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Northern papers as late as the 16th are received but contain little intelligence. The following is Sheridan's official report of a skirmish that took place in the Valley:


Near Berryville, September 13--7 P. M.
This morning I sent General Getty's division, of the Sixth corps, with two brigades of cavalry, to the crossing of the Summit Point and Winchester road, near Occoquan creek. Rodes's, Ramseur's, Gordon's and Warton's divisions were found on the west bank. At the same time, Generals Wilson's and Martindale's brigades of cavalry dashed up the Winchester pike, drove the rebel cavalry at a run; came in contact with Kershaw's division, charged it and captured the Eighth South Carolina regiment, sixteen officers and one hundred and forty-five men and its battle-flag, and Colonel Hennegan, commanding a brigade, with the loss of only two killed and three wounded.

Great credit is due to Generals Wilson and Mackintosh, and the Third New Jersey and Second Ohio.

The charge was a gallant one.

A portion of the Second Massachusetts reserve brigade made a charge on the right of the line, and captured an officer and eleven men of Gordon's division of infantry.

Our loss in the reconnaissance is very slight.

P. H. Sheridan, Major-General.

[This is the capture of a picket post of about one hundred men of Kershaw's division, which has been mentioned.]

The Peace Democrats of New York city held a meeting at the Saint Nicholas Hotel on Saturday to take action upon General McClellan's letter, and to consult upon the best means of organizing a peace party, and of selecting a peace candidate for the Presidency. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Mullaby, editor of the Metropolitan Record, who was then chosen President. The Day Book, the News (through Ben Wood), the Freeman's Journal, were all represented. Bitter feelings against McClellan were openly manifested, and he was denounced for having broken his pledge to the Democratic party. Messrs. Shell, Singleton and Chauncey Burr were among the prominent speakers. S. T. Lent, of New York, presented the following resolution as the sense of all those present:

Resolved, That the call be addressed to the Jeffersonian Democrats to meet at Cincinnati, Ohio, in the course of the present month, for the purpose of appointing a candidate representing that branch of the Democratic party which the letter of General McClellan completely ignores.


The Gold Market.

The paper of the 15th reports that gold opened at 223 and fell to 222½, and returned to 223½, where it remained quite steady. The market was not strong, and there was no disposition to buy small lots for hoarding. Closing prices, 226½. The paper of the 16th states that gold opened at 229 and fell to 227. From this point the market rallied and closed at 228½. The demand was active and kept quite firm.


Miscellaneous.

The steamer Creole had arrived at New York on the 14th from New Orleans on the 6th. Her news is not specially important. The vote of the State on the new Constitution is said to be largely in its favor; and this, the Tribune considers, places Louisiana irrevocably in the Union as a free State forever. The vote on the Constitution in the city of Now Orleans was 5,443 in all — for the Constitution, 4,875; against it, 568.

The United States steamer Keystone State captured the fine blockade-running steamer Elegy, and sent her into Beaufort on Thursday last.

A disturbance took place Wednesday afternoon in Norfolk between some sailors and the colored guard doing duty on Main street. Two sailors and one of the guard were shot. One of the sailors died and the other lost a leg. The guard will die.

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