Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-05-18
NEWS OF THE DAY.
10 slov the ue,y age aud body otfthe TIaE'

paid visit to the Board of Brokers IN
Wall street, on Monday last. Having
been introduced to the Board by Mr.. j. h.
Garland, he replied in substance as fol-
lows: although not in the habit of max
ing speeches, his reception by the Board OF
Brokers had been SO fettering that be must
say something on this occasion. The stu
alton he had been placed lii ne would have
willingly shrunk from, on account OF Its re-
sponslbilities, but Providence had placed
him in the situation, and he had tried TO do
his duty. Since the fall Of Fort Sumter he
had received many bitter letters from the
South on account Of his refusal to join his
destiny with theirs. He had never said
ANYTHING to indicate that he would unite
| his destinies with the South. At the outset
of the slavery troubles he did sympathl2e
/ with his Southern friends, thinking that
there was too much Northern interference
with the subject, and if slavery was an evil,
it attached to the South alone. At the pres
eut crisis, neither slavery nor parity politics
have any thing to do with the subject. The
question is government or no government,
and he felt satisfied that when the present
crisis is passed we shall be again happy
and united people" #-.
New Orleans papers announced the re-
cept of intelligence from Galveston and In
dianola to the Eth instant. The lndlano!a
Courier furnishes the following items The
United States army officers who were taken
prisoners at San Antonio have all given their
parole, including Col. Waite, the successor
of Gen. Twiggs. The San Antonio Ledger
mentions the resignation OF the following
United States officers: Major Lloyd j. Beall
Papmaster; Captain r. W. johnson, I'd
Cavalry; Captain VIM. B. Blair; Lieuten-
ant Ramseur, 4th; and Lieutenant Howard
Sd Artillery. Captain Lees company 9th
United States Infantry, arrived at San Anto-
Mo last week, and surrendered uncondition-
ally to Major Duff, of the G. S. A. The
four hundred and fifty prisoners of war late
ly captured by the Texas volunteers, under
Colonel Van Dorm, below this city have left
10 the brig Mystic and schooners Horace and
Urbana, chartered for the purpose. Colonel
Van Dorm left Victoria last Monday, with
McCuloch's regiment and other forces, to
intercept Col Reeves command of United
States troops, (some GOO strong) then report
ed to have gone into Fort CLARK but since
contradicted. They will meet some where
above San Antonio.
The Charleston journals announce the ar.
rival off that port of the United States steam.
frigate Niagara, to blockade the harbor.-
She was first seen by one of the pilots early
on Saturday morning, and was supposed to
have ordered off merchant ship inward
bound On Sunday she boarded the barque
| I Il cd ht,r
tain that the whole Southern coast was I'M
der blockade; and On the same day she
warned off the ship Monmouth and the ship
General Parkhill, both from Liverpool and
two or three other vessels, two Of which the
Niagara accompanied we'll off shore; and
while she WAS absent the British ship A. &
A., Capt. Hutchinson from Belfast, stood in
from the eastward, the Niagara making ai-
ter her; but the ship, having much the
start, was run into shual water, where the
| frigate could not we'll approach her. 1t WIS
feared she would be boarded before Monday
morning by the Niagara's boats if not. it
was hoped she might be got into Charleston
with the aid of steam.
The troops which for several days have
been encamped on Federal Hill, Baltimore,
suddenly struck their tents Thurday, bun
died up all their baggage and returned to
their former quarters at the Relay House.
| Many. Of them were assured on the previous
day that they would leave tho place, but not
| a single man in the force knew what would
| be their destination. Col. Jones, who WAS
| in command received orders at !. late hour
on Wednesday night from the War Depart
| ment ordering him to prepare to leave, and
20 to the Relay House. The order was read
in the morning shortly after roll call, when
| the companies assembled and received orders
to pack up at once. The whole movement
was so sudden as To create surprise both on
the part Of the soldiers and citizens.
On the 18th ult the War Department is
sued an order directing the commanders of
Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Forts Cobb, Glib
son and Washita, to evacuate their posts and
repair with their troops and the movable
government property to Fort LeavenwUrth.
Orders were Issued at the Same time author
King the occupation of the same posts by
the regiment of Kansas volunteers called
out by the first proclamation Of the Presi
dent This explains the abandonment of
Fort Smith by its federal garrison some time
since.
Mr. CampbellssTarr, of Wellsburg a mem,
Der of the Wheeling Convention said, in the
course of /. speech before that body, that
leading Secessionists in the Virginia State
Convention, Of which also be is a member,
had asked him, "Do you think we'll let You
vote this ordinance down? Nc, sir!'' He had
seen Henry 4. Wise, FIVE hours before that
secession ordinance was passed. pull out his
watch and declare, This hour Harper's Fer
ry is in possession of Ejrginians"
The Chief Engineer Of the New York Fire
Department is much exercised concerning
the treatment of volunteers from that CITY,
He says Government need not count on fur
Their aid from the Boys" unless the State
will provide for their subsistence until adop-
ted by the Federal Government. 1t has been
decided that 30 more equipments or ammu-
milton shall be dealt out to those regiments
who have volunteered for three months SER
vice, until further notice
The quantity of provisions and other stores
at present consumed daily by the troops now
in Washington, are rs follows: Seyenty-six
barrels Of pork, alternately with twenty-five
thousand pounds of fresh beef, one hundred
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