rebel cavalry, who were driven out; a column of ing Lieutenant Newby, and burning the entire rebel infantry advanced to retake it, but were dispersed by the fire of the National artillery. General Pleasanton pursued the rebels several miles beyond Union, and at three o'clock in the afternoon succeeded in exploding one of their caissons and capturing ten of their wounded.General McClellan's Despatch.

train of thirteen wagons. Three or four hours thereafter, the rebels were overtaken by detachments of the Fifth and Sixth regiments, Missouri cavalry, under the command of Colonel Catherwood, and utterly routed. They were pursued for twenty-five or thirty miles with great loss. The Unionists did not lose a man. -Missouri Democrat.

-AN expedition under Colonel Dewey to Pittman's Ferry, Current River, Mo., in pursuit of -THE steamer Darlington, with a company of a band of guerrillas infesting that locality, this day colored troops on board, under the command of returned to camp at Patterson, Wayne County, Colonel O. T. Beard, proceeded up Bell River, Mo., having captured thirteen rebels and made a Florida, drove in the rebel pickets below Cooper's, march of one hundred and sixty miles in eight destroyed their place of rendezvous, then dedays.-(Doc. 23.) stroyed the salt-works, and all the salt, corn, -Ax engagement occurred near Williamston, wagons, and horses which could not be taken N. C., between four companies of the Twentieth away. Thence proceeded to Jolly River and deregiment of North-Carolina rebels, under the com-stroyed two salt-works, with a large amount of mand of Colonel Burgwyn, and a party of National salt and corn. Thence went to Saint Mary's, and troops.-Richmond Despatch, November 7. brought off two families of contrabands, after -COLONEL LEE, of Hamilton's National cavalry, driving in the rebel pickets. retured to Grand Junction, Miss., after a three days' reconnoissance in the direction of Ripley and ten miles south. Ripley was captured and held twenty-four hours, as was also the town of Orizaba. Lieutenant-Colonel Hovis and the Surgeon of Faulkner's rebel rangers were captured, together with a captain, two lieutenants, and sixty men. Faulkner himself effected his escape, with the loss of four men.-The British schooner Path

finder was captured by the gunboat Penobscot, off Shallot Inlet, N. C.-The ship Levi Starbuck, in latitude 35°, 30', longitude 66°, was captured and burned by the rebel privateer Alabama.

November 3. A fight took place in Bayou Teche, fourteen miles from Brashear City, La., between five Union gunboats and a large rebel force, supported by the rebel gunboat Cotten, resulting in a retreat of the rebels and the escape of the gunboat.-(Doc. 27.)

-CAPTAIN FLINT, of the First Vermont cavalry, with eighty men of his company, doing picketduty in the vicinity of New-Baltimore, Va., was attacked by one hundred and fifty rebel cavalry. Captain Flint drove the rebels two or three miles, and then returned to his post.-Piedmont, Va., was occupied by the National cavalry under Generals Pleasanton and Averill.

November 4.-Francis Arnold, General Sigel's cook, and five others, were arrested to-day in the vicinity of Fairfax Court-House, Virginia, for smuggling contraband of war through the lines to the rebels. A quantity of goods in their possession, consisting of swords, shoulder-straps, gold lace, etc., were seized, and the men were sent to the old Capitol Prison at Washington.

-THE Union pickets near Bolivar Heights, Virginia, were attacked to-day by a party of rebel cavalry, and three of their number were captured.-New-York Evening Post.

-TAMPA, Florida, was bombarded by the National forces.—Major Reid Sanders, of the rebel -GENERAL GRANT, with several divisions of army, was captured in the Chesapeake this morn-his army from Bolivar, Tennessee, and Corinth, ing by Captain Dungan of the gunboat Hercules, while endeavoring to embark for Europe.

Mississippi, occupied La Grange, Mississippi, this night.-New-York Herald.

-A FORCE of rebel guerrillas, numbering about -THE English bark Sophia, while attempting three hundred men, under Quantrel, attacked to run the blockade of Wilmington, North-Caronear Harrisonville, Mo., a wagon train, with an lina, was destroyed by the National steamers escort of twenty-two men of the Sixth Missouri Daylight and Mount Vernon.-Com. Scott's Recavalry, under the command of Lieutenant New- port.

by, killing eight of the escort, six teamsters,

THE United States expeditionary steamer wounding four, and taking five prisoners, includ- Darlington, with a small force of colored troops

and three pieces of artillery. On the destruction Virginia, and its vicinity.-The First company of of the block-house, the militia retreated to the the South-Carolina colored volunteers was muswoods, and fought five hours, when Captain tered into the service of the United States, at Barstow, who was in command, displayed the Beaufort, South-Carolina, by General Saxton. white flag, and surrendered the garrison.-NewYork Tribune.

-TO-DAY a debate took place in the rebel Senate, on the bill to extend the operation of the sequestration act to all persons natives of or residents within any of the rebel States, and who had refused to submit to the constitution and laws of those States. A substitute proposed by the Committee of the Judiciary was adopted. It provided that the President of the rebel States should issue his proclamation, ordering all persons within the limits of those States who were loyal, and adhered to the United States Government, to leave the rebel States within forty days, on pain of forfeiture of property. Another of its provisions was the granting of immunity to all persons adhering to the Union who, within forty days, should take the oath of allegiance to the

rebel States.

-COLONEL LEE, of the Seventh Kansas, with about one thousand five hundred Union cavalry, made a successful reconnoissance in the vicinity of Hudsonville, Mississippi, defeating a party of rebels in a short skirmish, killing sixteen, and capturing one hundred and seventy-five of their number, one hundred horses, and a stack of fire arms. (Doc. 39.)

-THE ship T. B. Wales, in latitude 28°, 30', longitude 58°, was captured and burned by the privateer Alabama.-General Pleasanton, in a skirmish with the rebel General Stuart, captured three pieces of artillery, a captain, a lieutenant, and five privates, without loss. The Richmond Whig, of this day, declared that the success of the Democrats in the elections at the North was "about equal to a declaration of peace."-Holly Springs, Mississippi, was evacuated by the rebels.

-Mobile News.

-THE United States steamer Darlington, with -PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF, the Russian Minister a company of colored troops on board, in com- of Foreign Affairs, sent a despatch to Paris, in remand of Lieutenant-Colonel O. T. Beard, Forty-ply to a proposal of concerted mediation between eighth New-York volunteers, proceeded up Sapelo the belligerents in America, made to the Russian River, Georgia, accompanied by the Union gun-government by the Emperor of the French. The boat Potomska, and captured a number of rebels and slaves on the plantations along the river, and destroyed a large and valuable salt-work. The rebels on shore attacked the Darlington several times on the route, but the colored troops fought bravely, and she escaped without injury.

—A SINGLE Company of enrolled militia, at Lamar, Missouri, barricaded the court-house in that place, and successfully repelled an attack made upon them by a large body of guerrillas, said to be under the command of Quantrel.-General McClellan issued his farewell address to the "officers and soldiers of the Army of the Potomac." -(Doc. 30.)

November 8.-Yesterday General Bayard was attacked by the rebels at Rappahannock Bridge, Virginia, but succeeded in repulsing them. This morning he continued his operations and compelled them to retire, leaving him in possession of the bridge and all the neighboring fords. During the day, he captured Lieutenant-Colonel Blunt, of General Longstreet's staff, together with two servants and ten men of the rebel army.A very heavy snow-storm occurred in Richmond,

despatch says: "We are inclined to believe that a combined step by France, England, and Russia, no matter how conciliatory and how cautiously made, if it were taken with an official and collective character, would run the risk of causing the very opposite of the object of pacification, which is the aim of the wishes of the three

Courts."

-A SKIRMISH OCcurred near Marianna, Ark., between a detachment of the Third and Fourth Iowa and Ninth Illinois cavalry, under the command of Captain Marland L. Perkins and a party of rebels, resulting in defeat of the latter, with a loss of five killed. The Nationals had one man wounded.-Missouri Democrat.

November 9.-A reconnoissance was this day made by a party of Union troops under the command of Captain Dahlgren, to Fredericksburgh, Va., where they discovered a force of rebels, whom, after a sharp skirmish, they drove off with some loss.--(Doc. 31.)

the purpose of capturing or driving off the rebel Warrenton, Va., encountered a squadron of the Colonel Imboden and his men. The Union force | Fifth Virginia rebel cavalry, whom they routed and reached Moorefield this morning, and after remaining a few hours, pushed on toward the rebel camp, which was about four miles beyond that place. When they arrived at the camp, finding it deserted, they continued the pursuit, and overtaking them at a point about eighteen miles from Moorefield, gave them battle and drove them into the mountains.-(Doc. 40.)

put to flight, after making a gallant charge directly through their ranks.-Officers of all grades belonging to the army of the Potomac were ordered to join their respective commands within twenty-four hours.

-CAPTAIN G. W. GILMORE, with a party of Union troops, made a reconnoissance into Greenbrier County, Va. Near Williamsburgh, he captured a wagon-train belonging to the rebel Gen

a number of prisoners, horses, mules, etc. He set fire to the wagons and grain.-(Doc. 43.)

-ST. MARY'S, Fla., was bombarded and partially destroyed by the United States gunboat Mo-eral Jenkins, about to be loaded with grain; also hawk. A reconnoissance from Bolivar Heights, Md., was made by General John W. Geary, surprising the rebels at Halltown; occupying Charlestown, and reaching a point in the vicinity of Front Royal, from which the positions of the rebel Generals Longstreet and Hill were discovered. Baltimore American.

-GENERAL BUTLER, commanding department of the Gulf, issued an order enforcing the confiscation act in the district of Lafourche, comprising all the territory in the State of Louisiana, west of the Mississippi River, except the parishes of Plaquemines and Jefferson.-(Doc. 41.)

-JOHN B. VILLIPIGUE, Brigadier-General in the rebel army, died at Port Hudson. -The draft was again postponed in the State of New-York.-The Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-sixth regiments of Massachusetts volunteers left Boston for the seat of war.

-GENERAL BURNSIDE, in accordance with the orders of President Lincoln, assumed command of the army of the Potomac.--The Legislature of Georgia passed a bill to obstruct the navigable rivers of the State, and appropriated five hundred thousand dollars to aid in the work. The Governor was also authorized to impress slaves for the purpose.-Savannah Republican.

-RESISTANCE to the draft occurred in Ozaukee County, Wis.-An enthusiastic Union meeting was held at Memphis, Tenn.

November 11.-Yesterday a skirmish took place near Huntsville, Tenn., between a band of rebel guerrillas and a detachment of the Huntsville Home Guard, under Captain Duncan, resulting in a rout of the rebels with a loss of four killed and several wounded; the Home Guard sustaining no Cumberland Mountains, committing many depreloss whatever. To-day the rebels crossed the dations on their route, and made their way to Jacksboro, Tenn.

—A SKIRMISH took place at the house of Captain Eversoll, on the North Fork of the Kentucky River, in Perry County, Ky., between two companies of Union troops under Captains Morgan -GREAT excitement existed at Chambersburgh, and Eversoll, and a numerous body of rebel guerrillas, resulting in a retreat of the latter, leav-Pa., it having been reported that the rebels were

ing three of their number dead on the field.Frankfort Commonwealth.

November 10.- An expedition consisting of about four hundred Union troops, under the command of Colonel Foster, this day left Henderson, Ky., in pursuit of several bands of rebel guerrillas that had been for some time infesting northwestern Kentucky. The force divided itself into four columns, and was entirely successful, defeating the rebels wherever they were come up with, taking a large number of prisoners, horses, and

arms.

-A PARTY of regular cavalry, under the command of Lieutenant Ash, of the Second dragoons, on a foraging party, at a point ten miles south of

in Mercersburgh, and on their march for the former place. The One Hundred and Fifty-sixth regiment of New-York volunteers, under the com. mand of Colonel Erastus Cooke, left Kingston for the seat of war.-Lieutenant Johnson, of the Seventeenth regiment of Kentucky, was dismissed the service of the United States.-A fight took place near Lebanon, Tenn., between a party of National cavalry, under the command of Kennett and Wolford, and the rebels under Morgan, resulting in the defeat of the latter with a loss of seven killed and one hundred and twenty-five captured.-At Newbern, N. C., the National pickets and a small advance force were driven in by a large body of rebels, who opened the attack with shell and canister. Every thing was pre

pared to meet the rebels, should they attempt to enter the town, but they confined themselves to harassing the pickets, and withdrew during the night. The Supreme Court of Georgia decided that the rebel conscript law was constitutional, under the provision which gives to Congress the power to raise armies, and also distinguished from the power to call out the militia. Judge Jenkins delivered the opinion. Savannah Re-tacked a camp of rebel guerrillas, above Calhoun, publican.

eighth New-York regiment, in command of one hundred and sixty of the First South-Carolina (colored) volunteers, left Beaufort, S. C., on an expedition to the Doboy River, Ga., where he succeeded in loading the U. S. steamers Ben Deford and Darlington with about three thousand feet of lumber.-(Doc. 48.)

COLONEL SHANKS, with four hundred men, at

Ky., on Green River, a few nights since. The November 12. - General Hooker assumed rebels broke and ran in every direction, leaving command of the Fifth corps of the army of the their horses, arms and all their camp equipage to Potomac.-The British schooner Maria was cap-fall into the hands of the Union forces.-Governor tured, while endeavoring to evade the blockade at Letcher, of Virginia, issued a proclamation inSabine Pass, Texas.

-A CAVALRY engagement took place near Lamar, Miss., between a detachment of the Second Illinois and a company of the Seventh Kansas regiments, under the command of Major John J. Mudd, and a force of rebels, resulting in an utter route of the latter with great loss.-Missouri Democrat.

November 13.-Earl Russell replied, officially, to the circular of Drouyn De Lhuys, proposing mediation in the affairs of the United States of America, dissenting from the French proposition for the reasons, that "there is no ground, at the present moment, to hope that the Federal Government would accept the proposal suggested, and a refusal from Washington, at the present time, would prevent any speedy renewal of the offer of the government."-See Supplement.

-THE Fifteenth regiment of New-Hampshire volunteers, under the command of Colonel John W. Kingman, left Concord, for the rendezvous of General Banks's expedition, on Long Island, N. Y.-Governor Brown, of Georgia, sent a message to the General Assembly of that State, in reference to the raids of negroes in Camden County.-(Doc. 44.)

forming the people that he had reason to believe that the volunteers from that State, in the rebel army, were not provided with the necessary supply of shirts, drawers, shoes, stockings, and gloves, and appealing to them to furnish such of these articles as they might be able to spare for the use of the troops.-(Doc. 53.)

November 14.-General Burnside issued an order reorganizing the army of the Potomac.-At New-Orleans, Brigadier-General Shepley issued a proclamation authorizing the election of members of the Congress of the United States, in those portions of the State of Louisiana held by the National forces.

November 15.-A fight took place near Fayetteville, Va., between a detachment of Union troops, under the command of General Sturgis, and a large body of rebels, resulting, after about an hour's duration, in a retreat of the rebels.-(Doc. 45.)

-AN enthusiastic Union meeting was held at New-Orleans, La., at which J. A. Rozier presided, and speeches were made by Thomas J. Durant, Colonel Deming of the Seventy-Fifth N. Y. S. V., After the meeting dispersed a proand others. cession was formed, and paraded through the principal streets of the city by torchlight.

-Ar seven o'clock this morning, Colonel Lee, chief of cavalry on the staff of General Hamilton, -THE iron-clad steamer Passaic, with Admiral took possession of Holly Springs, Miss., after a Gregory, General Superintendent of iron-clads; slight skirmish, in which four rebels were killed Chief-Engineers Stimers, Lawton, and Robie, on and a number taken prisoners.-President Lin- board, made her trial-trip up the Hudson River, coln issued an order directing that the Attorney-as far as the Palisades, where she fired several General of the United States be charged with the shots from her eleven-inch and fifteen-inch guns. superintendence and direction of all proceedings The working of the guns, the turrets, and the sailunder the Conscription Act, and authorizing him ing qualities of the vessel gave satisfaction to all to call upon the military authorities to aid him in on board. carrying out its provisions.

--THE Second army corps of the army of the -LIEUTENANT-COLONEL BEARD, of the Forty- Potomac, under the command of General Couch,