conscience commanding the cavalry division in the urigade against the shedding of blood."-Colonel T. W. of General J. W. Davidson, made a descent on Higginson, of the First South-Carolina colored Batesville, Ark., driving the rebels under Marregiment, made a full and explicit official report maduke out of the town, killing and wounding

quartered as follows: Fifteen at the house of of the successful operations of his forces in Mrs. McCall, fifteen at the house of Dr. Buchanan, Georgia and Florida.-See Supplement. and fifteen at the house of Mr. Sandy Carter, all on Cherry street, immediately below Church street;" each family to be held responsible for the safe delivery of the confederate soldiers thus assigned, on the penalty of the forfeiture of their property and personal liberty.-General Mitchell's Order.

-THE second attack on Fort McAllister at Genesis Point, Ga., was made this day, resulting in the retirement of the National fleet without any material damage to the rebels, except killing Major John B. Gallie, the commander of the rebel forces. The National iron-clad Montauk, under the command of Commander J. L. Worden, occupied the advance position in the engagement and received sixty-one shots, retiring without a man injured.

—FRANKLIN, Tenn., was this day occupied by

the National forces, under the command of Colonel Robert Johnson. The rebel General Forrest and staff narrowly escaped, while one of his captains and two men were captured. The Nationals lost one man killed.—The Legislature of NorthCarolina adopted a series of resolutions, vindicating the loyalty of the State to the rebel government, and protesting against any settlement of the struggle which "would not secure the entire independence of the confederate States of America."—A. D. Boileau was released from Fort McHenry, Md.

-TO-NIGHT an attack was made on Island No.

Ten by a large body of rebels, composed of cavalry, infantry, and artillery. They had crossed the

-COLONEL STOKES's regiment of loyal Tennes see cavalry and one of Kentucky volunteers, dashed upon a rebel camp at Middleton, Tennessee, and by a brilliant sabre charge succeeded in surprising the enemy and capturing his camp equipage, horses, wagons, stores, and over one hundred prisoners. Among the latter were the noted Major Douglass and all the officers of his battalion.-Colonel Percy Wyndham, with a detachment from the Fifth and First Virginia cavalry, surprised Warrenton, Va., and sent strong patrols to the Rappahannock, at Sulphur Springs and Waterloo.-A debate on the free navigation of the Mississippi River, was held to-day, in the rebel Congress at Richmond.

February 3.-A fight took place at Mingo Swamp, Missouri, between a detachment of Union troops under the command of Major Reeder, and leadership of Dan McGee, resulting in a coma numerous gang of rebel guerrillas under the

plete rout of the latter. McGee and eight of his men were killed, and twenty wounded.—(Doc. 117.)

—A SUCCESSFUL reconnoissance was this day made to Liberty, Auburn, and Lebanon, Tenn., by a body of National troops under the command of General J. J. Reynolds. They obtained important information concerning the position and operations of the rebel forces; ascertained that the inhabitants of many portions of Tennessee hitherto unvisited by National troops, were loyal to the Union; obtained large material results in the capture of supplies, and in destroying rebel means of support; broke up a rebel camp, dispersing the rebels in all directions; had several skirmishes with guerrillas, routing them on cach occasion with great slaughter.

-FORT Donelson, Tennessee, garrisoned by only

Obion River and stationed themselves on the Tennessee shore with three six-pounders. A National transport, passing just as they arrived, was fired at and compelled to surrender. Soon after, the gunboat New Era arrived and immediately opened fire on the rebels, who, after receiving one hundred shots from the gunboat, made a hasty retreat, leaving the transport, which had been six hundred of the Eighty-third Illinois, under captured, to proceed on her voyage. There were the command of Colonel Harding, was attacked no casualties on the National side. The Quakers, by a large rebel force under Generals Wheeler of New-York, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsyl- and Forrest, and after a desperate contest of five vania, memorialized Congress, asking exemption hours' duration, the rebels were repulsed and retreated.-(Doc. 118.) from the draft and the procurement of substitutes, and from the fines, which they deemed a penalty February 4.--Colonel George E. Waring, Jr., imposed for exercising "the right of conscience commanding the cavalry division in the brigade against the shedding of blood."-Colonel T. W. of General J. W. Davidson, made a descent on Higginson, of the First South-Carolina colored Batesville, Ark., driving the rebels under Marregiment, made a full and explicit official report | maduke out of the town, killing and wounding