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her, setting her on fire, but the flames were ex-between the two governments; nevertheless that tinguished.-THE bombardment of Fort Sumter the confederate States may stand justified in the was continued; eighty-six shots were fired at sight of the conservative men of the North of all

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women and children were hurrying to and fro, and there was all the evidence of such a panic as had never before been witnessed in Richmond.

feated, they all returned to Williamsburgh. On his march back to New-Kent Court-House, his rear was attacked by the enemy, but they were repulsed without loss. A march by the Union infantry, three regiments of whom were colored, of more than eighty miles, was made in fifty-six hours. The cavalry marched over one hundred miles in fifty hours.

Yankee deserter gave information in Richmond of the intended movement." The enemy, had felled a large amount of timber, so as to block up and obstruct the roads and make it impossible This morning there was no abatement in the for our cavalry to pass. After remaining at the excitement. The guards were all marched out bridge from two o'clock until twelve, General of the city to the defences, and the armed citi-Wistar joined them with his infantry, and the zens placed on guard over the prisoners. Horse- whole object of the surprise having been demen were dashing to and fro, and the excitement among the prisoners to know the cause of all this commotion became intense. It was soon learned that a large cavalry and infantry force, with artillery, had made their appearance on the peninsula at Bottom's Bridge, within ten miles of the city, a point so famous in McClellan's peninsula campaign, and that Richmond was actually threatened by the Yankees. The same hurrying of troops, arming of citizens, and excitement among the women and children continued during the morning. At two o'clock in the afternoon, the alarm-bells were again rung with great fury. The rumors that prevailed were conflicting and wild, and it was the impression that eight or ten thousand cavalry would have found but little difficulty in entering the city, liberating the prisoners, destroying the forts and public property, and retiring by the peninsula before any sufficient force to resist them could be brought to the aid of the small garrison left to defend it.-A FIGHT took place at Vidalia, La.-(Doc. 76.)

-THE office of the newspaper Constitution and Union, at Fairfield, Iowa, edited by David Sheward, was visited by company E, Second Iowa, to-day. The type and paper were thrown out of the windows, and subscription-books destroyed.

-GENERAL FOSTER telegraphed from Knoxville, under date of yesterday, that an expedition sent against Thomas and his band of Indians and whites, at Quallatown, N. C., had returned completely successful. They surprised the town, killed and wounded two hundred and fifteen, took fifty prisoners, and dispersed the remainder of the gang in the mountains. The Union loss was two killed and six wounded.-General Grant's Despatch.

February 8.-The expedition sent by General Butler, with the object of making a sudden dash into Richmond, Va., and releasing the Union prisoners confined there, returned, having been February 9.-Jefferson Davis approved the unsuccessful. The following are the facts of the bill, passed in secret session of the rebel conaffair: On Saturday morning, February sixth, gress, to prohibit the exportation of cotton, toGeneral Butler's forces, under command of Bri-bacco, naval and military stores, molasses, sugar gadier-General Wistar, marched from Yorktown or rice; also one to prohibit the importation of luxuries into the confederate States.-COLONEL by the way of New-Kent Court-House. The cavalry arrived at half-past two o'clock yesterday morning at Bottom's Bridge, across the Chickahominy, ten miles from Richmond, for the purpose of making a raid into Richmond, and endeavoring, by a surprise, to liberate the prisoners there.

A. D. STREIGHT, and one hundred and eight other
National officers, escaped from Libby Prison, at
Richmond, Va. Forty-eight of these were re-
captured by the rebels, and returned to prison.

February 10.-The English steamers Fannie and Jennie, and the Emily, were destroyed near Masonboro Inlet, N. C., by the National gunboat Florida, commanded by Pierce Crosby. The Fannie and Jennie was the old prize Scotia, captured in 1862, and condemned, not being consid

The cavalry reached the bridge at the time appointed, marching, in sixteen hours and a half, forty-seven miles. A force of infantry followed in their rear, for the purpose of supporting them. It was expected to surprise the enemy at Bot-ered suitable for naval purposes. She was comtom's Bridge, who had had for some time only a small picket there. The surprise failed, because, as the Richmond Examiner of to-day says,

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manded by the celebrated blockade-runner Captain Coxetter, who was drowned while attempting a to escape.-Commander Crosby's Report.

-THE Richmond Enquirer, of this date, contained an editorial, denouncing the Virginia Legislature, for attempting to interfere with the state and war matters of the rebel government, by the passage of an act, requesting Jeff Davis to remove the act of outlawry against General Butler, in order to facilitate the exchange of pri

soners.

-MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE, in a speech at Phila delphia, in response to an address of welcome by Mayor Henry, stated, that it might "not be uninteresting to know that since March, 1861, when the army of the Potomac left its lines in front of Washington, not less than one hundred thousand men had been killed and wounded."

February 11.-The cavalry expedition under the command of Generals W. S. Smith and Grierson, intended to coöperate with the forces under General Sherman, left Memphis, Tenn.(Doc. 122.)

-THE English steamer Cumberland, with a cargo of arms and ammunition, arrived at Key West, Fla. She was captured by the United States gunboat De Soto, while trying to run the blockade on the fifth instant.-(Doc. 103.)

-A WESTWARD-BOUND train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was captured ten miles west of Harper's Ferry, Va., by a band of guerrillas. The usual signal to stop the train was given, when the thieves surrounded it, and commenced a general robbery of the passengers, male and female. Greenbacks, jewelry, and other valuables were taken, and few of the passengers escaped without losing something. The object seemed to be entirely to obtain booty, as, notwithstanding several Union officers and soldiers were on board, no prisoners were taken. The engine and tender were run off the track, but the train was not injured.

February 12.-Decatur, Miss., was entered by the National troops, belonging to the command of General W. T. Sherman, on an expedition into that State.-(Doc. 122.)

band of guerrillas concealed in a pine thicket a short distance off the road.

His men were driven back across the bridge, but there held their ground until assistance could be sent for from General Crawford's division. Colonel Jackson, of the Eleventh Pennsylvania reserves, was then sent out with a portion of his regiment, and on his approach the rebels fled. The men then recrossed the bridge to the point where they had been driven back, and brought away the body of Major Larmer, which had been left in the hands of the rebels. The Nationals lost in the skirmish, besides Major Larmer, three cavalrymen killed and one wounded, and two pris

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-GAINESVILLE, Florida, was captured by the United States troops under Captain George E. Marshall, of the Fortieth Massachusetts infantry, and held for fifty-six hours against several attacks of the rebels double his own number. large quantity of rebel stores were distributed among the people of the town, alter which Captain Marshall successfully evacuated the place.— (Doc. 87.)

-Ir appearing that large numbers of men qualified for military duty were preparing to leave Idaho for the far West, for the purpose of evading the draft ordered by the President of the United States, Governor W. M. Stone, of that territory, issued a proclamation, announcing that no person would be permitted to depart in that direction without a proper pass, and that passes would be granted to those only who would make satisfactory proof that they were leaving the State for a temporary purpose, and of their intention to return on or before the day of drafting, March tenth.

-THOMAS H. WATTS, Governor of Alabama, issued the following communication to the people of Mobile :

"Your city is about to be attacked by the enemy. Mobile must be defended at every hazard and to the last extremity. To do this effectively, all who cannot fight must leave the city. The brave defenders of the city can fight with more energy and enthusiasm when they feel assured that the noble women and children are out of danger.

February 14.-Major Larmer, of the Fifth Pennsylvania reserve regiment, Acting Inspector-General on General Crawford's staff, was shot dead in a skirmish with guerrillas about two miles east of Brentsville, Va. He was out with a scouting-party of some fifty men of the Thir- "I appeal to the patriotic non-combatants to teenth Pennsylvania cavalry, who, as they were leave for the interior. The people of the interior crossing a bridge over Cedar Run, at the point towns, and the planters in the country, will reabove mentioned, were suddenly fired upon by al ceive and provide support for all who go. The

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