The New York Herald Newspaper, June 17, 1862, Page 3

‘ aiorded' me I am juclived to believe @ change of policy Beccssary, and I am not alone in my opinion. We are Surrounded by a swarm of traitors, who regard the oath of allegiance of no more walue than the stump of au old Seger. There needs a turn or two of the screws in this quarter; and I think the Military Governor wil! flud very soon that his delicate consideration is all thrown away. We used more vigor make the traitors aware tha: they ‘are now within the power of the goverument which they have outraged, and I hope they will be made to fee! juality exists here: the traitors and the Union men are subjected to the same routine, and if there is any difference i don’t know but the man who avoids taking the oaih has @ litte the best of it. Let Luis bere- formed altogether. By a deserter who left Petersburg on Friday morning T learn that Captain Davidson, of the Eleventh Peuusy!- vauia cavalry, whe was cut otf, with his command of tweuty men, noar Biackwater river, was atthe Peters- burg Hotel, where he bas been made very comfortable. It sovms that Captain Davidson made a good Hight before be was capbured, bis command keeping up the contest tor a good half hour, killing three and wounding six of thelr assailants, J have before sent you the list of miss- iug mou from the Eleventh eavairy, in that aifair. One was killed and one wounded on our side, Tho name of the man killed Abijah C, St. Jobn, of Penn Yan, New York. The revols enclosed bim in a cottin and buried him at tho foot of a largo mulberry tree. Arranyements ave boen mado by his company to erect @ proper monu- ment to hig memory on the spot where he fell. The force which attacked Captain Davidson was two eompanies of the South Hampton cavalry, under command of Captains Blow and Gillet, who intended to eut off Major Wotberili, of tho Rieventh cavalry, on @ reconnoissance to South Quay, The rebels swam their horses across the Biack fiver and hoped to intercept Major W., but quite unex- pectedly encountered Capt. Davidson and his party. TEPORTANT FROM PORT ROYAL ARRIVAL OF TE STEAM TRANSPORT ARAGO. OPERATIONS AGAINST CHARLESTON SHARP BATTLE ON JAMES ISLAND. Defeat of the Rebels, with a Loss of Seventy- Five Killed and Wounded. REBEL ACCOUNTS OF THE AFFAIR. OUR SPECIAL DESPATCHES, &ec., &e., de. ‘The United States transport Arago, Henry A. Gadeden commander, arrived from Port Royal yesterday after- ‘oon, bringing important news from the scene of opera- Sions near Charleston. ‘We are indebted to Mr. Froderick Grautegein, the pur- wer of the Arago, for favors. ‘The Arago bringsa large number of passengers, both military and civilian, and eighteen prisoners taken at Fort Pulaski, in charge of Lieut. Doolittle, She brings also the remaivs of Lieut. John G. Sprosten, late oi ‘United States gunbost Seneca ;Sergeant Erastus W. Case, and John Lowndes, a government employe. Eer eargo consiste of 261 bales Sea Isiand cotton, con signed to Hiram Barney, Kiaq., Colloctor of she Port of New York, and a large amount of Adams Exprese Com pany’s goods, ‘The United States transport Friceson left Hilton Hoad for Key West on Juno10, The United States transport Ben Deford arrived from New York at Hilton Head June 11, and left same evening for Stono river. The following are the names of tho passengers by the Arago:— Major Wright, of Genoral Hunter's staff, wounded ; Lieu- tenant Kinzie, Mrs, Coloue} Serrell, Miss Jinks, Mrs. Cap- tain C. E. Fuller, Miss Whiidon, Mrs. Seara, two chi! ron and servant; Mrs. Captain Gossard, Mr. and Sirs. Whiting, Miss J.G. Fuller, Miss Jenkins, Mrs. Quaiffe, Mr. de Grasso Fox, Mr. M. F. Griffith, Mr. ooper Smith, Miss Mather, Miss Perritt, Mrs. Barrett, Mrz. Lieutenant Martin and son, Dr. Peck, Migs Peck, Miss Walker, Cap tam Saxton, Captain Fiobuman and servant, Caniain Gould, Captain A. C. Croker, Capivin Hoxie, Captat dridge, Captain Doane, Captain Mclutyre, Pay: Winter, Licutenant Koausse, Lientenant Lockwood, tenant Brook, Lieutonant W.D. Fishes, Lieut Gorville, Lieutenant Doolittle, Lieutenant W. fA Lieutenant Kowditch, Lieutenant Robinson, Lieutenant Currier, Lievtenant Marehall, Jientenant Philips. Liew tenant Donbar, Lieutenant Heintzeiman, Lieutonant Jas. Rughes, Lieutenant Robertson. Dr. Charles Brown, Messrs. 0. n, A, W. Croker ry i G.H. Webor, Davis Beker, George Burt, George Harr, O. Starkweather, Warren Gray, RK. de Burt, C. F. Kinner, Mr, Howell, R.J. Coto- maa, James Looney, and others. G. H. Rober son, RK. Our Hilton Head Correspondence. Husom Heap, 8. C., June 13, 1862. @reat Excitement at Milton Mead—Affaire at Beaufort and Btomo—Whas Has Been Accomplished~-Unhealthy Posi. tion of Uur Camps andj3ad Water, fc., at Stono—The BMissionory Hegiva from Beaufort—Territle Fright ant Plight of Non-Oomba‘ante—Return of Misionarics to New Fork—the Scheme Exploded and whas Kemains—Death of a Herabl Correspondent, dc., de. ‘We have experienced all sorts of exeitement during the past two weeks, and are but just setting down to eur old quiet mode of life. In the first place, the opera- tions on James isiand by our forcos, and tho navay adairs in the waters of Stono and noighboring streams have kept us on tiptoe ef expectancy for a Joug time, @ud in the soveral places we have had no little excite. ment in consequence of the enemy's movements towards Beaufort. Your epecial correspondents at ‘Stono, with tho land and naval forces, will furnish you ¢ull details of the progress of affairs in that direction, which are now about closed. There bas been » good deal of skirmishing between our forces nnd those of the rebels, resultit The rebols have been since we ceased to udvanee, and have given us one or two very preity fights. They are in ‘very strong force upon James isiand, and have a large reserve in Churloston and on failure of Colonel Christ to roy fat Pocotaligo, and thereby sever the main tween Charlesto: in aud about Charies- it at short notice, In this they havo the advantago of rhey can move troops with greater rapidity and concentrate more easily than we. Still we have managed thus far tu get a lie ahead of them, and would to-day haye been in Charles won if @ little more transportation could have been procured. One brigade failed to be on the cround as- Gigned it in cousequence of lack of transportation, ‘the moment which fuund Charleston nearly — ‘on that approach was forever lost, and whon ¢) ment was Analy avtempied the avenue of approach was found almost impregnable, The cause of the fa the movement, [ presnur il] bo investigated. We shall uot go into Charleston very soon, at present. Meanwhi what we have got, if sickness and de ynot decimate She command. The location of our camps is not by any meacs bealthy. It is surrounded by swampe.and the water which the men drink is of the worst description. Any ene who has drnuk the surface well water ou the ‘Bea isiands tw thie d ‘tment will get a slight idea of Mts execrable quality when | aay that the common sut- face water is pure oud delicious in comparison with it. 4t wil prove a prolific source of sickness and death to our troops, Muy they soon get out of the hole. The panic ¢ other cay et Beaufort was ox- ceadingly ludicrous, although at the time it seemed fearful. A small «detachment of rebels crossed Port Royal forry ina large flat, adopting @ very clever expedient to prevent discovery until the proper time, They placed a number of contra. ‘bands in the front of the scow, and obliged them to pull ‘whem ross. white they lay out of sight of ou pickets in © boa, wus discovered by ths picket hailed, and allowed to approach the shore, as the rows answered that they were ‘niggers om’ de way to jom—bress de Lord for that, massa!” Tho pickets aid not discover the ruse watil they had received a hot fire from tho rebols, who rose at the command and fired ‘That is ‘we propose to hold over the negroes heads. Tho fire was feebiy retucned, and the picket (ell back and continued to tf back until they had arrived at @ safe dista eport was ont into tuwn, each tree on the roadside being con- sidered, no doubt,a rebel, and when it reacued head: quarters it had assured immense magnitude, ‘Thoneande of men wore on the river crovsing, anc marching towards the town of Beaufort. The colowel commanding rushed his troops out to meet the my, abd received on his march additional reports (rom the exterior lino, all increas. excitement, Cavalry, artillery and infantry were ping across the island, and the destraction of things in genaval was sure, Orders were sent to town to throw open the armory and arm tho eitizens. This, of course, #tarcled tho said citizone, and they straightway in to Jook for means of retreat. A steamer Was on hand, and men, women and children wok to it, sud Hilton Head wos foun overrun by fugit . They did not linger long ia Teaufort to pick up stray t |, and they were somewhat ra ostitote on their arrival. Afterwards, whan the panic of the relative position and sign. Geance of ABC mo contraband minds, Twenty-Gve or more, meu snd we men, return ia the Aragu to-day, aud the oxpertuent may now be conside:ed on being dual y chowed, What will the abolitionists try wext? 1 have preticved more Use once (hat the great missieaary jement would fail sooner or later; but 1 imke wo credit for it Amy one not blinded by prejudice could have louked over the feid and foresom ihe result. It been apparent from the first, Bot the missionaries could not see it, and the amiable correspousent ef the Tribune, lately here, Diandly stated jm one of hie lesters that my necoumts Of the missionaries were false ‘row beginning to end, snd made oat of the whow coth Such charges are easily mace; but M necemary 1 ca produce proof to subsiantiate ‘every one of my stale ments, Any one who bas been bee aad @xa0. ued ane tho missionary experiment will testity Ww the facta T adduced. However, that ig all passed The grand mas sionary scheme bas collared, and nothing reoains bat the chief sachem, Pierce, the auiwerat of the contra Dande; Rev. Mr. Fren.b, afew calice guwas, sega cher and old clothes, to tell of the noble band whe were le Tegeneraie and raise up the contraband ia the Depart macht of tho South. Pieree will shine fora while @ ster of the sixtoenth magnitude, bul will soon disappear from view, leaving @ tail like a Comet, very long gy thin and not very inninous, for the edifieation of > lition iste and fanatics in Reston. What Mr. French will de, or when he will go, must now remain a profound secret 1 learn he hae his eyeon rome new field for the exercise of his pechiliar talents, and we shall pe @ abt hear of has again, irresistible and irropressible as over. Ttake this cecasion to bid t jouaries, one and all, a tender and affectionate farewe!). They have adord ‘ed me,ng well as all others tp the ex 8 good dead of fun, which has relieved the eunul of the’ past winter greatly, They came hero with the crudest apd most un sophisticate:| ideas of what was to be dowe and how wo accomplisl: it, and after experimenting at length, ard signully failing, they now reiurn, wiser, if Bob beter, ple, Texpect no thanks for the valuable we given them from time to time: i suitous, aud [look for go return, Ig: has been of service to theu. Mir May we nevor gee the like 0’ you again The beulth of the command is not 80 could be wished, . Tho summer heat is working serious injury to our troops. We have po coutagnor fo the department. Exposure aud hardships have filled the hospitais with cases which will generaliy yield to good modical treatment and nursing. I have no details to givo, but hope to be able to send them at a future e. 1 ani pained to announce the accidental desth ot Phineas Homans, Esq., one of tho special correspondents of the Hana in this departonent. He fol! trom the deek of the steamer Cosmopolitan, at Edisto, on the Sth, and struck his hoad on tho guards of tho steamer, producing con- cussion of the brain, theives faliing into the water. A boat was instantly lowered, and in @ few moments his body was placed in tho cabin Ho was totally uncon. scious aud lived but two or three hours after. “Two sur- Geons on board rendered all the aid in (heir power, but all in vain, JTia remains were decently interred at Hilton Head, funeral ceremonies being observed by Rev. Mr. French, Mr. Homans was a goatieman ef geuial tnatincts and good ability. At times he was a Jittle eeoon ny his manner, but always genial and warm hearted, His joss is deeply felt by his coadjutora bere and a large circle of friends at home. Hirox Hrap, 8. 0., June 13, 1962. Visit of Rebels to Beafort—Great Panic—Plight af Mis- siomaries—The Gunboat Planter Shells Out a Rebel Camp at Rockville, but is Obliged to Reire—Generai News, fe., &c. ae Since the departure of the expedition to Stono, matters st Hilton Head have worn a dull and wearisome aspect, Nothing has occurred to relievo affairs of their tamenezs, ‘@ little seare on the part of the ocenpants of Beau- fort on Saturday last, the ludicrous eventuation of which has afforded many a hearty laugh since then. Soue adventuresome rebeis, learning that our force at Beavfort had been weakened, came over {rom Pocotaligo onSatarday morning, reaching about three o’clock Port Royal ferry, where a company of tne Fiftieth Pennsyiva. nia Volunteers wae doing picket duty, for the purpose of de- atvoying the ferryboat and the lighters employed by our troops at that point. The rebels played a shrewd game. Piling a party of intelligent contrabands-.\“loyal blacks,’ as Mr. Fronch calls the niggers—into the bow of their boat, they rowed boidlly and rapidly toward our pickets, and in answer to the usual challenge the negroes respond. od: “Ive me, massy; golly, run away from masse diy time.” They were allowod to come up, wheu the rebols, springing to their feet, fred a murderous voiley inte our men. Four of them were wounded. A regular stampede ensued. Word was sent into town that the euemy were approaching in forces, and the inbabitants were seized with uncontrollable alarm, The same mozsage was sig- nalized to Hilton Head, and everybody bere ytelted to the excitement of the moment. Gunboats were sont up the river Artillery and infantry fol yowed them in hot haste. The transport Potomac, iying at the Beaufort wharf, grew suddenly popular as’ pas- Sengor boat, and scores of frightoued woines and stricken men entreated the atl for permisni to visit Hilton Head at the earliest opportunity, Orders wero sent iu from th: ‘vance to baye all the ammuni tion sent out; then to throw open the arsenal that we ous tight arm themseives; then to prepare every Wwhie Lighter aud smaii bout, so that incase of de- feat a retreat to Lady’s Leland night be mace, These orders and movemeuts, crowding so close upon one another, gave rise ta 4 punic sucl us the deluded Gideon- ites of Beausort never bevore experienced, and, while the more determined non-combatants proceeded to tho arsenal and provided thomselyes with arms, a great number hurried down to Hilion Heal as though they were fleeing from the wrath to come. And go the populace waited with open ears for the clash of arms and the shock of battle. Ent tney didu’t e and after ascertaining thatthe “enemy ui ferce’™ numbered ouly the daring party who came over in the row boat, who, after accomplishing their object, had retired to the main, quiet was oventvally restored. ‘The force at Beaufort has since been increased, so that a repetitibn of the silly stampede of Saturday ie not Hikely again to occur. i ear by parties who camo down Jast evening on the May lower trom Fuisto, that the gunboat Pienier shelled a party of rebels out ‘of Rockville on Wednesday after noon, and that yesterday afternoon, while on a@ re- connvissanee up Bohicket creek, sha ran suddenly @ masked batiery of three field pieres, wuich tho rebels had brought down under cover of the night. She received three shots at short range, which, however, did but little injury ‘to the boa: aud jajared no one on board. For afew mo- ments eho kept ap a lively fire of grape and eau ster upon the rebgls, Dut was eventually obliged to retire, Farther particulars have not reached me. The Miuntar, which wos recently in the Confoderate sorvice at ( ton, seems, now that sho sails under new colors, to be an object of especial hate onthe part of the “rebs,” who would rejoice beyond measure at her destrucuion. The captain of the Mayflower reports that be broke his rudder in Stono river, afew days since, and while the vessel was beached for repairs, night before last, a party o° rebels came down to the shore from Johu’s island, with the evident design of destroying her. ‘They were driven away, However, by a guard of men from the Vawnee. Your correspondent at Stono sends me down a number of despatehes, which I enclose with tis letter. Our Stono Correfpondence. Onn Barrery, Stoxo Rivan, 8. C,, June 4, 1863, The Campaign Opened—tne Abandoned Forts Pickens and Paimetiom What They AremA Reconnoissance Towards Charleston-~Bort Penverton—F ine Appegrance of Culli vated Picide—Lack of HospitatityAffair Between Picketo—Repuise of the Enemy in Porce-—List of Coawal ties, dc. ae, After many woary woeks of inaction and inany days of impatient dolay, we have at lougth exchanged the dullness of life at Hilton Head for the activity and exsitemont of a brisk campaign. ‘Lue lethargic condition into which the affairs of the Department of the South seemed to be drifting has been dispeliet, aud henceforth there is be- fore our soliers the task they have long itched to uoder- take. The incompatibilities of slavery and martial law arenc longer discussed; the question of arming the ne- croes is forgotten ; whether the Confiseation bill will pass, or the Fugitive Slave law be aboliched, or Beecher bo tho next President, are jut now matters of comparative indifference, Old topics, as well as old habits, have fallen suddenly into disuse, and we are now earnestly turning our attention toward the force between us and the city of Charleston, and canvassing the means of ovor- comiug it and the duration of the siege. It is but a little way from here to Charlestos. From our outposts, looking across the. narrow skirt of the island, we can plainly see Fort Johnson, and ina line bo- yond it Fort Sumter, Still farther tho spires of the city and the masts of a few lonely vesseis rise dimly to che view. But interposing isaforce as large, think, as our own, and they Eve us, in the skirmisu of yesterday, an evidence of dashand daring for which eur men seom- ed bardly prepared. They are, Of course, warmed for ths safety of the city. itsoay be that thoy will aban. don it at once, seeing, as they goon must, that its pose sion must ultimately be transferred to the Union army, Rut we have every reason to expect u desperate rovist. ance on cheir part, and hard fighting on our own, before = and Stripes will float in triuinph over Sumter’s walls. To-day 1 mado an examination, in company with seve- tal officers, of the abandoned forts below thix point, named by the revels Yorte Pickens aad Palmetto. The former is an extensive earthwork, the right and lott extremities of which are nearly half @ mile from cach other, and which commands not only the Stono but the» entrance to Foliy Isiand river, it was moat provipitataly forsavam bowaver. Om the appearatoe of our cunhoats. HERALD, goes, ante thet guns and fe toeir which seemed are of almost hourly occurrence. Pal pently cur party made @ reconnoissance of Fort Pembertom. which is located @ litte distance this wowing on either bank of ihe stream allocded & Pleerant © Birest to the desolate feids below Cte] the vi- Vast neds and broad acres of ouded by the wideot planters to feed the rebel army, but destined y the fortunes of war to be converted to Uncie Suuuel’s use—weloomed usou te right aud left; but their re- ent proprietors, wb @ lek of Southern Lospuatity whieh mug! bare bev exp.o.@! une thecircunsiances, Wore “pet at howe.” Ther mansions, grounds and fur- pieare had bees kindly belt for our use. Their negrocs reme ved to @e our Kidding. Thew horses and their Cathw at lonst in part, were at our disposal; but they Aheaweives nad beeu called away, and wore Obliced to fortes the pleamure of eutertaiuing their visitors in POW NE verre. > oowithetanding Chin aad neglect om the part of the relents, we slermed gayly on ;ast the Pawneo, the ‘Ovews, the Horom and at hat as far as the Pembina. Heve ovr speed was slackoved for an insiant, and Captain Hankhead, of the latter vessel, bailing us through his speakicg (rampet, told us Wo go Lo further, or we would be upier (he Lreor the revel guns. As our boat wee anything Out® ganboat, his advice was heeded,and we showiy ewang arund end @:opp d our anchor. fe wore ehreset of Nowlown Cot, aod not more thaa four anda half miles from Cherieston, On the tower of the Unita- rae chicch, it Arebtale Street, we noticed through our Jentet a coarieel wacchwen, aud while we were yet |) hg abc hor Uey were largely relforeed by a party whe came ont apow the roof of the buliding to observe ou) mevement® Fort Vember.om—to get a of which was our main wheel a strong fortification, mounting nine guns, two of whith are of large calibre, rited, and of range drawn its fre ib short doretce, and was a over befure I could reach our advacee, The evemy, it eoems, had brought down to thew fromt a betemry of light artillery, with which they attempted to drive ia our pickets, The latter were sup- Wed BY two set ions of the Connecticut are a | wenty-eh th Meetitesette regiment. A few well Gureeied whote Crom the battery, loge'ber with several sbolls from (he Ottawa, sent the rebels Hying and we have Bot see bore disterbed. Three men of iho Massuchu- mele — sere wounded. ‘The following i# a correct list of our casvaities in tho bk irm shen of yewterday and to day — wnsaew. Private William MeKwight, Co. F, 100ch Peansyivania ork. Private Benjamin Clark, Go. G, Tb New Private Thos. Mekeever,Co. A Corporal Wiluai it. Gray, Ge, Private Sanuei Woolseneroft, Vrivate Thotaas McGovern, Co. Priwate Harry Morvarty, Go. A, 2th Maas., Phe (414 OF TB ONE — (PRB NNYL ANIA VOR- vaTeRns| Company F—Captain, Janes H. Cline: Robert Mott, D. J. Gallien; Corporal, R. A. W. Aiken, Rovert Duke, J.C. irw Master, Conrad Shafer, J. ©. Sampson, Joho Company SB. MeClure; Douihits, Je Wait, Joseph F, Cook, Daniel Jeseph Wible 38 yyiny A—Corporel James Berd, Joke Klotabaker, Ma Pe ‘The first death on board the guoboat F. B. the went into commission oveurred landsinan named seems to have been @ temporary fit of inmanity he walked overboard from the steamer Cormopoli- fan, etriking lis teunple against the guard as be descend: ed, sustaining injuries 80 severe es to deprive him cf all consciousness, till death ensued. The sad evens occurred at two o'clock yesterday morning, while the steamer was lying at ancboret Edisto. A boat was in- stantly lowered, and he was speedily picked up andre moved to the cabin, where every aiteniion that could be bestowed by medical men end kind friends was em- ployed for hie relief, but without effect. He died at ein o'clock, falling asleep as quietly and as peacefully as if in the bloom of health. His remains were enclosed in a simple coffin, aud, after dinner, as the Cosmopolitan was nearing Steno Inlet, Rev. Mr. French and the chaplain of the Sevecty-sixth Pennsylvania Voluuteers, who were fellow passengers of the deegased, conducted brief but impressive funeral services. His remains were subse quently sent to Hilton Hend for mterment. General Wright's forces came up irom Kdisto yeater, day morning, marching the entire distance in one of the most violent storms | ever experienced, avd camping for two nights without shelter from the drenching, chill ng rain, Not # man in the division escaped @ soaking to the kin. ‘The movement of Geueral Wright's forces was de- layed partially on this account, and partially by ube de struction of a couple of bridges which be was obliged te reconstruct; and his delay in coming up @ccasioned sume auxicty with regard to the euccese of bis moveme st, aa the enemy were supposed to be aware of hin inver tiene. and it wae thonent that hoe might have been m it and driven back. However, he swwered clear of any op- posing forces, and brought up bie mew in remarkably good con litton and spirits. ‘The weather is very tiekle, and to keep pace with the alvornate stormand sunshine requires ® dozen changes of clothing in a single day. Our soldiers boar up wm these trying intl with gros! good hemor cept their hardship. as partof their legitionte expert ence. They have not been called uj © fo ony Aghe for a couple of days; but the gunboats boy teland river, and in the Stone, pear Thomas Grimball’s plants tion, indulge in frequent shots at the woods where the rebels lie concealed, ‘The wounded prisoner teken on ‘Tuesday Inst is doing fluoly, and converses readiiy with all whe are permit ted to kee him. When captured he cried oot that be bad deen fighting against his will; Dutit was evidently suid socure kind treatment at our hands. He is at present, certain!y, one of the most ardent secessionists | have yet seen, and speaks Of the abiliiy of the eoufederey To establish its footing aa @ nationallty with a confidence which, after ite long surcgssion of reverses, ie traly sur. prising. Headmits that Uharlerton inust fall, and that ail the seaport towns must share its fate, but says that our successes can never be carried beyor! the range of our gunboats, “In the imland towns, in every mouniaia pass and rugged raving, at every crossing of and atevery fording place,” said he, be met, and harassed if not overc: glad to close the war and leave in Pposeot sion of our rights.” He is @ very intelligent young man—the adjutant of the Charleston battalion— aud says he is anxious t be bene in der to go back to the Confederate rervice. Tousblug treatment by our surgeous, be 8 ‘as if their kind> ness, thougn fully apprectated, was unexpected. Our regiments, in U 4, are Bruch better od than the rebel furces, the surgoons of which are for the mort part quacks and horse doctors, mnsupplied with implouenu or stores, which are indispensable t the good health aud proyer treatment of tho men. The war brings strange events to pass. Al allant Seventy. Je regiment (a Compbeil, tho etandard bearer of the niath Highlanders, bore the colors of thevkirmish on Tuesday last, while bis brother, © frst Leuteoant in the rebel service, Was one Of (he company which charged down upon and captured & porttom of cur advanced skirmishers. ‘Tarougn the prisoner I have montioned the lvyal brothe* this morning received, for the dest timo in many mouths, tidings bie mise guided relative. Two contrabards reached ont camp this morning, bringing Charleston papers of the 4tb instant, the dave of theiv departure. ‘The Courier's despatches recount & bloody battle at Richmond, which lasted two days, and resulted to the advantage of the rebels. The Comrie, however, thinks their drst duty is to mourn for tle count: loss fallen. Tho nogroes report that Gen, Kipley, whem the peuple about Charleston greatly distrust, bad quarrel Jed with Gen. Pemberton, whohad sent hiw to . ‘They aleo say that large numbers of Georgia troops were in Charleston, on their way to the delence of the rebel capital, With regard to the feeling io Charlerton, the one of whom, by the way, is @ mau of muck int " wad can read and writ that it le nothing less Whaw a panic, The women and children have been rent away, and all the citizeus who are not in the army, aad whose means permit it, are removing themselves and their valuables by the hourly trams. They are momentarily one Oe to enter toe city. Weare as eagerly ox pecting the opder to mova on, Heapguantens, Srevews’ Divinow, Janne sian, 8. C., Juae 10, 1962. } Reconnoissance in Force on John Island—Gen, Beans in Command of the Redele—Caplure of Lebel Cavalry— Skirmish om James Is'and——List of of a New Four Gun Batlery and lown—The Ellen and Hale Shel st Out—The Weather, die., de. Since my letter of four days ago there have been fre quent reconnoissances and 8 fow, skirmishes, but no eveuta of unusual jtaportanee or significance to chroat. cle, Meantime preparations multiply and evidences of military operations on a scale eommensurate with the task before us hourly increacs. When the iron will be hot or whea the final blow be struck it remains for the Commanding Coneral to decide. On Saturday last (tho 7th instant) a reconnottering arly, consisting of ihe Ninety seventh Poansylvagia re. TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1862—TRIPLE SHEET. de- | giment and @ squadron of the Massachusetts cavalry, was sent out, under the command of Colonel Serrell, of the New York Volunteer Engineers, to ascertain the number and character of the forces on John Island, oo the south bank of the Stone, Some four miles from Le- gareville a company of rebel cavalry was discerned, and Our mounted men gave them chase, firing after them and bringing one from the saddle, They were too fleet, how- ever, for thotr pursuers, and, after returning our fire, sped away and made their escape. On our return by another road we captured two of the rebel cavalry, with their horses and equipments, who had strayed away from their comrades in the stampede our appear- ance bad created. They report that Genoral Evans, with three squadrons of cavalry and two regiments of infantry, went down to Haulover Cut, about five intles this cide of Edisto, on Friday morning, to at- tack General Wright, and were much ehagrined to ind that his march across the island had been succossfully accomptished. Areconuoissance on Jamos Island, on Sunday Inst, made by Colonel Morrow, of General Hunter's staif, with @ portion of the Massachusetts cavalry and the Forty- sixth New York Volunteers, resulted im the killing of two and the wounding of eight of our party. The party set out early in the morning, taking the road to fom Grimbali’s plantation for the purpose of feeling the ene- my’s right. After passing through the woods beyond Griwbail’s, which had been previvusly shelled by tho gunboats, Colonel Morrow advanced about a ro'leand a haif without meeting the rebel pickets. Suddeuly, while marching through a second forest, a galling fire was eponed on bis main coluinn from either spa, his skirmish- ers having been allowed to proceed without inclestation. A lively affair ensued. The euemy appearing in a ge force, and cur gunboats opening at the same time and loding their “rotten show’ nearer to our own wen than ‘to the rebels, something of a ensued, and for a few moments there was scino unexamplod ‘wild shooting” on the part of our injantry. They were reassured, how- ever, by Colonel Morrow, who gullantly rallied them, and not only held his position, but drove the rebels back for abouta mile. The artillery, however, failed to come up, and he was compelied, as night camo on, to retire. Major Wright, of General Huntor’s staff, acting aid to Colonel Morrow, was severely wounded by ® musket ball, which passed through the muscles of his thigh and Jodged in his saddle bags. Colonel Morrow’s borse was shot under him, and his belt torn off by @ Minie ball. His escape was wonderful. The other casualties, alist of which I apyend, were confined to tbe Forty-sixth New York Voluuteers:— MILLE. Private William Fichter, Co, K. Private Henry Depke, Co. B. WOUNDED. Lieutenant Schloetzer, Co. A, in hip. Private Jobn Kiltz, Co. A, since dead. Private Emil Krieg ,Co. A, in the arm, Private Jacob Yut, Co. B, in the scalp. Private Samuel Langner, Co. B, iu the face. Private Francis Koch, Co. B, in the breast. Private John Meyer, Co. E, in the arm. Another party, sent outon the same day towards the enemy's foft, discovered a battery of four heavy guns at Bocessionvilie—a little hamlet about three miles heuce, almost in a line with Fort Johnson. The rebels have here constructed a lofty tower, from which they can, keep a lookout on Folly river. From this tower battery thoy maintain a aily waste of ammunition, sending their shells and solid shot over towards our pickets and the gunboats in Folly Island river, but failing as yet to reach us. Near to this ‘moored in the stream an old bulk, on which ‘ yesterday. set in this direction met no force of any numbers, but | whom we bave obtained and bracing, and pearer in temperature to the Northern June than it has been be- Knoaia’s Puastanon, June dea 60-1} June 14, 1862. Advance of the Enemy—Our Pickets Driven In—Gallant Repulse of the Enemy by the Porty-seventh New York and Portyffth and Ninety-seventh Penmylvania—The Fight Penucious and Determinei—Splendid Practice of Hamil- fon's Battery—the Hnemy's Loss Heavy—Caplure of a Rebel aytain—Nawmes of the Kiled and Wounded un the Union Side—Names of Reba Prisoners Wounded—Rebel Lous Seventy-five Killed and Wounded—Pickes Shot— Ezpeded Attack of the Knemy—AU Quiet as ¥t—Naval News, de., de. Ove forces have eco pied this point stuce Monday last ‘Without avy molestation further than an occasional shot from the enemy's pickeis, until yesterday afternoon, when the rebels appeared in strong force, with the appa- ent invention of 4) iviag us off the island. At three o'clock yesterday afternoon the pickets of the + Worty-seventh New York Voluntecre—who were posted | fifteen in number at the outer edge of & strip of woods, @bout Leif @ mile frem the shore—were suddenly sur prined by the advance of the enemy. A few shots were exchanged, when our sentinels fell back to the open field © this side, where Company 1), of the Forty-seventh, ‘Captain Me\onald, was stationed, with pertions of com- ponies | aad M oof the Forty-fifth Pennsylvania on tho Jolt, aud avocber of the Ninety seventh l'eunsylvania ov the right. Here our boys made a stand, driving back the exemy with heavy lose. After a cessation of the fire for about twenty minutes, « rebel regiment, which proved to be the Forty-seventh Georgia Volunteers, ely down through the underbrush and re- ettack with great vigor, Meantime our pori- ad Deon ID & measure etreogtbened by Company G, of the Party seventh New York, and two aleitionsl com: auior Of the Paonaylvania regiments, together with « fection Of Hamilton's battery (regulare), which was planted on eur lef (think me batiie Geld of this war has been the sccns of 19-1e (senclows, delermiued aad gallant Ayling, than thes ensued om the part of our men, From the peou lary of the country, Which abounds i a.) portions with thick uvderbrush, the enemy were euabled wo keep themecives ender cover, while our men were obliged either te buns them from thour Miting places or wait uncertain ghimysee tare gl the deage sirubbery, N Withewanding (hese cisadrantages our men behaved Teterahs, Blan ing up before the eustny’s galling mi Ketry without waveriug or wisemg. Captain Me Donal men, of the Forty soventh New York, eiaptied thet cartridge boxes oa the ground before them, ant majotained (heir position, Laough the enemy was at one time fof more than tes wards to front, Tboir fire, as ‘Well as (hat Of Gi Our broom, Was moss e@ifective; and after charging wikily at ai poiuts of the line, the rebel commenter gave up the tempt and bis forces fol! beck fu hotter beers then they came ap. Sevemtern of their dead lay upen the dold, aud eight of their wounded, two tor = bave Gince died, were picnod up @nd tencerly Gas ed for ‘The Forty-#eventh Georgia Volunteers te the same Segment (nat moet the highth Mehgan at Wiluingwon Teiend on the 19th of April, aud which proved iise. at toot me lo be en organizetion equal te any in the rebel Lb © commended by Colonel Wilhams, a brother @ Vhom—s capiain—iol yrsteriag ‘by seven Dulets, mod deni i. the bet)tal bere this mornmg. Light Company BE, of the Third regular artillery (Mamuiton’s battery), or at leart thet portion of tt en. © gaged, wa ie seme atom! 4d #hote, and rendere! effective Bervice im prope ling the neces) out of the bush. Capt, Han.jjton receives « Wotie, an! some biekehot coorge Wright, Go F Wonderiy, Co. aunen ntapwtates @omg well, Core y, , ott are " Samual J. Deny, C6. 1, mgt Honjamnin Engliab, Oo. Ht, tarry Thoma, Or. K, sitetatly Ieaac Harper, Oe. K, slightly Win. €, Lawih, Oo. &, ehghe'y Four! me rere Sew vomm. We aed Waiter Powers, CoD. seriomsiy, Pulver Kine, Jo. P, seriously, Joka Warten, Oo 0, servonniy Netnom Kilmer, Co. i, stig Coorge Rorley CoG, hgnniy George Hill, Jo. G, dangaroanty Mather Pauniny (© © serounty rn Perr me ome ‘Thomas to, Co H, of Pevtwberg, ©. ¥, erastet ball the Dreset) Brera! George Hawks, Ce |, dbayvowt wound im the arm Joseyn McLane, Co &, saverely Patrick Kennedy, Oo’ K wightly im lef arm Heide he above tne folowias woveded prmnners of (be Ferwy seventh Ae ie the pital tent, where Doctors » & Ponmsyivena, and Crinpell and Te 1) fame Find attention tuat sufferers. oon the bern ved fact thas bo had bot tomatoe af Rodaseee anes a, thera, rather tan fall in rebellion agslust the Stare aad ) Were aise wounded im &b eh WiLL seme mounted rebel on “aterd@ay last, Alt will reewver Prom some of wounded priv core we learn Gay iS Axed by the rebule for & coneral atiack Abey coe discretion the better part of valor, and leave us to march anobstructed to Cuarleston. ‘The gunboats are quiet to-day, for the fret time sines our advent. An arrival from the North is daily looked for and longed for, We have been for tex days without o mail. Letter of a Soldier to,Ais Father. ‘James istand, Juue 6, 1 Deak Patuea—We received orders tor our departure at fiveoclock last evening, and this morning we sailed from Reaufort on board the transports, Our compauy, With (he first and second sections of Lhe Connections ar tllery, went ou board the steamer Honduras, and arriv- © at Hilton Head about eleven O'clock, where we re miived all day and night, and started nest moruing for Stone inlet, about tiiieen miles from Charleston. We left again for James island, and op arriving bere began immcdiately to land our t.cops, On the previous day a part of our forces had boon landed, and by (he dime that Wwe arrived they had advanced and driven the rebels be. fore them, ‘There was conuuuous skirmishing durivg the whoe day, Two companies of our own regiment, the Seventy ninth, N. Y.S. Mand two from the Twenty eighth Mossachuseits and One Hundredth Pennsylvania, Wore sent out iu advance, and met the enewy im a clump of woods about aiiie anda half from where we lauded, and had quite a severe fight, The enemy had the advas- tage of us in cavalry and artillery, ours not baying vet bevn landed. The enemy made acharge upon ihe two compauics of Musgachusetts infantry with whole regiment of {nfuntry and a section of cavalry, and drove them back. The enemy acted very badiy’, throwing away their arms and everything else. Gur boys, seeing how they acted, were ordered wo charge. which they did with «cheer and a tiger, and scattored the enemy like chai, killing and wounding several of them, in this charge we iost one man, & mem- ber 0° the seveuth comnpany, named Clark, who icll wounded and wus taken prisoner, but was rescued by his own com! . He has since died of bis wound. In this aifuir we took a robel oilicer prisoner. His name is Henry Walker,a member of the seventeenth South Carolina Volunteers. He is very intelligent, but a bitter Becessionist. He says that the people of Charleston have made up their minds that we will capture the place, bat that we will have some fighting to do. He also says that most of the people in rebuldon have advocated ti render of all the Gulf cities, and of carrying on a warfare in tue intorior of the seceded States. He adds that he is a vicuim of emancipation, having suifered from it in the West India Isiauds. He is much pleased with the treatment he has received from our hands since been a prisoner, and he says that it any of the Seyenty-ninth ever fali into their hands, and he has any power, he will use it to make their captiviv as pleasaut as his own had been made to him. He cx- pected to be killed by our men when he was wounded; end from whit he said it was our impression that they beliove we will kill allwho fall inte our hands. ibis ides has, however, left this prisoner, for no one could have had betier attention than he hag had. We also captur three pieces of artillery—feld howitzers—froun the enemy. One of the piecus was taken on the afternvon of Tuesday by our two companies. ‘They were ordered to take it onet charge, which they did, although the were pouring shot and shell into'them ail the ti: @ men of. the Seventy- ninth remained, during all their fire, affixing ropes vw th cannon, and at iength brought it safely off the field. The other two guns werefast in the mud, and they could not get them of until next day, whou the 100th Pennzyl- vania and the Eighth Michigan brought them off, ‘The 100th Penhsyivania lost a captain and fifteen men taken prisoners on the first day’s skirmish, an4 four or five wounded, one of whom hag since died of bis wound. He was shot through the stomach. Anether is not expect- ed to survive, being wounded in the head. From infor- mation gathered from different parties who have beou in advance, the rebels have some two or three very strong fortificatious on this island, mounted with heavy rifled cannon. They have frequently returned the fire of our Pen aadanag their position and the weight of ir otal. Everytbit ne remains quiet at present, but we expect that operations will soon commence. It has ralned here ‘most of the time, which isa great drawback to us, anid pestis re men have had the frst chance of putting om dry hing and to dry those that are wet. With heavy rains, and mud up to our knees, yeu may see that our prospects have been ratner dampened. Py am proud to say that the Seventy-ninth regiment has saved our brigade from disgrace, for there is no doubi thas if had not acted as nobly as they did the enemy would have driven us back to our first posi- bey conymped Stevens complimented them very highly, and there is no doubt, from expressions rade by him at the time, when our boys stood their ground against such Odus, that be thinks them invincible. WM.W.GAGE» ‘Company A, Seventy-ninth regiment N. Y. 8. M. Rebel Accounts. Mxurmis, June 14, 1862. ‘The Granada (Memphis) Appeal of the 12th contains the fotlowing:— Avavsta, Ga. , June 11, 1862. Fighting continues in the vicinity of Charleston. The papers from that city this morning contain the particu- lars of a sharp engagement on James Island on Tuesday afternoon, which continued until dark. Our forces con- sistod of three regiments and one battalion of infantry, and three batteries, under command of Genoral W. D. ‘Smith. Theonemy were under tho protection of felled troes and gunboats, Col. Williams,of the Forty-sixth Geor- gia regiment, was mortally wounded. Our loss is esti- mated at from forty to sixty, principally Georgians; that of the enemy in thought to be large. The Confede- rates succeeded in driving the Yaukees from the picce of woods they were trying to cecupy. Col. Lamar, at Secassionville, kept up #fire on the enemy’s boats and their land caps, and on Monday disabled a Yankeo Propeller. A federal prisoner taken on Monday reports their force on James Island at sixteen regiments, and a few more were expected shortly. 16 was reported at Charleston that the steamer Cecil, from Cbarieston for Nassau, with cotton, had been cap- tured by the enemy. {Correspondence of the Jackson Mississippian .. Caxteston, 8. C., May 27, 1862. Disastrous and humiliating ag was the (ai of the great Crescent City, the effect of the event bereabouts has deen most salutary. It has taught our people not to re- poxe too blind @ confidence in the defences which our military mea style impregnable; and it has spurred up our entire population, civilians and soldiery, to redoubled and nntiring efforts in order to place beyond hazard the secur ity of this noble city, which, in addition to its trinsic importance, possesses @ political and revo! tionary prestige, all its own, which has won for it the title of “The Cradle of the Rebelfion.” The city is suripping for tho terrible wrestle im which, sooner or later, i the war lasts, it must engage. iy, but steadily, the non-combatant portion of the population is seeking rofage in the back country of thi State and Georgia. Every train that leaves for the interior is gorged with refugee families and their furniture and effects, Tho up-couuiry towus are alrendy filled with women and children from Charies- (oa wnd the seaboard geuerally, and, if the exodus con- Uinues at the present rate for @ fow weeks longer, the city wiil Be literally reduced to ite Aghting population. Already ene cannot walk im the stroets without noticing change last month has wrought. y retail rst tho scene maltitudinoes erinolive, baay @nd continuous rae, is new dull and comparatively deserted. ‘he Matiery trottetr, the pride of Charleston, and usually the ‘averite resort of these who to g Suntter and Moultrie, abeut a mee Glens batteries of apart there is good reason to doubt whether Monitors could ever run the gauntlet of 40 = tr About beit — But even ud ald succeed in gain. ing the ieterior of var harbor, there would still be a ve cenily for tho surrender either of tho forts or of the The former are well garrisoned, well pro- yiewned, aod will, ! think, im any event,’ take a de- fence that will do credit to the cause. as fi the ony, te Governor a Supreme Exeenti: Coonet of Seth Carolina bebaif of the mate, wotiGed tho unt he scoated @n cay terns whatever, ¢ g-vernmment bas the solemn sanction of sient her comiaercial metropolis ‘at all barerde @od to the last extremity,” and great indeed Wel be the public chagrin and disappointinens if, for aay Feanon Whatever, the government should fall to eral ital of (hie sanction. We all feel that next to the expiial Charleston is by far the most important position racy, and, regardiees of all con. y of we and dispose material we have availa. and Telianoe which ou ween Chair commander, i the certain’ forerunner Yet, when the day of battle approaches, it enrpniced song the people wil’ prove thenoanrGr wi thes! 0 command. 1 trust ety cartes was Some Months ago defended med tie’ of whieh the city i# the coutre, has been irnasierred Virginia, «hore be wil: be ase to an active com- id. Lie pucvessor will be Gea. High er. This Offleer was Oducated at West Point, hut Jeft the Uetted Stetes Arty in 1885, his rank at that time Delng Fite Leateuant of artillery, Since thon he has been conse ted with one of the hana tp Savaonen, consinee to einde the blockade. I have It from authority oa b you can rely thot at jens three Hteareahine Dave reeled teatederate ports rues Frwiay nat. Ube Of (hom # he Biriieh atoamer Minko. ‘Vhuse Martial low i to fol) bast here, aud works very The liquor blockade w fearfully effective So many peo ple are leaving Wown (Bat shopkeepers have beea . by the law @! supply aud demand, to lower their prices. deen appointed to * persete General Mogracer, bowever, as bs own request, will remain with bis present command Dig battle which is to settle the fate of Maken place THE LATEST WEWS FROM MTCLELLAR, Foray of Rebel Cavalry Along the Pamunkey River, Failure of an Attempt to Cut Of MeClele lan’s Railroad Communication. SARBAROUS CONDUCT OF THE EXENY Stampede of the Followers of the Union Camps. ARREST OF REBEL CIVILIANS. | UNION PRISONERS SENT TO SALISBURY, N. Cog &e., &e., & MoCiELtan’s Heapgcanrens, June 14—Evening. + Tho rebels yesterday, aftagdriving from Old Church @ squadron of the Fifth exvalry, proceeded to Garlick’s Landing, on (be Pamunkey river, about four miles above the White House, where they burnt two schooners &a d come wagons and drove off the mules. Here thoir conduct is represented as barbarous, haw’ ing killed several of our teamsiers without any necessity. Those who failed to make their escape were takes prisoners. From here they proceéded to Tunstall’s Station, four miles from White House, with @ view burning the ralroad bridge. A train whi was passing down at the time was fred into, kiling two and wounding several. A colonel Delonging to the Excelsior brigade was there taked prisoner, but succeeded in naking his escape during thé night. A paymaster jumped from the train and himself jn the woods until morning, leavir.g $125,000 the cars. The train nover stopped, but passed on to ‘White Honso. After destroying the telegraph wire at this point they proceeded to Baltimore Cross Roads, near New Kené Court House, on their way to Richmond, crossing the Chickabominy, between Bottom's Bridge and James river, about two o’clock in the morning. ‘The force that accomplished this was composed of fifteen hundred cavalry and six pieces of artillery, under Gen. Stuart, most of whom were residents of this lov cality, and therefore were no strangors to the roads. At White House, which is a rendezvous of sutlers ang venders of small wares, « regular stampede took place, Lieutenant Colonel Ingalls, commandant at that post, had all the corps erdered out, aud posted in favorable posi- tions to resist any attack that might have been made, ‘The mai! boat-Nellie Baker, which left this morning, ‘was crowded with hangers-on of the army and civiliaca, who thought Fortress Monroe to be a more congenial climate. At Old Chureh the rebeis had in reserve stx regiments of infantry}, with artillery. As goon as the facts were known pursuit by cavalry waa immediately ordered, but the enemy having so much af a start, only five were captured. Several arrests have been made to-day of citizens within our lines, on suspicion of haying given informa- tion to the enemy. A Richmond paper of the 12th tinct. rtates that three thousand prisoners, taken by General Jackson from General Banks, left on Wednesday for Salisbury, N.C. 10 algo states that of thane hundred and forty-two of our wounded that fell into thoir hauds at tho battie of Fair Oaks nine haye since died, and the balance are in the Liberty Prison Hospito!. ‘Wasmiveron, June 16, 1963. Despatches from the Army of the Potomac, dated seven: o'clock this evening, indicate that all is quiet in front ef Richmond. , General Dix informs the department that the military telegraph has been completed to Norfolk and Suffolk, ‘The line to Fortress Mouroe is working well. NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE Relei of Colone! Kane=The Ficct Stitt at City Point-Effect In Richmond cf the News from Corinth and Memp! Forrnars Moxnos, June 16, 1862. ‘The Massachusetts arrived from City Point this aftor- noon, whither she had been undor a flag of truce. The result of the communication ir unl:nown; but Colonel Kane, of the Penrsyivavia Bucktail Rifles, who was cap- tured by the rebels recently in the Valley of the Shenan- doah, comes down us a released prisoner cn parole for exchange. ‘The Union fleet is stil! inactive at City Point, for ren- fons best known to the government, ‘The news of the naval fight on the Missirsippi, the taking of Corinth and Memphis, and the advance of the Unionists into East Tennessee, has just been published in Richmond, and creates great consternation and de- Pression. Our Fortress Monroe Correspondence, Foxrress Mownon, June 15, 1962. The Caytured Rebel Gucrilias—Puneral of Captain Hop- kine— Release of Lieutenart Colonel Kane, dc. The boat from White House has just come dows, bringing a vumber of sick and wounded from the arm; also the following prisoners, who were arrested by our’ forces on suspicion of having fired on the train of cars on Friday evening and firing several of oursechooners:— J. B. Pierce, &. Christian, BE. Ball, C. P. Piersowand Dr, Harrison Lieutenant Colonel Rufus Ingalls, in sending down these prisoners, requests that they may be bold in clase confinement, ae the proof against thom is conciusive, 0 i be to take the oath of Erp gear eS ee the attack has been heard, and it is conclusive that rebel guerillas only mado » desverate dasis to obtain forage and provisions, which the famishing army of the rebels stand obeys ol need of. roel At the moment of my writings shower vails, which is appreciated by everyenly ineemeck as the weather to-day been almost insupportably hot. ‘Tne wind has shifted, kndiwe will unaoubtediy have a heavy shower before midnight. Yesterday Hogh J. Hopkins, of i Captein Wood, was burgpd with military honors, the en.) tire regimnent turning ont to pay the last tribute of rev spect to the memory of tho deceased. This is the firme: death that has occurred in this regiment sinoe ite depar- ture from New York. ‘ The steamer C, V. Arrowsmith, which left hore on Frie day morning, in charge of Captain Millwood, with a Of ‘truce to City Point, returnod this afternoon, beck my eye ‘or Kane, of oy —ane Rifles, Captain ot same rogiment, were reienmod on parole. y OF course there gentlemen are not allowed tospeak of thei experionce uatil rogularly exchanged. From our fleot in the James river I the moss cheerfulaccounts. No movement ‘of importance haa lacely boon made, Battle in the Ind Territory, and Defeat of the Rebels, Kaxeas Cry, June 16, 1862, Advices from Fort Seott of the 13th state that detach- monts of the Scoond Odio cavairy arrived at this today, with one thousand head of fine beef eight hundred head of mules and aoaal taken from Colonel Coitve's command on the morting of edi, . Our forcos, five thousand strong, in company with Roby's Second Indiana battery, ander Colonel Charles Dowbwday, made the attack at af erly hour on the morning of the 4th, completely surprising the enemy. Apart of Coffee's cotamand is made up of indians. All tha munitions, carap ) &e., fell inte onr banda, wo. fuer ute Vo. ¥0 newly armed she equipped, pre Court Calendar—This Day. Ruragwn Comet —Oincu reel art }Nos. 20, 1977, 's added to calendar of Monday, Juno 16. Part T—Ne, 1914. added to calendar of Monday, June 16. es