Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-11

| ltiiinlss ago. LOT blankets, locks, keys, mail
bags, and other appurtenances ofsa postal
system. What was really meant BY this
EaPparently honest proposition appears
trnm the following circular. which was
sent to all the Postmasters in the rebel
States, mn. .l.7 ,5.7''.
id [Circular No. 4. saa ira
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, w.
Posr OFFtcE DEPARrNEST,
ra. s- MONTGOMERY May 20, 1851. 10.
SIR. You are hereby instructed. MS the
postal service. of the Government of tbe
United States within the Confederate
states will be suspended by the service
under. the authority of the Confederate
States, on and after the last day of June
next, to retain ia, your possession, Subject
to the Further orders of this Department,
Tor the benefit of the Confederate States.
all mail bags, locks and keys, marking aud
rating stamps, blankets for quarterly re-
turns OF POStmasters, and all other proper-
y belonging to or, connected with the nos
tnl service, and to return forthwith TO the
Chief of the Appointment Bureau of this
Department a full inventory. of the same,
| ,L J on Will also report to the Chief of the
Finance Bureau OF this Department, on
the LIST day of June, proximo, your journal
or ledger account. with tue United States,
for the service Of the Post Office Dennrt-
ment, up to and including the 3lst d,v of
the present month, Mayo in accordance
with the central regulations embraced In
chapter % of the edition of laws and reg
ulations of the Post Office Department, is
sued May Is, 1853, page lO6, exhibiting
the final balance in your possession. e
THE sKIRNlsH AT EAIRFAx COURT HOUSE.
The Washington Star of Thursdty even
ing says =. We1hAyes absUlntC.9c 9coniirmI-
tton, from the lips of a reliable citizen, who
was at Fairfax Court House on Thursday
night last, when Lieutenant tTomDkins'
command entered that village, of tic ac-
count of the killed brought hy his COM
mand to this city Our Informant himself
saw ten dend disunionists, and also saw h
trooper in The course of the engagement
ride up into n low porch and cut down two
disuHiOnists, whom he did not count amon no
The ten dead seen by himself, not knowing
whether they were killed outright. The
dead bodies were hurried into hole DUO
near the court house building, as soon on
the following day'as the terror of the peO-
Pile there enabled them to attend to the
matter. 1t was freely said, directly after
the fight, in the hearing of our informant,
by persons in the village, that the dead
numbered about thirty. And. ere leaving
the place, lie heard dire threats made
| "GtNAuSN Sh4 aSlllGGu MLO SHOulQ report tue
fact that more than one InHn WAS killed on
their side. We have been assured Of this
last fact by no less than three distinct per-
sons who visited Fairfax Court House in
tue course of Saturday and Sunday last.
The disunion troops engaged in the af-
fair firmly believe themselves n match for
live times their number of United States
troops. The result proved that engaging
one-third their own number of United
States troops, and having the adrantaee of
fighting from behind walls and fences,
against cavalry only, too, they lost ten for
every oue. they killed. We fancy they must
now comprehend that any one OF them is
not equal i'll the field to fve of those who
now fight for the stars and stripes.u "a
THE REMOVAL OF THE REBEL SEAT or Gov
.l t,a ttt EMINENT. r.lnt
The following is an official copy OF the
resolutions recently adopted 10y the Con-
lgress of the Confederate States for the re-
moval of the seat of Govcrnmeut: ssA
ResolUed, by the Congress Of the Confed-
crate States OF America. That this Com
gress will adjourn on Tuesday next, to
meet again on the Goth of July, at Rich
moud. Va; aud that n committee of three
members of this Congress be appointed to
make suitable arrangements for the accom-
modAtlon of this Congress and of the sew
eral executive departments.
-ResoEped, further, That the President be,
and he is hereby, authorized to cause the
several executive departments, with the
archives thereof, to be removed at such
time between this and the goth day OF
July next, as be may determine: propidsd
hOreVer, that in case of any public emer-
gencyl which may, in the Judgment of the
President, render il impolitic to meet in
Richmond, the President shall have power
by proclamation to call the Congress to-
l.getheU at s6mei other CONVENIENT place to
be selected by him. z.
certify that the foregoing is n correct
copy of the original resolutions adopted hy
the Congress, May 20, 1861. .-agH
.1.is o1 a-i s.aiaF y. j. HooPER,
sr 81 aT \ Secretary ofthe Congress,
r. .'7' 4 REIGS OF TERROR
The Disunion citizens of Tennessee
whilst expressing. ifIeY UpiOW men, are
themselves subjected tn.a .tyEanuJain com
mon with those over whom they tyran-
nize. Gen. Pillow has, ON his own re-
sponsibiliIy, levied a heavy tax on the
counties IN anticipated of the I'VE. mil.
Hons ordered by the hegslStute. 'He sent
one of his military officers the other day tC
Haywood county, fer instance, with orders
tpcollect $50, zoe rs that cou1ty's, share
the amount paid by eleh man to be SCI
EdownNt TO ihfs credit on the State tax 1'hS
officer assumed authority TO appOrtiOn tbt
$4,000 among the citizens according &c
lhis own discretion. Upon some he was
particularly; hard. q Gentlemen, said he, 4