Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-06-23
IN. z. Times, speoial.l

| WASHINGTON, June II.
| II tis probable that all the roads between the
advance posts Of the enemy, aud from there
toward our lines, are covered by masked batte'
ries, In addition to those discovered by Lieut.
| Tompkins
IL has been ascertained that there is one,
and perhaps more, in the wood near SpriLg field.
! the first station from Alexandra, on the Orange
& Alexandra Railroad, niue miles from Alex
andrla, and eighteen from Manassas Junction.
| A force of several hundred protects them
Il is believed that they have been erected late
ly. ..,.
Secretary Seward gives notice that hereafter
no passports 10 leave the country, or to pass
within the lines of the Rebels signed by for
eign Ministers or Consuls, will be good nnless
couutersigned by the State Departments.
A special messenger arrived from Fortress
Monroe, Gays two men arrived there who had
escaped from Sswell's Point.
Il seems the battery at Sewell's Point is com.
posed of five Columbiads, six pieces of smaller
bore, and three rihed cannon-in all fourteen
guns
Between the Point and Norfolk are two Other
batteries, armed with the stolen guns from the
Navy Pard. I..
AT Sewell's Point there are 500 men; at Nor
folk 10. 900 men-most Of them now under or
ders for R Rchmond- at intermediate point.
about 1900 Among them are 500 South
Carolinians, two full Regiments from Louis
J ana and one from Georgia. The three last hav,
!, and probable destiny, that Howell Cobb, who hs,
two sons In the Georgia Regiment, was sem
, for from Richmond TO address them. He bad,
them be Of good courage, and pledged his wort
OF honor that within three moi tbs the C0nfeder
ate army would not only occupy Washington
but would have hubdued the entire Union forcel
! OF the North.
, These men also say that the Rebel leader
will force them through bloody war, and per-
sist In their treason to the end They also say
> that the most exagg gerated ACC UNITS of outrage
! committed upon women by Northern soldier
reached the Rebel campsi these base fabrioa
, tions acting as q stimulant upon the men
! Gov. Pickens has issued a proclamation for
bidding any more South Carolina troops from
/, leaving Palmettodon. He expresses the belief
8 that northern hordes contemplate an invasion
OF the sacred soil of South Carolina via Charles
o ton, and says that the frst duty of South Car
o olinians 10 to the State. This Is the legitimat
e beginning Of the end.
Il is now said that COL Hardee Is at or nea
4 Fairfax with batteries and 1000 cavalry.
Letters received in this city from ole Of th
middle counties Of Kentucky, represent In carr
est terms that II the citizens there are drive
from their present position of neutrality, theI
10 rapidly increasing among them feeling
- stand by the Union at all hazards. The rel
:, seceseionists are scarce, and the inclination
= !, the people s decidedly in opposition to follow
" ing in the wake of Sonth Carolina.
IL 10 said Gen. Schenck has appointed De
!. Piatt, of Cincinnati, Commisaary Of bis Bril-
" sde. and Mr.. Chesboro, Of the New York u
a Regiment, Abide Camp, with the rank Of Cs
. tain. riN
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