Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-08-29
OUR MILITARY BUDGET.
THE SITUATION.

terday on the other side Of the river, returning
here at a late hour Of the night. In the course
Of the day he visited nearly every point there
Of present interest," inspecting the troops and their
state Of preparation, In person.
1t IL clear that the recent reconnoissances Of
| the enemy In some force, In such close proximity
| TO our lines, indicate one Of three things:
LIST. Either the desire to obtain information Of
the condition Of our defenses not otherwise within
their reach.
I'd. Or the desire TO draw our army out Of its
present lines.
Sd. Or, again to concentrate ib attention away
| from some movement contemplated to be made
at a comparatively distant point.
The fact that General Mcclellan permits the
enemy to make such reconnoisances, proves that
he regards the Notifications over the river being
an over.match for any force that can possibly be
brought against them, and il ready 70 receive
| them whenevs, they may venture within range Of
his guns in battery.
Apropos.-We have no faith In the stories rep
resenting that the enemy have erected batteries
near our lines. They may have brush covers for
| few pieces Of light artillery there nothing
more; their guns in the field not being siege
pieces, and there being no points within reach Of
our works not well commanded by the latter.
THE NEWS FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Elsewhere the reader will find the /" Associated
Press" report, from Cincinnati, of the recent en-
gagement between the Seventh Ohio Regiment,
(9oO men, under Col. Tyler, and Gen. John B.
Floyd's Western Virginia Brigade, (of 900 men }
| near summersville, Greenbrier county, Va
According to advices received last evening by
the Government from Gen. r osecrans, the report
alluded to above 10 substantially correct In all OF
Its partic ulars. Gen. Rosecrans entertained no
doubt that Tyler has secured his retreat without
further loss His loss in the engagement was not
half that Of the enemy, whom he left in no con-
dition TO pursue or annoy him further.
APPOINTED
The following military appointments were
made to-day:
VIM. Smith, Of Orwell, VT, to be an additional
Paymaster.
Isaac b. Bowditch, of Burlington, VT, to be
Commissary OF Subsistence, with the rank Of
Captain.
Joseph g. York, to be Captain of the Fifteenth
| Infantry, Irregular Army.)
III
Minnesota volunteers,) to be Paymaster, u. g.
| A, with the rank Of Major, vice Major Randolpb
Marcy, promoted to be Inspector General.
ON THE OTHER SIDE YESTERDAY.
The firing of artillery heard here yesterday, be-
tween two and three O'Clock, was from lig bit guns
OF Beauregard's advance, stationed at present on
Munson's Hill. They wasted number of rounds
In nr.ng six pound shot at our pickets at Bailey's
Gross Roads, not one OF whom was hit. In the
course Of the day, by creeping up In the woods,
they did, however, manage to wound two of
them with rife shots. We learn that at other
points along the line, they also killed and wound
ed two or three more Of our pickets, by firing
upon tn EN- from concealed spots
VOLUNTEER coLoNBLs FROM THE REGULAR .RMv
The Secretary Of War consents that Can't. r. ]
c. Amory, Of the 9TH infantry, u. g. A., shah be
detached, In order that he may command a regi-
ment Of Massachusetts volunteers he 10 now rails
ing.
Captain Grover, Of the 10th Infantry, U. g. A
has also received leave to serve Lieut. Colonel
Of Berdans regiment Of sharpshooters
GENERAL Buffers EXPEDITION.
The expedition on which Gen. Butler has set
out from Fortress Monroe Is doubtless to plug up
some Of the small inlets upon the csast Of North
SIDE" as on this side Of the Capes, Just now, we
fear that more or less of the stone-loaded hulk.
accompanying his expedition will sink before he
| In ready himself to sink them, In position.
GENERAL WOODS STAFF
The following gentlemen have been appointed
as aids-de-camp to Major General Wool, COM
handing at Fortress Monroe, the headq uarters Of
| the department of Virginia:
II Alexander Ham{lton 10 ona =,
Cannon, Of New York, each with the rank Of
Major and William Jay, Of Bedford, N. ",
with the rank Of Captain.
SEIZURE OF ARMS
| Early last Thursday morning COMPANY OF In.
diana volunteers from Maj. Gen. Banks column,
searched the house Of MIR. N. Stevens, Of New
Market, Md, obtaining over twenty U. 9. rifles,
which had been secreted between the floor and
l ceiling. Several more were obtained from other
places.
1 ANOTHER GuN-BoAr.
Last Monday evening the U. g. gun-boat r. b
Forbes, left Boston to join the Potomac dotilla
She carries two 81 Founders, and 10 commanded
by Captain Gregory; Engineers: Dennison Peters,
chief, John McCluskey LIST Assistant, and VIM.
| Smith I'd Assistant.
/ APPOINTED.
/ Charles B. Pottinger, Of Philadelphia, for many
years connected with the press of that CITY, ha,
been appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to
| The position Of masters mate. He has been "a.
signed to the United States brig Perry, now lyino
i Of Alexandra.
SURGEONS APPOINTED.
| Dr. John g. F. holston, professor Of surgery In
the National Medical College, of this CITY, and
DIR. w. E. Waters, demonstrator of anatomy In
the same Institution, have been appointed brigade
surgeons In the United States Army.
RESIGNED.
Capt. w. N. r. Beall, Of LIST Cavalry, U. g. A.,
L has resigned.
II IMPORTANT ORDER.
Il PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT
L August o. 1861.
L This Department having authentic information
| that the mails have been repeatedly violated and
cannot be carried safely in that part Of Kentuck
named herein 1t 10 ordered that the post offices a,
Hickman, Columbus, and Paducah, Kentucky
and all other post ofices and post routes In Ken.
lucky, west Of the Tennessee river h. d,s,o,u