Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-01

! young Welsh, Of York, Pa, was sent homo
/ this morning.
| Maj Doubleday saw a party of robel
troops clustered around the woods upon
the high hill opposite Williamsport and
threw "a pound shot ut them this after
noon. They scnmpered over crest al more
than double quick.
! Orders forthc march of the reserve guard
consisting OF The LIST Wisconsin, 4th Con-
! necticut and eth Pennsylvania were issued
this evening. McMullin's independent
RINGERS, also; from the ftct that this corps
is especial. as tue body guard of Gen,
I Patterson, presume that lie two moves
his headquarters southwark.
Lieut.. Elder, of Capt. Doubleday's COM
mand, harmed from the party who brought
/; iu the flag Of truce yesterday, that the
: Virginians are forced TO feed their horses
exclusively upon corn, they have no old
/ hay and acknowledges that not only
/; proveuder, but provisions of all kinds are
very scarce, They said everything in the'
. valley of Virginia was literally exhausted.
! Ii is believed that our troops will cross
: the Potomac partly at WiIliAmsport and
partly at Shepherds Ford, nine miles be-
( low. Both are excellent fOrds. If they
cross at the latter point and pass rapidly
: forward they might succeed in capturing,
at least, 800 cavalry troops. All are in-
spiraled ut the idea of forward move
ment.
Intelligence from Stevenson's Station,
/ where Johuson's headquarters now are,
. declares the force encamped Immediately
about him Mt full 5000. He has sixteen
pieces artillery. or these six are riaed
twelve FOUNDERS. two tweuty-tour Founders
of the old kind, two twelvepound howitzers
of the old kind, and the remainder six
. founders. niue of the latter are rihed.-
! Their troops are well drilled but not so
well equipped as ours, and are under 'ery
strict discipline. The men seem discon-
tented and are slovenlY in their habits.
| Two regiments, one of AlHbamians and
the other of AIississippians, reached Har-
por's Ferry this morning, aud destroyed
the balance of the railroad tressle work,
and crossed over TO the Maryland shore,
scizing all the boats they could get, either
breaking them up or taking them over the
! river. All tue Union men of Harper Fer
, ry were again driven out.
Alvery, the secession leader arrested
! here ten days ago, leaves here Tomorrow
for Fort McHenry, by way of Chambers
burg and Harrisburg. His trunk is al
ready packed. lie is under guard of
McMullen's Rangers. Any attempt at
rescue would prove hazardous in the ex-
trcmc.
have just learned that McMulleu's
Rangers encamp Tomorrow night ut Shop
herdstown Some regiments will bethrown
farwnrd with them. The headquarters of
Gen. Patterson will be advanced further
sonthwHrd within 81 day or two.
Capt. Newton, of the Engineers has Wis.,
tied Maryland Heights, for the purpose OF
Z selecting the point upon which 10 erect Al
! battery to command Harper's Ferry.
I WASHINGTON, June 2s.-This afternoon
7 the President hoisted the national flag over
! the canopy recently erected south of the
executive mansion, in the grounds attach
ed there. Among tue distinguished spec
/ tators present were Secretaries Seward and
/ Smith, and Generals Scott and Mansfield.
Rev. Smith Pyne, of the Episbnpal Church,
! delivered prayer appropriate to the occa-
, ton. The military were represented by
, the New York 18th and a detachment of
regulars. The salute to the flag, tho
= booming of cannon, the strains OF music,
I and the cheering of the President ana
Gen. Scott, concluded the ceremonies.
3 Capt. Craven has been ordered to COM
mnnd the Potomac lotilla, in place of
: Capt. Ward, deceased.
The New Jersey Brigade, which arrived
to-day, will Immediately go into camp near
/ this city, in the nelghborhood of the Rhode
! Island regiments.
1 Two large scows are to be immediately
built, each capable of mounting eight 81
Founders, with movable barricedes for the
: protection of troops thereon.
The steam transport, james Guy, left the
Navy Yard this morning, with supplies for
I the Freedom, which is reconnoitcring be-
/ tween Matthias Point aud Acquia Greek.
! The steamers Cambridge, Ben Deford and
/ Pembroke, arrived ut tue arsenal this nf
ternoon, the first named bringing Col.
Cass' Boston Regiment, and the other ves-
7 sells army supplies. The Cambridge, in
passing Matthias Point, threw grape shot
into the bushes Whereabouts, under the mp
prchcnson that the Confederates might be
in their former hiding places; but no re-
Spouse, however, came from the shore
! Had Col. Cnss been aware of the recent nc-
I ton and the consequent death of Captain
Ward, the Boston Regiment would have de-
barked and thoroughly secured the neigh
borhood.
The remains of Capt. Ward left here on
the % p. N. train, to-day, and will arrive
at Philadelphia at 10 tonight, and thence
be carried to New York on Sunday eve
! Mug.
ALpxAxDniA, June 29.-The election for
a member of the State Legislature, under
the Wheeling regime, which was to have
been held to-day, has been postponed un-
til Tuesday. IL does not appear to meet