8. Sanitary Commission authorized and appointed by the Government.
8. Four bridges on the Alexandria and Hampshire railway, Va., burned by disunion troops.
8. Gen. Patterson’s troops marched from Chambersburg towards Harper’s Ferry.
8. Seizure of arms at Easton, Md., by U. S. troops from Annapolis.
8. Vote of Tennessee reported in favor of secession.
10. Gen. Banks assumed command in Baltimore.
10. Gov. Harris, of Tenn., authorized the raising of troops for the rebel army.
10. Repulse of Federal troops at Great Bethel, near Fortress Monroe.
11. Surprise and rout of armed rebels at Romney, Va., by Col. Wallace’s Indiana regiment.
12. Gov. Jackson, of Missouri, issued a proclamation calling 50,000 State militia into service, to protect the “lives, liberty and property of the citizens of the State.”