, 1862-08-28
FROM WASHINGTON, ETC.
Additional Concerning
stewards Raid.
FEEN{IN6 on The RAWA-
HAMMOCK.
TEE ISSUE of ssL1TTAE GREEN
BACES.'s

tGFtCtai dispatch u luS tltCaTb 4l4Giut-I
WAsuHGTos August -, 1872. |
The following are additional names OF killed !!
apa wounded of Western troops in recent
ski.mishcs in Yirginia: - Wilkinson, "a !
Michigan; Geo Kent, s. RoI, S G. Roney |
and z. Welsh, 61st Ohio; Geo. MCPHERSON, 2d |
OHIO battery.
Intjma:ions given some days ago ofa dan |
ger of tie "pcace' Democracy carrying
elections ir many Etroug Republican locali-
ties through Republicans having volunteered
70 +rccl5, receive daily confirmation from al:
quarters One Congressional district il the
West mas been mentioned by prominent poll
ticiars Eere ;o-daY, where the Republican zna-
iorit3 is 13ually from 1900 to 3,Oo0 il which
fears are now expressed OF the election OF
peace Democrat. The sooner the draft ia a2-
Piled, the sooner ali danger Of this kind vii!
be prevented frssni Increasing,
Organizations o1 Treasury clerks for the de-
fense Of Washington have begun drilling with
il day OF two. One Of the patent oifice
organizations has also begun this evening.
Secretary Stanton has promised to supply
them win arms, Such organizations a2pear
/ 1tore rational and necessary noE than they
Cid some weeks ago.
| Postage stamps bills are beginning: = IN
general clrcuation here, aud considerable
| supplies have already been sent to different
PARTS Of tle country. The supply is yet, how
! ever, very f.r from equal to the demand, and
| there is a great pressure OF tie department in
consequence. Secretary Chase received one
| letter to-day urgently requesting an amount
| Of small charge IN certain rural districts, one
man proposing to take $3.50 worth Of the small
bills aid pay tie secretary a half PER c 1T.
prep.iuna On it ic be would only promise -
rive him the monopoly, and not send any
more to Other parties in that locality. SINH
lar 1ri?lia,.t propositions come ir0m other
quarters.
Government contractors corrob:rate recent
statements about the willingness Of the Wa1
| deuurtmcnt to renew contracts which it broke
oil months ago Plenty Of contractors are
ready 10 manufactare the Springfield nlusEe'
in 1arge quantities at once; but they inais
! upon much larger prices than thuse nanuiac
;. tured at the Springfield arsenal cost. Th
; nit cost of this arm is about thirteen dollar
: ard q halt; the government thinks si1tee
:. dollars is enough to pay contractors. The
c ask more.
L New YoRK, August 27.-The New For
, I,lbune's correspondence says: The a!t.c
= Of St1art'e cavalry upon C4ale:t's Static
seems likely to prove As rich mine for COZ
! r.spo1dcuts as the one b1 the same DARN
= officer to the rear Of the Peninsula arm.
: Among the trophies carried OF we're Sf,ooJ
!. cash belonging to the quarteTmaster's depar
u ment Of General Pope's army, aud his ow
= commission as brigadier general and majt
- general. The latter WISE, however, rtcaptuE.
= by ore Of cur soldiers, who found it in Il
% y, sadole-bag Of 8 rebel trooper, which WAS ls
u g. behind IN the hurry Of the departure.
- 4 captain In the Purnell Legion, in Colon
~ ~ Simpsons regiment, was lying hid in hoa
Ill hs the railroad track, and heard te9 > ua
- give positive orders to 5paTe Gen. Mcdowell
p 6lggage train, but SEIZE Gen. Pope's, al
le desfFoy what was not Of public importaue
e. T. The order was implicitly obeyed. Althou:
~ the wagons Of Gen. Mcdowell and King VT
" close 1t hand, they were not disturbed, Q
~ everything in Gen. Pope's Was turned ouS,
- official papers sorted out and carried on. q
%, | his letters from his wife and other private
y liyjduals strewn oFer the ground or torn II
~ bits.
:ea The Fredericksburg correspondent OF
NV NV New York Tribune, dating sunday, Sal
~. :hr MusEetr5 firing Was heard thas molning.
~ that our troops were licking the rebels, d
ley that we bad captured l3 guns. 4 l1euten
Fas Of cavalry came in List evening and corroo
~ attl the contrabands story, Dut says t1e pu
iae BIER cf guns captured WIS sixteen, and t
o9 whtr S{opewau Jackson's torches REACHED
Rappahauroc at Benefits Ford, come Ell
IN. teen or twenty miles from here, part Of !
~ Dove Is forces were On the south bank Of
s aIs river. He says they secreted themselves uu
M M.Ao cover ct the woods, aud that Jacsson'6 for
Sle passed them and attempted TO ford the ri
&c, and wiils in the attempt Gen. Pope's tro
u orened destructive fire, and at the 81
't: IA time hcDoEelrs men threw themselves
~ ~ their rear, thus bringing them between
tuz ,iz fires This officer says this rortlou OF IL
s.ly y CONS f rces the can't say how nany:) =
~ entirely aunialiated, and TINT the 1lTer "as
~ ~, with tebel blood:
VT These REPORTS gire Iou eor what they
aao worth. Tht story is i,eleTtd here, ana
X that fighting Is going On, a.d that the a.
'J. ~ | will tGra uut tn nr true.
~, Our pickets H. !tont Of the town have
) ~ ~ dcu5lcu during the past tp-o days, and e
~; ~ rrecau' ion to ward oil u surprise has
aS7 taken by Burnside
>aa WASHINGTON, Aug, 2G.---several co
49, buyers age here from Memphis, who conn
e.nS saS 10 Tie Department that they have been q
'oSi treated ty the federal authoritle5 at He
~. ~ They state that permits to puIchase nave
'o.5 .I5 solo 20 known secessionists, while the
~ ~ lriyi1egc VAS refused to Union men, nud
10y there il il ,nany cases, coltuston between
1uy ! ers end Uulted States c.licers-
ausu ~ The Judge advocate, alter much solicit
aun ! hes CONSENTED that the trl34 OF u. A. Aa
a,,,td ~, shall take place tbs week.