The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-06-20

strong, arrived here this A. M. and
the whole column is rapidly moving
southwark"
Washington, Sunday, June l6.
Gen. Scott has received information
that the rebels were concentrating all
their force at Manassas. Gen. Scott
has no doubt the rebels will make a
stand there. A high military officer
thinks there will be a movement on
Manassas Junction soon. The rebels
are talking freely of attacking Wash
ington, and seemed sanguine of captur-
ing it.
The Times dispatch says General
Butler demanded $4,000 more troops,
and will have them in few days.
Gov. Morgan promised the Govern
ment to send a regiment from New
York every three days, until her full
quota is dispatched.
A signal balloon was seen last night
at a considerable elevation over Chain
Bridge, on the road to Leesburg. 1t
is supposed to have been sent up by
the rebels.
Hagerstown, Md, June Is.
A messenger has just returned from
Harper's Ferry. Two camps still re-
main on the heights, consisting of
about 600 men. The greater part of
$4,000 troops stationed there had gone
south to join Beauregard and Lees
forces. He said Wise's forces were
marching to oppose Gen. McClellan's
western troops. Wise has 30,o00'men
at Staunton.
The First Michigan Regiment has
already marched. 1t is reported that
about seventy locomotives have been
burned by the rebels below Opeque, on
the Martinsburg railroad. The rebel
pickets have again returned opposite
Williamsport. Reliable information
| lust received states that the rebels had
just evacuated Leesburg after burning
cars and locomotives.
Baltimore, Sunday, June 16.
Two regiments left Camp Patterson
to-day for Washington.
The correspondent of the american
from Harper's Ferry, says the rear
guard left at noon yesterday. The
army encamped near Charlestown, near
where John Brown was hung.
cit is said that there never had been
any powerful batteries erected in the
mountains, but one of small guns, COM
handing the bridge.
STf re olloro1 that fhroo oorloo6c Of
coffee and sugar from the west were
stopped there, which contained strich-
nine, but they were thrown into the
river.
"None of the piers of the bridge
were damaged, and work will be put
across and travel resumed in a few
days.
"Most of the inhabitants in Martins
burg left, expecting great battle there.
The Federal troops were greeted enthu-
siastically.
cit is said the cause of the evacua-
ton of Harper's Ferry was, Beaure-
gard saw the position was indefensible,
and liable to be starved ont or cut off. !"
New York, June II.
The Worlds dispatch, dated Point
of Rocks, June 18th, gives additional
particulars of the Harper's Ferry evac-
uation. 1t appears that flint lock mus
kets, sugar, coffee, cotton machinery,
&C., which they couldn't take away,
were thrown into the river. Nothing
was left of any value. The rebels re-
ceived information that the Federal
troops were going to Winchester to
fortify it and cut their retreat off, which
caused their retreat to that place, where
they will De reinforced from Richmond.
1t seems there were from fifteen to
twenty thousand troops at the Ferry
The Kentucky and Mississippi troops
said they came to fight, and wanted to
go and take Washington on their own
account. At Point of Rocks 600 rebel
cavalry are reported to be across the
river. The rear of the main body of
rebels was only ten miles from the Fer
ry at noon.
A special dispatch to the Herald,
dated Baltimore, 10th, says: "Three
hundred Confederate troops are repor-
ted at Leesburg. Doubtless they will
retire on the approach of our troops.
The Times correspondent, Washing
ton, says: "Col. Lander has left Phil
lippa, where he was at the head of five
regiments, and it is supposed he has
made forced march across the noun
tains to Winchester, distance of
about fifty miles.
Lieutenant Colonel Lefferts, with
two hundred district volunteers, had a
skirmish across the Potomac with one
hundred Virginia cavalry, near Seneca
Mills, twenty-eight miles above Wash
ington. Two Virginians are thought
to have been killed-one supposed to
be Captain Shreeves. TAe Virginians
retreated. None of our men were in
jured."
Washington, June 16.
An army officer has just arrived here
from Cairo with dispatches for Gen.
Scott. He states that intelligence had
been received there that the rebel for.
ces, under command of Gen. Pillow
had everything in readiness and were
expecting to move towards Cairo on
the 18th inst. They have transports
sufficient to carry eighteen or twenty
thousand men.
The Commander at Cairo had nc