Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-05-17
VOL. XII---NO. As.
ANNAPoLIe. May l

l. Gl 4eT Ie1~ VI lANNAPoLIs, May III.
I The Winans Steam Gun now guards the
yiaduot ct tho Relay Houee. A Baltimore
paper stated that when the Gun was cap
tured it was going out for practice. 20 he
agent in charge of il admits it was On the
way to Harper's Ferry. :rsi-,7.
\ Considerable cotton has accumulated at
Old Point Comfort, which has been taken
| from rebel vessels The Maryland quota
of troops will ba called out Immediately
after the Legislature adjonrns. There arc
already four regiments Of volunteers ready.
WAsHtscToN, May IL.
Tho President has issued proclamation
| setting forth that instruction exists in the
State of Florida, by which the lives, liberty
and property of loyal citizens ire in danger,
and it is deemed proper that all needful
| measures should be taken for the protection
of suoh citizens, and all officers Of the Uni
ted States in the discharge Of THAR public
duties. The President directs the comman-
der of the forces Of the United States On
the Florida coast, TO permit no person to
exercis, any authority upon the islands Of
Key West, the ToEtugas, or Santa Rosa,
which may be inconsistent with the laws
and Constitution of the United States. He
shall find it necessary to suspend there the
writ of habeas corpus, and to remove from
the vicinity of the United States forts all
dangerous or suspected persons.
The Secretary of the Treasury advertises
for proposals till the 2lst Of May, for the
remainder of the stock Of tho Unit0d States,
issued under the act Of July, accounting to
nine million dollars
RisINe Sun, Ind, May |,
The reported insurrection in Owen and
Gallatin counties, KY, originated as follows:
An old lady met two negroes viii, guns and
became frightened; she went to her minis
ter and reported to him that the negroes
were rising; he at once mounted his horse
and spread the alarm. There was an intense
excitement in Boone county, opposite this
place, last night. The military were under
arms Ell night waiting the signal gun to
cross to their assistance.
BALTIMORE, May IL.
BY an arriva al from Old Point Comfort, we
learn that that post is now fully prepared to
resist any stack.
The Cumberland, Pawnee, Monticello,
Harriet Lane, and Yankee, are off Fortress
Monroe, enforcing the blockade. Tho steamer
Yankee pursued an armed schooner, Oh
Thursday, up York river, but after proceed
ing short distance, was fred upon from e
concealed battery, and compelled TO return.
a number Of Government steamers are
cruising on the Potomac, all heavily armed.
Southern troops are concentrating in the
vicinity of Norfolk. An Alabana regiment
Of 100 men, and 80 cadets OF the same
Stale, had just arrived and encamped in the
vicinity of Fort Norfolk.
The Virginians have now five batteries
erected in Norfolk Harbor.
WASHINGTON, May 10.
Eighteen hundred Chic troops, recently
encamped at Lancaster, Pc, are on their
way here; and other regiments in Pennsyl-
vania are moving towards the Federal Cap
ital.
Col Bakers California regiment has been
accepted
WASHINGTON. May IL.
Special 10 the Iime&-The Cabinet has
decided to sustain the Union men in Vir-
ginis, Tennessee and Missouri, with prompt
and efficient force.
1t appears that the Legislature of Ten
nessee, on the 7th, appropriated five million
dollars for armiug the State.
Montgomery papers state that JEFF. Davis
dinner at the White House, is postponed till
the 10th Of June -
Several prominent New Workers, at WASH
ington, raised $15, 200 to purchase arms for
the Western Virginia Unionists, and more
money yet to come,
PHILADELPHIA, May II.
a grand ovation was given Col. Anderson
in this city to-day. lie was escorted to In
dependence Hall by the military, where he
held levee.
NEW YORK, May II.
The Nashville Bonner, Of the Sth, says o
vessel arrived at New Orleans, Monday, from
Europe, with quarter Of a million stand Of
arms for the Confederate States. About
fifty boxes Of guns, and large amount of
ammunition, had reached Nashville, from the
South.
1t is said negotiations are pending for
chartering the Great Eastern for .. S. SER
vice.
1t is reported that the Federal authorities
took possession Of tho Custom House at
Alexandria, Va. Nc resistance made.