The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-08-26
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ONE HrSpurp MuLrs are daily broken to hnr-
ness in Washington, aud handed over in teams
of four tu the wagoncr-. Eleven thousand more
mules will Ice in u-c within the month.
Tul SrcRurNRr or WAH la, dismissed Pat
rick iouIdau, the principal messenger to the d..
partmCnt. lie was pct Oi FloNds, AMI has
been suspected Of treason n, he was known I?
entertain strong symiathcs Tor his ior,rSS; cnicl
WM. ID. Bat, 'k,.i.k in the Paymastcr,
b,pallm',.l'EerIgncd ON Thursday rather than
lnh' ihH oath al allegiance. There are more II
4 IRE Department that might bc dismissed for TIA,
| reason that they have more ,NmpIthv with re-
| hrllion than with loyalty.
SrNNroH ANDREW Johnson expects t.
lcad an army vixen he returns To Tennessee
The Administration will do all that !, poSsibl,
10 sustain the | 'niun cause in that state.
SIGNAL LIGur, AcEu~s rIE roroMAC have
l,cn distinctly seen from Gen. MctHlls camp
The, were apparently lire balloons. They Shove,
blue and white alternately, AMI remained in th'
| air for several minutes.
GEN. Mcclellan mas nEEN ~ CoHTE-roN
| pENCE with the Post Office Department respect
inl, the conveyance of letters 10y expires TO an,
from the rebel ,tatcs. The General means {,
tut n stop 70 il. and that most eilcctually.
A NEw TELEGRAPH LINE is in course of con,
stiuction, for army purposes from Washington
to Frederick via Camp Tcnclly and Rockville,
1t will bc completed in few days.
GIN. Din Is Much BLAMED for allowing a
rebel ovation to prisoners in Baltimore, rs the
dlsloyal citizens there show no appreciation d
such kindness.
INrELLIGrSCE ro III RELIED on states thai
the Alexandria and l.oudon Railroad * d0tte.
with rebel camps. 1t is "A pity their reconnoitcr
ing officers report the Potomac high and unfOrd
allie. At l.ecsburg, there are Z, 600 infantry an,
six cannon. Five or six miles below on tn
track there are Il, 900 infantry and six more can
non. -Four miles further down, are about $500
infantry. In all Of LoudOn county, are 200
rebel cavalry, hut tho water OF the Potomac i
above their saddlc-bows.
TnE ATroRSEY- GENERAr, TO whom was re
/, RED the subject OF the refusal Of Mayor BEgRE
to take the oath prescribed by law asa member o
| the Board Of Metropolitan Police, has decide,
| that the Police Commissioners, being officers q
the Government and connected with the d.
partment of the Interior, to which they ar
bound to mako annual report, they are within
| the terms Of the oath Of allegiance prescribed b.
| the act OF Aug. Il.
Ir HAS BEEN AsCrRrAINED that the La
| withdrawal Of rchcl troops back 10 Ientrevill
was in reality "A stampede of eleven regiments
| who took fright, and abandoning everything
| run for the rear rs fast as they could 10, an
| until daylight rev called 30 them the fact tn,
| there were no Union troops following. The
| had leen impressed for two or three DAYS thu
I they were TO he attacked, and hearing son
| firing Of picketS In the front ON Monday nigh
the main bodic, at Vienna AMI nj Fairfax Cou
| House scaInpcrcd away in hot haste to Germ
town, at which poin, the roads from the ~
places come together and coming together, bo
corps Conjecturcd themselves being outHlnkc
| and sent out flags of truce to arrange terms
arrange terms of surrender.