Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-09-02
MARTIAL LAW IN MISSOURI
This Mornings Report.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHIHGToN, Aug.

WASHINGTON, aug. SU.
Times correspondence:
This morning the rebels made demon
stration in force, with three pieces Of ar.
tillery, against our piokets, stationed at
| Falls Cross Roads. After retiring short
distance our troops returned the fire, and
finally compelled the enemy to retire, when
they resumed the possession Of their for
mer position. One private Of Michigan
regiment was slightly wounded.
Military authorities think the present
movements of the rebels have no signif-
cance, except to keep their men actively
/ employed to prevent deuoEslisation and
/ dissolution of their army Until they are
prepared for a grand movement or one IS
( made against them.
Worlds dispatch:
Anumber Of leading insnoiers, includ
| ing the Presidents of some Of the New
| York banks, arc now in the city urging
upon the President certain chsDges in tho
conduct OF the war. They propose that
| the Government shall attempt to force the
rebels to abandon their threatsned attack
upon Washington by making counter at
lacks upon various points in the South.
The Secretary of the Treasury is graft
| fed to know that the success Of the ma
uonal loan does not depend upon banks
corporations, or other monied institutions,
but that the people alone are able and will
ing to subscribe all the money that is
| needed. twill satisfy the public and in
crease popular confidence in the Govern
ment 10 state that the Attorney General
has decided that the loan is not taxable
either by State or local authorities.
Senator Wade, of Ohio before leaving
Washington, vas authorized by the Gov
ernment to raise q regiment of cavalry and
a battery of artillery for the war.
Tribuns's dispatch;
A letter from ST. Louis states that there
! is no doubt that tue rebels intend and eX
pected to be in full possession of St Louis
| before now, aud that August Goth was the
lime fixed upon for the active co operation
| of Seeessionists in that city. Nothing
could nave prevented the plot from sue
ceedilg had they been victorious OF Spring
tfold Gen. Lyon, knowing this, sacrificed
/ himeelf and saved the city q second time
hv his victory, for such il was in fact
Advices received at the War Depsrt-
ment confirm the report that the Kiowas
and Camanches, from whom Government
] iHeE FethE NAinuElu AHtAE hElQ6A pEcsEAANo hAA
4 account of previous rasealiiies, have unit
Ad their fortunes with the Southern Con
federacv Fbe rendezvous Of the tribes is
near Fort Bent.
Hersld's dispatch:
/ Il is estimated hv men entitled 70 know
that there are 55 900 Of the rebel army be-
tween Hsrpers Ferry and Edwards Ferry
awaiting an opportunity TO force crossing
into Maryland, and willing 70 take the
chances there of an iRsuFrection of the
maloOuients that will enable them 70 trans
fer tie conflict TO that State and plac,
Washington between the rebel armies. Ii
; the mean time hundreds Of Maryland Sc
oes5ionists are gathering upon the Eastern
Shore for the purp'ss of carrying out tn
programme of cutting off direct communi
! cation between Philadelphia and Bsltimor
simultaneously 10 the passage Of the rebel
Z aeross the Potomac.
At the little town Of Easton in Talbo
? county, these arrivals have amounted to a
; many as fifty per day The rebels are il
5 such a condition that they are compelle
either to attempt to advance or to retir
from the Potomsc. The resources Of thi
region are exhausted, and they cannot muc
longer subsist their immense force on tb
e Virginia side Of the Potomac. They mus
= either avail themselves Of the riches Of th
' splendid agricultural district of Wester
Maryland, OF fall back at least upon th
Rappahannock. Their desperation wi
T make lively times along the Potomac in
o few days aud perhaps in q few hours.
Capt Whipple of the engineers accom-
panied Mr. Lowe on his aerial reconnoisanC
Y yesterday. They observed nearly 100 me
s At work throwing sup entrsnchments o
T Monson's Hill between Falls ChHroh an
e Fairfax, a distance of seven miles. They cor
cIuded the enemy must be in large force.
N The State Department will not issue pas
i es to any body 10 pass from loyal into reb
4 States. Since the passage through Loui
Il vile was stopped, the demand for passes hi
II been very large, most Of the applicants bein
women who have been living at the Mort
The general order issued by Adjt. Gei
IS Thomas, calling attention co the 9th artie
\ OF the act called for the government Of Il
r armies of the U. S., has more sweepir
$, application than is generally supposed
g. is intended to apply to all persons both in al
v out of the army and to newspapers here ar
elsewhere throughout the North under it.
= is intended to prohibit the publication
movements connected with raising of troop
I'd the preparation of munitions Of war, u
ce transportation of men and the fitting out
i vessels.
i Mr.. Bates left Washington this mornir
for ST Louis In his absence Titan
IN Coffy, Esq, has been commissioned as ATTIC
ney General