19. The N. Y. 7th militia, Mass. 4th and 8th militia, and R. I. Providence Artillery left New York on their way to Washington.
19. Clearances refused to vessels in northern ports to ports south of Maryland.
20. Eighth Mass. regiment reached Annapolis, Md.
20. Great Union mass meeting of citizens in Union Square, N. Y.
20. 600 kegs of gunpowder, destined for New Orleans, seized by the U. S. Marshal at New York.
20. Fourth Mass. regiment landed at Fortress Monroe.
20. U. S. arsenal at Liberty, Mo., seized.
20. Steamship Star of the West, having been seized by secessionists, was taken into New Orleans.
20. The ports of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, ordered to be blockaded by the President, as those States were in a state of insurrection against the government.
20. Bridges on Pennsylvania Northern and Philadelphia railway, near Baltimore, burned by a mob from that city.