ALEXANDRIA:FRIDAY MOKNIXG, MAY 3. 13fil.

We have received from a correspondent inMontgomery, Ala.. per Adiiins' Express, a

p wnphlet copy of the Me*->is;e of PresidentD.ius to the & u«hf-rn Corrgress, an ab¬stract of which bv the telegraph, we havealready published. The Message, iu addi¬tion to the ab>tract alluded t<>, is an enume-

r;j*ii'ii of the causes which have led to !b-;

separation of the Southern St;''*1-: tvom theI nited States, an argument to support their

right niul duty to secede, and a narrative oftheir proceedings to show that they have ar¬

dently desired peaec. aovt da not- wish to

make war tt> gain their independence, andhave no aggressive purport -. It denounce*the hl.ukade ordered by 31 r. Lincoln, m. i

a>ks for power to accept the propolis re¬

ceived fur litting out letters of marque and

reprisal in response to the blockade. It.

s.-iys that sixteen thousand men are cow on-

route for Virginia, to aid in deieuce of ii.-;tt.Vate. Diplomatic Hgents have been ^.-mu

Hbroad to procure a recognition ot the Con¬

federacy by foreign powers. The differentDepartments of the government have been

properly organised, aud are now at work.and all classes of the peo]>ie are representedut patriotically engaged in upholding the

position already taken.

The newspapers have had a good ileal to

do with fanning the embers of sectionalisminto the flame which now throws its luridKiare over the whole country : and the tiresof eiril war being lighted, many of them

persist in andeavuring to make bad worse,

and in calling into activity the most horrid

pas-ions of the human heart. He who

spake as never man spake, has pronounced."Blessed are the peace-makers/' To re¬

sist invasion and aggression, to stand up forand defend the right.to rally for freedomand independence.this is not incompatiblewith the most earnest and honorable seek¬

ing for the accomplishment of the end, if

possible, by peaceable means. It is a truth,testified to by all history, that the truest

patriots and the bravest men, seek to brin>;about peace, rather than institute or carryon war.

The Washington Star says that f'^"t?ftra on board the Baltimore and MouctVernon bte »mboats, which pass up and downthe river, each having ou hoard a ^2 plun¬der, and a large quantity of shells andbnmbs, say, that if "they are fired at fromAlexandria. e*en with a musket, they willtoss back into the town, a shell- probablyhalf a dozen." These steamers recommitsnil the heights and shores. the river b>- ;low, and bring back report* to Y\ ashingtor..It is said there are no haUerias, :in«l an pre- jparations for them anywhere, -n the banksof the river.The atrocious sentiments avowed by

oral of thf Uepublicau papers at lh« North. ;in reference to thfrexpeetc-d wurin this coon

try, will uma^e the people oi trance mid jKnglanu, and the other European t>.ven;-meals'. They \\ ill tind, to their astonish- jmerit, chat here, where :t wa* thought chris- itiunity and civilization had etiected ui'>s«. jihri'o is ji spirit which they could exj.-'oc to

fiod only among savages. We wonder what jG*n. Scott thinks and says, when lie roads iihe programme laid down tor him by Vva!-too Webb and Horace Greeiey If must

make "thi> gorge rise. j«- -

The Washington Republican suggeststhat "if a regiment or two of t'ne national jforces would only disperse rhe terrorists that jnow infest the Alexandria district. Mo-re |would be an election held in ic for a me>n- ;

ber of Congress." No -terrorism," no in-jvasion, on the part of the Federal govern-mwnt or its troops, could ever compel :he Jpeople of this district to swerve in their al- jle.giance to their own State. They uoiy have jto bear the brunt of the civil war.but they jwill be true ana faithful to Virginia.The refusal of Mar> land to secede, will jbe regarded »s supporting the views oi the j

Charleston Mercury against the propriety i

and policy of commencing any hostile de¬monstration ag'iitist ihe city of Wji^biugt'Oi. |According to the opinions so fur expressed;of President Davis, Gov. botcher. and, as we jhave heard, <d military men high in tne con¬

fidence of ;he Southern people, the purposeof the South is to show that its position is jentirely deicusive and not aggressive.

It is perfectly useless to contradict thestories set afloat about "terrorism" in the

neighboring counties of Virginia. As soon

as one is exposed auothei is started. W e

hope that our people will, by their strict ad¬herence to law, and iheir honorable opposi¬tion to ail illegal proceedings towards anyportion of the inhabitants ot the Common-wealth, give no occasion, in truth, for anycharge of cruelty or even iuhospitality.

>11 the "souvenirs" from the New YorkSeventh Regiment, which are now in Rich-mond, have been drnped in mourning.Mayor Mayo, of Richmond, has re urned hi>c»r:ifioaro of membership given him by toe

regiment.and requesting them to destroyar,v mementoes of friendship they may havefrooo him.

The Petersburg Express has received linestrawberries from Mr. Greco » garden, ioDinw.ddie. In that region asparagus isabundant.

Small notes, from $2 down to low denomi¬nations, for change, are now issued by van-

oua of the coporatione of this State, fheisaue Jj&sbeoomo a matter of actual necessity.

(j\jv. Hicks has issued a proclamationcalling attention to the fact that unauthor¬

ized persons art* listing armed men aridordering, them on military service withinriie State; and also that citizens holdingcom mt-shuts in tin1 .Maryland volunteer mili¬tia, have ordered soldiers on military servicewithout cump'.vin;; with tin; provisions ofihe iaw applicable to rho case. Sueli nc-

11.»:. s. ir is stared, are calculated to imperil:hc public peace, and tire proper authoritiesoi Ih;* several counties and o! the city ofi.'aliia:<>re are enj 'ired to sen that the lawsof rho State be not violated in the premises.

The Ot iirt Martial in ihe case of CaptainArmstrong, late commander of the Warring¬ton \nvy Vurd, captured by the Floridatroops, has found hiiu jruiity of disobedienceof orders, and conduct unbecoming an offi¬

cer, mid sentenced him to rive years' sns-

nensiou. with loss of pay for half lite titne,and to bo reprimanded. The sentence hasbeen approved <>t by the Secretary of the\ avy.

Tiie Wheeling Intelligencer (Republican)continues assert that there i* strong oppo¬sition in the Northwest of Virginia, to Se¬cession, and that a majority of the peivtdethere tlo not woh to v.>» out nf the Union..On the other hand, some other accounts sav

that the Ini-m feeling n<>w, is overrated bythe 1 u*eliii:er,cct*.

(,'adet I'nomas Rowland lias resigned hisc-mmisMOfi at Wosi Point, anil returned to

hi.- hum.-, near tnia city. Mr. Rowland is a

ycutjtf geiiiloman o: extraordinary talents,and great decision of character. He wa<

iir-r in his class in every department if

study, lit' is a nephew of T. Mason, late

(iovenmr of .Michigan.

Benjamin Treadweii Onderdonk, Kpisco-pal isishup of the Eastern Diocese of NowYork, died in X«w York, on Tuesuuy, aftera protracted illness, of dropsy, aged about71 years. His n.-nae. and the circumstan¬ces connected with his suspeusion from hisoilier, will be generally recollected by the

public.Wh are sori v to see '.ii;;t the good feeling

which appeared to exi3t. between Maj. An¬

derson hnd iii^ S« ntii Carolinians, hue. beeobroken up He accuses the troops who as-

biiled him with inhumanity, and ihev retort

with various charges r.gainst him of a likecharacter.The Mew York Herald limits, what ;t

calls the "defensive attitude" of Lincoln'sadministration to the 5th of May.the "pro¬clamation" which was dated on the loth ofApril, requiring the "combinations" to "dis¬

perse and retire within twenty days."The Cotton and Sugar plantations in Lou¬

isiana promisa u fine crop, and the wheatcrop of Georgia is likeiy to be a very largecrop. Wheat in some parts oi Georgia isnov/ fully beaded out, and corn is up and

growing well.Wft regard the selection i CoinniiMSionera

to ib*"1 Onngre*3 of the Ooniederate States bythe Virginia Convention, ft* h very excellentand proper one. The gentlemen appointed,ate of ail shades of former politics in thiaijfate.but itr'"1 all srut', patriotic \ irjriuifUM.

Ouin. PeroS? r^rssr, thr CumberlandiVifhn?. ha* «iven notice *i»ssI the port <.!

An.-tulk %v:trf bh><haded, and that the Half.m,.ro boat» would in'i }>h ptMiniU.Hu in pa-sup --r dovcu tin1 bay. P. J. :i~> uiveuforinai noticr oi :!:r bhirkad;: ni .Nurlolk.

The Philadelphia papers ann;m»ie« the ar-

ihsi of V.'iiatles A. of ileorgia, "n th«?

V;fr1 of t?0il'.*»n. There is il. ll'Ufll Il«> |ground for the arrest. I? so<*;n« w be a ,d«crof petty tyranny.

The l».iitioioiv AiviriMijun thinks that theScce* -ion i'eeiiriir tt« Mji'vliifui i-> declining,instead <11 it fti!d liifit it is n' t c*v- |tain !>nt the Legislature \v:ii pass a i»ii! call* :

t!l«r a C'>«!vention,1 Tin'1 Nr\v i*o:k lierfski szives our:!i:»r lial-jtim-'re is t lc ennrdeteSy iiHed wiili troopspassing through iv t<> Ywi^liingtoji, and iiein- i

nted in, so to M t-v.-iit it11 y us J u' assistancefrom abroad.Hon. Jnhu A. Cnmpbeii ii^ r^ii'io'd hi*

appoint incut as A.-soi-Uto J ustiee oi the ji'etadi ;.f the .Supreme 0»»urt of the I nitedS'-iif i. That tribunal loses :ti him a h-am-e«t jurist and a faith'nlhtdiie.

'S he Auiij;liisij-;tr;::j. !u V» a>h«ugion, hf«"latelv appointed the marshal and «ittri»*t jattorney in Kentucky.bef-id^s several 1 .

8. < fheers m i.'oiuiiv.'ti 'u' auu ithocie Island.and the territory oj' X*w Mexico.

Parke Oust!* Peter S'.»n of Major G. V*.Peter, i».linear r<iljentt*$ r>l; 11s. iu Md ,

was killed on the 2Wn uit., by The explosionof :i. fj'iYivcl v, i i o" 11 w:! r I: red b v .some bo vs.

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The iaigi^'ttujre ot iid.. i!^ hotii brain-henon \Ved::e»d <v, '.vas pi^oeij'aliy oceupied itithe rvreption uf rcwititiiins. tee., pertaining jto the present >it«arion 'if nff iirs.

Senator Mt-; ti, and Messrs. K)e >ck, Jen¬kins, Mid Seddon were nominated, iti theVirginia Oonveotiun, fcr tiie Southern Con-gress, but were net elected.

j'fie Louisville Journal asserts that in

Kentucky the teeliu^ for remaining in theUnion, and endeavoring to preserve pcace,is greater than t'ver and is increasing.

Miss Cloptoii denies the published state¬ment relative to the alleged ill-treatment ofthe wife of Lieutenant- Sinc-ad hy the offi¬cers at Fortress Monroe.

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Alleged epiry are arrested iu all quartersof the country.the most of the arrest?, be-iu^;, pvobally, without enuse.

The Sr. Louis Kepubhean speaks withu;reat p-ositivencss to the eiiect that .Missouriwill not seccde.

Taliaferro Iiuater, lute 4rh Auditor in thelate United States Government, has resign¬ed, and in at this time in Fredericksburg.

It is said thai' Mnj. EI. K. Tyler, UuitedStates Marino c>rn-\ has resigned.

Shad are soiling at §10.50 per hundred iuthe market r:t i'reder'.ck-burg.Mue South Carolina and Georgia troopB

have arrived iu Ricbmoud.

The Baltimore Exchange say?:."Nomore shtve States I" was the cry of the;

North, and the response to that ery was theelection to the Presidency of the man whowas pledged to carry our that doctrine..What is the position of the dominant partynow? Whilst declaring its conviction that

slavery lias been a curse to the Union, it is

summoning to arms the legions of the Northfor the purpose of coercing hack into theUnion those slave Stales which have seceded,and of forcing to remain in the Union th' se

States which have shown a like dispositionto go out of it. If slavery be truly in North¬ern eyes an evil, sureiy 'he readiest way tohave gotten rid of that evil would have beento allow the States in which slavery existsto have separated themselves peactably fromthe Statps that were entirely free <>f the con¬

taminating influence. Yet the North pre¬sents to u< at this time, the singular anoma¬ly of hating a thing vehemently and ol

clinging to it tenaciously."The L-mdon Times editorially reiterates

hopes for the maintenance of pcace, andthinks it is still possible that the warlike in¬tentions of President Lincoln may not hecarried out into civil wot*. One ol its arti¬cles concludes as follows: "We would ratherhope that the good sen^r of the Americansand the peaceful counsels of this countrymay bring about a reconciliation before thedispute has been mo far carried. As longas the two sections ol the Union refrain fromhostilities, it would he the height of arro¬

gance an i folly to imerfiro; but when thes. i 1 ac.'.i pcjam of the New \\ orld ate likely tobe stained with hlood, foreign tuitions maysurely remonstrate in the cause of humani*ty."

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The Wheeling Intelligencer, of Tuesday,says; "A rumor prevailed in this city yes¬terday that the Governor of OHio had issueda proclamation forbidding all intercoursewith this State. A> most of our marketingcomes from Ohio, and ar we could not welllive without it, the ruuior created a greatdeal of excitement, many persons supposingthat the proclamation applied to provisionsof all kinds and all quantities, without dis¬crimination. We soon learned, however,that while it is true that no more provisionswill be allowed to pass over, to or from theBaltimore and Ohio railroad, the usual in¬tercourse between this city and Ohio w;llnot be interrupted."The Richmond Examiner says :."The

Convention on Tuesday passed a Stay Law,suspending the execution of judgments inall euse« of debts due the Commonwealth,until otherwise ordered, or at the expirationof thirty days after rhe convening of thenext General Assembly. The law will heformally proclaimed through the newspapersto-morrow morning. A resoluti on for sending commissioners to the Border States wasuffered and defeated."

Political feeling has reached a high degrfeof excitement in St. Louis, and a colliiionbetween the two opposing parties is serious-iy apprehended, in view of the prevailingexcitement, and the advantage taken of itbv dishonest men, the Police Commissioners

. ihave issued to the police corps a special or-

der to stop all persons found in the streetafter 1 A M at night, respectfully it.quireof them their residence, and, ii neecssary,accompany them home.

On Sunday the native Africans at the

Aquarial Gardens, four in number, weir in¬vited by a missionary at E-ist Boston, whohad formerly been in their country, to attendservice at his church They all accepted,except Sturman Yenghis,"a Hottentot. Dur¬ing their absence he hung himself inn smalllower room iu the rear part of the building.He was dead when found.

Tli«* Charleston papers annoiun-e that in¬formation has retti'ln-d that city, thai a largedeet of British gun boats is now being ut,t

ready for ,-ea at Portsmouth, i'ln^land, andthat they will bo sent f-i ihe vsci'.irv ofCharleston at an r-ariy «iny to protect fclij-4-glish shipping should it !¦' necr-ssary. TheChar 1<-M:t:n Mercury, oi Monday, says i. *.;? 1.

IJea'ii ega;d was sriil in thai »-iiy.The Charleston papers contain de¬

tailed accounts of the damage doue by lwrt¦Sumter to Fori Monhrie and surr.iuudingproperty. Thr: Courier says:."The rakinglire from Fort Sumtur against K^rt MouJtriewas terribiy destnu-'ivc. and, wise;; vi«:Wi'<lin eonnfciion with the !:. ;*** that no life was

lost. is the m ist extraordinary case ever re¬

corded in history/'It is stated that Jam»s T. liradv, i NVw

York, is about to join the army at Washing¬ton in a prominent pt-sition. Mr. Uradysayst!s:;i a.-- the Breckinridge candidate for (.gov¬ernor of Massachusetts is in the field. he,a' iaie candidate C-r the oiiice Governorof the State or' New York, will not be be¬hind hand.

The reports ironi N»w Orleans, Mobilennd Richmond, relative to the fitting nut ofprivateers there, ar<.» creating downrightalarm among such of the New York ship¬ping houses as have vessels in South Ameri¬can and West India trade, on their way homewith valuable ear*.??.

John Hell and Andrew raving declared,in their recent speeches »f Nashville, thatthe repartition of the North from the Southwas final and irreparable.that all the S uith-erti States should unite for the common de¬fence against, the "common invading foe."

There is u great scarcity of percussioncaps in the Southern Confederacy, and a

heavy bonus is said to1 have been offered bythe State authorities of Virginia to any one

who wiJi establish a percussion cap manu¬

factory in that State.

Four engines from the Pennsylvania rail¬road, and two f'rnm the Heading road, were

taken to Annapolis yesterday, 00 board tlmsteamer Maryland, from Philadelphia. Alarge number of cars will also be sent thereimmediately.

Kort Jackson, two miles below Savannah,is garrisoned by one hundred men. FortPulaski, near the mouth of the river, is gar¬risoned by four hundred and fifty u.en. Ad¬ditional defences are designed.

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Tne THoops is Vv a.-iiingtox .At an

early hour yesterday morning the lanousSeventh Regiment of New York, which forseveral days past has been quartered inWashington city, took up the line of marchfor Georgetown Heights, where it is now

encamped upon that most beautiful place..Hundreds of tents are spread, and the mu-

sic of the splendid band, led by Grafulla,attracts crowds of persons. Arnonti thepieces played yesterday was '.he "AwayDown Dixie Quickstep." composed by theieader. The Seventy-first Regiment of NewYork city is /-ooarnped iit the Navy Yard,the Si^rh Massachusetts Regiment at Caru-si'* old Ball-room, t»nd the Sixty-ninth, es-

elusively Iri?»h, and "1 200 strong, is in theCapitol..fivwican.j

NEWS Ul'1 THE PAY." To sJlOU' tin'¦ c-nj a,/", and bod;/ of'(he TlMKS."

The Pensacohi correspondent of the Charles-toil Mercury writes as j*«.li»»\vs; -"There are

now between six and sevesi thoussind troopsii> re. We s 11a!? have a Ion£«; siege iiere, pro-1 »a 1»iy ofsix moilihs* Juration. Tin* enemyhave the advantage of us They haw more

guns, and the advantage of" pe-ition. Theyhf.ve command of the sea, am! can reinforceand supply themselves wilhoui hindrance.."We are in a barren country with' ut railroador vator cuu.muniesifion. It wiil 1>e verylaborious ami expensive to feed the armythus circumstanced."The i'cflsacoia correspondent oi' the Xew

York Iferaid writes;."It is reported that a

curious dcstruetiveelenietit ha.- been in trod im-ed by nature in!o Korfc Pickens and the wholeoj .Siirua itosn I.-iaod. It is neither the yel-low levei". cholera, -»ny 11 p-x or mettles.but a vei:onii»u> reptile known as the raule-snake. 'i'he.-i«r *erpeni-; ale .-aid to abound

ion the i-land, in.d si ores-of them are dailykiiled liy 'he troops in I'ort Pickens, in therecesses of which fortress ihev 11;ivhad nn-

molested residence for years."(,.'ol. MUswi'i'th's regiment oi' Zouaves, n:-

eruited entirely fr<«m \ew V"t>rk firemen,made a i laenitieent parade on .Sunday in

{ N -w } irk. 1,101' strong. escortcd by about()Ut> ot' their e.cmr;:dcs of the Fire I'-parr-

incut and .}<UJ(M) friends. of both sexes, whowitnessed their euibarksttion "n the lialtiefor W asbingtou. Th« regiment are armedwith Sharpe's riiles.

fjo fir as bus been hoard from (says theNew Orleans True Delta) the call on Louis¬iana for troops has been en thu.:i;>?tieaiiy re¬

ceived, and tdnvrfuil v complied with. Theintense exe:t««m»rut prevailing throughout 'heState exceeds any tuingev.r before witness-ed, the patriotic feeling and cnrhu.-riastnamong the mosses far surpassing that exhi-bitcd ii tiring ill ft Mexican war.

The venerable Walter Scott, an eminent

preacher of tho Christian Church, recently do-ceased. a iter a brief illness, a! Mayslie.k, Ky.At the time o( ids death he had considerably

j pai-scd three ecore and ten. ile was almostJ as widely known in the West »» his great

v riipeer, Alexander (Jampbel!. of H 'thany,\ a., and was :i graduate of the L'niversity oflidinburg, Scnthsud.

At si late boor on Sa!nrdav mirht irsf.ama-.> O

tic-n r<ached the l.'r.ited .States .Maishal ofj New .Jersey, whieh induced him to invokej the assistance of ( Jen. Ua'field, of the XewJersey State miiiria, wh > with aiorceof men.proceeded with the Marshal to the Jerseylints, where iliev seized three -«eho"m-r> load-ed with gunpowder, over which was sprou.1a quantity of arm a re.

Tito insurance cuinpauir.- of N<-w Vork,j apprehending dangers to commerce from

j Southern privateers, propose to tit up anavrned feteamer to cruise for the. pm:.c-elion <>.

merchant vessels. They propo.-** to furnishhalf tiiu money required, and iook r<> the ship-ping merchants, who have prop. r'v exposed

j to depredation for the other half.Among those lately o mimUsione i a-3 ;->ee-

oud lieutenants in the army of the U airedStates to liil vacancies, are ihw following: -L

1 ren/.o '11< uiihs, jr., a.oi <J. L. Ash, ol l»cle.-ware; James Mairrnder and Aogu^tn-; Plea >

antrui, of the District of Columbia, and b.astc! I>. L>e Kussey, of \ irginia.| The Marlboro'rj;iiette ?ay.":- " \ getst'e-I man on his way to \\ a-iuogtoo . ii y was

.srouped by as: arme i ...o.ird at the bridge.and interrogated a* to his business in thecii\. Vriien he (old them l.»e was in seurchol' his runaway negro lie was war.o-d t.> leaveimmediate! v."

rumor inriiiiniif i lit.it Air I

VVt.irridu.- has nennauiMiflv If» 1»i-i iiuVirr^C-:. !l<- «n» !i Si'iiijiuuiYv vs-til t<

.\t;vv V>rk, an 1 tli-3 L>i. jines* e! ih** iirni willsMOtin:)? as u-u il Mr. il I.. \» hit».!«ithe ju-iior part.'.t'r. is' cuuunc(ii>g tli«* busi¬ness iliii'11'jf, iit.. uS»siiin:e.

Mufps V*. ii-jfu ii, iwrsinT pruiiri^iiir of thrNVw *1 ork. Sun uiH sent a iftuM1 !u :t iii-.'el-

ing in his native town, «1on-iirt'rifui. t<"» av^ist Uo: »< ¦.vrnment i«

tii'* extent in' >I«i0.i'UH. Ht- nl.K'i provide* lora rl*.»s-t and liberty pok*. and < tulips :t tf.-inpanvui Volunteers.

Cnl. frUt;;i i*\V, <.: irs raising :i

ivgimeutmountrii :¦. li«. im*11 for i««*rv:*r« in\ ity,n;a. li is cOujjcisrii ?vhol'y *.»! *.!«rk... i!!)cj:. each :n. !i'lfv I'j'inir r:-ijnt tu furnishhis own hoi m' and s;t:t;«>uI: **. nf*. t;r*. I he !**»-

.liuii'iit will iit* specially pin»-d ii is said,tijjain^t tho "S»*vfi»{ji" uj New .'."u.

C'osoijp] flatus K illjj, the <11*wi y appointedfoiled S's.Si's illicit r u> ili.iiH?, has beensiran'ed bv rio- State I >. p irtment monthsleave i »" ab*onU> enable fii;u i ivunnrudrhe regiment u! volunteers t<> be iurni.-ije<i byY> i.-cunsin.The anthoriin's of !»;i*»'.* removed

nil reK;rsctu»fi> upon the export <..! previsionsfrom thai city.Maryland Lbuislatckk..In -lie Marv-

l:ni'l ijejri>if»ture on Wednesday, .\lr. Lynchoffered I in* {oik-win;*:W heteas liif, eondition of our counn-v is

such tiiat civil war, \v:*?i nil !¦- impend n-^horrors, is svo'ujf !.» break upon it?, and fromuur geographical position, 1 he. lives nriri nro-perty, bo<ii public and private, '.'four citizens,will be UiOt'C **;j «I i ii^i.'Vc'.t! thatl that ofiil'.yntlier portion oi ill-** c-hutrv, U our

<lucy ::s we!! jis i.ur inlevest f:o exii-iust :s11tiK'ans ot «Miiciliari.'iii a fid c-njinroiniso, w i it -

c»i!t r»»ii!iquWi)iii^ our tMti&tituUuna!therefore t;c it

R-solvd, 'i'iiat a j »int cotnuilrrco of tiio.two !i'.UMr.i !'»> rt'tjuesu-'l tt> tiiicf intv i' li^i i-Hrati -u tin? prupji^ty of re<;i.iiii:o(;ri!tin^ thesipp'.iint'.nent of a c>hiimitten to w.ii; on tin:President of tiie United JSra^ts, t!;- Pjesi<iopfof the S jucbern Coiifeucrat^, ar.-j ih^ (<¦ v-

ernor of Virginia, with a view of 'nring'h^about some und-irston^io^ whereby sin* iian-_^er may be averted, and oivii war, toe ti -

striictioD <-l the lives and property u! our

citizens, be preventefl, ar.rl that they reportby resolution or otherwise; which was aiiu-j-ted.

Aumv and Navv..The troops called outby the new arojy ami navy orders are, it i.«said, in addition to the s-even?y-iive thousand volunteers :sh-t*Hdy required, hi; that thf»whole number called tor by the Governm :.t

thus far is:Volunteer* hy pr<.>o]am;«iiu!t 76,000Voluulew fortbretj years' tcrvice -P.000 jRegulars for five years' b«r\ ic-: 25,000 jSeauiau '' " " " 1S.O00 j

'L'ut«l 15S.000 {That is, To.ut'O week t-.ni'.ue ia.-^i and 85,- j

000 now. Sitveral of ii:a Siafes have en-

r il^d doul la the number of regiinentB asked of them.

Pathi r:c..Thomas Masiin. ^*<14., chair-man «>f a committee ' ^ some <-f the eitiz.'ug"i ihe county f Hardy, hppri- ed the G.'V-eroor, on the 2-J-th of April, that he had sentto Winchester or Harper's Ferry, thirtyhead of >at cattle, as an offering of Hardyc.»UDty for the Eupporr ot the troops of Vir¬ginia collected there for rhe defence i thnStare, wnd stating, further, that the numberin;\y op increased as they paps thr. ugh theEa'-tern p-irtioa of rhe county.

For this patriotic offer the iiivo' ti^r r?-turned thanks of the Executive for the Stateof Virginia..liich. Ehq.

Telegraphic Despatches.Wash incton", May 1..Contrary to the

often repeated rumors, it is reliably ascer¬

tained riiHt. martial law will not be proclaimedhere unless there shall be. reason for it, whichcertainly does nor now exist.

'I'll * Secretary ol' the Treasury has adver¬tised ibr proposals until the inst., un¬

less the whole amount offered be sooner ta¬ken :if par, tor nearly Sl4,0«)!),t.M'U <»f stoe.lc ofdie United State?, under the act of .Junel^bi>, authorizing the loan and providing fur:iie reueniDtiun ol' treasury notes.

Cairo, lil, April 21). -One thousand addi-tions'n troops arrived here at 2 V. M. yester-day. All is quiet.The p>-i>ple >>i' Helena, Arkansas, seized

the steamer .Mars and a Cincinnaii packett>n Friday, and took from her tl-ur liundredbarrels of molassas, a large quantit v of su-

gar, rosin and turpentine, all tor Cincinnati,j TIuj boat is cj(««l up there, with a cannon

placed <<n the shore directly opposite her..The (Menu folks say the Cincinnati peoplecan have She hunt when they take Ji-.t and notuntil then.An attack wa- made on the "team or V>rc*t-

Hiuroiiitill, Xciv Orleans puekct, at Napo¬leon Aik., <oi Thursday ni^ht. The captainrounded to at that place for the purpose of tak-

on freight. As soon a* the boat was tiedup, the cierk wetii uphove, lit a moment he

j returned and s.-id the wha'd master informedi him tha! tiiemob was "ojinx to take the boat.! Ihts information whs loiluwcd by it volleyfrom the guns and pistols of a crowd of liftv

I sixty person*. The boat was crowdedwith pa*-otiger«, many <1 witom were ladies.A passenger named lleury Hammer, ofMt-mohis, was >h if through the heart anddi«*d instantly. One fireman was wounded.

! The captain had the wheel ret going, break-ing the line, and got of)'. A straggling lirewa- kept up for some time.Harki-gi ho. Pa., April o<).Over o.oOO

men arc n«»w in c.-.mp at 1 larr'tHhurg. They; consume'hilly f).(j"l> pounds of fresh beef,(i.o'M) j.iound"! ».! bread, (:»U8 pounds of ru^a*,

i ZOO pounds oi coffee, lO'.i pounds of car,die*,4 bushels of yah. and 13 hudiels of lman ;..

! Sft more than Ii> barrels of mess pork havebeen used oil*! o! ihe 700 barrels sent here;the men refusing to eat i'.. It is estimated

j thai the eosr of'subsistence alone is £l.2U0| "per day.I Five soldiers attached to a Delaware eoun-

J ly Company were to-day sent out to arrestdeserters. During their rravel they abu.-.edseveral citizens, and subsequently, entered a

public hou-e got frenzied with liquor, eharg-: e l bavonets in a crowded romu, and wound-e l a citizen severely, though u'»r dangerously.

I t)ne o! the soldier.-, was severely cut ia thei rencontre by a citizen. All ti*ve of tiie soi-diers w-re arrested and lodged in jail.

Tt-KoNT i, April ;>0..The Cllobe of to-day,in a lone- article on American affairs, saysthat iho North, by their impatience with re¬

ference to President Lincoln's p dicv, ignorethe .stupendous and delicate r.*?-ic heh;».s befoiehim, and will drive t.he country to anarchy andchaov. It ad vacates strengthening Lincoln'shamls, and ro abstain from p'-rpiextng hiscouncils. The Leader, lb-; vi-ivernmcnt m-

ga;i, tears that Canada. may become invol¬ved, and advocates an simi ed nnrrality, andsuggest- thar the Canadian government rep¬resent to the imperial authorities the ex

dioney of sending six or eight regiment- idthe line for rhe protection of the frontier.New Y.rk, April '.iO..The transport

steamer Star oi the South has the 'A* h.New Y-»rk regiment on board, and willsail to-narrow The Columbia also satisro-niorruw with the 21 regiment. Thesteamier Harrier. Lane .viil aeeompanv tl.emas a convoy. '1.i.steamer Chesapeake ar¬rived to-day trom t' :rtres-> Monroe, where shelanded o.So'U i'bls. (d provisions. Tlic steamerPaikers! urg arrived this in »miu;: lYom Au-napi lis, and is now loading for Portland.

A EH i.'KK. April oO..Iho steamship.Muri«»n, with r!... United States brig of WarI'err v :i> convoy, «rriveil this ro »i*nirijij fromAuna polls, which place she left ou Sunday,Tin' .ships i.-M orh Sj_.it and the V! oU-trap have been removed, iiikI the lights mi

Smith's Point, Windmill ami StingrayPoint*. New Point (J.-mi' n. Cherry Stone.Mack Kiver 1 * i11r, Oape Henry and Smith'sIslam), have :vli been extinguishc i.

PijHfjvvii.le. April .The Rhode i-1stt. . I Murine Artillery. '/'api. Tompkiu*, hasjust arrived, ami vriii" be >hipped per steani-01* M inland. I'»r Annapolis ami Washing*ion. iiii.* evening. It e »m prices six pieces,ninety horses ami >-ne hundred ami iifiymen. A heavy yule co-day blew down <hetent i'"im'! 'ii the truops hv St. 'urge's(Jhureh, of Philadelphia. «t

Xr.iV Orleans. April 2(>..l'Voigliis to Liv*eniuoi, m 1'ritisii ve>sels, continue tinn at

|«J. The same figure Is correct at Mobile.There were no elearunees (.1 vessels i!¦*»:ssthe hitler to i ! eign {."n~ during ttie week..ie.*e. fact era are .*.htppii2g their oottoii >°

Kngland on their own account, llxeinin^eon Li m«l« n 'iu>!. an i ijii stations nominal,

I'm; Mii'i.i'iii.\ April .*'0..The whole force. .I ilie New Jersey volunteer*, three in n-

Mirttl men, j I i leave Trent*'Vi to-morrow i . »r

Washington. They wiil embark in twelveprop1 Hers, each armed wit!i 'wo pun*, ;"i!«*1go through the canal t» Borden! own, ai dtheive down the lielaivare to the l^elawaveand ( hesapenke canal, and prurved to An¬na (.' iii-

St L tis, April 3').The junior editor tthe »Met«;.»tin Avaianohe, who has jus:; arri v¬

ed from Mobile, ?n.ys it is not- the intentionof the Confederate force# to tittack FortPi-.-ken" at present, unless provokeu !.y ;< r-

gre.^ive movements ou the part * 1 the gar¬rison.

liARRi-nmu:, May 1 .The second recjui-siri.-n lor troops i'roni this S-ate was mi.sm-

terpreced. The total number of regimentsIV''in this State is twenty-six. making onivten regiments called fur by tut: second in¬

quisition.jJosto.v, ivii'.v 1..There w;;s a large crowd

at tiie depot to-day ou ilia yrrivel tf tin*bodies ul the soldiers nf the MassachusettsUejlment. who were killed in a riot at Bal¬timore. The t.odies were placed in the StoneCoapel to await- t; e public obstquies.

Bust n'. April 30 .The brj*r St. Mary,with oOO kegs of powder, was seized by thecollector of this port to-day.Should *a r Attack?.We are a'-atined

to find that our people believe the moralp iwer ;d Tennessee Jo consist mai'dy iu berdeierminaliyii to act on the defensive, unle-sdiivn Irc-m it. Tfae.Smth is making nowarunnn th^ North, We are assailing no jState or pe- ple boyor-d the line dividing t!:efr-pn from the slave States, We are simplydischarging the bnlv and institutive duty »»ftiefeadi-j^; our homes, our firesides and ouraltars, our wiles and our children. TheN -rth may as well learn it now as luk-r, thatthis duty we will di.-^charge as an h morable,brave and fearless people. If they insistupon as<silin^: m, they wili uerhac-« ie&r..ot their 6«''C'ss-v as soon as we ar« consciousof our j- u bj ugaiiyn..Mvnphix Bulletin.

AtnoE.vr..Ulaokn.suukc, Mn., April28..The exeitcmeat that now pervades >.ur

usually quiet village is intense. Indeed,every uian, not only here, but throughoutPrince George's county is up, and hopesto be doing soon. The Vansvilie Hungers«re a fine specimen of soldiery. They are Iup.in sentinel duty every night. A fewnights ago young Eimn«.k, une o| the it in- !gers, {.i-.-'seiJ the sentinel without answering,when requested twice to do so, whereuponhe was shot, the ball taking etiee.i in theshoulder, infiieting a very iseriouc woo-'-d,wine it it i- hoped taay not prove fatal, tiethought of course, the sentinel knew him,!as he was one of his best friends.

VIRGINIA NEWS.The iv'chmond Examiner says:."A gentle¬

man, whose character for intelligence andintegrity is well known in the .State, hashas just reached Richmond iroin Washingtoncity, where ho spent a day. While there hehad a conversation with (Jen. Winfield Sc<>tt."General Scott declared that while he did not

profess to speak the policy of the Govern¬ment, he believed that they would not march-*an annv ut'invasion into any of the secededStates, but that they would retake Fort Moul¬trie and Sumter and Harper's Ferry at everycost. They would also keep open the lineofcommunication between the Ohio river andIhe Federal Capital." Such is the substanceand nearly the exact Words used by GeneralScott on Tuesday last to a citizen of this Sta'ewhose usser- tions may be relied on."Of the old Pennsylvania at Norfolk scarce¬

ly a vestige remains, except her charred andblackened stern-post, which barely risesabove too water. Of the two or three othervessel* lying in the vicinity of the Pennsyl¬vania, not a ve.sti^e is risible. At a wharfnear the .Dry Dock arc moored, though par¬tially sunken, the Delaware, a condemnedold seventy-four, arid the Columbus, also a

seventy-four. Both these vessels were tired,but the llaiue# failed to accomplish their de¬struction. The timbers of the latter shipare in iioe preservation, and it is said she

j wili I'- cut down and rebuilt. The sloop-of-war Plymouth is also moored at her wharf,almost, unharmed. She was scuttled, butin the haste of the proceeding the work wasbut poorly performed, and she will he savedin pcrfccjt order.The Warrenton Flag say*:."A few days

ago no individual was'taken up at Bealton,in tiiis county, who gave his name as Green,and said he was from Howard county, Md ,

and slightly acquainted in Baltimore, butrefused and-does still refuse to give the nameof any one l\>r reference. Neither will heimpart any other satisfactory informationconcerning his appearance in Fauquier..Within the last three weeks he has visited theEastern shore of both Maryland and Virginia,Norfolk, Richmond, the gold mines in Staf-furd, and next tins county, where he willlikt-ly remain for some time, being now iu

jjail."The Fredericksburg News says:."The

difficulty of getting supplies from abroad,together with the threatened blockade of theSouthern port* by the Lincoln Governmenthas bad the effect of advancing the price ofall the necessaries of life, in this market..This advance is not contined simply to gro-ceries, flour and bacon, but enters into sta-pie articles of the dry goods trade. Severalmerchants have declined to mark up theircalicoes and muslins, whilst we hear othyxshave added from twenty-five to fifty per centon old rates."The city authorities «f Richmond have

passed an ordinance, directing the issue, inthe name cf the city, of three hundredthousand dollars in .small notes, for the re¬

demption of which the faith of the city ispledged. The law provides for the issue oftwo hundred thousand dollars in notes ofthe denomination of one dollar; fifty thous¬and dollars in notes of the denomination offifty cents; and fifty thousand dollars innotes of the denomination of twenty-fivecents.A volunteer company was formed in Pal-

mouth, on Tuesday last, after 12 o'clock, M.They elected Charles Green as Captain,crossed the river to Fredericksburg, andwere "mustered into service," and proceed¬ed to active duty at Aquia Creek the same

evening. Capt Green graduated at Lex¬ington a yea.!' or two ago, where he tookhigh rank.The Maine .< J>'itn A Washington was reg¬

istered :if. the Spots»vood House ou Wed-ne.-dav. .Mr. \V , who was the owner of.Mount \ ernon, is a nephew of the immortall ather.»!' his Co a u try, and will assist in thopresent eontest. as a member of Generall.ee's stall', to preserve to us that liberty se-ewrM to th«i whole country by the efforts ofhi.-, i(isimguisiied relative.. lin'h. Dispatch.We loani tint the Governor has issued a

proclamation, prohibiting the exportation ol.] ur. grain an<l provisions from VirginiaWe hope now that our friend* in the inter¬ior wiil . r-ji«1 forward for sale ample sup¬plies of ll- ur. butter. bacon, beef. eg.as, and,,lii.r indisjuMisnble articles. The prices ofprovisions and groceries have advanced inRichmond.

Kight .Jewish ladies iti Lynchburg contri¬buted one hundred dollars to the volunteercompanies ..f th.it city. The Jews sn Char-lotte.sville have been more liberal, in pro-portion to rheir means, in their contribu¬tion-: '.a aid the soldiers and their familiesthan un> oilier class of our citizens.

Five thousand, live huudred superior mus¬kets la'.eiy contained in the U. S Arsenal;;r Fayetteviile, N. C., arrived in RichmondWednesday evening, via Petersburg Kailr r.ol, having been sent to \ irginia by lion.John W. Hi lis. governor of North Carolina.

i. pon the line of the Manassas Gap ilail-r .ad ilie holes nre dug and posts deliveredfor a te'egranh line, the eutire length of theroad. '1 in* wire will be stretched in a dayor two.

A company of .Mounted Hangers nre be¬ing formed in Richmond by Col. Ilosser,formerly a citi'/.en of Petersburg, but morerer-fn'jv of Wisconsin. Their service is in-tended to protect our frontiers.The patriotic and generous citizens of Pe¬

tersburg. the "Cockade City," have presen¬ted to Gen. Gwvnu a splendid chancer.The horse is of high breed, dark bay coloraod fully caparisoned.

its accordance with 'he proclamation ot'tho Governor, the Banks are beginning toissue notes of small denomination. TheFarmers' Hank on yesterday circulated a

portion of its old "ones" and "twos."D-. -J dm Ward, of Warrenton.who recently

resigned ;he position of burgeon in the lateI. 6. Xav v. has been appointed to a similarpi,si. ion in the i\ avy of the Southern Confed-erc v.One hundred and eighty-nine Southern

soldiers weret-» nave left Wilmington, NorthGaroliua, ou Wednesday, at 4 o'clock, lorKi:hnu.nd.The Cbarl *st.mi Courier learns, from the

most reliable source, that President Daviswiii rake command, in person, asG^ueral-in-Cbief of the forces gathering in Virginia.Wm. E. iiarrisou, cmj., of Leesburg, is

volunteer company for the servicei.f the S'hre. Mr. Harrison i'j a graduateof the Virginia Military Institute.The County Court of Greenbrier county,

on Wednesday la.-t, appropriated ten thous¬and dollars towards arming and equippingthe Volunteer Companies of Ihe county.

Fredericksburg lias been converted fromits peaceful, quiet appearance into a regularcamp. There are now auuie eight hundrediroop.i there, and more expected.The Collector of Richmond dischargedand cleared a vessel lor the first time on

Kriti.-y, under tho laws of the ConfederateStates of America.There is but one powder mill in Virginiaand eight-in Maryland, and none in the rest

of ;i:»- South, while Delaware ha9 nine andPennsylvania sixty-seven.D if Gordon, esq., has given *2 000 to¬

ward- equipping the military of Fredericks-burg.The secession feeling is running high in

I'f.r.nolre, Botetourt, and Craig, and. indeed,in the whole of Southwestern Virginia.W e Hie informed that the Greenbrier In- '

dependent has been discontinued. 1

The women of Fredericksburg have inpublic meeting resolved, that the ornamentiof house and persou shall not be withheldif needed, to promote the iniersts ofand Nation; and than they will deny them¬selves all the luxuries of dress and table, mfar as possible, in order that the men shallhave more to expend lor the defence of hum?and the liberties of the people.A number of citizens of Caroline countyin the neighborhood of Guiney's Depot'have pledged themselves that the families 0fall the volunteers shall be provided withthe necessities of lifefree of thirije; in theirown full-hearted language, "IF IT 13K ToDIVIDE 0UK LAST MKASURK opMEAL"The Virginia Citizen, published in IIur.risouburg, Virginia, has succumbed, as welearn from a correspondence in the llich-mond Dispatch, dated I'Jrh April.

FOREIGN MIKCELLASyTThe various legislative assemblies iu tjlf)Austrian States had met ond organized.

disposition to demand further concession wa.<exhibited by all of them. Disturbances hadoccurred at Vienna. In Poland the tenden¬cy to revolution wa* on the increase, requir¬ing; great military energy and much vigoroathe part ol'the Russian authorities. Tkeex-citement had extended to Gulicia. The Km-peror ot Russia had made these convulsionsthe apology for declining, in a formal noteaddressed to the French. Government, anyparticipation in the pacitication of the East.The London Times ius an article on theSpanish seizure oi San Domingo, generallydisapproving of the step, and strongly so ifthe restoration of slavery were to result. TheSpanish Government, through its semi-offi¬cial organ, asserts that Spain will accept :besovereignly of the late Republic, providedits people, by a popular vott, declares in fa¬vor of the change and none of the greatPowers protest.On the loth. Mr. Gladstone introduced iu-

to the House of Commons the annual bud¬get, the terms of which he proceeded to di$.cuss at great length, its prominent trait Uthe proposed repeal of the paper duty andthe re-establishment of the tea and sugarduties. The proposition was well received.i'rom Asia wc learn of the spread of thefrightful famine in India; of the occurrenceof desiructive inundations in Java; and ol avictory, earned by a serious loss of life, ofthe French and Spauish over the Anameaearray.The highest circulation in one day of any

newspaper was that of the London Times inApril, 1820, containing the celebrated letterof Queen Caroline to her hu-.band, Georgethe Fourth. Of that single number 200,0X»copies were s<»ld. As the Times was ibeasold at fourteen cents a copy, of which eightcents were paid to the G jvernraent for stampduty, the immense sum of $28,000 was actual¬ly received for that single edition.

The State Convention*..Tbe Conventionadjourned Wednesday night at 9 o'clock, tomeet again on the 12th of June. The busi¬ness of the day was of an entirely secret na¬ture, but, we are informed, was comparative¬ly unimportant, consisting principally of aseries of finishing touches to the businessalready performed. It was rumored thatall of the officers of the army of tbe State,above the rank of Colonel, would be removedbefore the present adjournment, butthi*, woare assured was not d"oe. Members adegothat, the events of the intervening forty dayswill produce a great deal of important workfor the Convention, which could not t»e dis¬posed of by tbe Legislaturo, and heuee thanecessity of convening again.The Governor is authorized to call toe

Convention together at any time during therecess, if he deems it necessary to do so.

Previous to its adjournment, the Conven¬tion confirmed a number of military appointments, among them the following, us welearu:

It. K. Lee. Mitjjtr General.Walter Gwynn, Brigadier Genera .

J.. P. .Johnston, Brigadier Genenu.J. B. Magruder, Colonel.Philip St. George Cooke, Colonel oi Vulun*

teers.C. Tompkins. Colonel of Volunteer*.Kenton Harper. Colonel of Volunteers.K. IS. Garnett. Adjutant General's depart¬

ment. with rank of Colonel.J. W. Allen, Colonel of Volunteers.Chas. Bell Gibson, Surgeon General.Michael Uarman, Quarter Master General.I*. F. Ficklen. (Quarter Master General.We shall give the lull list of appointment*

hereafter.Kkportkij Privateers ox the Mas-.uju-

sktts Coast..The Boston Traveller, uf Sa¬turday, has the following reports:

"It is reported, says the Merchants*' Ex¬change books, that a privateer has been seen

off New Bedford, arid that city is in a «tat<iof great excitement. Karthwork* are beiu^constructed, and Governor Clifford baseman?to Boston to procure a battery of rifled can¬

non."We learn from Mr. Whiting, messenger

for Hatch, Gray it Co.'s Kxprcss, that it wan

reported in Mew Bedford yesterday. »itwo'or three steamers, supposed to be priva¬teers, had been seen off the mouth of thebay."Guns were at once mounted on the«U

brick fort at Fairhaven. and thiee gun> weretaken down to Clark's Point, where a secondbattery is being built to-day, on th* .-ite<>! a

fort proposed to be built by the Generalernment.

"To-day one hundred muskets were pur¬chased in this city for the purpose of arminga Home Guard, which is being organiz-d..If any privateers visit that port they will betaken care of."

Tiie Grayson Dare Devils..There is a

universal feeling of sympathy with the^egallant fellows in their mortification at n it

being received in Richmond. They nun-ber one hundred men, all six fret high, a: Iunfailing rifle hhots. The company c<>nei.-*ted of one hund:ed and thirty five, hut it i*said their commander informed them thatonly one hundred would be allowed to.corndto Richmond; and to decide which «>f thewshould enjoy that desired privilege theirfired at a mark running, and the hundredwho struck the target nearest to or exactlyin the centre were accordingly detailed..Rich. IfUp.

The University* of Virginia..A rc|rorthaving gained currency that the lectures atthis institution will be suspended, in c nst"

fjuence of the state of the country, we are

requested to state that no such pu-po^e isentertained by the authorities. There are

about 350 students now at the l:niverity,attending to their duties with commendablediligence. At this present time, as there aremore volunteers than can be taken into ser¬

vice, these young gentlemen cannot betterserve their couutry than by storing tbeirbeads with useful knowledge..Rich. Whiy>

'The War and Oil .The war busio«»has completely subdued and repressed theoil excitement. We don't hear a word aboutit now. We learn from a gentleman froiaSmith's Ferry, that the wells there have ahceased to pay, and in many places along 'bo

fiver, the proprietors of wells have stoppedboring, $nd run up the American flag on

their derricks. There is almost as great a

rush away from the Kanawha region »»

there was towards if. three months agoWheeling, Intelligences. =

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