spirituous liquors shall be admitted on board vessels of war except as medical stores, and upon the order and under the control of the medical officers of such vessels, and to be used only for medical purposes. From and after the said first day of September next there shall be allowed and paid to each person in the navy now entitled to

nents of Gen. McClellan. About noon the Tri- "Section 4. And be it further enacted, That bune's despatches were torn from the boards on from and after the first day of September, 1862, information being received that the Government the spirit ration in the navy of the United States had ordered the Tribune office to be closed.-shall forever cease, and thereafter no distilled Charles J. Ingersoll was discharged from arrest by order of Secretary Stanton.-The One Hundred and Twenty-second regiment N. Y.S.V. left Syracuse for the seat of war. It was commanded by Colonel Silas Titus.-Paris, Ky., was evacuated by the National troops, who fell back on Cynthiana. —GREAT excitement existed in Louisville, Ky., in consequence of the approach of the rebel army under Gen. E. Kirby Smith. The Governor of the State issued a proclamation authorizing Col. Gibson to organize and bring into the field all the able-bodied men in the county of Jefferson and city of Louisville, and the Mayor called upon the citizens to come forward and enroll themselves for the immediate defence of their city. The public archives were removed from Frankfort to Louisville, and the Legislature adjourned to the same place.

-LEXINGTON, Ky., was entered and occupied by the rebel forces under Gen. E. Kirby Smith. The Union troops evacuated the place a few hours previous, and fell back to Covington.-Natchez, Miss., was shelled by the Union gunboats.

the spirit ration five cents per day in commutation and lieu thereof, which shall be in addition to the present pay."

POINDEXTER, the notorious leader of guerrilla bands in Missouri, was caught twenty miles from Hudson, Mo., on the Hannibal and Missouri Railroad.

September 2.-The following order was issued from the War Department at Washington:

"By direction of the President, Major-General McClellan will have command of the fortifications at Washington, and of all the troops for the defence of the capital."-Gen. Wright, commanding Department of the Ohio, issued an order from his headquarters at Louisville, Ky., proclaiming Jefferson County in that State, to be under martial law.

--THE greatest excitement existed in the cities

-YESTERDAY the rebels commenced an attack upon the National forces at Stevenson, Ala., which continued until to-day, when the rebels retired of Cincinnati, Ohio, Covington and Newport, Ky., with a severe loss. The fight was brought on by in consequence of the reported approach of the the National forces, which had just evacuated rebel army under Gen. E. Kirby Smith. General Huntsville, and were on their way to Nashville, Wallace assumed command, and issued a proclaTenn. The batteries engaged were Simonton's mation declaring those cities to be under martial Ohio and one section of Loomis's Michigan regiments. They were supported by the Tenth Wisconsin and Thirteenth Michigan regiments.-Cincinnati Times, September 6.

—A SEVERE engagement took place at Chantilly, near Fairfax Court-House, Va., between the Union army under Gen. Pope, and the rebel forces under Generals Jackson, Ewell and Hill. The battle lasted for nearly an hour, the rebels being driven back at all points with great loss. Among the killed on the side of the Nationals, were MajorGen. Kearny and Brig.-Gen. Stevens.--(Docs. 104 and 200.)

-THE Secretary of the Navy officially promulgated the section of the law concerning the navy, which stopped the spirit ration of the sailors, and gave notice that it would be rigidly enforced. The section reads as follows:

law. All business was suspended. Saloons were closed and liquor of all kinds was forbidden to be sold. The ferry-boats were stopped. The inhabitants, including judges and clergymen, met in public places, formed themselves into companies, and began to drill in readiness for military duty. A large force was being gathered together by Gen. Wallace with which to meet the enemy should he make his appearance.

-THE Thirty-sixth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, under the command of Colonel Henry Bowman, left Worcester for the seat of war.—The rebel sloop John Thompson, was captured by the United States bark Restless, Lieut. Edward Conroy commanding.

--THIS morning at four o'clock a train of one hundred wagons, with commissary stores, was intercepted by the rebels between Fairfax and

without delay, a corps of fifty thousand men, and in case the general Government refused consent, then application should be made to the State Government.

—THE Seventeenth regiment of Connecticut

Centreville, Va., and driven off toward Manassas before the party could be overtaken. They secured the entire train. So soon as this raid in the rear of the National army at Centreville was known, the necessity of guarding that direction became apparent, and at noon the whole army of Virginia abandoned Centreville, and massed north-volunteers, under the command of Colonel Noble, left New-York for the seat of war. Elias Howe, Jr., the inventor of the sewing-machine needle, was a private in this regiment.-New-York Evening Post, September 4.

east of Fairfax Court-House. At noon they again took up the line of march, and this evening the advance was in sight of Munson's Hill. The enemy's cavalry followed them in the distance, but made no attack, and the entire movement was being accomplished in excellent order. (Doc. 104.) -A LARGE force of rebel cavalry under General Scott, entered and occupied Versailles, Ky.-loss. Forest City was also attacked, but the InLouisville Journal, September 1. dians were driven off.-St. Peter Press, Sept. 4.

-A FIGHT took place at Morganfield, Ky., between a force of Union troops under command of Col. Shackleford, Eighth Kentucky cavalry, and a body of rebel guerrillas under Col. A. R. Johnson, resulting in a rout of the latter with considerable loss.

-HUTCHINSON, Minn., was attacked by a party of one hundred Indians, who, after a fight of more than two hours, were repulsed with considerable

-AT NEW-YORK this morning, on the receipt of Southern news, a bulletin was posted in front of the Journal of Commerce office, stating that the rebels were advancing on Baltimore by the way of Leesburgh. A crowd gathered in front of the board, and the probabilities of the truth of the rumor were noisily discussed. General McClellan and his movements were loudly criticised and defended by persons of different political views. The crowd continued to increase till the street was quite blockaded, when a squad of police appeared

-A. S. PADDOCK, Acting Governor of the Territory of Nebraska, apprehending an attack by the hostile Indians on the frontier settlements of * that territory, issued a proclamation calling upon the citizens of the organized counties of the territory to enroll themselves in accordance with pre-and the bulletin was removed, to prevent further vious instructions, and that all organized compadisturbance. The Ninth Massachusetts battery nies should meet as often as practicable to perfect left Boston this afternoon for the seat of war. themselves in drill, that they might be prepared for any emergency.

--THE chiefs of the Wisconsin Chippewa Indians, Naw-gaw-nub and Shin-gwack, sent a letter to Gov. Ramsey of Minnesota, offering their services in putting down the hostile Sioux Indians, who had risen against the whites in the frontier settlements of the latter State.

—A FIGHT took place near Plymouth, N. C., between a force of Union troops under Orderly Sergeant Green of Hawkins's Zouaves, aided by a portion of the inhabitants of Plymouth, and a large force of rebels under the command of Col. Garrett, resulting in a rout of the latter with a loss of thirty killed and forty taken prisoners, among whom were Colonel Garrett and several of his officers.-(Doc. 201.)

September 3.-At a meeting of the National War Committee at New-York City, a resolution was passed that Generals Fremont and Mitchel be requested, with the consent of the Government, to organize, in the State of New-York,

-MAJOR KEMPER, of the Tenth New-York cavalry, made a reconnoissance in the immediate vicinity of Centreville, Va., capturing four rebel soldiers. One of them stated that there were only about twenty thousand rebel troops under General Longstreet, the rest having gone off with Jackson in some direction unknown to him.

A cavalry reconnoissance made in the vicinity of Vienna and Langley, Va., revealed the fact that the rebel cavalry, lately in those neighborhoods, were no longer hovering about there.- Washington Star, September 4.

-WINCHESTER Va., was evacuated by the National troops under the command of General White. Yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, orders were received from General Pope to evacuate the town and retreat on Harper's Ferry, Md., and this morning at one o'clock the rear-guard of Maryland cavalry, under the command of Captain Russell, left the place, having first set fire to the buildings containing the quartermaster's stores, and magazines.-The schooner N. Berry