The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-05-21

lucky 2, Wisconsin g. Michigan 3, Iowa
2, New Jersey 3, Virginia 9, Maryland,
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Island, Maine, Minnesota, Della
ware, Kansas, Nebraska, District of Co.
lumbia, one regiment each. The quotas
of cavalry is not yet assigned.
New YORK, May 14.-The Times
Washington correspondence says there
are now in this city or within sigh of the
capital about 81 900 men.
General Butler dined in Baltimore to-
day. No attempts were made to annoy
him, and every courtesy was extended to
him and his staff.
A special dispatch to the Express from
Washington says orders have gone from
the War Department directing General
Monroe.
The Providence Banks will take mill
ion of the loan next week.
ST. Louis, May 14.-Accounts from
Jefferson City says militia from the sur
rounding towns and counties continues
to arrive there, many of them mounted
and all indifferently armed.
The officers of Gen. Frost's brigade
return thanks to the officers of the U. S.
regular service for kind attention and
courtesy during their confinement in the
arsenal.
The first four regiments of U. S. vol.
unteers under command of Coils. Blair,
Bernstein, Siegel and Shultner, have
been formed into brigade under the
style of The First Brigade of Missouri
Volunteers. Capt. Lyon has been elected
Brigadier General Commanding.
Gen. Lyon accepts this position and
retains command of those regiments by
authority of the President.
Elicit Mcdonald, Captain of the
mounted rifles, belonging to the South
west company, having refused to swear
allegiance to the U. S. or accept release
on parole is still confined in the arsenal
as prisoner of war
A large quantity of balls and bombs
several pieces of artillery in boxes 100
rifles, boxes of field pieces, brass
mortars, 6 inch iron mortar, 36 inch
iron cannon, several chests of new mus
kets, 5 boxes OF canister shot, 90 ten
inch and 800 six inch shells, 90 boxes OF
powder, large number of musket stocks
and barrels, between 80 and 40 horses.
and a considerable quantity of camp
tools were taken at Camp jackson be-
sides what has already been mention
ed.
The number of persons taken to the
arsenal was $50 men and So officers.
Gen. Harvey publishes this morning an
address TO the people Of Missouri in
which he calls attention to the military
bill recently passed by the Legislature,
which he regards as an indirect secession
ordinance manifeslly unconstitutional and
ought not TO be upheld by the good citi-
zens of Missouri. He says whatever
may be the testimonial of the present
condition of things in respect to the Cot
ton States, Missouri must share the des-
tiny OF the Union. All her material in
terests point to this result, and SO import
ant is this regarded to the great interest
OF the country that | venture the asser-
ton that the whole power Of the govern.
ment If necessary, will be put forward to
retain Missouri in the Union.
HARRIsBURGH, May At is under
stood that Cows. Curtin and Dennison
have pledged the Union men of Western
Virginia the support of all Northern
Pennsylvania and Ohio to protect them
against secessionists. Indiana and Hi
nois have also pledged the Union men of
Kentucky and Missouri the same.
The Governors of all the Free States
from Pennsylvania west have asked and
obtained pledge from President Lin
coin that no compromise or cessation Of
the war shall take place until the national
flag floats over all the national property.
BALTIMORE, May 14.-The correspon-
dent of the american accompanied the
members of the legislature to Harpers
Ferry. He says the Virginians have
strongly fortified the Maryland heights,
overlooking Harper's Ferry, and are very
confident, and evidently have no inten-
ton of evacuation. They had in their
possession on Sunday 1000 stand of arms,
muskets, and twelve cannon had arrived.
and twenty more were expected the same
night
A bitter feeling prevails in Washing
ton county against The Virginians, and
collision is considered probable.
Ross Winans was cordially received by
the Virginians.
The Legislature had adjourned until
June 4th.
New York, May 15-The Heralas
Washington dispatch states from reliable
sources that the sacred remains of Wash
ington have been removed from Mt. Yer
non by Col. Washington, who has re-
Gently joined the Confederate army. AT
the sale of Mount Vernon. Col. w. re-
served to himself not only the Tomb of
Washington, but also an acre of ground
around il; he also bound himself to rem.
ovate the tomb
The President takes the deepest utter
est in the desperate struggle now going
on in Tennessee between the secession.
lists and Union men. Measures are in
contemplation for the support of the gal
LIANT Andrew Johnson and the friends of
the Union.
Massachusetts troops have been pur-