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by our troops, WHO succeeded in taking loO
OF them prisoners.
Tho loss on our side at this poin. was 8
killed and ii wounded. Capt. Benson had
his thigh broken by piece OF shell. Lieut..
Col. Gamble Ct the Sth Ill. Cavalry. was Sc
T,erelY wounded IN the breast while driving in
the enemy's pickets.
At White Oak Swamp bridge, Col. Averill
with 500 Cavalry, found the 18th Virginia
Cavalry drawn up to receive them. A charge
was Immediately ordered which broke the
| rebels lines, when they fed. Col. Averrll
followed them three miles, takinc % prisnn-
ers. without losing man. Gen. Pleasanton.
with force of cavalry, took the New Mar
ket road on which portion Of the rebels
were retiring he followed then to within
short distance OF New Market, where meet
ing over two brigades of rebels. he fell back,
bringing over 80 prisoners taken on the way.
Every tIirE Il quiet on the opposite side
of the -f,er.
The Memphis Bulletin of the Sd, reports
that fight occurred seven miles from town
on Sunday, between a federal force Of three
or four thousand and the rebels under jeff
Thompson The latter were driven back
with great loss.
A severe fight occurred at Newark, Knox
Co. No, on Friday evening last About a
thousand guerillas, under Porter, approached
the town one hour before sunse , and were
met by parts of two companies of State mi
litia numbering seventy-fve men. The guer-
illas charged on our troops, and were re-
pulsed. when they dismounted and drove the
militia into the town, where a severe strug-
gle ensued, resulting in the capitulation Of
our forces, who were Immediately paroled
Our loss WAS killed and wounded The
rebels acknowledged 20 killed and large
number wounded. Porter's gang carried of
all the arms and camp equipage Of our
troops,
On Saturday evening, band of 100 guer-
illas took possession of Alexandria, Mo-
They then seized all the arms and ammu-
milton they could End, did considerable other
plundering, and then left.
Intelligence from Newbern to the q, says
that an expedition under Col Hinkman, of
the 9th New Jersey Regiment, bad proceeded |
to Iouugs Crossroads, at the head of which |
they had a skirmish with party Of rebels !
who were completely routed.
A letter from the gunboat Paul Jones,
dated 29th ult., reports an assault on a rebel |
battery in the Ogechee river by the Paul |
Jones, Unsdilla, Huron and Madgie. They |
shelled the work for two hours, INJECTING Sc
rious damage and receiving none.
Rebel dispatches in the Richmond Fran
ner Of the q, report a defeat OF our forces
At c ,urtland, Ala, by the rebel general
Armstrong. The rebel guerillas are sad to
have taken possession of Brownsville, Tenn,
aud burned 600 bales of cotton purchased
by Northern men. Gen. ROsencranz's dlvi-
vision is at / uscumbia. Madisonville. La,
is occupied by the Federals.
4 rebel dispatch states that their cavalry
'tormed Summersville county seat, Nicholas
county, Western Virginia, capturing thu
sntire garrison, including Lieut.. Col. Stair,
and sixty FIVE officers and men.
The Adj. General of Rhode Island has is
sued an order from Gov. Sprague, directing
the enlistment OF a regiment from that state,
to be called the 9th and composed entirely
Of colOred men. The order reminds the ne
,roes OF the State that Washington pro-
bounced the colored regiment from Rhode
Island equal to any tn served in the revo-
utiOn
There was a great wa- meeting at Vast
ngton We6n stay. The Mayor OF the city
presided. President Lincoln addressed tie
Meeting. Resolutions were passed saying
hat misgivings as to the policy of the war
lone cause hesitation in the minds OF the
'eople, and urging the President to give po-
tive assurances as to that; that the leaders
f the rebellion should be treated as ire
laimable trsitors, stripped of all property.
nd hung or driven from the country APP
rowing the confsc Ition bill, and asserting
bat the national capital is eminently the
lace where treason should be punished