New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-27
Interesting frcu Richrn ond.
Correspondence Of a be n. Y. Tdtune

pie Of this section of the Commonwealth, on the qes-
ion Of mtifying the Secession Ordinance, will be
played aad | have no doubt the result will he emit
neny satisfactory TO the Secession overseers OF the
white slaves Of Eastern Virginia. Their arrangements
to achieve tie objects they have in view as perfect
~ they can make them, although the means they re-
sot to prove that they have fears of the failure
Of their darling cause, when placed before tie people,
even though the latter will be the recipients Of the
most cocrcive style of operations, for in addition to
their threats OF expulsion from the State against all
who vote against the Ordinance Of Secession, they are
by their character terrorism extracting pro-seces
sion speeches and letters from leading men who
bth in sentiment and feeling opposed " tie revo
utiouary despotsm that present rules them, these
speeches ard letters being intended for effect at the
pos tomorrow. As soon the Unionisis, through
out the State including tose who have been compelled,
for the tine being, to uphold the cause Of Secession,
find that the true men of the Western counties are
moving actively for the Unon-and the fact that they
are 20 cannot much longer be kept from the knowledge
OF the PEOPLE Of the Eas,-and that the poacer ot ne
Federal Gorethaepi n soon Be tn The maGst of them,
10 sustain esereeiicaNy 0se among them mho n,sh TO
(rse tlerrseres from he Jeg. Darts usnpdtscH they
| will promptly repudate the position into which they
have been forced by tho current pressure Of the des
poIsm they suffer FROM and give uiterarce to the
| inherent love for the Union that now exists in the
breast Of many quasi Secessonst. Senator Mesons
recent letter made prominent paper for use at the
polls to- morrow aud is Judge Lyons late charge to
tie Grand jury Of Ills city, wherein he says thnt
Any citizen red-n, Of Virginia who adhere, to the
United s.' syns hs s. heI,ot 81 '' .s
hssner money arms ammunition pr si,ons an, ',sSpee
sos@tns ss,.s Even ,Ss .i.np to do Any u ,Ge.. things
thoosh un.ueoe.'fHl, III make man guilty of'rsason"
| Mason advocates the expulsion from the State Of
al! those who do vote in favor Of Secession; he
viii not even le, those remain who DO no. vote
At all, claiming that all who lot with them
are agaiprt them. The fobwing pacard las been
Issued aud will be posted conspicuousy to-day througs
out the city
and :, biz ,o. r. bs . a.. sovorisa coavu,icn wah
nee. soous STATE ironthe CALLING ISfstoin OF Northern
The arrangements for taking the vote tomorrow
have been placed entirely in the hands of tie pcpst
ing Secessionis,s Of the three warts Of this city,
"JeGer-rp," Madison" and Monroe" jefferson
Ward in particular, having two slave anctonecrs
NJ inspectors Of the district This latter ward il in the
lower part of lhe oity and the majority OF its
are among the working class.s Of the community aud
in consequences ba. ALWAYS hitherto given Union ma
iorities Madi.on Ward the middle district, includes
the arirtccra,ic aud mercantile community Of Richmond
and IA matter Of course i. out-and-out in favor Of
Seceson. Monroe Ward in the upper part Of the city,
contains q large foreign population, in which the leu
tonic element preponderaies and this also H. was n
Union dietrict but the coercips of the Se-
cessieuss will have much effect here presume as
in the lower ward and but few will dere give expres-
sion 70 their true sentiments L, the poll. tomorrow
The polls Of the lower ward ar held in Jefferson Mar
ket those Of the middle ward in the City Hall; and
| in the upper ward at Lacy's blacksmths shop on
| Broad street. First street.
The are but few military companies in this city now
In comparison with what passed through in fact there
bat those unprepared in their equipments for
depsItors, and those who temporarily soionn here en-
route from the Scutb. or the latter the latest arrival
is that Of regiment Of Tennesscans numbering abou.
500 men, nnder the command Of Co. w. b. Bate, a
Tennessee lawyer. Capt. Cusky, Washington Sc
cesicnisl, commands of the companies The toops
recently ccngregated here in such force have been
10 the border Of the State departing by the YORK
River Railroad others by the Fredericksburg and Po
tomac route and others aaintbe most numerous par
ties-by the Central Railroad.
Early Yesterday morning Of the numerous alarms
of fire, Of nightly occurrence here occssoued
by the burning of portion Of Bayle T. Candles saw
factory. 1t fire, appears, the act being
preconcerted enc oil the part of some persons whom
The Dispatch terms "Republcan birengs and ruf.
fans" merely allude TO the fact as an illustration of
tho feeDg-nov having but smothered existence
among the unemployed working-csss OF this city,
who,e sympathes ere largely in favor of the Union,
this latent feeling being burning hist for vengeance
on the heads Of their dsstardiy oppressor.
II appears that party OF men attacked and mastered
the wacbman Of the building and then set fire 10 II,
they having previously, however torn down the Sc
cesson flag that WAS flying from the roof Bayle g.
Gamble had recently entered into the manufacture Of
swords for the Secession army and this fact roused the
ire of the aforementioned "hirelng ruiFans;" The
Di,patcA termed the fellows who set fire to the Balti
more bridges the noble patriots Of Maryland" 1t is
privately reported here that the bridges crossing the
Rappahannock at Fredecksburg have been 80 cut and
prepared as be easily DESTROYED on the approach of
Federal forces via Acquia Creek. While the work.
men were employed in efiectng this PREPARATION last
week portion Of one of the bridges gave way pre-
inaturely, but il has since heen replaced.
1t was reported at THE Enquirer Office, this morning,
that ex-Gov. Wise was dangerously ill., from nervous
fever, brought by the excitement he has of late
been laborng under while advancing tho cause of the
revolutionary despots who now control his native
State.
The Examiner, Of this morning. states, on what
they terms unquestionsbe authority" that Gen.
Johns,on-a renegade from the United States Army
has been ordered to take command of the Confederate
forces at Harpers Ferry, and that Beauregard is now
on youL IN Novfolk fnr tha same obieef there also