New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-27
SALLY BY REBELS AT WlLIIAMSp0RJ.
THEY DESTROY A FERRY BOAT.
MORE RAPID PEDESTRIANISM.
Special Di,pstch to The N. Y. Tribune.

Special
WAsHINGTOs, Wednesday, June 49, 1864.
AN UNPOPULAR APPOINTMENT.
Very great and decp-seated dissatisfaction IL
felt among the troops beyond the Potomac At We
report that Ma. Gen. Dix is to be appointed to
command them in place of Gen. Mcdowell. whs
has the perfect confidence of all the forces.
The appointment of Gen. Dix will have most
unfortunate effect upon the feelings OF the troops
MORE SPECIMEN TREASURY CLERKS.
We have good reason to believe that clerk
in the Treasury Department through whose
hands the most confidential aud strictly private
letters to Secretary Chase usually pass, some
times. if not often, shows them to strangers, and
makes their contents the town talk. From On
other source. we learn that whole family eu-
ployed in the same Department, and receiving
salaries amounting in the aggregate TO five hoa-
sand dollars, are wholly Enthusiastically, and hatS
the Republican party as jealousy a. Mr. Jeu'
Davis hates The TRIBUNE,
SPIES.
spies continue to be arrested daily. One had
passed himself off as U. s. officer, sent to ex-
anime the ntrenchmeuts. On another, maps and
memoranda concerning the camps all the way
from Alexandria to DarnestOwn were found.
Such arrests show the immunity which spies o.
;ov here. These men all but carried out their
objects, and escaped with their budget oil news.
Who knows how many ply between Ricnmood
and Washington Who knows how many DIS
t;nguished men visit US In disguise Until mar
tial law is proclaimed, the city cannot be rld q
the emi.saries of the enemy, who swarm wItma
our lines.
STRICKEN FROM THE ARMY LIST.
The discovery has Just been made that two
young virginians, who hold the position OF Adu.
tants in the regular army, have had friends at
work at the War Department, eodeavoring 70
get them promoted to the rank Of Quartermas-
tiers. their intention being to resign whenever
accomplished. and offer their services TO Tho
Rebel army, presuming that they would DO pro-
ootsd 10 eaptainces The evidence OF their
reasonable. signs was found among les'en'at
the dead letter Office, and among the seized tes-
graphic dispatcncs, addressed to Southern friends.
Tbsi, names were stricken from the Army III"
to-day.
VIRGINIA REFUGEE APPOINTED TO THE ARsY.
Mr.. John A. Ford, who was but recently
driven from Petersburg because of his loyalty
to his country, and whose statement of AFFAIRS
there was published in The TRIBUNE. has been
snnoirted First Lieutenant in the Army. Hs
hopes now soon to have an opportunity Of Dc:
manding in person the restoration Of his properly
con6scated by the Rebels in Petersburg, backed
BY Northern army. He cut down last January
the first Secession flag Loistcd in Virginia Of
the peril Of his life, and longs for chancs 70
run up the Stars and Stripes on the same spot.
LFUTENANT-CoLOLENC DECLINED.
Lieut.. Col. d. Rush Petriken, Of the !6tA
Regiment infantry. has declined.
NEW VIRGINIA.
The first Official act of the Government at thu
point recognizing tbs new Provisional Govern.
ment at Wheeling as the State Government Of
Virginia, took place to-day Regular othcla
intercourse was opened with Gov Perpont oS
communicating to him the apportionnent OF Vr'
dnia for the XXXyIIIth Congress. The Legs
la,ure Ia, been convened to meet in the now
Custom. HouAe, Wheeling, on the LIST OF 'aS'
proxmo.
Accroyyp TO LIEUT.-COL. NUGENT'
Lisut. Col EusAnt of the 69th Regiment n. I.
g NJ WAS thrown from his horse on TUESDAY.
while on dress parade. The horse reared ans
fell upou his rider, dislocatine his soou'0ef.
The shoulder was replace ID, but there is danger
Of a conclusion of the bn'ln' nus recovery
ardently looked for by the nA' Oh 'ao 'es'"'"'
who are deyotedly attached to him'
HOW KENTUCKY GIRLS TREAT REBEL FLAWS
From . letter recently received in this Guy ''o~
prominent citizen Of Kentucky, We eA''ao' '"'
following paragraph, suppressne Tor 0"''''' '
sons the names of places and persons'
"In one ofthe mountain districts of Kentucky Una
lion candidate for Congress held treasooaee meslE
JIis friends and the Secessioniss erected on 'ne
, large hickory pole and swung out Succession
.f,er be had concluded his speech two young ad~s
he village, Miss - - and Mis- a.,
,ur,d two axes and deliberately cut the pole anu
DOWN IN presence of the whole crowd Inc S"'
ss. the same evening, raised the same nag sp0s
,,hsrnole The next morning while the guard WHO 49,
,,.ced around il were mbibing and exultlns ID wv
uccess in securing the dag for one night mi.
,os,n cut IL down. Tue carousers reached Wv P-.
imo to see il fall to the dust She doied ''e",
lare that no such Gag should float in nor n'
ii Th.v rSmoved IL 20 point some ten nnes