New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-31

PETERsBCRG, Ang. 30.-'Fhe Express of fbfH
morning says, on reliable authority that the feet
under Gen. Butler took Fort Hatters5, on the
North Carolina coast, Wednesday morning. The
fors was surrendered after the firing Of twenty
guns at the feet. o4#sE
= Fort Hatteras was under the command of CAPT.
hundred and thirty men,
zen. bntlers force consisted of 1000 men with
I the Irlgates Minnesota and Wabash, the steamer
TamhEs, e4e gunnoats Pawnee, Monticello, Harriet
The loss of life is not stated t=
Travel to and non. Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 30.-TrayeI over tEa so,,+bev,,
Railroad is immense. The trains continue 10 ar
rive and depart regularly.
another Order by the U, s. War Department.
W WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-The War Department.
has issued the following order under the act ae
Congress which makes the holding Of eorrespang. 4.
ehce Wtn or giving aid, directly or Indirectly, to
the enemy, punishable by DEATH or other punish
ment directed by a court martial.
hereas, the public safety requires the enforce
ment OF this article, therefore it is ordained that
all correspondence or Communication verbal,
written or elegraphe-respeet the operations
or water or respecting the troops canaps srseraIs
entertainments or military AFFAIRS by which direct
or Indirect intelligence may be obtained, without
the sanction of the General eoJamandino he anJ
are hereby absolutely prohibited. From ana after
the date OF this ORDER, persons violating this will
be proceeded against"
Abolition of o. s. Post-ofTees IN Kentucky,
The Post-offfce Department orders the abolition
| OF the kentucky post.offfces at Hickman, Colum-
bus, Paducah and all the post-offces and post
| routes west of the Tennessee river, excgpt the
route from Russeyilie, via Cadiz and Mayfield and
from EddyFille to Oiive. All the post-offices ON
these routes are continued except the one at
Aurora.
Arrests in Maryland
| BALTIMORE, Aug. 29-Daniel Dieker, editor of
| the Hagerstown Mail, and Gen. McEaig, of Ale
| ghany county, have been arrested.
| confedsratss in Virginia Constructing Railway.
| The Confederates reported taking rails and
| materials to connect Winchester and Strasbupg by,
| railroad
| Reports from Washington.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
| Times telegraphs that Gen. Scott has expressed
| his opinion that the Gonfederates must make an
attaSk at an early day. The correspondent also
says there is information that large numbers are in
and about Manassas, scattered on the roads leading
from Richmond aad toward Strasbure
I The correspondent of the Herald telerrapbs that
the Confederates not only maintain their old lines,
bot have encroached half mile, and oceupy
several important strategieal points.
Telegraphie Communication with louisville.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 29.-Lt is known that an order
OF the War Department is on its way here, in the
hands of an officer authorized to execute it, sus-
pending telegraphic communication with the South
! The management of the lines from Louisville
South refuse to suspend till their lines shall be
forclbly or anthoritatiFely closed by the Govern
ment, which will probably be done by the close Of
| this week.
Confederate Prisoners to be Sent Here.
i The following is copy of dispatch sent tt
Major-General Twiggs:
: RICHMOND, Aug. 29-Prisoners of war are to h,
sent to forts in the vicinity of New Orleans. How
d many can be there accommodated without crowd
t ing? john Il. W1NDER,
n | Brigadier- &. q A.