The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-04-13
From the n. o. Dailies.
TELEG r A = III | q.
A Suspicious Vessel.

:
catches similar to the following, were received
this morning:
"a xar steamer in Disguise passed the mouth
of the Mississippi yesterday afternoon; came k
i,h;u three miles Of the fort just GU; offeach Of
ouf Ms; was accommodating around Win small
boat until towards morning, then left and went to
sea. We are expecting fight ana are ready
Washington Items.
WASHINGTON, April Array and navy ofh-
GERS and others are unacquainted with the military
movements. but say they believe it Is intended
priucipallv for Texas. Gen. Sam Houston gave
full adyces TO the Administrations which, IL Is
thought will result in the establishments oil the
chief executive of Texas.
St. Domingo affairs excite no peculiar interest
on the part of the Administration
1t is supposed that there is sufficient number
of troops Oh the Government vessels in the nelgh-
borhood of Fors Pickcns 10 reinforce it, II 1t has
not already been done.
!, Private offers of premium have been made
for the IS, 700, 600 treasury notes
Capt ST. John, of the third regiment OF infantry
has resigned his commission
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NEw YORK, April s-Tlea Powtatssf and At
n lantic have already sailed. a
The steamer Illinois Is Ioading With troops and
stores for the Gulf, and will sail as soon as ready
The Baltic has also been chartered by the Ad-
{, ninistration.
The War Department is negotiating for several
4 large Steamers for transports.
~ The War News in Richmond.
| RICHMOND, April The recent war news
4 from Washington dill not produce much sensation
q outside of the Convention
~ In Petersburg the excitement is great The
of peoplc saw, LET war comc-Iirginia must Seccde
of from the Union
IN NORFOLK, April 7.--Mr John A. Lawrence
IN (Unonist) has been elected Mayor OF Portsmouth
ne by 20G majority.
rs The news produced an unfayorable feeling to-
IT. wards the Administration.
III Sailing Of the Great Eastern
IL New YORK April 9.---The Great Eastern is
III advertised 70 leave here for England on the 2ll
-, of May.
rs Interesting from New ork---The! lllnoi'
Completely Fitted Out
we New YORK, April S.--Ihc chartered sfarh'
bt Illinois took 2OOO barrels Of assorted stores oo
the cases OF muskcts, parks ofartllery large nun
re, Der Of gun carriages, large quantity OF ammun
ter ton. and $4,000 in specie.
ers She sails tomorrow morning.
ep- Fugitives off for Canada.
US CHICAGO, April S--One hundred mud SIX fl
NY rtiycs eft last night for Canada 1t IS estimate
,e" hat over ono thousand fugitivcs have arriV'
since last fall.
'"' DETROIT, April s-About three hundred Tug
dy.s. principally from Illinois passed here IN
u' Canada since Saturday Large numbers are
ion ported on their way
ilty Aid for the General o'Vei", D'"';. =.
IN u,RRIsBURG, April Ex-Governor Curtin "
al Tomorrow recommend to tho Legislature an
Adj .ropriatiun of $780, 900 fvt tho purchase OF nu
,ula- tion, Of wal lie thinks it is tho duty OF
ot i STATE to assist the General Government
such Virginia state Convention
es"- Proposed Commissioners to Washinstc
II le- nICHMoSD, April Sin the State Convent
,ono asking Il G94 fHr the immediate Withdrawal of
STATE from the Federal Union were presented
ia The report of thu Committee on Federal IL
,,. tons was then taken up. and the ninth resoiut
S,rb was adopted The eight resolution, slightly
Marty tcrrn, was also adopted.
nIIc 4 resolution also passed the commtto" pr
ding for the appointment Of thrc" delegates
char wait upon AMI ask the President what P"I'y
deal means to pursue towards the seeded Ht'
will, The resolution was subsequently r"conSid'
, the amid ,one excitement. when the convention
aving iourncd til Monday. hoping in the mrsnt
.ainst ,ha. camcss would succeed passion.
Is. Volunteers for tho Confederate Sta
, :, MONTGOMERY, April "a call from tn"
D.partnl at will be made tonight on each OF
Iuc' Confederate States. for three thousand v"luntt
IL this excepting Florida. which will BE- called on
pre- fifteen hundred.
Arrival Of the Edingurg.
rro,. NEW YORK, April @.--Thr Liverpool,
York anJ Philadelphia Mail Company's steam
Ednburg, from Liycrpool the eth and On
i9'I town the 29th ult., arrived at her dock this
JcrtlcS noon Her commercial intelligence has bccI
parti- tcipatcd by the Canadian at Portland.
II the FRANCE.
Napolc,Rs speech receiving the address
longer
nearly rt. r,n,,s last ollocu,iop Ia, been snppre
France is far less concatory that was anti
land ted after the Austrian explanations.
cL has The order Tor the rcinior1em mt Of Rome
CT, untrrmand,d.
The Paris Boursc dull Rents 6-L l0c.
rviyal ,ruv
8 and Count Cavour. in speaking on the Rome
dis all ton, said Italy had right TO Rome for hey
peril toll and that the union of the temporal and 5
;-..,,o. ua power Of the Pope was a source of"viL
>, Gen Guyon is authorized to contract 70
wv - French army of Rome six months longer.
d Their The rimor that Austria intended aggr',
to the against Piedmont is pronounced as being IA
The rcactionary demonstrations are progr'