New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-19
The Contest Begun.

DEAR SIR: We are 10 open rebellion hrrc az
o4tbreak j., expected every moment. am drafted
n the Cade, Company; shall leave here for New
York tomorrow, If can. The Suffrage military
nave Just taken possession OF the State cannon
they are now goin. TO take the Arsenal. Inc cr-
SIC has come We are all in arms. No time 20
write. Yours, 10
! am AZ the cars-thcy are on IN moment
Just before writing thi.. wa. ~ the private coun-
Gil Of Governor King. There i let oi I.OUO mel
xho have pledged themselves u come out on
moment, notice they are now ISSUING the orders.
The military are coming in from al part, OF tn
State. The Dou troops are collecting, ana IN e'-
tnan 70 hours the question Will De sett'eH'
The Arsenal j.. q urge and strong building. Will
wall, three feet thick, and containing 1000 stand
Of arms bc.ide cannon. ammunition, g.. II tn
Dorr party has taken it, it i. now virtually masirf
Of the State. A passenger brings u tid.ngs sub
,tantialy corroboraiing the above he following
Extra from the Providence journal Is Of an earlier
date BY some hours:
ofce Of the Providence Journal. TUESDAY, } r. y.
Mr.. Dorr remains a, the house Of burlington
Anthony The huu,e j. guarded by soldiers. an
a cannon is placed by tie side Of IT At about
o'clock the signal Of alarm was given. and ac-
cording to Ufdors, some two three hundred
men assembled. \ portion OF them were armed.
The alarm wa. given IN consequence Of report
that the Sheriff was about to arrest Dorr ne
crowd was very mach excited. Darlington An
thony addressed them and declared tnat Dorr
should never be taken from that house alive. y
voice in the crowd demanded TO be- led on to ihe
attack Of the Arsenal and several responded t.
but the orator cautioned them against commitne
NV " overt act What an idea of government j.
this--tiat government. which they LAY D. Legally
established cannot commit an overt act. Mr. Don
ordered the military meet them in the Afternoon
'preparcd for action.
1t is said that Mr.. Dorr offered one Of the mar
-hals Of his procession any place IN the giit OF tie
State, f he would lead the attach on the Arsenal.
He declined. Why does MT Mr.. Dorr lead thr
attack himself
VIRGINIA The returns are all in. The SENATE
stands II Whig., "a Loco.f Coos ise House 30
Wigs, 50 Loco-Foco..
" We hear that the rum-secr. of the Sixth
Ward, whose licences have Just expired iH,ond 10
profit 10y the brilliant example of Aid. shaler, and
hold over. They think this Will be less trouble
some than to obtain now licences. Well: if they
don't undertake. to drive out other m'n who hqrc
licences, we say nothing; if they attcmp, to follow
the footsteps Of their lustrious predecessor, to
that extent, we shall object.
~ meeting was held at the Court House IN
Centrcyillc. Queen AIMS County, Md, fcw
day. since, to pay tribute OF respect to Henry
CLAY on the occasion Of bis retirement from Tie
public councils Of his country \ series of spirited
resolutions was adopted and transmitted to Mr.
Clay one cf which expressed the wish Of the meet
ny that he might be called from his retirement To-
preside over the affairs of the Nation by me-
iori,y a. Overwhelming as that which elevated tie
llmented Harrison.
u Dr. SAMUEL i. WOODWARD, the able su-
pciiutendapt Of the Mas>achusett. Insane lio,p-
tai at Worcester, has been elected TO the head Of
the New-lorh State Insane Hospital at Utica. and
has accepted the appointment
~ We learn from the Springfield Republican.
that Major Gro. ". WHISTLER ha, received an
invitation from the Emperor of Russia. to COM 10
s.. Petersburg, and .upernend the making OF u
Railroad, on a salary Of $4,000 per annum. and
that he has accepted the offer.
% Bermuda papers state that at the Court Of
General Assizc. there not sn indictment or
civil suit for the Jury - try. This j. the first in
stance of the kind on record. An immense major
iiv of the nhabitant. of thi. Island were emanci-
p,,cd from slavery in 1898, the planter, prefer
ring immediate cmancipa,onto the apprenticeship
system.
~ \ man by the name of Scott lately convict
ed OF demonstrating in Dale Co. Ala. has confessed
his guilt and declared himself a member Of tie
famous Murrell gang. whose dcprcda,ions in AIa-
bama and Georgia have excited much alarm.
He a.o di,clo-es the names of ten other member.
If the same nang.
" \ Convention OF Washingtoliaus j. - re
held at the State House in Boston on Thursday
next. composed of delegates from the Washingic-
man Societies throughout the State
" They ara making preparation, in earnest in
Florida to organize their State Government under
tie St Joseph Convention. The Conmittee aP-
pointed by the State Convention have decided to
proceed Immediately to elect State officers.
u \ Colonization meeting was to have been
held at Philadelphia last evening, and addressed
10y Hon. I :. NY of Washington
FIRE.-Las, evening, fire broke out in Tchou.
pitouas-strcei, between Ninth and Tenth-,treci-.
on the premises OF Mrs Hanson, which was co.
iircly DESTROYED. The flame, extended to the adj
joining tencmcn,.. and the whole square sooA bee
came prey To the dc,outinr element. Fourteen
houses were burned down The los, although
not 10 an extensive amount. viii be- severely t,..
10y the unhappy victims. Mr.. Nlyheer. owning
three houses and lumberyard il ono Of the So
vcrcst losers.
AR0fter FHc -Thi, morning. about = o'cioco.
a arc broke out DO the second story of No. 33 ca
na-,ifcct occupied by Mr. Wrish; a., a boarding
house which soon >uhducd wiihou, doia-
much damage. y. o. Bee. l9;h