, 1861-08-08
Afternoon Dispatches.


FrsR washtD9te1 saa ~ seas -
/; 10, ixsx 4a,k rs!Sss:s taa;;i:i :Dilp.teh.1
+ne sSM;tHea SNx1%aaEds{sssai;f6r aeE: SdgsdierG
erals. Nere nGf tcted upqeiby the Enastdenf+S;;
!, Iast 0ht thfse compame& of the EecoeaA>
Infanty:zsgENe1, athyeQ tfs@ fors Anef-
cro1ahde; Dacdt&h, via st. Paul, to which place
theymarched hree hundred miles. M Many OF
them have heen IN the ser9ice fifteen Or TWEEN
y sseond sdetacament-of 10 and 20 pound
1ifed cannon ha7e arrived. There IS much
more at ille1FAAt 8ea than thaza H1a heto1e 4
the forward m6Yehneut Has maa .--,~s.
from Iowa, stating that the rebels, in strong
forge, hare taken Groton- anal town on the
zDrg Eo{1es fiVnf: sKeoknks
By5gadier, General Rufaa Kingof y Wisconslnl
left Washington to-day, to take command o.
The Wasconstn trdop6 now IN. the department.
Ihe report Of Brigadier:iGeneiA Mcdowell.
giving: :aIoffeial narrative Of th6 casapaaKn q
: The Potomac, has been completed, but Will not
BE published until the return q secretary
Cameron ,:e- i. =: ..:-
:: N. 7. Void Dlspsteh-l-
Extensive alarm was -caused acroea the 70
tenae during last night. "A countrynan came
ing in large numbers. :*Immediata *prepsra'
tions were made to give them warm Feeee
lien 7he Loops wife active ana determined,
and the time In which they got IN 1ne feaag
for action nwasyery BRIEF The alarm proved
to be false. ,.x
| N. Z. Fire Department, has arrived here, and
is en1eavo1iug to make arrangements for the
| Fi1e Zoua9es to remain In service for the time
| for which they enlisted: - :.
| L man uatne1 Minor was arrestsd opposite
Long Bridge to-day, with Bsauregards pass IN
publication Of army matters, the city, 1t is
said, has swa1med with spies: Last night an
| tfHcer Wko is known TO haYe been In the Con.
fede1ate atmy, vas at the ational Hotel
m. 7: Herald dispateh.l :.
The news from Kentucky has aroused the
widest enthusiasm here. When 1t was an
nounced in the House Of Representatives, be
Wlckli1e, with the declaration that Kentucky
was the first to: adopt the Constitution, ant
would be the last to desert 1t, the thunder q
| applarsedrom floor to galleries shook ever
the solid wills. :, Il was IN outburst Of patri'
The g1eat victory will be followed imme
diately by physical one not less magnificent
. There arc at this moment 10000 organizes
Union men in Kentucky, only waiting the &C
q complshmeut Of this victory at the bal1o
, es ont Of Kentucky and Tennessee, The Ken
tucky Legion Is now ready TO be musterss
into the Service, aud tbs men are burning Witl
) | 3 desire to aid their Union neighbors In Ten
neeEee to free themselves from the despot:sn
, | Of the Davis mobocraey.
,, , 4 geLttman who has recently been com
PEELED to leave Yienna, states that the rebel
; | Lave 10000 men at thst point and Fall
: Church, sud that they were meditating an al
tack on Alexandria. He says that &c has mir
. | gled among their troops, aud confirms th
: statement that they had over 100000 men q
I Bull Run and Mauassas On the 2lst.- The es
!. timete made Of their killed in that engage
!. ment Was 1850 exclusive Of the wouldet
: They admitted that the slaughter Of thel
= forces was double QUIZ He reports that th
wives Of the rebel soldiers state that their hu:
bands are mining the road between Fall
Church aud Fairfax Court House, and ths
!, they intend to connect the mines with sma
I yials, filed with explosive materials, and tn
I their main batteries IN the direction of M
: nasas junction have not yet hesn diseovera
~ by our troops.
y From another source it is learned, that evs
!, since the occupation Of Harper,s Ferry
- rebels, force Of from GOO to I. 200 men ha,
=. been engaged at Richmond IN the manufa
: ture of T1fled cannon and ordnance Of. ya1io,
= u kinds. They are said to have turned out
immense number Of cannons.