Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-08
CIosI19 the Rebel Porss--Tho DosIsps Of
eba RaemV.

CLOSING the Rebel Porss-The DESIGNS Of
the Raemy.
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York ErsniSs Psst Of the 9TH says;
Il was understood two weeks since that
the President was about 10 issue a special
proelsmAtlOn eloSlng the rebel ports. There
s sooa EeasQR 70 eelieve that such q proola-
rStsNA Was ~ readiness tor publication, but
eSsss 10 reasons of state II will not be Is
sse1 RSr the present. Its non.appearauce
,as satASg,sed by the recent enactment of
Ssh2gAss\ Is doubtless caused by our foreign
veaeisaas and the desire 10 let we'll. enough
AlSa1N Eas,aRd aud France will respect
eAs eaaAAxeA 81 long as Il made tolorably Of
ss@asSe fNe stories set alloat by the tele-
SsaRAess that England and France are on
he sNssat ~ recognizing the rebel Oontede-
ssey IS tNsal(y untounded, and unworthy
RaeaseatS anxiety,
fAe rehels are filling up the country be-
tween Manassas aud the Southern Potomac
wltA JEVeps very rapidly. Ii would seem as
il they had no immediate designs upon
Wsshipgton-no intention Of attacking our
line Of entrenchments for the present. All
accounts agree that more rebel troops are
being thrown into the country south OF the
line from Arlington 10 Manassas. The OBJ
iect can not he misunderstood While a
strong army occupies Fairfax Courthouse
and the country between IL and Arlington
Hights, and perhaps intends eventually to
attack, \ strong body of troops also occupies
the country below, near the Occoquau River
and Acquia Greek. That the rebels mean
to close the navigation of the Potomac II
they can is absolutely certain. Near the
mouth of the Occoquan they can entirely
command the navigation of the Potomac by
erecting few batteries of ordinary cannon.
General Scott and General Mcclellan are on
the alert, and it is very certain that the
Federal army is gaining at present in mum.
bers and discipline faster than the rebel
troops. We can afford to wait for few
days longer better than the enemy, unless
he is making his position on Munson's Hill
too strong for us to storm or surround.
Every hour of quiet is improved by our
troops, and will be until the final moment
which goes before the battle.
The latest accounts from Richmond show
that the people OF that town were expecting
q great onward movement of their army.
This comes from too many reliable sources
to be doubted; but it is also evident that the
authorities at Richmond had no adequate
idea of the numbers and condition of the
Federal army. When their Generals make
the discovery their plans may change. The
story of 'three hundred and fifty thousand
men under arms in Virginia" is not credited
here. Not more than one hundred and
twenty-five thousand rebel troops menace
our line of Notifications from the Chain
Bridge to Alexandria, and probably the
number is very much smaller. 1t is, how
ever, admitted that the enemy can bring
over hundred thousand men upon Alex
anderia or Arlington, leaving ten or twenty
thousand at Leesburg. 1t is considered al
together more probable by some that while
twenty thousand are making feint oppo-
site our Notifications; the hundred thousand
are rapidly concentrating at Leesburg for
an immediate advance upon Maryland, and
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