Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-05-31

The New Hampshire regiment was received
by the President to-day.
Some 800 of the ID New York regiment
refused 10 be sworn in to-day, and were strip
ped Of their uniforms. Dissatisfaction was
undoubtedly caused by the bad conlmissary
ma n cement.
1t is reported that all is quiet at Fortress
Monroe
ten. Butler has IL, 900 mon there. hut will
not move until he has 10 .0O0 more. The eth
New York regiment leaves for home on sat
urday.
A dispatch to the 1'ilaac says that ac-
counts from the Western Counties Of Ken
lucky state that secession, mob law and sio-
lence rule there
Arms and ammunition arc daily bcins taken
from Montgomery County, Maryland, to
! llarpcr's Ferry.
Dattils Of Il new levy of 100, 600 men will
soon be madn.
The President said to-day that all full reg
imcnts must be forwarded in u few days.
Il regiments have been accepted from I'll.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad is i'm
passabIc, a huge rock having been blown up
on the track near Harpcr's Ferry.
Telegraph lines will soon connect the camp
and the War Department with each other,
and will follow the advanced columns.
Five regiments move tomorrow from Ilar-
risbur% and Ghamhcrsbnrg against lIarIcr'S
Ferry Simultaneous with an advance from
the west.
The reports Of the misdeeds of the Zau-
ayes are mainly untrue Most all Of them
being started by malicious persons connected
with Washington papers.
y dispatch TO the Herdd says that a larzc
quantity Of the rolling stock on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad will be used by the
government on the Orange and Alexandria
+ rad.
Two spies were arrested last night lay the
/ 18th regiment,
! Miss Lander goes to Massachusetts soon u
perfect arrangements for the care Of the sick
+ soldiers
I 1t is reported that large numbers of slaves
continue To arrive at Fo1 tress Monroe, desir-
ing to be set at work. Yesterday over forty
arrived and are held as contrahand Of war
+ The British schooner fropic with cargo
of tobacco, Georgana Of st. George, Maine,
amt the General Knox OF Thnmaston with
oak timber We're captured by the hlockadins
fleet and arrived at the Washington Navy
Yard to-day. The Troy regiment arrived ut
Fortress Monroe on saturday and the same
day captured SIN prisoners including rebel
Colonel.
col. Duryea's regiment were under arms
twice within an hour alter landing at For
tress Monroe they being fired upon.
The ii3GH also saws that adviccs from
Fortress Monroe state that Gen. Butler YES
terday ordered ) vessels and 900 men to
Ncwp IT Point where farlifcations aud en-
trenchmcnts We're Immediately commenced.
\ dispatch 10 the Times says that it is
undoubtedly the intention Of Judge fancy
to bring on II collision between the judicial
and military departments and if possible to
throw the weight OF the judiciary stinst
the Government and in favor Ct the re5cls.
lie was heard to say on Saturday that he
wished the NirginianS would wade 10 their
waists in northern blood.
The regulars at tab have been ordered
home.
\ slave insurreetion had broken out near
Baton Rosue,-on one plantation all the
whites were murdered aud the houses burnt
down.
NV YORK, 18th.
Col. Jamis1u's Maine regiment were in
Speeted and mustered into service yesterday.
FtTHfR Pol>r. 2lth.
NJ signs Of Steamer North Briton Wca-
ther cloudy and calm.
NV York. oath.
\ private dispatch from New Orleans dat
cd yesterday, 18th, says TINT port Is block
AIDED.
BALTIMORE, 29th
Steamer Geor-idna has arrived from fortress
Monroe. Sue left there at SIX o'cloek last
evening \ small steamer from Norfolk
under Il flag Of truce had iust landed over iua
refuge. on board the Cumberland. mostly
the wives and children Of lah0rers in the IA
w Yard. They state that there are from 1uo
to 900 at Norfolk and Portsmouth General
Beaurcsard had not arrived at Norfolk.
The Louisiana and Georgia troops were the
best equipped and disciplined.
Butter there Was worth 30 cents Hams
t 30 cents, and other provisions were proper
tionately high. g. Union votes were cast in
+ Portsmouth, and over twenty at Norfolk
Perfect gloom and terror peryaded the com
muuity.
Several bttteries have been erected between
4 Fortress Monroe and Norfolk That on era
ny Island, commanding the approach to Nor,
/ folk and Portsmouth, had embrasures for 10
guns.
The Federal encampment at Newport
Point had been thus far undisturbed Tue
Steuben rifles from New York landed this
morning and went into encampment.
Immediate attack ON Sewall's Point or
Norfolk reed not he expected. as Gen Butler
is not the man to risk valuable lives for
points ot - slight strasetie Importance tom
pared with others near at hand.
The Quaker City is again cruising of the
Gapes.
WASHINGTON, 18th.
Tic following is from the Reporter Of the
Associated Press, Monroe. II is dated Mon
cay evening and has Just been received. ~
force OF 2500 men, embracing the Vermont
and 4th Mass. regiments and the Steuhen Ri
lies of New York, with Il few Regulars and
four pieces of artillery, formed to-day an en-
trenchcl camp at Newport. near the mouth
Of the James river and about ten miles from
Fortress Monroe, across Hampton Roads -
The Steuben Guards did not land at the For
tres
The Rebel battery fired four shots at the
Empire City and Quaker City when of sew
ais Point, though over three miles distant.
The shot fell little short, indicating guns OF
haayr calibre
The Point of Newport Is like Sswall :
Point in plain sight from the ramparts Of
Fortress Monroe. The roadstcad there is
about three miles wide. The object of the
eutreuched Camp it to command Sand Island
which is about midway between and cou-
pietely guards the entrance Of James river.
Gen Butler was fearful that the rebels
would take possession OF the Island.
Newport Point also commands 10 a great
extent the pcns,suLtr hpfwepu James and