Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-06-05

LBssBuRs.-Just before going to press to-day we
have Information from two gentlemen Of charac-
ter,whose sympathies with the cause Of the Union
we know to be entirely relia ble-one Of whom is
just from Manassas Junction, and the other from
the immediate vicinity of Leesburg. The former
assures us that Friday last Beaursgard certainly
arrived at the junction; and, IL So we take Il for
granted, has assumed the command of the dis
union troops In that quarter. This gentleman
further says that there Is an aggregate force of
10000 troops at Manassas, Centerville, Fairfax
Station and Fairfax Court II ouse This ipform,.
ton, though differing widely from that received
by the Government here, comes to us under cir
cumstances that cause us to place some reliance
on It,
Our informant from the direction of Leesburp
assures Us that on Sunday morning last, during
divine service, an officer rode up to the Quaker
meeting house at Waterford, (Loudoun county, }
seven miles from Lresburg, and ordered the peo.
pie there assembled to be at Harper's Ferry on
the next morning MONDAY morning last) with
all their wagons and teams, to move the material
OF troops then there On that day we believe
two thousand of those troops moved up the Poto.
mac to point opposite Williamsport, as ex.
planned elsewhere in this afternoons Star. The
troops at HarPer's Ferry we know to have been
almost entirely deficient in army transportation,
having arrived there In comparatively small
bodies by rail, and having but sufficient other
transportation to carry the baggage Of small par
ties over the twelve miles Of wagon road between
the northern terminus Of the Manassas Railroad
and Winchester, the western terminus OF the
Winchester and Harper's Ferry Railroad. We
have further to add that Leesburg Is % miles
from Harper's Ferry.
p S-0n he samo day and III.
pie living between the lower line Of the dsunion
pickets and Leesburg were ordered to repair at
once to LsssbH,g with all their available means Of
army transportation, which could hardly be more
than sufficient to move the baggage, &c, of Eppa
Hunton's command of 800 men ; for It REQUIRES
some $500 wagons or the best description to mobi
lie an army Of 30, 600 men, 1t will be remembered
INTERESTING FROM HARPER's FERRY.-We
have private dispatch from one Of the nearest
telegraph offices to Harper's Ferry, conveying to
us the Intelligence that yesterday an individual
was hung there, on the allegation that he was
spy. Papers leading to that conclusion are alleged
to have been found on him.
The same dispatch assures us that the total mum.
Der OF disunion troops there on Monday morning
last did not exceed 1000, nearly all little more
than half clothed, and all but half fed; while al
most half Of them were either entirely without
arms, or so poorly armed az to be by no means ef
| tcient troops. or late the number Of desertions
from their ranks at that point had been about
forty-fve per diem, while an average of about a,
many men were reaching there daily from the
direction Of Richmond.
|
The MuRDBRRRs OF THE u. 8. PIckErs.-It is
| undoubtedly the understanding among the PEG pie
II in thQ n.to
Gen. McDowell's command and the line of pick
e" OF the disunionists in Gen. Med. IS immediate
vicinity, that the nightly attempt being made to
murder the U. 5 picket guards by s.ealtbilv
creeping up in the bush and firing at their backs
is the work Of the two brothers Of the late jaime,
Jackson, who killed Col Ellsworth. They are
said to be finely mounted, and, we (personally)
know well, know every cow trail In the vicinity
OF the United States lines in Fairfax and Alexan.
dria counties. They are believed to head COM
pany Of some fifteen or twenty. II is necessary
that their assassin work should be summarily
stopped, as 1t can be, 1t seems to Us, by con-
SANITY moving patrol thrown out short distance
In advance Of the regular picket guards.
IMPORTATION having been received Of the de-
cease Of the Honorable Stephen A. Douglas, a
Senator in the Congress Of the United States, and
that his funeral obsequies will take place at
Chicago, and not at this Capital a. was supposed
the President directs that the public offices be
closed on the day Of that ceremony, In honor Of
the memory Of the deceased.
The Executive Mansion, and other public
buildings, will be draped In mourning for the
period Of thirty days.
| Department Of State,
Warrington, 5th June, 1861
| The TROOPS AT LEEsBURG Our information
from Leesburg is up to yestersday morning. That
town was then the headquarters of a force Of
about 600 men, (f we are correctly Informed, a.
we think We are,) under the command of Eppa
| Hunter, Prince William county Brigadier; who
has seen no service, by-the-by. These troops do
the picket guard duty between the Point of ocks.
| Leesburg, Broad Run, Vienna, and on towards
Georgetown, until meeting the line Of picket.
| thrown out from Fairfax Court House
| Ex-PREsIDESr BUcHAsAN.-We are happy to
| learn, by a private letter from Lancaster, Pa
that Ex-Presldent Buchanan, on the day before
Yesterday, had 80 far recovered as to be able To
leave his sick chamber, for the frst time In three
| weeks.
! THE PosT OFFICE DKpARrMRNr-JobnH
Stanley, Of Indiana, has been appointed to nrst
| class clerkship in the Post ONCE Department;
and J. G. Brawner. Of n. c., has been appointed
laborer $500 per annum) in place Of Wilkin.
| son, resigned.
| Nor so-The statement In morning cotem-
porary ola large force being ordered from the
Navy Yard In steamers, last night, is altogether
erroneous No body Of troops whatever left
Washington last night
OhDRRED-Capt. West has been ordered from
the steamer Philadelphia Of our river line, to the
U. 8. vessel st. Lawrence, at the PHILADELPHIA
| Navy Yard Capt. Reynolds takes command Of
the Philadelphia.
" From the New York publishers, Leonard
Scott d Co., through Taylor & Maury, the agents
for Washington, we have Blackwood,s Magazine
for May, and the North British Review Of the
same date. The article in the latter upon "Tbs
hhIeIiV-" ocOCssIun-- attract very general
attention.