Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-02
Especial Dispatch to the New York Times.I

pickets stationed at Falls Gross Roads. After
retiring a short distance our troops returned
the fire and finally compelled the enemy to
retire, when they resumed the possession of
their former position. One private of
Michigan Regiment was slightly wounded.
Military authorities think the present
movements Of the rebels have no signi6-
canoe, except to keep their men actively en-
ployed to prevent demoralizing and dissolu.
ton of their army until they are prepared
for grand movement, or one is made against
them.
Captain Whipple of the Engineers accom-
panied Mr. Lowe on his aerial reconnaissance
yesterday. They observed nearly one thou
sand men at work throwing up intreuch-
ments on Munson's Hill, between Falls
Church and Fairfax, distance of seven
miles. They concluded the enemy must be
in large force.
The State Department will not issue passes
to anybody to pass from loyal into rebel
States.
Since the passage through Louisville was
stopped, the demand for passes has been very
large Most of the applicants are women,
who have been living in the North.
The general order issued by Adjutant-
General Thomas, calling attention to the
fifty seventh article of the act, called for the
government of the armies Of the United
States, has more sweeping application than
is generally supposed.
1t is intended to apply to all persons, both
in and out of the army, and to all newspa-
peGs throughout the North, under it. 1t is
intended to prohibit the publication of move
ments come cted with the raising Of troops,
the preparation of munitions OF war, the
transportation of men and the fitting out of
| vessels.
Mr.. Bates left Washington, this morning,
| for st. Louis. In his Absence Titan L..
Coffy, Esq, has been commissioned as Attor-
ney General.
| Especial Dispatch to New York Worid.l
A number of leading fnanciers, including
the Presidents of some of the New York
Banks, are now in the city urging upon the
| President certain changes in the conduct of
the war. They propose that the Government
should attempt to force the rebels TO abandon
their threatened attack upon Washington by
making counter attacks upon various points
| in the South.
The Secretary of the Treasury is gratified
| to know that the success of the National
| Loan does not depend upon banks, corpora
| tions, or other moneye6 Institutions but that
the people alone are able and willing to sub
scribe all the money that is needed.
1t will satisfy the public and increase pop
ular confidence in the Government to state
that the Attorney. General has decided that
the loan is not taxable either by State or
local authorities.
Senator Wade, Of Ohio before leaving
Washington, was authorized by the Govern.
ment to raise a regiment of cavalry and
battery of artillery for the war
New York Tribunes Correspondence
A letter from St. Louis states that there i;
no doubt that the rebels intended and ex.
pected to be in full possession OF st. Louis
before now, and that August 20 was the
time fixed upon for the active cooperation
| Of tbe Sepneeioniata of that pitu Nofhino
could have prevented the plot from succeed
ing had they been victorious at Springfield
General Lyon, knowing this, sacrificed him
self, and saved the city a second time by hi
victory, for such it was, in fact, for our friend
have gained time and are safe.
Advices received at the War Department
confirms the report that the Kiowas and Ca
manches, from whom Government, last year
withheld their annual presents, on accoun
of previous rascalities have united thei
fortunes with the Southern Confederacy
The principal rendezvous Of the tribes is nea
Fort Bent.
Especial Dispatch to New York Herald.1
1t is estimated, by men entitled to know
: that there are seventy. five thousand of tn
rebel army between Harper's Ferry an
Edwards Ferry, awaiting an opportunity t
force crossing into Maryland, and willin
to take the chances there of an insurrectio
: of the nalconte nts, that will enable them
!, = transfer the conflict to that State, and plat
J Washington between two rebel armies.
In the meantime, hundreds of Marylan
Secessionists are gathering upon the easter
!, . shore, for the purpose of carrying out Il
|. programme of cutting off direct commun
= cation between Philadelphia and Baltim Or
. simultaneously to the passage of the rebe
] across the Potomac. At the little town
= Easton, in Talbot County, these arriva
= have amounted to as many as fifty per da
. The rebels are in such condition that the
7 are compelled either to attempt to advanC
or to retire from the Potomac.
, The resources of this region are exhausted
and they can not much longer subsist the
, immense force on the Virginia side of Il
|, Potomac They must either avail then
selves of the riches of the splendid agricu
tural district of Western Maryland, or ia
back at least upon the Rappahannock. Thei
disposition viii make lively times along tn
Potomac in few days, and perhaps in a fev
hours.
Fort MONROE, August 30.-The gun -bos
Iroguois, from the blockade off Savannah
arrived last evening. She reports havin
heard heavy cannonadlng when off Hattera
, Inlet, and also spoke brig which had me
, the Federal feet.
We have no other intelligence of the e1
! pedition.
All of the Confederate prisoners retaine
for some days at Old Point expressed th
opinion that the Federal vessels would t
blown up by submarine batteries, whic
Lieutenant Maury has placed in Hatterf
: Inlet and other assailable points on the Ca
| olina coast.
Since the quarrel between the Alabau
: and Virginia troops, at Yorktown, whiC
resulted in the killing of eight men, the vi
ginia regiments have been transferred
Norfolk. The Alabamians accused the latt
with cowardice.
This morning a small Secession tu
mounted with riled brass cannon, ran O
from Norfolk to within two and half mil
q of Newport News. She fred twenty. thr
> shots at the United States frigate SaVanna
. No person was injured. Tho tug was
range of but two of the SdVdnRdhs guns, an
a Sawyer's rifed cannon on shore.
il When they were brought to bear on nc
q she ran down toward Old Point and hce
two shells, one of which exploded near u
Seminole, and the other close to the II
Raps. The FIRE was returned, whereupO
4 she retreated behind Sewells Point.
WASHINGTON, August Silt seems certa
that the Administration at present has I
y intention whatever to avail itself of the pc
o mission sanctioned by Congress for the CO
e lection of duties on ship. board, or to the q
It tire closing of ports which on the land.sid