The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-19
VOL. XIX.---NO. 81. {
Nirbmunh Qispateh.
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FRIDAY MORNING APRIL 1e, 1851
THE w a r. F.
Facts and Kumors from "shin9s""-
North Carolina Ferts-MarylandsV V"o'a-
Major Anderson. &c.

MAJOR AuufEseus 0S'
rAors AND RrxoRs rKeM wAsHISaroS.
The New York Express has the following
by ,elegra ph frcm Washington
Washington city is a key position, with Esat-
,iuore for one base of operations in TINS ui-
reetion, and Carlisle or harper ,.a,nen reay ,oa
another Military rcconnoisances nave neeh
made by officers of the seeded States ot the
heights across the Potomac, whieh co'hmahu
lnis city Those heights will be at once occa'
pied and entrenehed oy ',:,ias novetm,'e"' Aoofs'
II Virginia enters upon hostities.
Another key point is Cairo, III lihho's,
where an immense force Will De masseu 70 go
down the Mississippi. The mouths OF that
river will be hiockaded, ana an seeeoe. EUi "
At the south. Across the Potomac into ir-
yiuia the war aud secession spirit Is oy no
means uppermost as yet, but irgihiahs thihk
that sh. will go out, though the western part
Of the State may secede from the siafehoio
ing portion. IL
Col Uuger. stationed at Baltimore, (Fort
McHcnry, j for the defence of the Harbcr, ana
one of the best L. 5. ORDNANCE oincers, mas
resigned his commission in the army.
A disuatch lust received from Richmond,
states that a body of twenty five hundred
men will leave this evening for the purpose OF
seizng Harper's Ferry.
The Republican officials here are greatly
sxaspera,ed at the alleged bad conduct OF Ma
,or Anderson and are inclined 10 endorse the
Courier article.
Gen Scott it is said and re said, VIII re-
sign if Virginia leaves the Union tAo
report is wiInout the least foundi tich. ne Is
daily at his post, and hard At work
George Ashmuu, it is reported here, Is about
To be sent to Canada as n confidential agent OF
the Administration.
No orders have as yet been issued for the
blockade of Southern ports, or TO stop the
mails in the reVolu tionary States
Fort Monroe as well as Fort Washing ton,
VA are 10 receive an increase ol garrison.
Harper's Ferry is to be garrisoned as soon
as troops can be raised to send there but the
yirginians, it is feared, will capture the Ar
senal first ,o..
Three regiments will be ordered TO rendez-
yous at Washington one to so TO Fort Mon
roe with the New York regiment, Il eomior'a-
bia rendezvous tor soldiers.
A baltimore regiment has rendered Ats ser
vices To the Government.
Governor Hicks, : Maryland, has just had
IN interyiew with the President, and it is said
| that he conveyed assurances OF support from
that State.
| Gen. Lane, the new Senator from Kansas,
has accepted the command OF one Thousand
| men here. ,,,
| The New Bedford Guards, Il fine military
| eomrany. have Just telegraphed, rendering
their services.
| NORTH CAROLINA FORTS.
| The Newbern IN. O. Progress, of the III
| inst, says:
The committee, of which we were mem
| ber having performed the commission thel
| last night. There are now about loo to Ze
| men under arms at Fort Macon, and every
| thing is being put in order. Should q tfov
| eminent vessel attempt to enter The harho
| they will receive a warm reception, certain
1 The ladies OF Newbern were busIiJ engaged
| YESTERDAY making bedding and other thing
| necessary for the comfort OF our mllltar,
| companies who went down 10 Fort Maco'
| last night.
| Yesterday, when our military companie
| were beating up for recruits, about sixty ire
| negroes volunteered and went down TO FOR
| Macon TO do battle for their country, whii
| another gave twenty-five dollars cash .
| helm suuport the war: and still another, VIII
is a poor man, having just arrived ut on
| wharf with a load of wood fer sale, deiiEere
IL up 10 the town auctioneer, with "A reques
to sell it and appropriate II In the same way
The Wilmington Journal of Wednesda
says;
| On Monday and yesterday Tuesday on
whole community was deeply excited on tn
| subject of the forts at the mouth of our har
| bor and it WAS finally decided to occupy tner
| in pursuance of orders. The flag OF Mort
| Carolina now waves over Johnson and O;ts
| we'll 1t was desirable that the action OF ou
| community should be rs quietly taken as pos
| sibIe and therefore no reference was maze
| the matter in yesterday S or monoay s lssu
of the town papers, nor did any dispatcnes Z
| off on the subject--none, at least, 10 In
| North.
| As, however, the matter has got into III
| Charleston papers, ard ther, as we no
| learn, that Col. Gardner, former commando
: at Charleston, bat who has been staying nei
during the winter on furleugh, posted Iro
here to Washington City on yes terday's aite
| noon train, having indicated determine
| tion to report to the Lincoln Admins tratie
| All that had been done, and no doubt all tni
il il proposed TO do, SO far as he could asce
| tain it, we feel that there is no longer an
| reason for further reticence on our part
| was only after Col. q. left that the TACT
i 4 fcyat tJt,p
FEDERAL OPERATIONS AT NEW YORK
Recruiting landsmen for the navy cor
| meLced Yesterday morning at seven o CLOCK
The Cherry street rendezvous was filled, ri
| before noon fifty men had been shipped Sc
| men and Ordinary seainen have been ADDED
| the North Carolina from the city ofilces du
ing the week, and IL applicants con tinue
appIy as they do now the ship will be hll
/ | in Il month or SO.
Recruiting for the army was comparative
| brisk con sidering the weather. Men are no
| being enlisted at the rate OF 80 men per DAY
S40 uer month 1t is thought the figures c:
l | be run up to coo, without modifying t1e
| cessary restrictions. bounty would l
| crease il TO 2. 900. But four weeks enlistmef
e | at this rate would overflow the regimen
which could not be done without special a
of Congress. The figures published BY spec
reporters daily, are purely chinerical-
The rain did not stop work AT the Nav
Yard; caulkers, carpenters, ana others we
| DuSliv elUDtOStu dNy ch 'AAN '~S~NN" r.
e | pairing for sea.
The Wabash is rapidly approaching reat
ness Her masts are nearly all rIght, ana u
: machinery will be in like manner in IL
IA | DAYS The coal and other necessaEies
speedily going in.
TIE Savannah, although Iil in dock, Is {
ing anead with extraordinary rapidity' II
z | SIDES are nearly caulked. The armament
II | the ship will be ready in Il few days
Perry was not touched yesterday, except
| riggers. She has had her hnl and battery
e \ i'll service trim.
v The North Carolina begins to fill up. AT
}. the departure of the Powhatan she had W
ie few hands on board, but the activity OF
= recruiting business has considerably hugmel
- ed her crew. She may have a ships compa
% for n frigat te on board before two weeks. +
marine guard consists OF A men, all eiilcie
The battery of the North Carolina is in Il
u ORDER and is exercised three or four time
8. week by the sailors and landsmen.
= PROCLAMATION OF THR MAYOR OF BALTIMORE
= Mayor Brown, Of Baltimore, issued the +
z lowing proclamation on Wednesday =:
'. Whereas, in the present excited state Of
M public mind, and In the great division
of opinion which exists in relation to the S,
al jects Of the grayest political impor tanee,
IL prehens ions have arisen in the minds Of lna
a. citizens that violations OF the peace may
10 cur and, whereas, our charac Ter and Welt
=, IS Il community are deeply involved IN
70 absolute preservation, at all times and UNI
all circums stancas, OF public order, which
- be maintained by the public authorities o
through the aid of the people themselves
y hereby earnestly invoke all good citizens
refrain from every act which could lead
any outbreak or violence OF any kind; to
= train from harshness OF speech, and 10 rem
= In all cases prompt and efficient aid, as by
= they are req uired to do, to the public AUTH
= ties, whose constant efforts will be exertet
= maintain unbroken the peace and order OF
city, and TO administer the laws with hde
= and impartiaiity. essssss
TIE MARYLAND scorA.