Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-21
The Rebels Reuted, with o Loss
Of t5O Killed and Wounded.
The Government will Aceeae to tho
Demands Of EDglApd.
THOS, +. NEAGDER A BRIGADIER
LATER FROM EUROPE.
FrIgate Warrior to be Sent Over.
Treaty Between the United
States and Mexico.

tions and appointments in the army of the
United States, made by the President since
the publication Of General Order No. 68 OF
August II last, nave Just been officially
promulgated From this pamphlet it ap-
| pears there have been two hundred and 6f-
| teen promotions, six hundred aud city ap
! pointments of all kinds, in addition to the
sixty Brigadier- Generals Of volunteers-the
| whole number Of these being about one
! hundred and ten. Among the deClinations
are James Shields, Of California to be a
Brigadier- General. The appointments as
| Aids-de-Camp 10 General Mcclellan number
| thirty-two Thirty. one officers have been
honorably retired under the law upon that
| subject.
Last Monday there were thirty seven re-
| signa,i0ns Of volunteer officers in the army
| of the Potomac, and on Wednesday twenty.
four, or about seventy FIVE during the week.
| few of those resigned TO take higher Ap.
pointments in other regiments.
WASHINGTON, DeceElber 2O-If any CORE
spopdence has taken place between Lord
Lyons and Secretary Seward, it has been of
an informal and confidential character, as no
official communications have passed between
them with reference to the Trent affair.
A brief dispatch from Major. General Hal.
leck to the Army Head quarters, confirms
the truth Of the reported successes of Gen.
Pope's expedition in Missouri.
New York HerAld's spsciaI Dlspatoh.l
WAsHIHGTon, December 29.-Geueral Ord
started at six o'clock this morning. His
command consisted of four regiments the
Bucktail Rifles Lieutenant. Colonel Kane,
and Easton's Battery, consisting of two
twenty-four and two twelve. pound howitzers.
| They proceeded on a foragiug expedition in
the direction of Drainsville.
General Mccall anticipating that they
might be attacked, ordered the first and
second bTigades to follow at eight o'clock.
Tho briuoSa NJ Da. a., 4 ID
on Leesburg, and took position on Difficult
Creek, to await further orders.
Two hours later General Mccall, with his
staff and an escort of cavalry, followed in
the same route. Meantime General Ord ad-
vanced to near DTainsvile, when his com
mand was suddenly fired upon by force
lying in ambush in dense woods adjacent
This was the signal Of battle, and brisk
engagement promptly ensued. General
Mccall, who arrived few minutes pre-
viously, took command, and ia a moments
time Eastoh's Battery was planted alongside
the Thornton House, and fired rapidly and
with terrible effect in the eDemy.s ambush.
Colonel Kane's Bucktail Rihemen were
placed in advance, and fred upon the enemy
wherever they made their appearance. The
rebels, who had battery Of six pieces, re-
turned the cannonading and replied to the
rifles with musketry. Firing was kept up
, some three-quarters of an hour, when the
enemy ret~eated rapidly, our FIRE being too
hot for them.
Our troops stood up bravely under the
sharp Volleys of the rebels. Their steadiness
was praised by General Mccall and his off;
! GERS. Tue rebels took the direction of Fair.
fax Court house, leaving on the field mum.
/ Der of their killed and wounded Our troops
, pursued them q short dis anCe and returned.
Several bodies of the rebels wers picked up
, and fifteen wounded prisoners were taken.
General Ord captured eight wounded prison.
> eIs and two Caissons with ammunition. In
l theiv haste the enemy left behind arms of all
E description, clothing, &c. Their loss is esti
/, mated at $50 killed and wounded. Among
| their killed was Colonel Thilor, of Frankfort
, Ky, and commander OF the First Kentucky
Regiment of rebels. The forces of the enemy
consisted of three infantry regiments, the
? First ard Eleventh Kentucky and Tenth
Alabama, with a cavalry regiment and q
battery all commanded by Colonel John II
Forpey, of the Tenth Alabama, acting Briga.
= dier General. The dead rebels were left or
0 the field.
4 The loss on our side was six killed aut
It eight wounded, most of whom belonged t.
: the Bucktails. Colonel Kane received
il slight wound.
d At nine o'clock P. NJ. our troops had re
d turned to camp, bringing in fifty wagol
a loads Of forage.
o NEW YoRK, December 2l-The Hsral
gays according to our latest advices from
}, Washington, apprehensions Of rupture will
England upon the late affair by the Tren
$, may be dismissed. Our Cabinet, we are in
70 formed, looking to the absorbing and para
/ mount issue of the euppr ession OF the South
Is ern rebellion, will yield to the present de
1t mands of England as the conditions of he
/" neutrality, even if these demands inyolv
10 the restoration of Mason and SlideH to th
y protection OF the British flag, and disS
a. az vowal of and an apology for their seizure b
II Captain Wilkes. .n..
ID lNoW York Hersld's Dispatch.I
e e The President, in his special message com
~ muuieated TO the Senate yesterday, referre
~ the whole subject of the Tripsrtite expedi
y ton to Mexico, and asks the Senate to adyis
I him what course to pursue.
"a Especial to the New York Times
De Ex-Minister Jones, of Iowa, has bee
NJ arrested on a charge of writing lette
le from Bogota to JEFF. Davis, protesting Il
en- utmost anxiety for the success of the disul
Q ion movement, and promising to join him o
1T his return from New Granada.
IN Thos. Frances Meagher was to-day o.
pointed Brigadier- General by the Presiden
also, General Palmer, of Illinois.
n. ST. JoHN's, IN. F. December 2O.-In an
ad wer to several inquiries it may be state
Iv that the Sub marine cable reported broke
= between Prince Edwards Island and Il
i laDut lOEluS uO pdlb VI thO StAhOSsie
~ with Newfoundland and does not in any W.
to effect the transmission of business TO Ca
'r Race, or any other place in this province
nd New YORK, December 2l.-The Trib'l
of learns that among the papers oA ThuIsd
es. transmitted to the Senate concerning Ne,
ed can affairs, was the project Of treaty wi
Mexico, the provisions of wAich are of 81
IN Importance that il is even thought it Won
"a if confirmed, lead to the withdrawal Of Ea
~, land and France from the Spanish alliance.
1t provides that our Government shall p
oW $ll, 900, 900 to Mexico, TO be applied to
'b- satisfaction of English and French ere
Yep itors, and for grant to the United STAT
ds. of commercial privileges, the adJu
ey, ment Of our outstanding debts and
,ed right of transit across MexicoaR ter
1at tory for troops and munitions of W
He llItis thought that the treaty will be speed
~ confirmed and sent at once to Vera Cruz.
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