Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-05-04

SUMMARY or LATEST NEWS.

down the Mississippi Of arms and provis-
ions for the Southern army.
The Vermont egislaturs has appro.
priated $1,000 900 to equip the regiments
demanded of that State.
A company Of secessio on soldiers were
mopp.d by the citizens of Frankfort, Ky,
on the 22nd ult. The people of Frankfort
are for the old flag.
Senator Douglas addressed an i'm
mense audience in indianapolis on the
23rd. He appealed to the people TO for
get party ties, and rise as one man and
do battle for their constitutional and ina
lienable rights.
The Union feeling in Western Vir
GINA is strong, and the probability is that
it will secede from the ssaeders of the
Eastern part Of the State.
Daniel s. Dickinson has taken de
cided stand against the secessionists, and
in favor Of sustaining the government.
The sscessionists have possession of
Fort Smith, Arkansas. The Union feel
ing is nearly botted out in Arkansas.
TO the report that he had resigned,
Gen. Scott is reported to have made the
following reply -" No, sirs; please God
viii fight for many years yet for this
Union, and that too under the protecting
folds Of the Star Spangled Banner"
Provisions are becoming very scarce
at Washington. Flour is $lj per barrel.
The Government is selling seized flour to
the poor at 81 per barrel.
A dispatch from Louisville, dated
April "a, says -" Nashville papers con-
tain speech of John Bell, yesterday, ad-
vocating a strong military league of all
the Southern States against common
invading foe
-Gov. Mnsoffin has called an extra
session Of the Kentucky Legislature for
May 9th.
Fort McHenry, in Maryland, has been
reinforced by U 5. troops.
Gen. Scott has given assurances tina,
Washington City is safe from any force
which may be brought against it by the
South.
1t was reported in Harrisburg on the
DH,h tlot H. Dr,.;l.n, h.,
of his farm aud gone to Canada,
in consequence of threatening remarks
from the Ohio troops quartered at Lancas,
ter. OF course this is q Geographic hum
bug.
Senator Sherman, of Ohis, has joined
the Ohio troops as n private.
Union men are compelled to flee from
Baltimore. The city is under the control
Of secessionists, and the lives, rights and
property Of Union men are not respected.
Andrew Talcott, Of the U. S. Topo-
graphical Engineers, a native Of Connec-
ticut, has gone 10 Richmond to supern.
tend the manufacture of arms to be used
by the Confederate Government
The secessionists have planted bat
terry of guns at Harpers Ferry, command
ing the railroad bridge, and all trains are
stopped and examined
Late adyces from Texas say that
the Mexicans are getting up another guer
lila warfare against tho citizens on the Rio
Grande, about Brownsville The town Of
Romeo has been plilaged and burned, and
many American families have been mur
dersd. The number Of Federal troops left
in Texas is about one thousand.
Fletcher Webster has organized reg
lment to fight for the uuieu, aud the citi-
zsns OF Boston have raised ST., 900 for
their outfit end support.
The Indiana Legislature convened
on the 74th The Governor recommends
the appropriation OF 81, 000,00O for mill
Iary purposes.
Gov. Hicks, of Nd, called the Legis
ature together iu Extra session Oh the
25th.
$4,000 men have already volunteered
n Pennsylvania. The Governor has &C,
cepted 5000.
The Governor of Delaware has issued
\ proclamation calling cut troops to de-
end the Union.
A dispatch from Philadelphia dated
April q, says -" 1t is reported that Gen.
Harvey YVES taken prisoner Ut Harprr's
Ferry by a detachment, of Virginia troops
Before the train reached Harper's Ferry,
t was stoppea, and number of troops
mounted the platform, and the General
being pointed out, he was Immediately
AIKEN into custody. He was in citizens
iress, and was treated very courteously.-
There is no doubt that as soon as the Tx.
scutive Of Virginia is made acquainted
With the facts, Gen. Harvey will be re.
eased, as was the case with an officer of
he U. S. Army, who was seized few
lays since in Richmond Later advices
'ta,s that Gen. Harvey has been released
The Bell aud Everett men of the
Wheeling, Va, Congressional District, met
n Convention on the 18th, and accepted
he nominee of the Douglas Democrats,
W. G. Brown, as their candidate for Con.
,ress A strong Union feeling prevailed
n the Convention.
"A dispatch o: the 26,h says schooner
rom New York, lowed by tug, was
brought to by a shot from Fort Monroe,