Still later.
The Sun Extra of Tuesday evening, 2½ o'clock, furnishes the following:
‘
The city wears its usual martial appearance this morning, but events within the city limits are not exciting.
The concentration of Northern troops at
Perrysville, on the
Susquehanna, and at
Annapolis, has excited vigilant surveillance in those directions.
’
Two thousand stand of approved arms reached the
Camden Station at 8 o'clock this morning, from
Harper's Ferry, sent by the
Virginia authorities, to be used in the defence of
Baltimore.
The arms were received by
Gen. Egerton, of the Fifty-third Regiment, who superintended their removal to the Maryland Institute, the headquarters of the regiment.
Speaking of the
Yankee troops who returned from
Cockeysville, the
Sun says:
‘
Our informant reports the condition of the troops as most deplorable.
He passed freely among them as they lay sleeping in the cars and on the ground, with their muskets hanging out of the car windows, and "lying around loose." A force of two hundred men could have captured all their arms without awakening the enemy.
’
On Sunday night there was a great alarm in the camp.
A wagon came driven rapidly down the road, and rattling over the stones, was mistaken for artillery.
Instantly there was a call to arms, and formed in line.
In the midst of the excitement one of the soldiers dropped dead from the ranks.
From
Annapolis.
We learn from a gentleman who left
Annapolis about 7 o'clock last evening by land, that when three miles from that city he met two U. S. Army officers, escorted by a detachment of the Vansville (Md.) Rangers, Cap.
Snowden, and that he was informed by the latter that the two army officers alluded to were sent from
Washington by the
Government, with directions to order the
Northern troops, now at
Annapolis, to return home.
Annapolis,April 23. --The Seventh New York Regiment (numbering 991 men) and the Massachusetts Regiment landed last night at the Naval Academy.
Last evening, the
Vansville Rangers, of
Prince George county, intercepted a messenger from
Washington, with sealed orders for
Captain Blake, of the Naval Academy, and brought him before Gov
Hicks, who received the dispatches, and afterwards handed them to
Capt. Blake.
It is reported that they contain an order for the troops to return home, it being impossible for them to cross the
Patuxent.
The Rangers report that nearly every man in
Prince George's county is under arms.
The telegraph wires were cut near this place last night.
All the steamers and cars are withheld here, and no mails or freight can be had from
Baltimore.
Later.--
Annapolis, April 23.--Two companies of the
Massachusetts regiments have this moment taken possession of the railroad depot here, preparatory to leaving for
Washington.
