Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-07

General Grant took possession Of the tele-
graph Office, railroad depot, and Marine Hos
pitsl. lie found large quantities Of complete
Tatiops and leather for the Southern army
The following proclamation was issued:
I" have come among you not as an enemy
but as your friend and fellow citizen, not TO
ipjure and annoy you, but to respect, defend
and enforce the rights of all loyal citizens.
An enemy in rebellion against our common
Government has taken possession, planted its
guns upon the soil Of Kentucky, and fired
upon our flag. Columbus and Hickman are
in his hands, and he is moving upon your
city. | am here to defend you against the
enemy; to assert and maintain the authority
and sovereignty of your Government. |
have nothing to do with opinions. | shall
deal only with armed rebellion, its aiders and
abettors. You can pursue your usual avoca-
tions without fear. The strong arm of the
Government is here to protect its friends and
punish only its enemies. Whenever it is
manifest that you are able to defend your
selves, and maintain the authority of your
Government, and protect the rights of loyal
citizens, l shall withdraw the forces under
my command. q. s. GRANT,
"Brigadier- General Commanding"
PooLEsvILLE, ND, September 6.--Intelli-
gence from the Virginia shore is to the effect
| that from opposite the White House Ford,
near the mouth of the Senacs River, down to
Arlington Hights the rebels have heavy
pickets, and are daily expecting reenforce'
ments to enable them to extend to Conrad's
| Ferry. There are at least from six hundred
to seven hundred men now along the line
! On Friday force of one thousand MIssis-
| sippians as a guard, reached the vicinity of
Fairfax Court house, with sixty pieces of ar
tillery.
The force opposite Washington is esti-
mated by the rebels at one hundred aud
twenty. FIVE thousand, with heavy re-enforce-
ments daily arriving. They say that an at
tack is to be made on Washington the pres
ent week. simultaneously with the attack
| on Washington, demonstrations are to bs
made, according to the same authority, near
the mouth of the Ocoquan, and above at Ed
wards Nolan's or the White House Ferry.
The rebels have plenty of provisions and
whisky. Families and stores have, however
been entirely drained of salt sugar aud cot
| fee. No money can purCase these neceSs aries.
Men frequently come down to the river and
in piteous terms beg their Maryland neigh
beIs for pittance of these articles. Cows
and cattle are suffering for salt; scanty sup
! ply is sometimes obtained from fish brine,
but this is very rare. The rebels, yesterday,
arrested FIVE mep, nearly opposite this town;
| four sons who had deserted from the rebel,
army and they, together with their aged
father, as hostage, were dragged back to
the army.
INDIANAPOLIS, September Eek. Governor
Wright late Minister to Berlin, had an eu-
thusiastic reception in this city tonight. In
response to a serenade, be made a straight
out Union speech, advocating war to the knife
and the knife TO the hilt, until the last ves-
tige of the rebellion is crushed out.
LOUISVILLE September 6.-The Mobile
Register says that General BraXton Bragg
has been transferred from Pensacola to the
Potomac and is succeeded in command by
I Brigadier-General r. H. Anderson, of South
Carolina.
Richmond advices state that one hundred
and two Federal prisoners reached there yes.
te1day afternoon. They were taken by
Floyd, near Gauley Bridge, last week. one
i hundred of them belonged to the Seventh
: Ohio Regiment About two thousand Fed.
n eral prisoners are now there.
V The weather in the mountains is quite cool
y and winter clothing is absolutely needed BY
many of the soldiers.
: An ereei.nTeer, Just arrived at Richmond
$ says a serious accident occurred on the rail
road near Abingdon.
z The Aiken Guards, of the Fourteenth
n Louisiana Regiment, had one killed ant
r thirteen wounded
.e Congress was in session about two hour
e, on the Sd instant and adjourned to the thirt
e Monday in November.
It while some men were employed in gettiuy
e the dry dock ready TO be raised, they wer
il fred upon from Fort Pickens, first with
r blank cartridge, then solid shot, and after
= ward with she'll The last came near doin
damage, and the men speedily left. Tn
9 Tribune Indignantly demands, !" Is not thi
9 outrage an act of war;"
t LEXINGTON, No, September 6.-The fol
: lowing account of recent events in this cit
r is furnished to the ST Louis Republican:
4 A large Secession force surrounded thi
f town on both sides of the river, last week
e aud arrested number of Union men, anon
e them Ex-Governor King, Judge Ryland an
4 VIM. S. Fields. On Friday last, at the in
/ stance of the gentlemen above named, flag @
e truce was sent in by the rebels which re
e suited in a conference about mile from tn
f town, between Colonels Roal and Reed an,
Captain Shelby, on the rebel side, and Majo
; Becker, Captain Graham and Lieutenan
Brown, on the Federal side. The rebels de
e manded the unconditional surrender of tn
# investment of the town by the rebels goo
/; deal of skiImishing took place in the street
8, and in the woods on both sides of the rive
J. The Federal troops destroyed the ferry
d houses on the North side of the river, wher
If | a fight occurred between a small force unde
Lieutenant Brown, and the rebels, in whic
n four or five of the latter were killed aud
e number wounded, and several of Brown
r, men wounded, one mortally. On Thursda
r, tackled in the streets by company of sece
/ sionist under Captain Withrow, in which tt
r, latter were completely routed, and Captai
? Withrow taken prisoner after being wounde
ot by Brown. On Friday all further attemp
70 to reduce the place were abandoned, Colon
R0ul retiring, with his command, towal
,r independence, and Colonel Reed going t
r. ward Fort Scott, leaving Captain Shelf
to with about six hundred men at his o
e. rendezvous ON Tabo Greek, eight mil
Y, East OF Lexington, and considerable sece
ie sion force in the bottom between LexingtC
Y. and Richmond. The forces thus left ha
ie cut off all mail communication. Colon
ID Reed took with him King, Ryland, Fie
IN and other prisoners. The whole loss, in
m the fighting, on the rebel side was eight Xxi
On ed, besides the wounded, and on the FedeI
Iss side one mortally and several slightly Woun
ID. ed. The Federal troops burned warehou
on and several frame buildings where the rebt
it had encamped, on the North side of the rive
N, LOUISVILLE, September 6.-Hon. James
or- Jackson issues a spirited call tomorrow,
nd a regiment of Kentucky cavalry, under q
lily thority of the United States, for the thI
Ter years or during the war. He states that I
er. soil of Kentucky has been wantonly invade
.he FRANKFORT, September 6-Nothing i
nd portsnt transacted by the Legislature.
ZEN ST. LOUIS, September 6-The steamt
red Champion, Hannibal and Meteor, the proper
ere Of rebel citizens, were seized at the wis
led to-day, by Collector Howard, being conf
ex- Gated under the recent act of Congress.
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