rebel cavalry, who were driven out; a column of ing Lieutenant Newby, and burning the entire rebel infantry advanced to retake it, but were dispersed by the fire of the National artillery. General Pleasanton pursued the rebels several miles beyond Union, and at three o'clock in the afternoon succeeded in exploding one of their caissons and capturing ten of their wounded.General McClellan's Despatch. -AN expedition under Colonel Dewey to Pittman's Ferry, Current River, Mo., in pursuit of a band of guerrillas infesting that locality, this day returned to camp at Patterson, Wayne County, Mo., having captured thirteen rebels and made a march of one hundred and sixty miles in eight days. (Doc. 23.) train of thirteen wagons. Three or four hours thereafter, the rebels were overtaken by detachments of the Fifth and Sixth regiments, Missouri cavalry, under the command of Colonel Catherwood, and utterly routed. They were pursued for twenty-five or thirty miles with great loss. The Unionists did not lose a man. -Missouri Democrat. -THE steamer Darlington, with a company of colored troops on board, under the command of Colonel O. T. Beard, proceeded up Bell River, Florida, drove in the rebel pickets below Cooper's, destroyed their place of rendezvous, then destroyed the salt-works, and all the salt, corn, -Ax engagement occurred near Williamston, wagons, and horses which could not be taken N. C., between four companies of the Twentieth away. Thence proceeded to Jolly River and deregiment of North-Carolina rebels, under the com-stroyed two salt-works, with a large amount of mand of Colonel Burgwyn, and a party of National salt and corn. Thence went to Saint Mary's, and troops.-Richmond Despatch, November 7. brought off two families of contrabands, after -COLONEL LEE, of Hamilton's National cavalry, driving in the rebel pickets. retured to Grand Junction, Miss., after a three days' reconnoissance in the direction of Ripley and ten miles south. Ripley was captured and held twenty-four hours, as was also the town of Orizaba. Lieutenant-Colonel Hovis and the Sur-Captain Flint drove the rebels two or three miles, geon of Faulkner's rebel rangers were captured, together with a captain, two lieutenants, and sixty men. Faulkner himself effected his escape, with the loss of four men.-The British schooner Path finder was captured by the gunboat Penobscot, off Shallot Inlet, N. C.-The ship Levi Starbuck, in latitude 35o, 30', longitude 66°, was captured and burned by the rebel privateer Alabama. November 3.- A fight took place in Bayou Teche, fourteen miles from Brashear City, La., between five Union gunboats and a large rebel force, supported by the rebel gunboat Cotten, resulting in a retreat of the rebels and the escape of the gunboat.-(Doc. 27.) -CAPTAIN FLINT, of the First Vermont cavalry, with eighty men of his company, doing picketduty in the vicinity of New-Baltimore, Va., was attacked by one hundred and fifty rebel cavalry. and then returned to his post.-Piedmont, Va., was occupied by the National cavalry under Generals Pleasanton and Averill. November 4.-Francis Arnold, General Sigel's cook, and five others, were arrested to-day in the vicinity of Fairfax Court-House, Virginia, for smuggling contraband of war through the lines to the rebels. A quantity of goods in their possession, consisting of swords, shoulder-straps, gold lace, etc., were seized, and the men were sent to the old Capitol Prison at Washington. -THE Union pickets near Bolivar Heights, Virginia, were attacked to-day by a party of rebel cavalry, and three of their number were captured.-New-York Evening Post. —TAMPA, Florida, was bombarded by the National forces.-Major Reid Sanders, of the rebel -GENERAL GRANT, with several divisions of army, was captured in the Chesapeake this morn-his army from Bolivar, Tennessee, and Corinth, ing by Captain Dungan of the gunboat Hercules, while endeavoring to embark for Europe. Mississippi, occupied La Grange, Mississippi, this night.-New-York Herald. -A FORCE of rebel guerrillas, numbering about -THE English bark Sophia, while attempting three hundred men, under Quantrel, attacked to run the blockade of Wilmington, North-Caronear Harrisonville, Mo., a wagon train, with an lina, was destroyed by the National steamers escort of twenty-two men of the Sixth Missouri Daylight and Mount Vernon.-Com. Scott's Recavalry, under the command of Lieutenant New-port. by, killing eight of the escort, six teamsters, THE United States expeditionary steamer wounding four, and taking five prisoners, includ- Darlington, with a small force of colored troops |