Litchfield enquirer., 1861-05-02
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 ADvIcEs from Waahington gre Interesting and important. The city is without doubt secur. from any attack-ndeed we hear To more of an, intention to attack it.. On the contrary, we hay, repeated assurances from Virginia that no in vasion of the Capital would ever be permitted from her soil. Notwithstanding these assur "nces, however, it is not the intention of tn, Government to desist from it's preparations fo, any emergency which may be prscipitated upor 1t by the Secessionists, but under the direction Of tho veteran Gen. Scott everything is being put in the most complete order. Nothing i, heard of the movements of the Secessionist for. ces in Virginia; but from report, it is proba. ble that something of secession character has been going on in the vicinity of Fort Monroe The Captain of . vessel which arrived in New York on Sunday states that he heard cannonad ing on Friday in the direction of Old Point Com fort, and that it contiaued the entire afternoon
 The regular Army and Navy forces being found inadequate for present and prospective emergences, it has been determined by the Ad ministration to increase each arm of the service to an aggregate of twenty-five thousand. It is understood that the necessary orders for this increase have already been issued
 ! The President has very properly decided that the ports of Virginia and North Carolina shall be included in the blockade of the Southern har. bors, and his Proclamation has been issued to that effect.
 TIE ADMISIsrRATlos has decided upon pol icy which will be likely to impress our secession friends with the idea that they have undertaken hard task. Troops in addition to those already called for, will be immediately required-swel- ling the whole number to one hundred md .ffy- eight tAousand men, as follows: 750OO militia already called for; 40:e00 to bo called for for three yoars' service 25.Qoo regulars for five years service, and 1S.0oO seamen for the same period Even this large number falls short of the actual offerings of troops already made 1 It is now a settled question that Maryland will not sscede. Tho cesction in favor of the Union throughout the State has been so complete that even if the Legislature should take the respons- bility of adopting the first step looking to sep aration, it is moro than probable that the mem bers would be driven out of the State House. But the Legislature will do no such thing A test vote upon the secession question was taken in the House of Delegates on Monday, and re- suited in only thirteen members voting in it's fa- vor, while ffty-three voted against it. So Mary land may hereafter be counted on the side of the Government.
 In Baltimore the revolution in sentiment an- pears to have been most complste- A weeks s experience of mob rule lhss been quite sufficient, and now the Union feeling is represented to be moro deeply seated than ever before.
 THE CONDUCT of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment is deserving of the greatest praise. When Gen. Butler asked if any of them could sail the Consultation, .,Szytour men stepped from he ranks, one of ,cAom ,ras tue sou of Me man aoho buiA her! l similar incident occurred when the General called for mechanics to put the disocated en. zine together. One statwart Yankee stepped from the ranks and said, |" WeH, General, / rahser Mink / can-I made Nat engine;" and in two hours the engine was at work drawing trains with the troops toward Washington. The efficacy of the stalwart six-footers with which the regiment abounds, was most fortunate thing for the vast body of troops concentrating at Ansapolis- -s,
 CHANGE IN MARrL1sD SEsrIMESr.-Passen- gers from Hagarstown report wonderful change in Maryland sentiment. The stars and stripes were raised at Hagerstown on Saturday.
 Alleghany county has instructed her represen tatives that if they vote for secession they will be hung on their return home. The stars and stripes are waving all over Frederick City. The home guard refuse to parade unless under its folds, and to the tune of 6 Yankee Doodle" The miners are sworn to resist secession to the death.
 FoRT PIcKENs.-The Cincinnati Gazette of the 24th has the following: "Mr. J. J. Clark, drum-major at Fort Pickens, which says, that on the l7th inst, Fort Pickens was unnecessarily attacked by the secession forces, who were driv- en back with loss of thirty-three men. Not 8 person in the garrison was injured"
 OHIo.-The preparations in Ohio, as every where else at the West, are exceedingly active. At noon on Wednesday last. there were 1,2OO men at Camp Taylor at Cleveland, and large numbers were ons the way. On Saturday 1000 men were to march from Toledo for the camp, and the Plymouth Rifles from Richmond County, had slready arrived. Twenty-sight cases of rifles of the Enfield patent, and suppos- ed to be part of the 500, 900 said to be lately purchased in England, and 250,O00 reported as arrived at Philadelphia, are on their way to Gin icinnati, and four hundred thousand cartridges 't and five hundred boxes have been forwarded to Gov. Dennison, from Albany. Two tuns of musket balls, buck-shots, and cartridges have gone to Detroit. Three thousand blankets were ,, taken over the Pittsburg read on Tuesday. Trains are loaded down with troops and muni- tions of war.