hear less than formerly of their doings in the New York papers. Among their latest exploits is the capture of the brig Granada, of Portland, Me., (Pettingill, master,) from Neuvitas, Cuba, for New York, with a cargo of sugar, molasses, mahogany, and honey. We also hear it whis-lutely necessary for General Lee to abandon his pered that there has been an important (and not involuntary) accession to our stock of sugar, molasses, coffee, &c. General was not in the best health, and it may well be imagined, not in the best spirits. The splendid horse that was presented to him just before he left this city had been lamed in two legs, and was unfit for service. It will be abso -General ZollicofFER, with six thousand infantry, sixteen hundred horse, and one battery of artillery, was repulsed by the Union forces under General Schoepf at Camp Wild Cat, Laurel County, Ky. For some days previous, the position had been held only by Colonel Garrard's Kentucky regiment; but when it was known that Zollicoffer would attack it, the Thirty-third Indiana and Seventeenth Ohio regiments, and Captain Stannard's Ohio battery, were hurried forward, and participated in the fight. Two separate, resolute, and unsuccessful attempts were made by the rebels to carry a hill occupied by the Federal force, when they withdrew. Their loss was unknown. National loss was four killed, and twenty-one wounded. -(Doc. 102.) October 22.-Flag-officer Craven, of the Potomac flotilla, arrived at Washington, and reported the Potomac River effectually closed, rebel batteries commanding it at every point below Alexandria. -A LETTER from Richmond, of this date, says: Bad news from the forces under General Lee at Big Sewall Mountain. A gentleman of this city, occupying a high position in the Government, has just reached Richmond from General Lee's head-quarters. The enemy, under Rosecrans, was in full retreat toward the Ohio, but pursuit was impossible. The roads were in the most awful condition. Dead horses and mules that had perished in their tracks, broken wagons, and abandoned stores, lined the road to Lewisburg. There was no such thing as getting a team or wagon through uninjured. The road beyond Big Sewall was if any thing worse than on this side of it. To be sure, the difficulties were quite as great-perhaps even greater for the Yankees, in their flight, as for our troops in pursuing them. But General Lee was entirely out of provisions, and had not the reith to cook the next meal for himself or the next ration to his soldiers. The position in a very short time as uninhabitable for his army, and go into winter-quarters. Where this will be-whether in the Kanawha Valley or on the line of the Central Railroad— is uncertain, but much depends on the choice as to the footing the Yankees will have in Western Virginia next spring. October 23.-To-day a battle was fought at West Liberty, Ky., between a part of the Ohio Second, supported by one company of cavalry belonging to the Ohio First, and two pieces of light artillery on the side of the Federals, and seven hundred rebels. The rebels were completely routed, with a loss of twenty-one persons killed, the number of wounded not stated. The Federals captured thirty-four prisoners, fifty-two horses, ten or twelve mules, two jacks, and one large bear, and a great number of guns, knives, and other articles. None killed on the Federal side, and only two wounded-one of them a flesh wound in the thigh, the other shot on the end of one of his thumbs. General Nelson, with Colonels Marshall and Metcalfe's commands, took Hazelgreen, routed two hundred rebels, took thirty-eight prisoners, and established his head-quarters in the house of G. Trimble, one of the leading rebels. There was not a gun fired at that place. The troops at both places were acting under General Nelson's orders, the whole belonging to his brigade.—(Doc. 103.) -WHEN the Union troops were withdrawn from the Virginia side, near Harper's Ferry, this night, the Sixteenth Indiana, occupying the most advanced and exposed position, were not aware of any withdrawal until the rest had been successfully ferried over. They lay upon the cold ground, almost frozen, with loaded muskets in their hands, every moment expecting a furious and overpowering assault from a concealed and reinforced enemy, whose numbers were known to exceed our own by many thousands; yet the only murmurs uttered by these hardy sons of the Northwest were at the orders to retire without disputing the ground inch by inch with their adversaries. Slowly and mutteringly they retired to the place of embarka tion, picking up and loading themselves down | of their falsity. He was conveyed to Fort with the knapsacks, canteens, guns, and equip- Lafayette. Capt. Shields graduated at West ments left there by others who had retired before them.-Balt. American, Oct. 30. -MR. CHARLES J. HELM, late United States Consul at Havana, arrived there in the British steamer from St. Thomas, with credentials from the Confederate Government, naming him consul for the Southern Confederation. He presented his papers, asking to be admitted as Consul, but the Captain-General would not do any thing in the matter beyond reporting the case to the Home Government. Other consuls, Point in 1841, served ten years in the regular army, and was twice brevetted for gallantry in the Mexican War.-N. Y. Times, October 28. -PRESIDENT LINCOLN suspended the writ of habeas corpus for the District of Columbia. The judges and lawyers had made themselves so troublesome by their officious interference with military affairs that this had become necessary.-N. Y. Evening Post, October 24. -THE steamer Salvor, captured whilst attempting to run the blockade into Tampa Bay, Florida, arrived at New York.-Western Virdivision of the State. The funeral of Col. Edginia almost unanimously voted in favor of a though the Madrid Government may not have granted the exequatur, are at once admitted to the free exercise of their office before that formality, but this will not be the case in the pres-ward D. Baker, who was killed at the battle of ent instance.-N. Y. Com. Advertiser, Oct. 30. -FIFTY men of the Sixth Indiana regiment, under Lieutenant Grayson, were attacked on the road near Hodgeville, Kentucky, by about double their number of rebels, whom they repulsed. Three rebels were left on the field dead, and five wounded. Three of the Union men were severely wounded, Lieutenant Grayson being of the number.-(Doc. 104.) -GENERAL FRED. W. LANDER was ordered to the command of the brigade recently commanded by Colonel Baker. Only a few hours subsequent to his assumption of the command, and while engaged in a reconnoissance, he received a musket ball in the calf of the leg. It was extracted.-N. Y. Times, Oct. 24. October 24.-Mr. Shufeldt, U. S. Consul at Havana, telegraphed to Capt. Wilkes, of the U. S. sloop San Jacinto, at Trinidad, to bring his vessel to Havana, in view of the numerous Confederate vessels finding refuge there, and remaining there unmolested to ship cargoes and return; perhaps, also, in view of the presence there of the rebel commissioners Mason and Slidell, en route for Europe.-National Intelligencer, November 1. -AN interesting correspondence between Gen. McClernand and the "Confederate " Gen. Polk, on the subject of a recent exchange of prisoners, was made public.-(Doc. 105.) --CAPT. II. L. SHIELDS, of Bennington, Vt., was arrested, charged with having carried on treasonable correspondence with the rebels. He obstinately denied the charges made against him, and promised to bring sufficient evidence Ball's Bluff, took place at Washington, D.C. The remains were deposited in the congressional burying ground.-Reports were circulated throughout the country that Gen. Banks had been killed and his army slaughtered, that Gen. Sickles' brigade had suffered a similar fate, and that the Confederates had crossed the Potomac, both above and below Washington.— Baltimore American, October 25. -This night a skirmish occurred between Gen. Ward's pickets and a scouting party of about one hundred rebels in Green County, to the southwest of Campbellsville, Kentucky. The captain of pickets unfortunately was taken prisoner, but the National forces suffered no other loss, though there were several of the rebels killed and wounded. A Tennesseean who was attached to the Federal forces killed two of them.-Louisville Journal, October 26. October 25.-General Fremont's body guard, numbering three hundred men, under command of Major Zagonyi, charged against two thousand rebels, drawn up in line of battle at their camp, near Springfield, Missouri, routed them, cleared Springfield of rebels, and retired.-(Doc. 106.) -AT Pilot Knob, Missouri, Col. Boyd, of the Twenty-fourth Missouri regiment, commandant of the post, announced the modification of the proclamation of Gen. Fremont by the President, and declared that martial law would be rigidly enforced in the counties of Jefferson, St. François, Washington, and Ironton, and that all persons taken in arms against the Government of the United States, in an irregular warfare, or who might be found to "we ought to admit, in fairness to the Amer- -THE Ulster Guard, Twentieth regiment of New York Volunteers, under the command of Col. George W. Pratt, left Kingston for the seat of war. The regiment numbers nine hundred and seventy-five men.-Idem. -GEN. FRANKLIN extended his picket lines a mile beyond Annandale, on the Little River turnpike, which leads direct to Fairfax Court House, Va.-Walter W. Smith, one of the crew of the privateer Jeff. Davis, captured on board the Enchantress, was convicted of the crime of piracy. Col. Marshall, of the Seventh Maine regiment, died in Baltimore, of typhoid fever. He had been sick two weeks. His regiment started for Washington.-N. Y. Times, Oct. 26. -THE Fifteenth Mass. regiment, in Maryland, had to-day their first parade since the battle at Ball's Bluff, on the 21st, After the parade the regiment was formed in a square and the gallant Colonel Devens made them an address. No description could produce the tender subdued fervor with which the colonel first spoke, the electric sympathy by which his men were affected, or the earnest determination with which the question was asked and answered: "Soldiers of Massachusetts, men of Worcester County, with these fearful gaps in your lines, with the recollection of the terrible struggle of Monday fresh upon your thoughts, with the knowledge of the bereaved and soul-stricken ones at home, weeping for those whom they will see no more on earth,—with that hospital before your eyes, filled with wounded and maimed comrades,-I ask you now whether you are ready again to meet the traitorous foe who are endeavoring to subvert our Government, and who are crushing under the iron heel of despotism the liberties of a part of our country? would you go next week? would you go to-morrow? would you go this moment?' One hearty "Yes!" burst from every lip. -Ax artillery duel was fought across the Potomac River, at Edwards' Ferry. Firing was kept up by rifled cannon from nine o'clock in the morning until two in the afternoon. A large number of shots were thrown from both parties. Several balls fell in a portion of Gen. -BRIGADIER-GENERAL KELLEY, with twentyBanks' encampment, killing two and wounding five hundred men, of Virginia and Ohio Voluntwo or three. A few tents were struck and in-teers, left New Creek, Virginia, at night, on an jured, rendering it prudent to move the encamp- expedition against the rebels in Romney. Nearment some distance back. Shot and shell were ly at the same time, Thomas Johns, of Second thrown rapidly into the Confederate encamp-regiment Potomac brigade, marched from the ments, doing, as is believed, serious damage. mouth of Patterson's Creek, with seven hunThe rebels were also obliged to move their quar- dred men, to favor Gen. Kelley's attack on Romters.-Cincinnati Gazette, October 30. ney, by a feint or diversion toward the north of the town.- Wheeling Intelligencer, Nov. 2. -YESTERDAY, at Charleston, S. C., Judge A. G. Magrath, in the "Confederate" court, delivered an opinion with regard to questions raised by J. L. Pettigru, Nelson Mitchell, and William Whaley, as to the constitutionality of the rebel sequestration act.-(Doc. 109.) -Ar a banquet given at Inverary, Scotland, the Duke of Argyle declared that "no more tremendous issues were ever submitted to the dread arbitrament of war, than those which are now submitted to it upon the American continent;" that it is "the absolute duty of Great Britain to remain entirely neutral;" and that October 26.-At Mill Creek, five miles from Romney, Gen. Kelley's force came upon the rebel's outposts, which they drove in, and advanced to the Indian Mound Cemetery, to the west of the town, where the rebels made a stand and opened fire with a twelve-pound rifled gun, placed in a very commanding position in the cemetery, and with a mountain howitzer from the high grounds on the east bank of the river, which point commanded our approach for a distance of over a mile. At the east end of the bridge the enemy had also hundred ladies on the ground, and the display was grand.-N. Y. Tribune, October 30. thrown up intrenchments, from which they | Maditt, Esq., and others. There were several kept up a constant fire of musketry upon the head of the column. One twelve-pounder and two six-pounders responded to the artillery on Kelley's post until the General was enabled to -PARSON BROWNLOW has been forced to suspend the publication of his paper, the Knox fully comprehend the enemy's position, when he ville (Tenn.) Whig. He gives his readers a soon gave the command to charge upon their farewell address, in which he says that he will batteries and intrenchments. The cavalry, under the lead of Capts. Keys and McGhee, he take an oath to support the Jeff. Davis Conneither give a bond to keep the peace, nor will dashed across the river, (which was fordable at this point,) while the infantry, under Cols. Ma- federacy, and he informs the authorities that he gon and De Puy, Lieut.-Col. Kelley, and Major the Grand Jury for treason, because, as he says, is ready to go to jail. He has been indicted by Swearingen, rushed over the bridge to en- he has refused to publish garbled accounts of counter the foe, at the very muzzles of his guns. skirmishes in Kentucky, and other articles, the No sooner did the rebels perceive this move-insertion of which in his sheet was insisted ment, than they immediately abandoned their upon by the rebels.—(Doc. 108.) positions, and commenced a precipitate retreat, rushing "pell-mell" through the town, and di recting their flight toward Winchester. Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D. C. Fifty -A WAGON train was established between wagons were employed in the service. This was rendered necessary by the closing of the Potomac and the great amount of freight thus thrown upon the railroad.-Baltimore American, October 26. -GENERALS FREMONT and SIGEL arrived at Springfield, Missouri, and were received with a display of National flags and every demon General Kelley captured some four hundred or five hundred prisoners, among whom was Colonel E. M. Armstrong, late a member of the Richmond Convention, two hundred horses, three wagon loads of new rifles, three cannon, a large quantity of corn, tents, and, in fact, every thing they had. The loss on the Federal side was but one man killed and five wounded. When about one and a half miles from Spring-stration of joy.-National Intelligencer, Nov. 1. field the rear of Col. Johns' column (ordered to make the feint from the north) was attacked from the heights by the enemy, severely wounding two men and detaining the column about an hour. The march was then resumed through Springfield, and on arriving within half a mile of the bridge crossing the south branch of the Potomac, Col. Johns discovered the enemy on the opposite bank, when a brisk firing commenced. An attempt to force the passage of the bridge was ineffectual, the rebels having destroyed a portion of it. Captain Shaw marched his company upon the bridge with a view to carry the position, but lost one killed and six wounded. At this time, hearing nothing further of the firing at Romney, and concluding that Gen. Kelley had carried the place, and that the object desired had been accomplished, Col. Johns withdrew his force to Oldtown, Md., after a march of twenty-five miles. (Doc. 107.) -A LARGE meeting was held at Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, by the Union men. Speeches were made by Henry Winter Davis, Edwin H. Webster, Alexander Evans, S. S. -THE Charleston Mercury, of this date, declares that the Northern army "has broken its ranks forever;" that "no trumpet will call them to battle again; " and that "however new forces may be mustered, and new generals commissioned, the decree of Manassas cannot be reversed;" that therefore Southern "independence is assured," and it accordingly gives some space to the consideration of what the relations of the new Government "with the world are to be." It describes the late prosperous and happy condition of the United States, and its present condition, and fears that Europe will not understand the South when it looks upon it as the active agent in the destruction of so much good. (Doc. 110.) -THREE companies of the Ninth Illinois regiment went to Saratoga, Ky., on the Cumberland River, and attacked a body of rebels, whom they routed, killing thirteen, taking twenty-four prisoners, and capturing fifty-two horses. They had two wounded on their side. These affairs, though not important in their results, in one sense, do nevertheless show in a clear light the spirit and bravery of the Nation |