Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-05-24

son- again, and feat from the old fort. It
must 90 to the Alligator State, and wave
over all fields of sugar and tobacco. 1t
must be found in every State, till it touch
es the Mississippi. Bathing in its waters,
it must 90 across to Texas, nor stop till it
floats in every State and Territory"
"A meeting of the farmers of Dane
county has been held to take measures for
demanding gold for their wheat It is
well.
1t is believed that the Government
will have seventy two thousand troops in
Washington before the first of June.
About 200 State troops at St. Joseph
mostly armed with guns recently taken
from the arsenal at Liberty, dispersed on
the 18th
"A schooner was seized to-day at Bal
timore, having on board two boxes of Min
ie rifles and three boxes Of ammunition.
The arms seized by the Govern
ment at the Warehouse on Gay street,
comprised 2,200 muskets and 1000 pixies.
The latter were Manufactured by Ross Wi
mans for the city.
The Sun gives the report of the re-
moyal OF the remains of Washington, and
says that it is done on the ground that the
North was about to do the same thing.
The Hero{d's Chambersburgh cores
pondent says an attempt was made last
night to blow up the bridge of the Balti-
more & Ohio r, r., just below a point of
rock but failed
THE length of streets in New York is
four hundred and eighteen and half miles.
in addition to eleven one-eighth miles of
piers projecting into the rivers on both sides
OF the city.
A drove of Government cattle were
stampeded last night by secessionists and
scattered in every direction. A large num-
Der were drowned in the canal.
A messenger was sent to the eomman-
der Of the Pawnee. now off Alexandria
with guns pointed up the town, and it is
understood that the secession flag now
floating over that city will soon come down.
Tho statement made by some Balti-
more papers that the troops recently pass
ing through Baltimore had not been moles-
ted or iEsulted, is incorrect. Ringeold's
Artillery were grossly insulted nearly all
the way through the streets, but no often
sive attacks were made.
Baltimore will hereafter be held un-
der military occupation. If resistance is
made, the most extreme measures will be
resorted to, Id order to enforce respect to
the Government. 1t is probable that mar
tial law will he proclaimed there, in order
to arrest and punish Marshal Kane and
Ross Ninans, the one for melting the at
tacks upon the Government troops and re-
sistaDce to its officers. and the other for
aiding and abetting the enemies of the
United States.
During the bomhardment of Fort Sum
ter, lady of this city sat in a hotel at
Charleston, in the same room with the
wives of two officers in the assailing army
In her hearing one of these women said,
q should like to get at Major Anderson,
to butcher him myself" " The other an
swered, We'll soon get old Abe's heart
and hand it round" -Four months ago,
the husbands of both the women were in
the Senate of the United States, among
the legislators of a Christian nation-and
THEY were considered among the first So
ciety in Washington.-N Y Independent.
The indications. as our readers will
see from the dispatches, are that Western
Virginia is about to erect itself into new
state, under the title Of New Virginia,
The new state will leap from the head of
the old one Ike Pallas from the head of
Jupiter, full grown, and fully armed, and
taking the larger portion Of the brains
with it, The people Of Eastern Virginia,
threaten to coerce the people of Western
Virginia. They protest most vehemently
that they will do this. They can't though.
1t is very evident that the United States
Government will defend Western Virginia
as a portion of the United States, if she
wishes to remain so.--Loaasrtlle Journal
The Philadelphia North 4n,eriican thus
describes the condition Of affairs in Georgia
" We yesterday saw lady who arrived in
the morning from village a short distance
from Savannah, Ga. She left her home
simply because living was 50 high as to ex-
ceed her income, previously sufficient to
maintain her in comfort, if not luxury.
She informs us that at the time she left,
which was six days ago, the price of any
but the coarser kinds of provisions was al
most beyond prohibition. Upon bill which
she showed to US, the last one paid previ-
Gus to her departure. we find butter at 50
cents pound, surloin % cents, ham %
cents, eggs IS cents a dozen, and other
articles in proportion. The negroes cause
a good deal Of anxiety. and are watched
with great scrunity. The privileges form
erly accorded to them are entirely withheld,
and all their usual religious gatherings
strictly intcrdictcd An act approximating
toward a rebellion. is punished in way that
efectually prevents repetition. The val
ue of negroes has declined fifty per cent.
of their former value. and no sales are
made except by sheriffs upon execution, or
administrators Of estates"
The Washington correspondent of the
New Orleans Picayauaf, throws some light
on a piece of ledgerdemain carried through
Congress about year ago by jeff Davis.
He says: The Federal Government
does not possess single rife cannon, which
would seem to be a great oversight on their
part. They are about to remedy the de-