Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-11
FROM WASHINGTON.

WAsutNGToN, Dec l0-The navy depart
meut invites proposals for furnishing, fitting,
and securing to vessels Of war. iron plates Vt
thirty three - inches thickness anu fifteen
and IL half feet in length to have paned edges
and cOuntersunk holes, TO be bent to the shape
ot the vessel from stem to stern, and fastened
to the timbers with cOnical head bolts Of one
and a halt inches in diameter. 1t is under
stood that the department designs to thus
clOthe vessels Of war with the least possible
delay.
Richard O. German, John Savage, Judge
DAILY, and Collector Barney, wee before the
cabinet to-day with reference to a general ex-
change OF prisoners, and particularly with ref
erence 10 Cot. Corcoran.
Ii is believed, from all that can be & therod,
that the rebel force in front OF QUE lines mum
bers at least 100000 meu
john McClare OF New York has succeeded
in introducing 20 the government the new
Morgan tent and orders have been given for
manufacturing them.
a. a. Johnson, brother OF ex governor
Johnson of Pennsylvania, had ms pocket
picked, this afternoon, at the railroad station
of two government drafts, one tor five thou
sand dollars ami the other tor eighteen hun
dred dollars, check on bank in Pittsburg
for thirty III hundred dollars, and eight hun
dred dollars in cash.
An additional charge against Col. Kerrigan
was read to him to-day, at the court martial,
20 the effect that he had given information to
the enemies Of the government residing in
Fairfax county. No Witnesses on that point
have yet been called. The examination to.
day was with reference to alleged drunkenness
and neglect of his regiment.
George IL. Sits has been promoted to first
heutenancy in company B, Major Barker's
Mcclellan Dragons, aud 7. Purley Page
elected second lieutenant OF the same COM
pany.
The express trains from New York to
Washington III many instances fail to make
connections, owing to the trains being over
loaded with recruits. To obviate future diff
Guilty Mr.. Garfield, manager Of the govern
ment railroads. has made arrangements for
through train from New York every twenty
four hours, for recruits, who will not be per-
mitted to occupy the express train.
The secretary of the navy to-day received
the following letter from r. II. Wyman, lieu
tenant commanding the Potomac tiOtilIa =
United States Steamer Harriet Lane, off
MdiuGa3Cda Greek, Dee 8, 1861 Sir: | have
the honor 10 report TO you that this morning,
at about % O'Clock, seeing the enemys pick,
cts, three camp wagons and a mounted otli-
Ger coming down the road to the south
ward of Freestone Point and halting at
some DullulnS near tue OeacH, directed the
steamers Jacob Bell and Auacosta to shell the
buildings | stood in with this vessel as tar as
the draft of water would permit, to protect
them in event of the enemy's bringing in
field battery to Frees.one Point. After shell.
ing the buildings and hill, and driving back
the pickets Lieut.. McCrae, commanding land
ed with a few men, and fired foui houses,
which have since burned to the ground. They
contained suffers stores, flour, &c. As eight
cen hours elapsed before the fire subsided,
judge the quantity OF stores must have been
considerable. The enemy fired but few
musket shots"
Gen. Banks telegraphed froM Maryland,
last night that signal officer at Maryland
Heights reported that troops were marching
from Winchester towards Harper's Ferry.
Gen. Banks ordered the sixteenth Indiana reg
iment, with two rifed cannon, to the support
OF Col. Geary.