desertion of tbe cause of bis couctuy; tne timid 
treachery and double-faced logic ofHunter; the brag 
of that immense ass and bully, Mason, whose assump¬ 
tions of superiority were in ridiculous contrast to his 
own transparent ignorance —to find the evidence of 
this Assertion. 
llut these bold, bad men, are already suspected bv 
their dupes. They have always been distrusted by a 
great party in tbe South. And, as debt, despair, and 
utter gloom begin to settle upon the secession 
cause, those who were forced into this cause 
will demand that Davis and his Directory shall do 
something or go to tbe wall. Bear in mind that the 
idea of a divided North and a united South has been 
dispelled. It has been reversed. 
We have no Andrew Johnson in the free States, no 
Emerson Etheridge, no Frank Blair, no Hherrard 
Clemens, no George 1). J'rentice, to divide our 
solid columa, because these men speak and act 
lurea at uawiibal. Mo., were captured by a company 
of tbe Home Guard under Lieut. Crandall, near the 
town of Linnes, on the night of the 13th, and re¬ 
turned to Hannibal by railroad. The cannon 
use of tbe secession 
Master at Memphis had in bis possessio 
ty amounting to S800, be wrote for 
supply of larger value, but this was r< 
honest intention having been detected 
Secretary Chase has just addressed 
were 
en route for Cbilicothe for the 
here the St. Louis Democrat learns that 2,500 
Two Iowa regiments under 
Co], Curtis, and a battalion of Illinois volunteers 
from Quincy, are expected to form a junction with 
Gen. Lyon at Jefferson City to-morrow. Two com¬ 
panies of Col. Brown’s regiment of the reserve corps, 
went on the North Missouri Railroad, yesterday, to 
protect the bridges on that route. 
Eight regiments are to be stationed two hours 
march from St Louis, four at Bellville, four at Casey 
Mills, four also at Quincy. The Democrat says, we 
have undoubted information that there were 2,000 
State troops at Boonville, Saturday, half well armed 
and equipped, with several cannon. Entrenchments 
are being thrown up and troops constantly arriving, 
another circular 
to the Collectors of Customs, referring to the instruc¬ 
tions of May 2d, prohibiting the transmission of war 
provisions or other supplies to parties in insurrection 
against the United States. They are farther instruct¬ 
ed to exercise the utmost vigilance in arresting and 
detaining all merchandise, of whatever character, 
the ultimate destination of which they have satisfac¬ 
tory reasons for believing is for the insurgents, and 
against the United States, or places nnder their con¬ 
trol. “ If you are satisfied," the circular continues 
“ either frora the mature of the articles or otherwise,’ 
that any merchandise, whenever destination is named’, 
is m fact destined for persons or combinations in 
actual insurrection against the Government of the 
United States, you will canse the same to be seized 
and proceeded against for forfeiture. If, however, 
%ou are satisfied that any merchandize transmitted 
for States, or placed under insurrectionary control, is 
not intended for the actual insurgents, and has been 
shipped or forwarded withont intent to afford afd and 
comfort to such insurgents, or otherwise to violate 
the law, you will simply detain such merchandise, 
and notify the shippers or forwarders of such deten¬ 
tion, and state the cause thereof. If such shipper or 
forwarder, personally or by agent, shall satisfy yon 
that the merchandise so arrested will not be sent to 
any place under insurrectionary control, but will be 
either returned whence it came, or be disposed of in 
good faith for consumption, or disposed in loyal 
States, you will restore possession of the same, and 
allow such disposition thereof to be made ns the 
parties interested may decide. You will regard all 
States in which the authority of the United States is 
temporarily subverted, as under insurrectionary con¬ 
trol, but any portion of such States in which the laws 
of the Union are acknowledged and respected, will 
be considered as exempt.” 
ists, w 
troops are encamped, 
and two out of twenty armory buildings. The arse¬ 
nal was burnt in April by tbe Government, when 
Lieut. Jones abandoned the place. The loss to Gov¬ 
ernment in buildings must be from $100,000 to 
$500,000, while the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. 
have suffered scarcely less, as it is believed some of 
its equipments have been embedded in this wholesale 
ruin. 
Movements in 
Western Virginia. 
The Western Virginian, published in Grafton, 
says that during the ent’re week the town has pre¬ 
sented a scene of active business. The movements of 
men and munitions of war, to and fro, in large and 
small parties, in all directions, by railroad and other¬ 
wise.. are nearly constant; but their destinations and 
purposes are not known outside of “head-quartern,” 
until tbeir results transpire. The town is strictly 
guarded, but suitable arrangements are made to pre¬ 
vent unnecessary annoyance to our citizens, and to 
properly vouched for visitors; and everything appears 
to be conducted in a quiet and orderly, but a vigor¬ 
ous and efficient manner. 
All mischievous traitors who can be reached are 
arrested and brought to head-quarters, to be properly 
disposed of. 8uch as are not guilty of serious ofl’cnceB 
are promptly discharged on confessing their faults 
and taking the oatli of allegiance. Many of the lower 
grade of secession leaden 
s come voluntarily forward 
and confess that they have been deceived by their 
leaders, in whom they have been wont to put their 
confidence; and after taking the oath and a word of 
admonition, go away with a better understanding of 
tbe Constitution and laws of tbeir country than they 
ever had before. On the whole, it is apparent to tbe 
most superficial observer, that the Government is 
really in earnest. 
The organs of treason are all dried up in Western 
^ so far as we know. Vanquished at an 
western Division of the great Union army will 
undoubtedly push forward in that direction before 
many weeks have passed. The following, from a cor¬ 
respondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, gives the 
best description of the defences on the route to the 
city, both by land and ( down the river. It will be 
seen that there are even difficulties for our army to 
surmount before they can reach the point aimed at. 
Memphis, it will be remembered, stands on the left 
bank of the Mississippi, about one-tbird of the dis 
tanee between Cairo and New Orleans. It 
tolerable advantages of defence from an 
river, as the banks of the stream 
are sufficiently elevated to enable artillery 
with effect for a great distance, 
tbe city from the railroads 
possesses 
attack by the 
just above the city 
- j t.o play 
The approaches to 
coming from the East and 
i North are gnarded by entrenchments thrown up at 
i tbe Proper distances from the tracks, and in two 
places, these entrenchments are in very commanding 
positions. 
The guns mounted here are 32 and 24 pounders, 
and they command each track for at least two miles. 
The batteries on tbe bluff on the river bank, above 
tbe city, are mounted with rifled cannon on circular 
platforms, and it is supposed that the range of the 
shot from these guns will be so great as to enable 
them to be of material assistance, even in case of an 
attack frora the railroad. The river defences above 
Memphis are as follows: First, Fort Harris, ten miles 
north, on the left bank of the Mississippi, 3,000 men. 
Second, Fort Rector, ou toe other side, twelve miles 
north, 4,000 Arkansas troops. Third, a battery at 
the month of Wolf river, mounting 24-pounders. 
Fourth, Fort Wright, sixty-five miles up, on the left 
bank, 8,000 troops, with ten tit-pounders, five large 
mortars, and twelve 24-pounders. Fifth, a fort at 
Osceola, on the left bank, ninety-seven miles north 
6,000 men. 
The defences on the railroad consist of earthworks 
thrown up at the points on the line between Cairo 
and Memphis, all of which are mounted with heavy 
artillery, and abundantly supplied with troops. At 
Columbus, Ky., twenty miles below Cairo, there are 
1000 Kentucky Riflemen, but no artillery. At Mem¬ 
phis alone thore are 10,000 troops, making the 
whole numerical force at the points named, 40,000 
men. Some of the cannon recently received at Mem¬ 
phis were from the foundry at Aberdeen, in Missis¬ 
sippi, which is now making two guns, with their 
carriages, every week. 
Morgan. 
Ohio 
I’lcanknt*.. 
1 ‘, 1 -bUb .... 
• J utofttn .... 
Richmond . 
Kitcbie .... 
Kockiogbum 
Rfc:;r: 
tfpshur_ 
Wayue. 
Wetzel ... 
Wirt ... 
Wood_' 
others, with several other slight casualties. The 
Albany regiment being back of the German, discov¬ 
ered frora the accoutrements left on the field that the 
supposed enemy was a friend. They hud in the 
meantime fired nine rounds, with small arms and 
field pieces. The Zouaves, hearing the firing, turned 
and also fired upon the Albany*boys, At daybreak 
ill «_ l yi < » ' 
Harrison .. 
Henrico .... 
Jackson ... 
Jefferson ... 
Kanawha .. 
Lewi*_ 
Loudon .... 
Marion ... 
Total. 
•Majority 
At the Presidential election 
.. . * ■ ...MV MVlUUIttIJ/ieU. 
the desertions are numerous, and the panic stricken 
remnant have taken refuge in the mountains. West¬ 
ern V irginia is free from enemies to her freedom and 
peace. 
In Cull confidence of yonr ability and desire, to pro¬ 
tect yourselves, I now call upon yon to come to the 
support or your constitutions) Government. I am 
empowered to muster you into the service of the 
united i-tates, to serve only in the defense of vour 
own soil. Arms and munitions will be furnished you. 
Assemble at once at your various county seats'and 
report to me for instructions. Cavalry uud infantry 
will be received at onco. 3 
|Signed,] F. a. Morris, 
Bug. Gen. Cora’g U. S, troops at Phillippa. 
Col. Lewis Wallace, with a portion of tbe Indiana 
regiment, left Cumberland for Roninev, Virginia, on 
the Uth instant, where he surprised, and after a 
short conflict, completely routed five hundred seces. 
the postage, notwithstanding they bear prepaid 
stamps, which are regarded as having been stolen by 
the seceding Postmasters, and therefore not entitled 
to credit, no equivalent having been received for 
them by the United States Government. 
The Postmaster at Nashville, Tenn., having refused 
to obey the law and the regulations issued from the 
department, and having resigned his office, it is 
ordered by the Postmaster-General that the office be 
discontinued until further orders, and that all mail 
matter directed to that office be forwarded by all 
Postmasters immediately to the dead letter office at 
Washington, to be disposed of according to law. 
lhe non-payment ot the troops, which is exciting 
some comment, is caused by the absenoe of the neces¬ 
sary pay rolls. There is no lack of money or of a 
disposition on the part of the Government to pay 
them, as soon as the requisite forms can be complied 
with. This inconvenience will soon be remedied. 
The Secretary of War has addressed a letter to the 
Surgeon-General, in which be says : 
During the present war 
chiefly of volunteers, the 
humanity of the age req 
women, as nurses, should 
FOREIGN NEWS 
Great Britain.- The Adriatic brought out news 
that the British Government would prevent pri¬ 
vateers or armed vessels taking prizes into British 
ports. Lord John Russell, in his letter to the Lords 
of the Admiralty, directing them to carry out this 
intention, says it is done to secure the strictest neu¬ 
trality. Mr. Liddell gave notice that he would ask 
the Ministers if this interdiction is not for a change 
ine uonaon limes editorially replies to the outcry 
of the Northern States against England, and shows it 
to be wholly unfounded, 
-Lord John Russell said in Parliament that the 
Government had no knowledge of the Canadian vol¬ 
unteer regiment tendering their services to the United 
States Government, and of course could not say 
what action should be taken. 
Five cases, containing 100 rifles, directed to the 
Commercial Bank of New York, iutended for the 
Adriatic, were Btopped at Galwav. the airent nf the 
General Pierce. General Butler has been ubiquitous, 
doing all in bis power to save our men and the honor 
of our cause. 
^ All hopes for a brush with the rebels at Harper's 
h erry have vanished. Discretion seems the better 
part of tbeir valor, and we now have to add this im¬ 
portant position to the list of points heretofore evac¬ 
uated by them. Orders were issued by General Scott 
on the 12th inst. for the concentration at Chambers- 
burg of tbe troops of New England. New York and 
Pennsylvania who were destined to Washington and 
hortress Monroe. This movement exhibited the de¬ 
termination of lhe Government to carry Harper's 
Ferry at all hazards. Frora all the estimates made 
it was calculated that something like 3.5,000 men 
would, in a day or two, command Ihat place. On 
the night of the LStli the rebels began to clear out, 
one account sta’ing that they had gone toward Win¬ 
chester, while other accounts reported that they were 
going to Martinsbnrg to make a stand in that vicinity. 
Previoos to their departure the work of destroying 
all public property, and that belonging to individuals 
and corporations known to be inimical to Southern 
schemes, commenced. The great bridge of the Balti¬ 
more and Ohio Railroad was fired, and soon after a 
tremendous explosion was heard, caused by the ex¬ 
plosion of a mine under the center of the structure. 
It was a uoble piece of work, being one thousand 
ieet long, built by engineer Latrobe, ten years ago, 
in tbe most scientific manner. It had six spans, and 
cost an immense sum. The body of the trestling on 
which the road was supported, from the bridge to 
the end of the government property, about half a 
mile in extent, was nearly all destroyed, as well as 
the upper bridge, one hundred and twenty feet in 
length, over the Government canal. The telegraph 
station, bridges, and the other railroad works,°were 
demolished. 
.. .I ' ■•’vucu ""Iiyut VtUMUJIL ui 
i'-i’j H,1 °f|fcnihng “ad defenceless men, women und 
children have been ruthlessly shot down and mur¬ 
dered, and other unbearable indignities have been 
heaped on your .State and yourselves. To all these 
outrages and indignities you have submitted with 
patriotic forbearance, which lias only encouraged the 
perpetrators of these previous usages to attempt still 
bolder aud more daring usurpations, it has been my 
earnest endeavor under nil these embarrassing cir¬ 
cumstances to maintain the peace of the State and 
avert, it possible, from our borders tbe desolation 
effect of civil war.” 6 
The Governor proposes remedying this dreadful 
state of affairs by the following means: 
•‘Now, therefore, I, C. F. Jackson, Governor of 
Missouri, do, in view of tbe foregoing facts, aud by 
virtue of the power vested in me by tbe Constitution 
aud laws ot this Commonwealth, issue this, niv proc¬ 
lamation, calling the Militia of the State, to tbi- num¬ 
ber ot 50.000, into service of the State for the pur¬ 
pose of repelling such invasion and for the protec- 
lives - lioerty and property of the citizens 
of tins htate, aud I earnestly exhort all good citizens 
oi Missouri to rally to the flag of their State for the 
protection ot their endangered homes and firesides 
were Btopped at Galway, the agent of the 
line refusing to let them pass. 
France.— The Moniteur has published a decree 
warning public writers to exercise more moderation 
in their discussions against the Catholic clergy. 
It is asserted that the Emperor sent an autograph 
letter to lurin, in which the Roman question was 
fully stated, that it was favorably received at Turin, 
and that Victor Emanuel sent a reply to it on May 27. 
Italy.—T he Italian Parliament stands adjourned 
to the 4th. 
Count Cavour died on the tlth inst., at 0 o’clock. 
Tbe event has produced profound sensation. On the 
evening previous to his death, his state became bo 
alarming that great emotion was evinced by the peo¬ 
ple. At Turin, immense crowds surrounded his resi¬ 
dence. 
It is rumored that Garabaldi intends to visit 
America in a month or two, if war in Italy appears 
unlikely. ■ r 
ArsTRiA.—The Empress is suffering ill health. 
In the Hungarian Diet the address tu the Emperor 
was adopted by the Lower House, by three majority, 
the votes bei155 for and 152 against. 
Hungary.— The stormy discussion in the Diet was 
continued at Pesth on Mr. Deak’s proposition relative 
to an address to the Emperor, forty-eix members who 
were favorable to sending, tendered their resigna¬ 
tions. 
Poland.— A procession took place at Warsaw on 
the third, which was not disturbed. 
Troops are still encamped in ths streets. 
Turkey.— It is said that the international confer¬ 
ences have decided to establish in Lebanon a Chris¬ 
tian government, the chief of which shall be of tbe 
religion of the majority of the inhabitants and directly 
dependant on the Porte. 
Commercial Intelligence — Breadstuffi ,—Liverpool bread- 
stull market dull. .Small eates at weak priceB. Kicliardm.n, 
Spence & Co., Wakefield, Nash A: Co., and others, report ri.iur 
iv. l.i osi, writing on the 11th inst., gives a descrip¬ 
tion of the works erected by the Federal troops on 
the “ sacred soil ” of Virginia; also, a brief bio¬ 
graphical sketch of the rebel proprietor of General 
McDowell’s headquarters, as follows: 
A ride last evening over the Potomac and along 
oui lines revealed the pleasant fact that our entrench¬ 
ments are already in such a state of forwardness as 
would give Beauregard a great, deal of trouble if he 
were to make the insane attempt of trying to carry 
them. I do not intend to give any facts which might 
be of use to tbe enemy, for Gen. Mansfield has fre¬ 
quently, of late, requested the correspondents to be 
cautious in their descriptions of our earthwork forti¬ 
fications from Alexandria to the Chain Bridge, and, 
if it must he told, some of the knichts of tin- mm 
A J /* ., .-O'* ~ ** ^ UHU UIUOIUCB, 
and the defence ot their most sacred rights and dear¬ 
est liberties.” 
Since the issue of the foregoing the telegraph daily 
brings information of the uctivity of the Federal 
troops in that section under the direction of General 
Lyon, a man eminently fitted to crush out treason if 
the material for tbe work is only in his possession, 
55 e give such matters of importance as have been 
received. 
On tbe 13th, Col. Shaffner, in command at Bird 
