The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-26
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There was brisk skirmisli yesterday i'll the
neghborhood of Falls Church between a po.r tion
Of General Smiths division and the rebel battery
The firing from the latter, however, was wholly
Ineffective though they had six guns in action. On
the other hand, GriiHn's and Motifs bat
teries did severe execution to the rebels, and
finally scattered them in all directions. With
this exception everything on the line of the
in the vicinity of Munson's and Masons Hills, and
can be seen distinctly throwing up earthworks.
All fears of an attack Oh McClellan's army are, it
appears, not abandoned by good many people in
Washington. The pickets are doubled and all
passes denied by General Mcclellan.
We have further information of the siege and
fall of Lexington, Missouri, together with ru-
mors of an attack ON General Price by the Union
Generals Lane, Hunter and Sicgel but the latter
report lacks confirmation The accounts of the
loss on both sides at the late battle are contra
dietory. 1t is stated that Mullgan's loss was not
more than 100, and that of the rebels only 800;
while from another quarter the figures are put
down at l,20O killed aud wounded ON the rebel
side, and several hundred on the part of the
Union troops. General Fremont had gone in the
direction of Lexington, and General Curtis takes
his place temporarily at st. Louis.
There has been an affair at Romncy, Va, in
which the Union forces, consisting of portion of
some Ohio regiments, drove the rebels out of the
town and took possession of it. At Point of Rocks
also the Union troops under Colonel Geary drove
off large force of rebels by the fire of the bat
teries.
Everything is reported quiet around Hatteras
Inlet.
Several New Jersey papers Of the secession
stripe were presented by the Grand Jury at Tren-
ton yesterday.
By the Persia and Saxonia we have details of
the news from Europe to the 14th instant The
London Times and Herald--in the interest of the
Palmerston Cabinet and aristocracy of the king
dom-affect vast amount of surprise; and assume
tone Of offence and Indignation at the publication
and enforcement of the late order of the Washing
ton Cabinet relative to the requirement of pass
ports by persons departing from and entering the
territory of the United States. This attitude is
merely hypocritical, and taken with view to
prejudice the feelings Of intending emigrants from
Europe against country and Institutions and thus
divert the stream Of emgrant population as far as
possible to Canada and Australia. Both papers
are loud in their assertion of the liberty of the
subject, ignoring the fact that under the rule Of
England no Irishman can keep any description OF
firearms or the smallest quantity of powder or
shot in his house, unless he has government
brand on the one and government license for the
other and that every stage coach, steam carriage
ship steamboat which travels through or enters OF
leaves any part of Great Britain is waited on
and watched by policemen as a regular and pro-
mnent part of the daily duty of these officers
This being the normal condition of England, Ire
land and Scotland, it is astonishing to us why the
Times and Herald object SO strongly to the pass
port precautions of the American government
adopted in the midst Of a rebellion.