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neutrality, I shall be glad of their aid to keep the 
peace, and indeed to restore the city to them. Till 
that time, however, I must require the arms of all 
the inhabitants, white and black, to be under my 
control. 
I have the honor to be your obedient servant, 
Benjamin F. Butler, 
Major-General Commanding. 
To Ct if ejan, French Consul. 
The Count, after an interview with Gen. Butler, 
left New Orleans for Washington with a view of lay¬ 
ing his case before the French Minister at Washing¬ 
ton. He arrived at New York in the Marion. 
Items and Incident*. 
The rebels who, according to various apparently 
credible statements, constantly employ negroes as 
Boldiers, propose to hang or shoot (as may be most 
convenient) any Federal officers commanding col¬ 
ored troops, who may fall into their hands. 
The Union Spirit in Kentucky. — A corres¬ 
pondent of the Detroit, free Press writes from Leb¬ 
anon, Ky.. as follows:—f have been asked about the 
Union spirit in Kentucky. Of course we are divided, 
and party lines are drawn with great sharpness, and 
here lot me say, once for all, that there is not a more 
genuine, uncompromising spirit of Unionism any¬ 
where than here, it has been made pure and strong 
by trial. It has had to suffer as you, in a more 
northern latitude, know nothing of by experience. 
It has passed under a baptism of fire. It has been 
compelled—yet stands firm as ever—to suffer the loss 
of all things. If it were really necessary— essential, 
as I had occasion to say in my last—it would give 
up its slaves if that would restore the government 
of our fathers as it was. The patriotism of the 
South, so Far as it goes, is a patriotism all on fire, aud 
yet, at the same time, more a patriotism of principle 
than of passion. 
Praying for Jeff. Davis. — Some days since 
Rev. Dr. White, rector of an Episcopal church in 
Memphis, called on the Provost Marshal to inquire 
whether it would be considered treasonable to pray 
in public lor the President of the Rebel Confederacy. 
“ I guess not very,” coolly replied t hat officer^ “ you 
have been praying for him for two years, and have 
not done us much harm; and I don’t know but that 
you might as well keep at it,” 
Youthful Benevolence. — The little ones at 
Cozzens'e Hotel, West Point, a few days since, im¬ 
provised a fair, the excellent results of which are 
recorded iu the following letter: 
‘\Geo. T. Sir one/. Treasurer Sanitary Commission, 
A eio York: 
“ Dear Sir— The inclosed check for $65 the pro- 
ceedsof u ‘Children's Fair,' extemporised a lew eve¬ 
nings since by a bevy of gentle but terribly noisy chil¬ 
dren of both’ sexes* who are now exercising their 
voices and exhibiting their graces at Oozzeirs West 
Point Hotel. They projected, arranged and carried 
out their benevolent purpose with most commend¬ 
able zeal. and. barring their noisy hilarity, their 
example might he worthily emulated by their elders. 
The Lilliputian treasurer ol these embryo ‘How¬ 
ards’ and ‘Nightingales,’ little Henry II. it—has 
requested me to transmit these funds to you for the 
benefit of the sick and wouuded volunteers. 
“ Very respectfully yours, &Ci, j. n. C- 
Cotton from tub South-west.— The receipts of 
cotton at New York overland from the Southwest, 
reach from about 600 to 1,000 bales per day, and al 
together from one to two hundred thousand bales 
KftVO luXTsy* t'Oooivo11 S’umu o C »4 •>. 4>V*v. (uuilto 
fire, having been rescued from the torch of the rebel 
cotton burners. 
Army of the West. 0,1 A 1 
The tollowing dispatches relative to recent |? r ^ e ^ 
movements of our army and navy on the Missis- ul ' , 
• wore i 
sippi have been received at Washington: 
11 wound 
IIXMUrA, Auk.., A up. 21. via Cairo 2(1. Tele 
Major-General UcdUclc, Commander-in-chief ^ j. ; 
Satisfactory news is received from the navy and , 
army expedition sent down the river near Milliken’s je 1 ’ 
Bend, that the rebel transport, boat. “Fall' Play” -A-re 
was captured with a cargo ot arms and ammunition, had a f 
A rebel force was pursued by the troops to Mon- ( j, l _ an 
roe. La., where there is a railroad and telegraph. 
The depot was burned and the telegraph destroyed, WttS R a 
cutting off the communication connecting Vicksburg enemy 
with Little Rook and Providence, La. Thirty five captun 
prisoners were takeu and u large number of negroes, , . 
who were, with the rebel force, brought away. , n " 
Eleven hogsheads of sugar, three baggage wagon’s, from tl 
and six trucks, were destroyed by our troops, not was th 
having means of transportation to bring them to the x m 
river. A portion of the force, with (he rams, entered .. 
the Yazoo River, where a battery of 42-pounders and m,lea R 
two field pieces were taken. The enemy fled with- band, i 
out firing a gun. The heavy pieces were destroyed, of Fed< 
and the field pieces brought, away, . , 
The expedition ascended the Yazoo, above San , . 
Florence, and then returned up the Mississippi, "burse 
The troops are scouring the shores and scattering A rebe 
the guerrilla bands with great success. distant 
This is the substance of Col, Wood's report. 
Much credit, te due to Acting Flag Officer Phelps, mov 
who commanded the naval force; to Col. Eilat, who Pron 
commanded the rain fleet; and Col. Wood, of the 76tb gone t( 
Ohio, who commanded a brigade of the 4t.h division , . 
of this army. F. C. Curtin. ® 
Ohio R 
CAIRO, Aug. 26-0:30 V. M. 
To JTon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy :— * 
The combined naval and military expedition, Mor S at 
planned between Gen. Curtis and myself before pose of 
leaving Helena, has returned to that'place, Lav- ascerta 
ing accomplished its work with great, success! 
The rebel transport Fair Play has been captured, lj a :. 
containing 1.200 new Enfield rilies, 4,000 new mus- i nq Um: 
kets, with accoutrements complete, a large quantity receive 
of fixed ammunition, tour field guns, mounted how- Col 
itzers, and some small arms. cavalry 
Col. Wood landed and captured the encampment terdav. 
of the Slst Louisiana regiment, with all their arms, Our < 
the enemy flying before him. He captured another enemy, 
camp, with tents, baggage, and provisions, burning and wo 
the depot and eight cars, and destroying the tele- 
couraging. Wherever secreted, guerrillas are speed¬ 
ily hunted out and vigorously dealt with. 
LxAVKmvoRTn, Kansas, Aug. 27. 
To lion. E. if. Stanton, Secretary of War: — 
Major Champion Vaughn, of Gen. Blunt's staff, has 
arrived at these headquarters with dispatches. Gen, 
Blunt marched with 1,500 men from Fori Scott. Aug. 
17th, and followed the rebels ns far north as Lone 
Jack. The enemy declined an engagement, and 
commenced to retreat. They were hotly pursned by 
Gen. Blunt, and driven in confusion across the 
Osage with the loss of transportation trains, equip¬ 
ment s, besides numerous arms, Ac. 
It is considered that the expedition saved the Mis¬ 
souri towns aud the western border from devasta¬ 
tion, besides striking terror into the hearte of the 
enemy as far as the Arkansas line. General Blunt's 
column returned to Fort Scott on the 22d, having 
marched 300 tulles in six days. 
Col. Cloud was left to continue the pursuit, and it 
is not improbablu that the main force of the rebels 
will be forced to surrender. J. M. Graham, 
Asst. Adjutant General. 
On Friday afternoon, (lie rebels in and around 
Richmond, Ky., drove in our cavalry. Gen. Morri¬ 
son, with the 69th and 71st Indiana, moved up, and 
after throwing a few shells the enemy retreated 
rapidly beyond Rogersville. leaving one gun be¬ 
hind. General Morrison bivouacked for the night, 
and the next forenoon advanced with two regi¬ 
ments and tour guns, and coming up with the 
enemy an artillery fight began with heavy loss on 
both sides. The enemy tried to turn our right 
flank, when a sharp fight occurred among the skir¬ 
mishers. 
The 67th Indiana arrived through a dense fire of 
shot and shell to the relief our skirmishers, and 
behaved like old soldiers; but the rebels finally 
turned our left flank aud advanced in full force on 
our columns. Gen. Morrison ordered a retreat—fell 
back three miles and re-formed in line of battle on 
high hills, with artillery in position on the right and 
left flank. The. firing by the artillery was resumed 
and kept up by both sides very briskly. After fight¬ 
ing about two hours the enemy advanced on our 
right flank under cover of the woods, and after 
severe fighting succeeded in turning it. The retreat 
immediately took place to the original camping 
ground. Here General Nelson came up and suc¬ 
ceeded in rallying the men and forming another line 
of battle. The artillerymen were nearly exhausted, 
aud some of the guns were left without a man to fire 
them, all having been killed or wounded. General 
Nelson was wounded about three P. M.. when the 
men fell back, retreating to Lexington. 
The enemy’s forces numbered 15,000 or 20,000. 
The Federal forces engaged were the 95th Ohio, 12lh, 
JGllr, 66th, 69th, aud 71st Indiana, and Monday's and 
Metcalf's cavalry. 
The loss in killed and wounded is heavy on both 
sides. The numbers are yet unknown. 
Gov. Robinson, of Ky..has issued a proclamation, 
saying the State has been invaded by an insolent 
toe, her honor insulted, her peace disturbed, her 
integrity imperilled, lie must be met and driven 
from the border, ami it is in your power to do it. 
The Governor calls on every loyal citizen of Ken¬ 
tucky to rally for the defense of his State, and to 
rise up as one man and strike a blow for the de¬ 
fense of his native land, his property, and his home. 
The telegraph this (Tuesday) morning brings us 
some interesting intelligence from the West. We 
condense as follows: 
The light at Bolivar on Saturday lasted all the 
afternoon, resulting in the repulse of the enemy. 
They encamped within a few' miles of the town, and 
on Tuesday afternoon broke up into small squads, 
forded the Ha tehee River, and attacked Medou sta¬ 
tion, where they met a determined resistance, and 
were finally repulsed, with a loss of 50 killed and 
wounded. Our loss was only four. 
Telegraph and railroad communication between 
Bolivar and Jackson is interrupted, but will soon 
be resumed. 
A report reached Cairo on the 1st inst., that Buell 
had a fight with the rebels at Chattanooga Wednes¬ 
day and Thursday last. The first day no advantage 
was gained by either side. On Ihe second day the 
enemy were repulsed. Buell is reported to have 
captured 7,000 prisoners. This news is said to have 
been telegraphed to Tusciunbia, and was brought 
from there to Jackson, Tennessee. General Ross 
was the special messenger. 
A meeting which was called on the 29t,h ult„ 12 
miles south-east of Memphis, to organize a guerrilla 
band, was surrounded and captured by a company 
of Federal cavalry, and 18 prisoners taken. 
A detachment of Federate occupied Hernando 
Thursday, capturing a train of ears from Grenada. 
A rebel force is said to lie at Coidwater, four miles 
distant. Villipique, with 9,000 men, is reported to 
be moving through Grand Junction. 
Prominent secessiouists say that Bragg’s army has 
gone to Westover, Virginia, and will soon appear 
on the Kanawha River, aud then march to the 
Ohio River. 
Dispatches received at Cairo state that the rebel 
Morgan is marching on Fort Donelson for the pur¬ 
pose of attacking it. The number of his force is not 
ascertained. 
Grant’s Hbauqijahvkub, Aug. 81. 
. ifa f- Gen. ITalleck , Commander-in-Chief, Wash¬ 
ington: — General—T he following dispatch is 
received from Bolivar. Tonn: 
Col. Hogg, of the 29th Ohio infantry, and some 
cavalry, were attacked by about 2,000 rebels yes- 
^The combined expedition proceeded up the Yazoo 
and captured a battery consisting of a 42 pounder 
gun, and a 24-pounder and u 12-pomuler field piece, 
with 7.000 pounds of powder, aud l.doO shot and 
shell and grape. Col. Wood dispersed the rebels in 
several places. Will send further particulars by 
mail to morrow. C. H. Davis. Com. 
The St. Louie Democrat of the 80th ult., learns 
that on Thursday last General liosecrans, with an 
army of 30.000 men, proceeded south-west toward 
Juntown, where about 15.000 rebels are lying, under 
General Armstrong. General Price is at Tupello, 
on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, with a force of 
26,000 men. It is probable that in being threatened, 
General Price and Armstrong will combine their 
forces and give Gen. Rosecrans battle. The with¬ 
drawal of the forces under Gen. Rosecrans does not 
leave Corinth exposed, as enough men remain for 
all emergencies. We shall likely have stirring news 
from Gen. Grant's army in a few days. 
Maj. Lippard, of the 13tb Illinois cavalry, with 130 
men, was attacked by S50 guerrillas under Hicks, 
36 miles beyond Bloomfield, Mo. The guerrillas 
were totally routed: 20 of them were killed, 60 
wouudud, and a number taken prisoners. Sixty 
horses, seventy stand of arms, and all their camp 
equipage, were captured. The survivors scattered 
in all directions, and will not again re-organize. 
The affair was a complete success for Maj. Lippard, 
and little more trouble need be apprehended from 
Hicks' band. Reports from all directions are en- 
Our troops behaved exceedingly well, driving the 
enemy, whose loss is over 100. Our loss is 25 killed 
and wounded—Col. Hogg being one of tho number. 
U. S. Grant, Maj.-Gen. Com. 
Lexington, Ky., was evacuated on the 1st, our 
troops falling hack to a more eligible position at 
Covington. The stores were removed. The Lex¬ 
ington operator closed his office at 7 P. M., saying 
that Ivirby Smith had appeared in the suburbs of 
the town and demanded the surrender of the city, 
which demand was complied with on the part of the 
citizens. 
There is a good deal of excitement in Louis¬ 
ville, but preparations are making for defense. 
General Lew. Wallace has assumed command of the 
troops here. Regiments are arriving and on the 
route. 
The Situation In Virginia—Terrible Fighting. 
The telegraph has conveyed innumerable ru¬ 
mors of desperate fighting in Virginia during the 
past week, and though the dispatches received are 
confused, aud oftentimes conflicting, we lay before 
our readers such intelligence as has come to hand: 
The Alexandria correspondent of the N. Y. 
Tribune states that on Tuesday night, about eight 
o'clock, the pickets at Manassas Junction were driven 
in, and two companies of the 105th Pennsylvania 
infantry, one company of the Pennsylvania cavalry, 
and some artillery, stationed there, were surprised 
and attacked by Gen. Ewell’s entire division, num¬ 
bering from 7,000 to 10,000 infantry and cavalry, 
with artillery. After a short skirmish, the handful 
of men at the Junction fled. The rebels turned 
upon them nine of our own guns, and kept up a 
brisk fire till the Union troops were taken prison¬ 
ers—a few escaping aiross Bull Run. At Union 
Mills two regiments o Gen. Cock's division, 11th 
i and 12th Ohio, under Col. Scamraon, were stationed, 
and they immediately advanced to meet the ap¬ 
proaching body of rebels. A conflict ensued in the 
early morning, betweei the Junction and Bull Run. 
lasting for three hour, when the Union troops, 
being greatly outnumiered and flanked on the 
right, retired across Bell Run bridge. A vigorous 
attempt was made by Col. Scammon to hold the 
bridge. At 11 o'clock iwo rebel regiments forded 
the Run above the fridge, when the 12th Ohio 
charged on them, and (rove them across the river 
with heavy loss. In ths skirmish Capt D. W. Pau¬ 
ley was wounded sligitly. The regiment lost in 
killed, wounded and rttesing, 35 to 40 men. 
At 12 o’clock Col. Scimmon was obliged to retire, 
moving along the railr(ad in the direction of Alex¬ 
andria. The rebels advanced across Bull Run. and 
on Wednesday the advmce cavalry were at Fairfax 
and Burke's Station. On taking possession of Ma¬ 
nassas Junction, ihe rbels captured seven trains 
loaded with provisions ammunition, Ac., and ten 
locomotives, all of wliith they destroyed. 
Of the 84 men of the 106th Pennsylvania on the 
ground, nearly all wen killed, wounded or taken 
prisoners, only three bting known to have escaped. 
Our loss has been imnense in government stores, 
and large in killed, womded and missing. 
The Washington Star of Friday contains the fol¬ 
lowing intelligence: 
We have informatioi that satisfies us that the 
rebel force that suddmly appeared between the 
position of the army ofGen. Pope and at Bristow 
and Manassas on Tuescay night last, was the army 
corps of Jackson, andStewart’s independent cav¬ 
alry corps. They conisted of infantry and artil¬ 
lery, and marched, abait 30,000 strong, from near 
Waterloo, on the head vatersoffhe Rappahannock, 
around by White PlahB to Manassas, about forty 
miles, in two days, witlout wagons, tents, blankets, 
or even knapsacks, this having their baggage of 
every description to ^transported by wagons, with 
the other army corpsof Lee following in behind 
them. Instead of fitting merely a portion of 
Stewart'B cavalry at Minassas on Wednesday, Tay¬ 
lor's brigade was acutely confronted by a greater 
portion of Jackson’s coips. Major-Generals Jackson, 
Ewell, Talliaferro, A. ?. Hill, and Stewart, and the 
General-in-Chief, Robo t Lee, or his son, Brig.-Gen. 
Fit zb ugh Lee. being {resent at Manassas during 
the engagement. 
On Thursday, at 10 P. M., Jackson’s advance 
occupied Fairfax Court House in full force of cav¬ 
alry, and had collected there their own wounded of 
the action of the day before with Taylor, if not their 
wounded ot the engagement of the same day with 
Hooker, and also the provisions they took from 
Taylor. In the afternocn about 800 ot this cavalry 
force, under Stewart in person, moved down from 
Fairfax Court House to Vienna. 
Maj.-Gen. Pope, by aalf-past nine of Thursday 
morning, had concentrated his very large army so 
as to sadly interfere with the calculations upon 
which the rebel Generals must have ventured their 
bold and extraordinary movement. He had gotten 
M^DnwplPc UiclytHna 
tween Jackson's rear «od Longstreet's front, and 
had also all the rest of his army up within support¬ 
ing distance. Thus it continued through the bal¬ 
ance of the afternoon. 
Tho following official dispatch was received Satur¬ 
day P. M.: 
Hbauquarthrs Fomj of Batti.k, ) 
Grovctown, near Gainesville, August 30, 1H62, > 
To Maj.-Gen. JlalkcJc, General-in-Chief Wash¬ 
ington:— fought a terrific battle here yesterday, 
with the combined forces of the enemy, which lasted 
with continued fury from daylight until alter dark, 
by which time the enemy were driven from tho field 
vvhich we now occupy. Our troops are too much 
exhausted to pursue further, but I shall do so in the 
course of the evening, a* soon as Fitz John Porter’s 
corps comes up from Manassas. The enemy is still 
in our front, but badly used up. 
Wc have lost not less than 8,000 killed and 
wounded, and from the appearance of the field, the 
enemy have lost two to Our one. The enemy stood 
strictly ou the defensive, and the assault was made 
by ourselves. Onr troops have behaved splendidly. 
'The battle was fought on the identical battle field 
of Jin 11 Run, which greatly increased the enthu¬ 
siasm ot our men. 
The news just reaches me from the front that the 
enemy is retreating towards the mountains. I go 
forward at once t.o see. 
We have made great captures, but 1 am not able 
to form an idea of their extent. John Pofb, 
Major-General Commanding. 
Information has reached Washington from private 
sources, that Gen. Pope came up with and attacked 
the enemy again shortly after 9 o'clock Saturday 
morning. Gen. Fitz John Porter had probably 
arrived on the field by that time from Manassas, 
only seven miles distant. The cannonading was dis¬ 
tinctly heard in Washington. The railroad was regu¬ 
larly run this morning from Warrenton to Bristow; 
so it is already clear that the only damage remain¬ 
ing to be. repaired to the road is to build the Bull 
Run and Rappahannock bridges. The former should 
be completed to-night, and the latter may be in four 
or five days. 
The news from the army has occasioned the great¬ 
est excitement in Washington. Orders were issued 
by the heads of the differentbumuis, calling upon the 
employes to repair to the battle field, for the pur¬ 
pose of attending to our wounded. The order re¬ 
quired each man to provide himself with two days 
rations. A prompt response was made to the call, 
and not only the persons employed by the Govern¬ 
ment, but many others, left the city for tho purpose 
stated. 
Although the engagement with the enemy is of 
the most appalling and sanguinary character, yet 
such is the confidence of Union men in the skill and 
strength of our army, that abiding faith is every¬ 
where discernible in our ultimate success. 
The Washington Star of Saturday night, speaking 
of the battle on Friday, says: 
The battle was continued by the army corps of 
Generate Heintzelman, McDowell and Sigel, on our 
side, against a rebel force believed to number from 
60,000 to 60,000 strong—that is, against the army 
corps of Jackson—and we presume a portion of the 
rest of Lee’s army, that had succeeded in making 
its way down from White Plains through Thor¬ 
oughfare Gap. 
The location of the battle was in the vicinity of 
Haymarket, and from Haymarket off in the direc¬ 
tion of Sudley Church—or, in other words, but a 
few miles north-west of the. never-to-be-forgotten 
battle of Bull Run. 
Heintzelmau’s corps, if we are correctly informed, 
came up to the enemy’s rear at about 10 o’clock A. 
M., seven miles from Centreville, which point he 
left at daybreak. He found Stonewall Jackson was 
fighting McDowell or Sigel, or both, on the right, in 
the direction of Haymarket, the position they took 
by going north from Gainesville to command the 
entrance to and exit from Thoroughfare Gap. 
Our own informant, who left Centreville at 4 
o'clock P. M., says that up to that hour the impres¬ 
sion prevailed there that nothing had definitely 
resulted from the day's fighting, which, though con¬ 
tinuous, had not been a very bloody battle. Per¬ 
sons subsequently arriving, who were on the field 
of action themseves until 4 P. M, however, repre¬ 
sent that the tide of success was decidedly in favor 
ol the Union army, which pushed the rebels on 
both sides. An impression prevails that the reserve 
of Lee’s army, supposed to be from 30,000 to 40,000 
strong, might suddenly appear near the field, and 
we know that the heavy corps under Fitz John 
Porter was so posted that it could instantly move 
on Lee with equal ease, whether attacking McDow¬ 
ell, Sigel or Ileintzelman. 
The railroad, we are happy to say, has already 
been repaired quite to Bull Run, and supplies are 
now being transported over it By midnight, we 
have every reason to believe the Bull Run bridge 
will be passable, when trains can again run to Ma¬ 
nassas, 
Ere evacuating Manassas, the rebels paroled the 
700 Union prisoners they had taken since the com¬ 
mencement of the movement for which they are 
paying so dearly. The rebels realized that the 
prisoners, in their present strait, were an elephant 
in their hands, and wisely got rid of them. These 
700 prisoners cover all the stragglers they had taken, 
as well as the 610 of Taylor’s brigade. 
A telegram dated “Washington, Sunday, 10:55 
A. M., says: 
The enemy was heavily re-enforced yesterday, 
and attacked Gen. Pope’s army before the arri¬ 
val of Generate Franklin and Sumner. The 
attack was boldly met, and a severe battle followed. 
The advantage, on the whole, was with the enemy, 
and Gen. Pope fell back to Centreville, with his 
whole army, in good order. He has now been 
joined at Centerville by Franklin and Sumner, who 
were on the march to him last night, lie occupies 
the strongest position in the vicinity of Washington, 
and is expected to promptly renew the contest, and 
repeat the successes of Friday. 
The telegraph this (Tuesday) A. M., places mat¬ 
ters in Virginia in a much better light. Five hun¬ 
dred rebel prisoners at Fairfax Station, and who are 
awaiting transportation to Washington, concur in 
saying, as does information from all other sources, 
that the whole rebel army was engaged under Gen. 
Lee’s command. Its numbers no one of them set 
at less than 150,000, and many estimate them at 
200,000 or 300,000. The prisoners also say that they 
were promised an easy and speedy march into 
Washington. They were certainly to be there 
within a week. 
A jery intelligent prisoner, a commissioned offi¬ 
cer, states that Stonewall Jackson made an address 
to his army on Saturday, in which he urged his men 
to stand firm and fight to the last, for if they were 
beaten then and there, all hopes of the Southern 
Confederacy would be lost. , 
Our army was re-enforccd at noon of tho 1st inst., 
by at least 60,000, and the most effective men we 
have in the field, including the divisions of Gen¬ 
erate Franklin, Porter, Richardson, Sedgwick, and 
Cox of Ohio, a division of veterans from Western 
Virginia, together with Gem Sturgis’ division of Ihe 
following Pennsylvania regiments of the new 
levies — the 123d, 124t.h, 125th, 126th, 127th and 
129th. The latter marched from the various camps 
near Washington this evening, where they have 
been lately located, and where they can be safely 
spared. 
Light hundred prisoners were sent forward from 
Bull Run on the 1st inst., to Alexandria. This 
makes 1,500 that have been forwarded to Washing¬ 
ton. The total number of prisoners captured was 
very heavy. Persons supposed to be well informed 
say that we have taken at least. 17,000 from the ene¬ 
my in all the engagements, but many of these were 
paroled on the spot and sent back. 
It was feared that Gen. Bank's forces were cut 
off, but they were heard from on the 1st, and were 
in a favorable position tor joining Gen. Pope’s army. 
The Washington Star, of the 1st inst., reports that 
the rebels lost Gen. Ewell killed, Stonewall Jack- 
son badly wounded, and a large proportion of Gen¬ 
erals and other field officers killed. Gen. Sigel was 
wounded in the hand. 
From Fortress Munroo, we learn that re-enforce¬ 
ments have been ordered to Jamestown Island. 
City Point has been entirely demolished by the 
Federal gunboats. For some time past the rebels 
have been firing into the transports passiug up and 
down the James river. Com. Wilkes sent the rebels 
word that if it was not discontinued he would 
destroy their rendezvous at City Point Eight can¬ 
non and 200 riflemen opened lire on the Federal flo¬ 
tilla, which at the time were opposite the place. 
Our flotilla opened fire upon them, and destroyed 
every house in the place and dispersed the rebel 
force. 
The correspondent of the N. Y. Times , writing 
from nil ton Head on the 22d uJt., says: 
We bad yesterday an emphatic token of rebel 
enterprise in a dash made just before daylight 
against our pickets on Pinckney Island, thirty-two 
ot whom were taken prisoners, three killed, and 
three wouuded—two of the last so badly that little 
chance exists of their recovery. The men all be¬ 
longed to Co. n., of the 3d New Hampshire regi¬ 
ment, and there can be no question that the mishap 
resulted from sheer carelessness and a culpable dis¬ 
regard of the simplest precautions against being 
surprised. Pinckney Island forms the boundary of 
our lines in the direction of Bluffton and Savannah, 
aud is divided from the main land by a narrow 
creek, across which the enemy’s pickets have been 
in view for weeks. Notwithstanding this, our men 
have allowed themselves to relax in vigilance; and, 
as a general rule, on all our picket stations, they 
have conducted themselves more like sportsmen in 
the wilds of Maine aud Northern New York, who 
oamp out for the summer to fish and hunt, and enjoy 
life in the woods and by the streams, than soldiers 
in proximity to the euemy. The lesson of yester¬ 
day morning cannot fail to be of advantage to them. 
They will recognize the necessity of being watchful 
and prepared for annoying raids, as well as for 
irruptions in force. 
We do not know how many of the rebels came 
over upon Pinckney Island, but probably there 
were not less than one hundred, as six boats were 
used in their transportation. 
Sixteen of our men, iu the confusion immediately 
following the surprise, managed to escape, and 
reached the picket station at Seabrook, on llilton 
Head Island, about three-quarters of a mile distant, 
A force was promptly ordered over to Pinckney 
Island, with the hope of cutting off the enemy’s 
retreat; but the means of transportation being insuf¬ 
ficient, the enemy got away with the prisoners. 
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— The new Ironsides went to sea Saturday week. 
— The New Orleans National Advocate says Sam Houston 
is not dead. 
— Every employe of the Orleans American has volunteered 
for the war. 
— The rush of office-seekers at Washington is said to be as 
overwhelming as ever. 
— The Israelites of Chicago have subscribed over $1,100,000 
to induce volunteering. 
— It has been at last determined to razee and cover with 
iron the war steamer Niagara. 
— Ths Chicago Board of Trade subscriptions now reach the 
splendid aggregate of $48,588. 
— New York has sent on 4,000 recruits for old regiments in 
the field during the last fortnight 
— R. C. Wilson. Esq., editor of the Buckeye State, at New 
Lisboa, Ohio, died on the 16th inst. 
— The Oregonian estimates emigration this year to Oregon 
and Washington Territory at 30,000. 
— Commander William D. Porter, the destroyer of the Ar¬ 
kansas, has been made a Commodore. 
— There are in Philadelphia eleven military hospitals, con¬ 
taining at the present time 4,115 inmates. 
— A secret society of men handed together to resist the 
draft is said to be in existence in New York. 
— The New Y T ork city taxes this year will he at the rate of 
$1.72 per $100, being lower than it was last. 
— It is understood that the rebels sell into slavery every 
negro accompanying our army, taken prisoner. 
— There are rumors of an curly marriage of the Prince of 
Woles either to a Danish or a Prussian princess. 
— The funeral of the late Rev. Dr. Bethune, who died in 
Italy recently, took place last week in New York. 
— The shipping of Gloucester numbers 41,251 tuns. It 
6tands one of the first among New England ports. 
— The Boston Journal ofiice has furnished twenty-one prac¬ 
tical printers fur the war, and eight other persons. 
— Salmon ore Tory plenty this season. At PLcton, Nova 
Scotia, they sold last, week ot five cents per pound. 
— A son of the celebrated wit, Douglas Jerrold, lias enlisted 
as a private in a regiment now forming in Buffalo. 
— Extensive orders for iron-clad vessels are now in course 
of execution in England for the Russian government. 
— Hon. G. A. Grow has been unanimously re-nominated as 
a candidate for Congress from the 12th District of Penn. 
— Gov. Pierpont, of Western Virginia, lias ordered an en¬ 
rollment of tho militia of Norfolk, preparatory to a draft 
— The gunboat C'liUlicotbe is detained at Louisville. On 
account of low water, she can not get through fire locks. 
— Chicago seems to he the banner city. Eight hundred 
three-years men were enrolled there in one day last week. 
— Gen. Mereier has issued an order for Ihe impressment of 
one-fifth of all tho slaves in Georgia, for aiding the rebels. 
— Mr. Henry Slrultzbaugh, an old citizen of Marietta, Pa., 
has nine sons, eight of whom are now enlisted in the army, 
— Tire small pox and cholera rage in China, and carry off 
rapidly tire “ barbarians" from England and the United States, 
— Two Spaniards, who murdered the crew of the American 
oarn iiemucer, nave oeeu arrested atm imprisoned at Malaga, 
— Ttie tax paid to the British Government by tire Britiih 
and Irish fire insurance companies, last j ear, was £1,611,000. 
— Three ship loads of infantry arms have been recently cap¬ 
tured from the rebels. They came just in time for our new 
levies. * 
— Travelers at. tho White Mountains sleep in the billiard 
rooms, ten pin alleys, and even coaches, so great is the rush 
this year. 
— President Finney, of Oberlin College, who has been a 
long time ill, is slowly recovering, and is able to speak a little 
in public. 
— Correspondents represent that the ladies of St. Augustine 
arc furiously seccsh, though fed on rations distributed by 
Uncle Sam. 
— There is no doubt, says the Philadelphia Press, of our 
army officers having full information of the force and strength 
of the rebels. 
— Tire manufacture of ice has been begun at Bombay. It 
is said to be furnished much cheaper than tho American im¬ 
ported article. 
— The deliveries of cotton at New York, mostly from the 
South, in three weeks have amounted to nearly 20,000 bales— 
a guud beginning. 
— Hon. William Sturgis has given $1,000 to the Barnstable 
(Mass.) Agricultural Society, in aid of the completion of their 
new Exhibition liall. 
— The rebels admit a heavy loss at Cedar Run, but claim 
that ours was larger. Of their 2d brigade, every field officer 
was killed or wouuded. 
— Tire receipts of the American Board for July were $24,- 
340.78; and from the 1st of September, 1861, to the 1st cf 
August, 1862, $256,788.02. 
— At a public meeting in Liverpool, for the relief of the 
distressed in the manufacturing districts, upwards of £15,000 
were subscribed on the spot. 
— The Peter Punk auctioneers have been cleared ont of 
Broadway, New York, by the exertions of the police; and it is 
hoped their departure is final. 
— The British naval l'orcos on the North American and 
West India stations now number 33 vessels, carrying 821 guns, 
aud manned by 10,052 sailors... 
— After eight months labor, an establishment down South 
has succeeded in producing a locomotive engine. The rebel 
papers brag lustily over the feat, 
— The Constitution of the Hutted States was adopted on the 
17th of September, 1787 — seventy-five years ago. It is a day 
which deserves commemoration. 
— In the town of St. Armada, N. Y., (formerly North Elba.) 
where John Brown lived and was buried, of the eighty Toters 
in the town seventy have enlisted. 
— The Germans have recently had a grand National Rifle 
celebration at Frankfort on-the-Maine. A delegation of Ger¬ 
mans from America were present. 
— Gen. J. B. Plummer, formerly of the 11th Missouri Vol¬ 
unteers, died recently, at Gen. Rosecrans’ headquarters, near 
Corinth, of congestion of the brain. 
— The Pensacola (Fla.) Observer is now issued by New 
York printers, detailed lor that purpose from regiments sta¬ 
tioned at that post, by Gen. Arnold. 
— The New York Times understands that Gen. Corcoran 
has already received the offer of twenty regiments. There is 
talk of making him a Major-Geueral. 
— In a speech at Shefiield, Lord Palmerston reiterated his 
rigid neutrality doctrine with regard to America, and inti¬ 
mated that it would bo persisted in. 
— Sewing rooms have been opened in different parts of 
England, to give employment to young women whom the 
cotton famine has thrown out of work. 
— John Ross, Cherokee Chief, with fifty attendants, is in 
Washington, to confer with the President and obtain troops to 
drive the rebels from the Cherokee country. 
— The colored people of Salem, Mass., are to hold a meet¬ 
ing to take into consideration the subject of tho Presidents 
address concerning emigration to Central America. 
— The Lowell News says that the employes of the Lowell 
Manufacturing Company are raising funds to be distributed 
among those who \n&y enlist from that corporation. 
— During the Revolution there were fought thirty-six bat¬ 
tles; during the war of 1812, eighteen; during the Mexican 
war, twelve; and in the present war, thus fur, forty-seven. 
