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' announced. ’These 
and commanded as 
tered the State. Beyond Crab Orchard he burned, cavalry while visiting his family near Leesburg, 
at one time, 3,500 barrel of pork, over 1,000 barrels He says Jackson will be in Cumberland within 24 
of flour, and 700 wagons. This information we have hours. Similar rumors of Jackson’s movements are 
from an unimpeachable source. For five days he received from Harper's Ferry, 
was so closely pressed by Crittenden that, he was One of the N. Y. Herald's correspondents from 
compelled to'destroy most of the stores he had Harper's Ferry, reports that Stonewall Jackson has 
remaining. Besides this, onr army re-captured moved his forces from the vicinity of Front Royal, 
most of the cattle and other stock he had stolen and The march was made on Wednesday and Thursday 
was attempting to drive out of the State. Bragg’s last. His army is now encamped at 1 ewton, seven 
discomfiture was complete-his retreat was one of miles from Winchester, on the Romney turnpike, 
the most cowardly and disastrous of the war. His force is variously estimated at from 25,000 to 
40.000. All agree that he has with him 40 pieces of 
The Army of Virginia. artillery. 
The news from this portion of the army is very The blowing general orders have been issued by 
meagre, as matters have been at a stand still since Major-General Burnside: 
the appointment ol Gen. Burnside. The army is H *itear WKnvnto^¥a.%'ov. B i 4 ,°i 8 K: At j 
now massed near Warrenton. On the day preceding General Orders, No. 184. 
the night of his removal, McClellan, in consultation let. Organization of a portion of this army into 
with his chiefs ol division, announced his belief, three grand divisionsi is hereby announced. ’These 
. .... ,, r i grand divisions will be formed and commanded as 
that within three or four days at farthest, be would tul | mTP . 
fight the greatest battle of the war. and gain a vie- The 2d and 9th corps will form the right, and will 
tory for the Union that would end the rebellion. be commanded by -Major-General E. V. Sumner. 
Bun.»i<to b now periling armugomenf for a ** 
grand movement to the front.. The g,j an( j qth cr , r j ( R will form the center, and be 
A reconnoissance made on Saturday evening, the commanded by Major-General Joseph Hooker. 
8th, bv Gen. Poubleday’s division, which crossed The 11th corps with such other troops as may 
.. ’ . * . hereafter be assigned to it wi 11 couslifoie a reserve 
the river at ttatetloo and tx pit rid the countiy i un der the command of Major-General H. Sigel. 
miles beyond, encountering the enemy in small Assignments of cavalry and other details will be 
force, routing them and capturing two cannon and announced in the future. 
. T.i-isnrmrR 2d. 1 n accordance with instructions from iha de- 
eeverai p • parlmeut these commanders will have power to 
One oi those brilliant uflairs which shed lustre ^cide such questions relating to the inteiior rnan- 
upon our volunteer cavalry occurred on Sunday agementof their commands as are now forwarded 
morning the 9th, at Fredericksburg. Capt E. Dahl- to Uiese heyiquartere for final action. Major-Gen. 
®,, c „ , A . Rteel will exercise all powers in respect to his cum- 
gren, of Gen. Sigel s staff, with 60 of Hie 1st Indiana a (>ove assigned as Commanders of Grand 
and a small detachment of the 6th Ohio cavalry, Divisions. 
dashed into Fredericksburg early in the morning, 3d. Cases which can be fully decided by the De- 
where the, foupd eight con,pane, of Virgin**-- toliS? 
airy. 'Without giving the enemy time to form, Gapt. A ^ matters relating to movements of troops, to- 
Dahlgren foil upon them with 60 of his men, when gather with returns, reports, etc., will be forwarded 
a desperate hand to hand fight ensued, lasting for to these headfjunrters as usual. 
,, * , rant 4th, Senior officers of 2d, 3d, 4th and 6tli corps 
three hours, when the rebels were touted. > 1 • w lll take command of their corps, and will send to 
Dahlgren lost only one killed and three mtssing. headquarters a list of recommendations of 
He returned safely on Sundav night, bringing 39 officers to fill their staffs. 
pa—-««■ . - £g£t29s 
two wagons loaded with aimy cloth. ment of this army. 
Thirty of our regular cavalry under Lieut. Ash, 6th. Lieut-Col. J. nardee, A. D. C. and Acting 
of the 2d Dragoous. went out foraging ten miles to A. A. (4., will act as Inspector-General in the same 
the South, on the ]0th inst Encountering a whole heads of the various Staff Departments at 
squadron of the 5th Virginia rebel cavalry, they these headquarters, other than the Adjutant-General 
made a brilliant charge through it, led by Lieut, and his Deputy, wiil remain as heretofore, until fur- 
Ash, who received a sabre cut in the head and two tb X&.-Col. Lew} * Richmond, Acting Adj - 
bullet wounds, but he utteily touted and put io Q-cneral, is announced as Adjutant-General at these 
flight the superior rebel force. Lieut Ash was en- headquarters. 
gaged in a desperate hand to hand conflict with the 3tb. All orders conflicting with these are hereby 
® ® ’ . T’pc I fl tifj 
rebel Captain whom he had already mn f noiigi By command of Major-General Burnside. 
with his sabre, when, just as his foe was about firing L. Williams, A. A. G. 
a revolver, with the muzzle at his heart, one of A telegram just at hand gives us the following in- 
Ash's men shot him dead, and preserved the Lieu- telligence as the latest from the army of Virginia : 
tenant’s life. Our loss in killed and wounded was Gen. Burnside has submitted his plan of' the 
six ; rebel loss fourteen. campaigu to the authorities at Washington. As 
On \he night of the 101b, about 11 o'clock, White's go on as a response is received from them the army 
rebel cavalry, numbering about 125, made a dash vvill move. 
into the town of Mount Gilead, iilteen miles, and as The rebel Jackson’s minimum force is at Steven- 
reported by two men who escaped and arrived this son ’ a station, 15 miles this side of Winchester. It is 
morning, captured tbirly-five men and one officer, variously stated at 40.000 to 70,000,—not likely to 
some property and 300 or 400 stand of arms, left exceed 40.000. Jackson never left the valley, but 
behind by Gen. Birney. White’s band are scouring moved down the West side of the Blue Ridge, while 
the country, capturing stragglers and doing much our army advanced along the East side, skirmishing 
other damage. a t the Gaps with our advance, but never offering 
The rebel Gen. Lee arrived in Richmon d ab out serious battle. When it became known, that our army 
two weeks ago, and bus been there ever since. He had no intention to enter the valley Jackson retra- 
has resumed his position as Commander-in-Chief, ced his steps. His advance extends as far as Bath, 2 
and acts as military adviser to the W ar Department, miles from Hancock. His cavalry Occupies Mar- 
GeD. Joe Johnston succeeds Gen. Lee in active tinsburg. Jackson’s headquarters are at Bunker's 
command of the rebel armies north of Richmond, }jju. 
and now has hJs headquarters at Culpepper. Jack- The N. Y. Express' Washington correspondence 
son’s corps has been increased to 50,000. gives a report from, as it says, reliable authority, 
The advance of the army of the Potomac was that the base of operations is to be changed, and 
known in Richmond, and the situation well under- the army is to move on Richmond by the line of Ac- 
stood. The rebel plan of operations was said to be quia Creek and Fredericksburg, 
to mass their forces on the Rappahannock, and there Another correspondent says the rebels have evac- 
fight the greatest battle of the war. uated Snicker’s Gap on Friday afternoon, and now 
Filz John Porter having been relieved of his appear before Chester and Manassas Gap. 
command and ordered to Washington, issued the - 
following orders: Movement, nt the Wcau 
iiuadqiubtkks^Oth Army Ooiti-s.) Western VIRGINIA.— The following dispatch 
By direction of the President of the U. S., Mai. was forwarded from the Cincinnati headquarters to 
Gen. Hooker lias been assigned to command of this the Department at, Washington: 
corps. It has been my privilege to lead the little Cutcixnati HKAPQUARrrns, Nov. 12. 
band of regulars of the U. S. A., inheriting the To General IT. W. ffedkek:— Gen. Kelly, on the 
names, the records, the traditions ot regiments that jQlb insb. attacked Gen. Imboden’s camp.'eighteen 
have borne the banner of our country tbrongb all m iU, 8 sou th of Moortield, Hardy eooutv, Virginia, 
its wars. D.has been my privilege to lead the noble routing him completely, killing and Wounding a 
regiments ot volunteers coming from the different ^ r «-at many, and capturiug his camp and fitly pris- 
States. but becomingequally national, through bav- ).|-s a quantity of amis, a large number of horses, 
ing the same [impose, same dangers..‘■nine sufferings, bogs, wagons, Ac. The rebels were entirely dis¬ 
having shared the perils and privations in the camp, persed and fled to the mountains, 
in tho bivouac, on the march and in half a score of H. G. Weight, Maj.-Gen. 
b T^offiS'and men of both classes I address my- Kentockv.-A detachment of Col. J. W. Foster's 
self—the confidence which, if' I may judge by your command left Henderson on the 10th, and surprised 
acts, you have reposed in me, it has been my earnest, a band of guerrillas near Madisonville, Ky., captnr- 
effort to merit, and requite. 1 be personal regard I j n „ several prisoners, horses, and arms. Theguer- 
am proud to foel you bear towards me is reciproca- ... . .. * ... . . A, 
ted by an ardent affection and a deep respect which r, ^ as m bat E0C10n ' uc 6au * panic stricken, 
time cannot efface. The personal good fortune of Our forces are still in pursuit, 
each of you will be always a matter of heartfelt in- Tennessee.—G en. Rosecra 
forest to me. The professional success you will at- -^..lalorv latter to Gen Nee 
tain, will be doubly grateful to me, inasmuch as tnafolatoiylettei io <uul hag. 
they will be identified with the successor our cause, cessful defense of Nashville, I 
Among the most gratifying of my thoughts of yon The rebels on the 9th blew u 
will be the assurance that your subordination and , ri(Jfre over Mill Creek, on Mi 
loyalty will remain in the future asm the past, firm . XT , ...• 
arid Stead last to our country and its authorities. fix n ‘ries iroua Nas.iville. 1 hi 
Frrz John Porter, Maj. Gen. repaired. Most of the rebel s 
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s letter, dated Gaines- to Chattanooga and Atlanta ft 
ville, Virginia, Nov. 13th, sav .-:—Two negroes were which is reported evacuated 
brought in here yesterday. They both had been rebel Gen. Breckinridge sent 
with the rebel army. One of them was a private Murfreesborough on the 11th,i 
servant of Gen. Lougstreet, ar.d tho other was for- nineteen prisoners. The mat 
merly a teamster to Gen. White, end was captured back to the South under Polk 
at Harper’s Ferry, but has been with the rebel army Bragg has resumed con 
ever since. The information brought by them was Johnsons’s health being toe 
interesting and valuable. They said that Gen. Loo Geld service, 
was on the Gordonsville road, about a mile from The railroad bridge acr 
Culpepper. Longstreet was on the Sperry ville Franklin, Tenn.. has been dei 
road near Culpepper. Jackson's forces were re- General Rosecrans has ord 
ported on the opposite side of the Waterloo bridge, the rebel's negroes for fatigue 
within a short distance of our forces, which are lying zation of a negro pioneer cor] 
near there. Gen. A. P. Hill was somewhat nearer The following dispatch hi 
Front Royal, while ihe other Hill was with Jackson. Gen. Davis, at Columbus: 
A few days since Longstreet said that be soon ex- T La ‘° 
pecM a M. Co be. fou a bt in the neighborhood of m ^ d Td bj BriJ'-cfn Sm 
C ulpepper or the Rappahannock. It presed too success. It, came up with C 
hard by the Yankees, the rebels intend falling back force 800 strong near Garn 
upon Gordonsville or Richmond. The Confederate | H ' 10rt engagement killed 16 ol 
1 . , one captain and a lieutenant 
army is making every preparation for the impend- inK on [, cap(ain and t w0 liel , 
ing battle which they anticipate. prisoners, all their horses, : 
A rebel battery opened on General Sturgis' divis- number of arum and equipm 
ion Friday morning, tho I4lh whilo pacing from an’jdSSin^, 
Sulphur Springs to Fayetteville. An artillery duel Kentucky. Our lose h r.hi 
of two hours finally drove off the rebels, and the wounded. U. £ 
column continued Its march to Fayetteville. Sev- A special from Trenton, T 
eral men on our side were wounded, several hor- The grand army passed bey< 
ses killed, and two wagoDs destroyed. General day evening. Our pickets 
Sturgis narrowly escaped a cannon ball which llolley Springs. One bund 
struck his horse. A reconnoissance to Salem found enemy’s cavalry were taker 
no rebels there. day with a Federal loss o 
Lieutenant Rogers, ef the stall' of the rebel Gen. wounded. From a highly 
A letter from Holley Springs to the Mobile 
Tribune. says: —There were not one thousand 
blankets in Price's entire army. Their blankets 
and knapsacks were nearly all thrown away on the 
retreat from luka and Corinth. 
All partisan Rangers who have been pillaging 
the country round Memphis have been disbanded 
by Pemberton and attached to regiments. Cotton 
is reported as coming forward again freely. 
The rebel Gen. Villipique died at Port Hudson a 
few days ago of pneumonia. 
Part of Gen. Crittenden’s corps, under General 
Mathews, and Gen. Wood’s division, entered Leba¬ 
non, Tenn., on the 10th. driving Morgan’s rebel cav¬ 
alry out. They captured a large amount of flour, f or peace, that an earn-'** l° D 6' n l? ^ or ^ u ever ou f 
1_ _ 1 A. 1 1 _ _ .1 _ 1 .. 3 __ * ____nrn« 
accomplished. During the affair the boats of the ' JST OF yE W Am E RTJse.tiexts. 
Daylight got ashore, and the Mount Vernon dis- iVl Ppaleniinand consumer,of Onond. e aSalt-jw Barker 
]»atcrierl to their assistance, while the two vessels Godey’n Lauy’B Book— l. a. Godey 
kept up a continuous lire on the woods to prevent Empi^A^riea.tln^MVrMte ’r 3 *^lt S HMdcr r & C °' 
the enemy from molesting our men. Great difficu/ & WeU« 
was experienced in getting the. boats off the s ure ' plover Ilaifor &c- no tvinfo. 
. . . .-ot-pH Bertabira Boar far Sale—T. F Alien. 
T\ ben returning to the anchorage, it was disc‘ rerea 
„ . , _ _ ? ’ . eparnpn SPSCIAr. NOTICES, 
that Acting-Ensign A. S. Roberts and J The Movement Cure-Geo H Taylor. M. D. 
from the Mount Vernon, with Acting Af' pt . . .. 
master Clark, coxswain and 13 men. ' ere missiD g- ~~ ~ 
Late Richmond papers mention tb*-‘’‘ a I )turG of t * 3eEe (Jj, h £ ^ C £U 5 QL 0 IX ^ C It 0 Z £ ♦ 
men. ' __* 
The Macon (Ga.) Teleqrar'■ ,be ^ ias a 
loDg article on peace It ^ We are SO anxious — Friction matches sold in Richmond the 29th ult, at $11.50 
* ’ i _ - C _ . .. a nor wrncc 
2TI)c News fiou5emur. 
bacon, wheat, boots and shoes, and some prisoners. 
On the next morning Morgan made a dash on Gen. 
Wood’s camps, eight miles from Lebanon, and 
captured thirty men. On the morning of the 9th 
Parker’s brigade entered Gallatin, and encounter*'1 
S00 of Morgan's men, capturing twenty of themed 
one piece of artillery. All of Morgan’s rivalry 
joined Gen. Breckinridge at Murlreesbororgbr an( l[ 
it is supposed, left with him for Chattanooga, 
whither a large rebel force is going. 
It. is reported, upon undoubted authority, that an 
immense amount ot rebel arofs and supplies are 
collected opposite Chattanooga, without, facilities of 
transportation across the river. 
The latest reports place Grn. Breckinridge’s force 
at 22,000. 
Mississippi.— The rebels are said to be fortifying 
Jackson. Mississippi. Large re-enforcements are 
being sent there Atom Arkansas, and it is believed 
their entire army will fall back there before giving 
battle. 
The expedition which left Helena a few days since 
for Cotton Plant, numbering 1.200, found 5,000 rebels 
at that place, a force too large to be attacked by the 
Federate suecessully. On their return they had 
three skirmishes, killing 12, wounding a large num¬ 
ber, and capturing 24. Our loss was 30 wounded, 
and a number of horses killed. The people in the 
country through which our forces passed aro rep¬ 
resented as actually suffering for the necessaries 
of life. 
Passengers from Helena report Hernando as 
occupied by the Federate on Monday. The people 
of Mississippi are said to be running their negroes 
into the interior, leaving only such property as they 
cannot carry away._ 
Department of the South. I 
The correspondent of the N. Y. Herald, in ( 
North Carolina, reports the occupation of Hatnil- , 
ton. The letter, dated the 4th, says: 
We have just Arrived at this place, taking it with 
a grand cavalry charge and combined gunboat 
movement. Our land forces left Williamston and 
camped for the r ight six miles, below Hamilton, and 
moved forward at daylight in the morning. The 
enemy is In strong force, and has precipitately re¬ 
treated to Tarboro. We will seek the earliest 
opportunity to afford him a light. The people of 
the country are greatly alarmed at our approach. 
They fled from their homes and property, as we 
learn and saw on *he course of our march. The 
gunboats have success:ally co-operated with us, 
that is, the Hunchback, Capt. Calhoun; Hetzel, 
Capt. Seymour j Valley Spring, Capt. Kumiss, and 
the Ferry, Capt. FJusser. The gunboats hud a few 
minutes’ engagement with the enemy, as they came 
up the Roanoke river. 
Gen. Foster’s command had a severe engagement 
on Sunday night, with 2,000 rebel infantry, at a 
breastwork supported by six pieces of artillery. 
We killed and wounded 00 ol the enemy. Our loss 
was 10. The forces immediately engaged were tho 
24th Mass., 44th Mass., Marine artillery, Belger’s 
battery, and the 3d N. Y. cavalry. The marine 
artillery made a bold and gallant dash across the 
creek, and lost lour of their men. One ol the 24th 
was killed. 
When we charged into Hamilton, Major Gerard’s 
battalion of the 3d N. Y. cavalry were in advance. 
We found the roads leading from the town covered 
with wagons, containing the household goods and 
trumpery of those hastily leaving the place. 
The enemy left this place, abandoning his earth¬ 
works, precipitately. We move from this place in 
two hours, to proceed to and take Tarboro, on Tar 
river. Tho gunboats will co-operate with us. 
The rebel salt, works near Wilmington were en¬ 
tirely destroyed by the gunboat Ellis, without loss 
on our side. 
The Navy Department has information that Act¬ 
ing-Master Warren, commanding the United States 
steamer Daylight, on the morning of the 30th ult, 
while on his way to Wilmington, and when about 
three miles from New Inlet, discovered a schooner 
lying at anchor between Stump and New Topsail 
Inlets. When getting within a mile of her, the 1st 
and 21 cutters of the Daylight, under command of 
Acting-Master Gleason, were sent to board and 
examine the vessel. Before she was reached, her 
crew slipped the cable to allow the schooner to 
drift, aud fled to the shore in a boat. The boats of 
Ihe Daylight reached her, aud she was boarded 
before reaching the shore. Finding no one on 
board, they made sail and brought her off. There 
was no other vessel in sight, and not a gun was 
fired. The parties escaping from the vessel, after 
landing fired two musket shots at the boats’ crew. 
No (lag of any kind or papers could be found on her. 
She proved to be tho Racer, ot Nassau, and was 
loaded principally with salt. She has been sent 
to New York for adjudication. 
Commander Lee has forwarded to the Navy 
Department a report ol Commander Clitz, of the 
gunboat Penobscot, of Shallot Inlet, N. C., detail¬ 
ing the circumstances attending the destruction of 
the Ii> itish schooner Pathfinder, which was discov¬ 
ered on the 2d inst., close in with the land. Her 
crew were driven on shore by the rifled guns ot the 
Penobscot, while endeavoring to tow the vessel 
toward the coast. Acting-Ensign Edwards, who 
boarded the schooner, found the cargo to consist of 
salt, olive oil, boots, shoes, liquors, <fcc. Her des¬ 
truction was occasioned by the fact that the tide and 
of the mind of roa>' ^oman or child, and the war 
distresses us n naousand times more than the North, 
iq howeve- Eees nothing but ruin, except peace on 
the bas* 1 of a Southern Independence. 
A Newbern correspondent of the Herald states 
(hat the rebel General Vance replies to Stanley’s 
proposition, that North Carolina will fight to the last 
drop of blood, and recommends Stanley to resign. 
A Newbern letter of the 12th states that the reb¬ 
els drew in their pickets the night previous to the. 
attack, which was expected, as most complete pre¬ 
parations were made by Col. Kartz. 
The iron clad railroad car, wtih its two guns, was 
brought to bear with grape and canister upon the 
rebels, repulsing them successfully. One man of 
the 20th Mass, was killed and two wounded. 
The Savannah Nepublican, of the 6lh, says it has 
generally been resolved on, both by the army and 
citizens, to defend that city, and to yield possession 
to the invaders only when its walls shall have 
been battered down, and nobody left to dispute its 
entrance. 
IL M. Mercer, Brigadier-General, commanding, 
issues an address to the planters of Georgia, saying 
he has received from several counties of the State, 
requests and demands to return negroes now work¬ 
ing upon the fortifications of Savannah. It is his 
sincere desire to do so. but thinks it an injustice to 
those who have sent negroes at bis first call, that 
they should be compelled to bear the whole burden 
and beat of the day, while others, who are atnor g 
the wealthiest of the land, look calmly on the dan¬ 
ger of the city or State, without contributing a sin¬ 
gle laborer from their hundreds or thousands to 
their defence. Let those citizens whore vital inter¬ 
ests are at stake, and who have done their share 
towards the common weal, rise up and compel these 
backsliders, and especially the rich amoug them, to 
do their part, and compel those who have not hith¬ 
erto contributed, to send him a sufficient number to 
fill their places. He pledges himself not to send 
back to their masters, negroes now at work, until 
this is doue; necessity compete him to retain them. 
Gen. Brown calls for negroes to complete the fortifi¬ 
cations around Savannah. If they are not furnished, 
they will be impressed. 
Tennessee.— Gen. Rosecrans has written a con- Acting-Master Gleason, were sent to board and 
grainlatory letter to Gen. Negloy on the latter’s sue- examine the vessel. Before she was reached, her 
cessful defense of Nashville, Nov. 6th. crew slipped the cable to allow the schooner to 
The rebels on the 9th blew up the stone work of the drift, and fled to the shore in a boat. The boats of 
bridge over Mill Cifek, on Murfreesboro’ Railroad, Ihe Daylight reached her, aud she was boarded 
six miles from Nashville. The bridge had just been before reaching the shore. Finding no one on 
repaired. Most of the rebel supplies are forwarded board, they made sail and brought her off. There 
to Chattanooga and Atlanta from Murfreesborough, was no other vessel in sight, and not a gun was 
which is reported evacuated by the rebels. The fired. The parties escaping from the vessel, after 
rebel Gen. Breckinridge sent a flag of truce from landing fired two musket shots at the boats’ crew. 
Murfreesborough ou the 11th, asking an exchange of No (lag of any kind or papers could be found on her. 
nineteen prisoners. The main rebel force is falling She proved to be the Racer, of Nassau, and was 
back to the South under Polk and Buckner. loaded principally with salt. She has been sent 
Bragg has resumed command, General Jo. to New York for adjudication. 
Johnsons’s health being too much impaired for Commander Lee has forwarded to the Navy 
Geld service. Department a report oi Commander Clitz, of the 
The railroad bridge across the Harpeth, at gunboat Penobscot, of Shallot Inlet, N. C., detail- 
Franklin, Tenn., has been destroyed by the rebels, ing ihe circumstances attending the destruction ot 
General Rosecrans has ordered the impressing of the British schooner Pathfinder, which was discov- 
the rebel's negroes for fatigue duty; also, the organi- ered on the 2d inst., close in with the land. Her 
zation of a negro pioneer corps on his Corinth plan, crew were driven on shore by the rifled guns ot the 
The following dispatch has been received from Penobscot, while endeavoring to tow the vessel 
Gen. Davis, at Columbus: toward the coast. Acting-Ensign Edwards, who 
La.Gkaitok. Tenn., Nov, 12. boarded the schooner, found the cargo to consist of 
To Gen. H. W. HaUepk:- Tlw expedition com- sa lt, olive oil, boots, shoes, liquors, Ac. Her des- 
VS&ft?3P8. wJBSWSS ~ “ tbat r- 
force 800 strong near GarnettSburg, and after a surf prevented the possibility of getting her afloat, 
short engagement killed 1G of his men, among them ghe w r as fired the afternoon of the 2d, every prepa- 
one captain and a lieutenant, wounding 40. iitclnd- ral j ou f or [bat event having been made early in the 
ing one captain and two lieutenant, and taking 2> , , _ . r ,.., „ , . .. / . . 
prisoners, all their horses, and 60 mules, a large Ihe day. Commander Glilz reports having ou board 
number of arms and equipments, half the camps of au English flag, a quadrant aud a time-piece. 
Woodward’s men, including his own, routing the Further information from Commander G. H. 
whole concern, and driving them out of the Htate ot „.. , .. .. *u a . p„„i 5 cN 
AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. 
Lord Lyons, who returned to Washington on the 
13th. paid a visit of courtety to President Lincoln 
the following morning, in company with Mr. Seward. 
M nch curiosity is manifested to ascertain the pur¬ 
port of recent interviews between Lord Lyons and 
Secretary Seward. The design is not at present 
likely to be gratified, but enough is known to war¬ 
rant the statement that nothing whatever of au 
official character has been received from England 
or any other European power even indicating an 
attention to interfere with onr political affairs in 
connection with the recognition of the C, S. A. 
As a set-off to the foregoing it is slated that the 
French Government has demanded full aud imme¬ 
diate indemnity for all injuries upon French citizens 
by Gen. Butler; the immense armament now' nearly 
ready at Marseilles being pointed to as the com¬ 
mentary on this diplomatic request. Our State 
Department in announcing that there will be no 
difficulties leadiDg to a rupture of relations, merely 
informs the French Minister in advance, that it is 
ready to back down to any extent from Gen. But¬ 
ler’s acts, and that no defence of that officer's con¬ 
duct and no adequate examination of the French 
complaints will be made as a bar to this further 
effort to conciliate. 
The Spanish Minister has addressed to our gov¬ 
ernment a demand for au apology for the burning 
ot a vessel in Spanish wafers by one of the ships oi 
Admiral Farragut’s fleet. This act. it is complained, 
was made more serious by insults to a Cuban magis¬ 
trate who remonstrated against this wrong in a neu¬ 
tral port. 
Information having been received by the War 
Department, that certain military commanders in 
Kentucky have, in violation of the act of Congress, 
been returning fugitive slaves from within our lines 
to loyal as well as rebel masters, the Secretary of 
War has ordered the report of the alleged transac- 
tione to be made to the War Department in order 
that officers thus violating the laws of the United 
States may be duly punished. 
A dispatch received this (Tuesday) A. M.. says 
it is understood that the question about the destruc¬ 
tion of the Blanche in Cuban waters, has been re¬ 
ferred to Madrid, and that Admiral Farragut has 
been directed to investigate Commodoro Hunter’s 
action. It is said that the Spanish Minister regard¬ 
ed Hunter’s course as so flagrant a breach of Inter¬ 
national law. that he was somewhat indignant with 
Secretary Seward for postponing a satisfactory set¬ 
tlement, instead of ordering Com. Hunter home, 
unless the facts proved are essentially different from 
the Spanish version. 
General Sebenek has been designated as the sue 
cessor ot Major General Wool, and will probably 
leave for his post in a day or two. 
The first millitary commission, of w hich Major 
General David Hunter, United States Volunteers, is 
President, appointed to meet in the city of Washing¬ 
ton. Sept. 25th. pursuant to Special Order No. 225 
ol Sept. 234. 1862. to investigate the circmnsatnces 
Of the abandonment of Maryland Heights, and the 
surrender of Harper’s Ferry, have reported that 
Cob Thomas II. Ford, ot Ohio Volunteers, conduct¬ 
ed the defence oi Maryland Heights Without ability; 
abandoning his position without sufficient cause, 
2d. The commission having reported that the be¬ 
havior of the 126th New York Infantry was dis- 
srraceftil. and that Major W. II, Baird, for his bad 
A. P. Hill, was captured on the 14th by Col. Price's 
Kentucky. Our lose te three killed and seven 
Wounded. U. S. Grant, Maj.-Gen. 
A special from Trenton, Tenn., of ihe 10th, says: 
The grand army passed beyond La Grange yester¬ 
day evening. Our pickets were six miles from 
Holley Springs. One hundred and thirty of the 
enemy’s cavalry were taken prisoners during the 
day with a Federal loss of two killed and two 
wounded. From a highly creditable source we 
learn the rebels had fallen back. 
Further information from Commander G. H. graceful, and that Major W. II, Baird, for bis bad 
Scot,, of tin Uaritaugaa, tb.1 the Eoglish 
bark Sophia has been captured by the Daylight, g ta t e B service. 
Acting-Master Warren, and the Mount Vernon, 
Acting-Volunteer Frathen, Commanding. The re¬ 
ports show the loss of 3 officers, 18 men, and 3 
boats. It appears the English vessel was discov¬ 
ered the morning of the 4tb, lying at anchor near 
Masonville, where she made sail and stood for the 
beach, which she struck at 9:30 A. M., and boats 
were dispatched to fire her, which was etlectually 
3d The wmmisaon having renorted that Briga- ftde , hia has tHken int0 custody 620 deserters, o 
dier Julius White. U. ,S. V., acted with decided ca- * . , . . .. , . 
pubiutv and courage, aud merits its approba.ion, and 194 «™alesceutsoldi** to tlu-.r regb 
having found nothing in the conduct ot the stibotdi- — Elias Howe, Jr., whose income is $250,000 a 
nate officers brought before the commission, they the daily mail from 'Washington, seven miles, tt 
are released from arrest aud will report for d uty. t j ie Connecticut regiment, in which he is a ] 
4th. The Military commission of which Major , „ , . . . .. .. 
Gen. Hunter is President, is dissolved by order of — The Vicksburg Wing WI)S nn extensive; hi 
the Secretary of War. has been discovered in Northern Texas. Ihe o 
E. D. Townsend, A. A. G. resist conscription, and to co-operate with the Ui 
per gross. 
— The venerable Chief Justice Taney’s health is said to be 
very feeble. 
— A railway has just been built in New Zealand about 14 
miles in length. 
— Lord Palmerston has been a member of the English Par¬ 
liament for fifty-five years. 
— The Sharpe’s Rifle Company of Hartford is making month¬ 
ly dividends of 12 per cent. , 
— New Jersey, it is said raises more potatoes than any other 
State by two bushels to one. 
— Seventeen thousand hogs were killed in Cincinnati be¬ 
tween Monday and Thursday week. 
— The Montreal papers of Tuesday week say that the sleigh¬ 
ing in that city and vicinity is excellent. 
— Ex Gov. Morchead, of Kentucky, has been making a se¬ 
cession speech at a banquet in Liverpool. 
— It is stated that 01.SC2 persons had taken the oatli of alle¬ 
giance in New Orleans up to October 24. 
— It is said that the late Queen of Naples has determined on 
renouncing the world and taking (he veil. 
— It is said that SiiO of the Indians who butchered our fel¬ 
low-citizens in Minnesota are to be hung. 
— In the Illinois legislature the Democrats have a majority 
of three in the Senate and 24 in the House. 
— The snow of Saturday week fell to the depth of six or 
seven inches in Bourbon county, Kentucky. 
— Ohio is the greatest wool growing State, New York and 
Pennsylvania next, Michigan ranking fourth 
— One person in 1.S35 of our population is insane, one in 
2,470 blind, one in 1,925 deaf and dumb, one in 1,700 idiotic. 
— A Cleveland paper says the people of that town are using 
mouse-traps, old jack-knives and shirt buttons for small 
change. 
— It is said that the Emperor Napoleon has just purchased 
Malmaison. the residence of the Empress Josephine after her 
divorce. 
— Letters from Turin, reaching to the 11th ult., give no 
very favorable account of the progress of Garibaldi toward 
recovery. 
— Water is now introduced into 8an Francisco through an 
aqueduct extending to Lake Ilonda, a distance of some thirty- 
two miles. 
— According to the United States census, the total value of 
boots and shoes produced in this country in 1860, was nearly 
$90,000,000. 
— Hr. Lambelle, the eminent Paris physician, says an elec¬ 
tric shock is sure salvation to anybody dying from the effects 
of chloroform. 
— Mrs. President Lincolu has given two hundred dollars for 
the relief of the suffering contrabands in and around the city 
of 'Washington. 
— The tobacco sales for the past year at Louisville foot up 
2S.908 hogsheads. The coming year is said to promise even 
greater activity. 
— Manufacturing is so brisk in Connecticut tbat four largo 
new factories are in course of erection to meet the require¬ 
ments of business. 
— John T. Clark, well known throughout this and other 
States as an engineer, died in Utica, on Monday week, in the 
61st year of his ago. 
— Several parties of pearl-divers, from Panama, and else¬ 
where, have gone or are going to dive for the treasure lost 
vv ith the Golden Gate. 
— An intelligence office has been established in Cincinnati 
lor the purpose of finding employment for negroes as they 
arrive from the South. 
— A resident of Hartford, Conn., lost an ox recently in 
consequence of its drinking water that flowed from the gas 
works of Colt's Armory. 
— There are over 100,000 sick and wounded soldiers in the 
several hospitals In the country. In New York aud neighbor¬ 
hood the number is 20,000. 
— It i-i stated that the flow of the Pennsylvania oil wells is 
decreasing, the daily product of tiro whole region being esti¬ 
mated at scarcely 4 000 barrels. 
— The barque Restless, n sailing craft of our navy, has made 
no less than seventeen captures of prizes (English and rebel) 
since the 14tlr of February last. 
— During August 4.000 bales of cotton passed through To¬ 
ledo, Ohio, in September about the same, aud in October over 
7,000 bales—in all, 16,000 bales. 
- Massachusetts has 37,000 more females than males, while 
California has 67.000 more males than females, and Illinois 
92,000 more males than females. 
— The total receipts into the State Treasury of Wisconsin 
for the year ending September 30th, 1862, were $1,989,986 57; 
total disbursements. $1,077,769 SO. 
, — A late Southern paper saj s an accident occurred on the 
- Virginia and Tennessee Railroad on the 3d inst., by which 17 
persons were killed aud 30 injured. 
— The ladies of "Worcester are orgonizing drill clubs, and 
have elected a drill master, who is to instruct them in pistol 
and rifle practice aud the evolutions. 
— Some idea may be formed of ruliog prices at Little Rock, 
5 Ark , when It is stated that one sheet of cent letter paper is 
‘ sold for 25 cents, a pen-holder 60 cents. 
— The French squadron in China has received orders to 
5 proceed to Japan, where the heads of the European legations 
- have been subjected to menacing treatment. 
■ —The amount, of army supplies in the clothing department 
- alone shipped from Cincinnati since July 1, 1862, will exceed 
j hi value the sura of fifty millions of dollars. 
— The Oil Springs Chronicle says that refuse petroleum is 
i being used in that place for fuel, with great success. The 
a eat ing io coal and wood la ^aid to ho immense. 
— Yellow fever at Nassau, N. F., has taken off the Protes- 
, taut bishop, his three nieces, their governess, the Receiver- 
General of the islands, and many other victims. 
— The bonk publishers of New York have advanced tho 
trade price of their hooks from ten to twenty-five per ceut. on 
g account of the increased cost of printing paper. 
— A divarf elephant, twenty years old and only 30 inches 
5 high—a perfect Tom Thumb of the elephant tribe—has just 
9 been added to Wombell s menagerie in England. 
^ — The Government has purchased sixty-eight acres of land 
t_ directly east of Indianapolis, near the corporation, for a per- 
r- manent arsenal, under the recent act of Congress. 
’i — A man in Richmond has been sentenced to wear a barrel 
1 Bhirt through the city, and then sent to hard labor in the fort 
^ for six mouths, l'or smuggling liquor iuto tho city, 
it — A fire occurred in Augusta, Ga., on the 4th inst., which 
destroyed Stolull's warehouse, stables, 600 hales of cotton, 
some produce, &c. The loss will exceed $500 010. 
,1 — Of the eighty-eight counties iu Ohio one-fourth escaped 
y the draft entirely. It is stated that fully one-half the men 
d drafted have volunteered in the three years’ service. 
— During the last four months the Provost Marshal of Phil- 
£ adelphia lias taken into custody 620 deserters, 047 stragglers, 
^ aud sent 4,194 convalescent soldiers to their regiments, 
i- — Elias Howe, Jr., whose income is $250,000 a year, carries 
y the daily mail from Washington, seven miles, to the camp of 
the 17th Connecticut regiment, in which he is a private. 
— The Vicksburg Whig says an extensive Abolition Society 
has been discovered in Northern Texas. The objects are to 
resist conscription, and to co-operate with the Union army. 
