Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-08-27
AFTERNOON DISPATCHES,
From w ashingtOn.

Special to the Tribune.
There was a false alarm Dung the moruiI.
church service to-iay by picket guard cportin
that the enemy advancing from Fall
Church.
Gen. Mcdowell tele graph ed to Gen. McClells,
that preparations were making for meeting the
enemy, when another telegram was received e.
planning tina. the iist unounded.
Government Is consid ring the Yroprirty VI
ganixing national detective police force at New
! erk. 1T. Louis, Chicago ana other cities, wef,
represen Cd in the confer he plan is to hay,
agents dlstributod through the .Ountry, form Il
a net work of surveillance.
The detective Police force in Washington !.
large increa-ed by recruits from New York And
Philadelphia
woman from Beauregeri's headquarters va,
arrested to day while passing through our line,
into Alexandria. An Irish woman eaich ed her
aud found some - letters addressed to and imnli
eating prominent citizens in w Washingion an.
Alexandria.
All the mutineers still in custody, including
those Of the Fl Maine and the 18th and 2Ist New
y lork regilEents, were sent t. lprtugas t1is +. NJ
Several persons were arrested teday, among
them Nr. Greenshaw. formerly librarian apG
ira uslat.r at the State Department
Mrs. Senator Gwinn's runk. ordered to go on
10 est Point BY express, was examined, and plan.
Of fortifcations at the Chain Bridge and on b.
other SIDE oil the Potomac, traced paper b.
some Clerk ia the War department, We're found
Dr. Manning was also arrested to- lay. Other
arrests will soon be made.
Times CorresI oLdence.
Yesterday Mrs. Philips, wife Of a wsll-known
couf se,lor OF this city WAS arrested at her resi-
dence charged with treasonabc communication
.ith the rebels. IL is ssId that when arrested
she attempted 10 swallow portion Of letter
she was writing to a rebel. she prepared to illu
inmate her house in commeDOration oI thu rcpel
victory at uiIs fun ana was di s-ned from do
ing SO by her more prudent rebe, friends.
1t IL understood that orders were sent frcm here
TO cause the arrest Of Mrs. Gwihn a,N est Point
and that her arrest wa probably ELECTED yester-
day.
yes, eriay says aiaryan is full Of refugees from
Loudon county, Va, VII, are keeping out Of the
way Of the rebels, now engaged IN imprisoaing the
men aud plundering the country.
Iii. stated at Lieut.. KinWe.i of the I'd csval.
~, who vas at Bulls Run with part Of his req.
mem, has resigned his 9 mmission and accepted q
captaiucy ia the rebel cavalry in Missouri. lie had
the new commission before the battle.
Authentic intelligence received from Manassas
states that Immediately after the battle at BUlii
Hun the rebel authorities made extraordinary ex-
ertions to bring forward tsoops, ssssitiog In trans-
portation Of large forces iron lsnpe.sse 70 wash
ing on, which had been be ~ L0me for defen-
sive operations on the Miss 'ssippi.
Toe Cotton States had also forwarded large
nam sers-all that could be spared from home.
Besuregafd has nov q larger force than at any
previous tine. Howes er great the necessity for
him to commence IN Onward n. vsment, t. pre-
vent his army from dissolution, yet TO fears are
exp essed that he will venture An sstsck on ouS
lines. ~ A
Foreign mails, BY last steamer, we're receives
TO day. Ct the Ssase Department. Advices fren
our Ministers are written under the pressure Of
Bnll's kun disestsv.| Europe sppsseistss she die
sster at its full extent but there II jispeitaeo
On the Continent 70 give she NOFthss. oosps
nore credit for bearing and sndarssse. than or
own pager. have clsined, and their 1ghttng -
front OF heavy works beirg coasidsfed ~ sil(r
taey msa - giving the southern tseps - Byc9b
"a sdvsstase, - 20 make IL natter u swSo6og
,haf rsv recruits eeulo havs been iadssed tno1r
nult them under such dissdvaatasss ".
OR Ninssters do NOT disguiss the - 0aesor
|0overnmsat has suHs1sd ssssSsV = fb0lonae
doe e Es,epssas, by ~ diesDs6k -
eea66eas taat no DsvenDsst - seeG1e9e Ss -
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