The national Republican., 1861-04-19

ridge delegate in the last National Democratic
Convention.
D6- Marshal Rynders was badly beaten in
New York, by q Mr.. Reilly, for the utteranee
Of secession sentiments.
bS The house of Mr.. Vallandigham, NJ. c.
from Ohio, at Dayton, was mobbed the other
day. in consequence Of his having written a
secession article in Dayton paper. He was
mot at home," and so escaped personal in.
jury.
NJ Capt. Geo. W. Cullum, Of the corps of
engineers, has been appointed by Gen. Scott
aid-de-camp, vice Col. Lay, resigned.
The CITY.-Washingto was full Of rumors
yesterday, Of attacks at Norfolk and Harpers
Ferry, and last, not least, of IN apprehended
attack upon this capital. The great mass of
our citizens exhibit the most loyal dispositions,
and, in the event of an attack, will do better
than our Northern friends fear. Aside from
patriotism, and as a mere question Of selfish
interest, people see that the city would suffer
less by fight to keep out the secession con-
sPirators, than by the process of dislodgpg
them from their possession, which would Ger.
tainly follow as soon as the Northern troops
begin to arrive in masses. A little fight to-day
will be less destructive to life and property
than . big fight three or four days hence.
The NORTH AND WEsr.-We might fill q
paper much larger than the one we publish,
with the dispatches from the North and West,
announcing offers of men and money to sustain
the country at this crisis. More troops are
ready in every State, than the President calls
for. The Legislatures which are in session ap
propriate for expenditures without stint, and
everywhere capitalists and banks come forward
to furnish money in any quantity which is re-.
quired. 1t is the same everywhere, from Maine
to Iowa, and among all classes and parties.
Tho voice Of faction is hushed by the general
unanimity. Such a spectacle, to use the Ian.
guage of one of Gen. Scotts dispatches from
Mexico, is " Eliminating and glorious" 1t is
q most impressive tribute to the value Of free
institutions, the appreciation Of which by an
intelligent people, is the cause Of this sponta'
neous outburst of loyalty.
MARYLAND.-The Richmond (Va.) Dispatch
asks, in despsiring tones, if Baltimore will per
init the "Northern mercenaries" to pass
through that city, and march upon this capital
The Baltimore Republican, the organ of Dem.
ocratic disunion, replied to this on yesterday,
that the thing could not probably be helped, as
the Republicans and Bell men had joined hands
in defence of the Union. 1t seems, indeed, to
be given up by the conspirators, that their
cause is hopeless one in Maryland. But this
should not relax the vigilance of the patriotic.
Gov. Hicks will do his duty, and the people must
sustain him.
With Maryland firm, Western Virginia is
safe, whatever may become of Eastern Vir,
ginia.
The Position OF SENATOR DoUGLAs.-In
reply to an inquiry from Missouri, as to his
policy, Mr.. Douglas telegraphed, on Wednes,
day, the following:
81 deprecste war, but, If war must come,
am with my country under all circumstances,
and in every contingency. Individual policy
must be subordinate to the public safety"
FoRr SUMTER" Jasper" the Charleston
correspondent Of the N. Y. Times, says:
Let me assure your readers that Sumter
was not 'enveloped in flames at any time ;
that the men were not sent out on raft to col.
lect water to extingush the fire, simply be.
cause there was plenty of the article inside I;
that the fort was not preached at all and that
it was not a blsckened mass of ruins when the
curtain dropped on the last act of the tragedy.
Major Anderson surrendered simply because he
found that the fort could not continue the siege
for any length Of time
That the fort was not preached, or much
damaged, is confirmed by all accounts. "Jas.
per " may or may not have given the true rea.
son for its surrender. The reason is, indeed,
As yet, a matter of mere conjecture, without
any data known to the public. The fort was
not preached, and not man had been killed
in it. One conjecture is, that its provisions
were exhausted.
PESsAcoLA.-The military force Of the con-,
spirators at Pensacola, on the llth instant,
was as follows:
Mississippians 1900
Alabamians l,400
Georgians 700
O. Louisisnians 200