, 1861-05-15
CHICAGO: WEDNESDAY, MAY "t5;;: 1861


T Especial to the: :New York Cammsreial1
:WAhHINaToN>A >Aay14. "A Ch1pte7 Of Virgfnia
kni&ht Templars have otHchlE seeded from
the u. s. Grand Encampment- a detachment
- i Special to. the Rost.} T.. ~.
Il u said the 9th: Massaehusetta Regiment
Eaov e. tonight to the Relay House., L New
3etsey regiment h under orders fol Alexan-
.senator Kennedy Of Baltimore publishes in
tae Natso7aa1 lntealigsaetr an eloquent appeal to
the people Of AarJlaudy entreatin9 them 10
sem1in: tosAl and Join their fortunes with thu
-, Fs s:!. ss.ag; Is III b IL command Of
It ID regarded as moi inprpbabls that the
EedeTal forces will march from :Wheelipg to
Martinsbargh, Va, aud take: Hasper's Ferry
In the reas.
Especial Dispatch to the n. 7. Exprtss.1
Ordera hare gone from the War Department
directing Gen: Wool to ass11ne command Of
:; Tho Providence haaks will take half mil
BAIrinoRE, Nay 1E-Federa1 troops are
fally established at Federal HUI
A, schooner was .seited at the wharf this
morning: It aad lot of pixies, manufactured
WAsHrNaron, May ,1s.-The secretary OF
tha Treasury has just Issued circular to all
1 Collectors, Surveyors, and other officers Of
Customs, precisely similar to thAt recently id.
dressed to those on Northern and North
Western waters, relative to commerce with
lnturrecttonary States, with the following ad-
duon: Among prohibited supplies are
cups, platinas, sulphnric acid, zines, and Ill
other tslegfaphic material" .I-
1t IL satisfactorily ascert.tued that the
whole number Of troops in Virginia does not
exceed $4,000, one+ffth being In Richmond.
al IN a.nn 1tlnats direction Of troops my here
tha Administration keeping it secret.
No doubt that among other vigorous meas:
ures determined upon, IL the construction Of
from forty to fffty. gnn.boats by contract, for
operations in shallow Waters.
A Montreal firm offars to tale million
Of Treasury notes 1t par.
New YoRK, May 14.-The World's Washing
ton correspondent telegraphs that an attempt
was discovered to-day to poison members OF
the 18th regiment, New York Several are
new ILL., It appears some sugar was used,
Hhich contained arsenic.
4 Washington dispatch states that the Presi-
dent and suite took tour Of inspection down
the Potomac Yesterday.
+: HTds 7anle3 Washington dispatch says there
are now in that city, Or within sIght of the
Capital, about 81 600 men.
GER. Butler dined IN Baltimore yesterday.
No attempts were made to annoy him, aud ev-
cry courtesy was extended to him and his staff.
serve during fhe war.
WAsHIsGToN, May 14-Gen. Butler has or
dered the outposts Of Col Jones's samp at tbs
Relay House to be extended this evening some
10 miles towards Harper's Ferry They will
aet inconjuuction with an advancing forca from
kgatnst Harper's Ferry: These advanced posts
are also Intended to cut of the flying rebels
from Baltimore, who, 1t Is supposed, have at.
tempted to escape from Gen. Buffers force,
1000 troops, under Col. Jones, entered
Baltimore yesterday afternoon. This move
naent 1tas made in consequences Of reports that
anqthar attempt was being made to revlSe the
cage Of troops and destroy the railroads.
The Navy Department expects the ports Of
Charleston, Savannah and the mouth Of the
Mississippi to be b1ockaded in the course Of i
week.
: The Government eontemp1atss the erection
Of eafth works, at regular intervals, along tho
railroad lines 1eadiug from the North through
Maryland. Preliminary surye5s are now max
ing.
The Capital Is now surrounded by circle Of
encampments controlling all roads 10 Virgini8
and Maryland.
Capt Pope, Of the Typographical Engineers,
who mustered the nlino 8 troops into service,
anxtous to secure his services ae general conf
manding the volunteer forces, but could not
obtain tbs consent OF the War Department,
where the rule is not to detach any officer
from ths regular army, in few Of the formation
OF new regiments will not be deyiated from.
Capt, Pope says Cairo is perfectly safe, and
the reports Of an impending attack by the
tebel troops without foundation.
The fdsdnat Is now anchored at tha main
wharf Of Alexandra, with her gums loaded and
run out of the port holes. She crossed to s1op
interference with the free navigation Of the
Potomac, attempted several times within the
Last few days BY the rebel garrison OF the
town. Her appearance produced quite panic
among the Secessionist9
Mr. McMullen has just got In from Rich
mond. Hesays there were 10000 troops here,
10000 at Norfolk, 1000 at Harper's Ferry, and
others were preparing to leave Richmond for
tha latter place.
BuBiness in these places il entirely sus.
rnn6ad