Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-05-11


MOVEMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
1t is generally believed here. to night, that
the main object Of the concentration Of
troops at the Relay House, below Baltimore,
looks to q demonstration which will etfectu'
ally check.mate the designs Of the Secession.
lists In order that the President should
carry into eject bis proposed purpose of
retaking all the public property. Harper's
Ferry must necessarily be one Of the FIRST
points TO bear the brnnt Of q collision.
vIRGINIASs CONCENTRATING AT HARPER's
FERRY.
There is reason to believe that the Virgin.
10 rebels have appreciated this fact for they
have, within the last forty'eight hours, been
concentrating in the vicinity Of Harpers
Ferry. They boast Of having 5000 men in
arms there, but authentic accounts fix the
! number at 3400.
SENT HOME IN DISGRACE.
Over one hundred aud fifty Of the Zouaves
| have been deprived Of their places in the
ranks, their uniforms taken from them, and
then sent home. They crept into the company
through the hasty manner in which the regi.
ment was formed.
"spotting" other disreputable characters
| treatment.
| VIGOROUS BLOCKADE.
have been informed by one Of the officers
in command Of the blockading squadron that
it is the intention of the Government to
enforce the most vigorous blockade He
says all the vessels will have q large body Of
troops on board, and n many instances will
land them at various points. 1t has been
decided to retake the Navy Yard at Gosport,
the Armory at llarper's Ferry, and hold
! Norfolk. Also, to take possession of Alex.
andria, and establish their head quarters nt
Richmond. 1t is the intention Of the Admin.
stration not to go farther South than this
for the present. TO insure the safety of the
capital, troops will also be sent to Western
Virginia, where the people are anxious fol
their arrival.
FEW DIE AND NoNE RESIGN
There are yet o large number of South Car
olina and Virginia officers ip the Army anC
Navy, who have not resigned The resigua
tons come in very slowly. In the Army tn,
Second Regiment of Cavalry has suffered
most from signatons-nearly three fourth
OF all the officers OF the regiment having lei
the service.
, SUPPLIES FoR THE BLoCKADING FLEET.
t Within the past week, upwards of seve
hundred thousand dollars worth Of provision
| have been purchased by the Government il
, the city Of New York alone, and are bein
rapidly forwarded to Pensacola, Tortugas
, and ether available points. At Pensaco
? there are ample supplies already for n s
a months campaign. Five hundred beef cattl
are contracted tor, to be delivered 10 WASH
ington before the close of the present week
. INSULTS TO TIE PRESIDENT.
The President is in receipt almost daily
r insulting letters from the seahoard State
= AS a specimen see the following, which h
received some time since -
- DEMoPoLGs ALABAMA, }
!. Confederate Suites OF America,
a April, 1861. }
$ His Ercellency .dbrdham lincoln -SIR:
u have just read your proclamation calling fc
10000 mercrnaries to invade these State
G With oil proper respect offer you wage
Of $4,000 that we meet you half way oil
J. whip you and your Yankee hosts.
Respectfully, ALFRED HArCu.
+. S.-lf .he bet is accepted, the none
will be deposited in the Farmers Bank
e Virginia.
ANOTHER GARD FROM GENERAL sCoTT.
! General Scott publishes aaother card, be,
: piup correspondents 10 : are uIn. ile SAL
- h. has no Office within his gift no power
- accept individual volunteers nor corpse
" volunteers no time to read applications f
his autograph, aud that he cannot acknos
- edge one letter in Fifty.
q FORT PICKENs.
Capt Meigs states that for long tin
r. Lieut.. Slemmer had only ninety men md
his command in Fort Rlckens bu. succeeds
;. in conceslIng the weakness Of the garrst
from the eEemy until reinforcements hs
d arrived.
Is SEIZURE OF THE RELAY HOUSE.
e BALTIMORE, May 6-Yesterday mornir
at au early hour, the tb!rty Car loads
troops from Washington, (said to be Il
Eighth New York aud Sixth Massachuset
regments). under the command of Brigadi
General Butler, reached the Relay House,
few miles below this city, aud at once procee
J. to take possession of it. The troops uumbe
ing 1900 men, we're followed by their can
o equipage, and had, beside muskeis and smG
;. arms, several cannon and howitzers. Th
d possession of Mr.. Luckett's aud Talbo,
farms established q camp, and announc,
that if any hostile demonstration was mac
they should lortlfy the neghboring heigh
TELEcRAPE POLES CUT DOWN.
10 They are said to have cut down the te
il graph poles on he line west of Relay. so
TO prevent communication between Baltimo
and Ilarper's Ferry The Baltimore al
y Ohio Railroad is also held to preyent f
~ waTdpg supplies to secession troops IN V
i GINA
i There was intense excitement in the vc
, ity and many of the inhabitants, frightene
n foolshly left, some coming to this city.
WAsuINdroN, May G.-Thomas Wina
has refused to serve one Of the five Sece
sioniSts, and an equally ardent traitor
been nominated 10 this place. The WinaI
young and DID, already behold visions Of
A trumpha arch, like a tavern sign,
With garlands Of hemp around it entwined
So strong is the feeling against Winar
that nothing but his speedy capture a
death will satisfy the people. Senat
Chandler, of Michigan, said in my hearil
yesterday, that if Winsns' is not hung,
will resign his seat 10 the United Stat
Senate.
- Mr.. Chandler complains that the Cover
ment does not accept more troops from I
Northwest. He says there are now Sir hu
N dred thousand in that section OF the count
he alone under daily drill, anxOius for nctI
a service.
h. Col Colts offer Of regiment furnished
4. his own expense, is considered here as a We
"a necessary practical exhibition of his eleven
ee hour repentance. Though his regiment NJ
do the State some service the belief that