-Brigadier-GENERAL GRAHAM, by direction succeeded in routing the enemy, and captured of Major-General Butler, went with three armed twenty-three men with their horses and equiptransports and a competent force, to the Penin-ments. They also destroyed from one hundred sula, made a landing on the James River, seven and fifty thousand to two hundred thousand miles below Fort Powhatan-known as the Brandon Farms, and captured twenty-two of the enemy, seven of the signal corps, and brought away ninety-nine negroes.

They also destroyed twenty-four thousand pounds of pork and large quantities of oats and corn, and captured a sloop and schooner, and two hundred and forty boxes of tobacco, and five Jews preparing to run the blockade, and returned without the loss of a man.-Gen. Butler's Despatch.-(Doc. 57.)

pounds of pork, seventy bushels of salt, ten thousand barrels of tobacco, thirty-two barrels of beef, and captured a number of mules, horses, and other material.-Gen. Butler's Despatch.

-FOURTEEN men belonging to the Eightieth Indiana regiment, were captured, and two wounded, by a squad of rebel cavalry, within seven miles of Knoxville, Tenn., on the Tazewell road. The men were on a foraging expedition, and were picked up before they had any chance of offering much resistance.

-CORINTH, Miss., was evacuated by the National forces, and every thing of value in that January 27.-A party of rebel guerrillas made section was transported to Memphis, Tenn.-THE an attack on the Orange and Alexandria Railbombardment of Charleston, South-Carolina, conroad at Cameron, and after firing upon a train, fled. They were pursued by a squad of cavtinued. The Courier, published in that city, said: “This is the one hundred and ninety-fourth alry under the command of Lieutenant Jackday of the siege. The damage being done is ex-son, and one of their number captured.—THE traordinarily small in comparison with the num ber of shots and weight of metal fired, and that creates general astonishment. The whizzing of shells overhead has become a matter of so little interest as to excite scarcely any attention from passers-by. We have heard of no casualties. Some of the shells have exploded, and pieces of the contents been picked up, which, on examination, have been found to be a number of small square slugs, held together by a composition of sulphur, and designed to scatter at the time of explosion."

National cavalry under General Sturgis achieved a victory over the enemy's cavalry near Fair Gardens, about ten miles east of Sevierville, Tenn. General McCook's division drove the enemy back about two miles, after a stubborn fight, lasting from daylight to four P.M., at which time the division charged with the sabre and a yell, and routed the enemy from the field, capturing two steel rifled guns and over one hundred prisoners. The enemy's loss was considerable, sixty-five of them being killed or wounded in the charge.

Generals Garrard and Wolford's divisions came up, after a forced march, in time to be pushed in

-THE following special order was issued by pursuit, although their horses were jaded.— Gen.

General Butler, at Fortress Monroe: "That Mrs. Jennie Graves, of Norfolk, having a husband in the rebel States, and having taken the oath of allegiance on the second instant, as she says, to save her property; and also having declared her sympathies are with the South still, and that she hopes they will be successful, be sent through the lines and landed at City Point, so that she may be where her hopes and sympathies are." -MAJOR BURROUGHS, the guerrilla chief, was shot by the guard at Fortress Monroe, Va., while attempting to escape from the pest-house where he was under treatment for the small-pox.— HOSPITAL buildings at Camp Winder, near Richmond, Va., were destroyed by fire.

Rawlins's Report.

-GENERAL PALMER, with General Davis's division, moved toward Tunnel Hill, Georgia, on a reconnoissance. The Twenty-eighth Kentucky and the Fourth Michigan drove in the rebel advance pickets and captured a company of rebel cavalry. The rebels retreated from Tunnel Hill during the night. They lost thirty-two killed and wounded. The Union casualties were two wounded. The object of the reconnoissance was ef fected.

-THE following report was sent by General Thomas, from his headquarters at Chattanooga, to the National war department: "Colonel Boone, January 26.-General Palmer sent an expedi- with a force of four hundred and fifty men, Twention to capture a force of rebel cavalry in Jones ty-eighth Kentucky mounted infantry, and Fourth and Onslow counties, North-Carolina. They Michigan cavalry, left Rossville January twenty

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first, moved through McLamore's caves, crossed You are hereby notified to be at the railroad déLookout Mountain into Brownton Valley; thence pôt in time for the morning train, on Saturday across Taylor's Ridge to eight miles beyond Deer- next, with all your family, prepared to leave pertown, toward Ashton, attacked camp of home manently. As baggage, you will be permitted to guards, Colonel Culbertson, commanding, routed take your wearing apparel and the necessary blanthem, destroying camp, considerable number of kets. You can also take three or four days' proarms, and other property, and retired to camp visions with you."--THE steamer Freestone, while without any casualties in his force. Friday, twen- at Carson's Landing, on the Mississippi, fifteen ty-second January, sent flag of truce under Colo- miles above the White River, was attacked by nel Burke, with Ohio infantry, with rebel surgeons guerrillas, who were driven off without inflicting and a proposition to exchange our wounded at any serious damage on the boat. Atlanta for rebel wounded here.

-IN the rebel Congress, Mr. Miles, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back the following joint resolutions of thanks to General Beauregard and the officers and men of his command, which were unanimously adopted:

'A despatch from Colonel H. B. Miller, Seventy second Indiana, commanding division, Bluewater, twenty-sixth, via Pulaski, twenty-seventh, says Johnston's brigade of Roddy's command crossed Tennessee River at Bainbridge, three Resolved, That the thanks of Congress are emimiles, and Newport ferry, six miles below Florence, intending to make a junction with a brigade of nently due, and are hereby cordially tendered, to infantry who were expected to cross the river at General G. T. Beauregard and the officers and men Laub's and Brown's ferry, thence proceed to Ath- of his command, for their gallantry and successens and capture our forces; then we engaged them ful defence of the city of Charleston, S. C.—a denear Florence; routed them, killing fifteen, wound-fence which, for the skill, heroism, and tenacity ing quite a number, and taking them prisoners, displayed by the defenders during an attack scarceamong them three commissioned officers. Our ly paralleled in warfare, whether we consider the loss, ten wounded."

-LIEUTENANT A. L. CADY, of the Twenty-fourth New-York battery, proceeded with his command to Tyrrel County, North-Carolina, and captured five men who had been engaged in a number of robberies and murders; also, two rebel officers, and returned to headquarters with one thousand sheep.

persistent efforts of the enemy, or his boundless resources in the most improved and formidable artillery and the most powerful engines of war hitherto known, is justly entitled to be pronounced

"glorious" by impartial history and an admiring

country.

Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate the foregoing resolutions to General Beauregard and the officers and men of his command.

-A PARTY of rebel cavalry made a dash on the lines of Colonel Chapin's brigade, on guard-duty five miles above Knoxville, Tenn., on the Scott's January 28.--THE National forces under the Mill road. Their pickets being captured, the command of Colonel Phillips drove the rebel Gencamps of the Thirteenth Kentucky and Twenty-eral Roddy to the south side of the Tennessee third Michigan were completely surprised, and five men of the former and seven of the latter were taken prisoners, one being mortally wounded. Immediately on being advised of the attack on these two regiments, Colonel Chapin sent the One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio and One Hundred and Seventh Illinois to their relief, and the rebels were put to flight, leaving in their track a number of blankets and small-arms.

-BRIGADIER-GENERAL CARTER, Provost-Marshal General at Knoxville, Tenn., sent the following letter to Rev. W. A. Harrison: "On account of your persistent disloyalty to the Government of the United States, it has been decided to send you and your family South, within the rebel lines.

River and captured all his trains, consisting of over twenty mule teams, two hundred head of cattle, six hundred head of sheep, and about one hundred head of horses and mules, and destroyed a factory and mill which had largely supplied the Southern armies.-General Dodge's Report.

THIS morning, two forage-wagons and some men of the Eighty-first Ohio, near Sam's Mills, a distance of about nine miles from Pulaski, Tenn., were captured by a party of rebels. The wagons were going for forage with a small guard, and when they reached a brick church on the Shelbyville pike, two or three miles from the mills, they were attacked by thirty confederate cavalry, and captured. The two wagons were burned, the mules,

January 29.-Last night a train of about eighty wagons was sent out from New-Creek, heavily -THE Twenty-first Missouri regiment, in comladen with commissary stores for the garrison at mand of Major Moore, left Memphis yesterday, on Petersburgh, West-Virginia, and accompanying board the steamer Sir William Wallace, and tothe train was an escort of about eight hundred day, while passing the foot of Islands Nos. 70 men, being detachments from the Twenty-third and 71, the boat was fired upon from the MissisIllinois, (Irish brigade,) Fourth Virginia cavalry, sippi shore by a large party of guerrillas, who were Second Maryland, First and Fourteenth Virginia | lying in ambush at a place where boats had to infantry, and one hundred of the Ringgold Caval-run close to shore. There were from fifty to one ry battalion, the whole under command of Colo-hundred shots fired in the space of about ten minel J. W. Snyder. nutes, resulting in killing one man and wounding six others.

Nothing unusual occurred until the train got about three miles south of Williamsport to-day, -LAST night Colonel Thoburn, in command of when it was suddenly set upon at different points the National garrison at Petersburgh, West-Virby open and concealed forces of the rebels. Al-ginia, evacuated that post in consequence of re

based firmly on the grandeur of our position, and on the true principle of humanity and progress to universal freedom, secured by just laws."

ceiving information that the enemy in large force be directed to the problem of assuring our future, would attack him in the morning. The enemy did attack Petersburgh this morning with artillery. They made regular approaches, and finally charged, but found no opposing force. Colonel Thoburn was within hearing with his retreating

column.

January 31.-Warsaw, N. C., was destroyed by fire.-GOVERNOR R. H. GAMBLE died at St. Louis, Missouri.

February 1.-President Lincoln issued an order for a draft of five hundred thousand men, to serve three years or during the war.-(Doc. 72.) -A FIGHT took place late this afternoon in the New-Creek Valley, Va., between an advancing

-A PARTY of seven men belonging to the steamer Southwester were sent ashore at Bolivar Landing, Tenn., on a foraging expedition, taking with them nine mules and horses and wagons. They had scarcely got out of sight when they were set upon and surrounded by nine guerrillas, who leap-column of the enemy's troops and one column of ed from the bushes with shouts to surrender. This they did. The animals were cut from the wagons, and the prisoners ordered to mount, when they were taken to the interior.

Nationals. After a sharp engagement the rebels were repulsed and driven back over two miles.A FIGHT took place at Bachelor's Creek, N. C., between a large force of rebels under the command of Generals Pickett and Hoke, and the Un

in the retreat of the latter with considerable loss in men and material.—(Doc. 69.)

January 30.-This morning a reconnoitring force that had been sent out from Colonel Camp-ion forces under General J. W. Palmer, resulting bell's command, returned to headquarters of his department of West-Virginia, after having gone to Romney. There they divided into three columns, one going out on the Winchester road thirty miles, the other down the Grassy Lick road to the vicinity of Wardensville, and the third on the old Moorfield road. None of these columns met with serious opposition on their advance. The information which they gained proved to be of high importance.-A PARTY of Southern sympathizers were banished from Knoxville, Tenn.

-MAJOR GENERAL ROSECRANS, at his headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., issued the following address: "In relieving General Schofield, who, in assuming the arduous duties connected with this command, relinquished high prospects of a brilliant career as commander of Thomas's old division in the then opening campaign of the army of the Cumberland, I tender him my compliments for the admirable order in which I have found the official business and archives of this department, and my best wishes, as well as hopes, that in this new field of duty he may reap that success which his solid merits, good sense, and honest devotion to his duty and his country so well deserve.

—THE blockade-running steamer Wild Dayrell was chased ashore and burned, near Stump Inlet, N. C., by the National gunboat Sassacus, under the command of Lieutenant Commander F. A. Roe.-Admiral Lee's Report.

February 2.-The United States steamer Underwriter, lying at anchor in the Neuse River, N. C., was surprised and destroyed by a party of rebels, who belonged to the forces on the expedition against Newbern.-Admiral Lee's Report.

-ONE hundred and twenty-nine deserters from the rebel army under the command of General Johnston, who had effected their escape during his late movement, entered the provost-marshal's office at Chattanooga, and took the oath of allegiance to the United States.-This morning eleven prisoners and ten horses, belonging principally to the Sixth Virginia cavalry, were captured near Blue Ridge, in the vicinity of Thornton's Gap, Va.-THE British steamer Presto, in attempting to run into Charleston Harbor, ran ashore off Sullivan's Island, where she was destroyed by

the National fleet.

February 3.-Major-General W. T. Sherman, with the Sixteenth army corps, under the command of Major-General Hurlbut, and the Seventeenth army corps, commanded by General McPherson, left Vicksburgh upon an expedition through Mississippi.-(Doc. 122.)

"While commanding here, I sincerely trust I shall receive the honest, firm, and united support of all true National and Union men of this department, without regard to politics, creed, or party, in my endeavors to maintain law and reestablish peace and secure prosperity throughout its limits. The past should be remembered only -THE guard of one company of infantry posted for the lessons it teaches, while our energies should at Patterson Creek Bridge, eight miles east of

five wounded. A detachment of the Forty-ninth Ohio were sent to bring in the prisoners.

-DAY before yesterday a scouting-party sent out from Cape Girardeau, Mo., by Colonel J. B. Rogers, under command of Captain Shelby, Second regiment of cavalry, M. S. M., attacked a large band of guerrillas under the noted chief, John F. Bolin, killed seven, and captured eight men, thirteen horses, and fifteen wagons loaded with corn. Bolin was captured and confined in the guard-house at that post.

Cumberland, Va., was attacked at half-past one P.M. yesterday, by five hundred rebel cavalry, under General Rosser, and after a spirited resistance, in which two were killed and ten wounded, the greater part of the company were captured. This accomplished, the rebels set fire to the bridge, and leaving it to destruction, started off with their prisoners in the direction of Romney. The employés of the railroad succeeded in staying the fire, and saved the bridge, with only slight damage. General Averill, with his command of nearly two thouAt a late hour to-night he was forcibly taken sand cavalry, and who had been sent out from by the enraged soldiers and citizens from the Martinsburgh by General Kelley, this morning custody of the guard, and hung. No intimation overtook the rebels near Springfield, and a of the act reached the officers until the deed was severe engagement ensued. The rebels were perpetrated. The officers did all in their power driven through Springfield, and thence to and to suppress the violation of the law, but to no south of Burlington. Many of the rebels were avail. Bolin made the following confession bekilled and wounded, and the Union captures fore his execution: were large, including the recovery of the men "I was at Round Pond; there were eight men yesterday taken at Patterson's Creek, and many killed; two by Nathan Bolin and one by John horses. The enemy retreated rapidly to the Wright. They were killed with handspikes. I back country, hotly pursued by the cavalry.- emptied one revolver. At Round Point I shot A FIGHT took place at Sartatia, Miss., between one man; at Dallas I wounded another. I capa body of rebels numbering about three thou- tured eight men on Hickory Ridge; I told them sand, under General Ross, and the National gun-I was going to shoot them, but their soldiers reboats, on an expedition up the Yazoo River to captured them before I could do so. I have killed cooperate with General Sherman.-(Docs. 122 six or seven men; I killed my cousin; I ordered and 124.) him to halt-he would not, and I shot him down."

February 4.-The British steamer Nutfield, from Bermuda to Wilmington, N. C., was chased ashore and destroyed near New-River Inlet, N. C., by the National war steamer Sassacus.Admiral Lee's Report.

-GOVERNOR YATES, of Illinois, issued a proclamation, saying that that State, under every call, had exceeded her quota, and was not, on the first of January or at any other time, subject to a draft.

February 5.-The Fourteenth Illinois cavalry, -DAY before yesterday, an expedition, uncommanded by Major Davis, which had been out on an expedition from Knoxville, Tenn., report- der command of Colonel Jourdan, left Newport, ed at headquarters, after having performed one N. C., for the White River, for the purpose of of the most daring raids of the war. Evading making a reconnoissance. The command was the enemy's cavalry, the force dashed round into made up of Vermont and New-York troops, and Jackson County, North-Carolina, surprised the a part of the Second North-Carolina regiment, who rendered efficient service as guides. Last camp of Thomas's celebrated Indian Legion, capturing fifty of those outlaws-among whom were evening they came upon a body of cavalry about three lieutenants and an Indian doctor-besides five miles from Young's Cross-Roads, and capkilling and wounding a large number. Thomas, tured the entire party, numbering twenty-eight himself, with a remnant of his band escaped. men and thirty horses, with their arms and Before the war he was the United States agent equipments. A quantity of corn was also eapfor the Cherokees of East-Tennessee and North- tured and brought in. The command returned Carolina, a position which gave him great influ- to Newport this day, without losing a man. ence with the savages.

-THE steamer Emma was fired into at a point The Union loss in the fight was three killed-fifteen miles below Helena, Ark., with cannon and among whom was Lieutenant Capran, son of the musketry. The shells were filled with Greek colonel who first commanded the regiment-and fire, three of which exploded in various parts of