Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-05-18
Latsr from the Atlantic Side.

Louis to April 2Sth.
Gen. Scott said, April Goth, WASH
ington was safe. There are $4,000
troops arrived; 5000 more expected.
It is said that 5000 troops are at
Richmond, ready for service. A bat
terry is being erected at Yorktown, and
another 10 miles above Richmemd.
There were 1000 men at Harper's
Ferry, and $500 at Norfolk.
The Baltimore Sun indicates that the
conservative feeling is gaining ground
at Baltimore.
Telcgraph;c communication between
Baltimore and Washington is resumed,
and dispatches between Annapolis and
Washington are without interruption.
There are road guards all the way.
Gen. Buffers troops embarked for
Wilmington, N. c.
1t was reported at Harrisburg, Pa,
that ex-President Buchanan had els.
posed of his farm and fled to Canada,
for fear of mob. He had been threat
cned.
John Sherman had joined the 70.
lunteers as private
Gov. Barton had declined tc call out
troops and defend the Union.
People were fleeing from Virginia
to the free States.
Gen. Beauregard was at Fort Sum-
ter last week repairing damages, eX-
pecting an attack.
Troops which lc t Kentucky for the
Southern Confcdcracy went against
the wishes OF tlc Governor.
Col. johnson and son of Tennessee,
were mobbcd at Lynchburg, Va, last
week, on their way to Tennessee.
The Washington State and Union (se-
SESSION. has suspended; the people
having threatened to denolish the Of
fec if it continued toadvocate South
ern Confedcracy.
1t is said there is a strong Union
feeling at Frcdricktown Va.
Washington, Allegheny Co., Mary
land declare they will rebel against the
State if the State sccedes.
Gov. Letcher, of Va, has issued a
proclamation prohibiting expectations
of -four to Northern cities.
Negroes in Maryland are rising and
burning the houses Of their masters,
also in Louisiana. There is great
apprehension among the Union men
in New Orleans.
Senator Douglas made a great Union
speech at Springfield, ILL.,, Apr. oath,
he advocated active military operations
to crush out rebellion.
A gentleman who left New Orleans,
Friday, April Goth, says the whole
country between jackson and New
Orleans is in arms. At every station
along the road companies were seen
drilling, but appeared destitute of arms.
using old muskets, shot guns and
rifics.
The telegraph lines were in the hands
Of secessionists, and not permitted to
give intimation as to the movements
Of troops in secession States.
The Southern expectation was tho
capture of Washington. The imfor-
nation was that the North should have
war until the Treasury at Washington
is in the hard OF the Corfe lerate trhops,
and President Lincoln and cabinet off,
GERS were prisoners.
No troops except at Fort Pickens
were being moved north, but those
originally destined for that fortress
have been withdrawn.
tits not believed at New Orleans
that any attack will be made on Fort
Pickens for weeks to come.
a secret meeting was held ut Men,
phis OH Saturday night. 1t was be-
lievcd their purpose was to march on
Cairo, cut the levee, and make an at
tack.
$1,000 stands of arms were taken
from st. Louis Arsenal on the night
Of April Goth, and sent to Springfield,
I'll.
A gentleman who has just returned
from business tour through Alabama
and Mississippi, left Mobile, on Tues
day last, and reports that hundreds of
men who had gone to Pensacola to
take Fort Pickens, were returning
home daily, disguised and satisfied that
it was impossible for tho Confederate
Army to capture the Fort. Large
numbers Of the troops at Pensacola,
were sick and dying in the hospital,
from tho effects Of fever, exposure, and
hunger.
Our informant reports people in Ala
bama and Mississippi almost crazy
from cxitement. The mob spirit Is
rampant everywhere, and rendered
daily moro desperate, in some locali-
ties, by threatening families with STAR