the flames.-THE bark Whistling Wind, in lati- Black River, on the twenty-seventh of May last, tude 33° 38', longitude 71° 29', was captured returned to-day. The captures made during the and burned by the rebel privateer Coquette.-expedition amount to five hundred head of catGUERRILLAS destroyed portions of the railroad tle, five hundred horses and mules, one hundred track, near Germantown, Tenn.-GENERAL SIBLEY'S command left St. Paul, Minn., for an expedition against the Sioux. There were two columns employed in this expedition. One started from Sioux City, Iowa, and consisted of three thousand cavalry, one battery of artillery, and a proportionate amount of infantry, under command of Brigadier-General Sully. The other column was under command of Brigadier-General H. H. Sibley, and numbered three full infantry regiments, one battery mountain howitzers, and one thousand two hundred mounted rangers. The two divisions will meet at a given rendezvous in Dacotah. The object in sending a part of the force up the Missouri is to cut off

the retreat in that direction of the Indians.

bales of cotton, and ten thousand pounds of bacon, together with a number of small articles, taken by the soldiers and never accounted for. All bridges were either burned or demolished and the forage destroyed.-PARTISAN guerrillas burned the railroad bridge over the Little Harpeth River, at Brentwood, Tenn.-THE battle of Milliken's Bend was concluded this day. After a most desperate fight, the rebels were repulsed, and retired, leaving over one hundred dead on the field. The Union loss was three hundred and ten killed and wounded.-(Doc. 8 and 27.)

-THE plantation of Jefferson Davis was visited by a party of Union troops, who “rifled it completely, destroying every implement of husbandry, all his household and kitchen furniture, defacing the premises, and carrying off every negro on the place. The plantation of Joe Davis, brother of the President, was treated in the same way, if we except four or five domestic servants which the robbers left."—Jackson Mississippian, June 11.

-THE ship Southern Cross was captured and burned in latitude 1° 34' south, longitude 36° west, by the rebel privateer Florida.-MAJORGENERAL JOHN C. FREMONT addressed a letter to the Secretary of War, on the subject of the ranking officer in the army of the United States.— A SKIRMISH took place near Berryville, Va.(Doc. 57.) -THE battle of Milliken's Bend commenced rebel privateer Clarence. this day.-(Docs. 5, 8 and 27.)

-THE schooner Alfred H. Partridge, belonging to Gloucester, Mass., was captured by the

June 8.-Governor Yates, of Illinois, adjourned the Legislature of that State, fully believing "that the interests of the State will be best subserved by a speedy adjournment, the past history of the present Assembly, holding out no reasonable hope of beneficent results to the citizens of the State, or the army in the field, from its further continuance."

After

-GENERAL FOSTER, in command of the Union forces at Newbern, N. C., received instructions from the authorities at Washington, to place in close confinement all rebel officers captured by him.--THE rebel steamer Lady Walton, was surrendered by her crew. She was engaged in the carrying trade for the Confederacy up Arkansas River, and left Little Rock under -A CONVENTION of Editors was held at Neworders to proceed through the cut-off into White York, to consult upon the rights and duties of River, thence up that river for a load of corn. the public press in the present war crisis. On reaching White River, her Captain, Moses an interchange of opinions, the general sentiPennington, a native of Illinois, and W. H. Cald-ment was expressed in a series of resolutions well, another of the crew, put in execution, with affirming the duty of fidelity to the Constitution, the concurrence of the rest of those on board, the Government, and the laws; that treason and being three white men and six negroes, a scheme rebellion are crimes nowhere so culpable as in a they had long meditated, and, instead of going up republic, where every man has a voice in the adWhite River, turned her head down-stream, and ministration; that while journalists have no right coming into the Mississippi, under a flag of truce, to incite or aid rebellion or treason, they have delivered her over to the officers of the first gun- the right to criticise freely and fearlessly the boat they met, which was near Island No. 82. acts of public officers; that " any limitation of this right created by the necessities of war should be confined to localities wherein hostili

June 7.-The expedition under General F. P. Blair, sent out from Haines's Bluff to the Big

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ties actually exist or are imminently threatened, merchants of Liverpool, was made public.-(Doc. and we deny the right of any military officer to suppress the issue or forbid the general circulation of journals printed far away from the seat of war."

-COLONEL MONTGOMERY, with four companies of the Second South-Carolina colored regiment, on board the Harriet A. Weed and the John Adams, ascended Turtle River to within a short distance of Brunswick, Ga., and after throwing a few shells into the place, discovered that it was entirely deserted. The Harriet A. Weed getting aground, and the John Adams drawing too much water, it was deemed advisable not to occupy the city, or proceed further up the

river.

Captains Apthorp and Adams, desiring not to return without accomplishing something, took a skiff with six men, rowed up to the bridge of the Savannah and Brunswick Railroad, fired it in four different places, and had the satisfaction of seeing it totally destroyed before they returned. On their return to the steamer, they were fired upon from a thicket by some fifteen or twenty rebels, but with the exception of Sergeant Leonard, who received a slight flesh-wound in the arm, not a man was hit.

After shelling the woods by the John Adams, the party returned to St. Simon's Island.

-THE Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth regiments N. Y. S. V., returned to New-York from the seat of war, and were welcomed home by

thousands of their fellow-citizens.

June 9.-The tow-boat Boston was captured by a party of rebels under the command of Captain James Duke, while towing the ship Jenny Lind up the Mississippi River. The capture took place at a point about three miles from the Pass à l'Outre lighthouse.-(Doc. 63.)

-GENERAL FOSTER, in command at Newbern, N. C., issued the following order:

"The Commanding General orders that all white male citizens between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five, within the lines of this Department, shall be at once enrolled, and the rolls forwarded to these headquarters. Commanders of districts will appoint enrolling officers, and take such steps as may be necessary to fully and promptly carry out this order."

-A FIGHT took place near Monticello, Ky., between the National cavalry under Colonels Carter and Kautz, and the rebels under Pegram, resulting in the rout of the latter, and the occupation of Monticello by the National troops.—(Doc. 60.)

-THE Savannah Republican, of this date, says: "The movements of Rosecrans still continue clouded in mystery, and it is not known whether he has sent off any of his force or not. It is very difficult to obtain any information of his movements, as he has established a chain of patrols, and it is well-nigh impossible for scouts and spies to penetrate his lines. Rosecrans appears better informed of our movements. Late Yankee papers publish a list of forces which Bragg has sent to Mississippi."—THE brig Mary Alvina was captured and burned by the confederate privateer

Coquette.-THE Military Departments of the Monongahela and the Susquehanna were created; the former, and Major-General Darius N. Couch to Major-General Wm. T. H. Brooks being assigned to

the latter.-BRIGADIER-General PLEASANTON, in command of a cavalry force numbering about six thousand, supported by the column of infantry under the command of Generals Russell and Ames, had a severe engagement near Brandy Station, Va., with the enemy's cavalry, estimated at twelve thousand men, in which he so seriously crippled the enemy that they were unable to follow him, when, at the close of the day, he returned to the north side of the Rappahannock. General Pleasanton's men behaved in the most gallant manner, handsomely driving back superior forces of the enemy. Over two hundred prisoners and one battle-flag were captured.-(Docs. 10 and 62.)

-A MAGAZINE at Fort Lyon, near Alexandria, Va., exploded, killing twenty and wounding fourteen men belonging to the Third New-York artillery.—THE Union cavalry, under General Mitchell, at Triune, Tenn., were attacked this morning by a large body of rebels under General Forrest. After a severe fight, the rebels were routed and pursued over five miles, losing over one hundred in killed, wounded, and prisoners.—A PETITION to -THE Military Districts "of the Frontier," Earl Russell, concerning the departure from Eng- and "of the Border," were created by order of lish ports of vessels intending to commit depreda- Major-General Schofield; the former under the tions upon the commerce of the United States, command of General J. G. Blunt, headquarters at prepared and signed by a number of shipping Fort Scott, Indian Territory; and the latter un

Federals-Killed, 43,874; wounded, 97,027; prisoners, 68,218-total, 209,115. Died from disease and wounds, 250,000.

der Brigadier-General Thomas Ewing, Jr., head- and missing, from the commencement of the war quarters at Kansas City.-COLONEL LAWRENCE to the first of January, 1863: WILLIAMS ORTON, formerly Lawrence Williams, of the Second United States cavalry, one time on General Scott's staff, and late General Bragg's Chief of Artillery, and Lieutenant Dunlop, of the rebel army, were arrested and hung as spies at Franklin, Tenn.-(Doc. 61.)

June 10.-Governor Bradford, of Maryland, issued a proclamation, calling upon the citizens of Baltimore and the people of the State to rally for defence against the rebels under General Lee. --A CONVENTION took place at the Cooper Institute in New-York, at which an address and resolutions, urging peace in the strongest manner, and denouncing the administration of President Lincoln, were adopted. Speeches were made by Fernando Wood, Judge J. H. McCunn, and others. -GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG, of the rebel army, was confirmed at Chattanooga by Bishop Elliot of the Episcopal Church. -THE Democratic Convention of Ohio, by acclamation, nominated C. L.Vallandigham for Governor of that State; the same time refugees reported that Mr. Vallandigham had been imprisoned by the rebels.-DEPUTY PROVOST-MARSHAL STEVENS and a Mr. Clayfield, and an enrolling officer who accompanied them, were fired upon near Manville, Rush County, Indiana, when the former was instantly killed. Mr. Clayfield was mortally wounded, and soon after died. The outrage was committed by persons opposed to the draft.-THE Forty-fourth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers returned to Boston from Newbern, N. C.-THE Assistant Secretary of the Navy stated that the whole number of vessels captured or destroyed by the National blockading fleet up to June first, was eight hundred and fifty-five.-THE enrolment met with resistance in Fulton County, Pa. Officers of the Government were shot at by parties concealed in the woods, and the houses of the enrolling agents burned.-THIRTY mounted Indians attacked a coach at a point thirty miles west of Salt Lake, and killed and scalped the driver and another employé of the route. After opening the mail-bags and committing other depredations, the savages retired, taking with them the horses belonging to the stage.-THE bark Lenox was captured and destroyed by the rebel pirates on board the tow-boat Boston, captured yesterday near Pass à l'Outre, Mississippi River. -CLARK's (rebel) Diary of the War for Separation has the following estimate of killed, wounded,

Confederates-Killed, 20,893; wounded, 69,615; prisoners, 22,169-total, 102,677. Died from disease and wounds, 136,000.

-THE steamer Maple Leaf, en route from Fortress Monroe to Fort Delaware, with a large number of rebel prisoners, was taken possession of and run ashore about eight miles from Cape Henry Lighthouse, when a greater portion of the prisoners escaped.

June 11.-Peter Everitt, with a body of three hundred rebels, attacked a portion of the Fourteenth Kentucky cavalry at Slate Creek, near Mount Sterling, Ky. A severe engagement, lasting three hours, ensued, when the Nationals retreated, fighting as they withdrew.-TRIUNE, Tenn., was again attacked by the rebel cavalry, under General Forrest, who was repulsed with a loss of twenty-one killed, sixty prisoners, and ten wounded. The Union loss was six killed, among them Lieutenant N. C. Blair, of the Fourth Indiana cavalry.-A DEBATE occurred in the British House of Commons on the slave-trade, and the independence of the rebels.-THE blockade-runner Havelock was sunk by the blockading fleet off Charleston, S. C., while attempting to enter the harbor.-FIVE companies of the Fourteenth NewYork cavalry, Colonel Thaddeus B. Mott, doing out-post duty near Port Hudson, were captured by a cavalry raid of rebels, under the command of Colonel Logan, of Bragg's command, while encamped within three miles of General Banks's headquarters. The capture was owing to the negligence of the officer, who should have posted and attended to the picket-guard. It seems that the guard were either never posted, or were at the time fast asleep, for in the middle of the night the rebels rode into the Union camp, surrounded the Unionists, roughly awakened them, ordered them to saddle up, and run off five companies of the cavalry, with all their horses, arms, and equipments. The rebels made them ride at speed for eighty-three miles, making but one stop in that distance. When a horse gave out, they entered a farmer's premises and impressed another. At the journey's end, the soldiers were thrown into a black hole, where they were under close confinement.

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