Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-16

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Five hundred Kentuckians arrived Atm
on tuesday last, to reinforce the Va Fer,
point. Nsnlans at bI.I
Another detachment of Northern troo.
Washington on yesterday. ups arrived !,
DISSATISFACTION to some extent exists aroou
ments now in Washington. '' "ul0ns The res
The rumor about the occunatior 30 ,
the Federal troops is not credited AeXandra h,
A party of fifty West Point cade,o
Philadelphia last night by the police ON t tb detained
that they were about to join the secessior;Os Opposition
tlqn having been received that they had nnrsi norn
p,oou h5oHM TM!I Va, May 9th 1Os,
deceived at Wilmington 1901.
several attempts were made on yesterday ~ En- .
city, one next door to the Bank of RcbmoDd" ure this
Inc CRY Is fun OF spies Special messenro,.
here every day for Washington to Dive leave
formation of our movements. We enemy
1t was announced in Washington on vo.,o.,
Gen. Beauregard was in Richmond Tbeyy No.sruay that
him one thousand miles off, He is at M61t are afraid Of
The Richmond papers have stopped all S".tSe'y
changes. r'nerne e.
Lincoln Alarmed.-Plan foot 10 C,n,,,u
Davis and Vice-Presldent Stephens. -. resident
D.. hcHMoND, w. NAV Oh
York that Kentucky will secede III NeR
he Feuerdi uoEernuenI was thoroughly alarmed
terday, and called for more arms and tToons yes
York, saying the capital was in minep nar;l Om New
The Washington Cabinet is reported tobnro,
der consideration plan to capture President nsO o.
Vice-President Stephens Governor Letcber hoS laws and
nous letters from Washington to the same a". 0uOly
Among the resi- gnations at Washington on tboTS
Col Emory of Maryland Colonel of the LIST r ' were
Major Mordecai, of North Carolina of tbo S NasaI
Department Major R. B. Lee, of Virginia Of tb
missary and Subsistence Department. OOn
The vote Of the Arkanzas convention on tbo =,
nance OF secession stood SO for, to against it "u
Two regiments of Virginia troops have been o,,.
to-day to Culpepper, the Head Quarters of Gen. '
ALEXANDRIA, May 10, 1881
Simonton, of the New York Times, was sbo,
IDENTIFY III Washington on yesterday. '0'
Two reg iments of volunteers, raised in WasE,u.
were on yesterday rendered to Lincoln. S~'
Senator Morrill, has offered one regiment Of hr,.
men from Maine to Lincoln. 'Du''s'
The Maryland authorities have notified the Admir,
that Northern troops could pass through Baltimore
1t is reported that the United States Govaru
intends to repossess Harpers Ferry and Gospm Y.,.
Yard.
NEW YORK, May 9Th 1871
The steamer Africa has arrived from iiverpoo Wit,
dates to the 2Sth ult.
The subject of American hostilites is engrossDg ls
attention of England.
The news of the bombardment of Fort Sumter crpaa
considerable sensation, and produced slight depsn
in the English fund market
The London Times considers the result of the contest
ineXpcable, and that barroom difficulty would hav
occasioned more blood-shed.
The steamship Great Eastern was 10 the hands Of te
Sheriff, under execution She was advertised to sail on
the lst OF June the company having offered to deposit
the amount claimed
Affairs at Warsaw were unchanged. All the town,
in Poland are occupied by the military, and many ar
rests continued to be made. There were reports ofm
intended demonstration on the 29th May, the Cms
birthday.
Insurrectionary movements in the Neapolitan Prov,
lDces were spreading.
Martial law has been proclaimed in Abrung and
other places.
RICHMOND May 10TH
The Maryland Legislature will probably adjourn TO-
day.
A caucus of the House of Delegates has determined
unanimously not to call Convention of the State.
Gentlemen from Baltimore say that thousands will
come armed and equipped to serve in our army.
There is INSTRUMENTATION among the troops in Wash.
ton.
Major Anderson has been appointed Colonel to com
mand the Kentucky Brigade of Lincoln troops.
Gen Harvey has been ordered to St Louis
The Heights of Maryland opposite Harper's Ferry
wac CohOu poScCScIOu vi ny Virginia IrOUpS yesterday
Congressman Bouligny from Louisiana has arrived
in Washington, from New Orleans giving information
of our movements to the enemy He asserts that strong
Union sentiment still exists In New Orleans but that
had been crushed by secessionism.
John Brown jr., is to have conspicuous post
the movement on Harper's Ferry.
1t was announced in Washington on the 9TH inst that
the Harriet Lane had captured privateer schooner
OIL the capes of Virginia and carried her to Annapolis
1t is announced in Washington that corps d'arI
Will cross the Potomac t no distant day.
Scott is not yet quite prepared to advance bis troops
owing to the want of cavalry and camp equpage
Jim Lane has been dispatched to Kansas and bn
been ordered to retake fort Smith
Hon. w. G. Rives left Virginia this morning r
Montgomery.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May llth, Io6l'
| The Frederick City correspondent of the Baltimore
American telegraphed to that paper on yesterday even
ing, that the Mountain forests on the Maryland sG
of the Potomac, near Harper's Ferry, were on tire n
previous night. Much valuable timber was destroyed
About eight hundred Kentucky and Virginia HoGs
were encamped upon the Maryland shore, and the na8'
10 that vicinity were being fortified.
battery has been placed on Jefferson Rock and Ha'
enclosed in pi pes had been laid for blowing Up m
bridges and other property at q moments noIlce I"
cessary.
The course Of Virginia is not endorsed BY neP0V"
OF Washington County, Maryland. =,
Thirty Baltimoreans passed through Frederick w
for Harper's Ferry yesterday morning.
From the Observer.