The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-05-23
NE w S
FROM WASHINGTON.
Compiled from the 7elegrophic Colamns
of Daily Papers
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
WAsurNcroN Mavl7

ddy, III NicW ol lue euuucu iboScututS
on Baltimore. and the transfer of the COM
mand from Butler to Cadwallader, that.
an attack on Harper's Ferry, the seizure
of Alexandria, and the capture Of Pensa-
cola are events very near at hand.
@ Il is scon6rmatory Of this that the troops.
at the North enlisted fur three years SER
vice sre ordered to be here Immediately.
The fourteen regiments of New York.
in addition to her quota, are ordered here
to-day oE#--s75.fda 500 rsuos
The Government will probably have
seventy thousand men here by the end Of
this month, and will then be in condl-
ton to make impor tant movements.
The Government is ready for them at
any moment, and will permit the rebels
to remain there but few days longer.
Gen. Butler, it is understood here, is
ordered to Fortress Monroe, and without
doubt directed to SO arrange military af-
fairs there as to precipita.e matters with
IN very short time. 1l si ls.l sfl 81
There are small signs OF hostile dem
onstrations on the part Of the Virglnlans
opposite Washing ton; but it is not at all
probable that they yintend to make any at
| tack. oea az=7s 7z' - ~ E.
a The President remarked, a day or two
since, that the Eastern part of Virgins
would soon be taken possession Of, and
the..rebel Gag in Alexandria, which car
be seen from the White House, wave
there no longer &oot sH aesia1 .szusi
The visit of; the Union Defense Com
mittee to the President, with tender o.
unbounded amounts Of money and men
provided the Administration continued g
vigorous course in the defense Of the
Union and crushing out the rebels, was
gratifying to Mr.. Lincoln and Gen Scott
Aside from this, thousands upon thou
sands ofmen are rendered every day, ,and
the Government is begged to accept them
1t is quite impossible todo this in all cas-
| es. se,-S r1 -~rn r .'=g fs r5-n
General Ashley, member Of Congress:
from Ohio, had an interview with thu
President to-day, and presented him I
novel plan for floating an army to New
Orleans down the Mississippi. 1t meet
with much fayer with the Secretary 0
| War. .-.-e.... .-....t
The report in the Baltimore papers thi'
! morning that the Government is disatis
Fed with the conduct of Gen. Butler a
Baltimore, is totally withou. foundation
1t approves Of every step he has taken
A messenger from Richmond to-day
called on Gen. Scott and informed hin
that he did not think that there wer
more than fifteen thousand troops iu
Richmond. and one thousand at Alexan
dria. essss es- a.-t& asa
e It seems to be generally unders o II
that Davis will assume the command OF
the border.
Rumor says that Captain Schaffer i
about starting to Alexandria to taxi
charge of Secession Rife Company
which is being recruited in that city.
He is the man who was fo ready ANT
willing to defend this city.
The quantity of provisions. and othe
stores ar present consumed daily by th
troops now in this city is as follows: Y
brls pork alternately with 5000 lbs @
fresh beef; 1l5 brls of flour, SO bushel
| of beans; 1000 lbs OF rice; coffee, 800
lbs; sugar. 2, 400 lbs; whisky. 625 gal
Ions; vinegar, 200 gallons; candles, so
lbs; soap, 800 lbs; salt, l3 bushels.
The citizens Of Baltimore generally ar
delighted with the protecting oceupatio
of Gen Butler. aa- -l
l The banished Union men of whom
there are seyerrl here can now go bach
1t is the turn of the Secessionists to f,
The banks of Providence. through
committee, have rendered Eve hundre
thousand dollars to Secretary Chase
whenever convertible Treasury notes
having two years to run are offered b
him.
A.co'umn OF troops. ten thousand i
number, commenced moving yesterda
morning, flon t 9 Pennsylvania line, to
wards Hagerstown. .57a.s s...s
Il is learned by the officers of the raj
road companies that full regiment {
volunteers from Michigan are now o
their way to the Capital, and are expec
ted to reach here this afternoon by tt
Northern Central Railway They mus
ter one thousand men, all told. G
l. A propeller arrived at the wharf c
Fort McHenry about noon yesterday
with munitions of war, which were land
ed there. - .ea
!, No one has yet been fully able to ver
lty the report of the removal OF the sal
cophagos containing the remains of th
immortal Washington. If it really be 81
terrible retribution awaits those Wh
have been participants in the deed.
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