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Show St. Lotis; May'TtV?-'. rtcuend'Scott' sent ditpatehes to On ral I'nllfr, at Aminpolis on Stinday 1rt giv.ng hirri tbree days to tidse'pwH'ibi of the Uehiy House, nine milts'heti hi tmoro. General Butler wpewhdiltt he would Iiuac religious serrjef ttlff ltl same day. He fulfilled his-werdfoftia that day the Xew York fifth and M und the Mniifcarhusetts eighth Jtpw' arrivcil at noon nt the Belay" House, t possession of the telegraph, planted tt howitzers on the viaduct, and invested the place. Thi givcsfiill conuusndofti road to and from the West ,Tfe.j off telegraph communication to Harftrt Ferry, . , Transit over the Baltimore'siia'. Bailroad U nnintcrrupted, UntfedBti5 recruiting offices were opened jaBslto? yesterday morning. Tbe stars and itrW also displayed. Tlirce hundred csisW, well mounted, left Carlisle barrscb l York. They said they would go ttaJ Baltimore. In the Pennsylvania legislator, proposed that as ex-Senator Msset ijvMa a large popcrty in Pennsylvaals, 0 commissioiier be appointed to iT?,'');, and, whereas, be has hcen guilty cf tr son, no 'conveyance or traMf? d!r, same shall bo' acknowledged ofjtam In the State, . , )k A motlort was made (o time of suspension of specie pJBt" thefcankjrf-nntfHhe next;tetir legislature In January. ' Hon. John A. Dir Iwd actepW"1 majbrucncralship or fho'NewYcrkfow tendered him by Governor Morgafc The President has appojated l Nicholson osndjntaut andlMpeeWK marine-corps, vice Taylor resigned. General Scott has PttW,,f,: begging- correspondents to spare w J Ing that he has no office n Us ph power to accept volnntcer flV,, viduals, oiid has iiotimetpatiStJL.; General Hnrney, In a leUerto fa lou, of M Louts, says bel cW the service of lhe GovcrnraenU Jj bestowed honor ondilm so 3 g, contiuuo its faithrul and hyl ffi' 0 says that secession leads to?1, implores Missouri not tb rula & become an Instrument tb tn m unionists. ,. i.rocb Governor Letcher bad lJJ, matioo; saying that the Virginia Kartell aenledher righU assailed, her soil threatened authorities at Washington. d Mfe tificc employed to Inflame the States galnt-u. , JZ'! the Bolemtl duty of every dW ' ginla to prepare for-the Wf" fliCt. li. this view be military commander to 'or,!ff.,a0tr forces and muster addition si velq a the tiigtncej of thq time' m,ij tie- Jw, sramtngtoa(,1K'.,OVha bn board JLIcaL I DeIT',,,i,, fi,ly ncn,-lnfe of thd Foy sa I ettetill arsenal. They report that on Bin I April nihi'foctrtccUOMoUiitfaMtnd and I 00? thoiiiiod two hiindrcd JVbrth'.Cafr. )isf militia demanded the Wrrender of I ti awcrinl., It was deemed" prudent to for, DS torel and his men ticro ,lfbwcd to fcfr, depart unmolested. Tli Mor.iAndereoii m left, belt.; too ') Atii Vfl' wniorcd: Tile nrecunl ,., rtrl. Utnl "jrtjr.thojiwdtitl tand cl pm)S5 ' , ' I 'XBalUroortatliad an inttrvw with1 d;, Ow. Ur?IiodJtfratortlicrri nit twps.wt march hi 'safe'tfiorer thq gwand JjrhcrotAliMcliuMU.t)iodd wiis V ipilW, nlxif , ihgyM't'att'wted irora v '. M poyes4h house vonid ho blown Up. k I;A-cM. disjMiieU to the tflT. ivpi fdjc the Ktcamer It. II'; Ralney is to con-'tJ. con-'tJ. tey ft force; from '.Annapolis, to rctnke fti- $mltfV point,lif;lit-$l)p ,Thq.Italiicj,ha i'VI I f,-jrM'd',ctciitT .raeu-oit Jhoa'rd.-eta Jhoa'rd.-eta I SW will replnco the Hfcht-slitr. remotcd by (ee stceisioniMs. A war stcnmeYi's itd ?t! I jtttoncd eff Fort Mcltco'ry, Uartttuor' I 'toat thegarriso.ii. ,-. itr ' OarOldcn of New Jersey lms accepted h I the.brigadc of Hudson county, nnd Gen. tV Wright offers hUscrjr ices to tlio, gatw 1 1) ,But for An indefinite piriod. ' - i I ,. Wt4 VomiiKt(iiitt. Wasliltigtqu d!ptch 44 I HJiht it ti expected that, llaltimorf mfc. I .aHoeeph:cHy gwrcrnmcnt troops by tir I Wtdsisy. : ' wp. tf&dP'? Wasulpgton dispatch jay Inj. I leiiuoi.ber of exiles, front, Virginia nre i4 I coostantly ortirinc;' nUo says that Sena- m I Wr Johnson, of : Tennessee, -wil rmako a !t3. I eeeck;tre,Ttt fator .oftho, Union, in a mt m l or.to. ljao says' thnt,0ic govern- , I neat i-i determined to retake Harper' ft! l,erryrarC'ii', fll?o,thai dniclul'jwrmlssio'n bat I k graoted rdr the continuance, of pniicn- t gerind inait Bcr.vico.'by the steamer be- t I tvetn Haltimore and Norfolk. '( I Tfce7ffroWrspecJal;cdrrej!pondcntaj5 n! rEIUworlu's Zouaves ,nnd Ilbode Island I artilferyhttYe been ordered to Alexandria, Tot? I AnMpoIU and Daltinipre nm1;twcnty.ontf tti M, fttfrfraehsWe1 pf the tt.iclc of tlio italtt-. ittd I Bioroartil Ohio railroad lias been created xr& i military depot,., commanded by General !. Batter; .All of the bridges burned, will ttM terrpa-Vcd.liy1 Wt'dhcsdiiy, hy workmen! itti sided by' the people. M I 'rhe jTJ'".-:;BaJtimorq correspondent " I J'lllu'9Urcompaniesofmilitltt.haTe tU, beea discharged. A-member of the police board adnilt the reception of 2,000 Illflcs M hyjbe scceisnlsts from Uorpcr'a Ferry, AM XlL.Sy,Um, MayTth. p.m. wj The Twentieth regiment left 2Ccnr York f4fWflshW(pn tcHlay via Annapolis. H I ;' ScnitoflJuyurd, of Delaware, arrived t Ehilsdelphia this morning, having left lk Wilmington, fearing an assault Tfould be ltd majcj Uiioo liira. He was: taken into ens- cfB fcxlytUhe di-otiM-re,- bot wdsdischnr-'Mm wdsdischnr-'Mm ri by Jbypi Heniy, there being noj iw- tturgc-auainU him. i I TJie Tnbu&i Washington corrcspon- 5"B dtaeVfo-day states that the goreniment I Ur B Uasj certain adriets tbnt Uiero were be-1 . . W.tW) and 50,000 troops in tlic f' ydaitp of Fairfax court home. Virginia, MB t;(l within two day's man-li of lUehmoiuL' f There are nlJeasUO.OQfc men uvailable, noV( desire-nnd -expectation i$tfl be soon MM on4iterVfa Wush'mgion. im gentleman, who was at Gen. Ithtler'a earaptjhis.morniiig, oj jh,r a.bottcrv w plscedoii. the othec.stde'of IAtj',w, ri rer wIlich can jrakc him ctffctiialfv. Hir informed' Geiu Hutler of it, 'who at once made 'prPfntiort!( to uLo tt. UfTiikdtcr-Gcncrid I,ockiv swr.Hi.v.dlirg ' the military forces nnd defends on- the M rotonfaq border of Virginia, sayGen. ! Un!f)cle Iidg tuken np bis uunrteH at ! Frederkksburgh .- ' nil --5'; L'?l'k(f " to-take a position in ,itsi l of Washington, hi ronnection with th commanding olllcer nt Harper's Fcrrv i 1 S?' Wt 011,1 -o'-craud aefend the ?tooiac border. against invasion from the i S1 JIe atllls tl,at 1,10 caP'to1 has t;cver wta inrta;cnl hy Virginia, His not now threatened. It i. beyond and Outs'de wiuiBltt of tlm fre,o jiml sovereign State ofTirglnk. Tho north has. not openlr and according to Hie usage of civilzed im"-tioni, im"-tioni, declared war on ns,nnd we make no ron them; hat should the soil or the ! pTe of Washington be polluted by the tread pfa.singlemau in arms from the north it will cause open war. ThMlerpltr Washington dispatch qf tbe -Ctb 8ays the forces nt th6 Itclay Uottsc have been re-ioforccd toiay, niul ajanlionrunda hIf,s notice, a furtlier rwarorccment of two or thrco thousand aore could bo furotshed Gen. Butler. nBefoic the troops from Harper's Ferry nld approach near enough to give Gen. Bailer battle, they would be harrassed tiy theIfeinsylyflnm troops now in their Ticrnity. The Charleston Couritr says the col-MCtor"4t col-MCtor"4t that port has been Instructed-by the Government of the Confederate States , ts clear privato vessels and cargoes until . declared, atid'tho' will of Congress i rSS,,6Wn' ' G8n- Beauregard has leitCharleston for Montgomery. Gov Andrew, or Massachusetts, lias received a dispatch from thptvar depart-t, depart-t, saying that no more additional r would, bo required at present, ivn-1M ivn-1M enlisting for thrco years. vf f St Louis, May ffth, a.m. it. u 0tlnt dispatches of tbe 1th, say JMtrorerthrce hundred thousand applica-Maoi applica-Maoi if art i bcij raado to the Stato depart. "6t Montgomer for letters of mar-1" mar-1" and renrbaU HKnit.he. H0"Ierfl0 Congrca. on the JMstPttf&yM presented Ouj JmI I 6of rgiilia, vfoytiSg- thepfo--9?nllnti"i alW. resolution? up. Wttog Commlssioucrs to Congress, two oom, Brokenbourgh andStaplca were 55? -r $Ir' ,,ctt mov P go Into . n be Iqvited to romaln. admiftf f'JS'VrrgjnJa hd been I SiM mVr of,llc Confcderoto! en..?6ernnie,t secret .ion: twoj Sd fr-W lTCMSwfn I" particl- Hon. . other buslotwmadq public, i Tb,. , . . MoKTClt"r-i May 6th. irJIy.'.or A,aba1ni' presented a hill fix-Km fix-Km &ir2nfof tkctloa ot Iprosenta-"'W,in Iprosenta-"'W,in Congress; also providing for an m i i mmm t i f -y ' tTrSt -nnXjuA tlet'Pesidcttt tiridef the permancnt' CiHUtitutfpi ,refcr-, ,refcr-, red to the Judiciary committee, Atj' Jc't pnadi; (fccrecy removed) recognizes the exigence; ivnr with Uie United Sttttei.,i,nd conctr..inRlcttera of tharobo Mil r?pr 4.1I. Tho preamble recites nci of Linuolirahd pis proclamnjion, and th: necessity, for the C?onfc:deraUSlatt$to ac-l ecpt the. wnr tint commenced .by him, I he act tiu,ttipruc grunting Wte ofi raarque and reprial on Certain condition j. J A. proviso nnnounced the doctrine, ihat fr?e shifrf make free goods. Thirty days' i'HJ0"1 yd now at . potts of flio.Ciifceraw States for purpose of ; lawful commerce, to return to their librae. Five per, cent of prizes referred s a.rnad ror?widol.w and brphanv ofjliose killed n private ,rmcd vessels; and support of the wounded. ' A -- ASviae, May ,1th. The proceedings of the .Tennessee lcgis latdtc, had just been made public An ordinanco of; secession ahd nlliaftct! with the Confederate Stntcs pnpsl, t uhject to vote of.thc. people'ou the 8th of June 55XL n,ili,tnr)r was passed calling for fifty.fivc.thomnnd troop?, nnd appro- Ho n!2,000'000 ""conditionally, and -$3,000,000 conditionally. . ,f .kopiaw.i.)fMy -jth. Areliablc private dl.patcli says, Ar-kansas, Ar-kansas, yesterday, passed an ordinance of secession by slxty-iiyic. against one. ,,P$tflMIPc!i tof tho' ll crW, jfsWngtoit lib, say .Major Anderson contemplate addressing the people 6t Kctituckyfn behalf of the Union Sfcfcri nl army officer who failed Jo get commis-sions commis-sions In tho rebel service, on resigning, hnM askcdwbc restored They met'witlt emphatic rcfnals. " ' ' ,ai!'cVnra xlf tf'oosand stand or arms m the Washington tiovy yard. Tlio government go-vernment Im? already received proffers of two hundred, and fifty thousand men from west of the Alhghanich. Arrivals of specie from the North lias 'made money matters easier. No further trouble is mi-ticipated mi-ticipated from n Jack or funds. Tho War Department has informed the Governor or the States which had order-edont order-edont their quota of milliil under the first proclamation of tho President, that It s desmib e and preferable thai those who havo not been .marched forwird shall be mustered in for three years, under the 8ub.cquent proclamation, full instructions on tmVsabjcct will soon be issued. J'.iglit companies of suppers aud miners huvebccii-mn.stercd into (service; also live companies oj Col. Baker's California regiment. regi-ment. Col. ifnwktu'a Zomvos will t muster-eil muster-eil into scrtico to-dny, aud armed with Lufleld rilcM. New Vork and l'hiladcJpliia have been made military depots. Troops wilt b? concentrated in these cities to be relit at 'the least emergency to any point by sea i or land. - I Baltimore, Ma)- ttb. The troop at I ItheKrlny House nro strengthcninjtr their' i position by throwing np limisjtworks nnd ' i digging tri'iiehes. ! ; Lieut. .Faimtleroy, f. !i. imv was ar-1 roted at Harper' Ferry, this "morning, I wlitie eu route to Washington. ! A Ilo.sttin riisp.tich syn that the Seventh Massachusetts regiment, on Icrtrn- j ing that no more troops Would be accepted under three year.' enlistment, waited on Goy. Andrew nnd offered their fervlcis' f.ir the full time. f Chicago, May 7 th. Tw6 Companies of Minnesota volunteers have bfcn orxlercd, ' y ibASfcrcfwy or Wjir, to FoHHiplsy, two "to Fort ltidgely mul two' to Fort Abercrcmbiet to relieve the companies of Second lufiqttry at thoic points. Sr. Lot-is, May 8th, p.m. Washington dispatches, last evening, say .Major Anderson lms accepted the. comma ml or tlir Kentucky brigade, with the consent of the President- Mostooukry, May, 8. Tho Postal Department is ready to take charge o'l the mail at any moment i Congress direcU. The office, seal, books, , blipik notes and elctk forco nre com-pletedj com-pletedj and no detention to the mails i fcarrd in coiistqucncc of any policy which thpLineoln government may adopt. Iii Congress a dispatch wat recefved from D. P. Hull, Commissioner from Georgia, mmoiinciiig that Arkansas had passed, unanimously and unconditionally, tho ordinance or secession. Morton, of Alabama, offered a resolution resolu-tion or inquiry as to the propriety or appointing ap-pointing chaplains in the navy; adopted. PmuorxrutA, May 8. Virginia troops ara concentrating in force n,t Harper's Ferry, evidently intending intend-ing to resist any nttcmpt by the govcrn-; govcrn-; inent to repossess it. No apprehension is felt by the govcrn-tnbnt govcrn-tnbnt of' an attack on tho forces at Cairo. FarnxmcK, Maryland, May 8. The legislators, last evening, voted unanimously ngaingt calling a convention. . Isoi.tarArau, Mny 8. Col. Wallace's Zonavo regimcut was presented with two i,ilk flags this after-noon; after-noon; one by the ladies or Indianapolis, and thu other by the ladies of Tcrrehautc. After tho presentation ceremonies, the whole regiment knelt and took the oath to protect tbe American (lag nnd avenge the wrongs done the Indiana volunteers by Jcfl". Davis at the battle of Bucoa Vista iMiLWACKie, May 8. The first regiment ol Milwaukio voluu-tccrs voluu-tccrs was reviewed to-day. . IMm King, Minister to Rome, has been appointed Brigndicr-Gencral of the State. Denton, May 0. An extra: session of the Michigan I.eirlh- iutiira met at Lansing, yesterday. The Governor's message recommends that the low or last session providing ror raising two regiments, he amendeo" to authorize ! four moremith power to raise Urt it needed, need-ed, to meet every erigencr, lie favors' a loan of not les than $1,000,000 bonds, to be Issued in small amounts, in which case ha thought tho whole woold be taken 1 by c'tlrens of that Stat. He recom-l1 mcotft4(.'thc' legislatore to enact a law. authorizing townships to levjr taxes for tho support or fanithcfl of vohintetrii. if e mjb the imtifnai ovtrnmeiii cannot loiiee?,coiiiln!itcir(o the mere, defence of tho tiuf ionahiomaYn and proper J. 1 1 : mdf ttrlfce treason wherever it friumll Alf the. dtliislvo firctcnccs' pr tli'e rebels nlmit coertlbn; invasiod of state. ! must be thrown a?ide, and Tnll tight of i troops to march at pleasure 8ver every Inch or the Vnlted States' territory must uo tnt beyond question. Tho states which rtfused'rild air the lawfril cMl 'of the President, are as much guilty of. treason as thd oho which makes' actual Warfare. Sr. Lows, 3foy Oih, p.m. It 14 reported that tho Steamer J. C Swan, which arrived at, this port last night,tmdoutanrd over one thoaand 'a id of arms, two, colitrablaijs, bc vepil mortars ahd howiUenf, which were shipped from ljaton Kongo, deyTgncd for the state troop now encamped hero. The boat is reported to havfcbeeit cearched nt Cairo, but no arms could be round,, they having been packed away in hogsheads and boxes. The arms and other1 ammunition are said to have been removed from tie stcatntr early this morning., and couvcyed to Camp Jackson. Tho Union men feci somewhat excited about the Matter. Washington, May ? A northern gen-cralfrom gen-cralfrom Richmond reports large nuuv bcrs of troops nre pouring in from tho Souths nearly one thousand arc maim-ractqring maim-ractqring arms. Tbey Iiave protismns enough for two year and plenty of nm-muiiilion, nm-muiiilion, except pereiist Ion raps. Several Sever-al persons arc now in northern cities trying try-ing to get a supply. The Itichniond JB&juirtr nys, the legis-Inture. legis-Inture. of North Carolina organized on Wednesday, and ft bill, calling a convention conven-tion of tho people unanimously passed. An election for delegates will bo held on tho 13th, nnd the convention will assemble on tho 20th, The IhfoH. says the Confederate troops will bo withdrawn from Pensacola nnd marched North, The Government has iiositirc information Hint only four thousand thou-sand men are at Harper's Ferry, nod the place can ensily be taken by three thousand thou-sand well armed mctt and a park or artillery. ar-tillery. U is proposed, to do it with the co-operation of the Pennsylvania troops on the other side. The Timet disnntctr gone from the War Department to pat Cairo in the best military condition. Jeff. Davis has notified Gov. Lotcher .of his intention to command the troops, j The same informant reiterates jhe report that fire men bad tBkeitoatli to assassin-' ate Lincoln "ami Seott. , The HWf correspondent says the irgiuiu troops that evneuated Alexandria Alexan-dria arc bark again, , - PenKTsviujt, May 8. j lateen hundrtd additional troops er-i rived from PhiUdtlphia this evening.1 They iucliido the Jirst regiment or Pem'i-Isylvanb Pem'i-Isylvanb artillery, Col. Patterson, nnd i Sherman's battery. The whole rorec is! In a complete state or efficiency. j Seven largo American flags ure now (lying at Havre dr Grace. j Gen Harney has lin-u ordtrol to St.1 Louis, nnd Gcit. Lane wag- dispatched, , some days ago to Kansas on important! ! liiul'ncss cvuucctcd with the'tJofernfliciif.' . lie will httve comuwiid of a large force1 and will proceed bs foou us posibie; through tho Indian country to Fort' auiith, for the puriioso of tnkfng that (toil, and all others bcWgiug to tfie Gov-1 crmentin .Miouri mid Arkancas. Gen, , Lane laiid, beforu leuijug Washington, that with one thtwwid. men, such n. be could bring into the -field, he could march ; successfully through thatoutirc section of: the country.. Seven liumlrcd men, under; his command n il be composed of the same class that t erred uuder Montgom-1 cry. j Wasiiixoton, May 7. The lleraUVi correspondence says the greatest activity pwvuil at the Wur and Navy Departments, perfecting details, cncomKisin and punUhing traitors. Anotiirr coiuiuilteo has been here from Haltimore. They reported to the President Presi-dent that the mob spirit was down, and I thu loyalists wire preparinu' to welcome the Government troops. There will tie at least thirteen regiments raised in Baltimore, Bal-timore, of one thousand men each, and be accepted by tho Government. La to Richmond papers announced marching or military companies towards Harper's Ferry. Tho Kentucky battai-ion battai-ion is expected to movo thither. Secretary Chase has ordered the stoppage stop-page or ull supplies or any kind, for the rebellious States, at Cuiro. j At Philadelphia on the 8th, fifty West Point cadets were detained by I the police, on tho supposition that they ' wero about to join tlio secessionists. In-' formation had been received that they had purchased arms in New Vork. The mistake was noon rectified, and they proceeded pro-ceeded to Washington, where they will be commissioned ai second lieutenants. Washington, May 8. A Louisiana regiment arrived at Richmond Rich-mond on Monday Fourteen hundred Teuncssce troops and a batallion of Alabama troops had reached Lynchbnrg. At Norfolk there nro about four thou-' snnd troops, including two companies of' Georgians. The authorities wcrC fortify ing Norfolk in all directions; also nt Hat-' tcras Inlet, North Carolina. j MoxTtsoMERr, Mny 8. Salute fired here this morning, rejoicing rejoic-ing at the tenth star to the constellation. St. Lotis, May 9th. a.m. Two thousand one hundred volunteers wero sworn Into tlmacrvieo of the United States yesterday, at the arenal in this, city. It is the intention of the Government Govern-ment to nceept the services of 10,000 volunteers from St. Louis nnd vicinity, Thnt number is now nearly complete. About half Of the whole force will serve us a home gnard. Some new companies ' were added to tbe Stole forces at Camp I Jackson yesterday, making in all about ' el'oveo bnndrcd men. Man of the soldiers sol-diers declare that if the State secede they will resign rather than take np arm againU the United States Government Tna city is comparatively rjirfof. WisutsoToi(k May 8, Kxcilcmcnt exists among the soldiers, in coutequence of the shooting of one of their number, by a policeman. The wound is probably. fatal. The Virginians are flot ready yet for an attack on Washington, Ocu, Leo Insists In-sists thaV the , State Hue. shall r.ot be crossed by the, yirglnia, troopa until they are attneked. , It is reported that- the, troops now at PrrryviJJo will soon arrite .here. It is .understood , that they will ! land on tho Baltimore side, Joining JJut-ler'a JJut-ler'a force ot tho Relay House, and fcdb troops enough to pass safely through Ba-I Ba-I limorc. Nvw VORX, .May 8. The Ktptnt Washington dispatch Royg-in frehoonef folly arnied was captured cap-tured Off the mouth of the Chesapeake and taken to Anfiapoli. Two men were carstorcdthe rst ost'aping in boats. A gentleman of this city, bearer or dispatches dis-patches to Washington, report his conversation con-versation with Secretary ScwariL He told Mr. Scwnrd of tho determined feeling feel-ing in New York to sustain, andencrgetic action was expected of the government. Mr. Seward replied thnt the peopleahould not be disappointed, and ho thought they would b well Satisfied with what would take pbico In tt, few days. This gentleman gentle-man had also conversed with Postmaster General Bfoir, who gave him the programme pro-gramme of the government, and thinks it will beffeMivo'-ftr-vjaelllng tli disturbances,. distur-bances,. Mr. BUir thinks tho war will be short, spirited and energetic. Troops wilt probably be sent to New Orleans. Congressman BOuliguy, from Louisiana, arrived here to-day from New Orleans. Uo states that' four thousand soldiers have left that city Tot Lynchburg, Vo , and that large bodies or troops from other parts are moving in the same direction. He says n strong Union sentiment still exist in New Orleans, but it h kept in complete subjection by the secessionists. The officially nnnounced determination or the Virginia government to contest the occupation or the right bank of the Potomac, Poto-mac, opposite Washington, Is expected, by the, military authorities here, to result, in a battle" between the Federal forces and the rebels in close proximity to the capital. capi-tal. Gcii. Scott i not quite prepared to advance troopS to the other side of the river; but a strong frrec will, nevcrthc-lewi, nevcrthc-lewi, crow the (ivcr, and assnmb and for-tify for-tify ft position near Alexandria, as soon as the necessary preparations arc completed. The Itichmond authorities arc evidently kept well informed as to thepians or Gen. Scott. The military movements directed by themselves last week shows this. Tlio Quaker City I blockading Cape I nenry. j It is snid the Virginians arc. fitting out I the steamers Yorktown and Jamestown j to run the .blockade or James' River, i where the Mpntccelln is stationed. Scouts who arrived from New Orleans report that even the Home Guard has been mustered into service, with directions to prepare speedily ror transportation northward. The Mayor has called for a second Home Guard. The men seemed reluctant to enlist. It is supposed, nt the farthest, Tour thousand troops have been raised in New Orleans. All of whom have moved toward Richmond. 1 Fusramoiv, Mo., 9th. The two companies of volunteers, from Baltimore, for the secession ormy about lsixty.five men, pasted throu2h here about ten o'clock this morning. They marched I through protected by Gen Shrive and tho Sheriff. The appearanco of tlic men' caused deep excitement; thtro was no outbreak, nnd their worn nnd tattered' appearance excited ridicule rather limn' indignation. i St. Loch, 9th. j 1 It U rejiorlcd that tho collector nt this , port, Mr. Donovan, lias received' orders, ' trom the Secretary or the Treasury, directing di-recting him to examine the manifrstsorl all steamboat destined South, mid com-1 pare them with their cargoes, and if nny ' arms, Munition, provisions, or other snji- j , piles are found ulioard, the vessel and eargo nre to be confiscated and the owners arrested for treason. Tlic nn nounccmciit of these orders, on change, to-day has completely stopped all South' em trade nnd caused a suspension of ship-, ship-, incuts South. j Sr. Lotts, May 10th, a.m. The Legislature ia still In secret session j at Jefferson City. The military bill in- j trodnced last winter, is again before the House, nnd will probably pass. It requires re-quires all male persons from tho ago of eighteen to fifty to serve the Stote mill- : tary, or pay a fine of $150) also to take an oath to support the Constitution nnd laws or the State, or" to be poulslicd for treason. There U considerable excitement in Ot. Louis to-day On acconnt-or the movements or the Legislature. Over twel'ro thousand men were now under, arms and say that they were prepared to resist to the death nny attempt to take the State- out or tho Union. HABRtsncnoir, May 9th. The House unanimously passed a bill j creating a $3,000,000 loan. It raises I fifteen regiments beyond both requlre- mcuts or tbe Federal Government, making a total or fifty-five regiments. Ninety two members; of tho House out of one hundred were present. An act for the immediate relief of the volunteers now in service, passed both Houses to-day and was signed by the Governor. I The geutleman sent from their State (telegraphed that he wonld be in Harris-j Harris-j burgh to-morrow Ho. barf visited South Carolina, Georgia, Virgiuia, Tennessee land Kentucky He reports twontyfivo thousand troops within a radius of fifty miles of Richmond. There were about fifteen thousand troops in Tennessee and i Kentucky, whose supposed destination was Cairo. An officer from tbe Charabersburgh camp bring, tho intelligence that on Tues day morning, the Virginians seized the heights on the Maryland side of tbe Potomac, Po-tomac, aud were fortifying them, A number num-ber or secession troops, bordering on six thousand were there, and were to be increased in-creased by the afrirel of twelve lupdrei rrgoigrs Four companies of cavalry which marched from , Carlisle barracks on Monday, Mon-day, passed through Maryland and had reached .General Scott'a line. WitMmo; Virginia, May. 9tl j To-day was sfrlctly observed n h.ifey or fasting and prayer all store arid business bus-iness hoasrs were cloftcd pAlriatfu er i ntons were preached hi nine out'of twelve ic.h,,c5-, AttheFotirth Street Methodist Metho-dist church, the1 atari and slripea hung In graceful folds rouhd the puljliL Rev. esley Smith, pastor tf that church, dt .vcred a rcry patriotfc.adilrcM.-He said u f. r Td M ftfl,wip with tmltow. Ile diJiiotwnnta secessionist to rft in ! ,arl' w ,rftM traitor fn his houw he wanted him to leave. The government must ho sustained and rcbcl- ton i put down, H? nqotw Ul0 ,aW ot trcawn ami warned rebels, of what they might expect. -The Rev. Mr. Dodge, of the Second Presbyterian church, in an eloquent dt.d patrlbtle address, sald-oir nlegtnnce waS4nflto,tho gotcrnmcot of the Uulted States. Hc prayed that God might rubdue the passion of the rebels or wipe them from the, race or the earth. Rev. Mr. Martin,- at' he conclusion of his scrhion, said he had a rather in Eal err il - Irgthio, whom hc dearly belovetl, boMrhfeMw him reach out his hand to dithotior t!ie America fag'U would htm seirfltrike down the Impious hand. One company of volunt.cfs wn sworn into the BLPH Jtw - i&laj.-r-rerai I w"' V? 8,ror" to-morrow1, Tho Tritune't cprTcspondcnt aays the government is considering tho pqficy. of constrnctiiit floating balterlcs for use on the .Mississippi.. They will no doubt, In a Short lime, be contracted .for. , . i Department lins 'learned thnt fifty thousand incn are within two day' march or Richmond. Order liave bccn given by Geu.Scott, for tho rapid trans-portution trans-portution or forces lo Wnshiugtoi). , Wjishisotox., May 8th. Official advices from Pensacola say the ships are amply supplied With every-thing every-thing for six months, ami the Fort is in excellent condition and cauuot be taken by any force there. . |