Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-09-16

AN INTERVIEW.


the line OF his Army.
coNrRABASD rKLKsRAMs.
Ii seems that the Government superintendent Of
kilograms from this point is permitting the CORES
ponden's Of the New York city press to aend
extensive and particular Information Of the mill.
tary preparations, &C.. OF General Mcclellan, over
the wires. tits to be taken for granted that this
action Of the Governments superintendent is but
preliminary to the removal Of all restrictions on
imiiaf,publications by the Washington papers.
HALLS HILL.
The hill on which Mr.. Basil HALLS house re-
Gently stood, continues, before Its destruction,
to be occupied In the day time by the Union pick.
cts, and at night by those of the enemy.
THE STABBED CORRESPONDENT.
We learn that our unfortunate friend Mr.
Walker, Of the New York Express, stabbed on
the day before Yesterday by q secesh prisoner, "a
explained elsewhere In to-day's Star, was alive
at0 p m. Yesterday. He lays at Lower Marlboro,
Prince Georges county, Md.
military APPOINTMENT
The President has made the following addi-
tional appointments Of Brigadier Generals Of vol.
untees. Viz:
Major Ed. o. c. Ord, Sd artillery, U. 8. A.;
Capt Horatio 6. Wright, of Engineers, U. g. A.;
and VIM. Nelson, Esq. of Ky.
NOT SO.
We are requested to correct the statement tele-
graPhed from Fortress Monroe to the effect that
Mr.. Phillips and his wife had been sent from that
post under fl lg OF truce to Virginia Mr.. p. is
In this city; his wife, her two daughters and her
sister remain In confinement In house here
AN INTERCEPTED LETTER
One Of the letters taken at Hatteras Inlet dated
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Aug. 2s ult, 10 of interest
as exemPlifying how Secesh is being hum bugged
with the idea of foreign sympathy for It, The
letter Is addressed to the Charleston Courier peo-
pie, and says:
~ came to this Province on business connected
with the Albion. wrote from New York on the
18th July, and forwarded my letter to edmond,
Va by Rev. Mr. Hoge.
On coming here most striking fact every
where apparent, is the avowed change Of senti-
ment and feeling of the people Of these eastern
Provinces" upon the merits Of the civil war In
the States Upon the commencement Of hostil-
ities 1t is stated, the people were largely In SYM
PATTY with the Northern states Now, that SYM
Pathy is almost entirely in sympathy with the
South. Indeed, l have scarcely met an indi-
vidual who expresses a wish for the success Of
the North in this struggle, and have had oppor-
tunlues 70 converse with large number Of per-
sons.
Or the reasons assigned for this change, the two
most prominent are, fot, the tone of the news
papers OF the northern States in setting forth the
purposes Of the Federal Government, to sum-
marily subdue the seeded States to an humble
obedience to its authority. The unsuccessful eff.
forts Of the Federal Government therefore, have
caused feeling Of disgust at the over-confdent
tone OF the northern press, and produced convc.
ton that the Government nerer can succeed in
restoring the Union by armed force. Hence they
naturally withdraw their sympathy from cause
that Is destined to defeat Their second reason
Is one OF Interest connected with their com.
merce.
Recent discoveries Of gold In Nova Scotia are
attracting great deal Of attention Mines have
been opened at two plsces-one at Tangier, forty
miles east Of Halifax, and the other at Lunen.
burg, about the same distance I'm the opposite
direction. Both points are near the sea coast.
Large quantities Of gold have been already OBJ
tained from both places"
AFFAIRS on THE RIVER
Several vessels have arrived here within the
Last two or three days, and they report nothing
startling" on the river about those powerful
batteries yet, unless the display Of signal Zig hts
from the Maryland and Virginia shores may be
put under that head. Capt. Callahan, Of the
Thursday night last he noticed rapid signaling
wlth lights between the two shores at Matthias
Point, and that he dropped alongside the U. 8.
revenue cutter which was anchored near the
Maryland shore. While the officers of the cutter
Were examining his papers they were hailed by
what appeared to be large body of men on the
Maryland shore, who desired the captain Of the
cutter 10 come ashore, as they had particular
news for him. The circumstances being sus-
picous and the signaling being still kept up. the
cutter up anchor and left the Callahan TO shift for
herself. Capt. Callahan was not long I'm follow
ing, and overlook the cutter before she had gone
far. The cutter had but 10 men on board. Can't
Callahan says the lower Potomac-below AQUA
Creeks very poorly protected, which is one
reason why vessels are unwilling to take freights
| for Washington.
row BOY SHOT BY "sECEsHn
Especial correspondence Of the StarJ
SANDY Hook, MD Sept Ii, 1851 A boatman
on bis way up the canal reports here that canal
boat with load Of Cumberland coal while on
its way to the District cities, was fred on from
| the Virginia shore few miles below here, and
that Thomas Harper, the tow-boy, well known
| In Georgetown, was shot through the neck, kill
Ing him almost instantly.
/ AFFAIRS ALose THE LINES.
Especial correspondence of the Star
BAILEY's Cross ROADS, Sept. 15.-Ed,tor Star:
There was coetinual exchange Of shots between
the Pickets on each side, between here and Mum
son Hill, to-day. Two Of the enemy's pickets
were killed, we think, az they dropped suddenly
and stopped firing. The pickets edge up to each
other through the cornhelds and along the fences,
and when they can obtain the least sign of each
others presence, blaze away. On each side, how
ever, they have got so to dodge the balls, IA
fact,) BY watching for the little puff of smoke that
rises on the first discharge Of the gun of his adver-