, 1861-09-19
AND THE PREsIDEST.
The moyylnEd Seee4s3onfat9 Terror
SsF1cA eh-23 mug1neeIs Sent 10 Tor
1UKNR.

NAsHISG9oN, Sept l8.-The War Depart
Ment heTe atv1ees to the effect that tue rEbe}
Gel e1al JobEs5on is preparing to make s.: o..
tempt 10 c1ces The Upper Potomac ~.tn 10000
Hep. Every necessary preparation Is Making
to repei them.
Dtse1st1s from tie rebel camp, Who easne
into our lines this morning, sag the Conzea-
t11te s}ny is in state Of rrigh:ful tam.raii
zatior. Their Ct me- issarist is wretchsd- Many
a1r sick. Tl+y have scarcely auy ambuIanee5,
There is general ciscuptent amongst them
The wholu numbtr of the Confederate army
oi tie Potomac ls estimated ut 100000.
| have The best Of authority for faying that
the State Department. has tecesved positive ao-
eutal &C that ths Captain General Of Cubs has
itsutd 10 such proclamation, respecting ;ae
flag OF the Southern CoEfede1zcy, a. has bean
attributed to him
The1e Is q strong pressure upon the Prest-
den1 not to interfere with Fremout'e command
in Missou1i, xnd It is said, Ae suM consent.
stiQ 81 other rebel battery has been diacoy.
cred on the Potomae-eight miles above
Aauia CreeE.
kocRvuLE, Central Maryland, Sept IL
It is cuE1en.iy reported tual al important
1a]lit=1y conftre1 cE WAS held hsre yesterday.
The a1rttt ct several leading Eecesstonlsts
has struck terr0r amol G the secessioalsts.
The p=ace nen'' are Also trembling for their
Eafety.
DAKSEs12ES, Nd, Sept. l7.-Tweuty.three
mUs:le@as eI 1at n. i. 10 l. were sent +, BAti-
more to osy and from thence 20 to Torlugas.
| k.po1te :re 1urrent here that Gen. johnson is
| moving up the Virginia shore Ut The Potomac,
| hari1 a5cct 10000 mer. II this is true, his
| advance wm be met promptly.
From Warrington,
t WASHINGTON, Sept. IS S-PoGtmaster Genera!
t B1air HIS ,stazned from Missouri. Quiet pre-.
yallcu 1t I'll points on the Potomac alter noon
To-Day.
| Especial to the Post-1
| The Goyi1nE1e1t has just discovered that
the 1tbsls sre carrying Oh a contra hand trade
| httween Worcester county, Md, and Virginia
Lsrge supplies Of army stores have buen trans
| ported to the enemt's lines by this route,
The nj neeesssly measures have been taken tc
stop 1ht t1sflc.
The precautions adopted by ths Govern
mint Indicates that an attack from the enemy
is expected. Il is believed hsTe that it anJ
advance is made it will be from Lees burg o.
WAsu1SeroN, Sept. Is i: is ascertaired al
the Department Of STATE that hereafter com
munication betTt en- the British Government
aid Its Conenls, in ports OF the insurrectionar1
States, will, with the consent Of our Govern
ment, lie carried Oh by Bsit'sc vessel. Of war
This coprse will obviate the embarrassment
which have hitherto attended those comlluui
cations through other channels.
The following order was iseued through tn
| 1t6b O1ut- o14tIGl
that he Louisville Courier, found to be an I'D
, yocatc OF TREASON ana hostility to tie Govern
meht and authority Of the United States, b
t1eluded from the mails a1d post -oftlcfs Of ta
INIT Slatts, until further orders. BE orde
Of the Post MISTER General.
JoHN a. CAssoS,
First Assistant ?. d. Genl"
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S-Al1 the Candidate
fer sdmie5son to tie Naval Academy are II
! 9ueetea to rpc.t 1t Newport, r. L, betwee
| the 10th and 30th insts.
:, General Meigs has returnsdto Washington
An extraordinary Cabinet meeting was hel
this afterrccn. AL the n.cmters were ps
/ | cent.
A dispatch to the War Department date
Da1nstown, says parry Of me New Yoik SIT
Gel. Lane, crctsed the Potomac at Seuee
Creek, 3loncav, encounteriug rebe1 force
three &c mtanies, with 3 loss Of three ul=l
Mkt L orl ing they shelled The camp, drisin
| the It bels tEck,