Smyrna times., 1861-07-11

Olhce oDf Iagt issue General Pattefson'
army encountered and routed the rebels, unde
Johnson near Martiusburg. 10000 strong, snc
occupied their camp, with the loss Of thre,
men killed and ten wounded.
AS near as can be ascertained, the seces
sion loss in the encounter ywith Gen. Patter.
sons force, July ?. was sixty killed, with the
usual proportion of wounded. Gen. P. entered
Martlnsburg on the morning of the 4th, the
enemy as usual reIrealing before him.
Near Fairfax Court House, Va, rebel reg
lment on the advance met another rebel reg.
lment and mistaking them for U. s. troops
nred on them, killing eight men.
There are no rebel batteries at Matthias
Point, according to the latest advices received
by the Navy Department.
Cap. Hammell, with 80 ofITawkins' Regi
meht, on reconnaissance early on Friday
morning, encountered a considerable force OF
Confederate infantry aud cavalry. Shots were
al once exchanged, and three of the rebels. two
othcers and one man, are said to have been
Killed and seven wounded. Capt. Hammell,
unable to long Withstand the large force, with.
uFeW 10 the camp wlthou, loss.
According TO Gen. Pattersun's latest tele-
gram and the ro1rrt OF Col. Lamon, who ar
rived last night, the force uf General Johnston
consists OF from l5, 900 to 10000 infantry. Con
cavalry, and from 20 to Do pieces of artillery.
1t is posted about seven miles from Martins.
burg.
AtGratton. on the Sd instant, General Morris
attacked and routed a division of Wise's ermv
on Monday morning, at Buckhannon, killing
'Wenty-three, and taking two hundred pri.o.
ners aud seTenty.lhree horses. 1t was a req.
ular iOotr race, aud none Of his men being xii.
ef' General Morris sent large force in pursuit
OF the fugitives.
General Mcclellan was expected TO attack
the main body OF General Wise, at Laurel Hill.
on the fourth.
Lieutenant McGowen arrived at Columbus.
OHIO, on Friday. with twehty.lhree Sccess.
ionists from the Kanawha valley, VIrginia
taken by Colonel Newton's command. as hos.
tages tor the UniOn men carried off by the reb.
Ell cavalry. They were taken to Camp Chase. /
Ne"l.oI JaCksOh Secrelary has called a
sesSlon OF The Missouri Legislature, to meet at
oarcoxie' seventy miles south of Fort Scott TO
pass an ordnance Of secession, and the Miss
our rebels were concentrating at that point
Several leading UnonIsls had been hunG. and
the condition Of things was SO bad that Colonel
Montgomery, the Kansas desperate, wi1hou,
waiting for orders, baggage tram, red tame. or
anything, bad assembled four hundred men.
and Invaded TO succOr the distressed Un.oois,s
Such he announces 10 be his purpose ia a let
Ter received at Boston. Senator Green has
been captured by party ofIIome Guards. tnd
imprisoned at CauIe, Mo.
On the Sd ins General Lyon, with upwards
OF 3OOO men, left Bn0nvilTe ,,tckt The reba,s
III southwestern Missouri. Ine Arkansas Nil.
Itary Board has issued proclamation. callIro
t"r lO,OOO men, 10 repel the invasion of United
States troops.
There is no intelligence ofimportance from
oruess Monroe. The position and condition
OF the troops remain the same as before re-
ported.
The " French lady," whose "brillisnt ex
ploit" in stealing the steamer St. Nicholas was
80 much vaunled by the rebels, has made one
venture too much. and has, in consequence.
iallen into the hands ofIhe Provost Marshal in
Baltimore, and stands good chance of" pro.
motion" Capt. Thomas-that is his name
together with seven of his confedera,es. were
Yesterday arrested on board the steamer Mary
Washington, as they were about 10 embark in
another enterprise. The redoubtabe Captain
was found slowed away in drawer in the
l,dies' cabin.