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By the train last night from Philadelphia, botween sixty and seventy persons, men, women and ehildren, reached this citv, who were cotnpeliod to leavo Virginia on account of ontertaining Union sentiments. A majority of these persons are from Norfolk aud Kichmond, whero some oí them leave considerable properly, which they now consider worthles.s to them. They represent that there are a great many Union people in Virginia, but they are overawed by the secessionists, who, maddened by liquor, are ready to execute summary punishment upon alt who difier with them. New England men are particularly obnoxious to tho rebels and it is not considered safe for any norihern man to remain there. A gentleman who left Norfolk Thursday night Baya that the greatest excitoment prevailed there, and tho people wëre organizrog military eompaoiee, but tliere are not antis enough in the city of Norfolk to equip tvvo eompanies. The obstructions to nnvigation havo been put down at a point about midway between the Kip Raps and Craney Islaód, where the channel ia very narrow. Three light boatá were sunk hero on Wednesday night, and Thvirsday night last a barge and an old brig were subk in thj same place. These obstructions, however, can be casily removed. In Portsmouth there is said to be a formidable secret Union organization. On Tuesday night last there was a rumor that Gosport navy-yard was to ba attacked, when 400 men from this body spent the night in the yard to aid in ita defense. There is a great lack of arms of all kinds in the lowor part of Virginia,, but they are expecting irnmediate supplies from the North. Four rifled cannon reached Portsmouth Thursday, via Petersburg, and more were expected. These with tho guns stolen ('rom tho revenue cutter, are about all the ordnanco they havo as vet. In Kichmond tho seeession escitement was at a high pitch on Thursday. A party of secessionists manifested their joy atTne passage of the ordinance by placiog a negro astride of the statuo of Washington.