Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-18

tiles in SO. Louis.
New York, May IA communication
TO the Press, signed by w. p. Smith, saws
the reported destruction Of the bridges on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad il untrue; also
the report in a New York morning. paper.
that he had asked General Scott to take mil
itary possession of the road.
A Special dispatch to the Commercial Id.
V~ertiSer says that within q few DAYS all the
Massachusetts, regiments will be ordered to
Fort Monroe
[Now York Poets Special Dispatch
The Capitol building will be relieved of
troops by the LIST of June, and be renovated
for the extra session of Congress.
The Michigan Rife Regiment arrived here
in fine condition, being the first body of
Western troops that have reached the CAPT.
tai.
There is no positive indications of the adj
vance of the rebels, nor have Notifications
been erected on Arlington flights.
Secretary Cameron's family arrived here
to. day.
BURIIEGToN, Iowa, May l7.-Compauies
@, e and ], Fourth Artillery from Fort Ran
dali, Captain Getty commanding, arrived
here to day. They leave here to night for
Chicago.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE statement
that Winans, of Baltimore, was uncondi-
t~ionally released, is ~unfounded. He was
only released by order of the Government,
On his giving a parole of honor that he
would do no act openly or c~overtly hostile to
the Government Of the United States.
A general army. order has been issued,
stating that there will be added to the staff
of the army four Quartermasters and eight
Assistants, TO be promoted and selected &C
cording to existing laws and regulations.
There will be added to the Medical Depart
ment ten surgeons and twenty assistants.
The surgeons will be appointed from the
senior surgeons, and the assistants appointed
from civil life, after having passed the usual
examination by the Board from the Medical
Department of the army. Due public notice
of the appointment and time and place of
meeting Of the Board, will be given.
Mr.. Herbert, superintendent of Mount
Vernon, says there is no foundation for the
report that the remains Of Washington have
been removed from their resting place.
B~rigaaier General Mansfield to-day issued
an order as follows: ~ ordered by telegraph
to the agent of Adams Express Company at
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore that
in the future no express matter, inclusive of
testers, will be permitted to go South of this
city into Virginia. Last evening Colonel
Stone seized, by my order, the express mat
" eDN bhSHBNN ehA Will DNh ESOuo u
allowed the rest to go forward"
Ex-Governor Reeder of Pennsylvania and
Kansas has been appointed Brigadier Gen.
eral by the President.
New York, May l7.--The steamer RdT-
max has arrived from Havana llth, via
Nassau 18th. United States steamer Gre
sGdsr at Havana from Key West, reports
yacht Wanderer taken by the United States
steamer 81. Losis.
New ORLEANS, May I7.-Texan advices
say that Colonel Van Dorm has succeeded in
causing the surrender OF the remaining Fed
eTal troops in Texas.
Texans in numbers are doubtless on the
upper frontier taking necessary steps to de.
fend the State against incursioDS.
Unfounded rumors prevail at Montgomery
of the marching of Abolitionists to capture
the forts Of the upper border.
PHILADELPHIA, May IA steamer jus
arrived reports seeing, off Cape Henlopen
steamer Yankee, with three prize steamers
in tow, sailing North.
ANNAPOLIS, May l7.-0ne hundred men
with two cannon, left on a steamer for thu
purpose of retaking the light ship lying in
Great Wycomico River.
1t is said that many Unionists are anon,
the troops at Harper's Ferry, who have beef
il duced to enlist by false reports of anothe
| OObh o'OWh loANs u eos v oSdlbOl
ing troops through Virginia is to insure
Secession m~sjority by their vote.
The New York HerdEds special from Gin
%cinnati, May II, says General McClellansha
sent five thousand guns to the Kentuck,
Unionists. There is no truth in the new
about Breckenridge.
ATcHIsoE, X. T., May l7.-Ata meeting O
the citizens of Atchison, without respect o
party, held this evening, and presided owe
by Mayor Fairchild, a series of resolution
were adopted, pledging ample and complet
protection to persons and property, and t
the Government and other freight of al
descriptions, which may be shipped here
No danger is apprehended from any source
but several companies are thoroughly organ
lied, and fully equipped.
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-Two pieces of cannon
and several hundred muskets, rifles and
number OF pistols and ammunition, wer
taken from the custody of the Police Com
missioners to day, by order of the Unite
States authorities. Also, sixty Colts nav
revolvers, seized while in the hands of tn
American Express Company. All thes
arms were sent to the Arsenal,