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ST. Louis, April Ii, a. M
At Wilmington, Delaware. the seces
Union sentiment. They had planned tn
scizure Of Fort Delawsre, which was TAX.
en POSSESSION of blythe Government. .swilicl
defeated the project.
1t appears by a telegram published in tn
North Carolina :" Rough notes newspa.
Per of Monday, that Gov EfLs sent th
following dispatch to Capt. Creighton, +" ca,
you take Fort Mason with your company.
Gov. Hicks. of Maryland; was waite,
upon. last night az . hotel. by company
of the Governors guards, who informed
him that they had come to sing the Is Sta
| Spangled Banner" with him The Gov
!ernor expressed pleasure at the visit, ant
said he was too hoarse to join with them
but was still under the stars and stripes
The Star Spangled Banner was then sung
The Governor tnen thanked the visitors 70
the courtesy, and said he hoped the sonl
would be sung on all fitting occasions, for
ever. The Union must be preserved, {,
voice. Governor. you have done your duty
SO far. Governor, Yes, and intend dong
SO. Voices " Well stand by you.) Mucl
enthusiasm was manifested.
| At Cincinnati, this morning Chief O
Police, Dudley, seized thirty boxes of gun
on the steamer Ohio. Twenty-three wer
marked &c. S. W." Little Rock and sew
en- marked L. r." Memphis. Also fv
boxes for Memphis ON the steamer Glen
dale, reshipped from the Fannie McBurnie
on Monday last. There Is a great crow,
on the landing. The excitement is vcr,
high. The Guns were shipped at Parkers
burg, Va, and are supposed to come from
Harper's Ferry. a heavy shipment O
powder has also been stopped. All steam
ers have been prohibited from taking pro
visions South. Two steamers have beel
chartered by the City to act as police boat
thoroughly armed, and will stop and scare
all passing steamers. Three companies @
troops leave to night fer the rendezvous a
columbus, The Home Guard is rapid
filling its ranks.
Senator Bigler has pronounced in favo
Of sustaining the Government, at all haz
ards.
The Ringgold flying artillery of Reading
Capt. James Mcknight, $50 men, with fou
field pieces, received re9uisition from tn
Governor, this morning, to set out this eve
ming at six o'clock, for Harrisburg.
AT Philadelphia, yesterday, u. q. Wa
mouth, and L. p. Ashmead, fsfmerly Lier,
enants in the United States Navy. who r,
signed on account of enteripy into 9th,
avocations, though now wealthy. have ter
idered their services to the Secretary of II
Navy, prompted by love to the Union.
h. or lof oftrr. = L
sed bill authorizing the raising of a reg
ment. 1t is understood that $500 900 wi
be appropriated
The following is Gov. jackson S reply I
the demand from the War Department f,
Missouri troops.
Executive Dept. OF Missouri,
Jefferson City. April II, 1S6I5
10 the Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary
|. Wer, JPdshingtonr
SIR: Your dispatch of the 10Th inst
making call on Missouri for four reg
ments of men fov Immediate service, Ii.
been received. There can be, apprehen
no doubt but that these men are intende
form part of ths Presidents army,
march upon the people of the seeded state
Your requisition, in my judgment, is ill,
gal, unconstitutional, and revolutionary i
its object-inhuman and disbolical, an
cannot be complied with. Not one ma
will the State of Missouri furnish to carr
on any such unholy crusade.
G. f. JACKSON, Gov. of Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, April 1s.
The New York Express special di.
patch says, Gen. Scott cries ont loud, til;
nothing could be better than Mai. Ande
sons conduct. He is entirely satisfied.
The Posts special has rumor ON goo
authority, that secessionists in Virgin
have Just seized the Harper's Ferry Ars,
nal. There is no confirmation yet of IL
report.
The Governor of Rhode Island has bee
!, photographed to como to Washington imm
Idiately. with his quota of men.
The report is not believed that Harper
Ferry has been seized, or that JEFF. Davis
at Richmond
Ex-Vice- President Breckenridge writ,
from Richmond, Ky, to a friend in LIE,
ington, as follows have filled all nv al
lpointments and some extra ones to immen.
crowds. Kentucky should call a conve1
tion without delay, and Lincoln's ext,
session of Congress should be confronte
by 10 States. This, alone, can prevent
general civil war The adherence of Lir
lcolu's proclamation is immense among OF
people.
In New Orleans. active preparations a.
making FOR the defence of the city. III
Council has appropriated 5000, 900 for Il
defence of the city. Everything in the wa
of military matters, is making rapid pr,
gress: The subscription books for the Cor
tederate Loan were opened yesterday. Th
rush of subscribers is very great.
/ Gen. Cass made speech at Detroit, ye.
terday morning on the occasion of th
Board of Trade unfurling the national fla
over their rooms. He was strongly in "a
vor of supporting the Union, the Constitr
tion, and the country's flag, under all Gil
cumstances. He said that in a crisis ib
the present, it was the duty of every cit
zen to stand by the Government. The Stat
will raise large number of troops
Boston is filled with soldiers, and the
are still arriving. 1t is understood thcy g
to Washington, commanded by Gen.
r. Butler. The Governor made them
speech from the State House. Four resi
ments leave this week, one for Fort Mon
roe.
The Suffolk Bank has rendered 800,
900 to the State, and the same amount t
the United Slater. s =
= The war feeling in New Jersey is strong
Senator Thompson is earnest in his sun
port of the Federal Government, and til
tenforromant of fbo lovc