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Show ,TELEGK.APHIC KES BY PONY, Th" following summary t of interesting newsf Is'from tho Pouy, arrival of the I8tb Jnit. ,, ' ' ' Wisni,S-GTOS. On the Dth.-somo secessionists fircd;the city .in four different places. Nineteen, reghiiciits Iu addition, to those previously ordered, erd on their way to Belay Cuntp and Washington,, tt Is expected, iu nnlieiputlon of threatened threat-ened riiovcmcuts on the part of the forces iu Virginia, that.Pederal troops will occupy oc-cupy Arlington. Heights, Ou the 10th, the . War Department ro-ccivcit ro-ccivcit a dispatch from Gen, Butler, stating stat-ing that he bad seized the celebrated itcai'n gun, constructed by Wihons of Baltimore, who had attempted to send it to Harper's Ferry for tho Virgiutaiu, Orders wero to be issued for tho arrest of Winnhs; if canght, he would be treated summarily. Ho is the samo who gave half a miliioit of dollars to aid tho secessionists. seces-sionists. Orders from,, the. War Department for tha rigorous Ircotmcut of all traitors or abettors of treason, have been transmitted to every nfilccr in commission. I Muj'or llhctt, of South Carolina, pajr-I pajr-I master In the army, has seceded from the Federal Government, leavliig.a balniiceof ( $10,000 against him unadjusted, The GownuientfcpniitiiMeil to Imj ovcr-whelmed ovcr-whelmed with offers of naval and bind forces, for services agnijist the rebels., j Prominent men front ntlpartsof thecoun-X thecoun-X try are constantly crowding heje for the, purpose .Of tendering iid. Over fifty ves-ads ves-ads have already been offered from j England States, to bo armed and equipped at the owners' expense, paftfes represent-, lug the owners of propellers navigating i the northern lake, propose to bring their craft down the St. Lawreucc river, ojid Atlantic shore, and assist In tlie" blockade of southernports. Ilelinlite information had, been received at the capital, stating that a largo force was inarching from the south for Harper's Har-per's Ferry, and from thenco Would attempt at-tempt to force their way into Pcnnsylva-nia. Pcnnsylva-nia. Their object wos to draw off a portion por-tion of thc fOrcq eoncrntrated at Washington, Washing-ton, and attack therii at both points. WiKfjll. iu a letter to a friend In Wash ington, says In great confidence that the ; Confederate army will cupturo Washington, Washing-ton, Lincoln and Cabinet, unless they leave before the middle of June. He says they havo nearly one hundred thousand well armed troops and In tc than two ; weeks will be ou their way to Wnshing-I Wnshing-I tou, and expected to muster In Phiiudel-i Phiiudel-i phia. : A messenger by special train, from the I Relay House, arrived at Washington on ,thc 11th. He reports that Col. Jonfcs' ; scouts were routed by a large force from Harper's Ferry. Gen. Butler sent two regiments and Getl. Mansfield sent 1,000 men, with a body of cavalry and artillery to aid tho scouts. Tho Secretary of Wnf is hurrying forward for-ward the measures of blockade, aud informs in-forms friends, that, by the time Charleston Charles-ton and Savanunh experience its effects. New Orleans will be closed. Capt. Meigs had been reconnoitring tlio heights overlooking Washington, with a view to erecting fortifications. mssoenr. St. Louis advices of the 10th give tho following. "This afternoon, some four or five thousand thou-sand troops from tho arsenal marched to Camp Jackson, surrounded and compelled its surrender. It is rumored, this movement move-ment sprung from the refusal of Gen. Frost to return four cannon loaned tho State for the south-west expedition. . The iJtato troop3 marched out ns prisoners of war. As the prisoners were being marched out of camp, a mob of secessionists commenced com-menced an attack on the Federal troops with stones, clubs ami pistol. The State troops, although prisoners of war, joined in tho attack on their captors, and commenced com-menced groaning at the German regiments, regi-ments, hurraing for Jeff. Davis, and using the most derisive epithets against the Government Go-vernment troops. The German soldiers becoming exasperated, exas-perated, Grcd ou their assuilants. In the melee some fifteen or more were killed, and twenty or thirty woundci'. Among the killed were two ladies, nntt five or six mate citizcus, who were spectr-tors. spectr-tors. Tha remainder wero soldiers, most ly of'tlie State troops. Two of tho Federal Fed-eral soldiers were dangerously wounded, and one fatally. Tho State troops were marched to the arsenal as prisoners of war. The secessionists swore they would bo revenged. Mobs were parading the streets all night. Many who hato nlway been, considered Union men, regord'the act of theiQerian troops in firing npob 'tlie crowd prplhls: cuously, as uiicalled.for find cruel. They swear vengeance or' nil , Geruiaii republicans. republi-cans. ' f.;2i g Gen, Hnmcy.nrrlvejl jet SkLduis'Tdn the 11th. Ho was to Immediately fake command of Ifio '"military tlepatlhicnt" of the west, tho head quarters is to be St. Louis, . , . On the 13th, the excitement caused by tho capture of Camp Jackson and tho subsequent firing on the mob, Continued unabated. This people retused lo disperse" at the request, of the Maybrnnd police. On Saturday morning, tho 11th, two German artizans. wero killed on Market Street by secessionists". At 6 o'clock, ba the same dy a n military corps',. com posed mostly of Germans; was moving "tip Walnut Street towards their 'armory they wero fired into by it tnob a'ud 'lwoofthcra killed. The soldiers could not tell who were their ossailonts, ns the. latter hid thcmselvcH behind a church. Tlio corps moved on down Walnut to, .Seventh Street') when tliey were .again nssailed. by a Shower of stones and bnlletsfrom people' in housfcSj nnd, on the tide-walks,' Jlho soldiers .wheeled! and flrcdbn their, assail anta, killing two of three and wonndfng several. The soldiers tlicu moved ou rapidly, but were followed; by the,' crowd and. att'acktjd. again ,ou Ighithj Street, They ..discharged another" .volley nt, the crowd, killing two and wounding several others. Pno bf'thcir own ranks .fell mor tally, woimucd, i no corps incu mnrcnett rapidlyjo.their armory 4and Uw. crowd dispersed, f , ThftjWhole citjf.Was aroused", by ihs I a St trnjtsactioiji, ,rind the two particfyBc-cessioidf.tk particfyBc-cessioidf.tk nnd Uiiionists, swore vcngcancii! on.ca'ch .other, A nifcting held, -joa .the steps ' of the Planter's .Douscj Jwas id-dressed id-dressed by- prpniiue.nt Secessionists, aud continued until a lateliOur. , , ' A gang started. out wlth;the,dccr,min-otlon, wlth;the,dccr,min-otlon, of kilfiug all - tlie' Germans they could .find. It' is -reported that they killed six, German .citizens on Franklin Avenue nnd three, fn another 'part of the town, This.is probably an exaggeration; ljut several 'were known to havo been killed; . " ' " Gen. Harney,, on, the 12th, Ivncd a proclamation' commanding tho people to ho quiet, and threatening, if niunicipal laws could not bo enforced, to declare martial law at enqc, S.omq seven or eight hundred pcrsohs left the city, On Saturday the l lth and Sunday the !l2th, fearitig it was to lie burntil by the Germans., The news from St Louis created great excltenient nt Jeffers'on City. .The members mem-bers of the legislature were culled, .tip nt 10 qVlpck ou Friday night, and held a secret session; several bills were hurried" through, thu nature of which is- not known. Five thousand troops were stationed; on thu Illinois side of the river, ready tn. assist the Union men of Su Louis, should tlieir Aj.rviees bo needed. Gci't. Frost nud his command, who were taken prisoners by Gen, Lyon, have been released on parole, Willi an oath not to fight against the United States Gov-eminent, Gov-eminent, Tlioy complain bitterly of. the usage they received at the arsenal. sornir.RN .vr.ws, Ou the Dlh the Montgomery Congress was in secret session most of the day'. It is understood that they axe engaged in making vigorous and successful prosecution prosecu-tion of the war, aid for placing the, Confederacy Con-federacy iq the best' possible condition for defense, It is. also understood , that the Confederacy lias. control of sufficient arms, ordnnuco and ummuuition of every description, des-cription, to put into tiie field 100,OOU men for a year's campaign. On the, llth the Congress recognized Senator Clingmau ns commissioner from North. Carolina; .he conveyed assurances that North Carolina would sooa- co-ope rate. Passengers fr.om Montgomery stale that Prcst. Jeff. Davis' dinner at the Whito House is postponed till tho 10th of June. Gen. Baatiregard, with llusscll, of the London Timet, hud arrived at Montgomery Montgom-ery on the 5th inst. A train from the west was stopped near Frederick, by the commander of the Virginia forces ut that place, and subjected subject-ed to an examination. This was to -be done to all western trains. A train of western cors, freighted with horses and beeves, bound for Baltimore, was stopped nt Harper's Ferry. Tho Tennessee legislature, on tlio T tit, appropriated $500,000 for arming the State. Ou tho night of tho 9th, ninety-four of tho Maryland guards were arrested by the .Massachusetts picket-guard, for attempting attempt-ing to escape from Virginia to join tlie (.ccession forces. They would bo dealt witli as traitors. The "rebels1' ore erecting heavy butteries but-teries at JeflYrson Rock, to command Virginia nud Maryland sides of the Potomac Poto-mac and Shenandoah, also other approaches, ap-proaches, About eight hundred Kontuckians and Virginians wero encamped on the Maryland Mary-land shore nnd heights in that vicinity, and were fortifying themselves. A battery hail been placed at Jefferson Bock. Trains had also been laid iu pipes for blowing up the bridges and other properly pro-perly at a moment's uolicc, if necessary. The Norfolk Line steamer reports that Virginians bad seized the fjsbjII steamer, j William Scldcn, which mauothc connection connec-tion between Old Poiut and' Norfolk; thus, all communication has been brokcu oiT. Thoi Secessionists have a battery of sixty-eight pounders at the mouth of the James Itiver. The steam-tug Yankee was fired on; but tlio shell passed over her. The intrenchmeuts of the secession forces; line the whole bank of tho river, uud ire distinctly seen from tho ramparts of Fort MonroQ. Gen. Pillow has chartered steamboats Ohio, Belle, Morris and Hill for an attack at-tack on Cairo. President Davis was receiving daily, hearty responses from Tennessee, Kentucky Ken-tucky and Maryland. A brigade from each of those States will sooa be In the field. Governor Letcher was hourly communicating communi-cating with the Moutgomcry Cabinet arid acting under their orders. Five thousand Imminent and . the stcte,VS,D?e forced on plantations. mK A Ne Orleans dispatch of iv Says T.M Ifoops left Wloriar.W 'cept Cob rU-. eom'maS0 Mrang; above Sat,' Antonio h Captain Leo'a company hid at San Antonla', a "Nt4 Col. Woite, successor to Thr. t pruoncr of war. ' "Wh Canada hasmnde a calf on if liv . 0000 troops, .ShewilKJS1! nculrolity." --.PM ! OontWAll'and Biautt&Sfc with Companies of IIotoI pZ, All the mPea hurl Ice?. pCp 1 service, tents, catnpequina' iV"' fiISadbcenrornlihcFK Lord WodehtHis stated fn .' WioMhat no rlg or ohligatlon to Interftffilf conflict, unhappily Commenced i ? J eiU,erdidra,VySSIl .JPhtt. entire London rei'K!Lt Timn, simpathlzes warmtyiML, Mfiasa I The Paris paper, publish I liavq'rcTo!ten also that aif)otffl I occurred at Verona.- w Tl.c:garri5onntltoroots,bclngrelid I by other French troops . ; 8 I |