Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-18

GERS Of TIE customs. Ths5 nesa nersurT fa ell lie
copounds chloride Of potash, inurlatic acid mus
fiaSe OF soda and pearl ash baggiue rone and
nitric acid The last named could be mead far the
manufacturing Of gun cotton.
TIE Department will do ail in it's pover n ax
snpt loyal citizens Of the insurrectloosry States
from the operation Of the circular and thersfor il
mas suspended It SO far as western yirs;n,a fs
cerne3 aud OF this due notica uf - $50 70. -
/ given = -. : ~. va '''''y
New YoRK, May 1G.-Ths HeraiP. snse;a, dis.
P'1on from washington OF the 9th says: 1t is un-
dersoOd that the rebel States have msds nrots,s If
the purchase Of the European and other fore; Sn
vessels Dat our Government has notified the dipIo-
matte corps that no snch purpose will he resneefad
| No matter what the flag that covers them nav he
Ihe Language on the occasion was uneauiyocai and
decided IL has also notified fae diplomatic oorps
mat II any commissioner from the rebe, States he
received by any European power, this CIoysrnmert
viii not hesitate an insant to break Of diplomatic re-
lations with ga offending power as not onlv recall
the Minister of the United States but dismiss frem
| derful
Twas remarked that the entire diplomatic body
was presented to the military soiree at the Secre,a
ry of States last night.
The Times correspondent says all work upon the
| Capitol was suspended to-day by order of the Com
missioner of Public Buildings
| messenger was sent to the commander of the
Pawnee, now of Alexandria with guns pointed upon
the town, and it is understood the secession fac now
| floating over that city viii soon come down.
| schooner was seized to-day at Baltimore having
on board two boxes Of minnie rifles and three boxes
| Of ammunition.
| Some of the Baltimore police have been detected
| taking boxes OF minnie nluskets from warehouse
| with the evident purpose of secreting them from
the Government The arms were seized and taken
into the camp Federal Hill. Conclusive evidence
was found, beyond doubt, of the completely of the
| Baltimore police with the rebels.
The ffibWle'S correspondent SAYS having seen il
stated that Senator Douglas had received an appont
ment OF Brigadier General asked the President if
it was so. He said it was not and that he had not
thought of rendering it to him. He also said that
if Generals were to be appointed FROM civil life he
| imagined there were many who would be inferior
| TO Douglas in that position-that Senator Douglas
was the first to tell him of anticipated trouble in
Maryand-to Point out the proper route via Perry
vile and Annapolis and suggested that Fort Monroe
| and Point Comfort were the points that commanded
the whole of that section of country. Mr.. Lincoln
referred with pleasure to the fact that Mr.. Douglas
earlier than any one, called upon him announcing
his determination to stand by him and approving his
course.
The Worlds Washington dispatch states that the
police have been required to take the oath of ale
glance. Et
Another spy has been arrested in the Pennsylva-
MIA camp.
| It ia runered that the Virginia troops are en-
camped near and in the rear OF Arlington flights,
two miles from Washington. The rumor is not ored
tied. although all the troops ordered to sleep
their arms with the artillery on the alert with
| douhle-shotted guns.
There was another attempt at riot in Pratt street
| Baltimore, on the occasion of the passage of the
DOylestown Guards with the Ringgold battery, but
| the fact being known that every man had a loaded
rifle, deferred any serious movement
The Herald states that on the 18th ultimo the War
Department issued an order directing the command
| ers of Fort Smith, Ark Fort Cobb. Gibson and
Washioa to evacuate and repair with troops and
Government property to Fort l!eavenw2rtl and au-
thorigng the occupation OF tfieae posts by Kansas
volunteers called out by the first proclamation of
| the President This explains the abandonment of
Fort Smith by its Federal garrison some time since.
| The Government to-day received advioeS from the
| squadron off Fort Pckens. No change up to the
last date of the military status. The squadron, in
accordance with instructions. had put stop to the
| landing of vessels from Mobile and New Orleans
with supplies for the rebel army, being complete
| blockade it appears the rebel troops have been
al4iesF wnoy supplied with provisions from these
two ports
The Posts special Washington dispatch says the
Government will receive troops as fast as they can
be advantageeusly used.
The first mail from New York via Baltimore.
which has left here since April 18th, was made Up
today
i special despatch to the Cogsmeroial says Gen
eral Butler mas received orders to take the com
Hlauu OF Important eApeulIlOn.
Certain developments indicate that the Govern
ment will make q decisive demonstration before
long.
Gustave Holland, who was dispatched by the
Montgomery rebels to Europe to make arrange
ments for recognition of the Southern COnfedera
ey. was arrested here in the Arago from England,
and was discharged after examination of his dis
patches, which were returned to him, they being
such as will be productive of little aid or comfort
to the rebels.
The Posts special dispatch says Congressman
Ashley, of Ohio, proposes plan to float an army
Gown the Mississippi river to take New Orleans.
The Worlds dispatch says it is believed that
10000 Pennsylvania troops are moving towards
Maryland.
The propeller BuFman, of Troy, Capt. Clark,
arrived this morning. She left Fortress Monroe on
Monday afternoon, and brings the remainder OF the
women and children from the Fortress
4 private letter from the wife of leading poll
tioan, of the Confederate Government, to a friend
in this city. reads as follows:
"Northerners need have no expectations in
gard to the bones of Washington. We will see that
they not desecrated by the touch of Abolition
hands. They are our sacred inheritance