Des Arc semi-weekly citizen., 1861-05-14
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 sEg@ The branch mint in Charlotte, N. c. was taken possession of on the 2lst, by
 Colonel Bryce and the military. by order of Gov. Ellis. No resistance was made, nor the slightest disturbance occurred.
 The people of North Carolina are gal.
 lantly rallying to the defense of the South. s@E The New York Herald thus sums
 up, in few words, the financial condition of the North and South: ,1rr1TT The States in the Southern Confederacy
 owe $lS,OOO,O00. The Confederacy it. self owes nothing. The States in the Northern Federation owe STA 900 900.
 besides the debt of the Federal Govern
 ment, making in all $260, ,000,0 These are points for the consideration of capl. talists.
 l esg= The New York Tribune insists upon the federal government revoking the patents of Colt, the pistolman, and others 1 who sell arms to Southern people. s@g- The Savannah News learns thro a gentleman just from Washington that Gov. Lescher is putting up fortiication at a point called White House, below Fort Washington, which will command the Po- Etomac. If the Potomac can be thorough l ly commanded by Virginia cannon, and
 we see no reason why i. may not, then in- deed will the L1rcoLn hirelings have to fight their way to Washington. gsg= The Richmond Despatch says that the iron founders of that city, besides the immense lot of war material they have already fabricated, have engagements a. head which will keep them employed some months to come, even admitting they re- ceive no more orders.
 Ef A coprespondens of the Charleston Mercury, writing from Pensacola on the 20th ult., says siege of six months is expected, before Fort Pickens is taken. see "The times are hard, wife, and l find il dfficult to keep my nose above wa ter" You could easily keep your nose above water, husband, if you didn't keep it so often above brandy.'
 g@y Five Northern vessels were seiz. ed in Mobile harbor few days ago by the authorities of that city, on learning of the seizure of Southern property in North ern porls.
 gGp Armed vessels now guard the har- Dor of New York, between sundown and sunrise. The Viren watches the narrows, and cutter is in the sound to prevent the departure ofsuspicious cargoes--c clear ed regularly for Cuba, perhaps, and land-
 ed in So1thern ports.
 gep It IS rulnored that President Lin coin has sent private secretary to Chica- go for the purpose ofaseertaining of if suita- ble arrangements can be made for the as- |sembling of his Congress on the 4th of Ju- ly next.
 geS- The Cineinna, Gazehe says |:
 There are few or no strangers now in
 Washington, excepting the military from
 a distance. Wiilard's has scarcely seven.
 ty five guests, and the other hotels are
 nearly empty. m er
 gS5@ The notorious Cassius M. Clay is
 the commander of "Swss" corps of Re-
 publican office holders, office hunters, and
 federal hirelings in Washington city, who
 are exasperated at the prospect of being
 driven away from the prey which they im-
 agined themselves to be in undisturbed
 possession of. .a
 k gsa5- The ladies of the military Aid
 Society of Pensacola, completed on the
 10th, l500 sand bags for the use of the troops in erecting fortifcatons, at the re- quest of Ger. Bragg. The number de- 'slred by -9000-were soon comple. ted. f
 B&g~ The States and Union, Washing ton, announces thattwo negroes have been appointed to office in the Post Office De. parlment, at Washington. Why not He and his party have made the negro hob- by on which to ride into power, and they are as much entitled to recognition at the hands, of Lincoln as any of the Black Re. | publicans.
 ssgr The Carroll Tennessee Patriot. heretofore strong Union paper, has cnrne out in favor of Tennessee's wi,hdrawing at once, and forever, from the old Union and has hauled down the names of Elm Etheridge, for Governor, and Alvin Haw. kins for Congress. 45t .dl ai a