The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-06-08


The President to-day accepted six al.
tditionaI regiments from Indiana. 4.
L The War Department was to-day of.
Ifered q battalion and battery or four
twelve Founders. By a gentleman from
Baltimore which viii probably tbe ac-
.Ecepted. III. II. 1, 81 N
Il Atone o'clock this morning Lieutenant
Tompkius, with squad OF mounted men,
ives accommodating towards Fairfax. Il
Il mile this side. Two horses were espied
il without ridersi the horses were surround.
/. ed and two uniformed men started hp:
/ one IeyeIIed q fowlingreice at the Lieu.
Etenant; the bngler drew revolver and
/ the fowliBg piece dropped. The revolver
\ accidcntly went on, aud the Virginiau
Twas shot III his rigt arm. Both wore
4 taken prisoners. had fine horses
A rumor predicts q speedy advance OF
the troops, commanded by Gen Beaure-
'sgard, to retakei Alexandria. Al Union
Gag isiiyipg over the Marshall Honse III
tpIace Of tire Southern flag. IA
4 The Isass has a letter from Peters.
town., Wtstern Virginia, which says,
Estate troops are constantly coming,
q bringing arnls, and we are onxiously look.
ling for help from Ohio 10 drive them or
Il hope they viii come soon One Of tht
I traitors standing guard last night shot d
tgood Union man dead, as he was passing,
Il going to town. Fathers are against sons
and brothers against brothers. .,42t
Tie Commercial advertiser and Wash
ipgton special ga5s the IIst New Yorb
! Eregiraent left the navy yard this morning
J In armed steamers, TO take possession 81
J Aqnia creek. s,s y .'s:4. .} IA /
D The HsralFs Dispatch from Washing
ton says; II is said that Davis and Beau
I regard are expected 1T Richmond to-day
, Defenses are being constructed outside d
Richmond All the bridges on iii,
Alexandria railroad have been burned
Proposals will soon be issued for fort,
steam gun boats Of FIVE hundred tom
e each. (. 4. III.
U General Mcdowell takes command d
the forces in Virginia in place Of Sand
= ford. 81 BIZ Il (,
I'll Governor Banks fators putting o.
2 army OF three hundred thousand men Ii
q the field, SO that the difficulties may b
q speedily settled Il. i. .3l. H. 4 :t ...@.
q Governor Banks has been app1iute,
~ Coinmissary General, HI, III. ,:t:::
y Aayices from Manassas Gap stat
n that the Rebels have been throwing ii
(. extensive entertainments at that point 70
y several weeks past @s.sl. S FL, 4, Z. .:a RI,
y The transports conveyed by the Hal
riet Lane with thirty.fYe hundred troop
d went TO the mouth Of James River an
~ took possession Of new point there an
ID entrenched themselves II commands I'll
n mouth Of the river. .@s s.. z. ..
The Yankee brought in moro prizes i
+. Eday. i...4 q. II b y q Z. Il Z. a,5
": Gen, Mcdowell Is assigned the cor
IL mand Of Yirginiai east Of the Allcghar
~ mountains and north Of james river.
Of ]: I'D at.,z.: BALTaeBE, May 2Sth.
re General Butler has not commenced o
a. cratinhs 1t Norfolk yet. but ali attaS
WAS looked for daily. The npnlber
I troops at Norfolk was estimated at TIVE
10. ~ thousand. Troops are daity arriNil
r. from the Soath. No apprehension IS fe
y. THAT Norfolk viii be taken, 4. ~
nj Twenty.6ig'a cars filed with soidie
passed Petersburg on Saturday H +: !.
L, Therc@wCre fifteen thousand troops
Richmond s:... +. . s.. = 4 II:
nj An attack Was expected at 4'qrk riyt
III which is guarded against by batteries 81
MT Eeartlt works. Ii is sud TO be well sn
l's piled with heavy artillery II: "a. . III. ID: 4.
til There were tea thousand ttcops on Il
Ter hills above Fredericksburg, strengthen
10. by numerous batteries. ID. il...,.s .-i +.
ed Manassas Gnp Wts rgiaforeed SaHd
..s night: by troops from North Caroliu
m South Carol ma and Tennessee
on a special dispatch from III iliiaaspol
ice SAYS mysterious movements are going /
.ns there and TINT neither friends nor foes a
nd allowed to visit tile rebel camp, II "
WI surnised that II was their Intention
ar: make u retreat ort0cfosS the river. T
ties road and canal are ohstructedat Point
ID, Rocks ten miles this side Of Harper's +
lis ~. / J.. 81. .<> Il
III The New Hampshire regiment arriy
81 to-day and marched through tie city, a
on took the cars for Washington.
pa. Virginia troops :werS distributed ala
ish the country roads north Of Harper's +
the ~, and also ON the northern approach
1T to the Maryland heights. The outpo
" and pickets extended much further. q
/. Johnston superintendent these moEeme
Gu in person Twenty additional pieces
H., canton arrived from Winchester :.
ter Five thousand Virginia troops are
to Grafton, ten Thousand at Richmond
lint DER General Lee, aud twelve thousand
nee FreileFicksbargh. !. r. =.
we : .s:> , LouIsriLBR, May 2Sth
an Ex-Goveruor Moreheads letter to
ms. Journal said should Lincoln hereafter
bly, sumo IN aspect Of war for oYerrunn
and subiugating the seeding Stat
Kentucky. without counting the c'
+ ought to take up arms against the &
ork ernment, until then she should con
no both parties 10 respect the iayiolabiiitJ
IAN. her soil. E5< !. ~.
rye f FIR ~. ], s,- - =. Ill. /.
lay, +, CHAMBERsBrRG, May 2Sth
nti- 1t Is known that the secessiolists
ling TilIiamsport and Haserstowa are c
ed, certing plan to enable the yirginianS
rom invade Washington county, ~
test -. =. - - rs, III. -,
ere. W4sHlHdroN, May 2Stl
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