thusiasm. The address informed them, in a very -SIXTEEN hundred of Gen. Prentiss's troops, few words, that the army had made its last re- who were taken prisoners at the battle of Pittstreat, and that henceforth every man's watch-burgh Landing, arrived at Nashville, Tenn., they word must be, "Victory or death!" The response having been paroled by the rebel authorities, “in was cheers from all the regiments.-Petersburgh consequence of their being unable to feed them." Express, June 5. -Nashville Union, June 5. -THE Twenty-fifth regiment of New-York volunteers, under the command of Col. Bryan, left Albany for the seat of war.-Gen. Hooker made a reconnoissance in force on the Williamsburgh, Va., turnpike, reaching a point within four miles of Richmond. The rebels were not numerous; their pickets were visible, but they fled on the approach of the National troops. -A LETTER was published in the Richmond Dispatch, said to have been found in Gen. Casey's tent at the battle of Fair Oaks. It details a plan for the occupation of the Southern States "after the war.”—(Doc. 130.) -THE sentence of death pronounced on six persons at New-Orleans, La., for having violated their parole, was this day commuted by General Butler, who confined them at hard labor on Ship Island, during the pleasure of the President of the United States. June 5.-The Twenty-fourth regiment of Massachusetts, while on a scouting expedition on the Pactolus road, near Washington, N. C., were attacked from an ambush by a rebel regiment, and had seven men killed and several wounded.(Doc. 59.) -THE Twelfth regiment New-York State militia, under the command of Col. William S. Ward, left New-York for Washington, D. C.—The volunteer recruiting service in the United States, discontinued by General Orders No. 33, of April third, 1862, was restored, and orders to that effect were published by General Thomas. -THE rebel artillery opened upon the National forces at New-Bridge, on the Chickahominy River, Va., from five different points, attempting to prevent General McClellan's troops from rebuilding the bridge; their fire was returned, and after an engagement of over two hours, the rebels were compelled to retire. June 4.—Major-General Halleck reported to the Secretary of War that General Pope, with forty -A HEAVY storm, which had lasted two whole thousand men, was thirty miles south of Florence, days, raised the Chickahominy River, Va., to an Alabama, pushing the enemy hard; that he had unprecedented height.-President Lincoln comten thousand prisoners and deserters from the plimented First Lieut. D. C. Constable, commandenemy, and fifteen thousand stand of arms cap-ing the revenue steamer E. A. Stevens, by handtured. Also that nine locomotives and a numbering him personally a commission as captain in the of cars were captured.-(Doc. 131.) -FORT PILLOW, otherwise called Fort Wright, on the Mississippi River, was evacuated by the rebels. After the occupation of the Fort, the Union gunboat fleet steamed directly to Memphis.--(Doc. 54.) revenue cutter service, in recognition of his gallantry in leading with his steamer the attacking forces in their ascent of the James River and bombardment of Fort Darling.-Second Lieutenant J. Wall Wilson was also promoted to a first lieutenancy for gallant bearing during the same action. -NATHANIEL S. BERRY was inaugurated Governor of New-Hampshire, at Concord, in the pres large concourse of citizens. In his message, al JEFF DAVIS threatened retaliation in the case of Major W. Van Benthuysen, who had been ar rested by Gen. Butler, at New-Orleans, "for aid-ence of both branches of the Legislature and a ing the escape of a scoundrel and spy." —Brig.-General J. T. BOYLE, headquarters in Louisville, assumed command of the National troops in Kentucky this morning. -A FIGHT occurred near Jasper, Tenn., between a body of Union troops under the command of Gen. Negley, and a large force of rebel cavalry under Gen. Adams, which resulted in a complete rout of the rebels, with great loss.(Doc. 55.) luding to National affairs, the Governor says there can be but one result to the struggle in which we are engaged-submission to the first principles of the government inaugurated and established by our fathers. The base rebellious spirit which designed to reverse the free and humane policy of our fathers, must fail. The fearful lesson we have had in the conflict with slavery, its disasters to all its promoters, its evident weakness in its death-struggle with freedom, all por tend a change in the estimation in which this rebels opened fire on the pickets of Gen. Sumner, great evil will be hereafter held, and foretell in but without any effect.-The rebel steam-tug legible characters, written in view of all the na- Mark R. Chesk, was captured near Memphis, tions, that its days are numbered. For these Tenn. reasons the Governor rejoices in the late message -THE Paris Constitutionnel, of this day, pubof President Lincoln, and in the abolishing of lished an article to show "the impossibility of slavery in the District of Columbia, and its pro- the South being conquered," and maintaining that hibition in the territories. But he affirms the foreign "mediation alone will succeed in putting principle that each State submitting to the pro-an end to a war disastrous to the interests of visions of the Constitution should control its own humanity." local institutions; but such submission should be regarded as a pre-requisite to the employment of the benefits of that instrument. -WILLIAM MUMFORD, a citizen of New-Orleans, was hung in that city for an overt act of treason in pulling down the American flag from the United States Mint.-(Doc. 65.) -IN the Missouri Convention a bill for the defeated by a vote of fifty-two to nineteen. -JUDGE BIRCH, who was arrested at Rolla, Mo., for expressing disloyal sentiments, was released from arrest and paroled, with the under-gradual emancipation of slaves was submitted and standing that he was to report himself whenever required.-James Trabue, one of the principal dry-goods merchants of Louisville, Ky., was arrested to-day by the military authorities at that place. He refused to take the oath of allegiance. -Two companies of the Pennsylvania "Roundhead" regiment, on James Island, S. C., were cut off by the rebels, but after a sharp fight were rescued by the Eighth Michigan regiment.— The United States gunboat fleet and mortar fleet arrived before Memphis, Tenn., at nine P.M. June 6.—At five o'clock A.M., the United States fleet in the Mississippi river, near Memphis, engaged the rebel fleet of eight rams and gunboats, and after a two hours' fight, seven of the rebel craft were either captured or destroyed. On the conclusion of the battle, the Mayor of Memphis surrendered the city.-(Doc. 60.) -GEN. FREMONT's army reached Harrisonburgh, Va., at two o'clock this afternoon, and drove out the rebel rear-guard from the town. At four o'clock the First New-Jersey cavalry, after driving the enemy through the village, fell into an ambuscade, and Colonel Windham, its commander, was captured. The regiment sustained considerable loss. General Bayard subsequently engaged the rebels with his brigade, drove them from his position, capturing their camp. They then continued their retreat.-(Doc. 63.) —THE tax bill was passed by the Senate of the United States, by a vote of thirty-seven to one, Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, voting in the negative. June 7.—An enthusiastic Union meeting was held at Shelbyville, Tenn., at which speeches were made by Andrew Johnson, W. H. Wisner and Col. May.-On the Chickahominy River the -MEMPHIS, Tenn., was formally taken possession of in the name of the Government of the United States, by Col. G. N. Fitch, commanding Indiana brigade.-The schooner Rowena, formerly the Garibaldi, ran into Stono Inlet, S. C., this evening, not knowing it to be in the possession of the National forces, and was captured by the gunboat Pawnee.-Official Report. -THE rebel batteries at Chattanooga, EastTennessee, were silenced by the artillery of General Negley's command after a bombardment of three hours.-(Doc. 64.) June 8.-This day a scouting party under Lieut. Bonse, company A, Tenth Virginia regiment, captured, in Braxton County, Va., Ben. Haymond, Ed. Riffle and Stan. Conrad, three of the most notorious bushwhackers in Western Virginia. Haymond and Riffle had been cutting telegraph wires, robbing Union men, stealing horses, etc.- Cincinnati Gazette, June 11. -AN extension of the following military departments of the United States was made: 1. The Department of the Mississippi is extended so as to include the whole of the States of Tennessee and Kentucky. All officers on duty in those States will report to Major-Gen. Halleck. 2. The Mountain Department is extended eastward to the road running from Williamsport to Martinsburgh, Winchester, Strasburgh, Harrisonburgh, and Staunton, including that place—thence in the same direction southward until it reaches the Blue Ridge chain of mountains; thence with the line of the Blue Ridge to the southern boundary of the State of Virginia. 3. The Department of the Shenandoah is ex tended eastward to include the Piedmont District He was the medium by which letters were carand the Bull Mountain range. ried to and fro, giving the rebels much information concerning the movements of the Union army. When captured he had a mail made up, ready to carry into Richmond. -GENERAL PRIM, commanding the Spanish forces recently sent to Mexico, together with his suite, visited the army of the Potomac to-day. -General FREMONT attacked (Stonewall) Jackson seven miles beyond Harrisonburgh, Va., near Union Church or Cross Keys, at half-past eight this morning, and drove him from a strong position with considerable loss.-(Doc. 18.) -A RECONNOISSANCE was this day made, under cover of eight Union gunboats, by a body of National troops, commanded by Colonel Morrow, on James Island, S. C. The Union forces drove the rebels a distance of two miles, and were at one time within three miles of the city of Charles June 9.-General (Stonewall) Jackson in retreat before the army under General Fremont fell upon an advance body of the force under General Shields, near Port Republic, Va. After a hard fight this advance body fell back upon the main body under General Shields, and Jackson continued his retreat.-(Doc. 19.) -THE Senate of the United States resolved itself into a High Court of Impeachment, for the trial of Judge Humphreys, of Tennessee, for trea -THE obsequies of General Turner Ashby of the rebel cavalry, were celebrated at Charlottes-ton, and in full view of Fort Sumter. The obville, Va. "The services were performed by the ject of the reconnoissance was accomplished, and the troops fell back to their former position, losing Rev. Mr. Norton and Rev. Mr. Avery-the latter two killed and seven wounded. had been chaplin in the cavalry from the opening of the war. Both spoke of the deceased in terms of high praise as a man, a soldier, and a Christian. The brave soldiers wept as they listened to the pious exhortations of the clergymen. They had lost a host in Gen. Ashby, but they were expected to imitate him in all things, and especially in his veneration and respect for Christianity. The country looked to them for deeds of greater valor than had ever yet been accomplished by them; and there, on the dead body of their late commander, they should swear not to sheatheson, and the members of the House of Representheir swords when a hostile army polluted the soil of Virginia and the South. After the services in the chapel the remains of General Ashby were conveyed to the University cemetery and committed earth to earth, ashes to ashes, and dust to dust,' Colonel T. G. Randolph and the Professors of the University assisting in the ceremony. They grave was covered by the cavalry, and they fired several volleys over it, and there he will remain in this classic ground until the last trump shall summon all to the general judgment."-Lynchburgh Republican, June 12. tatives were introduced in due form; but it was finally concluded to postpone the proceedings until the twenty-sixth.-The House bill prohibiting slavery in the territories was passed.-Secretary Welles addressed an elaborate communication to the Naval Committee of Congress on the construction of armored ships. -GENERAL HALLECK at Corinth, Miss., sent the following despatch to the War Department: "The enemy has fallen back fifty miles from here by railroad, and near seventy miles by wagon road. General Pope estimates the rebel loss -JUDGE SWAYNE, of Memphis, Tenn., refused from casualties, prisoners, and desertion, at over to open the Criminal Court in that city, after re-twenty thousand, and General Buell at between ceiving an order from Col. G. N. Fitch, command-twenty thousand and thirty thousand. ing United States forces, instructing him to con"A person who was employed in the confederate fine himself to the hearing and adjudication of commissary department, says they had one hunsuch cases only as are not based upon the recog-dred and twenty thousand men in Corinth, and nition of the right of a State to secede from the that now they cannot muster much over eighty Union, or upon the presumption of the establishment or existence of a so-called Southern Confederacy, or recognizing the same. -A SMALL force of Union troops, commanded by Capt. W. Geary, Third Pennsylvania cavalry, while on a reconnoissance in the vicinity of NewMarket, Va., captured a rebel spy named Hance. thousand. Some of the fresh graves on the road have been opened and found filled with arms. Many of the prisoners beg not to be exchanged, saying they purposely allowed themselves to be taken. Beaureguard himself retreated from Baldwin on Saturday afternoon to Okolona, Miss." -BRIGADIER-GENERAL D. B. BIRNEY, having been tried by court-martial, and honorably acquitted of the charges brought against him, this day reässumed command of his brigade by order of General Kearny, commmanding division. -THE House of Representatives of the United States called for information respecting the organization by General Hunter, of the Department of South-Carolina, of a regiment of black volunteers for the defence of the Union.—(Doc. 132.) -AN interesting correspondence between Judge Rost, Captain Huse, and R. M. T. Hunter, rebel agents in Europe, was this day published. June 10.-The Seward-Lyons Treaty for the suppression of the African slave-trade was officially promulgated. It is to remain in full force for the term of ten years. Instructions for the ships of the United States and British navies, and regulations for the mixed courts of justice, accompany the publication. -The obsequies of Colonel J. Lafayette Riker, of the Sixty-second regiment of New-York volunteers and of Colonel James Miller, of the Eightyfirst Pennsylvania regiment, took place in the city of New-York. - The schooner Julia was captured at Barataria, La., by master's mate John H. Gregory, with a crew of twelve men from the United States gunboat Kittatinny. —A FIGHT took place on James Island, S. C., between a body of Union troops, and a large force of rebels. It was hotly contested for more than two hours, and ended in the rout of the rebels, with a loss to them of seventeen killed, thirty wounded, and six prisoners. The Unionists lost three killed and thirteen wounded.-Official Report. THE Union army under General Fremont reached Port Republic, Va.-The rebels in front of the Union lines at Savage's station, Chickahominy Swamp, Va., kept up a bombardment, without effect, their shells falling short of the mark. June 11.-This day about noon, near Montgomery, Owen County, Kentucky, a severe skirmish took place between a large party of bushwackers and the Union forces under Captain Nicklin, consisting of a portion of the Thirteenth Indiana light artillery, and a squad of Captain Blood's Provost-Guard, (mounted.) In the skirmish a sergeant of the cavalry, and a private of artillery, were killed. The loss on the part of the bushwhackers was not ascertained; but twentyfive of them were captured and carried to Louis ville. The point at which the skirmish occurred was in a thick clump of brush and bushes, through which the cavalry could not force their horses. After the fight was over, an examination of the ground showed that the bushwackers were badly cut up. The ground was in many places covered with blood, and tracks were visible of bodies drawn off-Louisville Democrat. -A FLAG of truce was received at Batesville, Arkansas, the headquarters of General Curtis, bearing a letter from General Hindman of the rebel army, threatening to hang every Federal officer and soldier who might fall into his hands, in case General Curtis should hang certain persons in his hands as outlaws. General Curtis replied immediately, disclaiming any intention of hanging.-Specie payment was resumed by the New-Orleans Bank of America.-N. 0. True Delta, June 11. —A REBEL battery of four guns was this day captured at James Island, S. C., by two regiments of Union troops.-The schooner Princeton was captured by the United States steamer Susque hanna. -A DETACHMENT of the Richmond Blues had a skirmish near the Chickahominy on the right wing of the rebel army, with a body of Yankee infantry. The fire of the Blues killed six of the Federals and placed several hors du combat, when they retreated.—Richmond Examiner, June 14. --GENERAL FREMONT left Harrisonburgh, Va. The citizens expressed their delight by an illumination of every house in the town. -A SMALL expedition of United States forces under Captain Hynes, Topographical Engineers, went up the Nansemond River without resistance.—(Doc. 71.) -MOUNT JACKSON, Va., was occupied by the Union army under General Fremont.--A daring though unsuccessful attack was made on a battery on James Island, S. C., by the Seventy-ninth New-York, Eighth Michigan, and Twenty-eighth Massachusetts regiments. -ABOUT forty farmers of Conway County, Arkansas, came into the Union lines at Batesville, to volunteer for the Union.-Missouri Democrat. June 13.-This day a force of about three hundred rebel troops left Fort Chapman, and proceeded to Hutchinson Island, S. C., where they killed and wounded a number of negroes, and burned a chapel and dwelling-house. On the approach of the boats of the United States ship Dale, lying in St. Helena Sound, the rebels retreated. About seventy negroes were taken on board the Dale, including several of the wounded.-(Doc. 69.) between a body of Union troops and a much superior force of the rebels, resulting in the retreat of the rebels with a loss of nineteen killed and six wounded. The Union party lost three killed and nineteen wounded.-Official Report. June 14.-Capt. Craven, of the United States steam sloop Brooklyn, sent a marine guard and party of seamen, numbering in all about one hundred men, under command of Lieut. Lowry, to Bayou Sara, Louisiana, for the purpose of destroying the telegraph apparatus and cutting the wires. After an absence of two hours, Lieut. Lowry returned to the ship, having accomplished his work. -GENERAL JAMES H. VAN ALEN, Military Gov that all negroes in his department, "contraband or otherwise, should be under the immediate charge and control of the Provost-Marshal-that they be allowed full liberty,” etc. -COLONEL JAMES R. SLACK, commanding at (Doc. 133.) Memphis, Tenn., issued the following order: "Hereafter the dealing in and passage of cur-ernor of Yorktown, Va., issued an order directing rency known as 'confederate scrip' or 'confederate notes' is positively prohibited, and the use thereof as a circulating medium regarded as an insult to the Government of the United States, and an imposition upon the ignorant and deluded. -CAPTAIN ATKISON, of company C, of the Fif"All persons offending against the provisions tieth Indiana volunteers, with twenty men, capof this order will be promptly arrested and se-tured six thousand two hundred pounds of powverely punished by the military authorities." der at Sycamore Mills, thirty miles below Nash-THE Bank of Louisiana, at New-Orleans, ville, Tenn., and five miles north of the Cumberbeing ordered by the Provost-Judge to pay a citi-land River. The company also stopped at Fort zen in current funds his deposit formerly received Zollicoffer, and brought off a gun. by them in confederate notes, the Bank appealed to General Butler, who sustained the decision of the Judge.-Congress passed a joint resolution of thanks to Lieut. Morris and the other officers and men of the United States frigate Cumberland. -THE pickets of Gen. McClellan's army near Richmond were driven in from Old Church, and large bodies of the rebels were discovered moving from the neighborhood of Mechanicsville bridge and Richmond towards the battle-field of Fair Oaks. (Doc. 67.) -Ar daylight this morning the rebels opened a sharp fire of artillery in front of Gen. Sumner's position, in the vicinity of Richmond, which continued three hours, killing one and wounding another of the National troops. THE United States flag was this day raised in the village of Gretna, La., amid the rejoicings of a large number of spectators. After the ceremony a series of patriotic resolutions were unanimously passed. June 15.-The rebel General J. E. B. Stuart, with a cavalry force, left the rebel lines near Richmond, Va., on the thirteenth, and rode through the lines of the right wing of the Union army in front of Richmond to Garlick's Landing, Pamunkey River, where he burned two schooners. Thence to Tunstall's station, where he fired into, but failed to capture, a railroad train; thence rode around the left wing of the Union army, and into Richmond again to-day. (Doc. 67.) -LIEUTENANT COMMANDING HOWELL, in the Union gunboat Tahoma, accompanied by Lieut. Commanding English, in the Somerset, crossed the bar of Saint Mark's River, Florida, and drove out a company of rebel artillery, with four or five field-pieces, from a fort near the lighthouse on that river, afterwards landing and burning the fort with the buildings used as barracks.-Official Report. June 16.-The Richmond Dispatch of this date -THE rebel transport Clara Dolsen was capsays; "Desertion has become far too frequent in tured on the White River, Arkansas, by the tug the confederate army. And yet the habit is not Spitfire. (Doc. 70.) peculiar to confederate soldiers. There must be -A FIGHT took place on James Island, S. C., desertions from all military service where there |