The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-06-01
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Exclusively for the Journal.
Morning Dispatches.
TRTBUNEs DISPATCH.


NEW YoRK. Nav 3I.-Tbere was move
ment of troops. to day, near Alexandria, III
conseuu ence of a rumor that Gen. Lee was
approaching in force.
CHARGES have been filed with Secretary
! Cameron. representing that one OF the laTg-
est contractors employed by the e. III. Cen
eral of Philadelphia, shipped cargo OF salt
natra and birthstone to South Carolina alter
! her secession, and attempted once to send a
laroe quantity of camp kettles to the rebel
army, which were stopped by the Govern
ment. He was watched by the Mayor OF
/ Philadelphia, on suspicion Of being IN league
with an agent of South Carolina, and was
/ only saved from the Indignation OF the peo-
pie by the interposition Of the authorities
| and the publication of a card denying his
completely.
The prizes brought to the Navy Yard
Yesterday are valued at over $4,000.
With the 3, 600 troops near Fairfax Court
House, there are 900 negroes, in tue ca
pacity of servants and laborers. Provisions
are scarce, and the priVation falls first on
the slaves.
Col. Butler returned to Fort Monroe,
bearing the following letter OF Instructions
to his brother:
WAsH1NGToN, May Both, l86l.-Sw -
came within your lines from the service OF
the rebels. is approved. The Department it
sensible of the embarrassments which muss
surround officers conducting military ope-
rations in g State by the laws OF which
which slavery is sanctioned. The Govern
ment cannot recognize the rejection by any
State of its Federal obligations Among
these Federal obligations, however, none
can be more important than that Ct sup
pressing and dispensing any combination as
sembled for the purpose of oVerthrOwing its
whole constitutional authority. While,
therefore, you will permit 40 interference
by persons under your command with the
relations of persons held to service under
the laws of any state within which your
military operations are conducted, which re-
main under the control of such armed COM
binations, you will refrain from surrender
ing to alleged masters any persons who
come within your lines and you will en-
ploy such parsons in the services to which
they will be best adapted, keeping an ac-
count.
A party Of ladies and gentlemen visited
Mt. Vernon yesterday, and found the road
perfectly clear. They saw Miss Tracy, one
of the Trustees Of the Mt. Vernon Associa-
ton They report everything untouched.
Ii is interesting to know that Miss Tracy
has been assured by both Gen. Scott and
Gen. Lee that no troops from either side
shall be sent to the vicinity, and that not
more than three soldiers shall at any one
time proceed to Mt. Vernon and then never
in uniform or in arms. A magazine stocked
with powder having been discovered in
hill near the camp, the valuable post to-
day was secured.
WORLDS DISPATCH.
Last week, the State of Virginia advanced
gold enough to pay the duties, at the Alex
andria Custom House, on a large amount of
iron, for rails on the unfinished road to run
from Strasburgh South.
On Thursday night, a number Of Iaborers
were busy moving the iron, to cars running
down the Alexandria and Orange road,
and had about half finished, when the Fire
Zouaves stopped their operations.
The amount taken of is sufficient to lay
twenty-five miles of track. The rebels in
tended to use it on the eighteen miles of
turnpike road, from Strasburgh to Winches-
ter. They can, by this mode, easily relieve
Harpers Ferry, or evacuate Speedy meas
ures will be taken to forestall this In a
week, at Harper's Ferry, by movements from
the North, East, West and South the rebels
will be hemmed in.
Among the effects seized at Alexandria,
are letters Of great importance, found in the
Sentnel's office, showing the means by
which the secession of Virginia was brought
about. Some distinguished politicians are
implicated, and the letters show, beyond
doubt, that the ordinance of secession was
only passed by fraud.