The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-08-07

WAsnINoToN, August Authorization was
received here to day that letters are con
stantly going South from Washington and
Notwithstanding the prohibition OF the Post
Office Department tho rebels have a daily
mail from Baltimore
For several DAYS past. the city has been
swarming with Baltimore Sece-sionsts \
Baltimore detective, who came here on sat
urlay SAYS he has seen DIGGING about our
streets one hundred of the most violent rebel
ssmpathisers. from Baltimore. They come
n spies or incendiaries. or with view to
nnd access to the rebel lines
The exceeding caretulae's and minutiness
of the rebel reconnoisances in the vicinity of
the Chain Bridge. during the pas, week, have
induced Gen. Mcclellan 10 lock closely after
that point 4 sufficient force 10 guard against
any attack has been placed there
regiment and twenty finely rihcd pieces
with carriages and caissons complete. arrived
here last night. They will more than com
pensate for the guns lost at Bulls Run. but
they are only an instalment of the field artil
lery of the most approved patterns that viii
be attached 70 Gen McClellans column.
Our various foundries aud arsenals can
turn out more of those arms in a week than
can be built in the South in three months.
A report has come from our Potomac feet
that the rebels baye collected large force
of negroes at Mosquito Point at the mouth
of the Rappahannock River, and have com
menced the erection OF Notifications there.
Ii j. proposed b. the Senate Military Com
mittee 10 authorize the Governors OF the
several States TO oil all vacancies among the
commissioned officers in the volunteer regi-
ments and companies appointments to he APP
proved by the exam ming board.
Ii appears the rebels propose To exchange
Messrs Magraw and Harris for the officers
of the privateer Savannah. Harris and Ma
graw were taken prisoners while pro ding
on a mission of mercy. under flag OF truce.
and the pirates were captured in the act OF
hostility
rINFs DISPATCH.
cen Butler returned TO Fort Monroe this
afternoon.
The monthly report OF the United States
Treasurer shows he had s. ,2s2 AS subject
TO his draft up 10 the Let inst. This state
ment includes. as yet subject to draft, various
sums deposited with the Sub Treasures of
various States. Ii is little singular that
the Sub Treasurer of South Carolina paid
in full. and not cent IS recorded "a subject
TO draft in his hands
The Star and Republican of the city con
iinue TO publish the arrival and disposition of
our troops in this city Notwithstanding the
agreement not 10 DO 80.
believe that Prince Napoleon has not
hesitated 70 state that the Emperor OF France
is extremely DESTROYS that the Government
shall promptly and etfectualy suppress the re
bellion, and that our Government has his
warmest sympathes.
The tariff bill as passed, cootains about 81
sections. That published in the Herald con
tains 20 but is bogus A Northerner just ar
rived from Richmond. says NJ the time Of his
departure that there was great abundance
OF British coin circulating in the city. aud j..
i currently reported that large amounts Of
gold has been advanced by British capital
ists on the new crop
At midnight the Senate Is still in exciting
session All the prominent military appoint,
mer is have been confirmed. including Gene
rals Blu. er and Schenck. and Col Emory -
That of Commissioner of Public Buildings,
Col " God. has not yet been acted upon.
Fifteen twenty five pound rihed guns ar
rived here last nigh;
About twenty five oi our cavalry Skin
mshed the other side OF Falls Church with
a squad of the rebels. several were wounded
on each side.
We have contraband statements That Two
rebel regiments are encamped four miles
from Alexandra