The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-19
NEWS VIA WASHTNGTON

FROM the w asDlngton Star OF last evening we
take the following:
THE VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN BURNED TO THE GROUND.
Correspondence Washington Starl
VIENNA, Fairfax county, Va July Is, 3 A. M
The bearer of letter from Centreville to you
is now here.
l write by him to say, that some of our troops
have burned the village of Germantown to the
gr"und-Gud knows why. Surely such acts should
fax Court House that took place shortly fter noon
were most wanton and inexcusable acts
The best one destroyed was that of Union man.
The pr tence that assassin shots ere fired
from the houses, which is positively untre. If
drunken soldiers may, at will burn down the houses
of any man, though he be as loyal as General
Mcdowell himself-God help US in this section of
the country.
We suffered more than death from the outrages
and vlanIPs OF the secesSiOniSts, and it seems
we are to suffer even more outrages and cruelties
at the hands of uncontrolled volunteers protesting
to be our friends than those we lately suffered at
the hands OF our late prosecutors. If Gener al
Mcdowell and his subordinate commanders do not
put stop to such things, they will utterly destroy
all that is left Of Union sentiment in this part Of
Virginia.
THE zOUAvEs FIND GOLD WATCHES REvoLvERs, ETC.
FAIRFAX COURr HOUSE, Va, july lS 5 A M
Yesterday evening. after closing my letter. at P
NJ, the New ork Sixty ninth, the Maine and Ohio
regiments, and multitude of other troops, passed
through this village on the way to Centreville.
The red legged, Bronklyn, Zpuaves made a great
camps of the disunionists and picked up, among
other valuabes fifteen lcaches and forty.one rcrou-
ers This shows the hurry with which the enemy
He'd yesterday morning. The finders wore them
last night as Crimean soldiers wear their medals
Col Montgomery occupies Vienna, with bis first
New JERSEY volunteers, and other troops amount
lug in all to 400. Last night U learned a few
minutes since) there was an alarm there His
pickets were fired on, aud countrvman claiming
his protection says that the enemy have 900 men
at the'Frying Pan, which is on his right, some of
whom advanced to attack him, but retreated on
finding how strongly he was posted. The story
looks fshy.
NEWS FROM FAIRFAX To s A. NJ. TO DAY-THE TROOPS
ALL ADVANCED FROM THERE-THlEvEs IN THE BROOK
LYN FOURTEENTH -FOUR OF THEM BE SHOT.
Special Correspondence Of the Star
FAIRFAX CoURT-HOUsE, July Is. A. MA suit
Ter being about to leave for Washington, seize
the pen again to write you The guard, the
New York Eighth, have just filed out of the vii
lage, leaving here only detachments from various
regiments, as a temporary guard.
The Vest Point battery, cavalry and artillery,
left in the advance this morning at A. NJ. Much
feeling manifested among the troops generally
on account of outrages in the way of depredatIons
which members of the Brooklyn (14tb) perpetrated
last night. Their findings of watches, &c. are be-
lieved to have been thets. Their Colonel threat
ems to hang the four of them known to day to have
thus offended.
The farmers in this vicinity are already remov-
ing the obstructions in the woods the secession
troops put there.
PATERSON AND JoHNsroN-JoHNsToN RETREATING SOUTH
or WINCHESTER, TOWARDS MANASsAs-PATTERsON
AbyAECISG UPON HIM
MARriNsBURG, Va, Tuesday morning, July l6 -
Gen. Patterson occupied Johnston's abandoned en-
trenchments at Bunker Hill last night, and pushed
on Tor W inchester doubtless BY break of day. We
have learned that yesterday Johnston moved his
main body hree miles back OF VIM hester, on the
road to Strasburg, the northern terminus of the
Manassas Railroad. 1t surely must mean retreat in
double-quick time upon Manassas Junction.
WESTERN MARYLAND AFFAIRS.
HAGERsrowN, July l6.-Ihis place being the
headquarters of the Military Department of Penn
sylvania, it may not be amiss to keep you posted
in ''matters and things up here.
The first Maryland volunteer regiment, Colonel
kruiy, is encamped at townsville, in this Wash
ington) county, awaiting orders to march to Vir-
ginia
Reinforcements continue to arrive here for this
division of the army. The third Wisconsin, regi-
ment, Col Hamilton, arrived this morning, and
encamped just outside of the corporation limits,
awaiting the arrival of their and equipments,
preparatory to marching to 'Dixie.'
MUSTERED OUT.
Company Z, Washington Light Infantry,
(Zouaves,) Captain j. Tyler Pow ell, muster
ed out of the service vesterd day afternoon.
Captain Marks company, the Washington Light
Guard, Navy Yard, were also mustered out, and
attracted much attention as they marched through
the streets.
The Constitutional Guards, Captain Derges,
were also mustered out yesterday afternoon. after
which they enter tanned by their Orderly Ser
geant, Mr.. Waugh.
CAVALRY.
About o'clock this morning detachment of
the First regiment of New York State Cavalry
arrived here in a special train, under command of
Lieutenant Colonel Devin. Their horses (three
hundred and ffty) bad arrived several hours be-
fore them aud been conveyed to he Government
stabl"s the men marched to their quarters in
the First ward.