Show from our extra of the 1 eniti EASTERN NEWS D BY Y TELEGRAPH AND PONY rony the pony express espre with eastern advises advices up to the evening 0 of 0 the arrived here this morning a few minutes after 8 the absence of the dispatches which should have been received by last pony necessarily breaks to us the chain of revolutionary events we are led to infer from what is before us that the secessionists have evacuated harpers ferry or had at least drawn largely the troops from that place for the better defense of manasses junction their principal line of defense the dispatch referring to the flight of 0 gov jackson will be better understood when we state that the governor had on or about se the issued a proclamation calling for foft fifty y thousand volunteers to drive the minions of 0 abe lincoln from the toll coil ot of missouri the governor sets forth that blisso missouri url uri was still in the union and the laws of the federal government should be respected but the laws of t the e state and its defense had hal the first claim upon its citizens the dispatches by this arrival would doubtless have been more numerous but for the hindrance to telegraphic communication caused by a thunder storm at the moment of ope operating operatic ratin g the operator to kearney had to discontinue in the middle of a dispatch the line otherwise seemed to bs be again amaia 0 in good working order washington A dozen rifled cannon cast at the western foundry had been received at washington six of them had bad been sent to alexandria P F wilson was to leave wab Wap washington hington shortly for nebraska he lre is ia sent out for the purpose of overhauling the accounts of the late officials in that territory it appears that J sterling morton morion the secretary addison R gilmore receiver of the land office have balances against them on treasury books for which they have haye acceptances enos lowe late receiver of the iowa land office is also a defaulter 0 A special dispatch to the tribune reports that general scott had said the evacuation of harpers Har pers pera ferry was in perfect conformity with his bis plans and expectations but that bothin nothing tl which the rebels had done had interfered in the slightest with his plan of this campaign or with the several steps which he had proposed to take everything was in the best condition for advancing to richmond Of ficery ficeri confess that the movement toward that place will begin within a fortnight and when once begun it would not halt until the rebel capital was taken it was believed the capture would be made before the day fixed for the meet meeting irig of the davis congress the government had received information that rebels had set a trap in some woods fifteen miles from alexandria in which they expected to draw the unsuspecting federal forces several small batteries had bad been erected by them on the outskirts of the wood lawn they propose to array their forces at no distant day and press forward their pickets until a collision ensues the scout who b brings ring I 1 a this intelligence also states that a number of indians dressed in their war costumes who were supposed to belong to the sava savages 0 es who volunteered from north carolina were seen lurking about the tle government was considering the propriety of establishing submarine telegraph communication between point lookout and fort monroe A guard was to be placed at point lookout to protect that station elation soundings had already been taken the whole distance A washington dispatch of the lath says there ia is no doubt that the rebels were erecting batteries at important points ou on the poto M f A tl f mac they hope to co control til i illga of the river and exp eap expel el the federal Feder ili lil troops iram from its waters closing up the connection with the north except by annapolis the president having sent bent gov letcher a pardon for a convict who had been sentenced for robbing the maily mall mail letcher answered that the presidents powers were not recognized by virginia VIRGINIA A baltimore dispatch of the states that persons just from near fortress monroe reported a skirmish there on the preceding morning three companies sent out oat by colonel phelps to drive in cattle belonging to secessionists had been fired upon by a company of light horse and three men wounded the rebels were evidently landing a large body of troops at the point seven miles above newport mews on the same side of the river an attack from that q quarter larter barter was anticipated an experiment with sawyers american rifle cannon at rip raps had been a brilliant success sewells sewalls Se walls point was waa already within range of these guns seven forty eight 0 pound shells abells exploded a short distance from the rebels camp and one of them over their entrenchments trench ments it created a sensation among the a secessionist and a house near the secession banner binner displayed a white flag at acquia acquiat creek several heavy guns on new batteries had been mounted by rebels the garrison and troops at fort monroe and hampton were all under arms the big gun ex floyd was being mounted at the rip raps shells discharged by way of experiment reached sewells points point four miles distant the troops at Man were estimated at all the harpers ferry force except the rear had arrived the latter had bad advanced as far as winchester r the entrenchments at manasses are very strong they expected an attack from the federal forces there on the and swear they will repulse them with great slaughter and drive them across the tha potomac they do not say what they will do in case no attack I 1 is made on them from that quarter A washington dispatch of the says bays that gen scott received the f following dispatch last nl night ait lit 1 I left camp according to instructions with the ohio regiment six hun hundred dreI and sixty eight strong 0 went on the expedition to falls church to patrol round in that direction I 1 then proceeded to vienna with four companies company E capt paddock company C woodward afterwards joined by captain pease company G capt dailey company 11 capt hazlett total two hundred and seventy five on turning the curve within quarter of a mile of vienna we were fired upon by raking 0 masked batteries of three 9 guns uns with shell round shot and grape killing and wounding the men persons arrived from richmond state that the rebels were makin making gigantic preparations for the defence of richmond it seemed as though 0 the first grand stand would be made there masked batteries were placed at advantageous vant ageous points the city was strongly fortified not less than thirty thousand broo troops ps were there the richmond correspondent of the charleston courier says that jeff davis and wigfall were to take the field in person in a week vienna is now occupied by four thousand federal troops the forces of general johnston and cadwallader wal wai walla lader derp dery etwas believed were likely to meet I 1 at some point north west of harpers ferry it was supposed that beauregard t in withdrawing his advance alms aims to catch mcdow ells columns in ambuscade ile he will hardly succeed after the barnin warning 7 at vienna the people say that the south lost six men killed by the return fire of the ohioans Ohio ans A grafton dispatch of the states that a courier had just arrived f from roin Phil phillippe lippl it was ascertained that the rebels twelve hundred stron strop strong 0 were encamped twelve miles from there on the beverly road with reinforcements from four to six thousand stron strong a advancing t including three south carolina regiments an attack on phillippi phillipp was expected hourly william gibbs and william martin of company kiy kyi KII K of the ohio regiment regiments were killed by concealed foes while scouting within five miles of phillippi Phil lippl on the beverly pike A third scout had bad his hla clo cio clothing hing riddled with bullets MARYLAND the tle indianapolis 11 journal To received received the following lowin special dispatch hel hei nei wal ace commander of the lith reI rel regiment ment melt ac athum cum berland in regard begard to the fight ight at romney S the rebels did not rally and return they raa sixteen miles towards winchester before they stopped so far from my retreating I 1 brought into camp at cumberland their tents valuable arms uniforms and medical stores without leaving anything behind their rout wa was total next day there were seven funerals fune rals rais in the town we killed a captain an ek ell member of the legislature and took one of the majors prisoner I 1 send you this to stop the infamous about my retreating started by some cowardly scoundrel scoundrels a in alexandria my boys are entitled to all ail honor and they won it bravely bracely bra vely iely they have not forgotten buena vista signed LEWIS 11 WALLACE colonel regiment there were flying rumors in washington on the of a fight between one of the ohio regiments and a band of rebels near vienna on the loudon railroad which had been partially confirmed an engagement had taken place probably without serious results th the enemy had bad been on the bridge two miles from seneca mills which crosses a branch of the potomac river over which the federal forces must march in advancing across the river it was reported that the legislature of maryland would attempt to pass an act releasing the state of virginia from paying damages dama geto to the citizens of maryland who had bad sustained damages by the wanton destruction of railroads and canals wit within h in the state of maryland repairs on the baltimore and ohio railroad were deferred deterred until tle the government gets possession of the route about seven thousand feet of the bridge had been burned by the rebels tenders of companies still continued to pour into annapolis colonel meredith bad twenty companies tendered him and colonels brown and MU mi tons were rapidly filling up 0 MISSOURI A dispatch from st louis on the evening of the reports that as a body guard of one hundred and twenty men part of col jali jail mans mana regiment reserve corp were returning from the north missouri railroad about eleven that morning when opposite the recorders court room seventh streetie street J be tween olive and locust a company near the rear of the column suddenly wheeled and discharged their rifles aiming chiefly at the windows in recorders court and second story of the adjoining house killing four citizens and mortally wounding two and slightly injuring one statements regarding nw r the cause are said to be very conflicting 0 one being that a pistol shot had bad been fired from the window of a house on an the corner of seventh and locust streets took effect in the shoulder of one ot the captai captains cs on which he be gave word to fire another statement is thata that a soldier discharged his rifle in the ranks rands at which the whole company became frightened and discharged a full volley at a crowd on the bide alde walk and the windows of the houses bouses the recorders court was in session sessions and crowded with prisoners and spectators police officer pratt Prat was shot in the side and died in ten tea minutes deputy marshal frango received three balls in his legs and he will undoubtedly lydie lydle die dle the names of other persons who were killed on the pavement below had bad not been ascertained the window just behind the recorders desk was wag riddled with bullets and broken glass was scattered over his desk the bodies of those killed were removed to the health officers where a thorough invests paton gaton of the affair was to be had and when particulars would be given A jefferson city dispatch of the states that it was reported by two reliable persons from boonville blonville Bo onville that a fight had taken place between the federal and state forces and that three hundred secessionists were killed and a number taken prisoners one report says seventeen and another that twenty nine federal troops were killed gov jackson had bad fled and the state forces were routed an outbreak occurred at the penitentiary that day after dinner as the convicts were about being conducted to their cells they made a rash rush upon the guards and after overpowering them attempted to break through the walls walla one was ahot shot and two or three ahrie wounded by the 17 S troops who wire wira were promptly on the ground and soon bucci succeeded eded in securing and placing them in their the licille ceils col curtis aa says bays that 9 iowa rigI regiment ment le learning arnin 1 that secessionists were 1111 1 at savannah Alis missouri twenty miles north Z of st joseph and had bad driven out or imprisoned all union men in town he be had gone rone there with four hundred troops and after a slight skirmish in which two reb reh rebels els eis wire were killed kilb klir put things to rights dearmin ds anning armin 61 secessionists 1 6 6 alnis ts and giving muskets to union Z I 1 men arkansas troops under ben McCull McCullo mccullock oclis cb are reported to have hae invaded missouri j t ILLINOIS th the times cairo correspondent states biales that G bryant brvant a citizen of that place had bad just turned from the south he says the bank of the river seemed lined with with cannon at memphis in a few days a heavy battery of twenty guns would be mounted commanding for several miles the approach to the city by river there were not man troops in the city of 31 memphis e mabis the main body being four cifes back the heaviest battery in the bouth south was at randolph tennessee it would be utterly impossible for any force however large irge to pass within range the number of men commanding I 1 it is various variously lv estimated from one thousand five hundred 10 to six thousand at union city there was trouble among i the men the tennessee troops wishing to rally at bemp memphis is while the mississippi troops expressed a desire to march upon colu coldi ambus fortify the town and gen prentiss into hostilities the guns at union city were of a small aall aali calibre except six forty two poun ders a f few ew howitzers howit and sixty two while approaches to columbus were of such a nature as to render tender a battery of such a character as they would make by no heaps formidable the works on the fortifications at Calro cairo were progressing L slowly everything already done had bad a permanent look as it if it wab was waa the purt pure purpose pose of the government to render the place a military pos post hereafter thereafter A cairo dispatch of the says that W IT russell the london times correspondent had arrived from the south that day he says bays nothing in regard to southern afra affairs irs but complains that his correspondence had bad been tampered with by secessionists his hla letters were deta detained liik iiii ed and altered and some not sent from southern post offices at all T D bucki buck a rabid secessionist was hung by the citizens of lane illinois on the upon the window in the courtroom he was charged with causing destructive fires there last december by the thle iss assistance istance of a chicago detective his bis guilt was fully established he was also charged charged with pl planning annin 1 the burning of all the business part of the town miscellaneous A traveler whose business took him to Rich richmond mona mond says that he saw jele jefe davis davia reading a special dispatch affirming the death of gen scott pryor had been made special to gen lee mills and preston were among Ileaure Beau regards gards aids alde A fleet of steamers had gone down the ohio it was thought for the purpose of conveying troops tip up the kanawha river to strike at the heart of western virginia the sturgess gegg rifles had bad left chicago for cincinnati bicks cavalry were there ind and capt Bar barkers kerys dragoons at cairo under orders to proceed to grafton virginia 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