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From Washington Lincoln's proclamation.arrests of unoffending citizens, &c., &c.
The following is Lincoln's proclamation for the blockade of the ports of Virginia and North Carolina:
Whereas, for the reasons assigned in my proclamation of the 19th instant, a blockade of the ports of the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas was ordered to be established:
And whereas, since that date, public property of the United States has been seized, the collection of the revenue obstructed, and duly commissioned officers of the United States, while engaged in executing the orders of their superiors, have been arrested and held in custody as prisoners, or have been impeded in the discharge of their official duties, without due legal process, by persons claiming to act under authorities of the States of Virginia and North Carolina, an efficient blockade of the ports of those States will also be established.
In witness whereof, I hav
Deceased.
--Samuel S. Farrier, a prominent and successful merchant, and President of one of the banks of Charleston, S. C., is dead.
The death of Senator Edward B. Bryan, of South Carolina, is also announced.
Mr. Farrier was a native of Albemarle county, Va., and settled in Charleston in 1826.
Gen. Gwynn.
--Gen. Walter Gwynn, having accepted an important command in Virginia, has resigned the position of Chief of Engineers, which he held in South Carolina.
His letter of resignation breathes a grateful and tender appreciation of the confidence bestowed by his adopted State, in whose service he has been honorably distinguished.
Arrival of South Carolina troops.
--A detachment of the Second Regiment of South Carolina volunteers, 283 in number, under Col. J. B. Kershaw, arrived in Richmond at half-past 5 o'clock yesterday evening per Petersburg Railroad.
The companies composing the detachment are commanded by Captains McManus, Hale and Richardson.--The gallant representatives and defenders of Southern rights, immediately on their arrival, took up their line of march for the Central Fair Grounds, where there are now encamped some of the finest specimens of the citizen soldier to be seen in the world.