The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-08-01
FROM WASHINGTON.

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FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, July. 99.-Capt Allen Of
and Two other naliona!
soldiers. have Just arrived from Centre
vile. One was a member OF the list
New York, and the other. Orlando Wal
drof. of the I'd Wisconsin Regiment.
They were prisoners at Sudley Church
but escaped.
Capt. Alien says the rebels admitted a
loss Of fifteen hundred killed in the bat
lie Of Sunday.
The rebels have 500 Of our men pris-
onsrs, but they are we'll treated.
The rebels refuse to bury the bodies Of
Zouaves. and any ore with red shirts or
pants Of Zouave cut fares badly al their
hands.
Col. Wood Of the Brooklyn Regiment
is prisoner at Richmond. badly wounded
in the leg, but It was thought he
woui recover. COL Slocum had died Of
his WOUNDS. The captured U. 8. Sur
geons are employed in attending to the
WOunueu bOlutTs.
The enemy claim to have AZ Federal Of.
fcers and l9 medical men among their
prisoners,
The bill providing for direct taxation
and a system of internal duties will un-
doubtedly be amended in Congress. No
heavy land tax will pass on account Of
the opposition Of Western members.
Ample provision will be made for the
punclu4l payment Of the interest on the
National loan. .....
Col Farnham of the New York Fire
Z,uavcs is doing well this morning, and
bis recovery is confidently expected.
Persons who have arrived here from
the lines Of the rebel army, report that
Gen. Beauregsrd intends to make a move
ment upon Washington by way of Lees
burg. There is no alarm here 10 conse-
queoce Of the report.
The most Trustworthy accounts which
have been received here from Manassas
Junction, place the whole rebel force
which was concentrated at that point on
Sunday at from $4,000 to $4,000 men,
10000 Of whom took part in the battle.
WAsnINoroE, July 9Lh.--Rumors are
rife Of the Confvderatcs having crossed
the Potomac in force above Washington.
1t is not credited, although Henry May
of Baltimore, says il is true.
Military men say that Gen. Wool and
Harney viii both be called into the field
to head coluu ms Of McClellau's army.
Patterson gives as one excuse for his
failure that he could got no army wagous,
because orders from the War Department
obliged him TO procure wagons only from
one particular Pennsylvania manufacture
another Cameronian exploit.
General Mcclellan is most active and
unremitting in the supervision Of the whole
army. His frequent presence among them
has already inspired confidence, and con-
trbuted TO etiaoe all tue effects Of the dis.
asler at Manassas.
Col. Farnham, of the Fire Zouaves, has
become insane from the effects ofexposure
and hardships. and imagines himself lead,
ing attacks on the euemy's batteriee.
Rumors OF the abandonment of Harpe 8
Ferry and Hampton are thought to be
premature.
Four hundred horses for the army ar.
rived last night.
The Senate consumed the day on Sim.
mons Tariff, which adds 10 per cent. to
the Morrill, Tariff and to all the free list
sIupendous specimen of folly. Sumner
would strike out ths 10 per cent. addi
tons, on the ground that it would raise
less revenue and render the very name OF
a tariff odious at home and abroad.
Ho got only seven Senators 10 vote with
him. All Western Senators, including
Sherman and Wade, who went for pilng
on the agony.
It's to be hoped that the House will
correct the blundor OF the infatuated SEN
ate.
The House, af,er much squa>ling, pass.
cd the Direct Tax Bill, adding three per
cent. income tax, aud Ave cents per gal.
lon Tor distilled aud two cents for fermsnt.
ed liquors, The income tax is on oil sal
aries, profits, interests, &c., over six hun.
dred dollars per Annum. All Democrats
and Southern Americans voted against the
bill, which passed by the small majority
Of seventeen,
Cox's Pence Proposition ia the House
to-day iS tho most damaging thing hC
could possibly have devised for his owl
Political Record Just on tho heels Of the
repulso before Manassas, the politician
who prates Of a peace commission Of de
funcl Presidents 10 meet the Confederate
Rebels in cOuncil and tinker at further
amendments 10 the Constitution, stulti6O
o himself and insults the army and the peo
pie.
Cox's demand for the previous question
= on his resolution, met with perfept thuu
. der OF no, and his demand for yeas Au
nays, received forty',wo out Of one hun
A dred aud twenty.Seven votes. The fol
lowing western msmbers voted aye, Co,
Webb, Morris, Nugent, Pendlston, Va
: angham aud White Of Ohio; Craven,
Holman. Lane and VOORHEES, Of Iudiani
a Logan, Richardson and Robinson ol III
nois.
: WAsnIEoroN, July 80 "A party of =,
bells were observed last night engaged
!, sounding the depth Of the Potomac
d Coons' Ford above Great Falls.
II Beaurega'd has sent parties OF troOI
y into Loudou county. Virginia, tV prOcu
s, provisions and wagons.
al General Mcclellan has issued an ord
p torbiding the departing soldiers from tal
in0 IhAir nrma With lhn,,,