Year: 1861

sccessionism i'm Washington.


Correspondence OF The N. Y. Tribune.


WAsHISGToy June 3, 1861.


Unless strong enough TO be Indifferent to the
exposure of all our movements and our plans to the
Rebels it is time that some more efficient measures
taken to control the action of their sypathizers
and active allies in this city. II is well known that
these are in all the Departments, and that
they are constantly in communication with the insur
gents making known our administrative action. The
ton of Washington society is Secessionst in sympathy,
and the young men, many of them these very clerks,
who affect this society, violent in their expression
wherever they dare TO be. They look with contempt
upon the men whom Republican Administration has
brought into the city, and affect certain manner and
tone not altogether unlike that of the ARciea regime of
the Faubourg ST. Germain during the revolutionary
and Nepoleonic era. Heaven save the mark This
Washington arisocracy" is mainly composed Of those
whose associations and "reminiscences all of the
OldDominion the Mary land Slaveocracy, and the
inauguration of really popular Government instead
of the aristocacy which has heretofore ruled under
popular forms produces anything but amiabc frame
of mind. say then, distinctly, that Secessonism If
the fashion in Washington, and means Of gaining
and conveying information, laid and comfort, 10 the
enemy is omitted or counted dishenorable.


As an illustration of this the wife of prominent Of
fcer of the late Administration has recently taken
several officers of the regular Army boarders. Her
husband is well known to have made at least hun
dred thousand dollars from his position. They both
yrgnians, and the husband has been for weeks past
at Richmond, holding commission in the Rebel army.
Now Virginians of fortune DO not open boarding
houses except for special reasons, and hers is readily
understood. She is enabled to gain most important i'll
formation for the rebels by this expedient How i'm
porant we may Judge from the fact tina! there
bers of men still holding their commissions in the
Army and Navy whose symTathies with the South are
thinly disguised but who are 10th to give up the Fed
era loaves There are some Of Northern birth even,
who have become infected by intercourse with South
eners and worship the social prestige they have hth-
erto enjoyed, who do not hesitate TO sneer at the
North, and 10 express covertly their sympathy with
the South. The regular service is becoming demor-
allied by the presence of such men and hei, tooraon
by the Government. Some Of these men must he
made examples of unless the disgracefu list Of direlic
tions from duty lie TO he still further increased.


visited Alexandria yesterday The house in which
the brave Ellsworth was murdered lie being carried
away by bits and chips The murderer stood on land
ing Of the staircase which Ellsworth was descending,
and pointed upward portion Of the charge lodging in
door at the head Of the staircase This door, the oil
CLOTH and the bannisers have been completely removed
by the constant chipping Of visitors, who wished
relic of the event fact transpired with reference TO
exMayOr Walter Lenox Of this city, the day Of the
occupation Of Alexandra by Federal troops, which
shows that it would have been well for the troops TO
have been accompanied by citizens Of Washington,
to point out traitors from this city. Our worthy
Mayor had been on spree the night previous, and
awaking in the middle of the forenoonhaving slept,
unconscious Of what was going during the morning
came down stairs, got his "eye-opener," and went
out on the street. He cast his eye up where the Seces
sion flag had been wont to wave from the Marshal
House, and seeing the Stars and Stripes in its place,
rubbed bis eyes again to himself of the change.
knot of his friends received him with laughter hav-
ing noted his efforts selfconvcton in the matter Of
tho flag, Lenox explaining that he had heard some
movements Of military during the morning, but supposed
the boys were having an early drill" He remained
in Alexandria with several others until the afternoon
of that day, and then went off to join the enemy
molested.


Tho4e who desire TO contribute 10 the personal CON-
fort and security of our brave volunteers in way
do 1t 30 eectualy by the contribution of avelocks
All who are aware of the effect Of Southern upon
men frOlH tIc NOltn VIII dPpic'ihto lIs Iecomhehuh-
ton. There is nothing which will prevent sickness and
disability and suffering, in 30 large degree as this. Let
no regiments come unprovided and let supplies of this
Indispensable article be sent forward their friends for
those already in the field.


The ladies of the Rev. Dr. Gurley's Church in this
city are engaged in making Havelocks for regiment
meeting daily in the vesry of the Church. and working
at their houses also for this purpose Let the ladies in
our Northern Churches initiate their example, and do
IL speedily, for in fortnight the most severe heat will
be upon our men, Let them either donate the results
Of their labor TO some particular regiment send it
the Central Committee at NewYork, 10 responsible
parties in this city.
The Bremen Minister in transmitting, this morning.
10 the Treasury Department, the annual Report of
Commerce and Navigation" congratulates the Secre-
ary upon the increase in trade with that city. The
,ast year our trade has amounted 10 900 gold
Bremen dollars, equivalent to $24 100000 of our cur
enoy-sn increase Of 81 900 900 of currency over
hat of last year.
AT THE SEAT OF