Show or irr MB vu ow extra 0 ol 01 th tho aith alth catl last eastern B EASTERN ASTE stern NEWS N BY T TELEGRAPH arr AND PONY N the express from tot fot towards the I rising sun did not arrive till ill after sunset this evening g the news Is somewhat important and the war wai clouds gathering over the distracted 1 stat states are growing 0 darker and darker as time progresses and things there are getting no better bett ervery very fast is as will be seen been by the perusal of the following a dispatches washington ITEMS on the ad dinst washington was full of rumors of an advance by the confederates some even stating they had crossed tho the potomac at edwards ferry I 1 the posts special says bays the pickets of both armies are very verv close to each other on the other side of the potomac mr carlisle assistant district attorney of the district of columbia an intimate friend of mayor barrett had resigned the commercials commercial dispatch bays says scout scouts report six rebel regiments at fairfax and bix six sidmore more f further urther north secretary chase had issued an appeal to th we e citizens of the united states in behalf of the national loan military authorities think the present movement of 0 the secessionists have no 0 significance except to keep their men actively employed to prevent the tile demoralization or desertion ger ier tion of their army until they are prepared for a grand movement or one is made against them capt of the engineers on gri the accompanied mr lowe on his hla serial recon 1 nuisance nol noi bance sance they say that the they y observed near ly lyone iyone ade nde thousand men at work throwing up en cn trench french ments menta on Mon sons sona hill between falls church and fairfax a distance of seven miles they concluded the enemy must dust be in large force 11 the state department will not issue passes to any body to pass from the loyal I 1 rito into th the e si seceded ceded states since the passage through lo lotis Loiis louisville daville ville was stopped the demand for passes has been very large most of the applicants are women who have ave been living at the north the general order issued by ada gen thomas calling at attention to the article of the act passed for the government of the armies of the united states has a more sweeping sweeting application than is generally supposed it t is intended to apply to all persons rose eose both oth in and out of the anny ahny and to newspapers in washington and elsewhere throughout the north it la is intended to prohibit the publication of movements connected with the raising of troops the preparations of munitions of war the transportation of men and the fitting out of vessels mr batee left washington on the ad for st SL louis in his hla absence titan L colly coffy esq has been commissioned as attorney general A special to the N Y world says a number er of leading financiers including the dents or of some or of the me H N Y banks were in washington urging upon the president tain changes in the conduct of the war they propose that the government shall attempt to force the rebels to abandon their threaten ed attack upon washington by making coun ter attacks upon various points in the south the tle secretary Secre secretary tari tarK of the treasury is gratified ti tl t i know that the t e success of the national loan does not depend upon bank corporations but that the people alone are able and willing to subscribe gubb guba cribe cribb all the money that is needed I 1 it will satisfy the bublic public and increase public 1 confidence in in the e government to state that the attorney general has declared that the thet loan is not taxable either by state or local authorities senator wade of ohio before leaving washington wahington was wab authorized by the govern ment meat to raise a regiment of cavalry and a battery of artillery for the war advices advises received at the war department confirm the report that the klowas and manc man clies ciles from whom government last year withheld their annual presents on account of previous ra have united their fortunes with the Southe southern Sou thein thern jn confederacy the ki principal neipel rendezvous ren devous 0 of the tribes is near fort benton n t a n A special to the new york evening post tase rass all the regular correspondents of loyal papers are now granted passes to cross the potomac the temporary restrictions having been removed I 1 the government is using the new treasury notes in part payment pay merit of clerks in the departments part ments startling news had reached washington ton from kentucky kentuck yer mr J jackson bemb member 6 of congress from that state who had just returned from the performance of committee duty in new york left suddenly for home having received urgent dispatches indicating the danger of am aa instant outbreak of hostilities similar advices advises had been icen received from mr guthrie Gut hiie hile schuyler olfan had arrived in washington and reported that the enlistment was going on finely in indiana and alid illinois the troops were anxious for service in missouri within a fortnight twenty five thousand men would be in the field from indiana alone the lle navy department had the potomac river examined on the between the city and fort washington for biats which might mig bt be used for sor transporting transport irit irig contraband articles acress across acress across thirteen bere etre were found and brought up to the travy navy yard it seems certain that the administration at present has no intention whatever to avail itself itself of the permission permie sion slon sanctioned by con gress for the collection of duties on shi ship board lioard or to the entire closing of ports porta which on the land side are in possession of the insurrectionary autho authorities ritte 1 the government will rely on the exists existence ce and efficiency of its blockade for a sufficient answer to any reclamation cla mation which may be made by foreign governments in regard to their maritia maritime e rights the of the contains an article to the above effect and anti the telegraphic agency has such authentic information as warrants the expression of LL tie tte e correctness of this statement the war department is filling up vacancies in the volunteer forces by appointing officers without regard to regular grades CAPTURE OF FORT vort HATTERAS A special to the courier from the union and merican american 4 of nashville says a dispatch from richmond betes altes that gen butler commanding a fleet with one hundred guns and four thousand men arrived on tuesday the and opened a fire on the fort which was vigorous vigorously sly siy deturi e 4 The garrison garriton con consisted isted of three hundred bundled men under command of capt barron formerly of the U S navy after twenty rounds the rebels ammunition gave out and the entire garrison surrendered the fort was built a few months since the same paper says bays it was believed in in richmond that the blockade had been effectually broken bythe by the arrival of the british ship alliance at beaufort Beau fort lort N C A gentleman gent hman kman connected with the expedition says gays the forces were landed and drawn up in line ine on the beach where it was found that there were only three hund bund ed and nineteen men under col I 1 max lax weber of the i N Y r regiment egin ent at this time the wind wina raised a little and it was found impossible to land more troops they proceeded u up the beach ca cap purin aring one brass fieldpiece field piece and an one horse the force then advanced to fort Cark which had been evacuated but were compelled to return owing to the shells of the deet fleet falling therein and they marched back to the place of landing and there bivouacked bivouac ked for the night F early ariy arly the next morning they returned and arld the fleet commenced bombarding the second mondfort fort which was called fort hatteras Hatte rab rag which soon afterwards displayed th he white ewhite flag when the fort foit was entered by the federal troops the officers were conducted to the tent of commodore Commod gre pre barron barren who was in command in of the forces the commodore placed in the hands of the foll following 0 r ing proposition which was immediately carried carr 1 e d to general butler me memorandum m ora fidura flag officer sam barron barren C 8 A offers to surrender fort hatteras with all the arms and munitions of war the officers to be allowed to go out with side arms the men without arms to retire signed SAMUEL BARRON commanding naval defenses of va baand and N C FORT hatteras aug 29 22 the tle following reply wag dispatched by capt crosby U S N and fernora memorandum Mer nora rd um gen B F butler maj gen commanding U S A I 1 in n reply y to the be communication of samuel samue I 1 bairn barr n commanding co rima nd the forces at fort I 1 hatteras I 1 at teras cannot admit the proposed terms the terms offered are these full capitulation of the officers and men to be treated as prisoners of war no other terms ad commanding officers to meet on board loard the flag ship minnesota to arrange details on the reception of this the commander called a council of nar war var of his field officers and accepted the terms offered and proceeded to the flag ship to arrange arrange details after which the prisoners were paced on board the flag ship and the stars and stripes hoisted the official accounts of gen butler give e very minute particulars of cf the expedition and ena engagements cements ge ments but presents presenta pre seats seata no iio new features he e davs sass says fort hatteras mounted ten guns and four lin mounted also aiso one large ten inch cou mbiad ready for mounting the position of the fort is an exceedingly strong etro ngone naone one nearly surrounded by water and only to be a approached pro ached by a march of five hundred d yards yaras circuitously over a long neck of sand within halt musket range and over a causeway only a few f teet feet in width which was commanded by two 32 loaded with grape and canister fort clark mark which is about seven hundred lards tards yards northerly is a square redoubt bouncing moun cing giue fire guns and two 6 the enemy had bad spiked these guns but in a very ineffectual manner upon abandoning the fort the day before gen uen butler says on consultation with flag officer String ham bam and commander stel dinager li nager I 1 determined to leave troops and hold possession of the forts because of of the fortifications and its importance and because if again in possession of the enemy with a sufficient armament arm irm ament of the difficulty of recapturing it the importance of the point cannot be overrated from there the whole coast of virginia and north carolina from norfolk to cape lookout is within reach b by light I 1 draught vessels which cannot possibly aty live at sea bea s ea during the winter months from it offensive operations may be made upon the thew whole hole hoie coast of north carolina to bogane inlet extending many miles inland to washington newburn and beaufort in the langua language e of the chief chiet engineer of the rebels in an official report it is the key of theal lemarle be marle 7 in Itis liis judgment it is a station elation second in importance unimportance only to fort monroe on that coast is a depot for coaling and supplies f for or the blockading squadron it I 1 is ap in invaluable as aa a harbor for our coasting trade or inlet from the winter storms or from pirates Ei pirates rates it is of the first importance by liy holding it hatteras light may again send forth a cheering ray to the storm storm beaten mariner it appears the harriet lane and transport with col hawkins regiment aboard got ashore on the he bar previous to the capitulation and were immediately under the guns of the f ort fort the tribunes Tribu iW special of the has the following particulars of the hatteras affair the fleet arrived off hatteras on oll wednesday the two forts had bad been erected by the confederates commanding the the inlet which commands the entrance to pamlico and albemarle sounds the forts replied to our incessant fire but without much damage after ei eight L bt hours cannonading canno the flag on fort clark mark was hauled down and the rebels retreated to the other fort our land forces oon boon occupied the abandoned fort hoisting the tars stars and stripes at 1130 our oar shells were beginning to play on the magazine when the rebels ho holsted hoisted a white flag general butler refused to accede to any terms except an unconditional surrender which was at last acceded barron barren delivered his sword to com moddie eodore and arld other officers theirs to general butler one thousand six hundred stand of arms twenty five cannon five hundred knapsacks bati sail a large quantity of munitions were captured nobody on our side hurt four hundred rebels had reinforced the forts on the night previous to the attack on thursday forenoon a steamer with oue oue due thousand rebels approached but was kept away avray by our force in fort clark mark col max weber was placed in command of fort hatteras and col hawins in fort clark mark A portion of the fleet remains there several impo nant Jant books and papers were ca captured T disclosing the plans of the rebels it was that many of oe the w funded wun ded dea and perhaps all the killed were sent on board the confederate steamer in the so sound uri url prior to the capitulation at hatteras inlet the news of the v atory caused unbounded joy and the result of the expedition is said sald to be the possession of the entire north carolina coast the expedition was p planned lanned by experienced perien ced officers in connection with the navy department before the meeting of the last congress but had hal been delayed until the arnom amod the letters and papers captured was one from the late american consul at rio de rainero Jai nero robert rebert G scott giving a list of all the vessels leaving or to leave that port during the month with a full description n of their cargoes etc by this the knew when and where to look and six named in the lis ils list were captured maj R S andrews captured at hatteras a inlet was w as an architect of baltimore many bithe of the prisoners were Baltim oriane among the prizes was wab a ship loaded with cotton it was rumored that a member of the sol Soi southern thern con congress ress was taken prisoner the harria harriet lane got ashore and was obliged to throw overboard her guns and coal the footing thus obtained in north carolina will be held and wilmington will ultimately be taken thus firing into the confederates A fortress monroe dispatch of the lot says the steamer george peabody arrived from hatteras Hatte rab rag inlet that morning having in tow the prize brooke captured in the inlet the harriet lane was got off on saturday her armament and coal hud hd been thrown overboard the tle guns could be recovered the tle minnesota had bad left for new york with the confederate prisoners isomers iso ners the confederates had eight killed and twenty wounded anew A new military department it was supposed would be crea created for general butler A special to the louisville courier from nashville alst says bays the capture of forts hatteras and clark oark the latter two miles north of hatteras is confirmed from wilmington them themen en f ought fought bravely theaon the confederate lors loss in killed was forty andt and twenty went wounded another report says eighty killed kille ald and wounded only tenor ten or twelve escaped ITEMS surveyor andrews on the lot seized twenty vessels at new york owned wholly or in part aart by secessionists including eight ships and ami seven barks the value of fhe vessels seized was over eight more vessels were selled seised by the surveyor on the ad including the steamer marion and the ship trumbull the latter was loaded and ready |