The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-07
Affairs nt the East.

The news from the East to the 26ih ult.,
contains nothing Of startling importance,
but is of painful interest. The war feeling
throughout the North is rather on The in
crease, and preparations are going forward
on gigantic scale to sustain the Fedral
Government, and meet the disunionists with
their own weapons. William b. Astor has
offered the Government 100000 as a
gift, and Sl0.000,000 as loan; Vanderbilt
has offered the use Of bis steamers free of
charge, Vermont has appropriated 81, co.
900; Indiana $1,5OO,000; the City Council
of New York S1,5OO,OOO, and the banks
throughout the entire North are Offering
loans to the extent of their means. One
account says that the Government has
already been offered money enough to carry
on q war for several years. The State au-
thorities of New York have decided to mus
ter into immediate service the 10000 vol
unteers authorized by the Legislature, and
Gen. Scott had ordered the Pennsylvania
troops to be thrown into camp as rapidly
as possible, for the purpose, ii was supposed,
Of making demonstration against Balti-
more. That city was in possession of the
mob, and it was expected the troops would
have to fight their way through, step by
step. The Navy Yard at Norfolk had been
destroyed by order of the Government, and
the men-of-war lying in the harbor, which
we're too old or unfit for service at sea, had
been scuttled and sunk. The vessels said
to have been destroyed are ships of the line
Pennsylvania, Columbus aud Delaware, the
frigates Raritan and United States, and the
screw-steamer Merrimac.
The Union feeling in Delaware is unsbat-
ed, and reports thus far received, speak en-
couragingly of the Union sentiment in
Western Virginia. The Governor of Ken
lucky is reported to have made PROPOSE
ton to the Governor of Ohio, that the Gov
ernors of the Border States Opposed to the
United States Government" act as arbitra-
tors between the contending factions.
In consequence of the interruption of tel
egrapbic communication, there is no intel
ligence of interest from the Confederate
States. Having carried on depredations
against the Government, without hndrance
for four or five months. until they have pro-
voked resistance to further aggression, it is
to be supposed that the Confederate States
are making suitable preparations to main
tain their position. JEFF. Davis was report
ed to be at Richmond, and there was a re-
port that the Confederate army, consisting
of so, 900 or 10000 men, was to march
north for the purpose of taking Washington.
They expected to be joined by troops in
Virginia and other Border States.
BY this time we Judge the revolutionists
are disabused of the fallacy they have so
long entertained, that there was any cOnsid-
erable party in the North that would assist
them 10 breaking up the Government. Had
they wanted to leave the Union pesceably,
the Government never would have attempt
ed to restrain them by force but they chose
to inaugurate secession by the Wholesale
robbery of public property, and other acts
OF violence, aud are likely to be taught that
they are not the exclusive judges of the
terms on which the separation shall take
place. 1t is not probable that any troops
will be marched further south than is deem
ed necessary for the protection of the Fed
eral Capital, but the principal ports of the
Confederate States will be blOckaded, and
their commerce will have to submit to the
revenue laws.
If they attempt to take Washington, their
army will be driven back, and they will
then have an opportunity to speculate at
leisure upon the advantages of secession.
a. l. - l. Al