New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE, WAR.


wouuGed; Capt. Farley, of Gen. Stuart stan was
killed; Col. Williams Of the I'd North o"fo"na
Volunteers, was killed; COL Frank Hampton "SS
killed; Col. Butler of South Carolina, hao leg
shot off; Capt. Jones' o. Lees Cavalry, was killed.
Tne battle was one of the most severely eoh'ts'eu
during the war. One paper says; " Our losses ~
Culpepper on Tuesday were heavy, ana among 'Aein
were some Of our best officers. Our casua!tles were
50 killed. 200 wounded, aud 500 prisoners. Among
the killed was Gen. Wright" Tie SonfiHd closes
its account by Remaining: The tight, on the
whole NAV be said to have begun in surprise and
ended in victory The attes is what we are ac-
eusto ned to hear of Confederate sOlders the former
We trust never " hear again.
1t has been arranged between Col. Ludlow,
United States Commissioner for the exchange OF
prisoners, and Robert Ould, Rebel Commissioner,
that surgeons shah not be treated prlsoners Vi
war. No exchange of officers can be at present
made. A number Of United States officers held
by the Rebel authorities, under cnarges intended 10
bring them under the operations OF the act of the
Rebel Congress, which colsigns TO execution all
officers taken in command OF, in company with
armed Iegroes or mu!sttoes. Col. Ludlow ~ill not,
by making any special exchanges of officers, sc-
crimnate smoug our forces by OBTAINING some, aud
releasing others. He insiss that oil shall be re-
leased under the cartel, and We have enough Rebel
officers now in our possession TO hold and reserve Tor
retaliation. Exchanges of enlisted men go ON as
heretofore.
Here lie q nice specimen Of jolly tar: Thomas
f. Lambert captain OF the schooner King Fisher, Of
Fair Haven, NJ sss., which vessel was destroyed on
the 23d ut. by the pirate Atabaua devoes most Of
bis report the extravagant lauda'i0u Of the
polite gentsuJen who officer the famous Rebel craft.
OF their chief be says: Although Capt S-maes
burned my vessel, and caused me gree! loss, ye,
have no reason to call him bad man, or pronounce
such epitheis upon him many have dors." Byron
was not a whit more complimentary to old Lamtro,
"the mildes, mannered man tlat ever scut!!ed ship
or cut q throat" The Underwriters ought to give
Thomas F. Lambert gold snutf-eox.
SPECIAL dispatches from Indianapolis say: Tho
detschmeu, of solciefs Sen, 10 Rush County Ind-
ana TO arrest all persOns engased in resisting the
enrolment, have returned. Gen. Mansfield arrested
a number of suspicious persons, and required them
10 give bonds for their future good behavior.
company VI troops left Tor Fulton County on Saur-
day night, where the papers Of tue enrolling COM
mssioners had been seized and q. .,royed by mob.
Seventeen citizens OF johnson County had been
found gathered together in the woods, armed with
rifles and reyolvers Thsee men were arrested and
taken TO Indianapolis.
There thirty military organizations in this
city and during tie last fortngh they have received
an average Of ten recruits eIch per day making 800
aweek. Tie men are enlisted, sworn in, and uui-
formed here, and then taken TO Staten Islam. New
men receive bounty Of $75-sl0 paid down when
they enlist Returned soldiers receive bounty o.
$l50-$30 paid down when they enlist; the balance
of the bounty is paid as soon as the company u
which they are joined is mustered in. The compa
MES now on Staten Island will be consolidated OF
the 9th of July unless they a:e filled up BY thai
time.
--Vcksburg dates are To the 10Th. They repre-
sent that there has been material change Ia affair
there. Our lines around the enemy are gradually
being contrac ed Tho la,e rains have improved the
condition Of the army and the navigation OF the
Yazoo. About 200 of Kirby Smiths force are re.
ported 10 have com. up tue Washita River TO
make q demonstration on the Louisiana side OF the
Mississippi. The Union forces at MillikeDs Bend
have been strengthened Joe Johnston 10 still COL
lecting men from the East ard preparing to move
forward.
-RichmoDd papers Of the 18th say that the
State Prison end City Jail are 80 completely
jammed with all sorts OF prisoners and Criminals that
the authorities ak to know what TO do with them.
There are now detained in Libby Prison 1876 Yam
kee officers, IS OF whom we're captured near Rome,
Georgia. They are detained, together With citizen
prisoners until The United Ststes Government comss
70 terms on the issue pending between their and
Commissioners.
There was some excitement at Richmond on
Friday in consequence Of reports that q consider
able Union force 10 the Peninsula on the move
About 1900 were encsmpsd OH Thursday night
near Barbausvile, New Kent Co. Gunbosts were
said to be in the james and Cnlckahominy, and the
Rebel troops were falling back lest they should be
6snked.
We printed yesterday details Of the destruction
ola number OF vessels by British and Rebel pirates,
aud to-day add little to tho disagreeabe record.
But there il q stir 10 the navy yards; vessels are
beiug sent out in swarms, fast steamers are char.
tered, and il is 10 DO hoped tina, some Of tho pi
rates will soon 10 overbsuled.
One hundred and sixty East Tennessee con.
Scripts were recruited from among tho Rebel pris-
onsrs at Camp Morton, Indiana, for the 9Th Tonnes.
zee Cavalry, and LETT for Indianspos on Saturday,
% join regiment in Lexington. Kentucky.
On Saturday evening, $50 exchanged prisoners
OF war (all prvstes) arrived st Fortress Monroe
from Richmond. On the sams boat came Messrs-
George Moore and d. Vans. English and Austrian
Consuls, who had bsen ordered out Of JEFF. Davis
CoufsdsraeJ.