New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-24
THE SITUATION.

der Ten. Stott Oruers III Nusnl'e'ch y" Hion-
doy, and no fears apprebended Of an Immediate
attack, nor OF its success should ore be made.
.. The principal rebel force known to be EN-.
bodied this aide of Charleston, $. c., consists of
about Three thousand Virginia and Maryland
Secessionlsts vino on Monday morning were still
at Ilarpeis Ferry. They are Understood t" be
under the command Il Col. Lee late Of the L.
S. Army.
3. The rumor that this force, or any force,
lad appeared on Arlington Hights-ocross the
rotomac from Washington, and FIVE miles from
the heart Of the city--s not confirmed. 1t 10 gut
be possible from that position to lombard the
Presidents House pud thu west eud of W ashiug-
ton, but not to render That city untenable
4. Our Seventh Regiment and the Ma'sachu-
fetts Sixth appeared of Annapolis on Monday
morning, only to find that city, nnd tie L. ). Ma
val School there located, in the hands of body
OF Seccssionists, principally from Baltimore, who
had found in the Naval school strong position.
and had trained its guns to dispute the LAM ing.
Considerable delay occurred but ultimately our
men landed without lcss-probably at some dis
tancc from the pict-aud prepared TO march across
the country to Washington, thirty odd miles dis
thply pcopIed, while it affords no favorable posi-
tons Tor dsputiDg the march If Il resolute body
OF troops, except possibly L. the bridge over the
PatlXent We feel confident hat the Seventh
reached Washington without ioss on Monday
night or early yesterday.
>. A Massachusetts eorps has charge Of tie
Baltimore and Ohio (brancb) Railroad Gar
east from Washington rs the Annapolis Junction.
but the branch thence 10 Annapolis has been so
broken mp n. TO render it inpFacticsOlc. II is
besides, destitute of cars.
G. Gen. Scott has burned the upper bridge
over the Potomac near Georgetown. This in
dir1tes that be begins TO think he has wort b..
fore him.
7. Tire sccessionsts of Marylan have a rumor
that Fort Pickens, Florida, has been taken, with
heavy loss OF ifc. Though VIC do not credit
this. we must consider that the telegraph south
Of " ashingtOn is wholly in their hands, and that
they would have tie first news Of any such re-
suit.
z. Maryland below tbe Susquehanna is wholly
in tho hands Of the Secessionists, who, by telling
ire people oil manner Of falsehouds about the
Northern hordes summoned BY Lincoln To subjuc
them and set their negroes free, have produced
a general fright. Nobody dare say he is for the
Union; and thousands are trying to get their
fam lies beyond the reach of danger. Many of
them are in hiding; Winter Davis is out of
sight; Henry w. Hoffman, just appointed Collec-
tor at Baltimore. was roughly handled By the Sc.
cessionists at ITlrpcrs Ferry, near which place
he lives. lie, OF course, dare not attempt 10 ex-
ercisc his official funct ons at Baltimore. The
Governor has been coerced into calling the Leg
stature, to meet on Friday, and meantime an
election for Delegates ia to be held in Baltimore,
where Secession Ticket has been Nominated,
and none othor will be voted. OF course. We
shall have the state declared out of the Union
forthwith.
Q. The burning of Federal property at the
Nayy.Yard near Norfolk was 10 save II from the
Scccssionists, now rampant tlercabout. Tho
steamship Mcrrimac is gone with the rest. Jus.
nm hour too late tue Pawnce arrived with eight
hundred Massachusetts men GA board, who eould
have saved ali that could BE- got away had they
been little sooner. But Com. McCaulcy had
but sixty men in all, ard could lot get even the
Merrmac away with this force.
10. The President, greatly surprised on lrst
learning that Pennsylvania troops On their way 10
Washington had come down the Northern Cen
trail Railroad to Cockey sville, fifteen miles from
Baltimore, ard been stepped there by the destruc-
ton of high bridge yielded to tho remon.
strances of the Maryland authoriIics, and con-
scnted to order them back to Pennsylvania and
have them como to Washington by the Annapolis
or some other Bay route. Accordingly, part