of
our reporters heard on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, beyond Baltimore, yesterday, that all
the movements Of his troops are reported as
soon as they are made, and that he cannot stir
without it being known everywhere. Either
the Yankee reporters or his own troops must
betrsy him-and one class, just now, about
this region, is almost as numerous as the other.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

~ The secessionists still have to lean on
Uncle Sam for the necessities of life. A New
Orleans mail came through last evening to the
post Office in this city, ria Pittsburg. In it, by
mistake, was letter addressed to Postmaster
General Reagan, containing an application for
. contract to carry the mails in the States of
the c. 8. A.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

The MOVEMENT LAST NlGHT.-The dark and
rainy weather Tuesday night probably led to
the postponement of the movement of por'
ton of the troops designed for Virginia. The
fifth New York regiment was, however, brought
across from its encsmpment at Arlington
Heights, to join in the advance. The non.
arrival from Philadelphia Of engines destined
for the Orange and Alexandria road may have
had to do with the delay. Two of these en-.
gines arrived yesterday. The old disused track
to the Long Bridge, from the depot, by way of
First street and Maryland avenue, is being put
in repair, to the end that the railway and steam.
ers may make direct connection.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

The SoLpIER's CoxPASIoN.-We have re,
ceived from Frank Lasselle, Pennsylvania ave.
nue., between Third and Four.and ahslf streets,
copy ofthe Soldiers Companion, for the use Of
all volunteers, militia, and officers of all grades,
in ths service Of the United States, in the camp,
field, or on the march, compiled from the latest
authorities, issued under orders Of Simon Cam.
eron, Secretary of War, and Lieutenant Gener.
al Winfield Scott, General iurchief of the United
States Army.
This work should fnd place in the hands
of every officer of every grade in the army, as
we'll as in the hands of every private in the ser
vice Of the United States. The information
which is condensed into this book cannoI
be had in any other form whatever, being
full information ION all subjects relating to the
army. Published by 7. B. Peterson & Co..
Philadelphia. Price twenty-6v cents.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

LETTERS FOR THE SouTH.-Thousands are
put in daily to the boxes at the post office in
this city, notwithstanding the notice that they
would not be sent after June /. Women come
and beg with tears in their eyes to have their let
ters forwarded to their friends in the South.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

Dd- 1t is stated that Russell and Floyd have
taken the contract Of transporting the Federal
capital from Montgomery to Richmond. Bal,
ley is their surety for its faithful performance.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

n1r That patriotic but cold. blooded beauty,
George N. Sanders, urging at Charleston last
summer the nomination Of ticket with Mr.
Douglas for President, and Yancey for Vice
President, invited the interest now in arms
against the Government to its support. In his
argument, with view to enlist them, he is re-
ported 10 have said: Douglas will die within
three months from March 4th, and then you"
(meaning the Confederates,' will have the
Government" 1t throws dscredit upon the
whole business of prophecy to remember that
the prediction of such rapscallion should have
been so accurately verified.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

~ The N. Y. Ecening Post starts the follow.
ing as "a question for the British Cabinets"
"Suppose the four millions Of blacks in the
Southern States take advantage Of the present
crisis. and organize general rising against
their masters, stealing their property, their
funds, their public buildings &c, after the man.
asr of the secessionists proclaiming the right
Of revolution, and their intention of founding
black republic-will the British Government
treat them as 'belligerents?' We pause for q
reply, and expect TO wait for it long time
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

s1 Twiggs, the deserter, has been put in
command Of the military department Of Louis.
lana, with the rank of major general. The New
Orleans Della, in announcing, his appointment,
says:
General Twiggs will assume command, we
his headquarters. The general, in accepting
the appointment, Anteus.like, becomes as It
were young again, and his ardent wish to con-
front the enemy, and especially certain old
public functionary, increases his eagerness for
the fray. Long may he live, the terror of the
foe and the friend OF the freeman
Can anybody tell us what hair-dye Anteus
used ?
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

~ The telegraph reports that the New Or.
leans authorities are perple1ed respecting free
negroes captured aboard prizes. There must
be some mistake in this report. Anything
which could be the subject of larceny never
gave any perplexity to those people at New Or.
leans
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

The WENTWORTH GuN-American residents
in England, whose hearts beat with emotion
whenever under foreign sky they behold the
flag now assailed by traitors, have made to
their brethren in America q present among
other things of battery of the celebrated Whit
worth guns, together with large supply of
ammunition. -Four guns Of this gift have al
ready arrived in New York. A description of
this style of ordnance will be found on our out
side to-day.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

lV. The Montgomery Post of the 3lst utimo
says that q portion Of the Confederate troops
have been ordered away from Pensacola, and
that there is but little apprehension of fight
there at present.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

PERsoNAL.-Hon. A. A. Burnham and Hon.
Dwight LOOMS, Conn, and Thurlow Weed, N.
Y, are at Willards.
Col Brown, of the twenty ninth New York
regi nent, left Washington for New York last
evening, rm Harrisburg, The ,wcu,v.ninth
not being accepted as three months men, one
company volunteered for three years, and is
now attached TO the seventy.frst New York.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

The MIsFoRrUSE IN TExAs.-We copy from
the New York Tribune vivid criticism on the
conduct which led to the loss Of the splendid
preparation 10 men and munitions which a
few months ago the Government had in Texas.
Their loss, whether by treachery, incapacity,
want of courage, or through whatever cause, is
fair aud pressing subject of inquiry, as well
by Congress as by court-martial; and army Of
fcers and all concerned should be made to
know, as the heathens of old were made to
know, that there is a God in Israel
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

SECESSION SPECIE SEIzED.-ARREsTs MADE.
We learn from the Baltimore Patriot that
train going west on the Baltimore and Ohio
road, was detained near Baltimore, and strict
search had Several persons were arrested
and held by the military, and we learn that
large number of trunks were taken from the
train, and some S5O,O0O in gold and silver. 1t
was not ascertained where the coin was des.
tined. There was good deal of excitement
and much speculation INDUCED by the passen
gers.
One of the persons arrested had dispatches
in his boots, but our informant, who was on the
down train, could not learn the purport of them.
The matter will be investigated. The impress.
sion was that the coin was intended for Har.
per's Ferry.
One of the persons arrested was Winfield
Scott Anderson, member of the Maryland
Guard, and son of General James NJ. Ander.
son, of this city.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06
DEPARTMENTAL.

AppoINTED.-John II. Stanley, of Indiana,
has been appointed to first class clerkship in
the General Post Office. J. C. Brawner, OF d.
c., has been appointed laborer, at a salary
of 5000 per annum, in the same Department,
in place of - Wilkinson, resigned.
Il. II. Steele has been appointed to a second.
class clerkship $l,4O0) in the office of the
Commissioner OF Customs. Treasury Depart.
ment.
VERY PoLrTE.-Gen. Butler is not an emf
nently handsome man, bu. Virginia has been
Obliged to 1t him "come in" The'General is
polite, and will be sure to reciprocate the Civ.
ing of balls, aud to be present at all parties.
In ARMs.--The St. Paul Pioneer states that
one day last week Surveyor General Washburn
ornamented his mansion with splendid flag,
and the same nj ght his wife presented him with
a nine pounderi
SOUTHERN CoN.-Dies for the new coin oi
the Confederate States have been received a,
Dahlonega at the branch mint, and the Super
intendent has received orders from hesdquar
tiers not to strike off any more United States
coin, but to reserve the bullion.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

ABsEyr.-Hon. Mr.. Dole, of Indiana, Com.
missioner of Indian Affairs, has left the city on
brief visit to his home. He will probably be
absent a week or ten days.
Charles f. Mix, Esq, Chief Clerk, will per.
form the duties of this Office ad interim.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

Jusr LIKE THEx.-The secessionists, ssizing
the mails from the West at Hsrper's Ferry
have detained the mailbags for Reagan, and
riAed the letters for themselves.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

"a. We are doing well towards getting even
for the prizes taken by the pirates about New
Orleans. The steamer Powhatan has captured
the barque Mary Clinton, from Charleston for
New Orleans, off the Southeast Pass, with full
cargo of rice, peas, &c. ; and the Picayune says
the United States sloop of war Brooklyn has
captured the barque II. J. Spearing, bound from
Rio for New Orleans, with one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars worth of coffee. She
was sent to Key West. The same paper states
that the steamer General Mramon, from Ha.
vana, has been ordered away by the Brooklyn.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

SECESSION Cars SEIzED.--One Of our re-
porters at the Relay House saw some Of the
scouts of Col. Jones's regiment (sixth Msssa.
chusetts) who had fallen in with lady travel.
ling in two-horse buggy with trunk fastened
behind. Some circumstances of suspicion led
the scouts 10 examine the trunk, when it was
found to be filed with percussion caps, an ar.
ticle now much in request in the traitor camp.
The lady was suffered to go on, but the caps
were retained, lest they might 90 of in the
wrong hands.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

B1- Clay's battalion, late at Willards, seems
to have been quartered at Morley's, in London,
at the last advices. We call the attention OF
our readers to Major Clay's able letter to the
London Times. 1t disposes of the small talk
on American affairs in which that journal, per.
haps misled by its correspondent in this coun.
try, Russell has been lately indulging.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

SEIZURE AT BALrlNoRE.-We learn from the
Baltimore American, that the gun manufactory
of Messrs. Merrill, Thomas, l. Co., No. 2as
West Baltimore street, was taken possession of
yesterday, by Washington Bonifant, Esq, Uni.
ted States marshal, and parties are now en-
gagged in packing up all the breech.loading
weapons, which are very superior quality arm.
The marshal, in conversation with one of the
house, assured him he was acting upon the au
thority Of the Secretary of War 1t was un.
derstood that the arms would he sent to Wash
ington. All the employees Of the establish.
ment, whose shops we're in the upper stories of
the same building, were discharged at an early
hour yesterday. 1t is said that the Govern
ment will carry on the works.
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

They LIKE THE LOOKS OF THE STARS AND
SrRIPEs.-Commander Bissell, in his letter to
the Secretary of the Navy, on board the ship
Cyane, at Acapulco, May 18th, after referring
to the treason which has been 80 rife in the
navy, says: al deem it but just to those I have
the honor to command, to remark that they are
loyal and true to their oath and duty, and deeply
sympathize with the Government. As an ev.
idence of the deep p.seated love Of our common
country in the hearts of all Americans abroad
it may interest you to know that among the
thousands now passing 10 and from California
in the mail steamers, no sooner does one of
these verssls enter this port, and her crowds Of
passengers catch full view Of the Stars and
Stripes which float at the Cyane's peak, than
cheer after cheer simultaneously bursts forth
from the lips Of every soul on board, with an
earnest enthusiasm which tells how firmly seat.
ed is the love Of country"
The national Republican., 1861-06-06

AWREcKNG SrEANER.-The wrecking steam.
er Dirigo has arrived at New York from Ban
gor. She was built in Maine three years ago,
and was employed on the St. Lawrence river
until last spring, when she was dispatched to
Cape Sable, to raise the wreck of the steamship
Hungarian, lost in February, 1860. The Dir-
go is square rigged forward, and has ten sepa
rate engines, four of which constitute her pro.
pelling power; two are attached to the pur-
chases. 1t is the intention of her owner, Cap
tain L. B. Pratt, to offer the use Of the steamer
to the Government, for raising and pumping
out any vessels sunk in channels or otherwise
obstructing navigation. She might be made
useful at Norfolk, if she could be got by the
eight batteries which now defend the seaward
approach to that place; or, possibly, General
Butler could take her thither overland.