, 1861-09-03

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WASHINGTON. Thureday, Aug. 80.
BR1dADIER GENERALS OF TIE VOLUNTEER
FORCE.
1he President will tomorrow appoint the
following officers BrigAdier Generals of the
volunteer force:
Major l. P. Graham.
Col. Abercrombie, now in command of a Brigade
nnaer Ten. Banks.
Go1- Go1 DDuryee, of Duryee's 1ouaVes.
Cxpta1n Meade. Of the Typographical Engineer
e9tps-
=, =. ha"'ins oi MIno1s aao 9oh1 Mason NorEal
,IH n sntai H. a9ontant Generals With
tanA @ u u EaPta1n. Ine 5ofmef Is assigned to the
T.aa u Gen. dsanf, ana Inc latter to that OF Gen.
MSna1osens 3ntt = n,+,.+,
,hs ~ aescenaant OF eag1er Of
estan hG o. is appointed As
e1tans Rua1teI1Hastef'
REMOVAL OF MULES AND HORSES,
To the grief Of all who love fun in Wash
lheton> Luz HaLlohat mule academy Is nov re
moving from the ghboIhood OF the obser.
vato15 grounds to Bladensburg., Seven thou
s6nd Of these 1oDg-e red quadrupeds were
bonsht by Government for s119.50 per head,
~ ~ as WHO he HAWKS, anu utterly 9noro4en.
dne aepoa a91 LIZ lae hotses P9Ienasea oy @ 5oV-
heed "a tbn a1;n7n ~ npca af t,s 1atgg, eI ss;s
eTad s;nce the m;ddja ~ 1r,1r q et0 1horsaa
:, ec1 ,,,II.. (, 1es ,anso,, ~. I'm I'
;anoas ha17a' ha., rane37-a5 lara 49, 1'A''
4<>ueee' uo'e o0eu ie'el'0o ne1e'
PATRIOTIC LETTER FROM MASSACHUSETTS
SHOEMAKER
The Secretary of the Treasury has received
the following letter, which shows how the
people oI the Old Bay State regard the war. Its
lcne OF earnest, hearty patriotism makes it
worthy OF beng printed IL letters of gold:
II am shoemaker Of limited means, but want
n MI 10 efo<
It httf IL the maintenance Of its authoFitg-its
eAs4Shce .:4ha e.o,a ~ ~ ,n ..4...
raet j. ant - " w sasnes snan g n
nTot: 70 nn,t want INV interest on T. ~ az TT
want is. that you shon1d ser1 me Govsrnnant ma :
cote, promising to pay me OF bearer t1o0 On de-.
maHa, any time after the 26th Of August, 1871,
without 1ntereEt + times are hard with the Gov
Gal, ~; h1e1; VII make gooQly aoatenent
+ha IN ~; a,e HUs ost @ ~ lasest
that will be most pr. .GtahIe to the Goyeroment.
.,Loha LIFE TO TO UNCLE SAM!
=. MY tnG blessing Of God make ycnr efforts to
sa'e LUZ Most resnect5n11x fHcses1n.
cps Az eer,y rltnrn LII you're.
sion that this did not reach youi phvsicsf isahiI.
ity alenc prevents my assisting as volunteer
lSpecia1 Dtspatcb to the n Y Uevs15 :
ruE pns7r1o. nv 1ur 1osr1r ..,.1I
,-z1~..-S.s... W ~ aosA 1.h Aha'1hs'
LIE 1elaaVe pofnione OF the TWO armies re-
Msiheo up 20 t0n'ght the Eane IS yesterday.
lIt: iebei5 are throwing up immense earth
Wefts G. pofh s!aes OF Munsoa's Hill, on the
Letsburg t1rGEIEe, one mile from Bailey .
Gfo:s Roads. Ihe hill referred to is Of cleared
laia arc Lne enemy make 70 secret Of their
mossmfa.s: Ihelr sasa!rE' o. which they have
several Eondfed near tbat locality, Hsaneuver
ever me h1;s, ,a2d tcnetines EtnsRre IL small
Ge:schments to within half mile or so Of the
tnltn Pockets. For this presumption several
OF Them Were shot to- day. The temporary re-
tel rife cannon katte1y alluded TO IN my dis
patch Ct ycsterdaJ-!ocated ~ the south side
OF MutEon's Hill, and used to cover their
wc1lilg pv1ties-was kept in play at intervals
1o-dsy. At one tine, with enc Of the Union
p;cEets lied cne Ct the rebels who had the
lrne1ity to expoEe himself en- the turnpike,
1be reb.ls got terribly wrcth, and opened
tLe:1 5at.ery with great yigor upon the empty
buildings at Ba1sy'G Cross Roads, in which
they suIf osed CIR troops were sheltered
The sARsnALs AND TEE SLAVE TRADE,
If will he remembered ttpt +ba 11n;4aa
s;:,tes Marshe1s nf Ms;ne Sew ss Hsmn.h;rs ea
MASSACHUSETTS,, Rhode IsiaaS. Coantet;cat''
Nv YslE. N, Jtrssy Psnnsv1yan;a. Da1,.,,
var and Mars,sri@5s;re rD III +hnsa vl,as', ae
G;s1T1c1s e,n'.rsc. nor+s ~ en@tr IN "a tn-a1