The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-17
MOVEMENTS OF UUkAN STEAMERS
NEWS VIA WASHINGTON.
From the Washington Star of last evening:

ADVANCE INTO VIRGINIA.
Ennaral McDowelPs army doubtless commences
a forward movement this afternoon. We do not
feel at liberty to state particulars concerning it to-
day, we might thus jeopardZe the success of
some of the plans, which had best be kept out of
the newspapers.
The progress of the army southward will be de-
lberate, doubtless, and no portion of it will take a
step backward.
TROOPS ACROSS THE RIVER
The departure of Col. Ens,eins Twentv-seventh
Pennsylvania regiment for Gen. McD oweli's com
mand yesterday, makes the ftieh full regiment of
citizen soldiery that has been sent to him ON this
point, averaging quite thousand men each. That
is exclusive of regulars 500 of whom have already
Joined him, with GOO more, including 600 marines
two full batteries of light artillery &c vet to be
transferred to his command We imagine So his
grand corps d'armee will doubtless number So 500
men, by far the largest ever massed in this country
under single command. Ere we 90 to press
o'day 5 600 more troops will have gone over the
river to him.
TROOPS GOING OVER THE RIVER
1t is expected that some 4 GOO more tronps in all
will cross the river to-day and Tonight from this
point, to join General McDowelrs command-the
two Rhode Island regiments, the New York list,
States light artillery.
p. S.-These regiments marched over the Long
bridge at O'Clock to day.
AFFAIRS AT THE NAVY YARD.
The James Guy, tug boat, which was seized by
the Government some time since, and has been used
for public purposes since was Yesterday released
from seizure and placed in the hands Of her owner,
Mr.. George Page.
The two sc0wS just finished at the yard are to be
towed around to the Georgetown Aqueduct ferry,
and to be used as means Of transporting troops
and army trains across into Virginia.
The despatch boat Young America has been thor
oughly overhauled at the Navy lard. She is to
rejoin the squadron in the Chesapeake bay at once
Tbe Young America is prize, having been seizsd
near the mouth of the York river on the opening of
the war.
AFFAIRS IN PRINCE WILLIAMS co VA
. OCCooUAN, July l5.-Editor Star One company
OF cavalry and thin regiment of infantry (some
700 strong only (which have been stationed here
for a week or two-left this place on Saturday for
some other point, supposed to be Manassas juno
tion Tive cnmpanies of cavaIry-one of this coun-
tv (Prince William, commanded by Capt. VIM.
Thornton, and an Albemarle company (the same
that was at Fairfax Court House), commanded BY
Capt Davis-are now stationed here.
FsoM FORTRESS MoNRoE-THE Y.RKrowN AN IRON
CLAD STEAMER.
BALTIMORE, July i6 Editor Washington Star:
BY the steamer from Fortress Monroe, leaving last
evening, learn that two deserters rom vessel of
the enemy in York river, not far from the United
States line, have reached the Fortress.
They report that the steamer Yorktown, late of
the New York and Richmond line, has been cased
with railroad iron, her decks being al so covered
with it, as well as her engines, &c. She is armed
with eight eght-inch guns and some riied cannon,
and preparations are being made to get her from
her present position, near City Point, into the
bay, TX Lieutenant Murdaugh, U. S. N, and
another absquatulating United States nay al officer
have BEEN making surveys OF the river navigation
to be able to get her tut. Commodore String ham
is ready to receive her with his squadron.
ARMY HORSES.
In the last week Quartermaster Ruckner has
been receiving about five hundred horses daily,
purchased for army use. He has a coral near the
Observatory, where there quite two thousand
ot them together. They are being htched up into
teams there at the of three hundred day.
| The coral and the operations in it, are sight
| worth seeing.
THE PORTRAIT JOHN TYLER
| was yeserday removed from the rOtunda of the
capitol, by order of the Commissioner of Public
| Buildings