, 1861-06-07
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From the geat Of War.


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WAaH1Keron, June g.: Col Cummings Of
Quarte1master GenesrE
4 lafge quantity Of LETTERS .reeei7ed here |
destined 1or The s5utb, aIs stopped. ::
i :. Especial to he Post] - -; :.
Marshal Bonifant Of Baltimore has begun
thorough work sgainst the Maryland rsbel1,
Yesterday lsEge QUANTITIES .;d1l Of powder and
quantity Of. specie evidently intended for the
rebels. were ee;zed md pat IN q safe p1nce..
Government kas approved the Marshau's act.s
Before closing the postal communication In
10
Ing them OF tbs intended suspension. 4 large
number have replied, Expressing loyalty to
the Government s;-.s: .-;. .'"
seyeral Of he three months troops in Viz
g.b:s, are to be removed and replaced By three
el;isen HON Baltin;ots ;,t says .he: u sar: and
eonyersed with Gen: Heauregard At iManas- !
Il i is understood s aets ikas fae tsbo1s have
Eent secret aaeate*e e Elesm { a, lllance
II" Two OBJ ossss % guns, 5sloSgs::4qt NsM York
Seventh Regiment, vera found today aboard
rebel schooner, at Alexandrla, the captain Of
which refused to hoist thaz fGdg7a1:d fig, when
member of The 9Th regiment iahet him in
Secretary Seward .redaas1;ed sthis morning
work at Ha1per's Feuy,: -: -
WAsn,na7os, June. aEAdnitional troops
have been ordered to Chambersburgh; iudt-
eating an early advance on Haxperb Ferry.
Probably an action will sala place ato:1norroW.
har f1no5 $n1r 10.
mediate1y how many eftthc three months
men .Will remain dntiEsg the vAE%; The result
will decide the Administration 1elatiyetD c.ll.
ing cut new levy: {, - {, IT,:
Sn% = aas2e2 fSs e dSabT
merce has resolved to present 4 suitable med :!
o1 to each and all Of Major Ande.edn'a and
Lieut. slemmer's commando at Forts samter
'RT ~ rlGktn, sfan,r ,v = W.;b,1ofon Il nn,,pbt
mo1s s watWeith Sid I'D r;}ed canson for the Govern.
.mtut, ircm loyal citizens nf Europe,
A dispatch 10 the 1rRtase gays those who
| Witnessed the firing from Newport With
good glasses, bealese- sheiAts-ffrom the Harriet
Lane took effect within the. works and cars
Tie dad The battery hag1o Of % guns. The
:Laue's purpose was merely to feel their fra
I pnd deteimIne the character Of the work She
received one shot through the bul lroEksfrom-
rthed gun. There Is another battery short
distance iaIther up The dimes River, ana itit f.
E:the Ehore at various nts-feazing thht Gen.
Butler mal land forces op that: side of the
/ riyef: E1A view Ut commanding the rear Of
t Norfolk sxnd cut of railroad communication
| With The South and Richmond. =, -. -
Latge numbers Ct iahose1s a5e 4x eng1ssd IN
hood Of fPleIpont.. :,
! WAEunoror, JUNG c-Ths post master =.
Memphis refusing.to distribute mails there,
| Post Master General Blair, orders til:
| Memphis office discontinued, and all pest
t masters to forward to dead.letter office all
matter directed to MemphiR-
It having been reported: that quantity Of
aims arc stored at Haynna under the British
flag, for the confederatess: . letter has been
I received from cur Consul in, which he says
the matter hnd prevtousty:enEagcd hle atten-
tiop. He fays it is impossible to land there
the leland would not pu1nit an illicit impor~
tst!on Of such IN amount: Of arms. a Span
ish 1ouee ordered from Belgium seventy
Il ouEad rifles tcr speculation. The house has
failed ard the order probably would not b.
| flied. The Consul Is under the impression
| TINT ten thousand Spanish muskets have been
sent to Southern ports. ::
ny captured At AIexandria took tho oath Of
allegiance to Tie Government to day and were
released.
The Monticello is nearly ready for SEA- All
the other steamers here have steam up rcady
to depart ct q moments notice, ::
| Fon1nEss Mosnor., 99ne 5, vla Baltimore
ehanged about lily sSvte. with the Pig Point
battery, nearly opposite Newport News, James
River. She received tNo shots, and. had five
men wounded severely. She was about threo.
/ fou1ths Of mile f1oE..:he battery, having
s2ss, sn5ssaEef %ao Be- Ts sss 5s 5saz
burst Immediately over them
The night before last five companies weni
nearly to the Ha1f.Wny House, between Hamp
ton and Yorktown. Gen. Butler has spent
the day at Newport News.
WASHINGTON, June 6-Co1. Bartlett, Of ths
Naval Brigade, ststes that Gen. Butler now hat
orders from the President and Secretary o.
War to accept the Naval Brigade with the full
complement of 1,20 men and 50 officers, a!
| ordered by the President On the 22d Of May.
In the New Orleans mail which reached Ma
CON Post Office yesterday, sta Pittsburg, Wa
General Regan, containing applications for tht
contract to carry the mail in the Confederate
Statea.
- N. r. Tfibnne's Dlspatch.]
WASHINGTON, Jrne 5-A person recently
from Richmond eays troops march at nigh
without music. Journals are forbidden tc
chronicle these secret movements. 'Unio1
men are In jail Is hostages for tho safety O.
Many Of the cannon ut Norfolk have been re
moved and deposited along the line for fear O.
falling trto the hands Of the Federal troops
when Norfolk shall be taken.
The brothers Of Col. Ellsworth's ASSASSIN
ere believed to be the Ensde1ers Of our pick
a company Of fifteen or twenty men finely
| mounted.
Fairfax county will bo represented In the
Wheeling Convention, By Unioa1sts Eho have
been driven from there,
a man whose assumcd name was Williams
an agent Of the Government, was arrested q
HarFer's Ferry yesterday and Immediately
hung rs a spy. A private dispatch from an
cfflcer In that vicinity affirm cd that the total
number Of dieunion troops at Harper's Ferry
Nearly all were little more than halC7dressed
md only baltied, almost hs1i Of them vert
not to be efficient.
Il DISPATCHES ircm onr Ministers abroad give
gratifying evidence Of better feeling towardE
| the Ncrth. the firm digntded, but temperate
te1or of the instructions from the Department
Of State to our Diplomatic corps, have con
yinced foreign cabinets that we have couragc
spirit and resolution At home, and will vindt
cate our rights, honor and territorial iategzi
" abroad. It is eaid the Austrian Cabinet
baye declined to receive Mr. Burlingame, o.
account of bis agency in procuring the pas
cage Of the bill raising the sazdiniaa Legation
to q full mission
lworld'a Special Dlepatch.l
WASHINGTON, June IA large amount O.
rolling stock from the Pennsylvania r. B. ha.
arrived here, to beused in transporting troop.
and munitions Of war III the contemplate
advance on Manasea& i:
Orders have beea Issued tonight for three
transport steamers to be fired up and KEEP
ready at moments notice.
Dr. Causta, well known physician of thil
city, Tas captured in Maryland, Is miles Abovs
the city, by party Of Virginia Secesslon1sts
yesterday. The fact caused considerable e1
cltement. s
i The Government corps Of toleEraphIc engi
. neere, under the superintendent OF Mr.. Al
he'd D. Ta;c0tt, commenced to dey re- erecan$
the lines extending along the 0rangeand Alex
Clouds Mills, about 4 miles from Alexandria
Several OF The rebel prisoners now condnet
On board the Powhatan at the Navy Yard, sen
apetit1on to Gen. Mansfield tonight, askinj
be permitted to take the cath Of allegiance, 81
that they may be released. - :
, The Common Council Of Petersburg ha!
voted to enrol all the white males In tha cit
: from 16 to 50 years old
New York Herald corrc5pondsnca.]
WAsHSGTox, June 5-The position of Ma
| ior General Banks ~as finally settled to-day
| The President, against all argument to to
contrary, backed By Gen. Scott, determined