The horses attached to Mott’s battery became 
unmanageable, and the tongues of the caissons were 
broken, owing to the narrowness of the road. Lieut. 
Bryant, having command of the first section, ordered 
the gans to be loaded with grape and canister, and 
soon bad them ranged to rake the supposed enemv 
when word was sent to him that he was in the com 
pany of friends. All was excitement, and a lr, n g 
time elapsed before the actual condition of affairs 
was ascertained, and confidence reestablished. 
Many conflicting stories prevail as to the parties on 
whom the blame should rest, but Gen. Smith imme¬ 
diately ordered Col. Owens' regiment to fall back to 
camp. 
The killed and wounded of Capt. Mott’s battery are 
as follows: 
Killed—Timothy Ray. 
NVonnded — Corporal Bartlett and private Cilley, 
who probably died, as they were not only run over 
by the gun carriages, but trampled on by the cavalry 
horses. 
Of Gen. Baker’s California regiment: 
Killed—Edwin Morris, Joseph Paschall, Joseph 
White, and Sergeant Alexander Phillicer. 
Wonnded—Barry Cliitan, slightly in the knee; 
Sergeant Brands, in the head; Wm. Ogden, also in 
the head; Timothy Gregory, sfiot in the leg; R. G. 
N. Blakely, shot in the thigh: G. W. Martin, Martin 
denning, Luke Budebin, and Atwood Morris. 
Baxter's Fire Zonave3—none killed. The wounded 
are Sergeant Gray, shot in the head; Benjamin 
Flood, do.; Lieut. Sheves, shot in the leg and head; 
Geo. llargrans, shot in the leg. 
None of the wounds will probably prove fatal. In 
Col. Ewing’s Philadelphia regiment, Sergeant Gillian 
was killed. The wounded were removed to the 
hospitals in Georgetown, where they are receiving 
the best attention. 
We received by telegraph this (Monday) morning 
the following gratifying intelligence:—During last 
week it was so frequently reported from day to day 
that our troops had taken possession of Munson's 
Hill that, when last night this long predicted event 
took place, it found few believers among those least 
excited by sensation reports. A personal visit, how¬ 
ever, puts the fact beyond doubt. The American 
flag now floats there. Detachments from GeneraU 
Richardson’s, Keyes' and Wadsworth’s brigades, and 
Franklin’s division, now occupy Munson’s Ilill, 
having in command Col. Terry of the 5th Michigan 
regiment. The rebels have retired about four miles 
back. All the rebel entrenchments fronting Arling¬ 
ton are abandoned, and are now occupied by the 
Federals. 
A flail's at Washington. 
The Cabinet held a long session on the 25th ult., 
at which the disaster at Lexington to the Federal 
forces was the subject of discussion. The opponents 
of Gen. Fremont charged that he could have pre¬ 
vented the necessity of Mulligan’s surrender by send¬ 
ing timely re-enforcements to Lexington. Recent 
udvices received from fit, Louis by Fremont’s friends, 
however, state that he had no troops to spare, and 
that it was entirely impossible for him to strengthen 
Mulligan’s position. 
Gen. Fremoat, a day or two since, made a requisi¬ 
tion for $500,000 to be paid immediately for the com¬ 
mencement of purchases of ordnance and ordnance 
stores in Gt. Louis. General Ripley has specially 
reported upon this application: 
1st. That no authority whatever was known in thi 
Ordnance Bureau for General Fremont making the 
purchases. 
2d. That the vouchers accompanying the applica¬ 
tion show that excessive prices were paid for many 
of the articles. 
3d. There is no evidence from Gen. Fremont's com¬ 
mand that these arras have undergone inspection by 
a United States officer or Army Inspector at all. 
Finally, Gen. Ripley reporta that unless purchases 
and expenditures, like those of Gen. Fremont, are 
regulated and restricted by the War Department, the 
liberal appropriations of Congress will be wholly 
insufficient to meet the liabilities that can be rolled 
up against the Government 
A dispatch went on the 25th from Secretary Cam¬ 
eron to the Governor of Iowa, forbidding the draft- 
above stated, and the enemy retired somewhat for 
the night. 
On the Utb, early, the enemy was again in position 
in front of Elk Water, and a few rounds, supported 
by a company of the 15th Indiana, were again admin¬ 
istered, which caused him to withdraw as before— 
the forces that had been before repulsed from Cheat 
returned and were again driven back by a compara¬ 
tively small force from the mountain. The 17th 
Indiana was ordered op the path to open communi¬ 
cation and make wav for another supply train, but. 
as before, found the little hand from the summit had 
already done the work. During the afternoon of the 
14th the enemy withdrew from before Elk Water, 
and is now principally concentrated some ten miles 
from this post, at or near his main camp. Op the 
15tb he appeared in stronger force than at any pre¬ 
vious time in front of the Cheat, and attempted a 
flank movement by the left, but was driven hack by 
the ever vigilant and gallant garrison of the field 
redoubt on the summit. 
To-day the enemy has also retired from the front 
of Chest but to what precise position I am not yet 
informed. The result- of thpse affairs are that we 
have killed neurone hundred of the enemy, including 
Col. John A. Washington, Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Lee, 
and have taken about twenty prisoners. We have 
lost nine killed, including Lieut. Junod. of the 14th 
Indiana, two missing, ami about sixty prisoners, 
including Capt. James Bense and Limits. (Jilltnan 
and Shaffey, of the 6th Ohio, and Lieut. Merrill, of 
the Engineers. I append the reports of Col. Kimball, 
of the 14th Indiana, Capt Higgins, of the 24th Ohio, 
and Lient-Col. Owen and Col. Wagner, of the 15th 
Indiana. J. J. RsyNOMJB, 
Brig. Gen, Commanding 1st Brigade. 
George 8. Rose, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
By telegraph from Grafton, Va., on the 25th ult.. 
we learn that 500 of the 4tli Ohio regiment, with one 
piece of artillery, the Kinggold Cavalry, 75 in num¬ 
ber, under Col. Cantwell, and 400 of the 6tb Ohio, 
Col. Hart, made an advance from New Creek on 
Monday toward Romney. They drove the enemy, 
700 strong, out of Mechanicaville Gap on Monday 
morning, and advancing on Rimney, stormed the 
town, causing the enemy, whose force numbered 
1400 infantry and cavalry, to retreat to the mountains 
with a loss of about 35 killed and a large number 
wounded. Our loss amounted to five killed and ten 
wounded. 
The Louisville Bulletin says that 500 troops from 
Terre Haute, Indiana, have gone up Greene River, 
and taken possession of locks 1 and 3. One shot was 
fired at them and the fire returned, killing a number 
of their assailants. 
Many Union families had fled to Louisville from 
the Greene River country. 
A regiment of cavalry from Ohio has gone into 
camp near Covington, on the Lexington pike. Cjn- 
th.iuna, Ky., is occupied by federal troops. 
It is reported that some of the rebel Gen. Buckner’s 
men were attacked at Mud River, forty miles from 
Bowling Green, under Col. Hawkins. The rebels 
were badly whipped. The Union men are coming 
to Hawkins’ aid in all directions, with shot guns 
and rifles. 
The Senate Committee report the arrest of Ewing 
and others, on unwarrantable gronnd, and have pro¬ 
cured their release. The thanks of the Legislature 
were voted to the Ohio and Indiana troops for arrest¬ 
ing the invasion of Kentucky. 
Among the passengers by the train to Jefferson 
City on the 28th, were the following officers of Col, 
Marshal's cavalry regiment from Lexington:—Maj. D. 
F. Jenkins, Capt. James Foster, Paul Waters, John 
Bumap, and Lieuts. Porter, Tost, Knight and Blair. 
These officers were released on their parole of honor. 
They left Lexington on the forenoon of Thursday, 
coining in wagons overland to Sedalia. To their 
knowledge, up to Thursday, Price had not started any 
portion of his forces towards this direction, though 
it could have been done and they have been in igno¬ 
rance of it. 
Capt. Foster was informed on the morning after 
the surrender, by the rebel Quartermaster, that he had 
issued that day 34,000 rations, and the Captain thinkB 
that the force has since been increased by additions 
from the conn try round about to at least 60,000. He 
represents that men are flocking in from all quarters. 
He heard nothing definite in regard to McCullough’s 
whereabouts. The rebels told him his force was 
from 10,000 to 15,000. Officers think that McCullough 
is moving towards Jefferson. 
Price’s troops had devastated the country a circuit 
of over ten miles. Every corn field and mill had 
been cleaned of their contents. Fields that were a 
few days ago covered with ripe grain, are now made 
as bare us a desert Dwellings that were filled with 
the comforts and necessaries of life have been strip¬ 
ped of tbeir contents. Money, silver-ware, clothing, 
bedding, and everything was seized, owners insulted 
and maltreated, and threats made against the lives of 
all Union men, eb well as those who remonstrated 
against tbeir lawless proceedings. 
A few menbers of Jackson’s Legislature assembled 
in Lexington and had passed an ordinance of seces¬ 
sion. When onr informant left they were dismissing 
an act of confiscation of property of all persons op¬ 
posed to C. 8. A. Other acts of a very severe char 
acter were also under consideration. 
The following order has been issued in Kansas: 
In accordance with Section 4th, Article 8th, of the 
Constitution of the State of Kansas, I hereby order 
everv man in the State, between the ages of 18 and 
* . , * « : . x - _ . l • » ^ 1 „ , . v. 1 1 
under command of Lieutenants James G. Maxwell 
and Thomas H. Eastman. 
Onr work was about to commence. Taking sledges 
and axes, Ac., on shore, we commenced cracking the 
trunnions off, so as to render them forever unlit for 
service; but being such slow work, Lieut. Maxwell 
directed the gun which had not been spiked to he 
loaded with solid shot, pointed at the truunionB of a 
gun and then fired; by thiB means the work was soon 
accomplished; and the guns were forever rendered 
useless. After finishing thiB work, all the lumber, 
wheel barrows, and about one hundred and fifty bar¬ 
rels were placed under and around the bomb proofs, 
and at night set on fire, which made the greatest con¬ 
flagration witnessed since the burning of the Norfolk 
Navy Yard. 
We started at 8 o’i 
obey the call which the said Gen. Crittenden may 
make upon them in accordance with the provisions 
of said resolutions. 
In testimony whereof, 1, BERIAH MA- 
l. r. GOFFIN, Governor of the Commonwealth 
of Kentucky, have hereunto subscribed 
inv name and caused the seal of the State to he 
affixed. Done at Frankfort, this 20th day of Septem¬ 
ber, in the year of Our Lord 1861, and in the 70th 
year of the Commonwealth. 
By the Governor: B. Magoffin. 
The 35th Ohio regiment took possession of Iron- 
ton, Kentucky, on the 2Gth nit. The 14th Ohio regi¬ 
ment crossed the river on the 27th, and embarked on 
the Kentucky Central Railroad for the interior of the 
State. On the same day the 26th Indiana regiment 
marched into Louisville. Col. Harris’ regiment, the 
Second Ohio, left Camp Dennison, for Kentucky, on 
the 28th. They were conveyed a short distance up 
the Licking, where they will remain encamped for 
the present. 
The following is a portion of a note directed to 
Col. Blair by the Adjntant-Gencral in St. Louis, by 
order of Gen. Fremont:—“ In consequence of a tele¬ 
gram from your brother, Postmaster-General Blair, 
followed by a letter asking your release, for public 
reasons, you are hereby released from arrest, and 
directed to resume your sword and join your regi¬ 
ment for duty. 
The following is the text of the original telegram 
sent by Gen. Fremont to Washington relative to the 
surrender of Lexington: 
Hsadqoaktkrs Western Department, 1 
St Loots, Sept, ‘33, 1861- j 
Col. E. D. Townsend, Adjutant-General:— Have a 
telegram from Brookfiold that Lexington has fallen 
into Price’s hands, he having cutoff Mulligan’s sup¬ 
ply of water, lie-enforcements, 4,000 strong, under 
Sturgis, by the capture of the li-rry boats, had no 
clock on Monday morning last, 
and reached Fort Ocracoke, which is situated on Bea- , 
con Island, at 11 o’clock. It Is about twenty miles i 
below Hutteras Inlet, and thirty miles from Beaufort. 
It commands the entrance to Ooracoke Inlet, is oe- ■ 
tagonal In shape, and was built by Colonel Morris, in 
the most scientific and substantial manner; in fact it 
was pronounced by the officers of the expedition as 
being far superior to Pickens, and, considering the 
depth of water, almost impregnable. Why it should 
ever have been evacuated was a matter of surprise to 
all who looked upon this splendid monument of en¬ 
gineering; and could only he solved by allowing for 
the limited supply of water on hand, and the impos¬ 
sibility of procuring a further supply, as there is no 
well on the island; all the water was brought from 
Washington and Newborn. 
At equal distances inside the fort were the shell 
rooms, four in number and twenty-live feet square. 
In the center of the fort was a large bomb proof, 
about 100 feet square, and capable of holding 3,000 
men. In the center Of the bomb-proof is the maga¬ 
zine, protected on each side with three large tanks, 
ten feet deep, filled with water, which were Intended 
for drowning shell. There were platforms for twenty 
guns, but in burning the gun carriages before they 
left, they were partially destroyed. There were four 
navy shell guns and fourteen long 32-pounders in the 
fort; two of the gunB had been carried oil from the 
entrance of the fort by the steamer Abermurle, and 
taken to Newbern on the day before we arrived. All 
the guns except one had been spiked by the Confed¬ 
erates before leaving the fort. All of them had been 
received from Norfolk, and were marked U. S. 1847. 
The fort was commenced in May last, and all the free 
negroes, aud as mnny of the white men of the Gtute 
as could be spared from military service, were em¬ 
ployed in building it. It cost $200,000. 
A light-boat, which had been used by the rebels for 
a store-ship, and run upon the shore before evacua¬ 
ting the fort, with the intention of subsequently tow¬ 
ing her off and arming her, was also set fire to and 
destroyed. 
About a mile and a half from Beacon Island is the 
village of Portsmouth, which contained, before the 
bombardment, four hundred and fifty inhabitants, 
but nearly all had fled to the mainland, so that 
scarcely a hundred remained in the place. Here a 
camp, called Camp Washington, had been estab¬ 
lished, composed of the Roanoke Guards, Tar River 
Boys, Ac., in all about five hundred, who could whip 
five Yankees each, but who came to re-enforce Fort 
Hatteras on the morning of the bombardment, and 
are now safe prisoners of war in Yankee Land. 
Lying on the beach in Portsmouth were three navy 
shell guns, and one mounted on a carriage near by. It 
was the Intention of the enemy to have erected a 
battery, but the sudden visit of our fleet changed 
their mind, and the guns were subjected to the same 
course of destruction as those at the Fort. 
Beaufort has been cased outside with railroad iron, 
so as to render it impregnable; ten thousand troops 
have been quartered in and around it, and it is said 
to he now one of the strongest forts in the southern 
part of the United States. To-night another expedi¬ 
tion is to start for Oregon Inlet and Roanoke Island, 
where there are batteries. It is about twenty miles 
above Hatteras, and is the key to Norfolk. Once in 
our possession, the whole coast of Virginia and 
North Carolina is rendered useless to them for the 
present. 
Depart incut of the West. 
On the 26tli ult., Mr. Underwood, a membef of 
the Kentucky Legislature, reported an amended hill 
from the Committee on Military A (lairs, calling out 
40,000 volunteers from one to five years, which was 
passed by a vote of * 7 to 13. The Senate occurred 
in the tiill by 21 to 5. 
The Senate also passed, by 10 to 10, a hill provid¬ 
ing that Kentuckians w T ho have voluntarily joined 
the anti-force invading the State shall be incapable of 
taking any estate in Kentucky by demise, bequest, or 
distribution, unless they return to their allegiance 
within sixty days, or escape from the invaders as 
soon as possible. 
Mr. Andrews, from the Judiciary Committee, re¬ 
ported among other things that the committee do 
not believe Congress has transcended any of its 
powers in the imposition of the tax to protect the 
Union, and the committee were discharged from 
further consideration thereof. Adopted, 67 against 
13. In the Senate the vote was unanimous. 
The people of Kentucky have at last appreciated 
their real condition. The Legislature of that State 
has finally performed its duty, and on Saturday the 
20th ult,, the following proclamation was issued by 
Gov. Magoffin: 
IV7ierrai, The following resolutions, viz: 
Whereas, Kentucky has been invaded hy the forces 
of the so-called Confederate States, and the com¬ 
manders of the forces so invading the State have 
insolently prescribed the conditions upon which they 
w ill withdraw, thus insulting the dignity of the State 
hy demanding terms to which Kentucky cannot listen 
without dishonor; therefore, 
1, Be it resolved hy the tieneral Assembly of the 
Comvwnu ta.lth of Kentucky, That the invaders must 
he expelled; inasmuch as there are now in Kent inky 
Federal troops assembled for the purpose of preserv¬ 
ing the tranquility of the State, arid of defending and 
protecting the people of Kentucky in the peaceful 
enjoyment of their lives and property, it is— 
2. Further resolved. That 0* n. Robert Anderson, a 
native Kentuckian, who has been appointed to the 
command of the Department of Cnmherland, he re¬ 
quested to take instant cyaunand, with authority and 
power from the Commonwealth to call out a volun¬ 
teer force in Kentucky for the purpose of repelling 
the invaders from our soil. 
Resolved, That, in using ihc means which duty and 
honor require shall he used to expel the invaders 
from the soil of Kentucky, no citizen shall be 
molested on account of his political opinion; that no 
citizen's property shall he taken or confiscated be¬ 
cause of mien opinion, nor shall any slave he set free 
by any military commander; and that all peaceable 
citizens and tbeir families are entitled to and shall 
receive the fullest protection of the Government in 
the enjoyment of their lives, their liberties, and their 
property. 
-t. Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor of 
the Commonwealth of Kentucky, he requested to 
give all the aid in his power to accomplish the end 
desired by these resolutions, and that he call out so 
much of the military force of the State under his 
commant) as may be necessary therefor, and that he 
Depnrimonr of the Emit. 
On the 24th, a portion of Col. Geary’s force had 
an action with 500 rebels on the Virginia side of the 
Potomac near Point of Rocks. The rebels were 
shelled on a high point on the Catoclian Mountain 
and houses at the base. They were driven away by 
the rifles and battery of Col. Geary, and the houses 
burned. Several of the enemy were killed and 
wounded. None of the Federal troops were hurt. 
On the 26th, 6,000 infantry, three companies of 
cavalry, and three batteries left Chain Bridge, under 
Command of Gen. Smith, for the purpose of making 
a reoonnoisance in the neighborhood of Lewinsville, 
and to obtain forage, Ac, The result of the expedi¬ 
tion was altogether successful. Several head of cattle 
and sheep, besides large quantities of hay, corn and 
oats, in wagons employed for the purpose, were 
brought into camp. At about 2 P. M., while onr 
troops were at Lewinsville, a large party of rebels, 
consisting of about five regiments of infantry, a 
regiment of cavalry and six pieces of artillery, 
approached from the direction of Fall’s Church. 
They opened on our men with their battery, and 
their firing was immediately responded to hy Capt 
Griffin’s and Mott’s guns. Thirty shots were fired 
from our batteries, which silenced the rebel cannon, 
and theenemy immediately retreated to Fall’sChurch. 
It is not known what damage is sustained cm their 
side. One man of ours was slightly wounded hy the 
explosion of a shell. The object of the expedition 
being accomplished, onr troops fell back to their 
original position at the Chain Bridge, bearing with 
lheiu a man representing himself as aid-de-camp of 
Col. Stuart, of Va., of the rebel cavalry, who wus 
tiiken prisoner at Lewinsville. He was dressed sb a 
civilian, with the. exception of bis hat, which he 
procured at Rull Bun, originally belonging to one of 
our men. 
Recently released prisoners from Richmond repre- 
there who are wounded, 
sent the Union prisoners 
most infamously maltreated by the rebel surgeons, 
who perform amputations and capital operations 
where there is not the slightest need, nearly all 
resulting fatally. The only persons showing any 
humanity towards prisoners are Georgians and 
Louisianians. The treatment of Virginia Unionists 
is stated to he infamous, neither sex nor age being 
respected. 
The steamer Delaware, Capt. Canan, arrived at the 
Washington Navy Yard about noon of the 2Ctb, with 
a body of Marines from Philadelphia. The captain 
reports that the battery at Freestone Point was 
unmasked. He passed it in the morning, the wood 
having been all cleared away, and that it opened 
upon him, firing about seven shots, none of which 
took effect. They were all good line shots, but 
either fell short or went over, two jost grazing hia 
decks. Capt. Canan says about fifty vessels passed 
compensation lor their services. The following are 
the names of distinguished foreigners who have 
entered our service: 
Prince Salm-Salm,..._Prussia. 
Colonel Liebsuboff,_...................Prussia. 
Lieut. Oscar Breodener,... Prussia. 
Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest,.England 
Lieut.-Col. FTtzroy de Courcy,.England. 
Count de Paris...-.....France. 
Duke de CimrtreR, ..Fiance. 
Capt&iu Vtdfffeftacfc,...... — -...Sweden 
Captain Holtn.an,.—.—-Sweden. 
Major W. A. Kirk.—.Canada. 
Colonel R A RaDkin,.Canada 
The Indian Bureau has received information, which 
They will meet a warm | considers satisfactory, that nearly all the Indians 
who have joined the rebels are half-breeds. 
The following important orders have been issued 
from the Post Office Department: 
Ordered, first, that no newspapers or other printed 
matter he admitted into the letter pouches destmea 
to the Pacific Coust — letters exclusively to he placea 
therein. . , „ 
Second — That separate hags he appropriated ex 
clusively to newspapers destined for the 1 aOT 
Coast, excluding all other printed matter. 
Third — That, such letter pouches and newspap _ 
bags be forwarded to California as usual, by the ov 
land route. , • j 
Fourth —All other printed matter of ever j am u 
destined l'or the Pacific Coast most he sent m > 8 
the New York office, there to be delivered to me 
agents of the Overland Mail Company. 
Fifth — Postmasters are requested to comply 
fully with these orders until further notice. y 
neglect thereiu to be immediately reported to 
appointment officer. 
By order of th£ Postmaster General- 
J John E. Kashon, 
First Asst P. M. General. 
The State Department has made satisfactory 
planations to Lord Lyons in reference to tue ne * 
nassport system. The omission to inform him ° 
Point. The river is now considered hy naval officers 
as effectually closed. Onr Potomac flotilla is insuffi¬ 
cient to clear it of the numerous batteries on its 
banks. A land force is indispensably necessary, and 
it is believed that within a few days, perhaps a few 
hours, the rebels will attempt to cross the lower 
Potomac into Maryland, 
reception, but it may he necessary to strengthen our 
forces in that direction. 
Early in the forenoon of the 28th, the pickets from 
Gen. Smith’s division advanced to and now occupy 
Fall's Church. Neither this nor the preceding move¬ 
ments met with any opposition whatever, as the 
rebel army had on Friday night retired from the 
whole liue of their positions near Washington. 
Upton’s Hill, this side of Fall’s Church, is included 
among the points now held hy the Federal forces. 
The works of the enemy at the places they had left 
were, in a military point of view, almost worthless, 
being nothing more than rifle pits of common con¬ 
struction. 
The advance of General Smith on Fall's Church 
from the Chain Bridge was accompanied by events 
of the most deplorable character. Having passed 
Vauderworks’ and Yanderherger’s houses, on their 
way to the former place, and half a mile irorn it, 
unaccountable blunder, Col. Gwens Irish 
The cup has been exhausted. Treason will hereafter 
be treated as treason. 
“ The massacre of woman and children, hy black 
hearted traitors lately burning bridges on the St. 
Joseph railroad, satisfied us that ft traitor will per¬ 
petrate crimes which devils would shudder to com¬ 
mit. They shall he (dotted from existence, and sent 
to that hell which yawns for their reception. The 
two roads are open to you. People of Western Mis¬ 
souri! choose ye between them; the one leads to 
peace and plenty, the other to destruction.” 
A gentleman who arrived in Washington on the 
21th, direct from Kansas, states that the rebels were 
preparing to make a raid upon that State. They bad 
notified the residents of the southern portion of Kan¬ 
sas of their intention. They assert that they mean 
to be avenged for the treatment which the border 
ruffians received during the Kansas difficulties. 
Proper steps will bo taken by the Department of the 
West, in the premises. 
The telegraph this (Monday) morning brings the 
following interesting items from Kentucky: 
Agents are now stationed along the Ohio River, to 
prevent smuggling of arms into Kentucky. 
hy some 
Philadelphia regiment, in the darkness of the night, 
mistaking for rebels Capt. Mott s battalion, which 
was in advance, sustained by Baker’s California 
regiment, Baxter’s Philadelphia Zouaves, and Col. 
Friedman's cavalry, fired a full volley into the forces 
last mentioned, killing and wouuding a large number. 
The California regiment not knowing whence the 
firing came, returned it with marked effect. 
