The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-24

will bo early attacked. Gen. Cocke has cOOn
well armud troops at Culpcppcr. and 5000
moro bctwonn thero and Alexandria Mill
tarv authorities consider 1t best to march
on Culpcppor. thence to Charlottesville aud
/ Ivnch6urg. Forces will also bo sent by
Aquia Creek also u largo fnrco to Norfolk,
thus moicsting Richmond on ali sides.
Probably the first encounter will bo at Cul.
peppor
GALVESTON. May l6.-lnformation is no.
coivud that COrtiuas Is actively preparing
! Tor another raid on tho Texas settlcrs OF
! the Rio Granie. Anolhcr statement saws
, Cortinas. with = large force. is moving up
! the left bank oi thA Rio Grandc. Recruits
arc pouring in from all directions to Join
Cnrtinas. 1t is bclicvod formidable force
will 10 concentrated on tho tivcr.
WAsuINGToN May 10 "A special dispatch
to the Tribune says: A person direct from
! Richmond, who saw Gov bntchcr night
before last. reports tho Governor to no very
much frightened. aud to have said that ho
hoped and beloved thoro would be no fight
| ing. ID spatches to tho W0rid say by
Wednesday il is believed thnt ten thousand
| OF our soldiers will be encampph on Ariiug.
ton Heights. A loitor received Zero from
the editor Of "a Mrmphis paper, formerly a
| resident of Washington, stutos that prnvis.
ions arc worry scarce in that city aud all
business ruined. aud that soldiers are not
coming forward .as rapidly as was antici-
paird.
Times dispatch saws: Gen. Sicklos left
! this r. NJ tur New York with his chtnms.
sion and instructions. Ills whOla brigade
will be at once put in tho field. aud probably
they will go to sono point near Buffers
command near Fort Monroe. IIu IS or
dorod to mako all possible haste in HE
movements. 1t is decided that no moro
troops will bo accepted by tho Government
under the last rcQuisition. either from Now
York or olsew} Gre. Some 250, 600 uen arc
already enlisted.
! New YoRK. Nav 90 Into adviccs from
Charleston say that they are erecting hat.
tcrios on tho coast near Charleston of fud
cannon 10 boat eff tho blockatling fleet
Juie" Nelson writes from Tennessee that
! the Union men in 'hr eastern section of
tina, State, will give 200 900 majority against
secession.
! WAsHINGToS May 29.-Tho u. S. trans.
| port Frooborn arrived this afternoon direct
from Fort Monroe. bringing dispatches to
| tho Government. Ga tho way up she cap.
| tnrrd two small vessels aud brought thom
to tho Washington Navy Yard. A passcn
gDr on thr FrocbOrn. states that on Saturday
two vessels from the tlnnt paid visit to the
vicinity Of SswaIl's Point. abont four miles
from tho fortress. whrro tho V r.inians were
erecting batteries. and threw sundry shells
at tho wcrks. spelling materially tho archi
tecturnl arrangement. Shots were fred at
tho vessel but without eff CT. l.. was not
known whether any one on shUro was in
jurch
CnAMBERsBuRG May l9-Soven hundred
| Virginia troops arrived opposite Williams
port, on tho Dotornac r yer. 26 mIps south
Of this poin,. IL is believed hero that they
intend making m incursion into tho south
ern borders of this State.
WAsulxGrnN Nav 90 Tho friga.e Nj.
ngara has been Withdrawn from blockadrng
Charleston for more important sc,v,ce -
Another vessel will take hnr p'aco there.
| MONTGOMERY. May 20.-lt is reported
Congress will adjourn 10 morrow Various
rurnors arc INDUCED in about tho probable,
place of re assembling. Richmond in july
seems tho most popular beIi"f
WASHINGTON. Nav 10 -Mrmphis is in
dcplnrabie condition. Trnnps are continu
ally arriving and being transferred 10 Fort
Randolph. The universal talk there was
tho case with which tho North could be
conquered
Nkw YoEK MAY 2l.-There was a fight
at Sewall's Point, botwoun two United
States vessels aud II rebel battery. il being
tho eighth and last work now in rcho hands
defending tho approaches to Norfolk, and
is regarded MS an important work agaius,
blockading James River, where there are
now lying twenty pr zns laden with tobacco
Tho stoanrr Star commenced on Saturday
at noon. shelling tho works, and was soon
after aidod by the FroGbOrn. driving out the
rohols. She thon proceeded to Washington
with dispatches of Commodore S,rirglam
She captured two small vessels on Sunday
near Cedar Point. one of them having fify
mon bound for tho rebel army. A reliable
Union man, living Ia Maryland, says he
was at Harpor's Forry on Friday night, and
saw sMeen Indians in one squad. hut did
not SEQ more. lie says tho sma! pox is
known to oxist among the troops there, bur
to what extent is unknown Ho bolcvos
tho troops aro being over Brrkley.
jefferson. London, Frederick and Clark
| countics. to carry them for secession. The
legitimate voters of those counties were
largely for Union. Tho times Washington
correspondent of tho l2th says tho Post
"iiico Department has discontinued tia
steambOrt mills on the Mississippi all the
way from ST. Louis to Now Orleans the
steamboat mail from Mobile. vim Lake Pom
chatrain. and tho steamboat mails from
New Orleans, via Pensacola, Apalachicnla