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0. W. . Adame, Editor. QRJQOW CITY I SATUKDAV, MAV 25, 1881. t rrprrU fsr Vtace. We oro okcd by niun everywhere " What oro tlio prosjie ta Last? Do tlio present opecU of tiling Indicuto war or peace?" Our answer has been, that that d-K.-iiU entirely upon tlio action of those who oro now In open rebellion ogalnst thn Government. Tliejr. ond they alone, bnvo the ower to decide it. Tho Govcniuicnt will make no war on them. In polity ia a jicoce policy, nml always haa been. 1 1 will abed no blood except In sclf-dcfenso. It will confliio Itself strictly to a defense of It own projicrly, and to such other lawful oct ns a Inr-scclng Judgment and an enlarged lncvolenco may suggest ns cxjadit-tit aa well aa lawful. Wo believe oumvlf thut (ho great masa of those who liavo tuken ui arms against tlio Government Lava been led to do 10 under the delusion that they cither hud Buffered, or were about to Buffer, grievances from the Government, and have been returned in tho ranks of rebellion un- dcr tho impression thut a divided North would forbid resistance by tho General Government to any outrage thut might be crpctrnted by thoso who oro Intent on dismemberment of tho Union, and a com plete and liumiliuting subjugulion of tlie Northern portion of tho Confederacy. Tho present uprising In tho North will certainly couviuco somo of their mistukc. When mi rlv li forirottcn. as it now Is, In all tho Northern States, and audi men as Douglus, Duller, oud Dickinson, and even Cushing and iSuchuuan, with iiinotyiiiiio hundredths of the runk and file of all former polilicul parties, stand shoulder to shoulder in urj lnir a general resort to arms to maintain the honor and dignity as well as tho very oxisteoce of the Government, it Is surely timo for such as tmvo bused their calcula- tions iniou an expected division in the - I North, to pnuso and count up the cost bo foro they elect to iuvolvo tho nation in civil war. If anything earthly can operato to cool off tho ardor of such as aro not aC' t mlly insane with madness, it must bo tho unui.imily of Northern sentiment as to tho necessity of meeting tho Issuo positively and decidedly. Wo huvo como to a point whpro rebellion must cilln-r buck down or fight. This point never having been fully reached before, it follows of courso Unit there is now a better prospect of a settlo mint without Woodshed than tucro ever Las been. Tho present position of tho Government will encourugo nod strengthen the Union men, who, whilu io a majority in several ol the bonier sluvo States, Imvo a rospcctiiblo minority in even tho Cotton States. These men, overawed by the violence of tho mob, liovo hitherto kept silcnco, nlthougli their murmurings have been poured into tho curs of friends and relatives in Missouri, Tcu ncscc, and other States, through tho mcdi um of private correspondence. We now have in mind ono of these letters written from .Mississippi, in which tho writer ns- surcs a brother in Missouri that tho day on which ho saw the American Flag hauled down there, nud the palmetto flag run up In its stead, was a gloomier day than that on which ho saw his father lowered Into the grave. The Government owes such men protection. They havo been looking with longing eyes towards tlio Capital praying God to nerve the arm of authority up to at least an attempted reseuo of them selves nnd families from a condition almost as bad as shivery. The position tlio Gov eminent has at length wisely assumed, whilo it unites tho North, will form rallying point for Union men in nil tho Southern States. ' Tho lino will now bo speedily drawn between Union men every where und such ns tiro willing to oppose tho Government nt nil hazards. The battle, if fight It must be, will boa deeisivo one, There is not a sano man on tho Continent that can huvo any doubt about the issue On the ono side are law, order, tho Consti tution, human liberty, twenty millions of people, Gen. Scott, nnd the Great Jehovah whilo on tho other siilo nro aristocracy nnd slavery, with less than Gvo millions of people, headed by Yancey and instigated by the Devil. WllUlK DOTIIKY LlVK? TIlO whole coun try is in a continued excitement caused by flying reports that violence has been either threatened or perpetrated towards the America n Flag in somo nook or comer of Oregon. These reports nro mast if not all erroneous. What few secessionists there aro In Oregon, wo believe, are mostly confined to tlio towns", nnd they aro very scarce there. Wo believo that nine-tenths of those w ho opposo Union meetings and (lug raisings, do to, not from any disloyalty to tho Government, but from a silly belief that these demonstrations are Republican demonstrations. 1 ho leaders or secession in Oregon nro snaring no pains to instill this falsehood into the minds of the igno rant In passing through the country, we' find that nil the Douglas Democrats, and uino-tenths of tho Breckinridge Democrats, are as loyal to tho Union as men can be. They are in favor of raising the Stars and Stripes, and of standing by the Govern ment, ami aro opposed to the efforts of se cession organs to make party capital out of our national trouble. These men all deuoance the disunion sheets, while thry laud the patriotic position of the Statesman oud Times. I)c rrgou Clrgu What wk Wast. From oil human op- pcaraaccs, the leaders of the nigger rebel lion are determined ujion listening to no counsels for peace ond no delay for cow nromlse. A war Is luevitublo. 1 bey ore determined to rule crruln tho Government, UVI what we have to lay il thii: If fight It Is, and fight it must ballot uiaottle the whole matter in one fight. Don't let us havo onother Trojuu war. Our proposition then Is, let the nigger rebels muster their lioU let there bo uo pica hereafter that the reason they didn't conquer, was that all tho traitors didn't turn out. Let the last man of them rally under tho rottle-annko banner, niggers and all. Let them, after being mustered Into acrvico, have month to put themselves in training. Let them bo will fed. rubbed down, and tilled with all the whisky their truiucra think they need. Let them get fully ready then I them buck aealnst tho Government. The conflict will bo a short one, and on tho ev of that baltlo duy wo ahull probably know whether we are hereafter to bo rallied un der the Stun and Stripei or under a rattle snuke ensign. Flip-Pup. The Admrther begins to sco thut tho Government is about to tri uniph over tho rebels, and gets one leg over ou tho Union side of tho fenco, iu this style: " Tho South will havo to succumb, ns tho disparity between tho two sections is fur too great to permit tne inougni mui tho South cntt compete with tho North successfully, cither iu point of numbers, militury discipline, or thoso pecuniary resources which ore great auxiliaries timo of war. So far, President Llneolu has exercised L'rent precaution iu not precipitating tho country into civil war, nnd If he continues to act upon tho defensive leaving all acts of aggression to uo committed iy uie seces sionists he will find himself sustained by every lover of his country." SUIT The following official communica tion has been shown us by W. C. Johnson, Esq., and we publish it for the benefit of thoso who aro Interested In matters to which it refers: Gknkiml T.and Orrir, M,irt-liS3, IMlil- 8m ! I Imvo tlio lionnr lo acknowledge the re ct-ipt of your loiter of i!2il instant, cnulming one to your arlilirn from W. (J. .lolumni, hj"l-, in rululion lo loli in Oregon City, mid or granted ly Dr. Julia McLnuifhlin. confirmed bv eel of 27 Sent. 18jU. In reply, I hive to elate Hint the crrttlieatt of tlitSiirvejor liemral required by aaid ant an tin buaii or patent! rr mm lute, are before line oilior. and will be taken up Tor vxiimination sua pawn liiU nt an early liny. Air. Johiiwiu'a letter l herewith returned. Willi great reimeet, your ob't at-rv't, J. M. KiiMir.Nne, Onimiiuioncr. Hon. E. D. R.ntES, U. 8. Senate. To Coitiir.spo.viiF.NTs. Our convspon detico has accumulated till tlio pila is tip- palling. Wo have ninny long articles on hand, proso nnd poetry, some of which wo should liko to publish if wo had room. Wo havu n good deal of ' poetry,' nil of which rhymes well onough ond somo ol which contains silver streaks and sparkling jewels scattered through, a hugo mound of verbingo and badly measured and jarring lines. If wo had timo to rc-writo it, we could give it such form as would not shume literary people to seo it iu our paper. We hope our correspondents will ell ttmhj brevity in writing on disetirsivo subjects, besides sending us all tho news items they can. Tmr Diamond Wkhdinq. Our lady rend crs nil recollect the ' Diamond wedding sometime back between Senor Ovcido nnd Miss Bartlett of tho New York City, nud they nro nil no doubt noxious to know whether Oveido's money has mndo tho cotiplo happy. A lettor writer from Cuba says that tho pair reside in Hnvan, that Ovcido nud his brido are excluded from the " uppcr-tendoni" of society there, and that tho rich old Cuban is a regular Blue Beard lor brutality. Painful Dkatii. A little son of Mr. Enoch W. Conycrs, of Columbia county, was scalded to death by falling or. a kettle of boiling water and turning it all over on lis back, on tho evening of .May 5th. The flesh was cooked to tho bono from his hotildcr blade to his knees. Tlio little sufferer lived 17 hours after. Ho was four years old. 63 A good story is told of a disunion ist in Salem who had resolved to raise a disunion flag, but concluded to defer it un til the next day. That night ho dreamed thut lie raised tho (lag, nnd thut the citi zens hung him to an oak limb. This so alarmed him that the (lug-raising was In definitely postponed. Cot.. Wau.ack Nominate". Tho Re publicans of aslungton Territory have nominated Col. Wullaco for Delegate to Congress. Thero arc now three candidates in the field Col. Wallace, Republican; S. Gnifielde, Democrat; and Judiro Lander. Independent. Tin Mines. Thoso who have lately returned from the Ncz Perco mines state that more thau 1000 people ore in the i:. :..:. n . ulssj"o!, unu 'urge nniuocrs on tho w ay .1. - mi . . . imrre. i uose cngageu in mining appear to be doing well. Died. Dr. John Kvans, formerly nerly X t gist for lias city, and late U. S. Geolog Oregon, died April 20, in Washington kw UEFtxmox. i he right or s sion He rigni oi a nnuoriiy to rule or ruin. Coercion To take a highwayman 'a hand from vnr throat. Union sentiments Save the Union, if Baikia' is wi!!in Peaceable To lie still while yoar enemy beats you to death. Mtiry$,UU Dtmo- trat. Uttaiu f twt fr ih AiiaaOi malt, Lost or urt i takixo ai wria. ..... . . . . it u atoteii a grocer has arnvea oi York from Charleston, who was Impressed luto the icrvice of the Confederal army, eseuplng by concealing himself on a resaol lie ntioru thut at the bombardment of er, at leant one thouaand reUla . Four hundred were killed In Fort Sumter. were killed Moultrie, and thirty by Audersou'a firat dischorge. A toldler who escaped from Charleston, ond who ecrveil at the guua during tho light at Moultrie, iuyi nearly every allot from Sumter killed somebody. Between 300 and 400 were killed, and a largo num ber wounded there during tho lelge. Tho killed were Interred at night In the Potter'a field. Many were al.o killed iu dwellings nuulde the Fort. The aoldien were threatened with death if they disclm ed the fact obout the killed. People ore constantly iuipiiring for friends, and oro as aurcd they are at Sullivan's Ilund. Another loldier, who was ot Morris Island, says 150 men were killed there ond 40 ot Sullivan's Island. The inmo state ment is mado relative to the dead being buried at night. They also state that the negroes only want their leaden to give tho word, when tho slaughter will bo terrible. Copt. Carson, of tho schooner II. B. Pitts, from Charleston, who has arrived at New York, states that ho wai ut tho wharf near Fort Moultrie during tho Sumter bomburdmeut, and says that on Sunday night sixty dead bodies wcro carried across hia track to land, and Monday night forty more wero carried out nt ono time, and sixty ut another. Cnpt. Carson and tnnto saw and counted all tho bodies, and say that all the soldiers were sworn to deny any loss of life. MOVEMKNTS Or TUB GOVERNMENT. Tho Govommcnt hns clearly moved so fur with all tho expedition possible. It ha got under way an army of very nearly a hundred thousand men iu tho space of threo woeks. It has adopted very strin gent measures of blockade, which it Is pro ceeding effectually to enforce with nil dili gence. It has sharply cut off supplies of munitions of wur from tho South. UlSCKl.t.ANEOlS. A Washington dispatch of Wednesday, April 27ili, to tho Times, says a deputation of Yirgininns and Man-landers waited on the President and demanded a cessation of hostilities until after the session of Congress. The Presidents answer was prompt, decid ed, and in the uegulivo. One ol the depu tation said 75,000 Mnryluuders would con test tho passage, of troops over her soil, to which the 1 resilient replied that lie pro Ruined there was room euotiili iu her soil to bury 75,000 men. A lhrrisburg, Pa., dispatch says: Tho Governor's messa-jo will recommend a stay law. Uo says 1 onusylvamu will open a route to Washington, whether Maryland remains In or crocs out of tho Union. No hostile rail will bo permitted to lie Ictwecu hostilo nnd loyal States. This rebellion must be crushed. Property that has been taken must bo retaken ot any expense of blood or treasure. Ho recommends an ap propriation of $3,000,000, nud under cer ium circumstances or 55,000,000. A re quisition has been received for 21 more regiments, making a totnl of 33 regiments from Pennsylvania. Tho Governor recom mends a reserve of 10,000 mcu. A Boston dispatch says that tho Presi dents of tho various iusurauco companies ocated iu the vicinity of State street held a meeting to consider tho sending out of o urge steumcr to cruise iu the Gulf of Mex ico to intercept and capture such vessels as she may fall in witli bearing the Con fede rate (lag and preying on lawful commerce. Tlio plan is to send out a largo steamer, carrying eight or ten guns, nnd manned by a crew of throe hundred resoluto men. Tho steamer is to soil under the authority and commission of the United State, but tho expenso of her fitting up will bo borno by Stnto street. Indiana's quota of six regiments aro now fully organized, four of which it is under stood will march soon. Tho following ap pointments havo been made by the Gover nor: Brig.-G en., Thomas A. Morris. Brie.- Muj., Cnpt. John Lovo. Colonel of tho 0th Regiment, T. L. Crittenden; 7th, C. Dtmiotit; 8th, Win. P. Burton; 9th, 11. II. Milroy; 10th, John J. Reynolds; 11th, Zouaves, Lew. Wallace. Tho Legislature ms appropriated $500,000 for arming tho Stnto. The session of the Grand Division of Sons of Temperance, advertised to meet at Rising Sun in May, has been indefinite ly postponed. Presidcut Lincoln has Issued the follow ing proclamation, under dnte of April 29th: w nerens, tor the reasons assigned in my proclamation of tho 10th Inst., a block ado of tho ports of seceding States was estab lished ; and whereas public property has been seized, tho collection of tho revenue obstructed, nnd duly commissioned officers, wlnlo executing orders, have been arrested, icld ns pr.soners, or impeded in their offi cial duties, without tlio legal process, by persons claiming to act under the authori ties of Virginia nnd North Carolina, on effi cient biockado of tho ports of thoso States will also be established. In Ohio 71,000 volunteers offered their services to Gov. Dennison. Special mes sengers nro now on their way for Ohio, inuiann, and Illinois with dispatches. The war entluwastn continues as irreat as ever. There is general rejoicing in consenucncc of the new requisition by tho Governor of i euiisyivunia. A Philadelphia dispatch, of the 29th, says: I ndoubted authority states that senator Jlason, of a., has been arrested by order of Gen. Patterson, and taken to Perryvillo. Instructions huVe been sent to bring him to Philadelphia. A Washington letter savs: The con dition of Washington financially is terrible. Aotes or the city banks cannot be passed except at a discount of from twenty to twenty-fire per cent. The stores are all being closed, nnd life is now the only considera tion, uie an absorbing topic Every possi ble means is being adopted for the depar ture of citizens. Njtisiness is entirely suspended. Gold is at aa immense premium. The hnMa trill close by the early part of next week. Every one is onxiom to fl Knt m. have not the means to depart. Carriages arc in great deraatTd, the price being more than one dollar per mile. People former ly nch are now baukrupt, and leave with wnai mey can. Tins is not tha Washington, aloue. Parties from the 'of in 1 Southern State ire coutinuany '"' i through here to the North many !' I .,.,.... Imt uiont on foot, 1 w tern- r - ... . flra L...,. IJ1D IIIL-UUTCMiejUVVaJ VI V - - m felt in earueat A Washington dispaU". April w aayi; The troop called out by he order of to-day, aro all additional to the uouu already required. The whole uomber ru led r..f ! Government thus fur. U: oluu teen by proclamation, 75,000; Volunteen for threo year' service, 40,000; UeguUn for fire years' icrvice, 25,000; hcoiuen ror fiveyir'Krvlee, 18,000; being a totul of i.im nnn men. (bat la. 75.000 week before Ut,' ond 83,000 to duy. Kvcu this fall short of tho real number, oi several StaUij end double tho uumbcr of regimeuii aneu for. A dimiateh from Annapolis, of April 29th. sayi: Fortification commanding the railroad countrv for Mine twenty mile from Annnuolii wero thrown up yeatcrdny Annapolis wa mudo a military depot yei- tonluy. lien, miner w remain nt. From an attache of our Minister to Pa ris, Just arrived from Washington, we have reliablo Information inui iu.uuu irouim from the Southern Confederacy aro now in Virginia, and more nourinir In. II10AU ministration has notified Gor. Letcher that ono step of advnnco from Richmond, will cause a speedy Invao'on of Virginia from tho West. Farmers from Virginia have furred the secession lines, oud report strong Union feeling a few niilei from the Capital. Wo learn from a private sotirco that the aecens!onists saved 0,000 mu-kcts at liar per'i Ferry on Saturday night, It Umid tho Maryland Legislature re fused to pass an Ordinance of secession by a two thirds voto. Advices from Boston report that Caleb Cushing has tendered hii icrvices for any capacity In defense of the Union. The port will bo closed against tho shipment ol any orticlo to the rebels. Dispatches from Concord, N. II., say that ex-President Pierce, in obedience to a telegraph dispatch from tho lion. Mr, Ingcrsol, of Pa., has gono to Philadelphia nud Baltimore on a mission of mediation between tho repels and the Government. Tho Board of Underwriters of New York aro fitting out an armed steamer for a const guard. A special messenger was to sail to Hurono to purchase half a million dollars worth of arms for tho State of New York Tho Croton Aqueduct is guarded by the Polico in couscqucnco of fears that traitors may attempt to blow up tho piers of tho high bridge, Tho Times' special correspondence from Frederick, Md., April 301 li, says a direct voto on secession, in the House, stood 53 against secession, and 13 for it. Tlio Senate hog published un address denying any intention to pass any secession ordinance. Senator Mason, last night, (29th,) made a violent secession speech. All tho Union men are leaving Eastern Virgiuia, where heavy depredations tire mado on private property, by nn armed rnbhlo. An armed secession corps has been pronounced, by a Stute Judge, illegal nud the Sheriff directed to take their arms from them. Trains run from Baltimore to Wlieclinj but arc searched at Harper's Ferry by se cessionists, who nro all along tlio route, Tho Secretary of War has addressed the following to Maj. Anderson: " I nm directed by tho President to communicate to you, and through you to tho olliccrs and men under your command, at iorts Moultrio and Sumter, tho appro bation of the government of your ond their judicious and gallant conduct there, and tender you nud them tlio thanks of the Government." A New York dispatch of the 29th snys: A Presbyterian clergyman, who left Kast Mississippi near Mobilo last Monday, ar rived Here to-aay, coming by tho V irgiuia Railroad. Ho reports 250 pnsscngcrs com ing North, fleeing from tlio Gulf States, sacrificing through tickets to avoid coining through Jialtuuoro or Washington, believ ing both cities under martial law. Ue saw troops at every station, destined tor the iNort.i, and heard that their avow ed intention was to attack Washington. All passengers from the extreme South sny the people universally believe Lincoln has been drunk ever since his inauguration, nud only going out disguised at night to escape assassination. A thousand such ex travagant statements nro llymg iu every direction. Col. Llsworth's Gro Zouaves left New York this afternoon. They wero esorted to tho liultic" by the lire department. An imnicnso crowd witnessed tho embar kation. Three stand of colors wcro presen ted to them previous to their departure. iney looked mngniliccnt. A gcutlcmnn who was compelled to flee irora aortii Carolina, says tho secessionists are carrying all before them without refer ence to law or order. They have driven off many peoulo who do not svinDatbizo wun tlio movement, and had threatened loudly to mob and hnng Ex-Gov. Gilmer, ..I : i..,ii. .1.. .... . it 1 - ' nun m iii'iaon'iiuy resisting uie, uue Ol pas- sion. ' On Friday afternoon the Kansas com pany called in abody at the White Ilouse to taso leave or the President. Col. Vaughn. of Leavenworth delivered a short speech. the burden of which was that the loyal people of tho North expected tho Govern ment to crush out the Southern rebellion at all hazards. The President in his reply said: "The Inst hope of penco may not havo posscd away, but if I have to choose between the maintenance of the Union of theso States. of the authority of the Government and of the liberties ot this nation on the one hand, and the shedding of fraternal blood on the other, you need not be at a loss which course I shall take." &" New York appropriated $3,000, 000 for the war something less than a dollar a piece for every citizen. She has nearly twice the population of tho first six seceding States. One farmer in the old county of Genesee can pay the $3,000,000, and then leave himself a rich man. Wissed On. The Philadelphia Tenn- sylvanian, a secession sheet of the meanest order, has dietl for want of federal pap. 1 i: 1 - .1. rt i 1 utcu a luoum aiicr Ducuaoau went out office. ' -- Dlapatcnee from Uie Sait by Tony, Sr. I-ot'io, May 4th . u. The Police Commiwtionen of this city have uotilied Capt. Lyon, commander of the Arsenal, to remove the soldier station ed ouuide the Arscuul walla ou property within the city limita For U. 8. aoldiera to occupy audi nropertj. Ut tommlmoit. en think, la a violation ol the toualilulioii ond the luwa of the United Slot. Cnpt. Lyon replied that ho did not con aider aueb occupancy in conflict with law, oa he had lewed tho proicrty before tak ing any action on the aubJ.tt. lIo will consult the Government ot Wuh!ugion. The CouimMoiier intimate thut there will be trouble if the wldicrs oro not ro moved, oud lieve referred the mutter to the Leglkluture. Another requisition hna beeu mado upon Pciisylvoiiia for troops to proceed to Wash ington Immediately. It it said that dissensions arc frequent Iu the Confederate enmp. Southern troopi demand on attack on Washington, but Virginia oppoae it. All travel South from Philadelphia wai atopiicd to-day. Commander Gregory hai tendered hii acivicei to the Government. Four conipouiea of volunteers left Buf fulo yestorduy for tho rendezvous ut Klml ra, N. Y. A splendid buuner was presen ted to them, by tho Indies. They were cs-coit-d to tie depot by tho Homo Gunrdt, couuimiided by Mnj. cx-President Fillmore, and tho streets wero thronged with people. Cnpt. Theodore Fink, U. S. A., died ut Detroit yesterday, of apoplexy. Gov. Magofliu of Kentucky has Issued a proclamation to order un election for Ro presciititivis to Congros, ou 31t June. In Delaware, three companies have been awom in under tho Governor's proclama tion, lie has issued o requisition for one thousand rilles, which, added to tho onus already on bund, will aufGco to placo the State in a condition of defence. The Knights of tho Golden Cirelo ore plenty, but quiet. Tho Union feeling is gaining ground In Kentucky, where disloyalty has been most marked. Nrwi r May a. Sr. Luna, May 5 r. m. A New York dispatch to-day says Su per'ntcuilciit Kennedy has received a letter stuting that there Is a thoroughly organized plan to burn New York, Philadelphia, oud Boston, by cutting off the supplies of water and then setting fire to various points. The letter also stutes that men have been stationed at both Boston und Philadelphia lor weeks. 125 men Imvo been sent to New York to carry out their design. Also, thut ut first Jeff. Davis disapproved of such proceedings; sinco tho President's proclamation he fuvors it. Tho letter is dated Louisville, nnd tho writer says ho is an enemy, but ho will not fight with iom phene nud lucifoi' matches for wmpons. Several known Secessionists in New York nro closely watched, nnd considerable credence is placed iu the statement, and precautionary measures have been adopted by tho police. ' Baltimore is quiet. At Ft. Monroe, an earth work fortification, comiiiuiiding the city and harbor, is in possession of Govern ment troops. Tho steamer Maryland lauded some Massachusetts troops Irom Annapolis, nnd lurgc quantities of troops, nt Ft. Mellenry, yesterday. 1 lie intelligence from Uielimond ts im portant. Considerable alarm is said to ex ist there in conscqneneo of tho activity of tho U. S. Government, nnd the unexpect ed unity of tho North. It was believed nt Richmond that Jiff Davis hud just notified tlio Governors of the Bordor States, now noting in hostility to the Government, to assemble nt Mont gomery, there to confer with the Confed erate Government. The Virginia Legislature adjourned on the 1st instant to the 12th of June, by which timo it was expected that the returns of tho popular voto on tho Ordi nance of Secession would bo received. Gen. Iliirney has prepared nu address to the people of Maryland, urging them to stay in tho Union, and declaring that for them to secede would be tho ruin of their Stute; that for himself, he is ready to stand to tho last by tho flag to which twenty stars have beeu ndded since he entered the service. Washington advices of last night are to the effect that tho war will be variously opened in a few days, by demonstrations upon Alexandria and Norfolk. A movement on Havro do Grace was ordered to tako placo yesterday from Perrysville. Threo or four companies will cross the Susquehanna with n battery of artillery, nnd occupy Havro dc Grace. Troops will be sent forward ten miles, to ijusii river, lhe Inst movement may not be made for two days. A strong force of carpenters and builders will bo sent for ward to Lush river, to rebuild the bridgo there. The bridges over the Big and Lit .i . . .... ... no unnpowder will be rebuilt ns soon as a sufficient military force is sent forward to protect tho workmen. The bridges will bo completed by Thursday next, and the road to Baltimore will then be opened, and troops will be sent forward from Philadel phia to reinforco those at Perrysville. it was stated upon reliable uuthoritr. in Washington, yesterday, that there are only 1,500 Virginians at Harper's Ferry; that they nro not half armed and are very short of provisions. A boston dispatch savs orders have been issued for four new regiments of Infantry. uoi. i letcner n ebster 8 regiment wi Dro- ceed to Ft. Warren next Monday. l.uuu.uuu percussion caps were seized at New York yesterday, width had been shipped for Charleston; also, a case of re volvers, at the American Express office. inc uovemment, yesterday, purchased two fast tuga, to be converted into gun boats for the service. It is contemplated to suspend all South ern mails next week. A corps of telegraph operators is being organised to be attached to tho army. inc.v i. limes savs the iederal for ces are moving toward Baltimore, and Ft. Alclleury has been well reinforced. The Cumberland. Monticrllo. Vankre. and several other steamer are strictly blockading Hampton Roads and James Hirer. The Navy Department is to charter ten more steamers at New York, five at Phila delphia, and five at Boston, to be added to the Navy. The Alleghany was towed from Ft Mc- 1 lllllflf armed oa a guard-akin for t , , ,i! bor. 1 r ,""Hi, Letters from Boston any thai - of the new loan will U Sc. ,$ ,000-H TheSec'yofGov.Ihr,. poiiitment of the Board of Safci. . T clpitate that Statu hit, civ l . majority of the Board are alon, ond nro men of (t,Wr.." 10 fortune.. Tho Governor S,1!01 reaoittoWaahingtoiior the ! hue. The great seal of the 8uL napolis, and will be thrown iut01! ? pcko, toontr tin,,, be plaC,d ... . IIUIICO of secession, f lie nl. seal ia a veto, of tk, Xwe tt May . St. Loiis, Mm (th Gen. Pattenon boa prepay.,"; railroud artillery battery & 1 Anuapolia ond Wo.hington lUiro,J A letter from the interior of oliua oavs that while the write, i0" ot Charleston, a fight with m in his town. They burned fouTtS4 and eight stores in the town, and few?5 in tho vicinity. Eight negrow rZ1 A dozen more would bo hung "t- Tho Jersey City Coast Omni . sclz-d two ichoonera loaded with ..! kegs and 1,100 barrels of powd," , W The Baltimore and Ohio IUi'lroaH u off red the Government the ruli ng stock. "Woftt, Tho Government hns been officy. vised that at tho lutest dates no CoL' sioners from tho Confederate 8titM presented themselves to the French CowL Hie btato Department haZ Ktnrcti'd the new Minister to Par. is, Mr. Dayton, to explicitly mate' known to the French Gorera. nient, that there is not now and there lias not been, and '(here will ot be, the least idea enter taineil l.y thia Government of suffering a di-sincmberment of the Union to take place in any way whatever. ' Tho Maryland Senate Act prorijins; for a Committee of Safely, is conside red tt bt as good as lost. The Uuion fitliag juni,. ing thronghont the Stnto. Workmen are actively engaged repairinar tho Northern Central Railroad. Th meet with no opposition. The people re joice ot tho speedy opening of trade. The Government has seized the steamer that has been running between Haiti and Havre du Gruco. A Cairo (III.) dispatch of u 4th says that Gens. Pillow and Ely, mil other promoted officers tf t lie Confederate army, nnd a large number of Mifs'ssippi, Arki sas and Tennessee troops are at Mtmphia. Heavy guns tire urriving there daily. Col. Prcnt'si, the commanding ulcer at Cairo, hns received the following dispatch from three of the most prominent citiiew of Cincinnati: "Gen. Pillow has seienl steamers ready nt .Memphis. He mcdititta an attack ou Cairo." Col. Preotia plied: " Let him come. He will lean to dig a ditch on tlio right side; and we an ready." A great Union meeting whs kid at Springfield, Missouri, ou Saturday, the 4th, wh'cli was addressed by Uoii. John 8. Phelps, Judge Orr, nnd others. A. II, Bedford, of Arkunsas, a Secessionist, after tenvnrds addressed tho meeting. i'rom the latest accounts, it appears that tho Union men havo been victorious il Kentucky. Tlio voto of Louisville, ia u vor of the Union candidate to the Border Slates Convention, is frum six to eiyht thousand. The secession ticket was tone timo since withdrawn. The Union vote of that city, it is supposed, will be larger than any nggregnto voto ever polled there. Maysville gives 820 minority for tho Un ion. The stars and stripes float froam cry building in town. Puris precinct gives 375 majority for the Union. Bell's ma jority was 3(15. ' The U. S. Marshal of nuloueipnio ou given notice to the President of Railroad running South of thnt city, that no more provisions tor the revolted States can be shipped. Gen. Scott thinks the concentration of . secession forces iu Virginia is intended only for the defence of tho State, and no longer lor nggrcssivo demonstrations. . , -Jiewa f May Ilk aaaOlk. St. tons, May 7th, 1861. Tho Government bad advices that thera were 30,000 Virginia troops at Fairfax Court Ilouse, and within two days 10,000 available men were expected to be quarter ed nt Washington. , A gentleman at Butler's camp infonneo: him that a battery was planted e J other sido of Patnpsco river to rale nun. Butler made preparations to rake it. The War Department has informed ln Governors of States that it was deoiroWa to enroll nil who had not yet beeo wrwea for three years. . Tho peoplo of Virginia declare tney never intended to attack Washington, dm ded. she win W the North to the bitter end, nnd, if Rou ble, burn Wnshnigton. The forces atu Relay House have been augmented, iw were 2,000 men there on the 7th. the same day eight companies of Dorpm and Miners were mnstered into erTI A Kentucky battalion is expected to awn there. At New York five companies were wa tered into Col. Baker's regiment. Mob spirit is reported to have in Baltimore. Loyalists are preparttt welcome New York troops. ,, There will be thirteen regimentserijW" men each raised in Baltimore to be accepr ed bv the Government. l Richmond papers onnouoce t ing of military companies towardIJarp Ferry to snpport the Government Mr. Chase has ordered the stoppfj " Cairo of all supplies for re011'0- The Union demonstration at Fwawj. A r t.. ,, .1 was n tmnt. affair. Eeverdy.- .uai j iu liu, nog h t Tl 1 T.ilrtfl RlMCO aa diiiiison maue a sirong wmu r . t declared that if the South bad the Pp" had not the power to wage a war ogw the General Government, and retxur ranrt be crushed out. . Three regiments of Kentucky JJ3 have offered their services to Government, and will be commandea 1 Maj. Anderson. 40,000 troops viU be concentrate Washington. , Gen. Lane, who was dispatched -T days ago to Kansas to raue T, meuts and co to Arkansas tg ret" vw