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Show LATEST rjESS ' BY PONVv ll?-Wltr((effi'jj 'AtE Pony Express, with et- yice;hp to the 2d r M.y, city tt. l?ftoo.--ygrBJ,J; aggressive step had T -Tho rumor from the, South mmiL form In representing tr0op, mtZ ward.4 .Washington, :ad tlm -ffij1, a "enthusUtlu. I.i. marcklng V choice reglrtienl.. " From, eyeryihing la the movetatnfjof Mr; Lincoln, it s evident hi .r-w' are intended, to overawe thoSomb Hx Z kM y6Wf aBgtctsion tetta hope- . TeleHraphlb CohntctlSn wss still cn't ff In -Maryland, rendering. If fmposiiu to' receive telegrnpt.ic report from the South The llnes.rw ,LonIsviIle; -NoihTilte, i' New: Orleans. were, Iu operation bat w new-., of Southern movement ws ter. mltted to come' North. ', Xv-.;-v,' , - A.xtfoc;ASDJ m6ss- iitfoartn tttuAtti .;the sotTHEnjr BmitiM. TJib.first'dispaiche relatinythe s'ttV-upon s'ttV-upon 'Fort?.Sumter, nwde'no. meaifoa of any particular lbss bn'the'sidfof thsSoatli Carolinians, and frerfectIyxfgriored; tU'. deaths bf--anyof tlie:attncklrg pn?e- In the present-, dispatches, from 'differtni pmQiis;-nt'-;:-difrercntplarc, tVere re atateucnU made Which "lead .to the eon-'' elusion that thcre must hove bec ahesvy. los? at Fort Mbultrie.and other atUekfiig. tmttcrie. " . !. - '. , . A dispatch ofjUhe 30th State that,' by the arrivalit;N.w ;V,ork bf a person who had, been; forced jtb.serve In- the Confed rate army'; aiid. wh.,hid" subsequmtly' escaped, they learn that at 'least tltou. "nttbHv' werenicd:. '' -,v- AtfMjiultrie,' foutMinndred tferelklltd. thirty by "Andertoii' first discharge.'," " ' The killed, wens Interred at hlpnti'In Pot ter' field; many, also, were killed tf dwelling outsldci the fort. The -okbVr were threatened with death if thry disclosed dis-closed thcfacli.nhont the killed, I''opls were constantly inquiring, for friends; sad were assured that they were at Sollivia'i Island. Another, who irsx at forri IsW, say one hnndred and fifty men fir killed there, and forty ut SuIUv'an's Tdandj . the s.tmostatemenus made relative to tt1 " dead being buried at.' night. Theyle statojhat tho negroe bidy. wanted Wf leader to give the word, wnea. Hi. laiighter yoold.be jerrible. . .4 " Captain Carron;of the schooner It. B. Pitts, from .Charleston,, nt'New Jork, stiitc that he was ut'the wharr,"nearFort Moultrie, during -the Sumter benibaril-ment,, benibaril-ment,, nf.'d say that, on Sundsy highs,' sixty dead bodlcs'Wcro carried ;atrutt htr track to land, and.on, Monday "tiiglit forty more Were carried bnt at one time', sod sixty at another. Captain' Cnmoa tsi mate saw and counted all the. bodies, ;nd say, that all the soldier were' worn. ta deny any los of life, rOBT ncKE,t. A Chicago dispatch of the 28th.lUt that hnndrt-dsof men who had. gone, to Pensncoln, to take Piekens, were return, ing home daily, disgusted, and satisfied that is was impossible for the CoofedersU States to captnre the Fort. A lirgt nnmbc.r or troops at Pensacola were, lick and dying in the hospitals from the effect uf fatigue, exposure and hunger. The gentleman who report the above, j adds, that the people.of Alabama andMfe; sisfippl wcro almost crazy with excitement; excite-ment; that the mob spirit was rsmpsat everywhere, and rendered dally desperate in localities threateaed by Isom and starvation. sonnt CABOLIKA, . Governor Ellis had called fbriibkly thousand volunteer additional to the regular regu-lar militia, nnd all organized corp.fr commanded to be in readioes t BD0 notice. , , . . A rhifadelpnia dispatch to thtftwB says, that passenger from Richmond stsw that Ocn, Gr.tew ofNorth Carolin. m n nnlved there and ttadered ,0,sr Carolina troop, , . A dispatch to the New York Wf of the. 30th, pn the anthority or a geatle men at Philadelphia just from Wilmington., Wilming-ton., states that the people ol North Carolina were all op in arms, and we preparing to come North with j sever! thousand trbops, for tho purpott Governor Elli Informed hits of ""'"jf an attack on Washington. The day. W left, Governor Ellis showed ft diP which ho. had just recelreA .from Montgomery, Mont-gomery, stating that some fifty tnowww troop were on. their, way to join those rt North Carolina about to leave W ' mond, and that it was the purpose ef-tM I Confederate. Government to make MBtUtt without a moment" delay. That If lag ; were to attack Washington It Idone before the Federal Government concentrated a largo force at WaS- ton , m He had conversed with Oqv.L on the 3Hh, and the Governor tld i that It wa the purpose of the Soutkera State to attack Washing t . lie, Letcher, had advlerlgltit;w the Confederate Governmest wa f stant attack. He ay tht ho o doubt that tbo attack weald U very toon, at Beveral point at time that every little Tillage wa brUlbas with bayoneU. and that th peoflfwere perfectly frantic. ,ria farter slated that Qpnrhor Ellis ltd showtd liira' ft dispatch Jtbai 1'chsa-col. 1'chsa-col. dated tha flflth, from GtSncral llrafrn;, (ti8fr that. DO attack pu fickcns pp to that tint had been made, and It trait not ik purpose tar attack it for eoiuo time Information kd bcea received from Wilrgt, to tho effect that thriece-ifcnfets thriece-ifcnfets fc the entire coatrol there. Two ver 1mA been cesipellcd to discharge tfcek crg rtcc, 911 aceonnt of, the n'arclt "of jtravlslaH. Troops wero at , rifiag ihHy. '- .j ' ' , ' ' , , The Chief Justice of Vermont, who lad ntided' fa North Carolina foe the- past two awstfes, arrived at 'ttarrisburg .on . the J9th. lie camo with passes from Qoitr-i Qoitr-i Letclw 4 Kills, and' aya,Hhat Kortk CarWtoa waa almost unanimous for eeasiofl.r ' V' ' ' CwTeap'ogileaco'ffgM the South repre- Htt4. that North Carolina would go out of tk VnA by acclamatiott, " t v. .TV5l,t' ' . - Senator Mason ,W serenaded it Fred'c-riek, Fred'c-riek, 00 the evening of, the 27tb. In his rMponw he said that be Was (litre accidentally acci-dentally and .could tint with .propriety (peak of Maryland politics, bat' could' peak,bnly of Virginia Ho cqnldsay the reconstruction of,, the Union, was' an lm-! possibility. . , "Virglnr, sympathised ;with jrfrjfl4Hd, and he ju&lcated tharyirgmia, .was' disposed fo'ixlitbit her sympathy practically. Hon. Rewdy JOaaQO waa wldto have " ia his pMCMioa a letter from Presi.'Lih-win," Presi.'Lih-win," wresting that Maryland, .through lUligUlaturo, should agree, to. on armistice armis-tice with the QcnerprOoTcrnmeirt"for six dst'si"? Other dispatches say", sixty iliy,'' - A: Courier had1 nrrivcdl.at Frederick, fro Tirgbita', and couiniiinieatcd; thrj fact that Virginia bad united; herself with tU Southern Confederacy." v ; Toe XatidnatsJn(ettigtnur slates, 'that bath 1Ioae of -thb. 'Iegtjlttture. had .rtrcsolullcm, affirming jthe.TrTglV of tbtOeBerat.GoTerumcut to, marcli troops tbreagh Maryland, Without hlhdrahceV to defeed Washington. - v ... - !; A sjtcetal d&patcb ;!to' theSew Yoii Jtit wya.the presence ,'o't. .Sbcrnj"aha,bt wry "at Elkton, chaoRtd5 the cotnmiiniiy' frbaKeeawnisto-Unron wen. Troops were concentrating around Baltimore, eAprirate' 'dispatch,, from .lloltiinaro, Hji secession ,,wnS defunct there, and that Ha.'ljnlin'sts Jwcrc agalu ," trinraphant. Tin rcaclibq'. WM bverwiielnjliig m Tall part of the-State. "8ecesi0it?1llags had disappeared. "'.. ' " ' ; - '.' A 'tpoiitaueous -union meeting, bad been held Jn ; Baltimore, oil the night of the 29th,!bdnt HweiUy thousand people atmle"d;- Union nciitiractil in jj.iltiiiiorc vrns rcp-nsent.at rcp-nsent.at lftst odricw tb .be iu, iha a.-eendarit a.-eendarit Unjon mctfirgs had bedn held and resolutions ; pasitjt.lu .favor f sufi-taiaing sufi-taiaing thVOoVernuieiitt "and patutaining thq boaoVof he stoH nd vRtrtpc9 The Amenenu flag bad been raised over the .Posl-office and Custbpi-honso by order of thtf.BewIy-apponited offitlals A it. J,ouis Uispatcb of A)uy 2d states that Jndge Hond4 of 'the Uallimore Criminal coiirt, had charged the grand jury on the preceding day. lie culled nt- kalion particularly to thu attack of tho stab upon the military, on the l'.Hli of Aprils that.the guilty might be brought to iuti!liiiiciit. A niait named Qeorgo Lomi, in the Bniforrii of the Murylund guards, hud, tles- liberately.'cut 1ojVii the American flag which had fallen Into the hands of a by- tder, ,lle- km immediately nrrcsttd bj a dcputy slicriff and with iomo Jtffieiil- tj ,wa" inied from-tho Wrath of the few Union mcii present and conveyed to the poljea station, where be AWaited fafs ex- amlnallon. 1 M Acircnlarto.tbeaorerumenf at. Wash- extensively signctl by the Baltimoreans, expressing the onfuigii that military forces or alorcs ought to ptt through Ualtlmoro without hin- awnte, and they would use their best ifrorts to prereut obstructions. A nemorial to the legislature asked for f oe rebuilding -of bridges und tepniring all lines of commuiiicatfon. Besoiations were offurcd and referred t a select Committee, saying that more troops, if necessary to defend the capital, ielit bo transported over the Maryland railroada. I RMOlotioris were adopted to appoint a I w?"l'Uee to. wait upon President Doris a Qor. Letcher, to, bring about an un- erslaaJing,.whereby civil war might be atolaed, "An American flag was to be presented to the home guards by the WboM'redcrick The police commissions had removed e restrictions an the exportation of bresdctaOV. A private letter from Annapolis states ttsl the irjg Caledonia bad two men "."ginj;. ,-frm her yard-arm one for egling, powder and provisions to vaarjestonj the other for piloting the I ,e,',1ntcg'mcnton.to Chesawake Hay,. !W ths ktentioa that the Baltimore se- Wisiouists should capture Annapolis be tore the seventh-reached there. A letter from the seventh rrgimeut I iiJ,0, " sccesIonl6ts were caught on 31lb, and two of them shot on the 1 ttortdng of the 28th. Another was tof I ik" 1,10 next morning. ScTcroli I "SJw? rreted for tearing up the ralli. I !. " BPeclttl from Frederick, I TP . direct vote on secession In the I JS?!1, cMhree "S'ost secession, I Sfi r1 for U- T!,e Senate hadpub-I hadpub-I D "Jress, denying any intention I 5cessfou ordinance. I tpi!1;? wcro rnnniug. from Baltimore to I m ts' t,ut werc'scarcbed at Harper1 I uoDtt,C!;3,"0UhtS, Wh wc-re,lH 0'"nS I tiflnl'li il'patcbc say that fortiflca-I fortiflca-I ft.8 WB10'd"'g Annapolis railroad and I ZfaSP for wiles around had I nna P- A movements I lBrfleCr?l", P'Mo, Orders had I MBrt.i ' ? arrest newspaper corrcs-I corrcs-I bjoa SomflhIn6 important was go- I t viae in rx. I fetW wntlnually pass-I pass-I e&aS W,uiId8'oo from SOutb.Cur-I SOutb.Cur-I tl it t,"w,8 for Ibaond. Qene- 1 1153 tm M"c4 I "Cof.fi Ter9,r Letch8r- m,er'D tl, I W" weU excepting the f teamen Jamestowtiand rorktowri, to &i own-, ers.nnd nppcals 'to the people not fo' In-I In-I were, umrdlscountfiinhcmgall seizure without ,l aiithotity, It appoint officers for the .different rivers to see that the procMmatiort wvcarrfed Into effect; i , V yrk illfpatth of April 29th SUtcs thfltrOenerol Jjatie was I guarding the Wavy yard against rcsfgncd loccbdiary naval olUccriv and ,bad made several scouting expedition Into Virginia, during one of. which he captured a sea sion flag., . ' ' f Floyd had had An Intcrtiew.wftliQ ovef n bt Letcher;, ' The former had armed and equipped 1600. men. ' " ' ' Hundreds' at'-'' troops were arriving from. South Carolina, Petersburg and Georgia.. ;, All thp Vmoii men were leaving Eastern East-ern yjrginla, where heavy depredation were made on private property by tiii armed rabble. ' .-.An armed jeccsslon Corps bad beeu pronounced by .aitate judge illegal, and the sheriff .directed to take'their arnu from them. . - ' . trom, reliable Informatioa received nt Annool(s, It appears that, fen ' thousobd trqopv,rrom,. thp Southern? Confederacy, were then In Virginia, nnd' thora ponrliig Iiu The mfnifuistratiori bad notified Gov-ern'ore,tchr Gov-ern'ore,tchr tliatOne, iep of .odvonce from.Kiihinoiid will cuu.e ft sncedyvlnra-sionorVirgbdH,'-.,'. . s.' Obv. Letcher had' been n'otlOcd that aiiyiapprcfltch, of Con Werate; troops .to wards Wnsblngton. .would be. tlio signal' for nn Instant. attack on ltlchmbhd and Norfolk. ? 1 : ; ' , , Hunter,' W.,tt.lUve( W T, rrestoi', Judges Camdtn ' nmr Brecfccn, borottghbVlbeeiiinpiwIiitcdiljy tlie Vir-gml Vir-gml VonTentionn.s delegates, to -the Southern; Congress. 1 'k. ..The. 'Virginia Convention had passed nji ordlriancecsiiiblishiiigvtho','inavy of- Vir-glnia'artdiendiorWngthtbanky Vir-glnia'artdiendiorWngthtbanky to Issue one and to dollar notes, Ontfenicjbfrom Virginia state that the ordinance of Kcccsston would be confirmed con-firmed by overjino, hundred thousand ma- ?irM . .v c '.: . , . 1 : It Was reported that, two ships bad been seized a Rappahannock,, Virginia, and the. crews imprisoned and required t take the oath.of allegiance to the South. H;wa?roported that Governor tetcHor was.about 4o issue,, a proclamationY fer-V'l'dlng, fer-V'l'dlng, the passage of Southern:, troops thrpnijh' the State. ." ' 'A letter from Fort Jfonroe states that there wai no danger of mi attack. Tivo -thousand. irieri,werd-in the fort They were.mneh .ontioycd; by fngltifo slaves seeking refuge there; but In all cages they were returned. Jfp batttries would bo allowed to bo erected within range. The Alexandria Cazet says that Gen. Lee had.ordercd the release of Cfcn. Harney,, who bad been arrested at lfar-per's lfar-per's Ferry. General Jt.onham was reported as being, in wmmaiid bt the. "rebel" troops In Virginia,, inftKsT or sEKAtOR Wisoifi It w?s Mntott on undoubted authority that Senator Mason, of Virjr,i!i1a, wn nr-restfcd nr-restfcd in Maryland, ou the 2Sth, by order of General IMtcrson, and taken to I'errysville. He Was to be taken to Philadelphia, Another rejKirt deilcs'the above, state mcntf but n later dispatch to the Tribune confirms the arrest of jho senatqr, mid says lie was on his wy to i'hiladclpbfa, MONTGOSlEnV. A Montgomery dispatch lb the Churlcs-tou Churlcs-tou Qettriet states that priv.atccrt' com-missjons com-missjons were being prepared for isbup, ns sopu as Cougresa declared war, which It Would nudOuttcdly do, The 'iusiructloiu.: contained a prohibition against the seizure J of cotton on cither British ur American vessels. The Montgomery mall says a portion of the crew of the Star of the West imprisoned impri-soned had arrived for trial. Diipatebes from Montgomery to New Orleans state that nothing of a general character had trainplrcd. Congress had been in secret session most of the time. The First Battalion of the Third Alabama Ala-bama reciment left on the 1st for Virginia. Vir-ginia. Two companies of dragoons wcrc; ready for l'onsacobt. wast is the SOLTIl. The Chicago Erening Journal learns from a ccbtlpman juit returned from Mississippi, that, In many parts of that State, actual famine. prevailed, The people peo-ple are suffering for want of enough to cat; com, the chief article of food there, was now scarce in the towns nnd through otjt the country nt One station, there i were two hundred sacks nnd that was all there was In that locality, I Thero was but "little money, abd those who were able were fleeing the country ; to escape starvation. Stations along the Mobile and Ohio railroad were packed .with freight, much, of which had beeu there for months. Those to whom it was consigned, being too poor to pay the charges. rixEtsa mo tub goenr, I Arrefbytcrisii clergyman, who recently recent-ly left Bast Mississippi, near Mobile, hod arrived In New York, coming by the I Virginia. and Southern railroad, reports one hundred and fifty passengers coming north, llccfug from the Gulf States, SSc- riOviug through tickets to avoid coming through Baltimore or Washington, believing be-lieving bv'th cities wcro under martial law, ' He saw troops at every station destined des-tined fo the Jforth, and heard that thc.fr avowed intention was to attack Washington. Wash-ington. I ENXSVLVANU. THE COVEENOIl'i JIES-SAGE, JIES-SAGE, Gorirnor Curtin's message to the legislature leg-islature recommends a Stay law. Ho says that Pennsylvania will open a route to Washington, whether Maryland stays tu or out of the Union. Jso hostile rait will bo permitted to lie between tbo capital capi-tal and loyal states. The rebellion must be crushed. Property that bad been seized must be retnken, at any expense pi bood and treasure. Ho recommends an appropriation of $3,000,000 and perhaps per-haps j5,000,000. He spoke of the unexampled promptness prompt-ness and patriotism with which the State) bad responded to the call of the President. Presi-dent. JIo says the slaughter of northern troops In Baltimore for tho pretended offence ef marching, at the call of tho Federal Government, peaceably over the soft of a Statef,ftdmfftedly to tho, tn!on( wth, the object of defending the- common eapitol, Imposed, new" duties, and new responsibilities' re-sponsibilities' on tlw state and administration adminis-tration Tftf stata ,of things, tqitd, M be submitted to, whether Marytahdmfght .profess to; bo loyal to the Vjiloti or other-wiie other-wiie There tould bo per.mitted no bb lilo soil, ho, obstructed- thoroughfare, between ;the Btatcii nmloubtedly loyal, and thcii' national eat of government. The Governor thought too road throngh Baltimore would be kept open, but says the time for .temporizing had passed ahd it was necessary to meet the Southern foe face to face ;Hc recommended ,a largo loan and the. raising of fifteen, regiments regi-ments of cavalry and InfaofryVexcluslvely of these called Into service.. A requisition- had been received for, twenty ,ono tiiore - reglmentu, making b total of.thlrty.etght regiments from that fctatco The Governor rccomthctfded a re-servo re-servo of ten thohsaiid mcn.t t 1 C J; Jhgcrsoll, of Piriladelphla,had In-rlted;," In-rlted;," ex-presidents' Buchanan.- Pierce. Jffllruore,; Van Buicu atd Tyler,-to nr-bitrnte nr-bitrnte between thesecUons, Llitlegbod was expcctcil to result from It.- - ' WASIllKQto!. , Xorlherit troops continued to arrivo,nl ;Ay3!!lnKton;wlthoulpbstruefi6nfc t , . The.Kansas company, bad called on the President, who said.fr, ho had. to choose between tlie, TOaintciiohie; of-onion 'and liberty, and'tho'jihedding'of blood.Hberc nttdto no.doubt which course; hof'wduld puwuV; , . i:- . . . . ; Five 'employees al'Uio- 'Washingtou na"vy-yard had : tcn, ,.nrrci(edtliey were found .llllirig the shells wltir'siaiidi they wereta be tried, and'il convicted, would bo shot. . ' , Government Imd finally decided to re cciye f6rty tIionsa(id,.out of the eeventy fivf'thousaua voluiitcew called, forw.term of ,thrceyca and'twcnty-five thousand regbhrsTor five" years'. Art, armory la to;be established nlBock Island iu th6. stead of llirjicr's Ferry. It wasulso stftJted that the uaral academy, would, be removed temjibrinly to -Newport,, 1, . No more consular' or diplomatic pi polntmentS' were to bo.made, "till every avenue to the: Capitol was opened for. 'the pnssajro of citlitns' and troop's; Colonel .Mantield,-,UflS.- engineers, bus, command of the forces 'fit tlie CupUolr ' Inttlligctit gentlemea . from Western Virginia had Waited upon tho'&ratc Adi uiiiiiuration to procure nrriis tb- defend ttieiiifclvea.: Titer state 'that. west' qf-lthe Bjiie'Kidgo could bojield if tho necessary nrms Wcrcvgiven ill timei " They, stated that they were endorsed by tho public sentiment of that portion of Virginia, and the Sfoto 'Adiniiiistrntluu had complied with their rrquest. ' A Wrtsljlugtou dispatch of the ,20tb, says- that the troops called out' by the Order of that day wcra all additional to thescven;iy.five thousand already requ'red. The wholo niimbtr called for bv Govern ment thus for, is vpluutecrs, by proclamation, proclama-tion, seventy-five thousand; volunteers: for thrcb years Kcrvico, forty thousand regii lars for five years service, twenty-five thousand) scuiutn for five years service, eighteen thousand;, being n total of one hundred and fiTty-cight thousand men, that is, seventy-five tbousarol- two week. before, -and eighty-three, thousand that day, nnd. these numbers full short of the rcul ttmnbers, ns several States 'would send double, the number of regiments asked for. Jfo fortifications on cjlher side of the Potomac of Chesapeake Bay were In the bauds of thecccsiotiists. The secession Hag was floating at Alexandria-when the Bienville lcftr A leayo of absence-would be granted to Colonel King, minlctcr fo lloiiie, to enable- him to commaitd the Wisconsin volunteers; also to Carl Schurz, minister to Spain, who proposed to rake a company com-pany of cavalry. The Government had authorized the contradiction of the rumor that the! Ad-miiiistrntion Ad-miiiistrntion had proposed an. armistice for Sixty ilam Orders bad been issued to commanders of regiments, and to. independent com panics, to mako their reports to headquarters head-quarters at Washington, stating that, among other things, the strength of their respective commands, character of their arms, supply of ammunition, degrco of proficiency in their drills, and the character charac-ter of tho same, if they understand the drill ns skirmishers, if tlwy havo practised nt the target, and the range; and proficiency profi-ciency thereof; if they know the manual of tho bayonet exercise; they will also state their ability to tuko the field, as to camp and Korrision equipage, and organl-anion organl-anion of their commissary, qmtrtcr-roas-ter a ltd medical departments. Commanders were to be held accountable account-able for tbo want of good discipline. The articles of war were to bo read to the respective re-spective commands on the Sabbath, at tbo Inspection; before going to church, and they would 16 governed by the regu-latlons regu-latlons for the army of the, United States. AKOTIttR rUOCMXATtOy. A St. Louis dispatch of the 29tliKlvcs the following proclamation without date:. WZtrtat, For reasons assigned In my proclamation of the ft th Inst., a blockade of the ports of the seceding States was established, and. Whtrtat, Public property has been seized, the collection of the revenue obstructed, ob-structed, and duly commissioned officers, while executing orders, have been arrested, held ns prisoners, or impeded in their official of-ficial duties, without legal proccss.by persons per-sons claiming to act under the authorities of Virginia and North Carolina, an efficient effi-cient blockade of the ports of those States will bo established. Signed, AmurUM Lincoln, Regular Washington dispatches state that some excitement had been caused in diplomatic circles. In consequence of the above proclamation. It appears that a blockade, to b respected by foreign powers, most not only bo effective, bnt that due notice must be given of such intention in-tention to their representatives. With Brazil and all South American governments, govern-ments, a notice of ninety days Is required under treaty, bpt this has not been given by Mr. Lincoln' government. The foreign ministers will Insist that tho stipulations shall bo respected and t observed, otherwise naval forces will bo dispatched bitberas a means of foreign protection. The position taken by the government ii delicate, and nuless well, managed, n6t Unlikely to create trouble with foreign governments ( ' 'iit iWtnxwist'a tdttrttkm$ int. ,,. bsrssntn op aturtn '. -j, "To. Major Kobert Aijdtrsoo, late com. mondci1 c,f Fort Sumff ri 1 . rt' r -,; 1 no directed by", the 'resident to communicate com-municate to you,nd through you to tb officers and men under your command; at Fort Moultrie nnd Sumter, the, opproba tloit of the government; of yont-'and their Judicious and gallant conduct; there, and tender you and them tho thanks of the government. , ' The document' Is without signature,' Tbe llghl-honscii nt Capes" Henry nnd Charles showed no .lights." , " ' 1 4 Col,, Ripley had been; appointed to ihe head of the ordnance bureau,-'ln plnce.of Craig, ordered to other duty; ,. 4 Lieut, Oglesby bad ben .dismissed front thp army, failing to tender bis no-Icount; no-Icount; , ' " v , " ' ;- Efforts, were being madoat -Washing ton to bate Cassius M. Clay' and Banks appointed jnajor generals In the armyi, , .. X . ; -. ' Tito Secretary of War. had, tendered to Governor Sprogoe the office ' of- brlga dlcr-gcncral ;. ,;, .rfLetiers.read firomParls s'tate'd ttint tlie Frencb.goyernmcnt was fully posted1 on American affairs, and. no, symputhy was felt, for tbo i Confederate States'" , '.General Scott' was "expected tcr, soon change bis bead quarters tu Philadelphia. Thirty thousand ;troopi were being concentrated con-centrated at the capital, ,;. , ' .Aiiit!6ts. y' A bill for three' million, dollorsldnr for war purposes, nnd another bill to Send 10,-000. 10,-000. men Into the cnmptOanswer the ncxi cult of Governweut, was before"" the Jlll-nois Jlll-nois Legislature. ' Both bills would' pro-! bablyiimsJ. . .. AtJsprlngGeld, Illinois, tholeglsjature passed a bill to prevent the transmission ol telegraphic messages jn cypher; '.they had also, pasted. t bill for sending! ten Tegimcnti;;jtb camp; .if' Instructed, to" meet ihc future call of the government. t!0!?.SECTICCTl ' t . The legislature coutencd on tbe' lsi of May.,, 'j . '''.! '"" ;'- ,, Gov; "'Bucktngbam'f' message rccom-? mends., an efficient State milftia: says' forty-one volaiilccr companlcs had already ; been accepted,"urid the regiments, vrould not leave the state Ontil the'y werd fnlfy equipped willi cairip and-baggogo trains, jireparctl to take care of tbeinselves; 1 Till?; icgislnturc would make liberal appropriations appropria-tions for war purposes. The state was oot of debt and owned $100,000 in bank stock. HEW TOiiK. Adams, Minister to England, Cassius M. Clay, Minister to Rrissia, Hoideman, Minister to Sweden, left on,the -Niagara, for Europe, on the 1st. A special messenger won to sail on the! next Erocan steamer, to purchase half n million dollars worth of nrms for the State. Colonel Ef3worth's Zouaves left New York oil the 20th. for Wuiblngtbn. They wero escorted to the 'Baltic by the fire 'department,'"' An" "lmTneilse. 'crowd''tvIt-" liessed the embarkation. Their Stand of colors were presented to ihem prcvions to their departure; A special dispatch to the .New York Il'orW states that arrangements had been made for the resumption of travel by fail.by'Bnltimorc, Nciv;-York and I'cnu-sytvania. I'cnu-sytvania. THE ATTACK OX THE WESTVortEI.AS'n. ROWDYISM A,Sp KIM.1XO," .A Cairo dispatch of the. 29th states that thestcamer Westmoreland had arriv. cd there that night. ITcr commander in reporting re-porting the httock at Napoleon, says that as the Westmoreland was coming up the river et 9 o'clock on the evening of .the 25th, nlong the Mississippi side, Captain Evans desired the pilot to cross the river to Napoleon, Ark.j be did so, and ns they npprpacbed the Captain asked if there was any freight, and was answered yes. The line wns tied, and the clerk went on the wharf-boat, but In a moment returned and said the wharf-master Informed htm that there was no freight, and that a mob wns going to take the bont. This Was immediately followed by a volley vol-ley from the puns and pistols of n crowd of fifty or sixty persons assembled on the shore. There were shonfs of ''shoot the Cuptnln snd Pilot;" balls flew around the! Captain's head, and some struck tho pilothouse; pilot-house; but the Caotahi and Pilot escaped without injury. Tlie boat was crowded with passengers who bad assembled forward for-ward to took at the town, and among them Mr. Hamner of Memphis. X bullet entered en-tered his left breast and passed through bis heart. Death was instantaneous. A straggling (ire was kept up and a fireman; received a ballet in the shoulder. The ladles shrieked with feap. Several shots penetrated tho boarding; of their cabin. Capt. Evans bad the wheels started, start-ed, broke the line by strain nnd got away. The number and size, of the holes and Indentations made by the shots was astonishing, as-tonishing, and gave rise to the suspicion tbat they must hare been fired from a cannon. ronttdjf, Mr. Gladstone Introduced tlie budget Into the Honse of Commons, on the 15th, showing a surplus of ,1,020,000, He proposed a reduction of one penny on the income tax; a repeal of the' paper duty which woublanumnt to l,6W,O0t, leaving leav-ing a surplus of 400,000, The tea and sugar duties were to be continued. It was denied in the most positive terms that Austria intended granting an independent ministry to Hungary. TheSilcsian diet demanded self-government for that part of Poland., A fearful inundation had occurred at Java: many thousand persona were drowned, drown-ed, whole villages destroyed, and fifty thousand people left destitute. Jn tbo House of Lords itwasatated Ibat the government wait engaged In no negotiations whatever, towards reconcila. ting the King or Italy to the Pope. Their policy was, not to interfere with the Roman Ro-man Catholio questions. Tlie Italian question ques-tion lu general was debated, and. the French occupation .of Rome was deplored, and the prospect of a collision between Austria and Italy deprecated by all tho , , I " , N 11 1 I . Mm"":' ' " spcakm, In the Honto, of Commons, Lord Rnssell staled that all the foreign ministers, except tho American, lfsd left Jcddo to be (protected by shlpi of war, In consequence of Intimidation baring been used towards them, which the Japanese govetimientbad not endeavored to check), j The report that Pfesldtnr Lincoln wns dead was.extcnslveiy circulated In Eng. land. - American news was anxiously looked look-ed for, .'" , ,. 'Tlm.Lbndon 'Tiuu cd'ltoriallr reiterates hopes; fpr tho, Jjlaintathatice ofpeace, nnd says; when the soil and seas' of the new world are likely to be, stained With blood, foreign .rations may sorely rcmonntrate lit the cause of. humanity , " " " 1 ' Russia .'bad Informed . Franc thai hi consequence ol fevcntfln, Warsaw, tt.would be Impossible to join .In.' any measure, for the. settlement .of the .Eastern question, It was ollcdged thatttnisla MA charged " .WDf n VaccomplIcen the Polish disturbance, ' J ;:flaribaldl bad taken, his scat In the Italian Parliament, and business was teiif-porarily.suspended teiif-porarily.suspended by- tlie' applause that greeted hi appearance.. The action or the. tfllnlstcra disbanding, the' southern army, and the:. measures" taken fur reorganizing, reor-ganizing, were debated. Garibaldi made speech so violent that llexclted a tumult In the Chamber.'. He made offensive allusions allu-sions Jo the "ministry, against whlcb Cavour protested. .. Gitrilwldi in Resuming, spoke with mora moderutten, aod Oavoar said ho aedepte'd the Word of conciliation; Garibaldi' designated the French army its the enemy of Italy j because It occupied Rome. ' 1 -'-''' ' " ' - The.SpanlsliolDclal paper, '"'saysthat government would accept the annexation of St. Hbralngo as soon as U was confirm-ed confirm-ed by niyote of "the people, "If no. foreign power objected. , ,' ; - The Polish provinces; were betng.devejtJ ed of Russian, troop forcoDcentratloHmt ;WarsaWi . " v ,r-' ' ' ' " A- writ bf,eentldii bad been! Isia'ed against the Great Easlerrt at tho salt of ScOtt.Ruiie!l(.to.satlfy bfiixlalBrs. yia wai reported tlut; the.conservativts In the British Parliament we re preparing a trong wpposillon lo Gladstone project; lu hope of a ministerial crlIs..,; ' ' -All.tlns great mercantile bouse Ift Marseilles Mar-seilles had suspended payments lnJ eonie-quenee.of eonie-quenee.of the failure of tbe-furklslt gov ernracnt to provide for' ''ti 'kcceptancei nud the refusal of the banks ot France to cdntltitrendvancs.,1;'..';' .' ,." - In the'' Itojian 'Parliament'; "Gnrlbaldl siid be was not satisfied wifliCavour'a ex-planatipn; ex-planatipn; aiid that'propecls were alafm-ing, alafm-ing, and insisted on a re-organitHqn of ihe soutberu army. The' motion ?was carried, one hundred' and ninety-seven, against seventy-Jive, |