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nd caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.--Done at the city of Washington, the twenty-seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-fifth. Abraham Lincoln. By the President: Wm. H. Seward, Sec'y of State. The Alexandria Gazette, of yesterday, has the following by special express from Washington. It embraces fuller accounts of events previously reported: Washington, April 29. --Guards of soldiers are at both ends of the Long Bridge. On the Virginia side, the gallant yeomanry of the Old Dominion, under the blue canopy of a Virginia sky, act as vigilant sentinels; while on the Northern extremity, the paid hirelings of the present Administration lounge about the front of their comfortable barracks. It is said, though the truth of the report is not vouched for, that on to-morrow the Heights at Arlington are to be taken possession of and fortified by the
Affairs in Baltimore. Baltimore, April 29 --Much activity is observable to-day between Forts McHenry and Carroll. It is reported that guns are taken to the latter, which is being placed in the best possible condition for defence. The city is quiet, and volunteers are offering in large numbers.
More troops Wanted by Lincoln. Alexandria, April 29. --The steamship Coatzacolcas passed to day with troops. The Government of the United States will call for 25,000 additional troops, which, with the 75,000 already called, and the regular army and navy, will make a total of 183,000 at the disposal of Lincoln.