, 1861-06-13
SKIRhlIsH At CEKTERYILLE.
Senator Douglas Successor Ap-
CAPTURE OF 4 SECESSION FLAG
AT COLUMBUS, KY.
THE. WHEELING CONVENTION.
Retreat.
THE, TRAITOR TWlccs!


Important From WashIDEton. !
Especial Dispatch to Chicago Trhune.J
WASHINGTON, June L. !,
The report which Has curr ent here 1st eve
ming at alnte hour, and was telesraphed to
the morning Journals Of all the principal cit
les, that Gen. Butler had carried the tebel bat
te1ies ut Great Bethel, proves to have been D
mischievous invention. The appetite Of the
public is 80 greedy for news, that reports, in
Themselves. highly improbable, are eagerly
caught up, and, passing from mouth to mouth,
become facts to half the people who. hear
them
But what was not true to-day may be true
tomorrow. General Buffers brother, noE
here, Just from Fortress Monroe, with official
reports Of the affair in which Gen. Pierce led,
says that the General expected to take the
batteries this morning.
The loss in the unsuccessful attack was not
as serious as was at first supposed. Fifteen
were killed and fifty wounded among the
Federal troops. Loss Of the rebels not ascer.
tanned.
The weather has been so extremely hot here
during the last few days, that no forward
movement could be thought Of. Yesterday
during the march Of Michigan Second to their
encampment, two miles north Of Georgetown,
some fifteen men dropped in the ranks from
sheer exhaustion. The troops were worn by
want Of sleep and the discomforts Of travel.
It Is NOW evident to military men, and so set
down in military circles, that no advance will
be made upon Manassas junction until Gen.
Patte1son's column Of, Pennsylvanians from:
Chambereburgh haye obtained a foot-hold Oh
the sacred soil Of Virginia. And his move
ments depend upon and must be measured BY
the advance Of Gen. McClellan's boys from the
West.
six more Ohio regiments have been ordered
into Western Virginia, to clear the valley Of
the KanaEha Of eecessionists who are harrass.
log the peaceable Union men.
It is understood here that the Virginia State
Convention will call out BY the exercise Of its
sovereign authority, eight regiments Of loyal
troops to be armed and equipped By the Fed
eral Government for the war. They will pro-
bab1y find plenty Of employment in the dis
t1icts from which they ore to be recruited.
4 large number Of bosts we're sent from
Georgetown, up the canal, yesterday. It is
! supposed that they are intended to carry over
the Potomac our troops at Edwards Ferry,
between here md Ha1per's Ferry. The three
battalions Of District volunteers and the
Pennsylvania First aud New York Ninth,
with a battery Of Light artillery, Of whose
marching I have advised you, orc in posses
sion Of the former place, ere this.
Professor Lowe has been ordered to repair
tiz.sa. st1144.tly With hio balloon and uronaukic
/ apparatus to Fortress Monroe, and place him
self at the disposal Of Gen; Butler, who will
by the Professors aid learn what Is going on
| among the rebels around him.
The transportation Department here now
is In possession Of about 700 wagons, 2,500
horses and mules aud 1000 men. There are
thought to be sufficient for an advance when
it ts ordered. =,
= Notwithstanding the Withdrawal of the
troops there are still Il, 600 on this side Of the
| Potomac
General Scott is highly pleased with the rail-
road speed and military celebrity which hare
distinguished Gen McClel1an's advance from
Wheeling to Cumberland.
Ten more regiments will be added to Gen.
Buffers command at Fortress Monroe, with
! out the least possible delay. This is inter
pretcd to mean an advance upon Richmond
| over the route between James and York
rivers, ut the came time that Gen. Scott sweeps
down upon that place from the camp at Alex
andrla, The folds Of the Generals plan begin
to enclose the enemy. The rebels must soon
retreat or hazard an ATTACK from these
c0lumus directed apa1nRt them