The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-06-28
Washington Items.

\ NiStS NVb'ibho w ItIttottit " wv
intention Of Beauregard to advanc,
on the federal line.
I. Yesterday was tho day fixed O,
for q movement on Washington. -
The government is satisfied Of this
and has ascertained that an exten
: sive spy system 10 III operation 10
the benefit Of the rebel government
/, Letters have been cent daily frou
Washington South, 10y persons VIII
are here to watch the operations q
the government.
Professor Lowe takes his bal,oo
1 down to Falls Church to-day,
/ lie will make an ascent to-mor
row morning, and take view OF tn
rebel camps al Fairfax.
D 1t is believed that the Navy Dc
partment will make an average u
all the bids for gun boats, and awnr,
them to contractors who will bull,
them within sixty dsys.
= a dispatch says tlat Baltimore i
Iquict on the surface, but is proiourd
" agitnted underneath, aud is oul,
held IN check 10y foar. At any in
dication ol au outbreak, Major Gen
eral Banks will without doubt shpl
the city from Fort MclIenry. II,
i. the mar to obey his orders to ID,
very letter.
Roiniorcaments for which Col
Stune has suut are only OF ordnance
i without which he hcsitatcs to eros,
the river aud attack the enemy
batteries that daily menace him.
! TIE original design oi h,s expe
'ditiOn was to cut off the retreat IRON
llarper's Ferry.
! Commodore Vanderbilt has Offered
government tine steamer Vanderbilt
at u iair valuations; il it won't tax,
her on these terms, they will make
: her present to the United States.
/ The Atlantic Steamship Company
through anderbilt, have Offered
government the following steamers:
the OcUan Queen, new aud complet,
IN every respect; tue Ariel in Tail
conditions; the new iron steamship
Champion, built in 1859; very lgh
,draught Ol water and steamer Dame
Webster.
j. The price OF either or all OF sait
steamers in subject to the decision o
the Board vi CJmmodores.
Johnson and Elheridge, OF Ten
hesspe, have been assured by III,
war office that the Union men il
East Tennessee, AMI wherever elst
in the state they may need assis,
ance, shall be sustained by the stron!
arm OF tie government, and an orle
has been Issued including Tenncsse,
lin the district under command U
Brigadier General Anderson.
A naval expedition Vi lnucl
magnitude will soon be fitted out I,
operate on the cUa.t Of Texas, con
sisling OF war vessels and transports
. carrying munitions of war and men
The expedition will be lsrg,
. enough to take the field, aud torn
a nucleus around which the Union
men under Houston Can rally.
To morrow therc will be an ex
tral rdirary meeting oi the Cabinet
, when General Scott and his staff
the various Generals and Colon,l l.
'of regiment now in aud about Wash
ingtun, will be present.
, 1t is understood that Major Gen
erals Butler, Banks and DIX hay,
all been summoned.
Scott will submit his p-ogramm,
, tor prosecuting tho war. That th'
rebels have changed theirs cnnno
] be doubted, hence /, is Believed Gen
Scott has some new project to sub
init NJ this great council ut war
Our government has demanded o
9 the Prussian Minister that the ex
8 equator OF rrappenan, Prussian Con
sui AT Charleston, who recently lei
:, Boston with dispatches from JET
: Davis to his Commissioners in En-
@ rope, shall be Withdrawn.
!. This demand will be- compile
with by that government. 1t
= understood that all dispatches TO al
from the South that go 10 uropt
: are sent through the Foreign Logs
II tions. This matter will nndoubtedl
!. be inquired irto.
=. WAsuISGTnN, June o5 The r,
:, brls arc erecting defensive works i
the nieghhoriood OF Fairfax Cnul
House. Bear gard told u lady th,
- the coniH!rrales have no purpose ,
= Invade Washington. Prob ,bly I'll
i recent increase Of the federal trool
h 9 c angcd his purpose.
Il a woman WAS arrested to-day O
:, a spy, and chart OF the precs
q sipo>itton of orr troops, &c, wei
i, llIrnd an her
=, The Uui,cd States pickets no
extend ali the way from Georgctn y
Il 10 llarptr's Ferry.
~ Thcrc il un sign OF early mov'
g inrnis in Virginia,
4, 1t ia said that Gen. Scott held
:, military corfrrrcc to day.
lc WA miNGr n june "a - III
N Post6llicc Department, to-day. =,
/ cmred that Postmasters must disr
rs gard any stam,,a on lottcrs bearin
is mark of express Companies, whrr
there il reason 90 believe they con
from disloynl states.