Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-06-12
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4 WAsHISGToS, June "a special dispatct
4 from Washington reports the arrival of the
! steamer Mount Vernon from Fortress Monroe
| The passengers report that the entire town o.
Eyansport, eleven miles above Ac1uia Greek
was in flames. The property in the town i;
principally owned by Union men. This town
consists of a saw mill that suspended opera
| tions long since, an unoccupied dwelling and
few shanties, the population comprising
somewhat less than a dozen negroes. We
have report of skirnish having occurred
at Hampton last night, between picket OF
Col. Duryes' regiment of Zouaves, and par
ty of rebels. The pickets were driven in,
when the Zouayes made dash at the rebels,
capturing 100 muskets. The enemy fed be-
fore any prisoners could be secured.
Austria, while dissatisfied with and protest
ing against the appointment of Mr.. Burin-
game on the ground of the speeches made by
him in Congress on the raising Of the grade OF
! the Sardinian mission, gives equally warm as
surances of her interest in the welfare of the
Union, and her determination to give no coun-
tenance to the rebels who are disturbing our
peace and prosperity.
The Union sentiment is gaining ground rap
idly in the neighborhood of Fortress Monroe.
The steamer Quaker City. while on recon
noisance on Friday, when Cape Henry
threw a she'll into an cid frame building. A
bout thirty armed men out, mounted their
horses which were concealed in thicket, and
scampered off.
France, it is said, is open and above board
in her expression OF friendship to the FEEDER
al Government, and in her determination to
support the nation as it is in every proper way.
Ii is given out here, on apparently the best
authority, that the late dispatches from Eu-
rope are of the most favorable tenor.
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WASHINGTON. June l0.-Gencral McDowell's
command will fully occupy the attention Of
the rebels at Manassas Junction. while the
three columns are enclosing Harper's Ferry.
This advance will not have been made mo-
ment too soon. Maryland has been left to her
own devices too long. messenger from
Gov. Hicks has been here warning the Ad-
ministration of the perils that menance the
Capital from the disioyal province Of which
he is nominaly the Chief Magistrate. He
represented the ease with which the enemy at
Harper's Ferry could assail Washington
through Frederick City and Baltimore, with
the aid which they would be sure to receive
at both places. and begged the Government to
beware OF inroad that might cut off COM
mnnication with the North, and transform
half converted State into an open rebel.
Mary land was the vulnerable spot through
which they intended to dea, Washington and
the country terrible blow, and this week is
the time at which that blow was 70 have been
struck.
1t is said that 10000 men will be on the
march in time to cooperate in the movement.
Harper Ferry will fail in season to emphasize
the action OF the Wheeling Convention, which
meets on Tuesday. Fifteen delegates are to
represent Eastern Virginia and the valley.
The 2nd Michigan regiment arrived here
early this morning. Several of the members
report that in the neighborhood of Baltimore
stones were thrown at them, when shots were
fired at the rioters and one was killed.