White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-05-09

Rera. including tue crew OF the steams,
4 N.shviile. Joseph Tracy. . pstiv. ~
I Ireland. and his wife and Eve ehild,su
Tracy had declared his intention to h..
rome q citizen Of the United States .na
hal small farm which was conti,c.t.d
because he refused to Sight asain.. n,
flae he had sworn to protest. Il. va.
seized, tied to the fence with bis hand,
over his head. and given Eve hundred
l.sl,es. His wife Was Kicked and o,b.r.
wise IN used. Tracy served in the Ms,.
lean War undsr Gen. Scott.
The bridges on the Northern Central
Railroad are being repaired. A large
number Of workmen and engineers hsys
been concentrated at York for this pur.
pose. and will be protected by troop,
il is the intention to guard every briipe
clear of Baltimore. Forti6cations com.
man,liug the railroad country for some
twenty miles from Annapolis we're thrown
up on Sunday. Annapolis was made .
military iepot. Gen. Butler will remain
there. From reliable information re-.
ceived st Annapolis. i appears iha. TO-.
600 troops from pu,hern Conieds.
racy arc now in virginia, and more
ponring in.
The Administration has notified Gov.
ernor Letcher that one step Of advance
from Richmond viii cause . speedy in.
vasion Of Virginia from the West.
Farmers from Virginia have forced thu
secession lines. and report strong Union
feeling few miles from the Capital.
1t is said that the Maryland Lesisla-
turs refused to pass an ordinance Of Sc.
cessiou by two-thirds vote. 1t is also
reported that an srmistics Of six days has
been made. and the Secretary Of War
has gone to Richmond. The latter item
creates great dissatisfaction here.
MAY l.
Gov. Curtin's message to the Pennsyl.
vsnia Legislature yesterday. speaks Of
the unexampled promptness and patriot.
ism with which the States have respond.
ed to the call of the President.
He says the slaughter Of Northern
troops in Baltimore for the pretended Of
fence Of marching at the call Of the Fed
eral Government. peaceably over the soil
of State admittedly in the Union, with
the object Of defending the common Cap.
ital. imposes new responsibilities On The
States and Administr alton. This state
of things cannot be submitted to. wheth-
er Maryland may profess to Be loyal to
the Union or otherwise. There can bs
permitted no hostile soil, no obstructsd
thoroughfares between the States undoubt.
edly loyal, and their national seat of gov
eminent. The Governor thinks the road
through Baltimore will be kept open.
and says the time for temporizing has
passed, and it is necessary to meet the
Southern foes face to face. He recon-
mends largo loans, and the raising Of fif-
teen regiments of cavalry and infantry.
exclusive of those called into service.
Forts Madison and Nonsense. near An
napolis. are occupied by U. 8. troops.
The National Intelligencer says that
both Houses of the Maryland Legislature
have passed resolutions affirming the
right Of the general government to march
troops through Maryland without him
drance, to defend Washington.
Correspondents from the South repre-
sents that North Csrolins will go out Of
the Union by acclsmstion.
The Virginisns are removing all the
machinery from Harper's Ferry to Rich
mond.
A special dispatch to tho New York
Post says the presence Of Sherman's bat
tory at Elkton, Maryland. changed the
community from secessiouists to Union
men.
Troops are concentrating around Bal
timore. Troops are already in Western
Virgins, and force of Federal troops
will soon be posted st Frederick.
Gov. Letcl,er has been notified that
any approach Of Confederate troops to-
ward Washington. will be the signal for
an instant attack on Richmond and Nor
folk.
Washington dispatches to the New
York Commercial s.y . Union Conven.
tion will be held at Wheeling. May 18th.
composed Of delegates from Western
Virginia.
The secessionists will sttempt to con-
eiliass them by granting the demand to
tax slave property.
A WasbiDgton dispatch states that The
vote sgainst secession in the Virgins
Convensioo was fully fifty, and mot slx'
teen q reported. Il is said no paper
dared make the statement public.
Senstor Hunter. w. G. Rives. W. b.
Preston. judges Camden and Brocken'
borough. have been appointed BY the
Virgins Convention - delegates to the
Southern Congress.
The Virginia Convention has pssssd.
an ordinance establishing the navy Of
Virgins. and sutborizinS the banks TO
issue one and two dollar notes.
The Chicago Evening Joarnsl learns
from gentleman. Just returned from Ms.
sissippi. that in many psrts Of that state
actual famine prevails. The people arc
suffering for want Of food. Corn, which
is the chief article Of food. il now scarce
in the towns and throughout the country:
At ono station there were 200 sseks. and
that was all in that locality. There was
bot little money, and those who wss
able were fleeing the country to escape
starvation. - l-.
A Lancaster. Pa, dispatch ssys: E1'
President Bucbsnsn entertains no ides'
% was announced in the papers, Of less'
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