The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-15

Govefnme0t willing . receive any Regf.
mentos
WAsHIHGroH, June l2.-There IL another
movement Of troops to take place IN the morn
Ing. live regiments are under orders to leave,
and viii do 20 at once.
am authorized to state that the Government
will receive any regiments that will come to
Washington. If regiments come on their own
responsibility they will be received whether
they have the State authority or not
Gen. Sanford sent back some fugitive slaves
to Virginia masters, which causes good deal Of
dissatisfaction.
Condition OF the Capital and Vicinity.
Times Special
General Blair says General Butler last night
assaulted the enemy's works at Bethel, where
Pierce was repulsed, and carried them by storm.
Within the limits Of the Capital there are now
encamped and quartered II Regiments of volun-
teers, numbering fully $4,000 picked men thor
oughly armed, equipped and provisioned, under
the supervision Of General Mansfield. In addi-
ton there are stationed on heights surrounding
| the city of Alexandria and beyond the bridges
10 full Regiments amounting to over 22,OOO
soldiers including the regulars under command
Of Gen. Mcdowell, making 10000 men besides
those sent forward yesterday and those stationed
| At the Relay House and at Annapolis They are
competent for any present emergency in this
quarter, ready and anxious for business
The newly arrived Michigan I'd went into
camp this morning above Georgetown.
[Tribune's Dispatch.
The columns of General Patterson marching
forward will add 80 much strength to the de-
fence of Washington that to assail it with any
force at the command of Beauregard will be
| Madness
ihe Convention at Wheeling will give fresh
impetus to the Union sentiment in the Border
States and the reopening of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad will will supply facilities of trans.
portaticn from the West and will bind CONNER
cial Baltimore to her correspondents
Letters are received in this city almost every
day from Kentucky full of the strongest Union
sentiments. They ask for arms and say that
companies of true Union men are forming, par
ticularly in the central counties of the Southern
| tier.
Especial to Post
Fifty thousand cartridges were sent to the Re-
lay House today
Reports from Kentucky say the secessionists
there feel confident Of driving that State out of
the Union at the proper time.
The Post Office is perfecting postal arrange
ments for Western Virginia.
The Tribunes special says Capt. Mugruder's
| company was eneamped few miles beyond
Rockville last night near the New York 9th and
Pennsylvania artillery, IS miles hence, towards
Fairfax Court House, strengthening their lines of
communication as they 60.
Especial to the Post.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE Secession papers
at Baltimore are monstrously falsifying the affair
at Bethel The Sun says 1000 were killed and
wounded. These misstatements are doubtless to
influence the Congressional election in Mary
land which takes place tomorrow.
Government is fully prepared to check every
outbreak in Baltimore.
In H. Winter Davis district the vote will be
close, but it's believed he will be elected.
Private adviCes from East Tennessee say the
Union men are fully determined to resist seces-
sion and take up arms in defence of the Govern
ment
Six steamers are now at the Washington Navy
Yard fully armed and with steam up ready to
start at moments notice.
Federal troops are gradually pushing their
way to Frederick which is their destination All
was quite when they entered Rockville, although
threats occasioned the cavalry to load their
arms.
Colonel Stones column has probably reached
Leesburg