The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-25
SEE FOURTH PAGE.
LATEST NEWS.
FE d ERAL
IELEGRAMS.
ALL DOUBTFUL--dOsTLY FALSE.
REORGANIZATION of the ARMY.

WAsHINGrUS, July 24-1he most vigorous mea-
Sures are being adopted by the War Department
for a thorough and complete Reorganization OF our
army. Old systems will be changed to practical
modes for the better management OF our forces, bV
providing reliable officers. To this end the Secre-
tary of War Issued General Order to day that
all officers at regiments will be subject to eXamina-
tion bv Board of Military Otlicers-tn be ap-
pointed by the Department. with the concurrence
OF the Commander Chieias to their fitness TOR
the positions assigned them. Those found incom-
p-ient will be rejected ard their positions will be
filled by competent officers who may have passed
examine tiun of the Military BGaId. The energy
and weIl-directed eff ,rts of the War Department
and of the General iu-Chet has done much to re-
store couiidrnce The prompt appnin tment Of Gea.
Mcclellan, who is on his way here, to command
the Grand Army, has given unbounded satisfaction
and created great ent! usiasm among the soldiers
Great Activity of the War Department
Large Reinforcements Arriving and Ers
Route.
WASHINGTON, July 24-Ahiairs here wear far
more cheerful aspect to day. Fresh troops are
continually arriving and appear to be of dcsira-
bic character. The baggage wagon and commits
sariat SUPPLIES seem to be plentiful as heretofore,
and aItog' ther there is a gathering up OF army
fragments
Major Bidwell, of the Michigan 1st regiment,
who ASSUMED the command after Colonel w WilcoX
fell, was yesterday, and is to-day, actively gather
ing up his men He estimates that 30 or 40 will
cover the killed, ard double that number the wound
Cd in his regiment.
remarkably heavy. The telegr aphic dispatches
hourly accumulate, the senders rendering troops in
surprising numbers. For example, Illinois has
offered seuenteen and Indiana ten regiments! Some
OF these regime Dts have already started and others
VIII he en- route to-moTrOw.
Ambuances containing wounded soldiers continue
to arrive.
The Ordnance Department at the Navy Yard is
tuin Ming out rted cannon with an extra force One
nearly f0ished will throw projectile weighing
sl2tv-lour pounds q miles. The gun weighs
10000 pounds. There is great activity in this de-
paTiment night and day.
From the Army of the Potomac.
WASHINGTON, July "a Early this morning the
picket guard of the New York oath regiment at
Falls Church, twenty-five in number, with their
captain, were attacked by abnut forty secession
cavalry and driven in. Seine half dozen shots were
exchanged but none were injured on our side. The
secession pickets were within five miles of us OH
- the Columbii road.
Col. Salson's regiment of horse and artillery has
been accepted by he Secretary of War, and will be
mustered into service Immediately.
Nine secession prisoners were brought to the
city this evening, by party of Fire Zpuaves and
Garibadians, W no surrounded and assaulted them
but they were saved from more serious violence by
the interference of the officers who had them in
todv.
Col. Ferrill, Of Kentucky, serving in Gen.
Schenck's staff, was not killed first reported.
lhe loss OF the Fire Zouaves is now estimated at
two hundred all told. The remainder are as full
Of fight as ever.
The list regiment of New York now estimate
their killed and wounded and missing at forty.
They will go home, but the greater portion will
probably come back under Col. Martin.
Army Order.
WAsHINGToN, july "a An order has been issued
BY Gen Mansfield, dated at noon to-day as follows
"All struggling soldiers will join their respective
regiments without delay. Here follows the desig-
nation OF rendezvous for twenty of the regiments
by name. Soldiers attached to regiments in camp
or quartered on the Virginia side and not embraced
in the foregoing list. will rendezvous at jackson
Square opposite the Presidents house. All stray
gers found on the streets six hours after the pro-
mitigation Of this order, will be Leemed guilty Of
disobedience OF orders and be taken charge of.
Lntham's Regiment.
Senator Latham, by earnt st solicitation has OBJ
taned to-day an order from the War Deps rtment
to raise full regiment ot Infantry and 500 cava-
ry three years volunteers, inCafornia, to protect
the overland mail treasure and emigration from
Carson Valley to Fort Kearnev.
Col CarlOs A. Waite, OF the Sth Infantry, leaves
on tbeIst Of August, by the Panama route to take
general command Of this force, and give it eff
CLERGY, Calitornians here very much gratified
at this important step.
Washington Items.
NASnINGToN, july .-lntOrmati.n n reached here
this morning that the Confederate pckets now ex-
tend to where Gen. Tyler formerly encamped in
the neighboThOod of FalPs Church.
The most serious aprrehensioBs still felt for
the safety Of HIN. Alfred Ely, who went To the
scene Of a spectator and with the desire 10
be If u to the wounded in the regiment from his
New Yrlk) Cong gressional District. He is sup
posed to b. either killed a prisoner.
The proceedings in the House to-day, in which
Representatives Richardson and Burnett were par.
ticularlv concerned, have led to conferences be-
tween the friends Of the respective parties, with
view to an adjustment of their difficulties.
The steamer Yankee arrived here this evening.
One of those on board represents that the steamer
Resn'ue was dispatched Friday to the Eastern
Shore of MARYLAND, to look after a schooner sup
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expected to return within two days, but
tidngs have vet been heard from her.
The steamer Poe Ihontas off Aqua O. eek,
where it was reported a large party of rebels were
erecting n battery.
The gun boat Philadelphia is cruising in the
lower Potomac.
The steamer Gipsey is at Port Tobacco Greek,
preventing goods from being conveyed to the ViT-
ginia shore.