The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-31

30 MPoAiM,ty Oh the corntields make the position
reiy advantageous one for defence The comnonie
were stationed the tops of the adoha no,,aps a
pehlnu the coTrals. Captain CaopWood's COMMA,
" ds mounted. The citizens posted themselves o,
partd to render assista ce. ' f'
ihe enemy advanced to With, ,0n ro-d- e -
p9si'ion anu halted, and formed in line of battlc
VIZ" Two ho"itzaTs IN the centre ard the infantry
@ m,,u ou me wings cavalry, the whole force appear
ing 10 De ABOUT 800 men. aar of truce yyas ,ho,
sent to cur position, with the modest demand to sur
Iender the town unconditIonally; the reply was
"that il they wished the town To come ar.d t.L
IT, they unmasked their guns, and commence,
hrlng bombs and grape into a town crowded wild
women and childen, without having, in accordanc
win an invatiabie rule of civilized warfare give
nHuce S 20 remove the women and children to
dlt1erent parts of the town. fortunately withon
doing any injury to q single individual Tw,
companies were ordered to take their positiop n,
the top of the houses in the main plaza THE frs
smell thrown struck on the top of building. q,
! winch was stationed portion of Csntsip T'eeIe'
company, and exploded.
After firing couple of rounds of Crane at tn
more advanced position of our force, the cavalr,
OF the enemy made charge, and had advanced Il
| "ltnln three hundred yards of n corral behir,
/ winch captain Hardeman's company were stationed
From forty TO fifty shots were fred by this com
pany, killing four and wounding four of tho enarv-
throwing them into confusion, and finally in To re-
treat, their officers vainlv trying to ralV then, -
Inc ordef was given to charge four times tn nc
! purpose, and they retired in confusion cerryinn
! with them the dead and wounded '"s
! Captain Coopwood's company had bean co,t;,
.uaily employed in depoyiDg among the bouses src
corrais rSt appearing III many different directions
! lhis and other movements, and the apnearsnca nj
men pom lar and near, at many different points
succeeded In deceiving the enemy as to our ra.
force. They were dioheartened bv their i'll succs,
In the charge, and as night was falling thew drew
on Their force, lr good order in the direction M
Fort Fillmore.
EVACUATION OF FORT FILLMORE
At one n'cGck on the r7orpinp of tha 0ytb u:
Lynde evacuated Fort Fillmore with all his cnnn
mand, previously destroying much valuable nrn
perry ana munitions oil war. The soldiers DESTROY
eu much of their company property, musketa
Clothing, blacksmith shop, bakery. and nno ~
the quartcrmaster's storerooms had heep com
p!eteiv burned down. The majority of the build
lhgs were unipJured, and can be Immediately oc.
cuplad by the Confederate forces. The hosn;to1
stores, medicine, and furniture were most
ofoke up, and nearly all the arms and large
quantity OF ammunition were DESTROYED A graat
deal OF valuable commissary stores and other
property were unharmed, to the amount of several
thousand dollars.
THE RETREAT.
Inc United States troops retreated in the Girac
ton OF Fort Stauntop, and were seen by our sc0uts
Immediately after daylight eight or ten miles "a
oil Los cruces, IN the mountains. The whole COM
mand OF Confederate troops were ordered in pur
suit, and crowded on in full chase after the In
hves The road lay over the table lands and noun
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Augustine Springs, over a route where there wos
no water, and the day was excessively warm
Some SIX or seven miles on this side of the San
Augustine Springs, stragGers of the United States
infantry we're overtaken, and the way to the Sprn
bad the appearance of a complete r0ut Gums vera
strung along the road, and cartridge boxes The
SIX miles To the Springs succession ofcharpes.
men were taken prisoners and disarmed in son dc.
the artillery was captured, and the greater portion
ot the lniantry were taken before the main com
mand was cached.
SURRENDER.
MAJOR Lynde was encamped near the San Aucus
tine springs, ana lo'1 stlI! some fundIed men
with him, who formed in battle arrav on tho an
.pearance of the Confederate troous Advsncc w.
made to charge them by our troops, and thev
had reached within three hundred wards with
eager spirits for the fray, when flag of trucc
was raised by the United States column dnsirin-
to know on what conditions our cnmmander wopId
receive surrender. The reply was an uncOndi-
tlonal surrender-the same terms they had en-
deavcred to dictate to the Confederate forces =
This was sought to be modified by the u S. com.
maDoer, which request was refused further than
that they would be allowed two hours ia renovo
their women and children to a place of safe,y-
Inc u y commander finally agreed to an unc,n-
ditional surrender.
ln brief, during this day, eleven companies of
United States regular troops, mounted and foot
mastering seven hundred effective men, surreD.
dered to two hundred aud eighty Confederates four
pieces OF cannon, their arms equipments, two hum
Gfed caVairy horses mules and wagons, and two
From, the NeD York Herald
From Djaie's LanG
reports rom Manassas by way Of Kentucky
through Unicn sources, represent the rebels as 81
ger tor another encounter, though SUFFERING from
sickness and lack OF essential provisions ior tho
cam moaign. From the sources it is stated that
the GeOrgians receive New York papers within
twelve days days of their publication, and that tho
rebels in the Southwest were preparing for an al
tack py sea.
From, the ". 7. Times
These TestiIent PIiyateers.
Would it not be worth while for the government
to give little attention to the two prvateers jeff
Davis and Sumter. We tired chronicIiDp their
movements and expl0its. They have been cruising
now for two or thre, months--capturing every few
DAYS prize or other-auu0u8cinr their arri-
val and departure st the various ports they see fit
to visit, and giving commerce more trouble
and cur country more concern, than respectable
sized navy ought to do in time of war. Is
there way OF checking their depred ations? Is
our whole navy absolutely unable to cope with
these wretched little pirates? Have we no steam
erS that can sail as fast,-nO commanders az
good at seamaDshp-no naval officers energetic
enough to hunt up and hunt down these pestilept
prowiers OF the sea? lfnor, we had better disband
the navy, and hire out the job of capturing this
brace Of privaeers. Perhaps it would be ex-
pecting too much of Mr.. Welles to ask him to give
the matter his attention; but Mr.. Cameron we
presume, could easily contract with some Pennsyl-
yanis politician to undertake it for consideration
From the N 7. He aid. august %
Interesting from Richmond
A gentleman arrived here to day from Richmond,
via Louisville, Ky. he has spent several weeks in
Virginia, and visited the lines of the Confederate
army OF the Potomac. He estimates the plumber
now in arms in Virginia at nearly three bundred
thousand, and the t"rce On the Potomac alone at
one hundred and eighty thousand Since the first
OF June immense quantities of arms, purchased in
the East, have been carried into the State through
Baltimore, and their whole army is now we'll arm
ed. Manassas junction has been virtually abandon
cd fharA hair, ,lxy Ira Il
the guns in battery.
The principal body of their forces has been
pushed forward to the Upper Potomac to be thrown
across into Maryland, for which movement column
OF forty thousand is prepared with pOntoon
bridges upon which they can cross at apy point
they find the least defended. They are determined
to make effort to get Mary land in their posses
sion, and they believe that will insure their uti-
mate possession OF this city and all the immense
accumulation of supplies here, and enable them to
transfer the war from the Potomac to the Susuue-
hanna, and secure to them the recognition by
Europe of the Southern COnfederacY. This pro-
gramme has been decided upon
The reports of the battle of Bull Run spread
throughout the whole South, have kiudIed an al
mast inconcsivable enthusiasm, and induced tie
belief that not only Washington may be captured,
but the whole North conquered. force OF about
! fourteen thousand men has gone to Winchester to
be ready to cooperate with the column now men
acing the position Of General Banks and General
| Stone. The approaches upon our lines immediate
force there is deemed sufficient to carry our works
at Alexandria and the Chain Bridge, if the princi-
pal part of our forces should be called away to re-
! pei the attempts to cross the Upper Potomac
From the Louisville Courier.
East Tennessee.
We learn from the Nashville papers that four full
regiments of infantry for the Confederate service
have been raised in East Tennessee including those
| five companies from Greene county, the home o.
| Andy johnson. They have also raised six or eight
fine m cavalry companies in that part of the State
We add the following from the Memphis Appeal:
The Hon. George w. Bridges, who has been au
intense Union man, and was a candidate for the
United States Congress in the late election, advised
Col carroll OF his intention to raise regiment o
volunteers from among the Unonists OF his district
and enter the active service of the Confederate
| States.
From the Philadelphia Press
President Davis and the state of Missouri.
1t is announced that President Davis has or j
about to issue a proclamation announcing the ad
mission of Missouri into the Southern Coniederac
recognizing jackson as Chief Magistrate of tha
State, and his recent acts and procamations a
valid.
"A Long, Low. Ral<ish Looking Schooner.
The Commercial Advertiser of Honolulu, s. l., c
July 4th, spins the following yarn:
Capt. Nichols, of the clipper ship Bald Eagle
! informs US that on the second dav out from Sa
Francisco, be observed sail on his wind ard qua
t ter. He kept on the course till the yess
e had approached near enough to show that she WI
: 'lopg, low, suspicious looking black craft" of
> schooner rig. Capt. N. went down and examine
s his chart comparing the coarse of the schoon
with the wind, and came to the conclusion that al
J, was bound nowhere but to speak his ship. By th
0 time she had approached somewhat nearer, clio
= enough to show that she was we'll manned a,
n ANYTHING but regular trader.
si having large amount OF specie 1880 O00l