2d Battalion of First Louisiana Regiment: Total number of troops,.. 103 92 138 92 528 ..........6,708 mians, who have two regiments encamped on | TROOPS AT PENSACOLA UNDER MAJOR BRADFORD. the left of the Mississippians. They are divided into a regiment commanded by Col. Clayton, of 10 companies-800 men; and a battalion of 8 companies-600 men-under Lieut.Col. Steadman. Several of the Alabama companies are assigned to batteries; one of them, under Lieut. Howard, having charge of the two 10-inch gun battery. The Alabamians are much cut up in their encampments and occupy a large space in the line. On their left are the Georgia Regiment, Col. Ramsey, 10 companies -750 men. This regiment, with the Alabama Regiment, and Capt. Girardey's artillery company in charge of the redoubt in the rear of Fort Barrancas, and battalion 63, make up the second division, commanded by Col. Clayton. The extreme left, extending from the Hospital to a point beyond the Navy Yard, is the division which Col. Gladden commands, and consists of the Florida Regiment, Col. Anderson, 620; of Major Lary's Georgia Battalion, 350; of Capt. Lee's artillery company, 114-composed entirely of artisans and mechanics; and of 1st Battalion of the Louisiana Regiment, 520, Col. Adams; the Zouaves, 505, Lieut.-Col. Coppens; and the Marines, 109. The army of Gen. Bragg may, therefore, be thus stated accurately: Though some of the regiments are quite deficient in the drill, I do not believe that a better and more efficient body of fighting men could be assembled in any part of the world. They compose the very best class of our Southern people, ardent, earnest, and resolute young men. They can never be conquered, or even defeated; they may be destroyed and annihilated; but when the Lincolnites subdue the country or the people which he has undertaken to subjugate, as long as we have such men to fight our battles, the spoils of his victory will be a blasted and desolated country and an extinct people. A. W. -Special Correspondence of the New Orleans Delta. TON." Brigadier-General Commanding, Braxton Doc. 134.-" THE ATTACK ON WASHINGBragg; Inspector-General, J. H. Forney; Chief of Engineers, W. H. Stevens; Chief of Ordnance, W. R. Boggs; Adjutant-General, R. C. Wood; Aids, George D. Garner, Thomas Ellis; Surgeon-General, A. J. Foard; Quartermaster, L. A. O'Bannon; Chief of Subsistence, T. W. Jones. On the 12th of April last the honorable Mr. Walker, Secretary of War of the Confederate States, held the following language at Montgomery, Alabama : "No man, he said, could tell where the war this day commenced would end, but he would prophesy that the flag which now flaunts the breeze here would float over the dome of the old Capitol at Washington before the first of May. Let them try Southern chivalry and test the extent of Southern resources, and it might float eventually over Faneuil Hall itself." Such being the publicly avowed belief of the Secretary of War of the Confederate States, we quote in illustration of similar "threats," the following excerpts taken from leading Southern journals, merely premising that we could greatly add to their number if it were essential to the purpose: From the Richmond Enquirer, of April 13. ATTENTION, VOLUNTEERS!-Nothing is more probable than that President Davis will soon One regiment Louisiana Infantry-two bat- march an army through North Carolina and talions. Virginia to Washington. Those of our volunteers who desire to join the Southern army as it shall pass through our borders, had better organize at once for the purpose, and keep their arms, accoutrements, uniforms, ammunition, and knapsacks in constant readiness. From the New Orleans Picayune, of April 18. The first fruits of a Virginia secession will 2,194 be the removal of Lincoln and his Cabinet, and whatever he can carry away, to the safer | oners of war. Once get the Heads of the Govneighborhood of Harrisburg or Cincinnati-per-ernment in our power, and we can demand any haps to Buffalo or Cleveland. terms we see fit, and thus, perhaps, avoid a long and bloody contest. From the Vicksburg (Miss.) Whig, of April 20. Major Ben McCullough has organized a force of five thousand men to seize the Federal Capital the instant the first blood is spilled. The Montgomery Advertiser says this intelligence is from a Virginia gentleman now in Washington city, who had it direct from McCullough's own lips. From the Richmond (Va.) Examiner, of April 23. The capture of Washington city is perfectly within the power of Virginia and Maryland, if Virginia will only make the proper effort by her constituted authorities; nor is there a single moment to lose, the entire population pant for the onset; there never was half the unanimity among the people before, nor a tithe of the zeal upon any subject that is now manifested to take Washington, and drive from it every Black Republican who is a dweller there. From the mountain tops and valleys to the shores of the sea there is one wild shout of fierce resolve to capture Washington city at all and every human hazard. The filthy cage of unclean birds must and will assuredly be purified by fire. The people are determined upon it, and are clamorous for a leader to conduct them to the onslaught. That leader will assuredly rise, aye, and that right speedily. From the Goldsboro' (N.C.) Tribune, of April 24. We understand that Duncan K. McRae, Esq., who came here last night, bears a special order for one regiment of North Carolina troops to march to the city of Washington. They are to be ready in forty-eight hours from the notice. This is by order of Gov. Ellis. From the Wilmington (N. C.) Daily Journal, of April 27. A correspondent writing from Georgetown, (S. C.) under date of April 26th, makes inquiry about a report that had got afloat there that three regiments of troops had left North Carolina to join Lincoln. What an idea! When at the point of the bayonet, and he at the sharp North Carolina troops join old Abe it will be end. When North Carolina regiments go to Washington, and they will go, they will stand side by side with their brethren of the South. What fool could have put in circulation such a report! From the Milledgeville (Ga.) Southern Recorder, of April 30. The government of the Confederate States must possess the city of Washington. It is folly to think it can be used any longer as the headquarters of the Lincoln Government, as no access can be had to it except by passing through Virginia and Maryland. The District of Columbia cannot remain under the jurisdiction of the United States Congress without humiliating Southern pride and defeating Southern rights. Both are essential to greatness of character, and both must coöperate in the destiny to be achieved. wrote from Montgomery, Alabama, under date The correspondent of the Charleston Courier of the 28th ultimo, as follows: during the war. ers were offered for the success of our arms The desire for taking Washington, I believe, increases every hour, and all things, to my thinking, seem tending to this consummation. We are in lively hope that before three months roll by, the government, congress, departments, and all, will have removed to the present Federal Capital." "The aspect of Montgomery at this time is any thing but peaceful, and, with the presence of so many troops in the capitol at once, the people are beginning to realize the fact that we To have gained Maryland is to have gained a host. It insures Washington city, and the ig-sured that vigor and energy characterize the are in the midst of war, as well as to feel asnominious expulsion of Lincoln and his body- Administration. In the churches to-day, prayguard of Kansas cut-throats from the White House. It makes good the words of Secretary, Walker at Montgomery in regard to the Federal Metropolis. It transfers the lines of battle from the Potomac to the Pennsylvania border. From the Raleigh (N.C.) Standard, of April 24. North Carolina will send her full quota of troops to unite in the attack on Washington city. Our streets are alive with soldiers and officers, many of the latter being here to tender their companies to the Governor. Washington city will soon be too hot to hold Abraham Lincoln and his Government. North Carolina has said it, and she will do all she can to make good her declaration. A correspondent of the Baltimore Exchange, writing from Montgomery (Alabama) under date of April 20, immediately after the receipt of the telegraphic intelligence announcing the attack of the Baltimore mob on the Massachusetts troops, communicated the following: "In the evening bonfires were built in front of the Exchange Hotel, and from the vast From the Eufaula (Ala.) Express, of April 25. crowd which assembled, repeated cheers were With independent Virginia on one side and given for the loyal people of Baltimore. Hon. the secessionists of Maryland (who are doubt- Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia, had arrived in the less in the majority) on the other, our policy at city in the afternoon, and as soon as it was this time should be to seize the old Federal Cap- known, there were loud calls for him. His reital and take old Lincoln and his Cabinet pris-ception was most enthusiastic. and some min utes elapsed before he could commence his these troops through Maryland was considered remarks. He made a brief but very eloquent and treated with entire frankness by the underaddress, full of spirit. He is in favor of march-signed, who, while acknowledging all the legal ing immediately on Washington, and so stated, to which the crowd responded in deafening and prolonged cheers." At the "flag presentation" which preceded the departure of the second regiment of South Carolina for Richmond, the following remarks were made by Colonel Kershaw on taking the colors: 66 Sergeant Gordon, to your particular charge is committed this noble gift. Plant it wherever honor calls. If opportunity offers, let it be the first to kiss the breeze of heaven from the dome of the capitol at Washington.” то -National Intelligencer, May 9. Doc. 135. COMMISSIONERS' REPORT obligations of the State to the Federal Government, set forth fully the strength of the sympathy felt by a large portion of our people for our Southern brethren in the present crisis. Although many of the instances and circumstances referred to were regarded in different lights by the undersigned and the Federal Government, even to the extent of a difference of opinion as to some of the facts involved, yet in regard to the general principle at issue, a concurrence of opinion was reached. The President concurred with the undersigned in the opinion that so long as Maryland has not taken, and was not about taking, a hostile attitude to the Federal Government, that the executive military occupation of her ways of communication, and the seizure of the property of her citizens, would be without justification; and what has been referred to in this connection, so far THE MARYLAND LEGISLATURE. as it occurred, was treated by the Government TO THE HONORABLE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF as an act of necessity and self-preservation. MARYLAND:-The undersigned commissioners The undersigned did not feel themselves auhave the honor to report to the General As-thorized to enter into any engagement with the sembly of Maryland that they waited in person on the President of the United States on the 4th inst., and presented him with a copy of the joint resolutions adopted by your honorable body on the 2d inst. They were received by the President with respectful courtesy, and made such representations as were necessary to convey to him the sense of the General Assembly of Maryland, in relation to the occupation of the Capital of the State by federal troops, and the forcible seizure of property of the State and of private citizens on the Annapolis Railroad, and on the Washington Branch and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; and in this connection his attention was called to the suspension of intercourse between Baltimore and Washington, and of all parts of the State, with Annapolis, and the indignity put upon the State while still in the federal Union, by such an interference with the private rights of its citizens, and by such an occupation of its soil and ways of communication by the Federal Government. Full explanations were exchanged between the undersigned and the Secretary of War and Secretary of State, who were present and participated in the discussion, as to the facts and circumstances rendered nocessary by the extraordinary incidents accompanying the passage of the federal troops through Maryland en route to the city of Washington, and especially in reference to these acts of the authorities of the city of Baltimore, which arrested the progress of the troops by the railroads leading from Pennsylvania and Delaware into Maryland, and of the opposition to the landing of the troops subsequently at Annapolis by the Governor of the State, and in conjunction with the action of the authorities of the State. The hostile feeling manifested by the people to the passage of Federal Government to induce it to change its May 6, 1861. ROBERT M. MCLANE, -N. Y. Herald, May 7. Doc. 136. OFFICERS OF THE N. J. TROOPS. FIRST REGIMENT.-Col. Commanding, A. J. Johnson; Lieut. Col., James Peckell; Major, Wm. I. Mikels; Adjutant, Joseph Trawin; Quartermaster, T. F. Ketchum. CaptainsCompany A, John Britzinghoffer. Company B, W. S. Tibson. Company C, Thos. Q. Martin. Company D, H. O. Beach. Company E, W. B. Provost. Company F, H. Bowden. Company G, H. F. Stanford. Company H, Wm. Reynolds. Company I, John. H. Higginson. Company K, C. W. Johnson. SECOND REGIMENT.-Colonel, Baker; Lieut.Col., Speer; Surgeon, Quidour; Assistant do., Longstaff; Quartermaster, Drinkerhoff; Quartermaster's Sergeant, Hill; Adjutant, Van Rippen. Company A, Capt. Van Rippen. Company B, Capt. Hoffer. Company C, Capt. Grain. Company D, Capt. Lillendhal. Company E, Capt. Van Buskirk. Company F, Capt. Tonnelle. Company G, Capt. Ramsay. Company H, (Zouaves,) Capt. Babcock. Company 1. Capt. Van Vorhees. Company K, Captain Dunning. THIRD REGIMENT.-Wm. Napton, Colonel; Stephen Moore, Lieutenant-Colonel; James S. Yard, Major; James D. McIntosh, Adjutant; M. H. Beaumont, Quartermaster; E. F. Taylor, Surgeon; E. J. Marsh, Assistant Surgeon; J. L. Janeway, Chaplain. Company A, J. A. Yard, Captain; S. S. Gould, 1st Lieutenant; C. Ewing, 2d Lieutenant. Company B, D. Pierson, Captain; J. J. Cladeck, 1st Lieutenant; C. Mandeville, 2d Lieutenant. Company C, J. P. Lykens, Captain; J. W. Neal, 1st Lieutenant; J. R. Beatty, 2d Lieutenant. Company D, D. S. Mulford, Captain; F. S. Mills, 1st Lieutenant; H. K. Zehner, 2d Lieutenant. Company E, A. W. Angel, Captain; A. H. Slack, 1st Lieutenant; J. M. Bunnell, 2d Lieutenant. Company F, J. H. Smith, Captain; G. H. Green, 1st Lieutenant; A. L. Bills, 2d Lieutenant. Company G, V. W. Mount, Captain; J. T. Cottrell, 1st Lieutenant; W. H. Spain, 2d Lieutenant. Company H, George A. Allen, Captain; J. Gordon, 1st Lieutenant; M. Wychoff, 2d Lieutenant. Company I, S. R. Huselton, Captain; T. M. Stout, 1st Lieutenant; W. W. Abbott, 2d Lieutenant. Company K, W. Castner, Captain; S. Roff, 1st Lieutenant; G. M. Stelle, 2d Lieutenant. Non-commissioned staff-officers, J. Anderson, Serjeant-Major; T. C. Stryker, QuartermasterSergeant. Mickle. Company F, (flag company,) Camden The whole brigade, with its four pieces of artillery, arrived at Annapolis on Sunday, May 5th, in twenty-eight hours from Trenton, and proceeded direct for Washington. It is stated that the fourteen transports, with a strong convoy, Commander F. R. Loper, made a splendid appearance, steaming in two lines down the Chesapeake. They had been greeted by a great Union demonstration as they passed along the armed with the Miniè musket, but are to have Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. They are the Miniè rifle and sword-bayonet. The splendid stand of colors brought with them was in Washington street, Newark, just prior to presented to the regiment by the High School their departure for Washington. This regiment is composed of some of the best men in the State, and in athletic appearance, as well as general soldierly deportment, are a credit to the country. -National Intelligencer, May 7, 8. Doc. 137. DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE. MR. FAULKNER TO MR. SEWARD. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, PARIS, April 15, 1861. Honorable Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State: SIR: I called to-day upon M. Thouvenel, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was promptly admitted to an interview. Agreeably to your request, I handed to him a copy of the Inaugural Address of President Lincoln, and added that I was instructed by you to say to him, that it embraced the views of the President of the United States upon the difficulties which now disturbed the harmony of the American Union, and also due exposition of the general policy which it was the purpose of the Government to pursue, with a view to the preservation of domestic peace and the maintenance of the federal Union. Here M. Thouvenel asked if there was not some diversity of opinion in the Cabinet of the President as to the proper mode of meeting the difficulties which now disturbed the relations of the States and General Government. I replied, upon that point I had no information; under our system the Cabinet was an advising body: its opinions were entitled to weight, but did not necessarily compel the acFOURTH REGIMENT.-Staff: Col., Miller; tion of the President; the executive power Lieut.-Col., Straub; Quartermaster, Linton; was, by the Constitution, vested exclusively in Paymaster, Davis; Adjutant, Hatch; Surgeon, the President. I said that I was further inWoolston; Assistant Surgeon, Satterthwaith. structed to assure him that the President of the Company A, Cook Rifles, Captain Perine, United States entertains a full confidence in the Bordentown. Company B, Captain Gale. Com- speedy restoration of harmony and unity of the pany C, Stockton Cadets, Captain Jackson; Government by a firm, yet just and liberal Company D, Gloucester Guard, Capt. Strat- policy, coöperating with the deliberate and ford. Company E, Camden Artillery, Capt. | loyal action of the American people. M. Thou venel expressed his pleasure at the assurance. I and whether it was to be regarded as the set- tled policy of the Government? I told him I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHARLES J. FAULKNER. MR. SEWARD TO MR. DAYTON. |
