The New York Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1862, Page 2

ee 2 A.D.1862. Twelve Months Record of the Rebellion. Achievements of Our Improvised fe and wow One Year’ 8 indi to the New York Herald. OPERATIONS IN MAY, JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST. Battles of Williamsbarg and West Poimt—Surrender of Norfulk—Evacu tiom of Corinth and Yorktowm—Ac- tion at Fair Oaks—Naval Engago- ment on ¢he Mississippi-Pights on Jumes Island and at Moe- chanicsville=Gen. McChhaws Change of Basc—Sanguinary Battles Before Richmond— Rebel Ram Arkansas, ae, Re % Ren We oontinue to-day the publication of our chro. nology of the events of 1862. Its great length pre- vents the entire publication on one day. We shail give one or two mouths per day till the whole chronology is published. {t will form, when complete, an index to the New York Hrraptor the past year, and be of great value to the reader and historian, and should be earefully preserved for re- ference. Friday, May 2. ‘Two bandred and Afty-one Union officers and men, be- louging to the Second, Eighth and Twenty-liret Ohio resi. ments, were cxptured at Pulaski, Tean., after a fight of two hours and a half, by Morgau’s regimeut 0, rebel cavalry. ‘The rebels lost six Killed and two wornded- Tso Union soldiers wore killed and three wounded 3d. @a deiacament of General Pope's army had ay oa gugement, which tasted three-quarters of an hour, with & portion of Beauregard’s rebel forces, near Monterey, ‘eum, The wwmy were put to fight, with severe tose, Gor logs was twenty killed and forty wounded, Another cugayoment, or a kind of rupning Nght, Lok Place between a portion of Geugral Pope's arm a body of sebols near Farmingtou, Tenw. The cue: was rontui stilt points, with the toss of thirty ki eno hundred wounded and thirty prisovers. | Uur loss killed and twenty wounded, General Pope also ¢ dor of tents, a quantity of eamp equi etihery and several hundred amusker-. four pieces 4th.--7b9 rebebworke at Yorktown were sound euiirely { empty, the enemy having departed during the agat, the Viniea ts vope cotered aud (uund seventy-one of ther ca: Bon moouted sud spiked. Torpedo traps bad been se: in various pats their works, by whieb a uinal: " men owe, 5: ed. Geveral MoCielian nam ordered sles to pursue the desing sebum, ‘the advas of General McCiellan's uma, caught up with the rex ueit retreat trem, Yoritows , Us Va. A skirmish ensued y of cach army, in whic cousiderable lass in isons five prisogers, from Wil portion oF were rep: wounded were kilel | Sth 16 S and Gen, y came uy with tier ad A MORE despersie eau. ma early in the avout equatl ing up i repulsed a succession a bayonet chokes, al Bod in vor at Dave ther eae upon th uns Was Bot was aN) more beavy than + gaged ever seven hey had by toss was ed. ne ent of rebe: © 1 uwe ho Swath uatty on one huedred ste red aja met BN Killed tisk we Chi were Like they ha forty enctit state 0 F comnuticl aud a ball 1 ments An ord Major Apli draw relvels © and four prinuness, he vebel army v Union forces w Dowel P.M. aod reiveate! Our hundred wud (bir'y- not kiown Vth. Mace Genera’ David Hater, conana Department of the South, issued & mauicey that all persous heretofore beid as slaves iv be South Caroina, Georgia apd Floriaa should be forever free. AS seed two repel teg des of the road ted by ont 1 but antly et Your ui Sum wen were ® uhity Jows of avout Uuarty kil once of rebels attacked Genera! Ps js.0b two mies beyond ¢ hi lasted vor 10) men, reached Ferinit Joss was not aseeria) ue: but koown Wo be Peavy. Uae loss was us follows Kiltea i Missing... id Wound 149 . ‘Total. a 20th. i ght revel g uboale “Game ip the Missiesiyy from below Fort Wei aud attacked Commodore } flotila, whick was at Loe time under command of Captain O11. Davis, Flag Ofer boote having been jorced Teaveou accwent ofa wound, The fight seon been perate, and in (he SPURgle ONe wi ine enemy é ve was biwn uy by DAviNg & shot through ber hoc Other wae vet on five and burned. and a third wa ben (be remainder of ihe rebel feet retired und: aot Fors Wrgbt. Onig one of our gunboots wa: ed. aud tho Hattie had bat four Mey wounled venere! Woe! funded about five thousand (roo ty Fortrese Monrue at Willoughby Poiat, cod march (cowards Noriolk. At fve 0 cloct tu the aliernoos the forces arrived within « short distance of Norfolk when they ware met by a delegation of for mally surrendered the city, aNd aise the city of Ports mouth. ‘The Navy Yurd of the latter place was al ent yed by fre, The rebel soldiers on the ap proach ef our troops fed from tho city. The expedition 7 i i ‘ the city of Troy, Hiding and the long hed across the Hudson rive ome ot the Mare wae Geatroyed. lhe tu taber of uildings burned was aix bun dred and nev onty-one umdred thon office of the Consus by General Hutler. peote sied gtivst the o% jars 10 specie was seized in » Ne borlanda im New Orleans form conmuia to the city they? ” | were buried by the Union —_ se RSeE |S aT. Taonidas re of Mor ¥s rebel cavalry cap- Goveral Braz ¥ ry aston 7 a hunared freight, gan cars anétwe ‘Goueral B. lecenaations | at Cave City ‘ee A cars were ro all ‘burned. ther with a v1 ‘The rebel poy a Luiand, bet ween Old Point te johu C. Breckinridge. and Natieig, were found entusiy dsaarted, and the Unioa | folipwa:— was hoisted over og Tofantry, concent ore eve the ings in the ‘Naty ¥ 9 city of Ponsagola, F Unioa troops, The enemy destroyed by fire al the possession of by cs | aaa all the public property except the Custom House. =e Rela it oe sous ip sy tu No proclamation dociaring rhs Al = of Union pnder Gen. Nelaon, fort.N. @., Port Royal, 8. C., and New’ Orisans, La., | after aabort skirmish, re-6o fa prmeetion ot Seite boos oh SA QhEROIE ‘aay of Juue for'com: | Froat Royal, Ya. Our hose wr porsche Killed , five wounded mergial olercoarss. 23th —The armed rebe! steamer Planter was run out of Charleeion harbor by & crew of eight negroes, and ane Foodered to Lhe commander of the Uaitod States bluckad ing Squadron, She bAd on board seven guns anda 4 quantity of ammunition, Sha also hadon board the fami. lies of two of the crew. ‘The city of Natchez, Miss., surrendered to ‘ped Union tieet of guaboate, commanded by Commodore Farri which went up the Missisaippt river from Nei 14tb.—A soriea of fires which raged Long Island (N. Y.) for four or five day& swept over about sixty thoasand square acres of woodlund, destroyed . over tweuty buildings, pet Bas burned a large umber of and ono missing. Our troops captured aix officers aud oue buudred and Atty privates, together with @ large meuiae of transportation wagous aud clevou railroad The enemy having evacuated their atrong works al Corinth, Misa ,the place was entered and oocu; ied by Gen. Halleok's troops ‘The rebels destroved an immease amount of patie one private property, stores, provi- ta, &c, For miles out of the town the ed with arms, baversacks, &., thrown away by the Gooing troops A large mumber of prisoa- haus. docer deserters were captured, estimated at two thou- Col. Elliott. with the Second iowa cavairy and on cowa; sheep and swine. broke out pear Stoney | Companies of Michigan cayalry, io ae Po = ‘ok. The loss was iy a Ubree hundred thousand division mades brilliant dash el Stobiie od dollars, road, over wi der retreating forces: peed 15th.—A detachment of seventoen men of Company 0, Twenty eighth Penwsy!vania regiment, at Lynden, va. was attacked by a body of about four huadred oifty Cavairy. Tho meu resisted with sharp dring, but were overpowered tnd Kost ono Kilied and fourtvea taken ich Bean being conveyed to Buonoville, Mies, Hie deahaies the pak io ane Bae y oath and sorth of the Diow up ome Culvert, ry at the dopiot and: eek ce cars, Bose with, prisvne) ind, of ar pr Mee ae a arent 36th.—The Union gunboats Galena, Moniter, Aroos- OF clothing: ‘and ammunition, au paroled two (ouk, Naugatuck and Vort Royal were repulsed from the ‘Br igopere, wi dase, with cay revel Fort Darting, oa Jummes river, seven miler below reesane! c Richinoud, with tte loss of -thirtcon’ killed and fourteen wounded. The navigation uf the river tind been obstruct- feigaae mae, ered ti Yagemnyp of Gea. ed by sunken vedsels, loads of slenes, piles, ebains, &c. | Saxton. The: Prato was The ‘robel fort war On an olevation, and could note: Scere sTenched by thé guns of our vessels. R ‘Ging, but Gen we ataneet his Daworioe on Another Toate and prayer day was observed in the | Camp Hill, a a inthe, the town, that commanded the enemy was forced to retire without effecting their a —Forty thousand rebel soldiers, under command of Joe Johnston, ‘Attacked the left wing of the Ui advanee, commanded by Genoral Casey, at Fair aks, about five miloa from Richmond, and. after arg concen Suating the Union furces ae ive back, with the loss twelve cannon, cae eat repr gad anda great umber of killed, wounde vogua confederacy by order of Je. Davis A akirmish wok con the right of the Union army bear Corinth, and the rebels were driven from their tn- trenchments. Qur loss was Gight killed and thirty-one wounded. Thirty rebels wore left dead on the field. The avons roops aged wore commanded by General M S. 27th—A combined naval and army expedition under Captain Murray, Unite. states Navy, with troops andéar- tiliery under Major Wilitard and Captain Ayres, of the army, went some twonty.fiye miles up the Pamunkey river, ‘Va. , and forced the rebe!s to destroy two stoamers: and some twenty schooners. A skirmiah took place wear Corinth, Miss. , between the rebels und part of Goneral Sherman's division. The ene- was driveo from his position. Our leas was forty-four kilied and a proportionate number wounded. 1beenemy lett on the fleld forty killed aud one hundred wounded. 1Sth.—Saffeik, Va, 6evouteen miles below Norfoik, was oteupied by Caton troops. Quite & spirited skirmish took place near Yancey, on the Tittte Red river, Arkansas, between about two hundred and fifty mon of Goneral Oxterhouse's division and some six anndrod rebels under Colonels Cloman and Hicks, in which the ‘atter were routed, with a logs of eightoon teft on the field aud quite a number wounded. Our loss was fhifteeu killed and thirty-four wounded. 29th.—A rocouncissance was made to Clinton, miles south of Newbern, N.C. Tue enemy’ pickets were found and a skirmish ensued. lost one heutenant and four privates taken prisoners. Wo ioft nine of the eucmy's dead on the fleld,and took two pri soncrs. Tho President issued a proclamation declaring altogether void General Urdor No. 11, issued by Major Goveral David Hunter, at Hilton Head, 3. "0. ‘The order proclaimed free- dora to ull tho slaves in the States of Goorgia, Florida aud | South Carolina, John T, Monroe, Mayor of New Orieans; Chief of fol.ce Mo(lolian; Lucivn Adams, Xecorder o! the rth district; Licntenantot Volico Mariset,and Bey. L. —— ex- | maagber of une City Council, were by order ot | Gen, Buller, and seut prisoners to Fort Jackson. | "20th. —Ctone! Crook, belonging to Goneral Fremvat ! command, with a strong foree of infantry, cavalry and tuilery, made @ success! i dasb at the Cantral Ratiroad at ; the Jacksou river depot, Virgima, driviag # large rebel betore him, burning thé railro.d riage, ten tutes m the deput, capturing the noted guerilla, Captain KKB. and several men, passing through (oy ingtox, Va,, | Without resistance. Our toss was thirty kilied and seven- ty wountied.. The ovemy's losg. was double that nurber. Stst.— {here wax cougiderable skirmishing #iour our whit ine at Curimth In every caso the enciny war Monroe, wore blown up by order of Union naval officers General Fremont’s forces overtook the retreating rebels under General Jackson, near Strasburg, Va. Jackson refused to fight; but some skirmishing oceurred, in which we bad seven men wounded. General Fremont then entered and took possession of the town of Stras burg. The battle at Fair Oaks was renewed by our troops with reinforcements. The fighting was desperate, and the enemy wero driven at the point of the bayonet fromthe Position thoy bat gained the previous day, aud two miles beyond. This was the moat sanguinary | straggie of the up to the present time. The less on' both sides in the two days’ fighting was as foliows:— ineteen vanced Reb 5.397 2d.—a running fight occurred botweena portion of Gen. Fremont's command and the rebels under General Jack- Son, on the road between Strasburg and Staunton, Va., Jackson being in full retreat. The rebels’ burned the bridge after they had crossed over the Shenandoah river j at Mount Jackson. Major Gencrat Wool was transferred from Fortress Monroe te the Department of Maryland. General John A. Dix was ordered: to the command of Fortress Monroe and to report to General McClellan. The Department of Virginia was extended to Include that part of Vitginia soutt! of the Rappahannock and ast of the railroad from Fredofitksburg to Richmongt, Peters burg and Weldon, and placed under the command of Ma- jor General George BR. McCiellan, ‘Bd.—General Granger, in command of two regiments ie cavalry, belonging to Gen. Pope’s command, came iv year of the enemy, six miles southwest of Corinth, ant ongaged ina fight. Le lost ifty men, but was alterwards } eye reinforced, when the rebels were surrounded and eaptat Sth.—The Union Mississippi flotilia, consisting of tive gu oats, ueder command of Cominodore C,H. driven buck with a toss or about forty sited bud woamted. te i Mow tase wasrabout the game. .— Tae Semate of the Uutted States: iteelt 5 Hie Goart of Lnpeachment for the 3 OF | mpbreys, w Gaited States ixctrict f Wrenn. presonted by the Uy oF the Third Brigade of General sanded by Colonel Cror s division, . altacke:| at jewins- with throe ihovsaed men, arm? and one ed aod fort # Mechaaicss 44 Michigan re amd wornded and Land wou 4 pecty trom eight rams. commauded by Colonel Charles i passed Fort Wright and Fort Randolph without weet 4 any resistance, and archored about two tiles above hog: of Memphis A baitle took place at ‘Tranter’s eveck, near Washing- ton, N.C, in which tne enemy were routed with con ineaaec} loss. The Ualon loss was seven xilied aud nine woander ‘the rebels opened ith artillery from five dif: | Points, opposite New itridge, acar Richmond, with « of preventing its reconstruction. ‘Three of Har batieries opened on them, causing them to retreat after a hot tire of twe hours. Our lose was one killed and iwo w A most disastrous good occurred In the Lehigh Ya, The canal was rendered eotircly uselew all ams and bridges being carried away. ‘The tew of Wesiport vas washed away, leaving only three ty #., hoa itty of proponers mnwiter at Ned and Fix wounded. ed the revels at ATH about £16 tuitas f wah, privity with) art twit due @ sharp nemy were the , the Ss Lebel cavalry five miles (com Harri Va.,ou the Port Republic road, ‘They wi infantry fired apon thei, throwing then and compelling their ret nd . One of qur ix were w tree privates were ki ¢ taken privoners. ticth Obio and highth Virginia drove. ths Lat yin the aft two miles of fa rg. nd twenty ren of (he First Peousy vanin Riflewe: known by the f fucktails "| fongh: two r ASC | Joes wars mine bil + {WO | rious General Asht ment, Cx ward with das: wounded. ‘The mite Lot in the breast, and died in a eight gus Mout vonmery oats. ou fotiltan thé gunboats the rebel if iy ac the ene ne Marta and a mdy ditdle Revel manie Lor the robel tte the latter. + bat. by a dropped ont of we military pose wrtatien of try il troops for a the Cotted States | led by te ed a komber went mibor killed being Py After th wines Daviy genta e nlvo felt at other pinews im aseed the Vnited States Senate by the fol Robbing Sele of NS nN... Tromas J ’ honc# ot Md., Train. Valinndighau, Voorhees, Wacswor.h, Ward. Weint-r, Wickiite, Wow, Woodrut—oa, it of R ' ard-o: § Fras—Nese® Ar tbooy, Cintk, Coliuner, Browse Tere was « brivk euvageme ey the adwa: beth aries at Guripth, Mike. Shot and shell from 1 Yatteries fell ar rake, and for a time a ge ke bait raf engagement 1 wevitable: but it frally subsided | Ravard, leudessoo, Kenedy, Lane of Witbeut muel: dagnage being « rv. Sanabicy, Sherman, Thomson, Wiianson Gewera) Hanks, with bis wiv ce. crossed the Peta. | t Mom ie, | imme river in eatety and ea petmauent stand. Kiam by Memford wae hang in New Orleans, t wus ostimaiedt that nearly half a million moa ro on ¢ Benjamin #. Butler. tor agin sponded to the the government tor troops. j Statee flag trum the Mint bu | The Seventh New York ‘itor Washington. | had been pl e7th—A | \ severe © at Hane Ure ola were tr) y nope were al Juekeon, Hoar Port by General Fitz tol Vor ' lose was 5 enomy. al ard tight of tite killed. two hoadred dod Gfteco wounded and sixty eix | hours, retreated with hew nearly five e a} lowe id. wee heavy, we ba 4 prisoners, One hundred « bu lowe dred dead and inapy work wag cue huud ‘The Caton od the enemy Purch. © Catone! jown, Acting Brigadier 4 From Pope's div faniry at Corintin, rreweat with wounded the carm)oiae velveven General shie! at Hers f wid the Fr fought emumand five bow inte a harp (ate We lst ut none wounded ‘ and five hi somber of the missi ( Chion infantry was thrown out to plant vind Parrort Zu upoR an ennneuce | my maudiog a piece of Linber On the left 0 the Crion arn ed to have by ed and Wounded, but (he groaver at Corinth, which sheltered the reve! regiment. The were taken prisenere, enemy advanced « body of (roapa to take the gun, when <The Ninth Hino! nel Albert Cotouel Parcell urdered the Filth Minnesota to charge | G. Brackett had a briek forve near Ninety cebele were killed outright, and hun | Vitinge Creek, Jacksoa co: Ark. The rebels were oub ted. wad ths enemy fled in ighoble con routed. with the ines of twanty eight killed, wounded and | The cagualties tothe Fifth Minnesota did uot ex. | prisouers. The Loion ose wax twelve wounded aud one prigane rty ia killed and wounded oy 'k beigate fm eed and drove ina tafe One tows was ndy of About two thousand rebels got im the rea havore Kichmond, wear White House, and « Enemy's pegtations npon come of our way ietiling the teanesters and cunning of the ia eo ON fired into a eatiroot train, killing nd a which the rebs ving euven. dund 1. dney also burned two schooner vo” lagtroved field. The Union Ir at ed oy i. the telegraph wir 6 The onemy, unde f Gen. Rawureg Tithe a Hawora Hattie ton nee On Ja land evag rat fr att « and rete! © | SO, about five miles from Charleston. — Three mas | core Th * overrent it treone etter: ted ty dries tha enemy trom ¢ ts. | the evening | in galiant tye, regiments, having been'gent from Mi ae eae river, reached St: Charles ar-, where hey 00g rebel batiery oe an bares ‘half, the troops being ao to attack it lathe rear, an wore finally carried. Ouring the sone rebel battery entered the steam drum of: City, causing av oxplesion by which one hundred twenty-five of her crew wore killed or injured, as 125 killed aud wonuded and thirty prisoners. ‘The (fistocatls Maspachysotts, regi Colonel. Wyman, had a sovere akironish with the ootneue a Fair Oaks, Va.. resulting in a loss of seventeen kill oo five wounded and fourteen missing, oe ee een, back a distance of a tale, with dpuble Sixteenth. 18th —be rebel works at Cumberland Gap, Tennesseo, were occured by General Morgan. The rebels, as usual, evacuated the Lene ‘a fow hours before our advance came u A law Conieatlan the siaves of rebels passed the United States House of Reprogentatives by the fol towing vote:— Yuas—Mewsrs:, Aldrich, Alley, Arnolil Baker, tak Ashi wagham, Burma Baater, Beamat Camp- ‘Chamber nek, Col'ad, Froerick. A. Conkung, Hickman, Rai. Kole of eh ‘Fala jek ’ of Wi 1. Nixon. ‘oe Fs Tike Foran, | printed ice of Me. N, it. Bers anks, Shell Fsrttae tata, "ttl Weiat ai a Wheeler, Wate oe 1 lod., Wileon, Windom, Wworces: Ancona, Biddle, Blair of Va., Browne of RE, Brown of Va, Calvert, Clements, Cobb, Corning, Cra- vens, Crittenden, Delano, Di + Dunia, Rogtish, Granger, Mesers, Grider, Hall, Hardiag. Hart \, Hol folman, Horton, -ohason, Kellogg of Lik, Kaw. Lazeag Leary, Lehman, Mallory. 1, Mi anes Morris of ‘Onto. Norton, Od i wh Ps oF fos . Priee, i ‘igi a ‘Woodward. Waite of Ohio, Wiekilie, Wood, Woodrutf=8t- The dill, ag paeeed, provides for the emancipation of the slaves of all the following classes:— » First—Of every person who shall act as an officer of the rebel army or navy. Of every person who shall act as President, Vieo Pp it, member of Congress, judge of any court, Cabinet officer, mipiater, commissioner or consul of tte so-called Coniederate States: Third—O% ever; person who shall act as Governor of a State, member of a convention or Logislature, or judge of any Stave court of the so-called Confederate States, th—Uf every person who, baviog held an office of honor, trust or profit in the United States, shall hereafter nae an office in the ge-called Confederate States. every person who shall hotd any office or agony under the so-called Confederate States, or under avy of the Staics thereo!. Sizth—Of every person not within the above classes who, after the pacsage of this act, detug wilfully and without compoisien enguged in armed rebellion, shal! not within sixty days lay down his arms and returu to bis allegiances ‘The bill also disqualifies said six classes from holding office under the Uuited states geverument. B5th.—A bat} took place at Oak Grove, a short dis- tauce from Vat Oaks, on the ey naan 4 river, be- tween Geveral > Ckxles' aud General Grover's brigades and a large force of theenemy. Our troops, after @ Severo Daitte, drove the enemy from a position which General MeCieltan desired to occupy. Our loss in killed ant wounded was twe hundred aud sixty-one. Only nineteen were killed on the fiold. The enemy's toss was not known. and Charleston Railroad, Tho dirat train on the Memphi from Memphis for Coriath, with a number of teams, wagons and ove company of the Fiity-sixth Obio regi” ment, besides several officers, was attacked by a large force of sevel csvalry. The rebe's dcstroyed the locomo- tive, burned the cars. killed ten of our ren aud captured several officers. :3Gth.—Tho f. re2s undor Major Generals Fremont, Banka and McDowell were consolidated into one army, called the Army of Virgnla, and Major Genera! Pope was espa- cially assigned by the President to the chief command. ‘The forces uudér General Fremont constituted the First army corye, coinn anded by Geueral Fremont. ‘The forces under General Bar ks eonstituted the Second army corps, commanded by him. ‘The forces under Goneral McDow: ell e2nstituted tbivThird army: , commanded by hina. ‘The Senate if the United States, organized asa High Court of impeac mont, impeached West H. Mumphrey 35 Judge of the Dis riot Court of the United States for the Kusiorn and Midcle dicwicts of Tennessee, aud ordered and decreed that be be removed from said office, and dts- qualified trom li.ding or enjoying any effice 0° honor, trust or profit ates, ‘The rebels, 4} out thousand strovg, under General eckson, advanced (rom Richmond, and tek hominy We, In the after he rear of the right J etastnder of th i. The Union men ‘for a considerable distance, ‘The ‘oss were forced on botn sider 27 th.—Miac hits command. of Virgisia, at bic A fiebt took y ont was relieved of tarny carpset the Army of ¢) on Stewart's plantation, in county, Arkan , between a detaghinent of Gene Us’ army avd a large body of rebels, The Nighi lasted unt dark, aed Le @uemy during the night cetreated. Gar less was thirty-three killed and wounded, and the rebete lost ebous tty. fhe battle ner Mechanicsville was opened ag ck iw the morning. ‘The right ed by Generals Fitz.John Sivvell aud Sykos, and the rebcis were s was supposed, by Generall Hill. The y up to nine © clock at night wity receved eariy orders ty fall tack abor and dyring the movement they were closely pressed by Sand were compelled to dostroy a portion of thelr stores and cmmunition, When they rew ed (he point, near Gaines’ Mills, lo which they were ordered, « desperate bat nd the position of our men Was evebeis fought with desp slneghter. The los= ou bots ‘all ‘The right te House. on ¢ Gener army supplies at w ve removed, by order of 1, the deat beitig Loo fi elitioncd (he Pre the purpose of puttin ee A portion of and passed the bie Ly wer Mis rebel bat Wy alt a ey “Uh 1 tbe alte nd a most sangat ‘tion, ne pt ae oak wh We ot. of whour even brnered wht than tive hi ot Wem go for the same : of Lhe c: 88 Of our wounded, mipkins, mate a teoant and entered the town of Four companies of rebel cavairy tied on Our cavalry persaed | sued. Gur cevairy yrioner# and wounded several dred wounded. vor White Guk creck ant ti on the oppasite and coutinaed vii Jite ip the afterneon. with heavy loes on both sides. We algo Jost two full batteries of artillery Aboot fonre cick ta the afteruoon another section of the rebel army, ng of eight brigades, made its ay praaree al” ity Crossroads, about four mies w froma where (he previow® fivht took place. ey were met by Generas Reyes’ and forte corps, but the enemy was overpowering and our column wereld. After fightiag an ma geubnats made their appearance amd opened on the A charge was soon Corp, nbd the two theugand | 9 our Nan’ Tuceday, July 1. } Sheridan, of the Secon? Michigan cavalry tere rogimenin of 728 men, wae vicacked near Roonseii!e: Mist. by parte of eight regiments of rebels, nambering b ho defea id drove back shard Oghting. The Union loss was forty one ted, wounded and wiesing. That of the eaemy must have been wery reat, as they left sixty-fve dead on ine The just of the eres of battles in General MeCietian’s mogniiornt motchwent before Richmond was fought ip v¢ Malvern FH. Our troops met the aremy and the battle raged flercely for two Whure. The rebels wore repulsed at every point, and our oaitiod Was Wainmtained The following is helievedt to be a fall awd correct stare. ment of the the Union armies during the seven gaye’ fighting near Richtond, The” miesing™ are mainly prisoners, some of (hem wonnded Corp Killed Frankl vee Missing Asia torat 27 2.086 faviaerrs By a law of Congreas the port of entry of the district Ga, ol ain ce ae eed pen A ¢ Generals Stonowstt Jagksen | Sees MoCiellan’s left wing at Tur ~ river, about seventeen tatles below Richmond, and the enemy were repulsed with great slaughter, the Union guuboats taking part inthe fight. One Virginia rebel regiment, the Thirteenth, was almost entirely cut to pieces. ‘The President made another cail on the country for aa additional three hundred thousand volunteers to put down the rebeilion. —The President signed the (oNowing bills, —Ths Tax bill, tho Pacific Raiiroad bill, and the bill to prohibit poly Cay aud annul the polygamic laws of the Territory of The enemy again apace, about eight o'clock ia the morning, and opened Ore oa General. MoCivilan’s troops on the James river, whieh was instantly retursed, and govere fighting on both aldes was kept up for three hours, when the rebels retreated with cousiderable loss and badly out up by our artillery; 4tb.—Gen, MoClotian issued an address to the «Army of the Potomac,” congratulating them on their “valor and endurance” inbaving succeeded in changing ier bose operations to James-river, Ifclosed as fullo®s:—On this. ous "a birthday, we declare to our (ora, who ae inst the best Interest of mankind , that this the capital of the 40-culled confederacy , constitution shalt prevail, and that te alone insure internal wat exter taeach State, Must and Shall be Preserved,” MAY in time, treasure aud biood, — « | aie map wet ‘ersaty of Americaa saopen. waa. rated du the grandest atyle in all parts o} the loyal States. ® y ha “Oth.—Two hundred of Cajonei Fitcb's command bat an Prhgpeeer with the eebel mbering Cour bundred aud be dees Duval's Bulls, Tho Duion loms was twenty two killed and wounaed. The revels haa eighty-four killed, wounded aud missing, Tth.—The advanco guard of General portlet army, under colunel C. E. Hovey, encountered about fiteen hundred rebeis, undor Albert Rust, at Bayou do Cast Ark,, and after’ @ desperate fight of ap hour aud a hat the enemy was fg to flight, leaving one hundred and ten dead bodies ou the eld. The Unton losa was seven Kilied and Qfty seven wounded. ‘The command of Colonel Fitch had another engavoment with the rebels about ten miles from Duvat's Biufls, and captured al! the enemy’s camp equipage and provisioua Oth.—Tbree Union gunboats and acompany of Haw- kins’ Zouaves attacked the rebel batterios and force at Hamilton, N. C., on tho Roanoke river. After a short cn- the enemy was completely routed, leaving the and schoou- ers with a considerable amount of commissary stores and cotton, in the hands of the Unionista. The rebels lett forty or fifty dead on the Held. The Union loss was two killed and eight or ten wounded. 11th. —Geveral Curtis’ army, about which some aprre hension had been felt, arrived safely at Helena, Ark. ‘The President appointed Major General Henry W. Hal- leck commiander of ail the land forces of the United States as General-in-(hief. An Senet took place between company of Stato militia and Quantreli’s band near Pleasant Hilt, Missoriri. The robels wore finaly repulsed, with six killed and five mortally wounded. Our loss is nine killed.and ‘fteon wounded. 13th.—An attack was made by four thousand rebei cavalry upon the Union troops at Murfreesboro, ‘The Unionists made a good defence, but wero overpowered by numbers, and were forced to surrender, after toaing wee. three men killed and sixty two wounded. The loas was fifty killed and one hundred wounded. General 1. ‘1. Crittenden waz among the priscuers. 15th.—the rebel irou-plated steam buttery Arkansas came down the Yazoo rivor and ran the Upper Missis- Union flotilla. During ber passage a number of shots were exchanged, by which the Arkansaz was conside- tably damaged and three of our vesseix were completely disabled, one baving received a shot iu hor boiler. The teral Iss and tho number of shots recolved by each ves gel will be found in the following table:— that Univay whith ean nal bal security It Killed, Wounded, Shots rec'd i 20 20 16 uW 19 1 3 6 _ 1 _ 3 Gront Western... — 4 Fareagut’s Dect, . 20 B Totals..ce a2 r @ ‘Tho Arkansas lost ‘cveitted and fitecn wounded. An expedition sent to Mayettoville, Arkansas, by Bri- gadier General Brown, commanding Southwest Missouri, numbering afol over six lumdred, undor command of Major Mifor, of the Scesnd Wisconsin cavalry, attacked the combined rebel forces of Raiux, Coffee, Hunter, Haw- ihorue aud ‘racy, Qumbering’ about sixteen hundred, nearly cieht mites beyond Fayetteville, dofeatingand vut-, sug them ¢ mupietoly. ‘The enemy's camps wero sholledr {nilowed by cavalry charges, and their hes ‘scattered in every direction, and ike main body was pursued for twelve miles, £7th —in conseyucnce of the great scarcity of small change in ult paris of Che country , Congress passed a law ordering the issue of postage and etber stumps of the (United tates 10 he used as a currency in. lieu of silver ‘fhe law also made it a misdemeanor for indi. to issue shinplasters. ie tiret regutae session of the Thirty seventh Congress adljour ‘A porti n of the army of General Pope ontered the town of Gocdousville, Va.. umopy . and destroyed all the Tailway paraphernaia at that point, the junction of the i Alexaudria, , Central Railroads. Ha Mergen, with’ two thousand five hundred dthe Chion troo)s stationed at Cynthiana, crate fignt for over two hours the ved to surrender, having seventeen and thirty-four wonnde!. ibe gueritia band tost tw {our killed aud seventy eight wounded. INth.—A desperate engagemont hotween four hundrad Union troops avd six hundred gueriilus touk piace at Mem- phe, Mo, The fight lasted Unreo houra, and the Unton p tive (ines repuived in as’ muny differcat t lost, becoming de=perate, they made a sixth yreated the bandits. The Union jo kiled aud wounded was ehty-threo, The guc rittus lefbtwenty-1iree dead on the fleli, Anew comet wos diecovered at the Harvard College observatory. A -dand of gueriias made a raid into the town of New. burg. ind robbed (he hospital aud comuutted other ivairy evnoditton. seut irom Gen. Pope's nent upon the Virginia Gentral Rail Bout Mity-five miles from rad mites were des “treyedy ath he depot ale was burned. geerilla Me jegun "s ban ad to Owew @ large portion tot Laenty-tive killed, (olow ing prectamatien eis wituin the gity Plorada, Ali A <8 Many persons sy med for mille easonal'e wages for pessons of Afric ly wecurate and in trom whom both bet wer pt was keb CH MOLere” merce Wy ee pter Hae Meet try Hovis and Sarra. the rebel ri Hesex arrempted t rap the levee cieveu\oeh abut Hinting herself sasupported weer coming te ber he cooph.e from stem 1 Oty ber again, badiy. Both sgewent the ior ut 0 forcibly as te strain then returned up the r ir 231 -y expedition from } g.met aud d bady oF ve cavalry hundred sirong, statwned near Caruie! on the elegraph road from Fredericks , burned (hei camps wud «1x cars joaded ke Up the telegraph to Gordonsville, wir later 4 large body of Steart airy came up > hom, aid these too were defented amd driven » North Anne river, and porsued ull within sight of Hanover Jcuction, Several prisoners, « large mber of horses aud tany arms were vro ‘ tee of rebel caval without 8 he net of MSO ETestion, t Th puemuance of (he Axth section of wontierase the | * nt | proper aiteginnee to the Gat on pam of ihe tor: soiree nel a@iail! os wk Within All DY etd Sth sectiOm flee | Lb section of the |Sw allows (he rebols sigty in whieh to return to ther alleginuce, aid, fall. | jug wo dows within the tits Leir praperty ) berames hal | 8dch tte Franeweo ody 2t, thirty paeeongers | thousand stotlars e Guiden Gute, which Jere Baa aon with UO wondFed and Huon one hundred and fourteen, » treasure for New York, and two doliars for Englund, was Monzanilla, and all the trea: lowing table shows (he number jose ant board: hundred and seventy thourwn at sea, burned fear | Nawerd, | Pirat cabin prssongers. an | Second extn Vassengert. B ‘ a | a | less | Total. 123 awh. Lanear, with one hunted and twenty | men wi olfth Misaourl regiment, attacked di vison, with one hundred and eight chelate Botlager’s 2 Mills, in Botitygor count; Mo. 4 ‘a lot ot horves, guna 4 Mfomalided She currentes ¢ | refused, they the Guards. wero met by a part; < Kentuoky Woseiners. under comunans — drove them back towards etsen, it where they were again attackod hs, e- somes ine rg re gona Sip iio ete ort Preuhet r i Casi tea ei ag“ seniggnoee under nw ‘const ‘Tho Union Cotousl . parte of two reg.menta, wore Attacked at sists ot hear Fulton, Missouri, cx ning “anna ret and after a fight ‘of four ‘tho rel 4 leaving sixty-two killed on tho viel one wounded, Tho Union loss was sixteen killed and ghiety wounded. 30th Six con of, the Ninth V' Bel valry, Lioatenant Gilonei TC. ie. a hard march of two days and ui nights, overta force, drove in bis ora at ir, regen Me mew even of tao lod, adi ‘nad major, thirty were wo Sst.—Major pools. oe “ooringd seven ead ill waa in pursuit Of ong bund: sion uoder éorbia, vavrtnane Siew : rr modiee, x) illed U ‘aad captured one hundred and five. A cegiment of Texas yangers, undér Colonel Parzons, at the bom of Laviuelle river, Arkanaas, @urrouaded and Altacked one company of the First Wisconsin cavalry. Ont of one hundred men only twonty. oacaped, forty five were wounded and the balance Kkiiod oy taken Prisoners. te igitoct Kentucky, who Friday, Augast 1. A Nitti after twelvo o'clock at. wigit two or three coa- cealed revel batteries on the James river, opposite dar. rison's Landing, opened fire on our transports and on the. troops. Their fire “was roturaed, and, before morning their battories were silenced. Our tose was six killed aud eight wounded. A large band of guerillas, under the rebei Josoph C. Porter, attacked the village of Newark, Mo.; which was defended by only seventy mon, and after a fight, lasting abont three hours, the Upiumists, were forced to eur- Tender Quy loss, owing to the fact that the mon fought rom the inside of buildings, was ouly four killed and four wounded , while the enemy ioat over une tundred in killed and wounded. 234.—-The reconnoiteriug column ,under Gen. Ceawford crossed the Rapidan river and pushed forward to Orange Court House, Va., and took possession of the town, whice was occupied by two regiments of the enomy’s cavalry, under General Robertwa. Eleven of tio coomy were killed and fifty-two taken prisonors. Gur loss was two killed and threo wounded. Tho enemy retired in suck haste as to leave their wounded. ‘Tre Unionists camo in force into the town of Nowark, ‘Mo., and Porter’s guerillas scampored out, leaving every- hing they bad captured tho day proyious. a @iu.—The folowing order was iasuod by the Presi- lent First—That a draft of three hundred thousand railitia be j lnmediately calieu into the service of the United States, te gevve tor nine months, unicss svonor diag reed te Be. cretary of War wil assign the quotas to thi andes. tabituh regulations for ihe di Wis-anh We aigein waft, Secont—Phat if any Stace shall not by furnish ity quota of the aduitional three hundred thousand vot rs authorized pda teh be deticiency of voluuteers ia that State will algo be mi ‘by a .specia: drait trom the militia, The Secretary ot War will \biish regetutions for eee eegnintions wil bs bidparet by. the Wan Depart ment, und presented to the Presideat, with the ubject ob 68 curing the promotio fC ollccts ot eas army und volunteers for mex ulslied secvloog, andl ol. prevent: ing the vomination and appolniinent im the millta*y service of incdinpetent or unvortny oilicers. The regulations wilt aiay provide for ridding the service of auch Inevrnpetent per- ons as now hold commissions, Sth.—Brigadicr Genoral Robert McCook, while riding ip an ambulance, suilering from # sevoro aitack of tines woar Now! market, Ala., was attackod and killed by of rebel gucrillas. Colonel Wynkoop'a Seventh Peansylvanl ate tacked the rebol Forrest '3 torce on Calf Kites river, wear Sparta, ‘and killed thirty: issance im force was raado by. detachment er Goneral MeClollan's Fok to Matvern Mn sel which proved very successtul, Tho expedition fost three Killed on eleven wi : by four compani 4 rounded. Fort Donelsun, garrisoned command of sinjor Mart, of the teas Volunteers, was attacked by. the zoel fe Woodward aud Johuson, numbering eight od who wero ropulsod with « heavy loss. A force of between five and six thousand rebels; an attack Dawn General John €, eemicnten ae ~ rion Curces, uador Gemerad ‘lam, Louisiana. A severe on: sgemont ensued, anit, for a the Unionists were driveu rosa tobe poate} Say guon rallied, aud forced the enemy to from the place, lewving their dead and reanana rebel loss was between three and foar hundred. on the Univn side was eighty-one killed, « y twe wanilred: and Hh ta a, i RUE Commander W. attacked the rebel iniles above Baton Kouge incendiary shot were thrown into her, and sl mg and entirely desiroyed. Gth.—Near Kirksviie, Missouri, Colonel up with the rebeitorter’s ‘guerilla eee chgaged them. ‘he revels, charges, fled into and through the town, v wore cuLirely routed, «nd, although desperately, the callant conduct of ie mand prevailed, and they abentanet areunes. prisouers were caytared, two hundred horses aud w la: ge pom er ‘vanes und wouuded the enemy lost one hundred and can our own killed was five «nd thirty-two wounded. General Recoursey'® Wigide abd the Fourteenth Keo- tucky bad several cocagements with Genoral’ Stevensea’s division, at Cumberland Gap, Tona., the cebels outaum- bering us four Lv ous. ‘Lue rebels lost two hundred and y-live killed «ini wounded, Our loss ee a three killed, Ofteon wousved and fity prisoners. We captured “ taree Jot of forage, bacco, horses aad mules. r companies «| Union cavalry came up with the econ about saves ites trom Fort Donelson, on the to Clarksville, strony posted, with his men fo ambush. Aitor tall an hours fighting ibe enemy retreated. We Jost two killed and echtern wounded. 7th. —The F-twi expeur ion to New Mexico, aro Col. i E ® it i ae Hh I eee e i i forves, abd was haters Davie ensued, iu wht averything cxptuced force, valy one hundred aad titty ing. Sibley was ni, own men, who cl acged him with drunkenness ard incticieney. “Among other things cap- tured was * traia whict (ie Texans captured from Gen. Geri tase Sprig. Sth —the follows bey duty and 515i order lo prevent evasion,of mili- K the writ of habeas corpus, wum rection ot th President of the United Stars, ther orders no citizen La- all be alrowad to goto w arhals, deputy marshals an aro ainected. and all vd tus ports ot the Baltes OF te Bravenet ay ue trontter, wre rated, req 10 wee stuthtully carried lato elfecty aad. thay are ted (0. Arrest end report to Mi Wishimgton city, for t OF pe nd deta ned, ‘absent iim rats is made, will oe other “Cited ie Tonnd, wishin wot tv Unied States, aud conveyed to ph fiiiaiy’ Jos. UF depot, abd placed on military duty Tor the term wi the vraft: aw? the expenwe of biaowire: rest end Tees. babengepeptels barebe paspended in yersons so arrested aud detiined. and in + arrested for disloyal practices, of War issued an order directing all United States marshals aod ruperintendents or chiefs of pouce of any town, city, or district, to arrest aod im praeeb any Person or persons who may be engaged. by set. spe.ch er writing, in discouraging volunteer enlist. motte. or it apy way giving ad and comfort to the ene. my, of ty aby other disloyal practice against the United eS tried by dram. ‘Gin —Tweuty six rebel prisoners were head court martin! at Macon City, Mo,, and shot for break. ing their parole. ‘A suvere engagement 0k place between about seven thoveand Lroojs, commanded by General Banks, abd a rebel foree ostina@ted at twelve thousand, under icearn! ieentepalise taaes Tostoaaan toes Tear wteee conse, Va The battie raged fur four yo the afterneoo one atier dark, when boul tired from tho Seid, The Caton tyes oe seventy three kiiod, tives hundred avd filty-seven wounded and forty- ven meepiog... The eneray > a Sashee not known. 10th Early 1m the morning General Jackson's renet | forces reireated from the Battie Held of Cedar Mousaju, juny ig bic killed tobe buried by the Union troops. Aljh.~-Major Kennedy, with two small companies of the Firet Kentucky eavairy, toe gueritias in grently superior oe Ne times at various poinig be- tow Willameporty Teun, defeating enemy in cach ith considerabie leas. Our loss was only one im Firat Tevneseeo cavairy and the Fourth Kent air, of Geueral Negtey's brigade, had an sogegenn With (he rebels at Kinderiouk, Best Columbia, Tel ‘Tenn. They and carried fought Our hours. The enemy left noven dead and cit Cnember, The Calon Joes was small, The Union forces at in . MO.. Were attacked by au overwhelming fore of. gveriliag, under Qvantrett. wis tu fight; but the soldiers ontored into fe nt ee foraveny dee were finally nadie ie tronaret onsite oi the Union . and after an ire Rovere fighting the Uae ered. Tweaty of our men ere killed. 1 Me o keri 0 tered sapturiny Colouel Tote and foun o fun ob tes ieee Kentuoky ( ag a froighs train ioaded with f ite main body left, leaving in the town, During the night : uel ie. Cr roq ere surprised bY Gol driven out, with the loss of fourteen killed. Batu. —Colonet Guitar ‘Shon Poindextor's — at Yellow Creek, Clinton alee ted and scat- ty privouers: tered chem in utter hem een Tbe eilicers re eps ny rent mer a Ya Jackson county, ib LPO", ide Atel Fla eae amt and about thou | the State forces, with a loss of