—A  SPONTANEOUS  Union  meeting  was  held
in  East  Baltimore,  Md.  1,500  to  2,000  persons
were  present,  and  great  enthusiasm  was  mani
fested.  Strong  Union  resolutions  were  adopted,
and  the  national  banner  was  unfurled.
Regular  daily  communication  between  Bal
timore  and  Philadelphia  was  fully  reestablished.
— N.  Y.  Herald,  April  30.
-»TJp  to  this  day  seventy-one  thousand  vol'
unteers  offered  their  services  to  Governor
Dennison,  of  Ohio,  to  fill  the  thirteen  regi
ments  required  by  the  Proclamation  of  Presi
dent  Lincoln. — N.  Y.  Courier  and  Enquirer,
April  30.
— THE  American  flag  was  raised  upon  the
steeple  of  North  Dutch  church  at  New  York.
Nearly  every  church  edifice  and  public  build
ing  in  the  city  is  decorated  in  the  same
manner. — (D.oc.  119.) — Commercial  Advertiser,
April  30.
April  30. — The  Virginia  Convention  passed
an  ordinance  to  provide  against  the  sacrifice
of  property,  and  to  suspend  proceedings  in  cer
tain  cases.  It  is  to  apply  only  to  debts  due
non-residents,  and  not  to  those  due  the  State.
The  ordinance  is  to  remain  in  force  until  re
pealed  or  changed  by  the  Convention  or  the
General  Assembly ;  and  if  not  so  repealed  or
changed,  is  to  expire  at  the  end  of  thirty  days
after  the  first  day  of  the  General  Assembly.—-
National  Intelligencer,  May  7.
— THE  school-te&chers  of  Boston,  Mass.,  re
linquished  the  following  proportion  of  their
salaries  during  the  continuance  of  the  national
troubles :


CHAMBERSBURG
HAGERSTOWN


LEESBURG
B7M.TO  ALEMMDR1A


MAY  2.]


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