The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-05-23
General scott will be rs years old

Telegraphic communication south o
Warrington has been up, nded.
The expense cf he : atetf Obi, for
telcgr phlng the last four weeks was $2,-
5l2,
The entire Erglish Press seem to
lsympati,ze with the loyal States OF Oh,
Uni,n n.
Troops now guard the railroad and
turnpike fon Washington clear inc Dali
limore.
--Ovor lhir'y millions Of dollars have
been contributed for war purposes by the
free st tes.
Fourteen 'xrar giments, organized
in New Yvlk, ave been accepted aud o.
dered to Washington.
&C llaway, the secession postmaster
at Meophi', is defaulter TO the amoun
uf eight thousand dJllars.
Cairo is nov in a strong state Of de
fense several columbiads having been
erected to command both rivers.
~ I've strength of the free stat s. forces
as compared with the forces Of the seced
ing states, is almost three one.
The officers of the b imore and
Ohio Ra' lro ,d have rcques ed the Govern
nent o axe military possession oft.
1t is bell v,d t. at the Gov rnment
will have seven two thous nd troops in
Washington before the first of June.
Massachusetts l. gisIalure has pass.
I'd bills a2propraling S3 900 600 for the
State militia and $4,000 for Gov
ernment loan
The thrd-class of the Naval Sjt ool,
numbering City, have been ordered rom
Newport, II. l., to w ,shing'cn, where
they vii act as in tiuc.oys,
q, neral SiekIos, Of New Yolk. has
trndcred the Government ten thousand
yoluht, ers for three years service. He
I .kes command as NJ jor General.
lit is asserted that the Government
has determined to appoint Collectors for
he Sou hern ports and su tain them NTH
war vessels, the duli-s 20 be collected on
ship board.
The Government /, said to have an
If'rcf zen regiments S ;otchmen, who are
willing to enlist and serve through The wa,
il they can, at It's close, receiv, land boun-
ties
The telegraph announces That jeff
Davis has fixed upon Richmond as his
Capital O her dispatches render l.
highly propable that he will find tue U. S
forces there to welcome him
The t, le. .,raph announces the appoint.
ment of +. =. Bassett as Post Master q
Toledo. vice Geo. Walbrid5e, de olsed
Mr.. b tsSett was a prominent candidate
for the place when his predecessor was
appointed.
--Ex Governor German is 70 hea d
regiment f,om Minnesota. He is the Ma
ior Gorman Of the Indiana volunteers who
brought on the action u, Buena VISTA
afterwards joined Scott, and was in mos
of he battles Of tn valley of Mex co.
Gen Scott declines to accept the
four regiments from Maryland, un'ess
they enter the general service. They re-
port only for duty in Safe and tlit Dict
rict An independent regime, nj from tia
S ate il accepted for lhe war.
The Government has m d arrange
ments for the regular transmission Of th,
mails to Fort Pichens via New York anC
/ HAvanna All mail matter for the IL ct
aud army at the Fort should be forward
ed to the New York Post on for dis
patch thence.
A s.. Louis dispatch to the Chicago
Tribune says it is limited that The Missour
1 Legislature has passed u secret act Of
Secession, in addition 10 lie Iious mlit
.ary bill IrtLis be true, q vernon Jack
ssh and his acconp'iccs will be arrestet {
for treason.
The First r. giment of Mchiga'
volunteers, Col. G. B. Wilcox numbering
ten companies, passed through Clevelant
Tuesday evening, en- route for Washing
ton. They were accompanied by the De
troi Light Guard Band. The Phindeale
says the regiment ere armed an cquippe,
by the State of Michigan.
The Union sentiment has bccoI,
to strong in Wheeling for the Union news
paper, whose proprictors have relinqush
ed the enterprise, selling cut to MessIs
Dorsey, Stephens and Deaue. who will
commence its publication next week as
Union paper. The lntcligencer says tn
above ale h own as good mon.
Somebody sends us an anonymou
letter from Tennessee thrCa ening TO as
sassinate us for what We have said of JohI
Bell. We hope he Won't, We waot tn
use OF the whole remnant o. oar thre
score and ten to repent properly of on
vote for Bell last August L)uisvil
Journal.
The position OF Gen. Horn,y, as in
dicated by his proclamation to the peopl
of Missouri, will be pretty apt to tie ths
State to the Union whether or no. 1t
Just the document for the times and tn
place, and what is more, Gen. Harney
Just the kind Of man to live up to what b
says.
"A worthy sister of Gov. NJ 'go(li
has sent to tie Legislature petition f
The Uuion signed by eight hundred ladi,
! of Mercer county. God bless her Tor h,
patriotism. Would to Heaven sbe we,
Governor Of K,ntueky, and that her br,
ther Berish were at home in petticolts.
Louisville Journal.
- Canadian capitalists seem not
have lost faith in the perpetuity ofthe Un
ted states Government. Ira Gould e. So
of No ,treal, have forwarded through Nj
l. Giddings, our Consul General in Canad
O an ol,r for ST. o00,00 treasury not, S,
. six per cent, aud to pay the amount
drafts IN Barring Brothers at three da
sight
n There is a dan of horse thieyes con