Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-25
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Pulling DOsOn Secession Flag, Shot Dead
Jy Concealed ReJcI EaE foi'S ~
$3.50 - llt Ta 1f7f
lstseial to the New York Herald1 $50
BAITINORs, ND, May 23.-Two persons
are now 1uBder examination here, charged /
| with treason in enlisting and sending troops
! from Baltimore TO Join the Confederate
| Army Two Thousand such troops have left /
BsltimoTeup to this time, but il was not
certsiuthatfthe prisoners had any hand In
their enlistment. a ia p
The Norfolk Register proneunees the state
ment that there are three hundred Indians
of North Carolina in arms at Norfolk to be
| false sfHt $500. sla'
The Richmond Examiner says that General
| Johnston, commander of the Utah expe
| ditioD, has been ordered 10 the command Of
the Confederate forces at Harper's Ferry; 1
\ also, that Gen. Beauregard has been ordered 1
| to Norfolk, and that JEFF. Davis win be at
Richmond on Monday next. 5fs2si 1900
Passengers from Parkarsburg confirm the
accounts of the presence ofVirginia troops at
Grafton, and re-enforcehents at Williams
/ port. i-ssaf a'.t ~ ass sal, t1nh oai I
4 Four more cannon were put in position at
Point of. Rocks last night. .LtT t'1I
Troops passed through Baltimore to day,
g. rsute for Washington, sn1ong them two
Ohio regiments from Philadelphia. t3f97 2,
/ Washington was in a feverish excitement
ell day, concerning the announcement that
eight regiments had received orders to
Hmaroh at moments notice. and that ffteen
rounds Of ball aud cartridges had been sup
Piled TO them 1t ffeI' - .J -
i The meaning of the order has not trans-
pired, butu to late hour nota single regi-
p Inent bad been moved from its quarters
Indications are that the first great aggres.
sive step toward quelling the rebellion by a
forward march Southwark, will take place
to morrow afternoon. "'A
The New York Seventh, Twelfth, Sixty
a ninth, the Fire zouaves, ana Shermsp's
Battery, are undoubtedly the regiments Sc
lected for the advance. This force will pro-
ceed across the long bridge into Virginia,
and establish their outposts on Arlington
Rights, extending them dowr the Potomac,
{ far enough to embrace the city of Aexan-
dris, which fightfully belongs to the District
of Columbia. s. =
at Alexandria the Goyerument, will take
possession of the telegraph wires and rail-
road communication extending to Rich.
mond, and in the direction of Harpers
Ferry. G y,
To-morrow's dawn will probably find The
q Union feg displayed from the spot whers
the flag Of jeff Davis mas been Haunting.
IL The greatest activity is going on tonight
In the various camps and additional regi-
ments to those named above will be under
marching orders in case of emergency,
RumoTs are flying about here to the effect
that the Secretary of State received to. day
dispatches from England declaring that It
was no longer in the power Of Her Maiesty's
Governments to accept the proposition of
the Administration to recognize the code of
% the Congress of Paris Of 1856, denouncing
privateering as piracy. o.iaF
Especial to the New York Tribune
WASHINGTON, May 2s.--The defalcation
discovered in the accounts of the former
Disbursing Agent of the State Department.,
we learn, amounts to nearly $4,000. The
name of the officer is Edward Stubs,
A gentleman Just from the lower part of
Prince Georges County, Md, says recruits
for the Confederate Army are being carried
across the Potomac.
A battery Of the celebrated Whiteworth
guns, twelve FOUNDERS, with ammunition
and carriages complete, has just arrived In
this city, as a present to the Government,
from patriotic Americans abroad Each one
of the guns bear the following inscription:
From loyal Americans in Europe TO the
United States Government-lsel." AS
Especial to the New York TimssI
WASHINGTON, May 23.-The. army sets its
face southerly tonight, The Seventh,
Twelfth and Sixty-ninth New York and the
Rhode Island Brigade win fold up their
they will be on the sacred soil of Virginia
They will probably take up their quarters
on Arlington HiRhts, where they win throw
up entrenchments
They took provisions in their knapsacks
for four days campaign. The Fire Zouayes
move Tonight down the river five miles, to
point opposite Alexandria. They were
oyeIjoyed when they received this glimpse
for light. A detachment of the Seventy
fret goes on the steamer Mount Vernon.
They sail for Fort Monroe TO support the
forces there, in case of movement on the
GospoIt Navy Yard.
/ am authorized to state there are now
, two hundred and fifty thousand men under
arms, in the pay Of the United States Gov
ernment.. These are all equipped, or will be
IN by Saturday next
Especial to the New York wOrldl %
George H. Dom, well. known resident OF
this city, reached here from the rebel Con
federacy. He is last from Tennessee pi1
Cairo. He reports that supplies are now
entirely cut OF from Western Tennessee,
and that great fear Of starvation prevails.
He saw at Memphis about three Thousand
: troops furnished with altered hint-lock
muskets, furnished from the Baton Rouge
Arsenal There are two batteries on the
! Mississippi, between Memphis and Cairo.
Many of the troops are Northern men who
have been impressed into the service. q. 4,
Half the soldiers there refused 10 leave the
city, and the Government issued a proola-
nation ordering all companies TO dishand
who did not enter the service Of the South
unconditionally. Ammunition was very
> scarce and there was no unnecessary firing.
! Two companies in Memphis are composed Of
chain gang eonyicts. f ~ sle.4l
MIR. Corn confirms the report of an entire
prostration of business ~ o..5, .r.
Passengers who arrived here to-day from
J Wheeling, over the Baltimore and Ohio, Rail-
: road, state that fIom the Ohio River To
~ within ten miles OF Harper's Ferry, the Stars
|. and Stripes were flying. Il IN 900.
=, DR.. Thomas Miller, prominent citizen OF
5 Washington, was arrested to-day, charged
with recently receiving and delivering let
! teTs from and 70 SAcessionists. he protes Z
he is INNOCENT but General Mansfeld retains
I him for examination, sn.f ~
A Goyefnment steamer left Tor Fortress
Monroe this afternoon. Several members oi
the press go, in anticipation OF a big battle II
that vicinity. A.,
/ NRY YoRK, May 24.-The steamer Cham
| 4 pioR brings Panama papers OF the 10th, II
T. was fpmored that vessels Of war were fttiaa
out BY the reYolutionists at Carthagena, Z
!. convey one thousand troops 10 AspinWall L
take possession OF the State Of Panama, Thl
!. final success Of the reyolutionists is regarded
a as certain. ~. f4sso- t,, tr
! It's reported that the British Admiral haG
4 declared he would not respect the pape
blockqdes Of New Grenadian ports, bu
would open them TO British commerce.
/. AdVices from Chill report that the Gov
/. eminent party had triumphed in the elec
\ tions. -v
II ST LouIs, No., May 24-The State troop
! at Jefferson City, numbering about fou