Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-09-18
AFFAIRS UP RIVER.

tWar Correspondence Of the Associated Pressl
ROCKVILLE, Sept. 15.-n 10 currently stated
that an important conference was held here yes
terday, at which were present several high mill
tary gentlemen.
The arrest Of Messu. Bouic, Brewer and Young,
has stricken terror into the Secession ranks Of our
community, and Il ia said that some Of the lead.
ing"Peace men" are expecting to be arrested
likewise.
The remaining mutineers Of the New York
18th, twenty-three In number are TO be sent 20
Baltimore to-day, and forwarded thence 70 Tor
tugas. The original number was two hundred
duty and allegiance.
Yesterday was among the hotte<t days Of the
season. For several hours the thermometer stood
at 90 In a cool and shady location.
One Of the prisoners-the Rev. Mr.. Wilson, Of
Baltimore-wss invited 10 conduct religious GER
emonies in the encampment Of the Fifth Connec-
lieut., but he declined to do 90.
Reports current here that johnson is NOV
ing up on the Virginia side Of the Potomac, with
a strong army, intending to cross the Potomac.
some state his force high thirty-fv 10 fsrty
thousand. IL he essays the attempt his advance
will be met in becoming manner.
The number Of important political prisoners
now held by Provost Marshal Stone, Of the Fifth
Connecticut, IL twelve. The cases Of several 9TH
ers have been disposed Of. The number Of pris-
oneu confined by edict Of courts martial 10 com
parstively small, considering the magnitude Of
the army.
DARNKsrowN, Sept 10 1t vss understood To-
day that General Mcclellan would arrive here
tomorrow, on his way to review the army Of the
upper Potomac, but reliable Information iesds 10
the apprehension that q future occasion win be
selected for that purpose.
On saturday last a scouting party crossed the
Potomac at the mouth Of the Seneca creek and
penetrated The country In the direction Of Lees-
burg. Reaching an elevated point, where few
days before q rebel encsmpment bad been SHIELDED
by the I'd Rhode Island battery, they distinctly
saw three regiments Of infantry drilling on the
Leesburg fair grounds. These regiments, hey
were Informed by negro, were MisissippiAns,
while fourth regiment from that state had mu-
tinted and disbanded. Esd
Information was also derived that there were
other large bodies Of rebels In that section, and
that unless supplies Of SALT coffee etc. were short
ly received, great distress would ensus 10 both
army and families.
The scouts saw not living being, except the
negro, in the country they had trsverssd. The
wheat had been harvested, but the corn Acids
were drying mp and overgrown with weeds.
Prom the best Information obtsinsble. your cor.
respondent has but little dooot that johnson %
army, now apparently moving In detail rom op-
posite washington towards this section, fully
reaches, ~ u does not even exceed, The highea
innate given by the public writer's. Neither 10 it
improbable that Johnson will endesvor % cross
the Potomac In the neiehborhood a the mouth
Of the Monocscy With the view Of attempting 70
reach Frederick and protect the Legislature vii 9
they pNs the ofdinsnce Of secession, trusting 10
the well-known extensive secession senfirns, In
Baltimore and the lower count1es Of Mnryl %
weaken the Uuion army Eta this NOV ut
or an abrupt abandonment a ls line a!
the Potomac appears iaesits., :. ON soses = e.
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