eral appeals to the people of the States to send forth every man able to bear arms to aid the brave soldiers who have so often beaten back our foes, to strike a decisive blow for the safety and sanctity of our homes, and the independence of our country." JOHN J. CRITTENDEN died at Frankfort, Ky, at half-past three o'clock this morning.-GENERAL JOHN H. MORGAN, with Colonel Cluke and about four hundred of his men, was captured at a point four miles south of New-Lisbon, Ohio, by the National forces under Colonel J. M. Shackleford. (Doc. 114.) -GOLD was sold at Atlanta, Ga., at twelve dollars and eleven cents rebel currency for one dollar.-THE Twenty-seventh regiment of Connecticut volunteers returned to New-Haven.— A SALUTE of one hundred guns was fired at Boston, Mass., in honor of the victories at Port Hudson, Vicksburgh, and the opening of the Mississippi River. July 28.-Secretary Stanton ordered the formation of a Bureau of Cavalry to be attached to the War Department of the United States.Colonel Rowett, of the Seventh Illinois infantry, in command of a force from Corinth, Miss., fell upon a party of rebels, belonging to Roddy's force, near Lexington, Tenn., and in a skirmish which followed, captured Colonel Campbell and Captain Clark, together with another captain, two lieutenants, and twenty-five men. The National gunboat Sagamore, accompanied by the steamer Oleander, mortar-schooner Para, and schooner Beauregard, on an expedition into Mosquito Inlet, Florida, succeeded in destroying the town of Smyrna, and capturing two schoonners, one of which was loaded with cotton. An -THE Steamboat Imperial, the first boat from attempt was made to capture another schooner New-Orleans since the opening of the Mississippi loaded with cotton, when the rebels set fire to River, arrived at St. Louis, Mo., and was welthe vessel, and it was totally destroyed. The ex-comed with great enthusiasm. -THE National pedition returned to Key West, having met with forces under Colonel Sanders, at Richmond, Ky., no casualties. were attacked by a large body of rebels, and July 27.—Brigadier-General Saxton, command-driven back to a point within five miles of Lexing the department of South-Carolina, at Beau- ington, the rebels closely following. Lexington fort, issued the following to the colored soldiers was placed under martial law, and all able-bodied and freedmen in his department: "It is fitting citizens between the ages of eighteen and fortythat you should pay a last tribute of respect to five were ordered to report for duty.-Ar Richthe memory of the late Colonel Robert Gould mond, Va., the demolition of the street railroads Shaw, Colonel of the Fifty-fourth regiment of was completed, the track having been torn up Massachusetts volunteers. He commanded the and the iron sent to the mill to be rolled into first regiment of colored soldiers from a Free mail for a gunboat. State ever mustered into the United States service. "He fell at the head of his regiment, while leading a storming party against a rebel stronghold. You should cherish in your inmost hearts the memory of one who did not hesitate to sacrifice all the attractions of a high social position, wealth and home, and his own noble life, for the sake of humanity-another martyr to your cause that death has added, still another hope for your race. The truths, and principles for which he fought and died, still live, and will be vindicated. On the spot where he fell, by the ditch into which his mangled and bleeding body was thrown, on the soil of South-Carolina, I trust that you will honor yourselves and his glorious memory by appropriating the first proceeds of your labor as free men toward erecting an enduring monument to the hero, soldier, martyr Robert Gould Shaw." July 29.-Numerous depredations and outrages having been committed by citizens and rebel soldiers in disguise, harbored and concealed by citizens residing on the route of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, orders were issued by General Halleck authorizing the arrest of every citizen against whom there was sufficient evidence of his having been engaged in these practices.-A SKIRMISH took place at St. Catherine's Creek, near Natchez, Miss., between a party of rebels belonging to the command of General Logan, and the Seventy-second Illinois regiment, under the command of Captain James, in which the former were routed with a loss of fifty prisoners and seventy-five horses.-A FORCE of rebels," numbering about two thousand, under the command of General Pegram, made an attack upon the National troops at Paris, Ky., and after a severe engagement, lasting over two hours, were repulsed and routed.-THE Eighth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers returned to Boston from the seat of war.-BRIGADIER-GENERAL INNIS N. PALMER was ordered to the command of the Eighteenth army corps at Newbern, N. C., and of the posts and districts occupied by that corps. -AT Lynchburgh, Va., the rebel government officials were busily engaged in pressing horses for artillery service in General Lee's army. The pressure was general, exempting only the horses in the employment of the government and those belonging to countrymen. - THE British ship Banshee was captured off New-Inlet, N. C.QUEEN VICTORIA's speech, delivered to Parliament to-day, contained the following: "The civil war between the Northern and Southern States of the American Union still unfortunately continues, and is necessarily attended with much evil, not only to the contending parties, but also to nations which have taken no part in the conflict. Her Majesty, however, has seen no reason to depart from the strict neutrality which Her Majesty has observed from the beginning of the contest."COLONEL RICHARDSON, the rebel guerrilla, issued an order requiring all men of West-Tennessee, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, to report to his camp under the rebel conscription law. The following instructions were issued to govern them in carrying out the order: "If a man should absent himself from home to avoid the order, burn his house and all his property, except such as may be useful to this command. "If a man resists this by refusing to report, shoot him down and leave him dying. "If a man takes refuge in his house and offers resistance, set the house on fire, and guard it, so he may not get out." -WILLIAM L. YANCEY, a member of the rebel Senate from Alabama, who died yesterday, was buried at Montgomery. July 30.-A brief skirmish occurred at Irvine, Estelle County, Ky., between the Union forces of Colonel Lilly, commanding two squadrons of the Fourteenth Kentucky cavalry, and the rebels. The latter, under Colonel Scott, after their failure to take Lexington and Paris, commenced beating a hasty retreat for Irvine. They were hotly pursued by the Federal forces. Skirmishing commenced at or near Winchester, and continued for a long distance. Irvine is some thirty miles from Winchester, where the Fourteenth were stationed. The rebels came upon them unawares, but this not discomfit them in the least, nor did they stop to calculate how far they were outnumbered, which they were, fully four to one. As soon as the attack was made by the rebels, the Fourteenth was ready for them, and gave them such a battle as they have cause long to remember. Every assault was bravely met and withstood, and notwithstanding the enemy gained some little advantage at one point, and captured some of the Nationals, the tide of battle was soon turned again, and the Nationals recaptured, together with eighty odd prisoners of the enemy, and their whole force driven across the Kentucky River, with the loss of all their wagons and stolen mules. At this point the pursuers came up and crossed the river and continued the pursuit. The Union loss was four killed, fifteen wounded, and ten prisoners. The rebel loss was seven killed, from sixteen to eighteen wounded, and seventy-five prisoners.-THE Fifty-second regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, under the command of Colonel Greenleaf, arrived at Cairo, Ill., en route to Boston, to be mustered out of the service.-PRESIDENT LINCOLN issued a proclamation declaring that the United States would protect its troops of all colors.-(Doc. 137.) -IN Saline County, Mo., Captain Cannon, with about seventy-five men of the Fourth enrolled Missouri militia, attacked a band of sixty-three bushwhackers, under one Captain Blunt, and 'supposed to belong to Quantrell's command. The militia lost two men killed and one wounded, and a horse killed. The rebels had several men wounded, and Blunt's horse received a fatal shot, The militia then retreated, and the enemy fell back to the brush, cheering for Quantrell as they retired. The rebels next attacked a smaller party of militia, fifteen in number, belonging to the First enrolled Missouri militia, acting as a guard to a paymaster, who had about fifty thousand dollars. The money escaped observation, but two militiamen were captured and paroled, and seven of the best horses belonging to their comrades taken. The enrolled Missouri militia squad finally got safe within a brick church, and were not again molested.—THE rebel guerrilla Mosby entered Fairfax Court-House this evening, and captured a number of sutlers' wagons, together with stores and other property valued at nearly ninety thousand dollars.-GENERAL GRANT, from his headquarters at Vicksburgh, Miss., issued å general order regulating the transportation on the river steamboats.-THE bombardment of Fort Wagner was continued to-day, by the Ironsides and two monitors. Two men were killed in the Fort. July 31.—A party of rebels captured Stanford, Ky., but they were soon after compelled to evacuate the place with considerable loss, by a force of National cavalry, who pursued them in their retreat toward the Cumberland River.-THE rebel guerrilla Mosby, who was retiring from Fairfax Court-House with the property captured there last night, was overtaken by Colonel Lowell with a detachment of the Second Massachusetts cavalry, and compelled to relinquish the capture, and retreat, with a loss of twenty horses.-MAJORGENERAL HALLECK having ordered that "every guerrilla and disloyal man be driven out of the country between the Potomac, Rappahannock, and Blue Ridge," Major-General Pleasanton directed that, under that order, "every man takes the oath of allegiance or be arrested and sent in." -THE rebel steamer Kate was captured while endeavoring to elude the blockade of Charleston, by the Union gunboat Iroquois.-KENTUCKY being invaded by a rebel force with the avowed intention of overawing the judges of elections, intimidating loyal voters, and forcing. the election of disloyal candidates at the election to take place on the third of August, General Burnside issued an order placing the State under martial law, and commanding the military to aid the constituted authorities of the State in the support of the laws and the purity of suffrage. -THIS morning General Buford's cavalry divi- The fighting was obstinate, and the loss on -THE Richmond Sentinel published the fol- his side." August 2.-Five hundred rebel prisoners were taken by four companies of the "Lost Children," New-York volunteers, on an island in the rear of Folly Island, in Charleston harbor. August 1.-Jefferson Davis issued an address to the people of the States in rebellion, calling upon them to hasten to the camps of the rebel armies, all persons who had absented themselves without leave, and granting an amnesty to all who should return to duty before the expiration of twenty days. (Doc. 113.)-THE English steamer Peterhoff was condemned at New- August 3.-The exigencies under which one York, by the United States Prize Court, for car-hundred thousand militia, for six months' service, rying contraband of war at the time of capture.-A PARTY of rebels made an attack upon one of the new Union batteries, in course of erection on Morris Island, S. C., and were repulsed with considerable loss. -THE funeral of Brigadier-General George C. Strong, who fell in the attack on Fort Wagner, July eighteenth, took place at New-York City.THE monitor Canonicus was successfully launched from the works of Harrison Loring, at EastBoston, Mass.-THE Fourth and Seventh United States army corps were discontinued by order of the Secretary of War. from the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, HORATIO SEYMOUR addressed a letter to Presi- August 4.-The draft in Philadelphia, Pa., and launch of the National steamer Wabash, containing a crew of twenty-two men, under the command of Acting Master E. L. Haines, of the gunboat Powhatan, and carrying a twelve. pound howitzer, was captured by the rebel blockade-runner Juno, near Cummings Point, in Charleston Harbor.-A FORCE of rebel cavalry attacked General Buford's pickets, near Rappahannock Station, but were repulsed and driven back beyond Brandy Station, with slight loss. The National loss was one killed and two wounded.-THE steamer Ruth, with two million five hundred thousand dollars in funds, belonging to the United States, was burned on the Mississippi River. August 5.-Major-General Foster, with the iron-clad Sangamon and the gunboats Commodore Barney, General Jessup, and Cohasset made an expedition up the James River. At a point seven miles from Fort Darling, near Dutch Gap, a torpedo was exploded under the bows of the Commodore Barney, by a lock-string connected with the shore. The explosion was terrific. It lifted the gunboat's bows full ten feet out of the water, and threw a great quantity of water high into the air, which, falling on the deck, washed overboard fifteen of the crew. Among them was Lieutenant Cushing, the Commander of the Commodore Barney. Two sailors were drowned. All the rest were saved. Major-General Foster was on board the boat when the explosion took place. was celebrated throughout the loyal States; business was generally suspended and religious exercises were held in the various churches.-AT Richmond, Va., "enough of companies composed of youths below the conscript age will speedily be formed to take the place of veteran troops now doing guard-duty in Richmond. "Captain Figner is enrolling a company of youth between the ages of fifteen and eighteen for Major Munford's battalion, and they are specially designed to take the place of a North-Carolina company stationed here. The enrolling quarters of the company are corner of. Third and Broad streets. Only a few more youths are wanted to complete the organization.”—Richmond Examiner. -A DISTURBANCE between a party of secessionists and the National soldiers stationed at the place, occurred at Visalia, a town in Tulare County, California, during which one soldier was killed and several secessionists wounded.-THE ship Francis B. Cutting was captured and bonded, in latitude 41° 10′, longitude 44° 20', by the rebel privateer Florida. August 7.-The Twenty-first and Twentyfifth regiments of Maine volunteers, passed through Boston, Mass., on their return from the seat of war.-PRESIDENT LINCOLN declined to suspend the draft in the State of New-York, in accordance with the request given by Governor Seymour in his letter of August 3. August 8.-To secure and preserve discipline, The rebels then opened upon them from the shore with a twelve-pound field-piece. The Bar- provide against disaster from the elements or attack by the enemy, an order was issued from ney was penetrated by fifteen shots, beside a the War Department, compelling the organization great number of musket-balls; but not a man of troops on board government transports, and was injured except the paymaster, who was slightly wounded by splinters. The gunboat regulating their transportation.-GOVERNOR HOCohasset received five twelve-pound shots, one RATIO SEYMOUR, of New-York, replied to the letof which passed through her pilot-house and in-ter of President Lincoln, relative to the draft. stantly killed her Commander, Acting Master -THIS morning, the rebel steamer Robert HaCox, striking him in the back.-A BRISK skirmish took place near Brandy Station, Va., between a party of National troops under the command of General Merritt and Colonel Davis, and a large number of rebels, resulting in the retreat of the latter, with a loss of two killed and one wounded. The National loss was one killed and two wounded. bersham, which had been occupied in watching the Union advance movement up the Savannah River, was entirely destroyed by an explosion of her boiler, while lying off Scrieven's Ferry. The entire crew were either killed or mortally injured. -A SPECIAL order was issued by BrigadierGeneral Mercer, in command at Savannah, Ga., August 6.-Eight sutlers' wagons, returning impressing into the rebel service, one fifth of from the front, were captured by Mosby's rebel the able-bodied male slaves in Eastern, Southguerrillas, at a point between Washington, D. C., ern, and South-western Georgia. for the purpose and Fairfax Court-House, Va.--THANKSGIVING of erecting additional fortifications for the de fence of Savannah. "Transportation will be federate government of perfidy and cruelty tofurnished them and wages paid at the rate of ward North-Carolina, declaring that her people twenty-five dollars per month. The Govern-were therefore absolved from any further obligament will be responsible for the value of such negroes as may be killed by the enemy or may in any manner fall into his hands.” tions to sustain it, placing the responsibility for the destruction of slavery upon Jefferson Davis and his co-conspirators against the Union, expressing the belief that North-Carolina would, -THE gunboat Sagamore captured the sloop notwithstanding, find ample compensation in Clara Louisa, and schooners Southern Rights, the blessings of free labor for the present inconShot, and Ann, while endeavoring to evade the veniences of emancipation, rejoicing in the recent blockade of Key West, Florida. Union victory at the Kentucky election, denouncAugust 9.-A reconnoissance under Major War-ing copperheadism at the North, and commending den, of General Ransom's staff, to Woodville, seventy miles from Natchez, Miss., destroyed five locomotives, forty-three platform and twelve passenger cars; and burned a rebel cotton factory at Woodville, and also cotton and manufacturing goods to the value of two hundred thousand dollars. -JOHN L. CHATFIELD, Colonel of the Sixth regiment of Connecticut volunteers, died at Waterbury, from wounds received in the assault on Fort Wagner, of July eighteenth. August 10.-MAJOR-GENERAL GRANT, at his headquarters at Vicksburgh, Miss., issued an order, establishing camps "for such freed people of color as are out of employment at all military posts within his department, where slavery had been abolished by the proclamation of the President. of the United States;" and setting forth rules for their government. -AT Chicago, Ill., the City Council unanimously passed an ordinance providing for an appropriation for raising bounties for volunteers, to act as substitutes for the drafted men who were unable to leave their homes or raise three hundred dollars for exemption. August 11.—A meeting of the citizens of North-Carolina, representing every county in the First and Second Congressional districts and a portion of the Third, was held at Washington, N. C. The First North-Carolina Union regiment, stationed at that point, participated in the meeting. the ability and patriotism of the Administration in the conduct of the war, and especially in the sound national currency originated by the Secretary of the Treasury.-PRESIDENT LINCOLN closed the correspondence with the Governor of NewYork relative to the draft. August 12.-The One Hundred and Twentythird Illinois regiment, mounted infantry, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Biggs, returned to Winchester, Tenn., from a trip into Alabama, with the aim of disbanding a party of bandits, near the junction of Larkin's Fork and Point Rock River. About three hundred of the Eleventh Texas regiment were encountered and driven back, being closely followed a considerable distance down Point Rock River. A number of prisoners were taken, and refugees, issuing from their hiding-places among the mountains, poured in continually until Colonel Biggs's command withdrew toward Winchester. August 13.-A gunboat reconnoissance from Clarendon, up the White River, Ark., was made by the steamers Lexington, Cricket, and Mariner, under the command of Captain Bodie. They returned in the evening, bringing as prizes the steamers Tom Suggs and Kaskaskia. They also destroyed two mills used by the rebel army for grinding corn, and a pontoon-bridge across the Little Red River. The casualties on the Union side were five men wounded, two of whom died. Addresses were made and resolutions adopted -AN expedition under the command of Lieuexpressing sympathy with the great conservative movement of North-Carolina, declaring an ener-tenant-Colonel Phillips, of the Ninth Illinois ingetic prosecution of the war in that department fantry, left La Grange, Tennessee, for Central Misto be the only means by which the Union senti- sissippi.-MAJOR-GENERAL BURNSIDE issued an ment in the interior of the State could be made order regulating the employment and subsistence practically useful in restoring her to the national of negro laborers. jurisdiction, asking the Government for reënforcements for this purpose, accusing the con -THIS night a party of rebel cavalry made a descent upon a signal station, located on Wa |