The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1861-05-02

tween GoV HICKS oil Maryland ana tov.
Sprague Of Rhode Island, on Friday or Sat-
urday Of week before last, by telegraph;
Gov. Hicks to Gov. Sprague: T" | under.
stand you are about to proceed to Washing.
ton with the Rhode Island Regiment. l ad-
wise you not to take them through Baltimore
and thus avoid trouble"
Gov. Sprague to Gov. Hicks: "The Rhode
Island Regiment are going to fight, ard il
matters not whether they fight in Baltimore
or Washington"
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Tho rebellion in Virginia wai inaugura-
t,d wi b even moro treachcry tlirving
than that which distinguished the Gulf States.
She kept her ordinance of secession secret
while her brigands seized all the Northern
vessels that, relying on her good faith and
on tho loga formalllies that were prescribed
before an ordinance OF secession coald be ad-
Opted were engaged in Transporting Virginia
products to market. The Virginia papers
describe the heroism Of the chivslry in steal
ing on board the steamsl ip jamestown of
New York. 1t has been reported T. at two
steamships OF the New York and Richmond
line have been seized. The ii st class ship
Argo, of Maine, of | 900 tons, was s.iz ID in
the same chivalrous manner. The Peters
burg Express states that eighteen negroes f
her crew were marched TO Richmond Jail.
Where they will 90 now may readily be
concluded A revenue cutter was also seized
| in the same manner These are acts Of
mere piracy. We should like 10 know whal
the Union men or the Border States who are
| so Jealous lest the defense OF the Government
| shall be IN aggression upon the South think
Of this piracy upon Northern properly
Whatever they think, these seizures will b.
dear bargain to Virginia, and 10 every
State which makes them.
Tennessee seems rapidly pungiug into
Secession. Her Governor refuses troops TO
defend the Government, and notifies the Presi
dent that Tennessee will furnish troops to
attack it. The Union sentiment seems TO
have almost entirely succumbed, al support
or defense Of the Government is called IL
Northern invasion of the S)uih, and Ten
nesSeeans are eXhortrd to rally TO defend
their homes Nothiog is moce villainous than
the literature of secession. Tennessee, gone
over bodily to the Confederates, may be cal
culated among the additional influences
brouI hit to bear on Kentucky.
Rev G.anvile Moody has been elected
Cap ain of a Company of Volunteers u. Xenia,
Q. An emiaent Presbyterian minister at De-
troit, and one at Utica, O., have enlisted as
volunteers in the ranks.
Pass myers from the South report that
toops are being raised at Memphis, Ran
doIph and other Southern points. Their plan
is to proceed by rail to Columbus, Ky, aud
| from thence march to Cairo, attacking it from
the opposite side of the river.
Major q neral Georg' b. McCl,ll md
now at Camp Jackson, is 20 have command
Of the thirteen Ohio regiments ordered into
service by President Lincoln
The first war vessel of the block aiding
fleet from the Brooklyn Navy -yarl has set
sail, her destina ion sad to be Mobile, thou5h
this is no. certain, She is known as the brig-
of.war Perry, and takes out very heavy
armament, She is commended by Capt
Gasson.
-Jo Bell is reported to have made a
speech at Nashville on the snd ult., in which
he urged strong military league oil all The
| Slave States against the G Glvernment.
"A few weeks 40, in apprehension of a
descent upon Harper's Ferry. the Govern
ment quietly removed ff,y-6ve Thousand
stand of arms from the Armory to Washing
ton, leaving but fifteen thous and behind
which were of an inf, rior quail Y, and which
have been destroyed.
The Cincinnati Enquirer understands
that letter wa: received in that city on SIT
urdav, from member of The cabinet, which
stated tina within few days after the inaug.
uration m agent was sent to Europe with or
ders to purchase five hundred thousand stsuC
of arms and tha. these arms would now b.
arriving by every steamer at New York"
A. T. Stewart, of New York, gives one
million dollars to the Government, Commo
i doro Vanderbilt offers the Government all Ii
steamers, ready manned, free Of cost. 1t il
this spirit that auimates the entire Moth,
The steamer Hillman, bound from st
Louis to Nashville, was ctpturel by the gov
ernment forces at Cairo last week Sac hlC
on board one thousand kegs of powder. aud
large quantity oCo.h'r con rAband gools
3 There are now three camps in Ohio 70
State troops. Camp ray'or is located a
Cleveland, camp Ja kson at Columbus auC
camp Harrison at Cjnc'nn All.
--92,0lo stand Of arms, with ammunition
were sent from the ST, Louis arsenal to Spling
field last week, to arm the Illinois troops,
" volunteers continue to enter the st. Lou
" is arsenal under the Presidents proclamation
!, About 5000 are now enrolled, and are unle
= going rigorous drilling.
/. the editor of the Stark County DemocrF
= y for publishing articles sympathisiug with jet
!, Davis, was compelled to beat a rosr, at t,
y parts unknown by an indignant people.
A pr vate letter from Baltimore says thS
the city is quiet again tha' troops are pas
IS ing from Annapolis TO Washington wilhol
4. interrup ion that there seems to be n in
tenton or d,sre TO Interfere that the col
n servalive sentiment is psedomiuaIing agai
he and that all feel more hopeful ofpeace
in AT Green Lake near Indianola, Texas,
Q. last accounts go U. S, troops, having SO
ne 900 belonging to the psymaster's departure
a. were encSmped. They were waiting for Il
a, Star of m. Wsst As IN Al staamar has he