Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-04-24
ExCITEmENT I'm VIRGINIA.
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS
UNIOylsm CRUSHED QUE.
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WHEELING, April 20-I left junction Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at P. n. on Friday. The train
of cars was full. Along the route found business
stopped, and great excitement At louisville there
was crowd around the Aagpole, with the Ameri-
can flag. On q point of rocks near BY there was
| great cheering over the Confederate flag.
| On reaching the bridge at Harper's Ferry, the
train was stopped by Virginia soldiers, with load
ed cannon planted in front of the On the con-
ductor assuring them that no United States agents.
soldiers, or reporters were on the train, they
/ allowed to cross the bridge. Here it was again
stopped, and loaded cannon pointed oblquely at
/ the cars SO that they could demolish the whole
train, with men standing at the touch-holes ready
to fire. As soon as the train halted the soldiers
rushed to the cars and commenced tossearch them.
The conductor was told TO ask questions at ALL
that orders had been given to allow no one to land
1 Men, with drawn swords and loaded muskets ask
| ed, "What is the news from Baltimore ~ Arm
strong, member of the Richmond Convention. step
| ped on the platform, and shouted, $50 in bows
| first blood for Baltmore The United States troops
| had fired into an unarmed crowd of citizens and
| killed Is; only four soldiers vas killed, and every
was now going to stand by his State, and shed
his last drop of blood sooner than have Abolition
| hOIdes come down there to murder them"
The mob cheered bin, and the Conductor, finding
nothing could be done, told the mob that the Com
| pany would carry none but Southern men, and
| started the train.
Men followed with swords. as loeg as they could
4 keep up 10 prevent dLJ Uue IFOIu ReLlIng Oh. On
the armory flag staff floats the Virginia flag Over
the ruins of the arsenal piece of U. s. flag floats
About three thousand men In and about the ar
senal mostly armed and equipped. The arsenal
and part of the factory are burned to the ground.
Several volunteers had got on the train and were
asked what all this meant One said he had orders
not to tell On going into another car, agd talking
| secession found from them that news that Vir-
gina had seeded had reached them on Tuesday.
Gov Lecher had ordered the Arsenal seized prop
erty Of Virginia Men are mastering. and on
| Thursday night the United States artillery set
the Arsenal on fire, and fled to Carlisle, Penn.
sylvania. The citizens rallied and put out the fire
but not until the arms were all burned. A party
had started after them to capture them. The wild.
est excitement RACES there. The troops are pouring
in from all parts of the surrounding country, and
are told that Gen. Scott had resigned and would
head the Southern Army at Alexapa-ia, where
they would start for to-day. The panic is so great
that it is crushing ont the U-ion men, who are
charged with being traitors 10 the State At Mar.
tinsburg, we stopped f.. SUPPER great crowd
collected, and anotl er repetition of the speech al
Harper's Ferry .as made. Assurance was made
that the rallrad would carry none but Virginia and
Marylap' en-
A .4Jer of Union men are here, but will soon
" gagged.
! A Leutentant of the Hedgesvile Blues and ter
of his men, got on the here and came to North
| Mountain, saying they would not fight against the
US. flag till Maryland seeded.