The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-22

| Special Correspondence Of the Daily Exchanged
Great Sickness and Serious Mortality among
| the Troops at Washington and Alexandria
| The Three Months Men Going Home
Nightly Losses at the Outposts.
| WASHINGTON, June 2lst, 1861.
send you some facts in relation to the condition
affairs here which the authorities would willingly
have suppressed. You may, however, rely upon
them being strictly true, and rather undersa-
ting than exaggeratng the state OF things of which
speak, for | write from personal knowledge. 1t is
indeed, perfectly useless the part of the govern
ment to conceal facts which are known to so many
people, aud which form the staple topic of CONVEX
Sation among the troops on both sides of the
Potomac. The truth is, Gerry considerable portion,
Of the effective strength of the army broken dol0t
by sickness. That terrible disorder, the dvseutery
or bloody fux, is Spreading among the regiments
encamped on the Virginia shore with unexamped
rapidity, and the fatality which accompanies it is
perfectly frightful. Within a very brief period,
one of the New York regiments have lost sixty men
by this disease alone Avery large number of the
men belonging to the Goth are also down with
| it. Many of" tie other regiments beginning
to feel its effects but, vet, not so
severely. There are, rather aoere, co days ago.,
less than 700 in the yards Of the hospital at
Geor9eto'1n, and it is than probable that the
number has been greatly increased since, although
they sending home such of the three months
men able to be moved, speedily posi-
BILE. The three months volunteers, nearly to a
man, will refuse to take service again when their
term of enlistment expires. The earlier Pennsyl-
vania regiments will be paid off and disbanded, in
about two weeks-the remainder have, as yet, from
three to five weeks to serve. They bent on
getting back to their friends and acquaintances as
soon as they can obtain discharge e-more than
one of them have actually mutilated themselves to
effect this end speedily. 1t with the rest
of the regiments-nOne but the poor wretches who
have no friends, will consent to enlist for the war.
They are also having an anxious time of it at the
outpOsts over the Tiver-not night passes but the
sentines are picked off by the Confederates. Every
morning the light guard is sent out to bring in the
dead, and the numbers are daily increasing. Al
ready, the killed and wounded at the outposts
alone, would count up hundreds. You are now in
possession OF the main reasons why the Govern
ment is eagerly calling for additional regiments.
1t is candid npininn that the army, broken down
by sickness as 1t is and soon to be weakened by the
loss of the three months volunteers is in no CO.,
dition to take the field and the new coma oad
scarcely fare any better than those who Wy
here L.
Fortress Mopr~
The news of the Bay liz rom Fortress Monroe
is not of much imr.. lance. 1t was. currently re-
ported there saat the Confederate troops were
marchlpg in great force from Yorktown towards
Hampton, with the intention Of attacking General
Buffers force. The Confederate scouts have great
y annoyed the Federal pckets. shooting them down
at almost every turn. Gen. Butler sent out Col.
DURYEA'S regiment on reconnoitering expedition
Up to the time the boat left the regiment had not
returned. The Confederates it is said erecting
masked batteries directly opposite the Rip Raps.-
A number of the Naval Brigade came up on the
steamer. They begged their passage of the Cap
tain, and when on board the boat ate most rave
nousy of the food which the charity of the officers
of the boat and passengers procured for them
The passengers state that those of this brigade,
who still remain there are outrageOusly and inhu-
manly treated; they compelled to live on the
offa which falls from the tables of the other soldiers
Whenever there is anv savish work to do they are
forced into service. The brass band attached to
the New York Zouave regiment came up on the
boat en- route for home.
From Late Richmond Papers
Ex-Governor Wise.
Brigadier- General Henry A. Wise was at Lewis
town, Va, en- Wednesday last, with part of his
command. On his arrival, he made the following
short but characteristic speech to the people as
sembled to welcome him. Among other things he
said: "Iour old men may stay at home; your chill
dren may stay at home; but your women should
make petticoats for those Of your young men who
refuse to meet the foe." The brigade of General
Wise is rapidly filling up with the hardy noun
taineers of Western Virginia.
The Battle of Bethel.
The correspondent of the New York Herald
writing from the camp at Balls Cross Roads, after
speaking of the various stories afoat about the
number of the enemy at Vienna, says:
These stories, may add, are not confirmed by
any evidence, and there are many of the more in
credulous order who maintain that there never was
any larger rebel force the train than fifty Vir-
ginians using a single tield-piece under cover of
the woods. / confess that the weight of evidence
at present would to be in favorof this theory