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February, 5 AD (search for this): article 1
sequence, a dead lock in exchange on New York. There is no reason why honest debtors in Illinois and Wisconsin should not send on corn and flour to meet their notes here. Later accounts represent the number of failures as on the increase. The City Council of Louisville, Ky., has appropriated $200,000 for arming the city, subject to the ratification of the citizens. From the following it appears that there has been some excitement lately at Wilmington' Del.: Wilmington, May 2.--There has been much excitement here for a day or two past. Capt. McMullan, of the Philadelphia Independent Rangers, has been in the city for the purpose of detecting some suspected parties here from Baltimore. It was rumored that an attack was to be made on the Powder Works of the Messrs. Dupont. Our Home Guards were called out, and after marching part of the way to the Works, were met by the Mayor of Wilmington, who directed them to return, as there was no occasion for their services.
December, 6 AD (search for this): article 1
ility to the Government, to assemble at Montgomery, there to confer with the rebel Government upon the momentous issues before them. The conservative portion of the people in Richmond are in favor of an armistice, in order that some peaceful settlement of the difficulty may be arrived at, and several leading men from Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and Tennessee, it is said, are actively exerting themselves to bring it about.-- The Virginia Legislature adjourned on the 1st inst., until the 12th of June, by which time it was expected that the returns of the popular vote on the Ordinance of Secession would be received. The Governor, meantime, is authorized to call the Legislature together at any time during the recess. It was stated upon reliable authority in Washington yesterday that there are only 1,500 Virginians at Harper's Ferry, and that they are not half armed, and very short of provisions. A deputation of Kentucky gentlemen waited on the President yesterday, offering tw
March, 5 AD (search for this): article 1
by. Col. Vosburgh says the Seventy-first (N. Y.) shall fire but one shot. The South has made its slaves men by employing them in erecting fortifications. and by organizing them in companies; the Northern troops will, therefore, seize slaves as prisoners of war wherever they are found. Brooks Elias Connor, the individual that tampered with Government dispatches, was tried by court-martial at Annapolis yesterday, and found guilty. Sentence is reserved. From Philadelphia, May 3d, the telegraph advises us that-- All travel to the South is stopped to-day.-- No communication with Baltimore or Washington is permitted by the military authorities. General Patterson refuses to give travelers his pass, and holds the roads exclusively for the transport of troops and munitions of war. Three hundred passengers from Washington reached this city to-day. They have occupied thirty hours in the journey from that capital to this point. Nineteen members of the Sevent
John B. Latrobe (search for this): article 1
Latest news by Mail. The following is a summary of the proceedings of the Maryland Legislature, as far as received: The Senate sat until 12 o'clock at night on Thursday, and all day on Friday, on the bill for appointing a Board of Public Safety. 1ts enemies opposed it with great bitterness and with all the expedients of delay; offering many amendments, and calling for the yeas and days. The only amendment adopted was one substituting the name of John B. Latrobe for that of Thomas Winans, who declined. The Senate adjourned without taking the vote. In the House of Delegates, the name of Outerbridge Horsey was inserted in the joint resolution appointing a Commissioner to Richmond, reported Thursday, and the resolution was passed unanimously. A vague dispatch from Baltimore, dated Saturday, speaks of the growing Union sentiment in the city, and great unanimity against the Board of Safety bill. The following is from the Washington Star of Saturday evening:
Brooks Elias Connor (search for this): article 1
a steamer. Col. Mansfield, commanding the Military Department of Washington, assures me that the men will be sent into the field soon, and that they will have fighting enough by and by. Col. Vosburgh says the Seventy-first (N. Y.) shall fire but one shot. The South has made its slaves men by employing them in erecting fortifications. and by organizing them in companies; the Northern troops will, therefore, seize slaves as prisoners of war wherever they are found. Brooks Elias Connor, the individual that tampered with Government dispatches, was tried by court-martial at Annapolis yesterday, and found guilty. Sentence is reserved. From Philadelphia, May 3d, the telegraph advises us that-- All travel to the South is stopped to-day.-- No communication with Baltimore or Washington is permitted by the military authorities. General Patterson refuses to give travelers his pass, and holds the roads exclusively for the transport of troops and munitions of war.
Illinois (Illinois, United States) (search for this): article 1
the produce business are among the number. At the present time merchants who have been trading with the West are hardly in a better condition than those who have been doing business with the South. Most of the currency of the great North western States is based on deposit of the State stocks. The fall in these securities has occasioned a corresponding depreciation in Western currency, and, in consequence, a dead lock in exchange on New York. There is no reason why honest debtors in Illinois and Wisconsin should not send on corn and flour to meet their notes here. Later accounts represent the number of failures as on the increase. The City Council of Louisville, Ky., has appropriated $200,000 for arming the city, subject to the ratification of the citizens. From the following it appears that there has been some excitement lately at Wilmington' Del.: Wilmington, May 2.--There has been much excitement here for a day or two past. Capt. McMullan, of the Phila
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): article 1
ide the fort. The Montgomery correspondent of the same paper says that much anxiety exists relative to the present conflict in the border States, especially Maryland and Virginia. Great activity existed in the War Department. Troops were being hurried into the field, and the Cabinet had decided to call out fourteen regimentople in Richmond are in favor of an armistice, in order that some peaceful settlement of the difficulty may be arrived at, and several leading men from Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and Tennessee, it is said, are actively exerting themselves to bring it about.-- The Virginia Legislature adjourned on the 1st inst., until the 12th ofobably been relinquished. The policy which has been most pressed upon the President, within the last few days, is substantially as follows: To hold Virginia, as Maryland is held, with a strong hand, and await Mr. Jefferson Davis in the Old Dominion until the hot weather is over; meantime, to seal hermetically every Southern port,
Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): article 1
usal to furnish any troops. Some gentlemen from Baltimore are also in Washington, for the purpose of tendering the service of one regiment from that city to the United States Government. Gen. Harney has prepared an address to the people of Missouri, urging them to remain in the Union, and pointing out to them that to join the secession movement would be to bring destruction upon their State. It has been decided by the War Department that no more troops, except volunteer regiments, areetachment of the Seventh to the capital. He intends, not with standing his advanced years, to offer his services to the Government. He has been in the Navy for fifty-two years. The Now York Express, of Saturday, regards the telegrams from Missouri and Kentucky as of great importance. The message of the Missouri Governor sounds secessionist, and it does not like the way the Union men are going to the wall here and there in Old Kentucky. Embarrassment in commercial circles appear to m
New York State (New York, United States) (search for this): article 1
cided by the War Department that no more troops, except volunteer regiments, are to be concentrated at Washington for the present. The following graphed from Washington: Seventy-five men were thrown into fort Monroe last Tuesday night, by boats from a steamer. Col. Mansfield, commanding the Military Department of Washington, assures me that the men will be sent into the field soon, and that they will have fighting enough by and by. Col. Vosburgh says the Seventy-first (N. Y.) shall fire but one shot. The South has made its slaves men by employing them in erecting fortifications. and by organizing them in companies; the Northern troops will, therefore, seize slaves as prisoners of war wherever they are found. Brooks Elias Connor, the individual that tampered with Government dispatches, was tried by court-martial at Annapolis yesterday, and found guilty. Sentence is reserved. From Philadelphia, May 3d, the telegraph advises us that-- All tra
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): article 1
be accommodated, in due time, if all have patience, If no more troops are needed at Washington, a hundred thousand will be needed else where-- at less pleasant places, perhaps — and among company not so select; but as war is war, it will not do for the true soldier to be too particular. With regard to Southern debts, the Express says: Several collectors are arriving in the city from the South bearing different answers from debtors. We hear of one who received $1,500 in North Carolina money, which, of course, is sadly depreciated, and now and then one who has a draft on New York; while here and there one is found who declares while here and there one is found who declares that war cancels all debts. More frequently comes the better answer that "we will pay when we can, and regret that we can't pay now." New Yorkers who have been so liberal with their credits, extensions, and renewals, are terrible sufferers from the times. It is a suggestive circumstance that mo
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