The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-03
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States Typographical Engineers, native
OF Connecticut, has gone to Richmond, to
superintend the manufacture of arms to be
used by the Government. ()
The Union Company have purchased
sixteen riaed cannon Of the West Point
Foundry for the use Of our volunteers.
Engraved plates for bonds and bank notes,
for the Confederate States have been seized
in two bank note engraving establishments
in Wall street to-day.
The Ounard steamship Kedar has been
chartered by the Government; also the
steamer Champion. -a
DETROIT, April Is.
The Straits of Mackinaw open. Pro.
pellor Prairie State arrived this morning
from Chicago, being the first boat through.
The Governor has called an extra session
of the Legislature to meet May 9TH. Five
regiments have been offered to the Governor,
and new regiments organizing.
5alo .l HARRISBURG, April rs.
Passengers who arrived here by the
Northern and Central Railroad say all is
quiet in Baltimore all the wholesale houses
closed all clerks over fourteen years Of age
were required to enlist. Many of them
were leaving the city in consequence. Five
cars arrived at Chambersburgl filled with
families flying from Baltimore.
Baltimore money ten per cent. below par
there, and Pennsylvania money is being ex-
changed for gold and silver.
The election progressed quietly yesterday,
and no opposition to southern rights ticket.
NEW YORK, April rs.
The Baltimore american has been re-
ceived by express. 1t has letter dated
Annapolis, yesterday, the Oath, announcing
the arrival of the Baltic, Ooatzacol cos,
Columbia, r. R. Cuyler, Arctic, Harriet
Lane, Boston, Maryland, and a tug from
Havre de Grace, with EIGHT THOUE>
AND NEW YORK AND PENNSYLr
VANIA TROOPS.
The Massachusetts and New York regi>
ments marched Tor Washington on Wednes.
day. -'. o.-gf" a,-. D.
The letter says the Constitution was to
sail for the mouth of the Patapsco, to
blockade the port of Baltimore.
A second detachment of 5000 men were
to move from Annapolis. The troops march
from there to Washington; the railroad
facilities in the possession of the government
being used for the transportation of stores
and provisions, of which large amounts are
going forward. So far no armed opposition
to the troops is reported.
The officers of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, yesterday, received de-
spatches per their line of telegraph, at the
Annapolis Junction, which announced that
a large body of United States troops were
on their way to Washington, and were
passing along at an ordinary time step
without molestation.
A special despatch to the Herald, from
Havre de Grace, dated 25th, says troops
are hourly expected to appear on the
Heights near Washington. Special trains
are now constantly running from Annapo.
lis to Washington.
A gentleman who left Charleston yester.
day, says Beauregard is there, superintend-
ing the repairs of Fort Sumpter, with the
expectation of an immediate attack on
Charleston.
The steamer Keystone State, direct from
Washington, arrived here at noon to-day,
bringing Col. Bonneville, U. S. A., Gen.
Twitchell and Seth Bryan, ESQ.,, of Boston,
and Mr.. Parrot, of Kansas, bound home.
The Keystone State left Washington on
Wednesday afternoon, and brings forty or
fifty bags of mail matter for the north. east,
in charge of Gen. Twitchell.
The steamer also brings dispatches and
instructions from the Government to MIR.
Adams, Minister to England. She is well
armed and provided to resist any attack
that might be made on her but she met
with no interruption.
Senator johnson, of Tennessee, was
mobbed at Lynchburgh, Sunday, on his
way from Washington to Tennessee. He
denied sending message stating that Ten.
nessee should furnish quota OF men.
The States and Union of Washington, has
suspended, the people having threatened to
demoish the Office if it continued to advo-
cate the southern confederacy.
A son of Senator Bayard of Delaware,
has raised a company, and taken the oath
OF allegiance, at Wilmington.
Some -four has been seized at George
town by the Government. 1t has been
sold to the poor.
Advices from Frederick, Washington
and Allegheny Counties, Maryland, show
that those counties are strongly Union, and
show that they will rebel against the State,
if the State secedes from the Union.
There are said to be 5000 secessionists at
Pennington, though there are three Union
volunteer companies there.
Governor Letcher, of Virginia, has issued
proclamation prohibiting the expectation
of -four to Northern cities.
A letter from the wife of Bishop Polk of
Louisiana, says that her house was burned
over her head on the night of the 18th of
April, by negroes also the residence of
Bishop Elliott. Several gentlemen who ar
rived from the South report that the peo
pie are arming every where.
A man was hung in North Carolina, and
another poisoned, tor having uttered Union
sentiments.
Rogers and Wright, the two United
States naval officers left at Norfolk, are in
prison.
PERRYvILLE, Md, April 25---6 P. M.
Many passengers just arrived here from
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