, 1861-05-18
CHICAGO, SATURDAY, MAY Is, 1861
From tho Feat Of War.

fC1 1CO4
; From tho seAs Of War.
WAsHrNaroS, May 17-CoL Mcdowell, IL
etataat A1jrtart General, las heen promoted
to Position Of = Beigadief General
ihe virginia newspapers received to day
note continued arrivals Of Confederate troops,
saa taF1r departure for points not tealRnAted.
Clt'z=na OF the tecedei 6tates, in order to
fseetve patents for Inventors, must take tht
oath prescribed By law, aekEowledafue their
aIsesanca to the United States.
+ The following important l.ttfr wss yeater.
oiT Written oy the Secretary Of State:
WANING: ON, Nay 1e.
sIE: hava received your letter Of yek ter
cay = oAe, 4sking me to giTa Jcu, In writing
my ressons ter toRsiderinK IN acceptance On
yo1r part Of Gov L-sche1's proposition 10
purchase tho Steamships yorktown aud James-
town, rece1tly ss,z1d by his o1dtrs and rnx
10 his poasesstnn, II act Of treason With ,hfs
reqae t I readily comply. Au insure ction
hEs broken ont IN several States Of this Ubion,
Including V.rEiniA den!ga tc overthrow thn
Governm mt OF tke Uaited States.
The Executive authorities Of this State ara
psrties 10 th 1. insarr=c:iou, aud 70 are public
soenis7. Ihetr ectiou In RaixirE or hoyfug
ve:ssis 10 b. epl 35ad in executing thst d
ststoa, l, nat m-rely witiou: authority of .ax,
give AID CT comfort to public enem,es. To
&c 7ease's to them. which 1t is their purpose
to uae ~ sltps Of war, il to E.ve them AID and
c, Ill 10 receive nloaty from them IN psy-
III n, 1oF vsss-;s which Thy h4ve ee,zsd lor
their puTp :Ets, would bo IL convert the IN.
lawsas &c sra into ea1r, ard Eonld subject
feo i;2rsJ I'll .GcLcg to tue pains snd penalties
Of lffaso3, a.a Ile Government vou not
hesi:'te T., br.cs the od.ndtr tc jassmen..
Sl2netJ NM. IL SEWARD,
To e. HESS1KEs, Esq, Asens n, T. auu Va
i. ) Co, Washington.
Tae Casr esfo1 Courier repor.A ttat on tbs
15.l British Uurk WIS retutsd enttxnee i1ta
that !, r; ~ toe hlockadia8 stea.n.r Niagara.
Two Brtisa sasla weEe also order.d Il.
Another w.s pursued, but ran into shoaI
TAtsr, an " as lowed up to ,hs city, A British
ship Vas boaraed. bat finally permitted TO
paEs.
Tue Pre.:dent remarked to sentlsusu last
night that Gan. Butler would be put In pcsi-
a4t.1 perfectly satisfactory to himke1f ana IN I
&kHl rroa9er d-ld hcnor.
Th= New Yorz Herald's Montgomery cor.
respondent s'atee thAt it hsa been Partially
decided that J If Davis shonld take command
Of tbs srns y: R chmond. The great dtseon-
head, has Iat Its inf 2e1ee On Oasis. Itisslso
stated that the question has been seriously
cst.assed in secr<t session, to It move the te st
OF q 1Ternmeos TO Richmond, but the futelll-
gence having bsea received that this United
states Government 1LteEdsd to take posses.
son OF thai CHI, it was deemed KdytHa5ia lot
10 go SO far North at prrsen'.
Tbs correspondent further saJs that tle H.
ports about BeauEegard's being dsad or
wounded are un:ouuded.
A gentle man s.ysh waa informed by Gov.
Letchsr oi .h9 truth of ts& ststem.nt, that
n.1ns n"' been recesyed 1t New Orleans from
England.
MEM loR1. May ia detachment OF q.
: Troops arrived ltr. yesterday lrom Furt
Monroe a2d ~tr@ eent to Governors Is,an6,
IheJ rep jrt tie garrison II Acnros ia good
1ea:th sad well supplied With all necet,aries,
Tie Artillery School was in vlgcr aus progress,
tae volunteer regimen q being dat]y Exercised
1t Euas.
The Wabash Wa. f:rmal1g PIT in commits
sion ysster5aJ. Sac is, without exception, the
hanaaoGeit and most useful tnan. va. in thu
s5rVi=e.
in. T. Times' Specisl Disratch1
WASHINGTON. May 16-No more troops.
excerpt Tor he war, will be ord afed In thin al
r-esson Troops Tor the short serytca viii.
ao~ssef, 5a arespted at present in tho West
eEa service.
A messenger from Cairo arrlved here TO-
da-.
fae1e IA no reason for aoy belief that tbs
Edeepsca po Rers val IN any way giye aid aud
comtcrt to the rebels.
G.a. s:o.t is III receip: ef important dis
patches fr n Fo7t McH Hsnry And from Mlior
Norris aa,: e ad*hil.dtr. H. sent, tnis
horh1ng, f:ll instructions to the latter "a to
tEe pollty he i to pursue a. A+im ore, Fed
eral LII II entirely deserted by ozoes OF G.n.
Cad %a.iattr, wh1 uAs taken u position 1or
his cam. Mar 'rs McHenry. Ths removal
from F:ae; al Hui, which is tbs eureat and
most avail atle position con m andlF & the CRY,
- severely censored by many military men
bus fs EShtF LILY liked bp thu nEnn&. ,,f .1..f
ri ini;y. -'
A number Of peopls ara b1si!y engaged ar
bat morz Lying to create s1f1 1cent sympathy
los Il vs. WI a Is 10 raa lin for Consrt 50. Thty
2t cons+e =. npa.bfse with seree,ioa. The
Union men Intend to nclnira:e H. Winter Ds.
7ta aad j. Al ,rFi-oa HArris l. Is y .atabte
they will be- e4ectsd.
II less tha' ten days Gen. Butler viii. have
more e an 5000 men under his Command at
FaFe ID 2hrce, uod f4 1Adron atequate 10 the
support OF the 141d forces. This damonsfrs-
t'o3 I1oks to The Possession Of the public
Er3perty at Gospert
Grp. Bulls: WIS sereosded last evening. in
rep 3Ese to which he said: "Fo,emoet in
Ehs r.sks cl sh< &c who fought for Liberty in
tina ReEolutfoo, were the men ct Mass chm.
setts aad in the f Revolution Mas. acnprttts
sent more meu South than all tha Southern
Joionis put toy th7r; and In tho second
wsr Massachusetts, will gire ever. nan in btF
s1,rfd'7s, sse; anS eV=ry Eoma7. If the IS Geo
Nnstnern soliler+ as5 cut oE In tx reeks.
% wv will tax. ihsir p'ace, a5d If they die.
quarter Of n'll;nn will succeed, till or army
u reserVc viii &C wf men with brooms mstlekA. 10
ut1Td every eLtmy Into the GaIE"
New York Tnbune's Special Dispatch
EZRA B.Ily SLith had An interview with
tdtatant G=neEal Thomas 5exte rrlar, md aaid
~ Auml1ls,ra ion Is u.tstaktn In supposinr
Far2t1't hes low or evar ccutem nlatei It arb.
lrg II MsshinEron, ard that such an xttt 1t
Would nev. be III ade under sny cireums:ancls.
az 1t Honld tty:,lye al utter destruction of
ever Jthiag valn .b:e iii It, "Alwe want /. to
ns n let alone T. you keep Jour side Of ths
Potomac, We vail keep ours. Virgini. Ia de-
tsAe en-
Gtn. fomerey had 4 consultation vi b the
CABINET thls Morlfng concerning the thrne
feglmSn& to be accepted from KausAa, Two
u shtm ere for three months only the other
is for tce Tsr.
Ban Accull,ch is noe in Richmond. nh
reported that be bag enrelted : company of
no1ated men, namhsripg a3out three iun
ared, Tbs nucleus Of when ia old CaIifornt-
Lbs aad TeI Ans--a set Of "taes deyflsr-whfla
mS1ortty OF the men are nunters and hard
,aaea- Ae expects with that company to do
fle1s dsedt, saa II is Enowa taat he ard Gov.
eral daya, sud that Cor. Leseber does nothirp
without receiving orders from Montgomery,
fTsw York Worlds Washington DIspatch.l t
Passsngsas Via. Harper's Ferry report that !;
he 7eb5h ara erecting fcrt,fic.t!ons On the >
aary:ac line; also el seted one CT r r iron
y mllad hsloH the Ferry
1t Is reported that considerable dixcontent
!1lsted enorg the troops ht RI hnord.
Gen. Wool Vas to-day ordsred to Fortress
The CahaTea. arrived {rcm Washington. :
Is AZ taat the Hs1Tlat Lane was b'ocksdtnr
amea a1d Ell1aba.n rivera, 4h9 Mortjetlla
Ia 4ork river, tbs Quaker CITY Inc Che1h.
SAKE Up. the Miane=osA IL Of point Com-
~ fas QaIker City toWed the shlp AIazo.
L hlln nore, to Sea, from R canoud. with
ago ct Iao Acco, valued At 800 co Com.
loiore StIflsham putting 4 p.eW On hoard
u it reached New York
BALTIMORE, May 17-Roes Wf1aus has bern
. or ,fa''y discharged, .cootdins to orders frcn
ANNAPOLIS, My 17-Ooe hundred men and
~ CANNON iets On steamer tor the purpoea
I II taking the Light ahip la>tue In Grest
Vscomico River
l. is said that mlny Uafonlsts smor1 thu
roope At Harptfs Ferry have been icduee to
uhst y islse sepofta OF another John Brown
aad. Iae 1easons for scattering troops
hrouga virginia WIS to insure = secee.inu
1oraty BY their votes. E1e New York Her.
u kp: clA Cincinnati correspondence. l7Ih-
~ Gen A@Glsilaa has sent 5000 arms Tor
Sc 10 Kentucky u.ioaists.
No truth ic tn Tumor about Brecs siuridra i
Wlnans, the Baltimore traitors, whp hAs
cen xireAtf b. tae Unttsd St.tea al 4hcrt- .
"a. Ia confined At Rort Ne Heorp u,dsruv>,J