New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-13
NARIOIrq WAR ITEMS.

Tgg l5rH ~ Y. $. V.-ihe friends OF the Ioth
Col j. Mcleod Murrhy'rl Il gHment will DO eraiied
10 learn that its position is srttled. IL Is IN Cen
Franklu's Brigade, the right OF the DIVISION. IL
will therefore be favored with the more Immediate
presence Of Con. McCi7llan. Col Murphy beng the
seni Colonel Of the Brigade will also give Ills res
pept tie right Of the line. On Friday the 18th had
tie pIeasore of visit from Ms. Gen. MCClelian
BcO &, n. McDowell a1rl Brighten. Kea ney. nc-
comtsnied by their respective s,s ut the Headqh hnr-
tern of the regiment u. the Theological Seminary,
about three miles from Alexandra, on tno Fairfax
road From the top Of the Observatory reconnois-
saiice was nnde of the country toward Fairfax.
Tgy V,RofmA MrLrrn UswiLLIsG TO Flour roR
| SrcEssoS. The following extract is from TIE
Caaciesioa IS. C Asreurys army correspondent, now
| IN Virginia:
"The militia are being mustered IN to-day, and many
Of them me 10 il Win considerable relH tcr Thee
are come who have ordcHf symP0fiy Tor tie cause.
! They will fyht for the South, Of course i obhged u
6rii but they have the ceiling that D t md nat beeH
FIR SSOHH CnriiHa Lt'r' roHid hcv. 6H m .'cc.S"y
! lor EgiAng Many others can badly sp,ro the tins
Their Ois Unharvesged their other crop. are SIN
immature; they have no bandd ~ work thom but their
own sud 1: il truly matter Of se'ios IN onveuieno
and inury To be obliged TO turn oar. let IL thu 70
| iion there are many who can fight, and vito can BE-
spared 60 Gght, but WHO Will EOf, JNLkss THEY hkE
coaPgLLED TO IT. BE ides tnis, witn the uili, VIII
come ont the ornary diearns of the country, sLlcu
will not como out without.
A MYSTERY THAT NEEDS EuLASATIOs.-Trere
seems something significant in the following from the
Richmond Ya.l correspondence Of The Chari.stoa 4.
c. Meteury'
"Tue Government seems zeq'oasly to ooEora' ovsry-
hing tbsy from the public beie. Up 10 this day
tbe 4tb,, since the light, Ao Teport - mGdr u t'e
rgn.dcd or dead nor will they blow those who
have soi and brothers a. MEnazsas tp go 10 ascertain
their fate and administer 10 tleir necersi hes II
wounded. All We lc ,ui i, from the hewstaper., WIN
obtsi their information chiefly from the wounded ho
ate brought here. lhe death VI Cul Fisher OF Nortn
Carolina wa not known until ns body arrived Oh It's
way to North Carohba
The South wonld not conceal a0y intelligence unless
Il was against them, and this my stery on tbrr part
looks most unfayonbly, and oDly b interpreted
against them.
LICH1 ARTILLERY hgS WAsrED.-CaIt j. D.
ChaIce has been authorized By the Secretary OF War
to rire and orr ,nze detachuent of Lg Artillery,
to be mustered into service With all possible dnpich,
10 serve three year,, for tie war; RccrnI OF lnd-
| viduas, OF secors Of company, viii DO accepted by
applying IT Alton, Chenango County, within 10
days, with a copy Of muscrrolls accompanying the
notice,
TarER MgABrRs oY THE 7lsr Ham FEog.-A
letter has been received from Edwin Colo Of tho 7irt
Regiment Company a, dated at Richmond, July 26,
who staies that himself Charles Wipio, lnd Edga0i
nendenon, Of the same regiment, are pri-ouers at
Richmond, and that they are in good health and well
cared for.
! TnEisos IL FORTHEss MoSRoE.-A letter from
Fortress Monroe to gentleman ia this city relates
very singular discovery, ns follows:
1--WE have made au Important discovery, and hope
/ thie will bling about a change. ie 9 days ago u
party of my company went oGi bathing at Aiil Creek,
near Fortress Monroe, aud there discovered, 10 their
great slrprse, you may judge, an ee.tc telegraph
wire aud ON inspection found IL o. connect tho tort
! with Fox Till. where IL IL said tho onemy N
| iurenchcd in strong nunbers.'
| Arrest OF A SUSPECTED CoSFEOHRATE AGESr IN
! BosTos.-OD 1ues1sy lUt Mr.. Lothrp, As-istant
United States Ditrict Attorney, received Information
that q man named John Williams, Of No folk. Virginia,
bid arrived IN this city the dy prsvOui. Eious were
at Onre made 80 arrest hin, bui tor tino they were
unaviliug q correct Geecrpiio Of The man had not
| been given. Yesterday, however, oilners who had
been pu upon tis track found iia NJ the Office Of the
Bal inore and Nor ok Steamship Company, OF which
DO was furn sry Norfolk agent H3 has been sopl log
at the Parker liouse under the assumed name of &C.
jordan, iiabuFg Penn" A. the tlBs at The break
g out of the ret eli there was o. Norfolk, nbcer
III. charge los bales OF cotton belonging 10 psF,ee IN
this city Thl. cotton war seizcd for the purpose Of
making foriiicitiOts aud the aIrhoritics gave bun
eceipl il. His orensible business here was 10 OBJ
tain IRON the OF this cotton an ag-ncy 10 col
ec rom the State Of Viz. uia the Iay Tor u, aud he
Visited of them, with this proleoscd object, before
bis arrest.
Iho prieoner says he let Richmond tho day after the
hattie uf Bull Run, aud 70 Ba imOre by way Of
Ngshyi, for the rurpose OF 6esng child Of s here
lie was known ct Baltimore aud iuding himself an
object OF suspicion, he here 10 sc abon. the
cotton. lie is suproed 10 be an agent Of the Confed-
crate States, purvhasng eupphes, &c. There is also
rea.On to believe that be holds a colmssiOn Naj1r
IL the rebel army lie was charged wi'h Ihat ana did
not deny IL, rcmarking that he supposed Lis word
would not DO taken. He clamed, however, 70 be %
Union uan. He had baggage at the Parker House.
aud rlye he brought from Baltimore. There IL
letter in the Boston post Ofise directed to "Jonn
Williams, and Fo,imsrked al Richmond, Va, which
leads 10 the belief that be WAS expected hers about
this time. The Marshal teegrsphed yesterday to llS
Provost Marshal II Bal nore and the Secretary Of
State that Will 'ms wac here and ask what should
be done with him. Rrom Baltimore the answer cane
tba, they were awaiting orders from General Butler
about him. and that he was to be held. THIS morning
a dispatch came from the Secretary OF State WASH
ingtoD, directing hs removal ~ Fott Lafayette, New
York, where other sece,sodsts imprisoned, and in
accordance with thai order ho rent forward to-day
III cutody Of officers. Boston journal
MURDER or TRkAsrEp.--Yesterday morning.
about O'Clock, IA the 26th Pennsylvania Regiment
Colonel w. +. Small, tho way 10 enc.mp near
Blsdensburg and when Jus. below the Goyornment
Printing Otfco, in "Swaml loodle, soldier, named
Daniel Roberto, belonging 10 Company 7, ss.t the
teanster OF his company, uamed Wolfe, killing him in-
s,antly.
Roberts and others had been detailed Os guard TO
tho wagon, and when NJ the spot named, be went 10
the teans.er, and asked 20 ride in tho wagon; bu.
Wolfe refused 70 let him get in as the team WAS heav-
iy loaded. Roberts then cursed the driver, calling
hin d---d s-n Of b-h, when Wolfe dismoun,ed
and walked to yard the soicr, who Immediately lev
eled his muftet and fred the change Of ball and buck
shot entering bis left side the sbori ribs, infc,
Ing most honid wound, which caussd''lmost instant