Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-05

WAsulycTos, April 5.--The city is til!et
with yumors of an exciting and warlikc char
acter have sought most diligently to OBJ
tain information in high quarters, bat the
Secretary of War, and indeed all the mem
bers Of The Cabinet are inaccessible to-day
and have been for several days past.
Upon the avenues and streets and III tht
several notes.-the National, Wizards, and
Browns, where politicians ''most do cOngre
gate" there arc runners as thick as blacktcr-
ries in August, or autumnal leaves, Lu the
effect that the crisis is ut hand, that we are
up,n the eve Of open h0stiltips that Fort
Plckens has been reininiorced, and that i!
the roar OF artillery has not already been
heard at Pensacola, but few days will
elapse before the magnetic telegraph will
bring as tidings Of blood and carnage.
The only fact which have learned III the
rcmotest degree bearing upon these reports,
is, that Captain {. NJ. Meigs OF the L. ).
Engineer Corps yesterday was directed To
proceed to New York, and that scaled in
structions were placed in his hands. IT, Is
surmised that from New York he will pro
ceed South. and that thee-Company oi Sap
pers aud Miners who left this ci!g yesterday
will accompany him.
In the absence Of prsitiv" and reliable IN
formation from the proper sources, /, OF
course, cannot write positively, aud yet my
opinion is unchanged that the peare will be
preserved that "order will continue Ia reign
in Warsaw"
The lovers OF mischief the "preciplta-
tors" the SecessioniS!s, the alarmistS, are
never 50 happy US when they have succeed
ed in producing decided senSatlnn-whcn
as they suppose the hearts Of conservative
patriots are filled with anguish. tit viii
pratify the sensarioni>ts | Will freely adml!
that they have made n decided hit to-day
Many friends TO the Union are dls&u>ted by
the reports of the day, but 1t is probable that
but Il little time will suffice to scatter TO the
winds the baseiess rumors which have been
put in circulation.
My own jude mont would have influenced
me to remain silent on the subject Of war
and rumoTs Of war, but as You would 2l'"ba
biz hear of the alarming reports, | have
Thought it best to give the az; tators the
benefit Of publication OF them IN the ga
zette.
Sincere Union men from the border States
some Of whom are now in the city, express
their surprise that the administration have
40 to this time Enthusiastically SiiShted-al-
most wholly Ignored that entire region Of
country. Aside from Messrs. Bates snd
Blair, who were both Republicans, not Il
Cabinet office, Foreign mission, head oi
Bureau, or any other place OF magnitude,
has been conferred upon citizen Of that en-
tire region of country. Ii would seem TO ne
that this policy is Tot marked by wisdom, to
say the least of it, but it is probable that
some of the choicest favors Of the Govern
ment are in store for patriotic men who have
not solicited Office, but have been zealously
engaged in graphing with diSunion'Sts and
in endearuring to preserve and !acli'tate the
best interests OF the country.
A few days since informed you OF the
tiisreputab!e scrimmage-pardon the use o:
that classic phraze. about the California APP
pointmen;s. Well, it is understood, to-day,
that the influence Of Senator Baker OF Ore
gon, has predomiuated. Among the names
of the lucky ones for posts in San Francisco,
| have been furnished with the following:
J. P. Rankin. Collector Of the Customs,
Samuel Parker, Post Master General, and
r. J. Stevens, Superintendent OF the Mint.
The last named is tie son-in-law OF Sena,
tor Baker, and lie is said 10 be a Democrat.
There were further removals IN the lnte-
rior Department to-day. Mr.. ". Il. Thomas.
of the Patent Office, was among the victims
The Hon. John Minor Bolts lit strikes
the old patriots and wings have heard THAI
name befcre) is on Il visit to the city, as are
Joseph Segar, esq, Of Elizabeth City, and
J. B. Baldwin, esq. Of Augusta county,
Va. HOMO.