of New-York volunteers, under the command of and the Nationals returned with six hundred Colonel William M. Searing, returned to Albany head of horses, mules, and oxen, one hundred from the seat of war.-A rebel camp near Carth- prisoners, and a large number of negroes. -TO-DAY a severe skirmish took place on the Little Black River, in the vicinity of Doniphan, Mo., between a force of National troops, under the command of Major Lippert, of the Thirteenth Illinois cavalry, and a numerically superior body of rebels, terminating, after a desperate contest of half an hour's duration, in the defeat of the Union force, with the loss of eighty of their number in killed, wounded, and missing. age, Tenn., was surprised by a party of the Twenty-sixth Ohio regiment, who captured twenty-two prisoners, and thirty-five horses, besides destroying all the camp equipage. Cincinnati Commercial. -A LARGE meeting was held at Newark, N. J., "by the Democracy of that city, to express their opposition to the recent arrest and banishment of Mr. Vallandigham. There were six thousand persons present, and the sentiments uttered by the various speakers were heartily applauded.” Speeches were made by A. J. Rogers, Eli P. Norton, Judge A. R. Speer, and General Theodore Runyon.--New-York Daily News. May 29.-A detachment of the First Vermont cavalry had a skirmish near Thoroughfare Gap, Va. with a scouting-party of Stuart's cavalry, consisting of forty men, commanded by Captain Farleigh, of General Stuart's staff. The rebels fled precipitately, with the loss of one killed, two wounded, and one man taken prisoner. The Nationals had five horses wounded; but sustained no loss or casualty, with the exception of one man taken prisoner.—The Sixth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, after two terms of service in the war, returned to Boston, where they were received with great enthusiasm.-New-York Tribune. May 31.-A battle occurred in Lincoln County, -BRIGADIER-GENERAL REED returned to Lake Mo., between a large body of guerrillas, and the Providence, La., from an expedition into Missis-enrolled militia of the county, resulting in the defeat of the latter, with a loss of ten men.-The sippi. Three days ago he embarked with a portion of the First Kansas volunteers, and a regi- National gunboat Alert, lying at the navy-yard ment of Louisiana colored troops. Ascending at Norfolk, Va., took fire this morning. The fire the river ten miles, the troops landed near Moon soon reaching her magazine, a shell exploded, Lake, from which place they advanced into the which went through her bottom, and she sank interior, and succeeded in capturing sixty head immediately. A cavalry reconnoissance was of cattle, and a large quantity of stores belonging made from Somerset, Ky., to within four miles of Monticello, during which, sixteen rebels, with their arms and horses, were captured. -THE town of Tappahannock, on the right bank of the Rappahannock River, Va., was this day captured by four Union gunboats. A party of troops landed and carried off and destroyed a large amount of rebel stores, etc. They also captured a large quantity of personal property, and a number of negroes. to the rebels. May 30.-This morning, at about half-past ten, the rebels attacked a train of sixteen cars from Alexandria, loaded with forage, about a mile and a half from Kettle Run, toward Warrenton Junction, Va. The Third brigade, under Colonel De Forrest, was stationed at Kettle Run, and the pickets were first notified of the enemy's presence by hearing heavy firing. A force was immediately sent in the direction of the firing, but too -A FORCE of Union cavalry, under the command of Colonel F. M. Cornyn, Tenth Missouri cavalry, returned to Corinth, Miss., after a successful raid into Alabama. They were absent five days, during which time, they had a fight (May twenty-seventh) with a body of rebel guerrillas, under Colonel Roddy, at Florence, Ala., routing them with considerable loss; they de late to save the train, which was utterly destroyed seven cotton factories, with all their conmolished, the locomotive being pierced by two six-pound cannon-balls.-(Doc. 203.) -GREAT excitement existed at Harper's Ferry, Md., and its vicinity, on account of the reported approach of the rebel General Lee, with a view of entering Maryland. — The Thirtieth regiment of New-York volunteers, under the command of Colonel William M. Searing, returned to Albany from the seat of war.-A rebel camp near Carth tents, valued at one million five hundred thousand dollars; a number of steam flour-mills and sawmills, a number of blacksmiths' shops, a large nuinber of wagons, an immense quantity of powder, and other ammunition, and a large quantity of English-manufactured arms. The bridge at Florence, and a number of houses were burned, and the Nationals returned with six hundred head of horses, mules, and oxen, one hundred prisoners, and a large number of negroes. |