, 1861-08-17
Afternoon Dispatches.
FROM KA&HINETOMs-

Gse. Roseeznn3 In Dan&ee~.&sSsl
: WsveRents u Ea9t9TA MAY laAA-
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Our henign rela:
Hons attract the attention of tho Goye1nment
at present. The Administration 1t nj nhzafdb
viii maintsin It's right to close the rebel poftA
Tbs question il now under discQsslo1 oe,
tween our Government aud those OF Eh9iana
and FRANCE, and 1t Is believed that our rights
will be fully concealed
The National Iste0igesser has taeoly taas
Hx.Minister Faulkner is not imprisoned be.
cause be intended to join the rebel army, out
tbat hs IL held - hostage fo5 gongreeeman
Flv and Messrs, Ms2ra1 and Harris. nor
combataats, now in tho hands Of the enemy
A party Of six men left the steamer neso
Yesterday, for the purpose OF recoanoiSefanG.
They we1e fired upon Gy panty 81 @ 1eoets Goa Eoa'
cesled IN The brush, and four OF them kAsd
The bodies Of the desd seaman Arrived 81 the
"fssG f?r Genersi Butler has been authorized
r. ra;se division Of s 600 men II Aassachn.
eette. and IL to be granted leave OF ABSENCE 70
snnerinfend in person the Organizaton ot 1ae
a;vision. Geu. Butler will have full po Fer TO
thoroughly &ppoint The neT o1vsaon, Rsov;
| chg il does not cost MoIe LII assneso''s
| tiaR it would here.
| II IL rerorted BY passengers srriged tonight
| ann fbe West bT way Of Harpers Ferry, that
| Cen. Roeecraus, with smxu comm AND, Is
| In \ p1ecarious position IN mountain gap.
:. tbe neighborhood Of Big Spring, and that
| the reheIs Ind cut him of from water.
| IN. T. Tribune pispatch-1
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Gen Rosecrars il
.nthoriztd to accept regiments from Western
Virginia, which he does as last as theJ arf
Eydences Of m advance Of the enemy
toward ou1 lines are daily multiplying. Yss
terday = resident from Virginia, living neal
Cla1mont, fifteen milea trem 1, Aie1andfla, re
ports the rebels ut Buah Hill aud Clarmont
The efforts Of the rebels to gather MARYLAND
into the seceeeion fold have been abandoned
It was noticed some weeks ago that coneid
erable rebel force had been concentrated il
the upper part Of Accomac county, on th'
| there are 1,500 or 2000 rebels there Gsn
| Tilgbman, who was deposed from hid m1itar,
rank last spring BY Gov. Hicks, and Buhse
quently restored By the State Legislature, i
/ organizing the dieunionists in the lower coun
ties of Maryland He Is about TO proceed t.
Acconac to take command Of the Virginia for
ces there, and march them up into the centre G
The eastern ehore of Maryland, as the nucleu
for the formation Of rebel army there, whic!
ehal1, Il 1t car do nothing else, control tue elee
items in the Fall, 80 ae to secure disun'o
maiority in the Legislature and enable the u
! Ct6&lU0IAlA 10 pi26 u SEEFtHlo1 DIuLl1HEG, u
perhaps, to i6rm an orGinan g of secessio
that may be passed By the present Legislator
, | at its adjourned session.
The States Of Kentucky and Tennessee, ,har
, been constituted separate military COO
i maDd, to be called the Department Of Cuu
be,laBd, Briga6ier Gen. Robert Anderaon, con
manding.
Six vessels OF war lsy eff Aqua Creek Je
terday, among them the Yankee, which had
/ collision with the rebel steamer George Page