The Shasta courier., 1861-05-11
PONY NEWS.
From the Sacramento Union Extra.
c. or-.c AL Ol

tack on Fort Pickens.- kumors continue Il
arrive.
The Portsmouth (Va.) Transcript of Tues
day SAYS that dispatches received that nigh
say Fort PIckens was taken by the Southern
troops, with loss of 2, 500 men.
The Baltimore authority of April 10th ha
private dispatch that the fighting at For
Pickens is incorrect. The latest mail ad
vices from there were to the 18th of April.
Passengers who arrived at Harrisburg yes
terday by the Northern Central Railroad say
all is quiet in Baltimore All the wholesale
houses are closed. All clerks over IA year.
of age were required to enlist. Many were
travelling in consequence. Five cars arrived
at Chambersburg, filled with families from
Baltimore. Baltimore money is per cent
below par. Pennsylvania money is being
exchanged for gold and silver.
The election progressed quietly, and nc
opposition to the Southern Rights ticket was
made.
The schooner Lucas was fired into in Ches-
apeake Bay by two schooners which had no
colors, but escaped.
We learn from the railroad conductor that
arrangements were being made to convey
troops from Charleston to Richmond. 20. 900
were on the way
Andrew Talliott of the q. S. Engineers,
has gone to Richmond to superintend the
manufacturing of arms to be used by Confed-
crate Government.
The N. Y. Union Committee have pur-
chased sixteen rifle cannon of West Point, for
the use of the volunteers
The schooner Alice Eliza was seized.
Advices from Norfolk state that Captains
Ryder and White were prisoners by the au-
thorities.
The Delaware, Columbus, Plymouth and
United States were only partially burned. Of
these, however, the Plymouth is the only one
that can be used by the rebels, and to get to
sea, she will have have to pass the guns of
Fort Monroe, and run the risk of being sunk.
A gentleman from Washington, via the
Relay House, reported that the secessonists
had planted a battery at Harper's Ferry,
commanding the bridge.
Trains are stopped and examined, and the
roads for miles are lined with soldiers.
At Wheeling strong Union feeling pre-
walls. 2500 men were under arms.
A Philadelphia dispatch of Yesterday saws
that General LENNON from Washin rton.
says the reply of Lincoln to the Baltimore
committee asking for peace, concluded, "Gen
tiemen, now now go home, and tell your
people II they won't attack us we won't at
tack Them if they attack us we will surely
retallate. Troops must come to Washington
through Maryland, and they shall"
Governor Hicks has issued proclamation
convening the Legislature to-day. in conse.
quence Of the Federal troops, at Annapolis.
There is a probability OF opening travel to
aud from Washington, by order of Gen. Scott.
1t is reported that more troops arrived in
Norfolk on Tuesday destination secret.
Efforts have been made with the authorities
OF Baltimore to permit the continuation Of
telegrapaic communicated, but SO far they
have been unsuccessful.
The proposition has lfeen made by the
Governor of Kentucky And the Governor of
Ohio, that the Governofs of the border States
the unltfd States Government
"ators r6etween the contending
rcs.snt difficulties.
6 of Col. Duncan's regiment,
ing. under Capt. Depau, left by
railroad this afternoon, for the
s1federacy.
ing, Virginia, dispatch of yester-
says the Bell and Everett men in that
congressional district met in convention and
accepted the nominee of the Douglas Demo-
Gratis, n. T. Brown, of Peaston county, as
their candidate for Congress. County pre-
amble and resolutions condemned the course
of Eastern Virginia. and requests all North
ern Virg ginia counties to send delegates to a
Convention at Wheeling on the 18th of May
Strong Union speeches We're made, and eve
rything was transacted with perfect unanim
ity. The prevailing opinion here is that
there will be division Of the State.
In Boston, over SO, 900 has been raised for
Fletcher Webster's regiment. They will be
ready to march in a few days.
Lieut.. Brown resigned from the Niagara.
and has been arrested for uttering seditious
language, and confined on the receiving ship
Ohio. The officers of the frigate Niagara,
who are seniors, have resigned The oath of
allegiance to the United States Government
was administered anew to the officers and
crew of the Niagara, and all but four sub
scribed to it-their names will be stricken
from the roll
full company, to form corps of flying
artillery, enlisted in two hours on Wednes-
day, under Hon. Moses G. Cobb. They are
new set of men. and will be furnished with
rihed cannon and all other equipments
Thesteamers Massachusetts and South Car
olina had gone to the Navy Yard to be raced
and converted into war vessels.
The citizens on the coast of New Hamp
shire are putting their harbors in a state Of
defense and from the White Mountains tc
the ocean, in New Hampshire, they are ready
for duty.
Oh NerI0Ont UNANIMOUSLY
appropriated one million dollars for military
purposes. Throughout the State enrolling
and organizing is going on.
The New Orleans dispatches of Yesterday
say the steamer Cahawba. of the New Or
leans and New York line, was seized at lC
o'clock yesterday morning, but was subse-
quently released, by order of the Montgome.
ry Government, and sailed at 3 o'clock in the
evening. Accounts from the upper parishes
say that the military excitement is increas-
ing, and volunteer companies are forming
rapidly. The planters are offering money
freely.
Rumors from an authentic source have
reached Brazos that the Mexic.ns are getting
up another guerilla war against the citizens
of the Rio Grande about Brownsville. The
town of Rome has been pillaged and burned,
and the citizens murdered. Brownsville has
been threatened The number of Federal
troops left in Texas is about l 200. They are
abundantly supplied with provisions and
means of transportation. The number in the
vicinity of Indianola was about 500
In consequence of the telegraph and mail
communication from the South being in q
great measure intercepted, by order of the
Confederate authorities. it is impossible to
get any important Southern news There are
every day reports and contradictions Reli-
able information cannot be obtained until
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