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Six hundred cavalry horses are wanted for the army in this 



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Field works are being constructed in the vicinity of Newport 

 id Covington, Ky. 



At Marlinsburg there was a slight skirmish, in which the Fed- 

 als were successful. 



On Monday, Sept. 1st, Pope's army commenced retiring toward 

 lirfax Court House. 



Lexington, Ky., has been abandoned by the Union forces, and 

 cupied by 6,000 rebels under Kirby Smith. 



Baton Rouge was said to have been destroyed by our forces. 

 has been evacuated, but, it is now said, left uninjured. 



The clerks of the Departments at Washington have gone out 

 nurses. They volunteered with the utmost enthusiasm. 



The recent Union victories in Maryland have reduced the pre- 

 ium on gold to 3 to 6 per cent. It is now (September 18) 

 6. 



It is thought that our loss in the first battles of the second Bull 

 tin series has been exaggerated — that it does not exceed five 

 ousand. 



There was a fight at Bolivar, Tenn., on Aug. 25th. Col. Ward 

 tacded 3,000 rebels and completely routed them. Our loss was 

 le killed. 



The attack of the Indians upon Fort Eidgely. and the massacre 

 the people in the surrounding villages, revives the horrors of 

 le old wars. 



The rebels are again threatening Cincinnati. They drove in 

 lr pickets, September 16, two and a half miles this side of 

 lorence, Ky. 



Gen. Butler has issued an order admitting the free colored 

 ilitia of Louisiaua, who choose to volunteer, on the same footing 

 itn the whites. 



All applications of persons desiring to act as nurses to the 

 winded, should be made to Mr. H. M. Pierce, at the Surgeon- 

 general's office. 



Confidence is being restored in Minnesota, as so many troops 

 ave been sent out. It is anticipated that the Indians will be 

 atlrely subdued. 



The gunboat Ottawa captured an English steamer off Charles- 

 m. She was loaded with saltpetre, ammunition and arms, and 

 I valued at $250,000. 



The fight at Eichmond, Ky., was a most gallant one on our 

 ide. The rebels had about fifteen thousand men. Gen. Nelson 

 r&a slightly wounded. 



A corresponiient of the World says that a General told him 

 hat the only reason our troops fell back was that they were out 

 if att munition and food. 



Gen. Pope has resigned his command, and it is said that he 

 ntends to make charges against Gens. Sumner and Fitz John 

 Ported , and other officers. 



Our losses in the late fights have been large in officers. Gen. 

 £ea t .ney, one of the ablest in the field, was killed it is supposed 

 iy the wind of a cannon ball. 



Hole-in-the-Day, the great Chippewa chief, is said to be in 

 jommand of the Indians in Minnesota. He is supposed to be 

 under the influence of the secessionists. 



August 25th an attack on Fort Donelson was made by the 

 rebels under Col. "Woodward, the same who took Clarkesville, 

 but they were repulsed with some loss. 



Hon. J. B. Cleveland writes that in th3 village of New U)m, 

 which was destroyed by the Indians, he saw eight men lying 

 together with their throats cut from ear to ear. 



It is asserted, on secession authority, that the rebel General 

 Bragg's forces have gone to Western Virginia and will soon 

 make their appearance on the Kanawha river. 



Harper's FKRRYand 6,000 or 8,000 of our troops were given up 

 to an overwhelming force of rebels September 15. With this ex- 

 ception the news is of the most cheering character. 



When Centerville was again evacuated by our troops, the re- 

 treat was so like Bull Eun that only the fixed bayonets of th« men 

 within the entrenchments saved us from another panic. 



Shoes are at a premium in rebeldom. A lady writing from 

 there says that her children are barefooted. She succeeded in 

 getting some leather, but could find no one to make it up. 



August 26th Hooker's division, with a brigade of Kearney's 

 under Robinson, attacked Jackson, after his success at Manas- 

 sas, at Bristow, and succeeded in driving him from the field. 



The rebels were repulsed all day on Friday, August 29th, until 

 they attacked McDowell's corps, when he fell back without 

 fighting and left sixteen guns exposed— thirteen were taken. 



A great battle was fought on Sunday, September 14, near Mid- 

 dletown, Md., and resulted in a glorious Federal victory. The 

 rebels are retreating to Virginia, with McCleklan in hot pur- 

 suit. 



The ladies at Warrenton welcomed the rebels on their return 

 from Catlett's Station most enthusiastically, embracing them, and 

 their patriotism even overflowed in kisses. They decorated 

 Pope's horse with ribbons. 



The New York World things that the rebels would not take 

 ten millions of dollars for their spoils at Catlett's Station. It being 

 Pope's headquarters, his private papers, horses, uniform ami tent 

 equipage were among the trophies. 



The Provost-Marshal took down the bulletins put up by the 

 various papers in New York, because a crowd collected around 

 them and there seemed to be quite an exci;ement. The World 

 makes a strong protest against the act. 



A Pole, who was in a Georgia regiment, and is one of our 

 prisoners, was taken with nineteen of his men, and was the only 

 one of the party who had shoes. The privates had their feet 

 bound up with rags, which were blood-clotted. 



EiGnT car-loads of hospital stores and supplies, which were 

 contributed by the citizens of Boston on the Sunday after the bat- 

 tles at Centerville, were forwarded by Adams' Expre.-s Company 

 and delivered at Washington free of charges for freight. 



On rebel authority we have the following : Three hundred and 

 sixty Union men, from Pierpont's dominions, joined Gen. Lo- 

 sing a few days since, and our intelligence is that these deluded 

 men now see the error of their ways and are daily flocking in 

 crowds to our standard. 



An attack was made on Manassas by the rebels August 26th, in 

 which they succeeded in taking an entire battery of eight guns, 

 a large amouDt of stores and two locomotives. It was at firs t 

 supposed to be but a raid, but it was soon known to be the ad- 

 vauce of the entire Army of Virginia. 



A dispatch to Sec. Welles, dated Cairo, August 24th, says 

 that the rebel transport, Fair-play, was captured, containing 1200 

 new Enfield rifles, 4000 new muskets with accoutrements com- 

 plete, a large quantity of fixed ammunition, four field guns 

 mounted howitzers, and some small arms. 



The Eichmond Dispatch says that anything less than armed 

 intervention by several of the leading powers of Europe, will do 

 their cause any good ; that an alliance with France or England 

 would only exasperate the North, and adds that no one power in 

 Europe can successfully invade the North. 



