Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-08-29

w AeuiNNiONI hubuet ~'s--h iBkbeE IeCelVeQ
here from Tennessee, says twenty thousand
rebels are under arms in that State. In the
Lagrange district all but twenty four male In.
habitants have enlisted in the rebel army.
The pickets Of Beauregard's army are nearer
Arlington Hights than ever before; but this
fact, t 10 believed, does not Indicate an attack,
Amos KendAl and family have abandoned
their home near this city, and removed to Tren.
ton, N. J. sr'IS tl.Jrt - .ysii
lie reported the English and French fleets on
our coast are intended for service at Vera Cruz
--iDtervention in Mexican affairs being the
probable design of those governments.'i I llsls
Richard Wallaeh, who was yesterday appoint.
ed Mayor Of this city In place Of Berrett, Ia a
strong Unionist, and will use all bis % Wer in
support Of the Government. 90 IabIia1sil' o
Captain Keyes, of the District of Columbia
militia, was arrested this A. M. at the Chain
Bridge, and is now in jail, = 71-TET Trr. .rsg
An alarm was occasioned at the Chain Bridge,
over the Potomac, last night, by report that the
enemy was advancing. No enemy appeared. E
Secretary Seward left the city this morning
for New York, whittier he goes to arrange q
new passport system.
Washington ia quiet to-day.
Private advices from Kentucky represent that
State as being on the verge of civil war The
Union men are ready for whatever issuel scces-
sion may force upon them. .n ct4'',a y ~
The Secretary of the. Treasury has, just is
sued circular of instruction to Collectors and
other officers of the customs, calling their at
tention to the act of Congress further to pro-
vide for the collection Of duties on imposts and
Tor other purposes, approved on the 18th of
July last, and TO the proclamation Of the Presi-
dent of the United States Of the 18th Of Au.
uuo ma In In ps,ro kosl or l.
are annexed. a.'vo y - i4.'.- ~
In view Of this act and proclamation, the
Secretary directs and instructs the officers OF
the customs to use all vigilance in preventing
intercourse with the inhabitants of the States
In insurrection, excepting in the special cases
In which it may be allowed by license and per-
NIT, as therein set forth. The instructions of
the % Of May and 18th of July last, heretofore
in force, will be regarded as superseded by the
more comprehensive provisions of the act and
proclamation. - gEi a s--t r.ti i- Pa
The Collectors and other officers of the Gus.
toms will report all seizures made under the
proclamation to the proper. District Attorney,
for such proceedings as the Law and facts may
justify in each case, and as frequently after
wards as may be convenient, report their views
10 relation TO the commercial intercourse con.
templated. and the permit proper to be granted
or withheld, In the forms accompanying the
weekly returns required, by circulars Of the 5th
of August last, to be made to the Treasury De-
Collectors and other officers OF the
customs will be careful TO state what permits
are asked for, the shipment Of goods, by whom
asked, and the grounds on which the epplica.
tions are based. The Secretary especially d.
reefs the attention of Collectors and other off
GERS to the 5th and subsequent sections Of the
act commonly known as the Force Bill 80 ~.
The Navy Department is satisfied with the
abundant proofs which Commander Porter has
presented 10 sefutstion Of the charge against
bis loyalty. His own affidavit shows the alleg-
cd secession letter 70 his 500 to be q forgery. /.
= The following officers have been ordered to
duty as the staff OF General Robert Anderson:
They are to report at Cincinnati on the 30th
inst.i Captain Green, A. A G.; Captain Ham
cock, A z M; Captain g. Symonds, Commisfary
Of subnstence; Captain Prince, Corps of Engi.
neers; First Lieutenant Michlen, Typographical
Eugineer; Surgeon Cuyler, of the Medical
staff. .. g lEi t-'lA - s,ats y
The following named officers have been ap.
pointed on MAJOR General Hunters staff: Cap
tain Fry, A. A. c.; Captain j. w, Turner,
Of subsistence; and Captain Shat
fer, Of the volunteers, Lieutenant Edward
Smith, 18th Infautry, and Lieutenant Stockton,
9TH Cavalry, as Aids, - a .,.,-,. p, 900
q WAsHiNoToN, August 25.-The recent altera
tions 10 the tariff prevents the further exporta.
tion of the Belgian cloth known as shoddy.
7, A special to the Post says the enemy's forces
are concentrated in large numbers a short dis
tance from the Chain Bridge on the Virginia
side Of the Potomac, between the Chain Bridge
and Leesburg. q, h,ov ghr Ss~. !, al.
Tho RAlfiUnra Gun nf this m0rnin0 tna