The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-20

Igrson Greek, ll5 feet span; Narth Branch rive
tSL iIet span; buffalo Greek No. 9 los feet spa
nao nunao Greek, No. 3. l5G feet span; Martiusbur
zoo zoo feet span; Harper's Ferry $50; total 2,li
feet. -'N0' '0'"' -
mn Fort Iiclcns.
Ihe correspondent of the New York Time
Ea. EEr.t'ng rom on board the Niagara, May 81, G
fort PIckens, SAYS: -
cannot understand why the Government ba '
aI'o"ed these batteries to be erected; for nearl
lne sweep OF half a circle they have been plante,
anu any OF them can reach the fort and do muc
ua'naSe. The enemy is reported to Col Prov,
| commanding the Department of Flor;d, 40 b
| 5000 to 10000 strong ~ "'o'
! "A''' the Nc" York Tribune Calls n ..S.,c
cessful'' Scouting Party.
ine ioiowing piece of vandalism is reported +
.ne NE" ork Tribune by a soldier from Newpor,
news FONT. The capture of the negro pirl wi
serve to explain how General Butler obtains mos
of his 'contrabaud of war;
on sunday, the scouting party, of which I wo
| one, leIt camp about o'clock in the mornino, w
proceeded from Newport-News to Hampton w
frdre III. n I9e distance, about half an hours wall
IL rnl 'he hampton Road, a fne-looking n,apsiou
onac"' "Pon approach, prored to be the WiT;ao,.
oDr9 fem"e Academy If Firginia. Here We can
tured Capt West, who would give no Other ac
Tpunt nl himself than that he was ''a gentleman
waro ~, ~ p'1 T"hS "h"m we saw on the PREMISE
"e'e OdPt. west, and another man who mada h;
escape as ne saw US approach. There q,os n neor,
grS =" the basement ,chona cc took ,eih Cant H.
- ., ro[TeSs Monroe, where we arrived about :
CLOCK IN the evening.
Alter the soldiers havino obou.or.,
ers started for the Fortress the remainder nf ~
party Kent possession of the premises ,ntT ,,r;,
MIoeH Wet@e', Of COmpamy A, set fire to tie est@b
,I;G onT"'"g eosryhtng doi0H except the kitchen
detached building. ' '''"9
IN, Vessels Fitting Out.
pnGI II s1te J otomac Is now in the dry dock at
pIookyn' N. T., undergoing repairs. She will he
stripped, recaulked, newly coppered and tborou,b.
ly nverhauled "Nu 'noIoush-
me steam trigates Roanoke and Savannah ara
tsecei'lng fhelr stores and will be ready in a few
me Brandywine is undergoing repairs. and wi,,
shortly join the blockading deet.' . "'u III
me steam gunboats Abatross and Pencuin arc
IdNlhg IN stores and ammunition. They will each
carry twenty-five FOUNDERS
The keel for new frigate has alrasdv hoo, /; !
IN the yard. eA ''iu
~, WASHINGTON ITEMS
inc following items are copied from the WASH
1ngton Star VIZ '"o ""S"'-
latest From Gen. Pattcrson's CoIun,u
" ElLLlAMSPoRT, Nd, June 10, l A. M-S0 far
u.s. as zen. g. 1oh1sons movements known he has
noC advanced north Of MartinSburp thouph II was
Ten nnurs since given out by disaffacted neonla
neleaoouIs, that his purpose was immediatnlv To
attack Zen Cadw4lader. His line is dotted he,
tWeen Mart'hsourg and Winchester. Its strength
z,lI -
heve the least number will cover it.
AS at present posted, Johnson's line must o;,o
way whenever seriously asSailed bv CadvaIader's
troops; ana do not perceive that a forward rnoyo-
nich, Hn ~ part Is likely to be delayed for fortv
e'Sh. nours longer. 1t appears to be well nndor
$1,000 ny the people around me, that johnson must
necessarily TAI! back towards Manassas
advance of Gen. McDoxeu's Column.
O. Lo 81 ChIEcH, Falrfax county, Va, June 10
Geh. Nchenck, with his staff rested last nirbt ~ =
IdTm mouse within a Nv ~
tavern, on the Washington and Laesburr tnrpnito
one mile oe0W lsouth) of this point r'
~ layIors taverf there are two Connecticut
Iesl9hentS encamped, under the immediate com
manu- manu- Vi brigadlerGeneral Tyler; while the two
Ohlo regiments rested last nig ght on Riiav,s Hill
ABOUT aoout nan mile nearer (than ylor's tayernl to
House. no AFi'nStoh
These changes of the positions of these forr rc,;
hehts inVoiVe an advance of Gen. McDowelPs line
some lour miles. The positions they occpnv ore
very strong ones, being much more easily detendaG
and last night '' yeSIerudy
C'tzens from Vienna report that on the n;rbt
Dp,ore iast at about 10 o'clock, the l. 100 Sonth
t Saro''ha troops with whom General Schenck had
=; IL eJn;gaged some hours previously, fell back
~ tue direction OF Fairfax Court-House of course
carrying their battery of artillery with thono
""u ieaVih@ Vienna without dsunion troons in II
IA n scout VINO penetrated into the village of Fair
tbsro oourto%se last night brings intelligence that
IL n' iohSer any trOODS to be seen ahnut
there, the force of 600 or 600 that were cartan
y Inere on Monday last, having probably faIIen
oack IN the direction of CentrcyiI2e '''eN
p 10 Juu3eu ny some cautious persons here that
gard IN thus Withdrawing his advance
aims TO catch McDowells advance in an ambuscaGe'
" So ne VIII hardly succeed, after the lesson ar
vienna OF the day before Yesterday. ~
Affairs In ana Near Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA, Fa.-12 M.-June 10.
E"Hor 2f ne Star learn from person from
the nelghborhood of Vienna. who lives in FairfaI
county, that the disunion troops have burnt two
passenger and baggage cars, and about twenty
oISe anu e"nu1ia cars, from Leesburg as far down
as Hunters Mill, eighteen miles from Alexandri,
on the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshira rna4J
t Is also reported that the same troops have burnt
the cars, station house, and water stations ,t ";
SINCE 'he night there. 1t is believed here that
thc cars nave been burnt at Vienna but nrnhahII
the station-hGuse has not been DESTROYED T. Saor,
probable that the salvation of the entire three con-
psnIes ct Ohio troops from annihilation at Vienna,
was que 10 the fact that the train which took them
up was followed at short distance hv anotba
tram OF seven passenger cars.
, Inc fourth Pennsylvania Regiment passed
through Alexandra last night with heavy bao
age tram, and encamped Shutters Hill, near Il e
The locomotive sunk in the river on its WOW .fror,
the W ashington wharves to Alexandria bv a sonau
stlhlhg the barge conveying it, still remains M der
water, toating buoy designating tAe spot Ma
VIII be brought from the North to raise it
the same machinery used in raisipp the
mon gun at Locust Point, Baltimore. The loco.
motlVe Is heavy one and is one of those bronght
from the North to be placed upon the Orono,o "a
Alexandria road. 0 oianse anu
Another Bridge Burned.
ALEXANDRIA, June l9.SGoose-creek bridoo
covered bridge and fine structure on the Leeshnr@
turnpike, four miles from Leesburg. copnectinS
%tin Sra me middle turnpike road leading to AIexan-
uriarha5 been burned by the Virginia tro0ps
, force of eight hundred men are in the NEIGH
borhood of Occoquan.