Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-04-24
REPORTED SCUTTZLNG or, THE GHxPS
PENNSYLVANIA. COkUNBUl DEL
. AWARE, NORFOLK AMD
NERRLkAO.
'AWPUL DEA TRUCTlON At GOSPORT
''A NAVY TiRDI
Blowing up Of Manutasteriss and
Ship Houses.
ARRIVAL OF ARMS FROM ENGLAND.


Is and IS. have enrolled themselves here =
nurses
The Baltimore Ams,;ess. Of Monday. con-
6rms the scutlling of tue Psnnsy lvanis. Colum.
bus. Delaware, Norfolk and AsrrimAs, BY or
der Of Capt. tsndstgsst. snd the dssssussion
Of their arms. The only vssss.s savsd to carry
swsy the Government forces. were the Pow.
haitian and Cumberland.
The ship housss were being torn down and
factories Isvslied 70 the ground With The iu,sn-
t,on Of firing and abandoning them.
The Mayors Of NorfolE and rottsmouth.
cent flag Of truce to Psndergast, 10 ask il he
il tended 70 fire % the towns. He replied
thst he should act altogether on the defensive.
II fired on. or the navy yard was stacked, il
would be his duty to tire on the tvo cities.
II Vas not known whether tts PawDee
entered the harbor, or 1etsrned 10 Fort Mon
roe
Some splendid uniforms for Major Generate,
In case, bound South. were sei1ed yesterday.
Fort N Hin has been esrrisonsd by % arlil-
lsry company and The Ksnsington RiA.s
A pir.te vessel. said to have been seen 10
the by. allsdged to be manned by 6f,y men,
also ssld that sae had stopped > tug OF Chester
snd compelled the captain to hGul down the
American tag.
Private information from Baltimore -, Q.
the mob element is jO~eriees to act with sys
TEN srps are plenty, but there 10 NO smmu
| milton. II il believed, however. that the pso-
pie aud mob will unite, to prev ent the passage
Of troops through the city Ths troops viii
be compelled TO tight their way step by step
The RsilrosI between Baltimore and Wash
ington was o be obstructs d yesterday, and
some Of the bridges destroyed. People South
Of the SusquehsLna A,s loyal 70 the Union
and will assist in defending Havre De Grac.
| against tecessioDiete.
The excitement at Norfolk and Portsmouth
vss intense. Women aud children were Aying
and men rsl'yiug to arms
1t was ex ected that the ship Of the line
| New York. on the stocks. would bs fired bs
fore The navy yard is abandoned.
Levsiitg buildings by bio wing them with
powder was going on, ard it - thought there
would be 40 effort to destroy oil.
| Ii vas feared the ooDAAgrstion might extend
to the cities.
People cf Norfolk have ssised The povdA.
houss u Crsny Island. and removed the pov
der to the city. and are making srrsngsasnt'
| for vigorous defense
ANNAPOLIS. April 81.
It 10 said that Gov. HIcks protested 10 Gen
Butler Of the Massachusetts regiment agains,
lending troops here. They we're consequently
Landed It the naval academy. which 10 sxclu
sively the property Of the 0ovsrnment
! The following il from the Baltimore Amsyi
| can
Mayor Brown Of Baltimore, went to Wash
ington 90 Sunday. at the request OF the Prssi
dent. and had . long interview in the presence
Of the Cabinet anu Gen. SCOTT. The Psesidsnt
urged the absolute necessity Of transit through
Baltimore. Gen. Soott's opinion wss 70 bring
troops through Maryland. avoiding Bsltin.ore
if the people would permit il not. Moopr
must es ect their own best routes. and il need
must fight their wsv through Tie Prssiden,
and Secretsr. of War hardly concurred in .
dseire to avoid collision. The Mayor said ths
authorities would use Ill lawful means 10 pre
vent parties from leaving the city 70 stl\,k
troops passing IT : distance, but unable \.
promise more. The President said that u.
NOR. troops would be sent through th CITY
unless by obstruction in Uther directions tn.
understanding 10 thst the city authorities vii
use their best efforts to restrain the people,
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| Fron New York.
| NEv Yoax. April -.
| A gentleman from Wsshin ,ioo reports tha,
| Baisifnorsans telegrsphei TO Ha,per's Ferr,
for Virgins troops 10 come 70 their sopp1r,
| The house of Henry Winter Davis wss entered
| by mob but be hsvin, left, his family wss
no, noested. The hall VI the German Turn
| ere was -acksd
The citissns Of Cocknsyviils we're holding .
| UGion meeting. when two 0tDns6us loads Of
Baltimore police soIdiers came up to burn the
bridges 70 the Pennsy Ivan line They wsre
attacked aud dispersed by the Union men Who
formed guards and protected the bsidgss Unit.
| the arrival Of the P.nn.y lvsnia troops
Fears Of an extended conspiracy among th.
negroes existed in 81 Msrys county, and The
sosds we're constantly pat. oiled BY mounted