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A-correspondent ofthOl. Y. *Post,"
on boaid the U. S. steamer Monticello,
writes .118 follows of the late engage
ment at Ratteras: On the evening of
the 4th of October intelligence of
the :retreat of some of our troops
was received here,—the Indiana 'reg
iment,—and that they were surround
ed by three thousand six hundred
rebels. Of emrse, the M on ticello was
off at once. She would have burst
her boiler to have lain still when
there was any prospect of a fight.—
We ran up to Hatteras Light and at
daylight we found the Indiana regi
mentbad retreated to the light-house
before a force of nearly four thous
and rebels. We ran around Hatteras
Point close into the inner shoal and
stood up the beech to the north, look
ing for the rebels. At 1:30 p. m. we
found them retreating up the beech
to where their steamers lay, they
having discovered our approach.—
There was a regiment off' Georgia
troops and about eight hundred un
uniforrned fellows, armed with mus
kets: Running the steamer close to
the beech we opened upon them with
shell, and for four hours we shelled
them; during their attempt to ern
:bark. I tell you we fairly slaughter
ed them, scattering them like sheep,
!inking their boats as they attempt
ed.to get on board their vessels on
'the Sound side, blowing them to
pieces as they waded out into the
water. They threw away their arms,
and ran wildly up and down the
beach.
We compelled them to strike all
their flags ashore, and in their very
faces landed a boat and rescued one
of the Indiana regiment whom they
,had taken prisoner. We covered our
boats with shells, and after firing
upon them for four hours, and ex
pending two hundred and eighteen
shells, owing to night coming on we
hauled off. We drove their steamers
Wl' that came to their assistance, and
the poor devils had to wade for miles
'Wthe Sound to get clear of our shells.
e sunk two boats with upwards of
sixty men in each, also two sloops
that were crowded; also struck one
of their steamers with a rifle shot.--
Nobly did the Monticello keep up her
reputation, and proved conclusively
that, under her able commander, she
has not forgot how to fight. Lieut.
Braine is a splendid fellow, and one
of the best shots in the navy—the
whole crew love him, and fight and
sang in honor of him and the Monti
cello.
Shocking °Banality in Bristol. K. I.
The Providence (R. I.) Press says :
—One of those terrible accidents
which teach but too vainly the inex
cusable folly of sporting with deadly
weapons, occured on Fast Day after
noon. The victim was Miss Henriet
ta Pease, an estimable young lady of
Ifotigartown i Mass., in her 17th year.
She was visiting the house of Mr.
Benjamin Tilley, on High street, and
was standing at the window, when
son, a lad of 15, who was in the
street playing with a gun, pointed it
- at her after placing a cap upon it to
startle her by the explosion. On his
pilling the trigger, the charge which
wag in the gun unknown to the lad,
went through the glass and into the
her. It
head, instantly killing
her. It seems that an elder brother
'who is now an officer in the army,
forinerly used the gun, and left it load
ed with the exception of a cap, and
the result is truly harrowing, plung
ing the two families into life-long
grief. MissPease was an only daugh
tqr,-and previous misfortunes render
this one peculiarly trying to her af
licted father.
Important Balloon Beconnoisance.
The balloon department in the
army service on the Potomac is becom
ing one of considerable importance.
LaMountain, the boldest of our tero
nauts' has just furnished valuable in
formation to the government and
General McClellan by his late daring
flight. On Friday last, it may be
remembered a balloon was seen pass
ing over Washington, and it was
Nought by many to have started
from the rebel camp on an aerial re
icounoisance; but as it subsequently
descended in Maryland, it proved to
be the air ship of La Mountain, which
bad ascended from the Union camp
'of the Potomac. It appears that
When La Mountain rose to a certain
distance he cut the rope which con
nected his balloon with the earth re
gardless of the danger, and sored up
to an elevation of a mile and a half,
and got directly over the rebel lines.
mere he was enabled to make a per
fect observation of their position and
all their movements, the results of
'which he has comunicated to head
quarters, and which are said to be of
the utmost importance. When La
Mountain completed his observations
he threw out sufficient ballast to en
able him to rise to a height of three
}miles, when he fell in with a counter
current 'which carried him back in
the direction of Maryland, thus
passing, over Washington, and coming I
down in safety. This is probably the
'most important Miial reconnoissance
on record.
.&dvanoe of the Rebels.
WAsititiGToN, Oct. 12.—During the
day the rebels advanced in large
forces in the direction of Prospect
Hill, driving in our pickets to that
point. The result was that the Divi
'ion of General McCall was soon
formed into line of battle, with or
ders to advance. It was supported
by cavalry and artillery. Several
shots - were flied by the rebel batte
ries, hut being out of range, no inju
ry, was sustained by our troops.
The Divisions of Gene. Smith, Por
ter and McDowell were also soon
prepared for any apprehended emer
gency; but nothing farther, in addi
tion to what is already stated, octeur
red to induce an adverse hostile
Movement.
Anetherialautibilett--A ,&pond Vessel'
iNilOOll4
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12,—The Navy
Department received the following
dispatches this morning:
The United States steamier Union
left Acquia Creek, on the 11th Octo
ber, 1861: Sir—l have the honor to
submit the following report for your
information. Being informed of a
large vessel lying on Quantico or
Dumfries Creek, and knowing 'also
that a large number of troops were
collected at that point, with a view
of crossing the Potomac, as was re
ported to me, I conceived it to be my
duty to destroy her. With this ob
ject in view, 1 took two launches and
my boat and pulled in for the vessel
at .2i this morning.
One of the launches was com
manded by midshipman, W. F.
Stewart, accompanied by Masters
Edward and llanynes, of the Rescue,
and the other by Acting Master
Amos Foster of the Resolute. I took
with me the Pilot of the vessel. Tic
was a Pennsylvanian.
Some little difficulty was at first
experienced in finding the entrance
to the creek, which you will remem
ber is very narrow, but having
found
it, we pulled up this crooked channel
—within pistol shot of either shore—
till we discovered the schooner.. She
was close to the shore. in charge of a
sentry, who fled at our approach and
alarmed the camp. She had a new
suit of sails, and all the furniture
complete, which was collected togeth
er in the cabin and fired, producing
beautiful conflagration, but, unfor
funately, revealing our position to
the enemy, who commenced a rapid
fire from both banks of that narrow
and tortuous stream, until we were
beyond their range. Our crews re
turned a random fire from the boats
and two steamers, gave cheers and
pulled for their vessels. The light
from the burning schooner, guiding
them on their way. Her destruction
was complete, and although the
clothes of the men and the boats were
' perforated with balls, not a man was
killed, The officers and men vied
with each other in the performance
of their duty. Acting Master Foster
applied the match in the cabin of
the doomed vessel. Acting Assis
tant Surgeon W. R. Bunsall accom
panied the expedition, ready, should
his services be required. I hope
what 1 have done will meet your
approbation, notwithstanding I have
acted• without orders. This little
affair will show the enemy at least
that we are watching him, and ready
to meet and destroy his preparations
for crossing the river at all times.
I have the honor to be your obe
dient servant,
N. D. Hortsm„ Lieut. commanding.
Capt. T. CRAVEN, Comd'g Potomac
Latest from Fortress Monroe.
FORTRESS MONROE. October 11.—
The S. R. Spaulding returned from
Fortress Monroe this morning, bring
ing further details of the recent en
gagement, which differs in but few
respects from the accounts already
telegraphed. The Indiana regiment
lost their tents, provisions, and many
of their knapsacks. Col. Brown
states his loss at about fifty; none
were killed by the fire of the rebels.
The inhabitants along the beach
came in with the regiment. The
loss of the rebels has been overstated,
but it was undoutedly large. Briga
dier General Williams will passage
for Hatteras in the steamer S. R.
Spaulding to morrow.
Affairs on the Kanawha.
Intelligence from Virginia by way
of the South, as well as from our
own army, shows that Gen. Lee has
made a junction with Floyd, and
both are advancing on the forces of
Generals Rosecranzs and Cox. A
special dispatch from Lynchburg,
' dated September 25th, to the Knox
' ville "Daily Register," has the fol
lowing on this subject : Intelligence
of a highly important movement in
Western Virginia has been received.
The reports already given, stating
that Gen. Lee is about to make a
junction with General Floyd, are
fully confirmed. Re-inforcements to
the extent of sixty-four companies
have been sent forward to join Gen.
Floyd's Brigade, and a considerable
portion of his command has been or
dered to Lewisburg. A dispatch
from Darnestown, Maryland, states
that the rebel forces have disappear
ed from that vicinity, and conjectures
that they have joined Floyd. In
that case it seems most, probable
that the forces of Lee would remain
at Greenbrier river to keep Reynolds
employed, so as to prevent his co-op
erating with Rosecranzs. As partly
confirming the above, the Cincinnati
"Commercial" has reliable informa
tion from the Kanawha region, that
Colonels Eynart and Piatt, with
their commands, left Charleston on
Monday to join Gen. Rosecranzs.—
It is understood that General Ros
ecranzs is menaced by General Lee
with a superior force. He will doubt
less, be able to maintain himself in
the strong fortifications at Gauley, if
he is obliged to fall back that far.
Latest from Jefferson City.
JEFFERSON CITY, October 10.—
Lieutenant Colonel E. B. Brown, of
the 7th Missouri regiment, Provost
Marshall at Tipton, shot a private of
the 6th Missouri this morning. The
Colonel ordered him toJay down
some boards he was tearing from a
fence, and upon refusing, shot and
killed him instantly. The affair
created intense exctitement. The
2d and 6th Missouri regiments rush
ed to arms, demanding that Brown
be delivered up to them. A park of
artillery was drawn up in front of
the Provost Marshall's office, and
Brown was threatening to shoot the
mutineers when - the train left.
A scout has just arrived here from
SprinOeld, and reports at headquer
ters there were only ono thous
and rebels at that place. He also
learned that Ben Meeolloch was at
Camp Jackson, with only one bun-
.
dritdnna fi ft y men, waltmgreinforce- 1 eighteen and'fort-five, does'not seem
meats from Arkansas. A large num- to elicit much attention frcen the
ber of McCulloch's force, who Were people. I havii yet to hear of the
with him at Wilson's Creek, were first man 'complying with the re
with Price at Lexington, and the quirements of the call.
rest are with Hardee. McCulloch Col. St. Whin has resigned, and it
expects to join Price at Sac river, is understood that Kit Carson will
which will be about the 20th, and' succeed him in command
the combined forces expect to march
on Jefferson City. This information
is believed to be entirely reliable
Wilson's Zonaves •ttaoked.
BALTIMOPE, October l'2!—The Nor
folk Day Book, received this morning,
contains a despatch from New Or
leans, giving an account of a surprise
and attack made on Wilson's Zou
aves, at Santa Rosa Island, on the
Sth instant. Detachments from sev
eral Mississippi, Lousiana and Ala
bama regiments landed in the night,
drove in the pickets and had a fierce
battle. The Zouaves are credited
with havin ,, tbn(dit with great brave
ry, and the rebels admit a • loss of
fort . ) killed and about flouhle that
number wounded. They claim to
have spiked the guns of the Zonaves
and destroyed all their camp equip
age. They claim to have committed
great slaughter among the Zouaves,
but gave no numbers of the killed.—
They also carried off several prison
ers.
No Immediate Fight in Prospect.
The excitement was high on Thurs
day, telegraphs Col. Forney, under
the impression that General McClel
lan was about to commence an ex
tensive engagement with the rebels.
It was increased during the evening
by rumors brought in that a battle
was in progress. All this, however,
was without any foundation in truth.
It is not part of General McClellan's
plan to inaugurate a general engage
ment. He will advance steadily up
on the enemy, as he has been doing
since the afternoon of Saturday.
September 28, and will so arrange
his forces as to be able to hold and
defend each foot of territory recover
ed from the enemy. Gen. McClellan
has given himselfiew hours for rest
during the last ten days. He returns
to his headquarters, in the city, at
ten o'clock at night. Several hours
are then devoted to the telegraph
correspondence with the army, to in
structions to his staff oth•ers, and to
correspondence. Ii than snatches a
few hours sleep, but is again in the
saddle at an early hour in the morn
ing. He is ably assisted by his staff,
who have relieved him to a great ex
tent from personal inspection of troops
at the general reviews.
Decision on Prizes Taken.
In the U. S. District Court, Judge
Betts has rendered his decision in the
eases of the prize barks Hiawatha,
Pioneer and nine other vessels, seiz
ed by the blockading squadron.—
This decision disposes of the great
questions of law upon which all cases
in the Prize Courts must depend, and
hereafter these cases will be settled
with summary celerity. All vessels
and cargoes condemned will be sold
at auction, the proceeds of which
will be reported to the Prize Com
missioners. The council for the cap
tors will then hand in the name of
the vessel that made the capture,
and the name of each of her crew.—
The Commissioners will next make
final report of the proceeds, after
which the Court will enter a decree
distributing the money among the
captors.
By the above decision, eleven
vessels have been condemned, which,
with the confiscated cargoes, will
yield nearly a quarter of a million of
dollars.
California News.
A new directory of San Francisco,
under the supervision of parties re
garded as undoubted authority in
local and statistical matters, carefully
canvasses the basis for esti mating
the present population of the city at
83,223, composed of 40,000 white
males, 37,000 white females, 3,000
Chinese, and 2,000 colored. Consid
ering that the city polled 11,125
votes at the recent election, the es
timate of the directory appears not
too high. The same authority states
that 1,013 wooden buildings were
erected in San Francisco during the
year ending with August, being one
eight of all the buildings the city con
tains. It is the general remark from
ascertained facts that San Francisco
was never so prosperous as at
presen t.
Gold discoveries have been made
in a tributary of Salmon river, and a
large party had left the South Fork
for the mines.
New Road to the Pacific.
A dispatch from Atchison, Kansas,
Sept 27, says :—Major Bridger, guide
to the surveying party through the
mountains, arrived here last night,
and reports that the route from Den
ver West to Salt Lake is a perfectly
feasible one, and will shorten the dis
tance from 200 to 250 miles and also
the route from this city to Denver
can be shortened 130 miles and greatly
improved, changing the road down
to the north bank of the Republican
Forks.
As Atchison is now the eastern
terminus of the overland mail, and
not St. Joseph, as formerly, all let
ters intended to go by Pony Express
should be sent here. The coaches
arrive and depart regularly.
Battle in New Mexico.
ST. Louis, October 12.—The cor
respondence of the St. Louis "Re
publican," from Santa Fe, New Mex
ico, September 22d, states that New
Mexico is still free from invasion by
Texans. On the 13th . instant, at
Fort Fountleray, forty Navejous
made an attack on that post and
were repulsed, with a loss of twenty
killed and forty-four wounded and
so me taken prisoners. The troops
in the fort had but ape man
wounded. A
The Goveaor's call for the enroll
ment of all &ales between the ages of
Quakes at the South.
The comparatively conservative
character of North Carolina, wedged
in, as she is, between disunion States,
has long been remarked, and is un
questionably attributable to the
large Quaker element still retained
among her people, Recent events,
however, have well-nigh overpowered
this element, in consequence of which
many members of the Society of
Friends are preparing to leave the
State. In fact, many of them have
already gone. The latter express
their conviction that their mission
as a religious people among slave
holders has ceased—that the door of
their further usefulness has closed,
and that the time for them to retire
has come. From South Carolina
they have long since entirely disap
peared for the same cause ; and from
Tennessee, where they have now but
three yearly meetings, they are also
said to be rapidly removing.—Phila
delphia Press.
The British Steamer Bermuda.
The steamer Bermuda, which recently
escaped the blockade and got into Savan
nah with a valuable cargo, was purchased
in England by the Confederate Govern
ment, on the condition of her delivery in
the port of Savannah. Immediately after
a storm which compelled the blockading
fleet to move out to sea, she ran into port.
The Bermuda is an iron clad vessel, and of
about 1,500 tons burden. She sailed from
Liverpool on the 28th of August, and ar
rived at Savannah on the 16th of Septem
ber, being twenty-nine days on the pas
sage. Her cargo consisted of 18 rifled
cannon, 32s and 425, and two 168 pound
Lancaster guns, with all the necessary
carriages and equipments, powder, shot
and shell, all ready for immediate use.—
Also, 6,500 Enfield rifles, between 200,000
and 300,000 cartridges for the same, 6,000
pairs of army shoes, 20,000 blankets, 180
barrels of gunpowder, large quantity of
morphine. quinine and other medicine
stores, and very many other articles of
more than money value to the rebel army.
Her caio cost at Liverpool $1,000,000
each. Her armament was two 12-pounder
rifled guns. one on each side. She is now
fitting out, at Savannah, for active ser
vice, and it is to be employed in cruising
for returning California steamers. The
mate of the Bermuda informed the gentle
man who gives the above information, that
two more iron-clad steam frigates are ex
pected from England on the Southern
coast by the 15th ofOctober.
Paducah in Danger
Exciting times are apprehended at
Paducah, Kentucky. It is reported
torts- thousand rebels, under J ohnston
are advancing towards that place.—
Our troops are preparing fin. their
reception, and women and children
are being removed from the place in
anticipation of a severe struggle.
"Ain aiAt friss,llts.
THE SOLDIER'S GR AVE.—The War
Department has, with wise fore
thought, issued a series of regula
tions for military burials. and the
registration of deceased soldiers and
theirgraves, showing date and place
of burial, transfers of corps, and oth
er records. so as to enable friends to
find the graves of their dead loved
ones. Each grave is to have its num
ber, in the order of interment, dis
tinctly indicated upon a head sign of
cedar, or some other enduring wood,
the name of deceased, date of death,
and his company or regimental corps
initials being engraved thereon.—
These various records are to be pre
served in the Surgeon-General's
office in Washington, and are to be
forever open for the .inspection of
friends of the deceased. There is a
deep pathos in the soldier's grave far
away from home—tombs in the bat
tle field, overgrown with grasses and
flowers ! And those left behind will
find consolation in the fact that the
tenderest humanities are to be ob
served toward the graves of their
loved ones.
DEATH OF SENATOR BINGHAM.—Hon.
KINGSLY S. BINGHAM, U. S. Senator
from Michigan, died of appoplexy, at
his residence, at GAen Oak, on Sat
urday. He was born in Camillas,
Onondaga county, New York, De
cember 16, 18!)8. He received a fair
academic education, and was early
placed in the office of a lawyer as
clerk, where he served throe years.
In 1833 he emigrated to Michigan
and settled upon a farm. Elected
in 1837 to the Michigan Legislature,
he served five_years as a member of
that body. He afterwards served
three years as a speaker of the same
body. He was a Representative in
Congress from Michigan from 1849
to 1851, and served during that term
on the Committee of Commerce. In
1854 he was elected Governor of the
State, and held that position till 1859,
when he was elected to the United
States Senate. i "An extraordinary cabinet meeting
THE CHOLERA IN INDIA.—The most was held last evening, from 71< till 1 V
distressing accounts from Northern o'clock '
at which Generals McClellan
India have been received in London, and Mc Dowell were present. Gen.
by the overland mail. That terrib
McClellan stated his plans in detail,
le
and he has, by consent of all parties,
scourge, the Asiatic cholera, has again
assumed, not only nominally, but act
broken out, and carried off a large
uay, the entire control of the arm
number of its victims.. In one place ll
of the Potomac. He will consult anti
sixteen were attacked in the morning ..
-listen to the opinions and advice of
and of that number only one was Gen. Scott. and other authorities, but
alive in the evening of the same day.
The physicians account for the
i pres
n the he must be henceforth left entirely to
ent appearance of the cholera
his own judgment and decision. Na
iu polean-like he hears the opinions of
been cut off by the summer r
failure of the summer crops,. havin ns, and
others, but forms his own conclusions,
the famine which had prevailed for
and acts upon them. He asks this,
,
and it is conceded cordially to him. To
some months. him, therefore, ' , must hence be credited
The University of Mississippi is about , the success, or charged the defeat of
to be domed for the want of patronage . our arms. '
'Mavis° tuna *mtgs.—Quite • a
procession of farmer's wagons, loaded
with house-hold godds and other
.moveable property, as well as women
and . 6hildren, passed through Quincy,
Illinois, the other day, East from Mis
souri. The partial lull in the reign
of terror, in the Northeast Missouri
since Mart. Green's departure, is
being employed by many Union Men
to get their families out of the State,
before a new reverse shall send him
back. Some wagons are drawn by
four or five yoke of cattle, and some
of the men declare their intention to
go bac:k and fight for the Union.
when their families are safe.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A LAWYER. -
Daniel McLaughlin, aged fifty-five
years, a member of the Philadelphia
bar, was killed on Friday, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. near the Av
enue Drove Yard. Lie was walking
down the track from his residence,
at lluntonville. and was overtaken
by the down train from West Chester.
The engineer saw him, and supposed
he would step off when he heard the
whistle of the locomotive ; but not
doing so, it was too late too stop the
train, and he was struck and instant
ly killed.
SHOCKING RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-
The fast line coming West on Friday
afternoon ran over and instantly
killed a little girl aged three years.
daughter of Mrs. Hopkins, vv bile
playing on the track at Kinzer's sta
tion. The child, horribly mutilated.
was picked up by its mother. The
engineer saw the child too late to
check the speed of the locomotive.
but he blew the whistle as an alarm.
The train was detained for a short
time.—Pitts. Post.
A LADY KILLS A RATTLE SNAKE.-
On last Friday a young lady in the
household of John Hermel, Esq., of
East Bethlehem, Washington county.
encountered an enormus reptile near
her residence. The heroic girl. in
stead of running, as many would have
done, gave battle, and soon vanquish
ed the loatnsome symbol of Confed
erate treason. Upon examination it
was found to be a rattle snake, forty
three Liches long, and bearing eleven
rattles.
A new illustration of the fiend
ish character of the traitors now in
arms against the Government is fur
nished by the fact that at Falls
Church, the other day, when they
retreated. they poisoned the meat
with strychnine, in order to entrap
the Federal tro Ts who drove them
out. Fortunately, our soldiers were
too wise to be victimized by this
wicked scheme.
HENRY S. .111.A.onAw, EsQ.—This
gentleman. lately released from ar
rest at Richmond. Va., has met with
a most cordial reception since his re
turn to his home in Lanewster, Pa.—
large number of citizens called to
pay their respects to him, and on
Friday evening he was serenaded by
the Fencibles' Band at his resi
dence
Se - During the unlucky hunting
tour of the London "Times" corres
pondent he was welcomed in the fol
lowing terms by an old farmer near
Racine., Wis: "We are glad to see
you, Mr. Russell. Hope you will
find lots of game. You can have all
the game you want, but you must
not make game of the American
eagle out here."
SLAVE TRADE.—African slavers have
discovered a new way of reaching
Cuba with their cargoes. A te - 4‘v
weeks since six hundred negroes
were landed on Augulia Island, one
of the Bahamas, the ship burned to
escape detection, and the cargo for
warded to Cuba, in two trips, by a
schooner.
se-James B. Clay has been releas
ed from custedy and returned to his
home in Ashland, Kentucky. He
gave hail for his appearance before
the United States Court, to answer
the charge of treason.
IT is stated as a fact that an Indiana
clergyman, during his prayer on the
late fast day, used the following lan
guage: "Oh, Lord, had the East done
as well as the Hoosier State in furnish
ing men to put down this rebellion,
we would not be under the necessity
of calling on Thee."
Col Mulligan has been joined
by his wife and child, and the three
have been carried southwardly by
Price's army.
I=lll=Ml
More Infantry for McClellan.
The Cincinnati Commercial says
that if Gen. McClellan had been giv
en the opportunity of winning a great
battle on Saturday, as seemed proba
ble for a time that day, it happens
that a very young lady of that city
might have mentioned in after times
that she was born on the day of her
father's great victory. This very
young lady and her mother are said
to be doing as well as could be ex
pected.
GEN. MCCLELLAN VIRTUALLY IN
SUPPEME COMMAND. - 4 ‘ Occasional"
makes the following important state
ment, relative to the generalship of
the army of the Potomac, in his letter
to the Philadelphia Press of the 11th
Federal Blockading Fleet Attacked--Be- Beptei B itt,le at arpor's Perry--Rebel
ported homes of the Confederates--The j Oannon Ca tare
WE
Preble Reported Sunk and the Fleet BALTTMO, Octoberassen-
Grounded gers fri m Harper's Ferry states that
BALTIMORE, October 15.—The Nor- there Ark a , quite a battle yesterday,
folk Examiner of Monday, received near that place, between two regi,
by flag of truce, contains a dispatch ; ments of Mississippi and Alabama
from New Orleans, dated the 12th, troops, and the Wisconsin First and
stating that a naval engagement had some Massachusetts companies.—
taken place at the head of the passes While cannonading was going on
on the night of the 11th, lasting one across the river, Col. Geary crossed
hour and afterwards renewed. It with a force, stormed the battery,
also contained the following dis- ' and succeeded in capturing one 32-
patch : pounder, which he brought across the
FORT JACKSON, October 12.—Last river into camp. A considerable
night I attacked the blockaders with .number was killed and wounded On
my little fleet. I succeeded, after a I both sides. The capture of the can
very short struggle, in driving them non is confirmed by a dispatch from
all around on the southeast pass bar Gen. Banks.
except the Preble. which 1 sunk. I
captured a prize from them, and af
ter they were fast in the sand I pep
pered them well. There were no
casualities on our side. It was a com
plete success.
[Signed] lIor.LINs.
NEW ORLEANS, October 13.—The
fierce of the Federal fleet was forty
guns and nearly one thousand men,
while the little Confederate mosquito
fleet was sixteen .tins and three
hundred men. It i . s reported that
our iron steamer sunk the Preble
with her iron prow. Commander
lli dins arrived here last night. The
names of ei!liteen wounded Confed
erates. in the engagement at Santa
Rosa, were also given
Running the Blockade--The Attack on the
Fleet at New Orleans Partly Cod:blued.
ezc.
BALTIMORE. October 15.—The Rich
mond papers state that the steamer
Nashville ran the Llech.ll,le from
Charleston On the 12th inst., with Sen
ator Mason as minister to England,
and John Slidell as minister to France,
with their suit( s, who are now- on the
0 •ts a n
The Pensacola papers give a list
of the seventeen wounded, from the
Santa 'Rosa fight, at the hospital,
inelud;n. , Bossall of' the 3d regi
•
merit United States Artillery, and
James llaUington, of the, _New York
Ist Artillery.
Another dispatch from New Or
leans expresses the belief that suffi
cient forces can he crganized to cap
ture the whole fleet in its present disa
bled condition. The rebel fleet was in
command of Commodore Hollins.
From Missouri.
ROLLA. Mo., Oct. 14—The report
brought here a day or two ago. that
a battle took place on the 27th ult..
b e tween a body of Kansas troops,
under Montgomery and Jennison.
and the advance guard of McCulloch's
army and some State Guards, under
judge Chenault, is confirmed by
parties just arriving from Springticld.
The battle commenced near Shang
hai, in Barton county. and the r , :diels
were driven back with considerable
loss, and pursued some forty miles.—
Mon tnnicry then fell ha , on Green
field.
Ureat alarm was felt in Springfield
lest Montgomery should attack that
place, and the troops there bad rested
on their arms several nidits.
Montgomery is said to have had
three thousand men, and the rebels
twenty-four hundred.
This statement can hardly he re
lied upon, as we have had no previous
advices that such a force of Kansas
troops was in that vicinity.
A band of three hundred maraud
ing rebels is encamped at Wilson's
Mill, on Bryant's fork of the White
river.
Difficulty between Lane and Sturgis.
We find in the Chicago papers
some interesting and important news
from Kansas City. On the 6th of
October Lane and Sturgis were still
there, the former with three thous
and and the latter with four thous
and men. A serious misunderstand
ing existed between the two Gener
als, owing, it is asserted, to General
Sturgis' unfortunate habits. The
whole circumstance is greatly to be
deplored, as General Sturgis has
proved himself on more than one oc
casion to be an excellent and most
valuable officer. We learn, however,
that the difficulty had proceeded so
far that Lane positively refused to
obey the orders of Sturgis, though
the latter was his superior in rank.—
It is asserted that Lane is about to
make charges against Sturgis. The
whole affair will doubtless be settled
by General Fremont. Through the
same source we receive additional
particulars touching the expedition
to Osceola. The enemy, it seems,
fled and left the inhabitants to con
tinue the fight. Lane burnt the town,
and with it a large quantity of rebel
stores. He freed also some two huu
dred slaves as a retribution against
the owners. Though Gen. Lane's'
army resembles very much an army
of "tree companions" of olden times,
it is very generally believed out West
that if they were properly furnished
with arms and means, they would
soon pacify Western Ifitisouri.
Latest from fortress Monroe.
FORTRESS MONROE VIA BALTIKORE,
Oct. 15th.—The steamer Spaulding
returned from Hatteras Inlet this
morning, bringing up. Gen. Mansfield,
who has to-day taken command at
Camp Hamilton. The entire loss of
the Twentieth Indiana Regiment in
its recent retreat was forty-seven.--
No changes have taken place at the
Inlet during the last four days.—
Eleven contrabands came over last
night from Se-well's Point. They
say there are four hundred troops at
the Point, and a large number this
side of Norfolk. Lieutenant Murray,
of the gun boat Louisiana, two or
three days since, found a rebel ves
sel in a narrow opening this side of
Oregon Inlet, fitting out as a pirate.
He took possession and burned the
vessel. The rebels were in force in
the vicinity.
pss.The abandonment of Ship Island,
between Mobile and New Orleans, by the
rebels and its occupation by the federals
is confirmed.
ME=M=IM
The Rumor from New Orleans;
The dispatches from New Orleans;
says the New York "Post" of last
evening, states that our fleet was
driven on shore and "peppered" "on
the Southwest Pass bar." Now the
Southwest Pass, and every other pass
of the Mississippi, has been made im
passable to Mr. Dolling and his mus
quito fleet by a fort which our troops
have within four weeks past built at
that point of the river, where it first
divides itself to form the Delta.—
This fort, we are able to state on per
fectly trustworthy authority (that
of Mr. G. W. Blunt; who knows our
whole coast as well as he does Broad
way or Wall streets,) was completed
before the day on which Hollins dates
his action; and whatever he did he
must have accomplished above and
not below it. It seems reasonably
certain, therefore, that he did not
drive our vessels ashore in the South
west Pass, which he could not enter,
and we may expect to hear, when
our own reports come to hand, that
Hollins' dispatch is one of Fallstaff's
monstrous exaggerations, with per
haps the grain of truth that he ex
changed shots at a safe distance with
some of the small ships we have on
the Mist,,issippi
Another Account of the Battle
BALTIMORE, October 17.—Gentle
men from near Harper's Ferry fur
nish particulars of the fight be
tween six companies, consisting of
parts of the Twenty-Eighth Pennsyl
vania, Third Wisconsin, and Thir
teenth Massachusetts Regiments, un- 1
der command of Colonel John W.
Geary and three thousand rebels.— I
Fariv yc-•:erday morning the rebels
sh6,vi , ..i themselves on Bolivar
Heights, at Harper's Ferry, and com
menced the attack with artillery
upon those companies, under Major
J. P. Gould, stationed on the North
side of the Potomac. A constant .
tire was kept up for some hours, when
three companies of the Third Wis
consin regiment crossed, formed into
line, and drove the enemy back, and .
succeeded in capturing one of their
heavy guns, but they were, however,
compelled to retreat back in good
order to the river, where they were
reinforced by three other companies.
l i tey then. with Col. Geary at their
head, marched upon the enemy,-and
after hard fighting drove them from •
their position and recaptured the
gun, a 32-pounder columbiad. Our
tOrces had but three pieces of artil
lery, and these were fired from this
side of the river until the enemy re
treated. The enemy had seven
pieces of artillery and five hundred
cavalry together with infantry. The
enemy was completely routed and
driven back some three miles. Our
loss in killed and wounded is not
ever seven; that of the enemy is at
least one hundred and fifty. Col.
Ashley was at the bead of the enemy,
and is among the killed.
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The Reported Battle at Shanghai, Mo.
The following particulars of the fight at
Shanghai, Missouri, previously reported in
our despatches, are given by our corres
pondent of the St. Louis Democrat, who
writes from Rolla under date of October
12th :—"A man named Wm. Horn, from
Lawrence county, passed through this
place yesterday morning with his family,
for Illinois. He left home last Saturday.
He reports that a fight took place on Fri
day, the 27th ult., between the Uniob
force under Montgomery and Jennison,
Iland the advanced guard of Ben McCul
i loch's army and the State Guards under
Judge Chenault, who were marching
North, it is supposed to reinforce Price.—
The battle commenced near Shanghai, in
Barton county, about 8 o'clock on Friday
morning, when the rebels were driven
back with great slaughter and were pur
sued across Centre Creek. The next morn
ing the cannonading commenced at 10
o'clock, and the enemy continued to re
treat until they were driven from thirty
five to forty miles from the point where
the fight first commenced. I did not. have
an opportunity of conversing with this in
formant, but his father-in-law is in camp,
and is a guaranty for there liability of what
ever statement Horn may make. He
gave the name of one of his secesh neigh
bors, who was brought in badly wounded,
and said that they were badly whipped.—
We have no particulars of the numbers
engaged or the amount killed and wound
ed. It is stated that the Kansas men num
bered 3,000, and the numbers on the reb€l
side figured up 2,400, as follows : 1,100 . 0 f
McCulloch's men, 800 under Judge Chen
ault, and 500 State Guards. The intelli
gence has a cheerful significance on an
other account at this time. It shows that
a force flushed with victory is operating
between the advance of Price's army and
his place of refuge, ready to check his
flight and dispute his retreat.
POOR SAN.—Sam Houston has written *
letter to the Richmond Enquirer, declar
ing his full sympathy with the rebellion.—
He says that he opposed Secession until
Texas voted herself out of the Union, but
that since that. time he has
obeyed the
will of his constituents, and has "perform
ed all the stets of a dutiful and a loyal cit
izen of the Southern Confederacy." „Paseo
influence, however, has departed.
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