The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-05-22
WAR ITEMS!

IRA dispatch from Washington states tnAt
orders have gone from the War department d.
recting Gen. Wool to assume command OF For
,ress Monre. That fortress, it viii be remem-
bered, is located in the vicinity OF Norfolk, and
is garrisoned, at latest accounts, by some three
thousand troops
6rCsptain Lyon, the U. s. Army officer
sho captured the Regiment Of st. Louis mill
tin week before last. has been appointed Briga-
der General Of the Missouri Volunteers in the
the service Of the Governments
61rThe Government on the 10th instg re"
ceived sdvices from the squadron off Fort Flick
ems. No change, up to the last date, Of the
military status The squadron. in accordance
with instructions, had put stop to the landing
Of vessel, from Mobile and New Orleans, with
supplies for the rebel army, being complete
blockade.
01-The President has promote Brigadier-
General Butler to be henceforth Major Gen
eral in the U. s. Army.
ORA general army order has been issued
stating that there will be added to the staff of
the army four quartermasters and eight assis
tants-ten to be promoted and selected accord
ing to existing laws and regulations There
will be added to the Medical Department 10
surgeons and 20 assistants. The surgeons will
be promoted from the senior surgeons, and the
assistants appointed from civil life, after having
passed the usual examination by the Board
from the Medical Department OF the army.
n7-Texan sdvices say that Col. Van Dorm
has suecec led in causing the surrender OF the
remaining Federal troops in Texas. Texans,
in numbers, are doubtless en- the upper frontier,
taking necessary steps to defend the State a.
gainst incursions.
6FTwo pieces Of cannon, several hundred
muskets, rifles, and number Of pistols. togeth-
er with a quantity Of the ammunition, were
taken from the custody Of the Police Ccmmis-
sioners at st Louis on the 18th inst ,bs order Of
United States authorities; also sixty cases OF
navy revolvers were seized while in the hands
Of the American Express Company. All these
arms were sent to the Arsenal.
OJ-Ex Governor Reeder, OF Pennsylvania
and Kansas. has ben appointed Brigader
GeferaI by the President. ---.-,..- -,--,-.-
CE-Advices from Washington, under date Of
18th inst, say thai n more troops except for
the war, will be ordered in that dire cton.--
Troops for the short service will, however, be
accepted at present in the Western service.
OE5-It is said that Col. Jones, who led the
Massachusetts, Sixth through Baltimore, on the
l9gh ult., wilIsucceed Gen. Butler in the Brig.
adler General$hip Col; Jones' scouts have
three or four times comein sight Of thu Seaes-
sion ontposts. * t-
G-G utemen from Alexandra visited the
President an the 18th inst, and assured him
that il protected at the polls, the people of that
precinct would give 600 majority against Sc
cession.
O-'rhe telegraph reports that in less than
Ten days, General Butler will have more than
$4,000 men under his command at Fort Mon
roe, and squadron adequateto the support OF
the land forces .
0rMaj Gen. Butler, was scrcnaded in
Washington City, on the evening OF the 10Th
inst, in response to which he said, foremost in
the ranks OF those wh, fought Tor liberty In the
R.volu ion were the o Massachusetts,, and
in the Revolution Massachusetts, sent more men
South than all the other colonies put together;
and in this second war Massachuse IS will Civ
every man in her borders; aye. and every wo
man If the $1,000 Northern soldiers are ut
off in six weeks, $1,000 will lake their place
and if they did, one fourth of a million will
succeed, till our army OF reserve wi be womer
with broom sticks, to drive the enemy into III,
| Gulf
',rFHon. WIN. Smith OF Virginia had an in
tervew wi h the Adjuant General at W ,sh
ington on the l7th, in. which he said: "Tht
Administration ispsitvelv mistaken in suppo
sing Virginia has now or ever contemplated at
tacking Washington, and that su'h an attempt
would never be msde under auv clrcuRstanee',
as it would involve an utter destruction Of every