The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-09

The loss of artillery amounts to seventeen rifled
cannon and eight small bore guns In ammunition
the loss amounted to $50 boxes of small arm car
tridges and eghtyseven boxes of rifed cannon car
tridges Thirty boxes of old fire arms, thirteen
wagons of provisions, $500 muskets and 5000
knapsacks and blankets were also lost in the re-
treat and during the battle
The rebels are reported to have gathered in
strength at Fairfax, and to he throwing up FORTH
cations all along the lines of road in that vicinity.
The regiments in General McClellan's command
are being rapidly formed into brgades, and the
greatest activity prevails throughout all the camps
on the Potomac.
We give to-day additional particulars of the
attack and victory of the Union troops under &C.
neral Lyon, at Dug Spring, Missouri, on Friday
last. The gallant charge made by the Union
cavalry, it appears, was sudden and spontaneous
affair, undertaken by the lieutenant commanding
upon seeing large body of rebel infantry advanc-
ing along the road after the troops had en-
camped for the night at Dug Spring. On the
following morning General Lyons force advanced
cautiously towards Curran, where the rebels were
posted to the number of three thousand. A brisk
fire from Captain Dubois battery dispersed them
and they retreated hastily. General Lyon encampcd
at Curran that night, but fearing flank movement
of the rebel cavalry, he fell back upon Springfield
on Sunday morning.
Another skirmish took place at the town of
Athens, in the northwestern part of Missouri on
Monday morning last, where large amount of
arms and ammunition belonging to the United
States was stored The rebels, over a thou
sand strong, commanded by Martin Green,
brother of ex-senator Green, of Missouri,
made an attack on the place. The United States
volunteers, commanded by Captain Moore and
numbering about $50, resisted the attack for an
hour, when the rebels retreated. Being reinforced
by $50 men from Ccntralia Iowa, on the oppo-
site side Of the river, Captain Moore followed
up the rebels for q mile and half, killing and
taking prisoners nineteen men and thirty.one
horses The Union troops have since been largely
reinforced and will probably follow up the pur-
suit to the bitter end
Brigader General Rosencranz has despatched to
the Post Office Department the following from
Clarksburg, Va, dated August THE rebels have
been expelled from Kanawha Can the mail SER
vice be resumed there? The Department informed
him that the immediate resumption of the mail
service was authorized whenever it was safe, and
where it could be intrusted to proper hands.
With regard to the complaints of foreign Con-
suls to their Ministers at Washington. that the
blockade is totally inefficient, we fear it must be
conceded that there is too much truth in them
In proof Of this we need but call the attention of
our readers to our naval correspondence under the
head of "The Blockade" which we publish
to-day. One fact disclosed in that corespon
dence is, that rendezvous for priva
teers has been established at Newbern,
n. c., and that those privateers grown insolent
by the 9npunity with which they carry on their
p1agious practices, disregard the blockade. An