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HOUSES, ROOMS, &C., TO LET,

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snail sneinss keep the ship free. rhis l. only
Temporary, and the ship win havc 10 20 TO sous
place 10 havs three planks put In. I have ~
ocived rife guns and plscsd the thirty. eve
pcunier on The fcrecastls, and the twelve psund-
e. on the poop Co,fd have possibly msna aged
this ship IN any ether way than keeping her
head up and dJvr the river, would kaye stop
ped Al Pilot Town 10 give battle; but this vas
fsuDd too hazardous, owing TO her extssms
length. Tho attempt vN made, but broadsids
could pst be brought 70 bear withcut running
thu ship ashore. hes concluded, a. advises,
o. start for the bar, sod trust " the chance Of
finding vatsr enough 10 crosa-
In bsnsting the affair Of the river ! emitted
a. state that the ram sunk ons of our large est
IRIS and . shot from TIE ensmy stove tie gig.
am pleased 20 say that the vi1eennes II
snoat, snd at a. ct o. outsi1s on my stsrbo.rd
qusrtor. Assistant Surgeon Rooinssn, from the
Viuoeunes IL criore1 20 temporary duty IN beard
tbs ship. Assistant Surgeon Howell, eoaeesn-
81 by survey, will retum In the McClsn.a.
The raster Of the NighttngLs ~ u deliver hf'y
ten. Il coal 70 the MCCLELLAN. This, tssoth-'
With vhst will take out, will, trsE, Tighten
her 70 that We car hsul her of Very respect
fully, joins Pore, Csptaia-
Il. Flag Oficer, WV A hoKnAs
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Three Minutes Work by $50 Men
Major srAGoN1's orrfc1At KrroHr.

MAJOR sFAGoN's OPTICAL KrroEr.
Springfield, OCT. 2G.-GeRersl report rs
spectfully that yesterday, al p. NJ, met in
Springfield about 1000 rebels formed in
line opposite. They gave = very warn
reception, but your gusrd with one foeling
made charge, Ani in less than three minutes
tho enemy wa, completely routed by $50 pen.
We cleared the city u every rebel, and retired,
II being n ar night. not fseling allie to keep tie
place with 30 small force.
MAJOR Whites command did not participate
In the charge. l have seen charges, but such
brilliant bravery have never fsen aud did not
expect. Their war cry-Femost and the Union
broke forth like thunder.
(Sign.d) CHAs. SEAooN,
M,jor Commanding Body Glrd.
The rebel camp was just outside OF the city.
Major Soagoni was compelled TO pass through .
lane and let down ndmblr OF fence rails befors
hs could charge On the foe, thss drawing their
&c.
There was a good deal Of street fighting in
Spring fold, and from the house. two Ssees ion
lists, who ran cut Of their dwellings,, fired at tho
Body Guard, were killed.
Major Sesgoni was advised Of the force o.
the rebels, but he was determined 70 have q
fight.
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Etlitary and Naval Movements.

RHcRUII1No-oorTTNEyrA GUARD.
About 200 of the Continental Guard are en-,
esnped on the site lstsly occupied by the 81
Rhode Island regiment.
NAVAL nrcRuIrrNG.
Naval recruiting continues brisk. Two hun
Ord and fifty men ware shipped in this city last
week, but at PRESENT there are osly $50 men on
board Tho rccsiving ship North Carolina As
fast a. nsn arc skipped they are absorbed by the
We sells going into commission, Of which the
average his lately been four per wo,k.
FOR PORT PIoKEss.
Tic U. s, steam ,r nsport, George Pcsbody
anrr hsvirg her guard taken of, and thorough
ly ovshaulod, now lies at the Government
DOH, foot Of Murray street, n. 4. She will
load for Key West and Port Pieken, the eargs
will consist Of hundred head Of cattle, hay and
prOvisions.
DEPARTURE oV TIE HARVEY WPLg5.
The Barney Raes, swartEs jaeger, Col. B.iA.
Kozls, are ordered 70 leave for the ssst OF war
this afternoon, but il Is scarcely probable that
they viii get of befsr. tomorrow. Bolore tlair
departure they will receive . vary handsome
sand q oolors, the gift of Hiram barney, ESq.
THs IRISH BRIGADE.
Tho sommAndSnts Of companies sre requested
to mees At the headquarters. SOC BOsdvsy, al
| 10 O'Clock A. NJ for the purpose Of having their
mudor rolls someploted.
AT Vt. rIIoMAa.
The U. s. steamers Porha.an, Porter, aud
IroqsoiS Palmer, In search of the pivsteor
Sumter also, the San Jseinto, wilkes, On q
sruiss and home, were all at r. Thomas GA.
14th; all wen.
thin rwHuTIHrH WsrRR COUNTY RBoIMasr.
This fine regiment, ever one thousand men
skUns, srixsd In the city on Saturday nG.ing,
On route tSSWsshisgton. There are four hun
dred men q the old Twsntieth Regiment In the
ranks, and many If the odicors have already
been in the field The regiment marched from
l+A sIsst to the Park Barracks. About
s'elcck tho line was again formed, and tho 70.
ginsnt marched down to the Jersey city ferry,
where they crossed the river and took the ear.
for WAshingtoa- The following Is list oS the
field ard staff officers ;-Colonel, G. ". Prstt ;
Lieut. Col - Gates Major - HArdsnburgh
Paymster, - Settle; Commissary, Lieut.
ElmendoH; QusrternAst~, Lieut.. Grifflths
Surgeon, - LOughren; Assistant Surgeon, -
Tuttla
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log h terms Of Ire highest praise Of the men
ecssposing the detachmeuts of the Massachu.
sts Ffeeuth and Twentieth, and thu Fret
Cali fornia, New Yotk and the Tsmmsny regi-
mems, for their gallant conduct AZ tho basile
near Lesshurs, on Monday last. He speaks q
the extraordin ~ obstacles they had N en-
counter, and asserts that the ssms bravery and
sctiviiy under lees trying difficulties wsuld To-
sure Militant sueces,. He dos not attributs
,hs rev re 10 any error e Gcnsr.l S'ons, hut
rtli'ves him and his men Of all rosponsibiliy
tr the result.
THE EDWARDS Fnnhr ATgArR.
The beast of the rebtl, In Richmond papen q
tie 23d INST, that they espurod six 81 our
riiled guns at Ieo,burg, Is the purest fiction.
We he'd only three pieces q artillery IN that
esRaQement--two hovitEer and small rihed
aun The kcvitzosS W 20 thrown is'O tho rivsr
10 rrevcn, their falling in'o the hands of the
eserny, and wee Afterwards found thee by De-
tsci meat u eur soldiers. Jhess pisces belon led
10 Rioke't's battery, and were csnmsn1od by
Licute ant French, Of tbs Rhode Island bsttsrv,
vi has been brsus ht to this city wounded. Hs
states that bis men stood their ground firmly ard
fought desperately. Five q them ware shot
dorn by biz side, and when compslei TO sbsn-
dos the fitld they dragged the kowitzers 10 the
river by hand ard threw them int the water.
The Iebals rot OF ly the one small riaed irsa
Gun.
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CITY NEWS.

surPosKD PRIvArBBRs-The brig Q. T.
oBrlen, Captain Wiley, has arrived from
Antevideo, via St. Thomas Captain Wiley
reports that he arrived at St. Thomas in o,m-
pany with the brig Spartan, from Rio Janelro,
the captain Of which vessel reported having,
October 9th, been chased twelve hsurs, In lat.
10, long. AZ, by q steamer, bark rlsgsd, round
stern, had no SailS higher than top gallant
sails After being ovsrtaken, she was board
sd, but, being an English vessel, was allowed
10 proceed. She had a large American ensign
flying during the whole time Tho officers Of
the steamer would MOI tell her name, or what
their business VISA Tho aptain Of tho brig,
on arriving a. ST. Thomas, was invited on
board Of one d our mon of-Wr, and, seeing a
painting Of the privGteer Sumter on board, pro-
nounced her ~ being tho same VesSsl that
boarded him.
The Brig Howard, Of 81 Johns n. r., also
rSpsrts that on tho 18Th Inst when In lat %,
long. GO IS, that she was spoken by . schoOna
which had great number Of mon On deck.
Also saw what they supposed to DO q gun
amidshipS covered up with old EIlS. Aher
she spoke them, she stood away on her course
southwark. She would not tell her name
whom asked. Another EngllAh schooner, the
Telegraph, Capt. Davidson, reports that On
the 22d Inst, whom of Hatteras, aAw fore aud
Aft schooner running for them. She came near
enough to read the name Of tho vessel when
ne went about and stood down for the brig
Robert Kirk, which vessel was thon In light
Supposed hsr 10 DO pdvAtser.
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Fires, Acclse-ts, Inquests, go.

eBRIoUs RUNovRR CAsUALTI.-RliEaB Bruins
wick, little girl 6 years Of ago was run ovel
in Church street, BY horse attached to carl
No. 1929 and had her thigh bone badly ffse-
tured. The driver instantly applied the WHIP
TO his horse and made his eecsps. Tho little
girl was conveyed TO the residonce Of her mo
thor, 1853 Church street, where physician was
called to attend her.
VsIL KRoM BunDuo "A laborOr named
Martin Gilmore, while employed On tho now
building 11o Nassau street, accidentally fell
from the second story to the basement inIurlng
himfslf in dangerous manner. GImsre, Who
resides at 100 Mulberry street, was taken 70 the
n. Y. Hospital
FATAL RALI--An inquest was hsid al Ne.
1s6 West sord street, yestsrday, upon tho body
Of Peter Stast, native Il Germany, aged u
year,, who died from The effects q injuries asd
dsntaliy received By falling through the STAIR.
wsy Il the nov building EaDrnsr II tssd sisss'
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INSPECTION OF oUR HARBoR FoErIFfcA.
IIoss.-The barbor fjrtifcsiions Of this city
were iaspsSted on Saturday last by tho Sur
vSyor Of tho Port the Naval onicor AMI 9th
ers. TITO party did not start till the afternoon.
The steamer proceeded direct u Sandy Hook
1t ws8 too dlrk, however, to 90 on shore, so
the inspection wa inside hon thu deck Of the
steamer. OF the fortihcations they appeared
from the Tiger, We cen only repeat tho fact,
thai they will he, when completed, fOrmla sbla
10 the sxtrene. PJr three foarths Of a ailo in
sircunfnenoe tho works stretch round, me
nseing every possible sntrlBce by them, snl
thres,ening destruction to evsry invading foe.
Already one tier Of guns are mounted, and the
gunrers every day arc busyiug trying their
rapss, while upwards Of five huudfed work
men are actively engsEei psItocting the re-
naindsr Of tho Wo'ks. Nearly three millions
q dollars will he expended before these works
will be conplete. Tho pGty reached home
al Abou!o o'el,ck in tie evening.
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THE NEW YORK SUN.
MONDAY MORNING, oJr'R rs. 1861.
N. are.sNarsl R.p,dl,les.

VIZ dive In smother column detailed state
men. a the strength Of the combined land and
ga fucss q the great naval oEp'diipn' whieh
r.Iied fom Fortress Monroe on Saturday. The
vest preparations necoeary TO o-gauiEo such
IN iuposing force In ell its details, called
forth eli the energies Of the Governmcn', snl
when We consider the limited menus Al
he command only a few months ago, oxhib'
he the great resources Of the nstiCn and reflects
cr,dil On tbs officials who organized sns de-
veiop.d them. II Is not too much 70 say thai
ali the conditions necessary TO success are oom'
bined In this expedition, and if It dos' moi
schisvs u, the fault will b owing 20 circ Im
stances which Il was imp 1seiblefor msn 10 con
tend seainst I's very vastness renders Il more
lisiio TO misfortune from bsd wra her, and
vhiIe We would caution our rcadsfs against in
dulsinS In extrsvssA ant hope r,spsi'isg Il,
80. nav b sure that cur mca will exhibit al.
tb.ir accustomed bravery should they bs
,rc.sh, into actual c,nhct with he enc ny.
IL s.ils at tbs most favorable time Il tho year
fcr naval operations on the southern co'';--the
month Of November, Il 10 said, boi1s sin
sulsriy free from the usual storms 90 the A..
lsntic shores in the fall and vintsr and also
most favorable for the health Of the soldiers and
sailoss. Respecting lis destination, Of course We
knew nothing, and are only lef. to conjscure.
Charestsr, Nov o loans, Wilmington, or Be'u'
fat, N. c., have ton respectively named 81
tire points aimed at New Oresns il the Eruo.
ri favoiito, however, and the most probable
sEpPOsiiion.
he sxpsdition son'sins all the mssns nosos>
s.ry for inland transportation, and for thro sin ;
VI eukenehsd camps. A noticeable feature in
the forces employed is the Introduction by tn,
governmtn', for the first time, II tho negro Gle
nent into the war upwards Of 1000 contra
band, being embarked 10 work on foruGoationa,
and do other kinds OF manual lsbor.
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Battle I'm Missouri.
THE FEDERAL TROOPS VICTORIOUS.

~. Losi,, OCT. n Tho following dispatch
wa rtceiv,d here This evening"
HTApaUARrEIs, ~ Tns FrHLp. NHARl
EVANSVILLE, Mo OF. 1850.
Capt. McKEEvEG, Assistant Adjutsnt General I:
Yesterday afternoon, Major Snsgoyne, at ths
head Of my guard, made most brill snt charge
upon body OF the enemy thrown up In line OF
battle and their camp Al Springfield 1000 O.
go, sTous. lie completely routed them, clear.
thsn fiom The town, hoisted the nAtionsl Gag os
the court houss and retired upon . roinforce
nuh, which he hu already joincd. Our
Ices Va rot pToat.
ThB successful charge sgaint such worry
large odds il q poble example TO the army. Our
advance will Occupy Springfield tonight.
(Ssreo) J. q. Fremont,
Major Gen. COmn'dg.
General Prcmost's body guard numbers 800.
WHO MAJoR FRANK WHITE ~.
Najsr Frank Whits who reeip'urel Lexing-
iDet n, lately, At tho / cad a $50 men, ami re-
leGsod our sick and wounded soldiers after div
Ing ont some 800 reb'ls, is the son Of sprooiis-
sut New York lawyer.
TIE nATILH oY yHEDKRIcKrowS.
Tho fifty prisoners taken At the bittlo ii
FfodcIi, ks own havo been put 20 work in tho
trenches a. Cape Gusrdoau. Tho sceounts Of
Major Seofold, who commanded the batteries
IN ito action shou this victory was most com.
plato d any yet schievsd by our army during
he Wat. Jef. Thompson 6scaped on foot al 81
having his horsa killed from undor him. Thu
retsl fHco was about 6, COO, while ours was only
1000
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Loss Of Life ms SEQ.

We ARE Indebted 70 Mr.. j. II Upton, Sscre-
tary Of the american shipnAs'srs' Association,
for tabular statement OF l's' Of l'fs st seA.
Pew persons who read in thu reports II arri-
vd, q paragraph stating that on a certain day a
seaman fell from Aloft aud was lost overheard,
redizs TIE number reached in the sggroga's
during the year.
No record Of thess losses has heretofore beer
kept, and when ws learn that Sii lives hav
been lost during nino mon hs by iNliss ovo'
board siOns,i may vsll excite inquiry vho'he
there Ia rot some defect in the management Of
board eur vessels, and whoiher some efiieien
device could not b adopted tor handling sal
from the deck
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Sdn Frdncisco, Cal oct 25.-Sailsd on the
2lst iBst., steamer OrizAba for Panama, having
on board q million dollars in treasure, Of which
siRht hundred and seventy thousand Is for New
York.
Tho market list week was rather buoyant,
with an improved busiRoss from first hands.
Captains Briggs and Green, OF the U. u.
Navy, ex-senator Gwin and Calhoun BsnhAm,
left somewhat quietly in the OriEAba. Their
nance arc withheld from publication in tho pas
sengtr list.
-Four hundred and forty regular troops md
1000 stand Of armS have boen forwarded by
tho OriHaba-
SGa FTdncisco, Oct. 2G.-Arrivod today,
steamer Sonora, from Panama.
Sailed today, ship Winged Racer, for Liver
pool, with . vAlnabls cargo Of wheat and silver
orc. In passing down the hArbOr The run on
tie "AliAterz, and knocked hCls in her bot.
ION, making return necessary. She has Soven
feat d watsg In hcr hold, and her cargo 10 bad
~ damaged.
Commercial.
TIE market 10 healthy. Butter seIls at 900,
candles 26c., and whiskey 81 1.2c.
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Important from Missouri.

Tilt Knob No Os. 90 Col. Plum ner has
returned with his command 10 Cape Girardsau.
Col. Csrlin now occupied Frederick town with q
regiment Ct infantry, q squadron of cavalry
and two piects Il artillery Thompson and his
rebel band were pur-ued t-eD'y-two nilss be-
yrnd Frederick 70 IN on the Greenville read,
when the chsso was sbsndrned. Toe rob.ls are
probably row at Greenville, hat they are csm-
pletsly demtTalised, and will doubtless continus
their retreat. This detachment sont out 70 bury
the dead afer tho bstJe, reported soar 200 4
The rebels killed and LET on the field. Our loss
was ALLIED and Abcut 40 wounded, enc NOR.
tall,
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MAYOR WooD AID THs PAcITIG-Tho fol
lowing is the response Of Mayor Wood to the
dispatch d Mayor Tsschsmacher d San Fran
eiSco:--
To tie Hdyo- Of San Fdacisco
New York returns her greetings to San Rran-
cisco. Let the Union thus go happily eonsum.
mated between thsm ever remain unimpairod.
Ihs Union forsysr-whether between the
East and tho West or tho North aud the South
let il be- continued AMI preserved.
FKRHANDo WooD, Mayer.
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SOCIETY NOTICES.


Tho Prison Association - New YORK. -
The objects q tbis AssO lston are list. Tho
dstair ed for u al OF auAliy culIiced, or a. vii
ses. Cd. Tie impr1yt meut Of Prisou discipline
snd tbs gcVanmen, Il prssuers- whether for ctss.
oounhea or states. 3D.. The support and enoour-
Reenent 4 reformSd coayCts tfter their disoharKr
ty shnding them the means " obtaining an hen
cot iv elihood, and tuttAtng en'in their Efforts
at reform. The ASSOCIATION, through its general
Agent, ABRAHAM BeAU, IA constantly engaged in
visiting our Courts ara Pdsons, and though scting
und@ libsrnl charter fr IN Vie legislature, has
never rs ei'ed a dolsr I. ON no public trsNsury.
DOl Atigus are reslc,r. , Ill tied, and may 10
SOFT " VIM g. GILMAN, JT, Treasures, 10 ssr-
ClAni's kNcEAnge. Liz
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fHhBB SUSPICIOUS FbSbbLo obiDbO'
Fort Lafayette was the scene q unusual az
citerusnt yesterday, In Consequence Of the at
tsupt q one OF the prisoners 10 make his -
cape by lowering himself from one Of the pert
holes with rope. II appears that between ono
and two o'clock yesterday nerning, ore Of the
fsntinsis On DUTY on the dock, outside q the
tort, otssrved q nan lowering hinsslr down
with rope from one Of the uppu port holes;
the ,en'inel waited until the pri,oner reached
te,ro Jrpsd, vhsn be presented his muskst at
his breast sni ordered him 10 stand. Toe pri-
sousr offered tn, sentinel his msnsy, smolniinS
70 t47, and . gold vstch, IL be would
slsv him the privilege to get back 70 bis
Id quarters BY the same road hs came
and say nothing about the occurenos, but
Che oGer was Indignantly spurned, and the
alarm given. Lieut. woods, who Ia 10 com
.a.d Of the fo't, beat 10 quarters, and the in.
mates were all taought together, and, the roll
being called, II was sseertained that bat one
psrscr had a,tas-pbd to escape, and that wa
ths enc captured. He proved TO bs Daniel
Lswb,r, who was zrested few weeks since at
Crestline, Ohio, on charge Of being bearer
q dispatches to the southern rebels. By some
means be hal prosured . kay fitting the pad
lsck to the grating on the port hels near where
be WA corfncd, and lowered himself TO the
ground with a dothss line. lie hal a now
wSb-tub, in which he lad placed hi, vslise, and
around lis body was strapped . life preserves.
Al the time he attempted to make his escape,
three vesssls we're observed acting in suspi
cious manner srd It Is supposed he intsnded ID
Chrtw binaslf In the water with his tub, and
was 70 bo polod up by QUO Of the three vessels
! Lisut. Woods manned q boat with SALON and
soldiers, and gut OF TO the ihree suspicious vessels
ard rie account they gave IT themselves was q
uu,ahsfse.ogy, that he ordered them 10 lay toc
under the guns d the rovenus cutter Bib, unit
the Affair . hovughly Investigated Lswbsr va
q. snoe put in double irons, ard placed in a por,
ties Il the Fort where he will have poor chsne'
Of sg'in mAkisg his escape. He was much cha,
| grired st the ncn-suooess Of his nice ltus ar
rs,gemeut, bat loudly proclaimed himself
Soscsei oniEt o. the BLACKLIST kind, and ssd II tn
ssntisel hid net been so wstchfdl, he vsul
now have boen in the laId Of Dixie. Lowbe
IL b-otbsr Of J. c. Lovber. the captain Of ts
steamboat Tiger, which Is now In the service Q
the Collector q the port. 1t 10 thought that hi
escape was aided by woman who visited ia
| Psrt on Saturday.
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The Great Naval expedition.
sLILINo or TEE FLEET.

Ths greet naval cxpsdiuen now On IL way
10 some point On thu southern coast. consisted q
9O,coo TO 10000 Io p, embarked In sc <An,-
ports, 20 steam Ru.bo.ts and 10 large war Vs.
ssls, o.rying In all 300 guns Pour Of the trans
puis ccovey horses and army wagons, the r,star
loaded With TROOPS and their equipmenis This
expedition IL the largest ever seen on this conti-
Dent, and the 81 ships comprising II presented .
psgt ifcent sppearsncs In Hampton Roads. The
commander Of the military arm is Brig Gen.
Thoms W. kberm IN, native o. Rhode Island,
and . graduate of West Point. Gen. Sn.rnsn
ssved with distinction in MeIics, where hs
orgsniEod the famous sherman battery, which
now accompanies him, bat tbs opmmand Of
which he has relinqu she'd to Captain Hanil-
ton.
The frat higado, under the command Of
brig. Gen. Viele, OF this state, . West Poiat
graduate and Mexican OH or, consists Of tho 81
N. II. regiment, 46th, An. ash regiments Of
New York Volunteers, and 9Th Maize regim snt.
Jhe focond brigsre under Brig. Gen. Isaac
J. Stovtns, Of Massachuset,s and a West Point
graduate, consists Of the Rourdhsad Penn
Gylvanis regiment o. vuiunteers, the GOT. Penn.
regiment volunteers, tho sth Michigan, and the
79h New York highland regiment
Tho third brigade cOmmanced by Horatio @
wright, sn eSp.ria-ccd engineer otficor s.d
West Point ersduge, 10 composed Vt the 9Th
New llsmPs regiment, tho 9Th and 7th Con-
ptciicut regiments, and the 9th Maine regiment
The naval ofiesr In command is Capt 8. Y,
Dupont, Of New Jersey, who hs been in th'
styice for forty-siT years. His hAg.ship is th'
WsheSb 10 guns. We sppend q list OF thu
ptiocpsl war vessels, gun bos,s and transperts
Va .nla 49, .d.r O.nnI
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WdllirS'o., O1 T.--Lisut. Gen. Scott &C.
cay received the following Dispatch, dated
RonSEr, VIRGINIA, ost. "a, P. NJ.
In obedience to your orders moved on thb
place ct II O'Clock last night, attacked the enc
my a; o'clock thi, afternoon, and drove II
their outpoets, and sns . bri liant action Of two
hours completely routsd Tie n, taking all heii
cannon ard much q their camp squiprsgN al
many prisoners Our Ice, Il bat tihng' os'
sanno cay TO what extent
Mig. Gen. H. p. KsILr, Commanding.
N.,c CSek ia, Oct. a -tieperA' Kelly
nerd ed from ibis p int on Friday night, and
attach 81 ROmney yesterdsy afternoon, routing
the eDemy, capturing many prisoners, thres
pisoos u cannon, ard all their wagon, and camp
oquippSgo. The rebels retrea.oi towards Win
o,estor. Our Loo, Is triding. ThA; q the ans
my has not bssn ascertained.
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Fert,as Monroe, oct 70, ria Bdsinore, OF.
20 The Cambridge il in from the BLOCKADE saf
Beaufort, and reports thai the Albstro,s Lost tvo
men, drowned, ID frulilos attomp. 10 lsnd =
few n en- south Ot Beaufort.
Bdifi-ore, oct. 77.-The Bhtish brig Ariel,
with q cargo o. salt which was captured Wills
cndesvorir & to run the blockade al lIhtto-al In
LEI, bsd arrived at Old Point.