Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-13

Iarqe force Of rebels from Hafpot's Ferry.
General Butler sent two fregimeafg from
Annapolis 20 reinforce him. General Mans.
field sent sixteen hundred men, with ab0dy Of
cavalry and artillery, from here. An attack
is expected there tonight or tomorrow.
j special Dispatches 70 tho y, Y. Hersid.I
WGsmSaroN, May ia negro traitor
says il is the intention Of the rebels 70 begin
the conflict Immediately. They complain
that the Montgomery Government s too
JEFF. Davis has been expected at Rich
mond for the last eight days.
Governor Letcher said no definite plan Of
operations has yet been determined on.
Captain Meigs hiss been accommodating the
the lights overlooking Washington, with a
view to the erection Of fortifcations.
Governor Letcher said he had written to
the officer commanding at Harper's Ferry
to withdraw his forces from Maryland. The
rebels are erecting heavy batteries at Jeffer-
son Rocks 10 command the Virginia and
Maryland sides Of the Potomac and the
Shenandoah also other approaches.
When the Government troops got ready 70
march, the rebels viii be speedily dis
lodged.
An army officer from Cairo reports not
the slightest apprehension Of an attack.
Plenty of troops to hold IL against any
force from the South.
Washington Tribune correspondence says
Horatio j. Perry has been appointed Secre-
tary Of Legation 70 Madrid.
An officer returning from accommodating
says there are but six thousand five hundred
troops at Richmond. Several Southern
regiments were expected daily.
Governor Letcher was hourly commuui-
eating with the Montgomery Cabinet, and
acting under their orders.
Five thousand four hundred troops were
at Lynchburg and more expected.
Advices from Louisiana state that the
dangers Of insurrectioD are becoming more
imminent. Stringent rules are enforced on
the plantations.
II is thought that the First Regiment Of
Pennsylvania Artillery will be sent to oc-
cupy Arlington Nights.
New York, May 1.-THE steamer North
Star has arrived, from Panama. bringing
$500, 600.
The schooner G. NJ. Smith has arrived, in
charge of a prize master. She had on board
gun carriages for the rebels.
Especial Dispatch to the n. Z. Hersld.l
PERBYvILLE, May 12.-It is rumored that
there was skirmishing at Alexandra to day,
with a company of Virginia cavalry.
ANNAPOLIS, May l2.-General Butler, with
fifty men and two pieces of artillery, left
this afternoon on board Of a steamer on
secret service. The messenger from Gov
tIbOI hINhb VI OONtIuOT 1cbCubE uho re-
turned from Richmond. He says the Vir-
| g%inians expected thirty thousand Oonfed-
crate troops by Thursday last. The Union
men here are indignant at the occupation of
Maryland soil by Virginia.
A sudden movement of rebels from Har-
per's Ferry toward the Relay House Is
feared by many judges of military affairs.
The Virginian army must soon fight or dis
perse. The Secretary of War is hurrying
forward measures of the blockade. and in
forms his friends that by the time Charles
ton and Savannah exDerience. its effects,
New Orleans will be closed.
HARRIsBURG, May 12.-Thirty-one freight
cars with rough seats for soldiery are imme-
diately opposite Harrisburg, ON the North
ern Central Railroad, and twenty-five at
York, evidently intended for the immediate
transmission Of large bodies of troops.
An attempt was made to-day TO tear up
The track of the Northern Central road,
fourteen miles this side of Baltimore, but it
was detected before much injury was done.