New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-25
WAR MOVEMENTS I'm PHILADEL-
PNEA.
Rivals ira Pstriotisn-Onr City Blazing
with Zcal-Arnies Of Women Regiments
OF NEuscs-Busiuess-Tr Traitors.

fhlLADELPHiA, AHIl ~, i'oi'
Pennsylvania has for eclipsed New-fork! In
this contest for the prize of sell-oaciciDg patriotism
vi ch now prevails among the Sat you can gener-
only afford listen ard acknowledge the fact. Penn
81 lyania passed the it horoughgoing war bill author
ling the Cove nor call ont any number of men. and
giving sjO0,tO0 New-York followed with S3,OOOOOJ
and 90 coo men. This worthy OF the great heart
of New-YoIk. IL electrified and staggered us-we
Were fairly outdone Bur when Sumter was assoiied
we recovered our equilibrium, and our Legislature by
UNANIMOUS vote, the whole Democracy tnspg
with us, pledged the State of PeDnsy lyania
ito any amount, and to every extn to
sustain the Cove nment and put down treas n.
There it stands upon tic record, wholly unsurp sed,
Overcoming even gloious New-YoTt. DO what others
u ay can any devotion TO the Union exceed this J
Now this is not bravado. Our whole population is
nbaze with eageruess TO see it realized. Our city
banks mue,iate offered all the money Pennsyl'
vauia M, ut want. Private citizens rendered money
IN amounts never before offered, and do believe that
fGoyenment were to offer $lOO 900, COO of Treasury
notes IN Pensy lyania sall enough for general crcu-
Ia ion they would be absorbed in lees than thirty days.
Orr confidence ia the Government is frmer than it
ever war, and every development of its vigorous
roI.v ryes TO Strengthen it. Two such communities
ps NeS.York and Pennsylvania moving shoulder 10
ebonder seeking Guido each other ID tie race OF de-
you.n to a common country, present spectacle at
which the world may not only wonder, bat eXnt, and
eiore which treason will yet csll upon tie noun
| taius TO cover IT,
On Friday last IL was discovered that 10000 uniforms
for our volunteers must he supplied by the Safe and
| o.deis were AT orce i.sned for making them. The
| emit. Grard House was rented, army ol cutters
em1oyed cloth furnished by merchants NJ mere nomi-
| al prices and our taking fe at the CALI came
w Thousands T. offer their help 10 make up. No such
| eirL wac ever r.en. Ire large building il ied
| with ladies wives Of our best citizens, with their
daughters, working al day coats and baukets aided
" IN army of sewiDg-machHes. At least 5000 per
suns mostly adies at work. aided by 100 cat
| ttrs. Ladies from all parts, toan and country
volunteering take bone work, and Chestnut street
il fhly blocked mp with these patriotic women seek
| ing TO DO something for tie cause. The work thns
poes bravely on. Another incident Il the time tie
| organizing Of body of sowe 800 women nurses,
experienced hands, v no intend going with tie troops
TO take of the sick and wounded. Most Of those
are young women in robust health. This anxiety
TO aid the appeais in all the negbborng towns
IN Short Tie spectacle Of people united has proba
| bly, never been seen.
Tire general enthusiasm breaks forth in q multitude
| Of novel shapes. Boys peddng Union Fls2s
mounted on sticks in al tboroughiares and from
tier hands they find their way into all the reiehtoTng
| towns, where they barg from window and doopost.
Men walk our under umbrellas made Of mate
rial printed with the stars and Stripes. Tie hrs who
showed himself under such banner greeted with
| cheers as he moved along. Union parasos of printed
silks are coming ont for the adee. Fonr hundred gls
in Of our public schools have each contributed
Stitches 10 "a huge flag ard raised it the school house
| amid tremendous cheering. The women are working
aboriouy Tor the volunteers and their families whom
they leave behind them. They Preparing ID
reception and sword for General Wool if he will
halt long enough on his passage through tie
city to receive them. One lady has snug
ged tersef in as volunteer alongside her bus
band dressed in suit Of his eotbes and passing biz
b.oher. Others unmarried, have offered themselves
vivandiers, to accompany the troops The owners
Of many small houses occupied by departing volunteers
have no lied them that they shall charge rent while
they q, the wars and Others are initiating
The example thus set. vast array OF names-sou1e |
iO0l0-bas been signed tie Iledge of fathfulDess
the Government Dir avn up and headed by Horace BIN.
ney. CAPT. Archamhaut old officer uuder Napo- |
eon has called the French citizens to swell tho
ranks OF the Garde Lafayette under his command AMI
they respond heartily. The utmost rivalry prevails
among the companies forming TO which snail be
irrt filed Drilling goes on nightly in at least fifty |
place. saw GDOvounieers marching IN one body
behind the recruiting officer through as drtnchng "a |
rain fell. The Stock Brokers. Us u body have
unanimously pledged themselves sustain tie Cove u.
m'nt. The Dug Exchange people have done the same |
Thing. Factory hands every where giving combined
expression TO similar sentiments. Men over 20 years
odd are presenting themselves volunteers, and in-
sistng On being accepted. Merchants and business
men, eXcmp, by age from military duty, have organ
lied home guard of To- 900 for city defense Arms are
in great demand, and manufacturer IRE as busy az
bees. TLele IA complete cessa;on Of shipments OF all
kinds Of merchandise 10 the Rebel States money in
hand not tempting citizens either feeding or
clothing them. hear rumor of force of 5000
blacks being organized They oer to raise that NUN.
Der of men provided pledge il given them that they
will be marched directly down among the Rebels.
Such body could be raised here and in this neigbor-
hood.
In the midst Of this extraordinary excitement bust
meas ia far from being Frustrated, as men feared j,
would be- The great depressing suspense has passed
away and the future u far clearer 10 Us than month
ago. Indeed, know with certainty what il going
be- and hence the feeling Of relief which every
body experiences In business circles where eG.bar
rassment j. found TO exist and suspension threatened,
tie kndes forbearance is prac,ieed and the lettering
ones are helped along Bot the fewness Of these
pensions is remarkable. Even among ibose who now =
zoe at they lve nsanely catered TO Southern patron
ige there is not the Wholesale breakdown this month
lat was confidently predicted three weeks ago b
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