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NATIONAL REPUBLICAN!
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Fobllibcd Daily, Snndayi Eiwpted,
BY W. J- MUKTAGH GO.
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Uto. M. V.tn. Kdltor.
gr The publication offlee of the A'afioruil
tfepublicati It at tho northeast oorner of D ami
Seventh street, seoond floor, over W. D. Shep
herd's Hire. Kntranoo on Bevenih street.
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Saturday, October 19, 1861.
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49- lltkdf nat, Matter am every page.-C
, , TUB RBQOLAU AHHV.
The &ar, while censuring ns for saying that
f although' pie great bulk of the regular army
officers are loyal, some of them hare sympa
thlea which hare, Interfered with the vigorous;
proe;utlon of this war, proceed!, Itself, to
charge the whole of, them (and most unjustly)
with Ibe preoiae thing which we alleged against
only a few of, them. It says :
"The officers of the teenlar service are. none
of them, abolitionists. All of them are doing
their hMt tn ilefnnil the Constitution and the
Union, while not one of them wonld draw a
sword to work out the purposes of Cheever,
Garrison, Greedy, & Co , whose ends and alms
are quite as reprehensible ns those of Jeff. Da
vis, Beauregard, Johnson, & Co. quite."
This means that the officers In the regular
service prefer slavery to the Union, and that,
if It becomes necessary to exterminate slavery,
In order to preserve the Union, they will
sheathe their swords. It means, also, that they
entertain the opinion of the Star, that Cheever,
Garrlsori, and Greely, who are all law-abiding
citizens of tho United States, are no better
than men who have forfeited their lives by the
greatest crime known to the law, that of trea
son.
We have had about enough of this threaten
ing, that If this thing is done, or that thing not
done, the officers of the army will throw up
their commissions. The Star has Indulged In ti
repeatedly, and to the great annoyance, as we
happen to know, of army officers themselves,
the great body of whom know what their ap
proprlate duties are, and have no disposition to
dictate the political action of the Government
by menaces of any kind.
The Baltimore correspondent of the New
York TrSiunt, writing under date of October
14, says:
"I can bear testimony to the truth of Mr,
Russell's statement, that there are some officer
of the regular army who say they, will not Ogbi
the battles of the Republic against the rebels il
the slaves of rebels are to be confiscated. I was
told that this was the case, a few days ago, while
in Washington, by an officer high la command,
and bo freely condemned any attempt on the
part of any officer of the regular army to die
tate the policy of the Government. Their duty,
be well said, was 10 obey, aad If their scruples
hindered them from earnest fighting, they ought
to go at once down to Jefldom. This tender
ness and respect to the slaves of rebels, I learn,
does not extend very widely amongst the regular
officers. I am glad to be able to say, however,
that many of tbese cases havo come to the
knowledge of the Government, and the parties
have all been assigned where their incipient
treason can do no harm."
Financial. In the money article of Thurs
day's New York Tribune, we find the following
"The banks bave also in contemplation to
take the tl00,000,000 of seven per cent, stock
authorized by tbe loan act, and a portion 01
Mr. Van's mission Is understood to be to obtain
tbe option of taking this amount. If not there
is a party of capitalists in the street ready to
.take fifty millions at once. They are connected
with foreign capitalists, and proposed some
months since to Mr. Secretary Chase to place
the whole of this loan in Europe. Mr. Chase
declined, preferring, if possible, to raise the
money at borne. There Is also a disposition
among- tbe bask manaeers we think a mis
taken one to stop the sale of the 7 80 per
cent, notes at par after a given date, and bets
have been mada at tbe Union club that these
notes will bear five per cent, premium in sixty
days.. We think such a course weuld check
the enthusiasm prevailing at present In regard
to tbe national loan, and might react uofavora
bly upon other Government securities."
We muBt be permitted to donbt that Mr.
Chae refused an offer of money at seven per
cent., when be. has been borrowing at seven
and three-tenths per cent We must oho dis
sint from tbe opinion that a movement of the
banks, to put up the 7.30 per cent, notes to a
premium, can act unfavorably upon other Gov
ernment securities. The truth Is precisely the
reverse. So long as 7.30 per cent, notes are ob
tainable at par, Government cannot borrow at
lees rates, and It Is only by tho running up tho
7,30 notes to a premium, that It will become
possible to borrow at ordinary rates.
Westibn Virginia. The correspondent at
Charleston, on the rtanawha, of the Wheeling
lress, saye :
" In our letter of this morning, referring to
the sentiments of the population here, the
Union men were restricted to the number of a
, dozen. This was intended to Include those
who have ever been loyal among thoao who
rank themselves as tbe aristocracy of the town.
But further Investigation has elicited the fact
among the masses of tbe people Union men are
largely In the majority."
A gentleman of this city, of great accuracy
of statement, and who had a minute acquaint
ance In Western Virginia, derived from a 1 .ng
practice of the legal profession there, down to
within ten years, Informs us that nearly all the
old, wealthy, and slaveholdlng families recol
lected by him, have gone Into secession. On
the Ohio river bottom, from opposite Gal
Hpolia; down to the Guyandotte, he says there Ik
not one, which has not furnished some member
of It to the rebel army. It Is the " mases of the
people " everywhere In Western Virginia, and
not those who'1 rank themselves as the aristo
cracy," who have stood by tbe Government at
this crisis.
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FROM TBE GRAND ARMY ,
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, IIKleilTS.
A gentleman direct from Harper's Ferry an
nounces that the rebels again appeared upon
Linden and Bolivar Heights yesterday morning
and renewed the attack, on the Union forces,
under Major Gould, with artillery. Major
Gould fired upon them with canister from the
columblad captured on Wednesday, and drove
them back, bnt not nnttt the vandals bad
burned the mill of A. H. Hero, Eq., and took
the miller prisoner. They charged htm with
giving Information to the Union trocps of the
twelve thousand bushels of wheat being brought
there to grind! The firing was progressing
when our informant left.
Women and children were fleeing In great
terror to the Maryland shore, In anticipation of
the town being burned.
Major Gould was throwing shot and shell
from the Maryland heights after the rebels, and
was confident he could keep them off until re
lnforcementa coulaTreaca him.
Colonel Geary's wound-received In his affair
or Wednesday, is only slight cut In the calf ol
tbe leg from the explosion of a shell.
OENUUL WADSWOBTII RSC0NX0ITXR3.
'General Wadsworth, on Thursday afternoon,
escorted by a company of cavalry and one of
Infantry, after receiving tbe report of his scout,
proceeded to Wllcoxon's large brick residence,
which is about half a mile this side of Fairfax
Court-Honse. He found no one in the house
but an old colored woman, who had been left
to look after the premises, the rest of the fam
lly having taken refuge under.tbe protecting
wing of Jeff. Davis. General Wadsworth re
mained at this house some time, and from his
position there paw several regiments of tbe
enemy, one of which (cavalry) was drawn up
in line, apparently under the Impression that
tbe reconnolteriog party was the advance of a
large force- Wilcoxon's house, It will be re
membered, Is a portion of tho property which
was alleged to have been so much damaged by
our own troops on the first advance.
M0R A110CT THE BXrBMtSB BKTOND FALLS CTItraCH,
Late Wednesday afternoon a party of about
twenty-live men, rrom toe new i one inirry-niin,
went out two miles beyond Falls Church on a
scout They encountered a force of thd enemy,
and some brisk firing ensued. One of our men,
private Allen, of company H, while firing from
behind a fence, was wounded and left on the
field. A retreat being; ordered, the party fell
back to our lined. A larger force waa then
sent ont with an ambulance, to recover tbe body
oi Allen, In which tney were successful.
Oar scouts In the vicinity of Upton's ?o, al
most dallv. four miles west of tbe line of Mun
son's Hill, and two miles beyond the line of
our pickets, uar outposts nave nsen extended
to a point a mile beyond Falls Church, on the
Lecoburg turnpike. The rebel picket lines
have been correspondingly drawn in. Yester
day one of the topographical engineers made
a reconnoisance of the country Immediately
north of Falls Church. He proceeded to the
foot of the bill beyond, with two wagons, and
was not moiested. Daring the same day, Lieu
tenant Colonel Wlnslow, of the New York
thirty-fifth, with a scouting party of twenty
fire, when four miles northwest of Mttuson's
Hill, discovered about a dozen rebel cavalry,
lie moved cautiously forward in the hope to
capture the whole parly, but one of the rebels,
who was in advance, came upon our scouts aud
was ordered to surrender. He refused, and
turned his horse to run. Lest he should escape
and elve information to a larger force of rebel
civalry supposed to be In .the vicinity, he was
fired upon and both himself and horse killed.
Our men then retreated to our lines. The
practice of shooting pickets has been dltcour-
aged by Gen. Wadsworth, and this Instance
was much regretted.
VISIT OF OEN. M'CLELUN TO VIENNA, VA.
Yesterday, General McClellan, accompanied
by Generals Smith, McCall, and Hancock, and
a strong escort of regular cavalry, proceeded
to Vienna, which Is five miles west ol Lewie-,
vllle, and remained there several hours. '
Clir OF INSTRUCTION.
Colonel Berdan has been authorized, by the
Secretary of War, to establish a camp of In
struction in this city, for his new arm in the
service, and to collect all the sharpshooters he
can daring tbe next ninety days.
NEWS FROM TOE FOTOXAC.
Thursday night, quite a large number of Gov
ernment boats came up tbe river, loaded with
Government stores.
These vessels were fired upon by the bat
teries, without damage, as, owing to the bad
skill of the rebels, the shots did not strike
either of tbe boats.
Tbe steamer Cceur-de-Llon spoke the Pawnco,
In Chesapeake bay, on her downward trip.
She reports that the Pawnee was not at all
disabled by'the shots received by the batteries.
COLUBI0N.
Tbe steam tug Robert Lesllo ran into the
steamer Hugh Jenkins, loaded with horses,
just below Mount Vernon. Upon examination
It was found that she was struck about ten feet
from her bow, and completely disabled. She
was Immediately run Into shoal water, when
assistance was sent to her, and everything
on board taken off. Nobody was hurt
Several tugs arrived last night, and report
that vessels are constantly passing tho batteries
bound up the river, but very few of them
escape without being fired upon.
The Harriet Lane is lying near Indian Head.
Tho Mount Vernon, It Is thought, will leave
the navy yard to day.
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IFUO PRESPTATM. Wfj
Yesterday afternoon, fane Interesting.-cere
mony of presenting the flags sent from Califor
nia, to the second Rhode island regiment, took
place at the encampment ot the second and
fonrlh Rhode Island, near Fort Slocum. A
large number of ladles and gentlemen, from
this and neighboring cities, and from Rhode
Island wera nrmenL
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visitors wcro received in a isrge marque,
elegantly fitted np, and decorated.wlth flags,
and within which were tables, covered with
lnxnries seldom seen upon the tented field, and
of which all were Invited to partake.
About half-past three, the booming of can
non announced that tbe presentation ceremo
nies were about to commence. The second
regiment, prepared for dress parade, marched
to the parade ground, and were formed in line
Gov. Spinous, accompanied by a number ol
officers and dlstloirulsned gentlemen, then as
sumed e, position near the center of the line,
aud the regiment passed before him In review.
The review being over, the President and
his lady, accompanied by the hero, Gen. An-
aerson, were aucovcrcu on meir way iu iur
cump. They were received with the usual
military honors, and then tbe gallant Rhode
Hinders marched In review before the Pre-I-d
nt. This ceremony being over, tho bcantl
ful California standards were brought by the
color guard, before the regiment, when Mr.
Coleman, the private secretary of Governor
Sprague, read tbe letter of the' donors, which
accompanied the flags ; it was an eloquent and
patriotic letter. The letter being finished, Gov.
Sprague made a brief presentation speech, and
through the hands of President Lincoln, pre
sented the flags to Col. Wbeaton, the successor
of the lamented Slocum.
Colonel Wheatou very gracefully received
them, and made a modest, but quite effective
little speech. The flags were passed into the
hands of the color-guard, and tho presentation
ceremonies were ended.
The fourth Rhode Island regiment, com
manded by Colonel McCarty, was now tho ob
ject of Interest. After pass'ng in review before
the President, the two rt giments were drawn
up near each other, when the Governor Intro
duced Blihop Clark, of Rhode Island, who
made an eloquent and stirring speech, which
elicited rapturous applause He was followed
by Rev. Mr. Wbeaton, ol Brooklyn, New York,
who also made a patrlotlo speech, and closed
by Invoking the blessjhgs of Heaven upon our
cause, and the gallant men who bave bared
their bosoms to the storm.
As tbe last words of the eloquent preacher
died upon his lips, tho noble second made tbe
air resonnd with the harmony of their voices,
by slngiag the good old doxology. These were
strange sounds to bear in such a, place, where
all before had been martial mnsto and the
clang of arms, but the effect was grand, solemn
and sublime, and will nevT-be forgotten by
those who were fortunate enough to hear
them.
These regiments were handsomely nut-
formed,-at'd appeared to be quiti proficient in
their manual of aruu, and when the next
struggle comes, we doubt not they will cover
themselves with glory, and maintain the Integ
rity and honor of New England.
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IMPOETANT FROM TJIE 80UT1I!
farther Particulars of the r Reported Naul
Efipgcmriii at New Orleans.
HOW THE PREBLE WAS SUNK
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New Orleans Illuminated for a Victory.
The Petersburg (Va) Express, ot the 16th
Instant, received by way of Fortress Monroe,
has the following additional particulars in re
latlon to thi late naval action at New Orleans:
Tho Turtle ran against the Preble without
firing a gun, and Immediately sunk hor, by
slaving In her sides, she, In the meantime, be
ing fired upon by the whole iquadron, but the
balls glancing from her Iron form without
effecting the least damage.
The Turtle then turned on the other two
vessels, which, seeing the fate of their com
panion, endeavored to gel out of the way, lu
which effort they were driven on ihoro, their
crews deserting thrm. Commander Holllns, lu
his report, says ho thinks be will ba able to
o plure and carry them.-both Into New Or
leans.
The Preble cannot be raised. A large num
ber of prisoners, arms, ammunition, to , weie
tnkeii during the action.
Commander Holllns confirms the account or
the defeat of Billy Wilson's Zouaves on Santa
ltosa Island.
Commander Holllns arrived lu New Orlaans
on tho 14th ultimo. Tho city was illuminated
on the receipt of tho intelligence.
Tho number of men under Commander Hol
llns was threo hundred. Tho Federalists num
bered one thousand.
The same journal has the following com
ments on the aflatr:
" The Confederate cause has again been vic
torious. Captain Holllns, of our little navy,
has succeeded lu driving the blockading squad
ron of the Yankees, at the mouth of tho
Mississippi, ashore, capturing a prize, aud
linking tbe crack Bloop bf-war Preble. Such
particulars as have reached us will be found In
our tclegraphlo dispatches. They are, as yet,
quite meagre Just enough to create a desire for
moie, and enkindle a most lively feeling of sat
isfaction'. ' With a large1 force, we should think
the stranded vessels might eatty bo captured.
At all events, they will not soon forget the
IhoJtMlsh .peppering Capt. Holllns informs us
heSHkS administered. We regret that our
kncnSfftgo of Capt. George N. Holllns, the
hero (rT-ahis fight, Is too limited to enable us to
give "($ a Bketch of his life as we know
would' stove hlzhlv Interesting at this time,
but the Naval Register of 1839 informs us that
be is a native of Man land, and was appointed
from Maryland, but was, at the time or bis ap
pointment, a citizen of Florida. We may add
th&l Holllns entered the service of the United
Stales navy on tbe 1st of February, 1814, and
his oommlutou of captain was dated on the
14 th September, 1665. As soon as tbe present
troubles commenced, he reslgaed bis position
in the navy, after drawing considerable pay,
and was Immediately appointed with a post
of equal rank in the L'onledarate Stales navy.
It is weil known that Holllns bad much to do
with the captuie of the side-wheel steamer Kt.
Nicholas, Capt. KIrwan, of tbe Baltimore and
Washington line, which was taken a few months
since, near the mouth of the Potomao river, by
Col. Zirvoona Thomas.
IMrtHtTAN COItltKIPONDHNCIC. ,,,
Lord Zyont to Mir" SetcarJL
WA8HiNaTO!iOutobor'H,UGl;"
Hihi Her Majesty's Unvernmont wero muoh
concerned to and that two British labjeots, Mr.
Patrick and Mr. Rabmlng, had been subjeoted
to arbitrary arrest; and although they had
learnt from a telographto dispatch from mo
that Mr. Patrick bad beon released, they could
not but regard tbe matter as ono requiring
tbelr very serious consideration.
Hor Majesty's Government perceive that
when British sublocls ns well ih Amerloun citi
zens are arrested tlicv Hro Immediately trans
lorred to a military itrl.tnn. Knd ihut thn mill.
tary authorities refufo to pay obedlenco toV
writ of habeas corvus.
Hor Maieatv's Government conceive that this
practice la directly opposed to tho maxim of
the Constitution of tho Unltod States, " that no
person shall be deprived or liro, liberty, or
property, without due process of law."
Her Majesty's Government aro willing, how
over, to make every allowance for the bard
necessities of a time or Internal trouble ; and
thoy would not have beon surprised If tho or
dinary socurltlos or porsonal liberty bad beon
temporarily suspended, nor would they bave
oomplalned If British subjeots falling under
suspicion bad suffered from the consequences
or that suspension.
But It docs not uppear that Congress baa
sanctioned In this rexpect any departure rrom
tho due oourso or law; and it Is In theso cir
cumstances that the law officers or the Crown
bave advised hor Majesty's Government that
the arbitrary arrests or British subjects are
Illegal.
-Bo far as nuneara to her MhIcsIv's Govern
ment, the Seoretary or Stale or tho United
Buues exercises, upon 'no reports or spies ana
imurraers, wo power oi uepriving uritisn bud
JecU or tholr liberty, of rotnlnlng thein In
prison, or iiDoraung mem, Dy tils own will ana
ploasuro.
Her Majesty's Government cannot but regurd
this dospotlo and arbitrary power as Incon
sistent with the Constitution or tbo United
Statos, us at variance with tbo treaties ornmi'y
subsisting between tbo two nations, and ax
tending to prevont the resort or British subjects
to tbe Unltod States for purposes of trade and
Industry.
tier Majesty's Govornmcnt bavo there foro
felt bound to Instruct me to remonstrato
against such Irregular proceedings, and to say
that In their opinion, the authority of Congress
Is necessary lu ordor to JUBttry the arbitrary
arrest and Imprisonment of Bi Itish subjects.
I have the honor to bo, sir, with the highest
consideration, your most obedient humblo
servant, Lyons.
The Bon. Williau II. Seward, Ac.
UOHP1TAL 0 KR TUE IlIVEn.
Since the army bas advanced on the other
side or the river, tne targe House or Mr. van
derwerken. which for a long time bad been on
tbe extreme lines of our plcketa, has been con
verted Into a Hospital, anu now contains some
sixty pallents. This hospital Is under the charge
of Brigade Surgeou Waters, of this city, aud
l)r. Webb, oi tne tniriy imra regiment renn
sylvanla volunteers, as resident physician.
SICKNESS IX LKE'H ARMY.
A letter, dated tbe latter part of September,
Irnm a rebel soldier In Lee's army, says sick
ness prevailed to an alarming extent. Out ot
one regiment of nine hundred, but ninety-seven
reported for duty. Thft Impression prevailed
that Lee waB ordered to join Beauregard, but
waa unauie io move Decause ol slcKness.
nEAUREHARD'fl AHMV.
We learn Irom a lady residing near our out-
posia ou me oiuer wiio oi tne river, around
who'e house the enemv flocked In numbera not
Awoihted. William n. Colledge, of the long since, tint three-foui tin of those she has
District of Columbia, bas been appointed to a lately seeu are very ragged and shockingly
second-Cass clerkship in the office of the Au- aeZ ,wha,,::,"rs.0rAuC,i1nte,
dltorof the Treasury for tbe Post Office D-. ' contraband belonging nt Kail fai Court Houe
partment. brings similar information hither.
Coumekce. The Imports and exports at
' ffew. Yprk, exclusive of specie, for the monib
of September, were as follows :
.Extfqrt',.,,: $10,172,090
Imports... .;... 0,074,449
The New Orleans Affair We give in an
other column some additional particulars of
the loss of the Preble at New Orleaai. The
famous Iron steamer, of which so much has
boastlngly been said by the rebels, mode ber
first essay in warlike operations, and, as tbe
story goes, waa entirely successful. It peems
that the whole squadron fired into ber, without
producing .any euect, masmnco- as tbe balls
glanced from ber iron-cased sides. We think
the whole story Improbable, first, because It
comes exclusively through Southern channels!'
which, in warlike matters, are not entitled to
credit. Gross exaggeration has been their game
from the commencement ;Jt is in this way, they
keep up the courage ol tbe Southern people ;
and second, because experiments have been
made, to test the strength of Iron-clad vessels,
and in no case, have the results been like that
recorded In the New Orleans affair. We shall
wait with some anxiety, for a true statement of
the case, which can only be bad by the arrival
of some of onr national vessels from the Gulf
squadron, or direct news therefrom.
Maps. Topographical colored maps of all
the border Stales, prepared in Collon's best
style, are now for sale at 240 Broadway, New
York, or In this city, by Mr. Dlsturnell. They
are the most accurate maps, among all those
lately published, showing railroads, water
courses, counties, towns, districts, tc, and Bell
for the very moderate- price of twenty-five
cents.
r-On ThurBday.at Pittsburgh, Governor
Lurtln presented flags to tho regiments com
posing General Negley's brigade of 3,000 men
Tbe brigade left that night for the Wost in
five Bteamboals.
Sr- Governor Seward's circular of October
14, In respect to lortlfylng the coast, produced
a panic In tho Btock-markota of New York and
Philadelphia. In Boston, It produced no un
favorable effect, and was approved of.
p3f The degree of L. L. D. has been con
ferred upon tbe Rev. R. M'Murdy, D. D., of
Frankfort, Kentucky, by tho Northwestern
University.
,arThe Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun expresses great gratification at
the oppolntment of Mr. Kelly as ReglBter ol
Wills.
50 Bland Ballard has been appointed Unl
ted States District Judge for Kentucky, In
place of Judge Monroe, who has joined the
rebels.
Utah. Tbo last comnanv of tbo ceneral
immigration had arrived, making upwaids of
lour wouBoau lor tne seusou. The harvest.
just gathered In, Is said to bave been the best
ever Known m Utah.
The rfewYork Irteh American states Dosi
lively that Gen. Shields bus uot ilei'Jinetl the
couimission.oi n Aingauier uenerai.
llOIlMNU TIIK. UOVKUNMKST.
Hoiists. Tto Chicago 7Vioune, of the 15lh,
says : '
"One of the latest oulrages.perpelrated on
tbe West, Is tho shipment, to this point, of bro
ken down hopes, bought up fay the ariny'Ia
I'ennsylvanln. The first instalment of these
wretched hicks, some 260 In number, arrived
Irom Pittsburgh on Sunday last, designed for
Colonel urncKi'U a cavalry, iney were oi an
colors and sizes, aud afflicted with almost ev
ery disease In tbe catalogue of hone distem
pers. We understand that many of tbe sol
diers are ready to mutiny before they will
mount such pcareciowa; and, if thero Is any
good cause for mutiny In the army, we cou
oetva.tbls to be one, under the circumstances.
krifv.l. IlrapkMtL under order from the Onar-
UsHater General, had gone on ond purchased
several hundred horses ot the very finest qual
ity for the service, when he received a telo
ffranblo dispatch that horses would be sent on
trcm Pittsburgh for hla regiment. Who sent
them nobody knows. -These Pennsylvania
horses, we aru told, cost the Government $135
apiece, while far better ones are furnished here
for $110. Besides, the cost of transportation
of a regiment of horses from Pittsburgh to
Chicago cannot be much less than five thous
and dollars."
If the facta are as stated above, soma In
spector of horses has been bribed. Tho Gov
ernment has already dealt summarily with
some cases of (hat klud, and doubtless will in
this, when the guilty party Is discovered.
A Venerable Hlro and Patriot of Ken
tucky. The Tribune's Frankfort, Ky., corres
pondent, In giving a view of war matters In
Kentucky, thus speaks of Ibe venerable patriot,
Hon. W. P. Thomasson, who, although his hair
Is whitened with age, has shouldered his mus
ket, and united with the Louisville Legion,
being a member of a company commanded by
his own son. What a glorious spectacle.
The Hon. W. P. Thomasson. formerly a mom-
-ber of Congress from the Louisville district,
later a citizen ot unlcago, aud an Independent
volunteer attaencu to company u or mo seventy
first New York regiment at Bull Run, bas ar
rived In camp and attached himself to a com
pany commanded by his son in tho Lonls
vlllo Legion. Mr. Thomasson was an ardent
Emancipationist before be emigrated from Ken
tucky, and was defeated for the Constitutional
Convention, lu 1819, upon the Emancipation
ticket. He Is now an old man, gray-headed,
and somewhat stooped by age ; but bis burn
ing black 'eye has lost none of Its former fire,
and bis heart none of Its fervid philanthropy.
This romantic woodland camp affords no Bight
so interesting as mo naie, reBoiute oia man, in
bis plain citizen's dress, silting; In some retired
nook with his home-made Kentucky rifle in his
grasp, wrapped in his meditations. Whiio we
may not, with rash Impatience outstripping the
plans of God, hope that ho will be spared to
witness the triumph of his cherished principles
throughout the world, vet let us exult In the
glorious hope that his purified spirit and ours,
bending from the battlements of Heaven, will
heboid a new earth, wherein dwelleth the
righteousness of universal frcolom.
The Forreht Divorce Case. The long con
tested case of Catherine N. Forrest vs. Edwin
Forrest Is again before the New York courts
on an appeal, ine reieree, 10 wuom mo mut
ter was referred, awarded Mrs. Forrest alimony
at the rate of $4,000 per annum. His report
wai confirmed at the special term, from which
the appeal Is carried to the Superior Court.
The Conrt beard argument ou both sides, and
rexerved Its opinion.
pff" Hum. J. M. Ashley, of Ohio, arrived In
this city yesterday.
Mr. Setcard to ford Ai"s.
DlTARTHENTOr BTATB,
Washington, October 14, 1601
Mr Loan: I have the honor to acknowledge
your Lordship's note or tbe present date.
In that paper roll Inform mo that tho Brltlih
Government Is much concernod to find that two
British subjects. Mr. Patrick and Mr. llahmlnz.
havo boen Drought undor arbitrary arrest, and
that although hor Majesty's Ministers luivo been
advised by you or tho releaso or Mr. Patrick,
yot thoy cannot bat regard tbe matter ns re-
Sulrtng the very serious consideration of this
overumont.
You further Inform me that her Majesty's
Government percolvo that when British sub
jeots, as well as American citizens, are arrested,
they are transferred to a military prison, and
that the military authorities refuse to pay obo-
uiuuuu iu a wru ui iiuueas corpus.
zou nuu,iuai nor uajesiysuovernment cou
celve that this pructlce Is directly opposed to
tho maxim of tho Constitution of tho United
States, that no porson shall be deprived of lite,
liberty, or property, without due process of law.
You then otservo that her Majesty's Govern
ment are. nevertheless, wllllnir to make overr
allowance for tbe bard necessities of a tlmo of
uternal trouble, and tuov would cot havo been
surprised If the ordinary aeo initios or nernonul
noeny una ueen temporarily suspended, nor
would they h-ive complained If British subjects,
railing under suspicion, had suffered from-the-consonuencos
of that suspension. But that it
dooB not appoar that (jongrei,a has sanctioned,
In this respect, any departure-rrom tbe due
course of law, and It la In these circumstances
that tbe law officers of tbe Crown have advised
her Majesty's Government that the arrests ol
British subjects are Illegal.
YouremarK runner, that so far as appears
in iter amjcsiy-a uuvenuneni, me aeureiary oi
State for the United States examines, upon tbe
reports of spies, and assumes the power of tie
lirlvlnKBilllsb subjects or their liberty or lib
erating them by bis own will und pleasure; and
you Inform me that hor Majesty's Government
cannot but retard this deanotio and arbitrary
power as Inconsistent with tho Constitution of
the United atalcs.as atvnrlance with tbe troatles
of amity subsisting between the two nations, as
tending to prevent tbo resort of British subjects
to tho Unltod States for purposes of trado und
Industry. You oonclude with Informing ma
that upon these grounds ber Majesty's Govern
ment nave ion uounu to instruct you to remon
strate against such Irregular proceedings, and
to say that, in their opinion, tho authority ot
Congress la necessary In order to Justify the
arbitrary arrest and Imprisonment of British
subjects.
The facts In recant to tbe two persons named
In your note aro as follow :
Communications rrom tho regular polico nl
tho country to the Exeoutho at Washington
showed that disloyal persons in tbe State of
Manama were conducting treasonable corres
pondence with confederates. British subleets
and American citizens, In Europe, aimed ut
tne overtnrow or ine i-eaerai union by armed
forces aotually In the field and besieging the
Capital of the Unltod States. A portion of
this correspondence which was Intercepted
was addressed to tbe firm of Smith & Patrick,
Brokors, long established and doing business
In the city of New York. It uppeaied that
this firm had it branch at Mobile, that the
partner. Smith, Is a disloyal citlen of tho
United Btates, und that bo was in Europe when
the treasonable papers were sent Irom Mobile,
addressed through the bouse or Smith X Pat
rick, In New York. On receiving this lnlorniu
tlon, William Patrick was urreated and com
mitted Into military custody at Fort Lafajette,
by an order or the Secretary or War of tho
United States, addressed to the polico of the
city or Now York. These proceedings took
place on the 2bth of August lost.
Representations were thereupon mado to the
Seoretary of State by friends of Mr. Patrick to
tbe effect that notwithstanding IiIb associations
ho was personally loyal to this Government,
and that ho was Ignorant of tbo treasonable
nature of tbo correspondonco whloh was be
lug carried on through the mercantile houso ol'
which ho was a membor. Directions wero
thereupon ctvon by tbe Secretary of Kbiln to u
proper agent to luqulro Into the correctness of
tue lactsiutis presented, and this Inquiry re
sulted in tho establishment of their truth. Mr.
William Patrick was thereupon promptly re
leased from custody by direotlon of the Secre
tary of State. This releaso occurred on the
thirteenth day or September last.
On the second day of Soptombor the Super
intendent of Polico In the city of Now York
Informed tbo Secretary of Stato, by telogiuph,
that ho bad undor arrest J, O. ftahmlng, who
bad Just arrived from Nassau, whore ho bad
attempted to Induce tbe owners of tho sohoonor
Arctic to take cannon to Wilmington, tn North
Carolina , Tor the use of tho rebels, and Inquired
what should ho do with the prlsonor. J. C.
Bahmlng was thereupon oommlttedlr.to milita
ry oustody at Port Lafayette, undor a mandate
from the Seorotary of Stato. This commitment
was mado on the second day of September. On
the seventeenth day or that month this prison
or nfter due innuirr. was released from ousto.
dy, on his executing a bond In the penalty ol
two thousand flvo hundred dollars, with u con
dition that he should tlioroaflor bear true allo
wance to the Unltod States, ami do no act
hostile or Injurious to thorn, whllo remaining
unaor uiuiriiroiuuuou.
I have to regret that, nftor so long an official
Intercourse between the Governments of the
United States aud GreatBiitaln.it should bo
necessary now 10 inrorra her Mujosty's Min
isters that all Exootitivo nrncnertinpfi. wlmtlmr
or the Secretary of War or of the Seorotary of
Dinm aiu, uuiess uisavuweu ur revoiceu Dy tne
Prosldent, proceedings ur the Presldout of the
Unl led Stales.
Certainly it Is not nocessary to announco to
the British Governmont now that au liiKitrreo-
tlon, attended by civil and even social war, was
existing in inn unuou mates wnen tne pro
feedings which I have thus related took place
But It does seem necessary to btate, for the
Information of that Government, that Congress
Is by the Constitution Invested with no execu
tive power or respoi slblhty whatever, and, on
tho contrary, that the) Prisldont of tho United
States layby the Constitution and laws, Invest
ed with the whole exooutlvo power of tbo Gov
ernment, andoharged with the supreme direc
tion of all municipal or ministerial civil agent',
as well as of the whole land and naval forcei
of tho Union, Knd that, Invested with tbtno
ample powers, be li charged by the Constitu
tion and laws with tho absolu'o duty of sup
pressing Insurrection as well as of preventing
and repelling Invasion t and that for these pur
pesos he constitutionally oxorclses the right of
suspending the writ or natieascorpm, whenever
and wheresoever, and in whatsoever extent tho
puouo satety, endangered by treason or Inva- .
vasion in arms, in uisiuugmem requires.
Tko prooeodlngB or wblch the British Goy.
ernmont complain were talc on upon Informa
tion conveyed to the President by logal police
authorities or the country, and they wero not
Instituted until after ho-had suspended the
f;reat writ or Freedom In Just the oxtent that
n view or the perils of tho State he deemed
necessary. For the exorcise or that dlsoretlon
he, as well as bis advisers, among whom are
the Seoretary or War and the Seoretary ol
Judicial tribunal or the Republio, and amena
ble, also, to the judgment or his countrymon
anu ine eniigntenoo opinion or tne civilized
world.
A oandld admission, contained In your letter,
relieves me or any necessity for snowing that
tho two persons named thoroln wore nelthor
known nor supposed to bo British subjeots
when tbo proceedings nccurrod, aud that, In
evory enso, subjects of ber Majesty, residing
1U UiO uuuuu pinvvB. nnu uuuci high iiruieu-
tlnn, are treated, during the present troubles,
in tuo same mannor, nnu wun no grenior or loss
rigor than American clllrers.
Tho military prison which was usod for the
temporary detention of tho' suspectod parties
Is a fort constructed and garrisoned for the
publlo defence. The military ofllccr charged
with their oustody has declined to pay obedl
enco to tho writ of habeas corpus, but tbo re
fusal was made In obedience tn an express
direction ot the President, In the exercise of
his functions as Oommandor-ln-Chlef of all tho
land and naval forces of the Unltod States.
Although It Is not very Important, It cortalnly
Is not ontlrely Irrelevant to add, that, so far as
I am Informed, no writ of habeas corpus was
attempted to be served, or was even sued out
or applied for In befaaU or elthor or tho persona
named j although In a case not dissimilar tbe
Writ of habeas corpus was Issued out In favor
of another British Subject, and was disobeyed
by direction of the Prosldent. '
Tbo British Government bave candidly con
ceded, In tbo remonstrance before me, that
even in this country, bo remarkable for so long
an enjoyment by its peoplo of tbe highest Immu
nities or porsonal froedom, war, and especially
civil war, cannot be conducted exclusively In
tho forms and with tbe dilatory remedies pro
vided by munlo'pal laws which are adequate
to tbo preservation of publlo order In a time of
peace, treason always operates, n po.'siuie.
by s
iy surprlso, and prudenco and humanity tbero-i f,
lore equally require inni violence concocted tu
sacrot shall be prevented, tr practicable, by un
usual and vigorous precaution. I am fully
awaro of the lr conveniences which result from
tho practlco of such precaution, embarrassing
communities In social life, and affecting perhaps
trado and Intercourse with rorolgn nations.
But tbo American peoplo, after having tried in
evorv way to avert civil war, bave accepted It
at List as a stern necessity. Tbe clilet Inter
est, whlto It lasts, Is not the enjoyments of
society, or tho profits of trade, but the saying
of tbo national lire. That llfo saved, all the
other blessings which attend It will spoedlly
return, with greater assurance of continuance
than ever borore. The safety of the whole
peoplo has become, in the present emcrgoncy,
the supremo law, and so long as tho danger
shall exist, all classes of society equally, the
donlzenandtbe citizen, cheerfully acqulesco tn
'tho measures which that law prescribes.
This Government does not question the learn
ing ot I he legal udviserx of tho British Crown,
or tbojustlco of tbe deference which ber Ma
jesty pays to them. Nevertheless, the .British
Government will hardly expeot that the Presi
dent will accept tbelr explanations of tbe Con
stitution of the United States, especially when
tho Constitution, thus expounded, would leavo
upon him tbo solo executive responsibility of
suppressing the existing Insurrection, while It
would transfer to Congress the most material
and Indlspensablo power to be employed for
that purpose Moroovnr, these explanations
find no real support In the letter, much less In
tho spirit, of tho Constitution Itself. He must
be allowed, therefore, to prefer and he govern
ed by tho view of our organlo national law,
which, while It will enable him tf execute his
great trust 1th complete suocess, receives the
sanction of the highest authorities or our own
country, and Is sustained by the general con
sent ot tho people, for whom alone that ConBti
tlon was established.
I avail myself or this opportunity to offer to
your lordship n renewed assurance of my vei y
liign consideration.
William IT. Sgwakp.
The Right Hon. Lord Lyons, &u.
Ainarlruns In I'atrls The Wife nf L.UM
unant General Scoti.
Correspondence of the London btar.
"aris, Septtmber 28, 1BC1.
Among tho Northeruers now In Paris Is the
wife or Lieutenant Genet il Scott. Shi) had a
very narrow escape ot being among the pan
sengersln the Great Eastern when that steamer
mot with Its latest and most serious acciden.
Her passago was actually taken, and the was
on tbe eve of setting out, when au American
gentieman, whom General Scott had requested
to como ali tbe way fiom New York to be lift
escort over tho Atlantic, arrived at Paris, asil
having some matters to arrange here, wliuh
would cause a delay of two or threo days, elis
was obliged to defer her voyage for a few days,
and has not since been able to leavo PitrK
Mrs. Scott Is in a very delicate statu ol bealt'i
and quite a martyr to nervousness. Sho la not
able to read the newspapers till some friend
looks over them, assures her that there are no
evil tidings from the North, and that nothing
bas happened to any member of her family, ol
wblch her husband Is not the only one who hi s
taken up arms lu defenco of tho Federation
Mrs. Ritchie. Closo to tho house In which
Mrs. Scott is staying lives another American
lady of sorao celebrity in her country MrR.
Ritchie, who Is better known as Mrs. Anna
Cora Mowatt. This lady, who Is of Northern
birth and education, retired Irom the stage ou
her second marriage with a wealthy Southern
planter. She Is still remarkably pretty as well
as peculiarly fascinating In her manners, and
although past middle age, dots not look a day
older than she did fourteen years ago ; nor is
the slightest ttkon of advancing years to bn
seen In her hair, which still preserves the
beautifully burnished look, and would be re
markably luxurious even for a young girl.
There are also some near relations of General
Johnston amoug the American's here, who, how
ever, are not less anti-slavery thau any of tho
Beecher family.
3- PKOailKHS OF SLAVERY
IN THE UNIlkD STAThS
BY OKOHGE M. WESTON.
Copies of this work are for sale at the publication
office of the Nativnal Kejwllkan, corner of Setuitli
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Bound edition, $1 per copy, rami hlet edition, "a j
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ttir Army Uliaiilulna. The Cliuptulns of the?
army, in Washington and iti vicinity, are requtsted V
to meet in Trlnltj Church, Washington City, oj
Saturday next, October 19, at 11 o'alcok A M-, for J
the purpose of conjlderlag toms niatliod of seourlngu
a more systeinstio distribution of pools and tracUlnS,
their respective regiments, and alsq for general con
femice in refereno to the prcmotlonof religion and
morality la the army.
Clergymen, resident, or. liltl(
others who are Interested !
fully Int Ited to attend.,
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