view, Maryland would, as long as possible, be spared the evils of military occupation or mere revengeful chastisement for former transgressions. The President replied, that their suggestions and representations should be considered, but he would now say no more than that the public interest, and not the spirit of revenge, would actuate his measures.

May 4. Funeral at Lawrence of Corporal Needham.

The remains of Corporal Sumner H. Needham, of the Massachusetts Sixth, who fell a victim to the brutality of an incensed mob in the streets of Baltimore, were conveyed from Boston in a special train, and arrived in Lawrence on the afternoon of the 3d, and were given in charge of the friends for the night, and on the morning of the 4th were removed to the City Hall, where it lay in state until half past one, when the funeral services took place. At the close of the services, which were deeply impressive, the remains were escorted from the hall to the cemetery by the military, and followed by the family, city government, invited guests, the clergy, firemen, and other organizations and citizens generally. The hall. was decorated in mourning, the flags in the city were hoisted at half-mast, and a profound sadness pervaded the entire community. We feel called upon to dwell more at length on these sad events, as they record the first blood shed in the rebellion, and the commencement of a war, which, for suffering, brutality, and bloodshed, has no equal on the page of the world's history, and which it would seem impossible to enter into the mind of man to conceive. The funeral ceremonies of the other two martyrs, Addison O. Whitney and Luther C. Ladd, were performed in Lowell, on the 6th, in a manner worthy the cause in which they fell, and the patriotic spirit of the times, after which the remains of Whitney were sent to his native State (Maine), and those of Mr. Ladd to Alexandria, N. H., for interment.

It is said that one of these brave men, when struck by the fatal ball, struggled, stood erect, with his face toward the blue sky above him, his dying eyes having caught for the last time a glimpse of the flag, and, extending his hands in joyful greeting, cried out, with unfaltering voice, "All hail to the stars and stripes," and expired. In his agony of glory he spoke for a continent.

May 4. The War Department, having previously issued an order creating a military department at Annapolis, under General Butler, embracing Annapolis and the railroad from Annapolis to Bladensburg, with twentyone miles each side of the track, and including Balti

General Scott forwarded despatches to General Butler at Annapolis, placing the Massachusetts Sixth Regiment and other troops at his command, and giving him three days to take possession of the Relay House, at the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio and the Baltimore and Washington Railroads, nine miles from Baltimore and thirty from Washington.

General Butler responded that he would hold religious services there the next day (Sunday). Accordingly, early on the morning of the fifth he sent up the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment to take possession of the Junction at the Relay House, and at noon the Fifty-Second Regiment of New York, and Massachusetts Eighth Regiment arrived in the train from Washington, and encamped on the west side of Patapsco River, and took possession of the telegraph wires, planted eight howitzers on the viaduct, and invésted the entire neighborhood.

May 6. Virginia was admitted into the Southern Confederacy, in secret session of the Confederate Congress.

The Arkansas convention passed an ordinance of secession sixty-nine to one.

The official correspondence between Minister Faulkner

at Paris with Secretary Seward, relative to his interview with Mr. Thouvenel, French Minister of Foreign Af fairs, concerning the difficulties in America, was published, by which it appears that Mr. Faulkner waited upon M. Thouvenel and conferred with him concerning American affairs; discussed the President's inaugural, and added, that it embraced the views of the President upon the present difficulties, and also that it was an exposition of the policy it was the purpose of the government to pursue. That the President entertained full confidence of a speedy restoration of the harmony and unity of the government, by a firm and liberal policy, coöperating with the action of the people, and that the President regretted the occurrence of events which might produce inconvenience to subjects of France; but that all injuries should be indemnified; and added, that the only request he had to make was, that in case the Confederate States should appeal to foreign powers for a recognition of their independence, that no proposition recognizing the permanent dismemberment of the American Union should be considered by the French government, at least until the reception of the new minister.

M. Thouvenel replied, that no application had yet been made, that the French government was not in the habit of acting hastily upon such questions, and believed that the maintenance of the Federal Union was desirable for the benefit both of the North and South, as well as for the interests of France, and the government of the United States might rest well assured that no hasty or precipitate action would be taken upon the subject by the Emperor.

An Act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the seceded States, and legalizing piracy, which passed the Congress at Montgomery, April 29th, was published, section 10th of which reads: "A bounty shall be paid by the Confederate States of twenty

dollars for each person on board any vessel belonging to the United States, at the commencement of an engagement, which shall be burnt, sunk, or destroyed by any vessel as aforesaid, which shall be of equal or inferior force, the same to be divided as in other cases of prize money; and a bounty of twenty-five dollars shall be paid to the owners, officers, and crews of the private-armed vessels, commissioned as aforesaid, for each and every prisoner by them captured and brought into port, and delivered to an agent authorized to receive them, in any port of the Confederate States."

Section 11th requires the commanding officer to keep a regular journal, containing a true and exact account of all proceedings and transactions with such vessel and the crew thereof, to be delivered to the collector on arriving in port.

Section 12th provides that commanders neglecting or refusing to keep such record, shall have their commissions revoked, and be subject to a fine of one thousand dollars.

Section 15th provides that five per cent. of the prize money arising from captured vessels and cargoes shall be paid over to the collectors of customs, as a fund for the support and maintenance of the widows and orphans of such persons as may be slain, and for the support and maintenance of such persons as may be wounded and disabled on board of the private-armed vessels in any engagement with the enemy.

President Davis, in his message, makes a statement to the Confederates of the operations of the army and navy departments, the number of men at his command, the money appropriated for war purposes, and adds, "Two vessels purchased, have been named the Sumter (formerly Habana), and Macree, and are being prepared for sea at New Orleans, with all possible despatch."

The steamer Daniel Webster succeeded in making her escape, and arriving at New York from New Orleans, via Havana, with her passengers and outward freight, having been ordered back by her agent at New Orleans. Steamer W. H. Webb, with two thirty-two pounders, and a crew of seventy-five men, was at the bar, with the intention of taking the Daniel Webster, but while the captain of the W. H. Webb was waiting orders from New Orleans, the Daniel Webster put to sea, without landing her passengers and cargo, and succeeded in making good her escape.

May 7. Major Anderson, of Fort Sumter, accepted command of the Kentucky volunteers. Troops were constantly flocking towards the national capital by thousands daily. The railroads throughout the free States were appropriated for the use of government, for the transmission of troops, stores, and munitions of war. In deed and in truth there was no lack of men, money, or any needful thing to aid in putting down the rebellion. The contributions of the people of the North, for the war, during the three weeks previous to May 7th, amounted to $23,277,000, and every other necessary article was given in proportion.

The Second Regiment, New Hampshire volunteers composed of the Mechanics Phalanx of Manchester, and five companies from Lancaster, Littleton, and vicinityabout four hundred in number, were the first troops. to leave the State. Relatives and friends in great numbers flocked to the station to bid them farewell, mothers and fair maidens were in tears, and on every hand might be heard the exclamations, "God bless you," "Do your duty faithfully," "Preserve the honor of the Granite State," and many others of similar import.

Governor Harris, of Tennessee, sent a message to the General Assembly, announcing the formation of a