The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-04-25
THE SITUATION.

l There were some torty-n ave fiuuu'e"
meu under Grn Scott, orders 10 Wash
ing ton 90 Monday and no fears sppre
beuded Of sn immedlate attack, nor OF IL
success should oue be ade.
2. The principal r, bel force kuown to
he embodied tins .,de Of Charleston. 5
G.. consists Of about Three thousand Vir
.iuia and Maryland Seces-iopl-ts who on
Monday morning were It'll at Harper
Ferry. They are understood to he to be
under the commsud of Col Lee, late o.
the U S Arny.
3. The ruaor that this force, or any
force. had appeared on Aflinston Iii. ht
across the potouac tr,m Washin ston
aud fse miles from the heat of the cit,
--i- not coDfraed. 1t wight be po--i.ir
trom ih 1T position TO bombard the Preri
sent House and the we-t end oil Wash
Itprton, but not to render that city uuten
able.
q. Our Seventh Regiment and the Mas
-acha>,tt- Sixth appeared of Aunspois
90 Monday morn,ns, onl} to find that
c!tg, anl the u. s Naval S hoo there l.
Gated, 10 the bands OF body OF S.ces
,oui-ts, principally from Baltimore. who
had found 10 the Naval 5 hool strong
ro-iiioD. aud had trained guns to di>put
the landing. Considerable delay occur
.surred. but ultimately our sen landed
without loss-prohably at some distance
from the pier-apd prepared to marce
| across the country to Wa>h'Detou. shirty
odd niles di.taut The road il a goo
one. the re. ion very thnly teoFled, While
iu sIori. 90 fayorasie positions tor dI-
putting the marrb of reso'ute body OF
troops. except possibly at the fridge o.e'
tie Patuxent W. feel conf ent that the
Seventh reached Wa>hips too without lo-'
on Monday Ms BIT or early yesterday
s A M.-.achu-et,s corps has ohsrGe
of the Baltimore and On o (nrauch) Rail
road 90 far east from Ws-blnstoD as the
Annapolis Junctiou;s ut the branch thence
TO Annapolis has heeD 80 broken up a" TO
render it imprscticatle. 1t io besides.
destitute Of cars.
6. Gen Scott has burned the upper
bridge over the Potion. SC. bear George
tosn Tbs Indicates that be begins to
tGink h. La> work brfore him.
Z. The Ssce,sion,-is OF Msrylend hase
a rumor that FORT Plcken-. Florida. hs>
teen taken, with beasy los, # lie. =
Though We DO not credit this. We na>t
consider that the telegraph -oath OF
" Washins ton is wholly in their hands. ana
that they would have the first news OF
any such rc.uIt.
3 Marylsnd selow the SasquNhsuns
i wholly in the hands of the Secession
its. who. by telling the people all man
ner of fsl>ehoods about the Northrru
hortes summoned b. Lrueoln to rubdue
thea, and set their negroes Tree. have PRO
duced a general fri ht Nobody dare
,sy he is for the Uniou; ans tbou<an'-
are ttyius to get their fauilIe hey ond the
'eaeb of dan Macy OF them are IN
hiains; Winter Da,i- l. out of sight;
Henry w Hotiuau, jut appointed Col
eetor at Baltimore. ~as roushiy hsni
led hy the Sec-e,,oni,t- at Ii srper's Fer
ry, near which place be lives. He. OF
curse, dare not attempt to exercl-e bl'
oficial I1uctlon- at Baltimore. The Gov
-fnor has teen coerced into calling th,
Legislature. TO meet on FRIDAY, aun
meautln.e an election tor Delegate l. TO
he held in Baitiu.ore. where a Secession
| Ticket has teen nominated. and none
other will be voted. D! coar-e, We ball
have the State declared out o; the UnIou
forth ~ith.
g. The turning of Federal property al
ihr Nav, Yasd near Norfolk uas to -sve
iIt from the Secr-si obists, how rampant
ihereabout The hip MerFimsc i
,oue with the rest. just 40 hour toe
ate. the Pawnee arrived With eight hun
drcd Massachusetts men on toard. who
souid have saved all that could I e got
say bad they teen little -ooner. But
Cor. MrCsnlry had hut siIty men iu al
aud couli not get eseu the >Merrimac
way with thi force.
10 The Prpslteot. greatly surpri-ed
on FIR t learning that Peua-y ylvsnia troop
90 th.ir way to Wa hinstou had coD'
Iowu the Northern Central Railroad to
| 60 keYsviile. Gftren miles from Bslti
more, aud teen stopped there by the De
tructIon OF high bridge. yielded 10 tb'
renoD-tranees o, th- Maryrnd authors
iie-. aud consented to order them back to
P-nn-sl and have them come &c
Washington by the Annapolis or some
other Bay route Accordingly. psr' o
ihem moved backward on Mond a. esening
Bat. alter learDin. Of the stoppage at An
napoli-. and PROBABLY learning, also. thai
the navigation of the Potomac telos
Wa.hn ION has heeD ob-tructed by rrbe
batteries. the President appears. thou 4
1t Is not certain, to base given orders to
return to and hold Co key.vili,, and pr,
hap to .usb through hy that route tc
Washington.
The Affair at Harper.
Carlisle. Pa. Friday. April 10, 1861.
Lieut. Jones. late 10 command at II ar
per Ferry. arrived here With bis CON
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