Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-21

Noon Reports.


From New YORK.
NEW YoRK, July 20-Yesterday was ouie
Sunday The various wards were peaceful a,
ever There was not the slightest exhibition o.
disorder. Thousands of people visited the scene.
/ OF the late conflicts, and the conversation Of al
classes centered upon the CONSUMPTION. The
military did not make their appearance at all In
the vicinity OF the late disturbances The police
patrOled their beats pretty much as formerly =
f Up 10 this morning every thing in a state oil
periec. tranquility from the Battery to Harlem
A sufficient force of the National Guard of the
State having arrived in tie city to enable the
civil authorities 10 maintain the public peace and
enforce order. Gov Seymour, comm lnder in
Chief OF the Stale forces, directs the several cit
zen volunteer orr anizaIilns formed Tor the emer
gency 70 be relieved IRON military duty.
cen. WOOL was relieved on Saturday by Gen
DIX
Official orders were published this morning
that drafting will not commence until the exact
quota OF the CITY has been definitely determined
and publicly announced. by which time the Gov
eminent will be prepared to execute il. Possibly
a week may elapse before the draft will be com
menced.
II il stated that the mob made au attack on the
Union steam works, corner OF 22d street aud %
avenue. and carried of $500 muskets. Of which
only 800 have been recovered.
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missioner that ne has ordered the ship-of war
Challenger TO take position in the river for the
purpose of protecting colored sesmen, subjects OF
Great Britain
A card from James T. Brady against mob
Law j. pubished, in which he states that the real
authors OF the late riots kept in secure sc
cresy. lie will also DO all in his power to have
the draft tested before the Judiciary as a consti.
tutional question, but begs that the brave but
mised men who are willing TO fight for their
principles, not 10 let themselves be used by 20
litical sueaks who do not care how many houses
are burned OF lives sacrifcedit their own schemes
can be promoted consistently and with personal
safety.
A New Orleans letter says it is rumored that
Admiral Porter will assume command of the
Mississippi river
Admiral Farragut will 90 outside to commence
operations in another quarter against the enemy.
The Herald's NickSburg letter, dated p M =,
July IL. says:
Gen Pemberton's paroled army passed out of
our lines this forenoon. Only few stragglers
in the city.
Our forces under Sherman occupied Jackson
yesterday. and our advance guard is beyond
Pearl river.
Johnston has retreated beyond the river, which
is next IN line east OF Pearl river
The Herald's special says:
The Rebel army has not made as rapid pro-
gress toward Culpeppper as has been generally
supposed. There Is good reason for stating that
the bulk OF Lees army is still in the vicinity of
Winchester. There also quite a large Rebel
force at Bunker Hill which il between Winches
ter and Martinsburg, on yesterday
Ii woult. be improper to state where General
Meade's army is, but Their, is good ground to
hope that they NAV vet complete the destruction
of the remains OF the Rebel army.
Three thousand troops garrison the Seventh
avenue arsenal Steamboats, hourly arrive, well
manned and armed, and cruise up and down the
Hudson river as far as the northern boundary Of
Westchester county in consequence of threats to
burn the towns. All has been quiet, however.
Westchester is part of the Metropolitan Police
District.
From Washington.
says:
The only signs of Rebels in our immediate
front is party of forty of Mosby's guerrillas.
who are pursuing their usual avocation of horse
stealing in the vicinity of Occoquan creek
Last night, band of guerrilas within
two miles OF St. Allen, near the chain bridge
road. and stole twenty horses. They will be
gobbled up by our cavalry.
from Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, July 20.-Maior Brown command
ing battery OF the 10Th Kentucky cavalry ar
rived here with $50 prisoners captured during a
reconnaissance near Abingdon, Va.
Saturday morning, Morgan's forces were over
taken near Pomeroy. by Hobson and Judah, who
had formed junction. Morgan finding himself
in close quarters, and learning that the ford at
Burlington Island was we'll guarded, broke up his
band into small squads in order To escape.
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the crossing at Butington. but the gunboats
drove them back with loss OF $50 killed and
drowned
Our cavalry charged and captured the battery J.,
killing number OF Rebels.
Coils. Wooiford and Shackelford succeeded in
capturing one lot of SIS and another lot of 275.
besides numerous squads, making in all over
900 prisoners Among them Col Dick
Morgan, brother of John, and Coils Ward and
Grigsbv.
Our cavalry are in pursuit OF the balance OF
the command. which is entirely broken up and
scattered in the hills.
Ihc position of our forces il such that they
can't cross the Ohio nor get much further north.
IL M.-Our forces are continually capturing
Morgans men. BAIL Duke was captured this
morning near Pomeroy. Over 300 men taken
so far.
from Philadeiphia.
PHILADELPHIA. July 20 The Enquirer has
adispatch from Haserstown. dated July Is, which
saws:
The rear gnard of Lees army left Martinsburg
on Saturday morning
Our whole force is across the river.
The Potomac is falling rapidly
Lee Is reireating his main force by Strasburg
and Staunton, and not by Cuipepper.
The draft Is progressing quietly to day.
From Memphis.
MEMPHIS. July l9.-Gen. Hurlburt's scouts ar
rived at COrinth to-day from Decatur and Jack
soHvii'e. They report Bragg retreating precip-
lately into Georgia followed by Rosecrans' forces.
Rosecrans advance is reported at Rome.
Scouts report that Bragg il endeavoring to
make junction with Johnson, and that deser-
tons from his army are numerous