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liefote 1116, 'YOUNG 3111N41 c9ntiv4t4i7 Agsogui,
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The Wall.
Towel' ofEfippicus.
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Lower Pool of Cihon.
Harem es SheriL
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Bethany.
Solomon's roots.
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Tickets for Bale at the Bookstores and Publication
offices; also at the Association's nxiins, 1011 Chestnut
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oyi OFFICE OF THE . LITI'LE,SCHUY.L.
KILL NAVIGATION RAILROAD and COAL
COMPANY, 407 LIBRARY Striet,
PimAunt:rata, 18th Dir., Ufa,
I I 14 fr , .ttnis - Otto Stoahuhlers nithig Coin
paay, and an Election for Officers to serve the ensuing
year, will be held at the Office of the Company. No. 407
LIBRARY Street, on MONDAY, the 13th of January
next, at 11 o'clock A. It.
Secretary.
in--. EAST MAHANOY RAILROAD CO 111
PAN Y, 407 LIBRARY Street.
• PHILADELPHIA. Dec 23 1 1861,
The dnilllßl Meeting lltookholdere vt tiii3
many, and au Election for Officers to eerTe the ensuing
Sear, will be held at the Company's °nice, 407 LIBRARY
Street, on MONDAY, the 13th of January next, at 10
- o'clock A. M. ARCHIBALD McINT Y RE,
de24.tutlastial3 truti e:m-grocital.
tirNOTICE.—APPLICATION WILL BE
made to the Board of Directora, Mercantile Libra
ry Company, for renewal of CERTIFICATE of one share
of stock No. 46 1 tiliale halting been lost or mislaid_
GEO. G. EkitLE, ,
For Th alma Earle, deceased.
delitu-a
tryOFFICE HUNTINGDON AND BROAD
TOP 34QUITAIN BAMROAD CO_
DECEMilirt Q6lh, ned..
NOTICE.—The Annual Meeting% of the Stockholders
of the Huntingdon wad Broad Top Mountain Railroad
and Coat Company will be held at their Orfiee, No. 258
South THIRD Swot, Oh TUESDAY; the 14th day of
J:. „nary, 3.502, at 11 A. M., when an Election will be
-held for a President and twelve Directors, to serve for
the ensuing year. J. P. AERTSEN,
de27-drial4 Secretary.
OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN LIFE
INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY.
PHILADELPIIIs. Dec. 23, 1851.
NOTICE—The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
this Company, for the Election of Thirteen Trustees, to
carve e•osuing year, will be nem at Me 011iee, in the
Company's Building, .WAL NET Street, southeast corner
of FOLICTII, on MONDAY, January 6, 1862. between
the beers of 10 A. M. and 12 IL JNO C. SIMS,
• de24-12t Secretary.
:ayOFFICE OF THE MINE HILL AND
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN R.t.ILROAD COM.-
Warr.
PIIILADELPIIIA, 12th month 20,1861.
A stated Annual_Meeting of the stockholders will De
held at their effice in the Dail of the Franklin Institute,
:South SEVENTH Street, the 13th day of Ist Month,
(January,) 1862, at 11 o'clock A. M., at which time a
report of the proceedings of the Board of Managers Will
be Dreeented4 and nn aleetiuu Will 1.., held for a President
and ten Managers to cooduatlip affairs of the Company
- for the year ensuing. WILLIAM BIDDLE,
tjal3* Secretary.
4D7'PHILADELPHIA AND REA D u llia
RAILROAD COMPANY—OFFICE 229 SOUTH
"FOURTH STREET. .
PHILADELPHIA, December 21,1561
To avoid detention the holders of coupons of this Com
pany, dile on the ht. Proximo, ova i , “itseatea. 4o loavo
- them at this office on or before, the let instant, when IV , .
ceipts mill be given and checks will be ready for delivery
On the 2d proximo, in exchange for acid receipts.
de2l-tia2 S. BRADFORD, Treasurer.
..SrPHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER
20th, 1861.—The Annual 'Meeting of the Stock
boldersof the LOCUST IIIoUNTAIN COAL AND IRON
.c..OIIPANY will be held at their Oftice, No. 230 South
TU/RD Street, on MONDAY, the 00th a lir, f Jammarr,
A. D. 1662, nt 11 o'clock A. M., when an Election will
le held for seven Directors, for the ensuing year. The
transfer book of Lisa Company will be closed for 'fifteen
-days previous to the day of election.
de23-t io2o JOS. C_ CORPUOir, g..-etary.
OFFICE OF THE WESTMORELAND
COAL COMPANY, No. 230 South THIRD
'Street, corner of Willing's alley,
/th /M.
The /tumid Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pan', still he held at their Office, No. 239 South T aIRD
Street. on THURSDAY, the second day of January,lB62,
at 12 o'clock H., at which time an Election vill be Reid
for eleven Direeter4, and o Secretory and Treasurer, 10
serve for the ensuing year.
del9-tja2 F. H. JACKSON, Secretary.
•
OFFICE OF THE DIAMOND VOLT,
' COMPANY—Reveldz.—mo Annual Election
3 r Seven Directors, to serve for the waning year, will
.1 held at the office of the Company, No- 718 - Market
-eet, on WEDNESDAY, January Bth, 1862, between
e hours of 12 and 1 o'clock P. N,
dAti-45ant- 46 BywAED ricAcE, President
frOFFICE OF THE WESTMORELAND
COAL COMPANY, No. 230 South THIRD
Street, corner of Willing's alley,
linhaDFbrni A., Dec.l6, MIL
At a meeting o .the Directors, held this day, a Divi
dend of EIGHT PER CENT. for the past year was de
clared r n the Capital Stock, payable to Stoettholdera or
their legal representatives, at the Office of the Company,
yp and eter FBrnAY, Jan. b, 1502.
Tine Transfer Books will be closed until January 6th
+next. F. H. JACKSON,
del9tia4 Treasurer.
OFFICE Or TUG ItARILINISDILIG,
POI:T:SMOITH, MOUNT JOY, AND LAN
CASTER RAILROAD COMPANY._
ritILADELPIIIS, December 27, 1861..
Tho Hoard of Dite6inra Lave this day declared a semi-
Annual dividend of TURPS AND A HALF PER GENT.
on the Capital Stock of the Company, payable to the
Stockholders or their legal representatives, on and after
the 10th day of January next, at their Office, No. 3 IFIL
LING'S Allay_ anOßMit lADE re,
dellif-stathfit Treasurer.
inar COMMONWEALTH INSURANCE
COMPeair OF THE STATE OF PE.NNSYL.
NAN - lA—Office, Commonwealth Building, No. BIN Cheat.
laut street.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9th, ISEIL
A meeting of the Stockholders of the COMMON
WEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY of the State of
Pennsylvania, will be held at the Nice or the Company,
.0. MONDAY, January 6th, 1592, at 10 o'clock A. M.
An Election for Ten Directors, to serve the ensuing
year, will be held at the slime place, and on the same
day, ketwei it the hours of 12 and 2 P. lkf.
SAMUEL S. MOON,
Seeretari.
4100-ttiths
ErrlN ACCORDANCE tVITH THE RE
QUESTS of Committees of Examination, and by
order of the Directore, a PUBLIC EXHIBITION of the
Drawings and Denigns of the Students, of the School of
- Design for Women will be held at the School 800m5,1334
CHESTNUT Street. from 10 A. If. until 4 P. IL, on
MONDAY and TO December 30 and 31.
de2B-3tte• T, X, DEMDWOOD4 PrinciDal.
OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA
CITY PASSENGIIR RAILWAY UOMPANY.
DECEMBER 27, 18til.
The Annual MgOtirifi Of flus. stolaera of tea pui-
I,ADELPHIA. CITY PASSENGER Ra.u.WAY 0031-
PANY will be held at No. 25 MERCHANTS' EX
CHANGE, on MONDAY, the 13th day of January, 1852,
at twelve o'clock M., at which time an Election for Presi
dent and SiY- Directors to aerve for the emit:anis year will
beheld. WM. W. COLKET,
de.2B-14t Secretary.
- -
PHILADELPHIA. AN D RE.Alitrie
, RAILROAD CO_ Office. *2l South Fourth at.
PHILADELPII/1, Dec. 26th, 1861.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Transfer Books of
the Stock of this Company will be closed on the 31et Met_
,od win be reopened on this 14th of January next.
Holders of Certificates that have been discharged from
his office, or either of the Transfer Agencies, are par
icularlv requested to have them registered on the Trans
er Books, to which they hare been transferred prior to
he 31st inst. 2. BRADFORD,
0te9.7.4t Treasurer.
ITOFFICE OF ASSISTANT TREAL.
RIMED, D. S. iMmena., Dec. 20111, 1661
Holders of the two years Treasury Notes, with inter
•et at six per cent, payable send -normally, issued under
he Act of 2.d March, 1861; are informed that list int.a.t.
In nett notes to the let January, 1562, will bo paid at
his office on and after th.it der, provided that such
sates, with a schedule signed by the holder of such notes,
lining the number, date, tool amount of each note, to
uter with the interest duo thereon to said let of
snarl, are lodged here three days beforehand for von--
dion. i. If. W ALTON,
Assistant Treasurer U. S.
OFFICE OF THE ENTERPRISE IN.
SPDANCE COMPANY, 400 WALNUT T.
I'IILIDELPIII.t, Dvember 28, 1881.
,OTICE.—The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
le Enterprise Insurance Company w ill- be held on
NDAY, the 13th day of January, 1862, at 10 o'clock
11,. at the Office of_the Comeau
" •
An Election for Twelve Directors to serve the ensiling
ear wilt he held on the same day, at the same place, be
veen the hours of 10 o'clock A. and 2 P. M.
. .
CHARLES W_
OFFICE OF THE FRANK FORD AND
SOUTHWARK PHILADELPHIA. CITY PAS.
in
Street, be RAILRO
low FOURTH AD =Ake (tate
am)
PIIII-ADEPIMA, December 25, 1501.
! Annual Meeting of the Stmliholdeil tit HIV Frank.
ad Southwark rkiladelphia City Passenger Rail-
Company will be held at the (Mee 01 tilo Company,
lONDAY, Jammer 13tin1302. at 12 o'clock IL, at
At time and rime an glcction will 110 hold for
; and Twelve Directors to serve the ensuing year_
0-tjal3 CHAS. IL ABBOTT, Secretary.
TYRONE AND CLEARFIELD RAIL.
110/i.D.
Annual Netting of the Stockholders of the Ty
and Clearfield Railroad Company will be held at the
2e of the Secretary, in this city, on MONDAY, Tana
13th, 1862, for the purpose of electing a President
Twelve Directors, and transacting such other htl.d
as may come before the meeting.
H. H. SHILLINGFORD, Secretary.
tr..erai.rure, December 28. 1881. d3O-ni9.t
FAME INSURANCE COMPANY, OF
FICE No. 408 CHESTNUT STREET.
PHILADELPHIA, December 30,1861.
e
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Fame
ranct , Company will be held at the °thee of the Conl
on ascrriDAY l the thirteenth day of January, 1862,
"clock A. El,
Slection for Twelve Directors to verve for the men
far will be beld at the /Mete time and at the same
between the boars of 10 A. M. and 2 P. M.
W. I. BLANCIIARD, Secretary
OFFICE OF TUE PEILAOkt.emA
AND DARBY RAILROAD COMPANY.
PHILADELPHIA, Member 28, 1861.
,nnual Meeting of thathoclthoblers of this Com
till he held at the Depot, on DARBY Avenue, be-
Forty-ninth and Fiftieth streets. on MONDAY,
tth day of January, 38e3, at IX P. M., at which
t election for President aid MORI to 8611"6 for
.ing year will be held.
Supplement CO the Charter, approved the twenty.
It day of February lust, will he eutunitted for accept.
er rvirction, THOMAS SPARKS.
'•tjal;, Secretary.
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VOL. 5. - NO. 126.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 7 1861.
Letter from Camp Pierpont.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Civarr lunro - s - r, Deoember 27, 1861
The fight at Dranosville, an account of which
your readers have already obtained by telegraph,
still continues to be the topic of interest and son.
versation here. Our officers look upon it as a most
grand and signal victory, and that it most unques
tionably was, considering the great advantage the
reticle had, in Nation and numbers, eves WAIF rorcco,
The authorities at Washington consider it the battle
of the campaign, and the most decided triumph yet
achieved by the Federal arms. It is, however, to
be regietted that so many of the reports of the bat
tle, which appeared in the different papers of the
day, should be so wide of the truth, for I must
confess that I hare SO far read none of them
which come any thing near to it, except that
which appeared in The Press. I am satisfied
that the less of the rebels, in killed and wounded,
ocadd not have bean lass thou four hundred. A
few days ago, the citizens of Dranesville buried one
hundred and sixty dead rebels upon the battle-field,
and it is a fact well known by those who were pre
sent at the nee., that *large number IMO carried
off the ground, officers and others, immediately
after they were shot down. Two of the wounded
rebels died, one on tho road to, .and the ethe r is
our division hospital, and there are two lying in the
same institution, whose fate is still involved in un
certainty. To-day I took the trouble to count up
the number of the wounded, given by a rebel pa
per, and found them to be one hundred and forty
nine. So that the estimate that there were four
camas
as
and wounded_ 1514.4
hundred of the rebels killed
as neer the truth as can well be attained.
There is also a prevailing error in reference to
our artillery force. Some of the papers stated that
Capt. Engfess 7 .4 battai - 4 , consisted of ten twenty.fout
pounders, and two twelve-pound howitzers, and
that they were assisted by a detachment of artillery
from Col. Bayard's regiment. ;ow this is a very
great mistake. Capt. Easton's battery consisted of
four pieces, two twenty-four and two twelve-pound
ers, only three of which were brought into requisi
tion, sac ksvlsp been placed to a whom position
to prevent the rebels from outflanking us. There
was no detachment of artillery from Col. Bayard's
regiment, or any other, in the engagement at all,
Easton's battery was the only one in the action ;
therefore to him and the brave anon under him,
must be given the credit of this victory, so far as
the artillery is coneernad_ Copt, De4tou, it will
be admitted, conducted himself throughout
with the utmost coolness .ond bravery.
He came so suddenly and unexpeetedly
upon the rebels that, before lie had time to open
upon them, they had three or four shots at him
with shell and canister. Ile then opened upon
them, and it was not long until ho completely si
lenced their guns and scattered them in the utmost
confusion. The firing from his battery was said by
experienced officers on the ground to have been
the most rapid and effective they ever Saw. He
i remained all the time with his men, conducting
their movements, and holding himself apparently
as unconcerned in the face of the rebel fire -'as
though he were seated in his tent, surrounded by
his fellow-officers and companions.
Our force consisted of General Ord's brigade,
_Frieton'e battery of pikes, the ISueirtails, and
a detachment from the First Pennsylvania Cavalry.
No more than two thousand of our =mu were at any
time engaged, and the rebels, it is well huGoWn, had
a far currier force. General Ord, the commanding
officer, is entitled to the greatest credit for the fear
less and manly manner in which be conducted the
engagement and the cool bravery ha okbltilted in
the front of a superior rebel force. The latter had
secreted themselves in athick wood and entrenched
themselves in houses, and, of course, thus disposed,
.had A fo..Ffel odruntage over our men. But they
soon fled before our undaunted soldiers, some of
whom followed them nearly a mile, and would hare
followed tltem further had they not been recalled
by the Well-known sound of our bugle.
Everything is quiet again this side of the Poto
mac, but how long it will remain so, of course, we
cannot toll. 011 E arav is calm and collected, but
by no means exultant over the Dranesville victory.
It is not our province to triumph over a fallen foe.
We have but one gland object I n thi s war, and that
is the restoration and reconstruction of the Union,
and the protection and preservation of the Consti
tution of our fathom That 01108 aoeoluptiched, mud
4!ostr swords be turned into ploughshares
and our spears into pruning hooks," and we will
gladly return again to our homes, our cause being
vindicated and our purpose gained. G. W.M.cE.
Letter from Nirashtngton.
The subjoined letter, from a irsit-lteoe-n elttzen,
who was on board the train of which he speaks,
was received at this office several days ago, but,
es the subject of it had not sufficient current inte
rest to demand Immediate publication, it has been
hitherto excluded by the pressure upon our columns
of more important news and holiday advertise
meats. As, belfeYer, the article to which the wel
ter refers is one which we have, ourselves, taken
occasion to commend, as a matter of public interest,
WC give piggy tc his letter now, and bespeak foe It
a careful perusal, especially by thoie whose action
it ought to influence :
Wisnisommr, Dec. 14, 1461
The telegraph has no doubt already apprised you
of the accident which happened to the train of cars
of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore
Railroad which left your city night before last, in
which I was a passenger. When three miles be
yond Elkton, at about one o'clock yesterday morn
ing, the " sleeping stir," the last one in the train,
was thrown off the track and upset. The general
confusion of suddenly-awakened sleepers, thrown
pell-mell among - cushions, bedding, and other
meveldee, in a 'moment, wee alarming . , and, tO
add to our fright, the cry was raised
by passengers from the other cars, who had by
this time gathered around, that our car hail eatight
fire from the stove. I had yet hardly sufficiently
recovered from my shock to know whether I was
on my head or my heels. For a moment, we were
all horror stricken. Immediate egress from the
car was impossible. One man ueeeeded in making
his exit from a window, and others were making
fruitlees effort% to follow his example. At this
juncture, Mr. James Spear, of your city, who hap
pened to be in the car, and heard the alarm, cried
oat to the passengers that the stove was one of his
omit, and that it was impossible for fire to be com
municated from it to the car. The consternation
was accordingly allayed ; in a few minutes, the
cause of the alarm was found to be a burning
lamp, which bad not been extinguished by the
accident. In a short 414 all the passengers
in the car were extricated without a single one
having sustained any material injury. The proba
bility, however, that by the use of any other stove
than the patent article which this company hashed
the precaution to introduce, the car would have
been fired, rendered Mr. Spear a popular per
sonage during the three hours of our detention.
We all felt like giving him the benefit of our tes
timony to the value ei'hit tiers as a Befeettard - that
ought to be universally adopted on all the roads,
an& to give expression to this, the following reso
lutions were improvised and adopted by acclama
tion on the spot :
Resolved,. That we take great pleasure in pub.
llcly testilying to the merits of air. James Spear's
Railway Der heater and Ventilator,
not only for
the greater comfort which it secures to the travel
ling public, but more particularly for its advan
tage in point of safety over all other stoves in use.
Rev:aired, That we earnestly recommend its
adoption by all the Railroad Companies throughout
the United States.
Resolved, That we tender our thanks to the
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad
Company, for theprecaution they Bare shown for
the comfort and earety of their patrons by the in
troduction of this invaluable stove in their elm; ;
and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the
president of said oompauy.
/ will only add, in conclusion—a deserved com
pliment to an intelligent inventor-4W, it was the
general impression of many, including your cor
respondent, that if the same accident had occurred
with ally other description of stove in the ear, it
would have been attended with much more serious
cousequenecs, perhaps great loss of life.
A. W. H.
HIRE OF NEGROES.—The Newborn Progress
states that it has heard that slave laborers have
been hired for the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad for
the ensuing year at 5.50 each. We have hoard
nothing of it. Wo find there is a general expec
tation that there will be some reduction in the
hire of Degrees for not year from the former high
prices, but we were not prepared to eapoet so
great a reduction as that. The utter prostration
of the turpentine business, and the poor prospect
before cotton planters, should the war last, must
greatly reduce the value of negroes.—Rtstetgft,
Register.
gULFllloat. — Alabama is a perfect mountain
of mineral wealth, and future wants and develop
ments will turn out what is now considered too
poor to invite capital, a porfeet Eden full of finite
and flowers, and mineral springs, and healthy so
ciety. An immense bed of sulpburet of iron and
copper, fourteen feet thick ) exists at Boudon,
tadega county. The works turn out from three to
four hundred weight of sulphur daily. This war
has one good effect that the South My well feel
proud cf- 1 -the development of our capacity to be
independent of the North, which many, who were
too fond A.their ease and indolent habits, could
110 t or would not IselibV6.—nc4certaUcc (Ala.} Con
stiteitum.
THE REBELLION.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
ÜBNERAI, HUMPHREY MARSHALL FORTI
FYING PRESTONSBURG.
A FEDERAL FORCE SENT TO DIS.
LODGE HIM.
LATEST FROM SOMERSET.
INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS.
Condition of Things in Savannah
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
RUMORS ABOUT MASON AND SLMRLL
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
A Federal Water-IP:At Captured
try the Rebels.
240 UNION PRISONERS TO RE RE
LEASED BY THE REBELS.
A COMPUTE RECORD OF THE REEIRLLION.
&C., &C., &c.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
A Skirmish in Adair County—Humphrey
Marshall Fortifying Prebtonburg.
LOUISVILLE, Dee. 30.—The Tinernal of this oity
publishes a letter from Columbia, giving an ac
count of a slight Skirmish in Adair sauinty, in
which the rebels lost five killed. The Federals
suffered no loss.
Humphrey Marshall, at the head of 0,500 troops,
t.farl:r.yl,3 s Prvatonburg, and is expected soou to
march towards Maysville.
General Buell has ordered a brigade, under com
mand of Celellei Ctaracid, to more forward. to op
pose Marshall's progress, and a battle may be er
peeled very shortly if Marshall attempts to carry
out his plans.
Writs of attachment were filed in tho Louisville
Chancery Court on Saturday, under the law sub
jecting to such process the property of rebels who
remain in the so-called Southern Confederacy
thirty asp after its passage, against Gen. Buck
ner, ex-Minister Preston, and Edward Crutchfield.
Their property amounts to .$20,000 each. Writs
were also issued aphid _ several other psetie f c , r
smaller amounts.
From Somerset.
We have intelligence from Somerset as late as
the taerhitsB of the 24th. Matters were all quiet in
that vicinity. Gen. Schoeptf has not left his en
campments in that vicinity, and Zollicoffer is en
camped at a distance ortou ruiloa from the town.
We hear nothing as to Gen. Thomas' position, and
are unadvised whether he is still at Danville or
not.
The Blight of the Invaders.
The Louisville Journal says
We have before us an overlooked letter, which
.describes the effects of the invasion of Southern
Kentucky by ZollieetTor, as seas when our troops
advanced upon him after the Wildcat affair. Zolli-
Coffer then retreated, and did not stop until he had
put full fifty long miles between himself and the
"bushwhackers." But be went BB a blighting easac,
and left the country behind him a howling wilder
ness, fit only for the habitation of wild beasts and
birds of prey. Wherever be went terror and desola
tion marked his footsteps. Ruined farniS and Starr.
Ine f /IMP ies vase everywhere even. He slaughtered
the cattle, and shot the ranch cows in their tracks,
without even the poor excuse of military necessity,
for he cut not a steak or a rib from scores that were
Men tying by the roadside, food for carries crews
and buscards. This was the payment awarded to
Kentucky for her neutrality. Her soil invaded—
her citizens slaughtered—their little property de
stroyed, and their Wives and children sent Abroad
to beg their bread, without a house to shelter, or a
father toprotect and educate their youthful minds.
As the Federal forma_ advanced from Wildcat fur
ther intolthe mountain country, the affrighted in•
hatitmitaTa-etoraed to their homes, skulking from
behind the woods, weeping as they looked upon
their utter ruin and desolation. Such a sight was
never seen Wore, and may a mereffsti Providence
stye:ta eaA.I lallletlon from our Mate.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
Affairs in Savannah, Ga
The Frankfort, Ky., correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Ivrnes says :
IT9iwo li. A. Biddle, a highly intelligent
merchant of Philadelphia, who married his wife in
Savannah, Ga., mad whe left there on the 2d inst.,
has just arrived here, by way of Nashville, Bowling
Orson, and Louisville_ I have had a long conver•
cation with him, and, as he accurately observed the
places through whiCh he passed, his information is
of a decidedly interesting character.
Mr. Biddle had great difboulty in gettin; ea or
Savannah, having labored faithfully, but in vain,
to do so for several months, until he met Roger A.
Pryor. formerly his college companion, who, after
MIICh exertion, succeeded in eht.1..6 6 a pass fur laia
Northern friend.
Mr. Biddle describes the alarm and panic at Sa
vannah, after the Federal attack on Port Royal, as
most extraordinary. fear seized every ono, and
all the citizens fled from the place. The city has
no protection or defences whatever, all the guns
and ammunition and cannon having been sent to
Virginia. There were no soldiers there but ono re
giment, which was 015eAlnyea near She town, tem
p:warily, on its way to Virginia.
During the residence of my informant in Savan
nah there were two or three drafts for soldiers,
and be was netripniled to furnish two substitutes for
the rebel army, one of whom, an ex-lumber mer
chant of Maine, was the most violent Secessionist
in the place.
Exhausted Strength of the South_
The south, he believes, has all the force in the
field that it can possibly raise; having made the
most determined and persistent efforts to furnish
men and money for the cause. The people have
been most severely taxed, and those at all suspected
of Union sentiments or proclivities have been forced
to contribute enormous sums. Many of the mer
chants and professional men have been actually im.
poverished by the exactions of the 46 Confede
racy. "
A Strong Southern Unionist
The strongest and boldest Union mau is Hon.
John E. Ward, formerly our minister to China, and
he is dreadfully persecuted by the rebels, who have
arrested him at least twenty times while attempting
to escape. robbed him of his entire property, and
some *lOO,OOO, and threatened several times to
bang him.
Mr. Ward says they can kill him, if they like
but that he will never surrewier his allegiance to
the Federal Government, or cease to detest and de.
flounce the miserable abortion known as the South
ern Confederacy. He is very anxious to go North i
but ie so closely watched that he cannot escape,
Mr. Biddle thinks it not at all improbable that Mr.
Ward will be assassinated in Savannah, unless he
succeeds in getting out of the State.
Rebel Excitement.
The greatest excitement, Mr. Biddle says,
reigned throughout the South on the subject of tho
'war, and the women of Sayre/nab daily practised
with flre-arms to perfect themselves in their use.
Everywhere one hears the most bitter and yieitillt
denunciations or the Federal lloverumenf, and of
PreaMent Lincoln and the people declare they
will resist, to the death all attempts to subjugate
them. They declare the Atlininieteetlee deelgas
this as an Abolition war, and that they will perish
before they surrender their slaves.
The Union reeling.
Many of these ultra and hostile opinions, how
ever, Mr. B. believes, are expressed to disguise the
real sentiments of those who utter them; and he
says be has known men, publicly the most superla
tive fire-eaters, to state privately their strong at
tachment to the Union, and their secret hope that
OUT &TIN would soon be Successful. Be thinks that
even in Savannah the presence of the Federal army
would be hailed with joy by a majority of the
people.
Secession Falsehoods
Mr. Male says that the most astounding false
hoods ail daily all - Ciliated and believed throughout
the South, and that he himself had no doubt, at
one time, that Lincoln bad been hanged. Such
stories as the taking of Dultimoro, Philadelphia, and
New Yorki are very common, and the Savannah
newspapers publish accounts of false victories won
by the rebels rive or six tithes everl week.
AR thin letter is already suttotently lengthy, /
will defer the transmission of some local intelligence
until I write again.
Interesting News from Richmond.
Freln a gentleman who • has just returned fretii.
Richmond we learn the following interesting facts :
Jeff Davis wears an entire snit of Georgia -home
spun, of dark gray. In conversation he stated that
the blockade had somewhat inconvenienced them,
but England would soon raise it. Lincoln could
not surrender Mown and Slidell, and their situa
tion would lead to war, lie expressed confidence
that the rebels would defeat the Union troops in a
fair field, and that it was impossible for them to be
conquered. Many members of Congress declared
that, rather than come again into the Union, the
South would become a province of Ragland. Went
dissatisfaction was expressed in high quarters at the
refusal of Secretary Seward to grant passes to South
erners at the North to return home to rejoin their
families, and it was thought the flag of truce be
tween Norfolk and Fortress Monroe would soon be
discontinued unless that privilege was granted.
Setae members of Congress were urging Davis to
consent to no more exchanges of prisoners, unless
we should consider fugitive staves as prisoners of
war anti exchange them. A list of prisoners to be
returned in exchange for the two hundred and fifty
iately,sent by us was preparing, on which the three-
Months men Werth( have prefesei,o6. Amensthose
on fhe list were Capt . . 11 t
. _ewers and Lieut. Krights
of Rhode Island. Our prisoners aro suffering, and
Tail' have CA Pa Ink of medicine and ARM
Not an ounce of quinine can be found in Richmond,
and but little medicine of any kind.
■ 4 I 4 / , DECEMBER 3L 1861,
Information has been received that General
Evans bits been relieved from command at Lees
burg, and General Hill, of Smith easolle., put in
his Oleo An order has also been issued to enroll
all males in Virginia from thirty to forty-five years
old, to be held as a reserve, in ease of emergency.
All the sick and wounded taken at the battle of
Dallis PIA and who have been at Leesburg, have
been removed to Richmond.
From New Orleans
A special despatch to the Chicago Tyrhmai,
dated cniTO, pla3Cthbar 26, 1881. says : Two gen
tlemen arrived hero to-day from Now Orleans. Ono
of them says he passed a great many troops at
Grand Junction, on their way to New Orleans. He
Says that the militia at New Orleans are without
arms, but they are smuggling a great many small
arms from Havana. Some of Butler's troops are
reported to have landed at Mississippi City,. about
sixty miles from New GUMS, it made a great
.§6,14-0 swung them. Ile says the only currency
they have is omnibus tickets and Confederate
scrip ! There are thirty rifled cannon on the en
trenchments two miles south of the city, and a
floating battery of twenty setae in trout of the
city. The Ideating battery at Columbus had
20 guns, 113 of which are nine-inch, and the ,two
end guns are ten-inch rifled columbiads. One of
the party was driven out II a mob on last SaturdaY,
Per s a yi n g he thought the stars and stripes leou/d
float over New Orleans in , sixty days. He has been
confined for three days at Columbus, and during
that time 5,000 troops had left for Bowling Green,
and he heard atlVANil d,uaa tiyAt th e forty prisoners,
taken at the skirmish at Green river, were shot, to
avenge the death of Col. Terry. He says that Co
lumbus is their great hope. One of the regimeats
at New Orleans, he says, carries the black Hag, and
they s y they will neither give nor take quarter.
He says if ever the stars and stripes float over Now
Orleans again they never will be lowered. It is a
complete reign of terror. The name of my inform,
ant 14 Jos.pl; B, nubbaca formerly of Cincinnati.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
Mason and Slidell to be Sent in the
steamer Niagara
BOSTON, pegs IX—By instructions from lowa
Lyons, tho steamer _Mogan?, will sail direst for
Liverpool to-morrow, taking out Messrs. Mason and
Slidell.
The steareme hew to the St. Lawrence,
will come to Boston fad take the place of the
Niagara for her regular day of sailing.
[SECOND DESPATCH.]
Boorox, boo. 30.—1 t is by no means deriain that,
the steamer Niagara will leave to-morrow with
Karon and Slidell. The agents of the Cunard
Steamship Company dartv ha.,133 6 tug orders to thst
effect.
The Niagara coaled to-day to make room at the
dock for the steamer Persia, but it IS int certain
that she will leave before her regular sailing day.
From Fortress Monroe.
FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. O.—As the steamboat
225.g0w,, tvhia runs between Old Point and New
port News, was leaving the latter place this
morning, a rebel tug-boat was seen off SewelEs
Point. She displayed a VoltUnottore's blue pennant,
which was mistaken at first for a flag of trace ; but
on the Express arriving within range, she fired a
shot across her bow, followed by several shells. .
The greatest eonsternetiew r .,..,-.11 9 4 for a short
time on board the Express, 'whioh is unarmed,
and the schooner Sherwood, employed to bring
water from Newport News, which Was at the time
in tow, was cut adrift.
The Sherwood was immediately deserted by her
crow, consisting of four men, who escaped by a
small boat tO Newport News, and, the
drifting down with the tide, was taken possession
of by the rebel tug, and towed to Craney Island.
Iler captain stuck to her, and was taken prisoner,
The to ig.beec i ueutly suede her appearance for a
second time, but the Express had crowded all her
steam on, and had reported the circumstance to the
flag ship. After a long delay, about half a dozen
gunboats started, and, steaming towards the scene,
threw a few shells into the batteries at fiewelni
Point and Pig Point, without producing any &feet,
as far as is known.
Had it not been for the inexcusable delay iebur
gunboats getting to the spot the rebel tug might
have been intercepted, and the schoene2 saved.
The latter had been lined with sine and fitted out
with a valuable force-pump, for a water boat. The
loss is estimated at $2,000. She belonged to Assist
ant quattannatiter Noyes.
The brig Empire, Crosby, which sailed yester
day for Port-Royal, to open a trade with a cargo of
fresh provisions, Am., took out a balloon and ehemi
-691117 sad an Apparatus tor inflating it, consigned to
Alen. Sherman, under the direction of Professor
Stnrkweather, of the Aeronautic Department, who
will make ascensions in the vicinity of Beaufort_
The United States steam-frigate Brooklyn has,
arrived from the Philadelihia navy yard._
A flag of truce was sent down Adder Moran, b)
we hear no =WS.
A note from General Huger to General Wool an
nounces that he is ready to send two hundred and
forty prisoners of war down the James river, from
Richmond, by a flag of truce, whenever they will
be received. Gen. Wool will send a flag of truce
to meet them on Thursday or Friday net No list
or those to by released has as yet been received.
From Gen. Banks' Column
FREDERICK, Md., Dee. N.—Everything is re
ported quiet Meng the river iiae awl in vamp this
morning.
Notwithstanding the great uncertainty of con
tinuing on this spot for an en.tentled time, all the
regiments are employed in emoting log huts and
stables for the comfort of man and beast. Some of
the structures axe the result of groat labor, and
even of artistic architectural skill, and will pro
bably remain for years as specimens of Yankee in
genuity and taste.
The provost marshal has instituted, for the bene
fit of incorrigible persona, the chain-gang system
upon the streets. It is amusing to see their awk
ward attempts at street-sweeping. The reel bene
fit of this kind of puntsbment Is doubted by some,
but it certainly is a great improvement on flogging
and the pillory.
The general court-martial is still engaged upon
desertion, and the trial of others will commence on
Monday.
General Scott's Return.
Tha Weshingion vorrespontiontof the New York
Tribune says General Scott's sudden return was,
as has been intimated, at the suggestion of the
Emperor Napoleon, who, in an interview with the
old soldier, which ought to be historical, apprised
him that he had seen and approved Earl Russell's
despatch ` that that France was with England in this
matter, but that France, the friend of the United
Stitt% desired a peaceable adjustment of dm ques
tion between the two countries; desired it so IlatiCh
that be, in the name of France, urged General
Scott, if he loved his country, to hasten to the Cabinet
at Washington, and urge the Gare.i.rmoent to com
ply with the demands of England. It is doubtful
now whether General Scott will come to Washing
ton at all. Ile writes that the difficulty with his
spine is no better, but that his dropsy and lumbago
are much relieved. .
Union Prisoners in the South.
The day before Mr. Ely left Richmend he saw
Brig Gen. Winder, commander of the forces in
Henrico county, including the city of Richmond,
who informed him that be had already glyea the
reecipts fer thirteen cases a the clothing sent by
our Government to the prisoners, and that the re
mainder of the 2,000 suits would reach Richmond
in a few days. Mr. Ely thinks that this clothing,
which is sorely neeticd by the private Soldiers, will
be promptly sent to the various prisoners.
Letters received by Mr. Ely from prisoners sent
to Tuscaloosa,Alabama, 44tAleittO that they 8143
toile comforttbto, Hone of the prisoners at Rich
mond, Charleston, or Tuscaloosa. suffered much
from the heat during the summer,
Exchange of Prisoners
In consequence of the hesitation exhibited by
the Fe4eral Administration to sanction alarm]. 61-
change of prisoners, lest, by so doing, they should
in some way embarrass their position and action in
crushing the rebellion, a committee was recently
- appointed by the Massachusetts Historical Society
to inquire into and report to what extent an ex
change of prisoners was abated during the Ame
rican Revolution, and especially to ascertain and
report if, by such exchanges, the rights of sove
reignty claimed by the Crown were supposed in
England to have been in any way Unpaired or Set
aside. From the report of the committee it ap
peared that, from the battle of Lexington to the
close of the Revolutionary War, exchanges of pri-
Merl constantly took place, and often in dt.15.4146-
rabic numbers, although the British Government
steadily and cautiously avoided recognizing the in
dependence of the Colonies yr mitkiug any mai•
eel admissions whatever. They permitted ex
changes, under rules of war, for purposes of mili
tary convenience, and in relief of the sufferings o f
their Mth officers and prlvates in captivity.
TEXAS ITEMS.—We have Galveston papers
iirthe oth inst. The Cinifieli of that date !sae the
following
We are left alone in our glory ! Our centempo
racy of the News has sought the delightful shades
of Houston, where his paper is to be published.
Yielding to the apprehension °fib° people generally,
and believing it a duty, under the circumstances,
to place that portion of our material which we do
not need beyond the reach of danger, wo shall send
a considerable quantity to the upcountry, retaining
only enough to keep our business in operation on a
war basis.
Notwithatanding all the '
sheet-talk about evacua
tion, etc., to lye heard in outside circles, and which
is gravely published, on the alleged authority
of a council of war. by the Houston telegraph,
we believed that sboald the enemy Dome, General
Hebert will afford fighting enough to accom
modate the anxious gentlemen who have been
spilin' for a fight for the last tea years, and who
have retired to the up-country in disgust, because
they think he is disposed to disturb their favorite
pastime of demolishing Lincolnites. We believe
fighting ground will be plenty, and if (LIPOStOLL
should be attacked, and its fate should be to fall
before superior strength and numbers, we expect to
flaunt the last issue of the Csvilirtu. in the face of
the foe, and it we can't move our types, sack a
printing office, and join our old neighbor and the
balance of the rear guard.
Of the Matamoros light the Giviliait quaintly
observes:
The result of this terrible week's work is forty
Or fifty killed_ If the deetreetion of life goes on
at this rate there is no doubt the allied Powers now
in the Gulf will interfere on the score of humanity.
RECORD OF THE REBELLION.
From January to December, 1861.
JANUARY 2—Act of ileGeadeli paned by Mi2d§-
sippl Captain Charles atone appointed to organize
the militia of the District of Columbia. 3—Fort
Macon '
North Carolina, Fort Wilmington, and the
United States Arsenal at Fayetteville seised by
order of Governor Rill., of North Carolina; the
Legislature of Delaware unanimously refused to
receive 11. Dickinson, Secession commissioner from
Mississippi; United Statesforts and property seized
in Mississippi; Forts Pulaski and deekson, neer
Se*voileh, seized by order of Governor Brown, of
Georgia. 4—Commissioners sent from South Ca-
rolina to treat with President Buchanan for a
peaceable cession of the United States property in
South Carolina; left Weshingtee ; the President,
after some Correspondence, declining further in
tercourse with them; United States Arsenal, at
Mobile, with arms and munitions of war, seized by
Secessionists ; Fort moron, Mobilo, seized by order
of the Gtmernor of Alabama. B—Forte Caswell anti
Johnson, North Carolina, taken kossession of by
persons residing in the vicinity ; Secretary Jaeob
Thompson resigned from the Cabinet upon hearing
that the Star of the Woo had h6z.. wan}, {9 Olauflog•
ton with troops.. 9—Steamer Star of the West, with
250 United States troops for Fort Sumpter, fired into
by rebel batteries near Charleston. 11—Act of se
cession passed by Alab¢rgg ; U, 8, Marina Hospital,
Orleans, taken possession of by State
troops, and 216 sick and feeble patients in the in
stitution ordered to be immediately removed.
Forts Jackson and St. Philip at the mouth of the
Mississippi ; Fort St. John, Lake Peaoharivalu
and the United StAttig Arsenal, Baton Rouge, also
seized. 12—Act of secession passed by Florida ;
Pensacola nary-yard and Fort Barrancas surren
dered by Cenmodore Armstrong, United State.
Y,nryi Mont A. J. BleMlller, ift command at Port
Mcßae, withdrew his troops to Port Pickens. 15—
United States Coast Survey schooner Dana seized
by the Stale of Florida. 18—Aet vF geoesaion
passed by 0,6416. 24—United States Arsenal at
Augusta, Georgia, seized by the State authorities.
27—John B. Floyd, late Secretary of War, proved
a defaulter. 28—Act of secession passed by Lou
iganu, 28—United Staten revenue-autE.pr bigClel
lan surrendered at New Orleans by Captain Brash
wood, a Virginian. 31—United States branch mint
at New Orleans seized, and United States funds, to
tbe amount of $511,000, takcit by the State of Lou,
FEBRUARY I—Act of secession passed by Texas.
2—United States revenue cutter Cass surrendered
at Mobile by Captain Morrison, a Georgian. 4
Pence Conference etvetellea ab Washington.
United States arsenal at Little Rock, Arkansas,
• taken possession of by the State. 6—Congress of
Seceding States met at Montgomery, Alabama.
9—Jefferson Davis, of elected rresi
faent, and Aletender H. Stephens, of Georgia, Vice
-PeeSident, of the Confederate States of America; vote
upon secession taken in Tennessee. 13—Abraham
Lm: i o e l o rt i. a a n d r ll re T i n cl i e b n a t t H an a a m
Yinia?Pitirelisiddeenliaorfecithtea
United States, upon counting the votes. IS—Jef
lemon Davis inaugurated President of the Southern
Confederacy. 23---Abraham Lincoln, President,
elect, arrived unexpeetkaly i W o ad- lag -t u n, h av i ng
triode that part of the journey from Philadelphia
to Washington at night, in consequence of a sup
posed plot to assassinate him in his passage through
Baltimore. 26—Geueral Tviiggs, LT_ S_ A., by
treacherous collusion, surrendered to the State of
Texas all the troops under his command, and Fe
deral property worth a million and a half of dol
lars. 27—The Peace Conference, in convention,
submitted to the tripod States Senate a plan of ad
justment, and seven amendments to the Constitu
tion of the United States.
_ .
Nan' 2—Revenue-cutter Dodge seized in
Galveston Bay by the State of To=es. 4—Abra
ham Lincoln inaugurated as President of the
United States. s—Peter G. Toutant Beauregard,
late : Major of United States Engineers, ordered by
Jefferson Davis to take conittottld Of the Confede.
rate forces at Charleston, South Carolina. 6—Fort
Brown, Texas, surrendered by Captain Hill, United
States army. 9—Act for the establishment of an
army of the Confederate States passed by the retool
Congreaa. 97-11siesere fro= Oharieston, Muth
Carolina, that Fort Sumpter was to be evacuated.
APRIL 4—The Virginia Convention rejected an
ordinance of secession by a vote of 89 to 45 7
Steamship At/antic, with Barry's battery, troops,
end provisions, left New York. B—The authorities
of South Carolina were notified that the United
States would send an unarmed vessel with provi
sions and supplies for Fort Sumpter; reply was
made that the 9v.e.1 mould he fired into if it
attempted to enter . the port ; notice was
then given that the United States would supply
the fort peaceably, if possible ; if not, by force.
State Department declined to meows. the
Commissioners from the rebel Confederacy. 11—
Demand made of Major Anderson, at Fort Sump
ter, that he should evacuate the fort : the request
was declined by Major Antietam 12-4,80 A,
M., a Are IMO opened on Fort Sumpter from Fort
Moultrie, and from batteries at Mount Pleasant,
Cummipg's Point, and the floating battery, Morris
/eland,' and other points—there being seventeen
batteries in all; the Are - wee relitrued from Fort
Sumpter at 7 A. M., and continued throughout the
day; Fort Pickens reinforced by troupe landed
from the United States fleet. 15—Major Ander
son and his command evacuated Peet Sumpter
proclamation issued by the President of the United
Stites, calling on the States for 75,000 militia; also
l▪ ing a a trial sestet:in of Congress on the 4th of
▪ si7, X 1 inargOld_Flyingptillerso, or Reed
ing, Ya., Captain James Moßrught, 180 men, with
four field pieces, set out for Washington, via Har
risburg—being the first troops to respond to the call
of the President. Il—Governor Letoher, of Virs
slate, refused to call out the militia of that State
in response to the President's proelamatien ; steam
ship Star of the West taken near Indianola,
Texas, by the Galveston volunteers; G,cnteracor
LetshAr, of 1.4; 4 4 a p ro clamation m sg.
airing the independence of the Southern Confede
racy, and ordering the State militia to hold itself
in readiness for service; Jefferson Davis issued a
preelematien declaring that letters of marque and
reprisal would be leaned by the Confederacy. 18
—Governor Harris, of Tennessee, refuses to furnish
troops for "coercion ;" Lieutenant Jones, U. S. A.,
commanding at Harper's Ferry, with fortv.three
burned the arsenal and workshops there, and
retreated to Pennsylvania. a large quantity of
munitions of war and 15,000 stands or arms de-
stroyed. le--The President of the United States
issued a proclamation announcing the blookade of
the Southern ports; the Sixth Massachusetts Regi
ment, Colonel Jones, and a portion of Colonel Wm.
F. Small's Philadelphia Regiment (which was Un
armed), weies attacked in Baltimore, on their way
to Washington. The Massachusetts men, after suf
fering injury and insult for some time, fired into
the mob, killing nine, and wounding many, who
were carried off. Loss of the Sixth Regiment,
three killed and seven wounded. The Pennsylva
nia Regiment was dispersed rand shamefully
treated ; a portion of them succeeded in getting off.
The mob then took possession of the town, plans
doted the sumhops, and prepared for forcible mea
sures. 20—The draws of the bridges over the Gun
powder and Bush rivers, on the Philadelphia and
Baltimore Railroad, and the whole of the Canton
Bridge. at Baltimore, bussed by slobs; U. S. Ar
-11081, at Liberty, Mo., seized by the Missourians;
Gosport Navy Yard, opposite Norfolk, burned by
United States officers. The U. S. ships of the line
Pennsylvania, 74; Delaware, 74; Colusishas, 74
steam frigate Merrimac, 44; frigates Raritan, 45;
Columbia, 44 ; United States (in ordinary ;) sloops
of-war Germantown, 22; and Plymouth, 22; brig
Dolphin, and a raader boat, scuttled and Maned.
A portion of the immense stores of cannon in the
yard were spiked ; but a large number of guns fell
into the hands of the rebels, which afterwards fur
niabed them with armament for their field &Millet,-
tions in all parts of the South. 21—U. S. Branch
Mint, at - Charlotte, N. C., seized by the State au
thorities ; intense excitement at Baltimore in con
sequence of rumors that Pennsylvania troops had
reached Cockeysville, Md., and that the garrison at
Fort Mollenry was prepared to shell the city. 22
U. S. Arsenal at Fayetteville, N. C., surrendered to
the &tete of North Oh.fdirta ; United States milita
ry supplies seized at Napoleon, Arkansas, by order
of the Government of the State ; the Eighth Massa
chusetts Regiment was sent from Philadelphia to
Perryville, Md., 44.NA° Havre-de-Grami, and
from thence (via Susquehanna river and Chesa
peake bay) to Annapolis, in steam transports, where,
on the 22d, they were joined by the New York
Seventh Regiment, whites bed loft Philadelphia by
steamship Beaton. The two regiments took poe
session of Annapolis, released the U. S. frigate
Constitution, which was in danger 91 eltptUre, re.
plead the railroad from Annapolis to Annapolis
Junction, and opened the railroad to Washington
city. 21—Col. Van Dorn, of Texas, captured 450
felted Stitestroops at 4,turia Fort Oaten, Ars
kansee, taken possession of by State troops under
Col. Solon Borland ; Gen. Harney arrested. at Har
per's Ferry, in Virginia, bet afterward released ,
Illinois volunteers visited the U. S.. Arsenal at St.
Louis, end carried off a large amount of munitions
of war, to secure them from the Secessionists; the
New York Seventh Regiment reached Washington.
20—Governor Letoher, of Virginia, issued a pro
clamation announcing that the State had been
transferred to the Southern Confederacy, although
the people bad not yet voted upon the ordinance of
secession. 30—The House of Delegates of Mary
land defeated an ordinance of secession by a vote
of 13 for secession, and 53 against it.
MAY 3—The President of the United States issued
a proclamation calling for 42,034 volunteers to serve
far three yen's, unless scenes ithaelsestisl, and or
dering the regular army to be increased by the ad
dition of ten regiments, making altogether a maxi
mum aggregate increase of 22,714 officers and en.
noted men, and directing the enlistment of le.ooo
seamen, for not less than ono nor more than three
yeses. s—The Relay House, on the Baltimore di
Washington nailroud, taken possession of and for
tified by Federal troops, under command of Gen.
B. F. Butler. 6—The Convention of Arkansas
passed an ordinance of Aece§bion ; Captain Natha
niel Lyon, U. S. A., in possession of the arsenal at
St. Louis, required by the police commissioners of
that city to remove United States troopsfroui all
places outside of the arsenal grounds. The demand
was refused. 7—Governor Harris, of Tennessee,
before the said State had become a member of the
Confederacy, made a treaty putting the whole
military force of the State under the control of the
Confederacy. 0-420 United States regulars, amin
e:my of United States artillery, with Sherman 's
battery, and the First Philadelphia Artillery Regi
ment, Colonel F. E. Patterson (Nth of the line),
marched through Baltimore—the first troops since
the attack on the Massachusetts regiment, April 19.
10—The Winans steam gun captured near the Relay
House; Canip Jackson, commanded by General
Psest, near SC. Louis, eurrounded by United States
troops under Captain Lyon, and 630 men taken
prisoners, with their arms and munitions. After
the surrender, a mob, which followed the United
States troops with riotous demonstrations, was
fired into by one company twenty-two persons
were killed, and ninny wounded. 11—The
Hume Guards of St. Louis, marching from the
arsenal, were annoyed by riotous demonstra
tions. A pistol was fired at them, after which the
Guards turned and fired on the mob seven persons
were killed, and many wounded ; Charleston
blockaded by the United States frigate Niagara.
13—Federal troops, under General Bailee, marched
into Baltimore from the Relay /louse, and took
possession of Federal Hill. 14—Ross Winans ar
rested eitle Belay , house and sent to Fort Dlolleary,
to be imprisoned there. 11—A proclamation of
neutrality between the belligerents issued by
the Queen of Great Britain. 20—At three &dock
I', M e the officers of the United antes Ooyarament,
made a descent upon all the telegraphic , offices in
the free States, and seized MSS. of the despatches
sent during the previous twelve months—the ob
ject being to discover what PersOne had norm_
peeded with the rebels by that medium ; an ordi
nance of secession passed by the North Carolina
Convention ; Governor Magoffin, of Kentucky, is
sued a proclamation declaring that the State would
be neutral, and that the inovement if the troops of
either party on the soil of the State was forbidden.
21—Act of the Confederate Congress forbidding
Southern debtors from paying their creditors at
the North, and compellieg payment instead late
the rebel treasury, approved by Jefferson Davis.
24—Troops advanced from Fortress Monroe by
General Butler encamp on " the sacred soil of
Virginia," at Hampton ; a general movement into
Virginia from Washington, at the Chain Bridge and
Long Bridge; capture of Alexandria, Virginia.
26—The privateer Calhoun arrived at New Orleans
with ono brig and two schooners, taken near the
passes of the Mississippi river; the rebel Cons
greee ?awed an act prohibiting the exportation of
cotton, except through the Southern sea ports. 27
A writ of habeas corpus issued by Chief Justice
Taney for the body of John Merryman, confined,
upon 0 charge of treason, in Feet Melleery aen.
Cndwalader, in Command at Baltimore, refused to
obey the writ, by order of the President. 30—Graf
ton, Virginia, occupied by Virginia and Ohio
troops, under Colonel Kelly. The heeesioniets fled
without &lug a gun. 31-An Mien at Aceula
Creek, on the Potomac, between the United States
gunboats Freeborn and Anacosta, and rebel batte
ries on shore, with no perceptible effect.
JUNE I— The bombardment of the batteries at
Acquits Creels resumed by the Freeborn and United
States gunboat Pawnee, and continued for five
hours. The vessels received several shots, but no
person was hurt; Limit, Tompkins, of the United
Stag caTolry, on scouting service, tired upon at
Fairfax Court House. The dragoons charged
through the town upon riflemen, wheeled
and returned, and met two detect-
Monte with a field elee.e ; and then turned again
and cut their way through a third detachment in
the rear, running a gauntlet of musketry, taking 5
prisoners, and killing, as they believed, 27 men.
Loss of the cavalry, 2 killed, 2 wounded, and 1
missing. 3-1,000 rebel troops at Philippi, Vir
ginia, surprised by Ohio and Indiana regiments,
under Colonel Kelly. The rebels fled after a
straggling fire, in which Colonel Kelly was Severe
ly wounded_ 'Tii- of the Federal soldiers were
killed and 25 wounded. Loss of the Secessionists,
16 killed, several wounded, and 10 prisoners.
The pirate privateer Savannah, Captain Baker,
captered; by the United States brig Perry, eff the
coast of South Carolina. 7—General Patterson's
army corps commenced its march toward Virginia.
from Chambersburg, Brigadier General Thomas
leading the adyellee, S—The bridges over the
retennic at Point of Reeks and Berlin Wire burned
by order of the rebel General Lee. Also burned the
some day, four bridges on the Alexandria, Loud ems,
and Hampshire Railroad. 10—Anight attack. =
carted upon rebel batteriessupposed to meat at Great
Bethel, in Virginia, about 121 miles from Fort
ress Monroe, by United States troops under com
mand of General Pierce. In the darkness, before
coming upon the enemy, a portion of the New York
Seventh, under Colonel Bendix, fired upon the New
York Third, Colonel Townsend; 1 man killed, and
ten were wounded. The firing warned the enemy
of the proximity of the force, and they were thus
prepared for the emergency. A heavy fire was
opened upon the Federal troops from two masked
batteries mounting rifle cannon, and thrown up on
the other side of the stream. The enemy's fire was
returned, and an attempt made by the Federal
troops to carry the place by assault. The firstbat
tery was taken by a portion of the United States
troops. But another mistake was made : one officer
supposed a forge upon the left was the enemy, and
fellbach, This caused a general retreat, and all
the advantages gained were given up. Federal
loss : 13 killed, 30 wounded, and several missing.
Among the killed were Lieutenant Grebie, United
States army, in eommaed of the artillery, and
Major Theodore Winthrop. The loss of the
enemy is reported by the Southern papers to
have been 17 killed. The force of the rebels
was about 2,200, under the command of Genera
Magruder. 11—Colonel Wallace, with the In
diana Regiment, surprised a body of rebels at Rom
ney, in Western Virginia, who fled in confusion.
Killed, two rebels and several wounded; one of
Waila4o3 7 P meh was wounded. 12—Governor Jack
son, of Missouri, issued a proclamation calling out
50,000 militia to resist the Federal Government.
13—Election for members of Congress in Maryland.
Unica candidates elected in all hut one ingitanGO r
14—Harper's Perry evacuated by the Confede
rates. The railroad bridge over the Potomac
burned, with the Government armory buildings;
also the railroad bridge at Martinsburg, and the
bridge. over the Potomac at Shepherdstown ; and
a large number of locomotives, cars, and ma
chinery at Martinsburg, belonging to the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad. 16—The declaration of
independence of Western Viegbala of the rebel
State Government, unanimously made by the Con.
vention at Wheeling, and signed by fifty-six mem
bers. 17—A skirmish at Edward's Ferry, on the
Potomac, between 308 of the Fin! PeSSEViyaatry
- Regiment and A force or Secessionists, who at
tempted to take possession of the Ferry. Federal
i loss : 1 killed and 4 wounded ; rebel loss : from 15
to 20 killed and wounded ; COL liallMan'sreeimemt,
at St. Lemk e being pressed by a mob, turned and
fired near the Recorder's office, killing 6 persons
and wounding 1; strainer% the Loudouu and Ramp
shire Railroad, carrying the Firat Ohio Regiment,
eel, ;11.014, twice immediate 001119 land of Gen.
Schenck, was fired upon near Vienna by a battery
of field-pieces, worked by a Virginia artillery com
pany. The troops left the train, formed and re
turned the fire, end succeeded in retreating in good
order. Federal loss: 8 killed and 7 wounded; rebel
loss: 6 killed ; a Union Convention of Eastern Ten
nessee met at Greenville, Thomas A. R. Nelson
Omen president. 18—Battle seas Bossioritle,
Missouri, between Federal troops under Gen. Lyon,
and State troops belonging to Gen. Price's com
mand. The account of this battle is vague. The
number of killed was represented at 3' 00, and a
large number of prisoners were taken. 800 Union
Home Guards, under command of Captain Cook,
attacked at Cole Camp, Missouri, by a large num
ber of Secessionists, under Governor Jackson ; 23
Federal soldiers were killed, 20 wounded, anti 30
taken prisoners. The rebels were repulsed and re
treated, suffering a loss of 25 killed and wounded.
21—East Tennessee Convention adopted a declare,
Elea of grievances and resolutions protesting against
the election held on the Bth as unfair. The vote
on 'the Bth in Tennessee was : " For separation"
14 ; 780; against it, 32,923. Whole vote of the State
" for separation," 104,913. 24-=Proclamation or the
Governor of Tennessee that the people of the State
had dissolved all political connection with the late
United States Government. 25—The steamboat St.
Nicholas, of Baltimore, seized by persons who
eame on board pretending to be passengers, led by
one captain Richard Thomas, who was disguised
"as a French lady." 26—Thirteen mounted volun
teers, belonging to Colonel Wallace's Indiana regi
ment, attacked forty-one rebels in Western Vir
ginia; killed eight of them,
and chased the rest
two miles. On their return, they captured seven
teen horses, and were attacked by seventy-five of
the enemy. They bold them at bay until dark,
when they got off with a loss of one killed, and one
wounded ; two lieutenants and several Secessionists
were wounded in the last skirmish. 27—George P.
Kane, marshal of police at Baltimore, arrested for
treason attack upon rebel batteries at Matthias
Point, on the Potomac, by United States gunboats
Freeborn. Pawnee, and Resolute; Captain Ward,
of the Freeborn, killed.
AMY le—Members of the Pollee Board, Balti
more, arrested for treason.. Election in Kentucky
for members of Congress. Nine Union men and
one " State Rights" man elected. Aggregate
Union Majortil nearly 60,000. 3—Gen. Patterson's
army corps crossed the Potomac, and advanced into
Virginia. A force under the rebel Col. Jackson fled,
and their camp at Falling Waters, or Hoke's Run,
Was captured. Lon of the Federal troops 3 killed
and 10 wounded ; loss of the rebels, as far as known,
3 killed, 27 wounded. 3—Col. Smith, oommanding
Illinois troop, about 000 in number, was attacked
near Monroe, Missouri, by the rebel Gen. Harris,
with 1,000 men. The rebels were repulsed, with a
loss of 4 killed and several wounded. The rebels re
treated 't9 Monroe, where they made a stand, and
were again beaten back. Smith posted himself in
the academy buildings, in the town, and was sur
rounded by 1,600 rebel cavalry, and other troops.
He held out until reinforcements came up from
Quincy, which fell on the rear of tho rebel force,
completely routing them, with a low of 20 or
30 killed, 75 prisoners, and several horses
taken, 4---Congress met in neeordneee with the
special proclamation of the President. Present
-43 Senators; and hi the House, 150 Members. tia-
Wet et, Grow was elected Speaker of the Meuse,
and Emerson Etheridge, Clerk. s—Battle near
Carthage, Missouri, between 10,000 rebels, under
Governor Jackson and General Rains, and about
1,500 United States troops, commanded by Colonel
Sigel. Sigel made a masterly retreat. 7—Hamp
ton, Virginia, burned by order of the rebel General
- Magruder. Property destroyed supposed to be
worth 57 .000,000. Captain Thomas, who, "dis
guised as a French lady." led the pirates who
seized the steamboat St. Nicholas, of Baltimore,
was arrested on board the steamboat St. Mary,
being hid in a bureau drawer in the ladies' cabin.
11—Battle of Rich Mountain, in Western Vir
ginia, between a body of rebels, under Colonel
Pegram, and United States troops, under Gene
ral Rosecrans. Pegram surrendered, with 600
prisoners. 12-600 rebels, in the neighborhood
of Berbottrevillee in Western Virginia, attacked
by three companies of Colonel IVoodruilse Se
cond Kentucky Regiment, and routed, with a
MO of 10 killed and seemed teotteded ; Gee. leer
nett, earamanding the main body of the Confede
rates, retreated from Laurel Hill. 12—The re
treating rebels were overtaken near Carrielleford,
by United States troops, under General Morris.
The rebels were defeated, and General garnets
killed. Rebel loss io ¢gtli battles more than 2311
killed 7,000 prisoners, 3 guns, 13 colors, and 1,500
stand of arms; Federal loss, 20 killed and 60
wounded. 15—Gen. Patterson's army corps left
Martinsburg Virginia, and advanced to Bunker
Bill. 16— be Federal army of the Potomac, un'
der Gen. McDowell, commenced the advance from
Arlington in four columns. 17—Gen. Patterson's
army corps marched from Bunker Bill to Charles
town, which was reached the same night ; skirmish
at Fulton, Missouri, between 1,000 rebels, under
Harris, and Col. McNeill, with GOO Federals. The
rebels dispersed. 11 Union soldiers Wed and
15—ito Union Home Guards, M.
der Major Van Horn, attacked near Her
risonville, Missouri, by 500 rebels, under
Captain Duncan. The rebels were re
pulsed, with a loss of le killed_ 21_
Battle of Bull Run. The number of Federalists ac
tually in this battle was about 15,000. The number
of rebele at the lowest calculation was 32.0110. The
Federal loss was—killed, 19 officers, and 162 non
commissioned officers and privates; wounded-61
officers, and 947 non-commissioned enlaces and pri
vates; the prisoners and missing, about 000. Total
kilted, wounded, or lost., 2,392. Rebel lost—killed,
613 ; wounded and missing, 2,765- Total loss, 3,373
—being 90 more than the Federal. 24—Nine
sloops and sohooners, belonging to the rebels, were
burned in Beek river, Virginia, by a naval expedi
tion, under command of bleitielealit Grosby,
Hampton, Virginia, previously occupied by Federal
troops, under Gen. Butler, abandoned by them.
29—Gen. Cox in command of United States troops,
reached Cleulty Bridge, in Western Virginia. or,
Wise, in command of the rebels, burned the bridge,
and retreated. 30—The State Convention of
scum, aseettibled at Jefferson City, by a rata Se
TWO CENT.
to 25 declared that the Oleos of Governor, Lien
tenant Governor, Secretary of State, and members
of Assembly were vacant. Iltimiltem it. thimble
was appointed Provisional Governor until thy rime
lar eleetien in Koi , e.abor.
Aree sr I..—The rebel privateer Petrel wee lank
off the Coast of South Carolina by the frigate St.
Lawrence. The Petrel, mistaking the St. Law
rence for a merchantman, fired into her. The
Lawrence answered with a broadside, which cut the•
privateer in two ; 5 pirates were drowned, and 36 ;
picked up and taken prisoners. General Lyon
attacked a large force of Confoderatce, Wider G - 0-
Demi ItieCuiloels, set Dug Spring, Missouri. A gal
lant charge was made upon the rebels by United
States cavalry. General Lyon retired to Spring
field. Less of the rebels reported to be heavy.
5—A camp of 350 Union soldiers, at Athens. Alia
souri, attuned by ; 200 rebels, under Martin Green,
who MIS repulsed by Captain Moore, in command.
Being reinforced with 150 men, Moore.followed the
enemy, killing 20, wounding 25, and tahlpg in pri
soners. Leas of ilia, Vulva mon, 3 killed, and 18
wounded. 10—Battle at Wilson's Creek, near
Springfield, eliseouri, between 5,200 Federal
troops, under General Lyon, and about 22,200
rebels, under G 111911116 Ben McCulloch end
Price, General Lyon Was killed. The com
mand devolved on General Sigel, who, finding
the enemy too strong, retreated, without
being pursued, to Springfield, and then to Rene,
to watt lop petrift 464 / 4 srats , Federal loss, by official
report, 813 killed and 721 wounded ; rebel loss,
under Price, by official report, 156 killed and 517
wounded ; McCulloch's loss, by his own report, 265
killed and 800 wounded. Entire rebel loss, ad.
mitred themaelvess 421 killed and 1,317 Wounded.
The Federal troops took 70 prisoners and 400
horses, and compelled the rebels to burn a large
quantity of baggage, to prevent it falling into our
hands_ 12—Charles J, raiiikner, minister to
France under President Buchanan, arrested at
Washington and sent to Fort Lafayette, New Ye&
harbor, ,us a prisoner of State. 13—Skirmish at
Sraft9n, Western Virginia. between 50 twee of the
Fourth Virginia Regiment, under Capt. Dayton, and
200 rebels, commanded by Zechariah Cochran; 21
rebels killed, and the rest put to flight. No loss on
the Federal side. 14—Martial law proclaimed in
St_ LoWslss , Major G mural Fremont. 15—The rebel
Governor Jackson issued a proclamation, at New
Madrid, declaring that the union between Missouri
and the other States was dissolved, and that Mis
souri was an independent State. 15—The Presi
dent isitted a proclamation declaring the seceding
States to be in a state of insurrection, prohibiting
all intercourse between them and the other States
of the Union. 18—Thc 'Jeff Dania (rebel Drives
tear) wrecked on the bar at St. Ae_guetine, Florida.
20—Skirmish at hawk's Nest, Western Virginia:
400 rebels attacked the Eleventh Ohio Regiment,
and were driven back with a loss of 50 killed, and
a large Federal soldiers were
wounded; the Western Virginia Convention, at
Wheeling, resolved tbat thirty-nine counties in that
part of the State should he formed into a new State,
Celled the Ktinawha, if the people Amind se, decide
at an election to be held October 24. 21—A rebel
force of 600. under Gen. Rains, seized 80 mules,
near Fort Scott, Kansas; Rains was pursued by
Col. Montgomery for several Wee; Raine had elm.
bon, end Montgomery but a single howitzer ; a run
ning fight was kept up until nightfall, when Mont
gomery retired ; 4,000 Cherokee Indians, assembled
in mass meeting at Tahlenga, declared their adhe
sion to the Confederate States.; the head c hief (John
Ross) gave orders for raising a regiment of mount
ed men, under Colonel John Drew. 22—Rebel
steamer N. B. Terry taken at Paducah, Kentucky,
by United States gunboat Lexington, with one field
piece, thirty Mime rifles, and other Contraband
goods, on board. 23—The Jeffersonian newspa
per, at West Chester, Pennsylvania, seized by the
United States Marshal as a treasonable publieas
Lion_ 9.6—A. military end Diesel expedition, under
General Butler and Commodore Stringham, sailed
from Fort Monroe, Virginia ; a portion of the Se
venth Ohio Regiment, Col. Tyler, taken in flank at
Cross 1.4140, near Summerville, Virginia, by . a
large force et' rebels, with ten guns. The Union
troops succeeded in cutting their way through the
enemy, with the loss of 15 killed and about 40
wounded. 28—The bernbarsinlent Of the forts at
Ilatterae commenced 009 soldiers landed, under
command of Col. Max Weber. 29—Fort flattens
and Fort Clark, at Cape Hatteras Inlet, N. C.,
captured by a joint naval and land expedition under
Commodore Stringbam and Major General Duller.
30—Major General Fremont, commanding the
Department of the West, issued a proclamation de
claring the State of Missouri under martial law,
and declaring the preperty 9f all persons who had
token np OMB against the "United. States, or who
should thereafter do so, confiscated to the public
use, and that their slaves, it they have any, shall
be declared free wen.
L—From 4011 tie SO rebels, at Boone
Court-Rouse, Western Virginia, routed by Union
troops, (Kentucky and Virginia,) under command
of Capt. Wheeler. The rebels were charged upon ,
and ran away ; 3;) of them were killed, tweeted
wounded, and 5 taken prisoners. The Federalists ,
lost none; but 6 men were wounded, 22 horses
were taken, and a considerable quantity of arms.
After this the town was fired and every house in it
buried. 2—The Charlestown Home Guard ca
valry surrounded at Beller's Mill, near Harper's.
Ferry, Virginia, by a portion of the Thirteenth
Massachusetts Regiment; 3 rebels were killed, e
wounded, mid 92 talt.mk Brie ness, 6.--to bridge
over the Little Platte river, Missouri,. onthedirm.
of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, was so
weakened by the` rebels that it was expected to
break down with the first teens thwteevwcd it. The
passenger express, bound weat, way precipitated
into the river, and a large number of innocent per
sons, men and women, killed and wounded This was
one of the moat fiendish acts perpetrated in Mis
souri, 4-660 Union troops. at Shelburne, Missouri,
attacked by about 3,500 rebels under Martin E.
Green, with two pieces of artillery. After waiting
two hours for reinforcements} from General Hurls
but the Federalists retreated, with a loss of horses,
wagons, dc. No other loss ; Kentucky invaded by
rebel troops, who took position at Hickman, Chalk
Cliffs, and Columbus, and commenced to throw up
fortifications. 6s-Padueals, Keetaens-, occupied
by General Grant, in command of Union forces,
numbering 2,100. He was assisted by two gun
boats upon the Ohio river; General Pope, United
States army, marched against Marlin E. Green, at
Itunnetille, Missouri, who fled with 2,000 men,
leaving behind them baggage, provisions, and
forage. B—The House of epresentatives of
Kentucky directed the flag of the Untied Statue
to be hoisted over the State House, by a vote of
seventy-seven against twenty. 11—A reconnoi
tring party, under Col. Stevens, of the New York
Seventy-ninth, had a skirmish near Loadreivilia,
Va.ositts four rebel regiments, including Stew
art's Cavalry, On the part of the Federalists, 6
killed and 7 wounded. Rebel loss heavy. 12—
General Rosecrans, commanding the United
States troop in Western Virginia mods- a Arm% re
connoissance in front of the rebel entrenchmenis at
Carnifex Ferry, where were posted about 5,000
men under General Floyd, late of Buchanan's Ca
binet. His camp equipage, tents, and arms were
captured by RoßrOrttnS, 9.000 rebels under General
It. B. Lee, with about 10 pieces of artillery, ad
vanced upon the positions held by General Rey
nolds. commanding Union troops at Elkwater, West
ern Virginia. Skirmishing teen place at several
points. On the 17th the rebels retired, having lost
about 400 killed (including Colonel John A. Wash
ington, the Mount Vernon speculator) and 20 pri
soners- Federal toile, none killed, 2 missing, and
60 prisoners; the rebel General Price and Clai
borne F. Jackson, at the head of 15,000 or 20,000
men, attacked the Federal soldiers under command
of Colonel James A Mulligan, of Illinois, who were
strongly entrenched at Lexington, Missouri. 12—
Mayor Brown, of Baltimore, Ross Winans, and
other members of the Legislature, Henry May, M.
C., and others, were arrested, by the UnitedStatea
authorities, in Baltimore and Maryland. Fight
near Booneville, Missouri, between 150 Union
Home Guards, under Capt. Eppstein, and GOO re,
bele, under Colonel grown, The Home Guards
were intrenehed, and drove back the enemy. On
the rebel side, Colonel Brown and Captain Brown
were killed, with 10 others, and 30 wounded,. 11—
A beat expedition, under Lieutenant Jelin Russel,
of the United States ship Colorado, cut out the
privateer Judith, under the guns of the rebels, at
Pensacola Navy Yard, and destroyed the yernel by
fire. Lem oa the Federal aide, G killed and 15
wounded. 15—An attack made by about 500 re
bels upon a portion of the Twenty-eighth Pennsylva
nia Regiment, Colonel Geary, opposite Prichards'
Mill, on the Potomac. The rebels were remised,
with a loss of 10 killed and some wounded ; Federal
loss, 1 killed. 16—Chandeleur Island, near the
mouth of the Mississippi River, taken possession
of by the crows of the United States steamer Mass
eachueetta and the sloops.of-war Preble and Ma
rion, who threw up batteries, and rehienied the
light of the li g ht-home, which had long been ex
tinguished, It—A railroad train, on the Ohio and
Miesiesippi Railroad, containing a portion of Col.
Torchin'sNineteenth Illinois Regiment, fell through
a bridge near Huron, Indiana, killing and wounding
nearly 100 ; 570 of the Third lowa Regiment, under
Lieutenant Colonel Scott, with one piece of artil
lery, gallantly sustained an attack from 4.500.
rebels, at Blue Mills, Missouri. After a fight of an.
hour, Scott retreated slowly, and in good order,
and took up a bettor position. Whilst there, Col.
Smith, with 1,400 Federal troops, came up by an
other route. The two forces then united and pur
sued the rebels, who crossed the river before day
light, and retreated. 10 Unionists killed, 91
wounded, and 6 missing. Rebel loss not known;
fight at Marratstown Missouri, between six. hun
dred United States. &ems. under Colonels- Mont
en- eruery and Johnson, .1 r hundreit rebels.
The latter wore routed, with a loss of 1 -
100 horses were takca, and all the tents and pm
visions of the enemy, Colonel Johneon was
killed, and 2 Federal soldiers; 6 were wounded.
20—Colonel James A. Mulligan, after a gallant de.
Lexington, Missouri, during which seve
ral brilliant sorties were made by his troops, and
the charges of the enemy were repulsed, was coin.
pelted to surrender in denfOqiienee of a want of
water. The Federal lo,s at Lexington was Colonel
White, killed, with about forty others, and seventy
five wounded ; $900,000 in money, belonging to
Missouri banks, was taken by Price, who reported
that he had Teetered the same to the rightful own
ers. 23-700 rebels were driven out of Mechanics
ville Gap, Western Virginia, by 875. Union sol
diers, under Colonels Cantwell and Ilaske. 21—
Skittalzh at Point of :nooks, Maryland, between
400 rebels and Colonel Geary's Twenty-eighth
Pennsylvania Regime - At. The rebels were upon
the Virginia side of the Potomac, bat ware dPiceis
off by shells and musket Indies 25—A recon
noiaance near Lewinsville, Virginia, by 5,000
United States infantry, three companies of cavalry,
and three batteries, under command of General
William P. Snelth, A large quantity of forage,
cattle, sheep, etc, was taken. 29—The United
States forces epposite Washington advanced, nudes
Central W. P. Smith, upon Munson's and Upton's
Hills., which had been held by the rebels, but were
now deserted. In the advance, by some unfortu
nate mistake the California Regiment, Twenty
fourth Pennsylvania (Colonel Owen), Baxter's
Philadelphia Fire Zoutives, Said Friedman's dra
goons fired upon each other in the darkness of the
night, killing nine and wounding eighteen.
Oseronea I.—The propeller Fanny, chartered by
the United States Government, captured by three
rebel ateam , ing.s while on tisi, iali4ite from It A tto.
reg Inlet to Chiconmeomico, on the gout of North
Carolina; 25 soldiers belonging to the 20th. Indiana
vggiukt at, who were on board, were takeßnsieescons,
and two rifled cannon were captured; 1,000 Ohio
and Virginia Union troops, under Ilbutenant Colo
nel Engart. surrounded and atteened at number of
rebels at Chtipmanville, Virg . lania r anti routed them,
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men or General • Reynold's division. A lively
picirmish ensued. Federal loss 10 killed and 11
w ounded 13 rebel prim:mere were . trrhee, and 80M0
e ss egage as ia hb s. j 2,seSs robots, transported front
the mainlamb to 6 small steamers and fiat-boatel, at-
Macs& the nink Indiana regiment, Col. Hawkine, at
Chios, maeounete, North Carolina; 50 of the United
treepS Ware taken prieeneve, with all their
meta a lid neggnge. Col. Hawkins succeeded in
maim W ort Hatteras with the remainder, 4.--A
pparty c sKew Meseicrus Union volanteere, under
b a m et n Bolick. was merprised Minima thirty•flyn
sis seiS, w o w , Fort Untie, 110 Texan rebels, and
their horaer atampeded. Captain Mink proposed to
surrender b is company; but his men dissented, ern
cured their hems, and retreated to Fort Craig.
Sulieeqnently,, about HO' United Santee man n', Amu
Fort Craig, Parnell the rebels, overtook them,
killed their eat staia and lemen, wounded- abo t 30;
and killed:At h, true , Tho balance of the Texans
escaped to Widths. s—The United States gunboat
Mortieelle. ado eas Week s with shot and shell,
upon the rebels at Chicoumeoreico, North Carolina,
who had routed the Indiana Union volunteers
two days before s 218 shot and shell were
fired from the Montieello n therm Lom
ond a hhlf The slaughter is supposed to
have been heavy,. and the rebels were .
compelled to take en their boats, and• makes
their escape. 9t--.4500) rebels under General An
derson landed in elm tenet M. n nn t„ toss Island,
near Pensacola P.i l ecida, acid made an attack upon
the camp of Conemel William WilsonssZeuares.
General Smith's Hi - Men ofShe United States army,
in front' of WlL9hlbOlin, maw Mi vancc io hevi.
Va., which was oeTapied in force. 10-
300 rebels, under censearand• of Captain
were attacked near..l2tabouoi Ky., by 50 , Home'
Guards, under Lieetenente SeiMer and nergerted s
who diepereed them, vtwiny, 127 Enfield rifles,
and a quantity of sabres; platelet.; etc. Union lose, -
three killed and two wonnded. 11 1 -Arebel schwa- ,
er, lying in Quantico, in Dumfries , creek, Viegieje,
was cut out by alined Misses Dee, star United Statee '
gunboats Rescue and Fiereeluta, 12—The rebel •
Commodore Hollins, with steam aim, iron clad,
called the Manassas, and wiliest of fire-ships, at
tacked the relied Statals - blest/fad:cm . %widest,.
at the ,southwest Pass Of tfill , Miesissiejen. Eighty
United States cavalry, undrir• Ithijois James, at
tacked 300 rebels in a cornfield' new Lebanon,
Missouri,; eight rebels killedeand six. SAO Kir
SIMMS two of the Union troupe' - were killed.
Two companies of cavely belonging to
to Wright's battalion, under Captains Montgomery
and Switzler, made a dash at 'about , 309 reedit,
near Wet Glue, eighteen in:lse-41er Lebanon,
Missouri, killing 62, wounding a s ; and 'taking 36
prisoners ; Federal loss 1 man ailed. , and 1 man
wounded ; a skirmish at Beckwital. Missouri, be
tween 25 of Captaiq Nelen's Federal, cavalry and
106 rebel cavalry. The Fetleralicte.were repulsed.
with a loss of 5 killed and 5 wounded. The rebel
captain was killed. 14-57 United States soldiers
who were prisoners at Richmond, 'lrginia, were
relensed by the rebel eettorlilea, ie—About 000
rebels, under Jeff. Thompson, surrowatied 50 Union
soldiers near Big River Bridge, Missouri. The lat
ter fought as long as they could, but were forced to
surrender, with a loci of I killed and 71 - oreusieled.
10—The rebel army in tront of Washington retired
from Vienna, and fell back, with their-whole
column, to Fairfax Court House. The Union
troops advanced and took possession of I r k= ; a
company of Wiseeesie eelenteurs, stationed 'near
Bolivar, Va,, was attacked by a superior force of
rebels, under Colonel Turner Ashby (about 2,000 in
number,) with seven pieces of artillery. The
Unionists , charged upon the Pliably, &ed. eeptcreed
gun (a 32-pounder) and took 10 prisoners;
150 Missouri scouts, under Major White, surprised
the rebel garrison left at Lexington, Missouri, by
General Price, and recaptured the place, taking
three hundred prisoncre ; Major GaVitt, of the , First
Indiana Cavalry, made an attack on rebels near
Pilot Knob, Missouri, but, finding then strongly
posted, fell back, and was reinforced by Cannel
Alexander. with six hundred Illinois infantry.
17—Lieutenant Kirby, with fifteen mon of Mater
Wright's battalion, fought forty-five rebels at Linn ,
Creek, Missouri,killing five and wounding twelve.
19—A tight at ig Humming Creek, Carroll county,
Missouri, between Colonel Mogan, Eighteenth Mae
sour!, with two hundred and twenty men and two
guns, and four hundred rebels, who wereput-to •
Sight, with a loss of fourteen killed, and OM pH,
eonere tha seheense Isnleftra, a transport loaded ,
with hay, captured by the rebels on the Lower Ird
temae. 21—Battle at Ball's Bluff, Virginia, and
defeat of the Union forces, under command •of
Colonel E, 1). Baker flee hundred sz&ele, wi
der Jeff Thompson and Lowe, were defeated•
Frederiektown, 'Missouri, by Illinois, Wisconsin, and ,
Indiana troops, about two thousand in number.
The engagement lasted two beton, When the rebels
fled from the field in Moonier, and took to the
woods. Th e rebels were penned for twenty-two
miles, when the chase was given over. 200 dead
rebels were left on the field. Union loss, 0 hilled
and 40 wounded ; Cel. G senn ea, h a yi ng z,ooo
was attacked by a rebel force, under General Zolli
coffer, at Camp Wildcat, Ky. "nollicoffer had 5,000
Leen. The rebels made three charges, but were re
prised each time, Their lose was unmated et 200
killed and wounded. Union loss, 30 killed and
wounded. f Zollieoffer retreated s a large naval ex.
pedition sailed from Annapolis , Maryland, destined ,
for Berne point on the Southern coast, MlLlbr
mend of mantel F. Dupont, gamier Sag officer. It
comprised 8 steam 'and sailing frigates, 10 steam
gunboats, and 34 armed steam , and sallinttrans
ports—Mountin in all, On gene, The soldiers
numbered ~boat 15,e005, the seamen several thou
sand. 24—The election in Wesreen Virginia, to
determine whether that part of the State should
be formed into a new State, called " Kanatelte,"
was held,-and repulsed 6 fever 9f she propoettion.
by a very large majority ; Major Charles Zagonyi,
commanding General Fremont's body-guard. (150 ,
in number), made a charge upon 2,000 rebels,
under Colonel Fierce, at Springfield. MU
court. The enemy did not stand, but were
routed in a very short time. Union loss, 18 , killed,
20 wounded, and 20 missing ; rebel loss, 80 killed,
00 wounded, and 27 prisoners. 25—William Smite,
one of the crew of the rebel privateer Jell Davis,.
was cenvicted of piracy at Philadelphia. 26
j General B. F. Kelly, with troops, marched from,
New Creek, in Weattsfa Virginia, to Romney, and
routed the rebels there, taking all their wagons ands
camp equipage, three pieces of cannon, 200 , horses,
and 450 prisoners. The fight lasted for two hours.
The rebels were commanded by COL Armstrong,
Union loss, 1 killed And 5 iterated s three comps
pies of Ninth Illinois Regiment had a skirmish at .
Saratoga, Kentucky, with a company of rebel ca
valry 100 strong. The rebels were routed, with a.
loss of 13 killed, 24 prisoners, 52 horses, and than
camp equipage, United States loss, 2 wounded.
26-400 rebels laid. down their arms at Fulton,
Missouri, and surrendered to i 1,50() Union troops,
under General Henderson, and were permitted tee
return to their Itemise 30—Tim great naval expo
clition sailed frorn Fortress Monroe, bound to some
part of the Southern coast. 31—Lieutenant Gena.
rid 'Winfield Scott, commander of the United States
army, was retired from active Service at his wra ,
ronnest, - and Major General George B, McClellan
appointed Commander of the Armies of the
Union.
Nos - mint; Z—Yrestonburg. Kentucky, oaeupled
by General Nelson anti Union troop. The rebels
retired without resistance ; hider General John C.
Fremont, commander of the Western Department
of the army, having received orders, when at
Springfield, Missouri, to resign his command to
Major General blunter (the second in command),
did so, and took a formal leave of his trolls on the
3d. 9—An esspedition under COlOllOl Gresnel took
pe=asedosi oI iloilaton ) Texas county, Missouri, and
captured a large amount of rebel property, and
some officers of the rebel army • also 500 nettle, and
90 horses and mules. 6-120 Union troops, wader
Capt. Saida, were ea k turea by the enemy near
Little Santa in, Miereilii. The Union troops were
on their way to join General Fremont's column.
The reported force of the enemy was SOO men.
7—The United States gunboat Resolute went up the
Rappahannock River, as far as Urbanna creek,
where a large schooner was captured ; all her stores
and Loveable property were then taken out, and the
vessel was burned ; an expedition of 3,500 Union
troops, which left Cairo, Illinois, the night before,
under command of Generals Grant and MeCter
nand, landed below Belmont, Missouri, opposite
Columbus, Kentucky, and made cm attack upon the
force of rebels there, under cemmand of General
Cheatham. The latter were about 7,000 strong,
and they were posted behind eeteeenhinenta. They
were driven from thence across the river, their
estop taken and burned, and baggage, eannon,
b tima e e d ndt
b3uokelnedu raend d
. w T ou h n e d f e a d l , s e a n nd e 3 1
w3oa s p es s
soners
taken ; Forts Walker and Boatiregard, come
mending the ellellettle of entrance to Beaufort,
South Carlina, captured by the United States .
fleet. S—Messrs. James M. Mason. and John .
dell, tot a mg p ui pint m o da e n d a by y t r h a e nce, rebel we biov ret er ak timen enoff t m th i e ni ling stere ...
lish mailepeeket steamer Trent, in the Bahama
channel, by a force from the United States frigate
Sun Jacinto. Capt. Charles Wilkes commander.
10-24 Union troops at (iuyandotte, Western„Vir
ginia, massacred by rebel troops brought in by
the treachery of the inhabitants. lle-Guy
andette burned by Utile& troops under the
command of Colonel Zeigler, in revere'o for the
part taken by its residents in the massacre of the .
day before. 18 — Mcgting of the rebel .Congrees.
at Riebsuend, Bible stolen from the mart-houses
ratite place and day. Three thousaild.rebel troops.
disbanded in Antennae eoutity, Vinis t issia. A pee
v kismet tlbion Government creatv4 North Vann
line, and Marble Nash Taylor eleseed tiurernor.
20—Be - view of 70,000 troops at Wallington. War-.
saw. Missouri, burned by the rebel troops. Twen-
I ty-eve old whaling ships sailed, from the Bast,
loaded with stone, tiwr she purplao of being stinks
and Idnalcadinfri §9llthcrii river& Gene_
rat Buller e expeditionary di'rision sailed. for the.
South in the summers Constitution and Forest City,
and secoropanitil by the Issingfisher. ikaalserd
ment of Pensacola; destruction of Warrington by
the guns of Fort Plane ; water batteries Silenced:
by United States steamers... Niagara and Colorado.
"Rebel steamer Nashvilleacrrived at Suathamplon,
England, with crow 02, ship Harvey Birch, the
sweet being burnt by Cae pirates. 30—Over GOMM.
Union troops under arms. Major Munn ate
UDC_ re _ troops Wider Coloncla
tacked ldf E-1 bi
Freeman and Twr i scr,,, at lislem, Nu, Union loss.
7 killed, 'd wounded.; rebel lees, 10. killed, 2G
wounded.
ILDECE3IIIER e s —Meeting of ISnited States Con
gress; expulsion of the rebel Henry C. Burnett, of
Kentucky. ia_Expulsieti of the traitor, „tow 0 . ,
• Breekinridens. from the United States Senate ;
body of ciaizens. at Sedalia, Missouri, attacked a
gang of reticle belonging te.
-sloe's array,
.under
Conanana of Captains Young and ))'heady ; were
killed ?ad hl wounded ; none of the &Weans were
injured,. 0-11eview of 50,900 rebels at Centreville
en alarm is made, and epanio ensues, owing to a
awnposititia that the Union troops are advancing.
S.—Attack of rebels, with Pondloton's battory, on
the Upper Potomac; they are repulsed by the
Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, and 12 of
their cumber killed o—Arrival of steamer Hansa
'With Guiding. news from England concerning the
capture of the rebel commissioners ; warlike threats,
11 and 12—Great fire at Charleston, South Carolina,
1 5 ,1, 7 , 9 m b ia u nti lldif . ps Ist u l ia rn u t s . tai l3 o — f T t it9 e itti in V eo li l i n on d e r v n ai rt r O y rt
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shot at Washington; 'Fight at Allegheny Camp,
Pocahontas county, Virginia, between General
It. Milroy, with 750 Union t l / 4 , 66r, itgalust Gone
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