Show miscellaneous WAR NEWS gen dix returned to norfolk on the uit fro from sad suffolk dolk folk wh whither itar e h he e had bad had haa been to station tam troops so as cut olt off communication between the secessionists of at norfolk and those in the adjacent country according to procla procia proclamations proclamation matIo matlo n s the ZO soh b was the last day allowed allo ailo wail the civil officers to come forward and take the oath of allegiance but inasmuch as none of the city officers of norfolk folk foik bad taken the oath it was feared gen alle ache military governor would have some trouble with them 1 i 1 A dla dia dispatch patch to the navy department on the announced that thai the confederates opened fire that day on the federal gun boats in james r ver at city point from the bluffs with artillery and small arms but were repulsed the fleet remained inactive at that point and had bad made no further demonstrations towards richmond j accounts from arkansas state that gen curtis had not reached little rock with bis his army as previously reported aid ald ai ald d that gov rector was making in connection with the principal military men great exertions to increase the confederate forces at that po nt and recruits were flocking to the c pilai pital from all parts of the state A detachment of union forces according to confederate Cone statements took possession pos of holly springs 0 mississippi on the and upon the same authority it was announced that an advance of a company bot tot federal cavalry from that place was checked the next morning at Tall tail apachee by a company of confederate try and after a severe I 1 skirmish were forced to retire after the federals fell back the Cone Conle derat s crossed crog cros sedi the river to the main body of their army and barned the bridge it was subsequently antly stated by beauregard that the federal force had fallen ba back ck from holly springs it is stated that on the the gun gunboat loat jacob bell went up james river from city point to reconnoiter recon noler run agro azro aground tind on a sandbar sandbag sand bar and before she could get et ct off vas was fired into by a confederate albery ot of tilled guns puns and con sider ably injured the hattery battery eventually hid bid to retire chattanooga as per rep report ort orf fell into the hands bands of the federal army on the 8 ath th of june 1 after two days fighting the confederates when they retired burned all he badges b IJ gesIn in their rear mite ells and buells brells divisions were both reported to be moving eastward east ivard I 1 gen halleck alleck II baving having terera tetera telegraphed it phel phet to the war department upon the report of general pope the latter in his pursuit of the confederates after their evacuation of corinth took thatty thousand prisoners beauregard published in the M bile news a statement denying t the truth of gen popes report and I 1 averring that not to exceed two hundred prisoners were taken ile Us speaks of hla hia 1088 loss by the evacuation of and and retreat from corinth aa as but trilling trifling on the evnin eining of the of june as some unionists were retorting re home from a con bention ven tion a ot qt ared lrea on OR them thein near berrys berry a station kentucky and killed four of their number A military force was immediately sent in pursuit of the mur djerf from lexington and ani other jaces j on the alt a train left bl memphis emphis for corinth on the memphis and charleston railroad w v th several officers ani ani a company of the ohio on board it had not pro I 1 j ceedee far before it was attacked by a de tach ment of confederate cavalry and entirely destroyed three men were killed ana anci the rest taken prisoners gen kin kint ey maiors majors sharp and pride and capt mccall mccail of geb gea granta staff were among 0 the captives J it was reported at memphis about the of june that generals brag and pillow were at vi jaburg with thirty thousand men including hearit near all of deau Beau regards army that had bad not been ordered to richmond I 1 guerrilla bands are represented as infesting missouri in great numbers on the of june a force of about seven hundred attacked i ta aked a detachment of federal troops at lew a count county and routed them ailing and woun diug dlug others I 1 gen F l was on or about the of june relieved from service at his request ile he took teak collence offence at the he assignment of general pope to the chief c command of the three divisions of the federal army in the tho mountainous regions os ol at the ibe head of one of 1 which was the whose abose rank i wis was superior to that held by go gen r ll 11 pope an unlucky biped ii Is the woolley arle hor gein geln alin military matters i gen curtla curtis with hia his army was wa at bates ville Ar A rk kansa kanba ansa anea when last heard from and said to be in a critical situation short of provisions and the enemy in great force in his bis f immediate 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