The national Republican., 1861-07-26
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.

She left Old Point at six on the previous even
ing. 1t was mentioned in the letter Of yester.
day that the United States gunboat Penguin
started up James river, near Newport News,
for the purpose Of carrying ont the blockade,
had permitted q Confederate schooner to pass
from Norfolk on her way to Richmond, with
munitions Of war. AT an early hour..on Wed.
nesday morning, in order to capture her, few
small gunboats were fitted out. with picked
crews on each, but after q long search and
chase, we're unsuccessful, and they returned at
q late hour in the evening.
A steamer which recently arrived at Old
Point from New York, brought large number
Of riled cannon, which are to be mounted on
the Rip Rsps A large force of artillerists are
now hard at work in putting them in position,
and their average range, it is said, will exceed
four miles.
General Butler had yielded to the solicita.
tons Of gentleman and two ladies Of Virginia,
who earnestly desired to return to their homes,
and granted them flag Of truce which pro.
ceeded a. far as Yorktown, and was regarded |
by the Confederate picket lines.
| A colored rascal named John Deaver, whose |
place Of residence is on Low street, Baltimore,
and who had enlisted as an officers servant on |
board the steam.frigate Minnesota, deserted the
service after having robbed one Of the officers
Of $25 and a lot Of wearing apparel.
MOVEMENTS OF GEN. JoHNsToN's REBEL ARMY.
Harper's Ferry, July 24.-Gen. Johnston's
force at Winchester was $4,000 men before his
march to Manassas, composed of infantry, ar.
tillery and cavalry, ss follows 800 Virginia
cavalry under Colonel Stuart, and 400 from the
Southern States forty regiments Of infantry,
and $500 artillery. They left Winchester at
one P. M, Thursday, by order Of Gen. Beaure-
gard, and took the road to Berry's ford, on the
Shenandoah, thirteen and half miles over
the Blue Ridge to Piedmont station, on the
Manassas Gap Railroad, fifteen miles making
days march. Freight and passenger cars had
been hauled over the road the last week, and
on them Gen. Johnston's force expected to be
transported on the Manassas Railroad from
Piedmont to Manassas Junction, thirty eight or
forty miles.
There remained at Winchester 1000 troops
until Saturday afternoon, when they left for
Strasburg, onethird of the way to Manassas,
except about $500 of the militia of the neigh.
boring counties disbsnded and sent home A
large quantity of arms in boxes were sent to
Strasburg.
The Virginia cavalry under Col. Stuart, went
to Berryvlle to observe the movement Of Gen.
, Patterson's column. The rest Of the cavalry
went with Col. Johnston.
' They had at Winchester sixtytwo pieces of
!. artillery in the Notifications, about ten AZ.
. FOUNDERS. Some they thought were Colum-
Genaral Johnston.
8 A detachment Of the Washington Artillery
It from New Orleans had eight heavy guns, Of
i which four were thirty.two FOUNDERS. These
!. we're hauled by twenty eight horses. Each of
the rest Of the smaller guns BY six or four
}, horses. Part of them, if not all Of them, were
l. brass riaed guns.
The Notifications surrounding Winchester,
except to the southwark upon ths high ground,
r are very heavy. The esrthworks are made with
q logs, and barrels filled with earth, DC. In
!. front Of the breastworks, deep trenches were
4 dug communicating below with the inside of the
t. works. The guns we're ell masked by artificial
n thickets Of evergreens, which extended in some
cases to be used as an ambuscade for riAemen
and sharp shooters.
=, Among the regiments was one Of Kentucky
~ rifemen, armed with heavy bowie knives.
70 They refused to take more than one round of
cartridges, and they proposed to place them.
~ =. selves in the bushes for assault along all the
Ft fences in front of Winchester.
The Notifications extended two and half
q, miles, and the trees have been feled between
3. Bunker Hill and Winchester to impede our ad.
It vance,
d Fifteen hundred sick troops are at Winches.
q, ter. confined with the measles, dysentery, and
typhoid fever.
The prisoners taken from our column were
h, sent to Richmond.
N General Wise has been recalled, it was said,
err with his troops, from Western Virginia. Gen.
In ersl Beauregard has done il in opposition to
es General Lees advice.
The report in Northern and Eastern news
= papers, that eighteen regiments Of this line re
OF fused to march under General Patterson, ID
o. wholly untrue. Eighteen regiments Of three
months men unanimously declared that If they
's went over their time, they would do so under
General Patterson.
\, A successful expedition, consisting of parts
d. Of the fifth and twenty ty.eghth New York regi
e' bringing with them the remainder Of their bag
gage, which they were unable to remove las
=, Tuesday, and taking prisoner Captain Henry
~ Wellmore, Of Brady Johnson's regiment. Well
,,' more estimates the number Of Colonel John
III sons men at 10000.
Last Thursday, eleven heavy guns and 81,
thirty.two Founders, and the remainder twenty
a. four pounders were left by General Johnston's
- - forces at Winchester,
n SOUTHERN ACCOUNT OF TIE BATTLE At MlEAs.
of sAs, ETC.
a. Louisville, july GA special dispatch K
he the Memphis Argus from Richmond, dated tn
3D. 22d says Gen. Beauregard commanded th'
,e, Southern troops on the right at Manassas JUNO
ton, and Gen. Johnston On the left,
to Sherman's battery lie captured,
to Gen, Besuregatd 8 horse wss shot from 0nds
re him,
Il. Generals 6sltow, Of Georgia, sni Rec, {
| SOuth CArOIina. killed