of forty-one of their number in killed, wounded, and missing. sulting in a retreat of the Unionists, with a loss in the vicinity of Gadsden, Ala., after successfully resisting the enemy in a series of skirmishes along his march, by a body of rebel troops, under the command of General Forrest.—(Doc. 173.) -THE battle of Chancellorsville, Va., was renewed at daylight this morning, and, after severe fighting until noon, the Nationals were obliged to fall back from their position, when hostilities, in a great measure, ceased for the day.—(Doc. 183.) -THE Catholic Bishop of Iowa, in a sermon at -A FIGHT took place at the South-Quay bridge, on the river Nansemond, Va., between a detachment of the New-York Ninety-ninth regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Richard Nixon, and a strong force of rebels, terminating, after an obstinate and bloody contest of more than two hours' duration, in a retreat of the rebels with great loss. The Ninety-ninth had forty-one men | Dubuque, pointedly denounced the Knights of the killed and wounded. -COLONEL MONTGOMERY, with a detachment of two hundred and fifty negro troops, left Beaufort, S. C., on a reconnoitring expedition up the Combahee River. May 2.-The battle of Chancellorsville, or the "Wilderness," Va., between the Union forces, under Major-General Hooker, and the rebels, under Gen. Lee, commenced this day.-(Doc. 183.) —AFTER repulsing the rebel force under General Marmaduke, at Cape Girardeau, on the twenty-sixth ultimo, General McNeil, with a much inferior force, immediately started in pursuit, and chasing them from point to point, finally came up with them to-day at Chalk Bluff, on the St. Francois, and drove them across the river into Arkansas, thus ending Marmaduke's rebel raid into Missouri.-(Doc. 177.) Golden Circle, stating that he would give the Emma Amelia was captured at St. Andrew's Bay, -A SHORT fight occurred near Warrenton -THE ship Sea Lark, in latitude 24° south, longitude 29° west, was captured and burned by the rebel privateer Alabama. -THE Union cavalry force, under Colonel Grierson, arrived at Baton Rouge, La., to-day, after a raid of fifteen days through the State of -COLONEL MONTGOMERY, in command of a deMississippi. They had several skirmishes with tachment of negro troops, returned to Beaufort, parties of rebels, defeating them at every encoun- S. C., after a three days' raid up the Combahee ter; they destroyed bridges, camps, equipages, River. During that time he encountered and etc.; swam several rivers, captured a number dispersed several squads of rebel guerrillas, deof prisoners and horses, and obtained a large amount of important information concerning the rebel resources.-(Doc. 170.) -A RECONNOISSANCE in force was this day made to the river Nansemond, Va., by a large body of Union troops, under the command of General Getty, supported by the gunboat Smith Briggs. The rebels were discovered in strong force, and an artillery fight was kept up all day, but without any material results. May 3.-A force of Union troops, numbering about one thousand five hundred men, which left Nashville, Tenn., on the eleventh ultimo, under the command of Colonel A. D. Streight, on a raid into Alabama and Georgia, was this day captured stroyed the town of Asheppo by fire, burned and otherwise destroyed property to the amount of two millions of dollars, belonging to rebel planters along the river, and captured nearly eight hundred slaves, all of whom he carried with him to Beaufort. Andrew's staff, was killed near Washington, La., May 4.-Captain Howard Dwight, of General after having surrendered to a party of rebel scouts. General Banks at once ordered the arrest of one hundred white men nearest the place of assassination, to be held until further orders.-The sloop Empress, from Nassau, N. P., for Wilmington, N. C., was captured by the United States steamer Chocura.-The schooner Jupiter, bound to Mobile, Ala., was captured by the gunboat Colorado. The Ninth regiment of New-Yorkton, S. C., was captured by the National gunboat volunteers (Hawkins's Zouaves) returned to New- Canandaigua.--A portion of the Fourth army York from the seat of war in Eastern Virginia.- corps, under the command of Major-General Captain Smith of the Second California volun- | Keyes, reached West-Point, Va., this day, when teers, attacked a party of hostile Indians fifty a reconnoissance towards White House was ormiles south of Shell Creek, killing five of them dered. After the command had proceeded a few and routing the rest.—The battle in the vicinity miles from town, the detachment of company F, of Fredericksburgh, Va., was continued this day, of the Sixth New-York cavalry, was fired on by the rebels succeeding in recovering nearly all the a party of ambushed rebels, killing two of the defences back of the town.-(Doc. 183.) horses. The reconnoissance was continued to May 5.-Clement C. Vallandigham was arrested at his residence in Dayton, Ohio, this morning, by a detachment of soldiers sent from Cincinnati by order of General Burnside. The Third New-York cavalry, on an expedition to Pettie's Mills, twenty-seven miles from Newbern, N. C., captured an entire rebel company, together with their camp, horses, and equipments, without loss to the National side.-Fort de Russey, situated on the Red River, about eight miles from its mouth, was occupied by the National forces under the command of Admiral Porter--(Doc. 187.) -JOHN J. PETTUS, rebel Governor of Mississippi, issued a proclamation calling on every man in the State, capable of bearing arms, to take the field, "for united effort in expelling the enemy from the soil of Mississippi." May 6.-The army of the Potomac, under the command of Major-General Hooker, was withdrawn from Fredericksburgh to the north bank of the Rappahannock River. General Hooker issued an address to the army, congratulating them on their achievements during the last seven days.—Alexandria, Miss., was occupied without resistance by the National forces under the command of Admiral D. D. Porter.—(Doc. 187.) -A FIGHT took place between a National force under the command of Colonel Cornyn, encamped near Tupelo, Miss., and a body of rebel cavalry under General Ruggles, terminating, after a desperate conflict of half an hour's duration, in the flight of the latter, leaving behind them a great number of arms, equipments, and ninety of their number as prisoners. -THE steamer Eugenia was captured by the gunboat R. R. Cuyler, off Mobile, Ala.--Disloyal citizens were sent South from Nashville, Tenn. Among them was Neill S. Brown, formerly Governor of that State. May 7.-The English steamer Cherokee, while endeavoring to run the blockade out of Charles White House, and on the route Lieutenant Estes, aid to General Kilpatrick, and fifteen men who were made prisoners by the rebels near Fredericksburgh, were rescued. - General Robert E. Lee, the rebel commander at Fredericksburgh, issued an order to his army, "expressing his sense of the heroic conduct displayed by officers and men during the arduous operations" in which they had been engaged. -COLONEL KILPATRICK, with his regiment, the Harris Light cavalry, and a portion of the Twelfth Illinois cavalry, belonging to the expedition of General Stoneman, arrived at Gloucester Point, Va.-(Doc. 188.) May 8.-President Lincoln issued a proclamation preliminary to the enforcement of the "act for enrolling and calling out the National forces, and for other purposes," defining the position and obligations of inchoate citizens under that law.— (Doc. 189.) -THE Nevada Union of this date assured its readers that there were active Southern guerrillas at work in Tulare County, California! and Los Angeles was, in every thing but form, a colony of the confederate States, where an avowal of loyalty was attended with personal danger. "We are no alarmist; but in view of the condition of affairs, and the large immigration thither, composed largely of secession sympathizers, we again warn Union men that they cannot be too wide awake nor too hasty in organization. We have now before us a late copy of The Red Bluff Indopendent, in which is given an account of a frustrated attempt on the part of secessionists to capture Fort Crook in the northern part of California. The parties to whom was intrusted the carrying out of the rebel enterprise, approached a citizen of that section, offering ample inducements for him to engage in the attempt, stating to him the plans and intentions of the secessionists, which were to capture the fort with its arms and ammunition--which, by the way, could have been easily accomplished at that time by a dozen men-and use it as a rendezvous for guerrillas. They struck the wrong man, and the consequence was, that information of their movements was conveyed to the fort, and the parties were arrested, and are now in irons at the fort, awaiting the order of General Wright." SECRETARY E. M. STANTON sent the following despatch to the Governor of Pennsylvania: "The President and the General-in-Chief have just returned from the army of the Potomac. The principal operations of General Hooker failed, but there has been no serious disaster to the or time put a brigade to flight, and this is the most sure and certain method of putting a stop to the marauding expeditions that are from time to time sent out through the country. In Colonel Blythe's district or field of operations it has proved most efficacious in holding the enemy at bay, and we hope to see the plan put more extensively in practice. A big scare, occasioned by a brisk fire from a chapparal, is often more potent than would be half a dozen regiments of organized troops in the field." -TO-NIGHT the bombardment of the rebel ganization and efficiency of the army. It is now works at Port Hudson was renewed, and continoccupying its former position on the Rappahan-ued for an hour, but the rebels made no reply. nock, having recrossed the river without any loss in the movement. Not more than one third of General Hooker's force was engaged. General Stoneman's operations have been a brilliant suc cess. -THE Second Indiana cavalry, under the command of Colonel E. M. McCook, made a scout near Stone River, Tenn., visiting the "haunt” of every guerrilla in that vicinity. They succeeded Part of his force advanced to within two in capturing eight rebels, beside twenty horses miles of Richmond, and the enemy's communica- belonging to the guerrilla band.--The schooner tions have been cut in every direction. The Sea Lion, from Mobile to Havana, with a cargo of army of the Potomac will speedily resume offens-cotton, was captured by the National frigate Colive operations." -THE ship Crazy Jane, was captured in Tampa Bay, Fla., by the gunboat Tahoma.-Earl Van Dorn, the rebel General, was shot and instantly killed this day by Dr. Peters, of Maury County, Tenn. -TO-NIGHT, a fleet of National gunboats and mortar-schooners, commenced the attack on the rebel batteries at Port Hudson, Miss. May 9.-The Charleston Mercury of this date published an article advocating the following plan suggested by the Jackson Appeal: "HOW TO MEET THE ENEMY.-The Northern vandals have invaded our State, not to confront our armies and decide the chances of war in pitched battles, but they have come to rob and steal, to plunder, to burn, and to starve to death our women and children. Under such circumstances we should meet them as we would meet the sav age, the highwayman, or the wild beast of the forest. Partisan bands should lie in wait for them on the roadside, in fence-corners, and behind trees; and, in short, they should be hunted down in any and every way that can be made efficient and effectual until the State is relieved of their presence. Not observing the rules of civilized warfare themselves, they cannot expect its observance from us. We need more Colonel Blythes in the woods all over the State. A dozen well-directed shots from the bush will at any orado. May 10.-General Thomas Jonathan Jackson, commonly known as "Stonewall" Jackson, of the rebel army, died at Guinness Station, Va., from the effects of the amputation of his arm, and an attack of pneumonia which followed it. -BRIGADIER-GENERAL DAVIDSON prohibited in the Department of Missouri, the sale or distribution of the Freeman's Journal of New-York, the New-York Caucasian, the Columbus (Ohio) Crisis, the Democratic Journal of Jerseyville, the Chicago Times, and the Dubuque Herald. -THE National gunboats Owasco, Lieutenant Commanding John Madigan, and Katahdin, Lieutenant Commanding P. C. Johnson, after a chase of twenty miles succeeded in beaching the blockade runner, West-Florida, on Galveston Island, Texas. -THE anniversary of the capture of Camp Jackson, Mo., was celebrated this day. Speeches were made by Charles D. Drake, C. P. Johnson, Major George P. Strong, and others.—Missouri Democrat. -EARLY this morning the attack by the National fleet of mortar-schooners and gunboats on the rebel batteries at Port Hudson was renewed. This time the batteries replied to the fire of the fleet; but, after a bombardment of three hours' duration, they were completely silenced. May 11.-A fight took place in the vicinity of |