May 1. Brig.-Gen. Harney addressed a strong Union letter to his friends in Missouri.
2. N. Y. 69th (Irish) regiment arrived at Washington.
2. Col. F. P. Blair, Jr., announced that the four regiments called for from the State of Missouri, by the President, were enrolled, armed, and mustered into the service within one week from the call.
3. Gov. Jackson, of Missouri, in a message to the Legislature, recommended arming the State, and a union of sympathy and destiny with the slaveholding States.
3. Four New Jersey regiments, fully equipped, under General Runyon, started for the seat of war.
3. President Lincoln issued a proclamation calling into service 42,000 volunteers for three years, and directing the increase of the regular army and navy of the United States.
3. Privateer Savannah captured by the U. S. brig Perry.
4. Steamship Star of the West was put into commission as the receiving ship of the Confederate navy, at New Orleans.
5. Brig.-Gen. Butler, with 6th Massachusetts and 8th New York regiments, took possession of the Relay House, at the junction of the Baltimore, Washington and Ohio railways, nine miles south of Baltimore.
6. The six regiments called for from Indiana, were mustered into service in one week from date of the call.