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Show LATEST TELEGRifilH! BY PON-v'f lFroia.V .&tra.''oiiy , Trie Pony Express wilh we qp to the morning of tho 2Ctb',Bltin4 here last evening about -T a;cleek.( prascnt dispatches reveal tcrriMlWJ pf excitement everywhere ,throagket States, and the people were 'jiring w a constant apprehension, of cewteg'fW war.. JTocprudeiitial pnrp8Wt7, the South had ceased to, .SHM much of Its intention by Pi have, consequently, Jittle. bnlrCMsgws. rumour from that quarter, while jr8l North we have an abnndaace of .WjT es about warliko preparation, the ing of volunteer compaalcOue nwreawg of rcgimouts, and the-offert. ot money to tho Ifortheri GoverBtajrtW the prosecution of tho war, aw tw scription for the famliifiof vataatw- uartuind. rcimixa or yvit sf' Our first dispatchirom;'! W the evening of tbe,2!&.'Ute,.lMt WJ5 Alberger, of Bnffalo, whb;had.:bfeaM' era! month a,t Baltimore, arrived w York yesfcrilaywith everatotbttpl?J men. Ite reported a rcnrfol conditio thing: streets .barricaded; Hw'Tfi hones loopholed fof.musketry, JK gun store employed, ItwaS K,eJi a uorthern man' life wa uotworta hour' purchase, when the ne?':Pt',t', waf wo fired, It wa reported that Union men were fleeing for theu;-There theu;-There were, nothing lut fe?nJ flying In Baltimore. No piocfalm himself In favor of' the TO A vigilance committee heW FS' session at Barnttm! HoUl and iff. every fctrnngtr. Armed men fty ed to prevent the rebuilding of brtuf'tf lion, MorrisXowry, srM-cial . . from Washington, states that W "c " tHU Mfeaet atoklhefigtilnt Wilttmpre,', !lj that history ouW yet rec6rtl;that, 2thoUh a hundred Mateachuseltg troops Ztie a(Ied with' missiles niid armii Lrtttd from thea; thy -Jul notflro until Miaawniltil-' t)J the Havre or. Baltimore. Mr. towryiw-cnt td Washington- and t un""' ..ptrwtiftltjr with, , Senator Owirw Sd U en. Scott, who were t, ' Dnfrcparcd for such nowaj a cabinet ';. wat Immediately called, at which CT tb prwldeiit that Gtrtvfricks band of the mob. The Battf-mtmK Battf-mtmK ro reported to hate twetre 1 feraef piece) 9d cro fortifying thenelgb) jrtnfc heights,. They were making active iratlojjl1' take lprt McQonry, ihott iwcre ttirned;qo tltfe city. ftinio iblormattonifrom Baltimore, re? mm UAtt.(H;cat, wa j6wcrja (o wtVwijww'i afBg',irete plenty, but rM.aWBaoUloa waa to bo had. pit 1a JtdlTe3,how,i'cr, that Ihe mob: would J try" to prevent, the. passage , of trbopa tkro'agte tfee cltyi the troops would be iipeHed to fight'thelriwar ttcp by step. 'The TaUroa4 between ..Ualtlmoro -nnd WaAtmitdn waa to; bo obstructed, and inm of tW bridge detroycd The people south of the'.' Susquehanna ,VVtr loyal to.tho IJolon.'.ond wculd ivjlst l'k'afi4teg Havre- de' Grace against ;-Keeolu. ;Goyernor;-IIIcka ' Wd pro-' pro-' rt&i'io' General Butler, of .'the Mussa-- Mussa-- tk$iti regiment, against ' landing , troops wwpoHs. Theywcre subsequently , laajeS at the JJay'uI Academy, "which U Echwtrel thr "property of thogovcrn- i tent. ' Vv. '. "' 'V'' '.'?' V fjSSOmamAmmcan reports 'that jJJfay o$ Brown," of,. Baltimore,". Went to ' ' .rftk1nj;ton, on the" 21sY, at,tho"rcqucst tfee Trceldcut', and had'.bad VIqiii: in-Vtrtew in-Vtrtew itu the . presence of tho Cabinet ud Geodral Scotti The,Tmtdcnt urged i'.tlw.absolate'n'cc.essityf. transit through IWttMorc; General Scott'd opinion wns -ita hHflg trodpj thrbugh'Maryland.'nVpid-t'larBeUtmore,, thrbugh'Maryland.'nVpid-t'larBeUtmore,, If I ttie.pc6ple"wciu!d ,not faeriii: it .Vlf :nott?Uio,troops,would hari? Vteieleet their wa best route, and if mcd the Brt'ijflght'theirway thrcfngb. The PrwIdent .and.Sccretary of War heartily 's'ooflwrcd ty tbe dc$!re;to avpid any col-leB.'TIa col-leB.'TIa Mayor, said that the authorities authori-ties would use nil lawful means to prevent 'prttes';lai.Hg5 tba, city to attack troops iwg at a distance,' bat was unoblo to jtproas ,'any"ra6rei''Tho l?rcsideiit ttti- mrcd tbat;ho moro( troops' w6uld.be sent through the rfty'.uuiitew obstructed ft oAet :dlrectluns,.wlth the. understanding that the city authorities 'should use, their "''bed efforts to restrain the people.;?'! "Oeiitlemen-who'had arrived at New. -Xetlf,' froat 'Washington,1 frcportcd! that WllaJiuljoreans hydtclegrapirtd to'Unr- .,ptr'.FefryforAyifgin!ar troops to comb to their sopport,-.- ' , J? 'iTIie house. of .Henry Wlakir Davis had 'eir.enterctlby a mob, but as be had left, Ids family was not mlestfdf $jTjiefca!lor jtlio't German-Turners, bad been Jacked. , Fears bf an' extended conspiracy among the negroe,.eiisted in St Clary's county, aad the roads were cpustaiitly guatded by niouiitcti men, TfiO Kew York Tort, of the 24 tb, ititM , that a messenger had passed thresh 'Oocktrsvilla on the 21st, with border frowOcovScott to Oor. Cuitlu to throw troow ir.tq emp as,r'pp"u.Ily as pop-11, pop-11, for'the ptirposo of making' demrfu ?stratrqns-otj. JaItiinoref at the first praii tieablf raoineiit. Tlitrrowas said, to bo ix tfea'mbn''- tliere Xl'that'.lfme, un 1M( Msjor.TorterVnnd. shortly,, lltonumb? r weald lpacU. ten thoquand; 'Itftusrjatd 'that evfry BbSe-Iwdicd man in the soutlo rB untie of rcnnsylrauia had fulisttd J&rtial Uwjwfts declared itrBalUmore on : theSdJ' 'Xll place jot amusemetit?. and taVehts' were 'shut up."' CotrHBy-hadTcsigned his commission in the rtny,;with otlierIarylandcrs. GoTUicks had issued it proclamation eavenlng' tho legislature oil the25tlf, lit conjeqacnce'of the federal troops landing at'AnnapolU.s Ut 'was reported that the President had ,ald to the Baltimore deputation, on the 2Sd,Jthat;.lf the passage or U.c United .States", troops was again obstructed, he would laythcir city iu ashes. 'General tamon reports that Mr. Lincoln Lin-coln replied to th? Baltimore committee: "Gentlemen, now go .home, and tell your geppli jf the won't attack lis we wotrt. attack them If they attack us, "we will retMiatoteverely. Troops must come to 'Washington; and that through Mjjjknd,;tidTt(iot'they sball. TIBOISI. TttE NORFOLK KAVY YAnn. A dispatch of the 23d states that a gentleman from Norfolk wna at Dultimoro ie,preccdihg,day, and reported thescut-ilng thescut-ilng of " some of the ships at tho former place, throwing down the henry derricks, 4 yio destrnctlon of much of ,thq ina-eiBry,.yorMcf'or ina-eiBry,.yorMcf'or tlw government. The Pawnee arrived.atjNorfolk on the morn gof thesis The Baltlmbro Amttican of tho 22d wMOfirt tho report of tho scuttling of the Pennsylvania, Columbus, Delaware, Xtari-Ua Xtari-Ua nd Mcrrima,c ,at Norfolk, by order of Cap'tahi Pendergrast, and the-destruction of their arms. The Majors of Norfolk and Portsmouth had sent a flag of truce to Pendergrast to k if he intended to flro on the town, He replied that he should act altogether on the defensive. If fired upon, or the eavy-ynrd Was attacked, It would bo his drtytq;Jrcoa the 'two cities It was Hot known whether the Pawnco entered Hbarbor or returned to Fort Monroo, - Thexcjcmcnt nVNorfolk nnd PorU-moulh PorU-moulh was intense, women and children were flaring, and "tricii rallying to arms, lwaa excated that tbe sblp cf tho line JfcwiYo, 6a Ihi atocks, Would U fired before the jard was abaudoned. lvel-FS lvel-FS buildings by blowing them up with !Ptder, was going, on, and itwaa thought were would be. au effort to destroy all without lite, for fear tho conflsgration tolfht extend to tho cities. Io)iepf Norfolk had seized the powder-hodsb 41 Graby Islaitd, and re-oted,tha re-oted,tha powder (o tho city, and were Rrtklng Arrangements for n, vigorous.de-jense. vigorous.de-jense. The only veswls saved, to crirry away Government forces, were the Poca-tontai Poca-tontai nd Cumberland. The slhousea ro iiv'g toju down and factories level-f". level-f". t'e ground, with the Intention of Ting and abandoning them on the 20th. Caleb Cashing arrived at DTarrisburg on tic 22oVaud left for Washington pt 'day.T'jfoYsild' ,-iliai .Genlliee. with five hon'drod yirgihi'a' troops waa covering ;;Arlingtpti -heights.. Tho. General narrowly nar-rowly escaped, Injury from , tho people of Caribto and .Chembersburgj Ho stated that, ha Was o Ids way to .Massachosctts tft Join a rcgimcot.for thd defence of the Unioiui h ;' ,j 'f-' ' icnti Jennifer ,1.1 reported as having deserted frbas the Carliile barracks, lie had full knowledge of the plans of the government. go-vernment. Dispatches for bis' arrest had bccn sciit In every direction. . Thirty;Hv ntudchts ..In tha Episcopal Theological BcmiriaryiFairfield tonntyfV V, having received intimation that they were td ,bo waited upon .. .by a, vigilance ,con; mif tee,, resolved to flee tp tho Free States tut soon as possible. One had arrived at :New-York. ; ' ; ' The. secession feeling was' strong at Alexandria!. . All btfslnesa was suspended; especially trad 6 on the river. Provisions werqbecomlng scarce, and Conr, ecpeclally, had advanced in price. ; Tho city of 'Wheeling ' wa Inta great Itato .of nt'clt(mcut, "The' Dtiion jehtl-rijent'ewasbnoyant. jehtl-rijent'ewasbnoyant. Aflargo .meeting Was held' In Clarksburg oh the 22d. lteaolu- tioni were ndopted:tevcrely ceusnring the course, cihg phrsticd ,by Gov. Ietcbcr and the eastern Virginians. Eleven delegate dele-gate were appointed to meet delegates from alt the northwestern counties, In Wheeling, on the lUtb of May, to deter, mine what course should, be taken in the present emergency.,'. The' facilities for ob-taiiitiig' ob-taiiitiig' news were very meagre j but re? ports thus far received were favorable to the Union sentiment iri'wcstcrrivVirglnla. Commanders U. II. Page, Arthur Sinclair, Sin-clair, J, lt.ToiJcer,;Lieuicmints L. Spota-W9od,, Spota-W9od,, nod Boburt:J,cgri(m Jiad received commissions as Cuptnius'in aim Virginian navy, baviug previously tendered their resignations in tlto United States navy to Washington, Ben McCullougb, was at Alexandria with two thousand Virginlutis. Four tbOftsatjd barrels of flour, bound lb Richmond, Were seized at Georgetown, on Sunday the 20tlu In a' letter from Secretary Seward to Gov. Hicks, of .Indiana, who had requested request-ed the President to ,send no ro, troops through , that State, and who bad also proposed asking' the British minister at Washinglon to act as incrotor between the. rebels and the government, Mr. Sew. ord rcpllcd that,the'pcojile .of the .United States could settle' their own differences without calling on a European monarchy todosoTorthcni. A ' -'v jTheBaitimqrc Sua states that although President Divls woiitiot Jn.ltlcbmojid be would be sooni ami would, make bis head' quarters there, witb an advd'.cc-guard of live thousand Carolinians, and would be rapidly rmrifqrccd-baiiug ordered the enrollment of "thirty thousand men. it wag.rcportcd that VieoPrcsident A Hi Stephens was on his way to ltichinond, and that two thousand eight hundred South Carolinians and Georgians were on their way to X'ortsmootb. Tiio Virginians bail possession of Norfolk. There were eight hundred Tegular United States troops at Fortress Mom roe riuorc were arriving. It wui reported report-ed thai the Virginians talked of stunning Fort Monroe; The Tfortrces wag considered con-sidered nhtiot., Impugnable. TJho. Vir tjiiiiaris tliiriKiho'Fort canbe taken,-but nckon on a itreiit loss of life. A Philadelphia dispatch says "that General Uennregnrd wasiti Richmond on the 'Sad. He had nt a . note to Mr. Lincoju, reiioinmendfng.the rcmovul.of.llie women .and. children front Washington before Satohlny the 27th. A detachment of Cot. Duncan's regiment, regi-ment, about 400 strong, tinder Captain B;clia .had ,lcftsby..:the, Na?hViite railroad for tbe'Southcrir Confederacy, on the evening of thc'SSth. Dauicl Diekcnsott4 In bis speech of; the 201b, said he Coped we would strike down in our lulgbt, and if necessary wipo the Soutli from the fuea of tho earth v It.H.rtfiorted tlia't tho secessionists had erected batteries two miles' below Mount Vernon, .and at Indian Head, and twenty miles lower dqwu to Potomac. A letter from Washington, iu the New York Timtt, say Gncrnl Scott Had sent orders to Fort Washington to destroy the rebel batteries below Mount Vernon at all ; hazards. A riailt OH TIIE MISSOURI. 1 An Omaha dispatch or the 23d, states that a messenger had just arrived from Mio-brnra, Mio-brnra, wlio.kWted that tho inhabitants of j that place assembled in arms! and boarded the stcaincr Omaha when she landed at that point, and demanded that the captain cap-tain ahuulU go uo further up the river. They also stated that they would allow uo boat to pass, up for the purpose of removing re-moving the Fort Randall troops, as. they were ail tho protection tho, frontier had. A difficulty occurred, when the citizens and the steamboat men commenced firing on each other. Four persons were known to have been killed and several wounded. Tho Omaha was obliged to turn down stream. HISSpUW. A largo and enthusiastic meeting had been lield at Warsaw. Strong Southern rights "speeches had been made, and resolu tions were passed cmleruiig Governor Jackson's course, anil condemning .Lincoln's. .Lin-coln's. Everybody was reported to bo in favor of secession. A great Uniou meeting was held at Lexington on the 22d. The stars and utripcs were raised, and the peoplo expressed ex-pressed their determination to adhere to them to the last. A largo enthusiastic meeting was held in tho eauie county on the 20th, endorsing the action of the Confederate States and tho course of Gov. Juckson. Speeches were made by Hon. S. 11. Woodson, Dr. Gordon and others. The resolutions were strong nnd to the point, thanking Gov. Jackson for his reply to Lincoln's call, and, offering four regiments of slaves to whip au eiiual number of abolitionists. Some six military companies were already formed in the county, several numbering one buOdred men tho military spirit was high. Tho county of Lafayette was equal to the emergency. AJUUNS19 scnnKSDia or roar swvu. An Immense meeting was held at Van Hurcn on the 20th, which waa addressed by United States Senator It. W. John-Sun, John-Sun, Jlon. Jesse Turner and others. The Uniou men bad all turned vecessionists iu western Arkansas. A strong feeling for Immediate secession prevailed. The convention con-vention was called to meet on tho Cth of Ma. - . A dispatch from Fort Smith of the 9ltb,.tutes UinV that place was In posies-shut posies-shut of State troops."1 ; About 12 o'clock on the night of the 23d, a volunteer , force, under the conn ! mand of Colonel Solon Horland, landed at the wharf from: steamboats, the command uoiaberlng nearly eight hundred men. About an hoar before tbilt arrival, Cap-,, tain Storgla decamped with his command, consisting of ivrd cavalry regiments. Ho took away iha'JiOrscs. belonging- to his command, and' such snpplles as, he could transport. .' He was falling back on Fort Washington . " ' . , , .Tito post was. formally surrendered by Captain A. Montgomery, to General K, Benjamin, Adjutant General of tho tats, Uo placed Col, Borland in charge.' Captain Cap-tain Montgomery atid Mgr Gatlin; were takea prisohiri They were discharged' on puroloJ Abcmt seven hundred state troops were there.' They were passed In r view, in the garrison-nafada ground; ' The; flag: of tho Confederate State ofj America waa raised' on the fort at 12 O'clock amid the tiring of cannon aiid tho cueers or the multitude. After the review, three checre were Riven' for IhecUlMn soldiers, three cheers; for President Jeff. Davis, and three cheers' for Governor 1I,M. Rector. '' The stock and property tateri pdMcs-stott pdMcs-stott of, was estimated at $300,000. ' jtort ncKtNs. A letter' from Pcnsacola stales that Major Tower, of Masjitchuscttfj, was, in command. at ptekens. Tlie steamer. Atlantic arid frigate Mac-Donough Mac-Donough had arrived. It was' sald that .arrangements bad been mado.by the sccessldnfstl for an assault as-sault with fivo hundred men" on the fort, on tho very uight. of tho .reinforcement, nnd it was, therefore, deferred. i The Cincinnati Gfowifof the 24 tb, professed having Information that Fort l'fckcus was attacked on the nth by the secession forces, Who' were' driven1 back witb a loss of thirty throincn. Not a person in the garrison was injured. KKNTCCXT, At . liOaTsville, seven companies of State Gnards, nnmbcring C50 men, under Col. Tilghmanf bad been .organized. A coropany of secessiohlstSj One' bun-drcd bun-drcd and fifteen innutnber.lcft Cynthiana, on the. 22d, to join the Confcderuto'nrmy. Wheii the train arrived' at JPrarikfort, thor were ordered to show their, flatr. Which they, did, displaying a 'secession flag, from the' window; Several"-RloAcs were thrown at the. train, wheii the Lieut, of the company fired into -tho' crowd, Tho cars were attacked by the citizens, and boulders and -paving ' stones- rallied upon then) promlscuonsly; They finally got off with bot little personal injury Great excitement prevailed during the remainder of tho. day and threats were made to tear op the truck. Tho ciHtens declared that no more trains bearing secession se-cession UOopi should pain through that place. A proposition bad been made by the Ooernor or Kentucky to tho Governor of Ohio,, that the Governors of the Bor-! dcr Stated prorwutohif.tUiiitedrS(atc Govcrnmeht to beebino' arbitratorir ,bc twecn the contending parties' lit the present pre-sent difficulties. THUS. , The Birmingham, Boston nnd Teias line of steamers had been, temporarily; suspended. Preparations fcr'war were progressing on a large scale. Tho remaining Ftdcral troops at Xtt-dianola Xtt-dianola would probably ho' takeu fprih OIICH, Governor"-Houston had snbken at Gal veston ouf the lOtb.wbcn ho denied ciu phatlcaly having commnriicated with Mr Lincoln's Government, and also denied lhathe claimed still to bathe Governor of Texas. Rumors from an authentic source bad reached Brazos that the Mexicans were getting up. another guerilla warfare against tho citizens on tho Rio Grande, about Brownsville The town of Romo had been pillaged and burned, and many American families had been murdered. Brownsville, also, bad been threatened. The number of federal troops left (n Texas was about one thousand. They were nbuuda'itly supplied with provisions' and means of transportation. The nntn-Iter nntn-Iter in tho vicinity of Jndfanola was about five hundred. rENSSYLVSIA, A bearer Of dispatches from 'Mr-Lincoln to" Gpil. Patterson, of Philadelphia, arrived oni the morning of the 22d. lie stated that th& capitol was. safe from any attack thai could be made The messenger messen-ger traveled part of tho way on foot, passing himself off as a Methodist preacher, preach-er, i.lle said there waa a reign of 'terror at Baltimore,. and the Union men1' were obliged to succumb to tho mob. Several of tho Pennsylvania troops who had becii missing tinea the riot, had turned up at Philadelphia, and reported having been confined in jail In. Baltimore, and that thirty-Gvc others bad, been wandering, wan-dering, in tho woods near Coming's. They bad been taken to the neighboring houses and treated kindly. They had not yet returned home. NEW YORK. In New York, a corporation bad been been formed by leading citizens, creating a permanent uational patriotic fond, for the care and support of the families of those who went for the defense of tho country, Wm. B, Aster had offered to give the government $1,000,000 aud to loan it $10,000,000. One thousand barrels of powder had been seized at New York, bound to New Orleans; also a lot of blank registrations of vessels for the Couftderute States, AU vessels bound to sea arc strictly watched. Got. Morgan had rcccived.a, telegram that the 8th Massachusetts regiment, under General Butler, had arrived safely and landed at Fort McUenry on the 20th. Mayor Wood, in a message to the city canned, recommended the appropriation of one million dollars, by the city, to aid the war. ' A resolution would be offered to appropriate half a million dollars to the widows arid rerpharis of -.the men "who might fall in defcaee of 'the Hag, ;; A lot of BnlfarvM for the southern army had been aCiiscd at a store (a Dey street. It appeared that a "diabolical attempt" bad been made to poison tho Massachn-setts Massachn-setts volunteers aboard tho State of JHalne, while at New, York, by sending them poisoned brandy One man .died; four or five. other had bcenhder its Influence; In-fluence; hot would probably recover." The perpetrator of the outrage was unknown; un-known; ' -' ' :r ' Th State aathorilies of, New York bad decided to muster, into immediate GervicC, the .whole 6f thirty :thousand.vTol nnteers, vas :aathorlzcd by tho Legisla. tare. ' -'-- " ' . Thcvcaomoft council of New, York bad voted one million dollars' to armand equip regimeats; and 1500,000 for families of volunteers. - '- s -. ' - Major Anderson bad am. official, recep-t recep-t ion on the 23d, In reply to an address frofit ayo Wood,.be aaidf ' ' "Mr. Mayor It cannot be expected of toe', a soldiery, to talk as 1 wonld Jiko to, and as I feel a desire to. J I have only to say that I lutre tried to do' my' duty humbly hum-bly and truthfully, and .faithfolly, In de- fendimr the Union Jiap. God srant that" we may maintain the honor of that flag nnd oar country, and in Him let us trust and all wUI be well." . ' "' . Tlio JetOB,fMaacachusctts and .Colo-Tadd-wgUAWrtttly tw iisalyfor-gew;:iic the NleaMga, from Spain, bad arrived. The cckbted bark Grnpo Shot was lying la, the New York, basin, an .object of suspicion. The captain! had asserted bis 'determination to defend til-, flbff to tho last, government would look sharp after binr. f . An attempt had '"been made1 by. Hbo captain of .the surveying steamer Vnrlna to rubber off south from, tha navy yard. The, crow auspectcd something wrong and Informed the commander of the 'North CarsWaa, who pnt her out of cdiamis-aieB.j',,1 cdiamis-aieB.j',,1 ,' f : ' '" " - Scveral'atcamers had waited from New York with troops front various points: A regiment of riflemen waa fonntiig ln Newt .York .".City, of Italians; Bwhs . and Hungarians, to bo called the" Garibaldi gunrd Tb. British residcnla were forming,; a rcgiracht .'of fight infantry, one company was completed and the second was forming. form-ing. . . , Hon. Daniel E. Sickles contemplated raising a regiment to scrVo during the war.' -, ' . , '.I "I '" . Coramodoro Yandcrbllt was' said to have Informed . the gbvcrum'eiit that they could, have bit .Whole fleet or, steamersTull manned nnd equipped without the chargo; bfa'pephy'," w Tho steamer Catawba bad arrived with IlaTamia dates to tho 1 $ ill lust. The reductiun of Port Sumter caused great cCnsntlda'at , Havana ; busiuca was almost guspended. ' , Mojbr l'ollock, U. 8 A bad been appointed ap-pointed by the Governor, Adjnlaut-Oene-ral of New. York. Dr. Bobt. Sabo and Daniel. Fish bad been arrested for treason.. Tho former for enlisting troops, and the latter or furnishing arras nnd munitions;' for the Southern Confederacy. - "Sttjstty-lfcVw Southern cadets had .left . WwrfTOlftv, In conqu iico'of Vief arfoft to renew, the oath of allegiance id the United States., Gieral Wbol bad received Information Informa-tion tlmtliwo privateer atcamersvere fltt tingjaot' at Norfolk befpfe. Virginia sc-cledf:one,Jiad sc-cledf:one,Jiad aJMhglo 'rifled gun, and tin) otherVfiiur largo gutnr. " Tlic.New'Y'orkfAssOciatca Press liad sent three re portent fq,go;as. near Balli-more' Balli-more' as possible, In. order, tp. aend tho earliest news by, ..every practicable and impracticable way'i WasmKctojf. A general order from General Scoll, dated the 19th, extends the military district dis-trict of Washington to Delaware and Pcnnsylvanin-nnder .Mnjdr General Pat, tcrscm, who is ordered to post volunteers of Pennsylvania all along lie railroad from Wilmington to Washington, to sufficient numbers to protect the rails and telegraph. tele-graph. General Scott Is said to feel confident ; that sufficient force cannot be brought to capture Washington. It was rumored that martial law would soon be proclaimed at Washington. A lot of. bays, from Washington, bad captured a steamer at Alexandria, and brought her to Washington, There were two thousand four hundred stand of arms aboard. j Lieutenant Maury disappeared from that city on the 19th, and Captain Scott was put in bis place. Advices from Washington of that dale, state that the government had planted cannon on all the heights overlooking the city. Thcro'4waa about 10,000 men under arms. Later dispatches state that tho dc-feiiscs.of dc-feiiscs.of the public buildings at Washington Washing-ton Jiad Jjcen strengthened, and tho canf-lol canf-lol anrrvrandefl-bj' hastily thrown up defenses; de-fenses; General Scott bad remarked to some gentlemen who had pointed to the report about bis resigning,; "No, aim, please God, I will fight Tor many years yet for this Union, nnd tbnty too, under the protecting pro-tecting folds of tho star-spangled banner." ban-ner." General Harney, commanding officer of the Western Department, left St. Louis for Washington on the 23d, In obedience to an order received front tho Secretary of War: Lleqtenant Merchant, U,S. A., lately at the arsenal at St. Louis, had forwarded his resignation to the Secretary of War. Dr. Brewer, surgeon, U. S. A., had also resigned. Among the received resignations were Commodore McBlalr, of the navy: Lieu teua.nU Burnett and Winter, of the national na-tional observatory: Lieutenants Brooke, Powell, Lewis, and Simons, of the navy; and Colonel Johnson, Quarter-Master General of tho army. The Commbuary Department was now fully prepared to issue thirty thousand cooked rations daily; It was said that provisions were becom-ming becom-ming scarce at Washfogtou. Government Govern-ment was supplying families witb the seized flour at 8,00 per barrel It was stated that Government bad directed Com. Breeze to charter twenty ttsamew, of light draught, for three month' ae'rvJce'.Hii arm them' with nlrte-Ificjt nlrte-Ificjt pivot guns, Bod'fit them for" sea: I Defensive works-had been thrown Bp for tho protection of the capital building: barricades had, : also, been constructed around the treasury ikphftufcni ; h - ' - . " vkroioxT Throughout the State, rtgiraenU were betog raised, and money' given for, the soppoirt of Hie government. .Cities-"and towns were "ltt blaxe of cxciletaeht." ' . i - ,- ..''': CON.NtCTtCUT, ., At Bridgeport, $2,566.' had been subscribed sub-scribed Co equip the three, companies or-gatilxinjr or-gatilxinjr fortho Crthecticut regiment," and. 000),for,ftb(( support of, the families Of the soldiers, who would volunteer. , , --'-'' 'tti'txt; ' " -. Tlie legisiatare' laii ,voted rife, 'pledge tho entire resource of "the State to the sup'port'orthe federal government : Tlie leglslalhre bad tlnanlmottsly apprCK priatfcd. oue million .dollars for military purpose, . ' , ' . . ... ; ' Througlibutjy State enlisting and 'ganiziog,was gOTOg.onf' " , ( S , At Concord,.6it the' 22d,' ex-President Pierce bad made.a- aricech.'cbnjurinif -the people1 to uphold (ho old 'flag, arid to be trae:tctbercoflntry.ii, '- 'V .''!-- - lit New Hampshire1, the"cltlcj on .the coast weroputtlnir their harlmrs in i tet of dcrense, end jrois fiiti 'WbHe" Mditii-tutns Mditii-tutns to the occatt they Jwere ready fof: duly,- '- - '- .--v ' " " ;tusws .. , .j . The Illinois legislature, had passed a bill for '.he. organization, of six ' reglraenti, ni callcd for by tlio Tresldent, arid wot signed by the.govcrnor' . . ti A' prlvato dispatch at Lonlsville, states Ibat Uarib, Illinois, was invested by one thousand federal troops,, and that four thousand more were jfcxpected soon. ..Considcrablo Cxcitcroerit was created rit Carlo, "oil account of the nrrivol of United St tea "troops. 'Governor' Yat'ct, liad given assurantqSj tdut no orders bad been Issued , to obstruct river., cbmmerco at Cario: the troops were sent there, merely as ri precautionary measure. President Burnside, of the IlHnoU Central Cen-tral Railroad,, was to be Coloiicl, of ta Rhode. Island regiment, Geprgo, Bj.Mc-Clellaiidof Bj.Mc-Clellaiidof the sarim road.had accepted a BrIgadicr;G,cncraUihiii tu. the .I'cnnsyl'va-inla'.forcea;" .I'cnnsyl'va-inla'.forcea;" 7 j , .;NOftTH ?BOLtK. It Is said that seven thousand stand of nrois had been captured by the e cession-Istsin cession-Istsin taktngUe-Fayettville, North Car oliua -arterial, The Adjutant-General of North Carolina Caro-lina called for 30,000 troop. Tlw Governor of North Carolina had called an extra scssiou of tho legislature for tholptb of May. TEXSPSSKK. Tlie government had received n message mes-sage froui the, Governor of Tcnuessco In reply to the demand for tho quota of troops. He nays he would not- comply, bat would rather furnish fifty thousaud men agaiust the north. tomsuK. Tho Governor of Louisiana bad re wly'ed.inforraaticin thai Gftecn 'thousand Teiihcscctoh.c"re on'.th"oIr"'waj;'Ultd?ifiiii tlie Confederate army. ' fvThe sti-nnier Marimls de Haraha had IfeenMmrCbased by tho Confederacy and would soon bis' fitted oiit.as a warsteame'r. S!cw Orleans' advices state- that, the free colored population, at a meeting held oil tlie 22d, Ttrsolteil io tender their- scr vices to' the government for the- defence of the State., Another meeting was culled (o , adopt measures, to cleat, the city of abolitionist? who bad already been arrested. - The Indiana leiristature convened on ' the 25th, Governor Mortou delivered his message;, in tbe afternoon 1 te recommended- tho appropriation, of $100,000 for military purposes, ond, recommended the passage of a law defiuing aud puuis'h-ing puuis'h-ing treason. MtSCKUASKOl'S, Several of tho Massachusetts soldiers, wounded at Baltimore, arrived at Boston on the 22d. Among them Was Stevens, of-Lowell, who had been reported lead. He had three ribs lirokcn by paving stones. Mr. Stevens Btatcs that Gftecn wounded Ualtlinoretms were taken to the station-house with him, He intended to rejoln his regiment as soon as he wus abto to do so: Fort Miflliu bad been garrisoned by an artillery company aud tlie Kensington Rifles. A. piratical vessel bad been seen In the Bay, altedgcd to be manned by fifty men. It was' also stated that she had stopped a tug off Chester,. and compelled tho captain to haul down tlie American flag. Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, had enlisted as a private in the battalion Of Massachusetts rifles. Senator Biker, of Oregon, had .been chosen colonel of a regiment of Cnllfyrnl-ans: Cnllfyrnl-ans: they had raised $20,000 for the, wpifpment. At Albany, the banks of the city bad tendered $3,500,000 for war purpose's. Prominent men of the Border States are reported 10 have asked for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to compromise. A great SoBtherii meeting waihcld at Oceola. on the 20th; tho Southern flajr was hoisted, and speeches were made by Col.W. A. McCain and Others. They seemed to be unanimous there for secession. seces-sion. Col. Stevens, a millionaire, of New Jersey, liailigitifial las fotcotton to equip a rcftimetit for service. Wilson's regiment of Zouaves had taken a solemn oath to support the flag and march through Baltimore. Six hundred dollars of the loan at Mobile Mo-bile had been taken by colored ?rson. It was supposed to be the intention of the Southern Confederacy to march North vrith fifty or sixty thousand men, excepting except-ing fifty thousand more, from Virginia. The Union fecbnjf in Delaware continued contin-ued unabated. The National Typographical Congress had decided to postone the meeting in May, on account of the tiatfonst troubles. Reports from the north show no abatement abate-ment of enthusiasm In raiing men aud money for the war, and more volunteers had been mustered than were called for, and money eriengii. bad been pledged to carry7oriVwar several years;. ;,' ,1.. i. , i r.i.. '.li ,.- 1 1 1 n , '. m, r- .I, -. |