The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-05-30

crew Of the Niagara, and MI but four subscribed tn
1t. Their names will be striker from the roll.
\ full corps Of Firing Artillery enlisted in Bos-
ton in Two hours yesterday, under the Hon. Moses
q. Cobb. They are "a new set Of men. aud will be
furnished with rIfed cannon and all other equip
meuts.
Rumors from an authentic source have reached
Braz1s that the Mexicaus are getting up another
guerilla wareftre against the citizens on the Rio
Graule about Brownsville. The town OF Rome has
been piiiagei aud burnt, and many families have
been murdered. Tue number OF Federal troops left
in Texas Is about 900. They are abuuiantly sup
piled with provisions and means OF transportation.
The number III the vicinity Of Indianola Is about
500.
ST. LOUIS, April 18th.
Gen. Scott said on the 26th that Washington was
safe. 5000 troops are now there, and 5000 more
are expected.
1t is aid that 5000 troops are in Richmond. Va,
ready for service.
a street battery is being erected in Yorktown. and
another three miles above Richmond.
1900 troops were At Harper's Ferry, and $500
more at Norfolk, on the 18th.
The Baltimore sun indicates that the conserva-
tive feeling IS gaining ground in Baltimore.
Ic!egraphic communication between Washington
and Baltimore Is resumed.
Troops pass now between Annapolis and Washing
ton without interruption. There are road guards
all the way.
1t was reported in Harrisburg, Pa, on the Doth,
that ex President Buchanan has disposed Of his
farm and fled to Canada for fear of the mob. He
had been tnrt ateuei.
Governor Barton, Of Delaware, has called out
troops to defend the Union.
The people are fleeing from Virginia into the Free
States.
The troops which left Kentucky for the Southern
Conteleracy, went against the wishes Of the Gov
ernor.
1t Is said there is a strong Union feeling in Fred
ericktown. Washington and Allegheny counties
(Md.,) declare that they will rebel against the
State if the State secedes.
Governor Letcher, of Va, has issued a proclama-
ton prohibiting the expectation of -four in Northern
cities !,
Negroes in Maryland are rising and burning the
houses Of their masters also ia Louisiana.
There is great oppression Of Union men in North
Carolina.
Senator Douglas made 81 great Union speech in
Springfield on the 9th. He advocated active mil
itary operations TO crush out rebellion.
Gentlemen who left New Orleans on Friday the
Doth say the whole country between Jackson, Mis-
sissIppi, and New Orleans Is in arms. At every
station along the road companies were seen drilling.
They appeared to DE destitute of arms. using old
muskets, shot guns and rifles.
Twen,y-oue hundred stand Of arms were taken
from the -. Louis arsenal on the night Of the 10Th,
and sent TO Springfield. Ill.
\ gentleman just returned from a business tour
through Alabama and Mississippi, having left Mobile
on Tuesday last, reports that hundreds Of men who
had gone to Pensacola To take Fort Pickens, were
returning home daily, Disguised. lie is satisfied that
IL Is impossible FOR the Confederate States to capture
the fort.
Large umhers Of troops at Pensacola were sick
and dying in hospitals from the effects of fatigue,
exposure and hunger.
Our informant reports that the people in Alabama
and Mississippi are almost crazy with excitement.
The mob spirit was rampant everywhere, and was
rendered daily more desperate in some localities by
threatened famine and starvation.
Dispatches from Philadelphia, dated 9th, say
there Is no doubt about the reaction in Baltimore
that a bold movement 10y the Government will receive
earnest support among the Union men, II properly
conducted.
Gen. Scott, in answer to Il statement of Gen. Harper,
that Virginia will never suffer an attack from her
soil on the Capital, said he would be happy to have
it confirmed, but would not advise the Government
to desert its present course providing for ITS safety.
The Virginia Ordinance Of Secession, just publish
cd, is received, accompanied 10y a schedule appoint
ing the fourth Tuesday in May. for the ratification of
the same by the people, also providing for an election
of Congressman required by the law, on the same day.
The Ordinance declares the Constitution of the United
States no longer binding on the citizens Of Virginia
The Ordinance is to take effect when ratified by a
majority of votes,
1t is said that John a. Dix will be appointed
Major General of the New York forces.
The Herald correspondent has high authority that
Governor Letcher notified Mr.. Lincoln that no Viz
ginia troops will be permitted to march against
Washington. The purpose Is to defend the soil OF
Virginia from aggression by the North. He further
says he will not permit the Confederate troops to
attack Washington.
1t is said jeff. Davis ordered the troops to start on
the 26th from Montgomery to Lynchburg, Va.
There is disappointment among the Secessionists IN
consequence of the reinforcement of Fort Pickens.
President Lincoln has issued u proclamation order
ing a blockade of the ports of Virginia, North Caro-
lima, and other Southern States.
The Tri5une'S Washington dispatch says: The
policy of the Administration is war, and the Cabinet
is 4 unit on the policy. The navy yard at Norfolk
is 10 be re-taken and rebuilt. The people of west
ern Virginia are strongly for the Union. and want
arms to defend themselves. They won't submit to
be taxed under a Southern Confederacy-