Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-03

are tho distances between various points tina
are Of special interest at this time
PhiladelphA % Baltimore. gs miles.
Hsrper's Ferry 70 :. ................ 81
Parhersburs 70 "a ...................SS .SSs a.
wheeling 70 % ..-.... ........-. .Sie a
Annapolis 70 Washington. 50
fredericksburg 70 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 10 :"
Richmond TO % --......-...-..-.- -IS0 "a
Petersburg TO -.-.-----.-..---1 asa .
Wilmington, \. C" ...................S7 .S7S 't
Charleston, $. C.. q" ...................6 .6sT 4"
CAssIUs 81. CLAY IL THE FIELD.-Cassius
II. Clay, Minister TO Russia, has offered his
services to the Secretary of War, either to
raise regiment or to serve as private sol.
dier in the ranks Mr.. Cameron said to him,
"Sir, this is the first instance in history that
ever heard of where foreign Minister vol
unteered to serve in the ranks" Then, said
Clay, "Iet's make little history" A COM
pany Of one hundred volunteers was speedily
raised and put under Clay's command.
A WEKK's WoRK.-The week that followed
tho Presidents requisitioD for troops to de-
fend the Government, has transformed the
North into vast military camp. II has de-
veioped military spirit nnd capacities for
bringing men into the field, that certainly
have ustouisbed the Northern people theR-
selves, whatever may be the effect on others.
In single week the $4,000 men called for by
the President have been organized, and the
greuner part of them placed in camp ready
for service, and probably three times rs many
have been enrolled aud are now drilling daily,
ready to respond to the call of the Govern.
mcnt. The spirit pervades the entire CON-
munity. and we doubt not, a half million of
mrn could be mustered into serviee in q
moutke
NORTHwEs7ERH VIRoIxlA.-A gentleman
just returned from Northwestern Virginia in
forums US that o large majority of the people Of
that section Of the State Indignantly rspudiate
| the act Of secession, and express their deter
minatiOn to stand by the Union at ell haE-
yards. They say that the act of secession was
passed By fraud and trickery, and that they
will not be bound by it. If the act is not re-
pealcd, they will take the matter into their
own hands, and secede from the res$ of the
State, and rely on the Government To protect
them When our informant left, the leuCIing
citizens of Wheeling and other parts of North
western Virginia we're making prepagations
to raise and ft out troops for the Government.
| Our informant feels confident that 5000 men
will be raised and equipped in a EeFy short
time.--Chic0go Times.
The above is entitled to the more credit
| from the fact that the editor of the Times is a
VirgiRiaR.
At New Orleans, Mobile and Montgomery
q "boan,y" Of $40 per man is offered for vol
unteers tor the Confederate Army" and d
bonus Of 80 additional is paid TO every mar
| who brings in recruit. The Confederate
Government foots the bill, and it is said to bC
slow work at that.
That's the way they do things down seuE.'
| Here, where we don't need to be hired to sus
tain benefcient Government. il is impossi
bIe to receive all the soldiers that offer. Thou
sands are outftted at their own charges, and 1
"bounty" on enlisting would be a curiosity fo
Barunm,
| The property destroyed at Norfolk by Capt
Pendegrast the other day, cost the Governmen
J at least ten millions of dollars. The old Penn
sylvanian herself cost two millions. The othe
vessels were very costly, but with the excep
tion Of the Merimac, Of very little account
The cannon in the Arsenal yard there wer
nearly two thousand of them spiked. Al
this happened because the Virginians sunI
vessels loaded with granite in Elizabeth rive
|. to prevent the removal of the ships aRa store
to FeEt Monroe. ...
Yhe Petsrsburg Express Of Friday, says
band Os 6Gteen men from that city seized th
ship Argo, from Bath, waiting at the POin
for cargo of tobacco. Eighteen negroes
constituting the crew, were marched to tn
cars aud brought to the city and lodged j
. Jail. Immediately after the seizure Of the Al
go, the company proceeded tor a surveyin
vessel, now in the service of the United State
Government, and took possession of her.
The SUPPLY OF POWDER IN THE EASY
The Philadelphia Gazette says:
There is but one powder mill in VigEini
and eight in Maryland, and none in the res
, | of the south, while Delaware has nine aa
. Pennsylvania sixty-seven. From these figure
it will be seen that if We could keep posses
sion Of Maryland and Delaware with thei
+ powder mills, the solitary powder mill in Vii
bginia would be the only one to supply th
South" s.:f.. .-sas
r The New York World, speaking Of th
, blood shed, by murderous mob in Baltimor'
{ says:
s It was Massachusetts regiment that wa
e attnckedI it was Massachusetts, blood thn
,, FIRST flowed from our citizen sOldiery; an
d this first blood was she'd on the ever hallowe
: and memorable nineteenth OF April, the ana
}, versary of the battle Of LexingtOn--the opeI
e ing skirmish Of the American Revolution.
THE WAY TO- Do live find the follow
ing in a dispatch to the N. Y. papers, fIo
Washington
a Gov. andrew, of Massachusetts, telegraph
{ to the Secretary of War to-day, "Would u
like q fifth regiment, composed Of hardy Iris
, men, enlisted specially ?" They will prObab
" be accepted by Government.
rs When our country is at war every man ia
a traitor, aud deserving the doom Of . trait
o who refuses 70 stand by his own goveFRmel
HBi to defend the henor Of his own HAe, Gnd {
AqUtdS q htB SVa hsBiIy.