3. Surprise of rebel troops at Philippi, Va., by U. S. forces under Cols. Dumont, Kelly and Lander. Col. Kelly was severely wounded.
3. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas died at Chicago. His dying message to his sons was, “Tell them to obey the laws and support the Constitution of the United States.”
3. Border State Convention met at Frankfort, Ky.
4. Chief-Justice Taney’s protest published against the suspension of the habeas corpus by the President.
5. Gun factory and arms of Merrill and Thomas, Baltimore, seized by U. S. Government.
6. Gov. Pickens, of S. C., forbade the remittance of funds to Northern creditors.
6. Thirty-five Virginia cavalry were captured at Alexandria. They took the oath of allegiance and were released.
6. Treasonable dispatches to the rebel Government discovered in the telegraph office at Washington, from Jas. E. Harvey, appointed minister to Portugal.
6. Secession camp at Ellicott’s Mills, Ky., ten miles from Cairo, broken up by troops sent from latter station by Gen. Prentiss.
8. Bridges at Point of Rocks and Berlin, on the Potomac river, burned by order of rebel Gen. Johnston.