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THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 18151.
Forever neat that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but fails Wore lie
With Freedom's toil beneath our feet.
And Freedom's banner waving o'er us!
THE CAPITAL SAFE.
From the latest intelligence we received
last night we are inclined to believe that the
capital may now be considered entirely sale.
The New York Seventh Regiment and Col.
BUTLIIIPA Massachusetts regiment met with so
hostile a reception when they first attempted
to land at Annapolis, that it was considered
advisable to await further reinforcements,
which in due time arrived. They consisted
of the 4,500 troops which left New York on
Sunday morning. Their united force was
amply sufficient to silence all opposition.
The railroad from Annapolis to the junction
Was repaired, and the 7th Regiment and some
of the other troops forwarded at once to
Washington, while the whole road was placed
under our military possession. We can now
promptly forward direct from this city to
Washington as many men as we can concen
trate hero, and, thanks to the activity and en
ergy of our Quartermaster's and Commissary
Departments, which are under the direction of
General Hate, who is aided by skillful as
sistants, as many provisions as will be required
by an immense army.
With communication thus opened, it only
remains for our brave troops to press for
ward as rapidly as possible to render Wash
ington impregnable.
Another matter should be well considered.
Additional routes should be established. Can
not one be opened which, starting from Get
tysburg or Chambersburg, would approach
the capital in a southeast line ?
We have thousands of the bravest and best
troops in the world, and many excellent
offiders in command. Still, some of our best
military talent, which warmly sympathizes
with the national cause, has not been hilly
called into service. We have trained and
tried officers whose superiors cannot be found
in any part of the United States ; and in pre
paring for the conflict, we doubt not that as
many of them as possible will be placed in
the posts for which they possess superior
qualifications.
The Feeling of the North
The sublime spectacle presented by an in
dignant and united North is evidently pro
&icing a profound impression on the people
of the South. Mr. LINCOLN'S proclamation,
which was the subject of Cabinet jests at
Montgomery when issued, is today the bur
den of many an earnest consultation and ela
borate newspaper editorial. The people of
the South have been laboring under many de.
lasions. Secession has been thus far a pleasing
dream; but the Southern States find them-
Selves to-day confronting a stern reality. They
evidently calculated upon a vast minority in
the North assisting them in their nefarious
schemes, arguing that there was neither man
hood nor courage this side of Mason and
Dixon's line. They regarded us as a race of
cowards, anxious to buy peace at any hazard,
willing to sacrifice everything to the spirit of
money, and dead to every sense of loyalty
and national honor.
Accordingly, we find in the Mobile Register,
the newspaper of Mr. Joint Foams, an ela
borate article in reply to the question, a ls
the whole North going mad ?" The Register
says that it regarded the announcements that
ea-Presidents FILLIIORE Piumiz, and Buena.
sus, General Gass, and Senator DOUGLAS had
"participated in the general determination to
sustain the Government at. Washington" with'
incredulity or surprise. The conclusion ar
rived at, is that the whole pnblie mind of
the North has been suddenly seized with one
of those manias by which Providence some
times smites an entire people," and on this
conclusion the Register indulges in many me.
lancboly reflections upon the opposition which
Northern conservatism shows to 44 this holi
est, moat just, most necessary, if not techni
cally legal, revolution."
Our surprise at the exhibition of this teeing
on the part of the Register is not so great as
it would be, if we did not realize that it is
difficult, even for those living here, to fully
appreciate the fervor of the patriotism which
we see evinced every day. The men of this
section are in earnest--terribly in earnest.
They are willing to recognize the rights of
every citizen, either in the North or the
South, but they are determined that the in
tegrity of this Republic shall be maintained,
and its honor upheld. It is not madness that
rules the hour in the free States. It is the
holiest, the noblest, and the moat patriotic
enthusiasm.
The Sentiment of Western Virginia.
The Union men of Western Virginia are
apparently determined not to be expatriated
by the action of the Secessionists, now in se
cret session in the city of Richmond. Wheel
ing is the nueleas of the Union sentiment, and
its people are unmistakably for sustaining the
Government and defending the honor of our
Sag. All through Marshall, Preston, Mason,
Tyler, Wetzel, and the other counties along
the northern and western frontiers, the move
ment is sustained with a wonderful and grati
fying unanimity. Steps are being taken to
organize a Provisional Government under the
protection of the Administration, and a deter
mination is expressed to resist in the most ab.;
solute and unconditional manner any effort to
establishthe rale of the Montgomery hierarchy.
Vigilant committees for this purpose are also
being formed, and no 'effort is being spared to
complete a thorough and effective system of
organization. Se intense is this feeling that
we actually find the Union papers of the State
appealing for moderation and patience on the
part of their friends. The people of western
Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio sympathize
deeply with them. They feel that their cause
is mutual, and will not permit them to want
assistance.
Price 01 Firearms.
A correspondent suggests that the dealers
in firearms should at least not raise the price
of weapons at this particular crisis, and we
are persuaded that they will cheerfully act
upon the suggestion. Individual profit should
be the last thing considered at a time like
this, when every citizen is also a soldier. We
know, and frankly acknowledge, the sacrifices
which are being made alt around us, and the
prompt liberality, engendered of patriotism,
which is universal at this moment. There
never was a time, at any epoch of oar national
history, when Self se entirely went into the
shade. The feeling of Union swells in every
heart, and will carry na through a more fiery
ordeal than that of the present.
To Correspondents.
Not having ever heard of "Meredith, or the
Mysteries of the Meschianza," supposed to
have been published a short time after the
Revolution, we are unable to say whether it is
a rare book, or where it may be obtained. Hr.
Jona CAMPBELL, Whose book-store adjoins
Tun Passe office, lo Chestnut street, can
answer the question, if any one can .
The Hon. Mrs. NORTON, atlfbOr of several
volumes of poetry, and three or 1011 r prose
works o f fiction, has announced a Lire of
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, from original
manuscripts in possession of his family. M rs .
Noaros is SiIiMIDAIOI granddaughter. Her
father, Thomas SMISIDAN, was eldest son of
the great orator and dramatist, by the beauti
ful Miss Limat - r, his first wife.
rir The buildings and grounds (tmuti7 300
urea) of the Zeman Catholic College of Ct.
Thomas, Villaneva Delaware minty. belonging
to the es Auguartable Order," have lawn placed
at the disposal of the State, and aeoepted as the
general, readiness for the voleateets of Dhows!.
esetalp and t "WSW.
The Aye Mtge to Washington.
It must be a matter of extreme regret to all
true patriots at this time, that the capital of
the nation is in so isolated and comparatively
defenceless a condition. While we have great
confidence In the energy and activity of those
who direct the movements of the Northern
troops, and in the skill and precautionary mete
sures of General Scm, a single glance at the
map will show any one the great atrategetical
advantages which are possessed by our an
tagonists. It must be recollected that be
tween the free States and Washington inter
vene the two slave States of Maryland and
Virginia, in large portions of which the Union
sentiment is completely overawed and the
Secession feeling entirely predominant. Their
population is aroused to the highest pitch of
frenzied excitement, by the artful appeals
which have been made to them and by the ap
prehension that if they do not prepare for a vi
gorous resistance they may be subjugated. The
communications between all the slave States
and the capital are entirely uninterrupted, the
railroads free to pour as many troops upon
any point of concentration that may be se
lected as rapidly as possible, and all out
lets to the North so closely and vigilant
ly watched, that no reliable intelligence of
their movements can be obtained. We
learn, however, enough to indicate that,
great as is the martial teeling which now pre
vails in the Northern States, it is it possible
far - exceeded in the Southern States. And
troops are pushing forward with immense ra
pidity and in great numbers from every direc
tion towards Washington city. A letter re
ceived here from Southwestern Virginia yes
terday, said that a large force was concentra
ting in that quarter under command of Gov.
FLoyn, which intended to attack the capital.
Four days ago four thousand South Carolina
troops had arrived at Petersburg on their way
North, and by this time large accessions have
doubtless been made to their ranks. Gen.
BEAVAZGAILD 3 it is believed, has arrived in Vir
ginia to direct their movements, and there
can be no donbt of his ability to summon a
large force at any point he may desire to at•
tack.
In the meantime it is curious to note how
artfully and promptly the usual channels of
communication from the North have already
been interrupted. Let us glance at them. At
the very outset of the contest the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, which has been the usual
avenue to Baltimore of the great Northwest,
fell completely into the hands of our enemies
and beeame totally unavailable for the trans
portation of Northern troops. The Northern
Central Railroad, running from Harrisburg to
Baltimore, was for a time in our possession as
rar as . Cockeysville, and a camp was tempera
rily established at the latter point. But as
we stated yesterday, our troops have already
been directed to return from that point, and
there is no channel of access to the capital at
present open in that quarter. The Philadel-
pbia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad is
in our hands as far as Havre-de-Grace, but
not beyond that point. The approach to
Washington by the Potomac river is
probably by this time threatened by
different batteries, which may or may not
be sufficient to command the channel. Bat i
can scarcely be considered reliable. What,
then, is left to ns ? The power to debark
troops at Annapolis or such other points on
the Chesapeake Bay as may be deemed avail-
able, or to force open other communications
overland through the State of Maryland.
The communications between Annapolis and
the District of Columbia, it must be recollected,
are liable to continued amanita from the rebel
forces. We do not doubt the ability of our
troops to force their way through this region,
but it must be remembered that they have a
hostile population to encounter, and that their
adversaries enjoy great advantages for assail
ing them. Neither should it be forgotten
that even if no military attack is made upon
Washington, and all methods of supplying its
population with food are cut off, such a course
would be almost as fatal to its successful and
protracted defence as a direct assault.
We point out these difficulties, not because
we believe them to be insurmountable, or for
a moment doubt the power of the mighty
legions which are now marshalling in support
of the national cause, to accomplish any deed
of valor or military strategy that may be
deemed necessary, but only to impress our
readers with the imperative neePssity of great
activity and energy in rushing to the rescue of
the threatened capital.
Affairs at Washington.
We had an interview with a gentleman yes
terday afternoon who left Washington on
Tuesday morning, and whose report of the
position of affairs in that city at the time of
his departure fully confirms the statement we
made yesterday morning, on the authority of
another gentleman who had left at the same
time, and who was fortunately enabled to reach
Philadelphia by a shorter and more expedi
tious route. He also furnishes us some further
particulars.. The people of the North have
but a faint idea of the anxiety with which re
inforcements had been awaited by Gen. SCOTT,
and of the terrible fears which their unex
pected delay created. While it was con
sidered that the troops in the city might pos
sibly be sufficient to defend it in case of
attack, all felt that an additional force of at
least ten regiments was imperatively neces
sary to render it impregnable, and a still larger
body may be at once required to keep`open
its communications with Annapolis. Since
that period we trust that some of our brave
soldiers have been enabled to force their way
over from that point to the capital, and we
have some reason to hops that the track to
the junction on the Baltimore and Washington
railroad has been repaired, and is now in the
possession of our troops.
A citizen of Pennsylvania, who was a promi_
neat supporter of Mr. Bascriniamon during
the last Presidential campaign, reached Wash
ington on Monday night, after a perilous jour
ney overland from Texas. On his way he
noticed everywhere preparations for the pre
sent contest, and the existence of the most
determined and resolute martial spirit. The
whole population seems te• have abandoned
peaceful pursuits and to have devoted them
selves, heart and soul, to military avocations.
He spent a day at Richmond, and there found
the Secession feeling completely predominant.
Even citizens who bad been particularly active
in their support of the Union cause were com
pelled to enter the service, and to drill in the
ranas of the rebel companies, under peril of
the destruction of their property and the loss
of their lives. It was well understood that
General BICAISREOLED was in Virginia, and
actively engaged in directing the movemetits
in contemplation. At Alexandria, a short dis
tance below Washington, a force of about four
thousand men was collected on Monday last,
and a considerable portion of them consisted
of well-mounted cavalry. Several batteries of
long-range rified.c.annoa had been established
near that point, to command the Potomac.
It is supposed that one of the chief difficul
ties of the Secessionists has been the want of
stalcient powder for extensive operations in
the vicinity of Waahington, and that this is
one of the principal reasons why they have
not, before this time, attempted to capture it.
If, by any possibility, they should succeed in
that desperate enterprise, it is believed that
they would then boldly demand recognition
from foreign Powers as the true Government
de facto of the United states, and pointing to
their occupancy of it as an evidence at once
of their strength, and of our weakness, that
they would confidently anticipate not only a
recognition of their independence, but a vir
tual destruction of our prestige and moral
power throughout the world. Will the free.
men of the North not be fired with indignation
at this bare suggestion ?
Pennsylvania Military Officers-
Among the living sons of Pennsylvania are
some of the most brave, scientific, and skillful
military officers in the world, who, after obtain
ing a thorough education at West Point, and
gaining great distinction in the regular army,
have devoted themselves to other pursuits.
At a time like this they should all be recalled
into our service, and placed in positions
where the full benefits of their knowledge, ex
perience, and bravery can be conferred upon
ns. It is to be feared that if a proper spirit
of appreciation is not manifested, other
Northern States will eagerly avail themselves
of their talents, or that the country will he
deprived of their services altogether. This
important matter cannot too soon receive the
attention it deserves.
Ida" There are a number . of Belthnoreaus vow in
PaLadelpide wiz* were compelled to flee on ao
event of their polittostoptolona. Many of taem are
witheal meas. Smut
robot steps ebotdd be takes to af-
feat thews
The Baltimore Mob
Much as has been written in regard to the
brutality of the Baltimore mob and their
fiendish conduct towards the Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania regiments last week, when they
were journeying through the city in a perfect
ly peaceable manner to guard the national
capital from capture by the open and avowed
enemies of the Government, the public mind
has yet but a faint conception of the infamy of
these ruffians and of the terrible influence they
have exercised upon the destinies of our coun
try. A more brutal, abandoned, reckless,
and inhuman band of men does not exist any
where upon the face of the earth. Not only
were our troops subjected to the most insulting
epithets that their depraved minds could in
vent, but they evinced a savage longing for
their destruction which only wild beasts or
fierce Indians could have emulated. The evil
consequences of their misdeeds did not end
with the slaughter of our soldiers. Their next
step was to overawe the public sentiment of
the city of Baltimore, and to compel its peace•
able and loyal citizens, on peril of their lives
and the destruction of their properly, to ta
citly acquiesce in their infamous proceedings.
They established a reign of terror as despotic
and complete as ever existed in the worst
days of the French Revolution at Paris; and
the practical result of all this is, that our chief
avenue from the North to Washington is com
pletely cut off; and at a moment when, In a
national point of view, each hour is more pre
cious than at any previous period of our his
tory, they arrest the progress of Northern
reinforcementa to the capital, whose safety
would otherwise have long ere this been
placed beyond a doubt. They thus gave to
the rebellions traitors the most valuable and
important assistance that could possibly have
been rendered. Since then the whole power
of the municipal government of Baltimore and
of the State Government of Maryland has been
overawed in consequence of their demonstra
tion. They have compelled Governor Theme
to place himself in an attitude of opposition
to the passage of Northern troops through any
part of Maryland, and it is reported that he is
already at the bead of a considerable force to
assail our soldiers. If, by any possibility,
Washington should be lost to us, such a terri
ble result will be directly attributable over
and above all other causes to the action of the
Baltimore mob and of the citizens who suf
fered themselves to. succumb to its despotic
influence. It is not strange that, with these
facts staring us in the face, a terrible feeling
of indignation against these miscreants, and
those who have virtually shown themselves to
be their pliant instruments, has been awakened
throughout the whole North.
The Rations of our Troops.
We regret that there should have been at
any time any suffering among our troops for
want of provisions; but we are satisfied that
ample arrangements have now been made to
supply them liberally. The quartermastersß
of the different regiments have only to make
their wants known at the office of General
RAMC, on Chestnut street, opposite the Custom
House, to have them promptly supplied.
Mawr citizens of Baltimore are now in tbis
city, having been compelled to leave that city
in consequence of the recent troubles. It has
been requested that we keep a register at our
office of their names and residences, in order
that they may confer with each other. We
have opened such a record, and it is now at
the disposal of any Baltimoreans who may
wish to avail themselves of it.
Letter from New York
IMPORTANT ORDER RECEIVED AT THE NAVY YARD—
MAJOR lINTIERALS-...A. T. STEWART SUES RISES
$lO 000 TO THE PATRIOTIC FUND—JUDGE BAR
NARD GOBS TO THE WARS—GUN WOOL—MEAGESER
RAISING A REGIMENT -- DISTINGUISHED CRAP•
LAMS—THE OLD NATIONAL OVARD —THE MIL
LIONAIRES ORGAN ZING FOR HERS sarancie—
TUB OUR DsPanratimer—GOP. MORGAN—CAPT.
CCOTTOE9ONNee.O3 of The Press.)
Naar YOUR, April 24, 1.881.
An important order has jam been received at.
the navy yard—Com. Breese having been directed
to charter twenty steamers, of 'fight draught, for
three months, to be armed with two or more nine
inch pivot gone, and immediately fitted for tom. -
The Trzhanr. nominates Senator Wade, of Ohio,
and John C. Frbmont, for valor generale in**,
army.
The largest subsoription yet made to the Patri
otic Fund of this city by one individual is by A.
T. Stewart, who wrote opposite his name ten thou•
sand dollars. Re also continues the salaries of
such clerks of the establishment as may, enlist for
the compstign. Several have gone, and morn era
going.
The eloquent and patriotic Meagher is raising a
regiment Of his countrymen for the fray.
General Wool has despatched special couriers to
Washington, urging the Government to cell in
etantly to the field one hundred and fifty thousand
men. RIB quarters at the Astor House ere throng
ed with military men, asking advice, or receiving
and exeanting orders. Re is in high health, and
all aglow for the Union.
Hon George G. B. Barnard, judge of the Bu.
prams Court, has accepted the Lieutenant Colin:miry
of the California regiment, commanded by Colonel
E. D Baker. He resigns his judgeship.
Remarkable as was the ovation at the departure
of the Seventh, it was, if posaible. surpassed by
the exodus, yesterday, of the B iXtYllilltb. It
seemed as though every man, woman, and child
of Irish descent, to say nothing of tens of thou
sands of Americans, was in the street to cheer
them off. Broadway, from Sleeker to Canal
street, and Canal street to the wharf, was literally
packed with human beings The chaplain of the
regiment is rather Clarence Walwortti, a eon of
the venerable cx chancellor, and one of the most
eloquent clergymen of the Catholic Church in the
country. The chaplain of the Seventh, Rev. Mr
Weston, of Trinity Church, is also one of the ablest
ministers of the Episcopal Church in this dioceee.
Each of these ministers of the Gospel is impressed
with the active and solemn duties they may be
called upon to perform in the day of battle.
One of the most striking indications of the mili
tary ardor that pervades the older classes of our
citizens is the eagerness with which they are en;
roiling themselves into volunteer companies to
serve as a hame guard during the absence of the
New York city division at the South._Oa Monday
evening the armory of the National Guard was
crowded with middle-aged and gray-heeded gen
tlemen, former members of the Guard, who met
to re-enroll themselves tar city duty during the
campaign. Four kundreal` and twenty-five gen
tlemen
promptly enlisted, and seven companies
were organised on the spot. The command web
given to Colonel Limo W. Stevens ' the firer com
mander of the regiment in 1825 Nearly every
member retains hie old fatigue uniform, and early
in the week the brave old boys will be out for a
street parade
Another stifling. Beene occurred last evening at
Delmonioo's. One hundred of the most optt.
lent bankers and brokers of Wall street, pea.
seaming among . themselves wealth counted by
millions, organized themselves into a riffs com
pany, and meet this evening for their first drill
Among the members are several graduates of West
Point. After betiomiag eutizieetly perfected in
the manual and military evolutions, several of the
corps propose to raise companies and proceed to
the theatre of bostilittes. They are to be drilled
by a United States officer
Gov. Morgan has appointed Msfor Patrick and
Captain bet:welder, late of the army, special aide.
Captain Berry, of the Charleston steamer Co.
turnina, was visited this morta at daylight by
an excited crowd, and immedia tely left on a tug,
for parts unknown. Maxon.
A MARKET- STREIT FIRM received a letter from
one of their Kentucky customers, containing the
following patriotic, sentiments.
.t A email band of us in the town are threatened
with orders to leave by the mob. We attend to
our usual business with our rifles at hand, and will
defend our homes or perish in the attempt. We bare
amongst Ul3 men who owe their all to your citizen',
who are now endeavoring to excite the rebels to
stain their bends in your blood. Honor, religion,
and common decency appear to ,have left tie; but
truth and justice will prevail, and the world will
be purged of much villainy. The national flag
will triumph, and if I could, without injustice to
my family, I would leave for the capital this day.
and. add my feeble efforts to our noble oottutrro
cause. lr
Another Secession Outrage.
OHIO TROOPS ?MVO VPON BY KBATUCKLiNaI.
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 20th instant has
the following:
It passenger on the steamboat ittarmora, from
Maysville, %y. , states that he has just arrived from
the above city, and that the ateamboat Bestona
was fired into last evening about half past six
o'clock, while parsing Maysville, by the Seoul
sionista of that town.
The excitement all day has been very high
against the Bustona, on acoonot of her bringing a
company of eoldtere from Portsmouth.
The Boston was due at Maysville at five
o'clock, but up to the time the Marmara left she
had not appeared. About half an hour after the
Marmara left four or five successive report. of
gene were heard, and as the Buster/a has not yet
arrived at this oily, the general belief is that she
has been fired into and forced bask.
ENGLISS PICTORIALS.—CaIIender 6r, Co., South
Third street, have handed us the illustrated Lon
don News and Illustrated News of as World,
of April 6:la. The latter publioation glue a Ana
portrait on steel of Sir Lionel McClintock, the
Arctic Voyager, and both have their full quota of
tine engravings en wood.
AUCTION SAWAR or BOOTS AND SHOES —The at
tendon of buyers is called to the large and desira
ble assortment of 1,000 oases boots, shoes, brogans,
&a., to be sold this morning, by catalogue, at 10
o'olook precisely, by Philip Ford & Co., auction.
sera, at their sales room, No. 530 Market and 521
Minor streets.
FMB? tPAGlL—Militery Literature; Peerages
from the Counter; A Patriotio Letter; Letter
from Columbia ; Letter from Baltimore ; 'Union !
and not Division; What the People think of the
War; The Camp at Cockeysville, Md..; htemphia.
FatriTH Patsy—Affairs in the South ; War Items ;
- The Troops at Maack Chunk ; Coon County,
Maryland, for the Union, Marine intaillisemee.
THE PRESS. - PHLLADELPMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1861.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to The Prem.
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
Arrival of a Bearer of Despatches
3:000 TROOPS AT ANNAPOLIS
rum NOTEMENT TO Tux unriL.
Terrorism of the Baltimore Mob.
HARRISBURG, April 24 —The Eton. William
Millward, Marshal of the Eastern Diatriet of
Pennsylvania, bearer of Government despatches,
left Washington yesterday, at 7 °Week P. hi.
He came by pony express, round Baltimore, ri
ding eighty miles, to the railroad station, in this
State. Arriving there at one o'clock P. M., be
reached this city, by special train, at Ave Vol oo k
P. M.
Ele came through Maryland almost the whole
distance by night, and was not disturbed, Ilia
deanatches refer to instruction to the collectors of
customs in the Western States, and also instrue•
eons with regard to supplies for the troops en d
officers moving toward Washington. Wh en h e
left Washington no Northern troops had arrived.
The road, from Annapolis to Washington, was un
derstood to be under the control of the Govern
ment.
Three thousand troops had. reaohed Annapolis,
and it was understood that a movement would be
made towards Washington to-day.
There wee no present lack of food at Wmhi ng .
ton. The Pennsylvania troops there stand the
training and fatigue duties of active military life
very well. The Administration allows no sign o f
faltering.
A reliable report name to Washington before be
left that the Baltimore military bad kept guard
over the barks all day.
The crowd at Baltimore were becoming more ex
acting, ordering private persons oat of carriages
and driving off. The papers there dare not pub
lish the aueounts of these outrages for fear of the
mob, and are under a reign of terror.
The statement concerning the muzzling of the
press is confirmed by the advicea of to-day
No additional Philsdolphiorappolutmonto hire
been made. Mr. Mil!ward brings with him the
oommitsion of George B. Coffey as District Attor
ney. -
No Scansion troops are stationed at Arlington
Heights.
FROM BALTIMORE.
ARRIVAL OF ARMS FROM HARPER'S FERRY.
Seizure of a Railroad Train by the
United States.
Burning of Light Boats on the Potomac.
Annapolis Junction in Possession of
United States Troops.
HAVEZ-DE.GRACE, April 24. The Baltimore
Sun and Exchange, of this morning, arrived here
at five o'olook this evening, having been detained
by the storm.
General Trimble has issued an order stating that
there was no absolute restriction on steamship
travel, hut no persona would ba allowed to leave
the city without permits. Every one must exercise
their judgment as to leaving the oity by private
eonveyance, bat in doing so their personal safety
may be endangered.
Two thousand stand of arms have arrived from
liarmar's Ferry.
Supplies of pork, floor, and provisions for New
York have been stopped.
Several cart loada of binges from Provident.,
R. 1., to Baltimore, were stopped, but allowed to
Numerous seizures of arms and powder are re
corded A consignment of 800 kegs of powder to
Foley Brothers, of Baltimore, from New York,
wee handed over.
The passenger train from Camden station left
for Washington on Tuesday afternoon, but when
nearing the Relay Rouse, they wore informed that
the train from Washington had bran taken pos
session of near the Annapolis Junction, and im
pressed into the government service, it was sup
posed, for the purpose of carrying troops , from the
junction to Annapolis. The 'conductor then took
his train back to Baltimore.
There le no tioket nominated for delegates to
the Legislature except that of the Ocuthern Bight"
uonvention. ' •
It is thought that the navigation of the Chew
puke and Ohio Canal will be stopped on account
of an apprehension that cargoes will be seised at
Washington.
The trains on the main stem of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad were running regtdarly yester
day via Cleveland and Pittsburg. •
_
Two Light-boats on the 'Totems° have been" ,
bunted by the Virginians, In order to prevent tie. -
vernment vessels from conveying troops to Wash- .
ington.
Heavy guns were heard yeaterday morning,near
the White House and the supposition is teat a
transport steamer had been fired on
The mails between Washington and Annapolis
have been stopped, and the mails from Richmond
are detained by the Government.
A messenger from the-Annapolis junction, late
last night, brought intelligence that one hundred
troops had arrived there from Washington, and
took their position at the junction, and the whole
road from Washington to that point is in the pos
session of Government. The Annapolis road is
alto under guard. The road is but little damaged,
and a train of oars passed over it yesterday. The
rails had been removed in various places, but
were easily replaced.
A military foroe was despatched from Balti
more, late last night, to proceed to the Rein,
House for the purpose of proteeting the viaduct
at that point. Tau took went' pieces of artil.
levy with them.
The Baltimore Sun makes sport of the epeoial
despatohes to the Northern press, communicating
reports of the shelling of Baltimore.
The lame paper sap that, although the Confede
rate troops were not at Richmond, they would be
there in a few days with an advance guard of 5,000
South Carolinians. and be rapidly reinforced, the
enrolment of 30.000 having been ordered.
The reported capture of Fort Pickens, from Nor
folk, has not been traced to any reliable source.
An attack upon that fort in, however, reported from
other Sources
Governor Ellis, of North Carolina, }nut issued a
proclamation calling an extra session of the Legis
lature on the tat of May.
A correspondent of the Exchange, writing from
Montgomery, says that it is currently reported that
although Jefferson Delis is not at Richmond, he
soon will be there, and, making that his headquar
ters, assume the command of the Confederate army
—Vice President Stephens to administer the Go
vernment during his absence.
The papers contain the following despateh from
Annapolis :
Aww•nome, April 23 —Two erompasiee of the
Massachusetts regiment have this moment taken
possession of the railroad depot here preparatory
to leaving for Washington
A passenger from Norfolk says that he came
through from Wilmington, North Carolina, with
Vice President Stephens, who took the boat for
Richmond. It is also reported that Gen. Bemire
wird had arrived there, and that 2 000 South Caro
lina and Georgia troops were an the way to Ports
mouth, and the Virginians have taken possession
of the port of Norfolk. They secured a large
quantity of ammunition, which has been sent to
Richmond
A steamer, tempoeed to be the Baltic, arrived
off Oid Point Comfort on Monday evening.
Secession in Arkansas.
THR 'UNION FLAG HAULED DOWIS-STSTE TROOPS
OCCUPYING PORT SMITH
VAN BURIN, 4.pril Vi.—The Van Buren Press
newspaper, the leading Union newspaper in West
ern Arkansas, to- day hoisted the Confederate flag
over its atm.
The 11. S. troops at Fort Smith evacuated the
post last night s and left for the Indian country.
The State troops now occupy the fort.
Ititilitary Movements.
PBSINSTLVANIA.
CHAIIMMLIBURG. April 24.—The 7th and Bth
Regiments of Pennsylvania -volunteers arrived
sere last night, and are comfortably quartered on
Camps Irvine and Chamber,. The excitement
here has subsided.
Much street Union feeling prevails throughout
Washington county, Marylend.
Families are arriving from Washington and the
South, via Frederick and Hagerstown, by every
train.
ST. Loom, April 24.—The enlistment of volun
teers has progressed rapidly during the last two
days, and there is now about 2,500 men in the sr
renal grounds, subject to the orders of the Secre
tary of War. Other companies will be received
to.mortOw. It is thought that the entire four
regiments asked for by the President will be raised
in this county, notwithstanding the refusal of
Governor Jaokson to comply with the requisition.
A company of one hundred Germane, trom St.
Genevieve, has offered its services. P. B. Blair
has been elected and accepted the Coloneley of the
First regiment to-day.
Iwnsasapows, April 24 —The extra session of
the Legislature convened to-day. The old officers
resigned, and new °Seers were elected without
regard to party lines. C. hi. Allen (Itepublioati)
was elected Speaker of the House; a. Crawford
(Democrat,) chief (dark.
Indiana recognizes no party. She is a unit for
the Union. After the organization the Star Span
glad Banner, lied, White, and Blue, and the Union
Forever, were sang.
The House then adjourned, and marched, heeded
by a band, to Camp Horton, to listen to an addrolo
to the soldiers by the Hon. S. A. Douglas.
A irafficient number of companies have been
offered to form ten additional regiments. Indiana
can send to the field witnin one month fifty thou
sand volunteers.
The Assembly will place the State upon a war
footing for the present, and establish a reserve
guard of ten thousand men.
A report wu circulated to day that the walla at
Camp Morton ware poisoned, but it was false.
Rhode Island Military.
Pitovumaci, April 24:—The Beaand Regiment,
wader delenel Putnam, sailed Ma afternoon far
New York. They number about 500 men end
carry with them a deg born* by the Rhoda Wend
regiment daring the Rwrdatlan:
MXstiorrizz
EZIE2!
LATER FROM VALIFORNIC
Br Pons Exprescl
FORT %RADIUM, April 22. The pony express
p ane d hese yesterday, bringing the following news
from the Pecido coast:
ADM 10.—Arrived on the ath,
skips Biaok Hawk and Grace Darliog, from Bos•
tan; brig Martha Washington, from Boston ; ship
Spitire, from Boston; ship Emilie Perils, from
Bordeaux.
Spoken, March 291 h, in lat. 26 N. long. 128 W..
ship Peruvian, from New York, for San Pracoicao;
March 29th, lat. 28 N., long. 229 W., ship Raze.
nue, from Glasgow, for San Irratioiroo.
Sailed, April 6th, ship Anglo Saxon, from Ma
zatlan ; bark Marbo, for London ; 9th, ship Mary
Whiteridge, for Bong Kong, carrying assorted
oargo, valved at 147,000, and $lB,OOO la gold and
silver.
The Ships Radiant and Great Republic both
cleared for England. The former in beating out
of the harbor last evening grounded on one of the
lolanda in the hay, and remained till this morning,
when a tug boat hauled her off, probably without
damage, although the examination is not comple
ted. The ship Golconda bas been chartered to
take breadatuffs for England, and the ship Eagle
for New . York.
GENERAL NEWS
Theodore Payne, a prominent GRIM of San
Francisco, who returned from New York by th•
last steamer, died yesterday of the Panama fever
The official abstract of the census of °stagnate
has been received from the Bureau at Washington,
and the Legislature is considering a bill to re
apportion the State, BP that each County will bo
represented awarding to its population. Under
the new law, the commercial and agricultural dig-
Wats will elect a majority of the Legislature,
whereas, heretofore, the mining districts have
vastly preponderated.
The opinion prevails here that an extra session
of Congress must be called, but the Legislature
does not seem inclined to order an eTeotion of Con
gressmen by a special act, so that California can
be represented in the Lower House of such extra
session.
There lain been great excitement in Santa. Clara
county during the week, consequent upon an at
tempt by the sheriff to enforce a decree of the
court ejecting settlers from the tract of lands held
under Mexican titles, known aa the Chabolla
Rancho. Yesterday was the day that the sheriff's
summons for a pope comtalus to assist itt serv
ing his writ of ejeotment was returnable, and a
large number of the members of the Settlers'
League had assembled in the ranobe to assist the
settlers in resisting the court.
Their numbers were variously reported at from
500 to 1
.000 men, together with a large number of
outside sympathizers. The settlers were all armed
with guns and had as many as four small cannon
The sheriff called the roll of those summoned to
his assistance. Three hundred were called, and
about two hundred answered to their names. The
atierigesked the crowd if they were wined and
ready to assist him ; they returned an emphatic
4 . no." and were then dismissed. What course
the State authorities will adopt to enforce the law
is yet uncertain. The popular sympathy of the
country i 8 evidently with the settlers.
A municipal election was held yesterday in the
town of San Jose, when the Democrats triumphed
by 120 majnity. The Republicans carried the
town last fail.
Trade is almost totally interrupted by the condi
tion of the roads, and there are threatened over
flows up the country.
Money comes in scantily ; coffee is the only arti
cle in demand, and the activity is owing to the an
ticipation that the principal holders are about to
establish an advance in prices.
Lady Franklin and her nieces sailed yesterday
for Honolulu, to proceed thence to Australia and
India and home.
The pony express, with St. Louis dates vie Fort
Kearney, will reach San Francisco tonig ht.
The Legislature has been very industrious this
week, passing a great number of bills of local in
terest. The most important were for the reclaim
don of swamp lands of this State.
The fundsln the State Treasury are again very
low.
An act to mobil:oft lotteries and gift enterprises
/111.8 passed the Legislature.
here was a great danger of an overflow at Be
cre T wcut° City ycaterday, and the day before the
river bad risen near twenty-two feet above low
watermark. The levee in the lower part of the
city began to break away. The alarm bells of the
city were rung to call Life people to the rescue, and
hundreds of men went to work to stop up the
breach, which they finally succeeded in doing by
slaking a hulk and employing railway mire to con
vey cobbio stone, in large quantities to fill up the
crevasses. The river is now slowly falling, and
the danger is lees immediate. An overflow at
Sacramento would surely damage millions of the
property.
The list of passengers for New York by the
steamer St. Louis, sailing to-morrow, as far as it
has been Completed down to 2 P. M. today, is as
follows L L. Robinson, Jadge Coon and family,
E. Moses, Mrs Mahem and family, Dr. J. D.
Thompson and family, Rev. M. Freer anti family,
hire 0 . Chase and two children, Mrs. Kohl, W.
Goodrich and wife, 0. R. MaLenore, Lieut. Lor
rare, G. Rogers and family, Emanuel Fox, A. J.
Bush, Mr. C H. Bradford, Col bhfel, ChM. Kobbe,
D W. Bryant end wife, H. Doland, J. H. Picke
ring and wife. E. T. White, John E. Corrile, J. P.
Van Gegen, J. D Bandborn and wife, A. D. Gor
ham and wife, Mrs Brooks, W. J. Hydoliffe, Mrs.
Kincaid and infant, H. Johnson and wife, Ten
Eyck and wife,Ben. Hallows, Mrs. Damon and
child, A. Lamibra, D. Dames, W. Patterson, Ro•
bert Jones, A. L. Moihdt, (leo. M. Rearm W. E.
Shipley, L. E Eldrige, A Lubin's, M J. Cowley,
Van Dersen,G. Gerkin, H. Adams, W. H. Whit
field, C. - Feu, C. W. Emith, L. Myer, Joseph
Horall, Paul Gardner, James F. Heller and wife,
Ernann, Mrs. Wells, R. A. Themes, J. F. Helen
mar, J. Paso, J. Jackson, James Pope, George
Brook, J. Btefahrook, Theodore Makttutter, J. H.
Vondevere, Wm. Thornton, Mr. Winter, T. Wage,
E. Bawer', N. Brown, H. B. Pitman.
From Trenton.
EXTRA ezesioar or THE LEGISLATURE.
TnnaTow, April 24 —Governor Olden bee milled
for an extra melon or the Legislature, to meet on
Tuesday, April 30th, at noon, at the State House,
Trenton, to provide means t r ate exigencies of the
fature.„anfLao ovantreat oar' patriotic devotion to
e recteral Government.
Six hundred troop from Camden and two Linn.
dred from Bordentown and Mount Holly arrived
here to-day. General Runyan and General
Wright are expected in a day or two. There are
now 1,040 troop in this city.
- The Steamship Persia.
anartre roa TEM roacnitax or ARMS.
New Tonic, April 24.—The steamship Perara,
which was to have sailed to-day, has been detained
till to. morrow to carry out despatches from Lord
Lyons to the British Government.
Among her passengers are Commodore Auliok,
the Swedish minister, Bon. J. P. Morse, of Maine,
and the agents of New. York. Pennsylvania, and
Massaohneetts, who go ui England to purchase
arms tor those States.
Illinois and 111.1811011 Ti.
Crimson, April 24 —The report that troops had
been stemmed at Cairo to obstruct the river com
merce is denied by authority of Governor Yates,
of Illinois. The troops are left there as a mere
precautionary measure.
A large Union peace meeting was held at Jeffer
son City last Light, and addressed by Governor
Stewart and General Bryce. The reSOllBlOOll re
cently adopted at Louisville were passed unani
mously. They instruct the delegates to the State
Convention to support and vote ter principles.
Speech of the Hon. Caleb enshing's
ZIEWBURYPORT, April 24 —Caleb Cushing ad
dressed the °Aimee this afternoon at a flsg-raising.
So said Mat be considered Ms duty to Me (tomato'
as paramount to every other consideration, and he
was ready on the Sold of battle to live or die in
defence of his native State or of the Union.
Union Sentiment in iliaryland.
HAPLIIIBBURG, April 24 —The Union. - sentiment
predominates in the northern and western aeotions
of Maryland. Union military are organizing at
Hagerstown and !diode village
The Secesaioniste held a meeting at Frederick,
Maryland, yesterday, and a committee was Bent to
.11.-rpor's Ferry to procure acme,
Four persons suspected of entertaining Secession
eeotimems•were arrested to-day by the Vigilance
Committee, bta all were deemed to be sound and
discharged. ,The committee is in oommuuloation
with similar committees in varkus sections of the
State.
Arrested for Treason.
CINCINNATI, April 24.—Ogilvie Byren Young
was arrested last evening at the Spencer House, by
the United States marshal, on the charge of trea
son. Important correspondence was found in his
possession. Re wilt be examined before the
United States Court tomorrow.
Arrival of the Champion.
Raw Yomr, April 24 —The steamer Champson,
with the California mails and treasure, arrived
Shia morning .
A. Yacht Overhauled by Secessionists.
Naw YORE, April 2.4.—The bark Edna C,, ar
rived this evening from a Southern °raise, reports
that when leaving Wilmington, N. CI., she was
overtaken by.ameamer loaded with Secessionists,
who compelled the captain to tower his flag.
Arrival Of the Steamer Spaulding,
BOSTON, April 24.—The Hemet S. E. Spauld
ing has arrived from Fortress Monroe.
The Steam-Frigate Niagara.
Bosses, April 24 —The, IL S. steam frigate Ni
agara, which returned to day fromi her mission to
Jepan, with tbe Embassy, boa been ordered to pro
(seed to New York.
Steamers Purchased.
BOSTON, April 24.—The Government hail pnr
chimed the steamers South. Carolina and Massa
chumstea, of the Charleston
The New York Volunteers.
ALBANY. April 24 —The 79th regiment of New
York has received marching order*.
One hundred and thirty-four companies have
been enrolled thus far.
Capt. Berry Leaves Suddenly for Parts
Unknown.
LYNCH LAW THIMATENBD-THE TIME ABD HABBILIi
OF 818 1801.1%
IFrom the New York Evening Poet of last evening.]
On Sunday morning, about eix o'clock - , a friend
of Capt. Berry, formerly eaptain of the Charleston
steamer Columbia, pent down to pier four, North
river, and found an excited crowd of people in
that neighborhood.
They were mostly countrymen of the captain,
Irishmen, and were breathing vengeance 'gains!
him for hie well-known ;sympathy with the South
ern traitors.
The gentleman alluded to became satisfied from
their threats that the crowd was waiting for the
captain, and that there was danger of the applica
tion of lynch lat. He accordingly went aboard
the vessel, and advised Mr. Berry to leave im
mediately, but he at drat refused to do so. At
last, however, ho seems to have been convinced
that discretion was the better part of valor, for he
took passage in a steam.tug, and left for parts un
known.
THOMAS lE 8021*' SALES. — Furnlture, this monk
jag, at the motion store.
Furniture, to-morrow, South Tenth street.
Furniture, Monday, North Nineteenth street.
Residence and furniture, Tuesday, 30th instant,
at 725 Walnut street.
Stooks and rani estate., same day, at the Ex
change- 1,
Elsfputt country Cent, Wednerday, let of May ) on
the premien.
Soo advortwoomisto of the sales,
Interview with the President.
[Prom the Baltimore inn, April 13.1
We learn that a delegation from five of the
Young Men's Christian Associations of Baltimore,
consisting of six members of each, yesterday pro
ceeded to Washington for an interview with the
President, the purpose being to intoroede with
hint in behalf of a peaceful policy, and to entreat
him not to pass troops through Baltimore or Mary
land. Rev. Dr. Fuller, of the Baptist (Murals, ac
companied the party, by invitation, as ohairman,
end the oonveroatton was conducted mainly be
tween him and Mr. Lincoln, and wee not heard
entire by all the membereof the delegation.
Our informant, however, vonohea for what we
now write. Ile states that upon the introduotion
they were received very cordially by Mr Linooln—
a of rude familiarity of manner—and the con
venation opened by Dr. Faller seeking to imprele
upon Mr. Lincoln the vast responsibility of the
position be occupied, and that upon him depended
the fame of peace or war—on one bend, a terrible,
fratricidal conflict, and on the other, peace.
" But," mild Mr. Lincoln, "what am I to do?"
" Why, sir, let the country know that you are
disposed to recognize the independence of the
Southern States. I ray nothing of secesaion ; re
cognize the fact that they have formed a Govern
ment of their own --that they will never be united
again with the North, and peace will instantly
take the plane of anxiety and euepense, and war
may be averted "
11 And what is to become of the revenue?
shall have no Government—no resources."
Dr. Fuller expressed tbo opinion that the
Northern States would constitute an imposing
Government, and furnish revenue, but our in.
Formant could not follow the exact turn of remark.
The conversation turning upon the passage of
troops through Mary/and, Dr. Fuller expressed
very earnestly the hope that no more would be
ordered over the soil of this State. Ha remarked
that Maryland had abed her Mood freely in the
war of Independence ' she woe the first to move for
the adoption of, the Constitution, and had only
yielded her clinging attachment to the Union when
the blood of her eitizens had been shed by strangers
on their way to a Conflict with her sisters of the
South.
Mr. Lincoln insisted that be wanted the troops
only for the defence of the capital, not for the in
vasion of the Southern States. " And," be said,
" I mast have the troops, and mathematioally,
the necessity exists that they should come through
Maryland. They can't crawl under the earth,
and they can't fly over it. and mathematician) ,
they must come across it. Why, sir, those Caro
linians are now orossing Virginia to oome here to
hang me, and what can I do?"
In some allntion to the importance of a peace
Policy. Mr. Lincoln remarked that if he adopted
it, under the circumstances, there "would be no
Washington In that—no Jackson in that—no spunk
in that !"
Dr. Fuller hoped that Mr. Linooln would not
allow " spunk " to override patriotism.
Mr. Lincoln doubted if be or Otengremi could
recognize the Southern Confederacy. [And we
suspect that mob a Congrees as the next will be,
wish all the Southern States out of it, is not likely
to recognize it ] With regard to the Government,
he said "he must run the machine as he found
it." And in reference to pawing troops through
Baltimore or Maryland, be said, " Now, air, if you
won't hit me, I won't hit you."
As the delegations were leaving, Mr. Linooln
said to one or two of the young men, " tell you
a story, You have heard of the Irishman, who,
when a fellow was cutting his throat with a blunt
razor, complained that he haggiedit. Now, if I
can't have troops direct through. Maryland, and
must have them all the way round by water, or
marched across out•of-the-way territory, I shall be
haggled."
The 7th New York and Massachusetts
Bth Encamped at Ann apOlitio
THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION COMMANDING THE
TOWN.
By the arrival of Polies Detectives King and
810Wey, at this city, we have authentic informa
tion from Annapolis up to four o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
They bring with them a large package of letters
from the 7th Regiment to their friends here.
They report that the 7th Regiment of New York
landed at Annapolis on Sunday afternoon, at five
&Moak, and the Bth Regiment of Masinschueetta,
under command of General Butler, landed during
Sunday night.
They bad several mortars, and a supply of shell
in addition to the regiment hewitzers.
The communication is now open through to An
napolis, both by rail and ateambOat, and the route
is guarded by loyal troops. The Government has
seized all the vessels between Havre-de•Grane and
Annapolis, and, when the detectives left, had
seven propellers in its servica.
The frigate Constitution lies at anchor near the
shore, manned by a company of the Massachusetts:
regiment, in such. a position as to command the
town with their guns. If an attack were made
neon our soldiers, it is thought she could level the
town in a abort time. The Secessionists hold the'
railroad limn Annapolis to Washington.
They have torn up the track in several planes,
and have burned and destroyed the bridge over
the Pawtuxent river, so as to impede the progress
of our troops. When our informant left, the mem
bora of the Seventh were In flee spirits, anxious to
go forward to Washington as soon as possible, and
expected a brush on the road. General Butler
says he started to visit Washington, and is bound
to go through.
The highest spirit of enthusiasm pervades the
entire body. There bed been a scarcity of food,
but our informant, at one o'clock last night, pass
ed, at Havre de Gram, a steamtug, laden with
provisions and soldiers, under the, charge of a
United States officer.
The feeling at Annapolis probably represents the
sentiment of the State. There are no Union men
there, although they do not talk secession very
violently while the guns of the Comesitemon and
fort bear on them. There are no communications
across the country with Washington.
Seven of these eight boats have been seized by ,
the United States Government, and are busily en
gaged in transporting the Pennsylvania volunteers
and Supplies to Annapolis. The time oommisd for
the pasesgo is only five hours, and as Havre-de-
Gramm is held by our troops, there are no obstruo
dons to the transport.
At Havre-de Grace our informants, making
known their buslneas to the railroad officers at that
'
place were rent forward by a special lightning
train to Philadelphia, and mete thence by rail
road to New York.
General Bader sent out but three companies of
Massachusetts troops, who seized the depot, and
held the same in possession. They laid aside their
knapsacks, and went ready to repel an attack, but
were not assaulted.
The troops were waiting for the arrival of the
Sixth, Twelfth, and Seventy-first Regiments, which
Left this city on Sunday afternoon, and General
Butler declared that as soon as this reinforcement
arrived he should march through to Washington.
When six boars this side of Annapolis, Messrs.
King and Slowey met a car load of provisions,
which bad been sent for the use of the forces. SO
there will be no lack of provisions.—N. Y. Ex
press
Later'from Pensacola.
ALAIAMA MAN ON BANTA ROMI - lIIIITED OTATIO
FLT/DG ARTILLERY LANDELr.
[Correspondence of the Mobile Advertiser]
PEssecoi.s, Thursday Evening, April 18.—I
have been on a regular war spree for the last
twenty-four hours, and you mast exclave my num
ber of paragraphs. I have been enj tying the war,
or rather war alarms, since morning The trans.
port steamer that arrived on Tuesday evening
aoted very strangely yesterday morning, and my
self and two others, Mr Woolsey and little Sam.
Pinney, resolved to visit the island and sift the
matter. At sundown we succeeded in getting a
boat, intending to camp on Banta Rosa, but after
reaching the island concluded to cross the sound
and pass the night at the " United States Live Oak
Plantation," which has for a long time been in
charge of Mr. Gritting. We did so, and at seven
o'clock this morning we landed on the island, a
mile and a half east of where the frigates Sabine,
Brooklyn, Wyandotte, and the transport steamer
la on the gulf shore
New-Mll4lO tracks of men and horses were seen .
at every step. We armed over rather °Windy,
and the first object of note was a ship's hunch
lying on the beach, containing the wearing appa
rel of soldiers sod sailors and some machinery for
raising heavy bodies, probably °minion. The next
object, and by far the most interesting. wee the
direot approach of eight small boats for the shore,
while two othere were beating about, and all
loaded to their utmost capacity with soldiers,
sailors, and marines. Six of them lauded within
a quarter or half mile of where we stood. Curl
osiLy was now et its very height, and we resolved
to see what was intended, the landing being
effected.
Expecting every moment to come on a solitary
sentinel or in view of their camp and field battery,
imagine our stirpriae at seeing several hundred of
our ex-Uncle's Beating making towards u at a
2 90 liok through the mind, with shining guns on
their shoulders, and dirty looking caps on their
heads. Things, just now, began to look rather
bilious to your "Own Correspondent" and his fel
low Confederate braves; Blemmer's handcuffs and
soldier kicks were anything but agreeable to think
of ; and we " played Santa Anus" on a small seals,
and reached our boat, the Firefly, In good con
dition, but rather fatigued. Boon her tittle sail
was spread to a generous breeze, and it's doubtful
who the laugh was on, we or the United States.
After we quitted the shore, the soldiers spread out
on the hills. no doubt expecting to bag somebody
before the hunt closed. No gun was fired by
either side—not on our part, for the best of rea
sons ; we had none, not oven a ptstotieal. What
course they would have pursued, had they taken
us, I know not; but certain it is, we were spiel!,
and on our own hook. My neck had a nervous
feeling.
/ accompanied a friend to General Bragg's
quarters this evening; he Is in fine health and
spirits. I will say something of what I saw inside
the lines in my next.
We can see a battery of flying artillery on the
island, just landed. 'While on the island, this
morning, we raw four hundred men landed, judg
ing hem the capacity of the beats.
Troops from New York-
DEPAIIIITEE OF TRAIXSPORT 9111397 LS
Captain Bellew, formerly of the steamer Boston,
has taken command of the steamer Daylight, and
this morning she proceeded to the foot of Canal
street, to take on board two hundred and fifty
recruits and volunteers, also some of the members
of the New. York Seventh Regiment.
The steamer Montgo siled this
at six o'olook, with First mer
co y
mp a any Eighthmorning
Regi
ment artillery (New York), eighty men and forty
horses.
The Mention/6, after being thoroughly overt
hauled, was this morning taken to the navy yard,
end mil". turned Into a gun•boat.
The homes on the Monticello have been taken
off. She will oarry two ten-inch swivels, also two
guns between decks, and it is expected she will
sail this evening.
The Chesapeake sailed yesterday, for Old Point
Comfort, with provisions and a company of rifles. -
The Parker:oafs , is all ready. and will take the
Twenty-fifth (Albany) Regiment, which is now
mustering.--Evening Post of let evening.
MAMBA rIN New YOME.—WO are credibly in
formed there are parties in this city who are lay
ing plans to buy up all the potatnee,. grain, sod
floor, and hold it ready to ship South, in can of a
temporary success of the Southern rebels. Dealers
and boldera of produce should keep a sharp look
out.—Brening Post.
-
FIFTH WARD—JIOI4Z GUARD.—At a meeting
of the school directors of the Fifth ward, held last
evening, Mr. Relsh annouoced that the young
ladies of the Sotatheaa tern Grammar School hod
prepared a store of lint, bandages, ere , which
were unanimously voted to Capta i n McMullin's
company of ftengeM.
After the adjournment of the Board, the follow
ing_cMoors were sleeted
Captain Thomu 'Fitzgerald ; First Lieutenant,
/teary S. Wilbert ; Suomi Lieutenant, John Self& ;
Burgeon, Z. R Cosi, M. D.
THE CITY.
The Military.
ensessaerocca !OR CLOTHING 11111 TROOPII—THH
CAMP AT BROAD AID PIQUE lITSEHTB-1111
RHODOS PROM THE SOUTH.
With the cbroniole of military preparations in
augurated in the city, we have item of barbarism
to record from the South, as related by exile/ from
ell portions of the Stoterc of its misguided people.
The inroad of sojourners—whose adherence to the
Government that has been alike their pride and
their protection was the role charge against them
in the so-oalled seeeded Metes—is a mournful
testimony to the cremation of troolety in communi
ties which we have been habituated to regard se
generous to a fault and chivalrous to exoess. The
conviction is forced upon na that chivalry means
intolerance and outrage; for in the weal ;Aerie,
of the exiled foe conaeienee' and eountryoa sake
we have a chronicle which might put to the blush
municipalities renowned for deeds of mutiny and
rage. Men and women have been driven from
their homes—the one insulted, the other mal
treated and pillaged. They have made their
exodus over by-ways guarded by rut:liana, and
their last adieu to their native State has been
saddened by the recollection of a ours°. They
have left behind them famillea and poseeeolone,
the first to be driven away like them, the last to
be burned and spoiled.
They have reached this city without money,
Mende, or hope ; but in each hours of peril the
sound of remembered airs, the view of the national
flag, and of thousands of troop which a week hum
marshalled to the aid of the Government, have
made triumph of mortification, and cheered flight
into heroism. With many of there noble people
wo talked yesterday. A largo proportion of the
arrivals at our hotels are made up of them, and
their condition is deserving of all sympathy and
oonsilloration.
The Rev. French B. Roans and son, of the Bal
timore Patriot, aro tbo latest arrivals, Mont of
these people were seined with transport/ of joy
when they saw at Cockeysville, for the first time,
the banner of the Stars and Stripes, and heard the
old-fashioned bet hallowed cheer for the Union of
the Mame and the outmoeo of the 'Government.
When they reached our loyal city end saw the
spangled bunting from every window, the troop
of the Union in all the streete, the friends of the
Union in all acquaintances, resistance to rebellion
in every voice, they elate that a feeling of glee
came over them which language cannot exprescr.
TEE CAMP AT BROAD AND PRIME BTRZETS
Yesterday afternoon we were admitted to the
depot at Bread and Prime streets, where we
passed an interesting hoar la studying the charac
ter of volunteers, and noticing the curious inei
dents inseparable from a regiment of reornits and
a semi-military camp. in addition to our expert
enoe Of yesterday, our attention was called to the
Booking department, where prime fne•favored
coffee was being dispensed by ebony men and wo
men upon large rough pine plank tables. But
ter and bread in liberal quantities, beef, fresh and
salt pork, and an abundance of doe white loaves,
were heaped up, and recruits of `every grade—the
"Yager" of. Darmstadt the great lubberly fellow
of upcountry, whose English was as ponderous
and unwieldy as his limbs and Sate; the keen
little Saxon, reared on the farm, who had literally
exchanged the pruning hook for the spear, and
whose devotion to the republic of a century's
growth was nearly rivalled by his attention to
feeding and drinking. All these were goodly men,
whom an after generation will remember ses
scarcely less renowned, heroic, and brave than
their military pub:comers oflBll
The provender that arrived in the depot yester
day was of a solid character, and in immense
quantities; great barrels of orackors, bread, ham
and pork; firkins of batter; flour, eggs, oheese ;
quarters of new beef that shone red and juicy
through the cloths.
Much of all these Wes intended for Annapolis.
We saw that many barrels were marked for Perry
ville, and some for Fortress Monroe, for Port
Pickens, and for Washington. Dray after dray
and oar after ear came into the depot, depoaiting
their tone of provender, and great sturdy minera
of the Eahuylkill regiments went to work with a
will at storing them in railroad care and unloading
them from wagons.
Eherman's battery left this place yesterday
morning, and not, as certain ill-informed _ ectera
poreriee have said, on the preceding day. -
,
A serious matter happened at the depot 'eater
day. One of the Pottsville men heoame intoxi
cated and disobeyed oommands. was looked
in the guard-house, and a sentinel placed over
him. The intonleation and prohibition of drink
was developed into mania-a.portn, and lie took ad
vantage yesterday afteracion, of the ill vigilance
of the guard, to stab him dangerously in the groin.
It Is thought the injured man will die. A dozen
volunteers rushed upon the crazed areassio,
Wrenched the weapon from his hands, and would
have bayonetted him upon the spot had not an offi
cer interfered.
Apropos of the officers—their command of the
reortiits is a matter of wonder in its efficiency.
They seem to have the Manley of obtaining respect,
order, and attention in every particular. Mo■t of
them are soldiers who have known iervioe. They
are inspiring the recruits with all essentials of
drill, and instruoting them in the details and
emergencies of actual conflict.
Among the visitors to the camp yesterday were
a number of exoellently-disposed ladies, who gave,
prayer books, eards of hymns, and treats to the
soldiers.
TUX elltAlia NOUSE
Several hundred suite of clothing have been
finished at the Girard Some. 040 thousaad pairs
of drawers were laid out in the dining-room yes
terday, with almost as many coats. The old bil
liard room is tenanted by thirty cutters, and all
the sitting and sleeping chambers are filled with
sewing ladles. Fair hands and plump feet guide
the sewing machines, and some faces that have
graced the drawing-rooms of wealth and fashion
moved down the aisles with hands laden with sol
dier clothes. Strict order is enforced through the
house; all work is done expeditiously, quietly,
and carefully, and communications are made in
the moat laconic terms and answered correspond
ingly. By Saturday ten thousand snits will have
been made, and by Monday they will adorn the
backs of the vino:deem
EIGICTINO OF TIM BA'S Or PHILADELPHIA.
In our report of the proceedings of the ad-
journed meeting of the Bar, held on Tuesday, we
omitted to state that the chair appointed the fol
lowing gentlemen, 0. W. Davis, H. M. Phillip., E.
5, Miller, D Dougherty, Charles Gibbons ; as the
committee to receive contributions to the fund for
the support of the families of volunteers. The
members of the Bar are requested to call on some
one of these gentlemen.
BAIIIING A FLAG Ott ST. ANN'S CATROLIO CRVACA.
A few days since the Stara and Stripes were
gallantly thrown to the breeze, from a flag-staff
forty feet high, erected on St. Ann's Church,
Sixth and ltiohmond. The dug wes presented by
Mr. lieraid D. O'Farrell, Setiretary of the Con.
ferenoe Of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, to
the Rev. H. McLoughlin i In testimony of the
patriotism and devotion o f the Roman Catholic
portion of that community to the Hag of their
adopted country, and of their determination to de
fend it at all baaards.
On Tuesday evening me member, of the Milan.
thropie Lodge No. 15, I. 0. 0. F., presented
swords to Lieutenant George H. Book, of Colonel
Morehead's Regiment, and Lieutenant Theodore
H. Parsons, of the Minute Men. The presentation
was attended with appropriate oeremonite.
ARMEE PRESENTATION
Thepresentatiou of a beautiful sword to Mr. La
fayette Thomas, First Lieutenant Company lit,
of the Boott Legion regiment, by the employees of
L. Johneon A Co.'s Type•and titereotype Foundry
of this city, took place yesterday. The following
address, by Mr. ?deekellar, senior member of the
firm, was delivered on behalf of the employees
Lieutenant, I am glad that the presentation of
another sword is to ore so long known to us, and
Whose courage bus been well tested in Maxie°.
Lamentable it is, that the necessity exists for
Selling men away from the peaoeful pursuits of
life to maroh to the tented field; . but the necessity
is on us, and must be met promptly, and with the
courage of men and patriots.
A year ago our country was at pease; commerce
was waive, and manufactures were flourishing,
and every man reposed safely ander the proteetion
of the Constitution and laws of his country. Our
flag wee honored by all foreign nations, and was
accredited as the symbol of power and freedom.
A serpent crept into this Paradise—the serpent of
Disunion. Insidious in its approaches, it held •
tempting bait to wicked and ambitious men. They
took and ate the fruit, and, maddened by its
poison, the love of country perished.- in their
bosoms; awl, entering into vile conspiracies, by
trick and by falsehood, they perverted a vest roue
of the Southern mind, until at length whole States
attempted to sever the glorious bond which had
Helm the country together in a noble brother.
hood. Conacious of the weakness of their position,
and not daring to submit the question of alleged
grievances to the assembled wisdom and sense of
justice of their countrymen, they have made an
appeal to arms, striking the bosom of their mother
country, and aiming at the possession of the
Fulcra' Capital ! What a crime is this ! Where,
in looking over the history of the world, can we
Led a crime eurpswering it in atrocity Me one—the
wounding crime perpetrated before the bar of the
Roman Governor, Pilate? This being so, bow are
we to justify ourselves to the world, to posterity,
and to God, unless by confrontieg the rebels, and
vindicating the supremacy of the Constitution—a
Constitution the produot of the labors of as wiee,
pure, and patriotic men as the world ever knew?
This our Executive bee determined to do—an
Executive constitutionally elected and oonstitu
tionelly inaugurated. All of ue may not have
voted for the present incumbent of the Presiden
tial chair. 1 did not vote for him myself; nut it
Is none the less our duty to support him when his
honest aim la the preservation of the Union. Ac
cursed be party, when it is allowed to interfere
with the duty of a patriot ! I fling It to the winds,
and cling to my country, and all the more elosely
when all that is dear to the heart of a patriot is at ;
Oahe.
Therefore it is that I gladly hand thin sword
to you,
Lieutenant Thomas, with the full con
viotion that you will be faithful and true to your
country in this lb. boar cf her porn. Let your
arm be nerved by the conviction that you battle
for the risks, the jest, said the true. Whet says
our glorious old chorus ?
•• Conquer we emit,
Oar moss it us
Asid this be our motto.ln God is our ttust."
Nearly a room and a half of your respardosa la
thin ootabLithowat are la ar with you, sad wood
I then say that we dell follow you mad he : - -- : .
our warmest sympathies, our good ;violate
and fervent prayers ? , a set
May the blesaing and protection of God I",
_,
you. May He Sustain yen In eve ry tr w i lti
and cause you to return la bettor aid askity."4,
Mr, Thomas made a few apptenriv e rerea,.
reply, thane ing the gantlet:lml for their 1 1 4444
and tolerant in his behalf
Three sheers were then given for M r ,
uk
lar'e patriotic sentiments, three more g ot il-
Thomas, and three more for our lialea, A N
1 , t.
the scent was most impressiv e , het
FLAG RAINING.
A number of patriotic ladies in the lowe r i ,
of the pity have procured a superb ateeri etth ba g which will be presented to the wife of eau
z,
g
B ean this afternoon. It le
""P " te d that thite
Independent Rangers, of Philadelh will 1 84
t in the raising of the Bag, at th o le'
44.
or
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par
lady, Passynnk road, above Carpenter m oo., II
TIIR UNITED STATUE STEANEE ST• I.44(aRN,
Orders were reeeived at our av y ard,
3 4 14.
day morning, to fit out with al lu de spatch the g t ,i,
ted States frigate St. Lawrence, and voikteo.
were immediately set to work on her. Tbi s hi ;
is one of the fastest sallera among our old atilto
ships She enteric; a baits et faty gab; of
ti ,_l .
ty-two and sixty-eight pounds oalibre,;:d e6atticr,iiea,
of five hundred men. She was last employ ed on
the Brazil station as flag ship. Bhe sae 1,,,, ~,,,
ready for a cruise in two weeks'
having been fitted, and all tho IMlClteicrtisaa'rq eapotti,
work done on her some fifteen mouths A gq ~e ,
yet known. II
el Is not
WORN NSW Mara:WEIL
Two aim non comPoillos or Nol6Qat
"I" and 4. 1 C." have been added to the regioNt
The offoere of Company I are Captain Charlet
Maguire, formerly of the Boit Legion; tut lien
tenant, Wm. A. Delany ; eecood neaten:tot ~meth
Mcßride. Company K, cap i t a , (6 ) 5/01,0Jr
first lieutenant, Philip Beleingger; Panu l
tenant, W. J. Hoffman.
DILIGENT ENGINE CIMPARY.
The Diligent Begins Company, GOYIM of T eat ,
and Filbert streets, have organized a Inigt,,, eoz.
• .
pany, and it is their design to form a company of
e
men, to be rtiady at a monnent'e notioe f
say duty they may be called for ; there will el:,
be a company formed for home proicatioe, D i
arol7 day, by military 'mitre/Oath ; p,
men
already enrolled themeelyee. ,_o'
TEN EIBIERN/A ENGINE TARGET CORPS,
Founded in the year of the old Prance wet, tu t .
niabed a Robert Morrie, Clymer, Oonacenbrelio.
ry, and marl °Lima in the war of the Revolution;
a Deoatur, a Barron, in the war of 1812; many,
mania the Mexican war; whose men have foßovred
the drum in every clime where the Star Bpieglai
Benner flute, are now recruiting Their ono,
are open at the hall, Elvin& 'form, from 9 netfl
daily. A meeting will be held to-night
HONE GUARDS.
A meeting was hell on Taeaday afternoon et the
Philadelphia Bank handing, for she more of
organising a company_ for special service Th e
ranks are nearly complete.
PUBLIC SAFETY
The Committee of Public Safety meet daily, l 4
12 o'clock noon, at the Board of Trade motto, ti , .
DOS Chestnut street. Citizens desirous of entrust.
ins to this committee the disbursement of their
contributions, to be ITN:dolly applied the relief
or employment of the families of those eitiscu
who may be absent from the city in the noilit t , 7
service, will fad a book for the reception of
nob aabscription In the hands of the Nave ? .
Joseph Patterson, Beg , president of the Western
Bank.
The Committee will add that our patriotic fellow.
citizens, on learning of any arrivala, may fool
well assured that 000ked provision of all kinds
will be a grateful contribution to the eomfort of
the wearied soldiers, who ought not to be allowed,
from any cense, .to suffer from hunger in this
favored city while journeying tv the Aeld for the
defence of our cheriehed institutions.
PRIPARING.DANDAG63, LC.
A t the Western Hone* of industry, on Monk,
130 ladles were employed in making up clothing
for the soldiers. They sent their sewing machitee
to the institution, and a number out out articles
while othere sawed. Their finger] plied Witty.
They oat oat dye pleoes of flannel, purchased by
themzelves, and made fifty pairs of Canton flannel
dretwers. Dr. Horner kindly tendered his Benito
to teach them to prepare bandages and lint for the
wounded. They tore into baodages a piece of nn•
bleached muffle of 43 yards, and prepared a large
bon of lint. They expeOt to be engaged in this
interesting work all long as their eer►ioea may be
needed. They purpose offering their Datum of
Industry as a hospital for the wounded. Many
lunge have lent old linen to them, all of erbide ie.
needed.
BANDAGES FOR TIM ARMY.
We have received a number of communication
respecting bandages. We are reliably informal
that bandages should be made of soft, plitble,
unglazed muslin, mem as is sold at six to tea mate
per yard. The muslin should be torn, nor our
into strips, and these strips sawed together at the
ends with a soft Set seam When long enough,
the bandage should be rolled as tightly arq eon
peaLy as possible, and when rolled the loose
threads should be removed from,tbe ends of the
roll. The length of the bandages should be market
with a pencil on each roll. •
Bandages of the following lengths .and
are meet useful : ,
12 yards long and 4 !notes wide
8 yards long and 3 *lnobes wide.
S yards long and 2i inches wide
5 yards long and 2 Inehes wide.
3 yards long and 2 imams wide.
TER DISTR/CT RUMMY FOR RIF COUNTRY.
William B. Mann, Esq., the District Attorney,
stated to the Court of Quarter bessions, on Tues.
day morning, that, in oonouquoaloo of receiving a
oomminion ter motive 'orrice in bebai ( of the Go.
vernment, for the future he would be compelled to
be abeeot from attendanoe upon theittourt. Mr.
Mann gave the reasons whloh induced him to take
this step, and asked the appointment of Dennis W.
O'Brien, Esq., as his deputy. Judge Thompson, in
reply, said that he much regretted the necessity
which aompela us to dispense with tho aorricca of
so valuable en officer as the District Attorney, but
it was still more to be regretted that the public
business actually required the presence here of
those who were disposed to enlist in the service of
their country. He regretted, for himself, that
such a necessity existed. The court confirmed
the appointment of Mr. O'Brien es Dismal dear.
ney.
DAUGHTIRE or A GREAT RAN IN TIM MAID
Among the great number of ladies who hate
volunteered their tervieee to aid in the sewing of
the military clothing at the Girard Hones are three
graud•daughters of Robert Morris, of Revolt:•
tionary memory. The ladies speak of the admi.
ruble system already introduced in this impromptu
clothing department. The only thing that ham not
yet been attended to satisfactorily is the supply
lag the mxtomplaining women with something to
eat. This will no doubt be remedied today.
CAMP CURTIN
The following is the number of Penneylvards
volunteers sworn into the service of the United
States since the eatablishmentoftheoamp
April /8 e t ri. 5 companier,
....32
as 21
is "
si 22 19 "
. . . . 74 "
making, in the aggregate, a fora of 5,407 men.
Of mourn, in this Rat are not included neveral
thouands of volunteers who have not yet been
sworn into the service.
Another cawing horse for the manufacture' of
uniforms for the troops has been established at
Pittsburg. This house has facilitlem for turning
out two hundred salts a week, which, taken in
connection with the operations of the Philadelphia
houses, will soon supply all the Tolunsa u rs here.
Three thousand eta hundred uniform, were re.
(mired to-day from Philadelphia.
The regiment formed by Col. Gabriel de Rorpo•
nay, who bee Barred in aye ware, has been nailed
the Third Light Rifle Battalion, and organized by
the election of the following captains Newell
Fay, eompaay A ; A. Matadorf, company B ;
M Woodward, company C; J. B. Cordes, eom•
pany D ; Amos M. Mooney, company E ; and
Frank W. Rusk company P.
The members of the Southwark Rose Company
formed a volanteer company on Tuesday evening,
and intend offering their genius to the Govern.
meat. The roll already contain, elaty-two yaw&
An organization was effected Jul evening. The
hue house is to be need for drilling.
WOES IN ?II "RAY'S TiaaT ASSINAL ,
The work of getting out Government clothing,
equipments, .to., at the United States Arsenal, at
Gray's Perry, never was eo thorough am at present
Colonel Thomas, who Is at the bead of the opera.
!lons there, is a most zealous and Joys! Union man.
Be has 1,900 women, 700 men within the arsenal:
and 100 men . ontside, all laboring for the Govern
ment. On lest Sunday be was at work from early
morning until dark.
SRI SWEEST FOUST" "SSD-
George Callaghan, a manufacturer of the Twee
ty•fourth ward, with eommendable liberality, has
given one thousand dollars towards fitting. out a
company front that eastien for the war. U nable
to procure COIVII reaolrere in the city, he not
special messenger to New York, who purobsced
eighty of the best finish, aid had them ant here
on Tuesday last. Re has also volunteered to sup'
port the families of all the men lately in his NIP
ploy, during much time as they may be absent from
home in defence of their country's honor. Such
noble liberality is worthy of honorable motion
A flag was raised on Tuesday evening by the
(Athens of Olney and vicinity,
and petriotio
speeches were made by Samuel C. Ford, George
F. Reams, Rev. Mr. Best, and others. A Boma
Guard, numbering fifty men, has been brined in
Olney.
VII LOCAL TILIIIIItAPHIC OPRIATO3II.
The follesving-naaled eperatore on the Pollea
and Fire Alarm Telegraph have joined volunteer
corps, and will march when oalle4 upon: Warren
8. Young, Justin E Bird, Wm Maloney, Theo .
Heartley, Isaac Beartley,
TRZ UALTLWORR RAILROAD
The Philadelphia, Wilmington, and /34 11956 1°
Railroad Company having been taken in oharlis,%
the Federal Government, through an agent tu
city, all its equipments are under the control of
the Government, and trains with troops are tent
out as fast as possible, an uointorrnpted routs to
Washington being nearly completed.
TIM /117X811MOMINT
The ladles who bare volunteered their Portico
to apt as nonce for the army held another meeting
yesterday at No. 912 Chestnut street. The rea l/
was again filled. sha exercises were opened with
prayer by toe Rev. Dr. Bird, alter which the 10 '
Mee united in singing the War Spangled Sapper.
Theusual oath was administered to a large pant
her by Alderman lieltrioht.
Yesterday afternoon the Ron. John 11d. Butler
presented to J. P. McCulloeh, Req., a member of
the Artillery Regiment, Company i , Oapt. Brae
land, a bandoome Colt'. revolver. The gift was a
testimonial of regard from a matter to an Pr
prentiot
lIDVOIR AJIOJG TIM BOLDIiill
Some arrargentonto Mould tornado at the Bald•
more depot, at Broad and Primo struts, to Awl