Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-09-21
LATEST nv TUE PONY.
Succexs Of the Federal Forces.
rs Prisoners Captured!
1000 Stand Of Arms snd Is Cannon Taken
from the Rebels.
Unconditional Surrender Of the Rebels

YEEKA. Sept. lith, p. N.
Diamond Spring Station, 22l miles east Of Fort
churchill sept 18th. The Pony arrived atop.
with the following TO the Sac tnon
Sr. JosEPH Sept. eth.
We are entirely cut OF from any communication
bv mail or telegraph with the east. and unable to
give later dates than Sept. I'd. Our city and all
the road. leading out in possession Of the reb-
Of. When communication will be restored it is
,r,ras. b" To conjecture.
rhe following is the official report of the Halter
as Inlet Affair To the Secretary Of the Navy:
have to inforua you that We have been COM
rie,rlv successful. All that could be Wished for
iy the most hopeful, has been accomplished. We
are taking on board the Nnne,ota. the officers and
issH. numbering us. who surrendered after
Commandment from the feet, during a portion Of
rse days.
(Signed1 s. II. SrR,xGAx,
Commanding bloekading squadron.
Articles Of capiiula;ion were agreed upon be-
tween Commodore Stringham and Gen. Butler Of
the L. :. Navy and Army and Capt Barrow,
Mai. Andrews and - Martin. of the tonieisraie
States. sea and land forces. All munitions. and
property Internationally surrendered 10 the
Government of the United States. Terms. full
capitulation. and that officers and men shall re-
receive the treatment of prisoners of war The ex-
petition IIatieras Inlet resulted in signal vic.
tory over the rebels.
The United States forces captured two forts, 20
cannon. 900 stand Of arms, us prisoners among
these were Capt. Sam. Barrows, Lieut.. Sharp and
Dr. Brown. late L, :. Army-loss on their side
not known. Five are known to he killed. num-
her wounded. many of whom were carried away.
Lieut.. Murdock, late of L. :. Army. was among
the number with the loss of an arm. We have
had no casualty of any consequence. The surren-
der was unconditional, 300 men landed amid a
heavy surf when the men-of-war hauled in and
commenced II cannonade at at 10 o clock \. NJ.
Nurn nd kant Il
day-re-commenced on the Goth, with increased
efforts the enemy attempted to land 1900 men in
the forts, but were driven back. At III and IL
o'clock they displayed a white flag, and were
forced to surrender at discretion.
A numper of the leading fnanciers, including
the Presidents of some of the New York banks,
now in Washington, urged the President for GER
tain changes in conducting the war. They pro-
pose that the Government, with an immense force,
shall cause the rebels to abandon their attack on
Washington city by making counter attacks on
various points South.
The State Department will not issue passes to
ANYBODY to go from rebel into loyal States.
Since the passage through Louisville was stopped
the demand for passes has been very large. Most
of the applicants are women who have been living
North.
1t is stated that the Goth of August was the
tine the re- 'cs anticipated being pos es sion Of st
LUis
Thc remains Of Gen. Lyon arrived at New York
at p. ~. August 2lst. escorted by guard Of
honor to the City Hall.
$4,000 belonging to the rebels was seized yes
terday. ut Park Banks.
Government has removed the Introduction
against the circulation of the Journal of Con-
over mail and Express routcsSthroughout
the United States. 1t has changed hands.
Surveyor Andrews seized on the I'd, 20 vessels
owned wholly or partially by rebels, including
eight ships and two banks. Others were to be
seized the same day. The value of these vessels is
over So 100000.
The steamer America, from Liverpool. Aug.
22d, arrived off Forthcr Point Sept. I'd, with two
days later news.
Among the papers received at the meeting ofthe
Social Science Congress in Dublin, one by
B,glcy, NJ. p, entitled o Cotton employment ;
food without it," He said manufacturers expected
to be able to keep working men employed until
spring. The crop was growing in the Southern
States, but the difficulty would be to obtain it,
Miss Sarah Raymond read paper American
slavery; its influence on Great Britain. NJ. Chew
alier the celebrated French leader, denounced the
Morrill, Tariff child Of disorder The Times
has btte- editorial on financial difficulties Of the
American government, and says the course pur-
sued at Washington throws into the shade all the
borrowing Of England.
ST.. JOsEpH, Sept. 4-Yestcrdny the Hannibal
and st. Joseph railroad bridge over Platte river
WIS burned by the rebels and the telegraph wires
were cut. When the express train bound west
came up it was hurled over the emhankment and
the engine, tender, bagg .ge car precipitated into
the river There were fifteen killed and about
twenty wounded