Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-05-23
THE NEWS HERE.


usthat In some forty or afty counties, commencing
with Jefferson and extending west aud northwest
20 Pafkersburg and Wheeling, the Union senti.
ment Ii becoming an intense as the disunlon feel
Ing In the tide water region Of the State. gen.
tleman who recently travelled from W heelina to
Washington tells US that he saw no other flag but
the stars and stripes from Wheeling to Harper's
Ferry, nor did he hear any other rallying cries
ute ed by the way than those for the Onion,
which greeted his ears, as the American flag
greeted his eyes, at every stopping place; and no.
where In greater abundance than ct MartInsburg,
which 10 bat few miles west Of Harper's Ferry
IL will be remembered. ..-s.-.
The vote In Western Virginia to-day viii settle
the question that IL the east persists in her present
attitude much longer the State will inevitably be
divided. That Is: unless the Government
promptly reestGbishes Its auth oritv over the east
We have no idea that the Convention, which re-
assemblies early in June, will make any effort
whatever to hold the west, either to secession or
under the States nominal authority; for it Is now
plain that that body will have Its hands full in
striving TO the east far possible from the
impending legitimate results Of their adoption Of
the secession ordinance. The loyalty of Western
Virginia to the Union will settle the question
with reference to the position Of Kentucky and
Eastern Tennessee, or We are greatly misia ken;
while 1t will also greatly EN- barrass the disunion
Virginia; emboldening the Union men In that
section to essay to recover their rights upon tie
hrst favorable opportunity, and forming the
nucleus around which adjoining county sfter
county Will secede from secession, and unite their
fortunes with the pro-Union western Organization
We regard the speedy secession Of jefferson and
Loudoun rom Sttsssion, as being sure to follow
swiftly upon the heels Of the western pro- Union
organization; aud that of Fairfax and Alexandria
as being certain 20 be delayed hardly more than a
month after Loudoun thus repudiates the depot
Ism OF the Oligarchy.
The means resofted to By the secessionists TO
secure majority votes to day throughout Eastern
virginia, as e1emplifed in their proceed nps in
AIexandria, prove that the leaders already regard
1EHl bot In
their own people. In addition to their threats of
violence and expulsion against all who vote
against The ordinance Of secession they are by
terrorism, extracting pro-secession speeches and
letters from leading men whose hearts and heads
are against toe cause of the oli2archy for effect at
the polls SO soon as the Unionisis of the State
lnciudlng most Of those who have been compelled
Tor tie nonce to counsel support of the disunIon
cause, find that the West Is moving actively for
the UnionS and that the power Of the United
states is In their own midst, energeticaIly sus-
tdinlng those among themselves who wish To
throw of the oligsrchy's despotism, tbev will
instantly repudiae the position into which tbev
have been forced by the current pressure upon
them. F
AS strange as the occurrences In Virginia have
oeen since the exploitation Of the Conspiracy to
seize harper's Ferry and the Norfolk Navy Yard
we look Tor quite as renlaTkab BILE changes in tie
position Of her citizens, TO immediately follow
the VESTS repudiatlOn Of the oiisarchy,s desnot-
Ism and the Governments measures to rsestab.
ilsnlng the liberties OF the people Of the east In
III
noTlty who are working the machinery Of the
despotism in the east, does not really embrace
one-tehth OF the States population. But for the
anely interference Of the Government, Maryland
Wooio nave Pdrodled the course Of Virginia be-
yond doubt Yet all already comprehend that
the Union majority In Maryland is Overwhelming.
OrrIcHRs RESIGNED The following is CON-
Ple'e Iis' OF the officers Of the U. 3. Navy whe
have resigned since the Inauguration of the seces-
sion movement.
RESIGNED oFFIcBks-AerIvs Llsr
Cdptasns-L. Rosseau, Isaac Mayo French For
rest, Josiah Tattnsll, Victor M. Randolph, Fran.
Buchanan, 5 ID; n Ingraham, George A. SIagru.
def, samuel Barron, VIM Linch, l. 5. Sterett
CommGndsTs-S. s Lee, VIM c. Whiitle
y. IhoIonrn, X. e. Robb, Wm. w Hunter,
MURRAY Mason, Ebenezer Farraud Chas McBlair
AIcn =; Fairfax, Wm. McBlair, Rich'd l. Page,
frederick Chatard, Arthur Sinclair, C. H. A ii
Kennedy, Thomas w. brent, Mathew F. Many.
Raphael Semmes, John r. Tucker, Thomas j
Pags, Z George Minor, Robert F. Pinkney, Thomas
w B Muse, ThOs. L. Hunter Jas r, McIntosh
Li:UisHGHts w. Cook, c F. nj SDo,s-
wood, |. b Walbach. VIM. L. Maury, Frances
D . ,.ts kenshaw; & Jas H North, Robt. Pegram,
b Po;ndeIter, Henry H. Lewis, Geo w Ham
son, las ID. Johnson, John ~ Matdt, Washing
Ton Gwathmey, VIM. A Wayne, Peter U. Muir
ledge, Z Ap X: Jones, Silas Bent Joel 8. Rem
nard, Jonn Wilkinson, G. NJ Morris, e. NJ
FauntleToy, w. b. Fitzgerald, John :. Maury,
Reginald Fairfax, w. A. Webb, Chas. c. Simms
" Stout, John w Bennett, Jon Carter A ug
MeLaug hlin, w. II Parker, J. Pembroke Jones,
W m L. Powell, VIM. H. Murdaugb, John NJ
Brooke, Jos. ID. Daniels, John Rell, Jas II Ro-
Shelie, Hoot. d. Minor, David +. McCo.kle,
VIM. Sharp, Jos. FRYE, Geo. II. Bier. Cbas
McGary, Hunter Davidson, Robt r Carter, Oscar
r Johnson, Beverly kennon, John TAYLOR W ood,
John X Egglesion, r. T. Capmsn, E T. Sped
den, w Huntington, Thomas p. Pelot, WIN
3 Bradford, John NJ. Stribling, Phillip Porcher
CaPtain-R. 3. Cunningham.
Cer1naAdSs-Charles c. Turner, Edward C.
Tilton, VIM. E. Hunt
LisEfeHanfS-O. II. Bergman, w O. d. 8
Porter, John H. Brown, Samuel Edwards, Edw.
Q. stout, G. Terrett, Horace N. Crabb, Richard
L. Brown, H. III. Garland.
RUNoRs OF MILITARY MOVEMENTS The fact
That nve or six regimens-from New Jersey
Michigan, the New York Twelfth and Ella