Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-17
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.


LOUISVILLE, June l5.-C. B. Cotton, the
new Surveyor of this port, enters on the dis
charge of his duties on Monday. The Post
master here will deliver letters from the
South on payment of the Federal postage by
the recipient.
gentleman at Hopkinsville writes the
journal that an officer of the Tennessee
rebels, stationed near the State line, informed
him that Governor Magoffin, in ans wer to an
inquiry of the officer what part of Kentucky
he should occupy with his troops advised
him to keep his position near the State line,
and hold himself in readiness to give assist
ance to Kentucky when needed.
The Charleston Mercuru of the lIth, states
that privateer of Savannah was captured
by the brig Perry. The crew, fifteen in
number, were transferred to the Minnesota,
and the privateer sent to New York. If the
men are hung the Mercury calls on Jefferson
Davis to retaiate. 1t also complains that
traitors in the harbor are in the habit of
supplying provisions to the blockading feet.
The Raleigh Standard says that the North
Carolina volunteer force numbers twenty
thousand men.
NEW YORK, June 15.-The schooner Savan-
nah, privateer in charge of Midshipman
Cook, arrived this afternoon with the stars
and stripes flying in triumph over the Seces-
sion rag, captured by the brig PERU about
sixty miles off Charleston. She had taken
the brig Joseph f. Rockland, and sent her
into Georgetown, S. @. She is a schooner,
with an eighteen.pound pivot gun anidship,
and formerly a pilot-boat. Her crew of
thirty men were put in irons and transferred
to the frigate Minnesota.
LOUISVILLE, June l5.-Considerable guam
titles of provisions have been received here
the past three days, mostly from Madison,
lid, which have gone, and are going South
gia the Nashville Railroad.
SANDY Hook, MD, June 15.-Aceounts
are conflicting from Harper's Ferry. Some
saying that the troops have all left; others
that a large force are at Bolivar and in the
outskirts, The bridge across the Shenan-
doah has been spared.
American flags are flying at Berlin and
Knoxville.
Martinsburg is said to be occupied by a
large body of United States troops.
PHILADELPHIA, June ia special dis
patch from HagerstOwn says the advance
guard of General Pattersons division, about
ten thousand strong, arrived there this morn
ing, and the whole column is rapidly NOV
ing Southwark.
SPECIAL to the New York Commercially
WASHINGTON, June 15-More regiments
went over into Virginia to-day. Hon Henry
May, the newly-elected Congressman for
the Baltimore District, declares to his friends
he is an out-and-out Uuion man. The cleo
ton throughout the State is an entire Union
triumph.
Another rebel battery has been discovered
twenty miles below Acquia Greek, near
Mathias's Point, opposite Poy Tobacco, Nd
1t will receive attention in due time. The
Government is negotiating for the purchase
of three steamers at Baltimore for war yes
sells. Arrangements will be made, in few
days, to prevent the publication of impor-
tant movements of our troops, especially
those having reference to the rebels.
ST. LOUIS, June l5.-Arrangements have
been made by which dispatches from all
Eastern points can be transmitted to Kan.
sas, Nebraska and all points in Western Mis-.
souri,, ViG Quincy and Hannibal, during the
interruption along the Missouri River. Cali
fornia dispatches take the same route.
Colonel Solomon's Regiment, with four
feld-pi and company of Cavalry, will
go out the Pacific Railroad tonight, and an
other force of eight hundred or one thousand
strong, will leave in the morning. Five
batteries Of four guns each, mostly twelve
Founders, two eight.inch howitZers, one ten
inch mortar and two companies of Cavalry
accompany Colonel Siegels command out
the south western branch of the Pacific
Railroad.
ST. LOUIS, June 10 Eight hundred troops
left Hannibal Thursday for some point in
the interior, supposed to be Chillicothe, to
protect the bridges of the Hannibal and st.
Joseph Railroad.
The officers of the Missouri River steamers
arrived to- day say the impression prevailed
that Governor Jackson would make his first
stand at Boonville.
Cannon and shot have been transferred
from Jefferson, and preparations are being
made for resistance at that point. Boon
vile is situated on a bluff, about forty-five
miles above Jefferson City, and connecting
by good roads with Cooper, Saline, Howard,
Charleston and Boone Counties, and south.
western part of the State
Rumors are current that the State Con-
vention will soon be called together.
A. W. Morrison, Treasurer of the State,
was arrested at Washington yesterday, on
his way TO Jefferson City, but he was released
after brief detention.
The Egening NelOs learns from gentleman
just from Fort Smith, Ark, that Ben Nc.
Culloch is there at the head of ten thousand
troops, many of them Cherokee Indians, all
armed and mounted on Mustang pOnys ready
TO march into Missouri at a given signal.
This needs confirmation.
ST. Louis, June l5.-The Democrat has
just issued an extra, containing the CORE
spondeDce from the military expedition up
the Missouri River, and a dispatch from JEFF.
feTson City, announcing the arrival of the
steamers Satan and j. O. S1oOR at that place,
about two o'clock, where they met with an
enthusiastic reception from the loyal citizens.
The city is quietly occupied by General
Lyon and his command. The Capitol build
iDgs have been taken possession of and the
stars and stripes were raised over the cupalo
amid many demonstrations Of delight from
the citizens.
Governor Jackson was at Boonville yes
terday with his body-guard, one hundred
and twenty men.
A letter from Springfield, No., says be-
tween six and seven hundred Secessionists
were organized there under the militia BILL
The Union men had also rallied twelve
or fifteen hundred strong, armed with
rifles and shot-guns. They are determined
70 maintain their position- They are organ
lied under Colonel John S. Phelps.
Reports from the border state that Ben.
McCulloch is epcamped in Benton County,
Arkansas, with force OF fifty thousand
troops.
The first battalion of Colonel SigiPs regi-
ment reached Rolla, the terminus Of the
southwestern branch Of the Pacific Rail-
road, yesterday afternoon, where they go
into camp for the present.
About one hundred and eighty State
guards fled on their arrival.
Secession flag was taken down by the
volunteers, and the stars and stripes raised
instead, amid the cheers Of the citizens, who
declared their loyalty to the Federal Gov
General Lyons expedition received many
manifestations of approval along the river