American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1861-07-20

w edneSdaY. expecting an altacA-
The same condition of things exist at Lex
ington.
Reinforcements, especially artillery, are
greatly needed.
Washington, July ID. In the Senate, a biz
providing for additional pay and masters
force biiI have both passed.
In the House, the civil appropriations and
Eve hundred thousand volunteers bill passed.
The scarcity of money is the reason for dis
charging the clerks.
The Patent Office reserve of eighty thou
sand dollars has dwindled to three thousand
ST. Louis July IS. Montgomery's bandits
are devastating the Western border of Mis-
souri,.
Portland, Me-, July l3. The Mary Good
ell which has arrived here, reports being
boarded by the privateer jeff Davis, which
had captured several vessels within a week.
Washington, July ls.sTaliaferro, son-in-
law of Senator Mason, has been arrested here
as spy.
/ Baltimore, July l3. Four more men have
been arrested as implicated in the ST. Nieho-
las affair.
/ st. Louis, July ID. There is great excite
ment here in consequence of the suppression
of the State Journal but there has been no
disturbance yet.
There are five hundred troops under arms
in different parts of the city.
i Washington, July ID. The two ladies who
linveigled the Connecticut Captain, Goodwin,
to his capture, have been arrested and are
helu prisoners, guarantee of Goodwin's
return.
Clarke, member of the House from Mis-
souri,, has been expelled for having served
under the Missouri State law soldier
Boston, July Is. French war steamer,
with an Admiral, has arrived at Halifax, and
is awaiting the arrival of six others, when
the French fleet will sail South.
Boston, July Is. The United States sloop-
of-war yincennes is looking for the privateer
JEFF Davis.
Richmond, July l3. Passengers by no road
bring anything Of interest to-day
/ The last Newbern Progress reports that
fifteen shots were recently exchanged with
Federal war steamer and the Fort at Cape
Hatteras. The fort received no injury, but
the steamer drew off, it is thought, in a disa-
bled condition.
Louisville, July l3. Dispatches from St.
Louis and Chicago are unfayorable to the
patriots at Vernon; but Quincy, in the neigh
borhood of the battle field, from whence the
only reliable intelligence has been obtained,
is silent.
Cincinnati, July 49, dispatch TO the
i 'dZtLtc lIoHl lNOdtthG ieuul HtCNANNs W tAN
battle, states that the Federalists were 10000
strong, and Pegram's command numbered
only 1000 men.
/ Louisville, July l3. The fight at Rich
Mountain the occurrence of which has been
previously reported, comes to US to-day in a
totally different tone.
/ The latest dispatch regarding the affair
states that the Southerners were eight humid
red strong, and had two cannon. Their loss
is put down at 10 killed, and about as many
wounded The loss to the Federalists amOun-
ted to / killed and 50 wounded.
The above is approved by Gen. Mcclellan,
but his own dispatch to Washington reports
twenty killed and forty wounded.
Apparently the invaders had made plans
for certain victory and sent bulletins before
! the fight but the courier lost his way.
/ Gen. Mcclellan waited all day for signals,
which he did not get, and the enterprise re-
suited in the dislodgment of eight hundred
men by five invading regiments.
| Washington, July Is. Gen. Scott has been
| in consultation with an Alabama niger, who
| says that there are five regiments and eigh-
teen field pieces in and around Fairfax Court
House.
| Among other information the icontraband'
told Scott that everything indicates that the
Southerners were about to retreat.
| Washington, July Is. The bogus Virginia
Senators were sworn in.
The House resolution to adjourn on Friday
passed.
Senate resolution authorizing the Secretary
of the Navy to employ the necessary means
to protect commerce from privateers, passed
| resolution for the formation of n con-
vention to adjust present difficulties was
tabled.
! The army appropriation bill has passed the
Senate.
Forney was elected Secretary of the Senate.
/
| st. Louis, July Is. Latest advices from
Southwestern Missouri, place IL, 900 FEEDER
alists at Springfield.
| Missouri papers dated the 18th, three days
distant from the seat of war, place the bel
ligerents as follows: State forces, three col
umns, 10, 900 each; that under Jackson is ad-
lvancing towards Jefferson City. Those under
/ Rains and Parsons and under Price and Nc
Culloch, have driven the concentrated Federal
| forces into a neck of land between Warsaw
and Osceola.
! Captain Burbage had killed 80 and cap
tured $50 Federalists in Cedar county.
The Neosha prisoners, after subscribing to
some kind of an oath, had been released.
/ Memphis, July Is. News reached Little
Rock yesterday, by way of Pocahontas, Ark,
/ that Gen. Ben. McCulloch, with $4,000 men,
attacked IA, 900 Federalists at Springfield,
No., killing nine hundred. The Federalists
surrendered Internationally. Two hundred
Soutberners killed.
I Cincinnati, July Is Several boats with
/ first and second bogus Kentucky regiment
/ landed a mile below Guyandott. One COM
pany of Virginia horse was there, but left
when the invaders landed. Col. Woodruff
arrested twenty citizens, and killed one.
Louisville, July Is. Collector Cotton places
his agents at Russelyille, on the railroad to-
morrow.
New York, July Is. 1t is reported the pri-
vateer Sumter brought six prizes into Gu
ban port. The authorities will hold the
prizes, pending advices from Spain. The
/ Sumter was ordered to sea.
Baltimore, July Is. Henry May has re-
turned from Richmond He says confidence
i in the Confederate leaders is unbounded.
Commander Mitchell, Lieuts. Porter and
Hackett and engineer Lining have resigned.
Lieut.. Shyrock, of the Saranac, has also re-
signed.
ST. Louis, July Is. General Harris has
dispersed without the loss of man, to rally
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