The Nevada Democrat., 1861-09-28
ARRIVAL OF THE PONY EXPRESS
(yHoN rHE sAcsAxEyro rSloS.I ]
RuBY VALLEY Sept u.
ESQ miles east OF Fort Churchill.

dates % otpl. ZZd
Ad. ices from Richmond, Of Sept. Is, state
il is believed that SiideIl goes to France
soon. fhhg> are Unusually quiet on the
VugInla eide OF tue Potomac.
Subscriptions to the Federal National
l0al xc.rd ulnc million dollars.
The Spanish Minister ba- assured the
Secretary ii State that the repurIs from
CharIy.Ion that The CSpIain General OF Gu
ba had I,su,d u proclamation recognizing
the rebel flag was untrue. The facts are
thai vessels frum any port of the United
States Ia ,.UsessiOn Of The rebels, coming
lnio Spanish ports with regular papers, are
of neccssl:y admitted without notice Of IL
regularity just as they have been admitted
Ia al Ulhrr ports OF The world. since the
rcnel- gain, d pOrsersOn Of The custom hOus
&c. There rs no recognition of the rebel Tag
III S anlsiI or other ports.
Sch0vncr Mary Wood, owned in North
CaruII"a, arrived at Philadelphia oil the
l6ih. Ia charge OF prize master. Her cargo
Consisted Ut sugar. mulasses AID sall. She
Was captured OFT Hatieras.
ScuoonerS May L. Hopkins, +. II. Rus.
sell. aud Julia A. Rich we're seized at New
Yak On the l6lh.
o. Tue lGih, twenty niue subscribers to
the NatiOua LOAN took $l45. 900.
Reports al Washington Uf the 10th, cay
the ebeIS at Washington assert that they
would take Arlington Heights and AlcxAn-
drla this week win 200 900 men, and from
there shell Washington.
The New York Tribune states that prepa-
ralions for Two important movements
against the Southern coast are rapidly go.
ing forward SO that expeditions will be rea-
DIV to sail in few weeks. In one Of them
the laud forces will be under Major Gen.
Butler, aud the other under Brig. Gen. Sher-
man who il now commanding The important
camp of Hampstead. The number OftrOOps
Of all arms to be employed in the two, will
be about 25 900 men. The Naval forces
will b. Of appropriate strength.
On the 18Th the Confederate army made
M advance on Elkwater, Va, with force
of 5000. having driven back detachments
Of the Indiana Sd. and 4th and 9th Ohio
Regiments The 18Th Indiana regiment
had several skirmlshes with superior mum
hers on the evening of the 18th inst, kill
ing IL, only irifling loss on our side. As
the enemy advanced on Elkwater the col
umn was handsomely checked by the l7th
Indiana Regiment.
A message was received by the House,
at Frankfort. Ky. on the 18Th September,
from Gov. Msg"ffin, communicating tele
graphic dispatches from Gen Zollicoffer,
announcing that the snieiy Of Tennessee
demanded the occupation of Cumberland
Gap and along the mountains of Kentucky;
that he had gone sO far aud should retain
bis position until the Federal forces were
withdrawn aud Federal camps broken mp.
He communicated message from Thomas
G. Reynolds, Lieut.. Gov. of Missouri. ask
ing what course Kentucky intended to take
in view of the occupation of the Mississippi
river below the Ohio, by Federal forces
in violation Of her neutrality.
II was reported on the 18th that Sterling
Price with II 900 men surrounded Lexington,
Mo-, and sent a summons to Col. Mulligan to
surrender, COL Mulligan replied, ego to hellg'
An attack was Immediately made, 6rst opening
with artillery and under its cover making
sortie on the town. They we're repulsed with
heavy loss by Mulligan's forces, with little loss
on the part o! U. S. troops. Price was said TO
be lowering around Lexington.
General Price commenced an attack on our
entertainments at Lexington, commanded By
Col. Mulligan, on Monday, the fight was very
severe all day. Price assaulted the works, but
was repulsed with severe loss. The fight was
resumed by Price on Tuesday morning, bat
fecbly. The rebel loss on Monday was reported
at 1000, and that of Federal SO0-both prob
ably greatly exaggerated.
McClellau's body guard is increased 70
1853 men.
Al Frankfort, Ky. 90 18th, the Commit
tee on Federal Relations reported substan-
TALLY as follows: Whereas, Confederate