The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-04-23
Another RFoctanasson.
WAsnrnofoH, April 10.

The President issusd : proclamasion sta
ting there are insurrsetionaFy movements
seainet the Govcrninent in eeversl States;
thas lave for collection Of revenue oaDnot be
executed there il conformity TO the Copsti.
tuition, which requires duties throughout the
country 70 bs uniform. They hsye further
threatened to grant pretended letters Of
marque. ! therefore deem il Advisable to
set on foot blockadee Therefore competent
forces will BE- posted to prevent tho entrance
or exit OF vessels from ports Of seeded
States.
RALxI0H, N. c., April 10.
Executive Council 10 10 session. Ii is
thought the Legislature will be convened 10
ten days.
NEW YoRk, April 90.
Steamers Pocahontas and Philadelphia 90
to Washington. The Harriet Lane sailed
this orning for the same place.
PHILADELPHIA, April 20.
Col. Small's regiment arrived back here
last night. Sir men were wounded by the
mob At Baltimore. A large number are mise.
ing Who separated from their comrades do
ring TOE GnTsy.
The Til regiment OF New York and the
Massachusetts mon arc q the Baltimore X.
r. Depot. The cars are getting ready for
the cow eyance Of tho troops.
A second dispatch says they will 20 by R.
R. TO lIavre de Grace, thencc by water to
Annapolis, Maryland.
A thir1 dispatch says the r. X. bridge 3
miles north OF Baltimore is reported to be
burning. All the bridges between IIavrs De
Grace have been destroyed or rendered use
less. The Pantheon train, due in Philadel
pba at IL O'Clock this morning, has not yet
arrived.
The New York and other regiments are
still ut the Baltimore depot
MONTGOMERY, Ap. f9.-The demand for the
loan Of the Confederate States was so great
that Pres't. Davis has determined to offer
the whole SIS, 0O0, 900. The amount already
subscribed exceeds ST. ,0OO,0 The bonds
we're closed to-day and the smallest sums
had preference over the larger ones.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Apr. ia Rhode islander,
and an old citizen OF this place, issued an or
der this morning to uniform and equip ut his
own expense, so volunteers TO go to war;
The company has been organised and will be
ready to march in ten days.
BosroS, Apr. l9.--The fifth regiment il
under orders, and will probably leave for
Washington BY Monday next. 1t viii num-
her 1000 men. The reports this m from
Baltimore cause painful excitement. but it il
hoped that the accounts are exaggerated.
HARRISBURG, 19th.--Lieut. Jones is now at
the Carlisle Barracks He states that hear
ing yesterday that 600 Virglnians were ap-
preaching by Winchester to seise the arsenal.
they put piles Of powder in straw in all the
buildings and waited quietly the approach Of
the picket guard, when bio gave the alarm
and the garriDon was set on Ere, including
out-houses, carpenter shop and powder fuses,
and then began 70 retreat.
The citizens Of Harper's Ferry, who were
evidently ia league = IT. TIC party ,..,a..sin9
to seize the arsenal, were Instantly in arms
and in pursuit, killing two regulars. Others
deserted before the troops reached Haeers-
town csicst Ill nignl, missed the
railroad train ut Hagerstown, and took ON
nibusses to Chanbersburg to-day.
They IRE all much exhausted by the nights
march They were fed by the people Of
Chambcrsburg, and were received with cheers
along the route to Carlisle.
The report Of The assault on the Mass.
regiment ut Baltimore occasioned much ex-
element among the oops Is Camp Curtin.
They swear terrible vengeance. 1900 troops
are here.
LATEs.--Lieut. Jones, who has arrived
from Harper's Ferry, is a son Of the late Ad-
jutant Gsn'l Jones, OF the United States
Army. lie says az tho federal troops rushed
across the Potomac bridge ut flarper's Ferry.
the people rushed In the Arsenal. Hnx III.
itcrcd TINT large numbers persisted by tho
eApsosion. Repeated explosions occurred,