The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-05-11

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officers for the different rivers to see tina
the proclamation was carried Into eject
The New York Iietala's dispatch q
| April 2gth states thar General Lane wa,
guarding the navy yard against resignet
Iincendiary naval officers, and had mad,
several scouting expeditions into Virginia
during one Of which he captured seces
sion far. M N
Floyd hadh had an interview with oycfn
or Lctchcr. The former had armed and
equipped 1900 men. s.
Hundreds or troops we're arriving
from South Carolina, Petersburg anl
Georgia. ~,
All the Union men were leaving East
9ern Virginia, where heavy depreciation,
were made on private property BY a.
armed rabbIe. 81.
An armed secession corps had beer
pronounced By a state Judge Illegal anc
the sheriff directed 10 take their arm.
from them .
From reliable Information received nj
Annapolis, It appears that ten thousand
troops, from the Southern Confederacy,
were then in Virginia, and more pouring
IN. The administration had notified Gov.
ernor Letcher that one step Of advance
From Richmond will cause d speedy inya.
sion Of Virginis 4 -' ..3 .' .s:s..s... v.
Gov Letclter had been notified that
any approach OF Confederate troeps 10.
wards Washington would be Che signal
Tor an instant attack on Richmond md
Norfolk. &. ..a. +
Senator Hunter, w. Ct Riyes. w. D.
PRESTON Judges Camden and Breeken.
borough had been appointed by the Viz.
ginfa Convention as delegates to the
Southern Congress. &. ..''. >=. Iii N 4
The Virginia Convention bad passed Nj,
ordinance establishing tile navy Of Yir,
GINA, and authorizing the banks 10 issue
one and two dollar notes. 4. ....
Gentiemcn from Virginia state that
the ordinance of secession would be con.
hrmed by over one hundred thousand ma.
joritya "a. .;. .,5< 4: / a +.
~ was reported that two shius bad
been seized at Rappahannock, Virginia.
and the crews imprisoned and required 10
take the oath Of allegiance to The Sonth.
4: ~ was reported that Governor Letcher.
was about TO issue q proclamation, fer
bidding the passage Of Southern troops
through the State, /. ..a.s 1...
A letter from Fort Monroe states .hat
there was no daDgcr Of an attack. Two
Thousand men were in the fort. They
were much annoyed BY fugitive slaves
seeking refuge there; but iii all cases they
were returned. No batteries would Be
allowed TO be erected within range,
#. The Alexandria Gdsstts SAYS that
Gen. Ice had ordered the release Of. Gen;
Harvey who had been arrested at Hur.
perS Ferry. . Il. !. #. ..*::. #
81 General Bonbari was reported as being
IN command Of the rebel troops in Viz
ginia. 5S -. ... q: 4.
T.. I. ARREST OF SENATOR MASON. =
Hwps stated on unidentified authority
that Senator Mason, of Virginia, was or.
rested in Maryland, on the 2Stlt, by order
of General Patterson, and taken TO
Perrysville. He was to- be taken To
Philadelphia. Il :. .<. :. Il. +. " '.:
Another report denies the above state.
mert; but a later dispatch to the Tribune
confirms the arrest of the senator, and
says he was on his way to Philadelphia.
,.:... b Z NoSTeoMERY.
A Montgomery dispatch 10 the Charles.
ton Courier states that priyateers CONF
missions were being prepared for issue, as
soon as Congress declared war, which il
would undoubtedly do. The instructions
contained q prohibition against tic seizure
Of cotton on either British Or American
vessels. - -. .> ..'s .: ..-.''
The Montgomery mail says portion
Of the crew of the Star Of the West impri.
soned had arrived for trial. -. =. -.
Dispatches from Montgomery to New
Orleans state that nothing of general
character had tratspired. Congress had
been in secret session most of the time. :,
The First Battalion Of the Third Ala
bama regiment left on the LIST for Vfr.
ginia. Two companies Of dragons were
ready for Pensacola. r.. -.
H. ~ WANT N THE SOUTH. =
The Chicago Ercai4g Journal learns
from gentleman just returned from
Mississippi, that, in many parts Of that
State, actual famine prevailed. The PEG.
pie are suffering for want Of enough TO
eat; corn, the chief article Of food there,
was now scarce in the towns and through
out the country-at one station, there
we're two hundred sacks and that was all
hos. In kNE.,N Il