, 1861-09-19

WAsnMe7oS, Sept. II.
C0NTRABANDs |
4 number Of contrabands rode into Colonel
slpcums camp on the Quarter Masters horses
yests1day.
GEN. FREMONT AND THE GOVERNMENT
The whole story about Fremont is still un-
told. There Is q question Of courtesy be.
twetn him and Mr Lincoln, on account Of
extravaganza In the management Of bis de.
Ia1tmtnt. The President, when advised Of
the ttr booming proclamation, desired him to
withhold it until the Cabinet could consult.
II, however, appeared the next morning.
F1emont's activity has been very great.
WAsR1soros, Sept Il.
Thick columns Of smoke are nov seen daily
from just beyond our lines In Virgins They
i1di&zte the constant destruction BY the rebels
Of honees and forest.
Politicians are again actively urging In the
apEoiptment Of incapable civilians TO high |
con mapdR. 1t il pleasant TO know they are
gelt1aiiy enubbtd in military Quarters. |
Tie rtc51t succeEEfal e.cape1reIn Richmond i
Of kesersl Cf1ice1s, Is doubtless the chief cause
of converting Castle Pipckneg into a prison !
Our captive soldiers viii fare hardly in that
nest OF tevefs.
The Fremont erbroglio emhazrasscs The
Administration greatly. It has been the sub
j. Ct of rtpeatcd Cabinet meetings aud coun-
els Of war. No satisfactory results re4shed-
gitEs army movements are daily made, butso
silently as to excite no remark
Professor Love will shortly have siz bal
lco1s afaoae for scouting purposes, stationed
sl alorg the lines.
A general Conrt MsrtiaI at Alexandria has
condtmnsd thirty two soldiers to death, for
nutiny. sleeping on, or desert!ng OF posts.
MOVEMENTS OF GEN. FREMONT.
Fremont is still energetically prosecuting the
tar. Tue officers haye been detailed by
Nslles scr the lotilla. and sailors are bling
educated here Rs gnnners- Last week Gen.
Fremont telegrsphed for sixteen nino-inch
guns and thirty thirteeu.i1ea mortaFs. The
1o1mer reached him from Pittsbufg in three
days. The latter were were manufactured aud
delivered at the rate Of five q week. These
mortars throw shells weighing 90 ponnds,
whcn strike with power equivalent to forty
toLs.
1nE REBELS RErREA11KG FROM GREAT NOUN
TAIN.
Gen. Rey yno]1f, in command at Cheat Noun
1s!r, te}egrHphs that the rebel forces hove left
| that vicinity, AID con5cctu1es that they are
| marching this wsy.
| TIE Surgeon of the Maine Fourth reports q
hundred Of It's men uucer srrest for insubor-
| GlDaiiCI.
| OUR CAUSE ABROAD.
In England aud France our Cause was more
! tL4tA ~ LIE CEelQA AAE1 tAo Duh h4A
atfsz1 than By the defeat itself: Our Ministers
10 othtr Statse write Of their sympathy with
| rs. Ei g]znu md France refused to accept
our seLesion to the pEivateering prohibition
! ef tht Pa1ff Conference because coupled with
| e'ipu atlors ti;st Enuld bind thrm to treat
J.N. D@Tis' t1igatee1s as pirates.
REVIEW.
GtItrsl Fitzjohn Porter's division Of eight
thousand infantry, two batteries and squad.
rtsrf r f4hn
Ian this afternoon.
THE CABlSLT AND FREMoNT's PROCLAMATION
Probably majority Of the C:oinet is III f.
| y1r Gf Gen. Fremont's proclamation The
Pzeeidtnt mcGitisd 1t without consultation.
s1cHEs AT WORE
Gen. Sick}cs his taken hevt1tY OF eighty
]1lscY ers in the lower counlies ei MarJ land
| 1ts cap7ured near Port Tobacco, last 1:gh:, {
| el,lsnoid bs:o-che and pair CT horses, witf
| ttir uwDtr and another man, AID plenty o.
Letters from Washington to Virginia. The
csrrl9ge vas one OF Tie regular rebel nal
| Ra5oLs.
Foru,nl ResIozaxfon OF ,he Colors ol
| the New York 73.n.
Washington Cor. n. I. Herald, 17th~l
The sevenfy-nibth New York Highlanders
Col Stevens, whose colcE6 We're taken from
| tz.em Ecm= GlLs 2Et .tr uIuiiiuuH coul nc
ergeEcsred IT Il few mise hieEous officers, ha1
Them resttrsu to-day, with brief but strikingl3
| int rtEt:rg ceremonies. It will be remember
ed TINT Gen. Mcclellan made AZ informal res
to,ation Of the culoIE about one week ago, q
tbs tsme time ordering thu Ceremony which
took place today. The regiment marches
f1om their encampment, headed 5y their ful
hand ard drum corps, to q fe1d about on
mile distant, #htre they drew up In line IN re
: siew order. Brigad1er General William F
, Smith ol d staN soon after arrived on the fie1t
sld rode to d position opposite the center G
the line. Subsequently detachment Of On
: hundred and twenty-five Of this Third VI,
: mont regiment, Colonel Hyde, marched int
l the field, htaded by thair band, acting as thei
? guard ct honcr to the colors Of the Seventy
i,iDtb. The Ve1mouters marched to centre
POSITION, and danked from platoons into ile
1!orting the Seventy ninth regiment. EFer.
thing being ready, tie Color Guard Of tn
Vt1mon .e1e, besring the colors Of the Seventy
, nitth, advanced to the centre, meeting ia
0 C< 1or Guastl Of the Seventy ninth who too
4 cl arge ct tEe;r banners. TIE ceremonies
? + rsstcripg 1hc eolorr IVES pEefsced by few r
c marks By General Smith. After the Higl
e 1spders received their coloEs the bands plaYe
0 patriotic airs, the Eth cheeEed, and a salyo
c :rtiIlery was. fred. The Highlsnde7s the
!asssed in review before General Smith, At
e returned to camp, receiving, as they passt
= bomcward. the hearty cheers and congratul
T. tions Ct their brother soldiers.