lie a steamer, which fact I communicated by sig¬ 
nal. J continued to chase, and rapidly gained 
upon the vessel. Knowing the slow' rate of speed 
of the Hatteras. I at. once suspected deception, 
and 1 then ordered the ship to be, cleared for 
action, with everything in readiness for a deter¬ 
mined attack and a vigorous defense. When 
within about four miles of the vessel,, I observed 
she had ceased to steam, and was laying broad¬ 
side to and awaiting ns. 
It was nearly 7. and quite dark, but notwith¬ 
standing the obscurity of the night, J felt assured, 
from the general character of the vessel, and her 
maneuvrCB, that 1 -bould encounter the Alabama, 
being able to work but four guns on the Ilatte- 
ras. f concluded lo close with her. that my guns 
might be effective if necessary. I came within 
easy speaking range—about 76 yards—and upon 
asking u What steamer is that?' I received this 
answer:—* ft. 15. M.\ ship Vixen.” I replied I 
would send a boat aboard, and immediately gave 
the order. In the meantime both vessels were 
changing position:- the .-(ranger endeavoring to 
gain a desirable position for a raking fire. Al¬ 
most. simultaneously with the piping away of the 
boat, the strange craft replied again, “We are 
the Confederate steamer Alabama,” whirl) was 
accompanied with a broadside. I at the same 
moment returned the lire. Being well aware of 
the many vulnerable points of the Hatteras. J 
hoped by closing with the Alabama to be able to 
board her. and thus rid the sea* of this piratical 
craft, I steamed directly for the Alabama, but 
she was enabled, by her great speed and the foul¬ 
ness of the botto.ro of the Hatteras and conse¬ 
quently her diminished speed, to thwart my 
attempt, when 1 bud gained a distance of but 
thirty yards from her. At this range, musket and 
pistol shots were exchanged. The firing contin¬ 
ued w ith great vigor an both sides. 
At length a shell entered amidships in the 
hold, setting fire to It, and at the same instant a 
shell passed through the sick bay. exploding in 
an adjoining compartment, also' producing tire, 
and another in a cylinder, tilling the engine 
room and deck with steam, and depriving me of 
any power to manfeuvre Hie vessel, or to put out 
the tire by pump-. With the vessel on fire and 
beyond unman power, a hopeless wreck upon 
the water, with walking-beam shot away, and 
engine rendered useless, I still maintained an 
active lire, with the double hope, of disabling the 
Alabama and attracting the fleet at Galveston, 
only 28 miles distant. 
It was soon reported lo me that a shell had 
entered the IIattorns at the water line, tearing 
off entire sheets of iron, and the water was rush¬ 
ing in. utterly defying any attempt to remedy 
the evil, and tfiftl slicwas rapidly sinking. Hear¬ 
ing this melancholj truth, and observing the 
Alabama ou my po.. how, entirely beyond the 
range of my guns, and doubtless preparing a 
raking fire, I felt 1 had no right to sacrifice use¬ 
lessly, and without any desirable result, the jives 
of all under my command. 
To prevent the blowing up of the Hatteras 
from nre, which was making much progress, 1 
ordered the magazine to 1 h ; flooded, and after¬ 
ward a lee-gun lo be tired. The Alabama then 
asked if assistance was desired, to which nil 
affirmative answer was given. The Hatteras 
Com. Ingraham’s proclamation, as also the 
results of the so-called engagements, viz.: — “2 
vessels wink. 4 set. on fire, and the remainder 
driven away.” and also the statement, that the 
English Consul and commander of the English 
war steamer Petrel had previously gone five 
miles beyond the usual anchorage of the block¬ 
ade, and could see nothing of them through their 
glasses. We deem it our duty to state that the 
results are false in every particular; no vessels 
were sunk; none fired seriously; two vessels 
alone are injured. The Merceditahad her boiler 
exploded, and the Keystone State also bad her 
steam-chest exploded, w hich was assisted bv the 
Memphis, which exchanged shots with the iron 
ram, w'btch was withdrawing toward the bar 
after having fired toward Lhe Keystone State, as 
also did the Quaker City. 
So hasty was the retreat of the rams that 
although they may have perceived that the Key¬ 
stone State was seriously damaged, no attempt 
wa- made to approach her. 
No vessel, iron-clad or other, passed out into 
the bar after the return of the ram*. The Hon- 
satonic was never beyond the usual line of the 
blockade. 
No vessel run in or out of the port that day, 
nor was any attempt made to run the blockade. 
These are facts, and we do not hesitate to state 
that no vessel came out beyond the bur after the 
return of the rams at between 7 and 8 A. M., 
under cover of the forts. 
We disbelieve the statement that any vessel 
dune anywhere near the usual anchorage of any 
of the blockaders, or up to the bar after the with¬ 
drawal of the rams. 
If the statement of papers as now before us 
lias the sanction of the Petrel or the foreign Con¬ 
suls, we can only deplore that foreign officers can 
lend Official positions to the spreading before the 
world, for an unworthy object, untruths potent to 
every officer of the squadron. 
The foregoing “ Certificate ” 
T, r 'V , nt < bum-Jacob Brinkerhoff. 
T3& Boydman, Gray & Co . Piano f>qrte* 
- Imperial Svo tHntioimry—J B 1 
rltnl *?}* nf S to -”-. &c-Samuel 
Lg J *“ fq r Sale—Peter Benintt. 
" °V •’CffUic—J M Ac EH Cobarn, 
tins Fowl? tor SrIp —SiberiaOtt. 
r m- 7! 1 f c r :l Barra in—A K Grant. 
5 Maple bn far M-r. - BIy invert Bates i- D 
suited in the route of the latter. Lossunknown, 
25 prisoners were taken. Our loss is one killed 
and twelve wounded. 
Bear Admiral Porter communicates the follow¬ 
ing to Secretary Welles: 
United States Mississippi Squadron’, Feb. 
8th.—I am bam.y to inform you that the Vicks¬ 
burg was so badly injured by the Queen of the 
\\ cst that she has to be kept alloat by large coal 
bargee fastened to her sides. The' machinery 
has been taken out, and she will likely be des¬ 
troyed. This is the fifth steamer lost to the rebels 
by the United States Navv, ami was the largest 
and strongest steamer on ’the river, and 1 think 
they were preparing to use her against our trans¬ 
port. being very Jieet Her wheels, and guards 
were smashed all in. and a large hole knocked in 
her so uc'HCM h'r* report 
Last night I started a coal barge, with 20,000 
bushels of coal, to run the batteries at Vicksburg. 
*t bad ten miles to go to reach the Queen of the 
West, and arrived safely within ten minutes of 
the time calculated, not having been seen by the 
<TI)C ^cu)s Con&cnBer, 
The health of the King of the Belgians is again 
failing. 
There arc twenty-two saw mills in Nevada county 
California. 
— The mining ditches in Nevada, Cal., are nine hundred 
miles long. 
— Them are one hundred and ten Protestant missiona¬ 
ries in China. 
— Sonora county, Cal , bees made 66,700 lbs. of honey 
the past season. 
— In London duringthe past year there have been 1,30S 
fires against 200 in Paris. 
~ A ste am carriage for common roads has been tried in 
Spain, it is said, with complete success. 
— There were four hundred and seyenty-two births in 
New Bedford Mass., during the last year. 
— A little girl and several animals in Nowark, N. J., 
were bitten some days since by a mad dog, 
— The Arrival of every steamer from New Orleans brings 
evidence of the increasing trade of that city. 
— An Oil Exchange, for the benefit of those engaged in 
Ok all the flag* that float aloft 
O'er Neptune’s gallant tars, 
That wave on high, in victory, 
Above the son* of Mars, 
Give us th/ flag—Columbia’s flag— 
The emblem of the free, 
Whose flashing stars blazed tliro’ our wars, 
For Truth and Liberty. 
Then dip it, lads, in ocean’s brine, 
And give it three times three, 
And fling it out, ’mid song and shout, 
The Banner of the Sea. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., FEBRUARY 28,1863. 
Red River, after having run ashore in an attempt 
to escape. She had just discharged a cargo at Port 
Hudson, and was returning for another. As the 
rain neared her Revo nil rebel officers jumped into 
the water and escaped. Among the captured on 
her, however, were five captains, two lieutenants, 
and a party of civilians, including a number of 
ladies. 
Immediately after CoL Eilet had placed a 
guard on the Barker, another boat was perceived 
coming down the river, which was brought to by 
a shot across her bows. She proved to be the 
Moro, laden with 110,000 lbs. of pork, nearly 500 
hogs, and a large quantity of salt, destined for 
the rebel army at Port Hudson. CoL Eilet des¬ 
troyed, near this point, 25,000 lbs. of meal 
awaiting transportation for the rebels at Port 
Hudson. 
The ladies and civilians taken on board the 
Barker 
is signed by the 
commanders of the Ilousatonic, Flag, Quaker 
City. Augusta, Memphis, and Stellin. and com¬ 
pletely disposes of the pretentious Beauregard 
and his confrere. Com Ingraham. 
Tbo New York V’/wcs slates, will) considerable 
show of authority, that the attack upon Charles¬ 
ton was to take place on the 20th iusL Rich¬ 
mond papers of the 18th contain a proclamation 
of Beauregard’s, from the tenor of which it is 
evident that the aspect of affairs was threatening. 
It reads thus; 
liKADqUA OUTERS DeP’t OP S. C., «A., AND Pl.A,, ) 
February 11, 1863. j 
It has become my solemn dutvto inform the 
authorities and citizens of Charleston and .Sa¬ 
vannah, that the movements of the enemy’s fleets 
indicate an early laud and naval attack on one 
or both cities, and to urge that non-combatants 
shall retire. 1 1 is hoped,"however, that this tom ■ 
porary separation of some of von from your 
homes will be made without alarm, nr wonder 
or haste, thus shoving Unit the only feeling ani¬ 
mating you in this hour of supreme trial lathe 
light of heitig able to participate in the defense 
of your homes, altars and graves. 
Carolinians and Georgians!-the hour is at 
hand to prove your devotion to voitr country's 
cause. Let all able-bodied men, from the sea¬ 
board to the mountains, rush to arms. Be not so 
exacting in choice of weapons; pikes and scythes 
will do for exterminating enemies—Spades and 
shovels for protecting your firesides. 
To arms! fellow citizens. Come to share with 
us our danger, our brilliant success, our clorious 
death. G. T. Beauregard, 
Gen. Commanding. 
the harbor. Two of these are destitute of ma¬ 
chinery, probably those for which the engines 
were designed which we captured in the Princess 
Royal. 
A mutiny recently took place, in which several 
North Carolina regiments were engaged, and 
the ringleaders shot by order of Beauregard. 
Gov. Stanley, appointed to North Carolina by 
President Lincoln, has resigned. 
Lieut.-Col. Dorr, of Gen. Foster’s staff, arrived 
in Washington on the 18th, direct from Port 
Royal, with dispatches for the Government. lie 
utterly denies the recent sensation reports in 
regard to a quarrel between Generals Hunter 
and Foster. The same denial is made by the 
President, and no reason exists lo believe that 
anything has occurred likely lo impair the 
efficiency of our army in the Department of the 
South. 
Two refugees who arrived the same day from 
Richmond, state that five brigades from the Con¬ 
federate army at Fredericksburg, passed through 
Richmond on Sunday, the 15th, apparently on 
on their way to Charleston. 
News from Roanoke Island states that the 
rebels have 125 small boats secreted in the 
bayous and crooks of Tyrrel and Hyde counties, 
by means of which they expect to cross to the 
Island and capture the garrison. 
Information has been received that the Reli¬ 
ance, Capt. McGowan, captured on the Monikin 
River and brought to Port Baltimore on the 13th 
inst. sloop Clara and schooner North Star, while 
attempting to run the blockade, loaded with 
contraband goods. In addition, two negro boys, 
aged about 18, were found handcuffed and stowed 
away in the hold of the former vessel. They 
stated they had been forcibly put on board the 
vessel, and were to lie taken to Charleston to be 
sold. 
The official refutation of statements made in 
Gen. Beauregard's proclamation, relative to the 
raising of the blockade of Charleston, have been 
received. They were forwarded by Rear Ad¬ 
miral Dupont, commanding S. A. B. S. Wo pub¬ 
lish entire the letter of Capt. Turner, of the 
U. S. Frigate, New Ironsides, together with a 
brief portion of the certificate referred to therein. 
United Statxs Frigate New ironsides, > 
/\li* /> 1_1.. i ... inin ’ N 
were landed at a plantation near Red 
River, and while tins was in progress, another 
steamer, called the Berwick Bay, laden with 200 
bbls. of molasses, two lihds. sugar and 30,000 lbs. 
of flour, intended for the rebels at Port Hudson, 
was seized by Col. Eilet The Berwick Bay also 
bad on board -10 bales of cotton. 
A barge containing 7,000 bushels of coal ran 
the blockade ou Halim I ay night, the 21st, without 
accident or damage. 
The V icksburg Wlog of the 9th inst. says the 
river is overflowing its banks on the Louisiana 
side. The town of De Soto, Opposite, is nearly 
submerged. It was expected that the whole 
peninsula would soon lie under water. 
The Appeal correspondent of the 9th says:— 
there is now no longer a doubt that the whole 
force of the enemy are concentrated within see¬ 
ing distance of the city. M ortar Boats were tow¬ 
ed down yesterday to a point near the rendezvous 
of the fleet. Every moment may announce the 
commencement of attack. 
The town of Bolivar Landing, 50 miles above 
Memphis, was destroyed by the gunboat Cones¬ 
toga, in retaliation for the guerrillas firing into the 
steamer Jenny Lind 
— The French soldiers at Vera Cruz call the cemetery 
of that city the jar din d’aaiimation—n most lugubrious 
pun. 
-Twenty-one quartz mills are kept constantly em¬ 
ployed in Nevada county, Cal , crushing 03,000 t uns per 
annum. 
— Mrs. Sarah MeKown who had attained the advanced 
age of 100 years and two months, died in Toronto on the 
31st ult. 
— Col. William Brown, first Assistant Adjutant General 
of Massachusetts, died at his residence in Boston, ou the 
16th inst. 
— It is estimated that nearly two millions of barrels of 
crude oil have changed hands at Pittsburgh, Pa., during the 
past year. 
— The average salary of dissenting pastoi-s in England, 
is stated by a writer in the Weekly Review, to be £60, 
$250 a year. 
— Mrs. Mary Croui died in Lyons, N. Y., a few days 
since at the great age of ninety-nine years, ten months 
and twelve days. 
— Six million four hundred and thirty-nine thousand 
feet of lumber is turned out anuually by the saw-mills in 
Nevada county, Cal. 
— Kio coffee Bold at auction in Augusta, Ga., one day 
b»t week, at $2.95'per[pouud. Peas are of course a pay¬ 
ing crop at the South. 
— Miss Ella K, Hayes, of Great Falls, N. II.. last week 
skated the w hole length of Lake Winnepissioge, 20 miles, 
in less than three horns, 
— Pennies are at a premium of eighteen per cent. Du¬ 
ring inst month the mint at Philadelphia issued 4,800,000 
pieces, equal to $48,000. 
— Thejndependent Telegraph Company have comple¬ 
ted their line through to Philadelphia, and are building it 
to Haiti more and Washington. 
— Considerable preparations are making by farmers and 
others in the vicinity of Wheeling, Va., to test the cotton 
experiment tliis coming season. 
— The Philadelphia water works, the four differeui 
works, pumped last year 7,032,886,423 gallons of water¬ 
ier average of 21,733,026 per day. 
— The course of true love with n certain couple is 
Elm-well, England, recently terminated in a happy mar¬ 
riage after a courtsliip of 28 years. 
— Pas-ports are abolished in Spain, the decree to that 
effect dating January 1st, 18C3. No passports are required 
of strangers entering the kingdom. 
— Counterfeit $1 and $3 ou the Farmers’ and Mechan¬ 
ics’ Bank of Hartford, and $2 on the Peoples’ Bank of 
Derby, Lynn. Yt., are in circulation. 
— The Legislature of Wisconsin has ordered the Gov¬ 
ernor's message to be printed in the German, Norwegian, 
Welsh and Holland Dutch languages. 
— The colored men of Buffalo are considering the sub¬ 
ject of a colored regiment to be raised in Western New 
York w ith its hcadqunrters in that city. 
— Persons in position to know say at least $25,000,000 
have been stolen in the Quartermaster's Department, 
Washington, during the past few months. 
— There was deposited in the U. S. Assay office at New 
York, during the year 1802, gold dust, amalgam, it'., from 
Pike's Peak, to the amount of $8,521,000. 
— Thomas Hartley Crayvford, judge of the criminal 
court of the District of Columbia for the past 17 years, 
died on Tuesday week afrer a long Illness. 
— There are vessels now “budding at the various porta 
on the lakes, to he ready for the season of 1863, equal to 
an increase, in the tunnage of 40,000 tuns. 
— The Indian Office in Washington lias received intel¬ 
ligence of the death of Byron K. Kendall, Superintendent 
of Indian affairs for Washington Territory . 
— The gunboat Sidcll, reported as having surrendered 
to the rebels, did not belong to the navy, and there is no 
such officer as Van Dorn connected with it. 
— The President is strongly urged to appoint Gen. Fre¬ 
mont Military Governor of North Carolina, in place of 
Gov. Stanley, whom it is desired to supersede. 
water-iino, must be. at once recognized by the 
Department, who are familiar with the Itat- 
teras, und her total unfitness for contest wiLh 
a regularly built vessel of war. 
The distance between the ships during the 
action ranged from 25 to 100 yams. Nearly 50 
sliots were tired from the Hatteras, and 1 pre¬ 
sume a greater number from the Alabama. 
It. C. Blare, Lieut. Corn'g. 
To Hon. Gideon Wku.eh, Fec’y of Navy. 
CoL Payne, Acting Brigadier General, left 
Baton Rouge on the morning of the Tilt with 
three transports. carrying the 4th Wisconsin, 8th 
New Hampshire, anil 133d and 173d New York 
regiments. These troops disembarked at l’la- 
quemtne, 30 miles below New Orleans, on the 
west bank of the Mississippi, and marched 
straightway inland, to a place called Indian vil¬ 
lage. Arriving at sunset, the troops blvouaeed 
for the night, the Iberville following wit.ii stores 
and tents and a guard of cavalry, by way of Pla- 
quemine Bayou. There our troops are tempora¬ 
rily encamped, at no great distance from a cre¬ 
vasse, which has already Submerged some adja¬ 
cent woods. Two weeks ago this Iudian village 
was occupied by a baud ol guerrillas, who were 
driven off by a company of U. S, cavalry. The 
Iberville took on board, in lieu of her military 
stores, upwards of $4,000 worth of sugar and 
molasses from the neighboring planters, who 
professed themselves rejoiced at the opportunity 
of transmitting tlmir produce to New Orleans. 
It lies now at the levee in that city. 
Gen. Emory left New Orleans for Camdton 
on the loth, to proceed with the following regi¬ 
ments to the re-enforcement of Col. Payne:— 
38th and 49th Massachusetts, 150th New York, 
16th New Hampshire, and a section of the 18th 
New Yoik Battery. With these there may be 
others. Combining with the four regiments 
under CoL Payne, the entire force will push f yr 
Bute, La., there to effect a junction with Gen. 
Weitzel. 
harbor and examine as carefully as possible, 
without drawing their tire, and ascertain the 
position and strength of any batteries which 
might be erected or in course of construction. 
Capt. Miller had returned to New Orleans, and 
reported the Harriet Lane still at Galveston. 
He is of opinion that she is disabled, as he saw 
her towed slowly about by a small river steamer. 
Her topmasts have been removed, and altogether 
she bore evidences of attempts to disguise her 
identity. 
The latest news from Galveston is that the 
fleet entered the bay, but found it so strongly 
fortified that it was deemed best to withdraw lor 
the present. The Brooklyn and Sciota were 
blockading the harbor. 
Gen. Banks had issued a general order sus¬ 
pending the navigation of the Mississippi lo ves¬ 
sels engaged exclusively in 
those engaged in 
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
private trade, except 
coastwise or foreign commerce. 
(Jen. Banks had also issued an order prohibiting 
the foreclosure of mortgages as against loyal 
citizens, and exempting the property of loyal 
citizens from forced sale as to debts or obliga¬ 
tions incurred previous to the date of his order, 
which shall have remained uncanceled for six 
months. 
The Delta had been suppressed by Gen. Banks, 
but the workmen waited on him and represented 
that their source of subsistence was in its contin¬ 
uance, and the General directed it to be contin¬ 
ued under the management of the bookkeeper. 
It was thought that the editors were unseated in 
consequence Of an article on the impolicy of 
excluding the captured portions of the South 
from the privileges of the President's proclama¬ 
tion. Others thought the French Consul and 
Reverdy Johnson induced Gen. Banks to take 
the step. 
Gen. "Weiteei’s expedition to Bayou Teche had 
not startl’d on the 10th, owing to the withdrawal 
of part of the forces for another purpose up the 
river. 
Au interesting report of the,destruction of the 
U. S. steam transport Hatteras, by the Confederate 
privateer Alabama, has been received from Lieu¬ 
tenant Commanding R. C. Blake, from which we 
make the following extract : 
United States Consulate, > 
Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 21, 1663. j 
Sir:—I t-is my painful duly to inform the De¬ 
partment of the destruction of the Hatteras, 
recently under my command; bv the Alabama, 
on the night of the llth. off the coast of Texas! 
The circumstances are as fid lows: 
On the llth inst., at 5:30 P. M.. while at anchor 
with the fleet under Commodore Bell, off Galves¬ 
ton, I was ordered to chase a sail to the south¬ 
ward and eastward. 1 got tinder weigh imme¬ 
diately. and with all speed in the direction indi¬ 
cated. After sometime the strange sail could be 
OU' Charleston, Feb. 10, 1803. 
To Bear Admiral S. K Dupont Command - 
ing »S'. A. II. S.; —Admiral:— 1 have the honor 
to forward to you a certificate, signed by all the 
commanding officers of the vessels lying off 
Charleston Bar on the morning of the attack of 
rams upon this squadron, except three, one of 
whom is on duty at a distance, and the other two 
commanders of vessels which were sent to Port 
Royal to repair damages, und which were the 
only two injured—notwithstanding the report in 
the Charleston papers as to the result of the 
engagement, that two vessels were sunk, four 
fired and the remainder driven away. Your per¬ 
sonal knowledge of these gentlemen, and your 
entire confidence in their truth and uprightness, 
will give their statement ti e force necessary to 
refute satisfactorily and effectually lhat which 
has been given to the world by the authorities in 
Charleston and their svmpailuzetv. 
It is with unaffected pain I am called upon to 
forward the document, reflecting so s. verely but 
justly upon the functionaries holding tho high 
position of Consuls, and one of them—if this 
statement has been made by his authority—com¬ 
mander of a vessel of war of Her Britannic 
Majesty. Nor can I account for it any other way 
than its being ft premeditated act willi a foregone 
conclusion to draw up a report that would preju¬ 
dice our cause in the eyes of tbe world, or that 
those events were seen by them with the dis¬ 
torted optics of prejudiced and partisan wit¬ 
nesses. The facts are so clear, both as to the 
disposition of the squadron during the day suc¬ 
ceeding the engagement, and as to the amount of 
damage done our vessels, that it is not a matter 
of doidit that those gentlemen have given the 
seal of their high offices to a version of the affair 
which could not have been, by any possibility, 
either by inference or personal observation. 
accompanying the bill establishing a branch 
mint in Nevada, say the discoveries of precious 
metals warrant the belief that in a few veal's it 
will surpass even California. A population of 
30,000 or 40,000 are now in the Territory, and 
millions have been expended in prospecting and 
working mines, erecting quartz mills with mas¬ 
sive reducing machinery, and ingenious sepa¬ 
rating processes. Several thriving towns and 
numerous villages have sprung up. The great 
business of the Territory is, and must be. min¬ 
ing. The yield of gold and silver is $2,000,000 
per month, and a constant prospect of increase. 
Official information has been received in Wash¬ 
ington that the rebel congress has refused to sus¬ 
tain Jeff. Davis’ proclamation in regard to the 
incarceration, without exchange, of Federal 
officers. It has also taken action with the view 
of releasing Union men in the South who have 
been arrested and imprisoned for political 
offences. 
Movements in the Wert and South-West 
Missouri. —A letter to Gen. Davidson from 
the persons who accompanied the recent, scout to 
Batesville, says Hindman's army is utterly dimin¬ 
ished and inefficient—300 having been frozen to 
death during their retreat from Van Buren. 
Hindman w as once ordered to Vicksburg but his 
men refused to go. Upwards of 200 deserters 
were concealed 20 miles from Batesville, a town 
in favor of a permanent ocupation by the 
Federate. 
Tennessee.— The skirmish on the 13th. near 
Bolivar, Tennessee, between a part of the 1st 
cavalry and a body of rebels resulted in the death 
of four rebels, ten wounded and five prisoners 
taken. A number of horses were captured. Fed¬ 
eral loss nothing. 
Capt Pennoek, under date of Cairo, informs 
Secretary Welles that the Rowena, White Cloud 
