The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-07-12
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
From General PattersOn's
Command.
GEN. FREMONT IN COMMAND AT THE
WEST.
Attorney General Bates on the Habeas
Corpus.

Special to Tribune. The Grand Army
will advance in three divisions, the right led
by Gen. Tyler, of Connecticut, the centre
by Col. Hunter and the left by COL Heint-
zelman, the whole command by General
Mcdowell. There will be a further corps
of reserve Each will be not far from ten
thousand men. Where the three columns
will combine cannot be stated, but we may
venture to say that it will be at a point be-
yond Fairfax Court House. Everything
indicates that the hour of marching is not
far distant.
The 28th Brooklyn regiment has received
orders to occupy all the entertainments on
the Potomac, except those at Alexandria.
The regiments now holding them having
orders to move forward. The following
despatch has been received here:
MARTINsBURG, July 4.
We have intelligence here that Gen. johnson
seems disposed to make stand at last. He is
directly in front of General Patterson's army,
seven miles off. His command consists of TO-
900 men, and General Patterson must get up
with him by sunrise tomorrow morning unless
he moves off again. Burnside's Rhode Island
Regiment, and the Rhode Island battery has
joined Gen. Patterson's column.
The War Department has issued the fol.
lowing general order:
GENERAL ORDER No. 4.-The State of Illinois
and the States and Territories west of the Mis-.
sissippi river and this side of the Rocky NJ GUN.
tains, including New Mexico, will here after
constitute separate Military command, to be
known as the Western Department under the
command of Major General Fremont, U. S. IA
with its headquarters at st. Louis.
1t is believed General Scott will take the
head when the army advances.
The Secretary of the Navy suggested to
the War Department to day the propriety
of sending force down the river to take
and hold Matthias Point. He was told to
wait two or three days. This was under
stood to mean that within that space of
time the enemy would have other work to
do which will take off his attention from
the Potomac and compel him to draw in his
advance corps.
Worlds Dispateh.1 Attorney General
Bates has prepared an opinion at some
length, concerning the power of the Presi-
dent to suspend the writ of habeas corpus,
special reference being made to the Merri.
man case. He holds that the functions of
the Executive, Legislative and Judicial
branches of the Government are so distinct
and final that neither can clash with the
other, and that the previous judgment of
the Supreme Court against the Executive
right Of suspending the writ of habeas cor.
pus would not continue abiding by prece-
dent. The action of the President is fully
endorsed in the document.
q nf h0 1,
foreign powers are understood to be so sat-
isfactory, that the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations will report no resolutions
having reference to foreign affairs.
It is believed no compromise propositions
will be presented to either the Senate or
House during this session.
Mr.. Breckenridge will no doubt make a
compromise speech at an early day.
We have further evidence that forward
movement into Virginia is about to take
place. By Sunday Fairfax will no doubt
be in the Federal possession, and by week
from that day, our troops will be encamped
at Manassas. 1t is not believed here that
the rebels will make any stand at Manassas
Junction.
The session of the Senate is growing ami.
mated, and candidates increase daily. Gen.
Dewitt Clinton Clark will probably be
elected Secretary. Forney is making Wig.
orous efforts for the position.
Robert Morris, of Philadelphia, has
been appointed chief clerk of the House by
Mr.. Etheridge.
Times Despatch.] Our troops continue
to cross to Virginia, but there will not be
an advance for some days. The rebels are
advancing towards our lines, and entrench-
ing as they come up, or rather preparing
detences to cover their retreat in case they
are driven back. 1t is presumed that they
are to 60 back without fight.
Secretary Cameron and General Fremont
have gone to Fort Monroe.
Herald Dispatch Col. Blinker's regi-
ment will form the advance of skirmishers.
A general movement is to occur early in
the coming week, but the precise time will
OF course be made to correspond to the di.
vision of Generals Mcclellan and Patter.
son.
Since the rank of Majors General has been
conferred upon Gen. Lyon of Missouri, it is
probable that Mr.. Blair will be promoted
to Brigadier- General, and will soon take
the field.
Mr.. Carlisle in the House, received a
dispatch from Gov Pierpont, of Virginia,
to-day announcing that two Ohio regi-
ments had surprised nest of rebels at
Buckharron, Virginia, Capturing 400 /;
killing &c. and Selling 200 horses.
WASHINGTON, July6.
No volunteers will he discharged upon a
surgeons certificate of disability until the
certificate shall have been submitted to the
Medical Director, and shall have been ap-
proved and countersigned by him:
Capt. John McNab of the 10th Infantry,
having, while in command of Fort Laramie,
given evidence of his disloyalty to the Gov
eminent, the President directed his name to
be stricked from the roll.
BALTIMORE. July 5.
Passengers by the Western train from
Sandy Hook report Col. Stone there with
1000 troops, they will be Joined by 1000
more to morrow, and will then cross the Po-
tomac to Aid Gen. Patterson, who was at