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The affair at Newport News, mention ed in vcstt-Tiluv’s letter, terminated with huLslight loss no i nher side.- -**► St. hoi is, lh-i. 23.—The /Vw«rro/ learns that lieu, Fremont luts detailed Rrigadier-tlmitral Strong, recently appointed on his staff, from New York, to litke up all unsettled accounts and contracts iff this de-purimeat, Unit ever) thing may be search-inffly scru tintged in refori*iit*0 to their final adjustment by the Secretary of War.Prom ParkersburgSecession Completely Squtk-Jscd litWirt Cottufy, ,PXKKKit8i:L'm;. Oct. ‘22. 1The relicts lied on the approach of Col.Richmond yesterday. Ills scouts captured40 rebels and 20 horses. The rebel iorce ■ ! tv as Jit least 000 -irons throughout Wirt I county—a great many of whom had taken ■t the mi lb lie retd fore (hey were too cow- ;tirdly to show them selves, but arc sending their wives to compromise with Col. Rich-; moniL He refuses to listen to them ujilil i thev give up a s'uflirient number of their leaders ; he will then Lhiuk them sincere,There is no chance lor a battle, although the rebel force must be larger than ours,— Cincinnati Commercial.
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Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, West Virginia, US
Thu, Oct 24, 1861
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