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[special Dispatch to the Richmond Dispatch.]the reign of terror in New York. New York, April 17. --Terrorism is inaugurated here. The office of the Journal of Commerce has been surrounded by the mob, and compelled to put out the U. S. flag. It is said that the office of the Daily News is to be attacked. Border State stocks are depressed by a combination to frighten those States. A. A.
From Montgomery. Montgomery, April 17. --Fifty thousand Tennessee and Kentucky troops offered this morning at the Montgomery War Department. Government has been asked from New Orleans for the whole of the fifteen million loan. Tenders have been made for letters of marque and reprisals. [second Dispatch.] Montgomery, April 17. --President Davis' Proclamation will be issued to-morrow. The Cabinet had a long session, and will probably call 150,000 more troops iApril 17. --President Davis' Proclamation will be issued to-morrow. The Cabinet had a long session, and will probably call 150,000 more troops into the field. President Davis' Proclamation.Proclamation by the President of the Confederate States of America. Whereas Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, has by proclamation announced his intention of invading this Confederacy with an armed force for the purpose of capturing the fortresses, and thereby subverting its independence, and subjecting the free people thereof to the dominion of a foreign power; and, whereas, it has thus become the duty of this Government to re
From Washington. Washington, April 17. --It is reported, but not yet confirmed, that Government has called out 150,000 additional troops. It is stated that engineers have selected positions for the erection of batteries in and around Washington for the protection of the city. Col. Charles Lee Jones, Adjutant General of the District Militia, threw up his commission to-day. The Rhode Island volunteers are ordered to Washington. Capt. Stuart, of the splendid Georgetown Cavalry, has resigned. Every public building in this city is now openly guarded, day and night, by enlisted soldiers. The street in front of the Post-Office is filled with provisions in barrels and boxes, and guarded. An ammunition train passed along the Avenue to-day, toward Georgetown, probably to supply the battery which is said to be erecting on the Heights of Georgetown. The Light Artillery are to-night on the Maryland approaches to the city. Carrington, formerly of V
From Charleston. Charleston. April 17. --There is nothing of interest stirring. The prospect of Virginia's secession gives great joy to everybody. Two millions of the Confederate loan have been taken in Charleston alone. The paper is readily taken in the interior. [second Dispatch.] Charleston, April 17. --The city subscription to the Confederate loan this morning is $2,008,000. The books will be opened again to-morrow. From Charleston. Charleston. April 17. --There is nothing of interest stirring. The prospect of Virginia's secession gives great joy to everybody. Two millions of the Confederate loan have been taken in Charleston alone. The paper is readily taken in the interior. [second Dispatch.] Charleston, April 17. --The city subscription to the Confederate loan this morning is $2,008,000. The books will be opened again to-morrow.
From Georgia. Augusta, April 17. --Very little doing in cotton in the Southern markets. Little offering. Holders demand an advance. Lincoln's Proclamation is condemned and ridiculed, and many consider the offers of Northern volunteers mere gasconade; but hundreds of battalions and regiments of volunteers are quietly forming in the South--many secretly — to meet the Northern volunteers in case they can be found. An unparalleled war spirit is aroused in the South. Men and means are freely and lavishly offered. It is believed impossible to subdue it short of a grand national Waterloo conflict.
Kentucky true to the South. Louisville, April 17. --A large and enthusiastic meeting was held here last night in opposition to Lincoln's war policy. Resolutions were unanimously passed that Kentucky will not permit the marching of troops against the Southern Confederacy, but will share the latter's destiny if war comes. A similar meeting was held at Paducah.
Tennessee Moving. Memphis, April 17. --There is intense excitement here. A tremendous meeting was held here last night, when Memphis was resolved out of the Union. There are no Union men here now.
The flood at Montreal. Montreal, April 17. --The inundation is subsiding. Damage about a million of dollars. No loss of life reported. A severe snow storm occurred last night. The ice is still gorged in the river below.
The Confederate loan. Mobile, April 17. --The loan is being eagerly and rapidly taken, principally by fifty and hundred dollar bidders, they having preference. The office is crowded with applications.
From New Orleans. New Orleans, April 17. --Several pieces of ordnance have been taken to Forts Jackson and St. Phillips to-day. More volunteers are leaving for Pensacola.