New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-26
Washington to be Starved Out
MILITARY PREPARATIONS IN BALTIMORE.
Overwhelming Movement from the Free
States the Only Salvation.
HOW 1T GOES ON.
from Our Own Correspondent.

rot thu authentic int yencc that the Federal troops at
Cockeysyile seventeen miles from the city had been
,urued back " Harrisburg, by order Of Gen Scott that
Washington WAS in staia quO, and that there was no
danger Of an invasion from any quarter 81 the town
subsidized after one OF the nOst ieariuy-excling days
IN the calendar of any peop!e-and all for nothing
Rnt excitement WIS necessary to feed the Secession
fever and it was stirred up without stint.
The greatest uneasile,s felt by tie sober think
NC people who yet all engulied in the whrl-
pooi of Secession, thong the numbers are very few
rom the apprehension of a mob 1t soon ascer-
tanned that the authorities had complete sscendency
the mob element and they who got this important
Information retired with confidence but the majority
o. people went to bed full OF aaras and fears and
anxious night passed by thousands OF the brayest
hearts. All, however, passed off quietly, and the city
rested from it's lsbors TO rise this morning the prey to
fresh excitement which took another form
This morning early Committee OF Secessonsts went
20 Annapos and bearded tie Governor in his lair, and
lie result has been proclamation conyenng the Leg
stature on Friday, the 2Gth inst, wLereupon the
Speaker of the House instantly rsued his order for
election of ten delegates from this city, TO I'LL the seats
Of those who ousted at the last session. on &C
count of the Pug-UgIy stutrg of the baor-bOSes in
our town. Thus we have preciptted upon the public
mind i'll addition 10 the fuel that is already burning
feIcely the Juror attendant upon either houy-con
tested election or the irritation arising out OF the sup
preston of the public voice. under the pressure oil the
war feeling
arhe Prostate mind cannot conceive Of the sudden
and SIN ost universal eli uge in the public pulse
stoned by the affair of hast Friday, cunnDgIy turned
into the naturay patriotic channel OF resistance TO n-
,,ssion Though Ousn aud bred and reared and dwell
mo almost ali nv life in Slave State sheuId never
have apcipated this condition. OF things possible but
the fact is patent How it to be explained do not
stop to inquire nor do you caie. suppose 70 know
II ia only proof of the falacy Of expecting leopard
20 change his spots under any given Condition OF
things Human slavery creates a condition OF s"cl-
ETY. so utterly antsgOnistc TO that which If created by
free labor that begin 20 suspect the two forms oi So
cal existence can be brought TO harmonic IL
Is precisely like the anagOnism that The kedeeme'
points out between the service Of God aud Mamincn
But having this phenomenon Of tue people OF awhoe
State Numbering bali million Of Free whites, being
brought almost nstantaneou,ly TO abandon tie Gov
ernmeut of most a conturys existence ana blesslng7
and to By 10 revolution because mob Of desperadoes
aud bows assailed the troops Of that Government IN The
execution Of "a lawful and peaceful mission, upon the
soil of that State let us TO the immediate future
that lies before that people. 1t lies right open before
The ewes even of those who will not look. SeceSs'o"
IS the fate If Marviana 6cfOre pcek passes By. And
then--wnat then dare not lock iurter.
Great preparations are making for war to-day The
founderies are hard at work turning out shot and shell
women are busy scraplIg lat and making o"huaeos'
The exploration Of provis from the city has been io'
hidden; the shipping OF freight 10y water has oeeh
stopped the telegraph wires ore III poesersoh OIL the
,itv autborties 20 900 men and boys have been
of ,i.s1Ies tnp ruy
and navy officers of the State are rapidly resiguDg
Col John Winder will probably be awarded the COM
,land-u.chef of tie State forces by the Legislature
abe-bodied citizens IN all the counties are iii arms the
Governor has sent bis family TO Dorset County, his
home; the Annapolis Railroad has been rendered im-
passable for the passage Of Federal troops tie Nlnaus,
worth some twenty-five millions, baye offered their
whole property to the State, If required, ana most OF
Il is In money; all the in the stoes lave been
seized aud n the course Of few day., Mar! land and
Baltimore will be one vast camp.
Meantime our bank paper has sunk TO 10 per cent
discount for specie aud then only IN small sums the
Savings Banks have shut down paying deposits Tor
thirty DAYS; the merchants see nothing before them
tut d vast Of bankruptcy working people are
thrown out Of employment by the hundfeds; TIE neA'
thing will be general ruin to all the industrial aud eco
uomic interests OF the State, and all for the glorious
purpose of Withdrawing from Union OF unalloyed
blessings in order 10 become satrapy OF Jefferson
Davis On the faulty Of human nature-especialiy
pro-Slayery human mature!
Anthracite coal has gone up to sl5 tun to-day
because the source OF supply from Pennsylvania, by
way Of the Norherd Central Road has been cut on by
.ho barbarian order OF Gov. licks TO Destroy The
bridges and the general fear now Is that, even when
The road repaired non-Itercouse VIII be established
by tie State Of Pennsylvania, and We shal get no
more coal, no anything from that region
The prevailing feeling to-day is-Independence OF
the United States. The investment Of Washington by
Virginia aud Mary lard Is the talk among the
Secession statesmen and pOlluclaus Starving out tie
Capital is looked upon perfectly feasible. Bonbard-
ment Of the public Gulldlngs to be the male TO Ar
Lincons certain hegira. TIE National IaielIgeneor
pirates about au armed neutrality IL II all Judge
The reduction Of Washington aud the expulsion OF the
power of the United STATES from the District OF Co
umbis are the darling Objects Of SecessOnsis and
those of Virginia.
Serious conversation with military men who have
just resigned reveals to their expectation that the
tall OF Washington Ii only question of time, and "a
very brief tine al thai. To prevent that fall they ad-
nit that Maryland must be conquered must he laid at
the feet Of the Federal power and they boast that this
victory can never be achieved But when the sucgee
sion comes up that the Federal Government if forced
" eyaeuate Washington will blow up the public bnki-
inQs they LIE their hands and roll up their ewes with
holy horror; but it is all right in the revoutonisis to
destroy The United States Government by dsntegrl-
lion, and stealing all the public property they lay
ther hands Gu and even to deInolsb the public build.
ings by bombardmeti Right and wrong, in the esti,
nation Of the rebellion, have changed places