, 1861-05-07

|snecias Dispatch to The N. T. Tribune. ..
WASHINGTON, Friday, May q. 1861.
We are 1iying-we are dwe1ltng-in grand
and awful tins. Each day is now pregnant
with events, and the country has bat pa*tently
thnt We have indeed Government, and GOV
ernine policy. From the President to the
lowest ofacial, all ere busy With preparations
for the a.5proaching movement. Special agents
are dispatched from all tie organizing depart
ments to tie several navy yards and army
posts, who are directed forthwith and speedl-
IL to place all things In perfect order; ..@~1'
On Monday, at the farthest, let the country
he prepared for proclamation from the PTea.e
.ident, He has determined upon active, IN,
sstant, decinive, comprehensive aeuon: Inc
time has arrived when, Ia accordance WITH the"
doctrine announced in bis Inaugural, the t'res:@
ident will proceed to repossess the properly OF
the United States. ~,
=, Seventy thousand volunteers, twenty-five
thousand regulars, and eighteen thousand tlas
Yal force, are shortly to proceed upon this I'LL
Tortzat mission, std thelr march, trnl5 the
u.arch of mighty atntes,1 will not filter 1pttl
he whose right it is to rule sha1 be recognised
from one end Of the land to the other.
Gen. seott telegraphed for Gen: Butler to
leave Annapolis and come here. All day long
he has been cIoeeted with the Cofpmander-M
Chief, receiving detailed Information and in.
btruction concerning his future movements.
L &HaAA oN~Af{
Baltimore. Thearmy Of occupation will move
In foar columns; one from Pe1ryyille, One
from Harrisburg, one from Annapolis, and enc
from Washington. Of course, no opposition
is anticipated, though no possible successful
impediment could be placed in their way. -
4 decisive military movement ma; be looked
z. for on the Mississippi below Cairo.
/ CAPTAINS Constock and Eldridge having &C.
compltshed their purpose Of laying before the
; Navy Department. certain Plaus for the enlarge
/ nent of the Navy, and having received their
| instructions, returned to New York to dny.-
| The report that no more troops are TO o.;
I! brought here is incorrect: Forwarding OF
/ troops viii not cease until $1,000 men bave
reached the Capital
| Tie sstion Of the Maryland Senate in plac'
i ing the State undsr the Dictatorship OF the
d! Secess!oniets, has outraged the feelings Of the
i; entire North, and the wisdom OF the Govern
ment and foresight Of Secretary Cameron in
concentrating near Baltimore en- oyer#helm
ing force, caunot be too highly commenGed
It Is geueralIy supposed that the people o1
Baltimore will henceforth offer no manner o.
opposition to the passage Of troops.
From the Department learn that al re
ports concerning the reinforcement of For
McHenry are totally false Until last night
{rhursday,) } no troops had been plaosd there
and the fort was at the mercJpf hostile
force. Bnt now 1T IL amply garr1soned, ant
dds defiance to any and all
The Interest felt by all sections of the coun
try In Western Virginia is very great. from
iuent men from various States have been her
urging Mz. Lincoln to gfant their request TO
one hundred thousand dollars and fFe thou
eand Mimic rifles, unti1 the Federal troop
should ocaupy the State, and among the 1atca
arrivals for that end Is Wm. E. Dodge, Q
!; New York.
The steamer Baltimore, now one Of tn
guard vessels of the waters Of the Chesapeake
arrived here this morning with dispatehe
+ from the commanding officer at Fortress Nor
roe, and the commander of the squadron, i
| that vicinity. She reports the mouth Of Jame
! river and Hampton Roads already under strie
and impassahle blockade. The blockadip
, | vessels are the United States frigate Cumbe1
land, steamship Monticello, apd three or fon
| steam-tugs, all these vessels being eMclent]
| armed and manned, and commanded BY Unite
| State naval officers. In addition to theee
| the large tug Yankee, which Capt Fox too
to Annapolis, h1t which, Gen. Butler not r
quiriag her, was sent to aid Commodore fe1
tergast.
Great merriment was caused tn official ct
cles by The sensation despatch in the Hera
announcing that Mr. Faulkner had Preaente
: the Secession Commissioners at Paris. In tt
, first place, it is He!l known that Mr. Faulsn.
| | protested agaitst their recognition, and th
ii. Thouyenel replied that he need have I
E appreEcnsions on that score; and, in the &c
ond place, Mr.. Eau kner had resigned befo
=: they reached Paris, and is expected hottis
cyyEy stFsunes.>