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toxteated, torerve as a subati- Eins a ‘and recelved tho two hundred avd filly 'n protend: dullare ‘Mrs. Winsor jad disehargo, which ® pot Ne eeldense. Baldi dobauch continued a ‘Wook Ab the end of this time he returned to his family ‘and work. It does not appear that apy attempt was made to capture him. Nine ‘months afterwarde hele. arreated aa desorter by Fdward Daly,a baillif of Samuel T. Mad dox, 4 Provost Marshal tas ‘a by Canby, bnt this is {gavorsod. the return of ‘General Canby |g that he holds isoner under the authority “of thé United States,” ; M08 “of the President of the United States.” The eli is traversed by an almost generat denial. The in the case do not show either enlistment, (p, preseuce in camp or at roll call, of Baldinger to bring Wsepection or any action within the terms, tho proclamation of ber 15, 1868. The: caso is now brought on for ‘on the pleadings and proofs, when a motion is made (0 disiniss the writ. The proclamation does not in either letter or spirit touch this case, The writ is sus- yin in cases of —1. Prisoners of war. 2. Spies. Ajders or abettore of the po Hy 4. Officers, sol- Gicrs or seamen in cases particularly enumerated. Judge Betts said that the fact whether this man is im. | amid in costody or not is the very question which the is, Dy the proclamation, not allowed to inquire into. The basis of the argument appears to be that the govern ‘ment cannot compel an infant to serve. 1 do not eonenr tm tbat view. Our ferm of government has as much right to call to the field every min capable of bearing arms as id absolute moparchy on the face of the earth. The re ates that he 9 detained desester. It is a high cme for uny ono to degert bis colors. The question oc- oars where he shall be tried. If be was brought before Any of the courts of the United States he could not be ‘tried, and the only trihaval before which he can ve heard fa that of the Provost Marshal. } see nothing ip this case to induce me to take it out of the jurisdiction in which it fe properly placed by the jroclamation, which is conely- #tve on ail the courts, and I have no power to inquire into the case of any man who isa soltier and under the mili- = authorities. | have no more authority to act under the writ than I would to isaue a writ. This writ is, there- fore, dismissed and the relator is remanded to the init ty te re court did not render a decision in the case of Mr. Wrederick A. Waring. SUPREME COURP— SPECIAL TERM. Before Hon. Judge Cierke. Brrr. 17.—In the Matter of the Habeus Corpus of Micha Ces.—This caso coming up, Mr. 8, J. Gla:sey, for Colonel Nugont. rairod the question whether the President's pro- Glamarion did not susnond the proceedings. Mr. Jochimnseon claime that it did not. ‘The Judge ordered tho w! matter to be heara at the term of this court, to be held next Monday, be- fe Sutherland, Juograbam and Loonard, wien all portant question® Ww the case are to be heard and sassy bya a full bench. stated that Judge Retts, of the United Biates District Court, had decided. the offect of the procla- Fes to be a suspension of all proceedings .:: the pend- caves of habeas a oan MEADE’ Ss ARMY. The Pec pata Fight at Culpepper. The Chase After the Rebels by Pleasanton’s Troopers. They Are Driven Across the Rapidan. Determined Enthusiasm of Bu- fords D: Skirmish and Repulse of the Rebels at Raccoon Ford. Rebel Accounts of the eas Fight, Re, Ber ae. (EB FIRST TWO DAYS’ MGITTS—OUK ARTILLERY AND CAVALRY OVERATIONS. ‘The annexed sketch of the cavalry fight on Sundey and Monday was written by a volunteer ard amateur corres. pendent, who was not excluded from the srout by the @@icial order probibiting newspaper correspondents and ether civillans from advancing with the cavalry and going into the immediate vioinity of the rebel Ii it fe dated Raccoon Foun, Sept. 15, 1863. RRLIAPLI) INTELLIGENCE ‘The readers of duilios atthe breakfast our Botels and noussholds have their fund of tnfeTihation for the morning, and we in cmp our daily supply of merri ment over many a paragraph of intelligence received fate Inst night from a gentleman just returned trom the scene,” dc. HONORS ERRONEORSLY NESTOWTD. A Washington paper of september 14 tells us (we have Jost read mt in the woocs) * late last night we learned ftom a gentleman just returned from Culpepper that can- Rovading had been heard for several hours, and Jater mews reached us that Gen, Pleasanton reached a position @aring yesterday about feur miles beyond Culpepner, efter beavy skirmishing with the enemy. The Seond army corps are at Culpenper, having captured a number f cannon ant prisoners.” ‘They neve made their mark, and will do their duty, It fe misapplied puffing which, as it ought to, mars report bo THE CAVALRY IN MOTION. General Plessauten’s hard-worked command had the srousiomed hono” (verifying the cooclusions of Gene wal Meade in referevee to the onemy'® attempt to #lip off fend look aftor bis connections, which are threatened by Rosecrans and Burnside. Setting (ot with eager prompt mesa, they cronsed the Rappahannock at designated points, and encountered the enemy's pickets on the well known @veat near Brandy Station on Sunday. CMONSHERS AND WATTIRIES. Tho fight began with « will, The long line of our irmishors pressed up to short range and pusied round on both flanks inder covor of the woods. The batteries seemed Wo enjoy the excitement of rusting forward with @avalry supports. WATTRRY DON A GALLOP. Rattory 1), Sseoud New York artillery, Liewnant Wil Maton commanding, ran up its sections, often at a wallop. Quite past the line of urmisbers, unhimbered nnd poared fm ite grape wd canter drove the enemy'® batterioe from point to point, aod, on they raced iway for 4 now “base of operations,” hmbered up. galloped forward again voll the skirmishers were come up with, and then @t it once more, While the dank movetnents of our cay airy made eneh new position of the enemy hot ved un fnadle, For, fix it ax you will, oo matter how brave men, ready 10 face tenfold their own namber atianket in front, you cannot induce them w «| where their flanks are assui'ed aad, the rear of ooaree threatened. 4 FeGMT ES The TOWN, Bo the chase went oo until the enemy took refage on the elevated site of Colpepper and in ite streets There they made a siaad. of moant to, putting sharpshooters fate the houses and planting batteries im the streets, ‘This necessitated an unwilling act on our part. and shot and shel) wore Gred imo the town, doing covsiderable uz TH SN WENT TIVE OW. At thin potnt General Buford men were rushing eo. thusinstioaily 1000 the town, aod General Hieasanton had sent Kilpatrick, by @ ciroult bo the left, to come upon fhe flank and rear of the enemy Both mower ments wore successful, The tmpetnosity of General Buford’s men son cleared =the = sireets of Culpepper , and ihe retreating force of the enemy, teeing 6 fall mpoed, fel) mto the bande of Kilpatrick, and sur fendered at ones. Who captured the three guns and the Prisonors the military reador will onaily determive, FRIGITE OF THR INHLANITANTS. The damage done to the houses of the ‘own wae eight The fright of the \ahabitande, fleeing to their collars, may Be imagined. It was @ memorable Sunday to them. PROTROTING A RAILROAD TRAIN. 2 was amend at the seeming iwhomanity of the robel commanders im exporing the inhabitants end houres of Culpepper by making it a shoiter in theie, flight instead of going around it Buti have since Dearned that a train f cars tefl 1*> town o.. our anuroach NEW containing many citizens and prodably rebel woundod, aad tho momentary + \.04 was 10019 {OF its protection. THY RYEMY DRIVEN rHAMH Muh LOND CULPEPPRR, By Sunday night tho samo i ind of i hting nad driven the enemy threo mites beyond Cutpopper, and the ap- roach of darkness asrested the fight.ng. Monday morn- iDg gave a report of fury one killed and wounded from our entire command. (A FAMILY WANTONLY EXPORED, During tho fight beyond Culpepper, st 2 brick house on the left, the enemy planted guns, a» placed their sbarp- Shooters in the windows of the house. The family thos wantonly exposed fled to the cellor, ‘A FATHER AND CHULD KILLED. A solid shot from our guns pierced the foundation below the sill, and killed the father and a little one sheltered there in its trembling mother's arma, The poor mother Survives, unharmed in body, but with such fearful memo- ries and such a sorrow, ‘SAIRWISLING UP TO THE RAPIDAN. ‘Thero was very brisk skirmishing on Monday, until the enemy were driven across the Rapidan river, A charge was made by the rebels near the church here, upon the Third Indiana cavalry, which had gone im- petuously forward; but it was gallantly repulsed, KRNEL SHARPSHOOTERS AND YANKRE CARRINAS, For tho regt of the day the lines of skirmishers, extend ing along the river gome four miles, kept up, from every shelter our men could creep to, and on the enemy’s part from effective rifle pits full of sharpsbooters, a galling fire. Nota bead or a part of the body could be exposed near tho river without bringing @ well aimod bullet from telescopic rifles. Our men opposed this with no weapon but the carbine, and without breastworks. ‘4 BOLD REBEL UNHORSTD. A rebol officer appeared mounted near the river, about the middle of the afternoon, when forty ebots resounded, and the venturer dropped instantly from his saddie,. IMPROVISKO BARRICADES. A squad of the Fighth New York cavalrymen ensconced themselves in a carpepter’s shop, making barricades and breastworks of tho bench and some heavy cherry plank, and boring loopholes with an anger, out of which they coutrived to fire with deliberate aim and make good hits. DICK TAYLOR'S ESCAPE, Second Lieutenant Dick Taylor had fired many e('e>!) v shots throngh on9 of these, when, dropping behiad ihe workhench to reload—‘chick”—in an instant camo a well directed bullet through the upper edge of his loop- hole, slivoring. the plank, and releasing him from an honorable death or an ugly wound by the narrowest escape. A FRAY CORPORAL PALS AT LAST. Corporal Banks, of the Third Indiana, had built a Dreastwork of logs across a space between two houres, and for five hours, with deadly aim, did exocution when- ever a bead or a limb appeared above the enemy's riflo pits. At last, as he jaid his carbine again upon the log, & Minie ball entered his forehead, and ho fell, a sacrifice to bis bold persistence. AGED LADY WOUNDED. On the river bank a Minie ball from a rebel sharp- shootor entered a honse and pierced the foot of a lady Tore than sixty years old, ia the midst of a large family. ‘There is danger of amputation. BOYORD ON THR LEFT, KILMATRICK IN THE CENTRR, GREGG ON THe RIGUT. In tho dispositions of the day General Buford operated on the extreme left; Generai Xitpatrick was engaged until night in the centre above the ford, his movements being under (he more immediate inspection of General Pleasan- ton, and Gen. Gregg held the extreme rigbt. GENERAL PLEASANTON bag been active, cool and ubiquitous, doing himself great credit. CRNERAL BUFORD: has been very cool, comprehensive, prudent and fear- loss—all common sense and modest courage—reminding us of the tumented Davis, of the Righth New York caval ry. on the baitle flold, and we regard him With enthusias te confidence and devotion. SUVPORTING A BATTERY. Two squadrons of the Kighth New York, relieved from the task of guarding a supply train from Alexandria, were ordered, under Major \’en).min, to snpport a section of J.jout, Willistoa’s battery. They performed their duty with gallant: 7. OPHICERS STARS THE PERILS OF THE MEN, Im the service which | have recounted—much of it on foot—tho officers bave shared ull the perils of the men, Skirmish and Reputase of the Enemy at Racevom Ford—Activity of the Gu 1 a&e. Wasmnoron,, Sept. 17, 1863, Advices from the front report aifuirs comparmivety quiet along the lines. To day there was slight skirmish. jog, but no engagement of avy consequence. Yesterday the cnemy succeeded in driving beek « por- tion of our cavalry with three regiments of infantry at Reconon Vordg bat General Kilpatrick dismounted Michigan regiment, armed with repevting rifles, which, | aasisted by our artillery, speedily drove the enomy back across the Rapidan and into the woods beyond. Seven. rebel prisoners were token, During the day the ovtquarters of General Vleasauton and General Buford " shelied, Dut without effect, ‘The enemy is believed to be strongly posted alsog the Rapidan, and a geveral engagement is anticipated. Our loss thus far in killed and wounded amounts to | About two hundred, and is confioed to the cavalry corps wone. Mr. Wallach, editor of the Washington Siar, vowrned from @Mpepper to-day with the remainder of hie fomtly, who visit Wosbington for the first time since the rebel Jion, Ail bis furoiture hag been removed and the ca tate abandoned untiallaire will aimit of its revccupa: on. To-day all the dismounted cavalry were ordered ia from | the Army of the Potomac. They will be immediately ro | snounted and sent to the “eld. Last wight a detachment of rebel cavalry made a raid | open a wagon traiu a short distonce from Helton Station, captaring several sutlers’ wagons newvily leaded with valuable goods, and a nutaber o. prisoners. Fo day a emali gang of guerillas made a descent upon a party of savers about a mile frem Catlett's Statin, cap. wring wagons, horses aud goods, and escaping without fom. These raids are somewhat remarkable, a# the rebels came down within eight of our infantry and within moderate artiliery range. | Amibolances were running until a late hoor lart aight, couveying to hospitals in the vicinity of Washigton About one thousand two bundred mck apd wounded ¢rum the Army of the Potomac REBEL ACCOUNTS. The Affair at Culpepper. {From the Richmond Pxaminer, Sept. 15.) On Sunday the fight seems to bave pot extended be yood the bounds of a skirmish, and was Hot portentive of & goveral movement on the part of Geoeral Meade's army of any consideranie portion of it. The force of the enemy that eromeed at Stark's and Kelly's fords did not exces? two reyiments of cavalry, several pleco of artillery avd as few hundred sharpahooting infentry. Our forces fell week. \t Brandy Station thie force ofeountered General W. LF. bee's brigade of cavalry, commanded by Csionet Heal, of the Ninth Virginim. and the brigade, alter fighting sme tie, fell back farther, and the ekirmistiing war | Kept up throngh the afternoon, Ont forces wok tweety | five prisogers, and killed and wounded as many | ca tured, itm thought. One ieee # not over twenty five nen ether—killed, wounded aod mining Coionet | Hes), Cromanding, wan siightly wounded, bot remumned | on the fle'd { Beyond the above paseengers by the fontral train inat eveuly could give bat few particulary, Theenemy had | oecupjed Culpepper Court Horse and held that portion of | the Orange aod Alexandria Kalfroad It was ale gai @ demonstration Wat making o though the eoemy intend fd to theow a foree across the Kapitan, at a point not ment) wed. Latest uceouots represen! the enemy as baying retired wnacrost the Rappahannock, Our forces tid (aien kK som tnites in the direction of Gordoos yi, | ‘The Fredericksburg train brought no from ibe Lower Rappabanneck, amd toe omnipresent Y te net confirme the Warrenton or § Such is the situation batever | th ‘They were, however, etretched aloug mp road, falling back, it was said Another Accoant of the Affal [Correspondence of the Kichm: nd Arey of Nowra Vircines, Sept. ia, TR6Y As T predicted some ten aay# ago, tee long viet haw been broken, an@ tte clawh of Arms Again rewandy along the banks of the Rappatanneck The etemy feud Cul our forces are tnakine ready te meet | pepper va force, them. The following if a# nearly an ucearete statement | of what tennepired In Culpepper as cau be \urnirbed just now —About thPee o'clock of Sunday meruing \aforina. tion was conveyed to the exvalry that wore preparing to Crome at Stark's Ford, some right m icv above our forces, and at Kelly’», some five miles below thom | and that (hey would fo doubt be om operated with hy the corps of the enemy which for gome time past one been encamped on thie side of the Rappabannock river, at tne | taltroud bridge | The wagons were AL once pecked and cent to ibe rear, and he horses were ordered to be padded, and the coon were bidden Lo prepare for any emergency. At cuybresk Prigadier General L max, romp “4 Jones’ old brigade, now bie own, and WH. F under Colonel "Neale, of the Ninth * at cnes to the front, and found alt quiet Some hours ite cow vere brought iaformationg (at the epemr » ere ereoning oF Star's Fora, with gin haairod cavairy ant Spinin oaveiry , epvel YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, _ SEPTEMBER 18, teb3.— KIPLE SHEET. Hy s¢ dvaneing on Calp Cours Ifonse, te ideo oa, and were di ktationed. The Seveuth and ter wore immediately sent forard to strengthens the picket on this rig Major Flour at thig time he d@ tho front with the Sixth regiment dnd a Squadyon Of sbarpebooters trom the Niath Virginia cas al- About ten 0 clock Major {lonrnoy ‘ell back to Pranty Station, ond shortly there fter “Captaiw Moorman’ artillery opened fire on the enemy frem this int. Just then Lomax " received i rmation that the my hed cromed Kelly’s Hege Teree of cavalry, areiilery and infant and were advancing on ri “levenshurg and y roads. A very short time fer thie a carbine fre Annonneed thelr arrival at tv-r-ly., Major. fell back rapidly, contesting every ! danyer of being outtlaake! The Thirteenth Virginia cavalry, suj peerin’ ty saree rons of the Ninth, was now thrown forward to the let of the railroad in Rotts’ (formerly J, A, Reekham’s) site. ‘The Fifteenth Virginia cavalry was thrown forw: the right of the raliroml in same woods. Six rej i of (he enemy were bow denloxed & fond Fa ra ae wo batteries of peilery, «te peers to a ed behind tl } Pople 4 f, ie ember men were com, eo Another stand wae mace by OOF forces on the where the infantry first vecaino seeneye ture Jon's fight on the bat of Augimt, avd here a severe tock place, in which artillery, were frecly ured. At this time it was discovered that column of at least two ot Seneey were ast on our right flank by wey of Stevens: towards Perper Court House, the artillery on. the left showed that the enemy, ome ‘were moving on tho bags 7 ville road, were nearly at the Court our forces, Of course, were compellod ie 0 vo sive, Beem and this time the Court House fell into ‘of the enemy. Inthe fight made at this point Col, Reale, Ninth Virginia, was wounded slightly in the leg. At this, ‘me a train of cars wos at the Court House bringing off the plunder of our le, This was fired upon some three or four times, aud the shells ox- Dloded just above the cars, scattering the : Tacmene over tana. Yet no damage was ‘done. (ne shell parsed ‘the house of Mr. Thomas Hill and exploded, but did no I ay told that oy ere xian ‘was removed from tho dopot at Culpepper Court House, though I hear that we Jost some four or five boxes of * saddice, eight boxes of Ammunition and forty sacks of corn. we und eke The peciieenant a and confusion at Mey rcpe niga. saps. the prepa of an Socienguren Jast Friday | your readers |) da te gaid to been very great and very striki men were sbricking, a0 wore Freanise, wounds, apd chiktren were crying from fright death abots hissing from pei Buel i! over tho town. At last accounts the enemy ‘not ag vaoed more than by Miles out from Culpep) House, The roar of artillery continued, however, until four o'clock, when it ceased. ur 1088 is not known. wounded, Tho Fifteenth Virginia ts believed to have ackterel, eter ala ee and I ar told ert well. Our did enemy considerable ec th or ing OSH ne of the, ae which they (the enem: ed to yD oighulet, and ‘he pie ist a pat partes ipa at Ay morn: Tean get poesia | definite as to our lonses, save that we Tost Ubree pieces of evening. Two corps of the enemy are at Culpepper Court House, and a heavy force of the infantry is thie side, The Yaa- eo cavalry is this side of Mitchell's Station. This movement {s believed to be a general advance of bot ane with 9 schooner imme the enemy, and our men are in position to meet them, K We A ig lost some seventy five or a hundred prisoners, 1s said, Our men are in the very best of spirits. We bave cap fever twenty-five prisoners, now on their way to RK cb. The Yankee prisoners say that this is @ mere recop- noisgance in force to ascertain If the sumors which tuoy + mad args be true that a large force of Lee's had weve ‘The officer captured with the prisoners represents hin self to be a tieutenant, though our men say he pulled of a mayor's stripes when arrested. one aa ia command of this reconnoissance is General in Pratt, of Company K, Ninth Virginia, was wounded In the hand: J.ientenant’ Love, of Company G, Ninth Virginia, was wounded in shoulder; Richard Cor- bus, of Company B, Ninth Virginia, was kilied; H. Ry Davis, of Company K, killed: aed L, Barker, same com pany, wounded; P. Piliow, Company G, killed: aud David Conce, same company , wounded; —— Heed, Company |, wounded, supposed mortally. {Correspondence of the Richmond Enquirer.) Anay Nontinx Vincinia, Sept. 15, 1863, After the enemy obtained posession of Cubpenper Court House, on Sunday. our forces made a stand about one and abalf mile this side, Whitet epgaged at this point the Nioth Virginia caveiry made a bold and dashing charge, going right up to the Court Houre, In this charge they captured some twenty-cno prisone ‘The aim of the enemy was 4 sneprise, and, by enclosing vs, fo captnre our forces. In this they were meat signally disappointed. ‘The artillery (three pieces) which we lont was captured an we were retiring through the Court Jiouse, ‘The Fifteenth Virgiuia made three gallant charges im the fight which cecurred after jeaviug the Court House, | and, indeed, in the whole cooutry, nud which was decidedly the hottest of the day. in thir fight, Colone! Fea'e having been wounded, Mayor Waller of the Ninth commanded W. H. F. Lees brigade, and handled it with great ability. Our men were finally com- polled to give back belore # numbers, and retired upon Cear rn, fighting as they receded The enemy advincea daring ihe night as far as Riceoon Ford. Yesterday morning picket fighting degan early, and was coutinued by (he dismounted cav- alry acting af sharpahooters. in the evening thore Wasa sharp artiliery duel at Somn- merviile Ford botween a battery of the evemy and one of Colovel Carter # battalions of artillery, in which our Joos was three kilied and tenor fifteen wonnded. Our fire ja believed to have becn very destructive to the enenv. At Rapidan bridge, about four o’elock, Keckmarn'* horse artillery opened upen the epemy . doing good execution on their squadrons, which were carefully massed behind the deelisity of n hilt Fowarte Dight, Major Floarnoy, with the Sixth Virginfa civily, was ordered to make a demoustratim on the evemy, but no erders were given fim to fight them, Major #. formed his re imout and darted off, In a short timehe bad charged them three times most gallantly, driving before Nim s whole brigade ef une enemy and capturing five prisoners, and but for wie nour being and near dark. ana tillery play ing men by mistake as anced, a large number of prisouers would hav Tain aatisied that ow fight, but that they could ¢ vastiv evnerior force wh must have lot at least se ork, from al) accounts, and not over fiity ia killed aad wounded J have nothing from the front this morning, «wre that tho enemy's cavalry are etili at the river. Prisoners Cutpepper. [From the Richmond inouirer Yewterdny mor twenty-three men snd one teu tenant (#. h. McKay), of the Pighteeuth vena cavwlry, arrived from Cu tured in the figut of sunday \xst, over 10 the custodians of the marehed to the Helle isle camp, Libby, end the meu were Additional Particuiars of the Late En- inw'e bis appearance t on Pere in ermal f of Kapidan bridge. cowwiticg of cavalry, Nothing of interest bas tracapired to day. Carter® Dattalion of artit!*r, jowt twenty Ubree in ki) a! and wounde, in the shelling ‘at Kaceson Ford yestortay ing. y Sittle Lopes are How entertained of a geveral en te ‘ eneral Stuart loet three pieces of artflery on Monday Six priacners, ineluding one comm weiored offloer, «a tured at Heistow Station Friday, arrived bore us eve NEWS FROM THE PACMIC. Pacific Rail- | sero, Sept. 15. 1808 Arrived, ag steamer Lanesster, from we Southern courte, and ships New Harmpebire, from New York, Don Qu-rote, from Hong Kong ‘The ship invine ble arrived from New York patterday, not the Young America, a# erroneously reported Care ran from this city yesterday tw within seventeen miles of San Jose, uver tio Western Pacific Katlroas Twenty-five miler will be in order for jasmagor care within amonth. The balance of the road to San Jo will be completed by January of Emigrns Digging Ban Prawceco, Sept. 16, 1902 Arrived, ship Lira Moser from Ph\adep to Salle d stean.or nator for the Southern court oomyletely | joaded with passengers and freight for thy mica lately | decovered one hundred ami Otty miles east of whe Oro * ado rwer, BOW called the San Franeleos wining di#trict The excitement in the southern part of the “tate eon cerning this new district Is vory great, and crowds ace flockingin that direction, | Partion recently returued to Loe Angolen, with coneld. | © erable quantities of gold, report discoveries of valuable quarts jeads in the san Franciseo mountarns, and exbibit rich ¢perimene Aoceased bas for many years taken o prom’: pibsic affairs in Pennsy!vania, having repre ampun ity in the Levatare three yeare {en ftriet in Congress six years, aud Peansylvania (A the senaie of tbe United tates six yoarm. He was ereatiy re syeckd a@ & good citizen aad aa man of benert be pulses and strict integrity. His death hae cant a genera j | gloom over the ecanamusity. } ‘The Maryiand Colerra Regiments. | Bavewone, Sept. 17, 1808. The Maryland colored regiment, recruited bere. made « diecm parede this morning from their encampment near the Vark, (hrough the city, attracting genersfattenton bes regiment appeared with full rante—v ot a thoarand —and made a splendid appoaracos. They het « ‘wil pac band of colored musioime, Auoiuer colrre! regi meat ¢ rain ueketry and a carinee EXODUS OF CITIZENS. tato | Vankeo barges from Fort Sumter on Wednesday morning wit the the repuiatie ‘enetay have been chiefly employed in throwing up edeblon veel A Cummings? Poms, in strengthening and repai por Court | tions to their Thave een some six or seven | usual unqnestionable energy; aud their Stuart's horse artillery yesterday | was kept up, thorgh not 90 continously, Pie oy same bat the New Gold | tent the evemy xero ge & CHARLESTON. Close wo the latter, at a distance not bundred yards, commence the Yankve works sppreaches from our old rife pity ia from © Anne Wagner oavo deem slow but sure, ant Draco seeure cover for several regiments. theo, and withto suppor ing distanco, $bey have erec ot REBEL ACCOUNTS OF THE SURGE, | ssvsun tcctade rescnioe serons tie bland, and vy tho ear of Cals their mainforce is camped. Gen, Hikmcre occ pies the same Daliting ling formerly oceupted by rnerned Neadquarters. He is closely watching {he movements army, you may rest assured. ax ho cou!lnued tn the Tho Rebel Press on the Inconsistencies of | Peathin,,nrtwitheramting the fact » amber of our abate the Jeff. Davis Government. ing the Ironsides, Monitors and blockader’, ‘abso eh visible. addition, it was reperted to beadquerters THE FLEET BEFORE CHARLESTON there were twenty eiyht veesels in Stone and twenty- Shree in Folly Inlet—pinety-eight it Au omfcor re- STRENGTH OF FORT MOULTRIE. marked to mo tt was she most formidable test ever con or r gregates in tho world. When we remember the charac fer of a Dumber of the vessels, we cannot doubt the trath ¢ rine romark. Yet our gailapt defenders are in no way laplrited ther eat, pot change in the appearance ant strengt the defence iw ax creat oe preseated by avy other and of this fact the Yankees aro as well our own authorities—for they lay in plain right. ltrie bas not only beon strengthened to an extent that warrants (he greatest expects tiqms ax to her impregnability. but numerous supporving works— deemed of equal avallavi in either defending the position itrelf oF iD preventing a hostile advan.» mto the harbor—line the shore of the bay at every potot, All that military engineoring skill conld saggest bas been or is being and that the porition is deemed a formidable one hy the foe is to be inferred from the fact that thus far they have aoa refrained from any demovatration in thiy rection, Bursting of a Mammoth Blake- fey Gun. During the flerce bombardment of Sumter on Tuesday ? night last, tho Monitors Wee sia ‘at @ distance of from eight &e., d&e., &eo. hundred to a thousand yal fow of their hoatiio compliments to our works,” in Ren ats of ffteen-ineh: shell. Of course they were replied to, and the probabil es are witb effect Nearly a handred shots from ‘Mont trie struck the \ron-clads, every one of which, to use a common expression, made the fire fly.”” The rattle of the tran bolts avsinrt the vessels wax followed by xparkn Wede bas occurred tn this vicinity to vary the monotony | of fire tm every inetence. What damago was done ix of of the #1 From our own community and our sisicr | course uvknown bul tho Monitors bave been quict ever cities we iar the praises of the brave — who hold | since Whe fort, and of ite gallant commander, hea Of other war (toro | evn gtve you nothing additional, iiiott, who was selected for his oldienly ties to | unless 18 woul tm to ov. ou preparations going ov un command the fort upon the withdrawal of thevartilery | der direction of “soer.! Leauregard. It would gratify sow (ue oxtent of these, but silence is ge of Charleston. {From the Charleston Mercury, Sept. 11.) Since the well managed and success! ul reprise of the to his well won } enjoined. Charleston has been much more generally evacnated by the citizens, and furnitnre, goods and valuables rev moved, than J at firat # apposed hnportance are all ‘aH are the private dwellin ot the wealthy. The poorer “iaees who desire to wo asninted by the city, and thov unde of (hese are availing This repulse of the barges Battery Wayner, and in making carey and ‘aad batteries in the intertor of the island— among other Xbiogs, ia e ip cutting embrasures in @ battery on Poncon iil, Inthese operations they display tho! themselves of the chance to yet awa: progress is ‘Tho remarkable good order of the city, notwithstand: » te epite of the fire under which they are com. | ing the congregation of such a large number of stronger to toil r the most part of the ttme, In the mean. strikes every vieitor as it did me, It bas always been ‘while their basteries have been perfectly silent, though | neted for the excellence of its police regulations, and these ours, a8 we hoveniready hinted, have not been altoge- | are enforced with the same quietude and ax vigorously ae ther idle. ever. Inno case are the military and civil anthoritin ‘Throughout Wednesday night two of the James Island | known toclash, Fach performs its tunetions—the mill Ms otained a fre upon Morris Island at inter. | tary only receiving the attention of the provost gaara wo vais of five minutes. During the following day the fire | the city 5A at the depots, while civilians are Losi waited upon by the police.” The railroad traina aro lelt tories, as well nx Dy those on Sullivan's Is! in charge of the usual employ Everything t« do ‘Tho fleet rowmains inactive, and 1 prebanty ‘tilt engaged decently apd in order, and axa consequence, the } in tinkering whe damaged sides - some of its vessels, | order mentioned prevails ev ntly. y lronsides was seen yesterday lying very close to Hat- thronghont the country, especially tn the country intely veside hor. istricta, would, in my opinion, « 0 10 the gout ‘the prisoners states that the attacking force of | order of xociety, and refleve us of ma — before last was mado up of two lines of barges, ex- | we hear of, which undottedly have th tending to the Jength of bulf' mile. ‘The man was unable, pations of well meaning. bat however, to give the number of the barges. marshals, &c. Here we see the eye A rough computation, based Tapon sosve caphured papers, | closely besieged, in which civil law js allow containing the details for the assault, give the number of | its mission undisturbed: why cannst the same the storming party ©” eight hundred and seventy eight. things prevail elsewhere” Beauregard and the t eity perforn tate of Tne Bureted Biakcley Gun. Defence of {From the Richmond Pxomimor. Sen, 18 ) Charleston, Woe hare alrendy announced the bursting at Ch [From the Wilmington (N. C.) Journal, Sept. 8.) fou, 0.) inet Saturday morning Some days ago the following paragraph speared in the | jing! o> cans. AL the time of wriding no part Richmond Sentinal :~ the alin ht rewbed ua: bat from all we know of ‘Tur TextA OF JULY.—Aw a matter of histury, we copy to | orda: wo think it likely that the ealasrophe unre day two accounts of the tiona by which the enemy | bre aloud by an altempl wm ea afootholion M fenton. The | whic aston’ the Yank cand ¢ in Ie Charleston’ Me » the other was 7 a ifa the shade pet NL A pe fe ance of Aeaviest picces tno the shale an lenenn in the, recnrd—we aay it inthe aincerest | Theso quue wore never designod for tt tee, aed canuot stand it, They aro fasbiened aud de signed for direct shots at Fhort range, when the weight of their projectiles will crueh irresistibly through earth, stone or iron, The turret of a Mowitor would be caved in Dy one phimb shot og completely as a tall elk hat would ba crushed by a blow of the fist of astrong mab: Bot the barret of the gan most be horizontal or the muzzle depressed, a in @ horkzntal pemition he inertia of the bolt and the friction to he ove use ag much strain on the » of the gan as any icteloabla thickress of metal can withetand Mat the muzzle being © cow, which ts necessary when & gre etal mense weight of t bo is superadde which we hope will ot. be lost on the com may read fabled Argus had teed equally vigliapt, aud never ‘To thia the Charleston Mercury of the 30th August re: plies as follows :— Tho Richmond Sen‘ine? is pleased to transfer to i columng,at this iste date, an original and a select ticle froin the Mercury, ant to avail iteelf of the oppor: tunity to print the fi cegoing, which, nouwithetandi afectation of “good feeling,’ is a transparent attack on the commander of this department, not authorized, as we are iivormed, by the ‘record’ —not warranted by the soon the articles copied, apy id the Ths sentinel 18 sometimes uceredited as the organ of dhe | the sides, aud tbe administration, If th t is somewhat peintul to | Course | 3h! 0 observe, that while ail the other jonrnslg at Riebmood, » (pecnllenend - Tt wilt the Yank arst ther Sod in the defence of | three hundred pound Parrot clin nt Lhe fit t, witty ChaPloston sources of pride. theine for high commend: eee iene eine anne ee einil frets dhe contre. of tion, and abundant grocnds for confidence in thoenduring { frre ata ity Charleston a wistanes Of abot. flee courage of the offcers and men, and the skill of theeom- | ig in the entire absence of Knowledge of the fact Manding general onicveted with that defence, thin news | TPT id's Tne iuticd, tint wo merely sucueet, tha ea Paper alone shodid find ground for insidious’ diaparage: (ee een ee nee eine eae ee uibe u? the turtivige, see ment. General Beanregard had to provide ayainet att oh In Several dillerent directions, The route from th Kaisto. or Jobn's Island, through #4, Aedrews Mare ist, constituted one. another method ui witack wan to cut off railroad eer cunication with the lutenior and ay pronch by the Neck, James island constituted a third the ronte by Sullivan's island, Mourt Peasant aud the direction of Cooper river, constituied a fourtt—sorre Isinnd being the filth, ron of thene were thought by the commanding general (0 We vital; others not. ‘The orcupation by the eneny of the south end of Mor ris isinnd, utter all, wo® Bet au uni but the lems of two evile—either of whieh, i our enemy bad it in és power. as mattors stoed Mict. Itt) believed he come the one lean existing eireun #.tvend in the fall With several wave of approac be Morris, insterd ot James bel ant the bine, could not bow adequate force left in acc servone off rt with tye Tha possible that the yun or the powder ¢ jutereeting to one The bowie vive In) fe ting Vary In Bi7e frei Me Wieness ofa danny by ptane. and book like fereymle: fem rela beth about y ality of the: so beta nee te principle of vil” think I wad at - om the t by the friende of val ORO OF MONSLOF Cat nthe eet mer Mr. Seward’s Viste te oaren Sprtnwe : PORK GM ATK AND THK MPICAN QD ample meaus Of water trans, o ‘ t ‘ wes ¥ ! + WhTAR om Li Lis hower to coueentrate bis t vA from the nature of the county, Aor ent of the Di \ | upoa any point in Soutls ¢ aroiinia | aes nap hediang’s ; a fem toothed belore our tree as matters stood, could peaibty bo enshered to the rame potit ia t Videes—on the & . fo oF tance. f the whet of one Seer aot he otter net be weer. the 120.8 j Wher wart | vor the Wir. | exh ab p Iver lo Mr. we ward, ary. wi WELK mans | ope aller thu other, to sound Diu regard jig bis op tina he wf als thie to follow in retereres to the empire ta vernment amit oo® wlOroaboun, m * a “ me o a tee walean Ur. Seward evinced 10 all of them the aust open cor diniity and eMeet oS mpethy a the mater tle reply Grewery one —thek be w from tte | wited inten rerrementet nernine Drinades whieh bad bees ae es ne | woon after the M the to Sune, Geper ‘owsregard w | quarter'to a still further redact the mall tor Aral tw Od Lo ge himself to another teld of eperations oon es wer ae even as ate on tH beter 10th of July be wm | > ba " po ately further invited to ayare some of bis troupe for operatias | + peallthe oe hie at another polut, ugraloed bad becetne the die or ition a ois thee to tivcredit: hin’ g vidi enenest olfelal reporva of af- | S i k | faire in bis Own tine 1+ Aycl ye | Mhut there was ne lark of effort to sceura retivble im. | Ann ation OF he tivoments of the enemy. the if rugh was proc | fire for the om You therefore > | by weir pawn, w land reper te fori of povernmen Wen oectipied in force ropublivan the une tlish bee x ° “ the republic, and f il th ‘ata Cmusoquenice that Morr | sale popeetpiow manary és raney an Foven the changes of lacd and pawm ce mre of ain prineiptem ti pent are rout LO be ete eration eNewy WEFE reported af premiger of jmpe the f tee, Mut ip vain. All ideas Of attack were ponte Ravn A igre at Eichmood, we repeat, a8 late even ae the | eeotalee san in tuy ” ' et ely, ana | interview ree that are more vptimately ¢ it aay be seked, then, if informed vo acer antierpatiog so preri ely the course of tt ry, wh did pot the department and distiict commander piace Morin Teland io eoodition to meet and foil thin attack? The a f lahor to carry cut the | attor the works Receiving Url The following, » te, Want from Consertp: eneral ender, 4 becemagy Wo that, 4 not least, want of | tial for the trial uf Kargeon Kamue men to bold and fight cny wor en Gadhia ésaties? Abi aia op at the south eut “+ hake edblenternanafhapnenpy Coed Psst wert other important | wet, entitled An act for Faroding sod Casting Gur t To bav@ «ithdrawn labor, | thowal Foreee me men (or these norpiees from our works sinat Gibnetl tie was deeme' out of the querton From r in this depagtiaent, we are mnared, could they hare ieem | Coun. on oF about the Ziet iow, as Lg ats tote We . the decision of thin court, Ik wih wore orden t formidable battery #14 to have beon elaborately steph > oearahdagpetei ’ thrown ap on the worth end of Folly intend, without | comet Of weiner lenpert yy coping be ten vie, |@ etated to be An inven. | from comseripta to exempt thet. or thaking a ‘alee onet the knowledge of our gen ihe * used to drive away out | poate oF ubtrun report et tetion ore, we are weld, email Cree aud silewce cur ‘sod poxsibly behind wight | Sree. Cae Se. brat w I waa the rapecior weight and tumber of | Haatey snes, er serwrer = wand the heavy nupe 4 in’antry t we Youn Cory, aye opt away our \eebie renine A geperal court martial hereby soi int a this aieget work Har ior 4. Come ci astorted, bab af men, bat we bad pot forer theroagh reconnoissance wan ‘ be enemy Poliy ‘slend. The evouing before the att ai | Ripiay nod Lteutenant Covel Voter, with dlanser, cx fully exareined the works in wight, and ¢ oid dimcover not | se ewelA gar | Th Semine!’s leowon may be Hoprovet by the rn cerd Alfaire at Chartesto ‘The editor of the wta (8.) non visit bs Chevlston, is writing | etesting lth te Of the sitetion cited tink’ tse + sackioes os wine Ow lie i wlererting parcar ’ rn ¥ fr * ferrng (0 Loe Cei@ores 8d bom d he 0 pt mone Wer yom “ w or " | he famed ity the Goser ” « Uemaiied bey dutted by “mia Pact ° e & trate mie Ont been od ~ 4 a mi, Habeery Crevg, amt beaver we earns fom, C26 deuatt Wegeet, > Morrie iasad. Tho buxiners houres of ore thas the news from (he ‘trent’! ie of 3 Tele THE WAR IN GEORGIA / ‘ND TENNESSEE, Rebel Accounts of General Roseeran Movements. Affairs on tho Virginia and Teuncs- see Borders, SKIRMISH NEAR DALTON, GA, Three Hundred Union Prisoners Captured, &e., Corps Freight Crvewnat Lato Nashville papers state that passe Venton report a reverse to General Th Lafayette, between Trenton aud /altoo doubtless relates to the mont of Negley’s division Of thag Corps, announced rome days since, in addition to the rolling stock captured at Knoxy) several heavily laden frewht trains have since beou token by our forces near Morristown, REBEL "ACCOUNTS. Aqaire tm Tennesace. From the Richmond Faquirer, sept. 16.) The Chaitanonga Mele () miblished Bt Marietta Sept, 17, 1863. gore from Stas Ga.) & etierin vgn has at longth been ats eAph ottice neage I the dep tmonts. Ww Dickamauga st w Ogunpie) by 1s to the reoavery of tke ber upon the resalt of the operny a y From the Courter, at Rone, ceargin. bp that the latent official news reosived there from Aipine, a itee Amt the for Remy Were Mien PepK Hey, aed the force venerably fifteen (houssn! The report nad twa wr thee anes foree, moving dow estimated at fron that Wharton vo» k Dies captured Ws net woderatond, that he will then, to pass Vragg cotet from the re tipon Rome, he rie ated Meridian Mivaaady W bowler of them, We ie ck 2 the raliroad at or new tena or poome ako wk " Ahis we regard as ye be youn ment on the part of the & eay general engagewont sd goin omeard I injgete piled Hy ator Kingston, and h Henecs hear ve es « few days ‘The form An intolligent gentien: ur in our terday morning from the front, gives bay folowing mation = Three teaton Ye ru, oa Weduensiay,, tt arty stores at The Yankoe cavalry were prow line abbr Ville, Mire aniber north ef that phere 1 frown, while an ore Con , nour ‘to Gravevil ' Anothor Contetorate f« «belting she eenatey poset Ftate romd. 10 Mkarcoph F bangin Meer ‘i “ Suny PRHiOrN are ater, But wel eo teen oe " © Wo for mat ' ' ehonere te be ' * Virew " ney e Ue lege t . ' | General Jasweuh F nae to be in eae b tre . » “ » ' im ue “ | Fiowen ° | The pe Mace that? wETTAL, OF mew OF a ‘ . v ’ e 4 4 ‘