grintiq offtri. procured Seam Power -=• .4 ever , ar, r,, , (1 to execute .10113nd BOoK PRINTIN .eerlplioll, Cheaper 0,0 .•ee doTie er ihrueutin the country • •,11,,51, A:,vERTL9II6. , ne halt 11;_e IJOir .416" . .Fi1 11, el or 'na IL rtvva, iii. . • , ..... - • • . months 4 0 ono „ ...... b oo day For week. ... ote one month . 301 three months... .......... . Oa L' Fin months—. . 8 00"' 000 year .... 10 Cle 4,--rosinetnl notices Inserted In the Local column, or o:-yore Marriages and Deaths, FIVE CENTS PER LINN er ‘,lOl Insertion. frir Varria ges and Deaths to he charged as regalia , o Iv, rticenti.Dte. BY TRINE THE WAR FOR THE UNION. ACCEPTANCE OP THREE REGI MENTS FROM KANSAS. —.— The Union Men of North Missouri to be Protected• Teo Thousand Men to be Equipped and, Encamped. ...., v ,.____.. KANSAS PREPARING FOR HOME DEFENCE. 141,11/ary Movements in lowa and II Una.% I===l Missouri not to be Invaded unless she Secedes DETAILS OF TIIE - OCOUPATION OF AL EXANDRIA. THE ASSASSINATION OF COL ELLSWORTEL the Zouaves Determined to be Terribly Avenged. Capture of a Rebel Cavalry Co mpany Other Secessionists in Custody., Equestrian Feats by the Zouaves. Col, Wilcox, of the. Michigan Regi went, in Command of Alexandria Demonstration of Respect to the Mem ory of Col. Ellsworth. WOMEN AND pRILDREN LEAVING AL EXANDRIA. Movements at Fortress Monroa, NORFOLK TO BE ATTACKED The Federal Troops Eager for Fight WinuaaToN, May 24 Judge Amy; bearer of dispatches from Kan sas, bad en interview with the President and Secretary of War to-day, and tendered them three regiments from Kansas, to co-operate with the lowa regiments in camp at Keokuk, and the Illinois regiments in camp at Quincy, to protect the Union men of north-western Mis souri, and secure the safe transit of stores of provisions over the Hannibal & St. Joseph R. It to the west. Orders have been issued by the War Department to Capt. Reno, of Fort Leavenworth, to supply the Kansas regiments with arms and military equipments and also' horse equipments for a regiment of Cavalry. Arrangements will be made to furnish at once over 10,000 men who will remain in camps iu their respective States ready to take possesion of Hannibal and St. Joseph and the railroad between those points, as soon as any further demonstrations are made by Jeff. Thom sou of St. Joseph and his secession followers to interrupt the transportation through Wiscon sin. Mr. Arny reports that abundant rains have fallen in Kansas, and that the crops in that StAte never looked more prosperous. The State militia are being organized into seven regiments, and the State authorities are deter mined to equip them as well as possible for home defense, having decided to discountenance any Invasion of the State of kisaouti, unless Missouri should secede from the Union, or shall invade Kansas, or the safe transit across the State be In terr upted. With these arrangements, and the prompt and decisive steps adopted by Gen. Barney, and the co-operation of General Price, the President expects that peace will be maintained both in Miatouri and Kansas. Judge Arny reports a great want of suitable clothing for the militia in Kansas, and has ap plied to Government for a supply, which will be granted. ESICOND DI/WATCH WAIIIIINGTON, May 2 4.—Evening. A company of cavalry, thirty-five in number, were captured near Alexandria this morning, and have been brought to the Wash ington navy yard. Passengers from Alexandria state that the PlitiZonaies have been amusing themselves by riding about on the raptured horses. Other Secessioniste are also in custody. Th e Wed States troops are quartered in the IlarshallltOMM- At 2 o'oldck this attempt the body of Jack son, the proprietor alb" Marshall House still lay where he was killed: The troops between this At)r and Alexandria Lave made good progre-s in throwing up en trenchments. Col. Wilcox, of the Michigan Regiment, is in command of Alexandria. The ferry hoats between Washington and Alexandria will realthae their trips - next - . The flags all over the city are at half mast bells tolling liCpaigiect tO =ell; 3 N ~ ‘ j t .li 1 i l iti i / y4, ,,,,,,,„/„ .: _ iiiimmip , • „_,,...:,a,________.,_________ h. tgta -------"_;; - 4,!: , ~,,,, Il t O we r IRE VOL XV. • The above pap shows the location of Cairo, now the seat Of war in the West, with its approaches and surroundings ; also of St. Lenis, the scene of stirring events. Situated. at the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and at the southern terminus of the Illinois Central Railroad, Cairo is the key to a vast extent of country, and commands the commerce of the Mississippi. The iatteries erected there form an effectual land blockade of the commerce of New Orleans. The spot on which the place is built being ten feet .below the waters of the. Mississippi, it is protected by a levee, on a level with which the business portions ofsthe town are built, and between which and the river runs the track of the Minas Central. The immediate surroundings of Cairo are Mound City, six miles-above, Caledonia, fifteen miles , Metropolis, forty miles. Opposite to this last place is Paducha, practically the mouth of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. On he Mississippi side is Price's Landing; next, Santa Fe, Ill.; next, Thebes, 111, forty miles ; next Commerce, Mo., forty-eight miles, and next, Cape Girardeau, Mo., sixty miles. This. last place and Paducha are impor tant—all the rest are insignificant. Down the Mississippi, a few miles, is Ohio . City, in Missouri, and twenty miles below is Columbus, in Kentucky, the terminus of the railroad from New Orleans. he nearest highland in any direction from Cairo is about nine miles, on the Central, and all between' are Cypress swamps, with here and there a marshy opening, and covered with a mass of heavy timber vines, and creepers, through which the sun cannot penetrate. The high land, commencing upon the edge of this swamp, rises several hundred feet, often presenting mountainous aspects. The Illinois side of the Ohio, above and in the neighborhood of Mound City, is elevated and dry. On the Kentucky side it is swampy. The Mississippi shore, in Missouri, is swampy in every direction, and the nearest high land is fifty miles distant. On the east side of the Mississippi th ere are occasionally high lands. Opposite Cairo, in Missouri, is Bird's Point, containing a few houses , from which a railroad extends twenty or thirty miles. This is the only point practicable for batteries for operating on Cairo. The troops at Cairo number bet weep five thousand and seven thousand, commanded by Colonel Prentiss. 13atterits have-been. planted so as to sweep the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers for miles, as well as Bird's Point. These, and the natural advantages of the place fbr defence, render it nearly impregnable . Columbus is the point of concentration by the ßebels, prepatory to their intended demonstration against Cairo. Gen. Pillow is understood to be somewhere laetween that point and Memphis with his rebel forces, variously stated from five thousand to twenty-five thousand in number. ory of Col. Ellsworth. It is probable that his remains will be =breixight to the President's house, and conveyed thence to the cars to morrow afternoon r to biZ.transferred to New York, of which State he was a native. Re was about 24 years of age. There are about twelve secessionists under charges in the common jail. Many of the troops there are in readiness to march at a moment's warning. DETAILS OF THE ATTACK. ON AMMAN. DMA RY TELE 'F,4DEIIAL TROOtS Yesterday the Federal military authorities determined to make an advance on Alexandria. Accordingly orders were Issued to such of the troops as were to move, The New York Regiment of Fire Zonaves, under Col.. Ells worth, was embarked in boats, and arrived first at Alexandria, at about two o'clock this morning. They were received with a volley of musket. ry from the wharf, their boats approached, but no one was injured. Having lauded, they pro ceeded to take complete possession of the town, raising the Stars and Stripes, and pullingllown the Secession flags. About four o'clock, as Col. Dilworth was coming down stairs in the Marshall RODEO, bearing on his oho:biersa rebel flag that he had pulled down, he was shot by Jackson, the proprietor of the hotel, and expired instantly. Jackson was immediately killed by some pri vates of the &naves. ' Although there were numerous reports of others having been killed, Ellsworth's and Jackson's were the only cases of low of life, while 1 24) _Pao_ was wounded. The death of Ellsworth has created ageneral feeling of gloom in Washington where he hes been yell known and prominently beforette public ever since the first of March. He wau3 small in stature and apparently not more than twenty-five years of age. To-day numerous Sags are' hung at tiff ! waif `, outof respect to hia - Memory. His re mins are laid out at the Navy Ifard, with the America ool9re over them , s um vita' the "INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS-NEITTRAL IN NONE HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 25, 1861 A MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR IN THE WEST. TOLD' NU S rIRRX 0 gAcks MMIMI WianzoTotr, 3K.24 EENVILkEIf WE NASH VI 15138 CAGED e•li_.2.7oo•k° Sr V .1214. O. • 4 1 / 4 ... c> 4 ovi\v 6 that he captured at his feet. A - disposition to take a horrible revenge prevails among the Zottaves., Some of them and of the other troops are earnestly desirous to lay Alexandria in ashes before nightfall. Owing to the large force of Federal troops in and near Alexandria, it is not probable that the rebels will make any attempt to advance on the city. The New York Seventh Regiment are on the Virginia side of the Potomac on Arlington Heights. EFFECT OF THE NEWS AT BALTIMORE Movement or 001. Moreheadlvßegiment BALTIKORS, May 24. The news from Washington this morning has produced a profound sensation here. The Old. Point Comfort boat arrived this morning, and reports that Gen. Butler had thrown out a guard of three hundred men. The United States Hotel was principally guarded, the splendid well-water belonging to Colonel Seger being wanted for the use of the garrison. Nothing is known in relation to Sewell's Point. No movement had taken place when the steamer left. A steamer arrived at Fort liferrenry, this morning, with a large supply of gun carriages and other military stores. Col. /Sorehead's regiment came across the river this morning and marched ,up Broadway, and proceeded to Patterson Park. They made a fine display. A REBEL CAVALRY COMPANY CAPTURED. Ti r ABBJSGTON, May 14 The Michigan Regiment captured a company of rebel cavalry just outside of Alexandria, a little before daylight this morning. The people in the town were, almost mired to death by the arrival of the Federal troops, 111 Mille of horrors. An advance of rebel .troops from Culpepper 41,11.7 "nib inatutartly4efpectnd. rffri SZil FAIRFIEL' O NT' ERNON OaarA fffß MOUND CITY 4 -41 MUCA ,CAIRO o BLANDVIL E N LUMBUS FROM eIIEURRSBERG. Ten. Thousand:Rebel Troops Concen trated near Wißiainsport. Three Hundred Cherokee Indiana Fully Armed. and Equipped. • INVASION OF CUMBERLAND VALLEY ANTICIPATED Campbell's Flying .Artillery Cordered back to Chambersburg. -.- EXCITEMENT IN. CAMP SLIFER There are now beyond all possibility of doubt 9500 troops between the point of Rocks and Williamsport on the Potamac. Of these 2500 are Alabamans, Mississippians, North Caroli nians,,and Georgians ; the rest are Virginians. There r 0 doubt that there . are 300 Cherokee Indians, -armed as Indians are usual ly armed, with tomahawk, scalping knife and among this number. These Indians re sided partly in NorthOarolina and G orgia. The Virginia troops along the Potomac line are well armed, but scarce of provisions, hav ing only about three fourths of requisite army rations. Between Point of Rocks, which is eight miles below Harper's Ferry,and Williams port, twenty-three miles above, "there are scat tered at various points thirty-five pieces of cannon ; twenty of these are brass field pieces. Great awrehension prevails in Cumberland Valley of .. an invasion . from Virginia. Ten thousand head of wile, and five thousand horses along the, valley could be seized by sudden irriiiition of ane.xpeditienguty: cbrpis holding 4 4 44./ 4Ye AeYek even if - rl.tivett . back :into A forwaid4move , tg 4 4 ryl .gutoz siko.d4;.4 MT CARMS), ,SALEM lETROPOCIS katAND DDT 1 rm .--.5.._ Additional Troops Called. For Cumasszsauaa, May 24 OINtY rirrnwo E g 7,,E2 nieut of the Vitginia troops may be expected immediately. • Campbell's Flying Artillery of six pieces has positively been ordered back from York to Chambersburg. Two additional Infantry regi me.nts must be forwarded to this point, and a battalion of caveliy added, or devastation will overtake the Whole valley. We want at least three batteries of six or twelve pounders. Later Foreign News. British Subjects Prohibited from Engaging in the Ameriesa' 2 War. Commissioners of the Southern Con- ST. Sows, N. F., May 24. The steamship Etna passed off Cape Race at 9:30 last evening. The London and Liverpool advices, which were obtained by the associated press yacht, are to the 15th inst., three days later. The royal mail steamship Persia arrived at Liver pool on the 13th inst. The steamer Columbia arrived at Galway, and the Jura at London derry on the 14th inst. - The British government had issued a procla mation warning its subjects against engaging in the American war. All doing so will be held responsible for their own acts. . The Commissioners from the Southern .. Con federacy had reached Paris, and had an inter view with M. Thouvenel, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. Col. rinitein's company was on parade to- day, but they 'refused to stand the ordeal of ti regular inspec tion by the surgeon. Itis -un 'd(.4itooettrat the Governor will ordeetheirlis-t stop their - ai*l9 o f bin dment at once and ptr t ~ adieus. . t . • , : ' , , :c - NO 21 PRMCEIRt4 . federaoy at Paris MILITARY DISBANDED Paxi.aparxfix , o May 24 THE TELEGRAPH IS PIIITTRI1V 1 ) EVERY DAY, By GEORGE 13ERGNER. 04 , 1341Mz7 -7 TV.1.1: , ...41(. , The Deny Tutusuirn is served to subscribers to tha eorougb at 634 cents per week. Yeasty subscribers al be charged $4.00. WISELY 412 , 10 StII2•WMIN ThILIGILI77J The /ILI:IMAM is also published twice a weak during the fiession of trio Legislature, and weekly during the re• malodor of The year, and furnished to subscribers at the 'Mowing rates, via Single Sutocribers per year Seven Ten ins UM OP NswBPerieta. .1 subscribers order the OONSollo.nilialco of Weir new& issuers, the publisher may continue to send them until sil arrearages are paid. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their lumina ?ors from the office to which they are directed, they are responsible until they. liav 116 4"td bins altd Fdored them discontinued THE MOVEMENTS AT FORTRESS, iiONROE - WASHINGTON, May 24 Reliable advices from Fortress Monroe state chat yesterday the sloop-of-war umber s lpisd and the steamer Minnesota were ;to:atteck:the rebel batteries at Sewell's Point, Whi!e the cannonading was going on there, General Butler was to land a force of five thou sand men at Lynn Haven and march on Nor tolk. This movement was designedtto be sim ultaneous with the march on Alexandria. Advice* f otn Alexandria to-dartiay that the women and children are leaving, feajing that the to vn will be burned down. PURCHASE OF A CANADA STEAMER. IORO V ), CANADA WisVirtY 24. The steamer Peerless, which haaUen k aold to the American government, sailed to-day for New Volt.. illufttilantons TOl6 T—On ,Tnee •ay night between Balue's and Sweigert's tavern, on the Jiinestown road a BLANK MEMORANDUM BOOK, containing account or meat sold and saw hills, together with two promissory notes, which can be of no value to the finder, as payments have been stopped.. The trader will be liberally rewarded by returning the same to JONAH ,F. RVDY. Susquehanna Township. my 24 M. Proposals for a Loan of $31000,000 to the Commonivealth of Pennsyl- vama. In pursuance of the first section Wan Act of the General Assembly, entitled " in. Act to create a loan and provide for arming the State," approved May 16th, A. D. 1861, and the sixth section of the Act entitled " anoict to provide for the payment of the tnemititofficers and contingent expenses of the Extra Session of the 14gislature," approved May 16th, A. D. 1861, and the authority of the same, z i NOTICE is heathy given that proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, until three o'chtck P: M. of Wednesday the fifth day of June WAN 'for the loaning to the Commonwealk the slam of THREE Mir LIONS OF DOLLARS, for the pur poses set forth in the before named Acts of As sembly. The said loan to bear_an„laterest of six per cent. per annum, payable atinijantitud ly in Philadelphia, and the loan to be redeem able in ten years from date; and :for the par ment of the interest and liquidattiots of the principal thereof a special tax of tonolktalf mill on the dollar has been directed to be levied on all the property In the Commonwealth tax able for State purposes. The certificates of loan shall not be subject to taxation -for any purpose whatever ; and all certificates of the denettlination of one hundred dollars. or less shall have coupons attached ; those ofta larger denomination will be issued either as inscrip tion or coupon bonds at the option of the bid der. , The proposals must state explicitly the amount proposed to be taken and the rate to be paid. The State reserves the right to accept the whole .qr any part of the amount offered to be . telted unless the proposer 'stipulates other wise. No conditional proposals . will be con- side red. Upon the acceptance of any prilitorifl at leas ten per cent of the amount mtuit be Old down, the balance, if preferred by:the bid*, in thir ty and sixty days, when certifietifdishadl lame for the same, bearing interest, trointla time of payment. The proposals must be dir'ected under seal to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, gndorsed " Proposals for Loan." The bids will be opened at 8 o'clock In the afternoon oftbe day above namedinithepresenee of the Governor, State Treasurer: and; Auditor General and 811011 other persons as, i may see proper to be present, when, after examination of the same the Governor will awardihe loan to the highest bidder or bidders. : • By order of the Governor. ELI o...lFigt, Secretary of the ComMonwealth. Office of the Secretary of the Common wealth. HARRISBURG, May 17. 1861. GENERAL ORDERS -7 'X°' 2 • ADJUTANT aNNRRAI:B OMR; I Ilwrisbvng, May 1'6;1861. The Governor of Perinsylvania has received from the War Department, at Wadtigton, the following announcement, in refer Mite to the second requisition of militia made by the Gen eral Government. "Ton Regiments are assigned tti Fi3nnsylva nia, making, in addition to'thethirteen regi ments of three months already: ealled for, twenty-three regiment& It is, important to reduce rather than enlarge this number, and in no event to exceed it." Pennsylvania "has already furnished to the United States service twenty-five regiments.— Of this number at least ten rhgiments —the amount of the second requkitibilfave signi fied a willingness to change thekktunn of ser vice from three months to three years. No more companies, therefore, from this Common wealth can now be received ,for the 'United States Governufent. By order of the Govertioi t Chief, Fr..II.:ArLE Adin General. GENERAL ORDERS' NO. 12. HEAD Gummi:as, P. M. f I Harriaburg, Afay 19, 1861. Major General George A. M'Call - -ifs assigned to the command of • dll the military forces of Pennsylvania, raised or to be, raised ; under the provisions of an Act of the Geneva} Assembly of the Commonwedth of Penneylvpia, enti tled " an Act to create a loan, anauto provide for the arming of the State." ; ti a H e will, without delay, ,pr .cieelsd" to organize these forces, according t 9 ithe r movisions of said Act, end to select convenient' romtions for vitthabe troops . le encam ping gronads, , , ,, fritliVastruction By order of the Commander z in•chief, JOHN A. WEIGHT, Aiel:de-camp. FOR SALE I • , A BUILDING LOT, sitifif,er Weet Har „Cl„ risburg, fronting on Bradstreet 20ifeet, and run ning back 161' feet, more or leas, tcovao foot alley, ad joining on one side the property of Ir. Blumenstine. For particulars enquire or titlatlgi/MI3CEIBFFRII at Bergner ' a Bookstore. may 8,1861. ' • '• ItlY9 . .HENRY C 13,11 AV R TIOAPER, HAIiGER, Front iitrpet, second 1. door alarm Walnut atFeet. MI organ punctually Wade' to. • • -I iny94lt e tL, ..1 3 .11 100 .. 12 00 . 16.00 MiMi
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