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TELEGRAPH.
' jBOM VIRGINIA.
KV FIGHT*.VT SHEPHERDS.
cA> - town.
enemy repulsed.
pfllllOF GEN. PETTIGREW.
ntrtt *t, July 13 -A special dispath to the
r~Z, a, Banker H.U on the IT*, says a car
ecrurred oa yesterday at Shepherds-
istin? several hrurs, resulting in the
fji’jflh/enemy, who retired to Harpers’
-leaving their dead and wounded on the
Id’"^" e took a number of prisoners. Gen. J.
jitston Pettigrew died today.
FURTHER .from VIRGINIA.
Wuchktsh, July 18.-I was unable to get a
, Jga through oa yesterday. All is qmet in
.jV-my; nothing from die enemy „ heavy skir
[jvngcontinued Oa the Id:h, at Shepherds
tie enemy attacked oa- cavalry with cavs
rT j E j artillery. Alter a severe tight, the ene»
1 *as repulsed, leaving hM dead and wounded
,'the de.d. We captured IT prisoners and a
itcber of horses. Our aratv tcm splendid condi
jn, and few are sick. There were no strag
ens. G?a. Pettigrew is dead.
from charleston.
|oa u UID.ME.NT STILL CONTINUED
Ca.tßi.ssTos, July id.—fits oimhardment of
ri Wagner continues unabated.
FuBTHER FBGM CHARLESTON.
FURIOUS BOMBARDMENT.
SJfSJiy FIRING 350 SHOTS HOURLY.
FIRING STILL CONTINUES.
IjpecuU Ditpateh ts OantUtHtionaliM.
CsiaLssroK, July 18, 8.30 P. M.—The enemy
s iipt up a terrific bombardment of Battery
sgner all day. Two land batteries, fire moni«
s the Ironsides, one frigate and about lire
co ats opened fire at ten o'clock this morning.
Toe Ironsides and monitors took up tbeir posi
o from six hundred to one thousand yards of
;*ries Gregg and Wagner. Fort Sumter opened
these rebels, and they were struck repeatedly,
i enemy fired about three hundred and fifty
i.'j per Hour. Til's Ironsides fires broudst ies
li report from battery Wagner up to '! P. M.,
rjj four rilled and fourteen wounded. The
slwdment continues furiously at this hour,
P. M.
t»o gunboats in the Stono had their Sags at
..mast on yesterday.
Battery Gregg is, we believe, situated on Cum
jg’g Point, where Stevens’lron Battery, which
Iwmucti effective service in reiucmg Sumter,
i. rented. 1
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
FEDE3ALS PREPARING A SAID.
ABANDONMENT OF YAZOO CITY.
.vukta, July 18.—The Appeal his a special
*as i . a, says:
tu Federate at Cortnth are preparing six days'
ims. A raid southward is anticipated,
be gunboats were reported at Yazoo City on
lay last. Subsequently the position was
Eiiued. The garrison joined General John-
NORTHEBN NEWS,
liEsoso, July IS.—The New l'ork Tribune of
is very severe on the Herald and World. It
their counsels excited the riot in that city,
■j is not a word of comment on the outbreak
>j Herald, except a preface to the descrip*
of the scenes that took piace.
ieiev made a narrow escape on the first day.
crowd was informed that he was dining at
hirst's, and proceeded to the place. Greeley
appriz 'd of their approach, and escaped in a
. Several men, supposed reporters of the
me, were roughly bandied, and one was
:*r making due allowance for the seosauon
iracterif the reports tn the New York pa
t is evident that the rtot was the most for
ale outbreak of the kind which occurred
.is comment. It Will encourage similar
titrations in other Northern cities.
FRO H CHARLESTON,
lJLZstox, July 20.--The b. was
rd fora short time this atteruoon. All quiet
renlng.
FURTHER FROM CHAT-LESlON
:>ew.vl of the bombardment.
IRONSIDES FORCED 10 I.EAVE.
f?OIL3 OF SAT CRD AY'S FIGHT.
[Spatial to he Constitutionalist-!
u. as ton, July 20th. — Tae Ironsides, three
rs, two mortar boats, end the enemy’*
ts on .Morns’ Island, renewed the bom.
nt ol Battery Wagner at 12 o'clock to-day.
it Wagotr, Gregg, Fort Sumter, and
mattery replied, forcing the Ironsides to
-sr position. Our casualties to-day are
tn Wounded; three mortally. We secured
. .0 r.flea yesterday, besides other spoils
i'.tn the field.
FROM RICHMOND.
HE QUESTION OF RETALIATION.
FROM EUROPE.
THE MEDIATION QUESTION.
tCOGNITION DEEMED PROBABLE.
*O!tD, Joly 23.—A telegram from Fortress
e says that Genera! Roney Lee and Capt.
r hf.ee been placed ia close confinement,
! Rebel government is notified that if Capt.
1 and Flinn are executed Lee and Winder
executed in retaliation.
Washington correspondent of the New
—press says that Grant will soon relieve
,a t£rt Army of the Potomac.
xosd, July 23.—The Paris correspondent
New York Herald on the 7th writes that
at’eur has at length given an imperial
to the inftrvijw between Napoleon and
fs ihat the Emperor expressed to Roe*
•ai the. pleasure.of a call on yesterday
j ones and Lindsay a des.re to see peace estaba
fished, but observed thst his propositi, t for me
| diation, addressed to London, Oat. last, not buv
i it* been agreed to by England, he did not think
it his duly to make one before he wa3 sure of its
acceptance.
Nevertheless, the ambassador of France in Lon
don would tecetve instructions to sound the inten
tions of Paimerston upon this point, and give to
understand that if the English C abinet believed
the recognition of the South would end the war,
the Emperor would be disposed to follow in that
direction.
The Herald correspondent says the Secession
ists here consider this document a decided ex
pression of opinion on the par. of the French
Government, in favor of the recognition of the
douthera Confederacy, and assert that this wili
take place in the coarse of a month.
Slidell is said to have freely expressed tfits
opinion.
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
Moaiox, juiv 22—via Mobile, Ju.y 21.—50
change in aflairs to-day. The enemy :s busiiv
engaged tearing up the track between Brandon
and Jackson. They burned the depot at the
latter plane last night.
Grant is preparing to fall back, ss there is no
water :n front.
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES FROM GEN. BEaIJ-
RtIGABIJ.
ENEMY S LOSS 2 000
Richmond, July 22—An offcial dispatch fr.tn
Gen. Beauregard, dated Cnarleston, Juiy 22J,
says : ihj eaeixiy recommenced shelling yester
day, with but few casualties 10 our side..
la the battle of the lsth our loss was 15v
killed and wouided. The enemy’s loss, including
prisoners, aboat 3,0t>0, 800 of whom were buried
under a flag of truce.
Col. Putnam, acting Brigadier General, and
Cot. Shaw, commanding a negro brigade, were
killed.
FROM THE UNITED STATES.
MORGAN S MOVEMENTS AND RAID.
VALLANDIGHAM IN CANADA.
The Atlanta papers contain the following from
the Associated Press at Chattanooga, which
through some mistake was withheld from the press
here :
CnaTTAxoooA, July 20.—The following apoears
in the telegraph columns of the Nashville papers
of the 17th ;
Nsw I’oax, July 15—The rioters, last night,
burned a house of ill-fame ou Greenwich street.
They killed one man. The drinking shops were
gutted. There is a perfect reign of terror, A
negro was shot in Thirty-second street by the
Zouaves. The mob beat several negroes to death,
and hung two or three ou Staten Island. The
mob attacked the Lyceum and Marine Hospital
and carried off*five hundred muskets and ammu
nition. The stk New York citv regiment has
been ordered home. The rioters numbered 5,000
strong,
in Boston, on tbs 14th, the mob had just ga
thered and broken into several gun-shops. The
riot originated in an afeuipt to draft u citiien.
The alarm bell was ringing and the military
rap dly gathering. Midnight—Everything now
vjUta. and the tasters a.sperseu.
In Albany, on the morning of the 15th, four
hundred workmen of Bansseilear’s Iron Foundry
gutted he Times office, and forced the jail and
released the prisoners,
In New Haven, Conn., on the 15th, there were
two hundred and inelve drafted, among them
three professors and nine students from Yale Col
lege. The draft was progressing in Philadelphia
and Springfield.
A dispatch from Cincinnati the !stb, says .
Morgan reached Georgetown, Brown connty.
Onto, [say 40 miles east of Cincinnati, near the
river, having made the circu t of the city, as we
predicted.— Eds. Coxr.) at midn’ght, 14th. He
is hemmed in, and the chances of escape are
slight. Gunboats and a large force went up
yesterday to dispute his crossing. The river ts
too high to ford.
The City will be lelieved of martial law t>mor»
row.
The railroad track and the bridges damaged
on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad have been
repaired.
Morgan wa3 lasi heard of this afternoon (15th)
is six miles of Hillsboro, Highland county, thirty
mues nortnealt of Georgetown.
A dispatch from Cincinnati the 15th, says;
Morgan advanced to West UDicn, Adams
county, , say twenty-five miles east of George*
town,; in ten miles of the river, at midnight.—
Hu scou’s approached Maysviile, Ky . this morn
ing, and were repuiced by ibe gunboats u’ I’.kes
▼ill# to-day. Our forces are close behind :>im.
: Our later accoun's report Morgan on his way
to Pomeroy, on the 18 b !
The Louisville Journal says a train of cars with
two batteries were sent to Indiaurpolis to later
copt Morgan.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Lincoln has set apart a day in August to be a
rational thanksgiving.
Lee escaped without leaving a gun, caisson, or
trophy for Meade. He is to be hotly pursued.
Morgan is surrounded, but not captured. The
Herald says he will certain ly be captured.
Vul.’andigham arrived at the Clinton House,
Canada, at 4 A. M., cn the 15th Inst.
REPORTED MOVEMENTS OF ROSECRANS.
There are rumors here of a Yankee mounted
force erossinz the Tennessee below Huntsville.
YANKEE RAID ON WYTHEVILLE, VA-
Richmond, Ju.y 20th.—The reported Yankee
raid on Wytheviile, (Wythe county, south-west
ern Ytrginia, on the £. T. A Va. R. R.,1 is con
firmed by an official dispatch from General Sam
Jone 3, which says the enemy’s cavalry and in
fantry, about 1,000 strong, rode into Wytheviile
Saturday evening.
At the same time, about thirty men, with ten
pieces of artillery, under Major Bowyer, entered
the town. A sharp skirmish in the street ensued,
lasting three-fourths of an hour. The Major re
tired with a part of his men.
Our loss is Capt. Oliver and two citizens killed,
and Lieut. Bonsang badly wounded. The ene
my’s loss was Col. Tolan, commanding the brig
ade, and one other Colonel and the Major killed.
A Lieutenant Colonel and twenty-rive men were
wounded, and are prisoners in our hands. The
Y'ankees burnt the jail and several other build
ings, and left next morning, retreating towards
Tazewell Court House. The damage to the rails
road can be repaired in an hour. Two unofficial
dispatches express '.be apprehension of others'.-
'acss oa the railroad.
LATER rHOM WVTHEVILLE
jt APTUIE OF the YANKEE R UUOU PARTY.
i DEST&CCIION OF THE IISrAICH NEWS
PAPER
I hyNoricKfc. .July i_i—Passengers 07 the Tea
! nessee RuliOa-i, report that at Wythevilleihe
| Ynsee raiders ire re captured on Monday at East
i River Mountain, Mercer ccuuiy, by the command
ol Coi. McCaus.and.
A number of negroes and horses captured by
the \ ankees tyere recaptured.
About twenty houses were burned in Wyth
ville, among them the office of the semi-weekly
Dispatch, with fixtures.
! iWythcTiile is situated on the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad, IS2 miles from Lynchbure
and "2 miles from Bristol.']
FROM RICHMOND.
THE EXTENSION OF THE CONSCRIPT ACT.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
Richucno, ,Ju 7 22.—A circular from I/eut.
Csi. Lay, Acting Caief of the Bureau of Con
scription, gives the following information relative
1 to the receut proclttaiaiic-n of the i’residtal exi
: tending the Conscript age: Ail subs'..tutions
ceases to t>e valid -f the substitute be less than
riv-five years of age, and not other tv se exempt
o.v .aw. The uembeu whether ctficers or
priyates, of any ■ cal organtt itiou fer home de
fence or special service, coufers-no claim for ex
emption trom Ccnfodtrate service. Neither does
service iu the militia, unless in the Case of offi
cers actually cotrmisstoned and on duty.
Hereafter, anyone furnishing a substitute be
comes liable in his own person whenever the
services of the substitute becomes lost to the
Government from causes other than tbe casual
ties of war.
AU application! for exemotion must first be ad
dressed to the local enrolling i fiicer. If ad
dressed to a bigli authority it will be referred
back for local ex&niina'.icn and report.
YANKEE H\ll) IN NORTH CARO
LINA.
CJBEAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
TAB nil'EK SAIL ROAD TRACS 10SS VP,
Ao., Ao, A:.
Richmond, July 2d.—The Petersburg Express
gives an account of the Yankee ra d in North
Carolina. The gang numbered four to six fiuu>
dred. They came from Washington, X. C.
At Rocky Mount they burned the depot, with
fire thousand bales of cotton, and a large cotton
factory owned by Wm. S. Battle.
They also captured a tram of cars on the Tars
boro’ Branch of the Washington road. Two car
loads of ammunit.on and 30,000 pounds of bacon
were destroyed.
The bridge oxer Tar rirer. a short distance
from Rocky Mount, was destroyed, and the track
torn up for a mile or two.
FROM CHARLESTON.
FIRIN'3 RESUMES.
Chahlsston, Julv 22.— Occasional firing has
isaw &—-* No Imr ..rtant ihauge has
taken place in ibe relatire poeitinn of the forces.
The steamer Alice arrived from Nassau last
night.
W'e have been Tisi'.el wph heavy rain 3 and
thunder this evening.
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
EVACUATION OF JACKSON.
MOVEMENTS OF TUB SN IMY.
Monrox, Ju'y 24 —An officer from Vicksburg
say 3 that McPherson’s entire army corps left that
place on the 21st, and proceeded up the river.
Their officers stated that they were going to Rich
mond.
Transform from above are eonatently arriving
Nfft It a‘l the rolling «took and cannon have been
tip to Ur***;. la, and consequently eared.
]ettCo 2 DISPaICH j
Morton, July 24 —TiK enemy evacuated Jacks
son on reaterday, moving west. Adams’ cavalry
dashed in and captured a few stragglers.
Ca ton is also evacuated.
Grant’s entire army has gone to Vicksburg.—
They have entirely devastated the country
through wh.ch they putsch.
Our cavalry captnred forty robbers, with a
Lieutenant, who were sacking houses.
The attempt to biow nn the State House failed,
although it is badly damaged.
Our cavalry aid pursuing the retiring Yankees.
The machias fthcDß, roiling suck, cannon ma
chine shops, and road between them und Jack,
sen, have been deatrayed.
Mobile "ill n> doubt be the next point at
tacked.
_ t.. '
from Virginia.
PROXIMITY OF THE ARMIES.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
Richmond, July 24. —There is nothing
from Northern Virginia except reports from
Yankee sources telegraphed last night
The sileuce of the press correspondent in
dicates that movements are being made which
may bring the two armies again in close prox
imity to each other.
The manifesto of Gen. Forey on taking pos
session of the City of Mexieo has been re
ceived at the- Department of State. * While
tendering the aid of France to Mexicans for
the free exercise of the popular will in estab
lishing a Government, Forey speaks of this as
a task imposed on him in which he seeks the
aid of Mexicans; they are not wanting indica
tions of a purpose to establish a monarc iy,
probably the form of government best adapt
ed to Mexico in its present condition.
A party of Yankee cavalry, numbering 150,
visited Warrenton on Tuesday. On the same
day about 10,000 appeared at Manassas, and
were scouting up as far as Brontgville. They
were apparently receiving reinforcements from
Ceiitrevil'c.
FROM EUROPE-
Richmond, July 24th.—The latest foreign
advices to the 12th are contained in a tele
, graphic summary in the Baltimore American
of the 21st. Ou’y ten ! fifteen liuc3 is devo
ted to the statement of the PO3L Lhidscy
will give a detailed report in the House of
Commons on the 13th of ifis interview with
Napoleon.
Xo explanation is given of the rise of Goid
in Xetv York on Tuesday. It may he that
private advices by tbe last arrival from Eu
rope caused the advance.
The next arrival from Europe will bring the
result of the vote on Roebuck's motion.
If the position of the Ministry : s sustaiued.
self respect will demand the prompt recall of
our Commissioners to Great Eritatn. These
opinions are generally expressed.
FROM CHARLESTON.
Charleston. July 34.— The bombardment
was renewed early this morning, and rapid fir
ing continued until a flag of truce went down
at 9 o'clock. The attack was renewed this
evening, the enemy occasionally firing, and
Cum.uitig's Point and .'■hunter replying heavily.
It is continuing now—9 o'clock, P. M.
We sent down to the fleet, today, a hun
dred and Are paroled prisoners. :md received j
forty. A physician just from Hilton Hoad. I
says that fifty-four of our regulars took the j
oath last Wednesday.
The casualties this morning were some three!
killed and six wounded. The loss this evening i
lias not been heard from.
FROM RICHMOND^
>0 NEWS.
Richmond, July 24.—The city is very quiet
to -day. Xo news Irom any quarter—not even
a rumor in circulation.
The Centra! train due this evening has not
yet arrived. It is detained by an accident.
Weather oppressively warm.
FBOM WYTHVILLE.
b'll.hHP SKIHMthH IN THE M HLET
THE YANKEE FIELD OFFICERS KILLED.
SEVERAL HOI SES BLUNT.
RETREAT OF THE MARAUDERS.
The following official dispatch has been re
ceived at the War Department in Richmond t
Dublin, July 19.— T0 Gen. S. Cooper.—
The enemy, one regiment of cavalry and parts
of two regiments of infantry, about 1,000
strong rode into Wythville a little before sun
set yesterday.
Almost at the same time, two newly organ
ized companies and the employees of this place,
in all about 130 men, w ith two field pieces,
whom I had dispatched under Major T. M.
Bowyer, by the passenger train, arrived.
A sharp skirmish immediately commenced
in the street, and continued about three quar
ter*, of an hour. wirf>n M : 'r V -wyer retired
with » part of his men and brought them olf
in the train, (.’apt. Oliver and two citizens
were killed, and Lieut. Rosany badly wounded.
The enemy lost Col. Boland, commanding
tlm brigade, one other Colonel, one Major, and
seven privates killeJ ; one Lieutenant Colonel
and about 26 wounded, and in our bands.—
The Lieut. Colonel (Powell) is reported mor
tally wounded. lam informed they lost every
one of their field officers, ’llie command left
Wytheville about 10 o’clock last night, re
treating towards Tazewell Court House.
It is just now reported they ar# coming
down Walker Creek to this place Jf they
retreat by the way they came, they will proba
bly be intercepted and ent up.
They parol.d on their retre at seventy-fire or
eighty of our men. whom I suppose, they
found it inconvenient to carry off. Os course,
the parole, under such circumstance*, is worth
less under their own order.
The damage to the railroad can lie repaired
in an hour or so. The jail, Commissary and
Quartermaster storehouses, and several private
liouw-s were burned.
(Signed) Sam'i.. Jonhs, Maj. Gen’l.
[Dublin is in Pulaski county, on the Yir.
ginia ami Tennessee railroad, 2b miles east of
Wytheville.
FROM RICHMOND.
THE BLUE UIDGE FIGHT.
FURTHER FROM EUROPE.
DISMISSAL OF CONSUL MOORE.
Tie city papers a!! publish a fferent versions
of the fight at Blue Ridge. Nothing official re
ceived.
The precise locality and ex’ent of the engage
ment are net know. Probably there has been
heavy skirmishing at diffei ent points, chiefly be.
tween our rear guard and the Yankee Cavalry.
The removal of the poet office to-day prevented
the reception of letters from army correspond,
ents.
The dismissal of Consu, Moire was the sub
ject of remarks in the House of Commons on the
lOth. Blake made a .statement in regard to the
treatment of Redmoud Belsbaw at Montgomery
in consequence of his refusal to serve in the Con
federate army.
Loyard said the caße had been bronght to the
notice of her Majesty’s government. Consul
Moore had made numerous representations to the
Confederate Government in respect to this and
other acts of illegality and erneity. In conse.
quence of these representations that Government
had suspended Moore’s exeqaator.
Her Majesty’s Minister of Foreign Affairs had
sent instructions to Moore to make strong repre
sentations to the Confederate Government with
respect to the treatment of British subjects, but
did not reach Richmond uniil Moore left. The
subject wa3 postponed on Monday.
French citizens of New Orleans have requested
the Tice Consul to petition the Emperor to send
to the Mississippi several vessels of war, to afford
tLem refuge and protection in view of She critu
cal position tn which they are placed.
FROM t IIIRLBIOJ.
We have no dispatches from Ohariesion since
Saturday night. A private letter to a firm .□ thi»
cite, dated 25th, says ;
We shelled Morris Island yeaterday and last
□ : ght, and are still at it. I h< pe it has done some
good, rettery Wagner still hold 9 oat.
An officer who leu Castle Pinckney on Satcr*
day says we were shelling the enemy on Satnr-.
day, but that they were not replying at the time
he lelt.
FROM EUROPE.
IMPORTANT DISCUSSION IN PABLIAMEST
FBOM THE UNITED STATES.
MORGAN S MOVEMENTS
FROM RICHMOND.
OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GEN. LEE.
SUCCESSFUL SKIRMISH AT SNICKER'S GAP.
A DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER.
Eicnuoxh, July 26 In the House of Commons.
on the 10th, Sir J. Fergnsor. urged tba\ cond.de
ering the change in the character of the American
*«r, :t would be impolitic to resume the discussion
of the subject of the recognition of the South,
and moved at adjournment. Palmer3tou second ■
ed the motion, in order to add his request to Roe*
buck to drop the debate which stood fer Monday.
Events of the utmost importance now taking
place in America show that it would not be detr«
able to resume th) discussion. He suom.tted
also that an .nterview between two members of
the House and a foreign sovereign was a matter
scarcely fit for the subject of debate :n the House,
and might prevent the Emperor of She French in
future trout giving a courteous reception to Eng«
lishmen of distinction.
Lindsay complained of attacks upon his veraet*
ty in the ministerial organ, and decla-ed ail that
Roebuck stated repecting the interview to be
trne.
Cunnn.gbam was prepared to show that '.be
sympathies of the working classes were si! in
tn-or of the Northern States, struggling against a
rebellious slave power.
Gregory believed if Roebuck presisted with mg
motion it would be rejected by a large majority,
which action would be construed as opposition to
ice independence of the Confederacy; whereas,
the fact was, a vast number ot members were
with the South heart and soul, but did not wish
in the face of events now pending to pronounce a
premature decision.
Foster expressed the hope that the debate
would go on, aud that England would no longer
display an amount of cowardice in the matter
which she had hitherto done, whenever Amencaa
questions arose.
Roebuck said he wouid reserve his answer.
The motion for adjournment was withdraws.
New Yoke, July 24.—Morgan crossed the Mas
kingum river at Eaglesport on yesterday. [Eagles
port is is Morgan connly, Ohio, H miles from
Zanesville, and about 50 miles north-west of the
Ohio river.] Scouts report his force 1,000 strong,
with three pieces of artillery.
Tne latest reports say that the Sntb Ohio are
fighting the rebels, driving .hem towards Zaneea
Lincoln has removed from active service and
placed on the retired list Gena. Wool, Harney, and
Harvey lirown.
The He aid of the 22d asserts that the war is
substantially over, and says the political difficul
ties can be seltled by granting the Confederates
ail the rights of American cilixenship under tbo
Constitution, and at the same time by proclaiming
agaiust England and France. Let war be declared
against them at once; there will be no need of
conscription—there Will be as many volunteers as
will be required io whip from this continent the
western powers of Europe, and teach them a lesson
they will not be likely to forget the balance of this •
century.
Not a word of news this morning from Norths
ern Virginia or elsewhere. *
Kicbhosd, May 2t>— A proclamation of the
President wii! be published to-morrow, appoint*
ing the fils; of Augnst a day of lasting, hsnulia
tion and prayer.
An official coinmnnicat’on from Gen. Lee to
Cooper contradicts Meade's statement that he
captured a br.gade of infantry, A:., as the Cone
federate army retired to the south bank of the
Potomac, with only a few stragglers and two
guns taken by the enemy.
The Central train resumed its regular trips toa
day, and brought from Gordonsville three hun»
dred and fifty prisoners, captured in a light on
Friday at Snicker's Gap. The Yankees attempt
ed to prevent our troops from pass.ug through
the Gap. fl.l.’s corps charged the enemy, and J/,
cleaned out the roads, capturing the prisoners jrjt
above mentioned. No particulars to-night. w w
FURTHER FROM 1 HE UNITED STATES. i
Kieasioxti, July 27.—The Tribune of the iita
says that notwithstanding comparative pra«
vaiis in the city, the spirit of riot still lives and
watches for an opportunity to make night hideous
with torch and halter.
There is scarcely a doubt that the natives stilt -
maintain their organisation, and apon the slight
est pretest will renew the atrocities of last wee*.
Threats have been made, and are still made, of
burning the city.
Samuel J. Tiiden and Senator Morgan’sad
Judge Pierpont are in Waahington to ask the
Government to suspend the draft in the city.
The gravest apprehensions of the government are
that the Irish servant girls will turn incendiaries
in a body if the law is executed.
A Cairo correspondent of the Tribune sava
that Gen. Pillow and two thousand troops had
taken Fort Hickman, overlooking Fort Henry,
his object being to control the navigation of tha
Tennessee and Cumberland rivers.
?aOM CHARLESTOS
PROGRESS OF THE SIEGE.
FORT WAGNER SILENT.
CiiAttLHSTOK, July 25.—Regular firing fronh
Sumter and Wagner on the Yankees on Morris
Island all last night, and continued all tosday.
Sumter and Cumming’s Point shelling the Yan
kee batteries, the battery on James Island para
ticipatiug. Fort Wagner did not fire to-day.
The Yankees occasionally respond from their
batteries on Morris Island. The Monitors and
Ironsides lying outside took no part to-dav.
The firing was directed on the Yankees on Mor
ris Island. They have two batteries there,
strengthening their position.
No reported casualuA to.day.
i One Monitor arrived, wbjpg in all six.