Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-19

WAsHNGToN, September l7.-Mayor Ber-
rett returned to Washington to. day, and had
an interview with the President.
General Mcclellan and staff spent the en-
tire day in Virginia, reviewing troops.
ALBANY, N. Y, September l7.-Prince Ma
poleon is here, and leaves for New York to-
morrow.
FREDERIoK, Nd, September 1.-THE House
met at eleven o'clock to-day. Eleven men,
bers were present and answered to their
names, and, on motion, they adjourned till
tomorrow noon,
iSendte-Secretary Kilgore remained in the
Senate chamber until two o'clock, and, no
Senator appearing at the roll-call, he an
nounced the Senate adjourned till noon to-
morrow.
Messrs Kimmell, Nuttie and Bradley are
the only Senators here, and they decline to
enter the Senate Chamber until some of their
colleagues arrive, who are expected to.mor-
row.
BALTIMORE, September 1.-THE corre-
spondent of the American at Sharpsburg re-
ports that on Friday and Saturday last a
skirmish occurredne that town. On Friday
the rebels appeared in large numbers in
Shepardstown, and commenced firing on the
Federalists on the Maryland side. Several
cannon were brought out by the Federalists
of his guns TO bear upon them from Doudon
Hill, opposite the town, and opened with ball
and grape, which soon silenced the rebel bat
terry and destroyed several houses A flag of
truce was sent from the rebels, proposing a
cessation of the firing. Since then all has
been quiet.
The Herald dispatches contain the follow
ing, which is about the only fresh sensation
of all the specials:
WASHINGTON, September l7.-Everything
| is quiet along the lines to-day. Several
rebels have been taken prisoners within a
few days, and they all assert that General
| Beauregard has promised the extreme South.
! ern ana Coast troops that if they will not
go home, he will move forward before the
20th, and have battle.
He assures them that he will take Wash
| iDgton without attacking our works in front.
| This promise is made to keep the troops of
the Gulf States from leaving the army. Our
spies corroborate the above statement.
JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, September 1s.-The
correspondent of the st. Louis Democrat
| gives the following account of an engage
Ipent with the rebels at Boouville, on the
18th instant, taken from Captain Eppstein's S
official report. The Captain says, after the
| fight had lasted about an hour, the Seces-
sionists whom he had taken as hostages, be-
| came so restless that they begged him to
allow one of their number to go with flag
of truce and ask an armistice. This hostage
came back soon Rfterward, while let the
men cease firing, with the request to know
my conditions. l then demanded that they
should withdraw the rebel forces two miles
from the city, not to molest any of our fami
lies ard other Union people, to leave the arm
of the killed and wounded on the GROUND
where they fell, while l promised to let tn,
prisoners free whom 1 had taken, with thu
exception of the preacher-Pointer-wh
informed them, would shoot in case they
die not hoHorably keep their promise fol-
seven days. They left town according tc
this agreement.
Thus the gallant fellow, with only one
hundred and fifty men, actually dictated hi!
own terms to fully four times his number
The enemy fought well for little while
but out of the whole six hundred, only sil
could be found to storm the works. Thei
leaders bravelly led the way, but they abso
lutely refused to follow. OF these six, on
men killed four, their two leaders, Colone
Brown and his SOD, Captain Brown, falling
go near the intrenchments that they drew
them in, and they died inside. Besides these
the enemy lost eight or ten killed AM
wounded.
A courier just from Boonville reports tina
the rebel force was retreating toward Price
command. Besides Colonel Brown and hi
son, they lost two other Captains. Colone
Brown was armed with three eight-inct
revolvers, a rife, a sword and a bowie knife
The weapons are now in the possession o
Lieutenant Pease.
The correspondent of the Republican say
that reliable information has been receive
that Lexington still held out on Monday
and had been slightly re-enforced. Tw
thousand men had arrived at Arrow RocE
but Green and Harris had left with five @
six thousand men, taking Southwestern
direction.