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The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], War matters. (search)
Virginia previous to the vote of the State upon the Secession Ordinance, but it is improbable that troops will advance upon Virginia soil previous to the election. The Government has its settled plans, upon which it will act no matter what the result of the election will be. Alexandria may possibly be occupied, and from strategical, but not from political reasons. The Secretary of the Treasury has been officially notified that attempts are being made to evade the blockade of the Lower Mississippi by shipping contraband articles per boat from St. Louis to points in Kentucky, and thence overland to Tennessee and further South. He is determined to put a stop to this illegal traffic. He is now advising as to the best means of doing this effectively, and will issue stringent orders at the earliest possible moment. A dispatch from Chambersburg, Pa, is of such a peculiarly interesting character that we lay it before our readers. The "small-pox" report is a weak invention of th