, 1861-11-28
GEN. HUNTER At LEAVENW0RTH.
FROM WASHINGTON,

Tie President Message IS not yet compiet-
Cd. a portion Of it went 10 tl.c printer to-
day, in unfinished form. Several unimportant
questions are yet to he determined. Tic doc
Tint II: will be Il comparatively plain and btsi-
ness like statement Of the situation OF affairs,
with little argument and no buncombc. Il
will present cheering views of domestic
trouhlcs and foreign relations; urge the ut
most economy consistent with the most y;s-
orors prosecution Of the war, The amount
Of niolity and men rcqullvtl il Not fully deter
mined, Tut it viii probably l:e not far from
srytn hundred thousand troops and seven
hundred millions Of dollars. Tie Mcssayc
will, as {: whole, give thorough satisfaction 10
the country, and inspire it with faith in the
sure and speedy success of the war.
Tho following dispatch from Gen. Mccall
reached tllc quarters this forenoon:
LANGLEY. Nov. q, 1857.
Col Geo. D. Bayard, with 700 men Of Firs.
Cavalry, Pennsylvania Reserve, marched last
night, nj o'clock, with orders to proceed 10
Drainsy1llc and capture 4 party Of the enemv's
IIckcts, understood to be there. Hc has just
returned with eleven prisoners, having killed
two and wounded one Of the enemy.
Two OF Tie prisoners are cavalry, with their
horses, arms and equipments. The rest are
foolmcn. Col. Bayard had his horse killed
and is slightly wounded, and Surgeon Alex
ander and one Of our men are wounded.
Tic fact that the second flag Of truce
broug;s: nu further news about the Pensacola
benlbardnlcnt is thought additional proof
that tlcy had nothing TO bring Of an unlayor-
| able nature 10 u5. Aycssel thence will hardly
| arrive for a week yet. Dates reached the De-
| rartmcnt Today to November 18th.
| Ger. Ladilons Ugl,as2a, Il Hungarian officer,
late Of Texas, las been appointed Consul to
| AncoM,, Italy.
! Gen. Summers Division, which comprises
/ Gen. Howard's and the Irish Brigades, will
occupy position on the left wing, between
Gen Hcintzel1nan aud Gen. Franklin.
| One 1,air Of extra shoes have been served to
| every soldier across the Potomac.
| All Important question Las been raised hy
tie case of two Iowa Registers and Receivers
i'll tile Land Office, WHO lave retained fees de-
rived from thc location Vi military bounty
lsntl warrants, which the United States seeks
to recover, claiming that these officers are ell
titled IL only twenty-five hundred dollars ii
fees. In tie determination Of this case over
| a million dollars is involved.
| LIEUT., Rogers, Of bark ". G. Anderson, re-
ports to tic Navy Department that OIL the
18th inst. lie captured the rebel privatecr
schooner Bca1rvgara, vi one hundred and one
tons hur1lcn, manncd 1y Il captain, two lieu
tenants, purser, and twcnty-thrcc scailc.l,
| and carrying t riilcd pivot gun, throwing "a
roEnder projcctiles. Lieut.. r. says OIL ap-
pro.ching within four nlilcs, lie suddenly
liasalvd hy the wind. We sailed in chase, and
Two hours brought hrr under our lee, and
ordered her captain on board with her paners.
He brought letters vi marque from Jefferson
Davis, which hc surrendered with his Vessel.
Ne put prize master and crew on board, and
| transferred prisoners to our ship, placiH:,
| them in double irons. Her crew were found
drink, comnlittin. all the destruction they
could, throwing overheard arms and anmu-
milton, sriking guns and cutting coils and
risging to piccrs. She was otherwise in bad
order and poorly found, with short supply
cfwatcr. She has been taken to Key West.
Two more accommodating parties were sent
out from, our right wing. Ono of them had q
skirmish with a superior body Of tic enemy.
Capt Rowland, with Companies and Il,
FTeidman's Cavalry, went as far Us Hunters
Mills, near the scene Of tile skir1nish yester-
day, and sent a detail Of dism0unted men for.
ward to reconnoitrc, who discovered Il large
hcdy Of rebel infantry in ambush Captain
Rowland retired with his small force. Capt
| Bell, With between two and three companie:
Of the Sd Pennsylvania, Col. Ayerill's Cavalry,
rcconnoitering between Vienna and Hunter's
Mills, were attacked by the amhuscadins enc
| +,,yst f1,n 3,@4i, =.
lcys were fired before our troops, pressed BY
the overwhelmingly superior forces Of the Gu
envy. fell back
i courier was dispatched to Gen. Porter, te
whose Division the party belonged, when he
sent forward the 9TH Massachusetts,, Colonc
Cass, 4th Michigan, Col. Woodbury., Griffin
Batteries. and two more companies from Col
AverilTs Cavalry; and the 22d Massachusetts,
Col. Cove, were ordered to hold thcmselye:
in readiness, hut at dusk all the troops re
turned.
Before reinforcenlents reached Capt Bell III
was again attacked lr the enemy, who attempt
cd to cut him of: Shots were again exch;ants
ed, the rebel commander being shot and fall
ing from his horse, which galloped within ou
lines and was captured.
Some dozen Of our men fell, and were nee
essarily left on the field. Lieut.. Ford and 4
men, all Of Ayerilrs Cavalry, are missing.
Orderly Sergeant Perkins horse killed an'
: rider injured. The enemy were dressed il
dark blue, wearing caps. They did not wal
| for in encounter with our rcinforcements
> III his forthcoming report Secretary Gamer
on recommends that the boundaries Of yi1
ginia be on the north by Pennsylvania an
Ohio, cast hy Blue Ridge, and south by Sort]
: Carolina.
All that portion of Virginia cast Of It!
c Blue Ridge is to he added to Maryland on cor
: dition she gives up thrcc-ffths slave rcpre:en.
alton, while Delaware is to extend to Chess
: pcake BaE--
I Twenty-scyen cavalry instead Of forty-fyt
were captured yesterday, Officer in comnnan
greatly blamed.