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Particular* of the Colllnlon at Italtl
more.
Yesterday morning the exeitement which had
with reference to the passage of Northem voluo
the arrival of the Massachusetts and other volun
j teera, some from Philadelphia. A large crowd
I plated the passage of thirty-one cars occupied hv
■ Pratt atreet track ‘ ***** itCCU^ U ‘ ‘ V <e
” The can were dispatched one after the other
I by horses, and upon ihe arrival of the first car at
the intersection of Gay and Pratt streets, a vast
assemblage having collected there, demonstrations
stopping of the troops at that point, ./nit there,
repairs of the road were in progress, and a num
ber of paving stones were lying in heaps, which
were seized by the crowd and used for the pur
nix of the cars had succeeded in passing on
their say before the crowd were able to accom-
their purpose of barricading the track, 1
heavy anchors lying in the • ieinity directlv across !
the rails honie seven or eight were borne by j
the crowd and laid on the track, aud thus the
’ passage of the cars was effectually interrupted.
I Having accomplished this object, the crowd set
to lustily cheering for the South, for Jeffejsoo
I Daws, South Carolina and Secession, aud groans
| for sundry obnoxious parties. In the meanwhile
the troops thus delayed at the depot remained
quietly in the cars until tired of their inaction,
arid apprehending a more formidable demonstra
tion, they came to the conclusion to face the music
and inurcb through the city.
They accordingly evacuated the cars and rapid
ly gathering on the street north of the depot,
formedl id Jioe and prepared to make the attempt.
At the head of this column on foot. Mayor
lirown placed himself, and walked in front, ex
erting all Ins influence to preserve peace.
Just before the movement was made from the
cars a large crowd of persons went down I’resi
dent street w 'h asouthern flag and met the troops
as they emerged from the ears. The southern
nag was then earned in front of the column, and
hooping and yelling began, and as soon as the
troops turned out of Canton avenue they were
greeted with a volley nf stones.
At the corner of Fawn street two of the soldiers
were struck with stones and knocked down; one I
“!■ r” “i” ,'?4“ : okv- 11 by the jiolice to the drug store
. . “ c corDer of I’ralt and High
streets, and the other to the eastern police station.
1 he yelling continued and the stones Hew thick i
and fast. At Fratt street bridge u gnn was lived i
said hv policeman No Ti, to have been fired from j
the ranks of the soldiers.
! 1 , e , c , r l OW<l P'-essed stronger, until the body
I reached the corner of (lay street, where the troops
| presented arms end fired. Several persons fell on
| the first round, and the crowd became furious.-
! * “™ r ? vo^ve, s Wt ' re used, ami their shots
| took effect in the ranks.
People then ran m . very search of
arms, hut tile armories ot the military companies
of the city were closely guarded and’ none could
ehkiel.,’ he lireiog continued from Fredr
ick street to South street in quick succession hut
how many foil caanot now be ascertained.
i mong thoae wounded waa a young man named
rrune 18 \. Ward, hot in the groin, but the
wound not though: to be mortal.
A young man named James Clark, was shot
through the head, and instantly killed.
James Myers, was shot in the right side of the
hack, near the spine, and the hall, a Minnie miss
ed through him and lodged among the false Vihs.
He was mortally wounded. John McCann, was
mortally wounded.
A man named Flannery, was moitally wounded
and died shortly after.
Carr, wounded by a musket ball in the
knee.
hao'd" 1 Stttub ’ * hot in tlle four-finger of the right
t> “\/ OI,n ” ma ” ,lanlci * Msloney was shot on
I rutt Street, near Gay, and died at the central
police station.
.f.mes Keenan wa., wounded by a Minnie ball
through the body. He was one of the soldiers.
Ills wound was supposed to he mortal.
At the police station, an old man, who did not !
give his rame, was badly wounded.
How many were wounded it is impossible to as
certain. us many of the soldiers who left on the
cars were known to have been injured.
kirk Hutch, ot i'hiladelphia, was wounded on
tne Head by a blow from a stone or a bludgeon,
lie whs severely injured.
~ Conner, of Baltimore, was also wounded
on the head with a stone.
At. the central police station two soldiers were
taken in dead, as also two citizens. Three eol
. jers and one citizen were taken to the same
place wounded. The crowd passed on up Broad
street, and near Light street there was another
volley tired.
At Light street wharf u boy named Win. Reed
received a ball through the abdomen, and was
dying at lust accounts in the hold of u schooner.
Another boy, Patrick Griffin, employed ut the
Green House, Pratt street, was shot through the
bowels while looking from the door.
A frenzied crowd returned the tire from revol
vers, and with bricks. Andrew Robbins, a mem
ber of u volunteer company from Stonington,
Lonu. was shot iu the back bf the head and fell
ti om the ranks, lie was taken into the drug store
ot Jesse S. Hunt, corner of Pratt and Charles sts.
ihs wound is dangerous. <
Another soldier, S. ii. Needham, a member of
the Massachusetts legiment, was struck by a
brick and knocked insensible from the ranks, fie
was taken into the book store of T. N. Kurtz,
* Pratt street. He subsequently died.
At the corner of Howard and Dover streets one
ol the marching companies was pressed upon,
when the troops in one of the cars tired a volley
into the citizens. The balls struck in the brick
walls of the dwelling, dashing out pieces of brick,
and making large holes in The walls. The lire
was returned from several points with gnus and
revolvers, and with bricks by the crowd. Several
soldiers w ere /rounded here, but it is thought no
citizens were struck by the bullets of the soldiers.
The faces of many of the soldiers, as seen through
the car windows were streaming wiMt blood from
cuts received from the shattered glass of ear win
dows, and from the missiles hurled into them.—
Several wounded, supposed to have been shot in
their passage along Pratt street, were taken out.
ot the car in a bleeding and fainting condition at
the Camden station, aud transferred to the other
From Gay to South street, or Pratt, the fight
with the Soldiers who marched, or rather ran
through town, was terrific. Large paving stones
were hurled into the ranks from every direction,
the negroes who were about the wharf, in many
instances joining in “the assault, Gay street
the fired a number of shots, though
without hitting any one, so far as could be ascer
tained. After tiring this volley the soldiers again
broke* into a run, but another shower of stones
being hurled into the ranks at Commerce street
with such force as to kuock several of them down,
the order was given to another portion of them to
halt and tire, which had to be repeated before
tiny too Id bo brought to a halt. They then
wheeled and fired some twenty shots, but from
their stooping and dodging to* avoid the stones,
but four or five shots took effect, the marks of a
greater portion of their bulls being visible on the
walls o| the adjacent warehouses, even up to the
second stories. Here four citizens fell, two of
whom died in a tew moments, and the other two
WW* o?f. supposed !mv niorlaily wounded.
As one of the soldiers fired he was struck with
a stone and knocked down, and as he attempted
to arise another stone struck him in the lace,
when he crawled into a store, aud prostrating
himself on the floor, clasped his hands and begged
piteously for his life, saving that At’ was threatened
brfort tki v <rot throvjthe city. He plead so hard
that no further vengeance was bestowed upon
him, and he was taken to the police station to
have his wounds dressed. As soon as they had
fired at that point they again wheeled and started
oil in a full run, when some three or four parties
issued from the warehouses there and fired into
them, which Jar ought down three more soldiers,
one of whom was carried into the same store
with the one above alluded to, and died in a few
moments. The others succeeded in regaining
their feet, and proceeded on with their comrades,
the whole running us fast as they could, and a
running tire was kept up by the soldiers from this
point to the depot, the crowd continuing to hurl
stones into the ranks throughout the w hole line
of march. •
The scene while the troops were cars
was indescribably fearful. Taunts, clothed in the
most fearful were hurled at them by the
punting crowd. who. almost breathless with run
ning. pressed up to the car windows, presenting
knives and revolvers, aud cursed up iuto the faces
of the soldiers. The police were thrown in be
tween the cars, aud forming a barrier, the troops
changed cars, many of them cocking their mus
kets as Uiey stepped on the platform.
After embarking the assemblage expected to
see the tram move off, but its departure was evi
dently delayed iu the vain hope that the crowd
would disperse ; but no, it swelled, aud the troops
expressed to the officers of the road their deter
mination to go ;U otice, or they would leave the
cars aud their wav to Washington.
N\ hile was increasing the excitement,
a w ild cry was raised on the platform, and a dense
crowd down the plattoriu and out on the railroad
track towards the Spring Gardens, until the track
| tor a mile was black wiih au excited rushiugm&ss.
The crowd, as it weut, placed obstructions of
: every description on the track. Great logs and
| telegraph poles, requiring a dozen or more men
j to move them, were laid across the rails, and
! atones rolled from the embankment,
t A body of police followed after the crowd, both
i ln a full ruu, aud removed the obstructions as
; wst as they were placed on the track. Various
attempt-** were made to tear up the track with
if wood and pieces of timber, and there was
a great outcry for pickaxes aud handspikes, but
only one or two could be found.
The death cf Robert W. Davis, Esq., at the
hands of the Northern troops yesterday, has cre
ated an intense feehng in this eommuuitv, espe
cially amoug the merchants., of which class he
was an honored member, m the firm of Messrs.
IVgram, Uaynter A Davis. He had gone out to the
railroad track with the multitude, and when shot
was standing apart with some gentlemen on an
elevation between the distillerv and Redley street,
on the Spring Garden side. He received’a Min
uie musket ball iu his left side, and reeling for a
momeut or two, fell, and died without uttering a
word. A ball also penetrated the back of his
coat. Two or three shots were fired from the
rxar cars after he fell.
Mr. Davis leaves a widow but no children. Ue j
was an Irishman by birth, and married in Vir
ginia. He has a brother who is an officer in the
British army. Immediately upon the auoouuce
ment of his death many of the wholesale dry j
goods stores of the city were closed iu respect to ■
big menwrv uid iu testimony of bis worth. He
was a gentie'uiuu of irreproachable character, hue
intelligence and great popularity ia mercantile
The Governor, Mayor sad President of the
Board of Police, at noon, caused an order tor the
instant assembling of the military of the city,
with instructions to repel the march of any more
Northern troops through the city.
In a short time tberea||er Gen. Egerton ap
peared on the street and told the people what had
done, and it gave satisfaction. In the after
noon, the entire milivarr force was out. fully arm
ed and equipped.
Gov. Hicks and the Mavor of Baltimore, ad
dressed the Presidents of the llahmiore A Ohio,
and Philadelphia. Wilmington A Baltimore Rail
road companies, advising that the troops remain
ing in the city be sent back to the borders of Ma
ryland, and telegraphed to Washington requesting
that no Federal troops be sent to Baltimore.
The Baltimore directors of the Northern Central
Railroad, who constitute only a minority of the
board, held a meeting and made a formal protest
against the conveyance of any more troops from
thie North over the road. The Baltimore and Ohio
Company sent an official communication to the
Northern Central Company informing them that
they would pass no more troops to Washington
that should reach the city by that route.
A dispatch was received from Mr. Felton, Presi
dent of the Philadelphia road, in response to the
recommendation from here saying that he would
send no more troops over his road at present, and
requesting the officers in this city to confer with
1 the proper parties on the subject.
Ixcidests of the Battle. —While the cars con
taining the troops were standing at tb w President
street depot, a clerk from the custom-house went
into one of thorn and denounced the soldiers in
bitter terms. A captain ordered him out, threat
ening if he did not go they would lire on him.—
He replied they were too cowardly to fire, when
the officer struck it him with his sword, which
! blow be received on the left hand, and with the
other knocked him down and took his sword from
him, as also the scabbard. A private intertered
for the protection of his commander, and him too
the clerk knocked down with a heavy drawn
pistol, and escaped with his prize—the sword—the
only injury he received being a pretty severe cut
i across his hand.
At the intersection of Gay aud Pratt streets,
while the soldiers were firing upon the crowd,
two other clerks from the same place ran into the
ranks, and each knocking down a soldier with
his fists, and bore off* their muskets as trophies of
thr exploit.
Ihe young mau shot in the leg, and taken to
the infirmary, and attended by Dr. Morris, ap- :
peared quite “rateful lor the humane attention |
s iown him. When asked why he came, the sim- j
ph* and unsophisticated reply of the youth was, i
“Oh, the Flag, the .Stars and Stripes!” It was
expected that the wounded leg would have to be
amputated last night. He is only about 18 years
old. and he may live to grow’ wiser as he grows
older.
Another ql those in the station house said he
had no enmity against the South, and came only
because his company was ordered out, otherwise
h‘- would have been jeered as a toward and ~e
creant. Others in the companies were actuated
by the same motives.
A body of one hundred and five of the volun
teers from the North was taken in charge by the
police of the eastern district and sent back. They
are now said to have stopped at Magnolia.
At the eastern police station last night a Ger
man asked for lodging. He said he had been
forced into the cars at Philadelphia, but did not
know where they were going to take him.
The military train, in its run to Washington,
was stopped* at the Jackson bridge, near Chin
quepin Hill, by the removal of several rails. They
disembarked and the rails were relaid, under the
protection of the troops. An occasional shot was
nn and at the troops from the hills and woods along
the route, hut the range was too long for any ef
fect.
Arrival of the Massachusetts Regiment in
Washington. —Washington April 19.—The Massa
| chusetts Regiment arrived here safely at half past
; five o’clock, from Baltimore, aud was welcomed
at the depot by an immense concurse of citizens,
including many ladies. On their march to their
quarters, in the Capitol, repeated cheers from ihe
multitude rent the air. Twenty-five of thjir
wounded members w r ere conveyed in carriages to
our infirmary.
The Railroads.— We are informed that in re
sponse to suggestions from Gov. Hicks and Mayor
Brown, the Presidents of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, and of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad have signified their purpose
to transport no more troops over their respective
loa ls. ‘J he subject was before the Board of Di
rectors of the Northern Central Railway last
evening, and the Baltimore members voted as a
unit the same resolution.
We also learn that the government at Washing
ton have resolved to command the Northern Cen
tral Railroad and Washington branch of the Balti
more? and Ohio as a military road, and that it will
assume possession of them for the transportation
o| troops. We do not know by virtue of what au
thority this can be done, but if it is a legal pro
cess it must include the control of a portion of
the highways of our city for the same end.— Sun
1 rKb.tkick, Md , April 19.—The lelegrapic news
from Baltimore to-day of the conflict of your citi
zens with armed Northern troeps, passing through
to the conquest of the South, created a great fu
rore in Frederick. The ‘‘Union’ gun is silenced
here.
excitement in this city is immense. A
vast change in the sentiments of the people has
1 ‘ken place, and nearly all stand by the South.—
Our barracks will be guarded to-night by citizens,
as they do not intend to be caught napping in
case of a foreign attack.
Anapolis, April 19. —There is great excitement
here to-day. The people are running to aud fro
to ascertain the particulars of the doings at Balti
more.
The hitherto Union men arc now crying out for
immediate secession. Many are proposing to
volunteer for the South. Cheers are given for
Governor Hicks for sending dispatches to Presi
dent Lincoln to notify him that no more northern
troops will be allowed to pass turough the Stute.
The news of the shooting down of Marylanders
in Baltimore to day bv the Massachusetts volun
teers, has produced the greatest excitement
among all classes. The hotels are besieged with
persons eager to learn ihe latest news, and many
are the excited expressions uttered.
The heretofore Union men are for secession—
immediate secession and revenge.
Important anti Interesting War Hlovc
nieiitn.
A dispatch to the Charleston Courier, dated
Alexandria, Ya., April 23d, says :
All is activity here. We are organizing com
panies and drilling them. Two Irish companies
have been organized within twenty-four hours.
Southern Rights men are constantly leaving
Washington and coming to the rendezvous here
to join the Virginia forces.
ilou. Reverdy Johnson is said to have gone to
Richmond to propose a truce.
Gen. Johnston, Quartermaster-General, and
Col. Mav, with many other officers, have resigned.
The Washington Star has information that the
Seventh (New York) Regiment, 991 strong, is
marching trom Annapolis to Washington and a
Massachusetts regiment with it.
Gov. Hicks proposes the mediation of Lord
Lyons about the passage of troops through Mary
land. Mr. Seward refuses positively to accede to
this.
The United States steamer Pawnee, conveying
| troops, and the steamer Keystone State, passed
up to Washington this morning. Only marines
j uagk sailors appeared to be on board.
I lne Courier also contains the following dis
i patch, received by Gov. Pickens :
Norfolk, April 23, 11 P. M.—Families living
| close to Fort Monroe have been ordered to leave,
I and are doing so. The vandals in the Fort are
I destroying the small arms, spiking the cannon,
! and are nutting into the walls. Five large steam-
I ers came in from sea to day, with troops. Four
| of them went up the Bay. The other took up a
, thousand troops trom the fort and followed. Rely
* on this.
Norfolk, April 23.—Lincoln sent for Mayor
Brown of Baltimore and Governor liicks ou the
I ‘l lst. They held a long conference. Lincoln and
Scott wanted a safe transit of Federal troops
; through Maryland. The result was that the Fed
eral troops on the border of Maryland were ordered
| back to Pennsylvania. On the 2lst two regiments
| of Northern troops were landed at Annapolis from
; steamers. We had a report last night via Alex
i andria that the Maryland people cut them to ptec
; es at Marlboro’.
Richmond, April 21. —Twenty-live hundred piec
ies of heavy ordnance wcd*e captured by the Vir
ginians at the Gosport Navy yard. These include
Poluinbiads, Paixhans, Mortars, Ac.
From the J iercury, we take the following :
Alev vxduj a, April23—p. ul-—The steamer Em
; hire City, with a laige nuniber"of Yankee soldiers,
has just passed up the Potomac to Washington,
i under convoy ol a United States steamsr. She
was n)t molested, because there were no Vir
ginia batteries on the banks of the river. Fort
vVaslnngtou is still in possession of the United
Stales troops. It is reported here that Lincoln
j has sent a messenger to Gov. Hicks, with propo
sals for a truce until the meeting of Congress.
This, however, is not generally credited.
Senator Mason, in a speech here last night, said
that the Virginia Convention, before its adjourn
ment, would unite Virginia to the Confederate
States, and ask the people to ratify their actioo in
May. Vll the Hags here are Confederate flags,
with eight stars.
It is reported here that eight steam transports
have just left New York with troops for \Vash
mgtou. <
The Pennsylvania troops, whose presence near
Cockeysville so excited the war spirit of the Bal
timore people on Sunday, started on their return
, towards Harrisburg yesterday afternoon.
A Boston regiment and the Seventh X. York
regiment are supposed to have landed at Annapo
lis. but finding the rails taken up, they started to
Washing ton overland, when the people began a
guerilla warfare against them.
Gov. Hicks has written a letter asking a refer
ence of some question to Lord Lyons, to which
Seward responded that no domestic contention
whatever that may arise among parties in this
Republic ought iu any case to be referred to for
i eign arbitrament—least of all to the arbitrament
I of an European Monarchy.
Marlboro’, April 20, p. m.—Every available
man that could be raised in the county, and mus
tered with military companies, has gone this
morning to Baltimore, to aid in resisting the
Northern troops.
The following appeared in some of the “extras”
| issued iu Baltimore on Sunday afternoon :
Information from Washington, which wits deem
ed reliable, was circulated last night to the effect
that Col. Lee, of Virginia, at head of seven
: thousand men, well armed, was in possession of
the Heights opposite Washington, and that this
officer had notified Lincoln that if any
farther attack was made upon Baltimore, by Fort
McHenry or Northern troops, he would shell the
city of Washington, and that he had his batteries
j ready to open at a moment’s notice.
It is also confidently asserted that a powerful
force from different parts of Virginia were hasten
ing there, and that Col. Lee woeld soon have
Washington in his power.
The Washington Morning Chronicle, which re
i ports everything about the city up to midnight on
i Saturday, makes no mention of Virginia troops
1 being in’the vicinity.
, The Montgomery Confederation publishes the
following dispatch, dated :
Richmond, April ■.’•J, 1661.—A private dispatch
receired in this city states that there is great con
sternation in Washington, and that the people are
running to and fro.
Gen. Stewart has command of the Maryland
State troops, aud Goe. Hicks is thoroughly sus- :
taining him.
The town of Havre de Grace and the Ferry i
have been destroyed, and three thousand Blacs
Republican troops are hemmed in fay the State
: soldiery in about ten miles of Baltimore.
About Minnie Rides which were saved at
Harper s Ferry have been sent to General Stewart.
The subjoined dispatches and paragraha we ex
tract from our Charleston, Baltimore and Rich
mond exchanges :
” sshdjgtox. April 2-2.—About twelve hundred
men, including the Massachusetts regiment, which
came through Baltimore, are quartered at the
Capitol.
All the Army and Navy Officers from Virginia
have or will resign. °
Martial Law, it is said, authoritatively, will not
be declared until there is evidence of’ approach
ing danger.
Major” Haskins, of N'ew York, is in command
: of Fort Washington, with two hundred U. S.
troops. It is estimated that fourteen or twenty
thousand barrels of Flour have been seized at
Georgetown, by the Government, and stored in
j public buildings.
Numbers of families are leaving the city by
every convenient route, deeming it unsafe to re
main.
Alexandria, April 21.—The Seventh Regiment
; of New York was supposed to be marching aroand
j Baltimore.
1 Many Washingtonians are moving to this city.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 1. 1861.
They report great panic among the Republicans
there on account of an apprehend attack.
New York, April 18, via Alexandria, April 20.
Orders have been received here to refuse clear
ances to all vessels for the Southern ports.
The Seventh Regiment of the National Guard
leave at 3 o’clock to-morrow (Friday) afternoon
for Washington.
It is said a Boston regiment will go down the
Delaware, and go to Washington hy the Potomac
River, to avoid Baltimore.
The Rhode Island regiment will arrive to-night,
en route lor Washington.
New Y’ork, April 18, via Alexandria 21st.—The
city is in the hands of an Abolition mob, protected
and urged on by a Black Republican police. No
man’s life or property is safe who happens to be i
born at the South. The liberty of speech and of ]
the press are suppressed. The reign of terrorism j
ie inaugurated as effectually as Robespierre did
in France. The universal burst of feeling against
the South, though exaggerated by the press,
nevertheless contains'a most malignant and per
sistent element of hellish hatred. They expect
and intend to expend 1100,000,000 in the war
against the South, and then compel it to pay a
part of the debt.
New York, April P. M.—We received
the news of Virginia’s secession this evening. The
news threw a considerable damper upon the ru
mad-kill-all-Southerners excitement with which
the city has been crazy this week.
The London Times, received by steamer to
night, warns the Northern States that their at
tempt at coercion may result as the coercive poli
cy of Great Britain did towards the Colonies.
The order to refuse clearances for the Southern
States will strike a serious blow at the Northern
shipping and coasting trade.
Boston, April 13. —A meeting of the Bank offi
cers, representing all the Boston Banks, was held
here this morning, when a resolution was adopted
to loan the ,State of Massachusetts 10 per cent, on
Uieir entire capital for defence of the Government.
The capital of the Boston Banks amounts to $38,-
500,000.
*andr ia , April 20, 1861.—A plot to burn
\\ iHard s Hotel at Washington was discovered
last night. Fifteen bundles of inflammable mate
nal were distributed in the various parts of the
building, with slow matches attached. Cassius
M. Clay and seventy-five border ruffians are quar
tered at \\ lllard’s, and it is supposed the plot was
to exterminate these scoundrels.
All along the line of railroad from Alexandria
to Richmond, the troops are drilling and the Con
federate flag is flying.
The war spirit in Virginia is now thoroughly
aroused, and the Capital must soon fall into the
hands of our troops.
A band of seventv-five border ruffians are quar
tered in the east room of the White House at
\\ aslnugton, and great indignation is expressed
at such u desecration.
HIGHLY INTERESTING FROM NORFOLK.
Norfolk, April 21, 1861.—4 P. M.—l have just
returned from a tour of inspection through Gos
port Navy 1 ard. The damage is not so great as
was at first supposed.
i he guns were alt spiked with wrought uails,
and are being unspiked in fifteen minutes each.
French Forrest has been appointed Comodore
of the Naval forces of Virginia, by Gov. Letcher,
lie now has charge of the navy yard, and is hav
ing a heavy battery erected with sand bags, at
Hospital Point, which is in our possession.
Four large Columbiads have been unspiked and
hauled down to the hospital. They are now be
ing mounted.
*3 he ankees destroyed all the small arms of
modern make.
The Commodore’s quarters remain. Also the
Naval Storehouse, soldier’s quarters, and the new
ship house which has only to be covered in.
The Armory is unhurt, and it is estimated that
not more than one-fifth of the navy yard property
is destroyed.
A splendid lot of shot and shell Rtill remains.
ihe brass pieces takeu in the Mexican war are
spiked with wrought nails, but not at all injured.
Ihe old ship Pennsylvania has been burning all
day, and is now down to the water’s edge.
Ihe Navy \ ard was fired at one o’clock this
morning, and the two ship houses, sail and rig
ging lofts, and the marine barracks destroyed,
together with the ships Pennsylvania, Columbia,
Raritan, Germantown, Merrimac, Dolphin and
N ew \ ork.
Gosport is now in flames.
The Federal troops have escaped in the Cum
berland and Pawnee.
Three naval officers are under arrest in Norfolk.
Nearly JiOOo barrels of powder and fixed ammu
nition were taken from the Naval Magazine last
night. Six hundred and ninety barrels have been
sent to Richmond. The balance is well secured
here. The people are determined to secure every
ounce of ammunition that they can.
Property to the extent of millions of dollars in
value, was destroyed at the Navy Yard.
ihe United States sloop-of-war Pawnee, with
reinforcements, hasjust arrived.
Ihe people are increasing the obstructions in
the channel to prevent her return to Old Point for
more troops. Ilot w’ork ahead.
Fortress Monroe has been largely reinforced
with men from Massachusetts.
On the Norfolk side of the Elizabeth there is
much activity, und the people are busily fortifyiuy
the approaches to the city.
\V agous, carts and negroes are all at work, and
the people seem to forget that it is Sunday.
rhe Cumberland is still lying below, bristling
with guns.
The Pawnee left this morning at four o’clock.
She is now at Old Point.
The prisoners takeu this morning are Captain
W right of the Army, and young Rogers, a sou of
Com. Rogers of the Navy.
Ihe Cumberland is ashore on this side of Nor
folk, aud the Pawnee on the other. There is
much talk of attacking them, and I am opiuion
that there will be an attempt during the day to
take the vessels at any hazard.
‘1 he enemy took two young men of our side
prisoners last night. They were reconnoitering
on their own account.
Wright and Rogers, above referred to, bore
despatches to Com. McCauley. The despatches
are supposad to be from Old Point, but 1 have not
learned their contents.
At one time Norfolk was in great danger of fire,
but the wind changing no damage was done.
I he negroes are hard at work, and breastworks
are being thrown up to prevent the Cumberland
and Pawnee from getting back to the city, as it is
leared they might tire us.
~ I he Mobile Tribune of the 16th says that it has
been currently reported there that the notorious
Capt. Jones, of the Isabella, was hung at Scooba
on the 12th inst.:
The account is that on the arrival of the Thurs
day evening train at Scooba, a passenger on the
train pointed out Jones as boasting to him of be
ing the person who “provisioned Slemmer,” and
stated that he was then on his way to Washing
ton with dispatches for Lincoln’s Government.—
He was arrested, the proofs of his treason found
upon him, and he was executed on the spot by
the enraged citizens.
The rumor turns out to be correct, and one
traitor got his deserts.
Southern’ Rights in Missouri. —A secession
flag was unfurled and carried through the streets
ot St. Josephs, Missouri, ou Saturday last, by a
mounted company, aud was subsequently raised
in Market Square without disturbance, amid en
thusiasm aud excitement. Secession sentiments
are prevalent.
The arms and ammunition at the arsenal at
Liberty have been given up, having been seized
by the Missourians.
There was an immense secession meeting at
Independence. Thousands were present from the
adjoining comities of Missouri and Kansas. Pro*
minent places displayed secession flags.
Northern Troops at Annapolis, Ind. —New
York Seventh Regiment left New York at 6
o’clock on Thursday evening, and was expected
to reach Baltimore at four o’clock on F’riday. At
Pniladelphia, however, they changed their in
tended course. The correspondent of the Balti
more American , in a dispatch dated Annapolis,
April 21, says :
This morning the steamer Maryland (the im
mense Railroad F'erry boat at Havre de Grace,)
came into this port having on board eight hun
dred Massachusetts troops, commanded by Col.
Butler, en route for Washington.
The steamer landed her troops at the Naval
Academy and the frigate Constitution is now be
ing towed out of the river for the purpose of
taking the troops to Washington.
Another stermer with troops is lying off’ the
1 harbor, supposed to be the Seventh Regiment of
New York.
The most intense excitement prevails in the
city, and messengers have been sent throughout
the couutry for troops to concentrate here.
Gov. Hicks.—On Friday afternoon, after the
collision between the citizens of Baltimore and
the Federal troops, a mass meeting was held in
Baltimore, at which eloquent addresses were
made by Wm. P. Preston, Mayor Brown, and
others. Gov. Hicks said :
Gentlemen and fellow-citizens of Baltimore, I
appear before you on this occasion with feelings
of gratification to you who surround me, and to
my fellow-citizens for cheering me as I approach
ed you. It cannot be expected of me to make a
speech to you at this late nour of the day, nor is
it necessary, for I coincide in what your worthy
Mayor has said. I came to your city on Wednes
day, by accident, on private business, and was
detained beyond the time I expected to remain.
There was some excitement and I have the plea
sure to say to you, after three conferences with
your Mayor, that we agreed, and I bow in sub
mission to the people. I don’t intend to assume
any of his prerogatives, but will co-operate with
him. lam a Marylander, and I love my State,
and I love the Union, but I will suffer my
arm to be torn from my body before I will raise
it to strike a sister Southern State.
Position of General Scott.—The Richmond
Dispatch of Monday has the following report
from Washington, which is undoubtedly correct:
On Friday, a Virginian here, in company with
Robert Ouid, the District Attorney, called on
Gen. Scott. The Viiginian said:
• General. I have here in my hand the evidence
of Virginia's secession. Do you intend to support
vour State ?”
Gen. Scott, looking up, rery petulantly replied :
•‘No, sir; I intend to support the Stars and
Stripes of my country.”
Gea. Scott", it is said, is now on friendly terms,
or even holds verbal communication with three
members of the Cabinet, viz : Seward, Chase and
Cameron.
The Letters of Marque. —A Montgomery cor
respondent says :
The Attorney General, Mr. Benjamin, autho
rises me to say that the commissions for priva
teers are being prepared, and will be issued as
soon as Congress shall declare war, which it will
undoubtedly do. Those intending to apply for
them had better be preparing their bonds, Ac,
The instructions will contain a prohibition on the
seizure of cotton from Southern ports, whether in
British or American bottoms. The application for
letters of marque are numerous at New Orleans.
I understand the blockade of our Southern ports,
ordered by President Lincoln, does not include
cotton vessels.
Dipartcrz for the Seat or Was. —A detach
ment of the Richardson Guards, Capt. C. H.
Axson, left lastnight on the Northeastern Railroad
for Richmond, Va. The remainder will follow to
day.
The gallant Second Regiment, Col. J. B. Ker
shaw, composed of as fine a body of troops as
could be organized in any State, will leave on
Thursday. They will be joined by that noble
corps, the Palmetto Guard, Capt. Cuthbert, now
on Morris’ Island. That company will be reliev
ed to-day with a view to the above movement.—
One of the Caxndcn companies, Capt. Boykin's
left Camden last evening for Richmond in advance
of their regiment, the Second. —Chariuton Covr.,
, Ml.
Letter from the Volunteers.
We are permitted to mate the following exj
tract from an interesting letter from a member of
the Oglethorpes, dated
Camp Geoegia, near Fort Barrancas, I
Sunday, April 21,1861. f
.* . * * At present our location is in close
proximity to the redoubt, near half a mile from
Rie beach, and about the same distance from the
* ort -„ As y et we haTe engaged at “mule and oxen
work” fiut one day, i yesterday) when we spent most
of the time in drawing powder from the wharf to
the redoubt in a small car on a track which was
entirely covered with sand, the load each trip
being three thousand pounds of powder. At the
rate of fifty thousand pounds per day, I think we
will be supplied with material for a bombardment
when the order to attack is given. In my recent
letter, I stated, I think, that there were three
thousand men on the Island opposed to us. I
should have said this number included the men in
the war vessels in sight.
We are doing very little at present in building
saud batteries. Our Colonel-says when the pieces
of ordnance arrive that arc expected, the batteries
can be erected in three days with the force he has
at his command. Pike llattery is the largest,
having two 10-ineh Columbiads and a few smaller
ones.
We are in no hurry, notwithstanding Old Abe
gives us but two weeks in which to retire peace
ably to our homes. Our position we may not
hold intact in as much as the occupants of Pick
ens may batter down most of our fortifications;
but if they attempt to land on this side the water,
we will give them a “bloody welcome and hospi
table graves.” We are constantly in the receipt
of all kinds of supplies and are well provided for,
considering we are common soldiers. Yesterday
it was announced that a salute of eight guns
would be fired in honor of the secession of v ir
ginia, and all were anxious to watch the effect at
Pickens. Many of us gathered on the beach, and
with the aid of spy glasses could mark their every
movement. When the first gun was discharged,
there was a general rush to the top of the fort
(Pickens) and in a few minutes we could discern
a number of men coming from the other side of the
Island towards the walls in double quick time, at
a right shoulder shift. Regularly they came, un
til at length we could see ot least three hundred.
It is presumed that they were acting as a picket
guard. Now, if they can send out so strong a
guard, I think it a safe conclusion to say, that
their numbers are immense. The commotion
lasted for many minutes, aud I guess many of
them were considerably alarmed for a time. They
are mostly engaged carrying sand into the Fort,
probably for the purpose of filling ,:p whatever
breaches we may make. Every day at the stated
times (morning and afternoon)’ squads of twenty
or thirty assemble, seemingly on the wall for drill,
which generally lasts near one hour.
There are several large wagons (six horse
teams) on the Island, used, doubtless, for convey
ing shot and shell from the other side, landed in
small boats from the men-of-war, (seven in num
ber.) There is no mistake about their activity
and the amount of labor accomplished. We cau
distinguish two or three very high embankments
directly opposite, but as to what is goiug ou be
hind them, it w'ould be but conjecture to say any
thing. From what Capt. Hoggs said, 1 do not
think ’they would build sand batteries, for the
reason that their entire force could be better em
ployed inside the Fort. All communication with
Santa Rosa Island, Pickens or the Fleet, is
strictly prohibited, and all parties or vessels at
tempting so to do, are to be captured, {itpossible.)
Martial law has been declared over all territory
within five miles of the army line, and no citi
zens, it is understood, will be allowed within that
space.
This morning, at o’clock, the Regiment was
reviewed by Brigadier-General Bragg and his
Stall'. He reminds me more of General W. H. T.
Walker than any one 1 have ever met. He has
the same determined and almost stern look,
rather light hair, with a beard, (or rather side
whiskers, ) mostly grey. His form is command
ing, and he is somewhat above the average size
of men. He seemed particularly uleased with us
and remarked, “Avery fine locking company;
expect to have use for them soon.” He remained
ou the ground full half an hour, wbeu be left us
to review the Mississippi and Alabama Regiments,
with the Zouaves. The quarters ot the latter
company, at the Navy Yard, I will visit some day
this week, and will give you an account of their
drill.
Two companies of our regiment will probably
be detailed as a guard to defend Pensacola. They
will leave here sometime this week. We have a
very large picket guard out at night, as we are
determined not to sufierthe disgrace ofa surprise,
aud we are confident of our ability to thrash as
many foreigners as may be sent over from Pick
ens.
To-morrow I act as Corporal of the Guard, and
no doubt will have quite a delightful time in pay
ing calls to different posts.
I have permission to visit the city Wednesday,
when I expect to find out what arrangements will
be made for the transportation of boxes and
packages from Mobile, where they go in the care
of the Express Company. Every thing in the way
of eatables will prove very acceptable, inasmuch
as our fare is very coarse, and we know the boxes
from home will contain some luxuries.
We are all well, andinipatient aswell as anxious
to know what the programme is. It will probably
be six weeks before ou attack is ordered.
H. F. C.
Organization op the Fourth Brigade. —A cor
respondent at “Camp Smyrna,” near Marietta—
the place at which the Commissioned Officers and
First Sergeants of the 4th Brigade were ordered
to meet on Tuesday last for dvill and instructions
—writes as fallows :
Twenty companies have reported themselves
present up to this time—(4 o’clock March 22d) —
each represented by the Captain,, three Lieuten
ants and Ist Sergeant, Some 14 or 15 more com
panies are expected this evening or to-morrow
morning. Gen. Phillips made a patriotic and
spirited speech this cveniug, in which he stated
that the object of the encampment was to prepare
the Officers of the Brigade for actual service, and
he expressed the belief that his command would
be ordered to the field as soon as their acquire
ments would make it expedient to do so. A more
determined set of earnest men I have never seen
together. But little has been done to-day, except
to pitch tents and make the necessary preparations
for camping. Smyrna is an old Camp-Meeting
ground, and about half the men are in the wood
tents, the bulance in canvass tents.
Yours, Ac., *
The New York Seventh Regiment.— The Pe
tersburg Express of Sunday says: Mayor Townes
of this city yesterday received from His Excel
lency, Gov. Letcher, the following telegram :
“Richmond, April 22, 1861.
“I have received information from a reliable
source at Alexandria, stating that a special mes
senger had reached there from Marlboro’, Md.,
with tidings to the effect that an engagement had
taken place on Annapolis Heights between the
Baltimore Military and the New York Seventh
Regiment. The couflict was terrific, and the lat
ter were literally cut to pieces.’’
The New York Seventh Regiment is the crack
military body of the State of New York, and has
heretofore been considered invincible. They came
down to Virginia some three ot four years since
with the remains of President Monroe, aud were
greeted at Richmond with a perfect ovation. They
are composed of the very flower and pride of
New York city.
Alexandria, April 22. —Lieut. Charles Carrol
Simms, of the United States Navy, attached to the
navy yard at Washington, until one o’clock to-day,
hasjust arrived, and reports that reliable infor
mation has reached Washington, that the Seventh
Regiment of New York was literally cut to pieces
this morning, between Annapolis and Marlboro’,
by the Maryland State troops. —Special dispatch
to Richmond Enquirer.
Just as we were going to press last night, a dis
patch was received bv Gen. Gwynn, that tho
Seventh Regiment of New York, in their attempt
to proceed from Annapolis to Washington, were
met and cut to pieces by the Marylanders, between
that city aud Marlboro,, Maryland. —Norfolk
Herald , 23 d inst.
The Popular Heart. —The Abingdon Virgin
ian, which has been one of the strongest Union
papers in Virginia, comes out manfully for re
sistance to Lincoln, aud, in conclusion, holds the
following patriotic language:
Some, we believe, still advocate a Middle Con
federacy. This, we think, is a mistaken policy.
North or South, Abe Lincoln or Jeff Davis is the
alternative. We must be united as one man in
defence of our rights and institutions. We have
not room to say more at present, but we have not
a doubt that we speak the sentiments of 99-lOOths
\>f the Union men, aud that they will not be the
last to throw themselves into the breach and
share the fate of the South.
Movements at Wilmington, N. C.—The Charles
ton Courier is indebted to a friend for the follow
ing extract:
“Wilmington, N. C., April 21,1861.
“Yesterday the steam tug Uncle Ben approach
ed too near New Inlet without asking the aid of a
pilot. The guard-boat hailed her, and on ques
tioning the Captain found that he could give no
satisfactory answer. A squad of men were quietly
put on board of her and she was sent up to the
city. Last night she was sent up to Fort Caswell
with the guns sent to us from Charleston. The
officers and crew are under guard at the Marine
Hospital.
“The new steamship North Carolina has been
detained here. She is wanted for our A any.”
The Harper's Ferry Affair. —The following
was communicated to the Richmond Dispatch as
a correct statement of the taking of the Federal
post at Harper’s Ferry :
Col. Crump, special aid of the Governor, was
despatched on Wednesday last, to take Harper'll
Ferry. When he arrived at Strasburg, he had
700 men. He gave up that command and went
ahead to Charlestown. On getting there he or
dered the Jefferson Regiment, of 360 men, and
Capt. Ashby's troop of cavalry to surround the
town and cut off all communication, and if a Rein
forcement was attempted, to burn the bridge.
When the regiment got the edge of the town, the
arsenal and armory, containing 14,000 guns, were
blown up, and the carpemer shop set on fire.
The citizens saved 4,000 improved arms ; the
machine shops did not take fire, and the machine
ry was saved. The Virginia flag was run np at
12 o’clock at night. Cob Crump surrounded the
town with picket guards, declared martial law in
the place, and remained in that position until the
rear guard arrived, about day the next morning
Citizens’ Meeting nt New York, Ac.—A Union
meeting was held in New York, on Saturday,
20th. The assemblage was immense. The speak
ers included the most eminent citizens. Resolu
tions were submitted and adopted, pledging sap
port to the Governm-.’ “t to the extent of laying
down lives, if necessaz* ‘hat secession was un
justifiable—and appointing a committee of twen
ty-five to collect funds and transact such other
business in aid of the Government as the public
interest requires.
A sword from the citizens of Taunton, Mass.,
was presented to Maj. Anderson, who attended
the" Union meeting and was most enthusiastically
cheered. He was to leave for Washington Satur
dav night.
District Attorney Smith has called on the
Judge of the New York Circuit Court for a special
jury to bring to justice parties sympathizing with
the” South in the citv. . _
Got. Morgan ordered the Sixth, Twelfth, and
Seventy-first Regiments to go to W ashington by
steamer, unless railroad communication was open.
A special dispatch to the Tribune says orders
were received from Gov. Letcher to seize the
custom-house at Wheeling, bat Wheeling was
strong for the Union, and on Friday night it was
zuarded by the Mayor. The citizens were great
ly excited at the news, and declare that they will
stand by the stars and stripes.
The schooner L. C. Watts was seized, with a
large quantity of arms, shipped at Hartford,
i Conn., for the South.
War .Hovemewts.
The mails yesterday only furnished us papers
from New York to Friday, 19th, from Baltimore
to the 23d, and Richmond to the 23d; from which
we have been able to glean but little additional
news of interest. We give such dispatches as will
be of interest:
Boston, April 20.—This city was terribly ex
cited last night and this morning at the attack on
the Massachusetts troops in Baltimore. The
Governor recognizes the similarity in the dav and
event suggested by the 19th of April, 1775,* and
the immortal memories which cluster around the
men of Lexington and Concord.
The Governor has sent the following despatch
to the Mayor of Baltimore.
I pray you cause the bodies of our Massachu
setts soldiers, dead, in battle, to be immediately
laid out, preserved in ice, and tenderly sent for
ward by express to me. All expenses will be paid
by this Commonwealth. John A. Andrew.
Governor of Massachusetts.
New York, April 21.—The steamer State of
Maine arrived from Norfolk, having lauded the
Massachusetts Regiment at Fort Monroe, reports
steamer Spaulding there landing the Boston
Regiments. The fifth Regiment and a company
of flying artillery arrived here to-day. Also a
battalion of rifles. In six days Massachusetts has
furnished five regiments of Infantry. & battalion
of rifles, and a company of flying artillery. Mayor
Brown of Baltimore, sent an answer to the Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, saying, “owing to com
munication being stopped between here and Phil
adelphia, I cannot send the bodies of the men
killed in the riot here, but shall embalm and keep
them subject to your order. I and the Governor
regret the affair as much as any one. Our people
viewed it as an invasion. The authorities exert
ed themselves to the utmost, to prevent it, but it
was impossible. When are these scenes to cease ?
Are we to have a war of sections? Baltimore
claims the right to pay all expenses.” Gov.
Andrew replies: “I am overwhelmed with sur
prise that the peaceful march of American citi
zens over the highway to defend the common
country should be deemed aggressive by Balti
moreans.”
Enlistmenst in Wilmington, Delaware, are at the
rate of from seventy to one hundred per day. A
secession paper in Wilmington was obliged to
hoist the American flag.
Gen. G. Swift, formerly chief of the United
States corps of Engineers, at the age of seventy
eight, has tendered his services to the Govern
ment.
The Californians resident in this city and State
are about to form a mouuted company for the .ser
vice of the Government.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company have sup
plied their vessels with cannon, mnskets, and cut
lasses, to ensure protection to passengers and
treasure. Orders w ent out some time since to
sheath their bows with iron, so as to enable them
to run down privateers or pirates who may at
tempt their capture.
Harrisburg, Pa., April 20. —The order from
Government recalling Ohio troops has been coun
termanded. Fears are entertained that the Mary
land volunteers will make a demonstration on
Chambersburg, Pa. Men are rapidly assembling
at Harper’s Ferry. Five thousand are expected,
whose supposed destination is Washington. Three
railroad bridges between Harrisburg aud Balti
more have been destroyed. The State authorities
the possess important information about plans of
the secessionists of Virginia.
Independence, April 20. —At an early hour this
morning the arms and munitions of war held at
the arsenal at Liberty, Clay county, were at the
demand of some citizens of the county, given up.
lt is stated there were 1300 stand of arms, ten or
twelve pieces of cannon, and an amount of pow
der iu the Arsenal will be distributed in Clay and
adjoining counties. Cannon have been brought
up and are now in this place.
St. Johns, N. F. April 20.—The steamer Colum
bia, from Liverpool on the 9th, arrived yesterday.
It is reported that France sent a frigate to
Charleston at the suggestion of Jeff’. Davis.
Kansas City, April 20.—Missourians seized the
United States arsenal at Liberty at teu o’clock
this morning, and garrisoned it with one compa
ny of 100 men.
Toledo, April 20.— The war excitement is very
high here. Ten companies will be ready to leave
next week. Five thousand dollars have been
subscribed to support the families of volunteers.
Harrisburg, April 20.—Twenty-five hundred,,
men were in Camp Curtin last night. Six thou
sand stand of arms have been received from Pitts
burg. Three Ohio companies arrived to-day, and
live hundred men will be here this afternoon.
Cairo, April 20.—The despatch of Mr. Douglas
to the Union men of St. Louis bus completely
squelched the secession feeling in Egypt. In almost
every town of Southern Illinois, companies are
organizing to fight for the Union.
Springfield, 111., April 20.—The six regiments
asked for from Illinois are full, aud will probably
all be in camp by Tuesday. Double the number
required have been offered. Those who have not
been accepted will be held in reserve.
Indianapolis, April 20.—Troops are still pour
ing in, aud there are nearly 4,000 men in camp.
The Governor has tendered the President 7,000
more than the number required by the State.
Wilmington, Del., April 20.—The Council ap
propriated SB,OOO to defend the city, aud passed
resolutions approving of the President’s procla
mation. Also, asking the Governor to issue a
proclamation for the same purpose. Brandywine
bridges and all on the road between Susquehanna
and Philadelphia arc guarded, and workmen have
been sent to repair bridges destroyed on the
Northern Central road.
Crops, dec.
[Extracts from our Business Correspondence .]
Perry, Houston Cos., Ga.—Many planters in
this county are re-planting their cotton, the stand
being very deficient. Corn, Wheat and Oats very
promising.
Eatoxton, Ga., April 21.—The wheat and oat
crops in this section are very promising; if no
disaster happens there will be a plentiful harvest.
Fruit nearly all killed, which is much to be re
gretted.
Cherokee, Cos., Ala., April 20.—Spring is quite
forward in this, section. Wheat is looking fine,
and if nothing happens to it we will make large
crops.
Cuthbbrt, Ga., April 18. —Frost on the morning
of the 17th did no damage to the Wheat crop,
which is unusually likely, and a larger breadth of
land sown in Southwest Ga., than usual.
On Tuesday night last we had quite a change in
the weather. A severe blow sprang up in the
Northwest which brought forth dark clouds
freighted with rain and snow. On Wednesday
morning the mountains were completely envelop
in snow. We are pleased to say, bawever, that
notwithstanding the prospects at one time looked
gloomy for our fruit crop, it is as yet, (Thursday),
unhurt. —Dahlonega Signal, 20th.
For several days past we have had fine rains.
Corn is up and growing in fine order, notwith
standing the late frosts. Small grain is flourish
ing. The planting season is nearly over, and
planters are actively preparing to commerce work
in tending. —Bainbndge Press , 17th.
From the early part of last week the fickleness
of the weather, ana the direction and temperature
of the winds, caused apprehensions of frost. On
Friday night, 17th inst., it became clear und still,
and a considerable white frost was visible at sun
rise on Saturday morning, in all localities favorable
for retaining it. It was repeated, slightly, on
Saturday night, after which the temperature was
modified. The effects of the frosts, and the cold
weather preceding, are very perceptible on cotton,
and all tender vegetation of the garden. In some
localities the corn was nipped to the ground, but
generally it is considered uninjured. We have
heard of no injury to the wheat and oat crop, and
presume they are unhurt.— Mad/ison Visitor , 24 th.
Tne Georgia Troops. —The Wilmington Herald,
of Tuesday evening, noticing the arrival of the
Georgia troops at that place, en route for Vir
ginia, says:
“These companies were composed of the very
best material. They are all fine looking, soldierly
fellows, and seemed to be withal gentlemen in
their conduct and feelings. The spirit and enthu
siasm which animated them may be imagined,
when we say that a lawyer, who was a private in
one of them, told us he had been married but one
hour when he left home; and we afterwards
learned that there were two or three others who
were similarly situated. God grant they may re
turn in safety to their brides! We heard two
capital speeches at the depot, where the troops
were assembled—one from Hon. Roger A. Pryor,
who is now a Colonel iu the Confederate army,
and the other from the Hon. Thos. Hardeman,
Captain of the Floyd Rifles. We had the pleasure
of shaking hands again with that white-haired old
patriot and soldier, Edmund Ruffin, who was re
turning to his native Virginia, whose ordiuaoce
of secession terminated his self-imposed exile, and
in whose cause he will now do & patriot’s duty.*’
Macon JMilitary at Norfolk.—A dispatch to
the Macon Telegraph , dated Norfolk, Va., April
23d, says ;
We arrived here at 8 this morning, and are all
quartered in the Navy Hospital, which is one of
the finest places in the world. All quiet here, and
an immense amount of cannon fallen to our hands
from the late United States government. The
Virginians all well, and badly disappointed in not
meeting the Federal troops. Kenan.
Affairs in Delawahk.—A dispatch dated Phila
delphia, April 20th, says :
The Union men of Delaware are in a bad fix,
though the population is largely for the Union.
The State arms are in possession of the secession
ists.j transferred by the Governor, who has not
responded to the requisition of the President, and
will not. The Union men hope the Government
will take possession of the upper part of the State,
in order to secure the powder mills at Brandy
wine, at which the secessionists evidently aim.
The South Carolina Regiment ix Weldon. —
The Charleston Couritr publishes the following
dispatch received by Gov. Pickens.
Weldox, N. C., April 24, 11.30 A. M.-We have
been obliged io proceed with caution. Night be
fore last an assassin was caught laying timber
across the track. It was happily discovered and
no damage took place. The assassin has been
caught and will be hanged. The engineer ran
with great caution, hence our slow progress. The
f allant and patriotic North Carolinians keep watch
y night over every culvert and trestle work with
bonfires and are fully armed. Our reception at
Wilmington was a complete ovation. Every
where we have been enthusiastically received.
The whole State is in a blaze. Troops are pre
paring for the field. The people are out of the
Union.
A later dispatch has been received, stating that
the Regiment had arrived safely at Richmond.
All well and in good spirits.
South Carolixa Navt.— Notwithstanding the
vigorous preparations of the Confederate authori
ties, the necessities of the times, and the spirit
and determination of our people, demand con
tinued and organized efforts on the part of the
State. We must establish and keep up an army
and navy, however small, as schools and nurse
ries, as well as for local defence.
In the absence of senior officers, Lieut. Thomas
P. Pelot has been placed in command ot naval
affairs, and nreparations in and for this State.—
Lient. Stockton has been assigned to the com
mand of the steam gunboat Lady Davis, which
has received the pet rifled cannon “Prioleau.” It
is confidently predicted that the steamer will not
be rifled by an enemy, and that it will prove an
efficient beginning for the South Carolina Navy.
The schooner Helen, Captain Coste, and schr.
Petrel, Capt. Murdeo, have received orders and
stations, to which they will proceed immediately.
Our naval list is small as yet, but some of the
vessels are active and easy goers, and can go
wherever there ia water. The officers and crews
are spirited and determined, and are ready to pay
troublesome attentions to a blockading squadron.
( Chat. Courier, 25th.
From Norfolk.
At last accounts from Norfolk and Portsmouth,
everything was comparatively quiet, aud the
troops were busily employed in placing the har
bor m a complete state of defence.
It is believed that the cost to. the Government
by the destruction of property in the Navy Yard,
could not have been much short of eight* or ten
millions. The cost of those immense and maguifi
cent ship houses, aud their contents, forms a con
siderable item in the account, and so does that of
the Pennsylvania. Several companies from the
South are reported to have arrived at Portsmouth
vesterday. The Norfolk Herald has the following
intelligence :
On Sunday evening, the hull of the good old
ship United States, in which Decatar captured the
Macedonian, was takeu possession of at the navy
yard by an efficient crew and towed down to tfie
narrow part ot the channel a mile below Fort Nor
folk, where she was moored across the channel
and sunk. Only a few leet brought her in coutact
with the bottom ; and the naval force that shall
attempt to pass up to our harbor must hold a
parley with the old veteran till they can persuade
her to stand a-one-side ; while in the meantime
the shot and shells from the two forts above, one
on the right and the other on the left, are ham
mering away at them with the biggest sized shot
and shell.
A gentleman from Hampton informs us that the
Massachusetts troops recently lauded at Old point,
with the exception of a fine lookiug company or
two from Bostou, are a low aud villainous loo*king
set, raked up no doubt from the vilest purlieus of
Yankeedom.
The following items are fron the Norfolk, Ya.,
Argus:
A geutleman named Richardson, of Portsmouth
who was out in a row boat Saturday night, actua
ted by curiosity, was arrested as a spy by an offi
cer from the Cumberland, also out in a boat.—
Mr. Richardson was fired upon and the ball killed
one of the men from the Cumberland, who was
assisting in rowing the boat.
Mr. Richardson was landed at Old ‘Point and
got home in safety Sunday night.
We learn that another ma 4 belonging to the
Cumberland Was unintentionally killed on Sun
day by a man who fired upon a‘deserter in Hamp
on Roads.
Captain Culling, of the U. S. schooner Buchan
an, was in Washington with his vessel a few days
ago, and finding that the war was upon us, and
supposing that his vessel would be of great ser
vice to Virginia, tendered his resignation. He
then hastened to his vessel, spread her canvas to
the breeze and started for Norfolk. When pass
ing Old Point he was hailed, and ordered to round
to, but he kept on, and when opposite the maga
zine, finding our citizens here had seized the pub
lic property at that pluce, he loaded his vessel
with powder, sent her up to Richmond, and deliv
ered her and the powder safely to the State au
thorities.
A mall steamer is plying between Fortress
Monroe and the Kip Raps, on which, it is sup
posed, batteries are being erected.
The Cumberland was anchored, yesterday
morning, off’Hampton, her guns bearing on the
town.
There are three vessels of war insid- of Ihe
Capes, ami two a short distance outside.
From Wash ngton.
Washington, April 27—Capt. Elzey, of tin* A?
my, has resigned. It will be recollected that. i.<-
commanded at Augusta (Ga.) Arsenal at the time
of its surrender. On his arrival in this city lie
was ordered to Fort Monroe, whither he weiit.
lie is a native of Maryland. The current rumor
is, and seems to be true, that Col. May, of the
same, resigned yesterday.
Our neighbor, Alexandria, is in commotion to
day. The Confederate and State Hags are flying
in every direction, and every preparation is being
made for war. Recruiting is progressing active
ly. Three persons, whose feelings are antagonis
tic to the secession movement, were required to
leave the city.
The Government here is strengthening the
troops at the public buildings to-night. The
Capitol is surrounded with hastily thrown up
defences, while workmen, last night and to-day.
have been barricading the Treasury Department,
In fact, precautionary movements are visible iu
every direction.
A number of Washingtonians, who earnestly
sympathize with the secessionists, have left the
city for Virginia. One of the river boats, the
George Page, was employed by the Virginians
last night on a secret service—some say tor the
; transportation of troops and munitions of war.
Several prominent secessionists from-Virginia,
yesterday paid a hurried visit to Washington.
The Government has received a message from
the Governor of Tennessee, in reply to the call
for a quota of troops from that State, lie em
phatically says he will not comply, but would
rather furnish fifty thousand men against the
North.
Troops from the North were all day expected to
arrive here. Much solicitude is expressed con
cerning them. But it is generally believed that
they will be successful in their journey hither.
Whatever truth there may be in the report of
the concentration of troops about twelve miles
from Washington, or six from Alexandria, it is
certain that the secessionists are earnestly at
work, but there is no public knowledge of their
plans and purposes.
Alexandria, April 23.—A plot has leaked out
in Washington, concocted by the notorious Jim
Lane, Cassius M. Clay, and the marauder Pome
roy, who have orgauized a baud sworn to force
every man who was in favor of the Southern
Confederacy to take an oath of fealty to Abraham
Lincoln, or leave the city within a certain number
of hours, under the penalty of being hanged.
The “States and Union” newspaper hay, there
fore, been discontinued for the present, aud seve
ral of those connected with the office have come
to Alexandria.
The police are compelled to protect Virginians
from injury. Yesterday morning. Dr. Garnett,
brother-in-law of ex-Governor Wise, was sur
rounded in front of his house by a Black Republi
can mob, and would undoubtedly have been
killed had not the police arrived to protect him.
In consequence of the seizure of all the flour in
the store-houses, by the Government, the citizens
apprehend a famine.
The Theatre is closed and there is a continual
running to and fro of fearful females and weary
old men, who are all anxious to seek and find
some place of safety and of rest.
Call for Tennessee Volunt- erw— Letter
from Gen. Pillow.
Mem this, April 20, 1861.
To the Memphis Press :
In answer to the many inquiries—the result of
patriotic impulse—l beg leave to say, through
the press of the city, that all orgauized military
companies—of foot, cavalry and artillery—will be
needed for the defence of the Southern States
against invasion by the tyrant who has established
a military despotism in the city of Washington.
These forces will be received in companies, bat
talions or regiments, as they may themselves
organize, and will be received into the service of
the Confederate States, (for Tennessee has no
other place of shelter in this hour of peril) and
the officers commissioned with the rank of com
mand with which they are tendered for the field.
They will not be required for the defense of the
southern coast. Kentucky and Virginia will be
the field of conflict for the future. The city of
Memphis is safe against the possibility of approach
from the Gulf, and will be equally so by the con
struction ofra battery of twenty-four and thirty
two pounders at‘Randolph, ana the fioint indij
cated to the committee of safety, above the citv.
Such batteries, with the plunging fire, could sink
any 3ized fleets of steamboats laden with northern
troops. If such batteries are promptly construct
ed, Memphis will never even be threatened. The
object of seizing Cairo by the Lincoln Government
(if it should be done, as I take it for granted it
will,) will be to cut off supplies of subsistence
from the Northwest, to prevent the approach
through the Ohio of southern troops, and to cut
off Missouri from southern support; and when
she is, seize and hold that position at whatever
cost. Without it she will soon cease to breathe
the air of freedom.
All the forces tendered from Tennessee to the
amount of fifty thousand men, will be received as
they are fitted by their state of drill for the field.
Sooner, they would not be efficient, and they will
not be called into the service without proper pro
viaionlfor their subsistance and the arms within the
resources of the Government. The entire South
must now unite and make common cause for its
safety—no matter about the political relations of
the States at present—else all will b<; crushed by
the legions of northern Goths and Vandals with
which they are threatened.
The revolution which is ou us, and invasion
which is at our doors, will unite the Southern
States with or without formal ordinances of se
paration. I speak not without authority.
I desire to receive official reports from all or
ganised corps of the State—give me the strength
of the rank aud file of each separate organization.
‘J hese reports will reach me at Nashville.
Respectfully, Gid. J. Pillow.
Co-Operation. —Thank Heaven ! we feel we
may safely congratulate the country upon the
certain prospect of co-operation at last—thorough
and perfect co operation on the part of all the
Southern States. It is true, this has not been
brought about in the manner we thought best;
but it is not the mariner of if we care about—that
is dow unimportant—but the fact itseh is ot vital
concern to us. Without co-operation of the slave
States, and with the North und the rest of man
kind against us, we had everything to fear—with
it we are invincible.
This very desirable object has been accomplish
ed despite the blunders committed by our leading
politicians, ft has been done by a greater blun
der on the part of Lincoln ami bis negro-wor.-dnp
ina Cabinet. By forcing war upon the seceded
States, they have the sympathies of th ir slave
holding brethren, and thus accomplished lor us
what, by precipitate action, we had lost the oppor
tunity ut doing for ourselves—we mean thorough
ly uniting the people of the South iu opposition
to Black Republican rule. In a short time every
slaveboldiug .State will be out of the Union.
Os course we feel under no obligations to Old
Abe for performing this service for us. He had
no intention of benefiting the South, but was only
verifying the ancient adage, “ whom the gods de
termine to destroy, they first make mad.” Old
Abe and his Cabinet are now on the highway to
destruction. —Southern Watchman.
The Mortality at Fort Sumter.—A great deal
has been said about the small loss in the fight at
Fort Sumter, but it should not cause much sur
prise to any one acquainted with such matters.
The combatants were screened by fortifications.
It is well known that Marshal Saxe, a high au
thority in such things, was in the habit of saying
that to kill a man in battle, the man’s weight in
lead must be expended. A French medical and
surgical Gazette, published at Lyons, says this
fact was verified at Solferino, even with the re
cent great improvement in fire-arms. The Aus
trians fired 8,400,000 rounds. The of loss of the
French and Italians was 2,000 killed and 10,000
wounded. Each man hit cost 700 rounds, and
every man killed cost 4,200 rounds. The mean
weight of balls is one ounce ; thus, we find that
it required, on an average, 272 lbs. of lead to kill
a man. If any of our friends should get into a
military fight, they should feel great comfort m
the fact that 700 shots may be fired at them be
fore they are hit, and 4,200 before they “shuffle
off the mortal coil.” —Louisville Journal.
Meeting ix Talbot. —We are informed by a
gentleman who was present, that a large and en
thusiastic meeting was held at Talbottou, on Sat
urday, the 20th inst., for the purpose of filling up
the ranks of the Volunteer Companies of the
county, and contributing money for equipping aDd
assisting in any manner necessary. Two compa
nies, to-wii: the Southern Rifles, Capt. B. Curly,
ami Talbot Guards, Capt. E. R. Goulding, were
fully organized, and with full ranks are awaiting
anxiously orders for marching. The sum of
$4,000 had been raised for their benefit and addi
tional contributions were being made. Stirring
speeches were made by Judge 5V orrell, Levi Smith
and other gentlemen. A _ third company is in
process of forming and will soon be ready for
active service. —Columbus Sun.
Hox. Howell Cobb sends three sons to the
wars, two in the Macon Volunteers and one in the
, Athens Guards.— Macon Telegraph.
VOL. LXXV. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. NO. 20.
BY TELEGRAPH.
VERMONT “ON FIRE.”
New Y ore, April.—Vermont is in ablaze of ex*
citement, and men and money are freely tendered.
RUMORS AND PROPOSED COMPROMISES
WiIm,NOTON, Del., April. It is reported and
believed here that a rencontre has taken place be
tween the troops at Fort McHenry and the Balti
moreans. No details obtained.
The Ditpntch says that prominent Border State
men are asking for a cessation of hostilities iu
view ofa compromise which may effected.
FRANKLIN PIERCE’S POSITION.
Concord, N. H„ April.-Franklin Fierce, in a
a speech to-night, urged the people to support
the stars and stripes and be true to their country.
POWDER ANI) OTHER MATTER SEIZED.g
New Y'ork, April.—A thousand barrels of pow
der bound to New Orleans, was seized on yester
day ; also a lot of blank registrations for vessels
seaward bound. All suspected vessels are
watched.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Boston, April.—Senator Wilson enlisted as a
private in the Massachusetts Rifles.
Senator Baker has chosen Colonel of the Cali
fornia regiment.
The Massachusetts Eighth Regiment has landed
at Fort McHenry.
SECESSION FEELING IN BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, April.—Secession flags are flying in
all directions. Nobody dares to proclaim himself
in favor of tho Union. Armed men are stationed
to prevent the rebuilding of the bridges which
have been destroyed.
FORTIFYING WASHINGTON*
New York, April,—Advices from Washington
state that the Government has planted cannon at
all the heights overlooking the city.
About ten thousand soldiers are under arms.
ASTOR CONTRIBUTING MILLIONS.
New York, April.— W. B. Astor has offered to
give the Government four millions and loan it
ton millions.
AFFAIRzS IN ST. LOUIS.
Sr. Louis, April.—The papers iu the interior of
Missouri are indignant at President Lincoln call
ing on the States for so large a military force.
There is a good deal of secession feeling in
some sections, but private sentiment appears to
be unanimous fer conciliation aud peace.
The city is full of rumors, but continues quiet
and orderly. No demonstrations have yet been
made.
PROVISIONS aSTOPPED.
Cincinnati, April.—The Committee of Safety
, I* ive stopped the steamer Decatur bound to New
‘Means with bacon, lard, beef and other produce,
i REPARATIONS AGAINST FORT McHENRY.
Wilmington, Del., April.— The Baltimorians
are actively preparing to take Fort McHenry.
The cuns of the Fort are turned towards the city.
CONDITION OF WASHINGTON CITY.
Hakrisbuko, Pa., April.—An officer from Presi
dent Lincoln has arrived, who says that up to
Sunday evening there had been no firing in Bal
timore, but they had twelve brass pieceß and are
fortifying the neighboring heights.
TROUBLES OF PUBLISHERS FOR NEWS.
New York, April.—The Associated Press of
this city sent off’ three experienced and compe
tent reporters, with instructions to go as near to
Baltimore as possible, und to send news by every
practicable and impracticable way, and although
every effort has been made, and considerable ex
pense incurred, but little reliable news has been
received.
CONDITION OF BALTIMORE.
New York, April.—Maj. Alberger of Buffalo, a
resident of Baltimore for several months past, has
arrived and reports that the condition of Balti
more is fearful. The streets are barricaded, the
shutters of houses are loop-holed for musketry,
aud the Union men are fleeing for their lives.
REGIMENTS FORMING BY FOREIGNERS.
New York, April.—The Hungarians, Swiss,
and Italians, are forming a Rifle Regiment. The
British residents have formed one infantry regi
ment and are now forming another.
FACTS ANI) RUMORS IN NEW YORK.
New York, April.—Collector Barney says he
has information of an official correspondence be
tween the authorities of Washington aud Balti
more, which has resulted iu the understanding
that. Baltimore is to repair all railway bridges, tele
graph lines, and keep all communication open.
Daniel E. Sickles is about raising a Regiment.
Cornelius Vanderbilt is said to have informed
the Government that it cun have gratis, his whole
fleet of steamers, fully manned and equipped.
Mayor Wood will recemmend an appropriation
of one million of dollars for war purposes.
A lot of uniforms has been seized in Dey street.
An unsuccessful attempt, was made to poison
one of the Massachusetts regiment on board of
the steamed State of Maine.
INDIANA TROOPS.
Indianapolis, In., April.—lndiana’s full quota
has been accepted by the Governor, and fifty-six
companies are now in camp.
GEN. SCOTT NOT RESIGNED.
New York, April.—Gen. Scott has not resigned
nor does he iutcud to do so.
ARKANSAS NEWaS.
Van Buren, Ark., April.—An immense meeting
was held here ou Saturday the 20th inst., wheu a
flag of the Confederate States was raised.
Arkansas is almost a unit for immediate seces
sion, and the war feeling is prevalent.
NATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL CONVENTION
New York, April.—The meeting of the Na
tional Typographical Convention has been been
indeffinitely postponed.
MISSOURI MATTERS.
St. Louis, April.—Gov. Jackson has called the
Legislature to meet on the 2nd of May.
Gen. Hough has ordered the commanding offi
cers of the several districts, to go into encamp
ment on the 3rd of May, for six duys, iu accord
ance with law.
WASHINGTON AND BALTIMOTE.
Philadelphia, April.—A bearer of despatches
[disguised as a Methodist preacher] from Presi
dent Lincoln to Gen. Patterson has arrived.—
He says that the capital is sate from any attack,
and that Baltimore was quiet on Sunday morn
ing.
No cannonading had been heard but a perfect
reign of terror prevailed and all Union men were
obliged to succumb.
BALTIMORE AND MARYLAND MATTERS.
Baltimore, April 24. —Winter Davis’ house was
entered by the mob last night, but as Davis was
absent, the mob retired.
The German Turners’ Hall was sacked.
The mob clement is powerless to act with sys
tem, but it is believed that the people and the
mob combined will compel Federal troopsto fight
their way through the city step by step.
The railroad between Washington aud Balti
more has been obstructed, and some of the
bridges destroyed.
The people of South Susquehanna are loyal,
and will defend Havre de Grace against the Se
cessionists.
At Annapolis Gov. Hicks protested against the
landing of Gen. Butler’s Massachusetts regiment.
In consequence of this protest the troops landed
at the Navy Academy.
The Baltimore American conficms the report
of the scuttling of the Pennsylvanian, Columbus,
Delaware, Raritan and Merrimac, Government
vessels at Norfolk, by the order of Com. Pender
gast.
The war ships Pocahontas and Cumberland
were the only vessels saved to carry away Fede
ral forces.
NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH MATTERS.
Nortolk, Va., April 24. —Before the Federal
troops left here they pulled down their ship
houses and their factories, with the intention of
setting fire to the mass of timbers, and partially
succeeded.
The Mayors of Norfolk and Portsmouth, on
Saturday Dight, sent a flag of truce and asked
Commodore Pendergast if he intended to fire on
their cities, and Peudergast replied that if he was
fired on or the Navy Yard attacked, it would be
his duty to do so.
The excitement here has been intense. Women
and children were leaving, and men rallying to
arms.
It was expected that the ship of the line New
York would be set on fire before the abandon
ment of the Yard.
The buildings were blowed up with powder and
not fired, for fear of the conflagration extending
to Norfolk and Portsmouth.
The people had seized the powder house at i
Craney Island and removed the powder to the !
city, and are preparing for a vigorous defence.
HARPER’S FERRY MATTERS.
New York, April 24.— The people of Washing
ton report that the Baltimorians have telegraphed
to the authorities of Virginia to send troops to
aid in holding Harper’s Ferry.
FEDERAL TROOPS IN MISSOURI.
St. Louis, April 24. —Gen. Harney has enlisted
700 men under President Lincoln’s Proclamation;
and there are about 1300 troops in the Arsenal
here.
VIRGINIA TROOPS ON ARLINGTON
HEIGHTS.
Harrisburg, Pa., April 24.—Caleb Cushing has
arrived here from Washington. He says that
Gen. Lee, with 5000 Virginia troops are covering
Arlington Heights. [This point is opposite to
Washington City.]
FORT MIFFLIN GARRISON.
Philadelphia, April 24.—Fort Mifflin, fsituated
about six miles below this city, at the junction of
the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers,) has been
garrisoned by Federal troops.
EUROPEAN NEWS EXPECTED.
Farther Point, April 24.— The steamship Jura
with late European news has been signalled, but
telegraphic derangements are so great that it ia
uncertain when its news can be communicated.
FEDERAL TROOPS AT CAIRO.
Louisville, Ky., April 24.—Private dispatebes
received here from Cairo, Illinois, state that 1006
Federal troops are now at Cairo, and 4000 more
are expected soon.
NEW YORK TROOPS.
New \ ore, April 24.—The authorities here have
decided to muster into immediate service the
whole SO,OOO volunteer force authorized by the
Legislature.
MOVEMENTS IN BROOKLYN.
Brookltx, N. Y., April 24.—The city of Brook
lyn has appropriated #IOO,OOO to equip the 13th
Regiment, which leaves to-day.
MORE RESIGNATIONS.
Philadelphia, April 24.—Commanders R. L.
Page uud Arthur Sinclair (both Virginians.l and
J. R. Tucker, from the District of Columbia, and
Lieut. C. F. M. Spottswood, from Va., and Robert
B. Pcgram, from Virginia, have resigned, and the
two latter will act as Captains in the Virginia
Navy.
VESSELS SEIZED—STEAMERS WATCHING.
York, April 24.—The schooner Hannah
Morton, bound from Boston to Baltimore, and
the schooner Three Masters, bound to Baltimore,
with provisions and clothing, have been seized by
authority of the Government.
The steamers Mercury and Virgin are on the
watch at the entrance of Long Island Sound.
NO COMMUNICATION WITH WASHINGTON
Alexandria, Va., April 24.-All communica
tion with Washington City is suspended. All is
quiet here to-day.
FROM NEW YORK.
New York, April 24.—The steam tug Yankee
has arrived, bringing details of the destruction of
the Navy Yard.
All the vessels of war. except the Cumberland,
were destroyed or aunk. The Cumberland is now
at Fortress Monroe.
It is reported here that the Government has
directed Commodore Breese to charter twenty
steamers of light draft, armed with pivot guns,
for three months. The steamers) must be fitted
for sea immediately.
ARRIVAL OF THE STAR OF THE WEST
PRISONERS.
Montgomehv, April 24.—Thirty prisoners from
tho Star of the West arrived in this city this
evening from Mobile.
KENTUCKY TROOPS IN NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, April 21.—The Davis Guards of
Louisville, Ky., arrived this morning, and were
enthusiastically welcomed. Two companies of
citizen soldiery have .volunteered to go to Virgi
nia.
MORE SOLDIERS FOR THE CONFEDERATE
ARMY.
Mobile, April 24.— Two companies left this city
for Montgomery yesterday, uud two more will
leave by to-morrow night. This will make 500
meu in all that have been accepted by the Secre
tary of War from Mobile.
THE FEELING IN MISSOURI.
Lexington, Mo., April 23. An enthusiastic
meeting was held here to day and Union resolu
tions adopted.
At the Secession meeting held here on Satur
day resolutions were adopted thanking the Gov
ernor for his reply to President Lincoln.
Six military companies buve been formed.
A Union (lug was hoisted to-duy, but it was
soon torn down.
TROUBLE IN NEBRASKA TERRITORY.
Omaha, April 20.—The Nebraskaites boarded
to-day th£ steamer “Omaha,” uud declared that
that boat should not remove the troops from Fort
Randall. A difficulty ensued, in which four were
killed und a number wounded. The boat returned
to Fort Randall.
UNION FEELING IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Wheeling, Vu., April 24.—'The population here
are calm, but in favor of the Union. That senti
ment is buoyant throughout Western Virginia.
DEFENCES IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, April 21— Sunday Night.—Defen
sive works have been thrown up for the protection
of the capitol building. Barricades have been
constructed which surround the Treasury Depart
ment.
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA.
Alexandria, Va., April 24.—Thesecession feel
ing is strong at this point.
The stale of public affairs engrosses all atten
tion, and business is almost entirely suspended.
Provisions are scarce, and flour has advanced.
MAIL COMMUNICATION RESUMED.
Philadelphia, April 24.—Mail communication
with the South has been resumed in wagons, be
tween Baltimore and Havre de Grace.
BLOCKADE OF SOUTHERN PORTS.
Alexandria, Va., April 25.—Dr. De Costa, of
New Orleans, had an interview yesterday, in
Washington, with the Brazilian Minister, as well
as with several of the European diplomats. Secre
tary Seward was present. The interview was in
relation to the blockade of the ports of the Con
federate States. The result of the conference has
not transpired.
GEN. SCOTT.
Richmond, Va., April 25.—Gen. Scott has not
resigned. In a communication from the General
to a prominent gentleman in this city, he says,
substantially : “I will not resign my position in
the Army of the United States, as I am det
mined to defend the Union, according to the oath
I have taken.”
TWO MEN ARRESTED.
Richmond, Va., April 25.—Two men have been
arrested on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
charged with cutting the bridges to prevent our
troops from being conveyed over the line.
AFFAIRS IN BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, April 24.—Sisce martial law has been
proclaimed in this city all places of amusement
and taverns have been closed.
Col. May, and other Marylanders in the army
have resigned.
MISSOURI ARMING.
Independence. Mo., April 24.—1 t is reported on
the upper Missouri that there will soon be twenty
thousand troops ready to defend that State against
invasion.
POSITION OF SENATOR DOUGLAS
Indianapolis Ind., April 24.—Judge Douglas
made a speech to-day, in which he counselled
patience, and urged the people not to infringe on
the rights of the South, but to fight for their con
stitutional rights.
THE PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION ADOPT
ED BY VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Va., April 25.—The Richmond Con
vention to-day passed an ordinance adopting the
Provisional Constitution. Delegates will be sent
to the Southern Congress which meets on the
29th inst.
SEVENTH REGIMENT IN WASHINGTON.
Alexandria, Va., April 25.—The 7th Regiment
arrived here to-day from Annapolis. There has
been no difficulty as was reported. The city is
all quiet to-day.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Alexandria, Va., April 26.—Gen Butler’s Mas
sachusetts Regiment has arrived in Washington.
Several Southerners have been arrested in
Washington or ordered to quit that city. Great
excitement aud consternation prevails among the
citizens of Washington, and many are leaving for
the South.
The heights opposite Georgetown are garrison
ed by Federal troops.
More northern troops are expected at Annap.
olis.
The tone of the Northern press is getting more
insulting and defiant to the South.
REPORTED CAPTURE OF GFN. HARNEY. 1 i
Alexandria, Va. April 26.—1 tis reported here
that Gen. Harney has been captured at Harper's
Ferry, and has been sent to Richmond.
OUTRAGES BY MEXICANS IN TEXAS.
New Orleans, April 25.—A rumor from an au
thentic Bourse, has reached Brazos, it reports the
Mexicans getting up another guerilla warfare
against the citizens of the Rio Grande, above
Brownsville. The town of Roma has been pillag
ed and burnt, and many American families have
been murdered. Brownsville is also threatened.
PATRIOTIC SPIRIT IN LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, April 25.—Accounts from the
Upper Parishes ssy the military spirit is increas
ing. Volunteer companies are being rapidly form
ed, and Planters are offering money freelv.
MARKETS.
Charleston, April 26.—The sales of cotton to
day were 300 bales, prices ranging from 10>s a
11X cents. Prices irregular.
Mobile, April 25. —The sales of cotton to-day
were 150 bales. Middlings 11 cents. Prices nomi
nal. The market closed dull.
New Orleans, April 25.—The sales of cotton
to-day were 800 bales. Middlings 11 cents.
Freights by American vessels % ; by British ves
sels X-
Gratuitous Advice to those Contemplating
Suicide.— ls there is any man in our Southern
country who thinks bis life is a decided burden,
and feels sometimes as if he wi uld lay it down
by committing jelo de <, we ask him to pause and
accept the advice proffered by Lord Byron to a
chap with suicidal inclinations :
If thou regretest thy life, why live ?
The laDd of honorable death *
Is here—up to the fields and give
Away thy breath.
Seek out—less often sought tbau lound —
A soldier’s grave, for thee the best;
Then look around, and choose thy ground.
And take thy rest.
A correspondent of the Petersburg “ ‘
writing of the doings of Lincoln’s people at . or
folk, says that all the U. S. Naval officers wire
drunk, including Commodore Macaulzi, w o
was so drunk that be bad to be Carrie ° u a *
to the ship. He reports also that some Sou.hern
ers, for being Southerners, were arrested in
Washington and taken into the P r *“ c * of U '-
“ W L they found him so drunk that he could
col. , J c bai r au( j t b a t
maintain bis seat in * .
ft was well kuown in the city that the President
Lad been in a state of the most beastly .atoxic
tiou for thirty-six
Hon L. J- Gartrell, of Atlanta, late member
of Congress from the Fourth District .* organ
izing a company for active service. Hon. Thos.
j r „ late member from the Third Dis
trw is sbeady io Old Virginia, at the head ot
that crack company, the Floyd Rifles. Col. Dotal,
Captain of the Spalding Grays, is a Baptist minis
ter, and was a Bell elector last year.