, 1861-07-19
Washington Items.
Especial Dispatch 10 the n. T. Ttibune-l
WASHINGTON. Jufy 1R. 1851.
FORMATION or 4 NEW ARTILLERY CORPS.

FUhMAllQA TX MEN AkT14LER1 G1Hfs. |
An Artillery Corps, composed Of several
list regiment, has recently been organized. !
Two handsome finished hoWitzera, u pound |
tte, haye been presented to the company by !
Commander Dah1gren, Of the Navy Yard With !
which they daily exercise. The company is !
designated as co. c. Commander Dahlsrcn
has also presented each Of the drum corps
With r;1le-gun Of his Own invention /
cAPTURE OF NEw.HANPsu1RE MES-
4 letter from Point Of Rocks says that on
Sunday afternoon Sergeant and five men,
belonging to Company E, 1st New Hsmp-
shire Regiment, while buying milk at the
house Of 4 gentleman on an island nearly op-
Iesite, were surrounded by Confederate cav
y a1 the seTEsant s9 and onF x5 a ws1e t. t.
escape BY hiding behind SOME barrels in
closet, says that there were only five Contede.
rate cavalry, but they we're armed with rifles
crd reyolyeiF, while his party only had three
reviewers with them, and not knowing how
many they had to contend With, had to sur
TeEder.
GR- CHAsE's Tariff ELL BEroRTED AGAINST.
The Committee On N.ays and Means decided
will report i bill supplementary to the MorIlu
tariff, correcting some clerical errors, and n
ekeasing duties upon some things. 1t lays
duty on tea Of fifteen cents, on coffee OF hye
cents, The duty on sugar is to be advanced
TWO and half cents. Iron and steel relnain
ak under the present tariff.
SOUTHERN POSTAL AFFAiAs.
etau1ps aud stamped envelopes continue to
he returned to the Post Office Department
from discontinued offices. The value Of those
already received foots up over s25,0O. They
ere destroyed Us fast as they come No letters
from the rebel States, with Confederate stamps
upGn them, have yet reached the Dead Letter
| Office. They are marked paid on the corner
+; with pen or pencil. The new stamped enVel'
F! lopes will be issued next Facility will prob
| ably be given to holders Of the old ones to
/ exchange them within limited time. The
new stamp will not be Issued befoTe the 1st Of
August
[ POSITION OF TIE BLocEAD1SG VESSELS.
We learn at the Navy Department that the
+, Atlantic blockadlng squadron, Commodore
etrIngtam, consists OF twenty-five vessels,
vannah-arc in pursuit OF the pirate JEFF Da
Wis. The Minnesota, the flag ship, is the only
vessel now at Hampton Roads the Monticel
10 bloekades James River; the Dawn, York
River: and the Mount Vernon the Rappahan
neck River. Two vessels attend to Caesa
peaRe Bay; four haunt the coast Of NORTH
carolina the Wabash and four other vessel:
blockade Charleeton and Savannah, and ont
vessel shuts up Fernandina. The Harriet
Lime is repairing, and the Seminole has no
I Jet reported
PARsoS BRows1ow GE OPENING LETTERS.
We saw letter to-day from Parbon Brown
low, acknowledging the receipt Of 1ette
to him from this city. He says, Characters
,ica1ly: I" Tour letter has been detained 70
nne days, and had been opened, no doubt q
: Nashville, where there is q corrupt pack Q
eeoundrels seeking to apErehend Uuion men
! lfthey open this. they have my private opin
ion OF Them"
; GOV. LETCHER's CALL FOR TROOPS.
The proclamation Of ex-Gor. Letcher is be
ginning to produce its legitimate effect Reft
gees from that part Of Virginia, lying befo'
Mount Vernon, are arriving within our line
almost hourly, many Of whom have mad
| narrow eecapcs from irapressment into th
: : | ,tbt1 ranks. Mr.. William Fraser, liyin
,Lrce miles from Occoquan, made his ei
: | cape to this city on Sunday night By COZ
r ing through the woods and swimming th
| Occcquan Run. He was in great DANCE
OF his life, as the whole line of the Run
strictly guarded. He WIS Obliged to leave III
family, an extensive crop upon 500 acres {
lard owned by him in that county, becaus
arrested on the charge Of treason for comm
t to Washington to buy provisions for his fa1a
, | ingtcn was to avoid being pressed in the mil
Tia, who are au ordered out toedny to be sWor
$ | in and sent to Staunton to be drilled for on
: conth, ttca aHa ait furtIer orders.
TIE SHAREHOLDERS REDELLIoN.
) Senator Pomcroy's bill for tie suppressio
i Of tho Shareholders rebellion, enacts th
, tl2vt1y be imme edistely abolished By proc1
maticn, and the arny officers directed to pr
tect, and authorized to use, the emancipatt
slayts.
TEE LEvEE TONIGHT
The crowd at the 1eyee to night was sui
5 dating. The most notable feature OF the q
u / ha nf f3EY1. EEDfE 101
t. few moments, who, on entering and leavl
+ the Presidential mansion, ~as greeted vi
Ee cheers. He had just returned from Virgin
'e ard called to pay bis respects to the Executl
t. On his way to his lodgings.
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