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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07
A NAVAL BATTLE AND VICTORY.

An arrival at New York yesterday from Europe
brings the iong-looked for and gratifying ipteIli.
gence that the United States steamer Ke,rsaros
had at length encountered the famous Confeders,s
privateer Alabama, and, after an engagement az
an hour and halt, disabled asd sunk her-C.nt
oenmes anda part of his crew being rescued BY an
English yacht, and the remainder, nearly seventy.
oeine rescued by the boats of the Kearsarge and
held as prisoners
Inc hearsarge, Capt JOHN A. WINSTON. is a
SCREW steamer of l,O3l tons and eight guns. The
Alabama, Capt srMMrs was a propeller steamer,
Quilt at Liverpool, said to be of 1850 tons and
nine guns
Inc oattle was regular square up fight. the
confederate steamer having the advantage in size
and guns, and the result was brilliant triumnb
ana an honor to the naval prowess of the Federal
commander and his gallant Grew. Capt. Winsow
mad but one deck officer beside himself, viz Lieut
Commander j. 8. THORNTON
The subjoined Geographic dispatches give some
OF the particulars Of the engagement.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07
that Al been received from tho Upper Potomac IN to sl.

mat has been received from tho Upper Potomac up to this
hours
Some excitement at Frederick tbis
oy the act that slight skirmish had occurred betaen
our pckets and small squad of rebel scouts between
Frederick and Point of Rocks.
just tho regular train from this cty arrived in d
erlck body of cavalry came dssbinV into the town
covered with dust which induced many to suppose that
they were rebels. great scare ensued The train mt
oacA 10 oDocacy Junction, and the mistake was not dis
covered un the cars reached there when they
put We're again frightened back by another scare s
ish and groundess as the first
FROM the movements perceptibe among the enemy nj
Harpers Ferry to-day, it supposed that Hunter q
forces were actively pressing them the rear Nothing
definite could be asceraned but there s every reason TO
believe that Hunter will be- heard from TO some purpose
before long rr
Every possible precaation has been taken by Gen. Wal
lace 10 guard against the possibility any surprise move
ment by Inc enemy in this direction.
Last night Mrs Dixon an estmable Union lady, and a
resident OF Point of Rocks killed whilst sttiog at her
door, near the post Office by shot fired by rebel from
the opposite side of the Potomac
To-day citizen OF Sharpsburg was shot for refusing to
oenver up DIS watch to rebel who demanded IT, The
vuialn placed his pistol at the mans head and blew his
brains out Tor not complying with his demand
There are some exciting reports TO night IA the pre-
OF very large force of rebels near Hsrpers Ferry
but they are not deemed reliable
ANOTHER REPORT FROM HARRISBURG.
HARRISBURG, JULY GA despatch from Chambers
Durg states that rebel rce supposed to be- Bradley
Johnsons brigade entered Hsgerstown this afternoon
Inc Federal force at the place, under Lieut. Mclean after
sprited resistance compelled to fall back on Green
castle, with which place still had telegraDbic commu-
nicaton up 70 nine o'clock p. M.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07
FURTHER PARTICULARS.

NEW YORK, JULY s-The City of Baltimore arrived
at $50 this morning. $3.50
Inc pirate Alabama left Cherbourg on the 10Th Of inn.
20 engage the United States gunboat Kearssroa and
lacked her ten miles from Cherbourp The sno,oamsnt
lasted one hour and fifty minutes Both yen,e. made
seven completes -crcles 10 manosu at distance os
from quarter to half mile. The Alabama them .unL
Inc pirate Capt Semmes and Grew were nearly all saved
oy the English yacht Deerhound. Semmes was sipbtv
wounded In the hand Before going out of port semmes
left all his chronometers six in number snsc;s and n
som bonds at Cherbourg
There are further details of the fight but nothing rs,t
ing to the whereabouts of the Kearsarge Ons -.
places her at Ostrand-another at Cberbouro tn
landed some wounded the latter place il
NO ono was killed on the Kearsge and only three men
were slightly wounded. The vessel was very little in
jured.
Inc pirate Semmes offered public dinner at south
ampton and declined it. He has gone TO Paris 10 renort
u the Confederate Commissioners Three of the Aah.
mas ohcers and six of the landed at Cbsrbnuro from
French pilot boat several were also landed from tn
British ship Action Capt Semmes, in an oical despatch,
says:
be In sinking condition The enemy's shes rrnIoda ~
Der sides and between decks. For fsw momen,s ma
hopes OF reaching tho French coast but the shv FLIED m
pidiy and The furnace fires were extineu,bad tn.
hauled down colors prevent the further
ufe and dispatched boat to inform the apenv of On,
atoh Although we were then bat four hundred yards
rom eacn OTHER the enemy fred Mt five tinss after the
coors had been struck IL is charitable to suppose that
snip OF war oil Christian nation could not cave don
intentionally. Some twenty ininntes after mn fna ~
nad been extngushed and the shp being on the point If
sinking every Inan IN obedience previous OF der which
had been gwen to the Jumped overheard and
vored TO save himself There was no appearsncs ~ 49,
boats coming from the enemy sfter the ship weot down
II was fortunate for myself that thus escaped 10 the
er OF tne neutral nag on board of Mr. Lancasers yacht
Deerhound together with about sixty others"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Return Of Three Hundred Wounded Soldiers
Humane Treatment from the Rebels.
Correspondence Of tbs Nep York Tribune.

Correspondence Of hs Nep York Tribune
NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 81, 1864.
BY flag of truce boat which arrived at the mouth Of
the Red river the 18th instant from Grand Ecore La
have returned to lines three hundred wounded
men, who reached this city safely the evening Of the
lSh having been paroed by the Confederate authorities
These the remainder of II e Ave hundred who
we're left the battlefeds of Pleasant Hill aud Mans
field after the fights ut those places in April last They
have been divided in about equal numbers between the
hospitals of the two places and have buried in the neigh
bohood Of hundred and sixty of the original number
since falling into the hands Of the Conderaes This large
proportion of deaths is owing am told by surgeons
to the extraordinary severity Of the wounds which
sustained in those desperately fought engagements The
proportion Of fatal among the wounded of the enemy
unprecedentedly large, also learn and scarcely
inferior TO cur own.
1t affords pleasure to bear testimony to the humane
treatment which have mainly received from both
the Confederate military authorities and the citizens who
been brought in contact with them during their cap
yty such have died have been buried in decent co
Fms the cemeteries those places and the respect
civilized life shown to their remains
Such OF our men were sufficiently recovered were sent
TO Camp Ford, Tyler Texas where the
have four thousand of confined in steckade
They claim TO have about six thousand of men alto
gethe in Texas and to have captured about three thou
sand during he late Red River expedition exclusive
of what they took from Steele
Gen. Szymanski, the Confederate Commissioner for the
exchange of prisoners of the Trans
came down on the dag of truce boat for the purpose
neeohatnga geneaf exchange OF prisoners in this Depart
ment, but do not learn yet the result Of his mission
The Champion No. 3 Ca small boat captured from nj
during BsRkss eIpedton brought the paroedrnen dowr
from above starting from Grand Ecore the 18th instant
and passed over the falls at Alexandria without difficulty
cannot forbear mentioning the fact that Surgeons w
X Sadler, of the Nineteenth Kentucky; l.. H. Wilcox
l30sh Illinois, and Charles Winnie; voluntarily remained
with our wounded men after the fight and bestowed unre
hitting attention upon them during their stay One or
two ohers captured in the performance Of their duty and
several detailed to remain did noby, without making nv
ious comparisons. i to name L. M Mofarand,
assistant surgeon Of the Fhysixth Ohio who with 70,
Raynor and Surgeon Williams, heretofore reported Aed'
have arrived at New Orleans
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07
The KEBEL PRIVATEER ALABAMA sI1NK nv
THE GUNBOAT KEARSARGE

Nh" ioHK, JULY S.-The steamer City of Baltimore,
rom EUROPE reports that the Confede ate corsar
49, nau Deeh defeated in naval battle and sunk by
the United States vessel Kesrsaree on the 10Th If
on inc French port of Cherbourg.
The Alabama commenced the action at elsyen o,oo.l
4 w. on sunday The firing from both ships was rapid.
with shot and SHE'LL at distance Of quarter to half
mno AZ aapast twelve o'clock the rebel and pirate was
10 sinking condition
semmes was picked up by the English yacht Deer
aound and taken to Cowes England The Keararae can.
tured sxyeght of the officers and crew of the Asbam.
which vessel lost several in killed. wounded and drowned
ony three seamen were wounded board the Keassee
aud the vessel was but little damaged
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07
SOME FURTHER DETAILS.

The encounter has been stated was witnessed no ~
English steam yacht Deerhouud which vessel picked m
Semmes and the crew OF the pirate and took them IN
Cowes The following is her report of the engagement
On the morning of Sunday, the 19th At 10 80 the Ala
osma was observed stsaming of CherbourR harbor
towards the United States steamer Kearsarqe At II
o'clock 10 minutes, the Alabama Commenced tbs s., IL
firing her stsrboard battery at distance of about ona &
The keararge also opened fire immediately with her n r.
board guns sharp engagement with rand 6r;na g.
both sides was kept up, both shot and she'll beno Ar.
charged ln ouvriDg both vessels made sevaral CO..
pieIe crcles distance OF from quarter to half
mue AT IL O'CLOCK the firing from the Alabama WAS oh
served to acken and she appeared to be makng bs.5
SAIL shaping her for land which was dstant sbnt
nine miles AT IL 80 the Confederate vessel was in dis
The Deerbound Immediately made towards Der. and !,
passing the kearsage was requested to ssst in saving
the crew OF the Alabama When the Deerhound was still
distance Of two hundred yards the Alabama sunk and
the Deerhound then lowered her boats and with the
sistance of those from the sinking yesse snccaadsa -
saving about forty men, including Capt Semmes and tbir
abled ' A'uSn uS-
The Alabamss loss in killed and wounded wa. =, fo,-
lows. drowned, one oncer and one man killed. six men;
wounded, one ofhcer and sixteen Ssmmes ia slightly
wounded in the hand The Keasarge boats were
and with the assistance Of the French pilot ,uooesdad IN
picking up the remainder Of the crew
The Southampton correspondent of the London Daily
News says:
MIR. Lancaster, OF the English yacht Desrhound. WA.
drowning the Alabamas men the water. He proceed
ed 10 do So and while passing nearly exhausted ons
Of the men in the boat cred out That's semmes, and
the drowning man responded, am the captan-saye ma
cannot keep up any longer He was dragged in when
ne said For Gods sake don't put me aboard the Kear
sarge but put me board your yacht Tb. was nrom
ised and semme' was slowed away the bottom Of the
boat and covered with sail TO conceal him from the view
OF those In the Keararees boats which were evidently
anxlousy searching for him He was taken to
ne yacht aud placed below Mr. Lancaster subsequently
fastened away fearful he would be owe rhaued and bis ye
sci searched Thus was Semme, saved"
The Paris correspondent of The New York Commercial
Advertiser says:
Capt Semmos ordered to leave Cberbourg by the
French Government on the demand of minister Dayton,
who based bis demand upon the fact that the Alabama did
not in through of wsather, but for repairs
which would take months to complete Semmes fudiog
il impossible stay and knowing that the Kearssrge was
waiting for him, scot her commander challenge which
was promptly accepted There not the least chance
Tor the Alabama any time The Alabama after being
disabled sunk by broadsde which through her
water line The Kearsage was not seriously damaged"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07
OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

From the Frankfort Commonwealth Of Jsne 9Th.
We publish below dispatches from the President and
Secretary of War oommendatory Of Gen. Burbrdge and
those under his command for their successful operations
against Morgan and his band:
WASHINGTON JUNE Ia, 1864. "
To Gen Bnrbridge: Have Just received your despatch
of acton at Cyothana. Please accept my congratulations
aud thanks for yourself and command
A. LINCOLN.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07
WASHINGTON. JUNE ID. 1864.

WAsHIkGT0N, JUNE ia, 1904,
To Gen. BmbridRe: Please accept for yourself and the
officers and soldiers of your gallant the thanks OF
this Department for the brave and successful operations
of tie last six days IN Of vaor
energy and that will be regarded with admir- alton
by sli loyal people Of the United States.
H. M STANTON
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07

Another despatch from New York states that news has
been received there that the oss on board Of the Alabama
nine killed twenty wounded and sixty or eighty cap
tured.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07

Among the last acts Of the Senate was the eaafrmatoo
OF Big Gen BURBRIDeE major general in considers
ton Of hs recent successful military movements agAnss
the raiders into Kentucky.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07
FROM HARPER'S FERRY.
THE REBELS ON THE UPPER POTOMAC-EX-
ACCELERATED REPORTS.

AH intelligent gentleman who arrived in Baltimore YES,
terday from Harpers Ferry informs the Baltimore Ameri-
can that is definitely ascertaned that the force
the enemy on the upper Potomac does not exceed five
thousand men, OF whom less than fourth are cavalry
and the remainder infantry The authority furnishes
the following information respecting late movements on the
line of the Potomac
The rebels concentrated in and around Harper q
Ferry and sending out parties to forage on the people
robbing them of their watches and money There
was some diminishing going between troops and
the rebels across the river and occasionally shot and
shell were being thrown at them from Maryland Heights
The fight of Col Mulligan with their vance at Lee
town spoken OF as most gallant be ruccsssuly repusDg
them several times Gen. Sge moved towards Shepherds
town win MS immense wagon train in front the proec
ton OF which was deemed OF Importance than the
rsklng OF general engagement Not wagon fell into the
enemys hands, and nothing left behind at Martins
burg except some oats, which was set fire before
he left
The impression the border was that the rebel force
will retire before tomorrow (rhursday) night Gen.
Hunter will be in his by that time with ample force
to overwhelm them if they remain longer
TIE principal object of this raid proved unsuccess
full unless it be the damage they have done the railroad
and the canal the collection of conscrp and the plumber
of the inhabitants They have not ATTEMPTED to leave the
line of the Poomac except to rob the stores at Point
Rocks, and destroying canal boats near Hancock
What damage has been done TO the railroad is not yet
certaned though it that they have not re
tired far beyond Martinsburg.
There is no truth in the statement that rebel force
has been to Beon boro and Hagersown raid has
been made on the railroad west of Cumber and"
The following information received yesterday from
the Office of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad:
III O'CLOCK A. M.-The usual maj train for Sandy
Hook, opposite Harpers Ferry, left this morning as
usual Hunters forces rapidly moving from the West
in order to flank the rebels The enemy still retain pos
session of the Virginia side of Harpers Ferry aud Sge
Is on the Heights which command the Ferry with large
force Officers from the Ferry think that all will be right
to morrow.
Gen. Wallaces cooperating with Gen. Sge and has it
stated secured the entire protection OF the road as far as
Frederick, which is now safe from any fear of another
rebel visit There ample force at Point Of Rocks
and also at the lower ords and sufficient force has been
organized at Frederick to prevent any invasion of that
place.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-07

The miniature brig Vision was spoken at the
26h utmo BY pilot boat fory6vo miles east OF Fire
Island. The Vision had all sails set
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-03-03
Ten Thousand Persons ."AcCt-
dentaliyS Burnt i'm Japan.

In August last, in Japan, not n building
with 1000 beings ill., it but whole city of
10000 souls was suddenly burnt to ashes
in few hours-a city of paper and bamboo,
covering many square miles, filed with its
women and children, the sick and the intrm
the blind, the halt, and the manned. 1t
burned like straw on many sides at once, red
dening the ocean for leagues with its flames,
1t was fired, without warning, by bomb
shells, and hot shot rushed necessarily du-
ring two days into its midst, In that vast
conHagration it is morally certain that not
1000 only, but at last five times, perhaps
ten or twenty times 1000 helpless creatures
must have perised, No brilliant pen ha'
painted for us the hdeous incidents of theii
last agonies, and the horrors Of an inferna
fire, before which that of Chill burns but
pale and feebly. That death was dealt out
by English sailors-pmposely, unsparingly
and boasttully-not in war, not in necessity
not in preservation, but in order Il
strike terror into harmless people whom
we are bent upon focing into trade, ,-Lotte,
IN London Daily NepS.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-03-03
The sanitary Fair.

When the proposition was before the
Ohio Senate to attend the Sanitary Fair at
Cleveland, Colonel CoNNELL, abolitionist,
who represents Fairfield, Hooking and Ath-
ems counties, said
"The Sanitary Commission is a great
humbug, like sponge o. water--a mutual
admiration society, the popular humbug OF
the day. speak the sentiments OF the Of
icers Of the army who are not on staifs.
Colonel CoNNELL has had much expert
cncc in the army, and speaks, we suppose,
not at random or through malevolencc- but
from knowledge. The professed object is
GOOD. but that is the basis of the success OF
all popular dcceptions. Colonel CoNNELL
says the Sanitary Commission is a great in
fated humbug-a mutual admiration socie-
ty. the popular humbug Of the day
DAVE Ton also dcnounccs it bitterly
He declares he has unsucccssfully labored
for two years to get report from the SAM
tary Commission.
In Cleveland the exhibition is little bet.
ter than niger show, and it is said those
who are known as Democrats cannot g
without being insrlted.
A gentleman attempted to take a fin'
marble bust of DoCGLAs and was driver
off with Kisses and cries of "Copperhead,
Traitor" etc. A lady hung up fin'
portrait of Gen. MCCLELLAN, which wa
knocked down, and she was pushed out o
the building.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-03-03
The Southern Campaign.

There begin to come to us by degrees
little bits of information which make us
very cautious in our augurics about the
Southern Campaign We have certainly
been dccciving ourselves most egrcgiously
concerning the military strength in the cot
ton States.
We were led to the belief that John
stons army was weakened by dcsertions,
that Polk had but Il mere skeleton of an ar
my, and that our forces under Banks, Shcr-
man and Grant were swooping down upon
them with such prcpondcrancc of numbers
and artillery as to make victory absolutely
certain, The prudent careiullness which
General Grant exhibits, shows that he does
not at all share these rose colored views, but
is aware Of formidable force in his front
The rebel cavalry raids in the vicinity of
Memphis prove that the Cenfedoracy has
enough men to spare for desultoiy warfare,
and the toncof the Mobile journals indicates
anxiety, but no fear rs to the advance of
sherman, We shall hold ourselves in read
mess to hear of desperate fighting ere the
cotton growing regions are subiugatcd, and
We need not ut this juncture be SO foolish
rs to anticipate uninterrupted success. If
we shall meet rcvcrses, let MS bear them
with the same iortitude which the rebels
show in worse cause, Atlcr while our
new leyics will bo put into the field, and thoy
will be enough, if properly handled, to turn
the doubtful scale fairly and conclusivcly in
our favor, PLAIN Dedler
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-03-03
The Provisions OF the New Con-
ScriptiOn Bill.

The Conscription bill amendatory of the
act of last year, having passed both Houses
Of Congress, only wants the signature of the
President to become law Some of its
more important features are the following
|. The quota Of localities shall be as near
ly as possible in proportion to the number
Of men resident therein liable to military
service, taking into account, as lar as prac-
ticable, the number previously furnished
Those enlistng in the naval service as well
as those who volunteer after the draft is or
dered, will be taken into the account. If
the quota of any district be not filed by the
draft, further draft shall be made, ana 50
on until the quota Of the district be filled.
2. Enrolled persons may furnish at any
time previous to the draft an acceptable sub
stitute not liable, and the person furnishing
such substitute shall be exempt from the
draft not exceeding the time for which his
substitute shall have been accepted. Any
drafted man may, before the time fixed for
his appearance at the rendezvous furnish an
acceptable substitute. If any drafted man
shall pay the communication (three hundred
dollars, such payment shall only operate to
relieve him from that draft, and his name
shall be retained on the roll, and he shall be
subject to draft in filling that and future
quotas. In no instance shall the payment
of the commutation money exempt any per-
son drafted beyond the period Of one year.
3. The following persons are exempted
from enrolment and draft Such as are
physically or mentally unfit for service; all
persons actually in the military or naval
service at the time of the draft, and all who
have served in either branch Of the service
two years during the present war, and have
been honorably discharged. No persons but
such as are mentioned under this head are
exempted.
4. SO much of the original enrolment
act as provides for two classes Of persons en-
rolled is repealed and the two classes arC
now consolidated,
5. No person Of foreign birth, who ha!
at any time voted at any election or held OF
flee, under State or Federal laws, shall OF
account Of alicnagc, be exempted from en-
rollmcnt or draft.
6. All able bodied colored males between
twenty and forty-fiye years of age are to be
enrolled and form part of the National for
ccs. When n slave of n loyal master shal
be drafted, and mustered into the service
his master shall have a certificate thereof. -
Thcrcupon such slave is declared free, ant
the bounty of one hundred dollars now pay
able by law for each drafted man, shall b,
paid to the person to whom such drafted
colorcd person was owing service or labor IL
the time of his muster into the service o
the United States. -Statesmdn.