The New York Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1862, Page 1

Pumbering itself with. em THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 9324, AFFAIRS ON THE MISS4SSIPPI. The Great Fight at Island No. 10. echoes in these woods alternately with the “« Star Spangled Banner” and “ Away Down in Dixie,’ ‘as they steam slowly off toward Alabama, THE GENERALS. An unusual stir amia tho bustling hurry calls your at- tention to the larboard of the transport flagship, and you seo that the Tigress has justcome up ide. She is Major General Grant’s headquarters. Wash. Graham (of Zanesville, Ohio), Commodore of the transports, is called aboard, and the Tigress moves down toward Fort Henr: again. ’ Just as she gots under headway, somebody wi stars on his shoulders hails her from another boat, and, Sherman, of Ohio, looking better him before, calls from Hot Work Between the Con- tending Batteries. on rounding to, General than you have e ricatie deck for General G tery. ‘You shall have it,” is tho reply, and ina mo- Leonora ‘MOVEMENTS OF THE REBELS AT MEMPHIS. ment the written order is sent across. The steams up, with gay bunting fluttering at the jackstaff, and Major General Smith, commander of the forces in the field, comes over to headquarters for further instruc- tions. General Grant, very sober still over hig recent advices from Washington, holds a hurried congultation with him, to which General Totten is also invited. Com- modore Graham is called on, despatches are sent to Pa- Operations of Our Forces on the Upper Tennessee River, and GeneralSmith’s boats both start up again toward the burnt bridge on the Memphis and Bowling Green Rail- road. The wind blows fresh from the south and the steamers make slow progress, And 80, with infinitude of bustle and some real pro- gress, the day passes. NIGHTFALL ON THE RIVER. Night folds her wings over the scoue. Tho air, still musty with the fat coal smoke, darkens the moonlight BEAUREGARD AT CORINTH, MISS., ken Ker Kee LATEST FROM ISLAND NO. TEN. Whe Fight Still Continues—The Strong Position of the Rebels—Large Number of Their Guns—The Continued Fight of Our Gunboats Keeps the Rebel Quarters Warm—Their Dead and Wounded Car- ried Of—Their Guns Dismounted, &c. Sr. Lovis, March 21, 1862. ‘The Republican has a special despatch, aated Island No. 10, yesterday, which says that cannonading by the 72 and mortar boats continued all day Wednesday. All the guns but one in the upper battery on the Ten- measee shore have been silenced, and one gunon the taland diemounved. Shells from the mortars are constantly falling in the ede} camps and batteries, and numbers of the killed and ‘wounded are being carried away on litters. ‘A large numbor of loaded wagons are leaving the Ten" measee shore, from which it is believed the rebels aro making preparations for an evacuation of their works. ments, From the woods come the gleamings of hundreds of camp fires, the river banks swarm with soldiers, afew steamers push s'owly out and up the stream, the lights from their furnaces shaking in wavy lines across the current,and gleaming with changing hues fromm every ripple. The sentries pace their beats around t from the distant camps ; and the hum of a great city fills the ears. For here, iu this almozt uninhabited district of Tennessee, there has como suddeuly in a population greater than that of Cleveland, or Columbus, or Dayton, And still the wind blows from the South. Sit faustum. Marcu0, 1862. DELAYS IN EMBARKING. Unexpected del Doats are still oul; ed rendezvous, points that boats of the larger gize can nary banks, and out far enough yw water on the bottoms, to reach the dry land from which artillery and baggage must be shipped. Boats also are wanting, and of those ordered up from Paducah yesterday by tele. graph only a few have yet arri The work of embarking the forces proceeds slowly. ‘Too many officers, instead of superintending and press- ‘The ficating battery of the rebels has becn moved | ing forward the work, are to be found playing euchre, or siéavee sii alent: {moking elyars in thé ladies! cabin, | Naturally enough, the soldiers, left to themselves, devote and spend treble General Pope allowed a rebel gunboat to approach | timo in doing their work. Jack Williams (Captain Jack within fifty yards of a masked battery on Tuesday, and | Williams, of the late Gen. Tander’s body guard), would hen sunk her, kiling fifteen of thore on board. He had | bave got aregiment, baggage and all. aboard, in the previously allowed five rebel steamers to pasa on towards | {0 tpent here repeatedly today with a voinpany. rything has to come in over the long aud narrow New Madrid, and they are now between his batteries, un- | gang plank. Horses sometimes frighten at the narrow able to escape. bridge, and mules are obstinate about trusting their pre- Over a dozen robel vessels, their floating battery aud cious bodies to it, of course. A careless fellow a moment Dattering ram, are now above General Pope’s batteries, ago managed to negiect a flery horse, juetas he was about to stepon deck. The horse saw the rushing water be- ‘and will be sunk or captured. neath him on cne side the plank, and springing away turned a somersautt backward over the other side into the deep water under the bow. Fortunately his nock Camo, March 21,1862. | as not broken, and he swam ashore. Unfortunately the A correspondent who left Island No. 10 yesterday, | master did not pitch in afier tho horse, A dozen such aays:— cases have cecurred to-day, amply illustrating the old proposition, that half the teamsters and wagopmasters in thearmy display less geuse than the animals they drive. tt? = We aro not left without reminders that we are in an enemy's country. Boyond the burned bridge on the Menmh's branch of the Louisville and Nashville Rail- road two or three of our pickets were surrounded and carried off by a squad of rebel cavalry last night. This morning a number of the loaded trausports went up there. Last night we had a heavy storm of wiud and rain. ‘This morning it was cold and gloomy, but before noon the sun came out, and the afternoon bus been warm and pleasant. The poor fellows bivepocting on the bill sides or on hurricaue decks relish the Co There is now some prospect that we may got off in the night. Marcu 11, 1862. ‘The expedition ia at last under weigh. Generals Wal- lace’s and McClernand’s divwions rendezyoused at the burned oridge on the dM uis branch sf the Loulsviile aud Nashviie Railroad yostorday, aud started up the river. During the night and this morning the other di- visions got Some six or vighs regiments, however, have not yet embarked, and I hear of farge numbers of voats amd troops still to come up. HOW THE LINE WAS KBPT IN. As the boats went bowling merrily along this morning by the burned bridge, the decks swarming with blue coats, and the ging our-the Olt wational airs, the seone was ineptrin, as one watched the line stretehing ont of sight, up and down the river, an marked the smoke curling up from behind bends miles ahead, the magnitude of the expedition became appa- rent, and hopes beat high for a movement so auspicious- ly begun, The men were crowded thickly on the guards, bows and hurricane deck, and in most of the boats the cabins were alse sofull that walking throngh them was well nigh impossible. Watching the boats passing one another, comparing Firing is only moderate from the Benton and Mound City at intervals of fifteen minutes each, the object be- tug to reduce the upper batteries. Five guns were dismounted and two left, from which ‘@ecasionally shots are fired. Some of them come very ‘Rear our boats, Tho works on both the main land and faland are far more extensive than was generally sup- oeed. There are at least eighty guns, many of them of the largest size, several of them rifled, and twenty thou- fand troops. I saw at ono time ten regiments on dress pa- ‘Pade on the main land. Their quarters aro out of reach of ‘the mortars, The ‘sland is pretty well covered with ‘ents. Our shelis reach all parts of the works on the (land. It is evident that all the rebel batterics have Dombproof casemates, as the men can bo seen to disap- pear when 6 shell falls into the batteries. a goon #8 the upper fort is reduced, the gunboats wil! ‘@dvance, and take the others in detail. On Tuesday night the Mound Cy kept up a @teady fre on the upper fort, preventing the wedels from their usual nightly salutes. The re uk wre that earl¥ in the morning they eammenced ve- moving the dead and wounded from the casemates of ‘the Mrs. A iarge nember were carried ovt and taken ‘Daek into the woods. ‘@a Monday 900 shot were fired from the gunboats, @ostly shell, beside 300 shell from the mortars. On Tuesday Commodore Foote directed the fuses to be ‘wet, with a view to destroy the works.and dismount the @uns. The result was satisfactory. As yot but oneman @as been killed by the enemy. fine work for a time, but this became tiresome, and soon there was nothing left for it but to fall back on the sol- dicrs’ employments—smoking and eating. For the iatter there was sinall opportunity, Officers, by dmt of abundant patience, secured tolerable meals at imvlerabie prices from the stewards of the boats. Pri- yates found sutier shops opened on the hurricane decks, ‘and for a time gorged themselves with cheesc, ginger: bread and bologna. e; but the supply soon gave out, and they were forced to fall back on hard bread and pickled pork, Some of the boats stopped for the men to go ashore and cook their rations—a privilege that was ighly appreciated. Others had to bring out their little stoves and make such shift as they could at frying their pork and toasting their hard bread on the decks. SCENERY UP THE RIVER. The banks grew a little higher as we proceeded up the river, but the same leatless, dr looking forests lined them’ on either side. Occasionally a picturesque scone was passed, but in the main it is hard to find much to admire in the scenery of a wide ditch filled with muddy water. At different points something like piles of cord swood was noticed on the eastern shore, but examination owen it to be pig iron from the iron furnaces back in the hills, Cuicaco, March 21, 1862. Aspecial despatch from Cairo to the Shicago Journal @ays that a moderate fre was kept up by the floet at Island No. 10 on Tuesday, Wednesday and yesterday. ‘The gunboat Minnesota dismounted a 128-pounder gun on the enomy’s upper battery. Some rebel gunboats tried te force their way up yesterday morning, but had to Yetire. General Pope has twenty-two guns mounted at Mount Pleasant, and has erected a new battery four ‘Wiles below. THE TENNESSEE RIVER EXPEDITION. General Smith’s Forces Sixty Miles Above Florence—The Whereabouts of General Beauregard—He is Reported to Have Fif- teen Thousand Men Under him at Co- rinth—The Fifth Ohio Cavalry Put the Rebels to Flight, &e., d&e. CmcaGo, March 21, 1862. A special despatch to the Chicago Journal from Csiro ‘Mist, says:— Direct and positive information has arrived from Gen- @ral Grant. (Smith?) ‘He is at Savannah, sixty miles from Florence, Tho troops are in fine health and epirits. Beauregard is in command at Corinth with 15,000 men from Pensacola, Generals Cheatham and Bragg have @ivisions near by. About 6,000 mon in the vicinity of Bavannah‘havo enlisted in the’Union army rocontly. On the night of the 13th a division of the Fifth Ohio @avairy put a part of Cheathem’s forces to flight and ‘Durnod the railroad bridge. ‘The forces in that vicinity are divided into five divi. sions under command of Generals Sherman, Hurlturt, ‘MeClernand , Wallace, and Lanman. [Speciak Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette. } ‘Texxesexe River, Exaur Mizs Anoye Fort Herr, March 9, 1862. ‘The Tennessee oxpedition is preparing for departure. A | part of the fores is already off for the appointed rondea- ‘Yous, and the rest almost ready to foliow, SCENES AT EMBARKENO. Around us lio score of tho boats collected for the or :pedition—stern-wkeelers mostly, or side-wheolersof light eMraught—hinting ef an attempt to cross the Muscle Bhoals. The riv flows isa banks, and half the bot- stom lands aro eittor submergea or converted inte @wamps. Fort Henny, below, le filled with water; the utside ditches are weshed away, and thoombankmonts arecrumbling down. Within is a shallow lake, and the water is up to tho lower edge ofsome of the guns. Heavy timber, leafless and desolate, lives the rivor up and down as far as the eye can reach. A single cornfeld fa the only evidence within sight thet the country is tu- habited, except by the “invaders.” From tho brink @f tho river tho camps stretch backward, aml away ahrough the distant woods you still catch the sheen of {polished arms and the glimmor.of tho white tents,in tho Munlight, Cavalry are crowding down inéhe boats; six Worse teams aro tugging at half leaded wagons that cut s@most down to the hub chrough the semi-liguid bottem; hk Wg strings of horses are dragging up artillery and ¢a's- sows; the gang plasks are crowded with a hurrying thivong—soldiers, horses, maules andl officers; by the wailer’s edge lieg ® migooliangous confusion of boxes of Amaminition, barrels of pork aud haed bread, rolis of | tents, bundies of tent poles, saddles, harness, camp chests, trunks, blankets, knapsacks, stores, camp cots, WELCOME. Improvements were rare. Now and then a two story frame house would be seen, but nearly all the dwellings were of the meanest sort, slave huts and log cabins in- habited by the ‘‘poor white trash.”’ A few bore white flags; from others the national colors were displayed, while men, women and children indulged in the most extraordinary antics of delight as the boats went by. ‘ihe negroes were particularly jubilant. Au old white-woolled negress fairly dauced with delight, swinging her arms, wielding her ponderous feet in a way that must have seemed particularly dangerous to her neighbors, and shouting “Glory, glory , de Yankees is comin’ wid all de boats in de world, and de gunboats, tool’? Anothor un- dortook a jig with a fat baby in her arms; and another could find no other of expressing her delight except by stretching out her great black arms, leaning forward toward us, and drawing in hor arms again, as if to in- clude us ail.in one general embrace—a gesture that she repeating till we passed out of sight. 10 white people were lees demonstrative, but in the — their gratification at our appearance was mani- fest. WHAT THE ENEMY MIGHT HAVE DONE, =~ Pilots were a little uncasy. The Memphis papers had amiably suggested that sharpshooters should be sent out to pick them off, and overy mile’s advance showed how easily the plan could be carried out. There were stories, too, that some of the earlier boats had been tired at in the vieinity of the mouth of Duck river, and it was known hat the country was filled with straggling bands of re- ols, and easily accessible to them at point al the western shore. ome — ‘THE DESTINATION, Speculation was busy as to the destination of the expe- dition, Pilots said the river was at ite Lighest stage, and that the Jacob Strader itself might fiuat over the Muscie Shoais up to Decatur, where tho remuants of the Donel. son and Bowling Green forces are said te have concon- trated. On the other hand rebel forces are #aid to be | moving to defend tho region between Momphis and the Tennessee, and these could hardly be left in our rear aswe wont up the river. Clearly, it was argued, we will either disambark somewhere near Savannah apd march over Jand (a hundred miles or more) to Memphis, or move on up the river into Mississippi or Alabama. The expedition i# on too large & scale not to be intended to attack the ‘enemy in some of their strongest positions, and to consti- tete the grand column for the advance into the eotton Stetes. And for the rest we have several large versels, #0 that it is pretty certain whatever is to be domo wiil be dove quickly. It would not do to run the risk of keoping these large boats up so far long, when the fall in the river that may begin any day and must comesdon, js likely #0 lay them up dry for tl umimner. PROGRESS. The boats have moved steadily on through the entire x ib an average speed of four te,five miles an hour, Ad or two have been jm sight all wo time, and the - eerie non bo — hein the tree tape ft ‘or miles up and do hs ee wh the river, Th of yoster buen, (3 suecesded by a day of portable tables, anc the whole assortment of usetui and | heaking iu the sunshine on the ere useless impediments which every regiment insists reeliving that thoy are at iast waladetie any Lead As the aun sinks bebind the gorgeous bank #f clouds on t the purplish clouds that fleck the sky fado into @ that scores of steamers, puffing out thei hugo mes of smoke, strive in vain to obscure, TH: boats out t rod and green lights, and the stare.scem,. to bave settiod from the heavens to adorn the da kl: Gieaning belt of water that winds away into the dack- ness, Ruddy fires glow on the banks, and snatches of gong come to ws from the regiments that are swarming agpund Shent, prepesing iDetr evantn moals, Long trains of glittering’ sparks fill the air ahead of as, ant show where other steamers are steadily leading the way south- ward, Aod the alr ghews bainy with the breath of Soutthers groves as we noWF tho southern boundary of ACTIVITY ON THE Riven xOn the river the sceties aro not less lively. A dozen don'ts aro steaming about, crowding thoir way into {he compact collecticn that lines the improvised lauding, run- ning their noses in on shore above or below, and tying to trees, etashing sgainst ono another, with a'shatte-ing of that is charged up to govortment account, towing Out barges, OF working their way from the crowd to tart for (9 rendezvous, Bows are covered with wagons, aft of the wheelhoures are rows of horses and mules, ambulanogs @ré swung up out of the way by rope and tackic, barges Are lashed alongside bristiing with rows of (icld-pieces on elther eide, and with tho ar ilory horses arranged in tho jddle; piles of reximental bog. r ducah for fifteen more transports, and General Grant’s | that reveals but does not define the continued move- | @ bagga; awaiting shipment on the banks ; bugle calis sound Pri their relative speed and boasting of the favorites, was. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1862. THE REBELS ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Jeff. Thompson Impressing M: into the Rebel Service—Condition of Affairs in Memphis—Disappearance of Governor Harris—The Tennessee Legislature Miss- ing—Propositions to Burn Memphis— Impressments of Union Men—The Float- ing Battery and Holl: Ram—Union Men Fleeing from Memphis—Demoral+ ized Condition of Things in That City— The Rebels Want Iron and Artisans— Absence of Mail Facilities, d&c., dic. Cicaco, March 21, 1862. Aspecial despatch to the Chicago Tribune, from Cairo 20th, says that ‘‘a report was received this morning from Sykestown that Jeff. Thompson had landed at Cape Girardeau and was pressing men and horses into the re- belservice. A skirmish had taken place between the ‘Union forces and his advance. Three of the enemy were killed and wounded. Reinforcements have been sent there.” A gentleman who bas boon @ contractor at Memphis, who left there on Thursday, arrived last evening. He reports that Governor Harris disappeared from Memphis the second day after the one to which the Legislature adjourned, and has not since been heard from. He is supposed to be at Corinth, Miss. The Legislature has adjourned and gone, no one knows whither. ‘Tho subject of burning the city in case an evacuation was necessary was still being discussed, There had been no impressment of Union men into the rebol service toany extent, excopt for guard duty, until since the fall of Fort Donelson, Sinco Governor Harris’ proclamation impressments have been general, Hundreds have been picked up in the streets and taken from stores and dwellings, and marched off to the camps of instruction at tho-point of the bayonet. ‘The floating battery is 80 constructed as to be sunk to the water's edge, leaving nothing exposed except the ar- mament, which consists of nine Dahlgren guns. It was built for the protection of Memphis and has been sent to Island No, 10. Hollins’ steam ram was also sent there. ‘The Union men aro leaving Memphis in great numbers, leaving their property to be confiscated and glad to escape with their lives. Quarrel in the streets are fre- quent occurreaces between Union men and secessionists, ‘and shots are hourly exchanged. : ‘The rebels greatly need iron and have offered $25,000 to any artisan who will discover a process of making malleable iron, Ammunition is plenty—manufactories are in operation day and night in the vicinity of Mem- phis. There are no mail facilities except along the rail- Toad routes. Letters and papers are carried from town to town by private enterprise. The provisional government of Kentucky is to assemble in a Sibley tent, near the headquarters of General Crit- teuden, at Huntsyilie, Alabama, on the 21st. THE RUMORED CAPTURE OF YANCEY. Porrsvi.ex, Pa., March 21, 1862. Alettor from Howard Potts, engineer of the United States gunboat Water Witch, confirms the capture by that vessel of the schooner William Mallory, with the traitor Yancey. Reported Arrival of Yancey in New Or- \ Nasnymix, March 21, 1862. Southern advices received here say that Yancey ar- rived at New Orleans, and mado a speech avowing that no help could be procured from England or France, and urging rotaliation by stopping cotton cultivation. Paraon Brownlow leaves for the North to-day. NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Fontaess Mosnor, March 20, 16¢2. All is quiet here. ¥ A severe northeast storm bas been prevailing for sho last two days. Several small vessels have dragged their anchorsand gone aghore, but wil be got off withoat difficulty. Nothing bas been seen or heard of the dherrimac. ‘The Monitor occupies her usual position above the fleet, Sho has received some alterations and additious that will materiaily add to her impregnability. ‘The telegraph cable has been partially uaderrun; but the bad weather has put a stop to operations. Return of t! Steamship Baltic from a Cruise in Search of the Disubled United States Ship Vermont. ‘The United States steam transport Baltic, J. J. vom stock, commander, returned to port yesterday morning from a cruise in search of tho disabled United States ship Vermont. She left New York March 10, towing the United States frigate Sabine to Hampton Roads, and from thence to sea Wednesday evening, March 12; after which proceeded in search of the Vermont, making a horough search between the parallels of thirty-six and forty degrees north, and between the moridians of sixty- one and sixty-seven degrees west, without falling in with the ship or any traces of her, or hearing anything from several vessels spoken for that purpose. On Tuesday, the 18th, at half-past eight o’clock A. M., spoke the United States frigate Sabine, also in search of the Ver- mont, which had heard nothing of her, but would con tinue the search to the north and east, The Baltic during the cruise passed considerable wrecked stuff, con. sisting of vessels, spars, broken masts, Xe. {On referring to tho marine columns it will be found that the Vermont was seen by a vessel that arrived this morning.—Editor Hera.) Trade with the Southern Ports, &c. Wasmotoy, March 21, 1862. As our forces extend the authority of the United States on the Atlantic coast, numerous applications are made by merchants and shippers to the Treasury Depart. ment for permission to trade with tho recaptured por! Dut these are uniformly refused. Nothing is done to terfere with the blockade. Permits, however, are granted by the department for internal trado elsewhere. ‘The public debt and all foreign drafis are paid at ma- tarity, no matter what may be the pressure in other respects on tho Treasury. The statement that Daniel F, Sickles was unanimously rejected as Brigadier General is not correct. Capture of Two Schooners Loaded with Cotton, Pmmaperema, March 21, 1962, ‘The Bulictin has a letter from Ship Island, dated the 12th instant, which says that the Itasca has captured a schooner off Mobile Bay, with five hundred bales of cot. ton, and that the Pinola has captured the echooner Cora, with two hundred bales of cotton. Arrest of Traitors. Ouicago, Mareh 21, 186% Six citizens of Sangamon county were arrested yester- day by order of Genoral Halleck, and sont to Alton to be placed in closo confinoment, for aiding the escape of rebel prisoners from Camp Butler, The Fifty-tirst Pennsylva: Regiment. Harnisnena, Mareh 21, 1862. ‘The Governor has issued a general order complimenting the Fifty-first Pennsylvania for gallantry at Roanoke and Nowbern, at tho latter ongagomentstorming the enemy's batteries at the pointof the bayonet, and ordering the names of these battles to bo inscribed on their colors, The regiment is commanded by Colonel Hartrauft, and mainly compored of thiose who left Bull run before the battle. They were the first to plant the flag at Newborn, and seem determined to recover their lost fame. Acapeay oF Mosic.—At the metinee today “Masa, niello” will be repeated. Those who have not beard this opere will be charmed with its sparkling and exhilarating morte. Not the least of the attractions of the picce is the Fenelia of Senorita Cubase, The Dumb Girl was over more expressively or gracefully portrayed. The opera will be given again on Monday, Mile. Cubas having been re-eneaged. Oa Wednesday the long talked of debut of Madame de Lussan takes piace Hecwanciten’s Twesty-seconp Reamert Rawn,.—The second grand military cogeert of this fino band takes glace thie evening, at the Agadomy of Music, Miss Hixkley, Signor Mancusi and Mf; 8. O. Campbell are the vocanicts engaged. The programme is ong of the most attractive hat wo have seen for some time. ——— PRICE TWO CENTS. Wasmixcton, March 21, 1862. ‘THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH. ‘The States of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, with the expedition and forces now under Brigadier General T, W. Sherman, will constitute a military depart. ment, to be called the Department of the South, to be under the command of General Hunter, THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF. Anew military department, to be called the Depart- ment of the Gulf, is constituted. It will comprigeall the coast of the Guif Mexico west of Pensacola harbor, and so much of the Gulf States as may be occupied by the NEWS FROM GEN. BANKS’ DIVISION. A@airs at W ester, Va.—A Gambling House Pounced Upon, &c. Wixcnester, Va., March 20, 1862. Last night the Provost Marshal pounced upon a gam- | dling house reeeutly opened, and arrested four of the proprietors and several officers. The latter were released on parole and (he others put in jail, The gambling appa- ratugand other property, amounting to $500 in value, were also captured, The theatre here is prosperous, aud is ‘illed every night. A portion of General Shields’ reconneissxnce has re- turned from Strasburg. General Jackson is reported to be near Mount Jackson. same will be henceforth under the Military Governor.” PRESENTATION TO GEN. FITZ JOHN PORTER. ‘The staff of General Fitz John Porter last evening pre- sented him with a sword, sash and belt. Leaving the sword, which was appropriately inscribed, on his table, in his absence, the usual formality of speech making was dispensed with. The sword is an elegantone, and the appointments in keeping, CONFIRMATIONS BY THE SENATE. The Sonate, which was in executive session several hoursthis afternoon, confirmed the following nomina- tions as Major Genera's of volunteer forces, viz:— Brigadier Generals Don Carlos Buell. JolLirPope. Columbia, and all contrabands now in custody, and the | | forces under Major General B.F. Butler, United States Samuel R, Curtis, Volunteers. The headquarters for the meneent ides Frauz Sigel. Nothing else of interest has transpired since yeater- moveablo, wherever the Genoral Commanding may be. % day MOVEMENTS OF GEN. FREMONT. ‘ Wrvcugster, Va., March 21, 1862, Gen. Fremont left Washington this afternoon for New York, It is said the bounds of his deparument haye ‘The following uamed Brigadier Generals wero also con firthed:— General William Prescott Smith, with gther officers ot the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, reconnoitered the road been enlarged 80 as to include Ohio and other points. John Cook. on Friday , to Martinsburg, and expect that section wil) REPORT OP THE HOUEE JUDICIARY commiTTEE ON THE | Richard J. Cglesby. be opened by the Ist of April. ‘They have also made ar, PRESS CENSORSHIP. John McArthur. rangements to permanently open the Potomac and Win- ‘The report of the Judiciary Committee of the House on Jacob G. Lauman, chester road. the censorship of the press hes been the subject of | John A. Logan, An tnch and a aif of snow fell here last night, and the much comment, particularly in reportorial circles. It] Speed 8. Fry. snow is still falling. is well known that the committee have sup- pressed some of the most important testimony given before them, and that their report is far from being im- partial. ‘They have stepped aside from their dutiesto censure the gentleman as Censor, when all the blame at- tributed to him belonged elsewhere. The committee All these gentlemen were coiones. ‘The Senate algo confirmed as Brigadier Generals of Vo" lunteers the foliowing named:— Major John G. Barnard, Corps of Engineers. Captain Henry W. Judah, of the Fourth infantry, Captain James B. Ricketts, of the First artillery, for meritorious conduct at the battle of Bull run, THE NAVY. The Navy Yard, Brooklyn, presents a rather dismal appearance at present, the gunboats and other vessels haying nearly all sailed for parts unknown. Still the have omitted from their report the evidence thatthe James Craig, of Misgouri. work goes bravely on, and those vessels which are being suthors of the complaint against the censorship of the p cro P. ede em built, fitted out, aitered and refitted are progreseing witb jexander great speed. ‘The Madgie went into commission on Thursday, and will probably sail today. The Massachusetts is still ip the dry dock, having her bottom repaired. The sioop-of- war Savannah is under the shears, discharging hor shot. ‘There are two rumors afloat concerning her future dest} ny. One Is that she is to be fitted owt for active service, the other, that she is to be converted into a hospital, for the accommodation of the yard. The tatter seems the most likely. The gunboats Somerset and Fort Henry are receiving coal, preparatory to taking their armament on board, and the Dawn is receiving her machinery. ‘The steam frigate Roanoke will be towed to the yard to-day for repairs. Her machinery is to be overhauled Two hundred and fifty men, brought home by her, were rent on board the North Carolina, ‘The Adirondack is still lying near the dry dock, and press had for some time been exempted from its opera- tion by @ special order, and laid the complaint only when they were reduced to the common level by the transfer of the superintendence of the censorship to another branch of the government, There is much more in this censorship of the presa than has been as yot exposed; and, when some honest investigating com- mittee shall compare the report of the Judiciary Com- mittee with the testimony adduced before them, their report will be the subject of mingled ridicule and indigna- tion, They have suppressed the fact that they elicited from the Censor fucts whieh not only relieve him from all censure, but place his principal accusers in a most unenviable position. These facts will be brought to light. This is tho period for investigating committees, and Beau Hickman’s Kitchen Garden Committeo sadly needs in- vestigation. His report is more open to it than the cen- sorship. While the censorship of the press has been inexorably enforced in reference to telegrams to the leading metro- politan newspapers, until now there has been no restric- tion upon the communication of the war news by officers and soldie¥s in the army toany of the country press. An or- der has been issued peremptorily forbidding letters of this character to be sent from any of the camps. This will probably prevent the friends of the soldiers of the army of the Potomac from hearing from them when important mnovements are in progress, ° Tue DEBATE ON THE tax BILL. The discussions on the Tax bill in the House to-day would have afforded considerable amusement to specta- tors if they could have forgotten the importance of the measure to the country—the absolute necessity of pro- viding speedily a rovenue to meet the exhausted demands upon oar treasury. Some of the members try to be very facetious over the whiskey soctions, and others are very disputative; a vast amount of pettifogging is done in be. haif of the various interests involved. The statesmen who engago in the debates speak often of the effects of certain sections upon their constituents, but seldom of the country’s great need of money. |e) gations continue to arrive for the purpose of appearing before the committee and proving to them that particular articies in their line ought not to be taxed. The brokers ait bankers had a hearing to-day, and asked for a revision of section sixty- two in their favor; but the Penneylvania and Kentucky members dered it outrageous that there should be any remission of taxes upon money trading while such neces" sarics of life as whiskey and tehacco are mulcted heavily: ‘The champion billiard players have taken the cue, and have cumc here to get the license for tables curtailed: The Committea expect a delegation of jadies next week, to obtain a seduction of the proposed taxation of pins, parasols and hooped ekirts TRADE WITH THE RESTORED BORTS. A largo number of licences for internal traffic with the portions of the rebel States recently recovered from the occupancy of the rebels have been obtained from the Treasury Department, but, on account of the blockade no permits have been issued for trade along the Atlantic coast. AFFAIRS RESUMING THEIR FORMER £HAPE IN FAIRFAX COUNTY. A mecting of the citizens of Fairfax county, Va., is to be hold at Fairfax Court House to-morrow, for the pur- pose of reorganizing the civil institutions of that county. They have now no county officers, everything having been revolutionized by the rebellion, The industry of the country is destroyed—fences have disappeared from the farms—and it is necessary that some regulations ahould be instituted respecting the control of the herds and flocks, in order that the farmers may raise crops this season. Governor Pierpont will doubtless authorize the loyal inhabitants of Fairfax to hold an election. TREASURY DEPARTMENT AFFAIRS, The complaicis made of slow disbursements from the ‘Treasury attract notice here qt the assurance is given that mot @ day elapses afier the presentation of ony requisition at the Treasury Department before payme.,: is made impossible by want of funds. Secretary Chase has used ail possible exertion to meet the demands of public creditors, He planned the reliet given by cortiti- cates of indebtedness, which are now being issued to all creditors desiring them, and whose accounts are audited and settled, or who present checks of disbursing officers. INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN TATIVES. The Postmaster of the House, in response to a resolu- tion, furnishes the following statement of the cost of stationery furnished to the committees during the sorsion — Committee on Elections... Ways and Means. ° Tho Senate went into executive session at an early hour, and immediately confirmed the nomination of General Sigel as Major General. The nomination of General Sigei was made by the President, most willingly, at the solici- tation of Colonel Frank Blair, of Missouri, Chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs. The Senate confirmed on Thursday Capt. D.G. Farragut, to be a flag officer in command of the Western Gulf block- ading squadron. Daniel P. Woodbury was confirmed as Brigadier Gene. ral of Volunteers, THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE SIXTY-THIRD NEW YORK REGIMENT. All the officers of the Sixty-third New York Volunteers, except Lieutenant Colonel Fowler, Quartermaster 0. Han" Jon and Lieutenants McCormick, Moore and Brady have had their resignations accepted, aud are mustered out of f the service. They filed a protest against the resumption , ‘be !ackawona snd Ticonderoga are being hurried up of the colouelcy of the regiment by Colone! Enright, who | With all possible speed. am had been restored to that position, in accordance with | The United Sta‘os steam gunboat Port Royal, con- the finding of a board of examiners, and added that | *fucted at Greenpoint, 1. 1., has been sufficiently com- if he was restored they would resign. He had already | Pleted to receive her machinery. She isa fac simile of beon restored, and the protest was accepted as their | the Octorara, and is ordered to be finished with ail possi- resignation, ble speed. The gunboat Marblehead, Lieutenant $, Nicholson commanding, made a successful trial trip to Cohasset on Monday last from the Charlestown Navy Yard, making nine knots an hour, aud her chief engineer, Clark Fisher, is “confident that she can make ten and a half: She returned to the yard the same afternoon, when Chief Engineer De Luce, government superintendent of engines, went ashore fully satisfied with her perform. auce, The Marblehead immediately afterwards proceed ed to sea, Her officers and crew number 196 men. ‘The gunboat Chocura also sailed from the same yard on Monday evening, leaving only the old Macedonian and Ohio, and those in process of construction, at the yard, She carries ninety.five officers and men, An- DEATHS IN THE ARMY. The following deaths of soldiers are reported:— Bartemeus Bartlett. 11th Maine Volunteers, E, Waddieman, 2d Peunsy vania Volunteers, Phillip B, Wilber, Co. F, 7th Massachusetts Vol 8, A. Newman, Co, I, 2d Rhode Island Volunteers. Redmond Morris, Co. M, 24 United States artillery, Chas, Bowers, Co. G, Ist United States artillery. Thos. Burke, 2d New York Volunteer John F. Bird, Co. D, 4th Pounsylvania cavalry. Frantigan ——, Co.’G, 8th New York Volunteers. T. Kelley, CoB, 9th Massachusetts Volunteers. H. Cole, Co. C, 77th New York Volunteers. Stephen Kennedy .Co. D, 92d New York Volunteers; M. L. Farra, Co. B, 49th Pennsy!vania Voiunteers. John Sullivan, Co. D, 1021 New York Volunteers. H. Goodrich, Co. G, 101st New York Volunteers. Laundress ——, Co. C, 24 United States cavairy. ‘Albert Goodman, Co. H, 57th New York, Abrabam Bates, Co. H, 86th New York Volunteers, to. D, 86th New York Volunteers. Co. D, Cameron Ritles. Francis Grosfert, 8th New York battery. Dunbam, Co. K, 86th New York Volunteers. PAROLE OF A REBEL CHAPLAIN. Lirutenant—Robert F. Bradford, Acting Masters—Thomas B. Sears, Prince 8. Borden, “ting ssdant Paymasier—usso P. Woodbury. aenae toad iagienes daa iah Talbot. pani a fev. M: MeV igh, of Londtn county firgintn,; whe; wab':| ¢ Ms eens, Rae ARM. IBY ap made a/prisoner a few véceks ago whil i Acting Mbsters’” Male-—W.W. Leonard, . Carver, ma to age wile Serving ao char | ccongeW, Majpell, Alexander Atwood.” : lain to a rebel regiment, was yesterday released from the old Capitol prison on parole,to return again within About three bundred and sixty carpenters and mborera binety days unless in that time he sball procure the ex- |°%! twenty-five other mechanics were discharged from ehiange for himself of Rev. Dan. P. Lee, chaplain of a | He same*yard withw afew days. The payroll for March Union regiment, new. prisoner to the rebels. Nhs becn reduced six hundred names, leaving about three P thonsand two hundred men now at'worls, Many of those ARREST OF A PICKET SHOOTER. discharged have bocn ompkoyed for a year. Dr. jeer: aimtribataesGcatt ts onde: ‘The new United States/steam gunboat Cimerone, built ickets, jterda; pickets, was arrested yesterday, south of the Occoquan, | y's yersnon, at Bordentown, N, J., was successfully a cabin: yaurched on Saturday dfternoon at four o'clock, in the THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. presence of a large number of people from Bordentown, FIRST SESSION ‘Trenton and other places. Tho vessel is 218 feet long, ian her breadth of beam 36 feet, depth of hold 11 feet 5 inches, and dranght of water 6 feet 9 inches. Her build is similar to that of the Miami}, launched from the Nav¥ Yard at Philadelphia last November; being flat bottomed’ with a radder at cach end, guarded by an iron cutwater. ‘This construction will enable her to enter narrow rivers: or inlets, and retire from them without the necessity of turning. ‘The cerem of clu istening was performed by Miss Elie Newell, daughter of the ex-Governor, mate, Wasuincron, March 21, 1862. OUR NAVAL FIGHTING MEN. Mr. Hats, (rep.) of N. H., introduced a bill to provide for an equitable settlement of the accounts of the officers and sailors of the frigate Congress and other yess ols, P assed. NATIONAL FOUNDRIES AND ARSENALS. On motion of Mr, Kina, (rep.) of N. ¥., the bill to es. tablisb a national foundry was taken up. Mr. Grewes, (rep.) of Iowa, moved that the bill be re ferred to aspecial commiti: eget five, together with the bill for the arsenal and armory at the West. After a discussion the bilis were referred to a special committee. SLAVERY IN TUM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—THR SENATORS DON’T LIKE 18 SMOKE. ‘The bill for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia was then taken up. As the Senate chamber was full of emoke from tho bakeries under the Capitol, Mr. Gumes, (rep.) of lowa, moved to adjourn, They could not sit there in the smoke, Mr. |, (Union) of Va.—(in his seat )—Bakeries! Mr. , (rop.) of Me., asked what had become of the bili to remove the bakeries from the Capitol. Mr. Foor, (rep.) of Vt., said the bill was passed by the Serate and voted.down by the House. Mr. Avtuony, (rep.) of R. 1., suggested that the House be informed that the Senate was obliged to adjourn on account of the smoke. Mr. Frseexpey thought it would bo better to request the House to have the bakeries moved to their side of tho tol. motion to adjourn was lost—Yeas 18, nays 19 THE PRESIDENTS RACOGNITION OF COMMODORE DUPONT'S SERVICES, A mersago was received from the President recom- mending a vote of thanks to Commodore Dupont. On motion of Mr. Wirsox, (rep.) of Mass., the Senate went into executive session, and, on the opening of dgors, adjourned till Monday: Sr. Lows, March 21, 1862. Mr. Beadle, one of the oldest citizens of Memphis, ar- rived here last night. He reports that there are but three rebel regiments now between New Madrid aad Memphis, and that they are stationed at Fort Pillow. ‘The rebel government is manufacturing pikes at Mern- phis for the new levies, but less than a hundred men have responded to the Inst call of the Governor, The raiiroads termivating at Memphis are being con- nected, so that all the rolling stock can be sent down the New Orleans road when necessary. Soldiers Barracks Destroyed at Madison, Wisconsin, Miwacker, Wis., March 21, 1862. Two hundred feet of the barracks at Camp Randall, at Madison, were burned on the night of the 19th inst. Two soldiers were burned to death. A quantity of equipments and baggage were also dostroyed. - The People of Nashville Can Now be Hu- moro} (From the Nashville jot, March 16.) €U.8.—A gentleman with theabove initials appeare the | at present to be doing a thriving business in our city in hardware, cutiory, mules, horses, wagons, produce, &c. He keeps a large force of employes for the purpose of ex- ++ $5,676 +4114 002 5,08 Commerce A Pacific Railroad hibiting his hardware and showing his stock. We have District of Coa. mee Sy palisied’ tadetr'eh, sea, | aPlied fora dowry im hisemtate. © RevoluvionaryeClaimns PENSIONS TO THE GUNDOAT MEN, Police telligonce. Public Expenditures. ‘The House passed the bill to secure to pilots, engineers, SrverLar Case oF INCENDIAWISM ON StaTEN ISLAXD.—The Petrochem : sailors and crews on gunboats their pensious. residents of Elliotville, Staten Island, have been seri. Indian Affairs. . THE GATURDAY RECESSES, ously annoyed by the acts of an incendiary of late. Week Military Affaire Mr. Sravens, (rop.) of Pa., suggested that the House do | aster week the work of destruction continued, without Naval Agiit®.. not adjourn over to-morrow, as he desired to devote that | any clue to tho perpetrator, At last the authorities were Foreign Aiftire....... day to several measures deemed important by the Treasu- | roreed to send to New York for a couple of detectives for Terriwrice.. Wears ry Department, tho purpose of ferreting out the guilty party, which pater oon Ay apy Mr, VaLLaxpramam, (opp.) of Ohio, inquired how soon, | juckily resulted ina complete success, Detectives Tie- Roads and Canals in the oyinion of Mr, Stevens, Congress would bo able to man aud Roach, who were entrusted with the delicate Patents * Public Buildings Miloay ier ravens replied that depended on how many ob- | task, were completely in the dark at first, but aftor jections were le to the Tax and other bills. So far as working on the case for several days they ae the Committee on Ways and Means are concerned, the Poncion, veeicof business woult enable tho House to adjourn by | fuspected a sailor named Joseph D. Raird. The ed hin the first of May. man, it appears, was formerly an Inmate of Sailors’ Contencts for Mr. VALLANDIGHAM hoped 40. Snug Harbor, but, being discharged for somo cause, Contracts for Government Supplir Loyalty of Government émployes National Armory. Western Defences... Total... MPN Ts tragh. 7. The report states that the larger of tho stationery chargod to the Military Committee was furnished to sol- diers in the army, at the request of members, THE CASE OF POSTMASTER WAKEMAN, OF THIS CITY, ‘The Senate to.day disagreed to tho motion to recon- sider the vote by which Abram Wakeman was recently confirmed as ostmaster of New York, The appointment is, therefore, conclusive. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AFFAIRS, ‘The Provost Marshal General of the Army of the Poto- mac and his subordinates have, in obodience to a general order, turned over to Brigadier General Wadeworths military Governor of the District of Columbia, Mr. Stevexsadded—Hut we must work moro hours, haps, sit during evenings. ayeert ue TnaoaTe RoANOR, hg ir, Sepowrer, (rep) . Y., introduced @ joint reso. tation, when was jaseed, authorising the Secretary of the Navy to cause the steam frigate Roanoke to bo tron clad and otherwise aitered and improved, in his discre- tion, at the earligst possible day. TUM TAX ILL AMENDMENTS ADOPTED, ‘The louse concurred in the Senate's amendments to the bill for the better regulation of the law of priz ‘The House then went into Committee of the the Tax bill, Mr. Colfax, (rep.) of Ind., in the chair, carned & living by taking care of the boats and yachts ot gontiemen in the neighborhood. He was amore these who denounced the tneiliciency of the Fire Depart. mont of Staten Island, and strongly urged the establish- ment of @ private watch system. Indeed he had so (ar interested himself in the matter as to circulate a petition for hisappointment as private watchman, and had tained the signatures of many citizens to the paper. The officers sus,ected that the fires were instituted by Baird for tho express purposo of facilitating Je on | his plans in regard to bis’ appointment as watchman, and it was Cerne mod wo ca theereuing ~ he proceedings were contined to the sectio upon all his movements accordingly. of it Oxing iieonses. a haha the 12th inst, Baird's own house oregueee 2 on Among the amendments adopted is the fotlowing:— | fire, and the officers hayponmg i 00 ie ae tiate That wholesale liquor dealors, including those who sell | neighborhood at att pe aoe and ex. disijited spirits, formented liquors and wines of all kinds, | tinguished the flames. Hr} ~y i o 0 ApPAriMmenis shall pay one hundred dollars for each license. the oMicers found that ® lot of ‘shavings sattrrated w ith Mr, Morris, (rep.) of Ohio, offered the following — camphene had been | a oan = jooring, = that oived, That the Unitod'states ought to co-operate | ail the oocupant’sclo(liing: value HeProperig; had been ny State which may adopt a gradual abolishment | packed "pin sheets and p cers at i. int door, ready (or evils resulting from the sale of intoxicating | removal at a moment's notice. Tt was evident that the place had been fired by au incendiary, and the detectives the baildings and premises occupied in tho tty | MN CisEa in tin discretion: to eompengate for she jocsrs | were cot slow In arFiving at couclision as to who the of Washington, and all the public property be. | Yenlencer, public and private, produced by euch achangs | &viity party was. Daltd, who was in the nuichborliood longing thereto, The Provost Marshal’s off. | of system. at the time, was promptly arrested and eonveyed to jul. Upon searching his person a box of friction matches ‘aa a piece of candle were found in his possession, which (onded (0 strengthen the evidence of his gait most ma- terjally. The officers supposed thet the object to be at. tained in fring his own dweiling was to divert any es. picion which might point towards him, bet luckily th presence of the detectives: eer all his plane. Among tho property sw 1 to bavé been destroyed by the prisoner were the barns of Messrs, Hubert, Staples, Brit. ton and Housemam, the Episcopal chnreh. the bath ahd fears’ grocery store, Baird was taken, defer Justice Moggerty on Vhorecay, and committed for examination ‘This resolution was received with much laughter. Mr. Rice, (rep.) of Me. , wanted to incroage the licouso on the eget liquor dealore. If the, nation isto take (be wi sin, they shonid be as high as possible. Me Scavihs wanted to know hw movet the wagon of sin were worth. He was for confining the price to the mount i. ete i} Serensing the license of retail dealers who sell liqhor# in lose quantities than three gallons, from ‘dollars for each licente, failed. om twenty to Oty date he House adjourned Wit Mon cor bas been withdrawn from Washington, and all the force employed in the. milttary police of the city is under the command of General Wadaworth, a8 Military Governor of the District. Gene. ral Wadsworth has established bis headquarters in the building heretofore used and occupied by the Provost Marshal, The Provost Marshal Goneral, and his subordi- nates, have algo turned over to Brigadier General Wade. arth all the miitary prisons within thd District of | day.