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h an army of 50,000 or 60,000 men, expecting to join with 60,000 additional troops to be raised in Virginia. New York,April 23.--The schooner Hannah Martin, from Boston for Baltimore, and the three-masted schooner E. R. Bennet, for Norfolk, with beef and pork, whiskey and clothing, etc., has been seized, by order of the Government, by the steamer Mercury. The steamer Viper is on a similar duty at the mouth of Long Island Sound. New York,April 23.--The schooner O. H. Lee, from York River, Va., has arrived. She brings as passengers T. W. Evens, lady, and family; G. P. South well and lady; James Cross and family; and several others, who had been compelled to leave Williamsburg, Va., for expressing themselves against secession. Indianapolis,April 22.--Sixty companies, the full number required from Indiana, have been accepted by the Governor. Thirty- five companies more have tendered their services, and information of one hundred additional companies forming has been rece
of public property by the agents of that Government, both at Harper's Ferry and at the Gosport Navy-Yard, gave ample reason for such belief; and whereas, under such circumstances, sundry vessels in the waters of the James River, the Rappahannock, York, and Potomac Rivers, and their tributaries, have been seized and detained by the authorities of the State, or officers acting under patriotic motives without authority, and it is proper that such vessels and property should be promptly restored to24th April, 1861, and in the 85th year of the Commonwealth. John Letcher. By the Governor: George W. Munford, Sec'y of the Commonwealth. The following officers of the State Navy are assigned to the duties required by this Proclamation; For James River--Capt. Cocke and Commander Tucker. For Potomac River--Capt. Forrest and Lieut.Semmes. For Rappahannock River--Lieut. Lewis. For York River--Commander J. L. Henderson and Lieut. J. S. Maury. ap 25--d--c3t