The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-12
FRO. Z THE SEAT OF WAR.

standing II the recent ttatementst the con-
trary, Il IL now intinated In W. lhington
dispatche that an i'm IN iiate iorwl ID move
mcnt OF II army In Virginia Is robablc.
Prepamti ms arc stca .ly prog sing at
Washing On. Troop. ntinue 70 rive by
thousand and the ga ! army a russ tho
Potomac is swellcd p. portionab Tho
great des ierdinm now ppcars TO means
OF transp ration sdequ 20 TO the ints oil
the great st body ofincr which has Ut been
collected N this Conlir mt, and th want Is
being raj dly supplied.
Genera Scott has ,ued an !, peratiye
order VIII III has been proved by ,cretary
Seward. that hereafter passport, whom
socycr sig ned or count signed wi intitle
any person to pass tho nes of tho n tional
Army, urlcss 1t be al countersistcd by
General Scott himself, r by the com e,andcr
Of a military geographical department.
oreli nee can be placed upon be tele-
graphic 'onjccturos H. regard to General
Scots plans.
Since the fourth the has been s. - ac-
tivity among the troop It Washingi n in
its vicinity, a large nu ,er Of trooT iayo
been sent into Virgin among u the
Maine ST.. The fedora roops arc 81 Il lily
extending their outpost and making ! IN.
ccs towar Is Richmond.
Reinforc ,ments iad be n sent to str lcn
Gen. Patterson, conn and which n
the 9th quietly harrisburg. Gen I'm.
ron the rebel oiIic 1t W. ssaid was at ser
Hill only about three II lies from Gei Tat
terson's command with $1,000 men -
pieces Of artillery. H. had been strcn en-
ed by rebel force sent him from the 'c,s
at Manassas Jun,tio TWAS suppcs q has
the rebels would Gall b. ito Winches' 7 and
not risk I'm cnga ,emen with Gen. paiter-
sons command.
The monotony whic for some weei past
has chart teriled the lnditiou OF yast
Union ar " concentrat Il on tho Pot' nae
broken i has been c'lly by an occi ional
skirmsh. lis now CHANGED to an act ye adj.
vance mt ement upon he rebel lines in all
direction The force on the Potot &C, in
the yicir ty OF Washington, have moved
southwai almost as lar M Fairfax Court
House, tn adyanc, "a, ri being " ithr three
miles Of at place
Ii is VI crsto0d Ina, the corps .rnss
under ca ,ral Me- i is to consist { TO-
600 men yidcd in , e. rdivisions Of 900
men eacl the trs un r General Tyl r, tho
second er Col, cit. iman, and n third
under Z, Hunter the ourth to ren lin ~
a reserve orps. ch d vision will q lpris,
4 Ban ,;... ~ n IL.
and the nainder { the 10000 viii ., ON.
posed Of yalry an artillery. The general
advance oyement i'll b, made eai in tho
present ek,!at nc - corrcsp I'd with
the move ent of &c, r,ls pattersor and Me-
Clellan the West N silc OF q linc.--
Five tho, nd additi nal t:oops CT Sod tho
Potomac ON WASH lgton asst FRI .ynight.
and joine the army Un the Virgin side Of
river
Meant 10 General Pat rson's division,
after cros ng the Potomac ). WIN lmsport,
has adyai cd into Virsiniaas iras Martins
burg, VII 10 his heao quarter ar now es.
tablished lie con Z lnds Q f. eat the
present Il ne, of at at 10000 Colonel
Stones c, nmand Of & L 0 haying ned him
from Poi of Rocks. cncal r.. .erson is
Wltulu ~ IN ulilcr OF " EcDclt VT I
Joe John ton, who Is it lted ut D. erliill.
village etween Mart sburgant fincho-
ter, with bout twelvii ousand n Gen.
McClclh occupies Ora .on with force Of
Ohio and Indiana trojI which do rot fall
short of twenty thousar men, ano ally in
crcasing. AlcClellans liyision, q last nc
counts, Was preparing ora iorwa move
ment.
Thus il appears that he general advance
in the dir ,ction OF Ricl nond has CO nenced
along the entire line, fI IN the northern side.
while General Buffers Orces in thu y!rinity
Of Fortrc'. Monroe were gradually closing
up in the other direction. Now that the
advance At this INN ns army has IA. com.
mcnccd, 10 Heightened period car lapo
before encral, aud is TO be hol 81, de-
cisiye eng cement occ :.
The W lshington co spondcnt o . y.
Y. Journal of CONF rec siys &" ieal
Bcaurega i is probabl stronger NJ han
he will b again; aud is yery dosir iha,
Scott sho I'D attack N in his e. , ich.
mcnts."
There 'sere Gy ng ru iors ut Wac ton
and Balt more Ia Sun l,y night, Of Ito
between the FOR - Of Gen. Patten mi
Gen. job ,son, u whic the latter - do.
feated with great Ices. There Is also Tort
that cx.GDy. Vie was mortally Won ia
a skirmisll in W stern Virginia. Tn ay
be some truth In both lese reports, b cy
require c. niirma ion.
From various ourcc' we have full ais
of the sharp fgl whit took place o. ucs-
day morning bet yeen 10 Rebels undo -.
Stewart. and Go,. Pa, ,rson's column he
battle was Tough, at n 4 rmat Falling Va ers
about four and half lies from NJ ,riins-
burg. The rebel, nun crod between 1000
aud G,000 incn; ineyv re engaged b Col.
Perkins pattery the 3 Cavalry, thS Phila-
delphia ity Troops, IcMullen's r. myers.
the llth PENNEY lyani regiment, al tho
Wisconsi Regiment. The fight wa. com-
menced ry suddenly. aud was car ed on
with rem rkable bray,.y by our trO Is.--
After q, hours enc cement, the nemy
all the ii &c retroRting slowly. they broke
and ncd ith prccipita ion. Their - Is
yariously stimatC. b appears 70 shavo
been not II from one b Indrrd. On Q, sido
three me were killed nd about ten soun-
ded.
A tolcJ aphic di pat b says:
BucnA ~, Va, July I.-forty-fye men,
belongin TO the 2 u o regiment, under
Capt. l., con. VIII 2 OF scouting 'spcdi-
ton last ght, iel in 18th an ant scade
of 100 ~ lsat Mi, lie i TX Bridge. ! miles
east OH ,, and ere urrounded They
cut their ny throl b, !, ing one ] and
having wounde f,'e OF the slemys
dead wer found to lay.
The n ] troops ,tion d at faT court
House. ' GINA, ye irda, initiate he fatal
blunder the fedcr fore at LIT Bethel.
The rcbe wcro adv icing d, an 2, ly hour
In tho m. ming upor the 4 'ral Il ., when
a regime Of their IL fantr irad b mistake
upon mpany OF thei cayali killed
seven or ght men, nd \ ndin several
others