23. Fight at Sutton, Va. Maj. Withers, with 10th Va., (Fed.) driven from Sutton to Bulltown, after a gallant resistance.
23. A large quantity of English arms captured at Reynolds’ Ford, Va., by 62d Pa., Col. Switzer.
23. Randolph, Tenn., on the Miss. river, burned by steamers Ohio Belle and Eugene, in retaliation for firing on transports from that place.
24. Proclamation of Pres. Lincoln ordering the enforcement of martial law, against all persons discouraging enlistments or giving aid to the rebellion, and suspending the habeas corpus with reference to all persons arrested by military authority.
24. The office of the “American Volunteer,” at Carlisle, Pa. was destroyed by citizens and soldiers for severe reflections on the Government.
24. A Convention of Governors from 14 loyal States, and 3 proxies from others met at Altoona, Pa., who endorsed the Emancipation Proclamation, and advised the Pres. to organize a reserve force of 100,000 men.
24. Gen. Beauregard appointed to command reb. forces in S. C. and Georgia.
24. Gen. Butler at New Orleans, ordered all Americans in his Department to renew their oath of allegiance to the Government, and to furnish returns of their real and personal property, under penalty of fine and imprisonment.
25. Sabine Pass, Texas, captured by U. S. steamers Kensington, and Henry Crocker, and schr. Rachel Seaman.
26. Skirmish near Warrenton Junction, Va. Reb. cavalry defeated by Col. McClean’s troops, who captured rebel commissary stores.