Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-22
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, June 21-The following
: consuls have been appointed Edward Trow-
bridge of Connecticut, at Bermuda; William
Porter of Louis .ana, at Tripoli j. p. Hatten-
scendt of Kansas, at Morocco; w. +. Mast OF
Z Kentucky, at Stuttgardt; Wm. Budd Of Ten.
nessee, at Tangiers; w. II. Russell of Mis-
souri,, at Trinidad John E. Newport of Penn
sylvania, at Turks Island; James Churchman
of California, at Valparaiso Chas. j. Sundell
of Illinois, at Staten r NJ. Walsh of Penn
sylvania, at Leghorn A. B. Bradford of Penn
sylvania, at Annoy; E. w. Crawford at Ant
werp; John C. Underwood of Virginia, at
Ulioa George True OF Ohio, at FuncllaI; Jas
E. Vinton of Wisconsin, at Halifax r. p. L.
Baber OF Ohio, at Matanzas; A. L. Wolff of
Iowa. at Basic; Seth Webb, Jr., of Massachu
sets, commercial agent at Port au Prince.
The navy department has issued circular
to be sent to each of the two hundred bidders
for building gun boats, proposing to give $685.
900 for gun boats constructed in seventy days,
S54, 900 if in ninety days, and $4,000 If in
one hundred and five days, the entire number
of boats being twenty five of the class desig
mated. If the contractors exceed the number
then they are to draw lots or otherwise decide
as to whom the contract shall be awarded.
II. B. Tyler, recently arrested in New York,
was a lieutenant in the marine corps. He has
been drummed from the service.
that the captains and first leutenants of the old
army regiments appointed to the same grades
in the new regiments, are to be considered as
having been transferred and will accordingly
be mustered in their new regiments, and be
borne upon an army register with the same
date of rank ordinarily held by them
The 18th New York regiment went into
camp tonight, probably at Arlington Five
regiments on this side of the Potomac are
-.
The LIST Massachusetts regiment are camped
midway between Georgetown and the chain
bridge, and theirpickets extend from the form
err point to the latter, distance of three
miles.
First Lieutenant David Lewis, of the Dis
trict volunteers was accidentally and fatally
shot this morning, by one of his comrades.
Mrs. Lincoln and her twol sons, and Mrs.
Grimsley, accompanied by sen. Walbridge,
had narrow escape, this afternoon. The
horse attached to their carriage ran away, but
they were rescued by the gallanty OF mem-
bers of the New York Twenty fifth Regi
ment.
Special Dispatch to the Evening Post.
WASHINGTON, June 2l.-A party of rebels
came up the Potomac river last night as far as
Washington, and attempted 10 fire the Long
Bridge. They were fired upon by our troops
and four or five of them were killed. A num-
Der of other rebels were wounded. The re.
mainder, nineteen in number, were taken
prisoners, and are now at the arsenal in this
city. The rebels were provided with powder
and matches for the purpose of blowing up
the bridge and setting it on fire. The number
of persons killed is possibly exaggerated.
All the army surgeons connected with regi-
ments were ordered over the Potomac at late
hour last night.
The National Republican of this morning
saws it is probable that congress will place
means at the disposal of the president for the
colonization of such of our colored people as
desire to emigrate to Hayti, and that the con.
traband slaves now held by the federal troops
will be included in this measure.
A letter received here from Kentucky de-
clares that the Union men of that state are al
ready to take up arms in defence OF the gov
eminent