Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-27

FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, June q Cap. Bracket the emf
enced officer commanding four companies Of the F.4
raj cavalry the Virginia side OF the PCtcmlr. IA
who has been rendering important aud dtugerou, 49,,
vice there rendered bis resignation sevcrsl DAYS 400
but promptly withdrew it being officially inforrei
that orders forward which be had not rece va
had been sent TO his camp Iii- name did 20. appear
the list Of the recent military promotions aud appoi5,
ments.
There Is great activity at the Navy Yard stendngh.
finishing Of the new war steamer Pensacols which h. 4.
supposed will be ready for service in four weeks
IL is said by those Who have access 10 official d,,,
that the present available volunteer force over 20Ot
| men. Between two and three hundred sick cru,r
cent volunteers have been paid cf since Friday and s
| home
TIE New York Tbirty.seventh Regiment arrived bs,,
to-day aud proceeded to the temporary quarter
! assigned them.
Another examination hes been made a, TIE Wiz.
House on the Potomac and battery discovered t,,.
similar assertion cannot as positively be made cou,er
ing Matthias Point.
The river scouts, however, have their at ntou con-
tinuay directed to such matters, and dong good M
vice 10 preventing further intecour-- betWesn The s
sioDss on the Virginia ard Maryland shores
| Private letters from Minister CorWin dated Hst.ro
MAY l7th say the accounts which reach there Of fG.
in the United States are confessed. He erore-s,. .
earnest desire TO know The facts il being reported broL
secession channels that President L"con had been d,,
from Warrington and that General Scott Vasatteb,J
| of the Confederate army.
A letter from another says. the T,1itde l..,
newspaper is in the Secession ,htTes' and eudeago,
embsrrsss the treaty proceedings between tie Iri.l
States ard Mexico.
The Philadelphia ice-boat oday engaged in tLr,
on beard the large Dahlgien ride cannon ~ -uccc .
tested recently, aud also Dahlgren inch -reA gsa FOX
immediate work Ia an important loc-i'y TIE ofes srs
euthncis.c In view CT the service ia which Ley AZ,
about TO be engaged
Several members Of the New York li,h h am.rf 81,
rested to day panty suspected OF being sps luo.g
whose elects - bis boarding house Weje found tarof
the camps the Virginia side Of the Potomac br to.
ton of the batteries, the number OF roOps and Ter
important; information
FROM FORTRESS MONROE
FoETREss hoSRoE Yirg MIA, J.1e q -6enea b..
Ter spent a is morning az he"pOrt New-, rh,rce 10
! movement OF imJ or;r ace is reported
Last eyeLIrg there 4 reception the hcajousrc.
Of Colonel Max Weber, OF tie TScntieth Nes Yor.
Regiment, formerly the SUMMIT residence o. cI-prrs
dent Tyler. Generals Butler and Pierce aud teif staff
and ladies' present 10 hear the g sing and
TO witness the De Torrance Of the Turner's.
The eI-Presidents res.derce, Villa Aafgsret,e f. els.
gantly furnished. Casts Of Schiller snd GCe:he sdofn
Colonel Max Weber, quarters.
THE WHEELING TRAITORS.
WHErLIsG, June 24-The Convention tcday trans
acted business Of importance, their abors for tue
pre- en-. beng finished,
Mr. CgJ,s, from the Ccmmitte Of Seven cen reported
tnat The committee had concluded to adopt the petel,
| militia law Of the State
A resolution vas reported ard referred setting iorh
the cypresssls Of the Richmond usurpery Add appealing
TO the general government for aid.
| The Committee OF Seventeen ported 'cng''g "a.
dress TO Gp people oi she State, explaining and justly
Jog the action Of the Convention in not taking immediate
steps 10 divide the State.
resolution vas adopted that when The Convention
adjourn tomorrow, 1t scjourn to the f0t Tu,sdif u
Angus.
GENERAL DIN TO COMMAND IN VIRGINIA
Il is understood that Hsjor-Genoral Dix vii a-sgme
the command OF the otcss the other -de Of the r'
e. Al that tae ARMY will he divided into FIVE bEyld,
ulaes tae immediate command o! Generals MCDOst'.
munyou Tyler aud Ccoue.I Hunter and II ilts-iIiu.
is probable tia. General Dix will establish bis hesd
quarters at Arlington Hou-e
BATTLg Or BO0NVILlE
The .oHpang account Of this 5a;tle a5oI Which herl
have been so many contradictory reports taken o.
correspondence of the ST. Louis Demoero PAPER be.
longing to the enemy:
HEADQUARTERS DEPiKrvFNr or TIE Wnr, }
BooEville No, June II.
This morning we took aD early start and roac.si
RcchepOrt b tore six o'clock, whore we made -ha.l
stop tu: ovud the people mostly s1rly aud no' o'p'4
/; 20 ne communicative On leaving there, We preceded
in a up tie river 10 an sand eight mile bt.oV
BoOnvlle. Here we So" battery on the bluff, ari
scouts Fastening 40 report ou' arrival We hen iI bIa
TO onI opposite the foot q the STAND and AZ o'clock
A. NJ disenbarkrd on the south srOte.
Arriving at the brow Of the ascent Captain To,lo1
Sopeusd th; engageDent by throwing lev s-rol-dsr
te.Vcsycs into their ranks while toe infantry hcd o.
EGnsly right and LETT and commenced terrific yo.oy Of
muskerY which was for d short time well replied to-
the balls tying thick and fast about care AID
d sl)nay wounding a side. The enemy were
posted in lane running towards TIC river nom tie rc-I
along which the grand army OF toe United States eere
advancing and in brick house ca the norheas;
! Of the junction Of the tgo roads couple Of tCnb3
we're thrown through the cas val Of that house oa
| teT:lg enemy IN all directions
| The wel-iirected FIRE Of the German infantry, Lieut.
Col Sch6tfsr on the night, and Gen. LYON, company
Of regulars aud part OF Col B2ts regiment the Ft
OF the scad compelled TIC enemy to pe.'nt 40 b.
glorious aspect. They ciambersd tie fence into
field OF wheat and again formed in liEe JUS. the brow
of the hill They then advanced some twenty ste ID
,.es: w. aud for a short time the were wo-tel
With great rapidly end sct J1st at hls time lie re
my opened calling FIRE grove just On tn lei, Of
our and from shed beyond and ELL further TO
tie LETT.
The skirmish now assumed the magnitude Of battle
Our force 1000 in ell, bgt over 500 par.
cpated at any one time in TIE battle Twenty minutes
from the time when tae sfst guq was fired the eG,rr
in full retreat aud troops occupying The ground
On which they first stood ia the lice
The enemy had two regiments Of 1900 men, ult'r
command OF Col. J. s. Marmadukc Of Auow RQCA sli
nire hundred cava.ry bts des Oiher pauirs atCe
.lGsterrOs have not been captured HoIsce IL. Band
was Lieutenant Colonel Of NaFmadukes regiment J.
reported and ioR some tmo gene rally beloved, 'l-i
he bilOnE Tee OrSu, DG' nc tas thc" u IN iifth
from, taking meal several miles away. Gov Jackson
also seen three O'Clock ihis afternoon ba'k.
smiths shop, sbOu. hltceO miles from here
| FROM HARPERS FERRY.
HAGRRsIOwS, June 24.h.-The correspondent Of th5
Associated Press has just returned from Barpers Fgy
The look OF de5olstion almost inconceiTa
Bile. Scarcely iGhabitant is visible ard 10 u0oissle
there TIE iast Confederate sccut Oh IuufscY
g ,ast On that day Fsirm,h took Tacs between 'tc
Confederate scouts ana the Shapsburg Home Guard
The latter we;s under Of The canal and took de-
lihe?4ts aim the secesOnss snd il stated - he
Ferry that two Of the Confederate troops were kl D.
and one wounded
Tie best informed there say that a BODY Of
300 to 1000 Confederate troops stationed abo'
three miles from the Ferry, towards WncbIs.er, 'ui
they were visible either from Camp Hin pinnacle o."
the L0udcun county moGntain. Your cofrerToadeLt
saw ? snail scout near Shepherdstown.
The Confederate piokes longer show thamseiye o..
Shepherdsio~r bus they known TO be concealed -
nSsr Two miles back frcm the river, and ruuCr IS
general that General Johnston az the head q folg ig
ments, has entered the neck, aud stationed seven mt
] from WiianspoTt. This report needs continuation
although it 10 generally believed ct Wilhamspou
John 81 stonebraker prominent 'cces.i1n.st, wuo
held a commission in the Virgins militia cnteayoci 10
get his company into the Confederate vice. Fsi-g
TO do this, he supplied General JObuston's roops ain
provisions at the Forty, he having two brothers 10 me
( Confederate army He came into Maryland Gu !ft.h
and was arrested by order OF zen Neglcy At ia ms'L
ers house at Shapburg, where he was concealed u.a,
{ sofa He is under strict guard IT Gen Acgi,!
quarters.
= PROCLAMATION BY GEN. MCCLELLAN.
= GaAYIoS June % Gen Mcclellan has issued pro-
ellms,on assuring the people CT Western Virginia a.
tho nlajges Of hs proclamation Of MAJ % b Will De