The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-12
In Want of Arms.
From the Washington Star of last evening.

AFFAIRS AT MARTlNSBuRG.
We take the following from "a letter dated Mar
tinsburg, Va July s:
This afternoon Captain Girard, company F,
Seventh regiment, went our with fifteen men, unOu
picket duty, and prispd ard captured three Nir-
gini1 drago and fur horses.
The guard house is rapidly filling up with prsO-
ners, and before long it will bee me necessary
either TO send some of them away or provide more
commodi qnar'ers. The prisoners Of war II
This division Will be sent to Fort Delaware.
The brigade under c |. Stone arrived this morn
ing. 1t embraces the Severth PenHs' lvau'a rrgi-
ment Ninth New York Second and Thi'd ,scon-
SIM Third New Hampshire, and First Pennsy ylvauia,
the whole nun 'ering some 900
The town and tn adj tcent country is now just
as full, and little fuller, than is comfortable as
the force here now amOunts to something over
30 900
General Patterson this morning issued an order
that the Provost Marshal should search the
for any articles cnntraband OF war, and rh- search
has produced SCmr queer rev l'tious. At th- Ev
erett House. lat- the h.adqut t-rs of tn" G"nrd.r
ate army there b,x f medicine was found,
signed TO DR.. F. A. Nicholson. Hopkins HnsrisaI,
Winchester, Va. All the bottlrs bare the lab ~
Bullock & C,enstaw, Sixth and A ,ch stre"tS, Phil
ad~lphia, but the packiug of he b t5e BaIuu"re
papers aud a Baltimore card III ned upslt- wa.
" as used for Label. Sergeant Fdm r, Of tho 23i,
found in a house down town ruuber at sab
and pistols, which have been turned over t" head
quarters.
Ooerations have been commrnc to-day tor the
restoration of the Baltimore aud hio road, and
they viii! be pushed forward with the utmost vignr-
RUMoeED MOVEMENTS OF GEN. pEAuHEGAND.
[Speciat Correspondence Of Tie star
FAILS CHunCH Fairfax CO Va july 1.-THE
disunion Ton cts in this vicinity yesterday dre" In
their pckets to the immediate vicinity OF Fairfax
| Court House, thus falling back as it weFe about
two or three mikes. They also struck the tents OF
| their camp there, evidently in preparation ter
| movement Of all their troops i'll that immediate
| vicinity.
All this evidently means that ther hava gotten
wind Of the story OF the purpose "i Hth McD'"e'
to advance shortly, their position there in over
wheming force, and are getting ready to- baeK out
OF it in double quick time. That is 1t they d" rot
mean to advance in this direction. l can account
for these preparations on their part on no other
reasonable theory.
p S.-rhey certainly received reinforcement
of artillery at Fairfax Court House yesterday.
NAVY YARD.
Ia the anchor shop, the hands, under the super
| iptendence of master workman John Tucker, are
! busily engaged in making the heavy anchors for
! the sloop-oi-war Pensacola living at the dock
receiving her engines. She is to be provided with
| five 1000 pound anchors, besides eight small ones
varying from 600 pounds down to 20 pounds
| Those under $50 pounds for her vawls. The
Pensacola will probably be ready for sea by the lSt
| of August. ,. .
| The EMPLOYEES in the ordnance department are
| busilv eng aged day and night. They are divided
| into two gangs, works week at night, and
the next week the other relieve them. Rapid prog
ress is made in the preparation OF ordnance stores.
ANOTHER FLAG OF TRUCE
As ne 90 to press there is rumOr ahoat that
arother fac of truce has arrived at Arlington from
| the enemies lines.
| Seven thousand horses have been ordered to be
| purchased for use at Washington, and several
| thousand for Fortress Monroe and Gen. Patterson.
HEfNAN ONCE MORE TO ENTER THE RLNG.-Mace'
the coma ueror of the loutish Hurst, claiming be
champion of England, by virtue of his easy victory
will have to defend his title against John G. Hee-
nan. Wilkes' Spirit says
We hear from quarter, which should be wei
| informed, that Mace and his backer want to make
a match with Heenan. The Sporting Life, too say 3
that Mace the spice wanted to give tne nuns
ing flavor to HeeRan's Ame ican hash, anu tne h
| tor of Bells Life who is still OF the opihion 'nH'
| savers could have pulled through, declares Mace
! bigger man than Savers and, in appearance a 'o.
,;Sh,o antoronist To any he knows. ne Is
cold to ha the most scientific ana acc"hpiis"eu po
- - :, od.rn times be has undergone h"tnihg
u a. and tear that Sayers bAs, anu ABOVE al ,
h Ii " himself champion. Now, II there Is gram
| nf t,uth in all this, theY VIII oack MIN against
Uenan for an adequate sum, and the oacSers OF the
Liter are ready to meet any proposition looking
20 a contest for such amount Will maxi 1t
nreyent the bys anders from taking active part
10 the batIle at its critical IN 'm-nt
The police of the Ninth precinct, in New YORK
city, arrested on Monday last no less than hy own
ers a. dogs in the Ninth ward for violation ot the
ordinance against allowing dogs to run at iai se'
The penalty for the offence is $40
The New Hampshire Legislature has made
Thanksgiving day, Fast day, zzd reo' 'u@ - f'u VI
, July and Christmas, legal holidays.
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