, 1861-05-14

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From the Washington 1ntslli..enccr, Eay7.1
- A gentleman from Richmond "a member Of
ths L.: islature) communicates to Us tie fsl~
p!.ce Il .sozae i lis e5anIs# .t6s Esste.
They say; &c cessicn Ia. = O. 20 E4d, but, to ba
sold qu* to the Confederate States without the
1saFe Of tie: people ia mort than they c7a
stand Why, they saY, CID not Ihe ConFeEtion
!et the people knoT VINO Fotedfar and against
then, 90 .WM as the reaaona fas Tbs traasfsr
;Iaey Would prefer, many OF them, to taYe aad
hetteE reason than the joint payment Of e1-
Penses TO indncs such > course. s::.'r-- :.
ELTmG UP TIE Pxor1E.
!: [Frem the Wheeling IntelHgeneer.1
~ From gentleman Of standing, residing In
lensrsQn county, re have received the follow
ing letter. which, 1t tbs reqnest OF the writer,
We lsy before cur readers: " =. -
.,i.. i. =, Fa1D1a1cx. May ., 1851.
The eivnvar Ia doing its wo1k here A
+. body ct troops is stati6Rea here, Rnd thty
Wonld atarve were It net for tkipg by forEa
: everything they consume. srd paying: for it
with Virginia stoek, WORTH from forty 10 for
ty'three cents On the uollar.ss> Sumo of o1r
farmers are not planttn z moFe coru thar Will
suffice hW their own consumption soms are
giving up land they leased to be- cultivated in
corn, for the reason that they do not Wish to
soldiers could be chartered nEon these terms
upon every diatricE. ID the s+Commounw ealtf,
abe would vote down the szeceeainn ordiranee
by large: majority Ten days ago did ret
F, know that single individual in this end OF
our county Ve1lI vote against it beside ny
SELF / am now: perfectly satisfied that the
people Of the two districts 1hst vote here will
vote against 1t by decisive majority, and I
beheye the vote Of our county Will be agai7 It
It; snd l an assured BY gentlemen of the
aelgnoorlnE county Of Berkeley, that it will 70
against secession by All overwhelming mst5r.
ltY. Some Of our people wish to fo.u the
" Mestern Virginia Commonwealth, If the peo-
pie Of the old Commonwealth su1ta;u the Sc
ceszion ordinance.
T. [Fron the Washington Republican, NaySl
VIRGINIA.
a la5y residing In ons CT the Wea1thiess
counties Of .Virgin1a, in writ 2 to her sou In
Washingtoa says that she writes In great alarm
ga &c, aalety 1or her OWL safety *nd that Of her
Two SOILS who are with her. The Whp1a dis
tr1ct u In the greatest tIeptdation- The ne
gToes are greatly excited by the acts Of the Sc
cesslon15ta, and many ha7e been heard to
threaten that the troops leays for the pur
pose Of fighting, they will try their own hands
With the Whites that remain So also, lie
Hch farmers, greatly afraid Of their own EIay :.
are compelled to g1srd thar own house, MI n,phi
and day.. Such she describes ara the effects Of
secession tn that section, but declares that tho
secessionists have oegun their excitement and
terror too soon, for, as yet, their only effect
upon the political opinions OF the citizens has
been to strengthen the Union sentiment.
EoKTEWEsTERN VIRGINIA..
The Inst number OF the Mo74antozn CVa, :
adr, PnbAshed IN Mpnongalia county, comes
in Northwestern Virginia for the purpose Of
protesting against the policy Of secess;o ,snd.
in the event Of its occurrence, advocating =
separation Of Western rom Eastern Tirgin,ja
Il Is NV apparent that this movement is tak-