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no less than 2823 officers and men, making in all 
four full regiments, all of which are yet in the field, 
doing active and efficient service. Thus, notwith¬ 
standing the refusal of disloyal Governors to respond, 
the Government, instead of having been furnished 
with only the number of troops called for under 
vour proclamation of the 16th April last, has received, 
and has now in service, under that call, in round 
numbers, at least eighty thousand. 
and taken into the service. The steamers Pawnee referred to in the President's Message, including the 
and Pocahontas, and the flotilla under the late Com- suspension of the habeas corpus, was received and re- 
mander Ward, with several steamboats in charge of ferre( i to the Judiciary Committee. 
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NEWS DEPARTMENT. 
“ Ur! up with the Stars and the Stripes, and go forth 
To save our great Union, brave men of the North! 
Nor reBt till the Star-Spangled Banner yc see 
Triumphantly float from the Palmetto tree!" 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JULY 20, 1861. 
naval officers, have been employed on the Potomac 
river, lo prevent communication with that portion 
of Virginia which Is In insurrection. Great service 
has been rendered by this armed force, which lias 
been vigilant in intercepting supplies, and in pro¬ 
tecting transports and supply vessels in their passage 
On motion of Mr. Cox, of Ohio, it was resolved 
that the President of the United States, at the begin¬ 
ning of the next session of Congress, or at this ses- 
to shoot them, to which McCullough would notagree 
There bad been no second battle. Preparations were 
being made for a movement. 
Movements In Virginia. 
Prominent among the transactions of the past 
i 
Under vour second proclamation, of the. 4th May up and down the Potomac. 
i«vt culline for volunteers to serve during the war, i The squadron in the Pacific, nnder the command 
1 . . .A . ! 4 . aV.: rn.rt. VI *» rr. t . IK ne.r .Tnhn T-C ftTit rrnTTlPrV. COTlMlstH fit III* 
sion, if compatible with the public service, commu- wee ^ wftg the battle of Lanrel Hill, where the rebels 
_ i ..aIa 41,:.- Ua..aa .a 11 __j_ _:ai_ *1.. 
there have been accepted, up to this date. 208 regi¬ 
ments. A number of other regiments have been 
accepted, but on condition of being ready to be 
mustered into the service within a specified time, 
the limitation of which bus, in some instances, not 
expired. It Is not possible to state how many of 
these may he ready before the meeting of Congress. 
Of th»i regiments »»ll are ir f/iritry and rifle* 
men, with the exception of two hsttaliona of artillery 
and four regiments of cavalry. A number of regi¬ 
ments mustered ns infantry, have, however, attached 
to them one or more artillery companies, and there 
are also some regiments partly made up of companies 
of cavalry. Of the 208 regiments accepted for three 
ypars, there are now 163 in active Berviee; and the 
remaining 5.'. are mostly ready, and all of them will 
he in the field within the next twenty days. 
Total force now in the field may be computed as 
follows: 
Regulars and volunteers for three months and forthe 
“war... .-. 235,000 
Add lo this fifty-five regiment* of volunteers for the 
war. accepted and not yet in service.50,000 
Add new regiments of regular army.25.000 
nicate to this House all the correspondence with the 
English, Trench, Spanish, and other Governments, 
with reference to the rights of blockade, privateering 
of Flag-officer John R. Montgomery, consists of six with reference to the rights of blockade, privateerini 
' The^vif “iiTonder the command of and rcco 8 Ililion of lbe so-called Confederate State. 
Flag-officer G. J- Pendergast, who ha* been tempora¬ 
rily on duty with his flag-ship, the Cumberland, at 
Norfolk and Hampton Roads, since the 23d of March. 
He will, at an early day, transfer his flag to the 
steam frigate Roanoke, and proceed southward, 
having in charge our interest® on the Mexican and 
Central American coasts, and in the West India 
island®. 
The East. Tndla, Mediterranean, Brazil and African 
squadrons, excepting one vessel of each of the two 
latter, have been recalled. 
The return of these vessels will add to the force 
for service in the Gulf and on the Atlantic coast 
about 200 guns and 2,500 men. 
Since lhe 4th of March two hundred and fifty-nine 
of America. 
On motion of Mr. Conklin it was resolved that a 
committee of seven be appointed by the Speaker to 
report to this House in what manner and to what 
extent the United States Government expenditure 
may he reduced, and what offices may he dispensed 
with. 
A message was received from the President. He 
approved of the hill for the payment of the militia 
and volunteers called into service up to the 30th 
June last. 
Mr. Hickman, of Pa., presented a memorial from 
THE WAR’S PROGRESS. 
JF'AC'US, SCKNKS, INCIDENTS, NTO. 
Itcporls of the Secretaries. 
Oitk space is so limited that we can publish only 
abstracts of those Reports which possess peculiar 
interest at the present juncture,—emanating from 
the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments. We 
have endeavored, however, to give the material facts 
contained by each: 
Tricascry.—S ecretary Chase says:—A vast con 
spiracy against the Union of the United Slates, and 
the very existence of the National Government, 
which has been gathering strength, and prepanng 
hostilities in secret for many years, has at length 
broken out into flagrant violence, and has assumed 
proportions so serious, that an extraordinary exer¬ 
tion of the public force, creating extraordinary de¬ 
mands upon the public resources, is required for its 
speedy and complete discomfiture and suppression. 
In the judgment of the Secretary the clearest under¬ 
standing of the actual condition of the public finan¬ 
ces, and of the measures demanded by its exigencies, 
will be obtained by considering the whole subject 
under the following general heads: 
First—The balance arising from the receipt and 
expenditures of the fiscal year, 1801, ending on the 
30th of June. 
Two—The demands upon the Treasury, arising 
under existing appropriations, and created by the 
new year, 1802, exigencies for which provision Is to 
be made during the fiscal year. 
Three—The best way of providing for these de¬ 
mands, and the means available for that, purpose. 
As to the first and second branches, the Secretary 
shows an aggregate of appropriations already made 
of seventv-nimillion nowo» hizntiicd au 4 ton thou¬ 
sand eight hundred and seventy dollars and eight 
cents, lie proceeds: 
The additional estimates herewith submitted for 
the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1861, 
including the deficiency caused hy the application 
of $6,208,850.01! to the service of the preceding year, 
will require additional appropriations. For civil 
list, foreign intercourse, and miscellaneous objects. 
$831,406.00; forthe Interior Department, $431,626.75; 
for the War Department, $186,296,307.10; for the 
Navy Department, $30,609,520.20; in the aggregate 
$217,168,850 15. In addition to these demands upon 
the treasury, it will he neoesRary to provide for the 
redemption of the treasury notes due and maturing, 
to the amount of $12,639,861.64, and for the payment 
of the inter Ht on the public debt, to be created du¬ 
ring the year, which, computed for the average of 
the six months, may he estimated at $9,000,000. 
After further figuring, the Secretary says the whole 
amount required for the fiscal year of 1862 may 
therefore In*, stated at $318,519,581.87. 
On the third branch—viz., the Ways and Means— 
the Secretary says:—To provide the large sums re¬ 
quired for ordinary expenditure and by lhe existing 
emergency, it. is quite apparent duties on imports, 
the chief resources for ordinary disbursements, will 
not be adequate. 
The deli»'ienry of revenue, whether from imports 
or other sources, must necessarily be supplied from 
loans, and the problem to he solved is that of so 
proportioning the former to the latter, and so adjust¬ 
ing the details of both, that the whole amount needed 
may be obtained with certainty, with due economy, 
with the least possible inconvenience, and with the 
greatest possible incidental benefit to the people. 
The Secretary has given to this important subject 
the host, consideration which the urgency of his 
varied public duties lias allowed, and now suhmits to 
the consideration of Congress, with groat deference 
and no little distrust of his own judgment, the con¬ 
clusions to which lie has arrived. He is of the 
opinion that $80,000,000 should be provided by taxa¬ 
tion, and that 8240,00(1,000 should be sought through 
loans. It will hardly he disputed that in every sound 
system of finance, adequate provision by taxation 
forthe prompt diseharge of all ordinary demands, 
for the punctual payment of the Interest on loans, 
and for the creation of a gradually increasing fund 
for the redemption of the principal, is indispensable. 
Public credit cun only be created by public faith, 
and public faith can only be maintained by an eco¬ 
nomical, energetic and prudent administration of 
public affairs, and by the prompt and punctual ful¬ 
fillment of every public obligation. 
War.— Secretary Cameron observes:—The com¬ 
manding officers of the regiments in the volunteer 
service, both for the three months’ service ami for 
the war, have in many instances not yet furnished 
the department with the. muster rolls of their regi¬ 
ments. For the want of these returns, it is impossi¬ 
ble to present as accurate an enumeration of the 
volunteer force accepted and in the field, as could bo 
desired. Under the proclamation issued by you on 
the 16H) of April last, the Governors of different 
States were called upon to detach from the militia 
under their command a certain quota, to serve as 
infautry or riflemi-.it t,,r the period of three months, 
unless sooner discharged. The cull so made 
amounted in the aggregate to ninety-four regiments, 
making 73.301 officers and men. Of the 'fates 
called up m, the Governors of Virginia, North Caro¬ 
lina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Missouri 
peremptorily refused to comply with the require¬ 
ments made by the department. ' All the other States 
promptly furnished tlie number required of them, 
except Maryland, whose Governor, though manifest¬ 
ing entire readiness to comply, was preveutod from 
so doing by the onthreak at Baltimore. 
In the State of Virginia, Delaware and Missouri, 
notwithstanding the positive refusal of their execu¬ 
tive officers to co-operate with the Government, 
patriotic citizens voluntarily united tugetbe.r, ami 
organized regiments for the Govennueut service. 
Delaware and Virginia furnished each a regiment, 
both of which are on duty in the field. In a similar 
patriotic spirit, the loyal people of Missouri raised a 
force of 11,445 officer' and meu, making, in round 
number*, twelve organized regimeuts, to sustain the 
Government and put down rebellion in that State. 
And so, al6o, the citizens of the District of Colum¬ 
bia, emulating these honorable examples, furnished 
Total force now at command of (.overnineot. 3)0 non 
Deduct the three months’ volunteer* . - 80,000 
Force for servieo after the withdrawal of the three 
months’ men-- -- 230,000 
It will thus bo perceived that after the discharge 
of the three months troops, there will he still, an 
available force of volunteers amounting to 188,000, 
which, added to the regular army, will constitute a 
total force of 230,000 officers and men. It Will he 
for Congress to determine whether this army shall 
a^tliis time he increased by the addition of a still 
larger volunteer force. 
The extraordinary exigencies which have called 
this great army into being, have rendered necessary, 
also, a very considerable augmentation of the regular 
arm of the service. The demoralisation of the regu¬ 
lar army, caused by the treasonable conduct of many 
of its commanding officers, the distant posts at which 
the greater part of the troops were stationed, and 
the unexampled rapidity of the spread of the rebel¬ 
lion, convinced those high in command In the service, 
as well as this department, that an increase of the 
regular army was indispensable. The subject was 
accordingly brought to your attention, and, after 
careful examination, an increase was authorized by 
your proclamation issued on the 4tb of May last. 
Tills increase consists of one fegimentof cavalry, 
of twelve companies, numbering, in lhe maximum 
aggregate, 1,189 officers and men; one regiment of 
artillery, of twelve batteries, of six pieces each, 
numbering, in the maximum aggregate, 1,000 officers 
and men, nine regiments of infantry, each regiment 
containing three battalions ot eight companies each, 
numbering, in the maximum aggregate, 6,452 officers 
and men—making a maximum increase of infantry 
of 22,008 officers and men. 
In the enlistment of men to fill the additional rcg : - 
menls of the regular army, I would recommend that 
the term of enlistment be made three years, to cor¬ 
respond with the call of May 4th, for volunteers; 
and that to all who Bliall receive an honorable dis¬ 
charge at the close of their term of service, a bounty 
of one hundred dollars shall be given. 
officers or the Navy have resigned their commissions chas. S. Foster claiming his election as a Represen- 
or been dismissed from the service. This diminution ... . , . , „ „ 
Of officers, at a lime when the force was greatly tative from the first, district of North Carolina. Re- 
etilarged, and when the whole naval armament of ferred to the Committee on Elections. 
the country was put in requisition, liag compelled Mr . B„ rnett 0 f Ry., offered a resolution which was 
the department to send many of our public vessels ... ,,, ... „ , 
to sea without a foil complement of officers. To Copied, calling on the Secretary of War to furnish 
some extent thi- deficiency has been supplied by the several reports made from Gen. Harvey, lately 
gentlemen formerly conflicted with the Navy, who connected with the forces in Missouri. 
hud retired to civil pursuits in peaceable time, hut __ . , .. ... , Tr . . __ ,. 
who, in the spirit of true patriotism, came promptly U was amended on motion of Mr. Washburoe, of 
forward in the hour of their country’s peril and Me., by adding the words, “if consistent with the 
made voluntary tender of their services to sustain public interests.’’ 
the flag and the country, -— 
Congress — Efctrn Session. 
Senate.— Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee 
on Finance, reported the House bill, for the payment 
of the militia and volunteers, with an amendment, 
making an appropriation of five and three quarter 
millions of dollars. The amendment was agreed to, 
and the hill passed. 
Mr. Clark, of N. H., called up the resolution offered 
yesterday, in regard to the expulsion of Mason, Hun¬ 
ter, Clingmun, Bragg, Chestnut, Nicholson, Sebastian, 
Mitchell, Hemphill, and Wigfall, being those Sena¬ 
tors who had not made their appearance, and who 
vacated their seats at the last session. 
Mr. Latham, of Cal,, said lie should not vote for 
expulsion. He would vote to have the names stricken 
from the roll, find their seats declared vacant. He 
knew that, one of these Senators was not In favor of 
secession, but he thought be had no right to remain 
in his seat after the return of his State. He moved 
to strike out the word expelled. The amendment of 
Mr. Latham was disagreed to. Ayes, 11; nay, 32. 
The resolution was then passed; ayes, 32; nays, 11. 
Mr. Johuson, of Tenn., presented the credentials 
of the Senators elect in Virginia — W. B. Wiley In 
place of Mr. Mason, and J. S. Carlisle in place of Mr. 
Hunter. Mr. Johuson said that he looked upon it as 
a favorable omen for the return of the old Dominion 
The Western War Department. 
The news from the West is very ex-citing, and 
must be grateful to all Union men. Lieut. Torkins, 
Col. Seigel’s adjutant, and bearer of dispatches to 
Col. Harding, at the St. Louis arsenal, gives the fol- 
were utterly routed hy the Union troops under 
Major General McClellan. The following dispatch 
was received at the head-quarters of the army j n 
Washington: 
Head-qcarters Dep’t of Ohio, > 
Richmond Mountain, Va., 9 A. M, July 12. \ 
Col. E. J). Townsend t 
We sre in possession of all the enemy’s arms, up to 
a point on the right of Beverly. T have taken all his 
guns, and a very large amount of wagons, tents, Ac.,— 
everything he had. A large number of prisoners 
were taken, many of whom were mounted. Tbev 
loJt many killed. We have lost, in all, perhaps 
20 killed and 50 wounded, of whom all hut two or 
three were in the column under Roseukranz, which 
turned the position, but the mass of the enemy 
escaped through the woods entirely disorganize! 
Among the prisoners was Dr. Taylor, formerly of the 
army. Col. Peyson was in command. 
Col. Rosenkranz's command left camp yesterday 
morning and marched some eight miles through the 
mountains, reaching the turnpike two or three miles 
in rear of the enemy, defeating an advanced post and 
taking a couple of guns. 
I had a position ready for twelve guns near the 
main camp, and as the guns were moving I ascer¬ 
tained that the enemy retreated. T am now pushing 
on to Beverly, a part of Col. Itosenkrantz’s troops 
being now within three miles of it. Our success is 
complete and about bloodless. 1 doubt whether 
Wise and Johnson will unite and overpower me 
The behavior of the troops in the action and toward 
the prisoners was admirable. 
[Signed] R. B. McClellan, 
Major General Commanding. 
The following paragraph comprises the details of 
this battle:—About three A. M., Gen. Roseukranz, 
with a portion of the Stb, 10th, 13th, and 19th Ohio 
lowing additional particulars of the battle near '’regiments, left this place, and after a very difficult 
The mounted troops of the oM army consist of to this body 
five regiments, with a maximum aggregate of 4,460 
men. Not more than one-fourth of these troops are 
available for service at the seat ol war. At least 
Mr. Bayard protested against the admission of these 
gentlemen as Senators in place of Senators whose 
tJT^me^ofLuiioSr are n n a vail able, be in g terms of office had not expired. He thought a very 
stationed on the Western coast and in the Florida grave question was involved. He moved to refer the 
forts. credentials to the Committee on Judiciary before ad- 
Tbe increase of infantry is comparatively large, 
but this arm of the service is that which the Gencral- 
io-Chief recommended as being most efficient. 
The reports of the chiefs of the different bureaus 
of this department, which arc herewith submitted, 
present the estimates ot the probable amount of ap¬ 
propriations required, in addition to those already 
made for the year ending June 30, 1861, for the force 
now in the field, or which has been accepted and will 
be in service within the next twenty days, as follows: 
Quartermaster's Department..$ 70.289.2u0 21 
Nubsistenco Department__-. 27.278.781 50 
Ordnance Department.____ 7 468,172 (Ml 
l J a,y Department........ 67.845.4u2 48 
Adjutant General's Department_ ... 408.DUO 00 
Engineer Department .._... 686,000 00 
Topographical Engineer Department. 60.000 (XI 
Surgeon General's Department.. . 1,271,841 00 
Due States which have made advances for 
troops . - 10,000,000 00 
Total ....... .$185,296,397 10 
Navy.—S ecretary Welles, speaking of the number 
of vessels iu the Navy, says the total on the 4th of 
March was ninety, carrying, or designed to carry, 
about 2,413 guns. Excluding vessels on the stocks, 
those unfinished, those used as stationary store-ships 
and receiving ships, and those considered inexpedi¬ 
ent to repfiir, the available force was: 
Gun*. 
1 8blp-of-tbe-line ....... 84 
8 Frigates....— 400 
20 Sloops ...._ 406 
3 Brigs.............._ 16 
3 Storeahipa ..... 7 
6 Steam frigate* _ 212 
6 first-class steam sloops... 9(1 
4 First-class side-wheel steamers. 46 
8 Second class steam sloops... .♦_ 45 
ft Third-class screw steamer*.. 28 
4 Second-class side-wheel steamers.. 8 
2Steam tenders........ 4 
Of this force the following were in commission, 
the remainder being in ordinary, dismantled, Ac.: 
Guns, 
2 Frigates.. 100 
11 Sloops. ... ...232 
3 Star,-ships _ 7 
1 Screw frigate______....__ 12 
6 Firet-claa* Bteatn sloops.. 90 
3 Side-wheel steamer*.. 35 
8 Second class steam sloops. 45 
5 Third class screw steamers. 28 
3 Side-wheel steamers_ 5 
1 Steam tender.. 1 
These vessels had a complement, exclusive of offi¬ 
cers and marin.es, of about 7,600 men, and nearly all 
of them were on foreign stations. The home squad¬ 
ron consisted of twelve vessels, carrying 187 guns 
and about. 2,00ft men. Of this squadron, only four 
small vessels, carrying 25 guns and about 280 men, 
were in North* rn ports. , . mess(1 _ R 
Of the 69 vessel-*, carrying 1,346 guns, hereinbefore d ‘ ‘ ' _ 
mentioned as available* for service on the 4th of Resolution was amended at the instance of Mr. 
March last, the sloop Levant ha- been given up as Vallandinghani, so as to call for a report in relation 
lost in the Pacific; the steamer f ulvou was seized at t(J suspension 0 f the writ ot habeas corpus. 
Pensacola: and one frigate, two sloops and one brig 1 
were burned at Norfolk, These vessels carried 172 Oil motion of Mr. Blair the House went in Com- 
guns. The other vessels destroyed at Norfolk were m ittee of Whole on the hill to authorize the employ* 
e n7a d iiabS t “Sfu and iUClU(k ' d l " U,e mentof volunteers to aid in suppressing rebellion 
‘ThcseTossesIeftat the disposal of the department ««d defending tho United States. The President is 
62 vessels, carrying 1,174 guns, all of which are now, authorized, hy the hill, to accept service of voluu- 
or soon will be, in commission, with the exception teers, either cavalry or infantry, as he may deem 
H )e . proper, to the number of 500,000, and to pay expen- 
Vermontj ship-of the-line...84 se g 0 f same, $500,000,000 are appropriated. 
Mr - Allen desired to amend so as to limit the ac - 
.Tohn Hancock, steam tender, at Sau Francisco . 3 ceptance of volunteers to One year, believing that 
There have been recently added to the navy, by the rebellion can be put down in less than three years, 
purchase, 12 steamers, carrying from 2 to 9 guns M r . Diven offered an amendment that the officers 
iris’ srjsst as* .t. iz :»*• - * «*» * «* ■»«. 
each. Hy these additions the naval force iu com- he selected from persons educated at W est Point, or 
mission has been increased to s2 vessels, carrying from persons who have served in the regular army 
upward of 1 100 guns, and with a niniino cofflple- not less than five years, 
ment of about 13,000 men, exclusive ol officers and ' ^ 
marines. There are also several steamboats and 3 he bill was subsequently reported to the House, 
other small craft which are temporarily in the service when the amendments were concurred in, including 
of the department. the following proposition by Mr. Colfax:—All letters 
The squadron on the Atlantic coast, under the ... . 
command «f Flag-officer S. H. Btringham, consists wntten b >’ 8oldiers be transmuted through the 
of 22 vessels, 296 guns and 3,800 men. mails without pre-payment of postage, under such 
The squadron iu the Gulf, under the command of circumstances as the Postmaster-General may pre- 
ministej-ing the oath. A long discussion followed, 
in which various Senators participated. A vote be¬ 
ing finally taken, the motion was disagreei! to, hy 
ayes 5, nays 35. The new Virginia Senators were 
t.lieD sworn 'in annd suppressed applause, breaking 
forth sh they took the oath. 
The loan bill was then taken up and several amend¬ 
ments from the committee on finance adopted. 
The bill to increase the present military establish¬ 
ment was then taken up. 
Mr. King offered an amendment that within six 
months after the insurrection shall be suppressed, 
the army he restored to what it was by the act of May, 
1801. Agreed to. 
Also that the President cause officers and privates 
to be discharged, so as to reduce the army in accord¬ 
ance. The previous amendment was agreed to. 
On motion of Mr. Wilson, the bill for the better 
organization of military establishment, was taken up. 
An amendment was passed providing for the support 
of a Military Academy, to be selected from the army 
Topographical and Ordnance force. 
An amendment was adopted increasing the army 
rations, providing for 22 ozs. of bread or flour, instead 
Carthage, Mo. State troops were posted on a ridge, 
in a prairie, with five pieces of artillery, one twelve 
pounder in the center, two six pounders on the right 
and left, cavalry on each flank, and Infantry in the 
rear. The artillery of Col. Beigel, approached with¬ 
in 800 yards, with four cannon in the center, a body 
of Infantry, aud a six pounder under Lieut. Col. 
Hasserdan on the left. Col. Sullivan’s command 
with a six pounder on the right, and a body of in¬ 
fantry behind the center artillery. 
Col. Siegel's left opened fire with Shrapnell, and 
soon the engagement became general. The rebels 
bad no grape, and their artillery service being poor, 
the balls flew over the heads of the federal troops. 
After two hours firing the enemy's artillery waB 
entirely silenced and their ranks broken. About 
1,500 rebel cavalry then attempted to outflank Siegel 
and cut off his baggage train, which was three miles 
hack, when a retrogade movement was ordered. The 
train was reached iti good order, surrounded by 
infantry and artillery and the retreat of United States 
troops continued until a point was reached where the 
road passed through a high bluff on each side, where 
the enemy’s cavalry wero posted in large numbers. 
By a feint, as if intending to pass around the bluff, 
Beigel drew the cavalry in a soild body Into the 
wood, at a distance of 160 yards from his position, 
when by a rapid movement of his artillery, he fired 
a heavy cross fire of canister into their ranks, at the 
same time the infantry charged at a double quick, 
and in ten minutes the Rtate troops scattered in every 
direction. Eighty-five riderless horses were captured, 
and 65 Sharpe guns and a number of revolvers and 
bowie knives were picked tip from the ground. 
Col. Seigel did not surround Carthage as hereto¬ 
fore reported, but attempted to reach a piece of 
woods north of the town, and after two hours desper¬ 
ate figbtiug, in which all forces on both sides were 
engaged, and in which Lieut. Torkin thinks the 
enemy lost nearly 200 killed, he succeeded in doing 
so, and the enemy retired to Carthage, and Biegcl 
fell back on Larcoxic, where be forwarded next day 
to Mount Vernon. Lieut. Torkins left on the evening 
of the 7tli, and rode to Rolla, 153 miles in 29 hours. 
He met Gen. Sweeney’s command five miles, and Col. 
Brown’s 16 miles from Mount Vernon, pressing for¬ 
ward to reinforce Siegel. 
About two o’clock on the 11th the camp of United 
States troops under Col. Smith of 18th Illinois, near 
Monroe, stationed some 30 miles west of Hannibal, 
embracing 300 of the Iowa 3d regiment, 300 Illinois 
of 18; one pound of hard bread, fresh beef instead of 10tb, aud about 100 Hannibal Home Guards, were 
salt, when required, beans and rice, potatoes, when 
practicable, three times a week. 
The amendment to increase the salary of chaplains 
led to considerable discussion, hut passed. The bill 
was then passed — yeas 35, nays 5. 
House — The Committee of the Whole, on the 
State of the Union, also reported a hill to provide for 
the payment of the militia and volunteers called into 
the service of the United States by the proclamation 
of the President, of April 18th, 1861, from the time 
they were called into service till the 30th of June.— 
Passed. 
On motion of Mr. Cox, it was 
Resolved, That the President of the United States, 
if compatible with the public service, communicate 
to this House any correspondence which onr Govern¬ 
ment has had with the Government of Spain with 
reference to the incorporation of the Dominican ter¬ 
ritory with the Spanish Monarchy, u id what protest, 
if any, our Government has made against the insolent 
and aggressive condui t of the Spanish Government. 
On motion of Mr. Olin a resolution was adopted 
requesting the Attorney General to lay before the 
attacked by 1,600 rebels under command of Brigadier- 
General Harris. Although the Federal troops were 
surprised, they repelled the attack and drove the 
rebels back, killing four and wounding several, and 
capturing five prisoners and seven horses. General 
Harris retreated to Monroe, where another skirmish 
Occurred, in which the rebels were again repulsed. 
Col. Smith then took up a position and sent a mess¬ 
age for reinforcements. In response thereto 300 
mounted men were immediately sent forward. On 
arriving at Monroe they formed a junction with Col. 
Smith's force, who had entrenched themselves in the 
Academy buildings. The rebels, 1,200 strong, were 
grouped around over the praitie out of the reach of 
Col. Smith's rifles. They had two pieces of artillery 
which were brought to bear, but the distance was so 
great that their balls were almost spent before they 
reached our lines, Col. Smith's artillery of greater 
range did considerable execution. The order of 
battle being given, the rebels were attacked front and 
rear aud completely routed. The Illinois cavalry 
under Gov. Wood fell upon them, taking seventy-five 
House a copy of his opinion referred to in the Presi- prisoners, one gun, and a large number of horses. 
Flag-ollker William Merviue, consists of 21 vessels, 
582 guDB and 3,500 men. 
Additions have been made to each of the squadrons 
of two or three small vessels that have been captured 
B. Phelps, concentrated at Springfield. The last 
heard ot the State forces they were in Creortio, going 
South. Communication with Arkansas being open, 
in consequence Col. Seigel has fallen hack on Mt. 
Vernon. 
Large numbers of Arkansas troops under Ben. Me- 
Clullogh, were engaged against Seigel in tbe battle 
near Carthage. Gov. Jackson and Gen. Price were 
present, but took no active part. Geu. Raines was 
killed. The federal loss was ten killed and forty- 
three wounded, and four missing. The rebels state 
their loss at seven hundred killed. The guard of one 
march of seven or eight mile®, cutting a road through 
the woods, succeeded in surrounding the enemy, 
upward of 2,00ft in number, about three o’clock P. M, 
A desperate fight immediately ensued for an lionr 
and a half, resulting in the losa of sixty to the enemy 
in killed, and large numbers wounded and prisoners, 
some of the latter being officers. They retreated 
precipitately, leaving behind six cannon, and a large 
number of horses, all their camp equipage, wagons, 
Ac. We lost twenty killed and forty wounded, among 
the latter, G’apt. Mather, of the loth Indiana regiment. 
Reports from Fairfax Court, House indicate a grad¬ 
ual withdrawal of Confederate forces. A few men 
from that vicinity report that the pickets which have 
hitherto extended two miles outside of Fairfax were 
withdrawing on the 11th List. 
Col. Thomas Taylor of the rebel army, came into 
Col. Tyler’s camp on the 8th inet, with a flag of 
truce. He was sent to head-quarters hy General Mc¬ 
Dowell. Col. Taylor brought dispatches for Presi¬ 
dent Lincoln. A Cabinet meeting was held at once, 
and consultations were had during the evening with 
Gen. Scott. The subject of the dispatches is of 
course unknown; but Col. Taylor li ft unsatisfied. 
Among the most important information obtained 
from the rebels is, that there has been a severe quarrel 
between General Lee, Letcher, Gov. Wise, Major 
Magruder, and Roger A. Pryor. Jeff. Davis was 
called in to settle the matter, and laid Gen. Lee on 
the shelf. This enraged Letcher, who is still inactive 
and indifferent to the success of the rebels. This 
information tends to confirm previous dispatclics 
that Gen. Lee had left the rebels and is now in 
Western Virginia. Jeff. Davis did not only snub 
Gen. Lee, but against the protest of Gov. Letcher. 
Magruder was detailed to command the rebel forces 
in Western Virginia—and Beauregard was assigned 
the command at Manassas. What was done with 
Pryor, the notorious liar and libeller, remains to be 
seen. To this date he don't turn np. 
On Sunday week, while tbe U. 8. vessels Freeborn, 
Resolute, Pawnee, and Pocahontas, were at Acquia 
Creek, two large oil tanks were discovered floating 
down the creek with the ebb tide. When within a 
quarter of a mile, a boat was sent from the Pawnee 
to reeonnoiter them. It was discovered they were 
infernal machines. One struck the Resolute, became 
detached from its buoy and sank. The other careened 
over and the fuse put oat by dipping in the water. 
The latter was hauled on hoard the Pawnee. It had 
a cylinder made of holler iron five feet long and 
eighteen inches in diameter, filled with all sorts of 
destructive elements, designed to blow the Pawnee 
squadron to atoms. The machines weighed about 
four hundred pounds. Connecting the cylinder with 
the cask or buoy, which was full of a coil of slow 
match, was au India rubber coated fuse. The ma¬ 
chine looks devilish. The Freeborn brought it out 
to the Washington Navy Yard, where it attracts 
great attention. 
The telegraph this (Monday) morning brings intel¬ 
ligence of a decided victory on the part of the U. S. 
forces under General McClellan, over 10,000 rebels, 
under General Garnett. The following dispatch, 
received at the army bead-quarters from General 
McClellan, is explanatory of the movement: 
Beverly, July 13. 
To Col. E. D. Townsend, Washington, J). C. 
“The success of to-day is all that I could desire. 
We captured six brass cannon, of which one i® rifled, 
and all the enemy's camp equipage and transporta¬ 
tion, even to his’cups. The number of tents w... 
probaflly reach 200, and more than 60 wagons. I heir 
killed and wounded will amount to 150, with at least 
100 prisoners, and more coming iu constantly. I 
know already of ten officer* killed and prisoners. 
Their retreat was complete. 1 occupied Beverly hy 
a rapid movement. Garnett abandoned his camp 
early this A. M., leaving much of his equipage. 
He came within a few miles of Beverly, hut our rapid 
movement turned him back in great confusion, and 
he is now retreating on the road to St George. 
General Morris is to follow him up closely. I 
have telegraphed for the 2d Pennsylvania regiment, 
at Cumberland, to join Gen. Hill, at Powleshurgll. 
The General is concentrating all his troops there, and 
will cut off' Garnett's retreat near West Union, or 
if possible at St. George. 1 may say we have dnven 
out some 10,000 troops strongly entrenched, with a 
loss of U killed and 35 wounded. 
Provision returns found here show Garnett s force 
to have been 10,000 men. They were Eastern \ ir- 
mniuni f tenr it|miik TenTir.s. and I think C Rio- 
Twenty or thirty of the enemy* were killed, but nut a a rapid movement. Garnett abandoned his camp 
man of the Federal force, although several were early this A. M., leaving much ot his equip^n 6 * 
i i j m a, He came within a few miles ol Beverly, but our lapiu 
severely wounded. The commander of the rebels, movement turuea him bllck irt great confusion, and 
Gen. Harris, was forced to abandon his horses and j H now retreating on the road to SL George, 
take to the woods. General Morris is to follow him up closely, t 
....... have telegraphed for the 2d Pennsylvania reg'ment, 
The telegraph from St. Louis on the 14th, gives us ftt Cumberland, to join Gen. Hill, at Puwlesburgl). 
additional particulars of the battle near Carthage, The General is concentrating all his troops there, and 
Mo., reported above. It says:—Capt. Smith from W >N out °ff Garnett’s retreat near Meat ^ 
c • « . P1 i uii * . . . it' possible at Bt. George. I may *av we have driven 
Spnugfield, on Thursday, reached here to-night, and QU » some 10j(|00 tro0 pj, strongly entrenched, with a 
reports a messenger arrived there that morning.with j oss r ,t jj. killed and 35 wounded, 
intelligence that. Gen. Lyon’s commaud would reach Provision returns found here show (,ar , neit s 
Springfield that day. The entire federal force, com- IWsaewS, and* 1 ‘think Caro- 
prising commands under Gen. Sweeney, Col. Leights, i in j ftns> To morrow I can give full details as to 
Solomon, Brown, and 4,000 Home Guards, finder J. prisoners, &e. I trust that General Cox has by this 
llllinun. .is..- - , .. .1.:,, 
prisoners, &c. I trust that General Fox has by this 
time driven Wise out of Kanawba Valley. la that 
case I shall have accomplished the object of liber¬ 
ating Western Virginia. . 
1 hope the General-in-Chief will approve my 
operations. [Signed] G. B. McClellan. 
Dep b, Ohio. 
Ten commissioned rebel offices were killed arid 
captured, including Captains Skepwith and --angel ol 
the U. S. A.; Captains Irwiu and Brunswick an 
dangerously wounded. Drs. Tyler and V alb, late of 
the U. B. A., are prisoners. Some Georgians and 
South Carolinians are among the dead, hut they -o'- 
mostly Eastern Virginians. On the morniug ’* ie 
scribe. The postage to be paid by the recipient. The 
bill passed. 
hundred and twenty men left at Neosho by Seigel 14th infit., Col. Pegran, commanding Kick Mountain 
previous to the battle were taken prisoners by a large sent a letter to Gen. McClellan, ofleiing to .um-i 
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