The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-04-20
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Special Dispatch TO the Chicago Tribuns.1
3 LOUIS, April l6.-The Union men are
/ An md determined for the Government. The
l rssionists ire prowling about the Arsenal
q III, acksls, and seeming weak point Of attack;
/ v the commanding officer, Capt. Lyons, is true
i I'd prepared for any emergency. We wish,
o,.yer, that We could rely on the fidelity of all
| a, officers of the army here.
Gov. Jackson left this city on Sunday morn.
iay for The capital He is still plotting treason;
DO: ,be people have their eye on him.
The news that Maryland responds favorably
s,Ae cal! of the President for troops, raises
r hopes to fever heat.
The Missouri Republican has gone over to the
rsss; but it is nothing more than was expected
hi believed that the great mass of our peo-
III ne with the stars and stripes.
Ssnstor Douglass reply to dispatch sent
iRhom here, that he WAS for his country and
glrs its assailants, creates great rejoicing
Ing Union men of all parties
Trade is dull and money matters confused.
POulterer L Brother, bankers. failed to-day.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago rribuns.l
WASHINGTON, April l6.
The Administration expects the passage Of a
recession ordinance in Virginia, and is taking
tie protection Of the Federal property in that
Safe Advices from Western Virginia state
aa,he Unlonists are preparing to resist seces-
ia, No doubt Of the 10, atty Of q majority Of
.x citizens OF Maryland. Tie call for volunteers
/ npdly responded to. The Government IL
ir,dy offered one regiment from Baltimore
w Government has information that the
VtiWss in Virginia, Maryland and Missouri
rEnse contingents, even though their respec-
i've Governors should refuse to act under the
Prsiden,'s requisition.
The War Department 10 confident of the rein
Drcement Of Fort Pickens. The commander
'bM been ordered 10 fire upon the Confederate
;scops If they do not discontinue the erection of
a.teries At least five THOUSAND troops from
yss York, Philadelphia and Rhode Island, will
here in less than three days A military camp
|fl be formed on the heights commanding
Wellington. Some Ohio volunteers also are
upected here towards the end of this week
Mere Of men and money continue to be received
au all parts of the North by the Government.
Information received here shows that two hun
a.d thousand men will be in arms in the North
before the first Of June. Each State will organ.
ne llsrge reserve in addition to the contingents
Nas he Presidents requisition Of seventy-five
and will be used in protecting Washington and
as military posts along the Potomac and.Chesa'
este Bay. Twenty thousand will be concentra.
mI St. Louis and Cairo, and the rest with
nos Of the regular army, will be used for ope-
adon. in Texas, Pensacola Bay and Charleston.
Formal orders to bloch sde the mouth of the
Isssippi and Southern ports are not yet issued,
bat will be as soon as the steam irigates now fit.
ting out are ready for sea.
The Government is about notifying the foreign
puers Of its intention to collect the revenue
dhe Southern ports.
fHI Position OF THE BORDER STArEs-ErvECI
aiHE WAR News IN VIRaiNIA.-The opening
a,he war between the federal government and
lie authorities at Montgomery brings the ques.
ton Of secession in practical form before the
lsginia Convent on and the people of Mary
nd, Kentucky, Tennessee and Delaware. The
Virginia Convention is composed, as it appears,
Utmost entirely Of old fogies, who, upon their or
tnizAtioD, resolved themselves into debating
waety, and have since continued to emit con-
lsed stream Of talk. They were ready to dis
tss anything in the world except the matters
snediately in hand, and they would have gone
etor year or two talking about the tides, thu
Hatcher comet, the next eclipse, the quadra
he Of the circle, or anything else. Now, how
ter, they must act. The President Of the Uni
I'd States, exercising the power wherewith tn
constitution clothes him, has called upon thu
s.sses which adhere to the Union for certain lie
ries Of troops, and the question as to whether
not Virginia will furnish her quota must b.
passed upon BY the Convention. At the saIn'
tine the leaders of the Southern Confederac!
N pressing the Old Dominion TO come over 4
Weir side. For our own part We firmly believe
bat Virginia will not secede, and it is almos
sedless to state that the other Dor er Statei
nj follow in the wake of the Old Dominion. Il
more than probable that these States vii
talntain position of armed neutrality-suspicious.
g themselves against any aggressi0ns North Of
Nash-and inhiniting the transportation o
saops through their territory. II the Border
'Ises remain in this position of observation
Deserving jealously the the integrity Of thei'
W. The war between the North and South vii
"a short one The North has the ships. ths
nt'a'y supplies. and the army and munition'
Var. That the South is in no condition 4
ake Offensive war there can be no doubt what
Ie'. The South has men enough, but no money
herewith TO carry on . great conflict. In the
sorth We have ut least two hundred million o
collars hard cash, which could be placed imme
saiely at the disposal of the government AeI
;aosre plenty, and there is evidently an esrnes
aehton To support the government and TO pre-
s've the integrity Of the republic among all par
va Provided that the border States set up a
sapassible barrier between the Northern ant
southern armies, military operations agains
sasangton are altogether impracticable, AM
@Northern generals will be masters Of the Sit
sSaon. With ships of.wsr TO operate upon tn
southern cities, from Charleston around TO tn
Sou'h Of the Mississippi; with the closing o
very port Of entry between Wilmington ant
ssalseston; with vigorous operations against tn
.ss and arsenals Of the United States, which
Government most certainly have the RICH
sepossess, there can be no doubt that the cot
% states would, in . very short time, be gls'
oiaarm and talk matters over. As thing
.'hd now, the government has but one cours
pursue The motto Of John Hamden, IN
backward" has been adopted by the Lin
.s a administration, and the policy Of the gov
,. .nent neets the approval Of the people of tn
s1 central States, which, after al, must rule
.po'eon said that Providence was always on tn
~ o. the heaviest artillery. We have not on
zoe heaviest artillery. but we have likewis
=. nnsesl purss, and that 10 the prime requl
n. = modern warfare. It is fortunate for US
~ Empire City that We Will be removed fron
oss;. aosror Of var; and although we vii b
xssc 70 bear iss expense, the result will be O.
ssose pecansarily beneficial % the CONNIE,