March 29.—The schooner Nettie was captured by the United States steamer South-Carolina, about twenty-five miles east of Port Royal, with a cargo consisting of cotton, mostly damaged.— A party of blockade runners was captured at Poplar Hill Creek, Md., by a detachment of the First Maryland regiment, under the command of Lieutenant J. L. Williams.
—A detachment of the Sixth Illinois cavalry, under the command of Colonel Loomis, while encamped near Somerville, Tenn, were surprised by a large force of rebel guerrillas under Colonel Richardson, but after a desperate conflict, in which the National party had over forty of their number killed and wounded, the rebels were beaten off and retreated.—Chicago Times.
—Early this morning the National pickets in the vicinity of Williamsburgh, Va., were attacked by an overwhelming number of rebel cavalry, killing two, wounding six—including Lieutenant Wingel, of the Fifth Pennsylvania, in command of the pickets —and taking three prisoners. Eight horses were killed, one of which received as many as thirteen balls.
