Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

camp lie, VINO commander our forces our
strength, &c. Our pickets answered all
their questions promptly, and put similar
questions to them, at the same time urg-
ing them to come ashore, assuring them
that they should not be molested. &c.
which invitation they readily accepted,
and boldly put their feet on Virginia soil
After long chat, they expressed their
intention of returning Some of our men
were in favor of allowing them peaceably
to depart, inasmuch as they had given
them their omise that 6ey should not
be arrested. Others were averse 10 let
ting them 60 Scott free, and insisted that
they shou d be held as prisoners of war
To decide the matter, Col Bate was seut
for. The Col. came, and forthwith or
dered them to be arrested, and they were
accordingly sent to Richmond the follow
ing day. The two boys (aged il and Is
years. were subsequently released
On Sunday last shell thrown from the
Yankee battery on the Maryland shore,
bursted in the camp of Florida company
stationed at our batteries, severely wound
ing two of our men. Both will recover,
however.
Not day passes that does no: witness
an artillery duel between onr guaners and
the enemy. AT times, the cannonading 9
becomes q lite spirited, aud the shells fall
thick and fast GA both sides. The Yam
KEGS, must accord them the credit to
say, shoot well. Their bombs often ex
plode Immediately in aud over our batte-
ries. Notwithstanding this, they have
thus far done us little damage. Out Of
the innumerabe shots they have aimed at
Us, not man on our side las been killed,
aud but thre. or four wounded
Ou the right Of the l3 a inst whilst
our batteries were firing ou vessel, that
was attempting to run the blockade, on.
of our guns exploded, killing one man,
aud seriously wIundjng two others. Il
was T" 6 ipaund Dthkreen gun, weisai"a
I9,O0O pounds, and IL feet long. The
coacussi)n produced by tie explosion wa
tremendous. making the earth tremble a.
/ if in the throe> Of al earjiqrakc There
were ten men un ;he platform At the time,
but, miracuIouNiy, al escaped jury ex
cept the thlee abJve- mentioned \ 80
p1under rife -.un has taken the place o.
the one that burs;e
a severe engagement took place day
before yesterday in the vicinity Of D.rne :
town. The flnnu, Zen. Stuart, with g.
900 cavalry, attacked the enemy, II O0O
s:rorg. After bard Iy-coutcstei b,,tit
of several hours. our forces were compel I'd
by overwhelmin. numbers, to retire L
was probably oue of the fercest contest
of the war, and the slaughter on both
sides was dreadful. Oar brave trooI S
fought braveIy, desperately, but were
compelled finally to succu NIB to the largely
superior force OF the Federals The los,
Of the enemy was between 500 and 600
in killed aud wounded, while our loss was
about 100 killed, aud 200 wounded
The exciting news from England is the
all-abscrbng topic here. Every body i,
elatcd at the long prayed for interference
of the great lion in our behalf From tn.
signs of the times, it Is evident that there
must ere long BE- rupture Of the friendly
relations hitherto existing between the
United States and Great Britain, aud that
the strong arm of the latter will be stretch
ed forth In our defence. S. II. w.
NORTHERN CREDIT IN EURopE.-The
Paris correspondent of the New Orleans
Ptcayune, writes a letter to that paper
from which we extract as follows:
The exorbitaut rates Of interes. offered
} by the North did at one time seem tempt
lug to English capitalists. But the abuse
heaped by northern newspapers on Eng
land cooled their longing for Yankee in
vestmentS, and the victory at Bulls Run
opened their eyes TO the folly Of taking
Mr.. Llncoln's paper l see it reported in
the Northern papers that Messrs de Rotls-
chllds intend taking large share of the
United States loan. This, | know, is a
mistake. The blnke.s here and ii. Eng
land look with great disfavor upon il
The English government aud press frowu
upon it as violation of neutrality. Be-
sides the glorious victory at Bulls Run
has deprecated this loan grea. deal, for
no man here DOW believes the North can
subJugate the SOUTH" Que of the most
eminent bankers of Paris told me, a few
days ago, that if the North should sustain
another such defeat as that met at Bull $
Hun, ne, and he said all the other bank {.
ers OF Europe. would not give 37i cents
on the dollar for all the United States
loans, and he added: 81 had ten times
rather have Virginia OF Georgia stock now
than United States stock they are a
great deal better investment. Capitalists
here likewise see that soon after the au.