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Show , . ' Kew ydnsl-Mayt A fpeclal dispatch fiSin WaibuiglM to tho mtngjpt By''Hbn,Selmjl Colfax has Jnst jirrived there from diaua, far the pnrjiosc of urging tb0' eminent to accept the . serliceV.oIfix regimenta.of volunteers Jfr oru thatSft., A sjiectal ilispatch, from' Washingtoa, fo the Commercial says, that jthV bridga of the Orange and Alexandria rtihxw and of theJlampshire-andfLondo, road havo been destroyed .for tin1 piles. The Ith regiment ia ordered JW to-morrpwi. The rebels are.evidentlypi paring for action. J.he reports, recW i this roorning.tfttothat thejtr.a;tlW ing up eutrenchmcu'ts at theJianasia Gap, junction,, and the Sccessionifts,. Alexandria are loudly boasting, todJt . that the y will, .'soon be released .by . JM ndvaneeof the'llebel troops,frqm IUc mond. Tho Government, bowever, U preparing at all points' to chcck-ny';fi; Ward movemeut of the enemy; , H is. understood that-any m6vfO of Gen, Leefor throwing Itebel forf forward from Bichpond in thedirecti of Manassa's Gap or Harper's ,Frry,wW itomtdia,tcly m followed by " Attack- Gen, Butleri forces on Norfolk. - u I itichpotid l8,4he aim, of (Batlerj w-a His reported that be inteods occapyipg" by the 20th of July., Gen. Patterson, will throw large tcsssrl of troojis from CbapbelsbqfgdoMfn.tM. Maryland Jtiiue, In the direction of ,H-pbr'sFcrryrin ,H-pbr'sFcrryrin orde'r'to'iheck; any .movemeut .move-meut froui that point " , . There are three thousand Federal troops at tbo-HJeltiy Jto"Jsenear BsUi-more, BsUi-more, and tbey can bohl lKatplacoagaiast great odds. Large scouting jiarfes r sent out by jth Federal Tpffir-,every mght, as far as Point oniocks. Another military movement U on,J9f;' but the Government ''ltc'ep15V,rlctir secret ' , t-. J Harper's Ferry"aflvlcc. ate-4hat ;W repels 'thcre'are greatly alaitneo . Government movemenlirand'txpect mbmehtary atfack. y ." T',i' Tlio Tiwf'dlspateb; sayJtf'rj tants of -Alexandria.' are'-'sbllenoo', I? K affected; The only "tines with' -mmt -..-. ,r" s-t' ': rM - 1 . , v " - faces m tko feca11r ttUat$otr. '' Scyo-rl Scyo-rl laWb ftrt w B0,r ?n con jtrobtcd' ' ,s" ibwrf T G&h harp thrown. nrS U&nk kiaiklon Mdioteii feet high, 111 is - ditwalncd to order-twenty thoasand noratOlontto Washington, The relWcettroUtdTor tub Ellsworth ' .fewi ha received ainc Hi, formation, last " tTertinf. 'bonl' 500. " , TS&wdeMfthc; AfeMrh Trtwn rtfi to Publish Col. W!cw& proclamation) procla-mation) and a iqtwdf printer! from, tho - rcgi'mtt'triV AetKchd to take the - office ; ad ptty: pap'; ..-.;. & ', k'A.VoI(fAl1of' one of on? Zouave xpp ftenWha riot Open heard from for Ilea 3jv! $2i,M; rIi.fbr; ilie rcgf 4 mnt,.l jTmlMiiijk 5t" - 5 . ' The flth imd 8th. rcgimehtB lewo for WlilntM te-mght Tim VJi'Scolcli reglnirn: s .A ,werqbant wai,nrfCSted to-day by 8flpcHu,tet)aent'fi:!iJ0cdy, for, nsijtg 'seditions 'sedi-tions language, ' ' j : , , CaxjftcnsDwa, May'2Tth- Ti Virginia troop at Wllliauwiiork atSTcdocco tafive hundred. , Heavy dei . ftHtlo'nitaTto.pIaco datty, ' ItEx-Uovcroor Tliomai has been nonim-i aJrf-fai Jongreat. Frederick, Mar- ' .i-na .' tyWASfhSiotoMaj 2ith, s itM tw. miles beyond. -Alcxandrhv on .thb JiBeoftbe Jailroad... A car. jloafled; . with. " provisions, and having eighteen accession mldierton. Board In Uitcnif Uresst has bijbrbught to Alexandria., -A ,waii who -was 6elwl by: the' ZOuSvcs, three !. HiW from that city, carryiuff aecesiibtr ? flt?i was Bdo by thtm.to carry1 It. onun cole W. the, Marshall llonse, and, there trfccopJe onlti, "The man was then, placed " J cflftod, '"- ',, '" V V ,:t " The steamer! Minnesota, was expected to karo Fort Monroe, toay to blockade r. ,.CkarIcton- wo 6r.?- thrco vessels will ;ieon follow,. -; I1 , 1 A plunger "ho Ieft.tKicnlod Jcs ;lerday,"arrlvcd hero, this rdornlog by way 'jsTMasia'i iQa ire.iays.tho train on 'trhlcli he tratclcd brought-ne"; thonsand SbaihJCarolina, iroops to; thb Gap, otid ?tliat' ilii? xnliro 'ntunbcr of ! Coiifederato troops ther? wascsttniated at iirb thon-mmI;. thon-mmI;. TilejL.'wcw'toleVaWy, well armed 'and equipped, and were throning up cn-trehchmcnts cn-trehchmcnts in. anticipatfoH of .."ati'-ottacjf, The beliotthijrowas thatlfcderal troops otttdlmovo,. toward.' Har"pcr'a"Ifc,rrjr by .thatrontew' . 'r- . Tho'Wr,DepaTl!Dent is wfieh animcd byirrwponsiblo persdiwJftttcmptftig "to. - draw reqaisiUons forrrarjons thincs and tecar expenses :on acepnnt,or;,thd,uoyern; mcnt,lSfej, pre(cnco;of ;liatrio;tc auJL I V. E-S5ij36cci& vicsviu;; May ..attli'. 1 iThe funeral Of ColoWcl Etflwortfi ' took plfee.herottoHla-aiid was attended ' anjmriesodncpnrsa.or p60flo and.iuili- i I tsfy "and 'Cromca'frora various f parts . of 1 tfie Statft- Tm'nresaitc: ccremonifs were I heldatthegrare. 'f K rnfttv May itt th, r .The lwrder State. .'CoRveatiou met to-dy,Jolm.J. to-dy,Jolm.J. Crittenden a)ipotuted Chair-jiisn.j Chair-jiisn.j and;'' Orlando ,IIrow, SefttWy." Hit-piles'' wrrc 'present' foot Minotiri iBd'Kentueky, x' ' rf -STiLocw,Mjiy,atth, J Ordtrj wjjro.Tcccived at jbo arseii.,l yesterdy,fronj ih)eiarimcnl aV Wash' jnWrii lot the transfer of i one1 'regiment f ofrUnitcdiSlafeVirolufitecfsUo: HifiVf 'rblnt7 ro.l toppU'i Caiif9, '.TI ;4lU Tegiracnt "ni 'QenLyonV brTaAet.uiidcr 1 mtnMd:of,3C'olfichottherrw "rdiitlX'libt,icni(tbUhb-.abaT$'''banicd-1 point", torday, ? - ' ' Oeiil-Karuey has aathoriicd. the. tm- mediate .fprrndtioittof acorps of Uiuon .JIwe'jUiiardstoJieawom lrttQ service V at each 'of-:tht; following placesrllat iilb'ttlrrStJoicl.h.'f.Kaiisas CUy, and ' BptlnglielaVt'f Another attempt. was-made on Satiny l ' day to assasslua'tb Mk JoeljTJnitfrd States i Mafl fAfecntf ofn1ho' raeille Ilailroad, J while Wtva's stopliriig M ,Seda!. Hie V )ife'was svd I j frhods; t ' Captain Bfandowskl, of the 2d rcgl-j avnt of Missouri vol untcl Ti, died .ou Sstnrday-nfglit from the eiTects. of ampn.-; tation. n6waS-"distinguished rQli."h J' exile, itimU the- best gwordsmau in tho ST.Locts,May 28th. The'lirenw Atipj learns from a Keu.- tleman,'wh6a'rrired"-frura Caseyrille, III., V tMs'mo'nilnirrtnat CoL MeArtlmr yester dayjecetved orders from Waihingtou to 1 march with his regiment to come point l- soothward. ThelnttllfKcnceivaSnt onco 1 eommonicated. to the officers of the sevc- ral.companies.-.and tho men were soon au- Souriced ready to oboy the Instructions. 1 Their placo' o'f destination Is probably BifdVrointJMo.,opposUe Catrd, "New York, May 28th, t. nCpeiIimiSp"atcli o "the." Xcw York Vhild, from Wasliingfon, 27th, syir o irKtniaM'Wc allo'wtd W enter Alexaft; ' drla, onli-ss kriqaii ,to bb loyaL K. large r narnber of person's were arrested to-day, charged with uttering lntta"n,iastQry scnti-l scnti-l meats. Tlio fortillcat'ions commanding ' Arlington Height ore nearly compictcd, ' A "gentleman arrived hero to-day from 1 Richmond, who. Btatrs that tlie greatest aciifitjf ffcvalli in the military there. IU'waaonly"permlttcd.to Icavoon being IdenllOeil as a well known Baltfmoreau jerchaijt. "The general sentiment In Hkhtcohd was that nu attack 'must be made on th Federal forces Alexandria, . hut that ideaj (lid jiot prevail , so. cxten- 'hecame artUer'nortli. - Tho c pUbhafeeUng is that war ivas fully in augurated, and that "tha.present. is full of troaWe, and sthe future I gloomy and l dark. " !t AYIrgiulan from some fifty miles from ' here, reports'ttfniglil he met on his way J tome (i(ty tliousan rebel troops march- og Xoi "Harper's i'crry. ' They wero ' poorly, clad, and two-(liirds of tbciu yrere J armed with revolvers only, tied around their pifau? bvtOpcs. , The special dispatch to the TriltM, - ted.Wshlogtou,My2Ith, says Gov. - Banks will ba tendered a brigadier-gene- iralship, and be detailed to the bureau of 'hQuarfemstcr-G"eheraI; John C. Frcr t ownthas been apoInled major-general, I and (iov. Denver, la naval pfficef. A 4, ,The.VrrlstdenttoHlAy accepted fix; ad. ditional regiments foja Indiana; ' -ThfrWttr Department wasot'day' of,' fcrtd.. a hattthofl and fetttry- of . four twelv ,ponmlers, ,by, i gchtlsmith :fidm Baltimore, which wlil probably) be :ats Ccjiteit:: ; . ; J v' ... At'oria ! o'clock" this mofnliWiAisntenani Tompkius, with a sijnnd of monotifd'rocn was; reconhoitcring "t'o'atds Fairfax, it mjle this' side,- Tw,6. hbrscij wcroespietl withont riders tho horse were tarrbund-? ed and two uniformed meri.staried hjijf ona levelled, a fbwjfdgpeico . a tj thei. Llpn-tenant Llpn-tenant t tho bogler. drcvr.rtt -revolver, ami the, fowlirtg-jticpe dropped. Tlie rovoltfcf nccidently went .off; and tho Yirginiati, Was shot fn his Jigykarm. .. Both were taken prisoners, ad fine. hbrseVt ,. A nnTiOr pralictSii triHly.nilvancci of, ihc .troops; commanded by PcnLBeanyot gardiito retako'. Alexandria, A. 0nion! Ilag ts living over (ho Marshall, Hbnsiji .In-place; .In-place; of the Southern flag.- , , ' The Tuntf has a !etter from"; TJctcr.fr towp.VtBtem irglhia,V-wbicli says) I'Stata".' trabpsarc constantly.', coming, bringing firms, 'and ne aro nhxiou?ly look iQR.fohlicrpfrbm.Olilq'Wdrivb.themoiri' t hop6;thpy will corae soom ''OnoTof thi. traitors jtandfajrgiiird; last nlgh. shot n good JJnipi'.mari"'dcad,;jsf ho woJ-passing, gbing,tb tow;uC!' 'i'nthdife against; sons and brothers nifaihst brOthewA?'. ' 'The: (Jtimmmhl i1rfft;and', Wash: Itigton. sped! .says the Usiv Jfew Y,otli rsgitaenyeftho navy yard' this mofniopf. In armed steamers, to tokd po'sscsibn- "of Aqiita crctk,- n t , Tho iXtttikt dispatch" -from 3Vahlug (6it,i!js::,'ltlsiaid tliatXavs andBeaU regard, are expected it lUchmoild to-day Defenses nre belngcohstrnetcdiOUtsidb, of lticlimond,. - All.-'thb 'bridges bn" the Alcxiridrlu railroad havp bf en btirhcdi .T'ropo3alsUl jRopfi bb Issncdfbr forty steam, gun boats, of; fivo hundr ed, tons CaCh', (r ' Gencrat-McDweH takes, command of, the.forccs in YIrginia?,in placo of SUnd-ford, SUnd-ford, ' '"" I Governor. .Bank, favors' putting o4 firmy."6f, thyc6hundrc4 tlionsand men jn; the,lieldiib that the difficulties may bo si.edily settled, Governor Banks haa been apoliitcd Cmtimlssary General,, Advice .from Mahasaa's Gap. State that the 'Rebels havo been throwing" up cxteusivo.cntre.nchiacnti.nt that point for, ifcv'c'rnl w'e ckpaiy.'' , , , . f , Tlie transports conveyed by 4ho llat-rfct.Lanb, llat-rfct.Lanb, with thlrty-fivcj hundred iroopi went to' the mouth of-,. Jamcsi' River and took jwssesilon of a, ncwpoint 'there ar(d eutreuched-themselycs. 4Jfcommands"ihb mouth of tho river. ' ':.r' "' 7TI10 Ynhkcc bronght in morppriitcsib-'ijayf-f ' " '- " "4 ' Gen, fcpowell ls .assjpned ,thj com niand'bf "irginiacast bl !thd 'Alleghany mountains and north of James .river. Bi.tiHoaE, May 28th. General Bntler has not commenced oj crations at Norfolk yet, but an attack was looked Tof daily. Tho njiuiber of troops at Korfolk was estimated nl twctt-j ty tiiOusand. Troops arc daily arriving '"front the Smth. "'o apxirchenMon is felt that3itiroik, wiH be taken.. . . TvvCntjrclgTit rs fillet with soldiers .pawrd Petersburg on Su'ttirdstr. There were fifteen thouS4iii( troops jit Tlfclimoiid. - -' ' . An attack was espcqfed at 1 ijrk river, which is guarded ugaiiut'by KiUrriei aod; earth w,orks, J.t Is jaid to bo welj sup-plted sup-plted with'heavy, artillery, Tlierckwcr! ten thonsand'trcopsontba hills above. Fredcricklurg, .streugthcucd b-y'puinerunj( batteries. ' Mflitassa'a Gap tv.ts roiuforced Snnday nfght-." by troops from -North Curoliua,: Sooth 'Csrolna.ttitdTt'Ciiess'ce, .X special dispalbh-.from .iVilKamsport, ' sajSTnj'sttrions juovcmcnts ato going on there.and thttt ncltlicf friefids nor foes arc allowed to. visit the. ''rebel, camp. It was surmised that it was. their intention to make a retreat Dr tocross the rfver. The road and .canal are obstructed nt 1'oint of Rocks ten miles tills side of Harper" JFcr. ry. The New Hampshire regiment arrived to day wt marched through tho city, and ;took the cars tor Washiogtmr. Yirgiuia trbops wero distributed along the country roads north of Harper's Ferry, Fer-ry, and altto.ou the northern approaches to the Maryland heights. Tho outposts ami pickets extended much further. Gen. Johnstpn su)erintendcd these movements in person. T'tvcnly additional pieces of cannon' arrived from Winchester. t'ivc thoasand Virgfuia troops arc at Grafton, ten thousand at Richmond under un-der General Lee,-and twelve thousand nt l-'reilerickshnrghi liOmsvitt, May 28th. Ex-Gorcraor Morchead!s letter to the Soarmtl said should Lincoln hereafter as. sumo nu aspect of wdr for overrunning nty subjugating the seceding . States, Kentucky,, without counting the cdst, ought to tike up arms against the government, gov-ernment, until then alio slionh) compel both parties to respect the iuvlolabliitj cil hcrsoil. , CiuucEiisucac, May 28th. ' It is kngwn (hat the secessionists nt Williamsport and llagcrstown aro concerting con-certing a plan lo enable thq Virginians to invadq Wasmngton eoanty. I WAsnisato, May 28lh The general impression is that a' movement move-ment will saon be mado so far Into Virginia Vir-ginia that all relief of tho rebels at Harpers Har-pers Ferry Will be cut. oiT. A well known citizen of North Carolina Caro-lina reached herp to-night from that. State. Ho thinks tho reporter the uumbers, condition con-dition aud armam of tho Southern 1 troops aro greatly exaggerated, 1 1 seems that It is their determination to act solely on the' defensive In this war. The 2d New York regiment wossworn in to-day, except some three hu'ndfetf who refused to bo sworn in for thrco years, .all their uniforms, except thefr pantaloons, were stripped from them and they came ! Into the city from the encampment. There wero some ted thousand under. Gen. Butler's command at Fort Monroe. He will nnko no advance into Virginia until he hag at least ten thousand more. The Ecce&uun feeling u the six western counties of Virginia is reported as being fully equal to that of South Carolina. From the Tcnpcscc river to. tho Mlssis- sfppi moU law and tcrrbrim,tcfgnsV .A riii and ",nramnhltibri!Var, rfhtl'Lhelng'. Vftkft through Montgolar;"c6lJltty,, Md,.w H'arJ perl'crryV 'Xa detail or the 11e.tr Uvj; ot'pna linmUtd thqniaml. men Will,., (toop bo madoknftttn.ttf thb cbuntryi t Theritklehl said;4o-day, that all full regtoicntif ready forseryieftwoiild bate n opportntity lb comd.for wan! In n. foVvday Flftecil teginicnU, ianll(.h'ayb be;ci,ac-'ceptcdlnilliMbts be;ci,ac-'ceptcdlnilliMbts J't' -" '' ,,: An ifupbrla'itfc mbvemeht.ion Oraftdo;.. Virginia;, Is being mado;i;A ilwgo tbbdy of troops have already crossed -Urn. 'river basely V their rcndeivou'sli'TUa'.Y.Wgin l detachment U at Grulton . In cousiderf atile force, and it ts Believed -.that, a5-, cl-i cl-i trsibn1 Is tyetjtftlt,. t' U h ' "'"" '? ' I 1 Trf-morrow, a very- important' ;ndvouca against', the TcheVfotcts aflTarpcr's, ,Fer ry,' wilt , take plac1'! 0,J1 vl'btlddctpnhfy Flyo rrgimerils gfbrWunl.., ylti' Hrri-biir, Hrri-biir, ttid;Cliamlrbuvg, mtder'.ubtk t'atf ktsoii, .siitv"ult(nco'u'-with the advance 'to h maud from the ;cst,mmlcr Hiccoinniand of GeirMcCIcliand. , - twf--. . Tlio .first move will reliably ,6 nwde ngtdaai lanawu's Gap Jancttpttit lieing totwidcrcd a!. highly jijijiortdnt position) and'tthunoncein nltf poslblt op the. Government, wilbbff.tbe key to all iiio operation of' tha rebels,. Wa&mxbtos, May ?th.. Therfrtlldffhfg'fW)'f'ForlIot(')V-d Monday cvttiiog, May 2th, 1 fr,om. the correspondent MUt4 Assp'clotc'd i'ress: A force bf! twcuty'fivc ltrtnjjredhien ht-:elnijing ht-:elnijing aifew regulars and .four picciis of artillery, formfcfi; ttf diy,jri entrenched cbrnfi atjcvvpoi'tv-ijcar'the month',p(. the Jahierfiivcr, bb'nt ten mile frpiH jlfbrt Monroe., ,'Newport'couimands' lo.'iil great BSlcut'tho jieulniula between the; James and Ybrk.'riv'erjj, , A Jape; lo'rsc!: ta' $0' l)c, nsscmblcd-Uierc, and so.fmpor thnt- n tnovc-ihent.';lik'ely tnovc-ihent.';lik'ely to.mcct .opjicajtfoju, TherO. wai evidently, great .activity at Se'waIVs i'oinh "iast:riight, Hampton Is nearly, deserted, de-serted, The1 lotigbridge. there waabnrned on Salun4o7; About ono hundred fugitives! fu-gitives! camb'iu this morning. They wero provided with rations;;j!Kl.fcfOi work, , Harper's Tefry, if it Is notv olreatiy evicnatcd, will SQon fall.- The. troops thcro ore not near as, numerous ,ns lias been, stated, there nra not over four thous- nndjn ir about the plate, and they are miserably equipped ami nearly starved, GenMcCleltou'l,- "with , fifteen thotisantt troops, Is already on :tho march ta wards Horr'SiFcrry another, force will proceed Jrbnr Chambersburg, tinder Gen. Ivefrai another from the Rc)ay House, and., still onotlicf from, Was.hIngioni to cut. off the rebels , , - -, Tlie tptat.nambcr ofrcgtmciits.acccplcd; from Tflinoii, for-thc war, is nojv-ctghte.cn inclusive of tlerkcr' German reginicnt, -Tho N, Y- jfVj'4nc'4 dispatch.,.$ayg thcro ferc twentytivo hundred troops at Grafton on Sunday, and wero pouring In 'from Harper's Ferry. Several bridges" had Ijetn destroy among them, ono at Ciiirksburg, on .the nortit-westeru roaVl, and one atrout haif-way Jctwecn Wheeling Wheel-ing and Grafton. The- iron Mouonocy-lirttigo. Mouonocy-lirttigo. was threatened, but Governor ) Ticks sent a strong body of Maryland troops to protect" it. A great ;rockj ;bo'.yn; dvAji at Hrper? -Jl'erry. jhad fHtlen on the traekjand two hours 'work, with gunpowder, w.onld sufflco to fremdvc it,. Gen. Jplmsto,.itis said, con ;$;d'credbe hail sufficient timo to secure ( his-rctrcat. i Gen. SIcClellAu has thrown.strong.b6d-;ies thrown.strong.b6d-;ies of troops, from Farkcrsburg ond Wheelfig. towards Graftonj, but soroo delay wonidlfc occasioned by rebuilding bridges. The force ut Chambcrsburg n'ow threatens HaTporV Ferry, : ToHlay Gov. Bank's , commission, n Major Gciieral, was, ordered with the pur? poso.of placing h'ujt iu command of an important im-portant .coin inn, Eglity thousand troops will reuikivous at Cairo for'nU IinmcdJate- uiovC on Mem? phis. , The government is now putting forth alLits power and will urge the campaign ta iliu lowest, point of latitndo consistent nith tho. climate aitd. epidemics of August and September, Lieut, Siemmer has nrrivwl in Wash ington from Fort Pickcn3, and Boys the 1 troops there aro able to hold the Fort against any lorcft that will bo bronfiht against it. The garrison unmbcrs nlwat one thousand met), and the rebel forces under General Brapg about six thousand. ItJs understood that General Fremont will be assigned to the. command of the Western Division of the army, to operate in the Mississippi valleys. The 3fcw York Times1 Washington correspoodcntspecuUtesosfolloW)); '"Government '"Gov-ernment is becoming embarrassed with the question of how the prisoners captured in the conQicf shall bo disposed of. Scouts arc. daily picking men up proved" lobe dis-uuipnists; dis-uuipnists; already those taken exceed eno buudrcd. Tho rebels are capturing Union men, thinking when they have a sufficient number, they will bo able to sccuro the rclcasaof, tho thirty-six rebels captured at Alexandria, Jf the Government rate thescjBicnas.rcbel, taken inarms nguiuit the Government, thuy should be Junjg; ,if the system of exchanges be adopted, there: is In the. act n' re.coguition 0! rebels as be-ligeren be-ligeren W according to, all laws' of nations. The cabinet have discussed this point several sev-eral times, without coming o any result. Cicisjcati, May 20lb. . On Sunday night, Col. Kelly in com-ntand com-ntand of thd first regiment of Virginia volunteers slatioocd at Wheeling, received receiv-ed onlers to, wareh. They left Wheeling at seven o'clock on Monday morning, inovmg towards Grafton, After their deparjnte, tho lOlh Qhio regiment sta; tioued at Bellalrc, under command of Col, Irvie, numbering one thoiuand. strong,, crosfedthe Ohio, and, followejl Col, Kelly's Kel-ly's command. , Tim 14th Ohio regiment under command of Col, Stecdman, crossed the Ohio at Marietta, about the same time, and occupied Purkershurgh at mid-night. mid-night. j On Monday, the rebels evacuated Graf-j ton iu great baste. Col. Kelly h probably probab-ly in possesion of Grafton thii moroiug. Befo.ro crossing the Ohio, Major General McClelland' issued a proclamation to tho Union men of Western "Virginia, setting forth that the troops came as their friends and brothers,, and that, their homes and families, and ryperly were safe under their protection, and that no interference would be made with their slaves cct. ;,.. ,t . Urw Yomr, May2nilt. Tho .Harriet' Xw. ha captared th cchooiiers Catharine of '3rowbuta,nd ,frii( bf,Bltimorb, bth laden with; niiVat ilOres,,-,. , v ; , FKANKroM,, Kv;, May. Sih. ; Hi thfc.Bbrder Htnfo cOnyeiition,"tMlay, iMeferft Ga'mblet Ital),' Guthrie, Wicb i llffe, Bi. Hixbn'and junior,, Weri chbcn a COtnmtttee 'to prepare a fiencral add resi' trsifrs..GnihrIc, Bell, v Dixon;.' JYHIwrou a'nd'Richardson were' appoinieil A commit-, commit-, too to prepare" an'fyMrc; tb tho itebplcvbf Ktntock.. , Upon rcsbfntlori,,, tho' mem-i mem-i bent-of tho convent Jort Wrr: .sworn" W be fijtthfnl io the CbnstUuti.)it,';;or,thtsyni:u4 State white hbldtns jn?mherauip , , "X'- 'jCitnb, Maf .29tiw,-' J 'Afutl ircgimVt of.SUiLon&tolanteers 'nnder.cbmmsrfd.of CoViSh'ntjjier" nfrlvcii thiir'aftcrnoon, anil pfocetdeil- flt' .once t BiriJ'n t!oi6t' whiclt they'tvlll permanentlx hold., They-aro'snpiilie'il wItl.Mi'ni6 riuV camp-cVufp'agB;.aiul prbVisibiis; for"forty dy;J,Twobatt'crie'sVwnJlei sciit (rbm hera toiorrow.. - ' J- J'1 A gentleman fromVthe,;'Sotrth'.'r'clrtit that1 of all tlio troopj uudcr'tho'eb'romand of Geii, iWljoWjbnly ilivirthbiispd 'one hn'ndrwl aro wc arineU' These tir.6 prin" Clpslly "At . Union City "and Randolph arms: howuvcri uro.datty'-nrriyfng 6c.,tho other?, Threo;82por))-t6re -C t-poaok'r 000 filnchltbwltzer'nlid onofi-ineh'mortar are now hfefftrr.-iThe. mbriuUitg will be fii)iihed'ib-miirow., i', ' , Tho jiettsv that ithfef troops 'harbecB scntjnto'i Virginia' from jOtilo, strengthens the helief of ;an'earl.bVcbentr ,i . '?jNw. 0bOuk May 20tt, Alt net wbs .passeil-.by' Congress, previous pre-vious to biijbnroingj prohibiting the tkh mifnt bf;xcoUon, from, Ihb Confederate Stated, excepting thtougji the seaports of said.Stat'cs, . s Biwuibne, May 2thi Several batteries: liavo lieen crcctt'd be-twcen-Mbtifoo ami Norfolk. That npon CifrtneyUslaud; mjdway and between, and commanding tho approach' to Norfolk" ;andr.brtAmouth has embrasures' for forty New York, May SOthr The'iNew Yurk 2d regiment -lias' been disbanded," owing, to their being dctoora- liicd;,;,-; i LienrX?ol, Farnham will, ho colonel of. the Fire1 iCquavcs. unlcSs lie should decline. ; He,isjait;6xperieced OiTiceK V , " .Captain Ija'Bte from : FbrtrcM;- Monroe, reports Sewsll's Fbint. nfmdst.jmpregna:" ble, and i now ocCupicd'by foilKtlionsnnd rebels, ,.:.Gn. Botfet's p'ati U-to'surromid them; and cutolf'tttelr snpplies, thua fore-Ing.th.cjnto.surrcnder. fore-Ing.th.cjnto.surrcnder. . ,0jlcrsJwcre issued to:dny for the return of; jho 1th regiment! to JTew York, to bo mastered out of service, A Viteinlan fromStlrfas. rcnorls that tho rebels will como tlowiv the canal to Arcxaudria when the FelcrHl troops will advance-, thus nicetlng thept halfway. St. Irfns, May. 30tli,. A Wasliiiigtmi. dispatch of tho 20th aajtlio'ltiidcnV iiaivacccpteiliiautRli.. noi reIrtiehW, vliO 'eajue 1 him" rather than nwittt State action. They include Kllswortb' original Zouaves, and Hcrkcr's German fi-giincnts, An advance c,olumn o? the grand army will Ucjniibed Forwaril-to Maiiassa's Gap Junefion. , . TiioaistNnw, York -trglment Jia re-turned re-turned tft.tho Washington Navr Yard, A fuie ntaria toqk them -dowjr the river Tlie Government isatisfitd-thuli its naval jireparntiou'nrelu snt-h ft state of forwardness forward-ness nsto ( (Tecluajiy blockade every. Southern South-ern port by tho loth of.J.unO. . , Thc.l'rti.sident lias deicrinincd, to appoint ap-point Hon. Mr. Schcnck as Brigadier .General, , - . Col. Aml.erett h;is .been assigned to the cbmmiutd of a western military drpar.t- miit. ' - Ocncrnl McDowell commanding-the new Vircinia military geographical department de-partment h.w if" particulnr pldcc for his! hciidquartirs. TJiCy wll bo movenhU nc iori1iui" in rirenitittniirpo. lnformfttioti has Te:u;hffl Washington thfct the Secesinn forces have thrown up cartli-works, two hundred feet square at Jlanasw's Gap Jnnction, and coiiimnnding the truck for a mile. They ar under tho command Of Gen. Bonhnm of South Carolina. Caro-lina. Col. Mdgrnder was there in command com-mand of a battery. It is believed that. Col. Kcrsham's South Carolina regiment has moved up the road to Ceutcryille, Fairfax county, to strengthen the position there, In viaw Of tlie probability that the Federal troops would strike a .blow at lht point, to .cut off communication with. Harper's Ferry Tho ScwallV Point, battery is almost destroyed by the guns of tlio Mpntecelloj a large force Is now1 repairing it, A Washington dUpatch says tha,i,Col, F l Blair's reglment.of Missouri voluu-tceM voluu-tceM has been ordered ,ta Jort Moaroo. Two hundred United Stales . troops came down this raprnljig by the North I Missouri railroad frdmFortlicavSnwortlu ! They go to Pittsburgh. St. Lbcis, May 31st. Ititcarrcnlly rciiortpdtirat Gen., Harney Har-ney will be wlthdrawu from, this urilitary post and placed In command' of some point east. Major Gen. Fremont, It Is said, will assume as-sume command of the Hcpartmeutof the West. Judge Albert Jackson of south-east Missouri, arrived lu this city yesfcrday, having been driven put of Doniphan aud Biplcy counties, on account of his Union sentiments. He laid Ins grievances beforo Gen. Harney, |
