The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-14
Occupation Of Fairfax Court
House by the Union Troops.
OR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES
wAsHHusoN, July 10, 1901.
OCCUPATION OF FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE By UNION
TROOPS.


WASHINGTON, July 10, 1901.
OCCUPATION OF FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE By UNION
TROOPS.
thousand OF the sturdy ambermen Of Maine, selected
from the five regiments from that State and composed Of
tn. well trained hewers from the Aroostook the andre
scoiu aud the Kennebec, supported BY squadron OF
seguar cavalry in possessioa Of Fairfax Court
aouse, which they occupied without a contest. They
tu.d the roads covered with distractions, feed trees
rng abatis across the roads, and In some instances
,u,reuctnents The brawny of the Maine lumber
mn. armed with axes, cleared the roads from these
distractions they went along The rebels left the place
s.oty four hours before our entered. This is
forward march in good earnest.
XARu FROM THE DIRECTION OF FAIRFAx COURT
HOUSE.
A s,ense column Of smoke was observed from high
n,s in the city in direction OF Fairfax Court House,
between three and four O'Clock this afternoon by many
. vas Supposed 10 Indicate engagement in that neigh
scrhood but as intelligence to that effect has been
c.,ved from correspondent that sde Of IL
all smoke. !
v DISCHARGE OF THE MISSES SCOTT FROM ARREST.
Tie Misses Scott, whose rebel witchery spirited
away Captain Kalogg-aot Coodmanof the Con-
rrct,cut Volunteers, some weeks ago, aud who we're
s.reslad yesterday by Lieutenant Upton, as detailed
IL my despatch in odays HERALD, were told by General
T. last night that they need not remain in his custody
home in the same carriage in which they
- brought to the Generals headquarters They stated
thai they were residing with Union man not far from
otis 70 Of our lines and were consequently
ass by the rebels than by the Union forces They de-
sired to remain under the protection Of General Tyler
sad,cned. OF they would be TO all the
information they might thus obtain for the benefit of the
ateis with whose they believed TO sympathze
very strongly. -
BALLOON EXPERIMENTS.
Professor loves balloon has making experiment tai
ps the upper regions Of the air at the Smithsonian
sttution grounds all day Various parties have awaited
snsaves of the opportunity to take birds eye view
the surrounding country, dotted with the camps
ss tie Uaon army The density Of the foliage in the d
fa.cn Of Fairfax Court House and Manassas junction
~ &c accurate observation Of the position Of the rebel
a:isy from this point.
rHE BLOCKADE AT CHARLEsToN-AFFAIRs AT FORT
PICKEHS AND PENSACOLA.
Intelligence has been received day from block
Ing squadron or Charleston and from Fort Pickcns ap-
,a,s that Charleston efforts constantly made to
c blockade and several instances the vessels have been
successful But Of late however, more rigid watch has
hD kpt and vessels at that point bave been put
getting in OF out.
At Fort Pickens there was no change in the
asis.o; Of a1airs Our squadron, well as
IT, Ulcers and soldiers in the fort, were ia
comparatively good health. The rebels at Pensacola
were sail to be suffering great deal from sickness
PORTION Of the rebel force had by order OF JET Davis
been cent north. General Bragg rebe) bad however
asked for additional force. The present force is said to
be very small
TIE COMFORT OF TIE TROOPS
The government is still engaged in making such ar
saagcmcns as will render the condition of the troops
more comfortable and providing for every possible com
fort for the SICK.
EFFICIENCY OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
The improvement The military drl and discipline Of
TIE volunteers 10 elicit the highest cncomiuns
from army vcteraos>
siME0E ngAPER's MOVEMENTS.
Mr.. Simeon Draper, Chairman Of the Union Defence
Committee, has been this city for the last week. He
has dinca with General Scott today.
THE INTERNAL MACHINE SENT AGAINST THEeorcMAC
FLorILLA.
The internal machine picked up by Captain Budd Of the
steamer Resolute, is complete curiosity. It exhibits
rare ingenuity in devitry. II was described In nv
despatch last night, but accurate description rs
furnished in private letter from which am permitted 10
abstract II consisted Of two large oil casks secured toss
sher by strong rope twenty feet lcpg The rope
fosed the surface Of the water by corks SIX feet
undr water, beneath each casg, WAS hung strongly
yived cylinder Of heavy boiler These contained
tie explosive material The cylinders supported by
yse cas7, in which placed the fuses, which we're
hriaed There were two fuses each cask. They fed
hole in the upper side Of the cask and coed
upon platform Fixed about midway ineide the cask 10
protect them from any water that might leak into
The cask. From this platform the fuses were car.
.red through copper pipe passing through the lower
ps. Of the cask and connecting with gut,a percha pype
the ,srey end Of which inserted In the cylinder The