The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-04-25
State Of Feeling at The South.

During the last seven days have been
through Louisiana. Alabama, Georgia,
South Carolina. North Carolina AMI Vir.
ginia. The excitement is wild. Rail
way trains are loaded with soldiers, arms
and ammunition. Northerners are has ten.
ing home, closely watched, subjected to
gross indignity, and often arrested as
spies.
The general belief is that Ben McCul-
loch is about TO attack Washington sue
cessfulIy; that Mr.. Lincoln will be killed;
that tho North wants to suhjugate the
South; that Yankee soldiers. as they are
called, are towards and easily defeated.
There is great wender that no Disun'
ion party has yet been developed In the
North. and there is expectation daily Of
hearing that the masses of New York will
nauguralo a bloody rebellion and over'
throw the authorities.
Methodist clcrgymen are acting As
captains. Companies are organized with
religious ceremonies. Boys are ealisling,
aud women are urging on brothers and
husbands.
The ie'enstlcss condition Of Mobile
excited gr'at alarm, and 1t is being
strengthened
A Union man Of Huntsville, Ala mar.
rowly escaped hanging last Monday.
Companies are pouring into Pcnsaco.
Ia, Gen. Bragg had all his plans laid for
an attack on Friday night. Srntinels
we're to 10 brbed, and it was expected
that they could urprise the fort. The
United States forces discovered the pot
so it was abandoned. The fort can be
carried with immense loss of life The
Revoulionsls' cannon are light. There
is great fear of the Brooklyn's guns.
AT Montgomery, on Monday, clork
in one OF the Southern Confoderacy De-
partmenrs was arrested as a spy.
Throughout South Carolina the charge
that Major Anderson was trtacherous was
universally secuted. They say to hav,
held out long would have subjected hi
co mand to certain death from tie explo
sion Of the magazine.
The commander of the United States
fleet was declared TO be "a Id Yankc,
coward"
Pieces Of Major Anje,son's flagstaff ar
carried through the country as curiosi
lies. In the interior Of tho tate, hear,
extreme fears expressed that the slave
would be supplied with arms from th
North, and reoel.
Theee was great activity still about tn
defrnses Of Charleston hsroor, in antici
ton Of sea attack Troops are sli
coming in hom the country.
In eastern North Carolina, yesterday
tho excitement was utterly wild. 81
twonty.six Founders from Charleston f.
Fort Macon reached Wilmington Ia,
night Troops were pouring into tn
and other forts. One hundred and sixt
free negroes had cen impressed and al
now working on the lorlili ,ation. Go'
Ellis was about TO convene the Legislature
The State is already considered out Of III
Union. There Were loui threats 10 han
and drive out Mr.. Gilmcr aud other u
ion men.
Gilbert Potter, professed Unionist
Wilmington, has donated thousand 5a
res Of mess pork to the revolutionists.
At Richmond thore has been unpara
eled excitement during the last thrC
days. Business wa. suspended. Gol
and New York exchange was | 5 pc
cent. premium. One secession firm az
vertises that they rspudiate Norther
debts. There were fears Of trouble frol
the two thousand free negroes Of tn
city. Sharpe's rifles were being ordere
from New York. to be shipped disguise
in dry goods boxes.