The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-05-22
WAR INTELLIGENCE.
From Virginia.


ousand troops are now in Washington.
lie desertions from Lincolns army are
lite numerous. Numerous runaways from
Wrgiuia have been arrested 10 Washing
In.
n The Postmaster General Of the United
ates has made arrangement for the trans
brtatlOn of the mails from New York to
Prt Pickens and Havana by means Of
overnment steamers.
Tho Convention Of Northwestern Vir.
mia met TO day in Wheeling for the pur.
Pse OF forming n separate State.
1t Is rumored that over thirty counties
tere represented. The proceedings were
kcret.
The Southern and Abolition troops are
hpidly concentrating 10 the vicinity of Har-
fer's Ferry. The defensible points there
ave all been taken possession Of by the
Virginia forces, and fight Is anticipated
ery soon.
ALEXANDRIA, May l5.-The Maryland
Legislature has adjourned, after appointing
III
Davis aui Lincoln.
Gov. Hicks, Of Mary land, has called for
bur regiments Of militia to obey the requi.
&iion Of Lincoln.
The GoScruors of Pennsylvania aud
PHO have p!eGged their protection to the
ubuiissionists of tho Panhandle of Vir.
inia against the authority of the State.
There lie II reliable report that the small
ox has broken out among the Liucoln SOL
4Icrs III Washington.
i The reports ,clagraphcd by the Associa.
~ Press, relative to tbe capture OF priva
fcrs are snoer fabrcativns. coucoctci 10
Vac uGgton, and intended, f possible, to
ignten those uow getting letters Of MAJ.
ne iloce NJ reliance in such stories
Il ", have rcocrl, ,d Baltimore news + tai,
ornin!. Ross Wilans has been arrested
ki9rgrd with treason in sc'.ng the Bu!G
aacre atcan qua 20 tho Nrga..ns.
a.Thc ,:arv:anc Iagi...,arc adjourned
scetrrlay, a'.a- passing r,sa 'utions appDla-
4 4 Committee Of L.g.'-four to W.,
A. -e-iaeG, has's, in ord". TO oblE.a
/ .;on ot.bosrli,c- anr.. ne m,-',rE
H. Uaited 1'ascs Congress VI July.
kLEyAso.,,, .'er B-igaa,cr Gee
II 3terlarIr Franklin IiLe, nas .cen ap
,"hlcd II Major Gcnrr.. In the U. ). Army.
j. is believed there are 55OO mcn at Har
pers Ferry, and 3iD0 a. points near il and
Commanding approaches.
On the lI,h COO Kenturkians, 500 Ala
bamians and 500 Virsinians reached the
amps on Maryland Heights. where there
ire now $4,000 men.
Many members Of the New York Sew.
Fn,h Regiment have gone nome, their term
pr enlistment having expired.
Ross Winans who was arrested by Gen.
q3uiler, on the ground Of selling s,enn,
gun 10 Virginin. contends that he sold Il to
Virginia rightfully and legally, and before
hat State had sec.ded.
Gen. Butler has seized TWENTY-FIVE hun.
Bred and twenty muskets, and four thou.
Nand and twenty spears, manufactured By
rVinans & Co.
n II is believed at Washington thn, the
Northwestern Army will be moved down
he Mississippi. with view to carrying the
Far into the seeded States.
il Is now said that Gen. Wool 10 20 take
he command against the South, aud is TO
>e ordered to Fort Monroe.
The London Herald regards our difficuI.
Sizes as likely to necessi,a.e a war between
England aud the Northern Siates as a means
"a the restoring Of II supply Of Cotton.
Nj Lord John Russeli said In Parliament
I Via. the duty Of the Government was to
ksake every possible means to avoid taking
part In this lamentable contest
Northern abolition dispatches state that
arge quantity Of improved guns had srri.
ed nj New York from Europe, and more
you'd follow in every steamer.
81 Numbers Of Northern troops are going
home from Harrisburg. They thought
hey volun,esrsd Cor three months only and
lre unwilling to serve any longer.
Col Williams. recently attached to Gen.
scotts staff, having intinated that his sym.
pAshies were with Virginia. has been order.
ID to Governors Island. New York, and
kept on his parole Of honor. he win not
be allowed to communicate with HE rels.
lives residing In Virginia.
-Advices from Washington represent Lin.
coln ~ deeply interested in the struggle in
renresses betw cen the Secessicnists and
Unionists. II 10 so said he conumpla.es
RAdoptlDg rigorous measures for the support
|of Andy Johnson and bis friends.
A delegation from Missouri is In Wash
3hgton, beggIpg Llncolu TO send sutiicient
force TO oyeIawe the State.
Lincoln has pledged himself to the Gov
emors Of all tho free STAGES that there shall
be no compromise or cessation Of war until
the United States flag foats over all the
National property.