Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-10-01
From WashIEgton,
Washington. S-nt q

The steamer Yankee arrived AZ the NAVY
Yard Ia day, without beirg mniesIed hy be
rebel batteries at Free Stnhe Point, which
is about twenty i've miles helnw Washing-
ton. The battery IT. Represented as beng ii
large one, with the rebel fl ~ prominently
flying. Ii is Thought by Officers attached
TO the Pmomsr hnti la that there other fnrts
or batteries herween Free Stone p. int AID
Aqua Greek that are as yet capcealed by
the trees. which are thick along the shore
Paymaster Gallagher has been released
frnm arrest. having gwen satisfactory seen
rity to government Tor the settlement Of his
accounts
As an I'D edition If Army Regulations,
heretofore used, have become valueIess tn
account Uf important md fcatinns aud
changes made hy recent ats of Congress,
an order has been issued for revision d
publication tor the use Of the army
The schooner Vim. Allen. Irpm n W
York. loaded with hay. has arrived at Al
exandria She was {. ed at twelve times
from the battery at Gee, guam Greek. Two
shells entered her deck had, and another
her cabin.
New York, Sept. 81.
The Herald's special, Washington, 9th.
says:
'.Th. steamer Delaware arrived at the
| Navy Yard this rom, with body ma
rines from Philadelphia The Captain re-
yort- that the battery al Free St,ne Point
was unmarked when he passed .his m"rn-
ing, the wonds having been all cleared
away, and that it opened on him. firing
about seven shots, Dvue ui which took eff
feet They were all good line shots. bu.
fell short or went "ver. Tive jusr grazed
his deck Capt Cannan saws ab u: Fl ~
vessels passed the battery W aud dawn, but
none were fired at except the ID laabrs
From the disclosures of a rebel officer.
! il is ascertained that the battery nr Free
| Stune P int ~ "nmarded by H. j. Hart
stem, former ily Commander III the U. 5
navy, and that there are batteries on she
| Virginia >ide nf the tomac every two
and half miles from Occaquan 20 Matthias
| Point
| The river is now considered hy raval
officers as efectually clmseG. Our P.tumlc
| hotilla is insufficient 10 clear II OF the nun
| erous batteries upon it, bunk. A land
| iurce is Indispensable necessary and il IL
relieved that within few days. perhaps u
J few hours. the rebels will attempt t. eros
The Liver Potomac inrn Maryland They
| Will meet q warm receutiun hut II may lie
necessary to strengthen our lurce in that
| d,rsctinn."
The W.rId, s special, Washington. 26tlr,
SAYS:
"A flag of truce crossed the Pot mac NJ
| Edwards Ferry nn some trivial subject. hut
the seniineIs discovered that one man in
! the bnat was sounding the river. The Ieh
els were placed under arrest.
| Yesterday Lieutenant deserted from
one ut eur regiments on the Upper Poto>
| mae and went over to the rrtel>, g.vIrg
them, It is suap .sed, full information
The TiriLunes SPECIAL, Washington, Goth,
says:
| " Sherman's naval expedition to the
southern Coast will sail WITHIN three weeks
at the funniest Fifteen ar twenty resi-
ments will have the privilege al gong tu
! Charleston, as the principle ufficer- IL rhe
command believe, ur t" NJ BILE rr New Or
leans, as others conjecture. Gen. VIele'r
brigade at five REGIMENTS. nov in canI
here, will form part at the fnrce. and VI
gn To Fortress Munro. tn rail thence within
lew days. Gen Sherman will nut strike
the only blow on the sea b"ard."
A special to the Post, Washington. 81 H.
says.
The enemy's forces on the Potomac
have made another important NJ vemeut -
A large free is now concentrating at the
M. nth of the Occuquan River twenty miles
below Alexandria, probably for the ?ur-
puse of checking any fax movement oi
Federal troOIs uprn shoir position at Man
aSsas. Great activity prevails in the Fed
eral and rebel camps. bat whether a col fiIci
lis at hand OF not 1t is impossible to deter
mine