Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-05-03


into the service of the Confederate army.
He escaped by concealing himself on board
a vessel.
He reports that at the bombardment of
Fort Sumter, at least a thousand rebels
were killed, four hundred of whom were
10 Fort Moultrie.
He further asserts that 80 were killed
at Major Anderson's first discharge.
New YORK, April 29.-Richmond pa
pers contain the proclamation of Governor
Letcher ordering the return of all vessels,
excepting the steamers jamestown and
Yorktown to the owners, and appeals to
the people not to i~ntefere discountenances
all seizures without legal authority, and
appoints officers for different rivers to see
that the proclamation is carried into eff
feet. Gov. Letcher also proclaims to all
military organizations to refrain from
marching to Richmond until ordered.
Governor Letcher has issued q procla-
matien giving the ordinance of secession
and promulgating an order for its ratif-
cation or rejection by the people on the
4th Thursday in May. The 9th section
of the schedule for the election as passed
by the convention suspends and prohibits
the election of members of the Federal
Congress.
HARRIsBERe, Pa, April 80. Four in
telligent gentlemen from Western Vir-
ginia waited on the State administration
to-day, invoking it's influence with the ma
tional administration to procure arms to
defend themselves; they say Virginia
west of Blue Ridge can be held, if arms
are given them in time. They said that
the request was endorsed by the public
sentiment of that portion of Virginia.
They went westward from here. The State
administration complied with their re-
quest.
New YORK, May l. Travel by rail
road through Baltimore to Washington,
is to be resumed.
The grand jury is to inquire into the
circumstances connected with the Balti-
more riot.
A private letter from Annapolis says the
brig Caledonia has two men hanging from
the yard arm, one for smuggling powder
and provisions to Charleston, and the 9th
err for plotting the Seventh N. Y. Regi-
to the Chesapeake Bar, with the intention
that the Baltimore rebels should capture
Annapolis before the regiment would reach
there.
Gen. Scott viii soon change his head
quarters to Philadelphia.
Thirty thousand troops are to be CON
: centrated in Washington.
New York, May |. Letters from the
9TH N, Y. regiment say that six seces-
~sionists were caught on the 9th two
were shot on the morning of the 29th
and another was to lie shot on the mex
morning.
) Letters from Paris state hat the French
: government does not %sympathize with thu
secessionists.
} Boston, May 2. Fort Monroe, canno
be taken, as it contains 1900 men, Will
430 guns.
The navy yard at Norfolk is to be i'm
mediately retaken and rebuilt.
I Capt. Carson, of the schooner B. d. Pitts
from Charleston, states that he was at tn,
wharf near Fort Moultrie during the BON
bardment of Fort Sumter, and that OF
Sunday night sixty dead bodies were car
ried across his deck to the land, and OF
Monday night forty more were carried
olt at one time, and sixty at another
Ca pit. Carson and mate saw ard counted
tn bodies, and say that all the soldier
were sworn to deny any loss of life.
; Commissioners from Western Virgins
assured the President that if furnished
with arms, their portion of the Stat
would be cared for.
Evidences of Lieut.. Maury's treachery
are daily becoming apparent by the re
: moval of lights, buoys, &c.
% additional vessels have beed pur
J chased by government. and every South
ern port will be strictly blockaded within
T 20 days.
Com. ~Stringham has the blockadin!
! command, and Capt. Pendergrast the nom
squadron.
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-The election yester
day in Marion county to fill a vacancy IL
the Legislature, resulted in the choice o
Lipscomp, Union, over Anderson, secession
) and formerly a member Of Congress, b.
LAG majority.