The New York Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1861, Page 2

it PH i i z ~ 2 NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1861. Light, with the last detachment of the Seventh (No jock. York) regament on board, is lying off the dock. Daylight came directly up the Potomas, which is pow, and had a very pleasant and speedy passage. Navy Yard ise large quadrangle, containing the (shops and officers’ quarters, scattered here aud there, comewhat the style of the Brooklyn yard. In one of (hese shops and om board the steamer Baltimore the Seventy-first regiment are quartered. The shop is fiited up with rows of rough cribs, for sleeping bunks, and the passages between these cribs the men have labelled with members of the regiment. Thus you have Taine tottase’ and Poodorgrast aventie. ‘some of the names, such civie i i i here or stationed at Georgetown, where the first battle— if any occur—is expected in some quarters, is undeci- ded. A detachment of eighty men, with posites, is im that locality, and the boys expect to have a peetty lit- tle skirmish some of these fine evenings. They will ac- quit themselves well. The strictest martial law is ob- served in approaching the yard at night. Last evening @ negro belonging toa Maryland secessionist was arrest- ed for trying to pass over the bridge without the coun- ‘the sentinels at the gate are vory much annoyed by workmen in the yard, who yen | favor secession, and who take every opportunity to insult them. Private Trenor, of Company U, caught one of theese fellows the night be’ore last and secured volunteers, many of rather fight against THE EIGHTH REGIMENT. LETTER FROM A SERGEANT OF THE ENGINEERS, BIGHTH REGIMENT—ARRIVAL OF TROOPS—AP- PEARANCE OF THE NEW COMERS—HEALTH OF THE BEGIMENTS—CAMP LIFE—DIETARY 8CALE— ANNAPOLIS—CO8T OF PROVISIONS—A NIGHT ALARM, BTO., ETC. Naval ACADEMY, AnNAPous, April 30, 1861. Since my last, and up to last night, nothing of import- ‘ance bas taken place. Troops are constantly arriving apd departing for different stations on the river. It isa laughable sight to view some of the companies which ar- rived from the country places, some dressed with caps, others with an old style dreas coat, some with belts and some without, but nevertheless all good, hard fistod fel- lows, and just the men, with a few weeks’ drilling, to cut their way through anything. All the soldiers are in excellent spirits, and although our fare is hard for miliv tia men, there is nota murmur. Pork, bacon, coffee and Discuit, with an occasional! ration of potatoes, constitutes oor daily food. The grounds we are inare magnificent, shaded with trees and laid out with brick walks; the re- sidences are algo gotten up in the latest improved style, him im the guardnouse. I mentioned yesterday that | inside and outside. Two ships (steam) have arrived, and some of the workmen had been detected in filing bombs | jay about a mile and a half Menten’ Haters cal ve with sawdust, and had run away to avoid appreheasion. | communicated with them. One of them was pursued by half a dozen marines yes. terday, fired upon his pursuers, wes chased intoa house d, ano, attempting to escape, was im- The Seventy-first are much compli- mented by the Washington papers, and were visited yes- terday by the President and Secretary Seward, who seemed in most amiable mood, and shook hands with mear the Navy Yar mediately shot. every one. PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S SPEECH. ‘The President briefly addressed the regiment. Baltimore. thay should not, and although he knew the senti- ments of the men upon that pines he thought the course they had pursued, which tf eee) had decided upon, the very best which could ‘the government felt assured, and e last few days justitied that assurance, that in a short time Baltimore would be one of the most been adopted the eveuts of Union. ioving and Union defending cities in the country. ‘This they might rely upon and expect. It was only a boys of time, and of a very short time. At Vera e General in command was asked how long a time he wanted to capture the city. He replied that it could be captured in six hours, at the cost of twenty-five thousand lives, or tt could be captured in three weeks, without a single life being sacrificed. ‘Tho Genera! was allowed to take hia three weeks, an¢ Vera Cruz became ours without the loss of a life. So it bod be possible to force troops Baltimore tmmediately, by the logs of many lives, but he preferred, with the Genera! referred to, to give Baltimore its three weeks and accomplish the same , if it were desired, veaceably and quietly. men say that the President is one of the most awkward, ungainly men they have ever seem; but they all admired hus etyle of speaking, declaring thathe comes at everything in a left handed sort of way, and makes you bh every word and wait till the last ayliavle can get at his raeaning. But it is clear enough comes, At the Navy Yard there t# not very much activity, but the Pocahontas is getting ready for sea, THE SEVENTH REGIMENT ‘Is quartered in the splenaid new Hall of Representatives, ont boarded at the hotels, The men have 4 deal of duty end are drilled almost incessantly. Most of jen have had their hair close cropped, and are hardly recogeizable. The aris take lace in the Capitol gardena. Capitol ts closely sent ; RO persons are eimitted without passes, and it is not safe to be in that aeigborhood after nightfall, so strict is the disei pline observed. The rear of the Capitol ts ‘with barrels of cement and howitzers are mounted upon passages are choked with barrels, meet you at every turn. Sentinels are posted all through the building. In every room and in both the ‘rotundas trovps are quartered, and sleep upon theetone floors. the Maseachusetts regiments do thelr own cooking, and are very well supplied, except with mattresses. A large number of bedticks, purchased by the government, are Leld at Baltimore; but Quarter- master Beckwith expects to get hold of them ehortly. the Massachusetts troops suffered much from the detention of thoir baggage, which they received from Baltimore yes- terday. hy were without {changes of clothing until the ‘adies of Washington proucred them shirts. The Seventh have but boys esteem it great luxary thas ‘they ha’ carpeted floor to snore upon. > nto camp on Wednoscay, probably at Georgetown Keiguia. No one can tell what orders will come, how- ever ia camp the boys say they will seem more at bomo, besides enjoying opportunities for drill and exer- T think it prot TO FIGHT AT ALEXANDRIA. Tam (aformed by government officer that the twenty He said ‘that he was very glad that they had not come through It was the wish of the government that plates of irom, and fe shat they will be ordered upon more dangerous service, however, no less than Guard duty is very heavy, espectally in the ighth re- giment; men are forced to stand guard at times for six and eeven hours without a relief, and then mount again in less than four hours. One bait of ths Eighth regiment (about 460 men) have been detailed to diflerent parta of the surrounding country; also a battery of the Eighth re- giment troop. The striccest military discipline is ob- served in the yard, and men are not allowed out of their quarters after tattco, when the sentinels are doubled, and the countersign demanded from uil patrolling toe grounds, Last night a general alarm was beaten, aad in less than five minutes every man was armed and equipped, and in ten minutes every regiment was ready to march. The greatest excitement prevailed, and the men ail seemed anxious for the attack. Nothing, however, occurred in the way of fighting We slept fully uniformed and on our arms during we night. Vegetables, except potatoes and such like, are not to bo procured; and bread, which we procure from the pedlera, Stands us in twenty cents per loaf. Eggs, three and four centa a piece, according to the conscience of the seller. ‘The few people in the city—Anpapolis is almost desert- ed—reap a rich harvest from us poor soldiers. I fear a great many have already beon bankrupted. 1. R. T., Sergeant Engineers, Eighth Regiment. THE SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT. ‘The foliowing letter has been reccived by J. Steiner, Esq., of the firm of Mogenthall Brothers, from Manceliar F. Roll, a momber of the Seventy-first regiment :— Wastancton, April 29, 1861. Wo arrived in Washington yesterday, after sufvring like dogs. 1 assure you I bad no idea that a soldier's life was 50 full of hardship. We arrived at Annapolis on Wednesday last, and Thursday morning at haif-past three we took up our line of march for Washington Junction, a distance of thirty miles, over a hot and dusty road. [t wouid be very hard for me to tell you ail my sufforings, All wo bad to eat was three crackers and a little water, We arrived at the Junction carly om Friday morning, the whole regiment worn out with fatigue. Squads of fifteen men each were then placed between the Junction and Washington city, to protect the track. The equad I was in was composed of young men that I knew very well; consequently it was very pleasant. Early on Saturday the train picked us up and took us to Washington. The regimeut then took up their quarters in the building where the President's bail was held. After remaining hore a few hours the regiment was ordered to the Washington Navy Yard, where we are now. The company I beiong to is quarter- ed ona steamboat at the foot of the yard, called the Mount Vernon—the only respectable place we have been im since leaving New York. Yesterday President Lin- coln and Willem H Seward came on board the steam- boat, and the boys ail had to shake hands with them, of course. Iwill endeavor to give you a smail idea of our sufferings on board the steamer R. R. Cuyler. Every- «hing went on very fine until we got out of sight of land, ‘and then commenced the trouble. It was impossible to get apything to eat without paying a high price; for ia stance, « cup of tea fifty centa, a piece of ple afty cents; in fact everything was very high. it was locky I had some money with me, or | think [ should have starved, for | could not eat aalt junk and crackers, which was the only food provided for the regiment. A great mavy had to take thie fare, because they could get nothing else. Afver getting out to sea the sight { had was enough for me. Iehall never forget it as long asi live. The steamer for had accommodations two hundred, days given by the proclemation of the President having J and we had nearly @ thousand on board. Most expired, a demand will mace shortly that the Cus f Of them were » a8 the sca was very tom House at Alexandr ed by the secessionists, be J rough [ was very sick for three hours, The tvea up, and that if the Virginians refuse it will this may ¢ taken at all hazards. How true be I, of course, cannot tell; but when taken im con nection with bints thrown out by the administration, and with Lincoln’s ceciaration that he should cctake the vernment property, it seems very probable. Alexam begin at home. aud may well begiu at Alexandria will be eupported by iwo ships-of-war. about one thousand secess there. What the government does it must do quickly, SECRETARY CHASE COMMUNICATIVE. Thos far the designs of the government have been pe 4 well concealed, and its officers have been ex- iy close mouthed; but recently the admiais- tration bas not hertated to express is inioha very freely and publicly.” The remarks feo retary Seward, which I sent you yesterday, and the addr: of the President to the Seventy first, are proofs of this; and Secr: tary Chase added another by mak ing quite a apeesh at a private party last eveaing. He di clared that it was the policy of the government to ata out the South, and that for this parpose the southern wil be rigidly blockaded ani forces stationed at iro, TH. , aa prints to prohibit the !mportation of supplies. He could not say that any invasion of the South was intended, but he Ormly believed that ifa marched into the seceded States it aod which would gather armies of , who would do all the fighting, if any aced be done. He would not even except South Caro- Tina from this assertion. There was really no such thing as secession. The term “going out of the Union” did not satisfy his idea of the matter: ‘‘ becoming traitors’ was the exact term to be used. TUR FIDELITY OF THE SEVENTH Has been impeached by the Baltimoreans; first, by the reports which [ wrote out for you yeaterday, that officers of the Seventh bad declared that the regimeat would i aever inst Marylanders, and again, by the decls- rations £ the Baltimore Sun of ‘to-day, that Mfty of the men had refused to take the oath, and that all bed re solved aot to leave the District of Columbia on a war mission. There is no truth whatever in either of these statements. I have taken prin to inquire about the matter, and find the officers of the Seventh uover said anything of the kind; that all the men were sworn into the service of the government to do duty whore it order. ‘and that when the oath was takeo Col. Lefferts each company and asked, as a matior of not taken the oath, and that all been sworn Ia. lie as those g from Haiti received to-day, but many of the men refused to have anything to do witb {t, saying that people who could act ag ome of the Baltimoreans had were capsbie of ing good liquor, and that such presents, though very well between friends, were anything but appropriate from those who avowed themselves enemies. 1 the Baltimore count upon any support or comfort from the , they reckon without their bost. Ali enemice of Share and Stripes are enemies of the Seventh rogi matter how firm friends they may have been NEW ARRIVALS. The Twelfth regiment, of New York, which arrived le quartered putty at the Assembly Rooms 4 cbureh pearly opposite, The Pennayl. yaola regiment which came at the same time is at the Inauguration Ball building. The scenes there sro very funny. The troopa are almost exhagsted, and sleep in positions Literary members write letters, with the “8 Of Sheir somnolent comrades for desks, and ‘Sight of the regiment is better than s roe, Today the Rhode Taiaad troops ‘t strong. They are picket men, They wear cowhide boota, “ue blguses and army folthus. Chey nelent pine tree fag, which wae car y War, The colore are alms sfaded wa made an ogly rent in and T strike’? mot Rhody hy ue bas nearly th » te still thas of furparred her thongand men now QUARTERMASTRE BECKWITH badly the most busy ard the moet popolar man in oity want's work 10 provi.liag for ve soe “pport of these thousands of rol Nivea, aud that 1h apite 0” every obstacts and of an organ 404 wus dodvorate attempt to sarye oul Mr oy, He in is only three miles aistant; a defeat there will not be fatal. Thig indicstioo of authority, like oe Perea 80, the Seventh will be ordered there, and I am aasured Tnore are only its now collected in Alex- aadria, but General Beauregard wae certainly there yes- terday—(this accounts for the rumor that he waa in Washington)—and more troopa will soun be brought sight between decks was awful; it was impossible to stand up; the floor was covered with vomit and other trash, enough to make a well man sick. However, we at jast arrived at Annapolis, thank God, and [ was thankful tor it. Mr. ..oimer, there is a great deal more I could tell you, but it is almost impossible to write in this cabin, ‘as it is a0 full of men that it is impossible to turn around. We talk of changing our quarters to one of the store houses in the yard; then there will be more room to move about. When you receive this be sure to write and lot me koow how things are in general; but in times like these it is impossible to tell what is going to happen one day from the other, 1 would inform you that | am near- ly without money, and it is impossible to get aloag with- Out @ little, as the’ rations they give the men are really not fit to eat. Most of the mem! of our are men of means; consequently they are it of galt jupk aud very bad coffeo. Our captain that.in a week or two the rations will be better, for which I shall be very thankful However, I should like to have a iit- tle money; probably it will be the last favor I shail ever ask of you, 98 we do not know what may happen one day from the other, Mr. Steiner, please ask Mr. Sanger if he ‘will be kind enough to send me some brandy, as it comes very handy to have in quarters; also, ask Mr. Schnait- tacher to send me some ; for which I will be very thankful. You baye no idea how happy | will be to re- coive them. THN TRIP PER THE CUYLER TO ANNAPOLIS—THE MARC TO WASHINGTON. We loft New York at six o'clock P.M. im the steamer BR. R. Cuyler, and arrived at Annapolis on Wednesday, On board the steamer water was #0 scarco that the mon had to pay five cents a glass for it, and provisions cost similar figures. Two eggs were sold for twenty-five cents, and pies coat fifty cents cach. Tho accommoda- tion for was very bad on board. The steamer was eo crowded that the berths thet should have been occupied by one mam were apportioned to three, aad they wore huddled together like hogs, The march of twenty-four miles from Aunapolis to th vion was also very fatiguing. ARRIVAL OF THE REGIMENT AT WASHINGTON~IN- CIDENTS OF THE VOYAGK TO ANNAPOLIS AND MARCH TO THE CAPITAL—PREPARATIONS FOR ATTACK—RUNNING THE GAUNTLEC—ANKIOUS FOR A FiGRT. Wasamvoron Navt Yano, April 28, 1861. Dear Fantom axp Monmm—We arrived safely at this placo yeeterday, without a blow being struck. We arrived at Annapolia on Wednesday, after a tedious voyage, but still we had « great deal of fun. It waa very amus'ng toree the boys, as ome of their comrades was taken rick, rush, with roars of laughter, ome to hold hiS head, otbors his feet, others his arms, all striving to be the first one at his side, and those who could not get sear cracking jokes a} the poor unfortanate's expease, when euddenly they would be taken the came way thomseives, #0 that those who laughed the hrarticat at others were goon to get the worst of it in the end Ont of about a dozen that did not get sick I figured fortunately. We got in Apnapolis about three A. M Wednesday, and after going through a short parade were stationed at the Naval Academy, with instruetions to sleep on our arms, with belts on, as it was feared that an | | attack would be made on the place. The Seventh regi- ment arrived there on Tuesday. and their arrival * vented the attack that day. But it waa foared that it would come soon, and everything was held in rasdiness to reoelve them | At haif-paat two o'clock A. M. on — the drums | beat, and ip five minutes we were all ly. We seom | formed om the parade groand, and at five o’siock A M. started on a march of twenty cight miles to 4 place called the Junction, on the Baltimore ant Ohio Railroad. We marched through sand ankie deep and uoror a buirn- ing sw til) tall pact ten o’clook A. M., when we had our rations, and after a couple of hoare’ balt started on again and marched till five o’ctook P.M, when wo found wo | bad made but about twenty miles | You may langh at it, if you will, but it it considered @ ‘cot feat, undor the et/cumstances, ty make two ttt) At this, our second camp, we had rations aga’ wr ane stayed wutil oght o'clock P At seven o'clove I’, M. our scoute bad returned, ani an body of about one hundred or one and firty @- poniste a mile off. A few minutes ales two rockate | went up irom whore they were ten. Wo ween goan formed, withomt the least noixe, and while waiting heard | ar war whoop), oni were wamenaley hollow equare, end each man told tobe on not to speek a word. We stood in this posi- for about am hour, and then our Colonel resolved to apybow and run the gauntlet. The roads are dug out of the eenc, with banks twenty-five to fifty Beh, satel hundred men could have cut us all to Pieces: is why I oay gauntlet We marched our other eight miles without seeing or besome. anything of them, and reached tbe Junction about twelve o'clock. The only hotel in the place soon & on fang yond that the rest of us had to streieb ont ia cars was there, We ataid here al after ba falbe odaran started at twolve o'clook and got awny just in time, too, as we have since found out that at daylight a force of two thousand mon was to have attacked us, and was under arme all night a few miles off. prospec! fight. We reached Washi the inauguration leave of went down w the National Ho- tel, had a good bath,’ went to a restaurant and had a good dinner. y On my return I fo tion, and at three P. where we are pow marched to the Navy on board the at quarters o2 shore can camp all bustle and prepara- “4 Yard, jteamer be got ready. Weare best of spirigg and spell: ing fora fight. 1 begin to that I will stand a great deal than I I would when | started, came eae see 80 much, soldier's life, alto- they New York, and that the mails had been stopped. tire is 0 Feport Gr fitieare to! isa that a mail wili leave to morrow, all the boys are writing and our quarters look more like a school than anything 1 recetved dear Bill's lotter yester- day, an C thankful for what he has done for me. I would write to him, but as I have a couple of other let. ters to write, I will have to make this answer for all. So, do not worry about me, as I never felt better in my ie, and am in tiptop bealth and spirits. D> not worry letters do not frequently reach from mo, as the mails the time do Bot get throug Baltimore But write as as you can, as I shall fe oy anxiety to hear con- Stantly. 'HEODORE WALLACE. THE SEVENTH REGIMENT AT ANNAPOLIS, Annarouss, April 23, 1861. A Detachment Sent on to Washingion—An Old and @ Couple of Cattle Cars Brought into Requisition for Transporting the Troops, Baggage and Ammuntiion—Re- pairing the Track—Journey of the Train, with Scouting Parties in Advance—The Enemy Appearing and Disap- pearing on the Route—Foraging for }'i—An Old Country House Ransacked— Preserves, Eggs and Bacon— The Fatigues of the March—Sun Straes—A Scouting Party Fired On—A Broken Bridge Repaired—Scenes at the Camp Fires—The Soldiers Use their Bayoneterin Place of Spits to Cook “their Food—Arrival at the June- tion—Journey in the Train—Arrival at Washington—Re- ception by he President and Quaricring in the Representa tives’ Hall—Arrest of Secessionists, dc., dc, fc. I wrote you from Annapolis last Tuceday. I be- lieve it was in the morning. My letter was com- menced on the 8th in Brooklyn, and finished with pencil at Annapolis on the 23d. * * I will com- mence this where I left off. At cleven o'clock we were alarmed by danger rockets from the United States frigate Constitution, which lay two miles down the bay. Weat once beat to quarters, and in ten and a half minutes the regiment was in line on the beach; every man, even the sick, turned out, and fhe time in which the line was formed wasone third of what it takes when we form, for @ parade in New York. With the aid of glasses wa saw four large steamers anchored in the bay, and soon learned there were more New York troops coming. We were then dismissed for the night. At tweive o’clock I re- ceived orders to report myself in the morning at four o’clock with a howitzer, ten picked men, three days’ rations, and @ quantity of shrapnel and canister shot. It took me until three o'clock in the morning to get my men, rations and ammunition in readiness, and one min- ute before four o'clock I reported myself and command ready for special duty. The Sixth and Second companies ‘also reported at the same time, the whole force under command of in Nevins, of the Sixth, he being the senior captain, We marched to the depot which the Massachusetts volunteer militia had taken possession of, The whole country here is secession to the back bone, and the railroad company had vent all their cars and en- gines to Baltimore, They had also torn up ho track at intervals the road, torn down bridges and raised mischief generally. The jusetts militia is com. posed of mechanics, and a very fine intelligent lot of men ‘they are. They had found an oid asthmatic engine and had repaired it eo that it was in decent Pog order. They also supplied engines, » &e. There we found two old sake. careand two old cattl cars, and bad them = , after sawing off the tops of the cattle cars:— 1, was my posi- tion, where I acted av) oductor, giving the engineer siguals. (At No. 2 a man wes jioned to watah for oresks in the road. Nos. 3, 4,5,6, 7, 8,9 and 10 were the positions of my detachment and Nos. 11 to 16 were the positions of men picked out as sharpshooters, with orders to fire cn any person I poiated out. In this way we started slowly and ran about three miles, passing some 200 of the Massachusetts men who had been out for two days doi scout duty, They had not eaten a mouthful in twenty- four hours. We gave them our rations, and you never saw men more grateful. They joined us and pushed on until we got to where the track was torn up. Here we sent the engines and er cars back, put out scouts, found the rails, repiaced them and started on, pushing the two platform cars, with the scouts on either bag We soon saw some men, about a mile ahead, pry up the track. Wo sent the scouts bn aad waited, hoping they might get near enough to bring on an engagement, but they had a watch set and we could not get within half a mile of them, 8o that we bad to relinquish the proposed plea- sure. Avni 27.—I was called away yester- day, and will now try to finish my let- ter. After we had been on the march about four hours, we saw a puty of horsemen moving down on us We came to @ balt aud-waited for them'to attack, but they went round the side of the hill and we faw no more of them. After waiting some time we concludedto halt and (ake break/ust, Having nothing to oat, T took twelve men and went 10.0 house on the top of a ill, where we could see all around the oot for some distance. Saw nothing the enemy, 80 we knooked at the door. No answer. Opened the door and went in. Found the house ompty. Looked in the Capboar 4 and found some pre- serves. We ate them in short order. under the bed and found a basket of (hens’, turkeys’), which we sucked, with excep- Look tion of one that one was past the operation. Them we found ae and in it some fat bacon, This we and preserves, and were ready for fightora march As we were getting ly to & man came rushing in in great te and much We extended the liepitalities of the house to he took aseat. We soon ascertained that he and that his family bad got soared the mp. Sept bim after them, when they One of the boys had his taloons: they returned. The good wife, with Tt ) offered her servicer, and they were accept was at work we recounted the we had told the old fellow to fix his price. anid wo ily welcome—we knew he lied—and that the ‘worth probably $3. Wo gave him $10, and tman ia the State, By this time the 2 gel bd up, and we ors now the march began to aa- fey tre nie tad re ty-three miles, and the men began to down, and others lay down in the pe, begging tobe left. Wecowi do leave them until the sick car came Picked them up. The sun-struck ones wore gent back—the others are with us—and we have not lost man, unless some of the sun-struck have since died. We marched all day an! al! night until five o'clock the boxt morning. Just at doak we found a large a torn dewn; wo put @ve hundr! men to work at it, aad had it in three hours. We had a large scouting party out— they were fired on, but no one was hurt on either side— tho cowards takmg ood care to keep out of FF bt i A384 Ff i iE a 4 Ln 2 i j Abed itt i fell ge FH H E the way, having « highly ox ated inion as to the value of” thoir lives “At five olclock we halted, built fires and cooked our broakfaat on the points of our bayonets. After a two hours’ reat we pushed on and came to the Junction. Here, to our surprise, we found @ train of cars waiting for us under a guard, and our march was over, The rest of the way we in the cars. Our march, which took twenty-four hours, was but twoaty-three miles long; the remaining twenty miles we rode, making forty-three, in all, of @ journey. In order to make the march, howovor, we had to relay 4 pve e re Dig Toy in some casea to cut new of with an old chisel in order to the right Then wo had to do the biggest of aoout jad, taking it all in ail, it was equal to a fifty miles forced march at Secretary ot War Cammorca says, taking ali things into considoration, it was the greatest on record. General Scott says not one man in the regiment bas the slightest conception of the good we have oy the country. They say he oried like a was told that the Seventh was marching up to the White House. Wo baye been a long while coming, and bave had much to overcome, the railroads being out of order. They bad not heard one word from us since we landed, and the papers ted to havo lost 60 mon snd killed The fact ts this They could have killed ton men before we could have got A abot at them, for our road lay through gorges io the hills, add dense woods and ewampa; but thay lacked the courage, sod ame hero safe, and are quartered in the sew Hopreventat ire Rall. You would not know me. 1 think it would require an altidavit to convines you as to my aestity 1 hope to become white one of these T wan the drat to leave Annapolis (iny position, of course, kopt me om the rigbt)» Jaleo rode ont! gue. abead of the looomotive, from the Junction to jashington, and was the frat New Yorker in Washing ton. One word about the engines of this train. ‘and Ubio Reilroaa Company have sent ail their en }, RAVE ONO, to Raitimore, and the engineers are of abeort. Oo man was loc; hore whe had formerly Ho conseated to ran the engine, after bad boen placed to his eur and sixty seconds eye bim to conaiJer. Ia our march tuto Warhington | @cammand of the artillery corps, and waa the first to Vhe Whito Hovsg grounds, the first to enlute us tender with the | Washington Navy Vari. A States guuaer took tt into bis bead to draw the load of oue of the large pieces of capnoe mounted in baliery thoro. Whit was bia surprise to find that there wae oo bali in the gun, but thas @ quantity of sawdust haa beon rammed iato it a stead. An instant examization saowsd that all the guna im that battery (which it was scpposed were ail loaded) were in the same condition. It required a long time and the President, tho firet to gaiute the Represeatati Hall, the frst to get my mea quartered, and the fret and only man to falntafter this was al over, [ got | 8 blow ou the head at the Junction, but did mot mind it | much uat!l my work was over, then it knocked me. Scnpay, April 28, P, M.—I was agein called off, and 7 will egain catch up to the present moment, aud close Will give you asbot at me at five if I can write you 20 lo galetteragain We bave juat now divine service by ear ‘The President paid uaa visit, and has just left, after makicg us a He is handsome for | much trouble to get the guna properly cieaxed out; but f bomely imap; tbat is, be lights u well whem animated, ‘are now y loaded. The sawdust filling was but it ie'a great waste of perpendicuar to put so much | p, pus in by some secessionists. of it ip any oneman ‘You may rost assured be is sound ‘MOVEMENTS OF SOUTHBEN ThOO0M. tad bis jedgmoat good. I tink him ube best man |, [learn from passengers who came hero by tha steamor the Lancaster from Baltimore, and who are just from North end Georgia, that the cars on aii the radroads Carolina are crowded with companies of Southern of them, are said to have been government employ, | troops mov! and Were caught filling shell and canuon with sand. | towards Richmond, and that at all the little towns a are waiting, very fovlishiy, totry them. Our guards | gtations on the route companies of soldiers are drilliag. ki two men lsat night—one fer atempt- | They say, however, that in the cars the toue of all south. ing force the sentry and drawi @ pistol om pon nena g mortification aud chagrin 7 I omitted to teil you how we 9% | are percepitple. The successful occupation of Washington OF gh I ro let ey wnat but now, say, the oppor. more than ite value in mgnoy, but not tocome back | tunity ‘slows Tt any be doubted new whethor alt 1toaa ‘wees nn Shey coelt carry In ome cases the poo- | of an attack on Wi have not been abandoned, ple Fefused to let them have anything on any terms, but | ‘HE ROAD TO THE CAPrrAl. At bad to come, and when the straggling parties returned | | earned from the officers roferred to above that the it was a curious sight—one with a calf, aaother with 4 | road from Annapolis to Washington, over which thoy pig, others with , ducks, eggs, milk, &c. Theee | passed yesterday, is in complete order, aad that trains wore killed, wit sOf the eggs and milk, | gro passing over it without danger or detention. The cooked and eaten aa ‘whole road is well guarded. ‘The mails are ‘‘nowhere”’ now, and we can only get UMION FELLING SX MARYLAND. the Hixxain of old dates by paying twenty-five to sevem- | J have taken pains to ascertain the real state of feeling ty-five cents per copy. T. B. B. im this part of Maryland, sod, ‘with the most gratifying its. ‘inion sentiment ts evel y IMPORTANT OPERATIONS OF THE SIXTY: | {fit Mico Minongh Ihave seen ao Ameeican fags, the NINTH REGIMENT. Union badge is openiy worn, and excites no o opposit: OF MAVRE DE GI We have the following from an informant who has re- Havre de Grace is certainly one of tho prettiest towns cently returned from Aunapolis:— ‘mthe United States. The scenery, from this point of On Sunday afterncon, April 21, the Sixty-ninth regiment | View at least, is The] principal sterets of the town are extreme ml and many of the houses are built with taste and surrounded wit! ity dower gar- It hag one or two good hotels and five or six large adapted for the purpose than Porryvilio, althougn of couree it was a milit necessity to occupy Perryville first. It will, I have no doubt, also soon be occupied. THE STRAMER MARYAND. The on of the steamer Maryland by the United States authorities isa most fortunate circumstance. It ‘was such a sight as is seldom witni were ordered out to guard the railroad from Annapolis to Annapolis Juaction, and by nine P. M. they were posted in parties of eighteen, six and two. The officers had ‘heir quarters at the Junction, and a number of the resi- dents of the surrounding country showed them the etreams, roads, houses and farms throughout the entire line for twenty miles. By midnight they had built their guard houses, of fence rails and bushes. During the night thoy eaw one man attempting to draw the spikes from one of the rails, when, in accordance with previous orders, he was immediately shot. , to see her yes: terday sailing bence with the Providence Marine Ar- tillery, with their guns on board, the three raiiroad tracks on her upper deck crowded with locomotives and cars, aud her lower deck crammed full of warlike stores, crawled up throvgis the biahes, who soon afver being dis. | bales of vents and barrels of provisiona; besides her own armament of 52 pounders and crew of regu! jue jack- covered disappeared from sight. A party of eighteen | SE >*Ere's Gouutless the most stupendous craft of the were immediately sent out in search of the sbort time they returned with him. Upon him was found the atolen pistol and several letters showing his connec- tion with the rebel troops. “Still later in the night a guspicious character was ob- kind in the world. ‘THE CAMP AT PERRYVILLE. ‘The camp is all alive todcy, There are a thousand troops here, and the commanding officer—Col. Dare— makes them toc the mark. Many ofthe companies that served ling around; whereupon he was immodiately | have recentl arrived here are not #0 stm sae taee Wearching him letiers CMISEING | drilled 9m thoy ought to. be. They are now valuable information was found respecting the move- | gay yoceiving instructions. The tropa are ail well, ments of secessionists in that quarter. The Sixty-pinth, in common with other regiments, have borne the hardships of the march andcamp duty without a single murmur of expression of dissatisfaction, but have seemed determined to outdo their brethren ia arms in their strict obedience to orders and vheir readi- negs to serve their country in whatever duty they may be called upon to perfc and in high spitits. The railroad track in the depot store was ali boarded over yesterday, evinoing the design of ite occupancy for along time. It now affords sieepii accommodation for a large portion of the force. food of the soldiers is plentiful and Besides excel- lent cold boiled ham and bread, they oatch fish and broil them on their fires, and make coffee in their kettles. There is no doubt some of them, who have been accus- tomed to a variety at home, feel a little sick at the hard- ships of a life incamp; but they will soon get seasoned to it. form. On Monday afternoon two trains from Baltimore rived at Annapolis Junction, but were detained Lieutenant Colonel Nugent, of the Sixty-ninth regiment to General Scott for orders until he couid tel them, upon the receipt of General Scott’ specting reply they were immodiately sent back to Baltimore, INTERESTING FROM MARYLA OUR BALTIMORE CORRESPONDENCE, Bazrmore, April 30, 1861. Partial Restoration of Order in Baltimore—The Stars and Stripes Float Our the Public Buildings—Display of the «+ National Flag from Private Buildings Interdicted—Feel- ‘tng of the People Theteat—Desire to Re-establish Free Communication for AU Purposes—Carlisle College, dc. ‘Thank God, the crisis is over, and we believe the reign of error, as well as of terror, is nearly at an ond in Balti- more. The ugly hydra secession has received ite death wound, and is now trying to hidé its deformed head under cover of the law. Our very enemies themselves now find it necessary, as they think, for their owa safety, to enact pew and unheard of ordinances, for the alleged purpose of preserving the peace of the city, all the while trying to forget their own treagon and violence for the last ten or twelve days, How true it ia, whom the gods intend toalestroy they first make mad. This is the only solution | can imagine for the insane act of our brave Mayor (for be is brave) and our City Council in passing last evening the following ordimance for the preserva- tion of the peace of the city of Baitimore:— ‘That the Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered, A SY)Y ARRESTED. Yesterday afternoon a man fantastically dreaeed in the garb of ‘‘Auid Gael” was found prowling about the camp. Not being ablo to give any good account of himself, he was sent on board the Fairy and told to leave. It issup- posed he was a spy. ‘THE TROOPS SLERP ON TEEIR ARMS. Last night, either because an attack was anticipated or because it was thought it i md be necessary to send re- inforcements to Annapolis, the troops al! slopt on their arms, with muskets loaded. The seven steam te at the wharf all had steam up, ready to start. No was given, however. EMBAREATION OF HORSES. Some trouble was experienced in getting the horses of the Providence Marine artillery on board of the steamer Kill Von Kull last evening; but finally the embarkation was effected without loss. A ganeway plank three times ag wide and twice as thick as the one used would have obviated all the trouble. INTERESTING FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. OUR CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. Cuarueston, 8. C., April 23, 1961. Quiet in Charleston—Return of Troops from Camp—De parture for Virginia—Business Reviving—Stives on Plantations—No Fear of Insurrection—The Seventh Regi- ment—Governor Letcher and South Carolina Soldiers— Social Life—False Rumors, dc., fc. While the people of the North, at last awakened from their indifference to paseing events, are in a state of turmoil and confusion, here all is when in his ion the game may be required‘ to ibit | comparatively peace. The South Carolina army, as » lamation for a Hmited period the public display of al or banners in the city, except on malidings or vow: a vody, is rapidly dissolving into its original eels of the United States, dhe om ity of having’them | elements, The uniforms of merchants and merchants’ 7 feaaaaos Basie not exceeding twen- | clerks are being exchanged for the coats of business men, and the disturbed relations of the past month are beginning to assume their original channels, As far as regards home defence, their duty haa been done, aad they are dropping into their accustomed places. It must not be supposed, however, that this sudden subsidence of the external exhibition of military ardor is an indication of a diminution of real spirit in the commu- nity. Those who have returned to their homes are that class upon whom the prosperity of the community in a measure depends, and cannot well be spared from thoir vocations. There is still, however, a large number under arms. A detachment of several hundred yet remain on the island, and a small army of one thousand are now in Virginia waiting for the opening of hostilities promised in that warlike vicinity, This, by the way, is but @ half of those now rapidly preparing to move in the game direction, who will follow within a week. ‘The regiment which has gone is under the command of the following officers, atid is called tho First regiment South Carolina Volunteers: What foolishnees! Cannot the Union loving citizens of Baltimore look at their national ensign as it proudly floats from the tall flagstaff at McHenry and the Custom House, the Post Office and the national vessels in our harbor?—that bright and beautiful emblem of our country’s glory, which is not ouly respected, but feared ‘by all nations, and under whose ample starry canopy the humbleet American citizen finds protection to the very enda of ca:th. What the effects of such a proclamation will be, should it be issued, who can tell? It really seems to me as if the ‘‘powors that be’’ are determined to re- enact another reign of terror. To-morrow (Wednesday) it is said the national flag is to be raised on all the national buildings and vessels in Baltimore. I should not be sur- prised if a hundred or a thousand, or five thousand Stara and Stripes were then simultancously thrown to the breeze. it, then, would be the consequence? Either a collision between the Unionists and secessionists, aided by our faithless Police Marshal and his force, quiet submission by the patriots, the payment of twenty dollars (ine, or be imprisoned. For one, as | have no arms nor money, even to a barrel of flour for bread for my beloved wife and children, though once rich, I sball willingly go to prison. 90 that you may expect to see my next letter dated from the. timore Maxcy Gregg, Colonel. City Jail; but I shall have abundance of good L.A Hamilton, Lieutenant Colonel Augustus M. Smith, Major. The officers who wili command this portion of the Seuth Carolina volunteers, subservient, of course, to General Beauregard, ar M. L. Bonham, Brigadier General. Col. W. C. Moragne, Deputy adjutant General. Col. W. PD. Simpeon, Division Inspector Gea Col. A. P. Aldrich, Quartermaster, Col. R. B. Boy leston, Commiasary. Col. J. N. Lipscomb, Paymaster. Col. J. McF. Gaston, Brigade Surgeoa. Major 8. W. Neison. Major FE. 8. Hammond. Major S. W. Meiton. ‘The personnel of these volunteers embraces the best stock of South Carolina, the genuine fighting men, who company, and we shall patiently abide our time, Such at least is the determination of many good and true citizens, should Mayor Brown exercise nis authority, oad give them no other alternative. This quiet submis- sion may Surprise some, when it is remembered that the secessionists do not number one-fourth of the voters of Baltimore; but it must also be rememberod that they are ailarmed and ized aa military, and that the au- thorities and City oil are on their side, while we are unarmed, and, in this sense, unprotected. Still, as I before said, though we may have a few days more of terror and tyranny, they will assuredly witness the dy- ing struggles of the giant oppression—the tall som of Apak must{fall. It has been said the blood of Christian martyrs is ‘'the seed of theohurch.”” May it not be asserted with equal ‘tinence that the blood of patriot martyrs is the it Te poet not Le ee ta one eee ot | nave been iaured to the privations of camp life and aro alreody cry for vengeance, and is it not being answered | ready to do Bpttic at the ward. Many of them leave fa- by hosts of “armed meu?” But let our onraged Northern milies bekid, but a large proportion, being well to do, in a pecuniary sense, have left them in the most comfortable circumstances. Three of the privates in the Abbeville company alone are worth, betweea thom, three Tegreta Ont, blosdy. dsed oop! regret more than the ral majority of the citioens of Butimore. And Nrinoremke, they will do all im their power to atone for the are pot guilty, and to restore no ef our land the tcitien of trado nad. ntorostrae ‘vetween ea fend | ‘allions of dollars, and numbers of both oficers them. All this T can confidently promiso, notwithstand- ) and privates, in the army generally, ropressat from | the passage of the singular Ordinance respecting that | arty to threo hundred thousend dollars each. As far aa and Stripes.’’ And here is a . { Wealth is concerned, therefore, they will preseat « fairer ‘and confirmation strong as holy writ.” showing than the volunteors of the North. ‘Thelr fighting ‘ capacity must speak for itself. ‘The question will arise at the North, “What will be- come of the planting intercets of those moa im their ab- sence? Probably thore will not be a depreciation of five per cent. The slavea—uch an aro aware of the facts of the communications by the different railroads and other the case—fully sympathize with their masters in tho means between timore other parts movement, and are working as fatthfully under the direc. tbe coustry an tay bo. eatirel consistent with tho sireteicientac Gretkeue an tenepeed tam ete safety and welfare of the city and State wae upon them; and, strange as {t may appear, in several ere, now, what do of that? Is not that | ingiances of which I’ am personally cogaizant, tho fami noble and graceful ‘ing down? I toll the it writing restore the H 7 by the Teithful ne- surrounded. A slave insur- 6 which eaters the mind tortain no more fear an invasion of the State seldom lock a door at night. le excitement Ls caused here by rumors that this, and to some extent, the th and depth | the Seventh rog! had been attacked aad several kill. of their sangu! wrath. They of course desire to | 64 at An: ia; and, Bt as it may appear, regret is look after the thousands of their friends, | generally expressed that 80 & body of men, of whom fathers and brothers, who have and will come as She people of the a8 American’ people, have been soldiers; and to be deprived the privilege of visiting the | almost as ag our New Yorkers, ehould ha t largest and moet boautiful city in the sarge Sy ing | a fate, the absence, however, of any telegraphic dos- the most generous ‘und hospitable people in world, or mails from the North—these for several days and such is as are not seen this side of Heaven, was wing been clit off—no reliabic information is at hand. too bad, could not be endured. It ought not to be, | Those who bring news in are objects of the groat- and weare now willing that they may come in any rea- | cet interest, and are tly beset by « crowd of anx- fonable number of tens of thousands. Do not take this for irony or levity—I nover was moro in earnest in my life. Not only do our landlords wish to see you, but our merchants and tradesmen capecially; even poor me- chanic and ned p Lig your appearance as the har- ty. laion of stndents from Carliele was not by the A , and extended only a few Southern bloods, who had the temerity to pil! Pay a fiag from the college building, whore ® fous inquirers. Every tom of important news is like a flash of lighting, and hardly emanates from a légitimato source before it is f ly TA wings of tno wind to the remotest corner of tl Tho bulletin boards of both the Mercury and Courter are thronged with readers on the ce Of every new scrap of intelligence. But bo Youd these occasional evidences of intoremt, no ove world whee Charleston of having been the scene and contre or convulsion now going o throughout the country. In the military department every ing wears a lively ted from ite birth, We understand that | sepect, but not so much eo as ithas done wntit tho last while some students have gone home, tho classes aro all | three days. Tho State is doing all in its power to afford in fall pene pote the best feeling exista betwoon tho | nepistance to those of its sisters who require aid, aud students and citi of Casriisle, troopa, guns and ammunition are gent away by every ——— train. joutenant Hamiltou, commander of the floating OUR HAVRE DE GRACE CORRESPONDENCE, | battery, bas gone to Pensacola, probably with a view wo euperintend the construction of one of these *« of Haran om Gract, May 1, 1961, Softy ff the Poteral Capital—Treason at the Novy Yard— Movement of Southern Troopt—The Road to the Capital Opm—Cmon Peeling in Maryland—Hanre de Grace The Steamer Maryland—The Camp at Perryville, dc I learn from two officers of the army just from Wash ington that the defences of the capital are now perfect war” there, should it be required. And other officers of experience bave gone to North Osrolinaand Virginia tbe cull of Governor Letoher, of the latter State, for soldiers wos made, not from want of men, but because he believe South Carolina volunteers would give a toue and con sistency to the Virginia yoluateers and intpico them with a degree of vim spproximating to that whot has heen pamibited here, This will undoubtndly be the case Aside from these war points, there is little stirring ta although they have not b'therto been #0, The numbers | ye community. social Lie is beginning to revive, theagh aad dieporition of the troops are such that no attack on pow yi oe og! 'n et acon = 4 od Teta nof busvands aud fathers from the eamp has been the occasion 0 the capital could be auecsesful. many family fostivivies. A little country town onlloa ‘TREASON AT THE WASMINGTON NAVY YARD A startling discovery {wae made yostorday at the Sumarorvile, twents two mite from Olarieston, ia be gluning to il up Wid [te accustemed onoupants’ during | the cit the warm mootks, sod quite a camber of N Idkewise sojourning im whe same pleasant local, Among those stopping at Brown's Hotel are fourt or sixteon New Yorkers—two of whom, kno to your readers, are Ed, 0. West, Haq , the 3i Tho elohof the alvony, tures hea, Ge ehmoeghon ‘ + DUre, 7, Gae et mosp! this region upoe the ‘oopstitusion, especialy of o Semptives, 16 wederful, hundreds bavo come b ate a and car backs, expecting 10 be carried out ou 3 boa werd. born means) fA few weeks, bave been, as bie CT pie Ge two ry couatry,and I merely refer to he benefit of tmealids at the Ne we nee Veneenes ‘of aceae and atr. ow papers band, tain statcmenta that Dumbers of tata’ ore bine By merville for factlity for seeing in person, learming the facts from ighest town | ne was Oa the egot during che coes, meat, You may therefore rest aasured that not « S, , fectured out of whole oi MY mm HAVE THE SOUTH PLENTY OF PROVISION AB there seems to be a mistaken idea relative te the Sources of the South im the matter of provisions, we ¢ (he following letter from the Memphis Appeal: — PROVISIONS IN THE COUNTRY. _T am just io trom a trip through West Tennessee Nortbera neighborhoed fal eathusiasm and weil organized, at the blast o bugle and their own concerted ‘signals, to march to ip price. wt the oountry ot Kentucky and Teane | gend us the previsions we need? Surely they will a! | thia much patriotien:, J 4 NAGLD Ia coanection wita the above, we quote the folley from the Cinotmnati Knguira:— CAPACITY OF THE SOUTH TO FEED ITSELF, A great error that tee repubdlicau p eeses are now stilling umto the Northerm ming is, that tho South | not Capscity to fcod itself. They find it ety | | aed for food at thia time, and therefore conclude | — such must always bathe case if cut off from Nortt suppiies. The severe drought last summer is the c of the scarcity of food at the ~outh, Kausag is se ing from the same cause. Ths northern part of Ohi fow years ago, suffered from a like cause, avd £0 seve. that cattle died tor wast 0: provonder. No part of widely extenved country is exempt from sucb a calr tous visitation. “0 show that the South can produce articles neceseary to sustain a poopie ia war, we f made the foilowwg exbivit from the cevsus tavie of 1 And it ts only necessary for the South to dounle +i figures, to put under outtivation only about oae-bal( putnber of scres pow devoted to cotton and tovacco devote the other to the raising of corn, wheat, pots: &o. Tho following are from the ceusus statistics of L of artigies produced ln the slave States that year: — Bus 60Ts ioe, rye, ‘barloy i in some of ely @ matter of choice, not of necessity. States can supply whe whole south wi pork and flour it can consume, and beve a gurpiua. CAN THE SOUTH MANUFACTURE [HRIR OWN F ARMS?—CASTING OF CANNON 4T FLORBNOS, £ | BAMA, Wo learn from a gentleman who resides at Flere Alabama, that that piace is prepared to cast first qu) , At the rate of about four per week Woeld ( i for our municipal authorities to comaue | those of Florence on the ubject, ae mo time os | i pushing forward our preparations of dofeace? THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. ‘The Richmond Enquirer states thet the prodlem of Governor Letcher for volunteers im Virgivia has respended to by over seventy thousand soldiers: — Young men from every class and profession th-or ali of thom raised with arms in th» by 0 | [Oblio has offered eighty-one thousend, and ca neccesary, double that mumber, and not led by trai} but true men,] PRIVATEERING COMMENCED. f The Providence Daily Journal, of Wednesday last, River reports thet off the eas‘ern shore of Virginia he Sriling veescls Muskets loaded z 22 there f i e fe f | zl 5 z g, itl H i 3Efiethef ine ag H if z om bi if aft come ‘taken © of her, Captain Minor became Sess elocand by ments on shore, and anchor, ‘the Danial. Wobeter bs and are, of course, atill om board, HAVE WE TRAITORS AMONO 08! The Portland Argus anys -—We anderstaad that & built eobooner, copper fastened, mate for the trad tween New Orleans and Charleston, baa reoontly b in Charleston, 8, C., for $4,000 more than she cof. are rumors of the sale of one or two othor vessels « in thie State onder very. — otronm~tences. have traitors among ve the ehould be k , think the United States District Attorney and Jory ehould took inte this mactor ni onee, (er Additional War Newe See Highth I