Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-13
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Saturday Evening Dispatches
WAR MOVEMENTS.

Federal Army-EoT Regiments Of Nary
land Volunteers Atrditiag the orders Of
General Scon-The Federal Government
Negotiating for the Great Edstern-Mre
ibout The 50. Louis Troubles General
Hdrney at 81. Louis, Commanding the
United States Troops TRere-TRirfy Thou.
sand Rebels Preparing for an Attack on
Cdiro-Loter from CalJornia-THe Union
Feeling MdnlssfHg ItseD Erery.where-
The Breckenridge Men in California Favor
a Southern CorJsderdey-Ths Montgomery
Congress- Very thing Quietin 81. Louis
General Frosfs Brigade Released Upon
Taking Oath Not 10 Take Up Arms
against the United States Government.
BUFFALO, May 1l.-Five companies of
volunteers left to-day for the camp at Ell
mira. The Home Guard, Hon. Willard Fill
more, commander; the fre-companies and
the Seventy-fourth Regiment escorted them
TO the depot. .
PHlLADELPH1A, May liza grand ovation
was given Colonel Anderson, in this city,
to, day. He wa 6 escorted TO Independence
Hall by the mill teRl where he held a levee.
ANNAPOLIS, NJ ~ 1.-THE Winans steam
gun now guards the viaduct at the Relay
House. A Baltimore paper states that when
the gun was captured, il was going out for
practice. The agent in charge of il admits
it was on the way to Harper's Ferry.
An attack was expected at Camp Butler
night before last.
Considerable cotton has accumulated at
Old Point Comfort, which has been taken
from rebel vessels.
The Maryland quota Of troops will he called
out Immediately after the Legislature adj
%journs. There are already four regiments of
volunteers ready.
New York, Ma 1l.-Tt is said nepotia-
tions are pending for chartering the Great
Eastern for United States service.
1t is reported tn Federal authorities took
possession of The Castom-house at Alexan-
dris, Va. No resistance was made.
WASHINGTON, May ll.-Virginia rebels are
fortifyipg themselves at Harper's Ferry,
and re. enforcement are constantly arriving.
James Dickson, of Alexandria, Va, has been
offered the collectership there. He is loyal,
and his appointment is considered signif-
cant that Government intends protecting its
officers even in Virginia.
Especial to the New York World
WASHINGTON, May ll.-Government has
decided that in the case Of Massachusetts, the
Governor may select from the regiments
rendered the number required for the war.
| lulS dPpilcS W Obu0T OIdLeSs
Some South Carolina troops have arrived
at Harper's Ferry.
Especial Dispatch to the New York Times.
FREDERICK, MD, May 1.-THE Legislature
will adjourn to. day till the 4th of June.
A lot of horses and cattle on the cars en-
route for Baltimore we're taken by the Vir-
ginia troops near Harper's Ferry to day.
The Union feeling in Western Virginia is
daily growing stronger.
NEW York, May ll,-It has been decided
upon to keep two regiments encamped on
the Battery here, as aid to the police in a
case of necessity.
The Nashville Banner of the 9th SAYS a
vessel arrived at New Orleans on Monday,
from Europe, with two hundred and fifty
thousand stand of arms for the Confederate
States. About fifty boxes of guns and a large
amount of ammunition had reached Nashville
from the South.
ST. LOUIS, May lL.-Hon. John How and
Colonel Robert Campbell have received a
note from General Frost, which has been
distributed about the city in extras, earnestly
entreating his and the friends of the State
militia now held prisoners of war in the
arsenal, to abstain from any demonstration
stating that their scfety depends upon quiet.
ness in the city that any riotous proceed
ings would arouse the populace in the lower
wards, and result di~sastrously to the city
Nv " hS"s ANOPOANo Va AhoubOluludbiOu III
the Arsenal are credited, and fears are enter
tanned for the lives of the State troops should
a disturbance occur in the city.
General Harvey has arrived and has taken
command of the United States forces.
Captain Lyon will start for Washington
to morrow.
The following additional names of those
killed have been ascertained: Casper II.
Glennercoal, John Sweetheart, John Waters,
P. Doan, J. J. Jones, Portage County, Ohio
l.. Carl, Christian Dean, Mrs. McCanliff, Mr.,
Chapman, f. d. Alien, and two boys named
Icenhower and Leasing.
DR.. George B. Sanderson was stabbed last
night in a drinking saloon, by Judge Buck
ner, both prominent citizens. The difficulty
grew out of the Camp jackson affair
Buckner gave himself up, and was lodged in
jail. Sanderion received three wounds in
the stomach, each of which is considered
fatal.
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE EVeninq ,Jouraa
says: "We have reliable information by {
gentleman direct from Memphis, to the effecI
that there is a large body of rebels at and
about Memphis, who are mustered to attack
some point North, supposed to be Cairo
The exact number is not known, but it was
generally estimated that there were thirty
thousand. The respectable citizens of Mem
phis do not sy mpathize with them.
Spies are constantly watching the military
movements at the North. On four separate
occasions they have manned and armed
steamers for an attack on Cairo, but before
they started intelligence was received thai
made those in command deem it safer to de
fer the enterprise. Our informant says thai
the rebels seem impatient for a fight, and
threaten to start off on their own account i
not led soon to the field of action.
INDIANAPOLIS, May l1.-Ipdiana has elevor
-ans~,zrAa - a. G.II NIL 81 l.
composed of two squadrons of cavalry, two
batteries of artillery, and, perhaps a corps o
sappers and miners.
The five regiments in the State servic,
will be armed and uniformed in the mex
fifteen days. 1t is understood that thu
camps at Richmond, Terre Haute and Lafay
cite, are temporarily to be occupied unit
the troops are armed, un5formed and fur
nished with tents. These camps, with com
Portable booths and beds, were furnished By
the respective cities free Of charge. One
and perhaps three more regiments, for three
years, dependent upon Instructions from tn
Wan Department, will be raised for Unitet
States service in the course of ten days.
Contracts will be made in the COMING
week for large quantities of shot and shell
The Legislature adjourned to-day for tel
days.
FoRT KEARNEY, 1.-THE Pony Express
from San Francisco, May l, passed here to
day. The news of the fight at Baltinor,
and the Secession of Virginia, had beef
received. The Union feeling was manifest
ing itself every.Where. The Collector o
San Francisco sy%mpathizes with the South
The Secession flag over the United State
Marshal's office had been hauled down. l
is thought that the Breckenridge men, SOM
twenty-five or thirty thousand, will favor
the independence of the Southern Oonfed
eracy.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, May ll.-Schiltree
of Texas, offered a resolution instructinI
the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Brooke, of Mississippi, reported a bill