Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-05-03


The Administration has notified Governor
Letcher that one step in advance from Richmond
will cause a speedy invasion OF Virginia from the
West.
The Seventh New York Regiment occupy the
Hall of the House of Representatives and take
their meals at the National Hotel. The regi-
ment has made purse of 81 900 for'ihe lieut.
enant of the Massachusetts, Regiment, acciden-
tally wounded, rendering amputailon necessary.
The schooner West Wind nj New York. from
Wilmington, North Carolina, report the seizure
of the steamer Uncle Ben Her crew had been
imprisoned on the charge of being Federal spies
The Montgomery (Ala.) Mail of Thursday snys
that portion Of the crow of the steamer Star Of
The West, recently taken by the Confederate
States as prisoners of war, have arrived Mt Mont
gomery for trial
The Federal troops had taken possession Of
Arlington Heights, on the Virginia side Of the
Potomac, and placed seventeen guns in n COM
handing position.
''secession is deGunct in Baltimore, md the
Union sentiment again triumphant But few men
are now willing TO announce themselves Seces-
sionsts. Que weeks experience of the deadly
cOnthgon has overwhelmed the conspirators, and
the Union sentiment is now stronger and deeper
than ever. The day Of reckoning has come, and
those who last week, sustained by the police,
disgraced our city, shrink from the public gaze.
Tie Federal Government has decided to &C.
cent 40. 900 of the 10000 Volunteers for the
term OF 3 years, and to enlist 5000 regulars fol
years and $4,000 seamen for the same period
A United States ArmOry is to be established
at Rock Island, ILL.,. in place of the one destroyed a
IInrper's Ferry The result OF the rebellion Il
Virginia is likely to he the permanent loss of tn
! United States establishments ut llarper's Ferr
/ aud at Norfolk which had given employ meut I
! thousands of her citizens.
The junior editor of the Memphis Aralaachi
Il who had just arrived from Mobile, says it IL nj
the intention of the Confederate forces to httac
> Fort Pickens Mt the present, unless provoked b
i aggressive movements OH tho purt Of the gar
= rison.
r The navigation of the Mississippi river il be
Il coming very precariOus. The rebels me teizif
q Northern vessels and confscaiing stores inteud'
M for the use Of the Government.
At Late intelligence from western Texas nnnou
y ces tho outbreaks of Indians and Mcxieans ne
ct Brownsville. 1t is reported that The town
Roma has been pillngcd and burned and mai
IL American families have been murdered. brown
N Vile has also been threatened. The Unit
r, States troops ut Brnzos Santiago, numbering on
nc aXty-three men, were removed all their nvai
e. able property, preparatory to leaving that piaC
At lndianola all was quie, on the 23l ult. A
no counts from the interior reprepreseut the reb
Of DIS preparing TO march upon Galveston with
is celebrity. AT Houston five hundred men a
'r- armed ana equipped. Companies of minute m
to are forming in other parts Of the State. 4
lal number of Federal troops in the State was es
we mated at one thousand, who are mostly well 81
he Piled. About half that number were at ludii
be ola Preparations were going on actively
Galveston there the people were enrolling
'rs masse. Letters from I'll pasO state that f.
ee, Hiss has been surrendered to a commissioner
nd Texas by Col. J. D. Reeve