THE EVEMiNG STAR.WASHINGTON* CITY:

Tl'ESDAY April 30 1961.

Spirit ( the n«mlfl| PreaaTh«* jMt'lligent'T nrgnee that by inviting the

»ld of the Southern Confederacy In repelling theFederal Government frem Waihlngton, Mary-lar>d will gain nothing except the aaaurance of arieselaiory war arrayed within her own horderafor the poaaeaalnn of a aeat of government which.If It wa» loaalble to aelze, could not nor wouldnot be heldThe Rej>vbliem. In reply to the letter of J. M.

Botte. naaerMng that Virginia would not haveweeded but for the Preaident'a proclamation,. »1TV.«iA*Kfnrr In tK» nrnrlamatlnn tn

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ririr# the rrwntm*nt of anjbodv, but those whowere alrradv in sympathy with the treason on tbeGulf, nnd Jf, In truth, the proclamation preclpl-tM«>d secession In the Richmond Convention, Itd.d so, not by causing It, but by MXwa.oJctnf It."

TUK NEW S IIKRE.m

Tat Niw ln. will r.ot be Interfered with by militaryauthority. If any one be Interfered with br themilitary without cause, the wrong will be ln-stautly and fully redrrss^d.A Novel Pp*CCLATIO* IN THESK P*KI« .Aday or two since the Star briefly related cnInstance of apparently shocking bad treatmentef a poor northern family.that of John L) Reed.by toe people of Virginia, a few miles from this

city. H e saw Keed and his family, as describedla the paragraph concerning them, stationed infront of tbe Rij'ubltrnn publication office. Mherethey remained a whole fortnoon, surrounded >y acrowd varying from fifty to two hundred persons,who, upon the strength of their pitiable appear-ant e and tbe tale told among the crowd, were so-liciting dimes, quarters, halves, arid probably dol-lars, for the party. That the whole tffair was anoutrageous "sell" upon tue sviupathiea of thiscommunity la plain and palpable, as will be seenfrom tbe following letter, signed by a number ofworthy »:-d respectable tirivtii-ors of lteed, ofsouthern and northern blrtb, nearly all of whomwe know personally to be as reliable turn us aiivla tbe United SUM:

Ediior of Star. Dear SMr : The following state-ment, published In your paper on tbe '.Mib lmtint.does grsst Injustice to tbe Inhabitants of Fairfaxcounty \ ou will have the kindnens to publishtbe aald statement l:i connection wi'h tti.a com-munlcatloa. lu order that our community may bejustly r-presented before the world : I" A Pmmblt Sigtt..This morning, there ar-rived In tnlacttv Jean 1> Reed, a forty-acre farmernear Baiby's Cross-roads. (In tbe vlciuitv of thiscity,) with bis w Iff sinl tl*e children, the oldest notmoretbsntiKhiyears»fagH. They had been drivenIroin tbelr home at three hours'' notice, arrivinghere Id aaln«le horse cart, drawn by a skeleton andloaded with just such of tbelr clothing and j»ocriurnlture aa they could snatch up In an InstantThlsfaoiily have not * dollar left. Purely It is1'me for m^n there who value the character andreputation of this sertiei' of Virginia to put a stopto tbe perpetration of such tbir>k* in their in ids',and In tbe nam* of the people of those counties 'TLers iss.ar. eiya point of truth in tbe state-

ment here quoted, and so absurdly false Is it inmast respects that the intimate friends of Mr. Reedt ere refuse to believe that be Is the author of tbe:sten>eut. cr that katmU »*"" »« »» -Dance to lt» publication. Th«» farts are knownTbat Mr Keed had determined to leave a* earlyas Monday morning. 4v:d Inat , and wv.s In courseof preparation during Monday, and preparatoryto a (novo marketed a load cf Lay In \\ aihin^ton,ar.d alao did tbesime on Tuesday. On the sameday be called In those neighbors to wbom be wasmuetted and sold to tbeui bis furniture In liqui-dation V\ ben hla family left, they wft« kindlyconveyed in comfortable vehicles to Washingtonbt bis neighbors one cf whom it a native VIr-glatae I |x>n their arrival In Washington, MrR«ed deplored the movement be had made, andsaid to the joung man who conveyed his family,tbat were tie bark on his place again, #60 or ?lillg»i.t inquiry ha* been made to ascertain ifi >r Ile*d had heen ordered away by any person,and rotLing to that t Hot appears so fares isknown, tor has any one here heard .Mr Rved orLit family sav that tbey wt-reordered away. It la; roper to state that the sheriff of the county hasf.iven the moat pmitive aaattfanceof protection to» 1 eitirer.s. Irrespective of origin; and tbat a pub-lic meeting haa been held »t tbe Court-House,l mOOftifi I f loth nalltn «nH -« *

fr^ ti«rr ui*-a«arks were adopted for mutual protec-tlou

nor* wrltipj; the foregoing. Mr John Corn-wall, a »r«r neighbor of .Mr Reed, aays be calledm Mi R*ed at the market ta \\ asLinyton, aud. sked bun If Le w«i uotitcd to leave Virginia,and t»e answered iu tbe negative.Ci*ned by.l.ewis Halley, John Cornwall. GeoB. Moruir.ora, Ge». Head, Jas. L. Uuwen. Eal-beck W. Blrco. J H. Cleveland, Benj Welch,Be»J l>onaldaon. Armsted Donaldson, A SLer-wotd, U. B hu. C. Ashford, An» Coe, DKingman Joe. K Birch, R. L Kotchford. G. A'I *rr«tt, It. L. G«»rdo», B. F. Crabbs, HarveyBailey. Fairfax county, April S9, 1861.

I am personally acquainted wllu moit of theCtniicuiM whose names are subscribed to thenbove latement, and have no doubt of tbe truth-fulness of their assertions. W. C. Lipscomb, Sr.We did not hear Mr Reed tell his atory to anyone, nor do wr know that be did tell It.thoughtbe circumstances narrated by the Star were ineverybody's uiouth, as embracing a true historyof the extdus of bis family from Virginia.W vst 11 !< ViRuiiiia..Accountsfrom northwes-tern Virginia render H certain that tbat section ofthe ftute will soon hold a convention to tbe end ofit* txUU htlun from tbe difficulties into which theaction of the Richmond Convention will hove

u urrwus piun^Mi 11 it will not unite Its fateand fuLiura w.Ui the government of Cobb, Jef-ferson i>>v is, &pratt, Hbett ft Co . having no in-terest whatever in Mmmvii with twin. It claimsthe ume right to secede from tlds water VirginiatUl the latter has assumed to possess to secedefrom the United Mates That Maryland will notpretei.d to aecede is now apparent to nil This fartwM gsmtly strengthen northwestern Virginia inLm de'-eru..uatiuu ts protect her own luterssts inii*r difficulties by whl« h the Richmond Conven-tion have surrounded ber. When she makes tbsin< ve, Berkley. Loudoun, Jeflersuo, Fairfax andAkeiuidria . bravtly Union counties, in tblsvanity,.all bordering Maryland, will net be

low in riveting also to remain In the Union ofbeir father*, we fancy.D*!»o**or* Prockkihssk .Yesterday evening,

re heroved to be leaded with oita, purchased In andtelng brought around from Baltimore for the nse>f the purchaser here This vessel and cargo hadlot been returned to the owner, this morning, w«ire Informed. We should deplore nothing morehan a repetition of such things on the part ofMexandria, In whose welfare no one takes greaternterest than the Star. We hear that the Uovern-nent will take prompt measures to secure ampleDuemuiiy iur owners ui iur *wi suu ucrr&rgo.Presidential ArpoixTMixis..The President

[o-day made the following appointments. viz :Richard Cheney. Navy Agent, San Francisco,Cal.; Henry W. D»>Pny, Agent Pawnee Indian,Nebraska; Mark Belahav, Surveyor General forthe district of Kansas; Joah Houghton, R-glsterafthe Land Office. Santa Fe, N. M ; John Ward,Ramon Luna and Jose Antonio Mansinares, In-dian Agent*. N. M ; James >1. Chambers. NavyAgent, Philadelphia; O. II. Irish, Indian Agent,Omaha agency.ToTakkthb Blow* for Tiirm..The Mont-

gomery (Ala ) Mail, of the 17th Inst , chuckles ata great rat* over tbe action of the Richmond Con-vention, saying, ' Before this week passes awayher (Virginia's) breast icill be bartd as our >ki*hiand ker arm as our d'f'nctSo, at Montgomery,it is clearly understood tl it tbe passage of theVirginia ordinance of secession amounts to dikingott the hands of fhe oligt.rchy, tbe war the latterhave made on the United Stales

An Examining Board, to examine applicantsfor clerkships in the Post Office Department, is tomeet at the Department to-morrow, at 1 p.m.,when all applicants for such positions now inWashington would do well to attend.General Harsey, U. S. A., 1* now here, at

Wi Hards' Hotel.

Maryland Affair!" .From the Sun of thismorning we make up the following summary ofnews In and about that city :The city wa» yesterday again qu et, though

th» r« was a greater number of people on the streetsthnn during Saturday and Sunday There wasno excitement of constqueuce, and the policerecords nt nitrht showed that the people «»re dis-posed to rssist the police In the preservation ofgood order by refraining from anything that maybe calculated to produce excitement.There was much activity observable all dayyesterday at both Fort McHenry and Fort Carroll,

h it of what nature could not lie ascertained, asthere waa no admission to either place. A ainallsteamer was engaged all day in plying betweenthese points, and it was said that guns were takendown to Fort Carroll to finish an armament andput !t In the best possible condition of dsfense.Yesterday morning Major General Steuart is-

sued an order for the Firs". Light Division, consist-of thfl firat am1, fiprnn/1 hrkruHp* r.»ro.U

w^» «- jTiiuvit atlive o'clock In the aftern«>on.The parade consisted only of those companiesconnected with the uniformed regiments. Thecommand cf Oeneral Trimble was not on paradeThat command consists of a company in nearly

every ward In the city, besides two batteries ofartillery.all volunteers.raised within the pastten daysAndrew Robblns. of Stoneham, iMass , one rf

tfce Injured in the affray of Friday week, and car»dfor at the Lombard-st. Infirmary, was s»nt to hishome in the North on Saturday, he having re-covered sufficiently to admit of removal Hiswound was a gun or a pistol shot In the back ofthe neck, at the base of the skull.From Tkknksske..The Niiskville Bulletin,April says:We r»«ret to learn that the steamer C E Hill-

man, with SI75.(KtO worth of arms purchased in?t l.ouisand destined for .Nashville,was capturedat Cairo. The commander of the military forcesat Cairo having been iuformed of the largeamount of ammunition on board the ilillman.started the steamer Swallow (which has been fit-to* up mm a sori 01 man or war) up the river tomeet the lltllman. About 4 o'clock this morningthe boats met, some eight mile* above Cairo, anaCaptain Corbltt being hailed from the Swallow,ir.a supposing tbey merely wished to inake somecommunication, permitted herto land alongside,when an officer, barked by soldiery, presentedhimself and demanded possession of the boatThe Hlllman's cargo consists or about TOO kegs ofpowder, 350.000 hlank cart> idges, and 200 tona oflead, besides corn, oata and bay.There were 1,600 soldiers already at Cairo, andthat 800 more were expected on tbe next trainThe soldiers at Cairo were mostly German andIrish(Jen. Pillow has taken charge of the defense ofthis portion of Tennessee He will not leave this

rity till, we are assured, that no danger need beapprebendtd livery messure will be adoptedat once which military skill can suggest andtireless energy accomplish to render a successfulattack ImpotableThe steamer Aleck Pcott. with four of thelargest size cannon and an immense amount «r

mailer arms. sent from the Governor of Louisiana,reached the city this morning. The 32-poundershave ere this been placed in position, and theother arms are already in charge of the military.ViBeitiA Newh..On Wednesday our old town

was alive with military. Six hundred soldiers inthe liuru at one time changed the usually peaceful,qu!et aspect of the plice to martial enthusiasmand anlimtlon of the 1 velifst description. Com-pany F frcrn Ri^mcnd, the Caroline Grays, theMercer Cavalry, the Mt. Pleasant Riflemen, ourown lirays. Guards. Artillery. Ac , were amongthe nnmber The Richmond L. I Blues. undercommand of Capt. O. J. VVise. arrived yesterday,and other companies ere dally expected. TheBlues and company F were drilled In the eve-ning in the streets before their quarters, the courthouse and Presbyteiiun church. It ia intendedthat the Fair grounds shall be used as tbelr en-campmert for the present. The Caroline troop,a tine looking set of men, about80 strong, arrivedyesterday and paraded to-day .FredertckfbvrgNewt.Gov l.etcher has istued a general order caying"no authority has been given for the impressmentof horses for the State, and no such Impressmentwill be made without special instructions Allhorse* which have been Irnpr^saed will be lmme-diatpltf r«tiipnpv« state-ment Mr J J. Clark, drum-mojor at Newport,ba« receivtd a letter from his son. who Is drum-major at Fort Plckros, which saystbftton th« 17thInst , Fort Plcker.s was unsuccessfully attackedbv the Secession forces, who were driven barkwith a loss of thirty-three men. Not a person inthe garrison was Injnred .Cm. Gazette..\1ak\lam> Liuislatubk I'hocbxdinrs .It

will be seen by the proceedings of the Legisla-ture of Marylsnd yesterday that several subjectsof great luterts'. were introduced. A report wtiadopted by the House, by a large majority, de-claring that the Legislature does not possess thepower to pass an ordinance of secession. A bill,however, was reported, providing fur the call ora Sovereign Convention, to assemble on Thurs-day, the 30th of May.IT?-From the publisher, M. Doolady, NewV* «» V * »' * '

j uri, ijiruiigu r r^ncn «X ftlCQftl*lD, WC ftave"An OutcuT; *r V:rtue and Faith,by F. Col-burn Adami Fri*tn the baaiy inspection wehave beew able to Rive the volume, It aeema to bedecidedly of the tenaatlon order.S*tzra* or Paovimowa..By order of the

mayor, on* huudred barrel* of flour, three caika ofmeat, and two hogftheads of augar, consigned toSalisbury, Md , wera selz»d at the Baltimoredepot, In Philadelphia, on Friday laat.[fT The Philadelphia Inquirer of Saturday

ays: '-We have been informed by reliable partiesthat ex-President Buchanan has subscribed t5 UU0for the equipment of volunteera at (.ancaster "aAn nM Miilnn I * D."fj r « - . . - . . .-y m. a a ion, ui

Rue heater, NY, baa oflVred a »tand of colon totbe flrat regular military company from that citymnatored into aervlce.inr A atronv fire company in Philadelphiahaa volunteered ao eitrnalvely that there are onlyInsartlw meiubeia la ft.Jt7" A wealthy |(NllMU at FltcUtotrg, Maaa ,oflVr* to make a preaent of >1,000 to each of tbe

aaveral companies of tbe Fifth Regiment{£/ la t'enuylrania and New York, Virginia

m mey ia 8u per cent, dlacount, and Marylandmoney >00

MARYLAND LEGISLATUREMonday.la the IIout?, a petition from

voters of Prince (ieoree county, praying theglslature to adopt an ordinance of aeceaalon, \presented and referred to the committee on feral relation*Mr Farran reported a bill authorising

county commissioners of the £tate to l#*y onp.asessable property of the counties auch imoa* thev may deem necesaary for the defenseth*lr respective countlea.Air \\ allls introduced a resolution relatlv*the action of the authorities In Baltimore la tiendeavor to suppress the mob of the 19th lustfollows :

Httolrtd by tit* Gtntrnl Aiftmbly of MarylaThat the measures adopted and conduct pursiby the authorities of the cltv of Baltimore.Friday, the 19th of April, 1MI, and since ttime, intend'd and designed aa thry were to |s»*rve the peace, aulet ana tranquility of the a limited amount, to be used as curreireferred to the committee on the currencyAfter the transaction of business of minor I^U'l MIIICC.Mr Wallls, from the majority of tfcecommi

on federal relations, to whom was referredmemorial of "Jlfi voter* of Prince Georjfe'seoupnvlnsr the legislature, If in its judgment itsesse« the power, to past an ordinance of secesiwithout delay, reported tbat in their judgntbe Legislature does not posstss the pnwr tosuch an ordinance as is prayed, and that the pr:of the said memorailst* cannot therefore he tran

Mrears Gordon and (joldsbnrougb, of the amittee on federal relations, ottered a minorityport, stating that they report unfavorable topraver of said m