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