Maryland cavalry; John M. Rafter, J. D. Lynn, Wm. Harkness, James McNeal, R. P. Tubb, of McNeil's Independent Rangers; and J. Tavener, citizen.
They are to be kept in confinement, and receive nothing but the army ration, which is more than an ordinary man can eat.
Confederate troops Attempting to cross the Mississippi.
The Memphis Bulletin says that a large number of Confederates, including Lyle's command, six hundred strong, are reported on the Arkansas side of the river, near Mound City, under General Rollins, evidently intending, if possible, to cross the river into Tennessee.
Terrible conflagration in Philadelphia — horrible scenes.
A terrible and fatal conflagration occurred in Philadelphia on the 8th instant, about 3 o'clock in the morning.--It broke out in a warehouse filled with petroleum oil. The Bulletin says:
The flames spread through the greater part of it with almost as much rapidity as though it had been gunpowder.
About two thousand barrels of
