The New York Herald Newspaper, April 26, 1862, Page 10

» ‘THE ARMY BEFORE YORKTOWN. Interesting Reports from the Scene of Operations. _ Lively Picket Firing and Cannonading. . Mutiny of an Trish Brigade in the Rebel Service. * GUNBOAT EXPLOITS IN YORK RIVER, &e., &e., &e. Gar Army Correspondence, Came Wixristy Scort, Nxaz Younrown, April 22, 1862, Tnamcceasfud Attempts of the Revels to Sheik ore Camgn—En- Pagement Between the Union Guuboats ard the Retet Bat- terics—Capture of & Spy—Rumoret Death of @ Rebel Brigadter General—Fifect of Berdan’s Sharpshooters—The Weather, de., be. This afternoon the rebels gave a cannonading exhibi- tion, which, in & pyrotechnic aad acoustic pout of view, might be set dowa asa brilliant performance, but tn ‘every other regard was a failure. Wo bad a large fatigue party af work abeut a mile in frout of the intrenchments eo the enemy’s left. Suddenly they opened with ® volley of artillery, sending over about half ® dozen sholle in the direction of our men. All the @elis foll short, expending their murderous contents Barmieisly in the uppor air. The simultaneousness 0: the firing, the thundering roar and size of the shells, ‘produced, as it naturally would, considerable excitement ‘among our troops. Many believed that the bail had ‘@pened in carnest. ‘There was a good deal of heavy firing this evening Between our gunboats and the rebel batteries on our wight. Nonoof the ene:ny’s shots took effect. Several cur shells exploded inside the enemy’s works, end it is believed with destructive effect. The ‘@ficacy of our gunboats is incontestible. They Dave preveuted the rebels from iutrenching themselves Deiow Cioveester Point, and, by shelling the encom- passing woods, have scared thom so effectually that the shadow of arebel has mot been seen there for several ter Brodhead captured a rebel spy to-day, @ear Back Creek Landing. The representative of Secessia ‘was cultivating his flexor, engor and pectoral muscies 4m propelling a rowboat, ihe prow directed rebel down- ward. of Mr. Brodhead, telling hibition of the menacing Mouth of a Minie rifle, caused a dropping of the oars and surrender of the aquatic adventurer. He was taken $o headquarters. As to the number, condition and intend- ed future movemenis of the rebeis, be is reticentiy Js tovday, but I have been unable to although itis said to come fro: Aesorter, tha: a sixg!! dred (rom onr side the otber day killed a revel brigadier genora!, the Aeld officer of the other officer story obtained cre- the enemy, the story is @f descriers as to their offect One thing is indisputa- more probable than imp Die, that the joint action of ors has liad ten t e rebels, ali their ari ons 10 our one—Las had on us eyesore'to them. They do not under style of rifle band'ing. and such wnerring a sbote at long range has cansed a universality of derment it is bard to get y a A number of vol rgeons have arrived, and proffered their services in the contingency of their being fernired to aid in taking caro of tae sick wad wounded, the number of which is expected to proportionately mul- Qiply as warm weather and ihe siege advances. Com- manding generals and vrigade and regimental surgeons have received them with thst cor diaity due to this- liberal oller of their services. The list contains the names of loading pdysivians in nearly all oar Eastern and Western cities. Meantime the health of the troop: continues as good as j ‘has been at any time for months past. Thoso who are sick capive the best care that can be given them woather bas cleare:! ad we are having a touch of summer weather again. No one who has never beeu within the precincts 01 this peninsular section of Virginia would believe it possible that two days’ rain could make such improssicn on the roads. ‘The mud in some places is bub deep, and, with ioundering mules, upset wagons, bro- ken tongues, and laying corduroy roaiis, there are a good many teamsters now who are doing an itumense quantity efewearing. The subject admits of it, ifany subject can fnetify emphatic ives. Fortunately, it mate of torrid sunshine aad quicksand, the med will be to sand in a day or two, ‘Two rebel deserters have just come in as I am closing Uhis letter. As far asi cun learn thoy give nofacts re- garding the enewy additional to the statements of form. ‘oF deserters. Came Wivrreip Scorr, Nagar Yoretowy, April 24, 1862. Movements of the Rebeis—Lhe Reoolt Among the Irish Con. frmed—Les Firing Bavoven the Piclets—Effect of Ber- dan’s Sharpshoo'ers—Tie Coriexponden's of the Eocning Post and Harp-r's Weekly to be Sent Home, &c., dc. A deserter, a young and intelligent Iad, belonging to an Slabama regiment, caine within our lines this morning. @ good dea of his information is very important, but iw proper for publication. He coullrms the statements of Me deserting rebel colovel andj lieutenant who came @ithin our lines ou our lefi, regarding the refusal of ta lrish brigade among the rebel troops to continue in frmeazainst the Union army. The refusal originated from their seeing an Irish regimental flag on onr side. Mesight of the shamrock aud harp of Eria, around which We galiant sous of the Emerald Isle Lave for centuries *allied with such devotiwal unity, revived the old fooling a brotherhood, They said they would nol Aight, ancl they wilt not, As described to me by the young the scene of the surrewler of their arms was ove of grand iimpressiveness—one uf thosa sublime scongs in na. tional history of rarost exhib aud only catied ow that deepest intensity of internal stroggie wherein are fevenied the highest an uoblost traits of humani tahibition of that moral grandeur and lofty dignity posts Qed painters grasp as their Attest themes, but crsay in wain to fittingly memorialize either in words of immortal tong or on the unfading canvass. The entire net, the Orsi firm resolve, ite announcement, giving up (heir arms tnd colors, facing the penalty of death that might be meted ont to them, shows aspirit of martyrdom and sarnest self-sacriice that savorafof the wild war legends ef Cromwell's tie. Alabamiao t@ great rejoicin by the rebel bri fighting furor thst existed among them previous to this event it is increased now. They have a dew stimulus to ow held pri- eoners on the 0! side of the onemy ‘sfintreachments Dering the past twenty-four hours there has been bot iitele Oring on either side. Our gunboats hare not fired ‘shot, and the enemy's guns, on their left, have pre- derved like silence. A few shots havo been exchanged from bebind the enemy's aud"our intrenchmonts, but re. sulting, as most of the rebel shots do, harmlessly to us, we is every day less firing betweon the pickets Vhe Hercan Sharpshooters stili keep the rebels in whole- forme quirtade The latter have precipitously descended trom the audacious altitude they oceupied on our advent, and their visits to. their parapets are now like angel Vinits, fow and far betwoen. I might give you an interesting chapter on camp ru- ‘mors. |t is these floating re: itals—those sy billine leaves, vevered with portentous oewr—that give many news- Fant correspondents worlds of anxioty and wild chasing bey hear of terrible batties on our centre, followed by ooounts of desperate fighting on our left, ments aro said to be cut up amd general the wholesale and there are mingled r nce, capiiations, magazines explosions and inunda- tions. * amusing to read the letters of some of these correspondents, who, in qeir eagerness to ee rivals not wait to trace’the ramors, doit them down, with all their enveloping of im probability. AS @D instance, 1 papers the other Gay give 20 account Of a boitie in which it wax stated a Uten regiment had been all cut to piec teen men coming Out o ¢ took place, aad the r » she enjoyment of its fu and men, and ready, in be in wailing for iis parti $ be cnt up in the ran dattle alt little thing. im | dont of the Worl) | v of how the ret ¢ Ariny of the Poior: «actually elevate: pies in the and men at work on then: tue robeis would b truth ait, whieh there ie g with the improving weather Dlished now, so that letters come with promptitude and otis regiment eu Dr wre) 14 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1862—TRIPLB SHEET. Siiliedh Sichiteeins. from San Francisco to China and Japan, The bilthas | while the back of the sentinel on duty noar by wae ‘mishors on our Hine two miles above Lee’s Mill. Two rebel regiments were reporged to be drawa up in live of ‘Dattle on our side of the os@Uk that separates us from the enemy , and an attack was made, thongh only by # party Of two hundred. They advaneod rapidly through the wood, and fired upon the picketa of the Seventh Maine regiment, killing two and wounding three, Orders had deen issued that no fire of skirmishors should be re- turned; #0 that our boys bad only the bayonet. With this they managed to get at pretty close quarters with ‘tne enemy, who, after the exchange of a few ‘ prods,” hastily departed. Several men of the exemy were unded. Gen. Keyes, who was upon the spot, {a satvilod that there were several armed negroes this ty. One prisoner was taken, i Ee i = < E appears, howe: iu this tine climate. x Skirmishes take place continually all wick river, though the rebels are not vory turous. On Monday the Teaser once more ran up 7 § Bg Fa Warwick river as far as Young’s House, and favored our woes, in ee eee her notice. ana one hundred-pouad shot, one of which passed entirely shrough Young’s barn, Nobody hurt. Our men there have collected avery nice little stack of the Teaser’s mis+ sivos, dot one of which has been fatal, On Monday General Smith was authorized to send out a fag of truce, which was met by the cnemy, and there ‘was a cessation of hostilities from noon till nearly night- fall. It is given out that this troce was for an exchange of prisoners. Four had been take by Smith’s men, and four by thoenemy; but no exchange was made, as the four taken from us had been sent ‘‘on to Richmond.” Whether it took from noon till night for the rebeis to em what they had doue with four men is pot a Three contrgbands came in from above Lee’s Mill to General Keyes’ headquarters @ few nighte since. They Were very intelligent and made some smportant state- ments as to the eneiny’s force, which one of thom said wag at least eighty thousand mon. ‘They represented the ouemy’s Works as very extensive. Army Desertions—Correction. TO THR EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Heapquanrens Nixery-u:Guin RucmsEnt P. V, Case Winrixip Scorr, Va., April 21, 1862. ‘Will you please to allow afow lines a space in your valuable paper, in order to correct a report, dated War- wick Court House, April 15, which appeared in your edition of the 18th inst. Two mon, a sergeant and a Private, supposed to be desorters, who on Sunday, the 18th inst., crossed the Warwickfriver, and were conse- quently captired by the rebeis, did not belong to this ent, a8 your correspondent stated, but to the 102d, Thirteenth regiment Penusylvania Volunteers. Since we left the District of Columbia, nearly one month ago, we have not lost a single man, either by death or otherwise, aud the mea generally enjoy excellent health, e auxiously awaiting orders to advance upon the enemy, in order to prove to their excellent commaader, Col. John F. Ballier, and their Seid aad staff officers geve- rally, tho effects of strict discipline and long continued practice, Yours, very respectfully, LOUIS J. LADNER, Adjutant 98th regiment f. V., Peok’s Brigade. General Magruder’s Address to His Rebel soldiers. HeavquarctaKs ARMY OF THR PENINSULA, Yorcrows, Va., March 4, 1862. To 18 AgMy OF Tite Penineciss— Comzapes—-The term of service for which mary of od igabout to expire. Your country, invaded gelent foo, agaiu demands your help—your fivesides polluted by the pre my,or silent in thefr desola- in captivily er in exile—our altars of Our religion desecrat. ruthiess tyrants who,have dared o vowed oar conquest or our destruc. 9 and avenge ovr slaughtered their fate. OC what worth oi end profaned. toiayade us b: tion. Itis fo y sh n OF is} hous liberty '—peace at the expese f honor7-— ri yerld without a bow our fathers illett life, fortume and sacred honor in our first war 0 boast, or was it the st their right® avd dared tne Revolution culminate: umph on these plains of Yorktown. Uemenis on the heights of York are turned, in this sec- oad war,ol liberty, against the enemies of our country. You breathe the air aud tread the soil consecrated by the presence and the hersisim of our patriotic sires. Shel we, their gons, imitate their example, or basely bow the neck to the yoke of the oppressor? I know your answer! You remembor your wrongs, and you are resolved toavenge them. True to the iustincts of pa- jon, You will not fill a coward’s grave; you joring with alacrity to the death grapple with the foe, nor relinquish the strife Lili vietory crowneour arms. apendence, was it an empty ive of freemen who knew cad them? The long war of leugth in victorious tri. ‘hose frowning bat- ‘and conquer though they die. It is therefore without surpriae that your com- mauding general has learned of your purpose to re- enlist this holy #iroggie, and that you bear with erfulness end constancy, worthy of his highest admiration, the disappointment of withdrawing from you the furloughs 40 visit your homes which the government promised you, aud which the present danger of our beloved country alone forbids it to grant. Whea the war is ended, in that hour of triumph you will be proad to remember that by your sufferings and sacrifices, uo less than by your valor, you though reverses and disasters have recently befallen us, jet usremember that truth is eternal, and that Codis just. His arm is our trust,and the great Ruler of nations and of men will protect the right and crowa with victory the nobleand the brave. i vuge theo. Our enemy, dead to the bt while their coffers are un- ir king. Their god is gold. The war which intensifies ruins of their cities, and, with arms ia our hands, dicta terms of pace on their own soil. J. BANKHEAD MAG Major General Commanding. New England Soldiers’ Relief Assocla- tio: This a-sociation has fitted v Duilding No. 194 Broadway aa a hospital, for w four floors of the spacious 1 ed soldiers in transite through this city from the seat of war. The part of tho buijding set aside for this purpore is 630 feet long by 25 bro The rear part of tho Grst floor has beeu fitted up as a committee apothecary shop end store room. Tho front part is converted futo @ sitting room, surgeon's operating room and general assombly ro ‘The hh ote for the ne hondred and ting: ‘The fourth snd and third floors are 4 There is a attached, for rp who mey to got up the stairs, of the association waa held on Tuesday evening in their mi wp. Mr. Charles Goaid ¢ 8 of the last Mr, Lowe, Chatrman of the Pia ported that $5,000 would be req’ the sasoctation, taking into cei 103, Subscription lists hac been issued, and bo was bay) state that thus (ar$2,455 § ¥. A. Hows said that Drs. Buek and Stone mmitiee of two, appoiuted by the New York surgeons, had inspected the building, expressed their ox tire apppoval of {ie internal arrangements, and vilerud to take entire charge of the medical dapartment. Oa motion i: a" resolved to give the charge of the medical dope 1 to Drs, Buck, Stowe and rt. On motive armpelce, of Vermont, was admitted a member 0; (he association, Mr. Perkins waa also ad- mitted. A yote of (hanks was pessed to Mr. Francie Loutrel for a present of aceonnt books to the suseciation, and abso to Mr. A. ‘f. Stewart fora present of a splendid carpet. tives the members of the asgociation had made en in- spection of the buuding ha | sat down toa splendid col- jation, prepared by Colonel Howe; after the discussion of which several speeches were mado in behalf of the assovintion, and the proceedings wound up very harmo- niously. The Women’s Auxiliary Committes of the New Fag- land Soldiers’ Relief Association is divided into five weekly o ittees, and they are expected to attend at the house No, 19 Broadway on each day of their ro- spective weeks. Obituary. SIR JAMES Os ROSS, THE AROTIO BXPLORER, From the Lap don Post, April 6.) * Admiral Sir James Clark Rose, the Arctic voyager, died at Ayloetn on Thursday, aged 62. The deceased way the third gon of Mr, Geonge Ross, of Baleorrock, in ve county of Gallgway, and nephew of Sir Jobu Resa, KO. b., and W fen in 1900. He entered the navy i 1412; bocatne Rear Admiral of the White ia 1569, served all che i oxpeditions for the discovery of Uw riiwout Pastage frown 1818 to 1489; (soovered and o British flag on the North etic Poi » relieve the frozen whalers tn Baflin’s Bay, \1 1888; eo.ninauded the expedition to the Antarctic 'egicus. from 1830 to 1848; attained the bighest latitude ever yet reached. (78 degreos 19 sec 4 approached within vo huwdeed aud wixey miles of the pis Test crs aed ine atlanta | South Magnetic Suir. tthe correspondent Weeks y have veen | apa ani leay Bravquanrene Founrt Anwy Corrs, April 24, 1868. The Affair ot Leet Mil~A Hel Battery Worked by Ne groes-—Operations of the Teaser onthe Werwiek Rivera Flag of Trove Arrivat of Conirniands—The Pnamy Represented (o ve Bighty Thowsa Vosverday there ware very g, te wr Levween alin | yg cu Arrivals and Departures. ARRIVALS. LivenroorSteamship Bohemian at Poriland—Mes Bute ue, F OWE a T we 3 1, Cay Siw Mi yin, F Wiken, Mr’ Donw, BJ: Me Court, wite end elilld; Aire Méysey, i Reokine oe the #igeragee GENERAL MDOWELL'S ADVANCE. Interesting News from the Army on the Rappahannock. Impadent Declarations of the City Council of Fredericksburg. Good Order and Health Among the Troops. - ‘The Rappahannock River Clear of Obstructions, &., &e. &o. - ‘Wasmaroy, April 25, 1862. ‘The correspondent of tho Hang at Fredericksburg sends the following:— FREDERICKABURG, April 23, 1862. Better order never existed in an army than has pre- vailed among the troops occupying Falmouth. fhe stringent order directing all plunderers aad marauders to ‘be shot, if dctocted m the act, elfectually prevented apy destruction of property whatever during our advance upen Fredericksburg, and since the occupation of our present quarters but asingle depredation has been commit ted, which was itself immediately atoned for and the perpetrators punished. Captain Gibbons, of the Fourth artillery, aud recently appointed Brigadier General, was made Provost Marshal of the brigade when our forces occupied Falmouth, and has preserved such admirable order that the most violent secessionists freely admit that they have suffered far less inconvenience than when the rebels held possession hore. Auy soldier found enter- tug a house, sive in the execution of an order, or with = permit from headquarters, is severely punished, and none are permitted to leave their camp unless upon duty. Afew days since Gen. McDoweil found a small portion of a fence destroyed, in the vicinity of a camp, and although it was uot positively kuown that our own troops had used the raiis, the mon were ordered into the woods, whore they cut and aplit rails and robuilt tho fonce, leaving it in mudh better condition thin it had apparently ever been before. The sanitary condition of the troops is unexampled. Aftor the exhausting march of thirty miles in Jess than twenty-four nours, during tho hottest aay of the sea- son, and for the most part in the face of the enemy, less than seventy-five wore reported on the sick list, includ. jngthe wounded, Notwithstanding a pitiless storm of wind and rain, which beat down incessantly for twelve hours after the occupation of our present position, few of the men are suffering, even from colds, and the regiments turn out on paradeia fuer order and appearance than when camfortably eascon ze in their winter quarters. The wounded are progressing admirably, aud promise toresume thoir daties 00a. Brigade Sargeoa Pauch, by" his tact and foresight has secured the frieudship of every resident tn Falmouth, and is daily offrod tho use of most commodious aa beautifully sitaated residences for hospitals. The sick and wounded have all been re- moved from the church, where they were first placed, to several fine houses in the village, and are provided with iva, lemons gathored Cresh from the trees, and inuumera- bie otber little luxuries, which goso far towards allevi ating the suffering of hospital experience. The dead havo ali beea interred in the old Revolution- ary burying-ground—a spot where their rolatives may ‘Wasmnaron, April 25,1862. THE WITEDRAWAL OP Mi. WELLES FROM THB NAVY Notwithatanding the contradictions published im the ‘Times and Ir®une, the truth of the HmnsLn’s statement, tm reference to ® change in the Navy Department, will ‘ere long Qe shown by the fact of the retirement of Mr, ‘Welles. Captain G. V. Fox, the present Assistant Seore- tary, has been prominently mentioned in connection with the suecession, During the whole term of this ad. ‘ministration, whatever of energy has been exhibited in this Department is attributable entirely to Captain Fox. THE RECOGNITION OF HAYTI AND LIBERIA. ‘The bili which passed yesterday, providing for the es- tablishment of diplomatic relations with Hayt! and Libe- ria, authorizes the President to appoint to each of these republics a diplomatic representative of the United States, to be an acoredited Commissioner and Consu} General, with an annual salary of four thousand dollars. THE MERRIMAQ, { ‘The report that the Merrimac is being covered with iron plates three feot lower than she was before is not credited here. Plates three inchos thick and threo feet wide, and ofthe length necessary, provided they have them on hand in Norfulk—vlwh they have not—will weigh, in rough estimate, abv..: .uo hundred and twelve tons. She would haveto be in the dry dock for at least four wooks. It would require a force of two hundred men to do the work in that time. After it was done she would draw at least one foot more wator than at present, and this would very materially interfere with the work- ing of her casomate guns, rendexjng them practically ineffective. RECEPTION OF THE MINISTER OF SALVADOR, Senor Don Lorenzo Moutufar has presented#hig Creden- tials to the President as Minister of the republic of Salva- dor. Ho said his gowornment iid ordered him to say that it earnestly dosires the poace, prosperity and glory of the United States, over which our Executive ao taith- fully presides, adding that the people of Salvador are pro- gressive and eminently American, and that they offer up their prayers to Heaven that the great people of the United States may ever prosper, and that the republic founded ‘by the immortal Washington may each day become more powerful and manifest stronger sympathics with the people of the American continous, who profese their prin- ciples and love their institutions, ‘The Presideut replied that republicanism in this coun- try is demonstrating its adaptation to the highest inte- rests of society aad tho preservation of the State itself against the violence of faction. Elsewhere on the Ameri- cam continent it is struggling against the inroads of anarchy, which invites foreign intervention. Let the American States, therefore, draw closer together, and animate and reassure each other, and thus prove to the world that, although we have inherited the errors of ancient systems, we aro nevertheless capable of com- pleting and establishing the new one which we have chosen. zation and happiness of mankind. THE CONFISCATION BILLS LAID ON THE SHELF FOR On the result largely depend the progress, civili- THE PRESENT. The Confiscation bills are put at rest for a season in the Senate as well as in the House, by reference toa solect committee. The committees will probably study law a little, and public opinion a good deal, before they report on the aubject. A NEW OONFISGATION BILL. Senator Cowan, of Pennsylvania, introduced a new con- Aiscation bill, which, upon his motion, was, together with ail bills, substitutes and ataendiments relating to the pun- jsbment of rebels and tho forfeiture and confiscation of their property, referred to a select committe of five, who wards die a thousand deaths; brave men die but once, |> | daty it shai aro not yet namod. Mr, Cowan’s bill is supplementary to the existing act relating to treason, and provides that in addition to capital punishment, the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the person convicted of the crime shall be immediately forfeited, and sold at public sale for the bengilt of the United States,and also tho useof his real estate during his lifetime. Also that whon a true bill of indictment for treason has been found by a grand jury against a person not yet arrested, or who, having been arrested, has escaped, process of out- lawry shall be issued, under the rules to be proscribed by the Supreme Court; and if not found and arrested after three months notice, their property shall be for- feited as aforesaid. Tho rights of such persons to ser- vice and labor of slaves ts also forfeited, and the slaves setfree. This act is to apply to persons who may be guilty of treason after the Bet day of May next. THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACT INVESTIGATING COM- ‘MITTEE. well leave them to rest. The eavalry rogimonts have well nigh supplied thoir Joss of horses with those found throaguout the country without owners, and aro agaia in readiness for another dash upon the rebels, A wrong impression prevails throughout the country relative to the organization of the Harris cavalry regiments, There are two regiments in the service—the Ira Harris and the Harris Light cavalry— {Ue latter being connected with Gen. King’s division, and whose briliant conduct has won such @ reputation for the Ire Harris cavalry, serving at @ distant post. Gene ol Ning has established his headquarters at the house of Mr. Phillips, in the immediate vicinity of the headquarters of General McDowell, who occupies the residence of Mr. Lacy, Aid to General Smith, of the rebel army. ‘The flotilla succeeded in clearing the Rappahannock of obstructions, and reached Fredericksburg o@fatarday. Work has commonced on the Aquia creek afid Fred- ericksburg Railroad, which will soon be in running order. The railroai bridge over the Kappahannock will, of course, be immediately rebuilt. General McDowell is indefatigable in pushing forward the erection of bridges and establishment of supply depots, devoting much of his time required for rest to the personal supervision of the work,and often passing the entireday with but a single meal. Mr. Paine, civil and topographical engineer, attached to General McDowell’s staf, is busily engaged in prep: ing a map for tho uso of the General, giving the locality of every crossroad and stream, together with aa outline of the face of the country. Mach valuable jaformation relative to the course and condition of the roais south of us has been obtained from contrabands and residents of Fredericksburg. Aa immense amount of flour remains in Fredericks- burg, and over a thousand bushels of corn are now at The spoech of Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, in reply to the extraordinary attacks made upon the committee on “government contracts, by Thaddeus Stevens, attracted great attention in the House. The committee has been attacked twice during the absence of al; its mombers from the House. On the last occasion Mr. Stevens said the committee had committed greater frauds upon the Treasury than they had detected. The reply of Mr. Dawes was very able and terribly severe. Mr. Stevens absented himself, although afew moments before Mr. Dawes had notified him that he was about to reply to his assaults upon the integrity of the commit- tee. His sarcasms were so cutting that Mr. Kelly, of Philadelphia, ratliod to the dofence of his colleague, but Mr. Dawes’ rejoinder was still more caustic and powerful than his previous speech. Those who relish personali- ties will look with interest for the reply of Mr. Stevens, AGCIDENT TO THE NEW YORK TRAIN—A NUMBER OF PERSONS INJURED, the mills, b ground for the uso of the troops. ‘The cotton factory in Falmouth continues to run as Tho morning express train from New York was de. usual, and a small store supplies the soldiers with a | tsined two hours seven miles erst of Havre de Grace by ready means ofjdisposing of their money, fabulous prices | anaccident. Tho passenger car at the end of the train in sweeping acurve was thrown off against a dirt car and stove in, The wife of Simon F, Ximmerman, of Williamsburg, and two children; Mr. Nelson, of New ve asked for the most trifling articlos. nunittes appointed by the City Council of Frede- urg waited upon General Augur lagi Saturday The rig! (ternoon, and presented him with adocument, of which | York, and two ladies of his party, and per- the following is" copy— haps dozen other persons were more or ‘Ata meeting of the Mayor and Common Conncil of the | less injured, several seriously; but mone supe town of Fredericksburg, held this 18th day of April, 1862, ja order to confer ag to What action is proper to be taken in the present position of the town, it was rered— ittee, consisting of the Mayor and Messrs. ‘don Wallace, Thos. B. Barton, Wm. e and John 8, Marya, Jr., be appointed, whose be to confer with the military commander res of the United States now threatening tho tion of this town, and that this conference be whenever said commander shall ask a communica. om these authorities. That eal ittee shall inform the commander that, inasmuch as the forcos of the Confederate States have evacuated the town, no resistance can or will be made to its occupation by the United States forces; but that these municipal authorities expoct and claim that adequate steps will be taken by the commander to insure protection to persous and property during such ocoupation, according to the recognized rules of civilized werfare; aud that said commander be further informed that the population of this town hava been in the past, and are now, in connection and fsentiment, loyal to the ing government of the State of Virginia and of the posed? to be fatally except aj young man, whose body with both legs crashed bolow the knee, was dragged out from under the car. Dr. Root, of the Blenker division hospital, with a surgeon of the Tenth New Jersey, was among our passengers, and remained behind with Pay- ter Pangborn to look after the éight wounded left in tho hospitable house at Charlestown station, Mr. Ray- mond, of the Timer, roceivoda slight cut over the eye. ARMY APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED BY THR SENATE. ‘The Sonate to-day, in executive session, confirmed the nominations of Goorgo Cadwallader, of Pennsylvania, and Georgo H. Thomas, of Virginia, as major generals, and Colonel Alfred Hl. Torry, of Connecticut, Mies S- Haskell, of Indiana; Major Henry W. Wessels, of the Sixth Jofantr$; Colonel Joba W. Geary, Mojor Samuel W. Craw: ford, of the Thirteenth Infantry, and Leonard F. Rose, of Indiana as brigadier generals of volunteers. Brigadier General James W. Reply, to be Chief of Ordinance, Confederate Btates of America, From the record. A copy test. G. F. CHEW, C.C. Contrabands are flocking in by scores, many of them poskgusing valnable informetion, From them I learn that the rebels hada regiment of mounted negroes, armed with sabres, at Manassas,and that the regiment is still in the service in the vicinity of Gordonavilis. € The reports of barbarities perpetrated wpon our doad at Boll ron have not boon exaggerated. The rebeis aug up the romaine of our soldiers, and made spurs of their jawbones, cutting up their skelotons into every cou- eojvable form;and sending the trinkets home to their friends. The rebel army is reported as being greatly demo- ralized by the recent Union victories, the mews of which the rebel authorities vainly endeavor to suppress. ‘Tho rebels quartered in Fredericksburg last week moved off towards Gordunaville, and it is believed are encainped but @ short dietance from this place, and Wm. A. Hammond os surgeon genesal, with rank of brigadier general; also Charles F. Garrett as Assistant Quartermaster, and Harvey A. Smith, of Kansas, as Coramissary of Subsistsnce, NOMINATIONS REPORTED REJECTED BY THE SENATE: ‘The Sonate, it is said, rejected Nathan Reeve as Assiat- ant Quartermaster, aud the following as brigadier gone. rals:—John Cochrane, H. H. Lockwood, Charles F. Clarke, sud Charles Dasa. CIVIL APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED, John Trimble, of Tennesseo, was confirmed as United States Attorucy for the Middle District of that State, MOMINATION @F GENERAL SICKLES. General Sickles has beon renominated by the Prosident ag Brigadier Goneral. It is understood that a change hag takon place in the opinion of Senators, and that his nomi. nation wiil be confirmed without hesitation. A BILL AFFECTING UNITED STATES MARSHALS AND OTHER OFFICERS. Mr. Wade, of Obio, introduced in the Senate to-day a bill important to United States marshalg and their associates. Ite provisions are, that all actions against marshals and other officers of the United States, founded upon arrests of persons suspect@l of being engaged in, or aiding the rebellion or securers of their property, trials whall be had in tho United States Circuit courts, and not in State courts, All sach actions now pending may be transforred, at the op- tion of the defendant, from the State courte to the Uniled United States Circuit Vourt; all such canses now of hereafter pending may be postponed from term to term, until the rebellion has been completely sup- Wasmtsvetos, Apr 26, 1862. ‘The Yankee has arrived from the neighborhood of Fredericksburg, and reports that ono day this week the ‘Anacostia, while passing Lowry’s Point, on the Rappa- hannock, was fired upon by a small body of rebel infant- ry. She throw a few sholis at them, which caused them ropidly to disperee. The flotilia is still actively engaged in seizing rebel craft, In all it has captured sixteen yal schooners NEWS FROM GENERAL BANKS’ ARMY. New Mancet, April@4, 1962 Hon, Kowix M. Sruxrom, Secretary of Wari Our advanced guard, Colonel Donvelly commanding, took Wiroe prigoners to-day ata point nine miles beyond Jiarrisonborg. One of them says he belongs to Company B of the Tenth Vieginio regiment of infaury, This regi- ment bas been om the Happahanvodk, secording to pre. vious information. Tae prisoner the regiment joined Jackson at bis pri t location, near Stanuarda- ville, from Culpepper. NP, BA 8, Major General Gommanding. proesed, and if, aftor the passage of this act, any private citizen shell cause an officer or servant of the United States to be arrested on process for a civil suit, for acts done in the discharge of his daty, such private citizen shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by fine and imprisonment, Partios aggriaved by acts of Hie United Statos officers may petition for the remedy to Congress. STRAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN SAN FRANCTSOO ANDOMWA, Senator Latham gained a signal triumph to-My, tn (ho pansoge of his Dill for @ ine Of arined mail eloame: been opposed strongly by some of tho most influemtial members of the Senate, but the untiring energy of Mr. THR PACIFIC RAILROAD. BILIn ‘The further consideration of this bil) is agreed on, in the House of Represontatives,for next week. if further action thoreon is postpoued till Deeember next it is very probable that the whole measure will be defeated; and for the reagon that the tax operation (if this latter is disposed of in both branches during the present session) will by that time draw immensely upon the purses of the people at large, and the ory will be for a decrease in the public expenditures; and hence, members will be in- clined to reject all such schemos, aud the enteringon the prosecution of any work—no matter how good it may bo—which is not absolutely netessary to carry on ‘the war. THE MILITARY RAILROAD ROUTE : INGTON. AND NEW. |... The following is the bill reported in the House by the Committee on Roads and Canals :— ae 1—The several direct lines of railroad leading from New York to Washington, through Philadelphia and Baltimore, with their connections in-said cities, and such branches or change of location as may be necessary to complete said connections, are military and postal routes, Src. 2—For the purpose of securing the more safe, speedy and economical transportation of troops, muni- tions of war and the mails over said roads, the@everal rall- road companies owning the same are herohyenihosiand under the supervision amd direction of the etary. War, and under such regulations and restrictions as he may prescribe, to enjoy and exercise all tho rights and powers to make and construct euch brauches and changes of location as may be necessary to improve oom. plete their connections in Philadelphia and Baltimoro, and for the establishment of ferries, construc- tion of bridges, and use ateam power, on and -over any or all rtions of said roads and their connections: provided, that full compensation shall be made toany or corporation for any damage cansed by the tal perty for any of the purposes eloramakd acuminate the laws of the State in which such property may be located. Su6, 3,—On all tho roads orfbranches of roads provided for in the citiesof Baltimore aud Philadelphia, locomo- tives shall uot bo run at rate of spond oxoceding elgh} miles per hour, and every precaution shall be used ‘against injury to persons and property. COM. FOOTE RELIEVED OF A PORTION OF MIS ARDUOUS DUTIES. Commodore Foote, owing to the wound received in the battle of Fort*Henry, has asked to be relieved from the command of the Western fleet. But the Navy Depart- ment, being unwilling to dispense with his important services just now in that quarter, have ordered Captain Charles H. Davis, one of the first and most efficient offi- cers of tho service, to repairto the squadron, as his second in command, thas relieving him from much of the physical labor of his responsible position, without end ingering the success of our naval operations in that quarter by withdrawing the supervision of his active ‘and able mind from them even fora day. THE DIFFICULTY BETWEEN MESSRS, VALLANDIGHAM ANO WADE. All is quiet along the linea between Vallandigham and Wade this evening, the Jatter having made no demonstra- tions in reaponse to the attack made upon him yesterday’ THE NAVAL ACADEMY. Prominent Marylanders are strongly urging the resto- ration of the Naval Academy to Avnapolis. The inajority in Congress appreciate and desire to recognize the patri- otic devotion of the Union men of Maryland, but they will never consent to restore to her the Naval Academy, until her people can prove themselves suiliciently loyal to dispense with the presence of a standing army to pro, tect the railroads from rebel vandalism and Union citi- zeus from rebel outrage. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF SENATOR PEARCE. ‘Tho illness of Senator Pearce, of Maryland, hes excited the alarm of his friends. It is thought he will not be able to recover. MRS, GREENHOW, THE REBEL PRISONER. Hon. Mr. Ely had @ long interview to-day with the potorions and defiant rebel female prisoner, Mrs. Green- how. The visit was mutually interesting and satisfac- tory. NO GERMAN TYPE OR GERMAN PRINTERS IN THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE. The House to-day reversed its yesterday’s action on the motion to print 25,000 copies of tho agricultural part of the Patent Office Report in the German janguage. Mr. Walton, Chairman of the Printing Committee, stating that the government printing office has noither German typo nor German printers. Beside, the work would havo to de translated. be S AWARD OF CONTRACTS FOR IRON-CLAD VESSELS. ‘The Navy Department is quietly, though efficiently, at ‘work increasing the means of the national defence. The Atlantic Works and Harrison Loring, of Boston, have Deen awarded contracts for building iron-clad vessels, under the recent law. DECISIONS ON THE PROPOSALS FOR CARRYING TUE PACIFIC AND WEST AND NORTHWEST MAILS. On Thursday was commenced the announcement of tho decisions on the proposals for conveying the mails on the Pacific coast, and in the West and Northwest, &c. A large number of bidders were in attendance at the Post Office Department. The proposals for the Pacific coast are very much highor than formerly, and those for Kentucky and Missouri are considerably advanced, owing, doubtless, to the muli- tary disturbances in those States, while in Blinois, Indi- ana and other States the rates are lower. In all, tho number of routes are about 2,500, averaging ten bids for each. The sum total of the offers for the entire lettings is about equal to that of four years ago for similar ser- vice. ‘Wash: CONSULAR APPOINT MENT CONFIRMED, ‘The Senate, in executive rossion on Thursday, con. firmed the nomination of Martin Metcalf, of Michigan, as Consul at Aguas Calientes, Mexico. THE ARMY. Brigade Surgeoa J. W. Thomson, United States Volin- teers, is dismissed from the service as an alarmist, op the recommendation of his commanding officers. Oa recommendation of Brigadier General Sumner, com. man ding second army corps, approved by Major General MoClellan, commanding the Ariny of the Potomac, Major Van Sheinhaus, ( Patticher and Captain Camp, of the Sixty-cighth regiment New York Volunteers; Lieu- tenant Lombard, Adjutant of the Eighth Ilinois cavalry, and Assistant Surgeon Williams, of the First New York artillery,are, by direction of the President, stricken from the rolls of the army for being captured by the enemy while straggling without authority beyond the outposts of the ary, March 29, 1862. ‘The hoadquarturs of Lieutenant Colonel Wm. HoMman, Fighth infantry, Commissary General of Prisoners, is transferred from New York (o Detroit, Mich, THE CASE OF GENERAL M’KINSTRY, The Judiciary Committee of the House will report ad- versely to the memorial of citizens of Chicago in favor of General McKinstry. The committee have determined not tofmake public (he letter of Secretary Stanton to the comm ittee. NUMBER OF SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS, Tho avmber of sick and wounded soldiers in the go- vernment hospitals of the District is, according tothe yast weekly returns, three thousand two hundred and twenty-two, Of those one thousand are New York troops, The Alexandria hospital contains one thousand two hundred and forty. PRINTING PUBLIC DOCUMENTS IN @ERMAN. the debate in the House on Tharsday, upon the pro, position to print twenty-five thousand copies of the Agri- cultural Report in the German language, it was observed that the members who bad the largest Gorman constitu- encies made the loudest speeches in favor of the mea sure. THE PROPOSED NEW RAILROAD BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK. Mr. Garrett, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail. road, appeared before the Military Committeo of the House on Thursday, and made some statements in oppo- sition to the project for a new military railway from ‘Washington to New York. A desperate effort is being made by the monopoliste who havo enjoyed the profits of the only line of railroad between Washington and New York, to suppress all rivalry, Comgress will hardly disre- gard the pablic demand for the broaking up this monopoly, TREATIES WITH INDIAN TRIBES, Bille respecting the Tolian tribes were placed before the Senate and House on ilrirsday, but attracted little atten. tion. ‘The red man’s‘intereats are heeded but little, while *the black man is #0 prominent before the country. ARRIVAL OF COLONEL KLY FROM YORKTOWN. Oolone\ ,of General MeClellan’s staf, was in the city fora few hours on Thuesday, having come up on Ddasinese with the War Department. It is sufficient to state that the informetion brought by Colonel Key is such as to allay all ttpatience in regard to the progress ef Ofairs at Yorksowa, ESCAPH OF A REBEL PRISONAR, On Thureday morning, between twoand four o'clock, W J. Raisin, formerty ta the rebel army, but late a political prisouer, arrested for disloyal acts on the eastern shore of Maryland, managed to escape from the old Capitol military prison, by lowering bimeelf from a window turned. He bas not besn retaken, SENATOR HALB'S JURY BILL, The Jury bil! offered by Senator Hale ig one of the- series of measures preanneunced by him in his threats- to prosecute the warfare upon the Marshal of the Diatrict of Columbia, wntil the office shall be stripped of every vestige of power or patronage. It is suspected, also, that this {particular measure is intended to forestall the Marshal in summoning a jury to try the indictments Pending in the Criminal Court hore against Horace: Greeley. THE FUNERAL OF MAJOR TALBOT. At the funeral of Major Tatbot, late Chief of Gengral. Wadsworth’s staff, Military~Govornor of this District which took. place in.St. Aloysius church Thuraday, the: officiating bishop, in his discoursy, dwelt particularly pon the loyalty of the docoaved-as one of the chief merits of his character, High Mass was celebrated and Mozart’s*Requiom”’ was performed in aplendid atyle, EMBALMING THE DEAD, 5 Secretary of War Stanton has issicd da order, ‘thiat all: officers of the army shall pass Drs. Brown and Alexander ‘and their assistants within the lines, and affgra: aly proper facilities for embalming the remaing’of such off. cors and soldiers as may die upon tho jield, President. Lincoln’s son avd General Lanlor were embalmed by these gentlemen, who lave the secret of the process of Soquet, the great French ombalmer. FLOATING HOSPITAL, SENT TO VORTRESS MONROR. The Sanitary Commission will . to-morrow deapateh'she steamship Daniel Webster to Fortress Monree as ® float ing hospital, She is to carry a large supply, of hospital stores, medicines, clothing, ice, &c., ond @ corps of sur- geons, nurses and hospital dressvrs, Several members of the commission accompany thom for the purpose of completing the arranganonts for the transfer of thegick. and wounded, THE FIGHT AT SOUTH MILLS, WN. C. Havquanters, Derawermayr oF Nera | ‘ ‘April 24, 1862. Hon. Enwiw M. Stavros, Secretary of War:— Asgistant Surgeon Warron, unconditionally released, with seventeen prisoners and four attendants, arrived this evening from Norfolk. They w9-0 the wounded left on the field in the affair of tho South Mills.» The troops: of the United States consisted, 23 reported, of 3,000 men, under the ommand of Brigadior General Reno, ‘TheSar. geon says the robola reported only a Georgia regiment and three picces of artillery as being used in the engage- ment. JOHN E. WOOL, Major General. NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Arrival of Wounded Soldiers from North Carolina. Foxrees: Moxon, April 26, 1862. ‘A fing of truce was sent to Norfolk to-day with despatches. A ploasure party from Boston accompanied it. No nows was made public, and it is stated no pews- papers were received. On tho return of the flag tho steam!oat Nely Baker proceeded with a flag of truca to receive a number of wounded taken by the rebe's in a recent skirmish near Elizabeth Ci The wounded were brought down from Norfolk in a schooner, in tow of a rebel tugboat. The Nelly Baker took the schooner ia tow, and brought ber here just as the boat was to leave for Baltimore. There was no opportunity to learn names. Our Newport's News Correspondence, Newronr’s News, Va., April 20, 1862. Slight Skirmish Between Our Butiery on Fort Woot anda Rebel Battery om Sewall’s Print—Probably “Nobody Hurt'—The Weather again Unpropitious—Neglect in Addressing Soldiers’ Letters and Consequent Inconve- nience—Exorbitont Prices to be Charged New York Volunteers for \Shoddy”’ Uniforms—Want of Reading “Matter for the Sick Soldiers, dc., dc. At five o'clock last evening one of tho batteries on - Sewali’s Point opened fire on the Rip Raps (Fort Wool). lt was promptly responded to from our side with good ef- fect. One of the guards at our signal station states that one shell burst right over the rebel battery, and this statement has since been corroborated by others. With the exception of this little episode, everything remains quiet in this vicinity, and thore are no signs either above or below us. Yestorday afternoon @ severe rainstorm set in, with hunder and lightning, which lasted most of the night, and must have beon very trying to our’brave boys at Warwick river and Yorktown. Tho rain has pow ceased, but the sky is still overcast, and the prospects are thas we shall not have dry and warm weather for some days to come. “We wish once more to call atteation to the very care. Jess manner in which @ great proportion of soldiers’ letters are addressed. Many of them fall to state the- regiment, while others omit both the namee of th regi- ment and company; the consequence is, that the Post- masters have to guess at tho intended destination by scanning the postmarks, and that, in instances where that gives no clue, the letters are sent to the Dead Letter office. The following is an exainple of bow @ Jeter sbould be directed:— Private John Shields, Company F, Twentioth Indiana Volunteers, Newport’s News, Va. If the regiment moves all letters thus directed will be - sure to reich the owner wherever he may be located. ‘The recent order from the War Department al Orders, No. 28, dated March 28, 1962,) section 3, caused no little commotion in camp. It states — His Excellency the Governor of New York has decided upon the foliowing prices to be charged to the non-commi! sioned ofliceryand privates of the several from that State now in the tied for articles of clothing heretofore furnished them by the State, ‘The said prices been fixed (rom the average cost of the 1 c For each pair of For each pair of shoes (se For each pair of drawers. For each pair of sock: For each shirt For each blanket oe 1 When we state that the clothing furnished by Gover nor Morgan to the New York rogiments stationed at this t is Of the shoddy kind, of the very worst quality, the Feelings of the soldiers on the subject cam readily ba imagined. ‘The jackets and pantaioons were of such miserable stuf that they were all in rags before they had been worna month, and it was a frequent sight in May last to behold half @ compan rade with nothing but shirts and of the clothing furnished by the United States, which generally is of excolleut quality, is even lower thao the shoddy prices— United States Army overcoat, United States Army jacket United States Army trowsers. United States Army fatigue cap United States Army sewed shoes... United States Army i United Stutes Army United States Army siti: : ai. ‘The Seventh regiment New York Volunteers (Stew Guard), Colonel Von Schack, are making great prepara- tions to celebrate their anniversary on the twenty-third instant. No class of soldiers know better than our Te1- tonic brethren how to got up such festivals with des- h as well as with taste. Mipew hospitals now receive large additions of patients from the army of the Potomao, gilts boen recetved fram Mrs. 5. W. Libby, Factoryville, Staten Island. Those who are volentiy inehined that way ‘can send any such to the Provost Marshal et Newport's News, who will faithfully distribute them scoording to the wishes of the donors, In our Fortress Monroe correspondence, published im our issue of yesterday, in speaking of the information given by some refugees who made their escape from Norfolk, the following passage occurs:— ical uard of Union ary tay bean Glty; ad stan ‘eae ad takes place between it and five hundred rebel soldiers, in which the former were repulsed. This is news to us, and is not credited, One of these gentlemen called on us yesterday, and states that the above is incorrect. He says the informa tion they gave was, that the Union troops, numbering five hundred, attacked the Thjrd Georgia regiment, nu bering one thousand men, under Colonel Wright, on the) canal below Elizabeth City, 3. C., and after # short gagement the rebels retroated six miles, to the south) ‘end of the canal, whore it was expocted they would mak another stand, Tho rebels lost twenty-five Killed thirty-five woundod. On Sanday night leet the rebel qroro reinforced with two regiments. 2 BRSS2SSS ‘The Case of Colonel Jennison, Sr. Louis, April 26, 1962. ‘An order has been issued for the release of Colonel Jer niton from military prison, he giving bonds of twent thousand dollars to appear and answer to whateve charges may be produced against him, ‘The partic offence which led to Jennison s arrest has not been mai public, but it is presumed all the facts will shortly forthcoming. Jonrfison on boing arrested Smmerliatel) ropigned his post in the army, Loss of a Government Steamer. Cincanwatt, April 26, 1962. ‘Tue government steamer Eunice was ran into night by te Commodore Perry, off Ashland, Ky , annk, The boat is a total loss, No lives were lost