raiment, others had none. It was truly a deplorable state of affairs, and what rendered it harder to submit to was the universal belief that had General Lyon been reinforced with a few thousand men, instead of Union men having to flee for safety, the invaders would have been defeated and driven from the soil of Missouri; .but, as it was, all the despatches sent to Washington, imploring reinforcements, were disregarded. Mr. Cameron had too much to attend to at home, consequently could not attend to things so far away, hence the result. The death of General Lyon was a serious loss to the Federals in Missouri. He was an able and efficient man a man of the times, who appreciated the force of quick decision in a revolutionary war. To military education and talents he united a rare energy and promptitude; no doubts or scruples unsettled his mind. He was temporarily interred at Springfield, and a few days afterwards was disinterred and sent to St. Louis, and from thence to his relatives at Eastford, Connecticut. Shortly after the battle the Confederate army returned to the frontier of Arkansas, Generals McCulloch and Price having failed to agree upon the plan of campaign in Missouri. August 12. The Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, late United States Minister to France, was arrested by orders from the War Department, and confined in jail, on the charge of treason, based on conclusive evidence received of his successful efforts to procure arms in Europe for the use of the rebels, and the fact that he was going home to his native State, Virginia, to assume command of a regiment of Confederates, who had elected him colonel. Returned prisoners. A company of ten Union soldiers, belonging respectively to the First and Second Rhode Island, First and Second Connecticut, and the New York Sixty-ninth and Seventy-ninth regiments, who were taken prisoners at Bull Run, were unconditionally released and sent home, for kind treatment on the field of battle to Colonel Gardiner, of Georgia, and other Confederate soldiers, in accordance with a promise made by Colonel Gardiner on the battle-field, They were accompanied by twenty-one other prisoners, belonging to different regiments, who were released on their parole of honor, and among them were ten surgeons who remained at Sudley's Church after the battle, attending to the wounded, and were captured. They remained, some at Bull Run and others. at Manassas Junction, attending upon the wounded, for two weeks after the battle, and were then sent to Richmond. Finally they were released on parole, and sent to Fortress Monroe, under a flag of truce, by way of Norfolk. The following is a copy of their obligations: "We, the undersigned, non-commissioned officers, privates, and citizens of the United States, do make our unqualified parole of honor, that we will not by arms, information, or otherwise, during existing hostilities, aid or abet the enemies of the Confederate States, until released or exchanged. "Witness,.W. H. WINDER, Brigadier-General C. S. A., August 11th." An important personage among the returning prisoners was a Mrs. Curtis, who was captured a day or two after the battle, while riding near Falls Church, in company with a young lady, a native of Virginia, at whose house she was stopping, and who was not captured. Mrs. Curtis was taken to Falls Church, where she was formally introduced to Colonel Stuart, of the First Virginia Cavalry, who asked her if she was the colonel of the regiment. She did not feel disposed to answer, and he explained his question by saying that she had a spread eagle on the bridle-bits of the horse she was riding,the trappings belonged to one of the officers of the New York Thirteenth, though the horse was one which had been taken from the rebels at Bull Run. She was sent to Richmond as a spy, but released and returned home on the 12th of August. Skirmish near Grafton. A severe skirmish took place a few miles from Grafton, Va., on the Fairmount and Webster road. Information having been received that a secretly organized body of rebels living in that county were lodged within a few miles of Webster, General Kelly despatched Captain Dayton, of Company A, Fourth Virginia regiment, with fifty men, from Webster to disarm them. After scouting nearly twenty-four hours, he came suddenly on them at noon, and after an hour's severe fighting succeeded in killing twenty-one and putting the others to flight, without any loss to his command. The rebels numbered two hundred, and were composed of some of the worst characters of the county, led on by Zack Cochran, sheriff of the county under the Letcher rule. August 14. The Seventy-ninth New York regiment (Highlanders) mutinied at Washington on account of being ordered to join Sickles' Brigade. This regiment, it appears, had from the beginning entertained the idea that "luck," as the soldiers call it, was against them. When they came to Washington, it was with a feeling of dissatisfaction with their officers, considering a large proportion of them utterly unfit for the responsible positions they had assumed. They at last succeeded in securing the acceptance of the colonelcy by the late Colonel Cameron, who, though possessing undaunted courage and restless industry, was yet wanting in military experience of the present service. He did much to discipline and encourage the men, but it was up-hill work, — though probably better material for a regiment never stood in line. At the battle of Bull Run occurred the death of Colonel Cameron, and the deaths of several of its best officers. These casualties, and the calamity that some of the surviving officers lacked not only military experience, but personal courage, rapidly demoralized the regiment, and rendered it unfit for service in the field. The men became dissatisfied, restless, and dispirited. They were promised the privilege of going home to recruit, and to afford them an opportunity of choosing trusty and efficient officers. When they were ordered, therefore, to join the Sickles Brigade, across the east branch of the Potomac, they naturally felt that the order was in violation of assurances which had been given of an opportunity to recruit and prepare for the coming campaign. The depth of the feeling was evidenced in the impulsiveness with which a portion of the men "charged bayonets upon Mr. Sickles when he endeavored to address. them. It is more than probable that the promises made to the men were never authorized by the Department, but given by the sub-officers as a temporary peace offering, when the regiment was smarting under the repulse from Bull Run, and the succeeding neglect and suffering consequent from indifferent or incompetent officers. It now became one of the first and most important duties of General McClellan, in his new position, to enforce obedience to his orders. When it became evident that the regiment was determined not to obey the directions given for its movements, an order was prepared that it should be formed in square, commanded to surrender its arms, and to march as directed. This was taken to be signed by General Scott, who, reading it over, asked, "What was to be done if the regiment disobeyed the order.' "I have the means of enforcing it," was the specific answer made by McClellan. The order was signed, and was enforced. The regiment was restored to discipline, and the principal actors in the movement punished. While these scenes were being enacted in Washington, and the people of Springfield, Mo., and the adjoining counties were fleeing in all directions for safety from the advancing Confederates, General Fremont, at St. Louis, proclaimed the long-looked-for martial law, which tended to reassure the people, and, for a brief period at least, to silence outspoken secessionists : HEAD-QUARTERS, WESTERN DEPARTMENT,} LOUIS, August 14, 1861. I hereby declare and establish martial law in the city and county of St. Louis. Major J. McKinstry, United States Army, is appointed Provost Marshal. All orders and regulations issued by him will be respected and obeyed accordingly. (Signed) J. C. FREMONT, August 15. Jefferson Davis issued a proclamation, ordering all Northern men to leave the South in forty days, or receive the treatment of alien enemies. The following is a copy verbatim: PROCLAMATION OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. Whereas, The Congress of the Confederate States of America did, by an act, approved on the 8th day of August, 1861, entitled "An Act respecting Alien Enemies," make provision that proclamation should be issued by the President in relation to alien enemies, and in conformity with the provisions of said act: Now, therefore, I, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Confederate States of America, do issue this my proclamation; and I do hereby warn and require every male citizen of the United States, of the age of fourteen years and upwards, now within the Confederate States, and adhering to the Government of the United States, |