The national Republican., 1861-06-25
Telegraphic and other News.
LATEST FROM FORTRESS MONROE.


Fortress Monroe, June %, lsGl.-General
Butler spent this morning at Newport News,
whence no movement ofimportance is reported.
Last evening there was u reception at the
headquarters of Col. Max Webber, of the 2Oth
New York regiment, formerly the summer resi-.
dence of Ex-President Tyler.
The ExPresidents residence, Villa Marga.
rette, is elegantly furnished. Casts Of Schiller
and Goethe adorn Col. Max Webber's quarters.
! have had a long conference with Reuben
Packer, exchanged last evening for an o. D.
D., Told Dominion Dragoon,) named Carter.
He represents that the rebels still have three
prisoners, viz: George Mason, of the I'd New
York regiment, Charles Metcalf, Of Col. Dur.
yee's regiment, at Richmond, and Daniel A.
Mooney, Of Capt. G. W. Wilson's company Of
the Troy regiment, at Yorktown. 'r
T. W. Clark, Of the third New York regi
ment, deserted the night before the affair of
Great Bethel. He obtained citizens suit
from secessionist, and gave the rebels full
information Of our movements. He is now at
Richmond. ..s
FLIGHT OF THE MISSOURI STATE TROOPS.
81. Louis, June 23.-Reports received from
the terminus Of the Pacific railway indicate
that the secessionists are making their way into
Arkansas. '.'
Colonel Ben Mccullough is reported to be
at Maysville, Ark, with $1,000 men and con.
siderable artillery. ....
Captain Totten has returned to Syracuse,
Mo-, after an unsuccessful attempt to overtake
Governor Jackson. He arrested Mr.. Franklin,
the engineer, recently engaged in burning the
bridges, and also brought with him as a pris.
oner, G. Fl. Mccullough, a cousin to Ben Nc,
Cullough.
Kansas City, June 22.-News has been re,
ceived here that the State troops have evacu-
ated Lexington, No. 1t is not known where
they have gone, but the evacuation may be
relied upon. m.- .,.
NEUTRALITY OF KENTUCKY TO BE RESPECTED BY
THE BELLIGERENTs.
Louisville, June 22.-The papers this morn.
ing contain letters from Governor Magoffn and
Genera Buckner, stating that an agreement
has been made between General Mcclellan
and the Kentucky authorities, that the territory
Of Kentucky will be respected by the Federal
authorities, even though it should be occupied
by the Confederates but if Kentucky does not
remove them, the Federal troops will interfere.
The Governor of Tennessee agrees to respect
the neutrality of Kentucky until occupied by
Federal troops.
soUTHERN NEWS VIA LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, June 23.-The Democrat states
that lot Of letters, percussion caps, and cart.
ridges, for the South, have been seized at JEFF:
fersonvlle.
The same paper says there is a great proba.
biity Mr.. Breckinridge will not claim his seat
at the extra session of Congress, and it is the
unanimous wish Of his constituents that he shall
not.
A special dispatch to the Charleston Courier
says that only eight shells thrown by Sawyer's
gun to Sewall's Point burst; and the gunner at
| Aqua Creek says that he was lately in the EN-
ploy of the Government, filling bombs, which
| he did with sawdust and sand. The shells fall
harmlessly among them.
The correspondent of the Memphis Appeal
says there is only one Union man in the Legis
lature of Tennessee, and no representatives from
East Tennessee.
Also, that there was lately negro rebel
lion at Attakapas, Louisiana, headed by Ger
| man.
Troops left Memphis on the 2lst instant for
White river, Arkansas
The Memphis Bulletin of the 22d says that
the agents OF the Confederate Government are
in the market for wheat.
All breadstulfs are very high. Wheat i!
quoted at SIPS. Flour $3.50 "a $40. Corr
&c cents Bacon l34 cents shoulders ~
mess pork $27. Coffee % cents, with an active
demand for all articles.
The Memphis Bulletin of the 22d says tina
five or six hundred Missourians reached Mem
phis within the previous forty yeight hours, who
will probably 60 back with the grand army o.
the West now preparing to exterminate the
abolition bordes
SEVERE STORM IN oHIo-pRIDGE DESTROYED.
Cincinnati, June 22.-Three spans OF the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad bridge, over The
Big Miami, near Lawrenceburs, were blown
down by the tornado last evening. The bridge
will be repaired at the earliest possible moment
The passengers will change cars there for the
present.
The storm was severe in this city, blowing
down trees, and damaging the roofs of houses