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SIEsUBER AooIDENT.-While Mrs Sarah
Wilson, lady about SIXTY years of age, was
waiting in the parior of Baggs Hotel, at
Utica, for the night train to New York city,
she went out Of the room. As E6s did not
return, gentleman who had attended her to
the hotel 70 see her safely of, became slsrm-
ed, and made thorough inquiry and search Tor
her, bat without avail. Thirteen days alter
wards Mrs. Wilson's dead body was found at
the foot Of pair of stairs, leading from the
ladies wash room in Bagg's hotel, down to
An unused s10Te-room in the cellar, where it
lad laid undiscovered. Il appears that the
old lady, on leaving the parloF, had stepped
Just across the passage into the dfnly lighted
wash-roOm, and ID coming out had mistaken
the door, passed on to the ldaning Of the
stairs, which were unprotected by banis-
ters, and fell headlong, a distance of eight
or ten feet breaking her neck and dying in
stantly.
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General Mcclellan on sabbath Observance.
General Mcclellan has issued the following
general order, concerning the observance Of
the Sabbath by the army
"HHADoUARTERs Army OF THE PoToMAu,
WAsHEeToE, Nos. q, 1861.
tThe Sunday morning company inspec-
tons prescribed by article 80, Revised Army
Regulations, viii hereafter be made at eight
o'clock A. N. Congress having by law pro-
vided for the employment of Ohaplains for
the army, it was no doubt designed, and the
General commanding directs, that no officer
place obstacles in the way of q proper exer-
else Of the functions of their Offices. 1t is
therefore ordered that in future the Sunday
morning services viii commence at eleven
o'clock, unless manifest military duty prevent.
Commanding officers will see that all per-
sons connected with their commands, when
not on guard OF other important duty requir-
ing their constant attention, have the oppOr-
tUnity afforded them of attending divine SER
vice.
TThe second article Of war earnestly rec
omnends all officers and soldiers diligently to
attend divine service, and attaches penalty
for irreverent behavior while at the place oi
worship.
"Ohaplains will at all times be permitted
to visit the camps, quarters and hospitals
within the limits Of the commaRd to which
they are attached, to hold free and interrup-
ted intercourse with the officers and soldiers
of duty. Ohaplians will not in future be
required to appear at reviews or inspec.
tions, as it is believed their time and service
may be more proftably employed else
where.
HIt is enjoined upon all persons connected
with the army to preserve at al times a re
spectful department towards Chaplains, anc
to give them a hearty co-operation in theil
efforts 10 promote and improve the moral con
dition Of the army.
''By command of
MAJOR GENERAL MCCLELLAN.
IS. WILLIAMS, Asst. Adjt-General."
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TELEGRAPHIC.
MORE AID AND : CANNON
FOR THE REBELS.
A Little Affair near Alex
andria.
A Party OF Rebels Captured by
Telegraph.
This Mornings Report.
This Mornings Report.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 5

W AbhlN9fOht Doo, D.
Special to Tribune: T
Col. Leonard, of the 18th Massachusetts,
Regiment, telegraphed to Gen. Banks yes
terday that his men at Hancock shelied
and dispersed q party passing westward,
too small for attack, but large enough for
trouble. 5l /
For some time past, the enemy has sent
out daily from Fairfax @. H. q scouting
party Of 1000 or 1000 men. It breaks
up into squads Of iifty and one hundred,
who attack our picket guards.
Lieut.. Knight Of Company B, Sd New
Jersey, went with -ffty-five men as far as
Burk's Station, on the Orange and Alex
andria Railroad. They stretched two tel
egrsph wires across Old BrsddOek Road,
one as high as the forehead Of man on
horseback, the other lower, and awaited
the result on this side. Presently hale q
company Of rebel cavalry dashed up on 8
charge. The wires unsested two or three,
and threw the rest into confusion. Our
men rushed, emptied six saddles, and took
one prisoner. Eight of the par y who were
in ambush completed the rout, and emptied
two more saddles. Eight horses gslloped
within our lines. One horseman taken
prisoner was Orderly Sergesnt-F. H.
Dunham, of the 9th Georgia Hussars. He
gives information respecting the enemy's
scouting expedition. He says that the
Post Office hitherto st Fairfax has been
removed To Manassas.
A letter from Port Royal states that q
recently taken prisoner there says that the
ship Fingal, from Glasgow, with seventy
riAed cannon and g cargo Of rifles and
munitions of war, now up Savannah River,
in fog, since our feet captured Forts
Walker and Beauregsrd, and that there are
5000 soldiers ct Savannah.
This information is disoredited at the
Navy Department.
Letters found on prisoners recently
taken, however, speak Of the arrival of q
vessel laden with oontrsbands of war in
the latter part Of November. She is prob
ably the last that win reach that port.
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LEAvERWoRTH, Dec.


Brigsdier General J W. Denver has ar
rived, and has been assigned to the COM
mand Of all the Kansas Regiments.
A portion Of Lanes Brigade remains st
Fort Scott. The Fourth Regiment is order
ed to Wyandotte. The First Cavalry,
known as JsnnisOn's regiment, is stationed
at Johnny Leak, in the Delaware reserva-
ten, nearly opposite Parksville, Mo. 1he
Second regiment is nearly recruited, and
will occupy the village Of Kiokapoo, ten
miles above this city.
The river is open, but trouble with mar
auding parties is anticipated when it free
zes over.
Trains are again running on the Platte
Valley road.
Our mail communications east are re-es.
tsblished.
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FROM BOSTON.

The ship Yorkshire, from Liverpool, re-
ports Nov. asth, lat Al. IA long. 81, passed
. steamer bAsk rugged, showing the rebel
flag. The appeared as If sne had lost her
bulWorks: She had spread eagle on her
stern, and aNhite wheel house.
She was steering south east. The steam
ship Baltic sailed for Fort Picksus with the
New York 10th regiment this afternoon. :,
The French steam frigates Pomone and
Oatenet sailed to-day.
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NEW YORK; Dec. b..
The steamship Vanderbilt arrived from
Port Royal the Sd. No news. Health Of
troops good. Beaufort nnoceupied. She
brings fveof the crew Of the schooner Al
bion, taken in attempting to run the block
sde. She also brings one secession spy
akeu at p ort Rovsl.
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DFVOLVERs AND BOYLE
III KETVE8.-A dns alsoEt11ent of dagolvilg
isfol7 1rch n foif,G nsE motsl. Baeonil, bid1Il,
AIier y WeeiockiS. ehsrpl, spil'I, smith . vs.
Son's large and snail, with FatloEI ot11r klnlz.
juSt rsoaiTed sud i1r saie 11eaR e ,lt4
III. HAITER4llEl
Gup stoEs, lal superior street. oloTslalds
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sOUTHERN NEWS.

@ BALTfAORE, Deo. 8.
A dispatch from Savannah, in the Rioh-
mond papers Of yesterday, dated the 4th
inst, says sixteen Of the ships Of the ene-
my are now IN sight Of the bar, and an
attack on Fort Pulaski is hourly expected.
The Richmond Dispatch, Of yesterday, says
it is currently reported that Gen. Floyd's
command has been ordered TO another Inn
poriant post.
a telegram, dated Nashville the Sd inst,
says that Gen. Floyd has fallen back with
in thirty miles Of the Virginia and East
Tennessee Railroad. f-.... 81 rv
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This Afternoons Report.
FROM MISSOURI.

KANSAS, Dec. 5.
By order Of Gen. Hunter, Col. Jenni-
sons regiment moved 70 3 point midway
between Kansas City and LeavenEorth
yesterday.
All Communication between here and In
dependence is cut of.
The rebel Hsys, with 800 men, visited
Independence on Monday, seized all the
horses belonging to the Pacific Stage Com.
pAny, and made general confscstion of
ell the property of Union citizens.
sEDAL1A, Dec 8.
Yesterday a party Of exasperated oiti-
turned rebels from Prices army, under
Captains Young and Wheatlsy, near
Dunksburg, about twenty miles west Of
here, killing seven and Wounding ten Of
them. Among the killed was Captain
Young. None Of the citizens we're killed
or severely wounded.
Three of the wounded rebels have since
died.
Judge Birch, who has been prisoner in
Prices camp for some time past, arrived
here to-day, having been released on pa
role.
ROLLA, Mo. Dec g..
Advices from the Southwest say that
McCullOch has gone into winter quarters
on Pea Ridge, near BentOnville, Benton
county, Arkansas, where he is putting up
barracks for his troops.
Nothing definite is known of Prices
movements.
General Mcbride was at Springfield
| with two thousand men on Sunday last.
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3apEE 8Anglnga.
loo 0O0 ROLLS WALLPAPER

War has been declared and Secession ia the ordsF
Of the day, and row q the tine for all tidy house
keepers 70 sscode from dirty and smoky walls, and
ooaroe on them with q rush, noW " ALL PARNR,
rebY improving thslr homes and most % all, ,td6
100, 900 ROLLS NOW READY
for sale 6 NJ. Carson Co. ls1, Superior St.. and
90 ioE that Ell can lDst them.
THu COST I2 MERI NOTHING.
We are nov ready q sell French, Engllah and
American wall paperu freu 50 70 % per cent 1elQ4
rreyieuB prloesi and would most rsspsctrly lnRiss
all 70 look in upon cur stock befurs tgll1a - ~
qpality OF goods and the length oi piee! Ls 9l
give the utmost satisfaction uuE goa. -olllls 20
TsotlY nom the hct0riss Ne fhersby lsYe one pros
AlsoG larEe sslcrtnians q snAea1 o. oseil 'Afls.
= GOLD BANDS, SO. &C.
Also lust opsued : sssqtifPRl R ler sS e q, -a
b o H N j u II 3.
r-tth -Bsnd5, Looi 70, 70 match Oglc1 ala L.
- n suiiIesl .rlety. BnpeF Hl1Elng oono af
short notios hTsxVarioaosd Norknopyand e Tsesen-
~. - rouI taks nios ioha % rantins. grain
iuT snd VarnhhinG e mir and Esuune7l 70 r4sels
n. B, To Dealers We would iaTitS thSiE stss1tiOa
90 our large stock, n8As
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nlMML MLL.L...-

flguneotions arsmsde at MonrosTills With the san
dli7CV Hauslald and Newark B. B., Is Qlfds With
he SsnduskY, Dayton and Cincinnati y. B, 6 M
rsdut With Era1aOnt Indiana B. b, and e. loledo
Vith the Michigan Southern y Northern Indiana
aud Toledo and Wabash Railroads Tor Ch.ca5cs De-
frolt Jackson, Fort Wayng, EoganaBort, LalTetl1a .
cairo Alton, s.. houiss and al points Wet Aortsi
vest and Southwest. -
Trains arrive IN OleVelanq nom lGiede aEq kee
Vest At go A. n, and $40 P. n. srcm sanduadT
. Nv = : -- LID. RUOKER,
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wnTER ARRAEGEMHSE. Issl-z.

u OINsINEATI RAILROAD.
-
1854. WINrkR ARRANGEMHST Issl-R.
IN ,Bd ,fssr Monday. November 4th, ISL, Pa.sua-
zor Trains VIII leave Cleveland - folioFl; fg
first Tr,in-s:00 A. Stopping At sll statiops sx-
capt Olmstsds Colamoias h0snsltarl 9reol-
vinFa At Orestliue 1870 A. Nj Colunbul 10 p.
n; Dayton 500 P; NJ Qncinnan e;l5 2. ~
81. Louis le;4s A. n; Chicago via OreatliRsot
ssoond Trsin-i.ss P. M-Stoppinz at al stations
IBERIA, Eden, Berlin, Lewis Centre. orenG @ end
WOrthtngton, arriving AZ Orestl ne lls1o 2. n,
Coiumogs ~ q - ~ On ~ a A. ~ - ~
Loui5 ll:so {, NJ; ouisyills 2;is ?. n; Ohica-
90 via Crastline 1910 A n
stop only 70 taxa Passengers on signal Is stations
rsias issTe CoIumbus Is f5Iiovs. lst Trniu-a.s8
A n, and arrive in Cleveland At $40 A. m. q Iat1
-sl5 P. n, and arrives in olsVsla1d 50 ?. p.
OOHNE0FIOHEE
ghsIby, gsrduutT, Mau5aald 4 Newark Rlllroad, i'r
4anHfeldi Mt. Vernon Newark i-,ll-a ~
O,,-,i,us' Pis.burzh, Fort wayne OhiosFO Ral-
rad, ioF 1oregt, u2Psr 5anau, Is ~ u l.ll9e-i
Ll9i .Is FGTs ,,. ESSnfi S4 Iss Hs3is Rsss sSS g
s.u, - sll99i' 99s9i'sSstuins RailrOsd Linz, F 1arpn
.Ss.Sroi5s. Tsrrs Hsats, Vinoannsl, EllaIs
wa. LoliBEiils, Cairo Sc Louis, -.
,,F-,,-s Wis SprinFdsld, Nj vernon and Flitll
Da-a brF7h Railroad l1r Springfield,
oo,umbui, Eistis Misni s columbuI, and Xsli
tsIlroad, loF Xonia, Dayton, Lndlan1Do DoilI
Fsrro Hsute, 81. Louis, AoEroEt lclollzd
md Oincinuatl, and Etth the Ohio %
7iIIi1pi Bailroad e Oincinnad foE Ices
vile, GVangVile, Catrcs 81. Loul1. and e
no1ufI on tne Ohio river
oolnmbuS Csutrsl Ohio Ralirosd icr Hsuark, EalsI.
80 Vllls, Whesling, -, Oolumbul, Pil1a ed
indians Railrosd toF Piq1a, Ufha1s- q.
- FOR Tickets % eli polafa and fnlnrriatlnl ~
~ a The FaUsEgsf 6talicn, and Ct pElc1 LicEot
ofhss, il7 sureri0E EtEeet, -
Z. s. FLINT, Supsrint,nds11,
UsGulana. Nov. a. lasl. l
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WIhTEE AREAhaEmEar.

B5l-7. WATTS ARRAkGEMEnT. 1sr-R
On and after Monday, HoEember 4fh, lssl, PaS-
gengar frain1 Eill run AZ f3loEH:
LEAVE CIuFELkHD,
go a. n. M.-ANRREs6 NAIL TRAIN--1torIlnTr =
al Stations gEc8Dt WiokEne, Mentor, HlflJs
BulolEllls, saTbrook, and arrives e lrie e. ~
Pm; Dunkirk 60 p a.: BufTlio 6.G5 ?. "a
7s25 p. n. OOhhEAqT AOOOHMoDATIOA-eso
ping ct an Statfona
300 p. M.-EIGHT EXPRESS TRA AIE-9tOuEfnl 6
PainesYlll9, Aghtabula and Girard only ana
arrives at Nrl8 e i1-43 a. H., DuukiFk 9
800 4. H. BUallo 4sl5As =.
I I a LEAVE ERIE
40 A. =. NIGHT EXPRES9 TEAIN-gtoppilq e
aifard, Oonneaut, A1htabui8 and R1ireIIlIio
only and arrives at Cleveland at 7.l5 a. -
es2o ?. o.. TX PRE3S NAIL TRhIH-Gtol1fng q Al
stations except saybrook, UnionTilla, RgTrT,
Mentoft and Mlcklid5s ard arrives q ClgFes
AGCOmHODATIOH TRAIN win leave Oonnesuf
at $50 A. y, EtopDing at all stations, and are
nEinE rs Cleveland e 9.25 a. =.
An the trsins going westward oonnsoF e Oislolzn1
WITH trans for Toledo, Ohicag0, C0lum5uss Ciu1in.
nst, St. Louis, &C.; and al the trains going
connect st DunkiTk with the trains of sha j. u 2 ~
Railroad, and ct Buffalo with those Of the New NcEf
Central and Buhllo q New KOFk CITY REilro1ils
-tlsrslsnd. Nov II. issi'
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GLRVELAND 8 TOLEDO 3. B.
@5IIll5
WIETEE ARRANeEnENT. lssi-l

On and aiisr Monday, November 4ih. l55I, Trains
VIII run daily, as follows, Sundays eIcspteds J.
7.5O A. N Chicago Exprss5-Stops AZ al stations On
southsrn DIVISION except Ma8hlng1ons and
arrives In Toledo at l2ssO P. M and Chicago
At l0.z0 P. II
$50 n Northern Mail-StoPs at all stations On
Northern DfFizion, ana arEtFasst sa1alsEE -
s.,o p n ieIeQraph Ezpr5 ss-stsps at al stationE
on Aouthern Division, except w Is hingto1l ge-
z nos and Liay. Arrives IN Toledo at i2sls Ali
md ChioagS At ia. 81.
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M ANHATTAN HOTEL--NO8.
lNt B,b, q and Murray street, % door from Broad
8aYi opposite fhe Park, New York. HnEgins q Fling
Proprteton, N. H1RgipHl late q Pearl. ssre
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gatkIa. as.ss sss 5s
Ct. NICHOLAS HOTEL
BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
BOARD REDUoED TO 50 PR DAY

since the opening Of this vast Aad eommOdious
Hotel In 1884 It has been the single endezvor Of the
Proprietors to make It the most sumptuous, con-
vsnient and eomfortsble home for the citizen and
stranger on this side the Atlantic.
And whatever has seemed likely to administer to
the comfort Of its guests thsy have sndeavOred,
without regard to cost, to provide and TO oOmhins
all the elsmsnts Of individual and social enjoymsnt
which modern art has invented, and modern taste
approved and the patronage which It has com
manded during the past ak years Is q gratifynF
pfOsf that their efforts have been appreciated
To meet the skisencies Of the times, when ali are
required to practice the most rigid economy, the
undersigned have reduced the price Of Board to
TWO DOLLARS PER DAY.
At the same time abating mona Of the luxuriss with
which thsir table has hitherto been supplied.
TREADWELL, WHITOOMB& 90.
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sEDALIA, Dec. 8

Judge Birch, who has been prisoner in
Prices camp for some time past arrived
here to-day, having been released on pa
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IadQ 1h goaas BE
CLEYELANEPE AEg MLAHONIEe

TIM TABLE 10. Ig-.To tahs 'sa,ot On and "a
Thursday, November %, ls5l.
9lsgsland 70 Younrstovn.
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BRE1sHF oARRIHD EAST Oh W1sF.
OVVr T7Tr
wIAEEa AnEANagnEaE. -

Issi-a. WIATER ARRANGEAIERT. Is5l-s,
To TAXA aHsct on Monday, NcEembsr ltht lsu.-
Tralns leave OlsYslEnd daily (sgndagB ezcaptsdi-
SO A. N MAIL-ArriVss at New York iosf5 a. NJ
Philsdelp phia 7s40 A. ~ Fittsourgh ale p. IL
Whsslfn $40 P. n; n Rhiiadelphia 40 Z. y
$40 P. n. EYP ESs-ArrtYes at n. Hork--- p ~;
Phfladeiphia i2:50 p. ID j.; PfttBburgh 10 p. H.
WhsalinE $50 A. n.
Beth Trains oonnsSt e Hudson ioF AkE0n end
hilleraburgh.
Caf3 run through from Pittsburgh % Eou YORK
via AIlentOWn,) Without change.
n. Fare Is low as bT any other lins.
- Ihrough Tickets can Be procured 6 the Union
Ticket once, Wsddsu Houss, ct tho DEPOT, q e
ne Euclid Street station.
F.RMTERs, 2. Ess1t. - II negt
0iLEVEIIAND & TOLEDO r. B,
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RoLLA Mo Dec. 6.
FROM RANsAs

General Mcbride was ct Springfield
tn two thousand men on Sunday last.
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GLEYELANp 3 ERIE R.R.

uHAB. u. RaOUEg,
nyf@ Srperlnle1d1it
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On and aiter Monday, HoFsmber lih, lssl, Pn,-
gsngor Trains Eill run AZ f3lloWB:
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lives s1me Of them being taken from their
beds while fast asleep.
On "Wednesday last, Il lad in Lewiston, while
feeling some cattle vas hooked by COW, the
point Of the horn entering the boys eye, ana
shocking'y managing the ligaments and flesh
around it.
CoNNECrlCUT,
The lille daughter ut Mrs Wilson OF Mid
dletown died, to all appearances, last week,
after severe illness, and her remains were
prepared for the grave. During the night The
supposed dead child screamed heavy perspir-
alton suffused the cold form OF the child, and
the functions OF Lille were resumed
DIR. John II. Reed Of New Haven was awak'
ened by the rusting OF tree near his win
dow, "Wednesday night. lie arose, opened the
window, and saw Il man in the tree calling to
an accomplish at the foot Of the tree, in low
voice, Charley" The discovery caused the
rascals to beat hasty retreat,
George Bromley OF Preston, while sitting
on the railroad track few days since, was
struck by a passing train, and pitched into the
bushes. Upon the train backing up 10 ascer
tain his injuries, he came forward and told the
conductor that if he had damaged the engine
am he was ready to settle for it, and walked
off home.
MISCELLANEOUS.
One of the privates ia the thirty-tirst New
York regiment, who had been threatened with
arrest for dsobedience OF orders, was so
Frustrated by the disgrace that seemed i'm
pending, that he deliberately shot himself
placing the muzze OF the gun under his chin,
and pulling the trigger with lis foot. The
deceased had been married but three or four
days.
The wife of one James Fitzgibbons fell over
Niagara Falls recently, while in a state OF in
toxicaton The distance where she fell was
some 800 or 600 feet perpendicular, and nothing
interviewed to break the force of her fall till she
dashed upon the rocks.
On Monday last, IN the early blush of the
morning, ex Gov. Helm of Kentucky, accom-
panied by his wife, drove into the camp OF
Gen. Rosseau in his carriage, and renewed his
fealty to the government by taking the required
oath. Judge Verrus of Hardin, another
dignitary, did likewise, after much parade and
gascOnade.
One Walter Mitchell recently died in Illinois,
confessing on his death-bed that, four years
ago, he set fire to the house of Mr.. Perkins in
Mlburn, N. Y, when the entire family, father
and mother, grandmother, and eight children,
persisted in the flames! He stated that he
committed the act in revenge
One Of the bravest men in the gallant fight
near Lebanon, Mo, few days ago, was a
negro The captain OF the Union troops re-
ports that Lieutenant Montgomery killed four
rebels with his sword, and the captains coored
servant two.
The Brattleboro' cavalry company were
convulsed the other night by one Of their
number, who is the "dryest Of chaps, remark
ing in relation to one OF his comrades who was
snoring quite vociferously, "Well, boys, that's
the first man | ever heard Saore old Hundred
wittoM missing a note
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OFFICiALACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE
ON SANTA ROSA ISLAND.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
FLORIDA, FoRr PICKENs, Oct IL, 1851
Colonel: [ briefly reported to you, on the 9th
inst. that the rebels had landed on this island,
partially destroy ed the camp of the SIXTH regi.
ment of New York volunteers, and had been
driven off by our troops now report In more
detail the results of the attack.
For the better understanding of the several
movements. it may be well to state that the
enemy landed about four miles from this fort
The place may he recognized by three ponds
and a mound. The island there Is about three
quarters of a mile A short distance below it
narrows to some two hundred yards, and then
widens again, and at the camp tue distance
across is about five eigliths OF mile. sue
cession Ot three or four sand ridges run on the
seaside. parallel to the coast along the island
aud low, swampy ground, interspersed with
sand hillocks some bushes, and few trees,
evtends along the harbor side-both shores
being a sandy beach. Wilson's camp is near
The seacoast and short mile from the fort
The two batteries spoken of in his report, and
TO which he retreated-the batteries Lincoln
and Totten-are, the first on the harbor side,
and the other on the Gulf side, about four
hundred yards from Fort Plckens
About 2 o'clock on the morn ng OF the 9Th
inst. was awakened by the officer OF the day,
who reported that picket driven IN had re-
ported the lanulnB Vi SlNly Hieh Oh h'iS PNi'i'
Having but little confidence in the correctness
of this report directed that no alarm should
be made, and shortly after lie reported that
the alarm was false. About 81 O'Clock lie
again reported that volleys of musketry were
heard at the camp OF the sixth regiment OF
New York volunteers l Immediately ordered
the roll to be beaten, Major Wedges to take
two companies and proceed to the spot, and
Major Arnold TO man the guns on the ranparts
bearing on the place About half an hour
after this time the firing was heavy, and the
light of the burning camp was seen. l sent
staff officer to communicate with MAYOR
Vodges, who returned very soon and said lie
had fallen in with large body of the enemy
on the inside shore, and could not find the
major.
/ Immediately ordered Major Arnold to pro-
coed to support Major Wedges with two com.
papes, and at the same time sent an order to
Col. Wilson to advance and attack the enemy.
| also despatched staff officer on board the
steamer Mcclellan, with orders for him to
take position opposite the landing place, and
open on the enemy, unfortunately at the same
time directing him 10 go to the Potomac, lying
near, and ask for some men TO assist him i'll
case landing was necessary. Capt. Powell