New York Regiment. A long train of cars car- | announced the beginning of the War of Inderied the Thirteenth Regiment on an excursion pendence. The yeomanry, who in 1775, on over the new road to a short distance beyond Lexington Common and on the banks of Conthe city. They were accompanied with a full cord River, first made that day immortal in our band of music, and as the train moved off a annals, have found their lineal representatives salute was fired from the Naval School. The in the historic regiment which on the 19th of regiment marched back to the city, and much | April, 1861, in the streets of Baltimore, bapenthusiasm was manifested by the citizens. tized our flag anew in heroic blood, when -National Intelligencer, May 16. -ROSS WINANS was arrested at the Relay House, on the Baltimore and Ohio road, by the federal officers. Governor Hicks, with others, endeavored to have him released on security, but this was refused, and he was placed under guard.-Phila. Press, May 15. -Governor ANDREW, in an address to the two branches of the Legislature of Massachusetts, delivered to-day, says:- "This is no war of sections,-no war of North on South. It is waged to avenge no former wrongs, nor to perpetuate ancient griefs or memories of conflict. It is the struggle of the people to vindicate their own rights, to retain and invigorate the institutions of their fathers, the majestic effort of a National Government to vindicate its power and execute its functions for the welfare and happiness of the whole, and therefore while I do not forget, I will not name to-day that “subtle poison which has lurked always in our national system -and I remember also at this moment, that even in the midst of rank and towering rebellion, under the very shadow of its torch and axe, there are silent but loyal multitudes of the citizens of the South who wait for the national power to be revealed and its protecting flag un furled for their own deliverance. "How shall I record the grand and sublime uprising of the people, devoting themselvestheir lives-their all! No creative art has ever woven into song a story more tender in its pa thos or more stirring to the martial blood than the scenes just enacted-passing before our eyes in the villages and towns of our dear old Commonwealth. Henceforth be silent, ye shallow cavillers at New England thrift, economy, and peaceful toil! Henceforth let no one dare accuse our northern sky, our icy winters, or our granite hills? Massachusetts marched once more 'in the sacred cause of liberty and the rights of mankind.' "Grave responsibilities have fallen, in the Providence of God, upon the Government and the people;-and they are welcome. They could not have been safely postponed. They have not arrived too soon. They will sift and try this people, all who lead and all who follow. But this trial, giving us a heroic present to revive our past, will breathe the inspiration of a new life into our national character and reassure the destiny of the Republic. "* -A SCHOONER was seized at the wharf in Baltimore, by a United States officer. She had a number of pikes, manufactured by Winans, and Minié rifles on board. She was taken over to the south side of the harbor, under Federal Hill, and a guard placed on board.-N. Y. Times, May 15. —Gen. Butler issued a proclamation from his head-quarters on Federal Hill-in which he explains why Baltimore is occupied by the troops, and guarantees safety and protection to all citizens engaged in lawful pursuits.—(Doc. 165.) -THOMAS H. HICKS, governor of Maryland, issued a proclamation calling for four regiments of troops "to serve within the limits of the State of the United States."-(Doc. 166.) of Maryland, or for the defence of the capital -THE CONNECTICUT SECOND REGIMENT, num. bering eight hundred men, arrived at Washington. have a complete camp equipage and about forty They are handsomely uniformed, and fine horses. They are armed (all save two companies, which have Minié muskets) with Sharpe's rifles and sabre bayonets. (Doc. 167.) -POSTMASTER-GENERAL BLAIR annulled the contract for carrying the mails between St. Louis and Memphis, owing to the forcible stoppage of the steamers by which they were conveyed. This is the first case under the law of "Oh what a glorious morning!' was the exulting cry of Samuel Adams, as he, excluded from royal grace, heard the sharp musketry which on the dawn of the 19th of April, 1775, | Boston Transcript, May 14. * GOVERNOR ANDREW's address is printed in full in the the last Congress which authorized a discon- | had been done by a few disunion persons under tinuance of the mail in case of illegal obstruc- his jurisdiction.—(Doc. 169.) tion.-Boston Transcript, May 15. -GEN. BUTLER made a formal demand on the city authorities of Baltimore for the delivery of a quantity of arms stored in the warehouse of John S. Gittings, corner of Gay and Second streets. Marshal Kane refused to deliver up the arms without the officers produced an order from the Mayor. Finally, after some altercation, an order was produced, and the arms were brought out, making fifteen dray-loads. About two-thirds of the fire-arms were carbines; the rest were flintlock muskets. There was also a large quantity of pikes. A guard of Federal troops was placed over the arms, and, escorted by a large number of police, they were taken to the fort. A crowd of turbulent men and boys followed, yelling and hooting, for a portion of the distance. Some were armed with pistols, and there was an evident desire to commit violence, but all such demonstrations were restrained by the police. -N. Y. Times, May 15. May 15.-A proclamation of neutrality with respect to the Secession rebellion is issued by Queen Victoria, in which all subjects of Great Britain are forbidden to enter the service of the contending parties, or to endeavor "to break a blockade lawfully and effectually established." -(Doc. 168.) -THE bark Ocean Eagle, Capt. Luce, from Rockland, Me., with 3,144 casks of lime, consigned to Creevy & Farwell, was captured by the privateer steamer Calhoun, of New Orleans. -N. O. Picayune, May 17. -Two yachts, belonging to private individuals, were formally accepted by the Government, and detailed for service by the Treasury Department. Their owners, James Gordon Bennett, jr., of New York, and T. P. Ives, of Providence, R. I., were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Revenue service, and ordered to their respective vessels as Lieutenants commanding.-N. Y. Tribune, May 16. -BISHOP WHITTINGHAM, the head of the Episcopal Church in Maryland, addressed a circular to the several Episcopal clergymen of his diocese, forbidding hereafter the omission of the prayer for the President of the United States from the regular church service; which -THE town of Potosi, in Washington county, Mo., was taken possession of, under orders of Gen. Lyon, by Captain Coles, of company A, Fifth Regiment, of United States volunteers.(Doc. 1694.) May 16.-A letter upon the Virginia election was written by Senator Mason of that State, in which he says, that "the ordinance of secession" (not yet voted upon by the people of Virginia) "annulled the Constitution and laws of the United States within that State, and absolved the citizens of Virginia from all obligation and obedience to them;" and that if it be now rejected by the people, Virginia must change sides," and "turn her arms against her Southern sisters." Moreover, that ordinance brought into Virginia several thousand soldiers of the Confederate army, and thus the faith of Virginia is pledged to it, for if it be rejected, their soldiers will merely have been entrapped. (Doc. 170.) -THE Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, of today, says that the various accounts about hundreds of letters of marque having been granted by the War Department of the Southern Confederacy, and that thousands of applications are already on file, is a gross error. Applications for that business are made to the collectors of the different ports, and not to the department at Montgomery, where none have been received. A number of applications have been made to the collectors of New Orleans, Mobile, and other Southern ports. -GENERAL BUTLER was serenaded at the National Hotel in Washington, and in response made a happy speech upon the war, and the position of Massachusetts in it.-(Doc. 171.) -UPON the opening of the U. S. Circuit Court at Boston, Judge Sprague charged the Grand Jury upon the crime of piracy.—(Doc. 172.) -THE Second Regiment of Maine volunteer militia passed through New York, on their way to the seat of war. Previous to their departure the natives of Maine, resident in the city, presented the regiment with an American flag; the presentation being made at the City Hall, in the presence of thousands of enthusiastic spectators.-(Doc. 173.) —A CORRESPONDENCE between Gov. Andrews | der, but he has at least selected an unfortunate of Mass., and Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, relative to time for issuing it. From the beginning a misthe proposed suppression by the latter of a slave insurrection, is published.-(Doc. 174.) -BRIGADIER-GENERALS Butler and McClellan were appointed Major-Generals.-N. Y. News, May 17. -SECRETARY SEWARD declares it treason to accept from the government of a Southern State the proffered price of vessels previously seized. -(Doc. 1741.) May 17.-In behalf of the Government of the United States, and the better to secure the peace of St. Louis, and promote the tranquillity of Missouri, United States warrants were issued for the search of places suspected to contain articles contraband of war. The warrants were placed in the hands of United States Marshal Rawlings, who proceeded, accompanied by a corps of United States soldiers, under Captain Sweeney, to the State Tobacco Warehouse on Washington Avenue, and to the Central Metropolitan Police Station on Chesnut street. At the former were found several hundred rifles, muskets, cavalry pistols, holsters, small boxes of ammunition; and at the latter place, Arnot's Building, two pieces of cannon, and several hundred rifles.-St. Louis Democrat, May 18. -A SUBMARINE boat, or infernal machine supposed to be owned by the secessionists, was captured in Philadelphia.-(Doc. 175.) understanding seems to have existed between him and the Confederate authorities, to be found with no other State, and it is high time it had been brought to a close."-N. Y. Commercial, May 22. -A PATRIOTIC demonstration took place in the town of Old Saybrook, Ct., made particularly interesting by the antiquity of the place, and its various revolutionary relics and reminiscences. A fine flagstaff was raised upon the spot which had given birth to the old Saybrook platform, and but a short distance from the old fort built by the first settlers of the place. The services were prefaced by the raising of the flag by Deacon Sill, (91 years of age) a colonel of the war of 1812, and the patriarch of the place. A prayer and addresses were then made by the Rev. Messrs. McCall, Loper and Gallup; the intervals being appropriately filled by national songs admirably given by a club from a neighboring village. In conclusion, the old men of the village were called upon, and short and telling speeches were made.-Boston Advertiser, May 21. -THE Montgomery (Ala.) Mail of to-day has the following paragraph in reference to Fort Pickens: "Having returned this morning from Pensacola, where we have been for several days, we can assure our readers that the reports going to show that a battle will soon occur at Fort Pickens are mere conjectures. Of the plans of any of those in command nothing is -SURGEON-GENERAL GIBBES of the C. S. A., reports that no serious casualty occurred in the bombardment of Sumter to the Confederate forces. "Four trifling contusions at Fort Moul-known outside of head-quarters. Our own imtrie only; none at other posts." The Virginia papers recommend Southerners to sing the Marseillaise.-N. Y. Express, May 20. -THE Confederate Congress authorizes the issue of $50,000,000 in bonds, payable in twenty years, at an interest not exceeding eight per centum, and in lieu of bonds to issue $20,000,000 in treasury notes, in small sums, without interest.-N. Y. Herald, May 19. May 18.-Governor Brown, of Georgia, issued a proclamation, inhibiting the carrying of arms or accoutrements of any kind purchased by the State, beyond its limits, without his consent. This proclamation appears to relate to the informal departure of soldiers. "Governor Brown," says the Savannah Republican, "may be technically right in this or pression, formed while in Pensacola, is that there will be no battle at all at Pickens, or at least that it is not now the intention of the Confederate authorities to attack it." -ARKANSAS was by unanimous vote admitted a State of the Southern Confederacy, and its delegates to the Southern Congress. They are R. W. Johnson, of Pine Bluff; A. Rust, of Little Rock; A. H. Garland, of Little Rock; W. W. Watkins, of Carrollton; H. F. Thomasson, of Van Buren.-N. Y. Times, May 26. -THREE merchants of Baltimore, Jerome A. Pendergrast, James Whiteford, and George McGowan, were arrested charged with riotous conduct in obstructing the track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the 19th of April, while the Massachusetts troops were en route to Washington. They were under indictment by the Grand Jury, and were adinitted to bail.-N. Y. Times, May 26. —ТяE military department of Virginia, to embrace eastern Virginia to the summit of the Blue Ridge, and the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, was created; Major-General Benjamin F. Butler was placed in command. -Rappahannock River was blockaded, which rendered perfect the blockade of Virginia.N. Y. Herald, May 19. -FOURTEENTH REGIMENT N. Y. S. M. from Brooklyn departed for Washington, amid great enthusiasm.-Doc. 176. -THE Tug Yankee arrived in Philadelphia, having in tow three schooners loaded with tobacco, viz. the Emily Ann, the Mary Willis, and the Delaware Farmer, belonging to and bound to Baltimore from Richmond. They surrendered to the Harriet Lane, and were ordered to Philadelphia by the flag officer of the Minnesota. Outside of Cape Henry the Mary Willis broke loose, and as the Yankee turned round to recover her, the Emily Ann got a lurch and sprung her mainmast. Her foremast had to be cut away to save her. The Emily Ann arrived at the wharf, leaking badly, and is being unloaded. Lieut. Bryant, of the Navy, who had the prizes in charge, stated that the ship North Carolina, in ballast, from Havre, and another ship, the Argo, had been seized and taken to New York. Twenty vessels had been detained by the fleet, including five tobacco schooners.-Phila. Ledger, May 19. -Ax expedition of New York troops sent to recapture the lightship, taken by the secessionists, brought it up to the Washington Navy Yard to-day. They were fired into, but nobody was hurt.-N. Y. Herald, May 19. May 19.-Shots were exchanged between the U. S. Steamers Freeborn and Monticello, and a rebel battery at Sewell's Point north of Elizabeth River, Virginia.-(Doc. 177.) -Two schooners with secession troops on board were taken by U. S. steamer Freeborn, in the Potomac, 10 miles below Fort Washington.-N. Y. World, May 21. -THE rebels at Harper's Ferry, Md., were reinforced from the south. Two thousand troops arrived from Mississippi and two regiments from Alabama.-N. Y. Herald, May 21. DIARY-9 -A MEETING of the New York Bible Society was held, in reference to supplying the Bible to all soldiers, who go to fight for the Federal Government. Wm. Allen Butler presided, and speeches were made by the president, Dr. Tyng, Dr. Hitchcock, and others.—(Doc. 178.) -A BODY of 1,000 Virginians and South Carolinians from Harper's Ferry took a position on the Virginia side of the Potomac, opposite Williamsport, a town about seven miles from Hagerstown, Md. They there were in a situation to command the ferry at that spot.-Phila. Press, May 21. May 20.-Mrs. Judge Daly, of New York, and a number of ladies associated with her, sent to the Sixty-ninth regiment 1,260 linen havelocks-a complement sufficient to supply the whole regiment.-N. Y. Herald, May 21. -THE ship Argo, which was captured in Hampton Roads on Sunday afternoon, (May 19,) by the United States steam frigate Minnesota, arrived at New York in charge of a prize crew under command of Midshipman McCook and Clerk Elias W. IIall. The Argo was bound from Richmond, Virginia, for Bremen, and at the time of her seizure had on board $150,000 worth of tobacco.-N. Y. Journal of Commerce, May 21. -AT precisely 3 o'clock P. M., by order of the Government, a descent was made by the United States Marshals upon every considerable telegraph office throughout the Free States, and the accumulated despatches of the twelvemonth past were seized. The object was to obtain evidence of the operations of the Southern rebels with their Northern accomplices, which the confidential telegrams passing between them could most certainly furnish. The seizures in all the principal cities were made at the same time so as to prevent the destruction of evidence which might have followed the receipt of a warning from any particular point. The whole matter was managed with the greatest secrecy, and so well planned that the project was a complete success. By this bold manœuvre the Government has obtained possession of a mass of evidence of the greatest importance. N. Y. Tribune, May 21. -THE ordinance of secession was passed by the North Carolina State Convention, together with an ordinance ratifying and assenting to the Constitution of the Confederate States.(Doc. 179.) -ABRAM S. VOSBURGH, Colonel of the New ¡ing to run the blockade. She is 600 tons with a York Seventy-first Regiment, died in Washington, D. C., of a pulmonary complaint.-N. Y. Express, May 20. -GEN. BUTLER left Washington for Annapolis. The New York Second Regiment left New .-(Doc. 180.)—N. Y. York for the seat of war.- -Gov. MAGOFFIN, of Kentucky, issued a proclamation pretentiously in obedience to public sentiment, by which Kentucky virtually takes a position of neutrality, and in which its citizens are bidden to "so conduct themselves that the deplorable calamity of invasion may be averted."-(Doc. 181.) -MILITARY maps of Virginia made for Gov. Letcher, from special surveys, were seized in Washington by the War Department.-N. Y. Tribune, May 21. May 21.-Gen. Price, of the Missouri Militia, and Gen. Harney U. S. A., agreed upon a plan to maintain the public peace. Gen. Price pledged the whole power of the State officers to maintain order among the people of the State, and Gen. Harney declares that this object being assured, he can have no occasion as he has no wish, to make military movements, which might otherwise create excitement and jealousies which he most earnestly desires to avoid.-Ohio Statesman, May 22. -Tms afternoon two companies, numbering 120 muskets, from the Philadelphia camp, composed of companies E and G under the command of Major McLane, went to Baltimore; proceeded to an unoccupied house near Green Mount Cemetery, and seized a large quantity of arms stored there, comprising 1,600 muskets, the boxes marked, "Virginia muskets," and 34 boxes containing 4,000 pikes, the boxes marked, "From Denmeads." The whole made twentysix dray loads and were all taken to camp, and thence to Fort Mcllenry. The arms had been in the custody of the city authorities.-Idem. -THE Second Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers, numbering 952 men, arrived at Richmond, Va., and went into camp at the head of Main street. (Doc. 182.) general cargo, a large portion being salt. It is suspected that arms and munitions of war are concealed under the salt. She was commanded by Capt. Forbes, and had two secession flags flying.-Philadelphia Press, May 21. -Jefferson DAVIS approved the act, passed at the session of the Southern Congress, prohibiting Southerners owing moneys to Northern merchants from paying the same, and compelling payment instead into the treasury of the seceded States.-(Doc. 183.) -A COMPREHENSIVE and able article upon the present condition of affairs in the United States, is published in the Cologne Gazette.— (Doc. 184.) -THE Confederate Congress in session at Montgomery, Ala., adjourned to meet at Richmond, Va., July 20th.-N. Y. Herald, May 28. -A LETTER from Roxabelle, N. C., says :The Chowan Association, by a unanimous vote, cut off all intercourse with the Bible Union, and recommended those owing subscriptions to withhold the same, deprecating any further agency of the Bible Union among the churches another fruit of the reckless fanaticism of the Northern agitators. Unwilling to bow down to the Jehovah revealed by Moses and preached by Paul, they seek anti-slavery God. Nor are they unmindful in their ardent devoirs to the almighty dollar. Thousands have gone into the Bible Union treasury, annually for years past; but the steam is now stopped.-N. Y. Express, May 24. -THE New School Presbyterian Assembly in session at Syracuse, N. Y., passed a series of resolutions upholding the Federal Government, the Constitution and laws.-Albany Journal, May 24. -GEN. SAM. HOUSTON addressed the people of Independence, Texas, on the 10th of May last, on the occasion of a May festival. In the course of his remarks he took occasion to define his position in the present political crisis.— (Doc. 185.) May 22.-The Richmond (Va.) Whig of today says: "We are not enough in the secrets -THE ship General Parkhill of Liverpool, for of our authorities to specify the day on which Charleston, arrived at Philadelphia in charge Jeff. Davis will dine at the White House, and of a prize crew of the Niagara. She was spo- Ben. McCullough take his siesta in Gen. Sickles' ken off Cape Romain on the 12th, and ordered gilded tent. We should dislike to produce any off. The next day she was captured in attempt-disappointment by naming too soon or too early |