time, Gen. Siegel made his attack upon McCul- | creek. Meeting the schooner Dana, he took loch's right, drove the rebels for half a mile from her gun and crew upon the Resolute, and plactheir position and took possession of that ex-ing the negroes in charge of two men of the tremity of their camp; but his advance was Dana, he went up the creek and captured a broken by the fire of a full regiment that he large boat capable of carrying 25 or 30 men, had permitted to approach in the belief that it but saw nothing of the rebels. was a reinforcement from Gen. Lyon. Unable to rally Salomon's regiment, he was driven back with the loss of five guns. About noon, the enemy's tents and his whole baggage train were destroyed by fire, supposed to have been his own act. The fight still continued in front, and the last advance of the enemy, made at one P. M., was driven back by the whole national force in the field. Immediately after, Major Sturgis ordered a movement toward Spring field, and the whole force fell back in good order. McCulloch made no pursuit. national loss was 800 in killed and wounded. Though the rebel loss is not known, it is thought

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to have been very large, as the national artillery fire was remarkably accurate.-(Doc. 175.)

-THE Spanish Minister announced to the

Secretary of State at Washington, that the seven American vessels captured by the pirate Sumter and carried into Cienfuegos, had been discharged by order of the Spanish Government. Washington Republican, August 11.

-TO-DAY Lieutenant Budd, commanding the steamer Resolute, cleared out one of the rebel depots on the Potomac. It has been known for some time that the Herring Creek on the Maryland side, and Machodock Creek opposite on the Virginia side, were the depot for Maryland recruits to the rebel army in Virginia. The Resolute having approached within 300 yards of the shore of the creek, was fired on with musketry. A boat was immediately lowered, and Lieut. Budd with twelve men landed. The rebels fled at their approach and were pursued for a mile, but made their escape. Two muskets and a knapsack which they threw away in flight were picked up. Upon returning to the house abundant evidence that it had been a rebel rendezvous, and papers containing important information, were found. The buildings were destroyed, and ten contrabands found on the premises were brought away.

—THE prize schooner Geo. V. Baker, of Galveston, and her confederate crew of four men in irons, were carried under the guns of Fortress Monroe. The schooner was captured by one of the United States blockading fleet off Galveston, Texas, and sent to New York with the United States crew on board. She was captured yesterday off Cape Hatteras by the rebel privateer York, who put four of her own men on board. Meanwhile the York was seen by the United States gunboat Union, who gave chase and burnt the privateer, but not until the crew had beached her and escaped. The Union then recaptured the Baker, and her crew.

-ISIAM G. HARRIS issued an order to the clerks of the county courts of Tennessee, re

questing them to search the residences of the ward such arms to the military authorities at people for arms of every description, and to forNashville, Memphis, or Knoxville.—(Doc. 1753.)

-BETWEEN the hours of six and seven this

evening eighty mounted men, led by Capt. White and a refugee named Talbot, attacked a smaller number of Home Guards at Potosi, Missouri, and were repulsed with a loss of two killed and three wounded. One man of the Home Guards was killed.—St. Louis Democrat, August 12.

-PROF. LA MOUNTAIN made two successful balloon ascensions at Fortress Monroe, having attained an altitude of three thousand feet. He found the encampment of the Confederate forces to be about three miles beyond Newmarket Bridge, Va. There were no traces of the rebels near Hampton. A considerable force is also encamped on the east side of James River, some eight miles above Newport News. The two cannon mounted at Sewall's Point toward Old Point, he thinks, are only large fieldpieces. There are, perhaps, one thousand Confederates at Sewall's Point.-N. Y. Times, August 13.

After leaving the creek, Licut. Budd learned from the negroes that there were 800 of the rebels concentrated at the Hague, about five miles back from the river, and that their ferryboat was about three-quarters of a mile up the l els.”—(Doc. 176.)

-THE Western Virginia State Convention, in a series of resolutions, declared itself "unalterably opposed to any compromise with the reb

amount of rations to his troops every day, and threatening, if the order was not promptly obeyed, to billet the regiment upon the city of Palmyra.-(Doc. 177.)

-THE Helena (Arkansas) Shield, of this day, | to the county authorities of Marion County, Mo., contains the following:-From the Hon. C. W. requiring the delivery by them of a stated Adams of this county, who arrived at home a few days since from the northern part of this State, we learn that on last Monday week thirteen hundred Indian warriors-Southern allies -crossed the Arkansas River near Fort Smith, en route for McCulloch's camp. These Indians are armed with rifle, butcher knife, and tomahawk, and had their faces painted, one half red, and the other black. We also learn that a regiment of mounted Texans likewise crossed the Arkansas at or near Fort Smith, for the same destination.

August 11.-The Hagerstown Herald of today says: The Union men of the border counties in Virginia continue to seck refuge in Maryland from the frightful tyranny which the rebels are practising in that State. Within the last week upward of fifty have crossed the river from Berkeley and Morgan counties, leaving behind them their families and homes, to avoid being pressed into the service. One of the number brought with him the following notice, which he took from a blacksmith's shop in Morgan County:

August 12.-Charles J. Faulkner, late U. S. Minister to France, was arrested in Washington by the Provost Marshal. The order for his arrest was issued from the War Department. A heavy detachment of infantry accompanied the Marshal to guard against any disturbance that the arrest might prompt. Mr. Faulkner acknowledged the authority, and signified his readiness to accompany the officer. He was taken to the jail, where the other prisoners of war are confined. Mr. Faulkner occupies a lower floor of the jail, and has a ward adjoining that of Dr. Fleming, of Virginia, who is also a prisoner and a man of wealth and influence. When first arrested, he was somewhat excited, but he shortly recovered himself, and during the afternoon conversed freely with one of the officers on the condition of France. When asked how the rebellion was regarded there, he answered, "France, sir, deeply regrets it." He also stated that he had his passes all ready, and intended to leave for his home in Virginia today. In his conversation he carefully avoids expressing any opinion as to the political con

the arrest is based, are his successful efforts to procure arms in Europe for the use of the rebels, and the fact that he was going home to assume command of a regiment of rebels who had elected him colonel.-N. Y. Times, August 13.

All the militia belonging to the Eighty-ninth Regiment V. M., are ordered to meet at Oakland, on Monday next, as early as they can, in order to march to head-quarters, Winchester, forthwith-and I would make a friendly re-dition of the country. The charges upon which quest of those men that failed to go before, for them to turn out now like true-hearted Virginians, and what they have done will be looked over, but if they do not regard this call they will work their own ruin.-They can never be citizens of Virginia, and their property will be confiscated. The General will send a troop of horse to Morgan as soon as we leave, and all those men that fail to do their duty will be hunted up, and what the consequence will be I am unable to say. SAMUEL JOHNSTON, July 24, 1861.

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Col. 89th Regiment V. M.

This is the condition of affairs to which the citizens of Maryland are invited by their legislators and the sympathizers with secession.

-EARLY this morning, Gen. Siegel, in command of the force lately under Gen. Lyon at Wilson's Creek, fell back to Springfield in good order, and subsequently to Rolla, Mo.-N. Y. Times, August 15.

-GENERAL HURLBURT, in command of the national forces at Palmyra, Mo., issued an order

-ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, in accordance with a resolution of Congress, issued a proclamation, appointing a day of public fasting and prayer, to be observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnities and the offering of fervent supplications to Almighty God for the safety and welfare of the country, His blessings on the national arms, and a speedy restoration of peace.-(Doc. 178.)

-AT one o'clock this afternoon, the office of the Democrat, a secession sheet published at Bangor, Me., was visited by a large number of people. During an alarm of fire, a crowd entered the office, cleared it of every thing it contained, and burned the contents in the street. Mr. Emery, the editor of the paper, escaped un

harmed. A man who made some demonstra- | day rejoices over the contemplated expulsion of

tions in opposition to the acts of the mob, was badly used, but was finally rescued and put in jail.

-JUDGE CATRON, of the United States Supreme Court, was expelled from Nashville, Tenn., by a Vigilance Committee, for his refusal to resign his office under the United States Government.-Baltimore American, August 14. -GEN. Wool was ordered to the command of the Southeastern District of Virginia, headquarters at Fortress Monroe.-The Eleventh Regiment of New York Volunteers (First Fire Zouaves) left Washington for New York.-Troy Times, August 13.

all citizens of the United States "from the Confederated States." The law, it states, is, and the fact is confirmed from other sources, that all owning citizenship to the Federal Government are to be banished from the Confederated States. The Delta says:

"We cannot afford to tolerate enemies in our midst, because, forsooth, they may have the distheir hands. The man of Massachusetts, or the cretion to keep silent and to bear no arms in man of Kentucky, living, and perhaps thriving in our midst, has no business at this time to be to exist that he is not also cordially with us." among us, if he allows a reasonable suspicion

—A SEVERE Skirmish took place a few miles —TWENTY-TWO released prisoners of war ar- from Grafton, Va., on the Fairmount and Webrived at Fortress Monroe from Norfolk, Va., unster road. Information having been received der a flag of truce. They comprise the following that a regularly organized body of rebels, living persons:-Surgeons, Edward T. Taylor, First in the county, were lodged within a few miles New Jersey; Jacob A. Stewart, First Minnesota; of Webster, General Kelly sent Captain DayEugene Peugnet, Seventy-first New York; Fos-ton, of Company A, Fourth Virginia Regiment, ter Swift, Eighth New York; S. C. Thunkins, with fifty men, from Webster to disarm them. Fourth Maine; B. F. Buckstone, Fifth Maine; After scouting nearly twenty-four hours he came Wm. H. Allen, Second Maine; Jas. M. Lewis, suddenly on them, and after an hour's severe Second Wisconsin; Gustavus Winston, New fighting, succeeded in killing twenty-one and York Eighth; Chas. DeGraw, do.; Norputting, the others to flight, without loss to val, Seventy-ninth New York. These surgeons his command. The rebels numbered 200, and remained at Sudley Church and the stone buildwere composed of the worst characters of the ing after the battle, attending the wounded, county, led on by Zack Cochrane, sheriff under and were taken prisoners. They remained, Gov. Letcher.-Ohio Statesman, August 16. some at Bull Run and others at Manassas Junction, attending upon the wounded for two weeks after the battle, and then were sent to Richmond. Finally they were released on parole and sent within the national lines, vía Norfolk. They have been courteously and kindly treated by the military authorities of the "Confederate" States, and give the most unqualified denial to all stories of the killing or ill-treatment of the wounded. Mrs. Curtis, of New York, who went out a day or two after the battle and was taken prisoner, is also released.—(Doc. 179.)

-BEN. MOCULLOCH, in a general order, congratulated "the army under his command" upon the victory at Wilson's Creek, and hoped that "the laurels they had gained" would "not be tarnished by a single outrage." He also issued a proclamation to the people of Missouri, calling upon them to act either for the North or the South.-(Doc. 180.)

-THE banks of New York, Philadelphia, and ernment loan, they to be the sole recipients of Boston agreed to take fifty millions of the Govthe Treasury notes.

Davis were chosen a committee by the Boston
William Gray, Franklin Haven, and J. Amory

bank directors to confer with the committees

of the New York and Philadelphia banks in regard to the Government loan. The meeting adopted the following instructions to the Com

mittee:

"That the Committee be authorized to say to the gentlemen of the Committees from the New York and Philadelphia banks, that, in the judg ment of the gentlemen here assembled, the banks and bankers of Boston and of the State of Massachusetts and its people are prepared, ready, willing, and determined to do all in their power, in view of their duty to themseives, their trusts and their country, to aid it in suppressing the present rebellion by furnishAugust 13.-The New Orleans Delta of to- ing men and money to the utmost extent of VOL. II. DIARY 5

formally and positively, in the presence of the | volley was fired by the enemy as they moved regiment, refused to do any further duty whatever, alleging that they were not legally in the service of the United States, were, with the approval of the General-in-Chief, transferred, in arrest, from the regiment, as no longer worthy to serve with it, to be sent to the Dry Tortugas, in the Gulf of Mexico, there to perform such fatigue service as the officers commanding might assign them, until they should by their future conduct show themselves worthy to bear arms.-Army Orders.

-THE Twenty-third Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, under the command of Col. Sanderson, left the camp near New Albany, for Indianapolis, and thence for the seat of war in Missouri.-Louisville Journal, August 16.

calls

-GOVERNOR BUCKINGHAM, of Connecticut, upon "the loyal and patriotic citizens of that State to organize in companies for four regiments of infantry.”—(Doc. 187.) ·

-UPON the refusal of Colonel Burke, the

their position, or as soon as they had time to reload. The Resolute was about seven hundred yards from the shore, and fired in the midst of the rebels one shot of canister and nine of shrapnell. The scene on board the small boat is described as heart-sickening-the dead lying outstretched in it, covered with their own blood. The boat was towed a short distance from the shore by one of the crew named Sanderson, who quietly slipped into the water for that purpose, and thus concealed himself from the enemy. The other uninjured man lay in the boat, horrified by the scene through which he had just passed, while the wounded man helped Sanderson to row the boat toward the Reliance, from which assistance was immediately rendered.-(Doc. 188.)

August 16.-Colonel Hecker, with his regiment, surprised a body of rebels, four hundred strong, near Fredericktown, Mo., early this morning. He captured all their camp equipage, and his men ate the breakfast which had just been prepared by the rebels. Twelve prisoners were also taken.-General Prentiss took command of all the forces at Ironton, Mo.-N. Y. World, August 20.

-A NEW battery, erected by the rebels at a point a mile or two below Aquia Creek, Va., open

officer in command at Fort Lafayette in New York harbor, to produce his prisoners in court in response to a writ of habeas corpus, Judge Garrison of Kings Co., N. Y., who issued the writ, made formal application to General Duryea of the militia in Brooklyn to ascertain what force could be obtained by the county to execute the writ. General Duryea informed the sheriffed fire on the steamer Pocahontas, but inflicted that about fourteen hundred men could be raised, but that the county was in possession of no artillery sufficiently powerful to make an impression on the works, and that it would require between five and ten thousand men to take them.-N. Y. Evening Post, August 15.

-THIS afternoon the steamer Resolute was or

dered from Aquia Creek to Matthias Point, Va., for the purpose of reconnoitring. Seeing a bateau filled with barrels on shore just below the point, a boat was sent from the Resolute with six men, to bring off the bateau. No sooner had the boat touched the beach than a volley of musket balls was opened upon them from a secession force concealed in the woods, killing three of the men instantly, namely John James Fuller, of Brooklyn, master's mate, who, it was subsequently ascertained, was pierced by ten balls; George Seymour, captain of the gun, of New York, by seven, and Thomas Tully, of Boston, by two balls. Earnest Walter, a native of England, was wounded in the head. Another

no damage. This is the fourth battery which has been erected at that point. Officers report that, unless the Government takes immediate action to expel the rebels from these positions on the bank of the river, navigation will be completely closed. The enemy's batteries already command a large part of the Potomac.-Louisville Journal, August 19.

-IN the United States Circuit Court, sitting in the city of New York, the Grand Jury brought in a presentment against the Journal of Commerce, Daily News, Day Book, Freeman's Journal, and Brooklyn Eagle, as aiders and abettors of treason, and recommended that the Court, in its judicial capacity, take cognizance of them. The Judge said he would turn over the presentment to Judge Wilson, at the October term.-(Doc. 189.)

-A SERIOUS affray occurred at Saybrook, Conn., this afternoon. A number of prominent secessionists of the State had called a "peace meeting," to commence at three o'clock,