Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-05-31
THE STRENGTH OF SEWALL'S
POINT.
RumOred Resignation Of Judge
Taney,
FRANK BLAIR'S REGIMENT GOES
FOR THE WAR.
The Condition OF Senator
Douglas. Be-
Yesterday Afternoons Report.
FR0lI NV YoRE.

EEE YoaK, May 90.
The Tines Washingtcn correspondence Of
the 25th, spsculates ss follows:
The Government Y becoming embarrassed with
the question Of now the prisoners captured in
the eonniet now raging shall be disposed Of
scouts srs picking Up men proved 70 be dls
uniOnists Already those taken eZceed 100. The
Rebels are capturing Union men, thinking when
they haNe sumeient number they will be Eble
= secure the release OF the Sc rebels eaptu cd at
Alexandra. lfth0 Government treat THESE men
os Rebeis-iEksn in arms against the Government
they should be Enng, II the system Of ofeKchsRge
b adopted, there Is in the scl recognition Of
tas bsiligersut5 according 70 all Laws u nations
The Cabinet have discussed this point several
times without Coming 10 any result &. &
Il g aseertalasd there are no Rebel troops at
Fairfax Court House.
There were troops at that point, bat they have
fallen back on the main body ~ MANASSAS Gap.
They have literally eaten mp everything 70 be
driven back for fear Of starvation. The rebels
take Whatever they can bnd from the families Of
friends and foes They pay literally. bat ip the
scrip cf Virginia
The determination Of Judge Taney to report
70 the President the result OF his endeav0rs 70
break down the Federal Government Is y discreet
way e getting OUT O. The trouble. 49,.
that there T. lSsly TO be \ stampede Of slaEeS
through Virginia.
Special . the n. Z. TribuBe--At Grafton
there were 200 troops Saturday, and more were
pouring In from HarpeT's Ferry. Several bridg
6 bad bosn destroyed among them, one At
ClarksbuTg, on the North Western Railroad
and one about half way between Wheeling and
Grafton Ths iron MonocTacy Bridge was threat
e1eds but Gov. Hicks sent strong body OfHa-
fylhnd troops 70 protest T. One end only Of
the great rock blown down a. Harpers Ferry
had fallen on the track, and tive hours work With
gunpoWoer would eutlce 20 remove u. Gen.
Johnston, Il is said, considers thHt he had time
Eunicient 10 secure bis retreat.
Gen HsClsllan has thrsWn strong bodies Of
troops from ParkersbGrg and Rheellng toward
Grafton, bat some delay would be cccasioned BY
rebuilding BRIDGES. The foree at CnAmbenbuTg
BOW threatens Harper's Ferry. e --A
Gov. Banks commission as Major General was
ordered with the purpose OF placing hina In com
mend OF an important column. y n. 81.
Eighty thousand troops will rendezvous ct
Cairo for an immediate move on Memphis.
The 90vernmeutis is now putting forth all their
ViEOr and will urge the campaign to the lowest
poi1. o. latitnde consistent with climate ana ts
epldemics OF August and september without
perhaps 9ny formal pr0clRmation for an adni
tional enlistment for the number OF fore
needed.
ssys the troops AZ T Tort Pickena are able to hold
the Fortress against any force that will be brough
against It. The garrison number about / 900 mel
and the rebel forces under Gen. BFagg, abOu
y II L understood that Major General Fremont
Will be assigned tbs cOmmAnd OF the Western d.
VISION Of the army 70 operation Toe AissisEspP
Two men who were forced into The ser
vice BY the Virginia authorities st Richmond
have arrived here. They report bad con
dltioa ofthings IN Richmond; troops pOorlI
provided, having to get iocd as best the!
eaR.
InCendlary hres and robbeIies are Of fire
quent occurrence.
The d4y that the Government troops en-
tered Alexandria a messe ger arrived an
reported the Federal troops within an hour
march, advancing rapidly. Immediately th
whole body commenced running OF througl
the woods.
= Worlds dispatch, Washington, 2o.-Tw
Linofensnts In the rebel army have resigned
having become utterly disguised With Affair."
The troops are poorly fed and had receive
no pay. A letter dated Galveston, Texas
Nay la, says ! learned yesterday that al
our ports are blockeded
The Goyernment vessels fred into an
sptopped q couple Of Southern vessels, an
our ardent Southern men are hot about IT,
We have two forts on the beach built Of san
bags, and seven or sight pieces cf hrtiller,
Every thing is very dull here, and everyon
Eout Of employment