Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-05-23

They report the garrison of Monroe in good
health and well supplied with all ncccssMicsi
The artillery school was in vigorous progress.
The volunteer regiment being daily exercised
at the guns
The sWabasl' was formally put in commits.
sion yesterday. She is, without exception,
the handsOmcst, and most useful man-ol.war
in the service.
BALTIMORE, May 1S.-Tho City Govern.
ment arrested t hreo mon who were concerned .
in the attack on Massac usets troops, and
have been indicted 10y the Grand Jury. They
ore now on bail of $500 cach
a Lynchbnrg paper yesterday announced
the arrival of u large body OF troops from Ar
kansas and Louisiana
BcaurogNrd Is in Charleston.
The garrison OF Fort Monroe will consist
OF five thousand troops, and the camp outside
Of twenty thousand under Gen. Butler.
1t is understood that all forces which will
serve for three years viii bc accepted.
Rappahannocli river has been blockaded to
prevent supplies for Nirgiuians.
A battery has been discovered a. Matter
Point, on the Virginia side of the Potomac.
Richmond will be early attacked.
Gen. Cooke has 5000 we'll armed troops at
Culpel per, and 3 1900 more between there and
Alexander. Militia y authorities consider it
best to march on Culpcppcr, thence to Char
lotteyillc, and Lynchbutg. Forces will also
be sent by Aqua Creek; also large force to
Norfolk, thus molestng Richmond on all
sides, Probably the first oncaunter will be
at Culpcppcr.
! EX Gov. Wise is dangerously i'll.
The New York 9Th regiment will be sworn
in for the war.
| New YonK, May ia letter received
] from the fligate Minnesota at Hampton
Roads says they have seized $500, 900 worth
Of ships and tobacco, and are now anticipa-
| ting the enemy will attempt to fortify Sewc's
Point. lfso We Shall attack thcm.
WASHINGTON, May 19.--It is understood
that Gen. Mansfield will take command Of
%, 900 volunteers and 81, 600 regulars to be
advanced into Virginia from this point.
| The forces that will be detailed to take
| Tlarper's Ferry will probably be comm anded
| by Brig. Cen Reeder.
Gen. Patterson and staff, including Soma
ator Sherman are here to receive verbal in
structions concerning the proposed move
mcnt Of troops from Southern Pennsylvania
upon Virginia.
The President has been absent from home
nearly all day reconnotering tho vicinity of
Washington.
1t is decided that no more troops will b.
accepted by the Government under the last
! lft'IVlSlllOll rltDCI lIoIl 4NcN IOIh VI clSC-
where.
Some 80, 900 men are enlisted.
The War Department contemplates to es-
tablish shortly two large cantonments, one at
! IGettysburgh, Pa, and the other in the neigh
borhood of New York
The force that will be collected in these
camps will probably bc from $1,000 to 20,-
600 mon. They will be worked up by the
best officers TO the highest proficiency and
The force at Gettysburgh, will, no doubt
be employed at the right moment for an in
land movement that it may not be proper at
this moment to disclose; and the force at
| Staten Island is meant to be directed against
various points of the scaboard bounding the
the rebel States.
Orders are issued to get ready at the earliest
moment fleet of steam transports that will
cndcZyoUs in tho adjoining waters, so
that in a fow hours notice when the signal is
given, the whole force on the Atlantic coast
can 10 embarked and proceed with all speed
on the service designated.
May l9.--The announcement OF 4 new mill
tary department including Virginia, North
Carolina and Tennessee, has added intensity
to the war excitement, and further announ-
cement was assigned to Gon. Butler, in no way
diminished the.ieelfng.
A person direct from Richmond who saw
Gov Letchcr night before last reports the
Governor very much frightened and to have
said that he hoped and believed that there
would be no fighting.
Secretary Cameron has declined to accept
thclour MUyl regiments offered by Gov
Hicks, simply Tor the defense Of that State and
Of the District.
The Governor has entirely misapprehcnded
the tenor of the Secretary's explanation, and
it the Marylanders enlist they must enter the
general service.
A letter received here from the editor of n
Memphis paper, formerly a resident of Wash
ington, states that provisions are very scarce
in that city, and all business ruined, and that
soldiers are not coming forward as rapidly as
was ant ticipatcd'
ST. Louis, May 17.-vcral Union men
having been driven from Potosi, on the Iron
Mountain railroad, u detachment Of volunteer
under command of Capt Cole was sen. down
on Tuesday night to protect the loyal citizens
of that section. Capt Cole reched Potosi at
at 3 O'Clock yesterday morning, surrounded
| the town with n chain OF scntinels and short
ly after daylight $50 citizens Gerc taken
] prisoners.
They were formed into line and the I'm
ion men among them, after being recognized
were released.
About fifty scccsslonists were liberated on
CITY, prisoners OF war.
The lead mandatory belonging to JOHN
Dean was taken possession of aud some 400
pigs Of lead seized.
a Company of Cavalry, at De Soto captured
30 horses and hosted the Stars aud Stripes ON
u pole lust raised to receive a secession flag;
Another prominent secessionist was arrest
ed here and still another ut Victoria, making
II in al now in the Arsenal.
Gen Price has issued orders instructing the
Bngalior Generals to Immediately organze
the militia in their respective districts and
hold thom in readiness for active serv ice.
The officers and soldiers arc enjoincd to
afford all the protection in their power to per-
sons and property Of citizens of tho State
without reference TO political principles,
The object of this organization being to
simply protect the people in their rights un.
der the Constitution OF tho State, and United
States troops are warned to avoid a collision
with any armed bodies, unless it is absolutely
required to the lives, liberty and property OF
the people.
The dag of the State of Missouri is the only
one to hc used by the militia.
Ncarl 800 lIishuen have been enrolled in
the u. 5. service here, and will probably bo
organized into separate regiment,
Sr. LouIs, May 1S--.Thc State Tobac-
co Warehouse was visited yesterday by the
u. S. authorities, and considerable quanti-
~ ofarms and munitions olwar taken there
from
Tho rifles taken yesterday from the Cc,tral
Metropolitan Police Station, belonged to
Horny n, Hart, Colonel Of the constitutional
Guards, and had been sent to the Police sta