Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-17
THE Removal of washington's
Remains q Canard.
THE CoNFEDERACY MAIL SERVICE
TO COMMENCE JUNE 1.
Military Affairs in St. Louis.

O.. Breckenridge was to take a Federal COM
mand under him.
Elk. Governor Geary is spoken of as Briga-
der General Of Pennsylvania.
Seventy-hve members of the House, headed
by the Speaker, have rendered their services
TO the Government.
Especial Dispatch to the n. Y. Postl
WASHINGTON, May l6.-Government will
receive troops as fast ss they can be advsn-
tageously used.
Extra Billy Smith arrived here, and visited
the War Department to-day. He is in low
spirits, says Virginia is aroused, and means
to fight, but the sight of the vast prepara-
tons here evidently Expresses him.
The first mail from New York Via Balti-
more, which has left here since April l9, was
made up to-day.
Mr.. Clephane entered on his duties as
Postmaster to-day.
A special to the Commercial says General
Butler has received orders to take command
Of an important expedition.
Ii is believed here that Virginia Secession
lists have created batteries at AquaiA Greek,
TO prevent an approach to Richmond.
Certain developments indicate that Gov
eminent will make a decisive demonstration
in q short time.
New YORK, May 16.-G ustave Holland,
who was dispatched by the Montgomery
rebels to Europe to make arrangements for
q recognition of the Southern Confederacy,
was arrested here in the Ardgo, from En-
glsnd, and was discharged, after an exam
ination OF his dispatches, which were re-
TUNED.
NEw York, May l6.-The Posts dispatch
says Congressman Ashley, of Ohio, proposes
@ plan to float an arm down the Mississippi
River to take New Orleans.
The WoTld'S dispatch says it is believed
ten thousand Pennsylvauians are moving
toward Maryland.
The transfer of General Butler to Fortress
Monroe, and sending there large quantities
Of ammunition and stores, is believed to in
dictate important movements.
Advices from Fortress Monroe state that
on Monday a band of Secessionists of Hamp-
ton sent q deputation to Colonel Dimmick,
demanding the sole possession of the road
leading across the dyke, which has been
lately under guard.
Dimmicks reply was, that he would give
the rebels just ten minutes to disperse. Two
companies of Massachusetts troops were
ordered Northward, and cannon were placed
so as to sweep the entire distance. The
Colonel, with a watch in hand, waited for
the expiration of the time, when not a reoel
was 10 be stem. Two hundred Massachusetts,
troops took possession ofthe dyke and bridge,
New YORK, May l6.-A private letter
from the wife of a leading politician of the
| Confederate Government, to a friend in this
city, reads es follows:
"Eortherners need have no expectations in
regard to the bones Of Washington; We will
see that they are not desecrated by the touch
of abolition hands; they are our sacred in
| heritance."
MApIsor, WIS, May I5.-The Legislature
Of this State convened, in extra session, yes
teIdsy.
) Governor Randall's message recommends
that six regiments, in addition to the one
now waiting orders, to be put into camp
and equipped by the State. Also, that ST.
OO9iOO0 be appropriated for war purposes.
NEW YoRK, May l6.-The propeller Bow-
man, Of Troy, Captain Clark, arrived this
morning. She left Fortress Monroe on Mon
day evening and brings the remainder Of
the women AID children from the fortress.
Especial to the Herald
WHEELING, May l6.-Passengers who have
returned here this morning who attempted
TO reach Baltimore by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, report that two ~culverts on
the TOAD, pr5S Harper'S Ferry, have been
hlowV mp and the trains removed.
A number OF SecesEionists have arrived
from below, and report the temporary deten.
ton Of a party of Yirginians, including
Judge Bro~ekenbrough, a member of the
Montgomery Congress, at Gallipolis, Ohio.
PHILADELPHIA, May l6.-It seems LieuteR.
ant Tilden, aid. de-camp to General McOlel-
Ian, of the Ohio troops, accompanied the
train on which Colonel Anderson was pas
senger % Harrisburg, and when at Middle
town hI received a letter from a friend in
Kentucky, desiring him to inform Colonel
Anderson that Mr. Breckenridge would meet
him at Cincinnati, to take command under
him to assist in organizing the Federal troops
in KpntuoEU Nnlnnnl AndapgOn raaaiua1
the intelligence with warmth, as Mr.. Brock
inTidge was an old personal friend; but it ia
said he remarked: 1.-THE news is almost too
good to b. true" The fact of Colonel An
derson's mentioning the circumstance to
Governor Curtin, however, came from an
unmistakabe source.
LoUIsvILLl, May I6.-Street rumors say
that there is likely to be difficulty here be-
tween the opposing parties, on the advent Of
Colonel Anderson,
WAsHISGrE, May Civilian G.. Coffin,
Of Indiana, has been appointed to the South
ern S~uperintndency of Indian Affairs, in
with important instructions for several In
dian tribes.
WASHINGTON, May l6.-NOne of the man.
ayers of the Mount Vernon Society residing
here have any knowledge of the reported
removal of the remains of Washington, be-
yond what has Leen published in the news
papers. They reasonably presume that if
the facts were as reported, those in charge OF
that place would before this have informed
them.
From representations made to the Depart
ment, 1t is probable that nearly all, if not the
entire river service, will be officially discon-
tinued, in the course of a few days, in the
Secession States.
New ORLEANS, May l6.-The report that
Commissioners have been sent from, havana
to Montgomery is denied.
The Postmaster-G eneral at MONTGOMERY
Gays, by proclamation, that he win com,
mence the mail service on the lst of Jtne.
ST. LOUIS, May l1.-Camp Springs b the
Western, Hyde Park in the Northern and
the nights near the reservoir, in the Moth.
western part of the city were ~occupied\by
United States troops to-day, as a precauti(n.
airy measure. The march of the trodpi
through the city was quiet.
Captain Mcdonald, an effort for whole re.
lease was made by habeds corpus, is in Colo.
mel McArthur's camp at C~aseyVille, lila HI
was taken across the river in a ska LAS
Monday night and marched under a quad Il
Camp Bissell. An unsuccessful atJemptWal
made to rescue the prisoner between thu
arsenal gate and the river by a considerable
numbe OF petsons, but the prompt arrival O
re- endorsements, and a few remarks ron
Captain Mcdonald himself prevented fuiSsi
trouble.
WASHINGTON, Msy l6.~Dr. Wallace, Of lli
nois, has been appointed Paymaster in IN,
army.
BosToN, May l6.-The Legislature ha
passed bills appropriatint $4,000, 600 for III,
State Militia, and $7,OOQOOo for a Goveln
I ment loan. y
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