Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-12
LagE M0ETHERg NEWS,

Our dates from the North are.to tho 7th
inst. We make the following selections:
The Baltimore ~"Rcpublican" of Thursday
afternoon last, August 7, furnishes the fol-
lowing:
The reconnaissance from General Ii:CieI-
lan's army With left camp On FRIDAY even
lug about dusk, reached Malvern Hill Il DIS
lance Of tell miles, the next morning at day
break. Here they encountered lwo reai-
menS Of infantry and a. battery posted be
hind carthworks. An "artillerv dncl' en-
sued, which lasted about three hours, "wncn
the rebels lneioriously fled Ivy the river
road toward ~i,ic0'ncud," and were hnt!y
pursued and one luudrei q tflcra captured.
The Federal loss was three killed and elcrcn
wounded. = cavalry force, which pursued
the rctreating party on the New MoIkc:
road, came up with two brisad-S uf Cual"dt-
rates, when it fell back, bringing in dirty
p:isoDsrs captured on thc wa. \: White
Oak Swamp, Col, ATeiili, With $40 cavalry,
charged and routed the Tenth Tirs.n:l Cava.-
r, taking tweaty-ight prisoners. This, says
the dispatch, ended the operations CT the day,
when the troops weat into camp on Iialyerl:
Hill. Gen. Mcclellan VITO went 70 tie scene
OF action early Tuesday mornlug, had not
returned at tne date c. the dispatch. Every
thing is sad TO be quiet or the opposite side
of the river.
The Contederates recaptureG Brownsville,
Tenn, and burned three Thousand bales c!
cotton purchased by Northern men.
The Federal army under. Gen. Curtis wes
! still st Heicne, Arkansas, ut last accounts
Gen. Curtis, il IS stated, lad set irec the siaTas
Of Generals Pillow and IIiud.oap, c. the Cor
federate army. Several Federal steamer bad
gone up the ST. Francis river and dispe-scd
several bodies Of guerijlcs.
A. g~ueILlls altGck,~as made Upon TIE Feds
ral ioTce at Newark, -do, consisting OF seq:
cn:y Eve State troops Who were cyerpower-d
oy numbers anu captured. Another Fusr;!ia
attack vas successful in tie captu=: CT Alex
andTIa, the party retiring With pl"r3c75.
Adylces from Newbern, y. &, 7cpo-: g.
skiru.isa st the head of White 0ai: rivsr, be-
tween g Federal force uDdcr Col. Hickman, Of
the y nth New Jersey regiment: ana . party
OF the CoDtcGe1AteS. resulting Il the rout Of
the Latter.
! a large mass war meeting was heId II
Washington yesterday afternoon, az the east
front O. the Capitol, the Mayor OF the city pre-
siding, win thirty four Vice Presidents and
t"euty-twos ecretsries. President Lincoln II ss
present AID made a speech, in which be SAID
there was no precedent lo7 his appearance on
the present occasion, but j. was also true that
tLsi- vas 10 precedeE: for yeu Qle people
being neIe yourselves. lie had made al ey-
animation, but found no sling il TIE Gorsti-
tulioc s-s;nSt i. The PreSld. MIS- rep,-Lc
were characteristics, a.d according 10 TIE
Geographic report, "eTe loudly and cont,ru-
ously applauGed. The .'latei!Igsnce." 0: tai=
morning, howaver, with superior Difference 10
the "naster" 0: the Secretary Of War and
Gen. Mcclellan. says lie Presidents REMARKS
ware silently listened 10" by ,acn Of all rs7-
ties, and puts of the cheers and ether demon
s:-stious until he had 'resuIned bis seat. The
imagination OF the telesTapDer IS peTha ps 2crs
lively than that Of the &c 7 old Inteii:gcncer."