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ng erected outside the fort. The Government appears to be alarmed at the batteries which have been erected by the Confederates along the Potomac, and it is probable that counter works will be commenced at once. There is but little doubt that an attack upon Washington is confidently expected by the Administration. Instructions to Butler concerning "fugitive" slaves. The following letter has just been dispatched to Gen. Butler by the Secretary of War: Washington, July 8, 1861. General. The important question of the proper disposition to be made of fugitives from service in States in insurrection against the Federal Government, to which you have again directed my attention in your letter of July 30th, has received my most attentive consideration. It is the desire of the President that all existing rights in all the States be fully respected and maintained. The war now prosecuted on the part of the Federal Government is a war for the Union and for th