, 1861-04-05
Washington Items.
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, April 3.

I THE NEW LOAN.
Secretary Chase has to-day accepted s3 09o.
Oo0 of the bids for the loan at o.. He accent!
none under that rate. The bidders IRE peg
1ect!y wiling to take all the remainder at 81
and In most instances are anxious to get it al
that rate. It does not appear that the Secre
tary las authority. however; to take the re
naming five millions in that manner, though
"a express provision is made for the issue o.
treasury Notes at stx per cent. This he will
These facts demonstrate how easily Wall
street is opeEsted to reduce the credit Of Gov.
ernment- Finding that The capitalists Of 9th.
| er sections are willing to take the whole loan
at per cent, they all rush in for their share,
The Secretary received some thirty dispatches
to day from New York bankers, all Of whom
are desfrous to get the Whole loan at the rate
named Yesterday, or the day before, they en-.
| deavored to make combination bids at ninety.
and even lower, thus injuring the credit ofth !
Governments aud benetting no one but them.
/ selves. It is well known that immense specu-
l9taons we're made on the old loans, BY the
New Yorkers.
| AL the correspondence, calculations, &c =,
connected With the letting we're actually final
| II concluded md disposed of Yesterday or
| rather before daybreak this morning: 1t was
! a feat never before accomplished. Not on}v
| the Secretary and Assistant Secretary, bnt Ill
| the subordlnates OF the Department engaged
| in the work, deserve great praise for the en-
| ergy and industry thus displayed Some Of
the stock OF this new loan has been already is
sued to-day. g..
ACTIVITY IN THE RAyT DEPARTMENT..
The United States steam frigste Minnesota
has been ordered to be fitted Tor Sea immedi.
ateiy at the Boston Navy Yard. The United
States steam frigate Powhattan, now at tie
New 1ork Navy Yard, has also been ordered
to be lifted ont for sea service immediately.
Second Lieut.. S. M. Cooper, son Of ex-Adi1.
tant General Cooper, Of the Second Artillery.
q. s. a. has rendered his resignation.
- TIE CONFLICT IA VIRGINIA.
To-day the Richmond Whiq, heretofore the
staunchest Union journal in virginia came
ont for Secession. AL the available Estock in
the concern was bought up BY 4ecessionists.
and RidgewsE, the editor, one Of the most
ia, WIS voted out. The cum Of *a0,O30 Tas
Immediately subscribed to start a Union ionr-,
nal. The fight is growing very wa1m at Rich.
mond. ! :: =: -, -
FORT suATEH. =
The Cabinet had q session to-day on. Fort
Sumter. Rupaprs are rife to- night that It has
been decided to reinforEe the Fort, hut little
will undoubtedly take place, though it's etfect
as a peace measure, Is sisted By Southern
Union men to be lost, owing to The long delay.
TEXAN AFFAIRS. -. T. '.-.-'*
The news from Texss has caused considers
hle excitement here to day, aud speculation is
rife as to the course to DO pursued. BY the Ad--
ministtation, should statements Of the inyar
sion Of Texns from Mexico be true, It is CON;
ceded on all hands that 1t L. terrible blow to
the Southern Confederacy, and little sympathy,
Is felt for the reVolutaonists Of the Lone Star
State: :, T., :. "'.' 49,: H., =
MARITAL DEMoKsrRAT1osB, j: =; ;:
Washington has presented : decidedly war
like appearance to-day. One company Of sap:
pera and miners left the city Ii the morning;
while all the batteries of artillery Were}paradedl
through the etreets. :Dnringthe day p4epar- :
atofy drill took place east Of the Cap itol Tho
rapid eyolntions ot the company, ri they dirt
ed through the streeta, slarmed a. lady; who
belieFea war had commented: The batteries
Of artillery will leave in the morning, and Ill,
the ftnops soon be Withdrawn from here. Peo.
pie TeIoice at this. Several volunteer com.
pau1es were also ont today. WILMA ". :s.:'
THE ERRgsFoReK4HT or Port v1cgKaa,::;: .. - :
It is believed Ia the best informed circles Of
this city. that provisions and fuel Ih4v6 only
been ordered to b. landed at Fort Pickens,3
buttt Is understood th4t fnpsse any resistance
Il made7 the troops will be landed, the Fort
Eeianioteed q and he Florida batteries allencea.
Especial Dtspstea to the Cincinnati Commercial J.
;::5;-* 2es, 'a.3's s>WAaH1xsrox, April q, III -
Tho Uapit II fof txcitin famoEs h. s.
day. 4 wsflike breeze sprung up yesterday In