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y WASHINGTON, Sept. THE proprietor of ia
It bank was arrested yesterday, it being report,
= that PaYmaster in the Navy, who is detant
here in custody, has been patronizing his estabis
:, ment BY large adventures. The various 9TH
y, gambIins-h0uses principally on Pennsylvania av
nue., were closed at an early hour of the nigh
probably from fear that their business would ais
e be interrupted suspended by the Governmel
n authorities
0 Reports from various points the Virginia sid
0 Of the Potomac represent all quiet during last nigh
and this morning.
Our forces near Alexandria found six brass 81,
Founders yesterday buried in the ground there,
r short distance from the railroad station. The
: were taken to Fort Ellsworth.
t A Confederate Battery Discovered-- "A dyanc
of the Federal Lines--Am Unsuccessful AT
tempt of the Confederates to Cross tn
Potomac. General Mcclellan Reconnoiter
WASHINGTON, Sept 8--The following are the re
suits of careful and extended observation to-da
on the Virgin la side of the Potomac:
new and formidable battery has been discoy
cred commanding the Leesburg turnpike abou
seven miles from the Chain Bridge TIE telling q
the woods by the Contederates exposed it to tn
view OF our troops. Owing to the distance n
guns were discernible any large body O
troops. Men were, however, observed employ eC
On the forti6cations to-day.
AT daylight this morning our pickets advanced
one mile further into Virginia, the Confederate
retiring before them from the direction of Ar
lington
Last Wednesday the Confederates fired from al
eminence at Great alls sixteen miles from Wash
ington, upon body Of our troops on the MARYLAND
side. Their rife cannon, although perhaps hun
dred times discharged, wounded only one of our
men. They attempted to ford the river by con-
structing temporary bridge with panks wher
they were repulsed by the Sharpsho0ters of the
| 7th Pennsylvania reserves, and number of hem
killed. The Confederates then retired from view,
carrying with them their battery.
Yesterday General Mcclellan made balloon as
| and cd
| hours in reconnaissance.
| General McClellsn's order for the observance OF
Sunday was read throughout the entire line to-day,
and was everywhere received with gladness
Considerable excitement oecasOned this af-
ternoon BY repeated discharges of musketry in the
neigbborhood of Fort Corcoran. Commanding po-
sitioDs here were occupied under the supposi-
| tinn that battle was pending but the firing pro-
ceeded from musket practice with blank cartridge.
| No passes whatever were issued to day to cross
| the Potomac.
Pardoned by the President.
The President has pardoned A. j. Clarke who
has served two years in the Wisconsin Peniteniary,
having been convicted of forging land warrants.
FROM MISSOURI.
LEXINGTON, Mo-, Sept. 6.-The following account
of recent events in this vicinity is furnished to the
st. Louis Republican:
large Secession force surrounded this town on
both sides of the river last week, and arrested a
number OF U nion men here, including ex. Governor
King, Judge Ryland and Mr.. S Fields.
On Friday, of last week, at the instance of these
gentlemen, flag of truce was sent in by the Con
tederates, which resulted in a conference about
mile from the town, between Col Rout Gen. Reed
and Capt Shelby, on the Confederate side, and Ma
ior Bricker, Capt. Graham and Lieut.. Brown on
the Federal side. The Confederates demanded the
unconditional surrender of the fort which was flat
ly refused.
During the Investment of the town By the Seces-
sonists a good deal of skirmishng took place in
the streets of the city, and in the woods on both
sides of the river.
The Federal troops destroyed the ferry houses
on the north side of the river, when fight occur
red between a small force under Lieut. Brown and
the Conederates, in which four five of the latter
were killed. and number wounded. Several of
Browns men were wounded mortay.
On Thursday Lieut.. Brown, with twenty men,
Capt Wthrow, in which the latter were complete
y routed, and Capt. Withrow taken prisoner after
being severely wounded by Brown.
On Friday all further attempts to reduce the
place were abandoned, Col. Reut retiring with his
command towards Independence, and Col. Reed
going towards Fort Scott, leaving Capt. Shelby |
with about six hundred men at his old rendezvous
on Tabu creek, eight miles east Of Lexington and
a considerable Secession force in the bottom be- |
tween Lexington aud Richmond. The forces thus |
left were cut off from all mail cOmmunicaton
General Reed, going towards Fort Scott, took |
with him Messrs. King, Ryland and Field, and
other prisoners.
The whole loss in all the fights, Gn the Secession
side, eight killed, besides the wounded; and on
the Federal side. one mortally and several slightly
wounded.
The Federal troops burned warehouse and
several frame houses, where the C0nfederates had |
sneampad on the north side of the river.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 6:-The steamers Champion, |
Hannibal and Meteor, the property of Confederate |
citizens, were seized at the wharf to-day by Col |
lector Howard, and coniiscated under the recent |
act of Congress
w D. Redield, the correspondent of the Chicago
Journal, arrested tonight, charged with hold
communication with the GOnfederatps.
FROM KENTUCKY.
Kentucky Legislature.
FRANKFORT, Sept. THE Senate has appointed |
Messrs. Johnson, Reed and thornton Marshall, a |
committee to visit Western Kentucky and enquire |
of the Federal and Confederate military authorities
by whose direction and for what reason they occu-
pv certain portions of our soil.
The Federal flag hoisted over the Capitol
to day by vote in the House of II ayes, to 20
nays.
A motion to hoist the State flag was referred to |
a committee on Federal Relations
The Senate is composed of q Unionists to IL |
Southern Rights men, and the House of &c Union |
lists to "a Southern Rights.
The Occupation of Kentucky by the Fed
eral and Confederate Forces.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. I'll here is considerable anx-
ietv here on account of the occupation of Hickman
and Paducah by opposing forces, which has been
increased by the absence of news from that quarter
to-day.
Cairo, Sept 7.-Generals Pillow and Polk have
occupied Colunbus, hen'ucky, Win seven LhOu-
sand Conederates. jeff Thompson is in Missouri, |
directly opposite, with the balance Of Pillows
forces. reinforcement of Federal troops have |
been sent to-day to Paducah, and another regiment |
follows Immediately.
From the South.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. CA despatch from Richmond |
saws: "One hundred and two Federal prisoners |
reached here this afternoon. They were taken by |
Gen. Floyd, Gauley Bridge. last week. One
hundred of them belonged to the Ohio 7th regi-
ment.
"a railroad engineer, who has just arrived here,
says serious accident occurred on the railroad |
near Abingdon, to-day. The Aiken Guards, of the
l4th Louisiana regiment, had one of their MEM
bers killed, and thirteen wounded.
Congress was in session for about two hours |
on Tuesday the I'd, and then adjourned till the
third Monday in November.
Regiment of Kentucky Cavalry.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 6-hon. James S. Jackson |
will issue spirited call to morrow for regiment |
of Kentucky cavalry, under the authority of the
United States, for three years service or during
the war. he states that the soil of Kentucky has
been wantonly invaded.