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The Union men of Louisville, Ky., have elected their candidates to the ‘ "Border State Convention"’ by a large majority. There was no secession ticket in the field.

At Portsmouth, N. H., on the 4th inst.,, Augustus Jenks, the Collector of the port, being suspected of sympathizing with secession, was waited upon and compelled to holst the American flag.

The steamship Virginia, Kelly, heretofore running between Philadelphia and Richmond, has been chartered by the Federal Government.

The engines and cars of the Alexandria and Washington Railroad have been transferred to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad.

Commodore Isaac Mayo, a veteran officer of the U. S. Navy, has tendered his resignation.

Anthony Philip Heinrich, the celebrated musical composer, died in New York last week, in the 81st year of his age.

Dr. Antisell, late assistant examiner of the Patent Office, has been promoted to the place of chief examiner.

The brokers of Lynchburg accommodate the soldiers by taking the notes of Southern banks at par.

A suspicious character who has been traveling about Maryland and Virginia, was arrested in Fauquier county last week.

The Warrenton Whig, Fauquier co., Va., has been discontinued. The editor is in the service of his country.

The County Court of Westmoreland, last Court day, issued the bonds of the county for $10,000, to aid the volunteers.

The New Orleans Light Guard, of Louisiana, and the Davis Guard of Kentucky, arrived in Lynchburg Tuesday morning.

A recruiting office for Federal soldiers has been opened in Baltimore. Eighty-one enlisted on Monday.

Ex-Governor Gorman is to head a regiment from Minnesota.

The County Court of Monroe has appropriated $10,000 for the volunteers.

‘"Havelock Guards"’ is the name of a new company in Alexandria.

The Court of Appeals of Virginia will not meet in Lewisburg until the 12th of July.

The Mobile Regiment, at Lynchburg, were ordered to Norfolk.

The ladies of Fredericksburg have made up a large quantity of clothing for the soldiers.

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