Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-02-02


port that Gen. Scoits brcpafntions have
caused an abandonment of.thc blot 10 seize
the capital, proofs multiply from various
sources that the arrangements Of the rebels
are progressing with un-sleeplng vigilance,
aud q letter from naval officer at Wash.
ihgton declares that, BY TIE nOst candid
and we'll informed secessionists, the success
fol capture Of the city,is regarded rs af0re-T
gone coAelnsion. L1Lk4LN Il hllu ID
The cooperation OF Maryland and Yir,
ginia has been confidently relied on, aud, as
their secession Is all important to the grand
scheme nf a Southern Confederacy, with
Washington as It's capital, the invasion OF
the District OF Columbia, or course yields
10 The more pressing necessity Of the work
now IN haud-a.the dragooniug Of those
states into rebellio1. But, whether they
secede or not, the possession of Waiting.
ton, for even so shortga time, Is essential to
the secession scheme as affording plausl
ole presext for proelaiming that the Union
Is dissolved and for demanding the allegis
ance Of Thea aud navy as due to the
new confederacy. Sach procIamationIis.
sued from the Capital, even though their
possession was too insecure TO make good
their claim to be the Government de faotO,
they naturally believe would detnorsliEe the
army ard navy and would also, by dis.
trncting the country, givea temporary foot.
hold 60 their northern allies gfIhoso allies,
especially in'New York, are now compelled
20 csution5 and wait impetiently the ex-
pected opportunity to siuaugurate nsntTec.
ton and rebellion ID 1Our' seab0ard cities.
Give them the opportunity ,and they viii
rival their soathern confreres 90 6lchiBg our
navy yards, foets, and arsenals Already
they are actively engaged in procuring and
shipping arms sud ammunition. 'atH sl'
For the raid upon Washington, com
pauy is already organized al Baltimore.
The Chief of the Baltimore Police may de.
ny its existence, precisely as certain Of our
own, officials may deny all knowledge Of the
recently defeated attempt upon the Brook
, lyu Navy.Yard. Perhaps Toombs and hi'
northern correspondents are equally 10 the
dark about,it. But such official denials do
not alter the facts; they rather highter
; than dimi6ish their signiieahee.s a'aSA
From Virginia we have accounts Of Min
ute men and other companies in training
for the. same purpose including at least one
body Of eayalry, aud gentleman connect
ed With the @irst families Of Virginia" i
named as the probable leader Of the expe
: dition. The people are nttning throughout
. large portion Of the south; at the eopven
1 ton OF delegates from the secediug state
TO be held at Montgomery, instruction
will doubtless be given TO a secret commit
y tee to organize for the capture Of Wash
" ingtou on some day before the 4th Of March
t and probably on or before the day on whicI
st the electoral votes are to be opened am
l. counted IN Congress. g7
n The secessiopists, who regard the success
. of their expedition as 80 fotegone coucu
It sion" to be realized Whenever they may fin
5 it Convenient, base their confidence, beyon
! ell question, on. the promised treachery 0
!. some of the principal officers and troops I
! whom the defense of the city, It's navy-yard
u arsenal, and public boildings is intrustet
) 1t is openly declared that some of these
d and their names are, well known at Wash
$, ington-are warm sYmpathizers with sece;
8, sion and It is affirmed that the momen
Is the shadow of an apology IS afforded BY th
secession Of sufficient number of state
Io and the proclamation by their delegate
+. that the Union is dissolved and 8 Southet
: Confederacy formed, hupdreds of mltar
. aud naval officers from the south will ho
N themselves absolved from all allegiance
e. the Constitution, aud VIII without warnin
or array themselves on the side Of the rebel
il carrying with them soldiers and sailor
ID fortresses, and ships .ofwar. A prOclam
to tion from renegade lieutenant was recent
"a published 10 the papers assuring naval Of
- GERS that they would earn the gratitude
the south by such timely presents
at steamers and revenue cutters being eSpecla
ut y in demand. q, ..,..--r......
u We would not impugn the high integri
B Of the loyal sons of the south, who Il
a Major Aderson, are maintaining in di
90 cult and trying position their own honor a
- that Of their country. But with such
ns amples of treaebery and almost inconcei'
he ble baseness as were presented to us by !
"a. Presidents late Secretaries and their alb
-, tors in the Senate; The nation has rig
= to require that the defense Of Washingt
"e be placed in the hands of men free from
er- taiut of disloyalty as Gen.Scott himsel
N. no man of them sympathzDg with rebeli
or anticipating the day when be shall ira
fer his allegiance to another and ri
ed sovereignty. ....-s. s..,.r.. -
led We hear that Gen Scott declares Il
Der he can hold the Capital for twenty.f
90 hours against all cofners, and that wit
" that time be eau procure, from the No
EN- ffty thousand men That q tenth part
re- this number could be so speedily placed
ls. Washington, even If their passage was
,Eo obstructed, we are inclined to doubt.
~ how if the militia of the District fraterl
eu' with the assailaBts2 How if treacher.
ex- at work all around him, among those
whom ne chiefly relies How il. the brid
Of Maryland are broken to prevent
lpd passage Of the troops from the North,
om. the telegraphic wires are cut, and the m
by to the North stopped, while by secret {
me cert the cavalry OF Virginia and troops (
NJ the South generally are concentrated a
Wy Washington Are such things ipcred
ON after our recent experience ? Will 1t
of much more strange to learn that Wash
ere rton Is 10 the ehauds Of the rebels aud {
inc gress dispersed, and a new Confeder
- proclaimed, than II has been TO. learn
so' so by one the stupendous losses we have
lot ready sustained at the hands of a Fed
ted Administration, by traitors calling th
ov, selves Statesmen. aud thieves pretending