The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-19

Of The Oommisses On ways aad Means rsla.
tive 70 the Tariff bill now under e conside-
ration, TIER oaject being 70 m such intelIi-
Gsnce e. they may obtain on that SUBJECT foa
spTsu mtin9 purposes.
to provide for the collection Of the revenue ne
10 other words, the Force bill.
Tne reign q terror In Loudoun county II =:
u neiknt Notices Of q militia muster for TO-
day Were given on Saturday. when citisena
were told to BE- ready to be drafted into the
militia for an immediate march to MAhaasas
Junction, TO fill mp the ranks Of Gen. Beaure-
gard forces. All the Union men Of Water
iord determined to escape. Twelve fed from
Confederate pickets for nine miles, arriving
at the ford At the Point Of Rocks. which they
crossed and soon got inside the lines Of the
fHst New Hampshire Regiment, stationed At
for BY the New Hampshire boys, and cams on
70 washington to day arriving here this even
Forty moro Union men were to run away
yesterday and try to cross the above men ton
ed ford last night. During yesterday evening
the Confederate pickets on the other side were
seen to stop and drive hack several quads OF
men who were coming In the direction Of the
the escaping party to which allusion is above
made.
1t appears from official data that three sew
eral orders relative TO the declaration of mar
tial law have heen issued by the Administra-
ton. On the 9th Of April, the following was
addressed to the commanding General Of the
army:
You are engaged in suppressing an insur-
rection against the laws of the United States.
Ii at any point, On or In the vicinity OF any
military line which is now or which shall be
used between the city of Philadelphia and
the city Of Washington, yous find resistance
which renders i. necessary to suspend the
writ of habeas corpus for the public safety,
yon personally, or through the officer In COM
mand at the point at which resistance occurs,
are authorized TO suspend that writ" This
Is signed by the President, and countersigned
by the Secretary OF State.
This order was modified on the I'd of July
50 that the above authority should extend on
the military line between New York and
Washington. The third case was under the
proclamation OF the President, and made mar
tial law operative in Florida over Key West,
Tortugas and Santa Rosa.
AS an erroneous impression may be pro-
duced by the Presidents name having been
men toned IN the House to-day in connection
with Hon. Henry Mays recent visit to Rich
mond, there is authority for stating that he
went thifher on NO mission for the General
Government, nor was he entrusted with any
business whatever on its behalf On the con-
trary, he Obtained carefully prepared pass
from or through Gen. Scott, to enable him to
go into the interior of Virginia on his own
private business, thus having extended to
him the courtesy due to a member Of Con-
gress.
The Secretary of State has made a reclama.
ton on the Spanish Government for the sur
render OF the American vessels carried into
Cieafuegos by the privateer Sumter, and no
doubt is en- tertained Of their immediate re-
lease with their cargoes, and of the prohibit
ton Of the entrance of Confederate pr1vateers
into the West India ports hereafter. 1t is as
certained that the Spanish proclamation,
al had a
time been received in Cuba.
Inc result OF inquiries in military quarters
this morning is that Fairfax Court House is
not yet occupied by the Federal troops
The Post Office Department has ordered that
mail matter for East Tennessee will 60 to the
Cincinnati distributing office.
FROM ALEXANDRIA.
ALEXANDRIA, July 15.-Four Connecticut
troops yesterday captured four Secession
cavalry.
A bearer of di pa ches from Richmond to
Lord Lyons passed through our lines to-day,
escorted by the Black Horse Cavalry. The
reported occupation of Fairfax Court House
is probably founded on the yagariss of some
military captain.
There has been no movement whatever that
could be termed an advance, the position of
the troops being at present confined within
the limits OF Springfield on one side, and Of
Falls Church ON the other.
1t is reported that Zouave, named Kelly,
was caught within the lines at Fairfax Court
House, and during his confinement attempted
to fire the Jail. There are doubtless some
two thousand Secession troops still ct Fairfax
Station, besides the force at the Court House,
and that the entertainments and batteries
there still exist. It is stated that the troops
at Fairfax include one hundred negroes, be-
SIDES a battalion of four hundrod others in the
vicinity Of Manassas.
Regarding the disposition among the three
months troops to continue in the service,
about which there has been some inquiry, it
GOO ff,h o hn sIoao hoco
troops to return home before re-enlis ting, I'M
less the position they occupy may demand
their service. Six.tenths will doubtlessly re-
enlist. In the Pennsylvania Fourth Regiment
six out OF the ten companies are SO disposed
From the Ohio First and Second Regiments
regiment will doubtless be created, under
the command of Col. McCook. Col. Wilcox,
of the Michigan LIST, will also form three
year regiment out of his present force, and
additional recruits are now being receiv ed at
Detroit.
Five white citizens sought refuge in our
lines dav, having escaped from Aqua
the Confederate service. They are natives Of
Rhode Island.
Two balloons which were inflated and
ready for making reconnoitering ascension,
exploded to-day while being taken TO Falls
Church.
FROM MARTINsBURa.
MARTINsBURG, July lS.-The 18th Indiana
and the I'd Massachusetts Regiments arrived
here yesterday to join General Patterson's
column.
There is no new movement here. We dom
expect An attack, and it does not seem proba-
BILE at present that we shall make one.
The time of several of the three mon tbs re-
giments here will expire within two weeks 49,
They will go home, recruit, and then 60 again
for the War.
Three or four newspaper correspondents
are in custody here, by orders from Gen. Pat
tersOn.