The Van Buren press., 1861-05-01

St. troops and Presidens Lincoln
r.binet were prisoners.
..,ops. except those at Fort Pict.
r.pidIy being removed. The best
@ g" or,sinslly destined for the reduc.
,hst fortress have been withdrawn
bsl;eved At New Orleans that anv
-, Fort Pickens will be made for
...epgsr from Msmphis. reports a,
-, . secret meeting of the volunteer
'.;.s was held in that city, Saturdsv
From hints thrown out lit is be-
,bs. their purpose is to march At
,,on Cairo. cut the levee, and then
"a attack
,so dispatch of 2stb. has the .ol-
.ntle,nan Just returned from a bus;.
H;tr through Alabama and Mississ-n
.rns MooIie, Tuesday last. reports
q, aua .rsis o. men who had gone to
IA ~ ,skc Fort Pickens are return.
qs, lAI.y, disgasiei AMI satisfied that
.ueos.ibie lor the Confederate States
,,;ure the fort. Large number of
5. Pensacola were sick and dying in
..p.sls from the effects of fatigue and
ere and hunger our informant re-
he people of Alabama aud Mississip-
re almost crazy with excitement. tha.
asb spirit is rampant, everywhere rem
!: iaily more desperate In some locali-
y threatened famine and starvation.
e.:leman just arrived at Rochester, New
4 from Montgomery, says Davis had
zsi the troops to start on the 2Sth for
s.hbug. t.-.5-
J. IEgersol. of Philadelphia, has in
sx- Presidents Buchanan, Pierce, Fill
r. Van Buren, TO arbitrate between the
aas Little good is expected to result
o Il,
-oy Curtin's message to the Pennsylva-
legislature will recommend stay law.
avs Pennsylvania Will open a route 20
,,aington.
u recommends an appropriation of S3,-
40 and perhaps S5.000.000. Re
.,Ion has been received for twenty -one
[- regiments, making a total of thirty
{. regiments from Pennsylvania. The
SENIOR recommends reserve of $4,000
ITssgraphic communication still cut of
Maryland, rendering it impossible to re-
is. Geographic reports from the South.
Ines via Louisville, Nashville and New |
cans are in operation but no news OF |
ssaen movements Is permitted to come !
! t..h
ST. Louis. %, M.
The President has issued the follow ny
E1camaiion
yhsras. for reasons assigned in my proclama-
Of the inst. a blockade If the ports in the |
k-i-i States was established, and whereas the |
| le property has been seized and the collection
eveane has been obstructed. aud duly commis- |
l7l officers while executing orders have been
u as PRISONERS impeded in their duties with
: legal process, by persons claiming to act under
| authority of Virginia and North Carolina. an
sier, blockade Of the ports of those States will
established. |
Signed, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Washington dispatch. says that some sx-
.sment has been caused In diplomatic cir
5 in consequence of the Presidents pro-
smatiOn, directing the blockade of South
! ports. 1t appears that q blockade, in
der to be respected, must not only bc Ell
tive. but due notice must also be given
such intention to their representatives.
reign ministers will insist that the stipu-
hons shall be respected, otherwise naval
-ces will be dispatched here as means OF
sign protection. Tie delicacy of the
sstion Is apparent and and from what is
own may involve serious consequences to
,oncerned, and at ali events produce
aole now as well IN ne iu,ure.
G-nti-nIen rom Va. s4ys tne ordinance |
,e,eSslon viii 1c -oul- "a oy lou. 900 |
gorlty.
TO-day's Washington dispatches. say the |
nors that batteries had been erected at |
white house, near Mt Vernon by Va,
alse. The place has been thoroughly ex-
ined.
The Charleston Mercury protests against |
advice of certain Southern journals, !
ich urge an immediate assault on Wash
ton and its occupation as the capital of !
Confederate States. -
Troops are continually passing through
llmington from S. G. and Ga. for Rich
nd. Gen. Bonham and staff had arriv-
At Richmond.
row. Ellis has called for 80, 900 volun-
5 additional to the regular militia, and
trganized corps are commanded to be in
Illness at an hours notice.
sichmord papers contain the proclsma-
OF Gov. Letcher. ordering the return
vessels except the steamers jamestown
Yorktown, to their owners and appeals
he people not to interfere and discoun-
Ince all seizures without legal authority.
appoints officers for the different rivers
se the proclamation carried into effect.
dispatch to the Herald. says
sensers from Richmond say that Gen.
en OF y c. had arrived there and tend
81, 100 North Carolinians.
IN Thursday. Floyd had an interview
h Gov. Hetcher. The former has arm
,dd equipped ] SEQ uen.
oe troops are arriving from s.
Gina, and Petersburg. Georgia.
he war enthusiasm At the North Is rep +!
nted to be as great As ever.
forts are making at Washington to
: Cassius NJ. Clay and n p Banks ap-
tied MAJ. Generals in the army. North.
troups continue TO arrive at Washing
enaror Mason was serensded at -
1t. lie responded. saying. he was there
ard he could not with propsi-
speak of Maryland politics. but could |
: speak of Virginia. He could say the
OF the Union was an impos-
lity. Virgins sympathised with Mary
|. and he indicated that Virginia was
'osed to exhibit its sympathy practical
Reverdy Johnson has in his possess
a letter from President Lincols suggest
that Maryland, through its Legislature.
uld agree to an nmistice 1ith the Geu-
Gova-,--,e Co. .;~ sS~a