The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-03
DETAILS OF WAR NEWS.
Presentation Of sword to Gel. Robert AM
derssn-An American Flag Raised ever
Gen. Scouts kesidence-Legien OF Union
Letting Of the Great Beef Contract, etc.


From the baltimore Sun Of Friday last we
find the following interesting drta'ie
The Marlboro Gazette S tates tnat = ephp
PAW of Federal troops en- tereo TOT ioo 10
Md. on Saturday or SUNDAY i n. he ci,izens
tended encamp ping there. Some Oh ,he eili@en'
of th,t cnunty are suspected OF haFihS re-
ouested the Government to seha tne sioV ~
there on the plea that they were ieI Gu ,o'
,hs rro,ec ton of the Union men Inc COM
,anr referred to by the Gazette proo'ipiy CON
sisted of men from the y cruiser rec
hnrn which arrived off Port TOBACCO 10"
days ago.I ,,,,erts b.ve TINS far
been accepted for the war from the States OF
New York, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana Inc
con tingents from the other States Will oFlhs ~
very near two hundred.
..ueraI order has been issued from the
War Department, granting to the volunteers
now enlisted i'll the service OF the y nited states
the same money allowances Tor ciothihs as the
regulars. :;
~ no present ted by the members OF the Ken
tucky Legis iature to Col Robert Anderson
A day or two ago the citizens OF EilZtoeth,
n. J., raised large American nag over 'ne
residence of Gen Scott, in that place.
The regiment of volunteers at st. Louis,
commanded by Col f p. Blair, Jr., has been
ordered to Fortress Monroe.
Col Miles U. 5. A, recently stationed al
Fort Ieayen worth, left st. Louis on Monday
for Pittsburg, where he is to be stationed
Lieut.. Ruggies accompanied hlm'
PROM OLD POINT COMFORT.
The steamer Adelaide, Capt. Cannon,
reached her wharf, from Old Point, yesterday
cinity. The steamer Georgia, on Wednesday,
landed the 1st New \ ork regiment AT OF lIess
Monroe. The regiment consisted OF 'ooo TAIN
and file. 49,, e....oss
and ON Wednesday afternoon We're encamped
het ween Hampton and Newport News point.
Among the passengers by me ,reois ian' VI
Major Fay, one OF Gen. Bntler stah' ne
w,S bearer of dispatches to Washing ton
uARyLASDEgs AT HARPER's FERRY.
auono the troops at Harper's Ferry and
Point of Rocks are a regiment of Maryianders.
nr,ncipaliy Baltimoreans, which mas been OF
ganlzed with George II. Steuart, Jr, as Colo-
mel; John Gushing, Jr, AdJutaht; Jonn H.
ION Assistant tuartermaster. II comprises
nine companies. The regiment numbers
,bout 700 men, all of whom have been mus
tered into the service OF the Confederate
States for the war.
THE PRIZES AT THE WASHINGTON MAYNARD.
The prizes brought up to the Navy Yard at
Washing on, on Wednesday, are valued al
$40 472-Ihe British schooner Troplc Wind,
laden with tobacco, worm s-Z,4'Z, ana The
schooners Gen. Knox and Virginia, iadeh
with timber, each To the amount OF $4,000
The former was captured down in HAM toI
Roads, and the two latter at the mouth Of
York river. They are now at the Yard, await
ing the order Of the District Court OF the Uni
ted States.
LEGION OF UNION.
1t has been determined by the Government
TO give to every man, of Whate rank, srry-
ing in the Army Navy of the United States
In defence of the Union, diploma, on parch'
ment, or fine parchment paper.
THE LETTING OF THE GREAT BEBP CONTRACT.
The opening of the bids for the great Army
dlGclOSpC
| the fact that Hugh Maher, of Chicago Ill Is
| the lowest bidder, offering to furnish the beef
| wanted tor the Army, delivered in Pennsyi
yania at So so per hundred, and in Washing
| ION City 1T 81 As The present contract costs
| the Government IS per hundred.
THE SOUTHERN BLOCKADE.
| The Destruction Of the DefenSes Shil
| IsIand-Te.cds Ports Btockdded.
The New Orleans Picayune, of the 24tt
| inst, has the following additional particu
| lars of the des truction of the unfinished Tor
LITIGATION on Ship Island
| BILOXI, MISS May %.
| Our village is all excitement at the sup
| posed destruction of Fort Ship Island. Tn
| Fort is located from this place distant thir
| teen miles The flames are bursting iron
| the direction of the fort, and all come to tn
| conclusion that the quarters in the fort ar
beng destroyed. One OF the citizens, with tn
| aid of fine telescope, says he discerns a Iarg
| ship outside of the harbor, steering dlrect!
| from land.
| There are one or two small vessels now i
sight. steering for Biloxi, supposed to be tn
| Light House boats.
An extra of the Handsboro' (Miss.) Demo
crat, dated May 22d, says
| awe have lust received information from
| number OF eve witnesses that the unflnIshe
| fortltication on Ship Island has been ievele
To the ground and completely destroyed
| The buildings, comprising large dWeliin
| how hnE fira
smoke of which can plainly be seen from tll
beach.
This interesting specimen of vandalism
the work of parties landing from ship Yam
kee of course anchored i'll the harbor, whC
| having duly accomplished their NiliainOu
work, with their usual alacrity, sneaked o
to parts unknown. There is no telling hu
} they may return and destroy the towns on tn
, coast
A letter from Galveston, Texas, dated Ma
10, says
81 learned Yesterday that all our ports al
: | bloc kaded. The Government vessels fired IN
and stopped a couple OF Southern vessels, al
| our ardent Sou throns are as not as nre aboi
/, 1T. We have got two forts on the oeach, bun
| of sand bags and barrels, and seven or eigl
| uie. a, of artillery. Everything is very du
here at present and every one out or enplo,
! ment "
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON, May 30-The Military d
|
, | which Colonel Robert Anderson has just bee
assigned embraces so much of that State
| lies within one hundred miles OF the Oh
q river. Headq uarters for the present, Loui
. | vile.
The Garibaldi Guard marched to the Pres
= | dents house this afternoon, and were revie Y
, ed by the President, Gen. Scott, and Score tai
: Seward; afterwards they drew up in line b
II fore the residence of the Sandman Minister
. | 1t is understood that the Garibaldi Qua
and New York MIN tn Regiment will very so
be ordered to an important advance NOV
! ment into Virginia.
Tonight two of the Dis volunteer cor
l. panies We're ordered to arms, with prepar
e tons for a long march
The troops near Alexandria commence
u last night, throwing up entertainments abe
n a mile west of that city, to command the q
az proaches from the Virginia side.
III Between two and three hundred barrels
re -four We're seized at Arlington Mills, six mi
- from Alexandria, this morning. The flo
, was intended for the secession forces.
at The Secretary OF State tonight is again
, pensing his Inequalities to various militia
=" officers including sCme from the I'd and 20
1t | New York, 5th,Pennsylyaniaa and New Jers
Regiments together with sundry officers
| the Dis trict militia and marine corps. Amo
other guests at the brilliant entertainme
were the Foreign Ministers and the Cabin
u officers.
10 No proposals for the loan of nearly si4, 900,
under the act of June last We're opened
~ There were offers for Treasury Notes, but
o those for bonds were restricted to par and OF
six per centum was allowed, it is not kno
that there were any bidding. The thirty df
er notice req uired by law before the power to
sue Treasury Notes could accrue, expired
CIV day, and the department Will therefore aN
I'd itself of that means of meeting the wants
in | the Treasury
~ Although Ex- Governor Banks had signii