, 1861-05-16

4TdlUS are hOIlpeu anu eAaluHSuJ uu tue IOo's
arc lined with soldiers.
At Wheeling strong Union feeling prevails,
and $500 men were under arms.
Pennsylvania money is being exchanged for
gold and silver.
The election progresses quietly. NOopposition
is made to the Sta es' right ticket.
The schooner Lucas was fired into in Chesa-
peake Bay by two schooners, which had no colors,
but escaped
Andrew Talliott, of the U. s. Engineers, ma.
tive of Connecticut, has gone to Richmond to
attend to the manufacture Of arms 10 be used by
the Confederate Government
The New York Union Committee has purchased
sixteen rifle cannon for the use Of the volunteers
Engraved notes and bonds for the Confederate
States have been seized in two bank note en-
craving establishments in Wall street.
The Cunard steamer Kedar has been chartered
by the Government; also the steamer Champion
At this point the lines worked so hard that it
was impossible to obtain further news.l
FoEr CHURCHILL, May 7th.
Pony just arrived with dispatches from St.
Louis to April 2Sth.
Gen. Scott said, April 20, that Washington
was SAFE
1t is said that six thousand troops are at Rich
mond ready for service. A battery is being
erected at Yorktown, and another thirty miles
above Richmond.o
There were four thousand men at Harper's
Ferry, and thirty FIVE hundred at Norfolk.
The Baltimore Sun indicates that the conser-
vative feeling is gaining ground in that city.
Gen. Buffers troops embarked on vessels for
Wilmington, N. q.
1t was reported at Harrisburg, Pa, that Ex.
President Buchanan had disposed Of his farm
and fed to Canada, for fear Of q mob. He had
been threatened.
Gov. Barton had declined to call out troops to
defend the Union.
People were fleeing from Virginia to the free
States.
Gen. Beauregard was at Fort Sumter last
week, repairing damages, expecting an attack:
Troops which lelt Kentucky for the Southern
Confederacy went against the wishes Oi the Gov
ernOr.
johnson and son, Of Tenn, were mobbed at
Lynchbnrg, Virginia, last week, on their way to
Tennessee.
The Washington States and Union (secesSion)
has suspended, the people having threatened "
dCmolish the Office, il it continued to advocate a
southern COnfederacy.
1t is said there is a strong Union feeling at
FredCTicktOwn, Virginia.
Washington, Allegheny county, Mary land, de-
clarr they will rebel against the State il the state
secedes.
Negr Q, in Maryland are rising and burning
the houses uf their masters: also, in Louisiana.
There is great apprehension Among the Union
men in North Carolina.
Senator Douglas made great Union speech
ut Springfield, OHIO, April 24th. liz advocated
active military operations to crush Out rebellion
A gentleman who left Now orleans on Friday,
April 26th, said the whole country between
jackson, Tenn, and New Orleans, is In arms.
AT every station along the road companies we're
seen drilling, but appeared destitute VI arms, US
lug old muskets, shoI-guns and rifles
The telegraph lines were in the hands Of the
Sc e,essiOnists, aud not permitted TO give intima-
ton as to the movements Of the troops In seced-
ing StEtes
The Southern expectation was the capture Of
Washington. The information was, that the
North should have war until the treasury at
Washington was in the hands Of the Confederate
troops, and President Lincoln and Cabinent Off
Gers were prisoners
II is believed at New Orleans that no attack
will be made on Fort Pickens for weeks to
come.
$1,000 stands Of arms were taken from St.
Louis Arsenal on the night Of April Goth, and
sent to Springfield III.
A gentleman who has just returned from
business tour through Alabama and Mississippi,
LEFT Mobile Tuesday last and reports that hun
take Fort Pickens were returning home daily
digusted, and satisfied that is was impossible
for the Confederate Army to capture the Fcrt
Large numbers Of the troops at Pensacola
were sick and dying in the hospitals, from fever,
exposure aud hunger.
Our informant reports people in Alabama
and Mississippi almost crazy from excitement.
The mob spirit Is rampant everywhere, and
rendered more desperate, In some localities
threatening families with starvation.
Dispatches from Philadelphia, April 9Th, say
there Is no doubt about the reaction in Baltimore
that bold movement by the government will
receive the earnest support Of oil Union men, if
properly conducted.
Gen. Scott, In answer to q statement Of Gen.
Harper, that Virginia will never suffer an attack
from her soil on the Capital, said he would DO
happy tO have Il confirmed, but would not advise
the government to desist from the present course
Of proceedings for its safety. $500
Advices frUm Havana, April 9Th, state that
several vessels ,fe waiting privateer commits
sions, which were expected shortly.
Recruits were pouring in to join the army for
Washington.
1t is said JEFF. Davis had ordered troops 10 start
on the 2sth from Montgomery.
AT Lynchburg,va., there was disappointment
among the secessionists in consequence Of the
reinforcement Of Fort Pickens.
It is said that Gen. Harney was arrested at
Richmond, while travelling, but was released on
the order Of Gen. Lee.
At Napoleon, Ark, last night the steamer
Wesimoreland was attacked BY mob, with the
view Of plundeF. Tho boat escaped by breaking