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Richmond, at the head of ten thousand men, and Prentice says:—If those who are opposed to the 
marching on Washington. On that very day I saw Southern Government were to exercise the same 
McCullough with the editor of the paper that gave I license of speech and action in the South that the 
currency to the false report, and was informed that oppose r* of the United States Government do here, 
McCullough had been in New Orleans for a week or 
ten days previously! 
General Cokclusions. — My conclusions are that, 
underlying the secession sentiment that covers the 
whole surface of society at the South, there is a deep 
and abiding love of the old Union; silently praying - 
for deliverance from a despotism which has few par- 
all the grape vines of the South would he used in 
hanging them, and the North Carolina tar crop would 
he speedily exhausted. 
Three car loads of lead for bullets loft Chicago for 
Washington on Friday. The lead is drawn out into 
wire of the thickness of about half an inch, and 
coiled. At the Washington Navy Yard it will he 
elect a Governor, Members of the Legislature, U. 8. mum of 42,034, called into service under the procla- 
Senators and Representatives, and to act in all re- mation to serve three years. The information will 
spects as if a sovereign State. Secessionists are soon be publicly announced. The plan of organi/.a- 
invited to leave. tion has been prepared. Each regiment of infantry 
will consist of ten companies with a minimum aggrt- 
Exciting News from St. Lon is. gate of R86, and a maximum aggregate o # f 1,048, 
The secessionists, under command of Gen. Frost, officers and men. These may be mustered in by 
formed a camp in St. Louis, on the 10th inst., with companies or squadrons. The company commis- 
the avowed purpose of investing that city. There sioned officers will be appointed by the Governor of 
are about 8,000 Union volunteers in the city, and the State furnishing it, and the non-commissioned 
upon ascertaining the fact of encampment, Capt. officers, until the company shall he embodied, in a 
®ljc Ncrns donbenser. 
allels in the history of the world. It needs only to passed through a machine which turns out balls by Lyon, of the U. 8. army, marched upon them with regiment, will be appointed by the Captain, after- 
be informed and assured to become fearfully ener¬ 
getic. Thoroughly unfetter its limbB by the strong 
arm of federal power, and it will become speedily 
omnipotent in crushing the eggs of selfish rebellion 
out of which are hatched the foul serpents of dis¬ 
union. Let the government give that insurance by 
quick, powerful and effective action, and convey the 
truth to a deceived people at the mouth of the 
cannon, if necessary, aud all will be well soon. Yet 
the government has a foe to meet not to he despised. 
The chief rebels are desperate ar.d determined men, 
endowed with superior talents and furnished with 
many resources. It is now, with them, a question of 
life or death, honor or dishonor, glory or infamy. 
Those who are involved in this treason, by taking up 
arras for them, are in the same desperate condition. 
And the South i* full of brave, and self sacrificing 
men. In all emergencies, when the flag of our com¬ 
mon country called for defenders, they have shown 
an alacrity and courage in response, not to be sur¬ 
passed. In a good cause they make puissant cohorts. 
Let the government and the Northern .States, then, 
be prepared for a desperate conflict. 
(Spirit of the Hour. 
“ A United North,” —Under this head the Fay¬ 
ette (N. O.) 1’rcsbytcriltn says:—It is unwise for the 
South to ignore the fact that it. now has no friends at 
the North. There seems to be as much unity of feel¬ 
ing and purpose there as here, The people of the 
Northern States have but “ one heart and one purse.” 
A proclamation from Gov. Brown, of Georgia, 
forbids citizens of that. State from paying any debts 
due to Northern creditors. The Governor “invites 
citizens who are indebted ” to the Northern .States, 
to invest their spare cash in Georgia hank stock, or, 
still better, to “perform a patriotic duty” by giving 
it to the Southern Confederacy for war purposes. 
He further forbids the protest of notes by any Georgia 
banks. 
the bushel. 
Voice of the Loyal States. 
Indiana. — The Legislature have passed a bill 
providing for calling into immediate service ten ad¬ 
ditional Regiments of Infantry and one Regiment of 
Artillery. The quota of six regiments is full and in 
readiness. 
Kentucky.— Two regiments have been forwarded 
to Washington and Maj. Anderson appointed to the 
command. A full brigade of five regiments is in 
process of organization. 
Ohio. — Eighty-one thousand men have offered 
their services to Governor Dennison, thirty-one thou¬ 
sand of whom have been assured that their services 
may be needed. Ohio has thus offered six thousand 
sand of whom have been assured that their services the United Stales. These extraordinary preparations 
may be needed. Ohio has thus offered six thousand P la}nl . v indicate none other than the well known pur- 
t r ,h “ . ..... * «* ss- , vs , ^ , 3K 
dent. The Governor issued, on Monday week, an communicator! to the Legislature, lias just been re¬ 
order, calling for the organization of a reserve corps *t'°nded to by that body in the most unparalleled leg* 
of one hundred thousand men, to be subject to instant d ‘ rect view to the Gen- 
. , . ,. . * , ; oral Government, and co-operating with its enemies, 
transfer to active service. Arms are not to be issued, In view of there considerations and your failure to 
but there are enough private arms in the State disperse in obedience to the proclamation of the 
to he used for purposes of drill, and until the com- * resident, ,,n 'i the necessity of State policy and 
»*°*« <* '*"«<= «r~ <■»**«« ^ 
order explains clearly the manner of proceeding to I do hereby demand of you an immediate surrender 
some 0,000 volunteers, surrounded the camp, and wards by the Colonel oh the recommendation of the 
planted eight field pieces on the adjoining eminences. Captain. The field officers will he appointed by the 
He then sent the following for their consideration: Governor of the State which furnishes the regiment. 
“Head Quarters U. S. Troops, ) ^ P' an or F an > Ka Uon has also been prepared for 
• St. Louis, May 10. s the increase of the force of the regular army as 
To Gm. J). M. Frost, Sir: — Your command is directed by the President. A promotion from the 
regarded as evidently hostile towards the government ranks similar to that of the volunteers is provided 
of the United Mates. It is for the most part made tin ... m. . , . 
of those seoeasionbtfi who have openly avowed their I J * 16 in ^ antr y W1 ^ consist of eight regiments, 
hostility to the General Government, and have been three battalions each. The cavalry of one regiment; 
plotting at the seizure of Its property, arid the over- six squadrons of artillery, one regiment of eight bat- 
*“"»■ •>»•*•«"*<* >— * im* ..» 
which is now at war with the United States, and you rnax,mQra of nearly 2.1,000, officers and men. 
are receiving at your camp from the said' Cnnfed- In addition to the new Military Departments of 
eracy, under it- flag, large supplies of materials of Washington. Annapolis, and Pennsylvania, the States 
war, most of which is known to be the pronertv of _, m- - • ' 
the United Stale*. These extraordinary preparations OMo, Indiana, arjd I1I,H0,S wlU constitute a fourth 
SHOD, subdivided into several othera, to be called the 
Department of Ohio. Major Gen. McClelland of the 
Ohio volunteers, is assigned to its command. Head 
Quarters at Cincinnati. 
The President, by General Order, directs that all 
officers of the army, except those who have entered 
the service since tin- 1st of April, take and subscribe 
anew the oath of allegiance to the United States as 
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nanies shall he called unon for arrive The welfare, and obligations imposed upon me by inetrao- set forth in the loth article of war. 
panics shall be cal Jed upon lor active duty The tioimfrom Washington, it is ray duty to demand, and it is calculated that at least 300 O00 volunteers have 
order explains clearly the manner of proceeding to I do hereby demand of you an immediate surrender , , 11, . . ‘ a volunteers have 
raise companies lor this reserve force, the number of of your command, with no other conditions than that i k ' n ‘ k ' rcd then Bervices t0 the Government. Of the 
companies to which each «. ... ^ K 
ether .natters pertaining to the organization of this Belleniignvjl.lt prepared to enforce tte demand, TUc _|L— ..„J 
immense “Home Guard.” 
One of the Ohio regiments recently elected the 
Rev. Granville Moody, ft well known Methodist 
preacher of that State, their chaplain. When their 
choice had been declared, they sent to Brother Moody 
to ask him if he would go. He replied, why, yes. he 
would like to be their chaplain — but with one condi¬ 
tion, that they would furnish him with a musket — 
for, said lie, “ in our Methodist communion we do 
not believe in faith without works.” 
The Stars and Stripes were raised from the top of 
the Kentucky State House at Frankfort-, on Wednesday 
night week, amid the plaudits of a large and enthusi¬ 
astic crowd. Public speeches were made by Leslie 
Coombs, John L. Scott and R. T. Jacob. The Com¬ 
monwealth says: 
Secession hangs its head in this region of the State, 
while the Union sentiment Is gaining ground every 
day. Frankfort is Union to the core. 
Several Southern papers give notice that they 
will receive no more United States postage stamps in 
payment of subscriptions or advertisements. Proba¬ 
bly the vignette of Washington is an unpleasant sight 
for their eyes. 
A nroho panic has seized the people of New 
Orleans. The negro churches have been closed by 
order of the Mayor, and all assemblages of negroes, 
Blave or free, have been forbidden. 
Mr. Wright, of New York, has just returned 
from Galveston, Texas, where he has been spending 
the winter, and he says ho wholly discredits the 
report of Governor Houston having declared, at a 
public meeting held at Galveston recently, that lie 
would oppose Lincoln’s preparation* for war. At 
the time he left, the 2d of April, the Union sentiment 
in and around Galveston was decidedly strong, if uot 
really in the ascendent: and among the most prom¬ 
inent and uncompromising Union men were Gov. 
Missouri. Four full regiments of volunteers have 
been mustered into the United States service, and a 
fifth is being formed. The Third and Fourth regi¬ 
ments, and, part of the Secoud, are encamped on the 
arsenaljground*. The first is quartered at Jefferson 
Barracks,.twelve miles belo w St. Louis, and a part of 
the Second is stationed at the Marine hospital, about 
a mile below the arscnal.fi Several buildings outside 
the arsenal walls ure occupied by United States 
troops, andjheavy turf breastworks, pierced for four 
cannon, have been erected, which command the 
vicinity, Gen. Legetl has Lbeen elected Colonel of 
the Third regiment, and Gen. Schultncr Colonel of 
the Ninth. 
Connecticut,— The legislature of Connecticut 
convened at Hartford, May 1st. The State is out of 
debtjand owns some $400,000 bank stock. Governor 
Buckingham, in his message, recommends an efficient 
StateJrallitia; say* that forty-one volunteer companies 
have already been accepted, and that the 5tb regi¬ 
ment will he full in a few days. The regiments will 
not leave the State untiljtbcy are fully equipped with 
camp and.baggage trains, and prepared to take care 
of themselves. On allJqneBtions the Legislature will 
make liberal appropriations for war purposes. 
Pennsylvania. ---The House has passed, by unani¬ 
mous vote, the bill creating the three million loan. 
It raises 15 regiroentsjbeyond both requisitions of the 
Government, making a total of 55. Ninety-two mem¬ 
bers of the House, out of 100, were present. An act 
for the immediate relief of the volunteers now In ser¬ 
vice. and to pay theibills before the Quarter-Master's 
Department was organized, was passed by both 
Houses to-day, undesigned by the Governor. 
New Jersey.— Resolutions thanking the Governor 
for the energy lie hasjdisplayed in raising the quota 
of troops for the .State, and expressing the strong 
confidence reposed in bis judgment and patriotism 
ami ability, and pledging New Jersey to raise all her 
force to maintain the Union and Constitution, and 
thanking the President for the energy displayed in 
the defence of the Union, were introduced in the 
Senate, and passed to-day by unanimous vote. A bill 
pledging the State for $1,000,000 for war purposes 
was also passed. 
Nebraska. —Gov. Black has issued a proclamation 
recommending a thorough volunteer organization 
throughout the Territory. He has already supplied 
in the hospital, anil they receive the best attention. 
one half hour's time before doing so will be allowed T1 ‘« ^I^enccd volunteers are practically and 
for your compliance therewith. N. Lyon, steadily subjected to a rigid drill, and already show 
Captain 2d Infantry, Commanding Troops.” marked Improvement in the manual exercise. 
Gen. Frost says this letter was not received until -Adjutant General publicly announces, in 
his camp was surrounded by United States troops. rfts P onse te> numerous applications for military books, 
He then replied that the encampment was organized k,at tke on '- v " »rk* distributed from his office are 
under the law of the State simply for organizing the kl0se o( tactical instructions, and of these the supply 
volunteer militia of this district. Not expecting any '* *° na * r ly exhausted as to be insufficient for the 
demonstration, ho was unprepared successfully to su PP'y Of the volunteers actually mustered into 
resist attack. Therefore he accepted the terms sped- HC1V ' C0- 
lied, and surrendered his command, about 800 men ra ’ lroad to Washington is all clear, and con- 
then in camp, a large number being in the city on atant commun 'cation is kept up. A large train of 
leave. They then laid down their arms and were <,ara arrived at 2 o’clock on the morning of the 10th, 
escorted to the city as prisoners of war. w ' t,J kie G °ops, who uninterruptedly passed through 
Just before the troops left for the city, and the 1!alt iinore. 
State troops were drawn up in two lines of volun- k definitely ascertained that commissioned navy 
teers, several rocks were thrown at the volunteers, °^ CCrH * )ave fi one to Europe for the purpose of buy- 
and a few pistol shots fired by excited parties in the ins Btaa,llfirs a* 3 * 1 otha r vessels for the United States 
surrounding crowd, which was composed of a large (,<,v c ra ment. 
number of citizens, Including many women. One Imminent men Irom all parts of the country are 
shot took effect in the leg of Captain Jtloutowiski, 00nsMlull y comin 8 to Washington for the purpose of 
aud a* be fell ho gave the word to lire, which was te » derl «8 aid * (,ver 60 vessels have already been 
obeyed by some two or three companies, resulting in from the New England Slates to he aimed and 
the death of upwards of twenty persons, including equipped at the owners’ expense. Parties represent- 
two women and several children, and badly wound¬ 
ing several others. 
On the following night, St. Louis was again made 
the scene of a terrible tragedy. About six o'clock a 
large body of Home Guards entered the city through 
Fifth street, from the arsenal, where they had been 
enlisted during the day and furnished with arms. 
On reaching Walnut street the troopB turned west¬ 
ward, a large crowd lining the pavements, to witness 
their progress at the corner of Fifth street, whore- 
parties among spectators began hooting, hissing, and 
otherwise abusing the companies as they passed, and 
a boy about fourteen years old discharged a pistol 
into the ranks. Part of the rear company immedi 
ately turned aud fired upon the crowd, and the whole 
column was instantly in confusion, breaking their 
ranks and discharging muBketa down their own line 
and among the people on the side walks. A shower 
of balls for a few minutes was terrible, the bullets 
flying in every direction. 
The utmost confusion and consternation prevailed, 
spectator* fleeing in all directions, and hut for the 
random firing of the troops, scores ol people must 
have been killed. As most of the firing was directed 
down their own ranks, the troops suffered severely, 
four of their number being instantly killed and sev- 
Uouston and Hon. A. J. Hamilton, the latter having companies with arms and equipments and seems era ^ mounded. A considerable number, it is not yet 
il . _ * * I ♦__ 1.M1 1. ,1 1 
then recently returned home from Congress. He 
believes that with only 3,000 troops. Gov. Houston 
could annihilate secession throughout the State, and 
is confident that he would co-operate with the Ad¬ 
ministration in its effort to secure that result. 
Mr. James Gordon Bennett, Jr., lias offered the 
Government the use of his yacht Rebecca. He 
agree* to fit it up with Dahlgrcn guns and command 
it, provided the Government will pay the expenses of 
seven additional seamen. 
Of the U. S. Army and Navy officers who resigned 
their commissions since the 19th of December, 1859, 
twenty-seven have placed on file their determination 
never to serve against the Hag of the United States; 
they say that their resignations were sent in under 
the pressure of family and friendly solicitations, and 
not of their own will. A distinguished Commodore 
is among the number. 
At a meeting held in Ottawa, HI., the following 
preamble and resolution were nnanimously adopted: 
Whereas, The Governor of Virginia lias issued his 
nroclamation that no more Hour be shipped to the 
Northern cities; therefore, be it 
Resolved, By the citizens of Ottawa, in mass meet¬ 
ing assembled, that Illinois will not furnish Virginia 
with any more tobacco! 
Thomas H. Clay, of Kentucky, a son of Henry 
Clay, has addressed a letter to the citizens of Fayette 
comity, reviewing the action of the Confederate States, 
and denouncing secession, lie says Kentucky has 
one hundred millions of slave property, which would 
be destroyed by secession and the establishment of a 
foreign border on the North. 
The National Intelligencer, referring to the per¬ 
formances of the 8th Massachusetts regiment at 
Annapolis, in repairing the railway and manning 
the frigate Constitution, remarks:—“We doubt 
whether any other single regiment in the country 
could furnish such a ready contingent to re-construct 
a steam engine, lay a railroad track, and bend the 
Bails of a man-of-war.” 
determined to place Nebraska in the best possible 
condition of defence. It is supposed that at least 
one regiment of Nebraska will he mustered into the 
service of the United States for home defence. 
Nebraska is a unit for the Constitution and the Union. 
known how many, of citizens were killed in the melee. 
Affairs at WnsliiiiiMou. 
ing the owners of propellers navigating the Northern 
lakes, propose to bring their crafts down the St. 
Lawrence to the Atlantic shore, and assist in the 
blockade of the Southern ports. 
The War Department received a dispatch from 
Gen. Butler, stating that he had just seized the 
famous steam gun built by Ross Winans, of Balti¬ 
more, who attempted to send it to Harper’s Ferry for 
the Virginian*. 
Secretary Cameron replied: 
“Compliments of the Government to Gen. Butler 
and command. Seize everything contraband being 
sent to the rebels.” 
Orders will be issued to arrest Winans, who, if he 
is caught, will be treated summarily. He is the same 
man who gave-$500,000 to aid secessionists in the 
work of treason. Orders from the War Department 
for the treatment of all traitors or abettors — very 
strict and vigorous— have been transmitted to every 
officer in commission. 
Messages have been passing constantly between the 
Government and Cairo. Trouble is anticipated there 
every night. Messages have been dispatched to 
Cairo and other points, ordering the concentration of 
a large body of Western troops at that point. 
The President is receiving hearty responses from 
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Maryland. A brigade 
from each of these States will be soon in the field. 
' — Ole Bull has reappeared in London. 
— Portugal has acknowledged the new Italian kingdom. 
T ~ Five persons have been bitten in Ogle county, Ill., by a 
mad dog. 
— There are rumors of an extended Italian loan of £8 000 
000 sterling. ’ 
In Jutland, where one person dies of starvation, 99 die 
of over-eating, 
, — Immense damage and loss of life have occurred in Java 
' from the floods. 
y 
In the ranks of the Rhode Island Regiment is a private 
worth $600,000. 
, Massachusetts has one hundred and eighty-five thousand 
enrolled militia. 
— Richard Chenery has been appointed Navy Yard Agent 
at San Francisco. 
— Parties are in Washington from Kentucky and Maryland 
offering volunteers. 
— By the new postal arrangement, all drop letters are 
required to be prepaid. 
• iJuchess of Kent left personal property to the 
amount of $150,000 only. 
— The foreign vote of this country is estimated to be about 
one-twelfth of the whole. 
— The Galt (C. W ) Reporter says the wheat prospects in 
that region are unsatisfactory, 
— On a recent afternoon, the police counted 3,861 flags 
flying in the streets of Boston. 
Mrs. Senator Wigfall and slater have taken a cottage for 
the summer in Dorchester, Mass. 
The court house at Helena, Ark., was burned to the 
ground on Thursday night week. 
— Five hundred slave* are reported to have crossed the 
Pennsylvania line dnring last week. 
I- rom 500 to 700 acres of woodland were burnt over in 
Charlestown, It. L, on Friday week. 
The French and English hnve been fighting the negroes 
on the river Gambia, Coast of Africa. 
Governor Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, has just taken 
a house at Washington for four years. 
The break in the Chenango canal, near Binghamton, has 
been repaired, and navigation resumed. 
— The first organ ever heard in public worship, in this 
country, wm sent from London in 1714. 
tVeRtern Virginia, it (r said, has already enrolled 2,600 
men for the service of the United States. 
— The Illinois Legislature ha* passed a bill directing the 
postponement of suits against volunteers. 
7en of the Star of the West’s crew passed through 
Chicago, Monday week, on their way East. 
Gov. Morgan has liberated 76 prisoners, aud restored 52 
persons to citizenship during the past year. 
— At Macon, Ga., all persons tried in court for assault and 
battery are sentenced to enlist in the army. 
— Jeff. Davis allows the federal vessels, engaged in lawful 
commerce, 30 days to return to their homes. 
— The Philadelphia firemen who have volunteered their 
services to the Government, number 1,310 men. 
7he patriotic butchers of Philadelphia have, for three 
weeks, fed four new military companies with meat, 
— The war demand for cloth is so great that the Lowell 
mills are running night and day, Sundays included. 
After a fire on the premises of a London silversmith, 
£20,000 worth of valuable* were dug from the ruins. 
— The Hon. Edmund Baldwin, a member of the last Assem¬ 
bly, from Lewis Co., died at Lowville, on the 3d inst. 
— A number of philosophical women recently celebrated 
in Germany, the 2389th anniversary of the birth of Plato. 
— A tax of $60 is required by the municipal law to he paid 
on each free negro brought Into the DUtrlct of Columbia. 
— Warlike preparations in Spain, on the largest scale, are 
spoken of, and the expenditure of £20,000,000 is rumored. 
— During the year 1860 there were seven hundred and 
seventy-two person* confined in the Pari* prisons for debt. 
— I pward of 500 ladle* have applied at the State House, in 
Boston, for permission to serve as nurses at the seat of war. 
— Seven-eighths of the 8th Regiment of Massachusetts, 
officers and privates, including the Colonel, are shoemakers. 
— The name of the Hon. John J. Crittenden stands first 
on the list of private* in the Home Guard of Frankfort, Ky. 
— One hundred and forty-one of the volunteers in the 
Onondaga Regiment, were members of the fire department. 
— It is estimated that upwards of two hundred of the 
Rochester volunteers were members of the lire department. 
— The steamer Lioness, a privateer of the Confederate 
States, was captured in the Chesapeake Bay, a few days since. 
— The Hungarians of New York city are moving in the 
matter of rendering a*sistance in sustaining the government. 
— \ ice President Hamlin has gone to Maine to provide for 
The Government has just been put in possession of the transportation of the troops of that State to Washington. 
important information in regard to the movements 
and operations of the rebel army. Their exact 
motive has uot yet transpired, hut the Government is 
taking advantage of it, and will be ready in three or 
service of the United States for home defence. The President has issued a proclamation setting a ud operations of the rebel army. Their exact 
Nebraska is a unit for the Constitution and the Union! forth that insurrection existe m ti,e sta( « °f Florida, motive has uot yet transpired, but the Government is 
by which the lives, liberties, and property of loyal taking advantage of it, and will he ready in three or 
Nr.w Tork. I he following General Order has just citizens are endangered, and it is deemed proper that four days to meet the Confederate forces at every 
been issued by the Adjutant General: all lawful measures should betaken for the protection point. It appears that a large force is now marching 
iikad^Quahtkks^Statk of Nkw York, 1 of such citizens and all officers in the United States from the South to Harper’s Ferry, and from thence 
A 'ai iiANY^May 7 "TkGI ^ iu d ’ sc * iar 8 e their public duties. The President will attempt to force their way into Pennsylvania. 
General Orders, No. 2. * directs the commanders of the forces of the United Their object is to draw off a portion of the force con- 
The Commander-in-Chief desires re express his Statcs ' 011 the Florida coast, to permit no person to centrating at Washington, and attack them both at 
gratification at the alacrity and self-sacrificing spirit exercise any office of authority upon the islands of the same time. 
displayed by his leJIow citizens throughout the State, Key West, the Tortugas and Santa Rosa, which may The information the Government is in possession 
teer*td°swmf' in'thVcomitry’s dcli-ncc! and thVmaln- be inconsistent with tbe laws and Constitution of the of is highly important and entirely reliable, as it 
tenance of law and order in the land. Although in an U u ’ tei1 States; authorizing them at the same time, if comes from a source in the South that is fully posted, 
incredibly short time the complement of the 30,000 they shall find it necessary, to suspend the writ of The Government has now parties in nearly every 
life C unw^um ^iiumhe^alio^ir^jy the m Rct, a of d lpriI ^ abea8 corpu *’ and t0 reraove from the vicini, y * U Rootlit ; rn 6tate - who ******* thoroughly advised of 
Id, 1H«1, having been raised in response to the dangerous or stupected persons. everything that is going on. It is only recently that 
hi, lHtil, having been raised in response to the 
proclamation of the 18th and 24th of April, and to 
General Orders numbers 18 and 17, issued in con¬ 
formity thereto, the Commander in-Chief feels it 
his duty to make this public announcement of the 
fact, in order that [no further expenditure of time or 
means may be uselessly incurred by the patriotic citi¬ 
zens of the State, in further effort for organization. 
By order of the Commander-in Chief, 
J. Meredith Read, Jb., 
Adjutant General. 
The State Military Board, a few days since, adopted 
the following resolution: 
Resolved, That advertisement be issued for propo¬ 
sals, to be opened on the 20th lust, for furnishing, 
according to samples in the Quarter-Master General’s 
Office, the following articles: 
15,000 wool army cloth overcoats. 
15,000 blue woolen jackets. 
15,000 pairs of army cloth pantaloons, 
30,000 pairs woolen stockings. 
30,000 woolen shirts. 
30,000 pair woolen drawers. 
15,000 pairs shoes. 
15,000 eups. 
15,000 bh nkcts. 
Messrs. Gallatin A, Son, from the New York Cham¬ 
ber of Commerce, were in consultation with Secre¬ 
tary Chase on Friday about the new loan, and on 
Saturday the Secretary invited offers for the nine 
millions undisposed of under the act of February, 
which does uot restrict oilers to par. This call 
requires ten days’ advertisement only. It is under¬ 
stood that the Secretary, though authorized to reject 
offers below par, and resort to treasury notes, will 
accept, offers at or abunt the current market rate, and 
not resort to treasury notes until after the expiration 
of the thirty days’ advertisement for the balance of 
everything that is going on. It is only recently that 
they have had these facilities. 
The morning of the 7th inst. was the witness to a 
scene iu Washington which will never be forgotten 
by the American putriot. At 10 o’clock A. M., on 
that day, Lieut. General Scott sent a messenger to 
Major General George C. Thomas, requesting him to 
call at his office in his capacity as Notary, and admin¬ 
ister to him and his staff the “ Oath of allegiance to 
the United States.” This was accordingly done, and 
the war-worn veteran of a hundred battles, towering 
above all around, renewed, with the Bible in hand, 
that solemn obligation, “ to bear true allegiance to 
the loan, say fourteen million dollars under the act of tbe United States of America, and to serve them 
last June. honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or 
The preparations having been completed for the opptmers whatever, and observe and obey the orders 
effective blockade of the Virginia waters, Capt. Pen- tbe President of the United States, and the orders 
dergrasthas given the precautionary notice of 15 days the officers appointed over (me) him, according to 
for all vessels to leave the ports of that State which the rules and articles for the government of the 
a sienin engine, jay u nuiroaa track, and bend the Western Virginia— The 9th inst. was observed 
sails ol a man-of-war. as ft f ast ,-jay, at Wheeling. Patriotic sermons were 
One of our leading mercantile houses, says the delivered in 9 out of the 12 churches. The Methodist 
N. Y. Times, held the note of a Baltimore firm, due church was decorated with the Stars and Stripes, 
on Monday; it was not paid. Yesterday the holders Rev. Mr. Smith delivered an address worthy of 
received a check on New York, which the Baltimore Beecher. He said he would hold no fellowship with 
firm sent forty miles by a messenger on horseback to traitors. If there was a secessionist in his congrega- 
be mailed. They state the impossibility of attending tion he wanted him to leave. 
enter with or without cargoes. Several of the For¬ 
eign Ministers and some of our own countrymen 
have asked for an extension of the time, but this in 
every case has been refused. The order will be 
adhered to impartially. 
Certain persons, though representing themselves as 
Union men, have been denied the privilege of for¬ 
warding locomotives to Tennessee, for the reason, 
among others, that such railroad machinery might he 
armies of the United States.” 
The oath was taken also by Lieut. Colonel E. D. 
Townsend, Lieut, Col. G. W. Cullum, Col. Van Rens¬ 
selaer, Col. Lorenzo Thomas, Adjt. Gen. Major Mc¬ 
Dowell, Major John K. Lee, aud Capts. Gauche, and 
J. B. Fry. 
Whatever may have been the object in thus renew¬ 
ing the oath of allegiance, the one great effect is 
already evident iu having given the death blow to the 
used in the transportation of hostile troops. The hopes of those traitors who would make the people — A severe gale of wind passed over St. Louis, Sunday 
Government also takes care that coal necessary for believe that our great Chief would falter for a moment wet k, damaging several buildings considerably, and driving 
— The 8an Francisco Herald says the Chinese population of 
California at the present moment may he set down at 49,000. 
— Mendoza, in Chill, was shaken to pieces by an earth¬ 
quake on the 20th of March, whereby 8000 persons were killed. 
— Horsewhipping a secessionist ha* been decided by a jury 
in Wyoming Co., I’enn., as a perfectly legal and constitutional 
act 
— The Germanic Diet has provisionally voted one million 
florins for the arming of the federal fortresses with rifled 
cannon. 
— A company of Harvard students have taken charge of 
the State Arsenal at Cambridge, Mass., by order of Governor 
Andrew. 
— The convicts in the Massachusetts State Prison are 
en 8 ft gvd in Manufacturing articles for the Massachusetts 
volunteers. 
— Lieut. Maury, connected with the Coast Survey and 
other scientific departments of the government, has turned 
out a traitor. 
— “ President Jeff. Davis’ salary iB $25,000, and the mem¬ 
bers of the Southern “Congress” voted themselves only 
$300 per year. 
— The Ionian Islands are almost in a state of insurrection, 
in consequence of the popular wish to be united to the king¬ 
dom of Greece. 
— On the river Darling, in Australia, is a district of country 
many thousand miles in extent, admirably adapte'd to the 
raisJug of cotton. 
— Queen Victoria has sunk into settled melancholy since 
the death of her mother, and it is feared she will not 
recover her mind. 
— The newspapers are poking fun at the new tariff; some 
term it the more-ill, and others the im-morill and the del 
morrUI-izing tariff. 
I aimer, the Hcnlptor, has offered to make a statue in 
marble of the member of the Utica corps who will “ hag ” 
Wigfall or Jell' Davis. 
— Men are so anxious to enlist at Pittsburg, that it is fre¬ 
quent to have $50 offered for a place as a private in one of 
the accepted companies. 
— The town of Plymouth, Sheboygan Co., Wis., offers $18 
per month, in addition to the government pay, to the volun¬ 
teers who go from that town. 
Right Rev. Benjamin T. Onderdonk, late Episcopal 
Bishop of New York, died on Tuesday week, in New York 
city, at the age of seventy years. 
A Bevere gale of wind passed over St. Louis, Sunday 
Union. 
to this, or to any business iu the last two days of last The Herald's special Wheeling dispatch of the 10th steam purposes shall not be transported to the dis- iri tb e stars and stripes of the American fonr steamers from their wharves, 
week, aud add, “We pray you not to judge harshly inst.. says that thirty counties will he represented in 'loyal States. i - The Massachusetts soldiers 
of all of us who live in the midst of the unBappy the Conventiou Monday. 11th. Two companies have Much anxiety is manifested to learn what distribu- eluded with °the' following 8 remark/- -1 Gen 6 Thomas ^ uther C ‘ Ladd and Addi8on °- 
scenes of the present moment. Give us you kind j been mustered into United States service at Wheel- tion will be made among the States of the forces to ktt * e c°u' d you have thought when I knew you as a aumner 11 Needham, of Lawrenc. 
wishes and sympathies, and suspend your judgment i»g. Two thousand Maynard rifles have been sent constitute 39 regiments of infantry and one of cavalrv cadet , al West Po , int - , that y° u woa ld ever have been - The commander of Fort Me 
upon our unfortunate position.” . | there by government. The Convention will probably making the minimum aggregate 34,5(10, and a maxi’- me ” UP ° D l ° admmister the oath of allegiance the W0Cld * n ^ 
The ceremony, which was grand and solemn, con- „ IT nainmore, were 
eluded with the following remark:--Gen Thomas, « h badd and Addl8on °* Whitney, of Lowell, and 
little could yon have thought when I knew yon as a umner H. Needham, of Lawrence. 
cadet at West Point, that you would ever have been — The commander of Fort Monroe has profited by the 
called upon to administer the oath of allegiance to Sumter affair. All the wooden barracks of Monroe have been 
me ‘ torn out, and none but fire-pjoof ones left. 
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