11. U. S. steam frigate Niagara off Charleston, S. C., and began the blockade of that port.
11. Gen. Harney issued a proclamation exhorting the people of Missouri, to maintain peace, and announced his determination to use the authority of the Government for that purpose.
11. A company of Home Guards, at St. Louis, Mo., mostly German, were fired on by a mob, and returned the fire. Three of the Guards and 4 of the citizens were killed.
13. The 6th Mass. and 8th N. Y. regiments, under Gen. Butler, occupied Federal Hill, near Baltimore.
13. Convention of Union delegates from 35 counties in W. Virginia, met in Wheeling.
13. A lady from New Haven, Conn., teacher of a Grammar School in New Orleans, denuded, tarred and feathered in Lafayette Square, amid an immense crowd of people, being accused of expressing abolition sentiments.
14. Gov. Hicks, of Maryland, issued a proclamation, calling for four regiments of troops, to serve within Maryland, or for the defence of the capital of the United States.
14. Gen. Butler seized a large quantity of arms stored in Baltimore, and a schooner loaded with arms.
15. A proclamation of neutrality with respect to the civil war in the U. S. was issued by Queen Victoria, in which the subjects of Great Britain were forbidden to take part in the contest, or endeavor to break a blockade “lawfully and effectually established.”
15. The town of Potosi, Washington co., Mo., taken possession of by U. S. troops, and rebel prisoners and munitions of war taken to St. Louis.