St. Mary's gazette., 1863-10-22
During fhe past few days, gold has de-
clined some 5et 9 ecn's-
The.S snel b~- q iH'erest from from Europe

The.S : NO llws o. iuierest from Europe.
| From The I,.hi,asr< Sim II Hsdsy.
TnE Wan Nisw. lin v;ew 81 tlsc fact
that she|term ol service cf alpesfisln a she
| valuntcer force sow IL the field. expires
during Tie next. ycar. the rreri.Ecnt has
issued . proclsm.atis'n ealing FIR three
hundred iha 1saisd mare. 10 serve fur three
years o. the var. but not longer ihan
three years. The volunteers under the
call arc to receive the advance pay, pre-
nium and bouBsy as hitherto given. II
any State fails b. fiil lis q,iosa. then a
drah to raise the deficiency will take place.
commencing January 9th. 1864 All
yolu .,fcers received viii he duly credited
to or deducted finm the quotas established
for the draft Nothing in the proclan,a
lion is to interfere with existing orders or
with the draft where it is now in progress.
The whole nun.b''r of troops called for
by the several pioclan,a:ions Of the Prcsi-
dent, including ihe present one, 10 one
million seven hundred ana ssycnty-fivc
thousand. The draft ordered August 4ih.
| 1862, ID is believed. however. did NOS
yield over one hundred fhousand naen and
! The conseripsion now being enforced, it i
reported, will not realize rs msEy. al
ihoosis eseIf or&s 3eallsl To- three hnt-
| dred fhDusaud. 81
The intelligence from tie Army Of the
Potomac il. conflicting. The Federal cav
airy scouts on Saturday evening reported
| that the Confederates had nsassed n large
force at Manassas, bat q reconnaissance
made yesterday to within mile Of Bris-
tow Station discovered few confsderates
scouts only l. Is also reported that Gen.
Lee is now moving towards the lower
Shenandoah and the Federal pests on the
Baltimore and Ollio Railroad. but nothing
seems to be definitely known OF such
movement. The Federal army j. said u
be equally well posted for an advauce or a
defense. It appears that there was ne
fighting on Friday or Saturday beyond
some slight skirmishing.
Exciting news is received from the
Shenandoah valley. AT AN early hour
yesterday morning the Ninth Maryland
regiment of infantry, Col Simpson. and
a body Of cavaary under Major Cole,
sta Toned at Charlestown, were attacked BY
superior force Of confetlerates, and af-
ter q spirited engagement the infantry
surrendered. the cavalry succeeding in
cutting their way out and escaping to
Harpcr's Ferry. Being reinforced BY
infantry and artillery under Gen. Sulli-
van, the cavalry returned and occupied
Charlcstown, and then pushed on in pur.
suit Of the Eonfed.r crates. and came up with
then. near Berrysille about the middle o.
the afterpoon Here another engagrnc n,
was fought, but it is not known how il
resulted, further than that the Coifede.
rates continued their retreat. Scouts re-
port no Indications of a movement of Con.
federates toward she line 1f the railroad
Charlestown is eight miles from Harper.
Ferry. and BerrYville abos, twenty.
Advices from the Texas expedition re-
port that the Nineteenth. Army Corp,
reached Vernil,ion. river. a few, miles
south OF Vermillionville, ON the 9th. i
was thought at New Orleans that there
would be To delay in crossing. There
was sharp skirmishing, and several pris.
oners were taken from the enemy. Their
loss ia not known. Vermillionvillc j,
the capital of Lafayette Parish. and abop
one Lundrcd and ten miles from New Or.
leans. The army is already more thar
half way to the Texas line.
A few days since regiment Of Fedora
cavalry encountered the Confederates OF
The Tallahatchie river. Miss. aud causee
them to fall back TO Okaloua. Anothe'
force of Confedciates had been driver
across the river. ~
A sharp fight is reported on the big
Black river, below yickshurg, in which
the C"nfederatcs were at first repulsed
bat being reinforced, compelled the Fed
eral forces to retreat beyond the river.
All is quiet at Little Rock, Ark. ant
vicinity. A guerilla camp in Jefferson
county has hcen broken up. and all tn
mcn captured.