The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-05-20
Times Disna,ch.l

Times Dispatch.l
i Washington, May l6s--No more troops ex-
Dept for the war, will be ordered In this ii
reetion. Troops for the short service will
however, be accepted at present in the west
ern service.
/ A messenger from Cairo arrived tonight.
There is no reason for any beli.f that the
European powers will in any way give aid to
the rebels.
Gen Scott il in receipt Of important dis
patches from Fort McIlenry, and from Mai.
Morris, aud Gen. Cadwailader. He sent this
morning full instructions to the latter, as to
the policy be il to pursue at Baltimore.
| Federal Hill 10 entirely deserted by order
OF Gen. Cadwallader, who has taken up q po
sitlon for his camp near Fort Mcllenry.
The removal from Federal Hill, which lie
the surest and most available position com
manding the city, is severely censured BY
many military men. but il generally liked by
people Of that vicinity.
Mnrshal kane and hia crew have become
suddenly quiet and inoffensive.
| II ia said Col. Jenrs, who ted the Niassa-
chusetts 9th through Baltimore on the 10th
nit., VIII succeed Gen. Butler in the Briga-
dier Generaship.
@oA' oohcn bCuuth HhNt three or -FOUR
times come il sight eli the Secession out
post. party OF them came very near being
cut off by the enemy last night. They made
some important discoveries as to the position
OF the Secess 3niste.
messenger was sent to Gen. Butler this
a. m, and tonight he arrived in special
train.
Gentlemen from Alexandria Fisit4 a the
President this morning and assured him that
II protected at the polls the people of that
precinct would give 700 majority again.t
secession.
A number Of people are busily engaged at
baltimore trying to create sufIicien, sympa-
thy for Ross Winnans to run him for Con-
yress. They Of course sympathiIe with Sc
cession. The Union men intend to nominate
Ii. Winter Davis and j. Morrison. II is
probable they viii. be elected.
In less than ten days Gen. Butler will have
more than 5000 men under his command at
IT. Monroe and . squadron adequate to the
support of tho land forces. This demonstra-
ton looks to the possession Of the public
property at Gosport.
General Butler was serenaded last evening,
in response to which he said Foremost in
the ranks OF those who fought for liberty in
the Revolution were the men OF Massachusetts
and in the Revolution Massachu etts sent
more men South than NIL the Southern Colo.
MES put together, and in this second war
Massachusetts will give every man In her
borders, aye, and every woman too. If the
30 900 northern soldiers are cut off i'm six
weeks, $4,000 will take their places, and If
they tie, a quarter Of a million will succeed,
until an army Of reserve will be women with
broomsticks TO drive every enemy into the
Gulf.
Worlds dispatch says passengers via Har
per's Ferry report the rebels erecting fortiti-
cations on the Maryland side; also erected
one of railroad iron twelve miles below the
Ferry 1t II reported that considerat le dis
content existed among the troops at Rich
mond.
Gen. Wool was ordered to. day 20 Fortress
Monroe.
The Cahawba arrived from Washington.
and states that the Harriet Lane was blocka-
ding the James and Elizabeth rivers, the Mon
ticello the York river, the Quaker City the
Chesapeake Bay, and the Minnesota of Point
Comfort. The Quaker City towed the ship
Arago of Baltimore 10 sea from Richmond,
with cargo OF tobacco valued at $1,000,
Com. Stringham putting crew on board till
it reaches New York.
The Tribune special says Extra Billy Smith
had an interview with Adlutant General
Thomas yesterday, and said the Administra-
ton is mistaken in supposing Virginia has
now or ever contemplated attacking Wash
ington, and that such an attempt would nev
er be made under any circumstances, rs IL
wnnld inrnlxs the :.
thing valuable in it. Ali We want is to be
let alone. II you keep your side Of the Po-
tomac, we Will keep ours, Virginia 10 de-
termined to maintain the ground she has Ia
ken.
Gen. Pomeroy had consultation with the
Cabinet this morning, concerning the three
reg 'nents to be accepted from Kansas; two
OF them are for three months only, the other
is for the war.
Ben McCulloch is now at Richmond. II is
repos ted that he has enrolled company of
mounted men, numbering about 800, the nu-
cleus of VIII CHI is old Califoruians and Tex.
ans, a set Of dare devils, while majority Of
the men are hunters and hard cases. lie ex-
poets with this to do great deeds, and 1t il
known that be and Gov. Letcher have been
comforting together for several days, ind that
Gov. Letcher does nothing without receiving
orders from Montgomery.
WASHINGTON, l7tb.-Col. Mcdonald, As
sistant Adjutant- General. has been promoted
to he position of Brigadier General.
The Virginia newspapers, received to- day,
note continued arrivals Of Confederate troops
and their departure for points not designated.
Citizens OF the seeded States, in order to
receive patents for Inventions, must take an
oath prescribed law, acknowledging their al
legianca to the United States.
The following important letter was yester-
day written by the Secretary Of State:
WASHINGTON, May l6.-Sir: have receiv-
ed your letter Of yesterdays date, asking me
to give you In writing my reasons for con-
sidering an acceptance on your part Of Gov
ernor Letcher's proposition to purchase the
steamships Yorktown and Jamestown, recent
~ seized by his orders and now in his pos
session, an act Of treason. With this re-