private properly. Residents who may bare tied 
are exhorted to return. Merchants and others are 
requested fo re-open their stores and shops, except 
those dealing in intoxicating liquors, who are for- 
bidden to resume their traffic under penalty of 
having their stock destroyed. The Mayor and 
Common Council will continue to exercise their 
functions, the military authorities 
nersrillc, passing through a gap in the Blue Ridge 
Mountains, in a line for Gordonsville, at which 
place he has a railroad connection with Richmond. 
The remainder of the rebel flotilla now having 
been engaged at long range by the other gunboats, 
the effect of our shot was visible upon some of them, 
the Beauregard, besides the damage from the 
Monarch, being constantly riddled with shot. The 
stand up tight bad now degenerated into a chase, in 
■which the flag ship Van Dorn was the leader. The 
Beauregard was fast sinking, and was drifted on 
shore, where she sunk up to her decks. The little 
screw Rebel was struck by two shots in her upper 
works, and was run ashore. She was not supposed 
to be permanently injured, but was abandoned by 
her crew to save themselves. The Little Rebel, it 
is said, had on board the Commodore, Montgomery, 
who made good his escape, with the restofthc crew. 
The pursuit was kept up by the gunboats alone 
now, reaching out with their tremendous Dahl- 
grens and columbiads at the firing foe. Passing 
President's Island, the Jeff. Thompson had been put 
towards the Avkansas shore and apparently deserted 
by her crew as the fleet passed. She was discovered 
to be on fire and abandoned to her fate. An hour 
afterwards a muffled explosion, an immense cloud 
of white smoke rising high above the trees, w T ilh 
fragments of shell and splinters howling through 
the air, told us that she was no more. 
The Sumter was the next to yield up the ghost, 
going ashore at the foot of President's Island, so far 
disabled as to be unable to keep afloat. 
The Gen. Bragg was the next, which was run 
ashore, lour miles below. A boat’s crew from the 
Benton was sent to board her, and found her “red 
hot,” with twice the ordinary pressure of steam upon 
her, and after examining her thoroughly, a prize 
crew was placed on hoard, when she w r as slowly 
brought up the river and now lies peacefully anch¬ 
ored abreast of the city. 
The Van Dorn escaped down the river, being 
vastly fleeter than our gunboats. The pursuit w as 
kept up lor eight miles, wbeu she had gotten so far 
ahead as to make a chase useless. She is, however, 
between two fires if not already consumed by the 
fire ol her masters. 
At about two miles below the city was an un¬ 
finished gunboat, which the rebel soldiery fired dur¬ 
ing the fight, and which burned briskly long after the 
surrender. She was set on lire by the order of Gen. 
Jeff. Thompson, who, it appears, was in command 
of the place with about a thousand troops, who, 
our troops; but a few shots from one of our batter¬ 
ies soon silenced his guns. After dark the enemy 
continued his retreat. J. C Fus. most, 
Major-General Commanding. 
HEADQUARTERS AltMY JS rilK FlEl.D, > 
UaruiSonhuko, June 7- A. M. j 
To lion. K. M. Stanton, Secretary of War -.—The 
attack upon the enemy's rear yesterday precipitated 
his retreat. Their loss in killed and wounded was 
very severe. Their retreat was by an almost im¬ 
passable road, nbmg which many wagons were left 
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The Annual Register of Rural Affairs—Luther Tucker&s 0 i 
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Money to Loan—Monroe Co, Savings Institution. 
Cider Press Screws—L. M. Arnold. 
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Department of the East. 
W e have uo news of importance from onr army 
before. Richmond. We gather the following items 
from telegraphic dispatches: 
On the 8th inst., a captain. lieutenant, and two 
privates, belonging to General Burn’s brigade, were 
killed, and fifteen wounded, while establishing an 
advanced picket line. The new position was held. 
A dispatch dated the 9th inst., says the rebels had 
received no re-enforcements, nor were there any 
signs of evacuation. 
Major-General Robert W, Lee has been assigned 
to the command of the rebel army in front of Rich¬ 
mond, in consequence of a wound to Johnson, 
received in tho battle at Fair Oaks. 
A letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer says our 
troops have buried over 3,000 rebels at Fair Oaks. 
Prisoners continue to be brought in daily. One 
rebel General who was taken still refuses to give his 
name. Our troops have been within three miles of 
Richmond on a reconnoissance. 
The following dispatch has been transmitted to 
Secretary Stanton: also a copy to General Casey: 
Headquarters Army OP THE POTOMAC, Jane 9. 
To lion. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of lFor. - —My 
dispatch of the 1st inst,, stating that. General Casey’s 
division, which was in the first line, gave way unac¬ 
countably and discreditably, was based upon* official 
statements made to me before I arrived upon the 
field of battle, and while I was there, by several 
commanders. 
From statements made to me subsequently by 
Generals Casey and Naglee. I am induced to be¬ 
lieve that portions of the division behaved well and 
made a most gallant stand against superior num¬ 
bers. but at present the accounts are too conflicting 
to enable me to discriminate with certainty. When 
ihe tacts are clearly ascertained, the exceptional 
good conduct will be properly acknowledged. 
G. B. McClellan. Maj.-Gen. Com. 
It is stated, with every probability of truth, that 
the now well known Union feeling Lad broken out 
on Tuesday, the 3d inst,, in open revolt in six North 
Carolina regiments—an entire brigade from the 
North State; that the brigade was surrounded with 
Mississippi and Alabama troops, disarmed, and 
placed in confinement. 
A letter to the Philadelphia Press states that 
deserters are arriving and report great numbers 
anxious to reach our lines, not only North Caroli¬ 
nians, but men from every rebel State. 
A dispatch from Gen. McClellan's army dated 
June 14, says:—The movements of the eDemy to-day 
have been extensive, and as yet are involved in 
mystery. Large bodies of men have been seen 
moving down in the vicinity of Meobanicsville 
Bridge and Richmond, toward the late battle field. 
Our pickets yesterday were driven in from Old 
Church, during which Capt Royal, of Conn., was 
wounded, showing that the enemy designed making 
a demonstration in that direction. A contraband 
coming in reported that 3,000 cavalry left Richmond 
Wednesday in the direction of Fredericsburg. This 
is probably the force that appeared at Old Church. 
The rebels opened at daylight this forenoon a sharp 
fire of artillery in front of Gen. Sumner. It lasted 
three hours. We had one killed and one wounded. 
A detachment of the 2d Pennsylvania cavalry, 
while on a scouting expedition in the neighborhood 
of Leesburg, captured several boat loads of horse 
feed, flour, uud the like, while on their passage 
across from Maryland to the Virginia side. The 
officer in command also reports that the rebels near 
and around Poolesville and Edwards Ferry are 
constantly signaling to secessionists reconnoitering 
on the opposite side. 
Major-General Burnside and Staff arrived at For¬ 
tress Monroe, having come through the Albemarle 
and Chesapeake Canal in the small gunboat Port 
Royal on the 9th. The progress of the Port Royal 
was considerably delayed by obstructions, but Gen. 
Burnside succeeded in blowing them up and open¬ 
ing the canal. 
There is little or no news in the Department of 
Nonh Carolina. 
The 24th Massachusetts regiment was attacked 
from an ambush by a North Carolina regiment on 
Thursday, the 5th inst. The 24th Massachusetts 
regiment were on a reconnaissance at the time. 
They lost six men killed and a number wouuded. 
Three ol the latter subsequently died. Several 
skirmishes have lately taken place in the vicinity of 
Washington, N. C., in one of which one man on our 
side was wounded. The Federals put to flight a 
rebel force of cavalry and infantry ten times their 
strength. 
co-operating, for 
enforcing all proper ordinances, unless an exigency 
shall arise rendering martial law imperative. It is 
hoped and believed, however, that nothing will 
occur to render this necessary. 
Intelligence was received at Memphis on the 9th, 
that as soon as the news of the defeat of the rebel 
fleet and the surrender of the city reached St. Fran¬ 
cis river, Arkansas, a steamer, acting under Gen. 
fliodman’s orders, went up and down that stream, 
and destroyed several thousand bales of cotton. 
Some 4,000 bales were burned at Madison, Arkan¬ 
sas, about forty miles west of Memphis. 
There has been no movement, either in the fleet 
or land forces, since Friday. Jt is said that as many 
as 30.000 bales of cotton have been burned at 
Memphis. Rebel cavalry are scouring the country 
around Grand Junction, destroying all the cotton 
that can he found. 
Information from rebel sources of an unusually 
trustworthy character, indicates that Beauregard 
discovered that at Corinth he was at the mercy of 
Gen. Ilalleck. who could make him fight or delay a 
battle at his pleasure. Fully persuaded of this 
fact, and believing the battle was inevitable, he 
retreated. 
Dispatches from Gen. Halleck dated June 12th, 
7 P. M., have been received at the War Department. 
Spies and deserters represent the rebel army to be 
greatly demoralized, mutinous, and deserting. Regi-, 
ments which refused to serve longer than their time 
of enlistment, have been disarmed, and large num¬ 
bers shot. The immense destruction of valuable 
stores proves that the retreat was a hurried one. 
Half burned locomotives and cars are found in 
places where they would not have been left if the 
enemy had been making a contemplated and pre¬ 
pared retreat. The rebel army have stripped of 
food the whole country south of Corinth. The 
wealthiest families are now destitute and starving. 
Women and children are crying for food, and all 
Ihe males are forced into the army. The enemy is 
represented as suffering greatly for food. 
The following dispatch ha* been received at the 
War Department : 
in the woods, and wagon loads of blankets,clothing 
and other equipments were piled up in all direc¬ 
tions. During ibe evening many of the rebels were 
killed by shells from a battery of Gen. Stahl's 
Brigade.' Gen. Ashby, who covered the retreat 
with his whole cavalry and three regiments of 
infantry, and who exhibited admirable skill and 
audacity, is among the killed. 
Gen. Milroy made a reconnoissance, to-day of 
about, seven miles, on the Port Republic road, ‘and 
discovered a portion of the enemy's forces encamped 
in the timber. J. C. Fremont, 
Major-General Commanding. 
Headquarters Army iv tuk Field, ) 
Camt vicar Port RviTnuo. Jiiiip 8, f> A. M. } 
To Bon. E. M. Stanton , Secretary of War :—The 
army left Harrisonburg this morning at, 3:30. My 
advance engaged the rebels about seven miles from 
that place, near Union Church. The enemy was 
very advantageously posted in the timber, hav¬ 
ing* chosen his own position, with his troops 
formed eu masse. They consisted, undoubtedly, of 
Jackson’s entire force. The battle began with 
heavy firing at 11 o’clock, and lasted with great 
violence and obstinacy until 4 P. M. Some, skir¬ 
mishing and artillery firing continued from that 
time until dark. 
Our troops fought occasionally under a murder¬ 
ous fire of greatly superior numbers, the hottest of 
the small arms fire being on the left, wing, which 
was held by Staples’ brigade, consisting of the 5tb 
regiment. * The bayonet and canister phot were 
used freely and with"great effect by our men. The 
loss on both sides Is very great. Ours is very heavy 
among the officers. 
A. fall report of those wbo distinguished them¬ 
selves wil I be made with impartiality. I desire to 
say that hoth officers and men behaved with splen¬ 
did gallantry, and the service of artillery was espe¬ 
cially admirable. 
We are encamped on the field of battle, which 
may be renewed at, any moment, 
J. C. Fremont, 
Major-General Commanding. 
Headquarters Mocnta is Department, ) 
Port Republic. June 9,12 M. j' 
To Bon. E M. Stanton , Secretary of IFar:—There 
was nn collision with the enemy after dark last 
night. This morning we renewed the march against 
him, entering the woods in battle order, his cavalry 
appearing on our flank. Blenker had the left, Mil- 
roy the right, and Sehenek Ihe center, with a reserve 
of Stahl’s and Bayard’s brigades. The enemy was 
found to be in full retreat on Port Republic, and 
our advance found his rear guard barely across the 
river and the bridge in flames. Our advance came 
in so suddenly that some of his officers remaining 
on this side escaped with the loss ot their horses. 
The cannonading during the morning apprised 
us of an engagement, and 1 am Informed here that 
Jackson attacked Gen. Shields this morning, and 
after a severe engagement, drove him down the 
river, and is now in pursuit. 1 have sent out an 
officer with a detachment of cavalry to open com- 
— Yellow fever is increasing at Havana. 
— It is stated that the Confederate debt is $400,000,000. 
— Albany subscribes $7,742 for the relief of the Troy suf¬ 
ferers. 
— General Tope has taken 25,000 prisoners since the war 
began. 
— The Spanish Government is about to build seven iron 
frigates. 
— The Turks are reported to have gained a great victory in 
Montenegro. 
— The Senate has confirmed A. V. S. Lindsay as Postmaster 
of Nashville. 
— A monument for Senator Broderick is being erected at 
San Francisco. 
— The French army at Rome is about to be reduced to a 
single division. 
— Id the England Baptist Union there are 37 associations, 
and 1,232 churches. 
— Ohio has 4,000 troops in camp at Columbus under the 
recent call f*r militia. 
— The Grand Duke Constantine has been appointed viceroy 
of tiie kingdom of Poland. 
— A large fire occurred in Quebec on the 10th inst. Over 
100 houses were destroyed. 
— A four-inch plank, 107 feet in length, was recently turned 
out at a sawmill in Oregon. 
— Six hundred and fifty Mormons passed through this city 
last week, m route for Utah. 
— Counterfeit $5 hills on the Palisade Bank of Y’onkers 
have been put in circulation. 
— There has been raised in New York for the sufferers by 
the Troy (ire, the sum of $11,500. 
— The amount of rain ut Albany, week before last, was 2.92 
inches; in New York over 4 inches. 
— The Russian Government has established a magnetic and 
meteorological observatory at Pekin. 
— The House bill, inhibiting slavery in the Territories, 
passed the Senate on Monday, June 9. 
— Jeff'. Davis has issued an address to the rebel army, claim¬ 
ing a victory at the battle of Fair Oaks! 
— The Boston Advertiser announces that Antioch College 
is to he closed at uext Commencement 
— Ex-Governor Roomer, of Blinois, has been appointed to 
succeed Carl Schurz as Minister to Spain. 
— A. If. Markham, special agent for Postoffice Department, 
has gone to Memphis to open the Postoffice. 
— The entire village of Westport, Penn., on the Lehigh 
river, was washed away during the late flood. 
— G. H. Woodman has been arrested and convicted in Men- 
docius Co.. C'al.. for kidnapping young Indians. 
— The Saratogian announces that the three leading hotels 
of that place opened for the season on Monday last. 
— The Ohio Legislature refused to pass n law allowing the 
troops of that State to vole while at the seat of war. 
— There is said to be a regiment in Blenker's division in 
which there are soldiers of 41 different nationalities! 
— Seven hundred and twenty seven ships have already been 
wrecked from the 1st of January to the 1st. of May, 1862. 
— The Mexicans are actively fortifying the capital, and the 
French will march against it when re -enforcements arrive. 
— There are nearly 20,000 rebels now held as prisoners, and 
their support is a considerable item in the C 06 t of the war. 
— General Butler, in his administration of affairs in New 
Orleans, finds an able defender in the London Daily News. 
— The king of Madagascar has narrowly escaped assassina¬ 
tion from the hands of his cousin, who aspires to the throne. 
— Mrs. Howard Squires committed suicide at Geneva last 
week. She was driven to the act by abuse from her husband. 
— The Consul of the Netherlands and the French Consul 
have both left Charleston aud eoine North with their families. 
— A skiff in white marble and a Statue of the best style of 
ancient art have been discovered In the Parthenon at Athens. 
— Mrs. Wliittaker aud her daughter were so shockingly 
burned in tills city, on Monday week, that they have since 
died. 
— The British vessel Uncle Tom was recently lost off the 
Island of Formosa. Of the forty persons on hoard, only three 
escaped. 
— Three fugitive slaves were shot at Bladensburg on Mon¬ 
day week, while attempting to escape from a party of slave 
catchers. 
— There are in London more than 60,000 Germans, 30,000 
French, and 6,000 Italians, and a very large number of 
Asiatics. 
— Tho President offers, by proclamation, nearly three 
million and a half acres of land at public sale, in Oregon, in 
October. 
— There ie a new issue of counterfeit tens on the Mer¬ 
chants' Bank, and tives'and tens on the /Etna Bank of Hart¬ 
ford, Conn, 
— During the past year the Catholics of the United States 
have dedicated 95 churches, many of them very costly and 
magnificent. 
— On Saturday week, the sword voted to Commodore Wilkes 
by the Common Council of Boston, was presented to him in 
Philadelphia. 
— Aaron Brooks died in Fayette county, Penn., on the 13th 
ult., at the advanced age of one hundred and one years and 
three months, 
— Queen Victoria intends this summer to move to the castle 
of Rosen ban, in the Dnchy of Coburg, the birthplace of 
Prince Albert. 
— The Tobacco Fair of the Kentucky Ag. Society at Spratt 
& Co.’s warehouse, Louisville, was held on the 11th. It was 
a great success. 
— The grandfather of Gen. Halleck, commanding the 
Mississippi Department, is now living, at the age of 100 years, 
near Utica, N. Y. 
— The Louisville Journal and Democrat earnestly protest 
against any arrangement with the rebels whereby Gen. Buck¬ 
ner may be released. 
— For Hie eighteen hours ending at 4 A. M., Thursday, 
June 5, rain fell in Providence, K. I., to the amount of five 
and one-tenth inches. 
— Gov. Yates, of Illinois, has issued a proclamation call¬ 
ing for a reserve corps of 60.000 men, to be mustered into the 
service for three years. 
— Parson Brownlow has been summoned to Washington as 
a witness in the case of West H. Humphreys, now under 
indictment for treason. 
— A letter from on board the U. S. steamship Mississippi, 
off New Orleans, states that a load of cotton from the upper 
Louisiana had reached that city. 
— Gen. Mitchell recently asked for authority to hang some 
guerrillas and bridge-burners in his possession. Secretary 
Stanton replied, “ Swing them up.” 
— The United States Consul at Paris had issued a notice that 
no f tirther application can be received from foreign officers 
for commissions in the Federal army. 
— There are more Scottish descendants in London than in 
Edinburg, more Irish than in Dublin, more Romanists than 
in Rome, and more Jews than in Palestine. 
— Seventy-four bales of cotton were sold in St. Louis on 
Friday last, by order of Major-Gen. Halleck, on Government 
account. Average price paid was 271* cents per pound. 
Corinth, and that now thoy cannot muster lunch 
over 80.000, Some of the fresh graven on the road 
have been opened, and found filled with arms. 
Many of the prisoners of war hog not to be ex¬ 
changed, saying they purposely allowed themselves 
to be taken. Beauregard himself retreated from 
Baldwin on Saturday afternoon to Okolona. 
H. IV. Halleck. 
Our forces now occupy Bolivar and Grcentown, 
Jackson and Baldwin. Railroad repairs are pro¬ 
gressing rapidly, 
A private dispatch from Cairo to the President of 
the Chicago Sanitary Commission, says that Gen. 
Mitchell has won another brilliant victory at-Chat¬ 
tanooga, Tennessee—the enemy being completely 
routed after two days bard fighting. No particulars. 
A gentleman from Corinth who is conversant with 
matters there, says Gen. Buell, with 60,000 troops, 
embracing two divisions of his own aud all of Gen. 
Pope's forces, were at Guntown, in hot pursuit of 
Bishop Pulk's rebels. Gen. W. T. Sherman’s divis¬ 
ion is repairing bridges on the Memphis and Charles¬ 
ton Railroad, between Corinth and Grand Junction. 
Gen. Wood's division ot Buell’s corps is repairing 
bridges on Big Bear Creek, twenty-six miles east of 
Corinth. Gen. Thomas, with about 6,000 troops, is 
at Corinth, renovating the town so that it may be 
used as a habitation for troops. Gens. McClernand 
and Wallace are at Purdy with about 20,000 troops. 
The railroad from Corinth to Jackson, thence to 
Grand Junction, is being rapidly repaired, and 
communication is expected to be opened with Co¬ 
lumbus, Ky., in a day or two, affording an impor¬ 
tant and speedy route for transportation of supplies. 
Eleven locomotives have been captured at different 
times, four of which are in running order, the bal¬ 
ance are being rapidly repaired. 
Dispatches from Gen. Negly to Gov. Johnson 
announce the success of his expedition to East Ten¬ 
nessee. He took 80 prisoners, including a number 
of prominent rebel citizens, a drove of cattle, and a 
large number of horses intended for the rebel army. 
The defeat of Gen. Adams’ rebel forces at Sweden's 
Cove, was more complete than represented at first. 
Adams escaped without his sword or his horse. 
The rebel batteries at Chattanooga were silenced on 
the 7th. after a heavy cannonading of three hours. 
Our forces opened fire the next day, and continued 
two hours on the town, driving the enemy out of 
his works, and forcing him to evacuate the city. 
They burned railroad bridges to prevent pursuit. 
East Tennesseeans came out in crowds along the 
march and cheered our troops enthusiastically. 
wounded in wagons. This morning on our march 
upwards of 200 of his dead were counted on one 
field—the greater part, badly mutilated by cannon 
shot. Many of his dead were also scattered through 
the woods, and many bud been already buried. A 
number of prisoners had been taken during the 
pursuit, 
I regret to have lost so many officers. Gen. 
Stahl's brigade was in the hottest part of ibe field, 
which was the left wing From the hoginning of 
the fight, the brigade lost in officers, five killed and 
seventeen wounded, and one of his regiments alone, 
the 8th New York, has buried sixty-five. The 
Garibaldi Guard next suffered most severely. Fol¬ 
lowing this regiment, the 45th New York aud the 
Bncktail rifles, of Bayard’s and Milroy's brigades, 
One of the Buck tail companies had lost all of its 
officers, commissioned ami non-commissioned. Tho 
loss in Scheuck's brigade was less, allhough he 
inflicted severe loss on the enemy, principally by 
artillery lire. Of my staff. I lost a good officer 
killed, ’Capt. Nichols Dunner. Many horses were 
killed in our batteries, which the enemy repeatedly 
attempted to take, but were repulsed by canister 
fire generally. 
1 fool myself permitted to say that all onr troops, 
by the endurance of the severe march and their 
splendid conduct in the battle, are entitled to the 
President's commendations; and the officers through¬ 
out behaved with great gallantry ancl efficiency, 
which requires that, I should make particular men¬ 
tion of them, and which 1 trust will receive the 
particular notice of the President us soon os pos¬ 
sible. 
I will send in a full report, but in this respect I 
am unable to make any more particular distinction 
than that pointed out in the description of the bat¬ 
tle. J. C. Fremont, 
Major-General Commanding. 
A telegraphic dispatch, dated Port Republic, 
June 10, says: 
The army advanced early this morning in line of 
battle, but finding no enemy, proceeded in column 
through the woods and over the country to Port 
Republic. Everywhere were evidences of the 
completeness of yesterday’s success. The battle 
was fought at Cross Keys, and takes that name. 
The rebel loss was greatly superior to ours, and 
many wounded left on the field. Not less than 500 
dead were found. Two of their guns were left 
behind, which we captured this morning. Capt, 
Dunner, of Fremont’s staff, was killed. Capt. Git- 
terman, of Cl use rut’s staff’, is severely wounded, 
No other staff - officers were wounded. The rebel 
wounded were found in every house along the 
road. Ambulances, wagons and clothing strewed 
the field. Forty of our wounded, taken prisoners, 
were left in a church and retaken. The 6th Louis¬ 
iana lost all but thirty men. 
The enemy retreated till midnight, and this 
morning their rear guard crossed the Shenandoah 
at this place and burned the bridge. 
The results of the Port Republic battle on Mon¬ 
day, June 9, alluded to in the dispatches above, 
between Gen. Shields’ army and Jackson’s army, 
are now ascertained as near as can be. The force 
engaged was mostly composed of Western men, who 
did their duty nobly, as is evidenced by their fight¬ 
ing a foe five times their number, and then retreat¬ 
ing in order, except one or two regiments, who were 
completely surrounded and compelled to take to the 
mountains, and then working their way back to their 
division. 
The 7th Indiana did nobly, holding their position 
for four hours against a vastly superior force, Col. 
Govine repeatedly charging and driving the enemy 
like sheep. They left Fredericksburg 800 strong, 
and arrived at Port Republic wiih only 300, the rest 
having been left on the route sick and disabled, and 
after the fight they numbered only 140, losing over 
half their force. The 29th and 66th Ohio regiments 
also lost heavily. Clark’s, Robinson’s and Hur- 
bergton’s batteries of artillery are entitled to great 
praise for their gallantry in the action. Had the let 
and 2d brigades been enabled to reach the scene, an 
entirely different result would have ensued. After 
Monday’s fight Jackson took the road toward Stan- 
Depnrtineut of the Mississippi. 
The telegraph furnishes the following intelli¬ 
gence in regard to affairs in the South-West: 
A dispatch dated Memphis, June 7, says:—Since 
the formal surrender of the city yesterday, and the 
posting of pickets, the excitement of the people has 
subsided. All was quiet during last night, and Ihe 
only event of this morning was the capture of (he 
rebel steamer Check, which eluded the fleet yester¬ 
day above the city by running up a slough out of 
sight. Nothing has yet been heard of the Van 
Dorn, the only boat of the rebel fleet which escaped 
yesterday. 
About 1,000 rebel caissons left on the cars last 
night for Grenada, Miss. Railroads have all stopped 
running to the city. The Memphis A Charleston 
Railroad is badly cut up, and all its rolling stock 
sent South. All stock of the Memphis A Ohio road, 
except three engines, is here. Great efforts are 
made to shield public property by private claims. 
It is said there is a great amount of sugar and mo¬ 
lasses, which has been secreted by its owners, ready 
for shipment 
A special dispatch from Memphis dated June 8, 
says the casualties of the late fight are estimated at 
from 100 to 150 killed, and 30 to 40 wounded. 
Two of our mortar-boat men managed to dude 
the guard and get on shore Friday night, and were 
killed in a row of their own getting up. The citi¬ 
zens, to the number of 2,000, reported themselveR, 
armed and equipped, to the Provost Marshal lor 
service the same evening, to prevent the destruction 
of property by a mob, which it seemed they feared 
more than the Federale. It was expected the city 
would be fired, but the prompt action of the peace¬ 
able citizens, and the Colonel commanding, with a 
strong provost guard, prevented it. As it was, the 
depot of the Missouri A Tennessee road was broken 
open by a mob of men and women, but before they 
could take anything away a detachment of military 
arrived and dispersed them. The Btoros in the 
depot were yesterday removed to a place of safety. 
Col. Fitch, commander of the post, issued notice 
last evening that the United States has taken pos¬ 
session of the city for the purpose of asserting 
supremacy of the laws and protecting public and 
(Jen. Hunter's Department. 
It appears certain that a strong effort has been 
made to reduce Charleston, South Carolina, and it 
is altogether probable that our country's flag is 
already floating over that hot-bed of secession. Our 
information is principally from secession sources, 
as we have of course no telegraph communication 
from that. city. The steamer Massachusetts arrived 
at Fortress Monroe on the 13th inst, having left 
Fort Royal the 11th. This boat stopped several 
hours at Stono Inlet, near Charleston, and picked 
up some vague rumors touching the position of 
things on James Island, where God. Hunter's army 
had landed, and found itself confronted by an un¬ 
expectedly large rebel force, believed to have been 
increased by heavy re-enforcements from the late 
Corinth array. Some said that Beauregard himself 
was there, and that not less than 25,000 rebels were 
opposite Gen. Hunter on the island. Some fighting 
had taken place, in which the 79th Highland regi¬ 
ment and the Massachusetts cavalry had particu¬ 
larly distinguished themselves, but the Massachu¬ 
setts 28th had not done itself credit. 
Several batteries had been carried by storm, and 
a general engagement was thought to he imminent. 
Firing in the direction for half an hour was heard 
by the passengers of the Massachusetts as she was 
lying off’Charleston bar, in plain view of Fort Sum¬ 
ter, with the steeples of the city discernible with a 
glass. 
A telegram from Augusta, June 11th, and pub¬ 
lished in the Southern papers, says the papers from 
Charleston of that date contain the particulars of a 
sharp engagement on James Island on Tuesday 
afternoon, which continued until dark. Our forces 
consisted of three regiments and one battalion of 
infantry and three batteries, under command of 
Gen. \V. D. Smith. The enemy were under the 
protection of felled trees and gunboats. Col. Wil¬ 
liams, of the 46th Georgia regiment, was mortally 
wounded. Our loss is estimated at from 20 to 65, 
principally Georgians. The loss ol' the enemy is 
thought to be large. 
A Federal prisoner, taken on Monday, reports the 
enemy's force on James Island at sixteen regiments 
strong, and a few more were expected shortly. 
The Mountain Department. 
As. soon as our Government received informa¬ 
tion that Banks was compelled to retreat before the 
superior force of the rebel chief Jackson, a plan 
was speedily formed for h*is repulse and capture, if 
possible. Fremont was directed to bring a strong 
force from his division, across the mountains, while 
troops were ordered from McDowell to co-operate 
with Fremont’s division, and Banks was re-enforced 
from Washington, Baltimore. Ac., his headquarters 
at the time being Harper’s Ferry. Al ter a forced 
march of seven days, over mountains and through 
mountain passes, the ‘'pathfinder’’ came up with 
the enemy’s rear guard at Ilarrisonburgh, the 7th 
inst His operations since that time are detailed in 
the following official reports to the Secretary of 
War: 
Headquarters or the Mou.vtai.v Department, ? 
Army is the Field, Harrisonburg, June 7. j 
To Hon. E. M. Stanton , Secretary of M ur:—The 
army reached here at 2 F. M. yesterday, driving out 
the enemy’s rear guard. Severe skirmishing con¬ 
tinued from that time till dark, the euemy’s rear 
being closely pressed by our advance. At 4 P. M. 
the 1st New Jersey cavalry, after driving the enemy 
through the village, tell into an ambuscade in the 
woods, in the south-east part of the town, in which 
Col. Windham, of that regiment, was captured, and 
considerable loss sustained. 
CoJ. Ctiisemt, with his_ brigade, subsequently 
engaged the enemy in the timber, driving him from 
the position and taking his camp. At about S P. M. 
a battalion of Col. Kane's Pennsylvania regiment 
entered the woods, under the direction ot Brigadier- 
General Bayard, and maintained for oue half-hour 
a vigorous‘attack, in which both sides suffered 
severely, driving tne enemy, who attempted to shell 
