Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-20

be Hdrassed by G,ieyTilIds-AH the Coz.
cynment Mail Steam Service Suspended 70
b hs Seeded States Oharlestoh, South Cdro.
lima Effeienfly Bloekaded-Fh Fhold,,d and
France LsdHiaq tO1Dard the Soltthsr7 O,N-
.federaey-7- The Government 20 Deal NTH
Missouri as Nth MaryldRd-Latest from.
Pensaeola-Sendtor Douglas not Expected
10 Lite. ]IF r.f tl '!T T
WAsHISGToN, May la--Major Mulligan's
Irish Brigade has been accepted for the war.
The War Department daily receives
bushels Of letters from applicants for places
military and civil, most of which ask for
replies. - $780,, =. r.
It is proper, therefore, to state that It is
the inhexible rule that letters relating 10
such subjects, though read and fled are not,
and can not be answered. - ri
... Especial to the New York Hsrald.l
Baltimore, May IT, The L9yEch6urg Vir-
gintdR, of the 18th, says the remains of
Washington have been conveyed TO Lexing-
ton, Virginia, and there inferred in suita-
BILE mausOleum. Lid. ...y.--...-s o.. t..,fr
Direct news from Harpers Ferry is re-
oeived by this arrival. New batteries have
been erected on the hills. 1A
ltjwas supposed here that they would be
attacked soon after the close of this week,
and that General Butler would command the
eKpedition. 20 g...f ..J Ur. .a. .r1.t
Yesterday scouting parties were sent out,
and telegraphic signals agreed upon, by
which approaching troops were to be made
known. .l'L esI- l $3.50
Gentlemen from Virginia, here now, con.
firm the reports that any army which iu-
vades that State, will be hRrassed by
numerous bands of guerrillas. 1r.fi
An officer of troops, just from Cairo, says
General Pillow was certainly seen on the
Kentucky side of the river ON Saturday.
The Itnles's Washington dispatch say the
Secretary of War has to-day accepted the
first brigade of Chicago, three thousand
strong. They go for the war. Colonel Mil
hgan leaves for Illinois tomorrow to bring
them on. They have orders fer marching
in this direction as soon rs he arrives. ~
/ learn from the Postmaster General that
it is intended tomorrow to suspend all the
steam mail service in the seeded States as
their steamers have no business now of any
Importance except the mail service, from
which the Government derives no benefit,
and it becomes nothing but a subsidy to
sustain broken down vessels in rebellious
territory. -H 'HaH t
All such contracts will therefore be an
nulled by the Government. FHl
II is reported that letter received from
w.
the whole statement of the removal of
WashiDgton's remains is without the slight
est foundation. sEs.t o.
The statement made by some Baltimore
papers that all the troops recentlV passing
through Baltimore had not been molested or
insulted, is incorrect. Ringgolds Artillery
were grossly insulted nearly all the way
through the streets, but no offensive attack
was made. Ir Ti... or. ..f tsrIr
1t is reported that in consequence of Gov
ernor Hicks's remonstrance, Virginia troops
had been withdrawn from Maryland. If
promptly occupied by the United States the
nights thus vacated will com mpletely com.
mand the town and encampment at Harper's
Ferry. a-, lo .Fe r wa - ..54 -.-I
A dispstch to the World says the steamer
HUHtSOtilo has joined the Niagara, before
Charleston Harbor, and the two now consti.
tutes an efficient blockade there. The last
accounts say that nothing but fishing suacks
have been caught. -
1t was deemed necessary to. day, to stop
rumors, to dispatch messenger 10 Airing
ton flights, TO make q critical examination,
and see ifany batteries were erected, or any
troops near at hand. =
be has returned, and reports: "Saw no
cannon, and, with the exception of a small
picket.guard of twenty men opposite George
town, there were no soldiers to be seen
within radius of FIVE miles of the Hights."
1t is stated that Chief Engineer Haswell,
from New York, who was lately under ar
rest at Harper's Ferry, was released ou the
strength of dispatches from New Jersey,
which declared that if he was hung every
ViIginisn in the North that could be found
would meat a similar fate.
The Iribuns's dispatch says: ai4
"The President has accepted Of three fine
tugs, offered by Mr.. Sturges, of Chicago
some weeks since. They will be detailed for
service at Cairo. Arrests for treason continue
to be made daily T
The lines are being drawn more closely.
A young man of Newark, N. j., just ar
rived from Charleston, s. O., says there is
very little military activity there. An the
troops had marched for Virginia. He wit
Dessed the commandment of Fort Sumter.
If any were killed at Moultrie and the
batteries, they were buried there, and the
fact was not known in Charleston. That he
had seen BeauIegsrd twice since the bonn
baIdment. 1ra,--.,. -,t u. Sd. nm
He remained in Richmond one day. There
all is action. Troops are continually arriving
and departing. He says the cavalry are good
men, but they have poor horses. They seem
to be very numerous, and perfect confidence
as TO the result Of the conflict reigps every
where. 4 10 .-----.... 49,. go. a. F. :
The Herald's dispatch says il is useless 20
disguise the fact that leading members of the
Diplomatic Corps in Washington are en-
gagged in constant and anxious discussion on
the course it may be necessary for them at
any day 10 adopt. ~. al
They have recently received urgent in
stTuctions from their respective Govern
ments TO inform them with the utmost pre-
cision Of the chances of the two sections in
their present deadly quarrel. ~ B.
II is leaking out that the Governments in
question declare that their commercial inter
ests are identified in agreat degree. with the
South, and that if they are forced into taking
sides with either, they viii be compelled %
look carefully after cotton and free trade.
England is disposed TO move cautiously in
this important matter, and is playing her
usual game Of urging France 70 take the
ebestnuts out of the ERE. mod
The country may not generally be aware
that there is at this mement an agent of the
French Emperor travelling in the South by
the name of BaToeEe. s,n9, 1ist rf MI
He Is Instructed 20 say that be Is simply
collecting information, for the commercial
bureau for the Minister of Public Works, but
tits an sriifee. He is q political more than
q commercial agent aud hil dispatches ree-
nlarly forwarded TO Paris necessarily exer-
else great influence over the mind Of the
Emperor. or ili sg.srrs7--.- .-7-H -I41 sfF
III is beginning TO tTanspire that Mr. Rus
sell correspondent Of the Londen Times, is
not merely writing letters 70 that journal,
but that his private communications foF
higher quarters contain good deal of in
teTesting matter which he does not think il
altogether discreet 70 print. 1r .dft
The President summoned the Cabinet, to-
day. in great haste and they were in session
about an hour. 10. . c-.t 'f-rfs ssy4 III.
Sscr,taEy Seward left the White House
and proceeded TO the quarters, of General
Butler, and, not fading the latter in, dis.
patched one Of the Generals aids In pursuit
Of him. The interview lasted some time. D
io Its evident, from appearances, that the
Government intends dealing with Missouri
in the same manner il has with Marylsnd
As an evidence Of this the Government has
concluded 10 take charge Of the Hannibal
and 81. Joseph Railroad, and employ II f0l
Government pnrposes. i l..tss tss9ra
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