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racgniaad hy th* put.Ho lav of Europe ot wall
aa th. United BUM. Wban that war com.
o to tba taqnauf tba Treaty of Paria!
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power to grant letters of msrquesad reprisal.
It it oot in the power of Lincoln and bit Cab
inat to say Con great shall not bate tucb pow
er; but what ear* these perjured traitors for
> til hal«»>l jtiaUad to
the United Stated Government, diking that
taken by the Jtuaaiao priretcora might not
coma into American porta to Ve condemned.—
Ur. Uaroy, who wan then Seoretary of State,
refereed to nur neutrality )tfa on the firit
point, wkioh nUerly forbid ear oitieeue from
engaging la aaeh eaterpriaea, bah oould sot
grint tbt latter reqnaat, aa tba la# of prlra.
toering, which tba Unhid Stated Government
Utah recogniafld and pointedly reluicd to tor.
rondor, nod which tba Soath still rocogniaea
and will sot give up, allowed all priaaa to ba
oarrled iaha a wowtrel port tor condemnation.
After the eloee of tbe Raosixn War, la 1*A6,
a treaty was mxd* at Paris, In which all the
priocipnl European powers united In nbollah-
ing Privateering. The following are the words
of the treaty i
1. Privateering it and remains abolished,
t. The oeutrol oovera enemy's goods,
with the exeeption ot contrxbxnd el war.
S. Keotral good a, with the exoeptkm of eon.
tea hand Of war, sen not linbla lo captors under
the eneaiy'e Sag.
< 4. Siookadea in aider to be binding must be
affenvve- that la to say, maintained by a force
auAcuvat really to preeeut acceaa to the coast
ol the enemy.
Tbe Governments of tbe undersigned Pleni
potentiaries engage to bring tho present declar
ation to the knowledge of the States which
have not taken port in the Onogreie of Paris,
nod to invite them to accede to it.
a Convinced that tbe maxima which they new
proclaim cannot but he received with gratitude
by the whole world, the undersigned Plenipo
tentiaries doubt ant that the effort. of their
Govern menu to obtain the general adoption
thereof will ba crowned with full succese.
The present declaration ia not and shall not
be binding except between those Powers who
hava accaded or shell acoede lo It.
Done st Peris, Ihc 16th of April, 18(6.
[Here follow the signatures ot tbe Plentpo
teotiarlea of Greet Britain, France. Aoatrin,
Prussia, Bosnia, Sardinia and Turksy ]
This treaty was presented to the Govern
ment of the Uoited States for iU assent to the
terms thereof, but was not aocaded to. Presi
dent Pterse teak tbe just ground that the Navy
of the United Slates was weak and that of
England powerful; that if the Uaited Stales
nod England should agree to prohibit each
others private armed veaaels from making
captures on the high aeaa, but leave the naval
forcu of each notion lo make inch captures,
the UniUdStatea Government would be sur
rendering too greet an advantage to an enemy
iu time of war. This ia not Ihe exact language
of Mr. Pierce, but it fully illustrates the point
of his objection. Ur. Pieroa had long before
made a proposition to the powers of Europe to
abolish privateering, provided they would ful
ly adopt tbe doetrine that private property on
the tees, not contraband of war, should not be
molested by an enemy's war vessels, as well ae
private armed veeaela This proportion had
not been acceded to, end nhen the Peris Con
ference of 1856 presented IU treaty to the Uni.
ted States Government for iu sanction, it wea
met with the objection that the terms of the
treaty did not cover all the ground, and would
not mew out equal end exeot justice to ell cod-
cerned. Mr. Mercy, on the J8th of July, 1856
addressed n Utter to the Count de Serllget, the
French Minister at Wnthinglon, e copy of.
which wu furnished to nil lbs other Foreign
Miniature, in which the objections to tbe treaty
of Peril were oleerly set forth j end in which
he made the ablest dsfenss of the right of pri
vateering that ever wee written. He said :
" The right to resort lo pri veteera, is as clear
aa tbe right to use public armed ships, and as
iueontestebla as any other rightof beligerenu.
* * * It is as well sustained by practice and
publioopinion, ms any other to be lound in the
maritime code.”
Only one of the European Powers, Rossis,
responded sfflrmstivsly to the terras upon
which the United States Government proposed
to abolish privateering. Others promised lo
coflpernW in getting the assent of nil, and thus
deUyed dednile action, Ae., Ac., which shows
that none of them, save Russia, wars willing
to abolish privateering, upon n fair principle;
but wanted to eecure an advantage «'•* ‘he
United States Government, whose privateers,
and power also, tbs world dreaded.
The sebjeet reeked along until some time in
April lest, when tbt sneaking cowardly Ad-
ministration at Washington gave notice to the
Powers of Europe that they warn willing lo
adopt the Code ol the Congress st Paris iu
1856, which dsolsred privateering to be piracy.
Upon the announcement of thie important ac
tion of the Lincoln Cabinet, the organa of that
dynasty broke forth in strains ol adulation,
that privateering was abolished throughout the
eiviljsad world ; that henceforth it was pira
cy, and every body caught in it should be hung
as pi rates.
The duplicity und utter locompeteucy of
Lincoln eed his Cabinet, as well as their ntter
disregard of tho Constitution and laws, art
forcibly exemplified in this meeiure. A step
which the Uailnd Stales Government, though
earnestly solicited, had, for Bve years, refused
to take i which it eonld net telra with honor,
on account of its injustioe, end the inequality
of its operation, giving the world an undue
advantage, Whidh en honorable man or nation
would only surrender in death—Ibis step Is
' taken' unooddltlednlly, and for tbs wicked
purpose of trying to enter into so alliance with
European Powers to crush us out—sfsslwbioh
they continuully assart they ere able to do by
themsnlvns, wnd net half tr/1 That Govern
meal steed on t principle, end positively rw.
fused In secede lo the proooeitloo, until i a die
* - - agents thought there was soma hope of
gaining so advantage ever Mu South, at the
sacrifice of honor end principle!
But, unhappily fnvtheaure game thesa grand
inaampeUMa war* intending, by a cowardly
and unprincipled trick, aa Mu mortice of ken-
on tba lending AMAak of MngUcd her.
publicly and eoletnnly bbfooewledged the right
*f the Confbder*dJ. to tfdrti <i $4vx taring,
Mac* tho •«* MkoWfog bdpegA ft I*v
our strong right arms depai
your country} npd, lo a
|kt to which you Were ben
that life and blood nr
. i.
be that yon have not long been
, xnd that Ton have much Co *
„ of war, but! know that then
tba braaale of Soutkera soas n deiaran
navar to euirondse. C determination u
go home hut to tell a tale of honor. [Gnoeof
''Nevcrf and applause.] Though groat may
be the diepsrlty of nombere, give as n fei
4ttaS‘.2Xifartt".'
their hixh.handed and deximlie uxurnatiunai ™\““^ tr T V^'*‘ «P°. 0 7°» . _ u l« n 7°»
Wlint an escape have we rondo from them ! If .....
this war lasts twenty years, end three-fourths
ef tb« blood of the South is shed, end the sera#,
amount of our property destroyed in establish
Trig to* Independence of them, ItwtlF WrwtTr
put so talaitely light, whan eon-pored Merab
milting to their degrading exectlom xofi n-
croacbments upon our liberty, that no patriot
will ever hesitate a moment to welcome it
freely. Thank Ood tbat we are cut looee from
them forever and forever more.
A’l neutrality Procluma-
the Constitution and laws, or oqy #f f re
visions f The people of ttrd Nrirfit**rfdUVd m\
•ay, toy friends, that, to the laet breeth of my
life, I am wholly your own. [Tremendous
[Where]
The Bank Convention.
The action of thia Body wae most patriotic,
and deserves the commendation of every true
friend of the couotry. The personnel of the
Contention was different from that of every
other assembly that it haa been our good or ill
fortune to altond—so unlike an assemblage of
politicians, a congressional or legislative body,
or a State Agricultural Society. They were all
a grave locking set of men, and, whether old
or young, seemed to have an eye to something
practicable in all they said or did. There were
no heated discussions, long speeches, or angry
debates—nothing for buncombe—no man with
a constituency whose fancied wrongs bed
brought him up to an indignant pitch, and no
nan who seemed to have the least ambition,
or desire to appear before the people as a cham
pion of their rights—none, none of it A de
sire to accomplish what they came to do, and
be off to their basinets again, seemed to he the
prevailing ides. Without any sort of inde
cent haste, a great amount of the most import
ant business was well considered—views inter
changed freely, conclusions arrived at, and
action recorded, without a single animated re
mark from a memberof tbe Body. There were
different opinions entertained by the members
upon some of the most important measures —
These different views were freely expressed by
those who entertained them; but owing to an
utter absence of ell demagoguism, these views
were expressed in speeches of two minutes or
less. Tbe speakers had the most singular
knack of arriving at the very gist of the point
under consideration, and those who heard had
equally singular way of comprehending
views that were advanced; and what is more
singular than all, when two or three persons
had interchanged views, correct action wss at
once taken, and every one seemed to be per
fectly satisfied.
With regard to the wisdom of tbeir action,
we will say but little. It speaks for iUelf.—
The Government plan to raise means to carry
on the war was the main thing to be considered.
Thie plan is the wisest and best thst any coun
try ever devised, and the action of the Bank
Convention whs, in our judgment, all that any
man had any right to expect or could ask.—
Wo desire, in the name of our common coun
try, to return that body our sincere thanks.
Daniel Webster on Military Force.
In October, 1832, Mr. Webster addressed a
Convention of the National Republican or
Whig party, at Worcester, Massachuse te.—
Speaking of Executive power, and putting
nullification in South Carolina, he
said:
Sir, for one, I protest in advanoe against
snob remedies as I have heard hinted. The
Administration itself keeps a profound silence,
but ita friends have spoken for it. We are
told, sir, that the President tell immediately em
ploy the military force, and at once blockade
Charleston! A military remedy—a remedy
by direot military operation, has been thus
suggested, as tbs intended means of preferring
the Union! 8ir, there is no little reason to
think tbat this suggestion is true. We een-
not be altogether uotnindful of tbe peat, and,
therefore, we cannot be altogether unappre
heneive for tbe future. For one, sir, 1 raise
my voios before band against tbs unauthoriz
ed employment of military power, and againet
superseding the authority of the laws, by an
armed force, under pretence of putting down
nullification. Tux Pkbsiubnt uas so author
ity TO BLOCKADR (JllARLKMTON, THR PRESIDENT
HAS MO AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY MILITARY FORCR,
till he shall be duly required to do so, by law,
and by the civil authorities. His duty is to
cause tbe laws to be exrooted. His duly is to
support die ciril authority, llie duty is, if tbs
law be resisted, lo employ the military force
of the country, if necessary, for tbeir support
and execution ; but to do this only in cumuli-
unce irith laic, and icith decisions of the tribu
nals. If, by auy ingenious devices, those who
resist the laws escape from the resch of jufli-
oial authority, as it is now provided to be ex
erclsed, it is entirely competent for Congress
to make such new provisions as the exigen
cies of the case may demand. These provi
sions undoubtedly would be made. With a
constitutional and efficient head of the Gov
eminent, with an Administration really and
truly io favor of the Constitution, (he country
grapple with nullification. By the force
of rcaaou ; by tbe progress of enlightened
opinion; by the natural, genuine patriotism
or tbs country, and by the steady and well
sustained operatioi s of law, the progress of
disorganization may be successfully checked,
and the Union maintained. Let it be remem
bered that, where nullification is most power
ful, U is not unopposed. If we can relieva the
country from an Administration whioh denies
to the Conti it ui ion those powers wblobare the
breath of ita life; if we can place the Govern
ment in the bands of ita friends ; if we can se
cure it against the dangers of unlawful and ir
regular military force ; it it can be pUoed an
tier tbs lead of eu administration wboie mod
eration, firmness and wisdom shall Inspire
confidence and ouromsnd respect; we may yet
surmount tbe dangers, numerous end formida
ble ai they are, whioh surreuod us."
A Speech from the President,
On Wednesday of last week, the President
visited the Camp near Richmond. To the
great crowd of chitons and soldiers there as
sembled, be made the following patriotic re
marks!
My friend* and FzUow Citissns: I am deeply
ltae(He»d with the kindneoa ef year mealies
lateen s I look a poo yea ae the lad bet hope
ot liberty* and la ear liberty eieae ia oar
£o*MJMit4*»|l Opvermmeai t* be fcaatrred*-
From Lite London
Will the Blecbado he Uffect*aif—Letters
ef Marque la Louden. U
Notwithstading (he euormoua length of the
line ef ooaat, both on the Atlantic and on the
Quit, the Southern ports from which produce
oan be abipped with any regularity are few in
number. There are only five railways which
strike ikis ooaei throughout ita entire extent.
These terminate at New Orleans end Mobile
in tbe Gulf, and Savaonab, Charleston and
Wilqpiogtoo an ike Atlantic. If the United
State* can blockade these fire pens riVotsal
ly, they to all practical purposes seal up
tbe Southern States. Of course they must do
this effectively. The validity of mere paper
blockades has loog since been disowned bj ev
try Power. # * * * * We have Seen
t*.ld that there are letters of morgue now in Lon
dan, and agents have arrived by the last steam
er to make contracts for Armstrong guns and
all other wailike stores of the meet rveeut in
vention. Both parties will come into the mar
kets of Europe, and will bid for men and ships
So far as privateering is concerned, the South
wiU have the advantage.
No adventurer would care to lake eervice
with Ihe North, because there would be little
Or no prey. The South hat do commerce, and
it* produce would be carried in neutral bot
toms. The North, however, has ships upon ev
try sea, and is a victim that will pay a plunderer.
There are silk cargoes to be intercepted even in
the Eastern etas, and the treasures of Calfornia
to be met with afloat. To protect this com
uteres will require no small portion of the
available United Slates navy ; und it is there
fore not quite certain that Mr. Liocolo can
respond to the reiterated demauds of the mer
chants of New York to blockade all the ports
of the South.
Looking at these matters in a strictly Eng
lish point of view, our interest is first, if pos
sible, that this melancholy rupture should be
repaired, and that either by reunion or by am*
icable separation peace abould be restored.—
But if this is impossible, then it becomes cur
uezt object that our Cotiou supply should not
be cut off, and that tbe markets fur our man.
ufactures in Ihe South should not be forcibly
shut against us With this view we sh ill be
compiled to scrutinize the legality of every block
ade established upon the eoa*ts of the. seceding
Stales.
The Government of Washington bas itself
relieved us from what might otherwise have
been a great danger of being made the princi
pal viotim of this unhappy quarrel. At the
treaty of Paris, England and Prance proposed
that all nations should reoounce tbe belliger
ent right of issuing letters of marque. The
United Slates theu refused to join iu ibis con
vention, and required for their merohaot ships
an immunity from tbe men of war as well as
from privateers, if America bud then joined
to make this proposition an universal law of
nations, privateers woulJ now be considered
pirates, and tbe Sou'h would be at tbe mercy
of the North.
That proposal having, however, beennyeot
ed, tbe belligerent parties bold their ancieni
rights, and the commissions of Mr. President
Davis are as good as those of Mr. President Lin
coln. As to the resolution of the New York
merchants io treat the privateers of the unrecog
nized South as pirates, if cannot be maintained
Every jurist must hold that, so long as Mr.
President Darts is President of a Confederacy
of Sore reign States, he has the mine right to is
sue letters of marque which any chief magistrate
of a republic either in North or South America
would hate.
any acts fn derogailoh or their drily a* stib So may the elegant black noint lace shawl
in Timex.. . •; oautralSuveraigoin ...J ooptaai, »r, l , h
violation, or iu eoa.rx„„„on of .k. lx, of
end of Paaneylvania avenue, though they
Affairs In Washliiton—Movemeuts agaluat
the South—Arrest, die.
Tbe Washington Star of the 28tb, has the
following items :
A COMMANDER FOR THE ADVANCING
COLUMN.
Brigadier-General McDowell has been duly
charged with the command of (be divieiou of
the forces of the United States recently
thrown acroaa the Potomac from this
point. We infer, from the aeleotion for this
command, that it is the purpose of the Com
mander-in-Cbief to push field operations with
that column with great vigor, to the end of
culling off the retreat of the forces now at
Uarper’a^Ferry, and preventingtheirreinforce
ment, Either of which can be effected only by
pussing down the Manassas railroad to the
junction, a point within fifteen or sizteen
miles from the most advanced positions at pre
sent vieted by the scouting parties conned ed
with General McDowell’s command, and upon
which it seems to be proposed to advance a con
siderable portion of tbe army with as little de
lay as possible.
The following officers have beea ordered to
duty as members of lbs staff of General
McDowell, viz : Colonel Charles P. Sione, of
the Fourteenth Infantry; Capt. R. G. Tyler,
as assistant quartermaster ; Brevet Captain
James B. Fry, assistant adjutant general;
Lieutenant Putnam, topographiobcal engineer.
MORE ARRESTS IN WASHINGTON.
The Star stales that yesterday a squad of
men of oompany A Union regiment, arrested
Mr. F. Markoe, late a fourth class-clerk in the
State Department, on a charge of baviag said
ia conversation with J. C. Wright, ia George^
town, that he was in communication with tbe
Southern commissioners in Europe. Mr. M. at
the examination before Justice Dona, explain
ed what he said to the witness. He is su in
ornate acquaintance of A. Dudley Mann, one
ef the South Carolina oommissiontrH to Eu
rope, and received a few daye before ibis coo
venation a letter from him, in which he sta
ted potiively that England and Prance would
roeogoize the Southern Confederacy. In the
conversation Wright expressed the opinion
that the European Powers would not rcogaixe
the Southern Confsderaey ; the prisoner ex
pressed a different opinion, and referred to hie
letter aa the ground ter it. He declared that he
wea ready to shew that Inter to the President
at any time, and claimed to be a good Union
man. The justice detained him 1j custody to
await the order Gen. Mansfield.
Ovam Duo.—On the 22d ef December laet
Mr. Wot. H. Seward said, hi % epeeek at the
Astor House, that in sixty days the ivnabln
weald all he over. Thie pence draft at sixty
days' sight U to-day just three months Aver
doe, nod ant met yet. It teems to as high
lime that the people protested it.—fi fty
Wears happily st peace with all
Slates; and wberea*,
PptfYdomwspcsd between
ke Ucited Stales and oer-
ibemeelSnbe fcaiedsr
Amemni nod wherons, wo bo
ihe Uni
led Minioo, have d«cUre<f oer Royal doter mi
to mnintlfn a iirtoi nod Impartial boo*
trsliiy ia the oootesi between said contending
parties ; wo therefore have thought fit, by and
K York Oorroapeadonoo PhiledetpMa leads/ Dtsgatek.
to loam of u»a jfcwea •'
on never u. Mi.im, hi
. |Ortr. ol nxiion lo mni
qreslm.j
rrnTTmlT.rn'kL.^ I*"***! "•
of luxurious lsate io the household way that
it would bn vary preposterous for her to nee out
io her rural home In Illinois. Tbe silver plate
from HougMouvend tbe china eervioet from
44b#saa*^nll with United States mat-of arms
blazoned upon them, will admirably eoit
them shall presume, ui eooismpi ot this pro- very nicely to get rid of ihe apparently ex-
' ,1a do bhustlees $26,000 a year salary of Mr. Lincoln.
nations, Bad moro especially by entering the
military service of either contending party aa
commissioned or nun-commissioned ollicers or
soldiers, or by serving as officers, sailors or
marines, on board of any ship,.or vessel of
war or transport^ of, or ig lbs service pf eith
er contending party, or by engaging to go, or
by going, to aay plane beyond the. teas with
an intent to enlist or eogags in any such ser
vice, or by procuring, or attemptiag to pro
cure, within Her Majesty’s dominions, at horns
or abroad, or aiding others to do so, or by fit
ting out any ship or vessel to be employed as
a ship ef war or privateer or traaipsn, by
either eoMending party; or by breaking, or
enJeavoring to break, any blockade lawfully
or actually established by or on behalf of eith
er of tba said contending parties, or by carry
ing officers, soldiers and dispatches, arms,
military stores or materials, or any articles
considered end deemed to be contraband of
war, according to law or modern usage of na
tions, for the use of either of said oouteoding
parties ; all parlies so offending will incur and
be liable to the seversl penalties and penal
consequenoes by said States or by the law of
nations In that behalf imposed ; and we do
hereby declare tbat all our subjects, or per
boob entitled to our protection, who may mis
conduct thenise ves in the premises, will do
so at the peril of tbeir own wrongs, and they
will in nowise obtain any protection from us
gainst any liabilities or penal oonsequences,
but will, on the ccntrary, incur our displeas
ure by suoh misconduct.
Given at Richmond Fork, May 18.
England and the Southern Confederacy-
Buying Arm* Abroad.
There were no dispatohea received at the
State Department by tbe Persia. This is ae
counted for by tbe fact that neither Mr. Day-
ton nor Mr. Adams had arrived at their em
bassies when the Persia sailed. The private
letters received show unmistakably that the
British Ministry was in sympathy with the
Southern rebels. The letters from France in
duce Ihe belief that the Freuob Government
will be more friendly|to tbe United States than
tbe British. A 11,1 he Utters received indicate a
prevalent belief through Europe that the dis
solution of the American Union is a fixed fact-
and that the European Governments are act,
ing upon such theory- — Washington Corres
pondence N T lYibuyo.
Tbe same correspoudeot writes to the Times
that the rebel ohiefs abroad have bean receiv
ed with more consideration io England than
has been indicated in the British Parliament
or tbe British Frees.
A letter to a merchant of New York, from
Liverpool, says:
Our enemies ere hers working (heir (rea
sonable schemes. 1 met them at Brussels,
buying arms and ammunition. They have
purchased nearly one hundred rifled cannon
in this country, which are soon to be shipped,
probably from Liverpool. 1 hope to vend word
by wbai vessels, in time to have them seized,
1 bear of them at Manchester and Birming
ham, in search of rifles, Ac Their head
quarters Is at the New Hotel, Westminister,
sod I learn that our Consul General, Campell,
a Southern man, meets, counsels, and advises
them. Our new Consul has just arrived, and,
1 am happy to say, is active in thwarting
their plans.
Fight at Acqula Creek.
We understand, says the Richmond Exami
ner, that two United States steamers, on their
wsy down the river, opposite Acquia Creek,
Wednesday evening, between ill and 7 o’clock,
fired three shells at the battery stationed at
that place, before tbe battery returned the fire.
Our battery fired two solid shots (04 pounders)
and ten shells. Tho shots took effect in the
foremost steamer’s hull, and a shell burst upon
her deck. The gun on our battery was under
tbe direction of one of the best gunners in the
world, Mr. Cunningham, formerly of the
Washington Navy Yard. A gentleman from
the Maryland side, alter the shell exploded,
saw, with a glass, the crow pick up from the
deck of the steamer some twenty-five or thirty
dead or wounded persons. Only one of our
soldiers was wound*d—n gentleman from
Fredericksburg— which was a slight wound on
the arm, caused by oos of their shells explod-
ng The steamers fired twelve or fourteen
hells at the battery. Oon of tbe steamers was
upposed to be the Pawnee. Only one of our
;uns was used.
The Richmond Blues, who were some four
miles off, bearing the firing, wero marched,
derCapt Wise, to the Creek in 26 minutes.
npahy F„ from this city, beiog only about
a mile off, were soon on the ground. A courier
was sent down to Fredsrioksburg, when the
Second Tennesseo Regiment and several other
companies, ia all, some 1,600 men, went op to
Acquia Creek. The ■ teamen went off, and
have not since been heard from. It is sup
posed these steamers were 6eut up to try the
power of our battery. The steamers were two
or three miles off wneu the firing maned.
JQOMlpa
Boston, May 30.—The commanders of tbe
frigates Minnesota and Niagara know the
names nod description of I bo vessels bound for
New Orleans with valuable arms, and a olose
watch is being kept.
New York May 30.—The ‘‘Tribune” says
(hat 80,000 men will rendezvous nt Cairo, for
sn immediate move on Memphis.
Gso. McClellaod’aadvance towards Harper’s
Ferry has been checked by burning the rail
way bridges, and tenriog up tbs reads.
Lieut Sletnmer has arrived here. He says
Fort Pickens Is impregnable lo any force
which oan be broaght against it. The gorri
son numbers 1000 men.
Col. Frcmool will probably cammand the
division operating oa the Mississippi valley.
The Times seye the Government is ember
mated as to the disposition ef priecoert. In
all about one thousand are in duraou* in va
rious pinooe, under various charges ef whom
thirty six arc- legitimate piisonera of war. If
thsse men am considered armed rebels, (hey
should bo buna; if exohangsd. rebels are re
cognized as belligerents, according to the law
of anlloao. Tho Cabinet in perplexed.
NoarwLr, Jose 1 —The tteamvr Msrrimac
has MfcirtiN* *hr«nmiMn.*y khniojured.
.a* *«j, u i—o hr or* "Awn***] ° **•
course of n few days.
H*|A
Mitehcl, G Ef
i~MilafcalLJfrs F
would bo shookingly oat of pine# iu tho house
of a country lawyer in Bprtngftnid. Let mo
do Mrs. Lincoln the justice to say, that she
was dreodfolly importuned to enter iota ex
travagancies of Tartous kinds; but I hoard bar,
my sett, observe nt Stewart's that the could not
afford it, and Was “ determined to bo very
eoooomioal.” One thousand dollars for a shawl
was quite as high as her sense of economy
would permit her to go in these exosceiTo herd
times 1
Mrs. Lincoln looks paler than she did when
I saw her bars in February last. Goaeip in
sists, too, that she is a warm secessionist! This
looks like an improbability; but ladies who
profess to know her eentimeots declare it to be
so, sod tbat she utters her riews open that
subject with a frankness and narnesUieM thst
leave one in no doubt as to tbe felicity of the
President in his more retired domestic moments
provided hs carry into tbs domestic sanctuary
the opinion he entertains in public, of tbs
Southern Confederacy. However, that is no
subject of popular discussion.
The Star Spangled Banner.
The Macon Telegraph eays: “ The words of
this song were composed by Francis 8. Key,
Esq., of Baltimore, and suggested during his
detention on board a British frigate, while tbe
bombardment of Fort McHenry was going on.
This everybody knows, but everybody does n$t
know that the music wss taken from an old
English drinking song, beginning,
~ Old Bibo weal down lo the regions below,
Where the Lethean »tyx through eternity flow."
Letter from Manassas— Mra. James W.
Jacksou there.
A correspondent of tbe Lynchburg Republi
can, under date of May 30, says:
Mrs. Jackson, the wife of the heroic martyr
of tbe Marshall House in Alexandria, is here,
and receives that homage and respect from all
which is eminently her doe. I have had the
pleasure of seeing her, and a nobler specimen
of tbe lady cannot be found in all the lend.—
Her name and that of her murdered husband,
will be transmitted to tba latest time,enshrined
in the heart of every true lover of his country,
a far more enduring memento than any monu
ment of marble or brass.
LIST OF LETTERS
R EMAINING in the Post Office at Atlanta,
Georgia, June 6th, 1861:
Avery, Furney 2
Ackerly, Mrs M J
Ampbus, G
Armstead, J
Allen, A G
Alien A Wilcox,
Barker, Mrs A
Baker, Miss 8 D
Bakeman, W II
B=rry, Mrs H C 2
Baker, A M
Barrett, W J
Bentley, J
Beasley, A G
Bell, Mrs C
Burarit, Mrs M Z
Baker, Miss J A
Beasley. J C
Baw. W N
Baker, C B
Bt-ll, W T
Buruess, Wm
Homer, Mrs M
linens, Dr 0 B
Brown, Mrs M F
Broston, II W
Clark, A M
Cbriswell, R
Chandler, B
Cate, C
Caiey, II
Camp, J B
Canant, J H
Coley, J A
Cook,J
Clark. M M
Cook,A J
Clinton, A 2
Codfeelter, F
Coursay, J W
Couley, G
Clark, Wm
Clark, R M
Crawford, F
Daniel, M A
iieacon, W 2
Darby, Mrs N 2
David, Rev William
Dos ter, G N
Davis. Mra A M
Dagnan.P
Davis, V
Elkins, Mra 0
Ely, J R
Edwards, J M 2
Edmonson, A 8
Evans, A
Falkncr. D
Farrar, W G
Farrar, C
Frucber, N C
Faris, M
Fagan, H V
Gardner, TAR
Garuson, A
Gavitt, 0
Gaum age, 8 C
Goodwin. N D
Gilbert, M
Goddard, J
Harris, M T
Hicks, R B
Harris, C
Harris. M *
Harris K T
HMI, BO
JBoseer. D W
Mayaar, R 8
HsaeocE. 8
Allen, G M D
Andorson, C J
Ansley, J F 2
Awlry. Mrs C A L
Anstin, Mrs N 2
Atkinson, C L
B.
Burnett, H B 2
Bowman. J
Boxton, W H
Bullard. J
Batts, W A L
Buchanan, Miss F L
Burke, Rev J W
Borneo, F J
Batts, C
Brown, J
Brown, J M
Brown, J 8
Brown lev. Miss C
Brown, B
Brown, Q P
Brown, J D
Brooks, L P
Bailey, B
Blythe, J
Bridwell, J
C.
Cook, JT
Cosey, J A
Coley, J A
Con, F M
Course/, J 2
Cobb, R W
Coot, B
Cox, Miss M
Cowles, L
Cook, A J
Colley, D
Crawley, G 8
Crayton, J
Croegmetes, J H
Crosby, J
Crawford. W
Crabb, J B
D.
Dickson, W G
Davis, J A
Davis, V A
Dunn, J W
Doughty, C
Dorsey, M E
Dunn, J
K.
Edwards, J F
Ellsworth, C
Echols. T
Ely, 8 C
Evans, C
F.
Falknsr, D V
Freeman, 8C
Freeman, M
Fryer. J A
Franklin, W C J
G.
Goldin, P
Graveonie, Mrs
Guim, W
Glenn, C
Graham, F
Urogau, 8
Glynoh,
H.
dgos, 8
icbea, 8
Johnson, 6 0 0 *
Jooen, |f 4
Jones, CM
Safe
HsgbSs, I
Huskstb. If
11,4k., lo j
Hass, J J 4 J A J
Hubs*. OB
Hwpsr.O
Basra. 0
Ha* JO
Ho* J
SoWsm. IJ
J.
J*Mfo J
Toms. If
JoMSkCr
S5r:
Lot*. W BO
Lsdbsttsr, Hsxrjr
Lsmioa, H W
—rrlbtix
Lsdbsttsr, Dalis
Lm, James B
MTJ
Milligan, Him B J 3
Usridoth. H B
M .«n, W V
Marson, W I
M ilian, Nancr
Msridath, H
MrDanisl. Miu A
HsCsisr, 0
HcDaalal, Min M
McDonald, FBI
McCoaosll, H B2
McMillea, P
McCall in, F W
McCIcrj, Wm
Ks)wa, H J
Busier, fl J
Mi. |
O'Beil, B i
Patrick, W H
Potter, C A
Barron, B C
Parker, C
Packard, Mra F
Pssl, J MW
Perkins, Mrs M
Robertson, R
Robertson, J A
Boot. Wm
Robertson, J
Robertson, Min C
Bsgster, T A
Bases, J
Batterras, Jobs
Ray, SB
Rica,L A
Robinson, Mrs M A
Roberts, D
Bewail, T B
Scott, H C
Bandera, L
Simpson, L C
Silverman, O
Bnlivan, Mian M
Simma, T P 2
Smith, Z F
Simona, W
Smith, A S
Stewart, Miu M A
Stone, W
Shiply, O 0
Stewart, A E
Tbisms, A
Trainer, T
Trout, J H
Thompson, J W
Turner, JTB6
Turner, Miss MAM Tucker, Mn X
W.
Wells, J
Weaver, Mrs M C
Watson, J M
Walls. £ H
Wadsworth, H It
Watkins. Q J
Wail, 8 O
Wines, OT
Wjly, Miu T R
Rott, B M
0.
Osborn, MiwL
P.
Pops, J
Pool, J S
Pjs A Son, B
Puckett, 0 0
Pneip,, JBFg
Phillip,, Min 0
R.
Robins, F
Robbins, k B '
Rond,, Hr,g |
Roman, P B
Robineoo, Mn
hogers, Miu E
Rice. J W
Roger*, Rei
Roberts, Mrt
Ruesey, B F
Rum«1I, J
S.
Smith, J B B
8plights. Min f
Smith, Mn M
Smith, N R
8mitb, Mm A
Smith, Min M
Smith, J B
Smith, J 8
8impeoo, Mra 6
Shannon, J B
Strickland, J 2
Btancell, H
Sufferd, M
Stovall, RM
T.
Tarry, Btepbea
Teague. K B
Terry, Mm C
Terry. J W
Taylor. Mim 8
Witcher, W
Walker, Mra 1
William*, J
Wilton, J
Witcher. Mra
Wood, W
Wright, Mra X
Wright, Mr* A
Wright. I* “
Wright, 1
WiUon A J-
Wood, Young A Gardiner.
Person* calling for lettara In th*
will pleaae *ay they ore ** AdvertM"
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SEVEN MILLIONS. The hononT
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