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state, Major Fitzhugh, quartermaster. "The enemy left some dead at the depot and along the route of his retreat. R. E. Lee." General Rosser's Recent expedition. We mentioned on Saturday the successful expedition of Major-General Rosser against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The following is General Lee's official dispatch giving the full particulars of the expedition: "Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War: "General Early reports that General Rosser, with Payne's and his own brigade, encountered, on the 27th ultimo, near Moorefield, a small party of the enemy and captured forty prisoners and one piece of artillery. "On the 28th, he surprised and captured Fort Kelly, at New creek, with four field pieces, four siege guns, between seven and eight hundred prisoners, a large number of horses and mules and eight stands of colors, and destroyed two hundred wagons and a quantity of commissary and ordnance stores. He brought off the field pieces and s