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/ . } Excitement at Follt Island.?On the morning of Wednesday the 10th inst., our blockading fleet off Charleston drove an iron-blockade-runner aground, near 31 orris Island, and also within reach of our batteries on Folly Island. It was near daylight when she grounded. Her crew set Are to her, and left for Morris Island in small boats. Our j>i. kets fired at them, and this put an end to all the peaceful relations which were apparently existing. That afternoon the rebels shelled our pickets at the head of the island. None of the pickets were hurt, but one negro, a servant, was killed. t)a Thursday night, the 11th, two officers and a party of men went aboard the steamer in a small boat, to find out what she was loaded with, and bring off any valuables on board. '1 hey had taken off their clothes, which were In the boat under charge of one of the men, but the latter, being anxious to go aboard himself, secured the boat, as he supposed, and went on the steamer. When all were ready to go ashore it was found that the boat had broken loose, and was floating with the tide up to the rebel shore. The officers, thus discovered to the enemy, were obliged to swim ashore, minus their clothes and numerous greenbacks. ! The men coi.ld not swirn, and so had to stay on board till the next day, when they were taken oft" in auother small boat. On Friday afternoon the batteries on .Morris Island again opened on our pickets and camps tiring very rapidly. Our batteries and the gunboat C mmoiort McDonough replied, sending shot and shell iuto the rebel works. There were no casnalt ea on our side, excepting that one private in the 39th 111., was struck in the head by the limb of a tree, cut off by a shell, and slightly wounded. That night our batteries were carried to tlao front, where they were mounted in embrasure. - Saturday afternoon the Engineers were shelled while working at the head of Folly Island. Al though the shell burst all about them, no one was hurt. They got under tne bluffs and were able to defy the storm of grape which followed. On Saturday night Capt. l'aine of the I00t|i N. Y., with 20 picked men, went aboard the blockade steamer Ruby. They had been aboard but a short time when the sentinel on watch descried 9 two boats loaded with troops coming off from Morris Island. Capt. Paine had his men lie under the bulwarks till the boats got nearly alongside, when they fired a vo ley of bu l.ts into the rebel boats. They instantly turned and put back for Morris Island, tiring a few scattering shots as they left. Capt. Paine threw some valuables into his boat, and returned immediately to Folly Island. TIia rohols soon oocncd on the steamer, which is not more than ]0?)i) yards fco u their batteries, and kept up a rapid fire, but Capt Paine and bis party were out of range, and got back unharmed. The rebels ha.e mourned more guns, and there are now fifteen bearing on Folly island, but we are ready for them everywhere. Our front is lined with sharpshooters, and as their guns are moinited en barbette, they find it hard wo k to man them. The cannonading on both sides has been kept up at intervals during the present week, but without any casualties on our side, that we can learn. A Monster Turtle.?Ou Monday last, some officers of the 47th New York brought up from Ossabaw a monster turtle, weighing between 400 and 500 pounds, caught by members of Co. A, as a present to CI en. Gi Irnore. A great many have H.ion /.aiifriit tlii.rf <ind tie members of the regi-1 "6vu j ? mont have luxuriated in stuiks, soups and eggs, but this is the largest one yet. The Transport Stkamer Saxon, (.'apt Laven-1 der, sailed for New York, on Wednesday, carrying a mail. She got some heavy thumps, a fe v months since, while carrying a load of troops over the bar at StOQO, and goes North for repairs rendered ne.cess^ry by injuries received at that time. She has .been a long time in the transport servico, and her | .captain is popular with all the troops he has had .on board. The Saxon will soon return. / Well-Merited Compliments?Some four months since Capt. ITenry L. Rice, with detachments of Co s. E and H. 76th Penn. Vols., left tnis place on mc gunuoat rawnee, auu uavc biucc been with her on very important duty in the vicinity of Stono. On Wednesday last they returned in the transport Cauonicus, and rejoined the regiment at St. Helena. Previous to leaving Capt. Ryce received a communication from Commander Balch of the Paxcnee, in which he stated that Rear Admiral Dupont had directed him to express ? to Capt. Rice, and through him to bis men, his appreciation of their services and the meritorious manner iu which they have executed all the duties required of them.,, Commander Balch endorses this in the most hearty mauner, te-tities to the soldierly bearing of Capt. Rice and his men, and says no call has been made on them which has not mut a hearty rcsi>onse. Capt. Rice is a gallant otiicer, and both lie and his men are well deserving of these compliments. NEWS FROM SOUTHERN SOURCES. We have received a Savannah Revublicun of June 16th, from which we make the following extracts: Ricumond, June 15.?Northern dates of the 18th have been received. The papers say that the steamer Maple having left Fortress Monroe to convey three hundred Confederate officers to Fort Delaware on Wednesday last, the prisoners overpowered the guard, captured the boat, and run in near the Virginia shore, when all but twenty-six made the:r escape. Gen. Dix sent a detachment of cavalry alter them, but up to last advices they had not been captured. The Democratic State Convention of Ohio, at Columbus, unanimously nominated Hon. C. L. Vallaudigham Governor. They pass d resolutions denouncing his arrest, and providing lor the appointmcut of a Committee to demand his restoration. A despatch dated Cairo, 12tb, says: The steamer St. Cloud, which left Vicksburg on the 8th, has arrived. She reports heavy cannonading up the Vazoo who* she left.? ? ? ? ? Ex-Senator l'ugh was nominated as the Democratic candidate lor Lieut.-Gov. of Ohio, on the ticket with Vallandighain. HeraadeaU^ry speecn, spurning and defying Burnsido's order against the free :on? of speech. Gen. Couch lias assumed command of the Department of the iSusquehannah, and issued an order calling on all citizens of Pennsylvania betweeu the ages of 18 and GO to take op arms immediately Yallixdigiiax.?Hon.C. L. Vallandigham was in Petersburg, Ya., last Monday, and took rooms at Jarrct's hotel. During the day he was visited by many citizens, who showed him every mark of respect and sympathy. He has shown great good judgment and discretion in his bearing since he / ame within our Hues, and it is gratifying to see that our people are paying him that decent respect and hospitality due to an exiled statesman. It will be seen that he has been nominated for Governor of Ohio, to which post he will probably be Wo Ilu'h rcasnn for the belief that he V CCIVU* n u MWV ? will soon be in position to communicate with bis people without the fear of Lincoln's satraps. 1'IOIIT AT MOXTICELLO?COL. ASUBY WOl'SDEl). ?From otlicial despatches received here, we learn the following particulars of an engagement at Monticello, Ky. On the 9th inst., the enemy advanced against Monticello with two regiments of cavalry, one ot mounted iDfantry, and four pieces of artillery. Gen. Pegram retired with a portion of his command six miles south of the town, checking the J enemy from point to point. After waiting two hours for the attack. Gen. Pegram turned upon the enemy and pursued him until dark. His most obstinate stand was in a dense forest, two miles south of Cumberland river, through which, although the enemy had the advantage in position and numbers, ; General Pegram slowly and steadily drove him. m' ,, l! - J 11?ir nf Aftiowrg QTiH Tl1f*Tl 18 I i ne aiSUDgUISIlCU ganauuj VI V.UW.U | highly commended. I uur loss was five killed and thirty wounded. | The enemy's loss was nine killed, two mortally , wonnded and twenty-six slightly, according to a Federal surgeon's report; but believed to be large. Cel. Henry AsLby, of the 2d Tennessee cavalry, I was painfully wounded in the knee. His regiment behaved with the greatest intrepidity and gallantry.?KnoxviUe Register IS/A. From thk Coast.?The firing of our batteries on Morris Island at the enemy on Folly Island has been renewed at intervals during Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday the enemy were driven off of Little Folly Island. They appeared to have only one piece of artillery on Little Folly?a long mniM i?nn arlii/tti thi> v rurripfi nff with them. * ""ft"" 6"" "-V J We learn that they still occasionally in plundering froui the cargo of the Kuby. Some of our own men who attempted to visit the steamer Saturday night were greeted with a volley of musketry from a number of Yankees on board, supposed to be about one hundred and fifty. Our men being unarmed, returned without injury to their camp.?Char. Cour. A Cincinnati despatch of the 10th, says Cartel's forces crossed the Cumberland on the 9th, drove Pegram from Monticello and were pursuing the rebels, having capti red a number of prisoners and horses without loss. This paper also contains an account, from a special correspondent, of i Federal Cavalry attack at Brandy Station, 7 miles from Culpepper, on the Rappahannock, in which it says Gen. Stuart was for the fourth time surprised and driven wit h great loss to Stevensburg. There the Federals nf i?o?nfnr/?Amont? and returned. The paper, in an editorial, censures Geu. Stuart very severely. Col. Williams of the 2d S. C., ('apt. Farley of Stuart's staff, and Capt. Jones of the 1st S. C., were killed, the last by a prisoner he had taken. Gen. W. H. F. Lee received a flesh wound in the thigh. 150 Federals were taken prisoners, and three rifle guns were captured. Gex. GiLLiioat's Staff.?Gen. Orders, No: 48, announce the lollowing as the staff of the General Commanding; there are few changes, but we publish the entire list for the convenience of such of our readers as have not one s Col. John W. - " " ?J Mai..* F.<1_ Turner, a. jl>. u., aim tui? ui uuu. -? \V. Smith, A. A. General and Cum. of Musters ; 1st Lieut. Israel 11. Sealey, A. A. A. General ; Lt.-Col. ii. II. Jackson, Asst. Ins. General; Lt.-Col. J. J. El well, Chief Quartermaster; Lt.,Col. M. 11. Morgan, Chief Com. of Sub; Surgeon C. H. Crane, U. S. A., Medical Director ; Major Dwiglit Bannister, Chief Paymaster; Capt. John W. Todd, Chief of Ordnance ; Major Jas. C. Duane, Chiei Engineer; Capt. John Hamilton* 3d U. S. Artill'y; Chief of Artillery; Capt. T. C. Brooks, A. D. C.j 1st Lt. Henry M. Bragg, A. D. L'.; 1st Lt. Franklin E. Town, Chief Signal Officer. I'm sk.vtation.?On Wednesday last, the 17th, the members of Co. D, 76th Fenna. v ois., wno have been for a long time acting as body guard to the Commanding General, presented their coiiu mandcr, Capt. W. S. Diller, with a splendid . sword, sa3h and belt. Capt. Diller has won the esteem of everybody with whom he has come in contact here, and we are pleased to chronicle this manifestation of bis Company's respect. Population or St. Auocstlve.?The Fernandina Peninsula states, from figures furnished by the Provost Marshal, that St. Augustine has a population of 706 whites, of whom 297 are males, and 409females; and of321 colored,?128 males and 193 females; making the'fotal population 1027. Deatu or a Sea-Captaix.?Capt. toyle, of the schooner Lewis Mulford, and from Philadelphia, which arrived here on the 10th, died suddenly of appoplexy on Thursday last. In respect to his memory the dags of all the merchant vessels in the harbor were displayed at half mast yesterday. DEATHS. AVm. H. Jones, Private, Co. E, 8th Maine Vols,, June 15. typhoid fever. ( has. Clapson, Corporal, Co. A, 110th Jsew York Vols., Juue 10. James Wickens, Private, Co. C, lloth New York Vol?., June 17, typhoid fevir. James Ooyle, Captain of schooner L. E. Mul' ford, Juhe 18. apploplexia. Daniel Mangel, Private, Co. P, 174th Pennsylvania Vois., June 9th. William Flexer, Private, Co. A, 17Gth Pennsylvania Vols., June 7th. Samuel A. Gunsa'us, Private, Co. F, 17G?h Pennsylvania Vols., June 9. Jefferson H. Pike, Private, Co. B, 11th Main? Vols, June 10. Peter Shiffert, Sergeant. Co. F, I'Gth Pennsylvania Vols., June 7.