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vania 7th, and a number of them killed. The Con- which fore 
federates then retired from view, carrying with them augmented 
furnished t 
their batt y. believe this 
On the 7th Gen. McClellan made a balloon aseen- having the 1 
sion with Prof. Lowe, and occupied two hours in a own home 
reronnoisance. h^al'f 1 
Gen. McClellan’s order for the observance of the B p 0D ^ t 
Sabbath wa3 read throughout the entire lines, and and in ac< 
was everywhere received with gladness. believe, to 
Com. Stringbam reached Old Point on the 7th. 
Hia flag ship has not arrived. The Harriet Lane has eminent m 
sailed for New York; also the Quaker City, in conse- of her mer 
quence of new orders from the Commodore. any one oi 
The George I’eabody arrived on the Cth from Hat- ] ( '. ttcr j ias ‘ 
teras Inlet, bringing recent intelligence and a num- from Kent 
her of fugitive families from the mouth of Tar River, worthy cit 
who managed to escape to the Inlet. The fortifica- ^ 'Taking 6 
tions at Ocracoke Inlet have been abandoned, and judgment, 
probably those at Oregon Inlet, some forty miles Kentucky 
this side of ( ape Hatteras. A powerful steamer was 
seen inside at the latter place when the Peabody j moit.'o, 
came up yesterday. There is no light at Hatteras, in the wisl 
the rebels having removed the lenseB. No signs of ^” 
a fortification are to be seen at the Cape. It is sup- 0 j. D j' 
posed the rebels will make a stand at Fort Macon, a the preser 
strong casemated work guarding the approach to 
Beaufort. Refugees from North Carolina report that Raron I 
the lower counties of the State arc ready to hoist the distingnial 
| Union flag when assured of support. A perfect stein, has 
reign of terror exists. The State troops were in part He brings 
returning from Virginia. A prominent clergyman j mending h 
with about 600 men at bis old rendezvous, on Tatto 
Creek, eight miles west of Lexington, and a consid¬ 
erable secession force in the bottom, between Lexing¬ 
ton and Richmond. The forces thus left have cut oil 
all mall communications, Gen. Reed, in going to¬ 
wards Fort Scott, took with him Messrs. King, Ry- 
land, Field, and other prisoners. The whole loss in 
all the fighting of the secession side was eight killed, 
besides the wounded, and on the Federal side, one 
mortally, and several slightly wounded. The federal 
troops burned a warehouse and several frame houses 
where the rebels had encamped on the north side of 
the river. 
The St Louis Democrat sayB that there have been 
exceedingly vigorous measures inaugurated against 
the rebels by Gen. Prentiss' command, and a well de¬ 
veloped plan iB culminating apparently in a retrogade 
movement of the rebels before the the steady advance 
of various portions of our forces, judiciously thrown 
forward at proper times and in proper directions. 
There are now about 60,000 troops in Kt. Louis and 
within a circuit of about 100 miles around it. All 
are well uniformed, armed and equipped, ready and 
eager for active service. Their number is daily in¬ 
creased by fresh arrivals from Illinois, Indiana, and 
Ohio, and two regiments Of cavalry from Iowa are 
Bo you will see that it will not he 
gold at all banks and Government offices throughout 
the United States, and are the most convenient for 
transmission by mail from officers and men to their 
families at home. Good husbands, fathers, sons, and 
brothers, serving under the Stars and Stripes, will 
thus soon have the ready and safe means of relieving 
an immense amount of suffering which could not be 
reached with coin. 
In making np packages, every officer is relied upon 
for such assistance as may be needed by his men. 
Bv command of Lieut. Gen. Scott. 
E. D. Tbomas, Adj. Gen. 
Com. Stringbam has made bis official report 
respecting the operations of the fleet at Hatteras 
Inlet, which contains no facta additional to those 
already published. He concludes his narrative by 
saying: 
“ I have naught hut praise to accord to the officers, 
seamen, and marines of the Navy, and officers and 
Boldicrs of the Army, who were present, for their 
gallantry and cheerful devotion to duty and the Gov¬ 
ernment.” 
The Secretary of the Navy has addressed the follow¬ 
ing letter to Commissioner Stringbam: 
Navy Department, Aug. 2, 1861. 
Sin:—The Department congratulate yon and those 
of your command, and also the officers and soldiers 
of the army who i o-operated with you on the reduc¬ 
tion of Forts Hatteras and Clark, and the capture of 
the forces employed in their defence. The success¬ 
ful result thus far of the expedition, projected with 
great care, and the occupation of the positions com¬ 
manding the most important inlet on the coast of 
North Carolina, will be attended with consequences 
that can scarcely be over estimated. This brilliant 
achievement, accomplished without the loss of a man 
I on your part or injury to any one in the Federal ser¬ 
vices, haB gained joy and gladness to the bosom of 
every friend of the Utdon. It is, I trust, but the 
beginning of results that will soon aid the United 
I States in suppressing the insurrection and conform¬ 
ing more strongly than ever to the integrity of the 
Union. Convey to the officers and men of the respec¬ 
tive vessels under your command, the thanks of the 
Department for tin’ir gallant conduct, and the assur¬ 
ance that is thus afforded us in the great emergency 
that is now upon us. The country may rely as of old 
upon the vigor and enthusiasm of its brave officers 
aud sailors. I am respectfully, 
Your ob't servant, 
Gideon Wei.ls. 
To Flag Officer $. Htringham, Flag Officer Atlantic 
Blockading Squadron. 
The Secretary of the Navy has, under the direction 
of the President, and In pursuance of the act for the 
retiring of such officers as appear disabled to perform 
duty, appointed the following named officers as a 
Board to determine and report upon the facts in the 
cases which may be presented:— Com. Hiram Pauld¬ 
ing, Chairman; Capta. C. H. Bell and D. G. Fairagnl, 
and Surgeons L. 15. Hunter and N, Pinckney. 
The telegraph during the week reported a fight in 
Boone Co., Virginia, between a portion of the Fed¬ 
eral troops and some rebels in Boone Co., in which 
the latter were defeated and the town of Boone 
burned. The following particulars we gather from 
the correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial ;— 
“Col. Guthrie, commanding that post, heard that 
Gen. Heckloy was raising and organizing a regiment 
in Boone county, for the Southern army, and it was 
thought by Saturday night it would be a thousand 
On Friday morning, Col. Guthrie sent out 
irons. Of course every precaution was taken to 
prevent a surprise; watches were doubled and armed, 
magazines carefully guarded, aud the small arm 
chests and lockers in charge of special and trusty 
jack tars. The gun-deck was occupied as the sleep¬ 
ing apartment of as many of the prisoners as could 
be accommodated, and the remainder were put on the 
spar deck with the boom cover, and thus protected 
from the dew. The passage to this port being 
very favorable, the entire lot of prisoners are looking 
exceedingly well, considering their two days fighting 
and their four days’ imprisonment. 
A rougher looking class of men are seldom seen 
together. Most of them are dressed in gray clothes, 
and wear felt hats of all sizes and shapes, which arc, 
to say the least, “ shocking bad hats, ’ Most of the 
prisoners were either barefooted or very near it. 
The use of razors seems to be unknown to the great 
majority of them, and their unshorn hair adds much 
to the disagreeable appearance of the motley crowd. 
Most of them, however, are young, athletic men, and 
look as if they might endure hardships, but there is 
a peculiar expression about their countenance which 
doeB not indicate courage. Many of them claim 
that they were impressed into the Confederate 
service, and state that they are good Union men, but 
to save their lives they were obliged to take up arms 
for the confederacy. This is an old story, and, with 
the officers of the Bhip, it is not credited in a majority 
of instances. 
Most of the common soldiers say that they are 
glad that they have been taken prisoners, and seem 
very anxious to know where they will be sent, now 
they are here. From them we learned that their 
officers have studiously endeavored to keep from 
them any Northern papers, hut were willing to let 
them have and read any secession journals which 
contained the glowing accounts of their victories. 
Most of the officers were clad in a species of blue 
cloth or flannel, decorated with stripes and buttons, 
not unlike those worn in the United States navy. 
The officers occupied the after portion of the ship, 
and were quartered in the vicinity of the rooms of 
the officers of the ship. 
Commodore S. Barron was formerly a Captain in 
the United Slates navy, a native of Virginia, and was 
appointed from that State. He entered the navy 
January 1, 1 Hi 2. lie has performed nineteen years 
and three months’ service; had eight years and four 
months’ shore duty, and been unemployed twenty- 
one years and live mouths. At the time of his dis¬ 
affection, he was waiting orders. He is probably 
about sixty-five years of age. The marks of time 
are plainly to he traced on his brow. He has been 
very quiet since bis capture, and uot at all commu¬ 
nicative. 
Lieut. Wm. Sharpe, a lieutenant in the confederate 
navy, was formerly a lieutenant in the United States 
navy. A native of Virginia, he entered the navy 
September 9, 1841. He has performed fourteen years 
and eight months’ sea service, three years and six 
months’ shore duty, and has been in the service 
nineteen years. At the time of his deserting the 
shortly expected 
long before the “Army Of the West” is ready to I 
move. Even now there are rumors of an onward 
movement commencing, by the greater concentration 
of troops, the employment by the Government of 
steamboats and transports on the river, Ac. The 
East may look for stirring news from the West be¬ 
fore long. 
The correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat tele- I 
graphed the following from Springfield, on the 7th. 
About 125 of the wounded in the hospital, in this 
place, were discharged to-day aud will leave forborne 
as soon as the ambulances sent from Holla arrive 
here. The remainder of the wounded in the hospital 
were doing well. The rebel wounded have been sent 
to Bentonville, a few miles below the Arkansas line. 
One of their surgeoiiB informs me that the typhoid 
fever has broken out in their hospital, and their 
deaths amount to fifteen or twenty per day. General 
McCulloch is reported to be at Mount Vernon, recruit¬ 
ing and organizing for a bold and vigorous effort 
Northward. 
The postmaster of Osceola, St. Clair County, ar¬ 
rived at St. Louis, on the 8th inst., and reports that 
when he left news had just reached there of a fight 
between Gen. Lane’s Kansas brigade and a body of 
rebels under Gen. Raines, in which the latter were 
completely routed with heavy loss, and Raines taken 
prisoner. Gen. Price, who was at Osceola, credited 
the report. 
The Kentucky State Senate on the 7t.h inst. ap¬ 
pointed Messrs. Johnson, Reed, and Thornton Mar¬ 
shal, tv committee to visit Western Kentucky, and 
inquire of the Federal and Confederate military 
authorities, by whose direction and for what reasons 
they are occupying certain portions of the soil of 
Kentucky. In the House the United States flag was 
ordered to be hoisted over the Capitol, by a vote of 
77 to 20. Mr. Desbea subsequently moved to hoist 
the State flag, when the motion was referred to the 
committee on Federal relations. The Senate is com¬ 
posed of 29 Unionists and 11 Southern Rights men. 
The House is composed of 76 Unionists aud 24 
Southern Rights men. 
Affaire at Washington. 
Advices received oil the Cth inst. from Virginia, 
leave no doubt that the leaders of the rebellion, 
civil and military, have agreed to attempt an advance 
upon Washington and Baltimore within a few days. 
The Government is fully prepared for every emerg¬ 
ency. 
B. F. Gallagher, Paymaster of the Navy, and who 
has been stationed for some time at the Washington 
Navy Yard, was arrested on the 5th by order of the 
Government, and is now in custody in Philadelphia. 
He is from Richmond, Virginia, and it is believed 
that his offense is disloyalty to the Government. 
Captain A. Beckwith, Commissary of Subsistence, 
has advertised for sealed proposals for 5,000 barrels 
of flour, to be made of new wheat; also 40,000 bush¬ 
els of potatoes, of the first quality; the Government 
reserving the right, in each case, to pay for the same 
in treasury notes. 
Mr. Hamilton, a Canadian, and a fighting man in 
our Western wars, three months ago offered to our 
Government a brigade of 5,000 colored men, to be 
raised in Canada West. 
Mr. Birch, the British Consul at Charleston, writes 
to his friends in this city that the effect of the block¬ 
ade is felt with increased severity every week. The 
Southern people are bitterly lamenting their desti¬ 
tute condition. 
The State Department has notified the War Depart¬ 
ment that it must refrain from granting passes to 
women and children who desire to enter the South¬ 
ern States. The travel by the way of Louisville is 
completely blockaded by order of the Government. 
Applications for passes north were refused on the 
strong. 
Capt. Wheeler’s company A, of the First Kentucky I 
Regiment, and Capt. Rook and his company, of the 
Twenty-Sixth Ohio Regiment. An ample reserve 
force was ordered to follow in proper time, that the 
two companies might fall back upon it, if they found 
the enemy too strong for them. With the aid of the 
Home Guards, however, they were ample for the 
work, as the following will show: 
Camp Envart, Sept. 2. 
Col. Guthrie: —I have just had a message from 
Col. Enynrt. The companies of Capts, Wheeler and 
Rook, with the Home Guards of that, vicinity, have 
had an engagement with the enemy at Boone, totally 
routing them after killing twenty-five, taking some- 
prisoners and burning the town. Six of our tnen 
were wounded, and I am about to send the ambulance 
with Dr. White. Our forces will return to-day. 
Thomas Cox, Jr., 
Capt. Commanding Post. 
The following orders were promulgated Saturday: 
Headquarters Armv of tit* Potomac. ( 
Gkxbkal Orders, So. 7. ) 
The Major-General commanding desires and re¬ 
quests that in future there may be a more perfect 
respect for the Sabbath on the part of his command. 
We are fighting in a holy cause, and should endeavor 
to deserve the benign favor. Unless in the case of 
an attack from the enemy, or some other extreme 
military necessity, it is commended to commanding 
officers that all work shall be suspended cm the Sab¬ 
bath, that no unnecessary movements shall be made 
on that day, and that the men, so far as possible, shall 
be permitted to attend divine service. Alter the 
customary morning inspection, the officers and men 
alike will ole their Influence to insure the utmost 
decorum aud quiet on that day. The General com¬ 
manding regards this as no idle form. One day’s 
Department of the East. 
The capture of Fort Hatteras and its dependen- 
has spread alarm throughout the Carolinas, 
cies 
Regiments from South Carolina, Georgia, and Alaba¬ 
ma, hnrryingto the Potomac, have been stopped on the 
way and sent to Newborn, under the impression that 
an immediate attack is contemplated upon that head¬ 
quarters ol'the rebel pirates. 
The Monticelloand Harriet Lane arrived at Fortress 
Monroe from Hatteras Inlet on the 5th inst. They 
report the most gratifying intelligence. The Con¬ 
federates have abandoned their strongly fortified 
forts at Ocracoke Inlet. Multitudes of North Caroli- 
nians have demonstrated their loyalty to the Govern¬ 
ment by coming to Fort Hatteras to take the oath of 
allegiance. Col. Hawkins sent word that he had 
administered the oath to between 200 and 300 in a 
single day. The steamer Pawnee still lies in the 
Inlet, and the Susquehannah on the outside. The 
Susquebannah ran down to Ocracoke Inlet and found 
the fortifications there completely deserted. The 
Confederates had carried away their guns, and the 
| white flag was everywhere exhibited. 
It has been determined by the Government to bold 
the position of Cape Hatteras, although the original 
intention was to destroy and abandon the rebel 
works; hut now it will be made a rendezvous for army 
and naval forces. This expedition is hut the com¬ 
mencement of operations for which the Navy Depart¬ 
ment has made ample preparations, and which will 
he rapidly developed. 
The energy and activity of the army are inspiring 
the Government with full confidence of success in 
maintaining the Union. Complaints of demoraliza¬ 
tion are no longer heard, while the army is steadily 
increasing in numbers and ability to perform its 
functions. 
Gov. Curtin, of Penn., has been instructed to corn- 
Movements nt ihe West. 
On the morning of the 6th inst., Gen. Grant, 
with two regiments of infantry, one company of light 
artillery, and two gun boats, took possession of 
Paducah, Ky. He found secession flags flying in 
different parts of the city, in expectation of greeting 
the arrival of the Southern army, which was reported 
thirty-eight hundred strong, sixteen miles distant. 
The loyal citizens lore down the secession flags on 
the arrival of our troops. Gen. Grant took posses¬ 
sion of the telegraph office, railroad depot, and 
Marine hospital. He found large quantities of com¬ 
plete rations and leather, destined for the Southern 
The following proclamation has been issued: 
army, 
T have come among yon, not as an enemy, but as a 
friend and fellow-citizen; not to injure or annoy 
you, but to respect, defend, and enforce the rights of 
all loyal citizens. A n enemy iu rebellion against our 
common Government have taken possession of and 
planted its guns upon the soil of Kentucky, and fired 
upon our flag; Co Iambus mid Hickman are iu his 
hands; he is moving upon your city. 1 am here to 
defend you against this enemy, to assist and maintain 
the authority and sovereignty of your Government. 
I have nothing to do with opinions, and shall deal 
only with armed rebellion, its aiders and abettors. 
You can pursue your usual avocations without fear. 
The strong arm of the Government is here to protect 
its friends and punish only enemies. Whenever it is 
manifest that yon ate able to defend yourselves aud 
maintain the authority of your Government and pro¬ 
tect the rights of loyal citizens, 1 shall withdraw the 
forces under my command. 
(Signed,) ‘ N. S. Grant, 
Brig.-Gen. Commanding. 
A large secession force surrounded Lexington, 
Mo., last week, and arrested a number of Union men, 
among them Ex-Gov. King, Judge Hyland, and Wm. 
S. Field. On Wednesday, at the instance of the gen¬ 
tlemen above named, a flag of truce was sent on by 
the rebels, which resulted in a conference about a 
mile from town between Col. Roat, Gen. Reed and 
Capt. Shelby, on the rebel side, aud Maj. Bracket-, 
Capt. Graham and Lieut. Brown, on the Federal side. 
The rebels demanded the unconditional surrender of 
the fort, which was flatly refused. 
During the investment of the city hy the seces¬ 
sionists, a good deal of skirmishing took plane in the 
streets of the city, and in the woods on both sides of 
the river. The Federal troops destroyed the ferry 
aud houses on the north side of the river, where a 
fight occurred between a small force tinder Lieut. 
Brown and the rebels, in which four or five of the 
latter were killed and a number wounded, and a 
number of Brown’s men were wouuded, one mortally. 
On Thursday,[Lieut. Brown with twenty men was at¬ 
tacked in the streets of the city by a company of 
secessionists under Capt. Withron, in which the 
latter were completely routed and Capt. Withron 
taken prisoner, after being severely wounded by 
Brown. On Friday, all further attempts to reduce 
the place was abandoned. Col. Rosseau retreated 
camps. In a word, an army is now being organized 
and quartered within the State, supplied with all the 
presence of the dangers wmen menace .. 
Union, and the sincere wish which his majesty enter¬ 
tains for the maintenance of that great work so auor- 
appliances of war, without the consent or advice of 
the authorities of the State, and without consultation 
with those most prominently known and recognized 
as ioval citizens. This movement now imperils that 
peace and trauqnilitv wbieh from the beginning of 
our pending difficulties have been the paramount 
desire of this people, and which, up to this time, 
they have so secured to the State. 
Within Kentucky there has been, and is likely to 
be, no occasion for the presence of military force. 
The people are quiet and tranquil, feeling no appre¬ 
hension of anv occasion arising to invoke protection 
from the Federal arm. They have asked that their 
territory be left free from military occupation, and 
the present tranquility of their communication left 
uninvaded bv Boldiers. They do not desire that 
Kentucky shall he required to supply the battlefield 
for the contending armies, or become the theater of 
the war. „ 
Now, therefore, as Governor of the btate of Ken¬ 
tucky, aud in the name of the people I have the 
honor to represent, and with the single and earnest 
desire I have to avert from their peaceful homes the 
horrors of war, I urge the removal from the limits 
of Kentucky the military force now organized aud 
.in camp within the State. If such action as is hereby 
urged be promptly taken, 1 firmly believe the peace 
of the people of* Kentucky will be preserved, and 
the horrors of a bloody war will be averted from a 
people now peaceful and tranquil. 
I am, verv respectfully, your obedient servant, 
B. Magoffin. 
Washington, D. C., August 24. 
To His Excellency , B. Magoffin, Governor tf d<« Stale of 
Kentucky 
Sir: Your letter of the 19th iust., in which you 
urge the removal from the limits of Kentucky of the 
military force now organized and in camp within 
that State, is received. . 
1 may not possess full and precisely accurate 
knowiedge upon this subject, but I believe it is true 
that there is a military force in camp within Ken¬ 
tucky, acting by authority of the United States, 
iously raised and which appears so rich ID its future. 
It is in this sense, sir, that I desire you to 
yourself, as well to the members of the <■ .uera Gov 
eminent as to the .nfluential persona whom you inay 
meet, giving them the assurance that in eveiy ereu 
the American nation may count upon the most cor¬ 
dial sympathy on the part of our august mastc 
during the important crisis which U is p» Ml S 
through at present. . . -„„ n 
Receive, dear sir, the expression of my very i 
consideration. Gortschaku • 
The Secretary of State has delivered to M. StoecKi 
the following acknowledgment: 
Washington, Sept. 7, 1861. 
The Secretary of State is authorized by thei Presv 
dent to express to M. stueekl, Envoy hx 
and Miuisb r Plenipotentiary ot His Mgt.t) ™ 
Emperor of Russia, his profound ten* ot the liber . 
friendly and magnuaimoua sentimental ot Hu - J - - 
on the subject of the internal differences cWeb for > 
time have seemed to threaten the Ainern .i 
as they are communicated in the instruct 
Stoechl. and by him read by His Majesty * » 
to the President of the United States and the - 
“llS'cklwUl express to 
satisfaction with which the Government regards m 
new guarantee of a friendship. between the tu c. noun 
tries, which had its beginning with the nationa 
existence of the United States. Stoech 
The Secretary of State offers to M-ae fctoecs 
renewed assurances of high conRide l • 
point on the Chain Bridge to Alexandria. The condi¬ 
tion of all the camps is excellent, and strict military 
discipline was everywhere enforced. The soldiers 
are anxious to meet the enemy, however large may 
be their numbers. 
The Confederates have taken possession of a hill 
about four miles from Chain Bridge, and erected 
earthworks. The firing between the pickets is fre¬ 
quent, each party availing itself of every opportunity 
of shots. It is feared the rebels intend shelling 
houses belonging to Union men. 
Gen. McClellan crossed Long Bridge on the Cth, 
and passed along the outposts of the army, returning 
by way of Chain Bridge to Washington, to personally 
satisfy himself of the condition of affairs, aud arrived 
in Washington before night. His own habits of 
watchfulness and industry are having most excellent 
effect on the entire army organization. Munson's 
