rt that Gen. Rosecrans opened fire on the rebel works on Friday last.
The enemy replied ineffectually, whilst our fire disabled every battery they opened.--Their works all along the river are very strong.
One of their steamboats was destroyed and another disabled.
An attempt to destroy their pontoon boats moored on their side of the river was prevented by their sharpshooters.
We, however, captured forty prisoners, a train of wagons, and a number of mules.
An expedition, under Col. Wilder, crossed the Tennessee river and burned a railroad bridge, thus cutting the communication between the rebel right and left.
Deserters who have come into our lines report that Gen. Johnston had arrived with troops and superseded Bragg in command.
Retaliation.
The following order, says the Baltimore Clipper, issued when the execution of Captains Sawyer and Flyan was first threatened, is promulgated for publication:
Headq'rs, of the Department of Washington, D. C., July 1
Brigadier General Commanding.
The ambulances from both sides now met on the neutral ground, and the dead were carried back to the rebel line, where they were buried by their late comrades.
The officers commingled, from Generals down to Lieutenants, and so also did the soldiers, until their officers ordered them back to their respective places.
Nearly a hundred of the rebel wounded had been carried into the city and cared for at the hospital of the Ninth corps.
By direction of Dr. Wilder our ambulances, with some of those of the rebels driven by Union soldiers, went back into the city, obtained such of the wounded as were not fit to be held as prisoners of war, and delivered them on the dividing line, where our ambulances — drivers being exchanged in turn — went within the rebel line and obtained our wounded.
So much delay ensued in doing all this that the truce was extended beyond seven o'clock, the opposing officers still remaining together, chatting in the most agreeab
The Rome Courier, of Saturday, states that the Federal force, a division of infantry under Gen. Osterhaus, and a brigade of cavalry, commanded by Gen. Wilder, that recently occupied Will's Valley, have all retired beyond the Tennessee river.
They recrossed last Tuesday night, and have fortified on the north bank of the river, opposite Larkin's ferry.
Their pontoons had not been taken up on Wednesday.
Our scouts now go to Larkin's ferry and also to Guntersville.
Brigade, and consisted of detachments of the Naval Brigade, and of the colored infantry, with other troops which were furnished by Gen C A Hickman from the force stationed outside of Portsmouth.
The expedition was carried in transports and accompanied by several gunboats.
The expedition effected landings at Cherry Grove, Day's Pond and Smithfield, and had several sharp conflicts with the rebels.
Two men were killed and seven or eight wounded. One of the killed was the gallant Lt E P Wilder, Executive Officer of the Minnesota, who was in command of the gunboat Stepping Stones and naval launches.
He was shot through the head while attempting to land his barge at Smithfield, and in the act of sighting the gun.
Although the main object of the expedition — the capture of the rebel propeller — was not accomplished, yet over fifty contraband, and a large number of horses were brought in. When it is considered that this country has been frequently the scene both of cavalry and g
