From the North.
The New York Herald sharply lectures the Times, Tribune, and Courier and Enquirer, for their blood and thunder articles, but is itself not much behind them in its tone. In regard to these matters our people feel but little interest, and we therefore only copy the following from the Herald of Wednesday:Baltimore is to be completely filled with troops, and Maryland is to be compelled to act like a State still in the Union. All the information which reached us up to a late hour last night plainly indicated that this is the policy of the Government at Washington. Let us state the points of the latest news in brief. The greatest activity prevails in Southern Pennsylvania, seventeen thousand troops being in the field there at the present time. At Camp Scott, York, Pa., there are 6,000 men; at Camp Siffler, near Chambersburg, 2,600; at Camp Curtin, near Harrisburg, 4,000, two regiments from Ohio are quartered near Lancaster, and 1,200 United States regulars at Carlisle. Scattered at different ports between Philadelphia, Elkton and Perrysville there are 6,000 more.
Three thousand New Jersey troops are to march from Trenton to-day, which will constitute in all a force of over 20,000 men in that region, their destination being undoubtedly for Baltimore, to open the route to the Federal Capital. On the South side of Baltimore are stationed at Annapolis a force of between four and five thousand men, including the Providence Marine Artillery, which left Perryville yesterday. The Sixth and Thirteenth New York Regiments occupy a position directly opposite Annapolis, and the Sixty-ninth are at the Junction.
It will thus be seen that Baltimore is completely hemmed in on both sides with an effective force, which is to be immediately employed in opening a passage through that city for the Federal troops, and restoring free communication between the North and the capital of the Republic.
With this purpose Major General Keim, of Pennsylvania, was ordered to leave Philadelphia yesterday for the camp at York, with instructions to advance at once with an army of fifteen thousand men on Baltimore. If any resistance is offered, he will issue a proclamation announcing his intention to march his force through that city, and warning the loyal citizens, the women and children, to leave, and will then cut his way through at all hazards. It is probable, however, that the threat of visiting Baltimore with so severe a chastisement will bring the resistants to their senses, and thus save the effusion of blood.
The Philadelphia papers contain little of interest. They announce, however, the arrest of Charles A. Grinner, of Georgia, on the charge of treason. Mr. G. made the following statement:
‘ My family are here: I came on to see them. The company I belonged to was nothing but a private company, that I belonged to for the last fifteen years. They enjoyed a good many privileges, and were exempt from jury duty. On the second day of January, there was a good deal of excitement in Georgia, and our Governor was apprehensive that Fort Pulaski might become occupied by an irresponsible party, and he requested our company to go there and take charge of it, which they did. I left there early in January and came up to the interior of Georgia, at my mother's place. I have been in Savannah very little. I am a Philadelphian by birth; went to school here, and believe I am as good a Union man as can be found anywhere. I was born under the American flag, and have a good many relatives residing in this city.
’ That was enough, and the officials, following the example of the petty despots of continental Europe, committed Mr. G. to prison.
A dispatch from Harrisburg, Pa., shows that the Hessians are beginning to count the cost.
Over 5,000 men are now in camp at Harrisburg. They consume daily 6,500 pounds of fresh beef, 6,500 pounds of bread, 608 pounds sugar, 300 pounds of coffee, 100 pounds of candles, 4 bushels of salt, and 13 bushels of beans. Not more than 15 barrels of mess pork have been used out of the 700 barrels sent here, the men refusing to eat it. It is estimated that the cost of subsistence alone is $1,200 per day.
The same telegram exposes an outrage committed by Pennsylvania soldiers:
Five soldiers attached to a Delaware county company were to-day sent out to arrest deserters. During their travel they abused several citizens, and subsequently entered a public house, got frenzied with liquor, charged bayonets in a crowded room, and wounded a citizen severely, though not dangerously. One of the soldiers was severely cut in the rencontre by a citizen. All five of the soldiers were arrested and lodged in jail.
The Toronto (Canada) Leader, Government organ, advocates an "armed neutrality" in respect to affairs in this country. A Toronto dispatch, April 30, says:
‘ The Globe of to-day, in a long and able article on American affairs, says that the North, by their impatience with reference to President Lincoln's policy, ignore the stupendous and delicate task he has before him, and will drive the country to anarchy and chaos.
It advocates strengthening Mr. Lincoln's hands, and to abstain from perplexing his councils.
’ A committee on "Home Defence" at Pittsburgh, have procured from the U. S. Arsenal, near that city, 2,380 muskets, 882 rifles, and accoutrements, besides over 100 cannon, to be used in the defence of that city. The Gazette says:
‘ Captains McNutt and Bremerton, and Lieut. Crispin, are now engaged in a reconnaissance of the heights and defiles surrounding the city, with a view to selecting the most available points for planting batteries. Scouting parties have also been sent out through Washington and Greene counties, to ascertain, if possible, if any hostile movements are on foot against this locality.
’ The following items possess some interest:
At a late hour on Saturday night information reached the United States Marshal of New Jersey, which induced him to invoke the assistance of Gen. Hatfield, of the New Jersey State Militia, who, with a force of men, proceeded with the Marshal to the Jersey flats, where they seized three schooners loaded with gunpowder, over which was spread a quantity of manure.
Col. Ellsworth's regiment of Zouaves, recruited entirely from New York firemen, made a magnificent parade on Sunday in New York, 1,100 strong, escorted by about 5,000 of their comrades of the Fire Department and 50,000 friends, of both sexes, who witnessed their embarkation on the Baltic for Washington.--The regiment are armed with Sharpe's rifles.
It is stated that James T. Brady, of New York, is about to join the army at Washington in a prominent position. Mr. Brady says that as the Breckinridge candidate for Governor of Massachusetts is in the field, he, as late candidate for the office of Governor of the State of New York, will not be behind-hand.
The New York Herald limits what it calls the "defensive attitude" of Lincoln's Administration, to the 5th of May--the "proclamation, " which was dated on the 15th of April, requiring the " combinations" to "disperse and retire within twenty days."
