| Show by the pony express with eastern adric up ab to the morning L ot of the loth arrived here on ott saturday forenoon washington the new york JW posts pashing hashing Washington oton of the ath says a there was nw no doubt alt bli u thal thai i P 0 government had haq at last male wale made one military movement of which alch lich the newspapers news papera I 1 were I 1 t f i kept in ignorance the steam bil flotilla I 1 la wn at aquia creek had been reinforced with troops which c like an early collean collision on at that point the secretary of war had appointed the tb fol following lowin C named paymasters in tini the army arp y thomas 11 alien allen and annd charles T larned limed of A dinsey kinsey joseph W minnei finney and D webster of illinois mr Cam bank and IV P gould of India indiana naj D taylor ohn john 1 H grosbeck it IL C beck and dwi dwight bt ban nister of ohio J howard of michigan F thomas mckean of iowa J 11 paulding of minnesota the tle president had 4 ed jonas 0 clark district attorney and JAK J 0 sitton marshal for the western Di district of Misso missouri url uri it will lii bo be recollected that some weeks ago the government seized the dispatches profile at the telegraph offices the gae examina examination lt 1 16 n ai of these dispatches is now progressing somo som 4 curious developments were bed ben being made among C them was found a dispatch from froni b mr 14 harvey lati iati lately ly appointed minister to gal notifying 11 the of south carolina ot of the fitting ont mit of the expedition fon for forts the 1 reinforcement of fort sumter and its ita destruction mr harveys dispatch was the first reliable information the rebels had of ahe th magnitude and destination of the expedition mr harvey is a native of south auth carolina ba bub but for fox years yearb was a resident of phila philadelphia delphia and I 1 editor of the philadelphia north I merican I 1 for many tears vears he be was wab the washington correspondent of the new york tribune lie he was appointed to the portugal 1 mission because of his professed devotion to the free soil party col bartlett of the naval brigade states state that general batler now had orders from ih the I 1 president and secretary of wi war ir to ae accept t 11 ne h naval brigade with the tile nil full compliment of on erm eim th thousand owarI two hundred men and eighty 0 of officer fliers 1 A 11 as ortt entered ered by the president on the ad of may additional troops troop had bad been ordered to Chambers ChambLers burc indicating an early advance on harpers ferry meas measures ules nies had been heen taken to ascertain immediately how bow many of the three would remain during the war the result will decide the administration I 1 I 1 relative to calling out a new levy at the prize court session Washing in washington bon ion ton several vessels had been rea rek restored to their owners the post office department had rec received a copy of postmaster gen general era I 1 Rt awanis aganIs con federate circular instructing southern boatz masters to retain all mail bags baggs locksie 1 ys i stamps and all property connected with 1 the postal posta service and ledger accounts up to thet lath of may showing the final balance la in their possession session the postmaster at memphis refusing to des tribute malic malig i the postmaster general had bad ordered the memphis office discontinued all xii postmasters ietter masters were to forward to the dead letl lets letter prace office all matter directed to memphis A special dispatch to the new york commercial says that col C cummings u in mi ng 8 of t tha he world newspaper had been appointed a brigadier general prior to an appointment as a quartermaster general before closing 0 the postal communication la in the rebellious states the department sent circulars to all southern Sout hern heru postmasters informing in them of the intended suspension A large larg number had bad replied expressing loyalty to tha the government offers had been made to the government to construct steel plated vessels bo bomb mb and shell sheil proof to be furnished within six siz months after the contracts I 1 senators and members of the house were arriving by every train the tha G government overn ment had decided that it wound would not receive any more contributions fim tim from states and hereafter would obtain all the tb funds necessary for the support of th the govern ment through the regular channels the president had recognized a manual saragoza consul from mexico to san antonio texas this is continuing the th policy of heating sec secession es sion slon 23 its a nullity capet vi raus maus rams corl cori riM fim sot WM f topographical 0 og irp rl lka ika ical had returned jed ned from a ot beveral several points on the potomac ile he landed at several places on the virginia side of the potomac attended by two officers cers ceib and tweety marines they proceeded a consid considerable frabie frable distance at white house point hee her saw about sixty secessionists 1 who made their appearance there a a fe few d 1 l ay ays ab before ef ore at aquia c creek re ek two v mall mail batte batteries 3 ir 6 with five or six hundred men were lavere distinctly seen by the party there avi were er still a number of spies in wash 7 inston mady many ma ot of them women the secretary of the treasury will probably recommend a loan of dollars ship builders otter ofner to construct kun gun gun boats to operate on the mississippi river within forty days to be constructed at cincinnati st louis and probably at louisville it if the latter city remains loyal coll collector etor cottony colton at louisville had notified the treasury department that the shipment of provisions to the rebels over the louisville and ana nashville railroad had been stopped at the terminus of the junction the rhode island regiment were to leave in the direction or of Har nar harpers pera ferry prosper allen alien had bad arrived at the capital with a mammoth balloon for reconnoitering reconnoiter ing I 1 VIRGINIA general patterson wab was advancing to cooperate with gedral mcclellan A column of general Dowells Mc command commard would probably advance within 24 hourn hours to ba the other ide ade of the potomac Manass manasses cs junction it w wab WAS doubtful whether the harpers terry ferry rebels rebels would have time to jela jein their swen for ceil ceis at junction it if not they wo would aid ald be suT but surrounded rounded if they did dia so there auld probably be a brief and decisive battle preliminary to the united states occupation of af the place plate it was ascertained from an eye witness that tithe rt tb late fi bight fight ht at fairfax ten of the enemy were killed and probably two or three more ore reliable information puts the loss 0 of f the e nemy enemy in the affair at aquia creek creel a at t twenty ty Icil killed led the tle plan of operations at harpers ferry perry Is gradually graeub liy ily lly bing being developed the first move will probably be to dislodge the rebel forces and their baft batteries eries erles at the point of rocks the force ce now at frederick some eleven i thou thousand strong are to attempt their dislodgement lod e gement they have quite a number of twenty four pound cannon which from the maryland side can operate most effectually amongst batteries of rebels which are in a very exposed position the steamer adelaide had arrived from fort foit fortress r es monroe e the quaker city had cap lured another valuable prize the harriet lanehan lane had also secured a sloop A steamer from fron norfolk with a flag f truce had brought to old point one hundred and fifty women and children refu refugees ees they say that many more were coming g an important military movement was understood to be on the point of execution when the steamer left rhe fhe ei cavalry valry company captured at alexandria had taken the oath of allegiance to the government and were released there seems no doubt but that beauregard was preparing for an advance on alexandria the harriet lane on the fth exchanged about fifty shots with the pix point bat bai battery tery nearly mearly opposite the newport mews on the james river she received two shots and had eive elve tive five men wounded rounded severely she was about three I 1 quarters of a mile from the battery having river embrasures embra which disclosed heavy pieces two of the Harriet lanes Lanea shells burst immediately over them those who witnessed the firing from newport mews with good glasses believe that shells drom from the harriet lane took effect within the works and carts were seen to move off itis it is conjectured with the dead chebat the batter tery lery had bad twelve guns the harriet td lanes rde e purpose purposeS was vas merely to feel their fire and determine the character ot of the work she re calved a shot through the bulwarks bulwa from a rifled gun several 9 everad re regiments t imenes of the ther three months in virginia k were to be re removed moveL moyel and replaced by three yearn yeara volunteers A citizen of baltimore reports that he saw and colvet conversed sed with gen beauregard at manassas manasas junction on the ad several companies of regulars belonging 0 to the left on the ath for harpers d ferry via na chambersburg Chambers Chamberg burg additional troops had bad ben heen ordered to which w was ii u understood n d e r at 0 od a as s a an n indication that the lines ot of the federal army wele were rapidly closing and that the forces under general mcclellan in western virginia would act in concert with wilh the pennsylvania troops for the reduction of harpers ferry perry thirty six guns arenow mounted on the embankment near arlington heights 6 an attack is shortly expected from the rebels at manassas junction A column ot of general Patter pattersons sons army was approaching har harpers pers ferry perry by the way of hagerstown Hagers town and a column nf 0 general me nrc clellands Clel lans was moving from the west help could not get to general johnston from manassas junction for general mcdowell would engage the whole attention of thel ebels posted there nor could he be reinforced from richmond and norfolk for general butler would be a dan dangerous b erous foe to leave even inactive in their re rear ar and he would not likely remain quiet there were armed steamers enough in the potomac to threaten other othe r approaches to the capital nf if the old dominion A column of four thousand men would woold probably march from washington ton towards harpers ferry the whole commanded by col stone of the infantry the column would probably have bave no more serious task than that of intercepting the fugitives ti stives driven by other commands from harpers Har pera ferry other regiments a were under marching marchin orders it was rumored that henry A wise was in a rapid decline the troops moving on manassas will be thirty hive five thousand strong and gen patterson would have an equal number when he cros crossed the potomac there was an apprehension that the rebels might move down the railroad at arabe d ahe potomac and aided by another revolt in baltimore and the iri in maryland attack washington Washing ton tan on the maryland side while davis advances from manas sas it was said there were some six hundred fugitives at fortress monroe there arenow are now twelve thousand united states troops there the there re is a rebel camp established four thousand strong a f few evv miles on the washington side of aquia creek A bearer of des patches from the british consul at richmond had been refused a pass by gov letcher ile he succeeded however in getting to washington it is reported that gov wise will command the northwestern north horth western division of virginia volunteers the rebels in the vicinity of aquia creek are supplied with provisions by a maryland traitor named johnson the same who burned I 1 the light ship A letter from manasses mada Mana sheb saes junction to the richmond WU whig bays says the labor in fortia fortifying faint that place by men unaccustomed to labor had quadrupled the sick list and it was feared that one fifth of the force would soon be sick there was no hospital there and it was difficult to get water to drink it was wag dealt out with rations all ali the leadin leading men at the bention had a agreed t reed not to attempt making 0 a new state out of western virginia but to act for the old oli DD dominion minion as a whole setting 0 upa up a provisional government the first act cf the convention would be to dispose ef cf gov latcher letcher and his bis rebellious associates it would then appoint good and true men in their places the provisional governor would probably be gen jackson of parkersburg the convention would then declare eastern virginia in in insurrection against the general government for which aid to put down the rebellion would be invoked the legislature chosen on the hat lust the members of which wre were by it lla ita 9 request to meet with the convention would be pronounced the legally elected legislature b of the state and would be empowered to proceed at once to the transaction of business the governor will send in his message to the two houses and two senators and a leading republican for the other would be chosen in this plan of operations with carlisle willey pierpont and jackson united it was thought that the convention would be one of the grandest popular assemblages ever called toge together maylaw maylam the tribunes washington correspondent reports that nearly half ot the people in and about frederick were and that their cause had gained gro ground and since bince the legislature came together the valon men were in fear of johnstons John Johne stong tong force whose rickets pick liti lits thrown out from point of rocks came 7 wath in elg eig eight C m unies liea ilea of Fr freoerick aerick gerick to which pla pia place ee the whole army array could be transported in a few hours once cherep there it would be within five hours of baltimore the sympathies of many in maryland were shown by the fact that they had armed and fed the rebel troops virginia having r furnished but few supplies if these facts were true it was high time government posted a strong bod body of troops aafred at frederick from another source it is reported that six hundred of a rebel regiment of seven hundred encamped opposite williamsport William sport had bad deserted general johnston was very unpopular in ifa consequence of his bla forcible seizure of provisions and horses and wagons it was increased by a proscription under which all males between the age of 18 and 50 years in the country within forty or fifty miles of harpers ferry were to be mustered into service A special dispatch to the post says that marshal marshai beaufort of baltimore had begun a thorough work against the rebels of maryland and large quantities of powder and other contraband boods also a considerable amount of specie evidently intended for the rebels had kad been seized and put in a safe place government had approved of the marshals acts MISSOURI A 11 W cook of cole camp campy benton denton county had been commissioned by general lyon to organize amany a many persons as he may please into a union home guard in benton and alid other counties ile he is ia to act in all respects under the command of the united states mr taylor mayor of st louis had withdrawn his tender of resignation and ard will continue in in office the secretary of war had informed the zouave regiment of st louis that they would be accepted the corps would be immediately mustered into service the democrat says that the secessionists in south east missouri were svere becoming troublesome to union men and had bad commenced driving the latter out companies were ivere being formed under tho the military bill in ia st francis francia coun county tyby by J S B clandy and others and it is said the secessionists would |
