the woods, the whole rebel force attacked them | Virginia, do respectfully represent that we are with vigor, they repelling their attack with an law-abiding people, attached firmly to the Coneffect worthy of greater numbers; but owing stitution and laws of the United States of to their inferiority of force a retreat was or- | America; that by interest and affection we dered, but not until they had inflicted serious damage upon their overwhelming foe, the effect of the fire of the little band being such as to prevent their being followed up by the enemy. One of the Federals, who had previously been stigmatized as a coward, here sought and most heroically succeeded in restoring his fair name. He had been noticed to fight with much valor during the action; and, upon Lieutenant Tufts ordering a retreat, he wheeled his horse in the face of the enemy, took deliberate aim at the rebel captain, and brought him from his saddle, after which the National force made good their retreat.-Louisville Journal, October 23.

-THE brig Granada, from Neuvitas, for New York, was captured by the privateer "Sallie," of Charleston. The Sallie is a fore-and-aft schooner, of about one hundred and forty tons, painted black, mounts one long gun amidships, and has a crew of forty men, and is commanded by Captain Libby, formerly of the ship Gondar, of Charleston. She ran the blockade from Charleston on the 10th inst. She was formerly the schooner Virginian, of Brookhaven.—N. Y. Evening Post, October 24.

-A DETACHMENT from the Twenty-ninth Illinois regiment, and the Second Illinois dragoons, went to Shelby Thompson's farm, near Cairo, Ill., and seized three thousand bushels of corn, a large number of horses, mules, cattle, &c., and took two prisoners. Thompson is an officer in the rebel army.-Captain W. II. Parish was to-day appointed provost-marshal of Cairo, Ill.-Missouri Republican, October 15.

October 14.-One hundred and fifty voters of Chincoteague Island, Accomac Co., Va., took the oath of allegiance to the United States, in the presence of Lieutenant Murray, U. S. ship Louisiana. It appears that all the inhabitants of Chincoteague Island, (which is a part of the county of Accomac, Va.,) numbering nearly one thousand, are true and loyal. No other flag than the Stars and Stripes has up to this time been allowed on the island, and the National ensign is at all times kept displayed on a high pole. A committee of citizens, appointed to confer with the commander of a war vessel, say: "We, the citizens of Chincoteague Island,

cling to the Union; that we are united as one man in our abhorrence of the secession heresies; that we have upheld the old flag in spite of many menaces from our secession neighbors; that the opportune arrival of the war steamer commanded by Captain Murray, and his energetic measures alone saved us from subjugation, the enemy having mustered on the opposite shore for that purpose." They therefore ask the continued protection of a Government vessel.- Washington Star, October 20.

-A SLIGHT skirmish occurred on the line of

the Potomac, between a foraging party of the Union troops, about three miles from Minor's Hill, and a band of rebel scouts, consisting of infantry and cavalry. The National troops opened a brisk fire on the rebels, who took shelter in a house, but a few shells from the batteries on Minor's Hill drove them out, and sent them scampering along the Leesburg road. N. Y. Herald, Oct. 15.

-THE train on the North Missouri Railroad from St. Louis was stopped at Rewick, Mo., by a.party of thirty armed secessionists, and six Federal recruiting officers on board taken prisoners. The rebels then searched the train, but for some unknown reason did not enter the express car in which there were three hundred Enfield rifles and two tons of military clothing, destined for Nebraska. Two of the captured officers were released on the spot, and three of the four others were set at liberty a few hours afterwards.-N. Y. World, October 16.

-THE Southern Commercial Convention assembled at Macon, Ga., this day.-Isaac Davenport, of Richmond, Va., of the firm of I. and B. Davenport, gave a check for ten thousand dollars to the Southern "Confederacy," which was owing to Northern creditors.-The Confederate Government authorized General Winder to arrest all Yankees who may venture there in concern for their former rights of property in the South.-Richmond Examiner, October 8.

-WILLIAM F. SPRINGER, a citizen of Philadelphia, returned to his home, from Charlotte, N. C., after an absence of several months, a portion of which time he spent in prison in Charlotte. Mr. Springer went South before

the secession of North Carolina, to build a
house for ex-Governor Morehead. Before he
could complete the contract, the workmen he
had taken with him were either driven away
or pressed into the rebel service, and he was
finally arrested on the charge of being a Union
man, and thrown into prison. When it was
concluded to liberate him his head was partly
shaved, and he was required to leave at once,
which he was not slow in doing. He came
home by the way of Tennessee, after numerous
detentions and escapes from violence, the cars
having been searched for Northern men at
various stations. Mr. Springer represents the
people in Charlotte to be in an almost starving
condition. Provisions of all kinds are high,
and money scarce. The Southern soldiers that
he saw on his way home were many of them in
rags, and some of them had worn the soles off
their boots, and tied the uppers under their
feet.-Philadelphia Inquirer, October 16.
-THE steamer Grampus, with a flag of truce
from the rebels at Columbus, Ky., and Captain
Polk and Lieutenant Smith, of the rebel army,
bearers of despatches from General Polk to
General Grant, asking for an exchange of pris-
oners, arrived at Cairo, Illinois.-(Doc. 83.)

while the learning of the legal advisers of the British Crown is not questioned, it can hardly be expected that the President will accept their explanation of the Constitution of the United States. He must be allowed, therefore, to interpret it in a manner which will enable him to execute his great trust with the most complete success, under the sanction of the highest authority of our own country, and sustained by the general consent of the people.-National Intelligencer.

-MAJOR WRIGHT, with one company of the Fremont Cavalry, surrounded the village of Linn Creek, in Missouri, and made prisoners a company of rebels, to the number of forty-five, commanded by Bill Roberts.-(Doc. 86.)

—Jeff. Thompson, Brigadier-General of the Missouri State Guard, addresses the "patriots:

HEAD-QUARTERS FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT, M. S. G.,
Camp, St. Francois County, Oct. 14, 1861.
Patriots of Washington, Jefferson, Ste. Gene-

vieve, St. François, and Iron Counties! I have opportunity to cast off the yoke you have unwillingly worn so long. Come to me and I will assist you, and drive the invaders from your soil or die with you among your native hills. Soldiers from Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois, go home! We want you not here, and we thirst not for your blood. We have not invaded your States, we have not polluted your hearth stones, therefore leave us; and after we have wiped out the Hessians and tories we will be your friendly neighbors if we cannot be your brothM. JEFF. THOMPSON, Brigadier-General Commanding.

thrown myself into your midst to offer you an

-Ax important correspondence passed between Lord Lyons, the British Minister, and Secretary Seward, relative to the rights of British subjects during the pendency of the rebellion. Lord Lyons, referring to the case of Messrs. Patrick and Rahmie, who were arrested and subsequently released, terms this proceed-ers. ing an arbitrary one, and states that the British Government is much concerned about the mat--St. Louis Republican, Oct. 26. ter, and regards it as requiring serious consideration. Secretary Seward, in his reply, after detailing the circumstances of the arrest, states that the proceedings were taken upon information conveyed to the President by the legal police authorities, and not until after the suspension of the habeas corpus act to an extent deemed necessary by the exigencies of the State. For the exercise of his discretion in this respect, the President is responsible before the highest judicial tribunal of the Republic, and amenable, also, to the judgment of his countrymen. The safety of the whole people has, in the present emergency, become the supreme law, and all classes alike must acquiesce in the measures which that law prescribes; and,

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—THE gunboat Sciota was launched from the ship-yard of Jacob Brierly, at Kensington, Philadelphia.-Rev. Harvey E. Chapin, of Sandy Creek, Otsego County, New York, arrived in Troy, with a company of ninety-four men, most of them members of his own congregation, and at once marched up to Camp Strong, where he joined Colonel Morrison's Cavalry regiment.-N. Y. World, October 17.

-SECRETARY SEWARD issued a circular to the governors of States bordering on the ocean or lake coasts, stating that, in view of the attempts being made by the rebels to embroil the Federal Government with foreign nations, it is desirable that the coast and lake defences should be put into effective condition. He sug

gests that the work should be undertaken by | to remove from the Senate Chamber the porthe States individually, in consultation with the Federal Government, and that the expense should be ultimately refunded by the nation.(Doc. 87.)

October 16.-At Annapolis, Md., a presentation of standards to the regiments of Brigadier-General Viele's command, took place. The standards were the united gift of Mrs. Brigadier-General Viele and the Union Defence Committee, of New York. They were of the regulation size, made of the heaviest Canton -THE Connecticut Senate, by a vote of silk, and fringed with heavy gold bullion. twelve to six, this morning passed the follow- Each standard had an appropriate inscription ing: "Resolved, That the messenger of the thereon. Prior to the presentation ceremonies Senate be, and is hereby requested and directed the entire brigade was drawn up on the Col

acres.

lege Green of the city, comprising several quota of volunteers in actual service. Indiana, whose quota is thirty-four thousand, has thirtytwo regiments of infantry, of one thousand and forty-eight men each; one regiment of cavalry, being fourteen companies, of one thousand one hundred and fifty-three men; three batteries of one hundred and fifty-six men each, and one of one hundred men, making an aggregate of thirtyfive thousand three hundred and fifty-seven men in actual service. In addition to this, there are

arms can be procured, and sixteen more organized and rapidly filling up.-Dubuque Times, Oct. 18.

-THE Twentieth regiment of Ohio Volunteers, under the command of Colonel Charles Whittlesey, left Camp Chase, at Columbus, for the seat of war.-Ohio Statesman, Oct. 17.

The first standard was presented by Governor Hicks, of Maryland. The presenter, attended by Brigadier-General Viele and his full staff, appeared in the front and centre of the regi- | ment, and in a most telling speech, alluding to the present crisis, enjoined upon every soldier the necessity of carrying the National colors into the heart of the enemy's country. The presentation to Colonel Rosa's regiment, the Forty-six regiments now ready for the field as soon as sixth, of New York, was made by General Viele in person. The reply by the colonel was brief, but exceedingly apropos. The presentation to the Forty-seventh New York, the Washington Greys, was made by Brig.-Gen. Abram Duryea. The presentation speech was highly patriotic, alluding to the past history of the country and the cause of the present crisis. The presentation to the Forty-eighth regiment, Colonel Perry, was made by Governor Hicks. As each color was received the cheers of the troops and spectators were most enthusiastic, while the bands of the several regiments discoursed choice music. To Gen. Viele, whom the troops of his brigade style the "Big Little General," and his lady were given the greatest number of cheers. The affair was one that will be long remembered in Annapolis, both from the importance of the occasion and the historical reminiscences of the city.-Baltimore American, October 19.

-COL. JOHN W. GEARY, of the Pennsylvania Twenty-eighth regiment, with detachments from his own, the Thirteenth Mass., and Third Wisconsin regiments, in all four hundred men, crossed the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, and captured twenty-one thousand bushels of wheat stored in a mill near that place. While upon his return and on the Charleston road, near Bolivar Heights, midway between the Potomac and the Shenandoah rivers, he was attacked by a large Confederate force with infantry, artillery, and cavalry. Rebel batteries upon Loudon and Bolivar Heights participated in the action, as did also a National battery upon the Maryland side. After several hours of intermittent fighting, the rebels were driven off, supposed with considerable loss. National loss four killed and eight wounded. Col. Geary took from the rebels one thirty-two pounder.-(Doc. 90.)

-INDIANA disputes the statement that New Hampshire is the first State that has her full

-A SKIRMISH took place about five miles from Warsaw, Mo., between forty National troops and thirty-five rebels, in which the latter lost three killed and three prisoners. The Nationals escaped unharmed.--Cincinnati Gazette, Oct. 23.

-THE Committee of the City Council, of Philadelphia, Pa., presented a sword of honor, on behalf of the city, to General Robert Anderson.

-IN compliance with orders issued by the War Department at Richmond, Virginia, Colonel Adler, a Polish officer, recently attached to the Wise Legion, in Western Virginia, as an engineer, with the commission of colonel, was arrested by the Government detectives and conveyed to the Columbian Hotel, where, in consequence of his weak condition caused by a self-inflicted wound, he was permitted to remain upon parole until yesterday forenoon, when he was taken to the prison hospital as a prisoner. The charges preferred against him are that of the spy, and of holding communication with the enemy. Colonel Adler went to Richmond highly recommended as an officer of ability, who had served with distinction in the Hungarian war, and in the Italian struggle under Garibaldi, and upon these representations obtained a commission in the army. His unaccountable conduct in Western Virginia, exciting the suspicion of Governor Wise, he was, at the command of the latter, arrested as a spy. Upon hearing of his arrest, he attempted to commit suicide through mortification, it is said, inflicting a serious gash upon his throat, from

-AN immense audience assembled at Balti-To these proposals Mr. Memminger declined to more, Md., to-night, to hear the Hon. Henry accede.—(Doc. 96.) Winter Davis on the rebellion. L. W. Gosnell, Esq., a Breckinridge Democrat, presided. Mr. Davis was received with the most unbounded enthusiasm. He endorsed the war policy of the Government to the fullest extent.-See Supplement.