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OIIR PLATFORM
THE UNION-THE CONSTITUTION-AND
ENPORCHMENT`OF THE LAW.
HARRIBBIMG, 1*:
Wednesday 'Afternoon, -April 24, 1861
Tun Nana ov'Vraoitirs has caused the gov
ernment to destroy a large amount of public
property which would have been of great use
at this Important juncture. The people of the
Rorthhave been, in the habit of according to
Virginiaaii Immense amount of importance,
believing that Virginia would eventually inter
pose adjust the difficulties which divided the ,
country,.-, , From the hour that South Caroline
left,th,al7aion, the leaders in a certain SWUM
of the State of Virginia have been builly
en
gaged in plotting treason, while at the same
time they. have been making overtures of alle
giance and proposing terms of settlement to the
people of the biorth. Virginia has forfeited the
respect and Confidence of the American people,
because she,was guilty of perjury before she
committed her treason. She has forfeited her
nationality by making her devotion to the law
and the Constitution as negotiable as her notes
of hand—and forever, hereafter, in the click
of the truly chivalric and brave, the chivalry
of,,,V i irginitt, will not be esteemed above the nn
cettOrt attributes of a common deceiver. This
question of secession will not last forever.—
There is too much force in the influence of
trade and commerce to allow these differences
of Politicians to disturb, for, any great length of
time, the friendly relations of the people of the
Americas! States, and when harmony is once
fully ; estored, those who will despise the per-_
Hy of Virginia, and utterly abhor her treason,
will be.the men who took a bold and open po
sition:in• these , rebellious proceedings. Like
Arnold, Virginia will be driven before the
scorn of the men-who accepted her treachery,
as unworthy of being trusted, after having at
tempted to defeat her brethren by betraying
their interests. We thank God that the spot in
which repose the ashes of the Father of his
country no longer lies within the limits of Vir
gide, but has become the property of the na
tion. And yet we must not be disappointed
if,. after haring been compelled to pay for
Mount Vernon, the Virginia chivalry should
steal the sacred spot, and call it a conquest. - -=
Such has, been her charactersince she permitted
herself to be made the cat's-paw of traitors.
ISAAC S. WAVIRIAMY, as will be seen by our
telegraphic dispatches, has been appointed Ad
jutant ,to the Second Pennsylvania regiment.
Adjutant Waterbury served-with distinction in
the war:with Mexico, and for Many,years has
been among those who maintained the effective
nem of the volunteer system by active and per=
severing; military devotion. His friends in
Harrisburg will rejoice at this mark of confi•
deuce so gracefully bestowed, and we predict
that-the Adjutant will not only fulfil -all that
his friends expect,but that he will reflect credit
on his State and bis country.
DAttr Neworspairs are slow enterprises in
these times of treason and rebellion. The New
York Tribune is issued tri- daily at present--being
an edition in the morning, noon and evening.
Such enterprise of course commands the largest
share of encouragement. We have - been issu
ing two editions of the Tsr,aoaiiou, morning
and evening, and feel proud in stating that our
enterprise meets with the most generous sup
port from . the people of Harrisburg. Truly.
with such facts.before them, and with the spirit
of ,enterprise manifesting itself in all direc
tions, the people of the Union have a glorious
opportunity to show their real power to the
world.
Ciai=lON is regarded by the Philadel
phia gaming fournal as the ablest Secretary that
has filled the War Department torn:Larry years.
The krevnua also says that it is a good thing
for the country that this true, unflinching.
self-possessed and brave patriot is the Secretary
of War at this present crisis. In many of the
movements which have been attended with
such goad results, we have noticed the sugges
tions of his masterly mind. He is not only
giving all the energies of his fine mind , to the
cause of our country, but, in his individual ca
pacity; he exhibits himself almost in the rela•
tioniliip of a father towards the brave soldiers
Tug Govanumssr, say our Baltimore ex
changes, has assumed control of the Northern
Central Railroad, and the Washington branch
of. the Baltimore and Ohio road, as military
roads, and that it will take possession of them
fort t heAransportation of troops. It will include
possession of part of the highways of Baltimore
for the same purpose. This will bring the right
of way through the mob city to a test which
will either completely. establish or effectually
abolish their right to interfere with the passage
of soldiers en route for the defence of the cap
ital.
SoUrnzaz CIIIYALIM.—On the occasion of
the,presentation, on Friday last, of a sword to
Major Anderson, by the citizens of Taunton,
bespoke of the conduct of the chivalry at the
bombardment of Fort Sumter in the following
•
terms :
“It is one'of the most painful recollections
of,,that event, that when our barracks were on
fire, and the men were compelled to cover theii
faces with wet handkerchief., and lie with their
faces upon the ground to*avoid sutlocation, in
stead,of sending& white flair, with assistance
toextiin gull& the flames, then threatening
witliprtruction, they raßidly increased their fire
sparkle,front airy battery in total rif,li•elaret of every
forvio•umategy;.
HAVE WE A COUNTRY?
Those abroad, the flatterers of kings and the
votaries of absolutism, will exclaim, as they
contemplate the confusion into which the Amer
lean States have been thrown, "Thus perishes
man's ability for self govcrnment." We have never
been properly understood by European politic
tans, nor have any of the sages or statesmen of
Europe been able to sound the depths of the
devotion of those who have once experienced
the benefit of freedom. It is not to be expected,
therefore, that in this juncture of our affairs,
the sevens of the old world will be able to un
ravel the Interminable skeinoof d4culties into
which our domestic relations have been in
volved, nor willlhey be able ,to discover in
the ocnifuelon which surrounds and for a while
impedes our progress, that the' principle and
• desire of self-government is as vitally animated
;as when it was announced in Old Independence
;Hall `irs Philadelphia. The conflict In which
Weise involved is defensive altogether, so far
as self-government is concerned. It is not a
question as to the strength of free government,
the sovereignty of the people, or the success of
the nation—but a Trestion entirely local in its
nature, into which the disappointments of poll-
delete:l have been infused, and the angry pae
alone of one portion or the Amerienn people e.-•
cited to jealousy by men who have been forced
trom position as real merit, real interest, and
the soundhess" of our piTnciples of government
were developed and.established. The govern
mentitself ii-not.so much complained of as is
he progress of thosiirliO4Orm part of it—and
therefore It iB jealousy; systematically blended
with prejudice, that haibrought this trouble
on us, and that threatenS, if not forever. dis
pelledieVentioill - 1 , to work our ruin: The fact
that we have a government strong and able to
maintain itself, is apparent in the outburst
which has followed the attempt to set up a ri
val to the form which we recognize as pare
mount—whilis those who have engaged in the
rebellion which is hi progress never would have
thus taken up arms had they not expected al-
Hance and assistance in the . North; Wo will
live to hear the accisation made that the re
bellion at the South was conceived at the North,
and that it was precipitated sin the South be•
cause there it was deemed most popular an
defensible. We will live,„too, to hear the crimi
nations of the men now prominent in this un
holy business, charging others with perfidy who
maintain a sOrt.of, nautrality , in the crisis, be
cause they know that exposure awaits them at
the end of any course they may adopt.
The government of the United States is as
strong as ever it was, notwithstanding it may
appear tothe foidgn,observer to have lost its
power and potency. The end of this rebellion
will preve‘the Mot, that free government was
even the object of the mass who are now en
gaged in assail rg the principle itself, because
they are deceived by tbeir leaders. Rebellions
beget abases which cannot be corrected by those
whosuffer from theta until the hour of retri
bution arrives; and • then it is that those who
betray the people into the commission of these
crimes, are themselves made to suffer the ads ,
ery which they had prepared to entail on oth
ers; and ill this rebellion, gotten up to destroy
the happiest and front government ever de• .
wised by men, the leaders are doomed to an
eternity of disgrace from which there will be
no absolution orrearth. - The,Goveinment will
vindicate itself. Itanalirn defences. and digni
fied resistance cannot- last, much longer. The
hour of retlibutiorr, will bome s ,' - disd then will
come, too, suchidassertion'and.Manifestation
of our nationality andstrength as wilt effectu
ally crush rebellion at home, and reestablish
our right to the respect and the esteem of tee
nations of the world abroad.
Let us all, then, join in that faith to our
Government whioh is necessary to the strength
of all nations. Great as have been the demon
in its favor, generous as have been.
the offeris'of money and men to,preserve it, let
us mingle its glories and greatness in our pray 4
era. Let us think of nothing else, and tallkof
nothinfelk. Let it be the theme of our praise
and the object of our'selieltUde. Let us make
it what it really is, " our cloud by day and pil
low of tire by night." This American Govern
ment, next to the Christian religion, is the
greatest boon ever bequeathed by God to
man! •
• ME. BUCHANAN tattA be in a most delightful
state of feeling according to the following from
the Lancaster Evarringfixpeess. His Southern
friends are unwilling to be made entirely re
sponsible for this rebellion : •
Tan Taarroas DIAPBRATE. --We are credit
ably informed that Gen. Twiggs intends to visit
Lancaster for, the purpose of- holding Bz-Presi
dent Buchanan personallyresporelble tor Maui
lug him as a traitor, In tteofficial order summar
ily dismissing him from the witty. We learn that
tae la-P,residenthas received a letter from him
to that effect, and, that recently he is in the
daily recept of letters from the Secessionists of
the South, abounding in abusive and threaten
ing language.
Tns Sum-WanaVr Drspthmt is the title of a
new journal just Btarted in Chambersburg, Pa.,
by G. H. Merklein &. Co. The typographical
appearance of the D4crich is very creditable.
and if we ere to judge from the first number, it
will become, what it promises to be, a power
ful advocate and defender of Republican prin
dples. The publishers have our-best wishes
for success,
EIEWINIS
The Yarto-Amis of our men-of war are •to be
ornamented with the' bodies of every captain
sailing under the rebel flag with letters ot
marque from Jeff. Davis, empowering them to
rove the sea as pirates. This is the true policy.
Let it be understood that those who seek the
lives of our fellow-citizens are to be treated as
pirates, and the Navy Department will not be
annoyed with the piracy of the rebels.
IT IVAN tIISTORICAL FACT that every four years
Charleston is visited with the yellow fever In
its most malignant type, land, as if the Lord
wished to purdah the traitors of that city, this
id the year Yeklow Jack makes his appearance.
Between the avenging hand of the Lord and
the just punishment thot-will,meet at the
banderol their countrymen, their condition is
truly deplorable. • - "
Peuttsvltianin 311ailv telegraph, illebtusbap :41tentoon, 'April, 24, 1961.
We have bad various rumors during.thetiy
of the condition of affairs in Baltimore. These
rumors are based only on such information as
passengers from that city gather at the depots,
and must, of ennuis, be taken with great allow
ance for improbability, exaggeration and un
truthfulness. It is very certain, however, that
a considerable number of secessionists are con
centrating.in Baltimore, ready to obstruct the
passage of troops through that city to Wash
ington. It is also crtain that these same
secessionists are in allegiance with native
rebels, and that from the eastern part of
Virginia, large numbers of desperate men are
hastening to Baltimore to give strength and
numbers` - to the traitors already assembled
within its limits:. It seem% that there is a large
class of men in Maryland and. Virginia, who
are anxious to make B iltimore the fighting
ground in this awful conflict, and that the pee,
ple in that city yet loyal to the Union, are nn
able to prevent such a calamity frd being
vi.ited upon them. We sympathise with the
Union men there, but it is fast becoming
a work of self-protection as well as duty
that Baltimore be reduced either to submission
or to bit foundations. Pennsylvania and Ohio
have been *etching the work going on
in Maryland., Our people feel the insult
which has been heaped upon them,while others
are still bleeding With the woundi received;in
13altimore at the hands of its mob 3. •If is
to be continued unavenged- or uurebuked by
the troops of the GovernMent; the people will
rtse in their might and blot the city of Balti
more and the State of Maryland front - the
The assurances of certain Baltimoreans that
the mob will remain quiet as long as troxps are
not marched through that city, are of no ac
count, because the government is determined
to concentrate a honk+ in Washington sufficient
to defend the Capitol, let their march be
through Baltimore or the rural districts of
Maryland, as the case may demand—and if the
people are not satisfied, they must take the
consequence of their dissatisfaction.
- -
Ths of FIRE bursas as brightly in the north,
the east and the west, as it did when fanned
Into a flame by British tyranny and oppression.
The Pilgrim Fathers sought a bleak and inhospi
table shore that they might establish and extend
the blessings of freedom. From the cold rock
on which they first landed—on which they
thanked God for having, escaped from oppres
sion—they scattered the seeds of a mighty
principle, and extended the attributes of a
glorious government. The Pilgrim Fathers have
long since passed away, but their sons have
twice already rescued the government of their
creation from the latdds of a foreign foe, and
to-day, armed with the powerof a righteous
cause, they are struggling to preserve thatgov
catmint from the destruction of a domestic,
enemy more terrible than any that has ever as
sailed us from abroad. The men of New Eng
land are scattered all over the South—they are
at work there in every capacity, and withithear
a noble deed done in defence of their country
is a reward for all the danger they provoke
by its accomplishment. Not only the sons of
New England, but the Sons of the free north,
east and west, are at work, : busy . everywhere
keeping up the fire of freedom, and in drawing
,a gordon of protection around 'the union of
these States. It.is noble work, indeed, this
labor of preserving the American Union, in
which the masses Of the free States have en
gaged. The fives which they
,have re-kindled
Niel eventually cast their filmes into the al
most dying embers Smith, which, when
once again kiadled, will not only be hailed as
the light of a new liberty, but as the fury of a
new fire in which to consume traitors.
TEE Bauman Curtis in a Dag editorial
in its issue of Saturday, reviews the actioa of
the mob th .t attacked the troops on their way
to defend the National Capital. No language
is spared that is strong in the expression Wan
earnest condemnation of that most outrageous
transaction; and in alluding to the feeling
which: it has produced at the North, the ClOper
thus discourses :
We are willing to defend outhemeland fire
sides from wanton aggression, Ws do not fear
to meet our country's foes on any field, but
the people of Baltimore had as well throw
themeelvesisingly beneath the wheels of ; a lo
comotive at full speed - as to endeavor to 'stop
are current of men called out by the Presidint
of the United States for the defence of the Cap
lel at Washington. They will pour in,not
by hundreds, asthey came yesterday, bat 'by
thousands and hundreds of thousands, if neces
sary, and reaistance to their passage will only
irritate.and exasperate and make Baltimore
the first object of attack and of destruction.
We write these words from no fear of the
people who are to be thus exasperated by hav
ing their fellow eitizenaertmlly attacked, mgr.
dercd in our streets by an unorganizici and
lawless and unreasoning mob, but front a con
viction of the truth of what we say., We are
anxious for the preservatinn of the publie - peace
We are still loyal to the Union and w the State
Government; but we would reason with our
people and, ask them to consider each' one for
dwelt', if the course propraud to be Pursued
will not create greater and more serious dis
turbances than any that have occurred..
Gentlemen may expect to accomplish' som e
partizm purpose in fomenting the mob pint
abroad in our midst. But this is no time for
an exhibition of party spirit or the'execution of
.a party manutuvre. In a few, weeks there will
be a legitimate opportunity afforded.for an ex
pressiun of public sentiment, not only in Balti
more but throughout the State. The men who
seek to avail themselves of the prevailing. ex
citement, and to set on a mob of men and boys
to defy authority and trample the law under
foot should be signally rebuked by our citizens.
We have thirty thousand votes in this • city.
There were probably three thousand men and
boys together engaged in the riot yesterday.
The solid, sensible, sober-thinking masses of
the people of Baltimore regret and condemn
the whole proceeding. It is the duty of thin
portion of our people to act calmly and could
,•ratdy ; to pit:neat the fair fame and the mate
rial interests of Baltimore by their counsels, and
their actions. The Capitol at Washington
must be defended. The people who have been
summoned to its defence will go theta at all
hazards. The; 41ornallcomparilei.have prom
ised not to transport any more troops, but the
!roues cannot be kept from the.poet to which
rliey are surationad. .. • •
BALTIMORE.
PORIANT FROI NORFOLK
Destruction of the Navy Yard Property—United
States Vessels Scuttled - Sinking of the Pennsyl
vania, Raritan, Columbus and Delatoars—Great
Excitment Among the Citizens.
[Front the Ba‘timore American of !doughy.]
From 'Captain Russell and Major Allen, of
the steamer Lnuisiana, and passengers. we have
the following matters of interest w bioh tran
spired since she left on Friday evening. The
steamer passed down the Cheeapeake with sixty
five passengers, nearly all of whom were re
turning from the North to the South.
The ULited Etates frigate Merrimac, Captain
Pendergast, of Kentucky, in command, took a
positiou in tte barber between the cities of Nor
folk and PortsmOuth, smultaoeous to whieb
the fumes in the Navy Yard commenced the
tearing down of all the buildings and spiking
of all the cannon in - the yard, and a genetal
destruction of all the Government property.
The ship houses were being torn down, end the
factories levelled with the tr.round, with ,the in
, tentfon, it is Bald, of firing thee:vend abandon
ing them on Saturday.
A flag of truce was sent by the Mayors 'of
Norfolk and Portsmouth to Capt. Pendergast,
to know what was the purpose of his belliger
cot attitude and whether he intended to fire
upon the town. He replied that he would act
altogether up to the deten-ive. If fired upon,
or the Navy Yard -attacked, he would feel it
his duty, in self defence, to fire upon the two
In addition to the destruction of property in
the Yard, all the vessels at the Navy Yard, in
cluding the ships Pennsylvania, the Columbus,
the Delaware, the Raritan, and the Merrimac,
were scuttled and what ; previous to which
their guns were spiked and all the arms on
them thrown overboard. The only vessels re
tained with which it was intended to carry
away the forces when the work of destruction
was complete, were the steamer Pochantas and
the floe-snip Cumberland.
As Captain lints 11 came out of the put he
met the United States ship Pawnee, crowded
with troops ana the inquiry was made as to
the depth of water at the mouth of the harbor.
They were told that no vessel drawing over
eleven feet could enter. It is not known whe
ther she attempted to enter the harbor, or whe
ther she returned to Old Point.
The steamer Spaulding, it is said, attempted
to return to Boston with her troops, but they
mutinied against the - Captain and compelled
him to take, them to For.rem Monroe She
landed her troops there, as did also the Empire
City, from New York, carrying in all nearly
two thousand men. It seems, however, that
the Spaulding lett Fortnss Monroe without
troops for Fort M' Henry, in the harbor of Bal
timore, where she took in coal and left for the
North.
The excitement at Norfolk and Portsmouth
last evening is represented to bate been most
intense,; the women and children were flying
from the cities, and the whole male population
rallying to aims. It Iris expected that the
shops and the'ship of-the-line New York, on the
stoats, would be fired beton the force abanden
ed the Yard.
The leveling of the buildings by being.blown
up by powder was g.lng on, but it was thought
to be an effort to destroy all wihout tire, for
fear the oanflsgration might extend td the two
cities. -
The people of,Norfolk had seized the ram
der-house at Ciauey I-I.nd, and ;removed all
the powder it contained to, the city, and were
making arrangrmenta for a vigorous defence.
There bad been no fire applied to the build
ings at the .Navy Yard when the lends - Jana left,
at siX tido( k last eveuirl. Nu attempt was
made to' interfere with the Wats of the' Nor=
Mkline, either by the Gov4zninent or by Vir
ginia. -
The following paragraphs•are from the Nor
folk papers of Saturday :
MILITARY COMMANDANT.
Gen. Tallarerto and, staff arrived here yes
terday, and made their head-quarters at the
Atlantic Hotel. Gen T., cis we learn, has com
mand of all the Virginia troops in this section.
He was wattecl,ort, shortly after his arrival, by
the captains of the several military companies
of the city and 'vicinity, for the purpose of re
porling, their strength, condition, &a , and re
calving order's.
THE CII! , 1'01K Lab 11161111 nimorioN
An order Was issued. yesterday by the Com
manding General probihiling the Collector 01
the Port, Dr. J. J. Simpkins, from accepting•
any ,drat from theDuited States Government,
or allowing the removal of deposits, or any
chi, &else, from the Custom House: The Col
lector, being inkirmed that on his refusal to
obey the order a Ale of men would be sent
down to occupy the premises, acquiesced, as a
matter of course.
TBE SUNITEN WRECKS MAR TS® .. NARROWS AT. SEW
ELI; 8 POINT
Boats from the Navy Yard have been busily
engaged in taking the soundings and bearings
of threes obstructions, under the guidance, it is
thought, of borne peril , n along shore who wit
netsed the operation of planing them there.
KAMAN]) AND TRH TROOPS FOR TUB
STATLCAPITAL
„rib! Izaportant Letter from Sec
retary Seward.
The following letter was addressed, on Mon
day, to Governor Woke, pf Maryland, by the
Secretary of State :
DEPARMDM OP &ATI!, April 22, 1861.
Ms Erceikncy Thomas H. Mks,
,Governor of Afa
ry/and
Stu: I have bad the honor to receive your
communicatb n of this morning, in-which you
informed me that you have felt it to be your
duty tlttdvlse the Piesident of the United States
ro order elsewhere the troops off Aouapolis,and
also that no more be sent through Maryland;
and that you have further suggested that Lord
Llons be requested to act as mediator between
the contendb.g parties in our country, to pre
vent the effu,ion of blood.
The President directs me to acknowleel i the
receipt of that communication, and to assure
you that he hasweigbed the counsels which it
contains with th. 4 respect which he habitually
cherishes for the Chief Magistrates cf the sev
eral States, and especially for yourself. He re
grets, as deeply as any magistrate or citizen of
the country can, that demonstratiOrus against
the ;safety of the United States, with very ea
ten Ave preparations for the effusion of blood,
have made it his duty to call out the force to
which you allude.
The force now sought to be brought through
Maryland is intended for nothing but the de
fence of this capital. The President has necets
barfly confided the choice of the national high
way, which that force shall take in coming to
this city, to the Lieutenant General command
ingthe army of the United States, who like
his only , predecessor, is not le-s diatinguished
forlis humanity than for his loyalty, patriot •
ism anti distinguished pubic service.
The Presid •nt instructs me to add that the
national highway thus selected by the Lieuten
ant General has been chos.n by him, upon con
sultation with prominent magistrates.and citi
zens of Maryland, as the one wh ea while
route is absolutely necessary, is further re
moved from the populous cities of the State,
and with the expectation that it would there
fore be the ha t ohj , ctionable one.
The President cannot out remember that
there has been a time in the histot:v t" , f mit
country when a General of the Ante iein Union,
with forces designed for the defense ut its t: to
tal, was not unwelcome anYvrhete in, the State
lleryland, and certainly not at Annapolii,
then, as now. the Capital of that patriotic State,
and then,aleo,one or the Capitals of the Union.
If eighty years could have obliterated all the
other noble sentiments of that age in Mary
land, the President would be hopeful, never
theless, that there is one that would forever
remain there and everywhere. That sentiment
is that no domestic contention whatever that
may arise among the parties of this Republic
ought in any case to be refer ed to any foreign
arbitrament; least of all to the arbitrament of
an European monarchy.
have the honor to be, with distinguished
otnsideration, your Excellency's most obedient
servant, Wx. H. &wasp.
BY THEGIIHR.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES
TO THE
DAILY TELEGRAPH.
FROM BALTIMORE.
'ALL QUIET . . IN -BALTIMORE
EXPECTED OUTBREAK.
FORT MICENRY REINFORCED
Cannons Planted Towards the Fort.
COMMANDER OF FORT M'HENRY DE
MANDS THEIR REMOVAL.
BALTIMOREANS BACK OUT.
BALTIMOREANS AGREE TO REBUILD
RAILROAD BRIDGES.
Capture of Port Pickens.Contradicted
Efavas DA GRAM, April 24
Fugitives from Baltimore that left last eve
ning, report all quiet there, but the calm re
gambles that which preceues a Storm.
Extras were published at Baltimore contain
log the reported capture of Fort Pickens, but
there were great doubts about it.
SECOND IgdPATCH
HAM/ DE Guam:, April 24.—A gentleman
has passed through from Baltimore which he
left early this morning.
The utmost reliance can be placed on tin
folh,wing information supplied by him.
He states that Fort fellenry has certainly
been reinforced by six hundred men. •
The Baltin3orlans had planted cannon toward
the Fort but the commander teluired the r re
moval, and this was complied with.
Cannon pointed against another side of the
Fort was also removed.
It is stated that an agreement has been en
tered into between the authorities of Ba!firma,
and the Government for rebuilding the budget
at the expense of Biltimore, and the road t
be in running order again in ten days.
There was no report of the capture of Foit
Pickens at Pensacvla yesterday.
Important From Washington.
Wasuntarow. April 21.
Yesterday-and to-day a large number officers
threw up their commissions. Among the rest,
I hear the following nemesia Carrinodore Bu
chanan, at the Washington navy yard, and the
moat of the' dficens under him, Lieutenant,
M/Blair, Simms, Lewis, Zto. ; in the maxim
corps, Major Terret, Major or Quartermaatei
Tylor, and sevenal Lieutenants; and in the
army, Col. eohn Magruder, of the Flying Ar
tillery. It is alleged that his brother, Captai.
George Magruder, ,of the navy, now he .c
of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing h.
the Navy Department, will go and do likewise
Cul. Lee's resignation from the sump is great].)
regretted by lien. Scott. But it is better ti
know our friends ; and if these who have re•
ceived the pay of ibis government, and ewcne
obedience to its Constitution and laws. dm, a.
to disavow their allegiance, and attach then
fortunes to the enemies of their country, there
are plenty of brava Americans, nay thousand-,
who will gladly take the positions thrown up
when danger threatens the nation.
To-day several steamboats in the hands of
the conspirators attempted to pass Fort Wash
ington, but a few warning guns from the fort
caused them to retire.
To-day dispatches were received by the Pres!
dent trom. Lonisville, Kentucdy, and Wheeling,
Virginia, offering regiments to the President
10 - aid him In the defence'of tee capital
Most of the open allies with Secession in
Wastington have gone' to Richmond, to offer
their services to the Governor of that State.
That division of troops from Ohio and Penn
sylvania, including those tram Lancaster an,
Harrieburg, which lest Harrisburg on Satur
day, was dircted, this moruiug, by the Prool
dent, to return from Cockeysville, (11d,) or
ihe Ncifthein Celitral road, to rendezvous at
Yolk, Pa. Doubtless much indignation we.
expressed by the soldiers and their officers; but
, he action of the President was in response to
the earliest appeal of the Mayor of Baltimore,
and the Governor of Maryland, who dreaded a
riot if the troops offered to pass through Ball
more. These troops will now be ord-Ted to con
oentrate at Annapolis, Maryland.
An attempt was made, as I learn from good
authority, on the part of some of the Virgin
ians, to induce General Scott to throw up hiF
commission, and to go with the conspirators
and certain inducements were hinted at. The
noble veteran rebuked the person or persoiar
making these offers, and emphatically dad to
the scandalous proposal.
Private despatches. from Annapolis, dated at
eight o'clock last evening, state that Northern
troops from the steamers Maryland and Boston,
had been landed without obstruction, and that
a march was intended to Annipolis junction.
The citizens of the town and neignborhood wer,
preparing for a guerilla warfare to impede their
march.
The Northern troops have taken possession
of horses for transporting their luggage and ar
tillery.
PATRIOTISMOF 'COL COLT.
H.A.ILTEO RD AWAKE.
Ilskrroan, April 28, 1861.
Col. Colt has offered Gov. Cunninghaml,ooo
carbines, which have been accepted.
We intend to send a full regiment from this
city. Three companies were sent to New Ri
ven' last week, Ave go down in a day or two.
and two - more are rapidly filling up. Ordere
for arms from the Rebels are pouring in, but
none are filled. An immense amount of pow;
der is being tradsported from Hazard's workr
for Government.
THE PENNbYLVANIA LOAN.
EtttLAtattrltlA, April 214,1861.
State Treasurer Moore came to the city y , -
tetday, in relation to the half million loan for
the war. The Banks funk it all at par. A
double ausenurwai offered.
The Poilatielphia'eiiy ice boat has been ten
dared to the Government ,by the, anthodtlet
Ohs is now under down for special purr*.
INDEPENDENT CORPS FILLED. —A HOPPA
CO.II3ILIOti EXPECTED.
PHILADELPHIA, April 24.
A company of Independent gangers hashee t ,
organized under Capt. Alderman
command, and is commanding considerable.at
tuition. The company is filled. We yesterday
heard a merchant of the first respectability re
marking that he hal offered $W to become a
member of the company, but that not a mania
the ranks would sell out his chance for that
sum. The company expect to obtain a roving
license, and are likely to di terrible execution.
Thl other officers ars First Lieut. Foly ar d E .
Began ; Second Taints , John Beam, James T.
Harmer.
Sherman's Battery, by this time, is far on its
way, if not at Baltimore. It started at 84
o'ciock this morning. The BAltimore road now
has•a man, armed and equipped, to every-thou
sand feet of road on the line, and every remain
ing liridge is guarded by an ample supply of
troops. The Baltimore trains now run from
Philadelphia to Perryville, thence by boats to
Baltimore. A train came in last night at half
past nine. It left Baltimore at 4A. M.
The Scott Life Guard, under acting Captain
G. W. Todd, are rapidly filling up. The guards
are composed of young men from the principal
merohantile houses in Market str.et, and are to
be attached to the Scott Legion Baglinent.
THE SECESSIONISTS OF VIRGINIA IN A
RAGE.
Puma:cum . TA, April 24, 1861.
Cornelius Wendell, with his family, of five
c hild ren ca m e in from.Waehingtun last even
ing. He left on Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
There was great excitement in the city.
When the Serestionits found they were bluff
at Harper's Ferry, they started fur Alexan•
.Iris, where four thousand men are encamped.
The number of Secessionists near Washington
is estimated at six thousand, of whom four
thousand are at the Long Bridge and two thou
sand near Arlington Heights.
Ladies and children are being gent away
rapidly from Washington. Tue Secessionists
declare their intention of seiziug the Capital
this woek, and Mr. Wendell sags that they
.ieein determined to try it. Ho Went by rail.
r.ad to Baltimore, and Lund that city in the
hands of a mob.
No churches have been burned or grerrty
injured, but tremendous ex.! anent pevailed,
and no man was wife who did not 'agree with
the mob. Bu paid $BOO to get from• Baltimore
to New York, with five children; all tinder 13
years old.
The appearance along the road was...funeral.
Long lines of carriages and other vehielee;fdled
with people, were flying from Baltimore, - and
so great was the crowd that quick travel was
impassible.
REPORTED CAPTURE OF A STEMER WITH
ARMS.
NEW Yu =, April 28.
It is said that a party of fouitten gentlemen,
froth Washington, captured a steamer, at Alex
andria, on Friday night, and took her to the
Nashingten navy-yard. She had 24,000 stand
,t areas on board.
UNION MEEIING 1N ELIKTON,
Emunt, Md., April 23.
A large Union meeting was held tu-day here,
attended by 800 delegates.- Hestlutions were
,ased declaring that, let Maryland do as she
will, Cecil county will not secede.,
DIE EDITOR OF THE BALTIMORE PATRIOT
• DRIVEN OUT.
P,READ wets, April 2,
Mr. Evans, editor of 2'he Battimom Patriot,
.ms reached here, having been sun: madly
driven Irian Baltimore, and • exprintes his de
termination to return and march througn
thnoreif au escort can be had hem. 'lhe peo
ple here appear to be in a mood to accomodate
him.
Arrival of she Niagara.
Boma, April 24.
Tie United States steam frigate Niagara ar
rived at the navy yard this morning.
the New York Seventh Regiment ArrlYtd.
ITRW YORK, April 24.
Mr. Simonton, the correspondent of the
"Times" has arrived here. Ha lett, Washing- ,
on yealerday, and reports that the New York
seventh Regiment had arrived via. Annapolis
at Washingt ,n.
:ECESSIONL.T.J AtiSAILED IN KENTUCKY.
ColmanTr, April 28.
A company of Secessionists, one hundred and
thirteen strong, lett Cynthia, Ky., yesterday,
to Juin the Confederate army. When• the train
reachrd Frankfort they wero ordered to display
t•leir flag, which they did by extending, a Se
erasion flag from the car window. Stones were
thrown at it, when the Lieutenant fired Into
the crowd. The cars were immediately attacked
uy the citiz-ms, and paving stones rained in
apon them promiscuously. They finally got
away with but little injury. Great excitement
prevailed, and tbreata were made to tear up the
crack. The citizens declare that no more Se
,:ession troops shall pass through that place.
WESTERN VIRGINIA FOR IEEE UNION.
Wliggraso, April 28,1861.
The Union sentiment hereabouts is buosant.
A large meeting was held in Clarksburg,
ilarrison county, yesterday. Resolutions were
tdopted, censuring severely the course pursued
by Governor Letcher and the Eastern Virgin
ians. Eleven delegates were appointed to meet
lelegates from other notthweatern counties, to
meet at Wheeling May Mb, to determine what
ourse shnuld be pursued in the present emer
4ency. The facilitiea for obtaining informs
ion are very meagre, but the reports thus far
received speak encouragingly of the Union
ientimeut in Western Virginia. •
STEAMERS TO BE OHARIEttEU AND CON
VERTED INTO GUN BOATS.
p
Naar, Aril .
It is stated that the Gover w
nmen Th t has directed
Breeze to charter tww.ty t.teamers of light
draught for three tunnths' eervice, to arm them
with nine inch pivot guns, and fit tbtn for
:ea.
OAIRO, ILL., INVESTED BY 11. S. TROOPS.
Lourevitte, April 24.
A private despatch says that Cairo - I11:13as
been Invested by about 1,000 Federal troops,
aid 4,000 more ere F•xopeted.
THE UNION IN NEW Ectimraarau.
Nasals., N. H., Aprll 23.
General Stark, late Deniocratic candidate for
Governor, to-night pledged, at a mass meeting,
the 30,00 who voted for him at the last elec
tion to support the Government.
The New Hampshire quota of troops is ready
to march.
PHILADSLPHII4 April 24_
Flour is firm ; superfine sold at 5 87i. Wheit
:ells steady-4 000 bushels red at SIM, and
'bite at $1 88®$1 45. Corn 2,000 bushels
ellow sold at 62e. delivered. Whisky quiet at
lBe@,lBic.
NEW You; April 24.
Flour quiet.; 8 000 Ws. sold. Southern
hnortut with salts of 8,000 Ws. at $5 85@
06 80.
FLAGS! FLAGS I !
VOTE PAPER AND ENVELOPES with
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Nattenal designs, 'LETTER PAPER w th a View of
the oily erßarrieburg, prided and for Elle at '
gOIIEFFER'S INMEMItry
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