The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-22
FROM MONTGOMERY.
,rtL coxsKsPoSpxSoE or THE pIsrArcH.


,ndetarmined timidity upon the brink, until
he has finally plunged headiong into the
.,resro exhibiting suddenly the false strength
81 a deiirium and the eneryated ianguor OF |
ennsnrnnt,on, by making a frightened call for |
Is 400 recent runners say isa. eool mon.
The "Spreal Eagle proclamation OF the |
han hearted chicken hearted, tender- hear ted \
Abraham to his " dissatisfied countfymeu,"
,xhesa memories, when touched by the bet |
tar impulses OF their nature, viii yet swell the |
horns of the Union,' came duly 10 Mont |
romegy. aad afforded much amusement to the
bows IA The Government, who have been cal |
cuiatknc the exact time when the obstacles
that obstruct the execution of the laws Will
DO removed, and the persons composing The
powerf nj com binstions' Will, according 10 his
command, "diSperse and retire peaceaoly to
their respective abodes."
The Cabinet was in session for some time
vester lay evening. During the sitting the
pro,l.,na tion OF Lincoln calling out he mill
ia 10 sahiugate the South, was laid before
,bem " hereupcn IL was determined to call
for 81 30 additional troops TO whip back the
mercenary Nagabonds-ths furnished strag-
Gle rs and bsggars that starving fansticism viii
Ya:nit forth fer the desperate exploit.
Five thousand troops Will bs qaired of six
of the Confederate States, aud TWO thousand
OF gallant hide FLORIDA, which, with those
already at command will make 4 " Waterloo
army of 5000 brave aud Chivalrous men,
with Z second Napoleon Ia lead them TO ba tile.
That the req ulsitlon resolved TO be- made for
the s. ,sAn meu VIII 6e res pended to in an al
mos. Incredibly short space OF time, no man,
WHO has had ala opportunity 10 witness the
intense but deep ANA serious deteimina ton
of the people 10 be ever ready and faitntul
10 the last" can Ter even a moment doubt.
The people every where seem deeply moved,
and are CRYING out with one voice "What in
fanny, What punishment do these abolition
aiscrea ats deserve, whose fanatlcisin and
hatred Grove us from the old Union, and will
not now permit LIS 10 main tain Government
Of our own without such L struggle AS must
shake almost the world ~
TO say that the people of the Confederate
States "a Ill be able 10 pass through the fiery
trial of war and bioodshed unscathed, would
exhibit s woeful ignorance of the effects of
domestic fury and fierce civil strife. The
rude breath of war will shake many of the
golden apples from their ricbly-laden trees,
and the Ia b thing scar will remain upon their
agricultural and commercial interests for
wears Bat if their enemies believe that they
are not prepared TO lay their very summers
dust with the blood OF the mercenary brats that
are TO be s@nt 10 do the work of sublugation,
or that they are unprepaTed TO wage terri
Bile aggressive war upon the Northern aboli-
tionists, they as blind as moccasins and
dumb the dead ass TO the dgeadful notes OF
prepara ton that reverberate throughout the
length and breadth Of the new ConfederaCy.
To such an extent does the war feeling now
rage iii what was termed the CO. opera tion dis
trlct Of Alabama, and which gave ., 900 EaIo-
ritz against immediate secession, that the Lin
coin nppointee 10 4 Federal ludgeship, q. w
Lane has been forced 10 resign the office and
now stands with mu sket and sabre glea mi ng,
a volunteer private in the army of the Com
federate States. he is the last of the race Of
SubTuissionisIs in that district upon whom
the memorable logic of recent events has fallen
like the warning to Lot, fleeing from Soiom
Escape for thy life look not behind thee
neither stay thou in all the plain escape TO
the mountain"
Bur not only is the war fever raging through
out the Confsdera te States, but even from the
Border States offers of the services of troops
are con tinually pouring in. The brave Gen.
Pillow arrived here a day or two ago, and has
rendered 10 President Dayis division of 1000
men from Tennessee
Vice President Stephens arrived in this city
on Monday night, and 1t Is authoritatively
understood that he is to assume the admin
istration of the Government, while President
Davis ready TO die upon his country's war
fields is 10 go as Commander in Chief of the
srmy OF the South, and will make Richmond
his headq uar tiers III the event OF Inc secession
OF Virginia
Memo alias Matthews, the Warrington
correspondent of the Pensacola Observer, was
arrested by order OF Gen. Bragg, and brousht
TO Montgomery on Monday, charged with hav-
ing communicated, whilst on duty, luteIli-
gence through one Of his letters which gave
the enemy notice of Gen. Brag2's preparation
for AN attack on Fort Pckens on last Friday
night He was released from custody, the
Cabinet regarding his act as one of indiscretion
Gen. Bragg has laid an embargo upon al the
vessels in the Pensacola harbor. There were
shout twenty at the time the embargo was
laid.
The Government is in receipt of intelligence
that Charleston, ). O., has taken upwards OF
two millions of the Confederate States loan
offered publicly to-day. Thus the molly pa
rriotc and successfully brave South Carroll
mans have not only incurred all the expenees
Of the bombardment Of Sumter, amounting
10 nearly million dollars, without drawing
from the Treasury here a ceAt, but have ad
yanced to the Government half of the who'll
amount OF the loan required at the presen
time. Truly does their conduct illustrate tn
practice as well rs theory of State rights.
Stephen Arnold Douglas, it is privately ru
mored, will be in Mon geometry in very shor
time The rumor is reliable. j. IL. r.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, April Is, 1861.
Tho glad intelligence that Virginia ha
abandoned the old wreck and fitted on he
weapons to fight the black foe Of Norther
Abolitionlsm. was received here with tn
most unutterab!s joy. The city for hours pas
has been q scene or the widest en- TIM siasn
INDUCED in by Cabinet officers and other hig
officials, the old and young, OF all sexes an
conditions.
The Secretary of War, immediate upo
receiving the dispatch, direc ted a salute of te
guns 20 De fired in honor OF the noble old State
whose glorious ton has given the intpeNs
delight and animation to all-impartink tn
utmost vigor TO the operations of the Govern
rnent-strcng thening the weak, and establish
Ing the hopes of the new Repu bic upon
foundation Of rock, against which the wave
Of Abvlitonism shall dash in vain. The III
forgotten, and in the general joy and devotio
she
"Besmed an angel come afresh from Heaven,
Her pinions shedding fragrance as she few"
simultaneously with the blow struck b
Virginia, which will cause great drops
cold sweat 10 stand on the crazy forehead al
the shaking knees of Lincoln to knock 4
gsther, another red bolt from the suitry WIS
cloud, whose iron hail swept down Sumte
was suddenly hurled at the enemy, arhtch pt
drH fiYlf ~ RI of NDvf N "A
make the abolition heart sick with visions
pecunigry ruin and distress. ships, con
mis- sioi ed TO make reprisals, in recompent
and retaliation for the injuries preparing TO
per petra ted against this Government, Wi
soon be ploughing the sea, in search of the
rich prey the President of the Confedera
States having issued a proclamatieA tn
morning inviting all those who de9re,
service IN private armed vessels on - -
SEAS 10 aid this Government in resenting q
wanton aggressions of the North, 10 ma
applications for commissions or letters
marquee aid reprisai, 10 be issued under d
seal of this Government.
Of course this system of indemnifcation
wrongs OF the past and wicked Invasion no
thrsatened by those whose enrnity is mo
innplacable because unproyoked, will be m
with the wounded howl of the whole pack
Abolition ours and whelps who grinned wi
such viilanous delight, at the rapine n
murder committed on tho soil of Virgins
but whose yirtuous souls will receive
mighty shock at the resort Of this Cover
rneut 10 reta liatory measure, recognized
the practice Of enlightened nations and esp
ciaiiy insisted upon by the castof mistr'
now perishing from the diseases they ha
given her. .
This decisive and formidable action on Z
part of President Davis against the piratt
Invasion 70 subjugate the South, VIII DC
piaudec TO the echo throughout the Oonieo
rate States, and will prove no ptaceoo 2
bread pill to Surgeon Davis invaiids. Q
like the fatal strychnia will throw the whe