Smyrna times., 1861-05-09
The Smoke Clearing Away,

NOW l0db Tue SOluke OF the eN6UtS VI tue IuSt
twenty days has cleared away, we eau see bet
Ter what has happened.
North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkan
have been revOlutIoniz ipto the condition of
allies of the Gulf Contederacy.
Maryland, it is settled. will keep clear OF SEE
eession.
Missouri is to be checkmated by internal di.
visions, by her free State surroundings. and by
the occupation Of Cairo by National troops,
that she cannot Interfere in .he pending strug-
gle.
Virginia is only partially out of the Union,
Western Virginia is firm, and will be tirmer
with lhe settling down of Maryland into a
condition of quiet. In the valley of Virginia,
and even in Eastern Virginia, the Unon men
are numerous, and will show themselves when
they san find national troops to rally behind.
AS YET, Kentucky gives no indication that
she will Join the Southern Confederacy, and
she will ba less inclined TO do SO events pro.
gress.
Within ten days. the entire security of the
capital, and the refusal of Maryls land to secede,
have become accomplished facts. And they
are facts which will have great weight, both
with Kentucky and Missouri. Ii those States
are happily determined TO remain quiet, as is
probable, our difficulties are reduced to proper
lions which make them easily manageable.
THg BLOCKADE --ImpOriant information.-
On application made by some ofthe Diplomatic
Corps at the State Department, the following
points were ascertained.
lst Vessels IN blUckaded ports, when the
blockade took effect, will be allowed a reason
Bile time TO depart.
I'd Vessels bringing emgrants, though they
had 10 notice of The blockade, will not be
allowed TO enter blnckaded ports. That class
of persons come to the United States chiefly to
settle in the upper States of Mississippi; it will
be better for them 10 enter at open port, aud
thsnce make their way 10 their destination,
rather than encounter the dangers AMI casu-
alIies incident to the lnsurrectIHnarJ condition
of the Gulf States.
The bIuckading force under Captain String
ham will consist of al least fifty war vessels.
accompanied by sufficient steam ira ansports for
the accommodation Of land force 10000
strong. Thus it will prove sufficient TO ma ks
an efficient bloc kale otany inlet on the Sou h.
ern coast, int which any vessel drawing six
feet of water might otherwise enter.
KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA TRooPs OFFERING
Fourteen companies of Kentucklans from
border counties have rendered their services
to the Secretary Of War. through Col. 7. V.
Guthrie, and ten are accepted, with orders 10
eneaiDPs u 10 VsOuG"'' "h 'IO OH'Ve'Oe VI '"e
Ohio river.
Sixty fine fourth company u. 8 Arulery
have Just anded al Fort McIlenry. with eight
months provisions. The fort has $50 men,
The damage done by the Baltmoreans to
the Northern CeHtral Railroad bridges is esli-
mated at $30O,OOO.
Thirteen hundred men are 10 Fort Monroe
well protected and provisioned.
A report from Virginia, by special messen
ger, says that the VIrginians in the Pan Ha lie
will fight the tyrants of the tide water 10 the
last. They have, in defiance of Letcher and
Wise, enrolled 2,6D0 men for the government
.Rather than yield, they demand re-admIssloE
into the Union a seperate State.
In Virginia the utmost actively prevails al
the Tredegar works, with a large increase
of employees They are tnrnieg out three o
the large size COlumbiads amp six smaller piece,
per week. A ready force of four full CO npa
MES, COM 21sed .! the proprIelors aud employees
have bren formed and properly Oficere,
amongst themselves. Other foUndries are &C
lively engaged IN casting shot and shell.
The cannon that were spiked at Gospor
Navy yard are now being remOmed TO NurIl
Carolina, by way of of the Seabord railroad, l.
Weldon. Most ol the spikes are withdraw
At Macon. Georgia, all persons tried il
enIIst 10 the army.
The Louisville Courier announces that III
five or six hundred Kentucky traitors who lei
Louisville to assitt the confederate SfaIes i
The war they have begun against the Genera
RoVernmen', have changed their destiOatio
for Virginia.
Fifteen hundred negroes have enrolled them
sslses ss soldiers IN the Confederate army
New Orleans.
MUSICAL Folks AT THE WAR Besides a.
regular music an, attached 10 the regime Rti
sbands,a large number Of New York resdeI
musicians have lett. or will leave, for the wa
About a dozen churhes are deprived Of III
services Of their orgaDsis who have gone
with the 7ih. the 7lth. tho l2ih, Or the 6t
Mr.. g. w. M"rgan, the organIst of gra
ghurch, went with the h. Mr.. Mailiard, Il
wsll.known ~, vent with The 7l't, u
band playing as they marched down Br'adw'
.h,s air :. Viva 4 5A,ner,co" Mayor. tbs so
.teaor of Teini,y Cnurcb. also ePaTted with !
gSsyeath, and virIOHs cboirs are represent
nv thsir singers among the bands Of pait'
who hive hastsned TO the defence OF th'
couairy's honor.
: .CAEApIAE SypPArHv. Toronto Globe
a laag article on ths relations bet ween Engis
s.aa ths Unlled States. advocating sinc'
aod 6rm reliance, forgetting all pss' differsn
and says that the Marin hasa Jpst eau
That ths permanent good will ofthe Amer'c
nrople "a wsr,hs rjging for, and that il ho
10 see the rebellion Pa' dowa, aHd lbe trait
dealt with as tbry deserve a
All the uercussion ca ps nsed ip the army
made Al E3ridsssnrg Arsenal. 10 PenusyIva.
aud G.OOU. 900 are 90 hads nov,