9. The Confederate Congress authorized President Davis to raise such force for the war as he should deem expedient.
9. U. S. ships Cumberland, Pawnee, Monticello and Yankee enforcing the blockade off Fortress Monroe.
9. Steamers Philadelphia, Baltimore, Powhatan and Mount Vernon, armed by U. S. Government, and cruising on the Potomac.
9. Virginians have batteries in Norfolk harbor, at Craney Island, Sandy Point, the Hospital, Fort Norfolk, and the Bluffs, three miles from the Hospital.
10. Maj.-Gen. R. E. Lee appointed to command the rebel forces in Virginia.
10. Maj.-Gen. McClellan appointed to command the Department of Ohio.
10. The President directed that all officers in the army should take anew the oath of allegiance to the United States.
10. The secession military, under Gen. Frost, at St. Louis, Mo., surrendered to Capt. Lyon, commanding U. S. forces. A mob assailed the U. S. military after the surrender, and were fired on by them, and many killed and wounded.
10. The Winans steam gun captured by Gen. Butler, three miles from the Relay House, Md.
10. The Maryland Legislature passed a resolution imploring the President of the United States to cease the present war.