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Show T E L E G il A PHI C N E W S BY PONy, TuP. Pony Express- wlifch arrived on Saturday, brought tho following news from tjio sent of wars ' waSuisctoji. , A Washington dispatch of May SOtli ay ; " Ucn. Itulkr was rcltforccd vesterdnv I by two thousand troopif. Too. Tmtf Washlugton dispatch states llml there are' eight, thousand troops at Point of Rocks. Tio tropp3. there ure ihuch, demoralized, but will make it.despe-ratO it.despe-ratO light. .There wore indications of un Intention to evueuatp the post, but there was no positive information; Thry expect ex-pect nn attack froni the west and keep o sharp look out, every night. Thc-moit arc sleeping on their nrras , Amtmg ,thtr effictt seized at Alexand-rf.t Alexand-rf.t arc fetters of great iiiiportahce, which were found In the Stnlintl office, showing thp means by wliich the, 'secession of Virginia Vir-ginia was brought atiout; soumj distinguish-ctl distinguish-ctl pohticiJiis are Implicated, and the let-ters let-ters show beyond doubt that the ordl-ojituje. ordl-ojituje. of ceiipn was oidy jised -by A Washington dispatch of the 31st nays; Tho following dinpatch wits received At the Navy Yard between four aud five ' this pwi, "The Key Stone Stale reported, that on f paisutg Aqrtla creek, the Pretborn -and ! Atiacostii wem engugltig the battery heie , with success. Shal( L send the'Pocahouins with lftr teft iucli gun. to ufesis;tf . (Signed) PsmUmEsv . ,a Conliuiiiider at the XuVy Vard,?' , Immediately 'iipon tlie receipt of tho illspiitclf, the S'ayy D'cpartmeiit Ordered two inwiofwarforward-td support.Capt.-Wa'rd. support.Capt.-Wa'rd. A Washii'fton dispatch of Jdne 1st Statei jhat the, movehiciits of Geo. Butler wereiconsidbred nsrii intimation jin his -part .not,lo; tfoiiblitScWtill's.Poiiit or Nor-fplk.at Nor-fplk.at prcseuVbut to, strengthen his position posi-tion ou thp, other side of Jumca river, and in time to move forward to RicJimOud. The, two largo; Cofumbiads lately shipped .from Pittsburgb to Fort Mclleury were pikcd in tlio streets of Baltimore, and it Was wot d!rftvered until they were mounted mount-ed In thp Fbfl. There has been great dissatisfaction in tlio Maswliu?ctta panqi, at the Relay Hoump, arising from tho .nnmilitury conduct con-duct of ISrigtiiiicr Geii, Joues. lio Was burned m cfilgy lust night at their camp. Brigadier , aciu "Pierce will supersede General Jones, aud the latter will go to I'ort Monroe. Tho Slnr says, nine rebtli woro killed at Sewall's. Point in tbo rec:nt couflict, also that the rebels had stopped work on tho entrenrlunsiii at .Manawu. Tho .jfti'i special Washington disjiatch say preparations are evidently making for furwurd .ukivpineut of tho Government troops. They are all under ordera and ore ready to march at. a moment's, notice, The probable object is a suddeit concpn-. trillion upou the rebel forces In Virginia. ' ST. wcis. A St. LOuis dispatch of May.SMsays: Gcncral Harney stated that ly orders from W'aslibigson, dated May 10, btt't knly rmived yesterday, be had been re moved froni bis command in tins quurter, j add had no longer any power over the I military of the district. It I understood that General Lyon succeeds General Ilumcy, Tbo steamer lllnck Hank, from the upper Mississippi, landed at Hannibal, on Wednesday (May 29), with six hundred Mormons, ou their way to Salt Luke ! City. They are mostly from Knghind. ! Other delegation pro on the way, and in a few weeks more, it is thoncht there wilt bo two thousand five hundred Saints ou the route to swell the population ol the City 6f Salt Lake. ' A dispatch of the 1st Inst, says thai Dr, George K. Saudersou, who wst Btabbed on tho night or May 10th, by Hon. A. Huekner, died last evening, iron j the effects of the wound, at his resideme on Olive Street. BOCTBEBtf KtWS. I. Tho Augusta, Georgia Chronidt, of thq 28(, ult, says that llcauregard issued orders at Charleston, yeoterda, relinquishing re-linquishing the command of the flrccs around Charleston. to Colonel R. H An. derson, .relieving .D, II. Jones, wb accompanies ac-companies Beauregard to Corintl, Mis-slssii-pi; Mobile rP.W iityjijint ngt W;the f frencfi Oo.'vcVinment U thcralcoll&tjnj fltcts for NnppleobV,' i'i 11 5- , The iirnW .Baltlmoroldisjatclio jMay 30, says ihora are twenty thOasam ItrOops at llarjpeV Pery artd "plenty 0 heavy artillery flt CTert flssallable'pohill. It is sald MbaMftith: thoMhrep) thpo sand troop , near lifirfpXther c"rd 10,000 ncgroeafn thPcarracity'of Mrranfs and laborers; provLMous aro scarce, find the privation fulls, first on tho slaves . The Memphis JMItlin announces the arrival of Beauregard on thd Stfth tp take command of the Western division, of the Confederate army. President Jeff, Davles bos arrived at Richmond. ' The Ni. YbPpiP ttspatch:or Juoo .1st says, the Gotcrnmc'nt forces, had n conflict -ivith. the riibel'at AqutaCreekJ The steamers. Frcebohij 'Anacostar,',ltesolnld and a schooner,. opened firei finally . silencing silenc-ing tbe wlm'rf .bflttcry'klljingrMtetal rebels; nono iif onir, troop'werptiijurtd.. Tlie. Pawnee ond iankeo-itcro scht there thla-tnorntng. .1'hl dispatch nbo , mates tha tlnrre was n sklrjnIsb'aRt . niglitptPall Churchy, six miles! hack.'- of Arlington Height.. Opr- pickets were attacked m;d;' ontV soldier Wounded. . Later dispatchts sfa,c--tbat it force rdf caValry, and iforty'livo infantry under Liciitenaiits ToJipkiils mid Gordon attack-ed.tho. attack-ed.tho. rebels M Fairfax cpurt botiso. Thp 118, pickets were-met foiir;milts this side, who , fled, nnd alarmed the camp. .The. CrtTalry'theo- charged ,oit- tiio town, encouiite3;iiig.,rlgorpus rcjist'auc, people 'jjring-On,lhcin from the houiiess Toro-kinsriiorse Toro-kinsriiorse ffns'.slfot' tinder hmj;nniphis Cavalry surrounded by rebel infantry, who, poured in i it jfcdritiiiuous fire, but they .fougbt their way" through theroptaklng a number of pf iouers. One of the Cavalry was KilIcd,andtwO,Wounded. Sdriio staff oBiccri of thef Sth. Aew Yprk, regiment Were wounded, being with the Federal troops. Lieut- Tompklarcpdrt3-" thirty rebels, killed, nnd that their force amount-til amount-til to fifteen Jiiludrcd They had previ-ously previ-ously sopfiosed "tfiero wero but two bun-; ; if red there, Tonight, our troops will advance ad-vance on Fdirfax court house, and take it. : |
