Show ITEM ITEMS S OF WAR NEWS j the town of spencer va was Bur bui rendered surrendered I 1 to the confederates by col about the ath of sept about the same time col jenkins with a small confederate force made a raid aito ohio crossing crossin 0 the river near Ravens wold no great damage was done ex hepting the driving away of a few horses the incurs incursion inc ursin ir waked up the buckeyes Buc keyes in that I 1 vicinity and ceasur a were entered into ngot to prevent any more visits of t the h e kind from their unceremonious neighbors on the eth a confederate cavalry force was reported to have attacked martinsburg Mart insburg va but were repulsed with considerable loss A steamer was captured on the ohio river not far from shawneetown Shawnee town about the 51 h by a guerrilla band on board of which was about a score of federal officers in consequence of the demo demonstrations of quantrell antrell and his bis guerrilla band along the borders cf of ails Alis missouri and kansas gov robinson as reported issued a proclamation calling upon all the able bodied men in to organize and arm themselves for the defence of the state Clarks vill viii tenn teni n was announced to have been taken by a federal force under col lowe on the jtb fifteen hundred crates who went out oui outto to meet him on hh iiii approach from fort donelson were quickly quick Y dispersed gen wool was wag assigned 0 to the command of all the F federal forces north ct f the busque tranna aranna in view of the threatened invasion of pennsylvania bythe by the confederates after their crossing into ini INT aryland maryland washington H N C was as per repart attacked recently by a confederate force which was repulsed after atter a severe conflict by the toe assist ince face of the gunboat louisiana the gunboat pickett during the engagement ki lin twenty men inc dic incudine her captain whose name is not given on the oth it is said a confederate cavalry force with three pieces of art artil ivery lVery ery attacked williamsburg va ya and an engagement of hait halt an hours duration ensued resulting somewhat disastrously to olli officers cerar as the confederate commander col shingles with eight of his officers were killed and col campbell campbeli Camp belland beiland and nine officers were taken prisoners by the enemy enero who were repulsed tle TLC casualties were about equal gen canby Ms bis been superseded in command of the department of nw new mexico by gen carleton A confederate foce force took possession of palm paim palmyra mo as per report on the morning of the boon soon evacuate evacuated I in id favor tavor of a regiment sent out from quincy to seq see after fl ter them Cassi cassius M clay hab hae hasteen boen been ordered to report himself for duty to gen butler at new orleans I 1 at kt latest dates general morgan with the federal army at cumberland gilp gip wa was 11 still beleaguered beleaguer ed by the confederates ba bit there seemed to be but little chance for them to starve out the garrison aa as they were occa 1 signally sio nally helping themselves veit to provisions and i forage be from the surrounding country into which they were making predatory excursions whenever they were in need or circumstances favored |