tile.loc.gov · THEEVEMiNG STAR. WASHINGTON*CITY: Tl'ESDAY April 30 1961. Spirit ( the n«mlfl| Preaa Th«* jMt'lligent'T nrgnee that by inviting the »ld of the Southern ConfederacyIn
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
» » » ». * urir »» ».>- f . -«
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