The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-06-28
,eneral engagemenl anrwhere lhI. .Ide

general engagement anywhere this cid,
Of Richmond,
The War Department has received IN
telligence thai Col. Stone has entefe,
Harper's Ferry with his command, sufIie
iently strong 70 hold that position. A
return Of the rebels was only for the pur
pose Of making the destruction Of IN,
place complete. why Gen. Patterson
should have allowed this, when he only
had to march and possess the place, L
the subject Of comment and surprise In
high military circles.
a report reached Washington tonight
that Alexander II. Stephens, Vice Pres
ident Of the 90 called Confederate States
is dead. This information comes thro'
rebel sources hence Il cannot be traced
beyond this point. II Is well known he
has recently been III.
MILWAUKEE, June %.
All quiet to-day, though a constant
guard is kept at the jail and on the streets.
FREDERICK Nd, June 25.
The Virginia Convention now in ses-
sion have elected a number Of delegates
to the Confederate Congress. The fol-
lowing gentlemen are among those cho-
en- Ex-President Tyler, Walter Pres
ton, Robt. A, Scott, WIN. Ballard Pres
ton Senator Mason and Roger A. Py-
or.
CINCINNATI, juno 20.
The 10th Ohio Regiment, Col. Bytle,
LEFT Camp Dennison yesterday afternoon
for Western Virginia. The 9th and 7th
will probably leave tomorrow. The
troops remaining at Camp Dennison are
the 9th, 9th, 7th, sth, 18th, 18th and 18th
Regiments, numbering over 5000 men,
The 1st and I'd Kentucky Regiments will
remove thcir quarters TO Camp Dennisoa
to-day. swelling the number to 5000.
A special dispatch from Grafton 20 the
Gazette says IL Is certain there are 5000
rebels in camp 10 miles beyond Philippi.
This force includes at least one Georgia
and one Tennessee Regiment. An arc
said to be uniformed and well armed
Porterfeld's troops and others, number.
ing 300, are kept back at Huntsville.-
Skirmishing continues between the pick
cts.
ALEXANDRIA, June 25.
loves ballon having discovered scat
tering camps in the vicinity Of Fairfax c.
H., Lieut.. Tompkins and his command Of
cavalry, and several companies Of light
infantry proceeded there last night
There way a Wild rumor, which has prob
ably been received from Washington,
that Lieut.. Tompkins' cavalry were cut
to pieces last night. No official intelli-
gence Of his operations has yet been re-
ceived.
WASHINGTON, June %.
Special to the Commercial Advertiser
says, there's the highest authority for con-
the stories about rebels having
made peace propositions to the govern
ment, though some persons and papers
have protested to give somewhat minute
details. There is no truth in il whntey-
eT, on the contrary the administration has
received assurances that the rebels intend
prosecuting the war with the utmost vig-
or, and If possible overthrow the pover5-
ment ard destroy the Republic. even
though they perish in the ruins, They
feel that the two governments cannot
co-exist in such close proximity or even
on the same continent.
WASHINGTON, June 25.
The rebels are erecting defensive
works in the neighborhooJ Of Fairfax
Court House.
IL seems that Gen Beauregard told
lady that the Confederate forces do not
intend to invade Washington. Probably
the recent heavy increase of the Federal
troops changed their purpose.
A woman was arrested here to-day as
spy. A chart of the precise position
OF the troops &C., was found on her per-
son.
U. ). pickets now extend all the way
from Georgetown to Harper's Ferry.
No signs Of early movements in Vir-
yiniH.
Ii is said Gen. Scott held military
conference to-day.