Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-15
PresentDesigns oftho Rebels.


inc for an attack on Washington in front
aud in the rear through insurgent Mary
land, we think there are many reasons Tor
believing. While Beauregard pushes upon
Alexandria, and Gen. Johnston attempts
crossing of the Potomac above, Gen. Ma
gruder will probably leave his camp at
| Yorktown, and try to put himself, with
good part ofhis army for nucleus, at tue
| head of the rebels in Maryland, crossing at
or near Aqua Creek.
The letters from Richmond, and from
the rebel army, written TO the Sontner"
papers since the battle ut Bull Rnp, nave
thrown off their former prudence IN regard
to revelations of military movements, and
! in the confidence of their inYincibility they
unhesitatingly state that the rebel Poilcy
| and purpose now is 10 advance upOR
Washington, and penetrate tothe North.
1t will not do for the Government TO re-
| ly on safety from Maryland or even from
| a Baltimore outbreak, because Fort Nc
Henry can shell and burn the city of Bal
timore. The rebels can depart from that
CITY when the fire begins to rain upon it,
and rush to their concealed deposits of
arms, tear up few railrond bars, and
thus, i'll It few hours, inHugurate an insur-
rection which would again isolate Wash
| ington, and threaten to crush the Admin
| lSlrlIIOu NY SuItOuuUluS huu SthPthAlhS nv
Federal City.
If Cen Beauregard should be able to
advance his Army to the head of the
Chesapeake Bay, and post his pickets as
far north as Havre de Grace, then indeed
would Wilmington and its powder mills,
and Philadelphia and its foundries and
factories, he in danger of paying tribute to
Confederate daring. The possession of
Washington by the rebels would be ter
rible blow to the Union, because of the
new complications that would arise in the
recognition of the de facto rebel govern
ment by many resident ministers OF foreign
| Governments.
The Secessionists of Maryland, and of
| Baltimore even, who are the rich men and
property holders of that city, would not
hesitate an hour in sacrificing all they
have, and seeing the city RACED till not
| one brick is left on another, if thereby
| they could deal Al fatal blow on Washing
ton and drive out the Government that is
there 1t is worth while, therefore, to
look well to all the possibilities new re-
volt in Maryland, which is certainly inten-
ded by the Confederate leaders, and see it
we are prepared for the worst that could
happpn.-N. y. Times.
Increased Pay of Regulars and Vol
unGccr GflNnLSSs
The following is the act to ircre"se the
pay of the privates in the regular army,
and of the volunteers in the service Of the
United States, and for other purposes:
BE il enacted &C.. That the pay of the
urivates in the regular army and volunteers
in the service of the United States be thir-
teen dollars per month for three years from
ord after the passage of this act, and until
otherwise fixed by law.
SEC. That the provisions of the net
entitled san act for the relief OF the Ohio
and other volunteers, approved July 2lth,
1861, be aud the same are hereby, extend
ed TO all volunteers mustered i'll the SER
vice of the United States, whether for one,
two, or three years, or for and during the
war.
SEC. That all the acts, proclamations,
and orders of the President of the United
States after the 4th of March 1861, resPec
tinr the army and navy of the United
States, and calling out or relating to the
militia or volunteers from the States, are
hereby approved, and iniall respects legal
lied and made valid, to the same intent,
and with the same effect, as if they had
been issued aud done under the previous
express authority and direction OF the Con-
grcss of the United States.
kentucky Arming for the Union.
The following extract from letter to a
mercantile house in Philadelphia, dated
Danville. Ky, August 9TH, 1861, shows
that that State is rapidly preparing to do
her duty to the Union:
al presume that you are satisfied that
Kentucky will remain loyal to the Union
We are now raising volunteers for Uncle
Sam, and there IS Il very large encampmcnt
at lIoskins Cross Roads, seven and Il half
miles from this place. Captain Fry has
been made Colonel of one regiment, Judge
Bramlet is Colonel of the second regiment,
and - Woodruff is Colonel of cavalry
regiment which came from Crab Orchard.
Five hundred of them passed through this
place yesterday, and the remaining five
hundred are to come through here to-mor-
row on their way to Camp Robertson, at the
Cross Roads"
THE Presbytery of South Alabama met
at Selma Alabama recently, and severed