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New York, April 18, via Alexandria, April 20. --Orders have been received here to refuse clearance to all vessels for Southern ports. The Seventh Regiment of the National Guard leave at 3 o'clock to-morrow (Friday) afternoon for Washington. It is said a Boston regiment will go down the Delaware, and go to Washington by the Petomac river, to avoid Baltimore. It is also said the Federal Government will seek and receive the aid of Canada. The Rhode Island regiment will arrive to-night en route for Washington. The London Times warns the North against attempting coercion, citing the example of England and her colonies. [second Dispatch.] New York, April 18th, via Alexandria 21st. This city is in the hands of an Abolition mob, protected and urged on by a Black Republican police force. No man's life or property is safe who happens to be born at the South. The liberty of speech and of the press are suppressed. The reign of terrorism is inaugurated as effectually as Robespierre did in France. The universal burst of feeling against the South, though exaggerated by the press, nevertheless contains a most malignant and persistent element and hellish hatred. They expect and intend to expend $100,000,000 in the war against the South, and then compel it to pay a part of the debt. [Third Dispatch.] New York, April 18 --9½ P. M.--We received the news of Virginia's secession this evening. All hail and all honor to the Old Dominion. As she goes, so goes the Border States. With all the Southern States and people united, they can never be conquered. The news threw a considerable damper upon the run-mad kill-all-Southerners excitement with which the city has been crazy this week. The London Times, received by steamer to-night, warns the Northern States that their attempt at coercion may result as the coercive policy of Great Britain did towards the Colonies. The order to refuse clearances for the Southern States will strike a serious blow at the Northern shipping and coasting trade. A.
The Daily Dispatch: April 22, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. April 22, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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