Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-06-04
Affairs in Virsinia,

The Richmond papers Of Fr,day and SATURDAY.
contain the following isens Of news:
A letter ron Manassas Junction says that -,
sttol is now impreg ma BILE.
The rorfolk Argus Of ,,ae a1b MI con.,,,. ., .
following items 'u0
we iss.rn that two companies from Baltimore
/ arrived at Suffolk Yesterday by the N. and P
Road
Work at the yard goes bravely on. The splen.
did first class steam ffigate Merrimac has bsen
| raised, and the beautiful sloops- ofswat Dolphin
| and Germantown will soon be aaoat We fesrt,
that six or seven tons Of powder SUNK in ne Msr.
rimac have been saved In good condition
| Five t~elve-pound Dahlgren bronze howitzers
had been hshed up at the hayward In good con.
| 6ition
John D. Myrick had been appointed CAPTAIN q,
an Artillery Company Of Baltimoreans organised
CT p,esident Davis movements the Examines,
says President Davis, accompanied by Gov.
Floyd and Col Wigfall, visited the camp yester.
day He had been preceded by Gov tetcher
When the party arrived, he inspected the Ten.
made an impressive address to It, !,
letter from Manassas! dated the 3Oth, says ali
| were alive thefe, anticipating orders to marc
| upon Alexandria. All the Richmond papers re.
fuse to notice the arrival of troops to state the
number at different points. President Davis held
levee at Richmond on Thursday. Gen Walter
Gwyn. late Of Virginia, has been appointed by
Gov. Ellis Brigadier-General of the army Of North
Carolina Gen. Gwyn left Raleigh on Sunday
morning last TO make reconnaissance Of the de.
fences on the coast of that State
The Dispatch recommends that the Texan Ran
| gers, who, have recently arrived IN Vifginis;
should he detailed for duty on the borders Of Ohio
| and Pennsylvania
Gov. hetcher has issued proclamation prohib.
iting on account Of the blockade, the expectation
| of provisions of any description.
Captain Avis, John Browns jailor, is the com.
mandsr OF company in charge Of the hospital
| near Harpers Ferry.
On Tuesday last, m citing of superintendent
Of the different railroads in Virginia was held at
Richmond. Nine roads were represented and a
new time table for the running Of pesseny yer trains
| between Richmond and Manassas Junction was
| agreed upon. A resolution was adopted REQUIRING
thr com panies to erect lines OF telegraph
| along their respective roads.
The brother Of Jackson is announced to be near
| Alexandra, with his wife, picking of from two
| to five northern soldiers daily Gov Letcher has
sent for the family Of the slayer of Ellsworth no
| will hereafter be provided for by the State
| Thee are three South Carolina regiments at the
| Manassas Junction.
| Mr. Crenshaw has rendered to JEFF Davis the
grataitous use OF his house, furniture and negroes
| for term of three months, or longei II desired
| for the presidential Mansion },
| The Dispatch of the 3lst reports that II has re-
| ceived information that son Of the law partner
| OF the President of the Loudon and Ham pshire
Railway had been arrested by the South Carolina
Volunteers and hung as spy. open his person,
concealed In his coat collar, when arrested were
map OF harpcr's Ferry, and manuscript en-
bodying the writer's Ideas in regard to the effec-
tive force and disposition Of trools at the Ferry
and the best mode for the Federal forces to pursue
to ensure success
Ex-Gov. Wise's Partisan Legion is to comprise
cavalry and infantry, and they are to be armed
with all kinds of weapons
The Alabama Rangers, at R Richmond, are armed
with Mississippi rifles and bowie knives.