The New York Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1862, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1862. Drigade and regimental surgeons for the immediate dress- ing of wounds, al! that humanity can do will be done to accor those who may fall in their practical devotion to their country and their flag. WHOLE NO. 9364. : an ‘upor the enemy's fort as cool and collected as though he were reviewing the division, and not until our six pieces bad succeeded im silencing the rebel guns did he make @ ‘Step to the rear. A fatigue party was aeut to the front to bury our dead, soas to give the gunners room to work the pieces;’ and, to givo you an idea how hot the fire was, one of this party was badly wounded while engaged in digging « grave for a deadartilleryman, When we advanced our srtillory—twenty pieces—to within fiye hundred yards of the rebel fort, the General was at the vide of Captain Ayres. the officer commanding the artillery of our division, and during the gagement in (he afternoon the Genera) renal eg. pod fire, although his staff frequently urged him not t8 ox- pose himself. Not even General McClellan, who came on | Jf the fleld about noon, could incuce him to go to the rear. Had you scen tho enthusiastic features of the Pifth Wis- ‘gonsin boys, a8 thoy pas-ed the General at double quick, when ordered to the front—-every one of them bearing oo bis face the reflection of the General's cheerful, kindly lock, as he urged therm on with a pleasant word or smile— you would understand what my feelings must be when T gee him thus bavvly and pol tically maligned. Daring the day the General was twice thrown [vor is hor ‘The first time—on riting rapidly to the front upon hearing that the rebels wore atietupting to turn onr right flank— his horse fell headlong into a boghole, throwing General ‘Smith forward upon his head and chest. The second tirue he was dismounted by his horse rearing at the close re- port of sixteca of ovr guns, fled simultaneously , causing the girth to break, aud throwing the Geseral on bis back. From daybreak until near sunset the Generathad nothing toeat, About noon I offered him my flask of whiskey, which he refused, saying ho wonld rather have sows wator, if possible. ' T procured some water for him from the canteen of a cavalry man io tho rear. Tn conoly I would merely say that cach and every officer near bim during that day knows, as I do, that mained perfect- dy cool and ccllected, carrying out ¢ ral Met iellan's cording to hia idea, he bas had the aid of, grt, Hence lowlands have been flooded, natural svymps rendered more impassable, artificial swam, *, improvised, and other barriers to an advancing force ~onstructed. According to all accounts, the !"apodiments which our Union soldiers have confronted 44 any ether points—the West included—bave been fewyand slight in comparison with the immense fortisations which frown down upon us bore in front of, Yorktown. Before we oame hero, I apprehend the were very few on our side who imagiued that 6'49 works which the enemy had erected were either‘ ramerous or 80 formidable as Wo found them, while ijhin the tast tures weeks they have Deen greatly strevs:thencd, Besides the connected forti- fleation, with i*4 salient ‘wngles, and mounting many heavy columb’ ads, whieh surroands the andtent town it- self, aud bes gies the water batteries Yor ‘sweeping the fiver, whic 4 areverectedun this side at Yorktown and on the other ike wt Gloucector, thore tean ‘outer chain of earthwe gig, which we'can seo, stretched across the en- Sire pe @wsula, There aro inner tines of foriifications, Gi80, ge thet when defeated at one point he can fall back {08 gether, The oticmy understands the character of the for pmo hae vensented to envounter, Tho caution, skit and © gargy of oar Oomsnanding Generel, end the magnificent metteriat mud comp!oto equipments éf our army , have cou- whiced.orr Sontherp adversary that all bis efforts will bo ‘meceumary tobol@ the position he has chonen, be it | fortised strongly ss it may. Therefore, since the Union , YORKTOWN, Operations in Front of the or es Tome ton} r. yas Yorktown, Apri} 27, on = vas The Weather—Quia of the Rebele—A Negro Sherp- shooter—A Florida Corporal Descris from the Rebel Ranks—Who He Is, de. Since Friday a disagreeable northeast storm bez pre vailed, and wo have the usual amount of bad roads and mud as a consequence; but our brave soldiers have long ago learned te disregard such trifles, and go steadily on in the discharge of their duties, ummindful of the weather. Bince the attack upon and capture of the rede) redoubt yesterday morning by the gallant Massachusetts boys, the enemy have remained very qvict in their batteries, bat seem particularly spitefal in their attempts at pioket shooting, It must have been extremely aggravating to the rebels to seo their redoubt stormod by a less number thaw there was init at the time, and that, too, in the faco of a fort within so short a range that @ company of Pebol spectators were driven from the ramparts by the well directed tlre of a company of skirmishers, Private Kingsbury, yesterday reported mortally ‘wounded, died last night. With one exception the rest of the wounrled will probably be able to resume their du- ties ina shorttime. ‘bere ars among the rebol sbarp- THE TWO OPPOSING ARMIE INTERESTING PICTURE OF THE “SITUATION.” Progress of the Scientific Preparations for the Siege. MAGNITUDE CF THE UNDERTAKING. ‘The Work of General McClellan'and the Potomac Army. / Reve! w Army conffog:ed him, he hag been banding all his'| shootors alatge number of n grams, mio snow & Good | erders to iheletier, ‘Pho tiemmuation that Goverat tino Disalling the Winton Capenr, | te Tegenceerrebe midis ané houmade at agro | Pces® cochra tink ihe, bel aio sing | Aetniepreonal cr pcr! sully Leaman eas ps . Faia st . : x Me SEP ge ov. who climbs UP | hat such i hould prevail. Your affectionate igus _ slaves, hays been working night and day. From bofore } inside tho chimney of a recently burnt house, met sath. injaation. BROS Dreee e ean a " LEANDER $ Late of her Diritannic Mejesty’s Thirteenth regiment of foot. Aid-de-Camp to General W. ¥. Smith. and, knocking outa brick fore porthole, sits perchod im stde watching hie chance for & shot at our people, Oar sharpshooters watch him very closely, 80 closely, ia fact, that he hag bech yable to reach his’ den, and ts thik morhing fastened in betind an apple tree, where le wilt pgbabiy bo kop: from doiug any harm to-day, This morning a corporal of tho First Florida rogi- | 4 ietter trom Captain McNett, of tho Nine'y-third ment came in aad. geva bimnsolf up to our piokets. Foia | Ann” gives, an uccouas of the capture of Colonel an Irighman, named Ward, from New Jersoy, and ras | Creer and Major Caeaidy.” The two vlicers lett the employed on the coast survey sioamer Stevens at the | Coro on foot at. alf-pest time the rebeltion ‘1 Kg Oat whee Ne: Wal ees Wore last seen in the lines of the pickets. sorrive @iPalter sunset we can see them, busy as bees? working tike beavers, aud when tho darkness rendois tiem imvisiblo we cam hedr thom, We can see thi ‘efficent riding in the works an@ around them, superin- tendimg® the labor and giving additional instructions: Apparently they make }istle eifort to conceal their opera tiong; hundreds of (hose likborers may be observed, with the necessary impiemuente, strengthening this redoubt, The Weunded to Be Suceored and tle Dead to Le Embalmed, Kee he Capture of Col. Crocker awd Major Cassidy. . ‘Aunaxy, April 20, 1862. Roos &e. Dospatch from Major Generel M’Cievlian, | oelock on Thursday, and Hallooing Hennquanrens OF THz ARUY oF 112 POTOMAC, extending thai riffe pit yconnectir g those separate works, | tho rebel servis, On Wasshortly aiter heard in the woods where they were privet Awe f | oneats of Yonder parapet. Sentinels tra: upand down | guard in reguloy onder, and tion mado his ercaps irom | Walying. hoy doubtless fol fate an atwbuah of rebels jf parey ines fo was compelied to ‘ Ki i Won, EnwneM. Sraxton, Peoretary of War:— onto ombankments, "With that coutidence which an | (WON OT. nous in a small. holo bot soit fer | and ware taken prisoners {From the Norfolk Day Book, Apri} 25.)™ Ri ‘Nothing of interest hms transpired during the night. semox'D, April 24, 1862, Wo fring oa our right, whore the;work proceeded um. @isturbéd. On tite left the enomy fired a good deal) but hit po one, nor was the work interrupwa, Haye just sent a heavy fold battery to silence a-qun er two-of the enemy that havo’ ocen impertinent “this ‘morning, but have hurt no one, ‘The woather has improved,-end we are making good, progresc. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN, Majer General Commanding. imftrenchee positton -aeturally furnishes, those of the @omy whom wo own soe conduct themselves with the @rentest nonchaiaves. But behind, where our eyes can- mat roach them, from what information we have re- [ oived, it 1s maniroreena: thoy are in a state of no little trepidation, They-droad even tho vamemor the Puumac Army. They are:nvt so safe after all, even behind their Mormidable fortitie: . They are undoubtedly con wtructing masked batteries, which will open at unex pected moments; wea inner works, whieh, to some extent, | Will commard thelr outer chain of defoness, | Except the ©preliminary contest on the day of Your arrival, the cngagement at Leo's Mill on the ing to the firo of our pickets and sharpshooters. re it ol soldiers are c i He eae ante Ee rh tes tear-at e siarp. | Colonel Crocker and Major Cussilay, of the 'Niuety. ehoovers: for to stand out before our hincs t¢ almost cer- | third Now York vogiment of volunteers, and @ private of 8 the Wisconsin Fifth regiment, were captured near York- ee. ees my a a bie siongmppataand 2 yosterday,and arrived here to-day. No news of a Daitle on the peninsula, Nothing further from Fr Came Wiseexp Soorr, April £5, 1862, icksburg or Bine Ridge Valley, The Rebelo Soain Upen rive Nobody Huwt—the Dea? Among the Storming Parly—Their Temporary rurtas The Puneet Ceremony—s Narrow Excape—Anether Dev serter from the Ketel Ranks—-Another Pressed Man, Be. | ‘Altor closing mny lettor of yesterday, and paying the compliment { di to the rebels for their quiswess during the morning, the rascals epoiied it all by opening a heavy THE CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS. Desperate Naval Engagement Pregress of the Sicge—Brisk Sktemish ond Defeat of a Party of Rebels, HRADQUARVERS OF THE pron} ‘Y 1egh inst., and the brilliant and successful lietle | fire of artillery, bul upon whom or what it was dificult 1 anak Oe TE Ta + Barone Yountows, Apel 29/2008, Zep tanh em the. Delileat and -eoccaeaal | ee ees uelt amt enduhelsitsetareen| onthe Mississippi River, ‘The rebels are apparentiy just renlizing tho focbthat } 4 put at dayligive this morning—the particulars of which | without herm to any one. ef ie Gevera] McClellan is making extensive preparations to open the second siege of Yorktown. Up toyyosterdny the works of our troops have steadily progressed, directly wnder the enemy's eyes, without any response from their guna, excepting an cocasional shot sent to inform esithat they were stil! there. Our earthworks aro now beginning te preeent avery forsaidabie appearance to the enemy, nndall day yéster- @ay and last night they kept up a brisk “dre op them, with a view to draw the men eut. Occasiowally epbell would come eoeigse as to moke i$ unpleasant, when thoy worlld lay Close tothe ground until it bad passed over. No one was injured and the work progress- ed as though no exemy were within range. ‘The Vodies of the three men killed im the storming party of Saturday were interred yosterday, in a vault | One Union Gunbost Reportsé which their comrades had prepared. Zt is located on the slope of # steep hill, beautifully shaded by huge oaks, Sunk. with an undergrowth of lanrel. ho services were con- The Rebel Iron-Clad Battery Destreyed dueved by tho chapiain, Rey. Mr. Cudworth, who de. ‘by the Pensacola. I have alrwaty forwarded—we havo done little in the ac- tral fighting wo further than te keep ourwharpshooters on the lookout for impradent revels, and our artilleriste An practice bysonding an occasional shell at the enemy's ‘working parting, We aye done en immense amount of “Preparatory work, however. This is a siege in the con- {duct of whiclmuch scientific alti! is needed. ‘The one- my knows-tha; the only way to eaccesstully asseult him is by meanoof regular approsoher, He knows we are as work somewkrere, ard henco revel shot aud shell come Pover here.@vite often. At almost evyry hour day and night?réports of cannon «and of buesting shells are heardewith now and thon rifle in thoy hands of some ak. livered an impressive address t© the men, a@jluding touckingiy to the fact that these men fol! on the ground upon which their fathers stoed, under. the immortal Warkiugton, nearly a century ago, aghting for the samme glorious <aise—the perpetuation of tho Amorican re. public. we At another point a rebel caunon boomed out. ' Ihere,’? iN oxclaimed the chaplain, © there ays.tho aia detianl ? a ech nate been betchod serth oom abo halla LOSS VERY HEAWY. , onlysthe tones are a hte *$his morning the yoo Sone vee a ¥!80F || they comosicoin the enemy's xe, someliincs they ge ssilon a tittle harder, It rays treason a rk oe ed for about three hours from their batteries near the river, eas 1 ry eal % ich otiem as plainky ea it spoken by tho ih Y tbat receiving no responte they ceased. * | from ours. *1¢fasaid thet there is consider: Me onteld® | eoeiatsiustizators of this mogtunho!y rebellion.» Evaonation of the City by he pressure—t&? work of the abolition iste—azat The wan listened with atlemtive interest, and as thoy Yesterday Gen. Heacoek went out with a portion of his *Rebel Fevwces. Brigade for the purpose of drivieg the enomyTrom a piece of timbor which ‘Moy occupied in close proximity to-our works, Our trowps advanco! through #0 open field on their hande ape knees until they came within thernceno each man looked determined to do his McClellan, «One thing is cortaic—his arwy is for bim. | in the cask of extingnishiag the rebeltion, Thore where lives are entrugtsd to his caro have the fullest confidence in him, And in the present instance no one who can tee and nnderetenad his opass tions here hoped may continuefor at seph W. Spooner, in the si Was Shot through the boot, wid agein re- Our ‘Frepss in on the penivsula can question ‘bis ability and energy. Webley wicnckshds ipreamgtiars. cchabe tt lean ipo eaves aaessfeabat ed behind stumps and | Notwithetwuding unfavorable avee:her for militery move It was s Mino rifld ball. Spooher was New 0 ae ged ern i ments, notwithstanding a series of disadvantages which wsdown by the blow, but immediately -roouvared tke. &e., &. treec, were anxious to got our men wa iheir feet, aud Lo and joined aie comrades ip the redowbt, ..He. was with it in not mecarsary to enumerate, Our commanding gene. rajand Lis dovoted army haye-perfermed an immense Amountefdabdor necessary to .omr success in de fart ap- proaching-alege. If the publio, ‘vith » simgleeyo aud a merous heart, could only fully- understand and appreci- Ate our “siluation,” they alvor with one aoverd would place implicit eonfidence in dim, and bid him an en couraging ou apeed. One of the most beautiful and touching things con. nected with our moverrouis is the preparations being made Sy some of the States for tho trauspar‘ation home to their friends of the bodiec of those whoska lI be killod, and the tender care of those who sha’! be wounded. ihe Medical Director of (he Army of Ue Poto” mac hag macte arrangements for.tze fitting up of sevoral stesinboatafer sending as soonas possible after auaction the woundetl to hospitals at Fert Monroe, Alexaud: Washington, Goorgetown, Philadek bia, New York .« perhaps to.Albany. Theso hoais will be furniqhed with everything necessary for jiae care and ¢orn- fort of the wounded. Accordicz to the arrange. ments mado. by the Secretary .of War and the Governcre of New York, Penneyivania and Massa chusetts, tie medical staf on those steamers will be composed of skilful medical gentlemen from these, respective 6: who have voluutecred their services, so that the limited number of sargeans allowed by law to each of our volunteer regiments will not be diminish ed to supply those hospital ships. Thoilanitary Commis sion ave Making preparations for the.care of tho kilied ‘ and wounded, uot #:one from New York, but those from other States. ‘Ueey will have the sp! 1 steamboat Ela City, Maseaah already hers six surgeons Drs. Cabot, Fox, Hartwell, Gray, Bomaus and Modges—— wo will islet la etésuding to the wounded soldiers trom the Old Boy Siate. Whe Legisiaturs of Pennsylvania ba 1g wathorized the Governor to make oxieugire arraugo. In twenty yards of the rampart when be receive! the shot : ‘Apothendeserter came within-our lines this murning. Ome.30, April 29, 1862, He is quite a youth, and was amembter af Company G, : paicik weeprenicih, eabaaablaoiak. Fath niavance regiment. Hele ope cf <0ie umber whe |), 4 seancearetch bd vey baye been recently draited from thet Stetc, he having been just Avo weeks in the vervice, “When bo was keing Feluctuutiz impressed into the rabel gereico his mother told him that if he could get an opportunity ho had bet- ter departand strive to ongage in some honest and pro. fitable busing in the North. He watched hie chance, in The federal. fleet pasted Fort Jackson on Thursdiey, tide. eit uatd the revels tnd Just ‘Meleiced ne npwe ot | Miter &deaperatezcval engaytement, ia which one e206 the takjug of New Orleans by tbeUalon troops. He sca! } was sunkcemd several badly damaged. cegganmnroeed Ii is eupposed that the fedewal Josa {3 very heavy. The vebel lose eran sixty killed and one .bondred and eighty. four wownded. ‘The engegemont lacted part of dwacays. ‘The federsls topk possession of ths city without etruggle. On Friday :the rebel force svateuated, after destroying Gccamplish this the Capiein in commend of the enemy sbou'ed at the height of: Dis voice °o charge bayovets, suppesing that our frightened: treops would instantly Jurap to thoir fect and run, but they wore miktakun ip the mon, Tho command’being given the seeond time the tebele aroze, whon our troops poured into them well di rected ire, cansing them to retreat toaving their jead and woundod w be cared fer afterwards. During the skirmieh a vew battery, which the rebels had erected durtog Sunday night, amd hich interfered with a work- ing pasty of our men, wasenoct effectually silenced, and the guss dismantied. ‘The weather is more farorablefor military operations. The timo ic drawing close ween. tho Commanding Gene- tal will.commence the task of reducing the enemy's work erected to impele the advance of the Union troops. All are sangnine a to the regult, aud che troops. aro eager to be led. forward, eays— From -deserters | learn that ‘New Orloams is oow in Captain Porter's qv ict posseprion. Our Rorés;css Monroe Couvegpendence. Fortarss Mornor, April 28, 1 Rebe! Gwabeais.on the Warwick Rionm they Shell the Unis Canre—-Cammedore Goldaiorough Teegrapied tom—Vae Merrimeacmebichcl Troops Conveyed so Sewall's Point, de. Five rebel gunboats appeered in she Watwick river at ton o’clock A.M, to-day, and shelled.the. camp of the left corps of the Army of the Potomac, but with whet resuitor | omy on our side | cannot at this time site, as noantheutic , *!! the steamers whick they had mouse for, They took i ccount of details bas reached this point. .Genoral Mc, } with them shegreaterpart of the mmilikery stores in the, Clollon telegeaphasl to Flag Officer Geldaborough.the facts, | sty, but the inesaage, ap to five o'clock P.M. bad received no sisaiaieees, dabaseeamsiadebs james river is practically closed oa pa a wide a tl | here oe Restemet enutea Jost: Sin nlp aise Fox-wres Moxon, Ap-it 28, 482, ee aay aie tae fo geared el ‘We cy of Mow Orisans has been taken by the Union ‘fhe door agus! ony futher. annoyance and aliaye | forges. The talagrephic cy erators having Jef: thero, ax po gt tn ia perfectly foarivie at Poms od previeusiy reported, no perticalars lad been received. Fjeg Olticer so di Until thea we ave liable to be at | Tt is atated, however, tbat the operators attempted to tacked hero at any momeut by the Merrimac, W retara, Sgt! found ‘ate ‘city. in poesesalon of abe ‘Unica troops. It is proteauie the city surrendered williout re- sistance after the flest made ti cir appeoranes, ‘There ic a rgport thatthe eugmy’s much bowated iron Oex.8pecial Army Comesponderece. » Camp tx Front or Yorkrown, April 26, 1862, Jaat three weeks have elypned to-day stuce the ad vanced brigades of our grand ?otomac Army came ciore go the cuter fine of fortificateue which the enemy bes erected for the defence of bis pasition Sere at York'own Dering this poriod an immense smount of work bas been performed by those attached to ewery -beanch of service fm our army. Ths plans of our generals and engineeraere Deing pot jutocpacdy execution by the.willing beerts aud wrong arms of our nobis volunteers. Our soldiers soem to fully reatize the fect thar many million eyes, from ex ery civilized apot on this oxtensive continent, and even from she remetest corner of the serth, are looking with the intonsest inverosttowords this peninsula to-day, Ars they not also equally alive to the impressive truth that.aeny million hearte ave {hrobying Saat with cager expectancy and alternate bapos 00 feare, ® ov this suall have been done the James riverer will De openad, thus enabling us tw operate vn both flanks of the enemy's m on the York and Janes rivers—a measure which the fell of the rebel etronghoid 's the geveral wail the mind iw almost.entirely absorbed with the n- | ments for bringing on bor own eoil for troatment | interse:ndnes! gunboat, bullt Phore as 2 second Merrimac, waa, hile Aemplation of personal an¢ national interests invelved ia | wounded Penasylranin troops, and tho teansperta. | North Atiant wMroyed the, Daited States he approachicg ciegs? In many instances eimilar | tion of the dead fr burial a they tormor | MAywe expocle ae Se ae movie: (3 hit: id feels wt be tail q os ‘The Merrim ad four rebel gnu Were (istioctiy ole. Shoughts and feelixgs mw: sutertained and felt on | homes, the execution of the matter owas on | sean this auorning anchored between Craney olan and | Peneacole, Norfolk. it was confidenutiy expected that they inteaded to pay ut @ visi! to-day; but they did vot. A large fevel Gat botiomed boat has been busy atther side. The reason je obviovs. Within a cirelo of | trusted to Dr. Smith, the Surgeon Gexeral of the State, Fortnme Mompen, April 29, 1862. @vhich the York river forme the circum‘erence line on | He went to Winchester end took home fifty of the ; 5 dey | tox, Epwis Mf. Stawron, Sramecany oF Wani— the.one side and the James r.ver on the other there ave wornt wounded io the Jiguty-fourth and One dieudred | today conveying troops feem Graney Island to Sewall’s | . M@artialled two mighty opposing ermics. The dower of | und Tenth Pennsyly reglinents engaged in the-vattle Poe ‘ho cegimental banner of one of the rebel core The foliowing sppoars m the Richmond Dispatch of tae Sbearmies of the eontenting cections are here brought | rawr ut piece, aud ton dead bodies, which woe om. | WAS 84" dintnctly as they wave being ferried ucrose | ge, ingt.— Mace to face, Brave mes on either are ready tortie Etizabeth river. what they beilove to be the right, snd some of the jog’ DI oc fo either section avi undoubtedly be shed. + Bothpartios appear to reuiize what the whole country alge aypreciatos, that unless circunmtances shall change the charactor of tho operations there must soon be | about gevou hundred more, The stenmer Whilden, now fought on this already bistorie ground one of the most | at Cheesewan s Lavding, on tho shore of the peninsula, Geaperaie end decisive batties of modern times, Lach | by; n prepared with ol] (he necessory arrangements, army, almost within musket range of ‘the othor, is mak- | including a large supply of rucdical stores, for the vocep. sng Witt it Delievos to be adequate preperation for the | tion of ebout three bynired wor nded, who can be Coming contest. When General McClellan commanded | browt from the fleld in atabulaneer, Accompany. thie Army of the Potomac in front of Washington, and | ing this ship ia Dr. Smith himself, and over twenty Generals Jobnaton end Beauregard the rebalsat Centre. | othor surgeons, Sievers of Charity and male nurses, I vill@ and Manassas, it was universaliy expected that | right as well append {ho names of those volunteer phy- when Jove antagonistic forces came in comfact with ench | sicians, They are Dra, Wilbert, Norris, Gioninger, Low's, other ia Virginia tho greatest engagement of die whole | yevride, Thomas, Guth, Campbell, Bishop, Hodge, Neb. campain would follow, That anticipated batele at Manas. bingor, Moore, Applegate, Flynn, Ualvoy end Sieh. All sas did not take plece, howover. ut now mmauy of the | the bodies of Peunsylvenie's gons who ehull be kiiied—— game troops, in general terns it might be | that ie, all that can be recognized—will be embalmed Cecupy menacing postions | and sent home, for burial by their friends, The remains om Virginia eo'l, of the gateway on the peninna, | of Lieutenant Wagner have boon embalmed and for. Between the two rdyai rivers-—the gateway through | warded w Philadelphia, whieh the Union army axpects to march in triumph te Pichanend. j But this ie the point et which the enemy has ceter- Dale, and rout to the friends of the deceased. 8t, RSE Joweph's Hospital, in Philadelpfle, has been Giived pp for tho accarimodation of three hundred patients. Accom- modations Love likewise been provided near Lancaster, at Crozion’s Collogs, near Cheater, and ot Harrisburg, far “The fearful ajote of gusponea in whick this city has The Attack Upon Gen, W. F. Smith. existed for two er three days hac atlags ended. New Captain Lennder Starr, Jr., ® gentleman well known | Gploams is in the possession of the eacmy. It was evacuatey fu literary circles, formerly am officer im the British | yy General Lovell, eho has removed his forges to Camp army, but now attavied to General Smith's sta | Moore, on the Jackson Ratiroad.”” as Volunteer Aidce-Camp, writes the following letter, JOHN FE. WOOL, Major General which has been handed to us for publicaon. We cheer- - gully give room ip eur columns for it, a6 the manly and earnost spirit which pervades it evidently guurantees ite | veracity NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE Fonvawas Moxnon, April 28, 1862, A flag of trace to-day toay despatches and isttors for the Union prisoners. No newspapers wore recolved,or at loast noue came into the hamds of the reporters for the Tbe weather and tide to-day hare been very favorable for the reappearance of the Merrimeo in Hampton Roads, ‘but sho still delays coming out. It is reported that some rebel gunvoats iv the James river attempted this forenoon to shell somo of our camps this side of Warwick. Hesmquantens, Sartn's Derision, Car Witte Soorr, Near Yorwtows, pril 24, Lee. My Dean Fatonn—Jn my last letter, written hurriediy after the action of the 16ub, 1] expressed my horror and indignation at the sight of our dend as ti were carried past me into our lines ally conyulsed and distorted in features and body, the marke of rome wounda, which evidently were inficted (and our anr- geons fay it also) as they lay woundod aud dying, or dead, at the fect of their savage foes, To-day even greater indignation aud disgust haye felt at the night of the fellowing paragraph. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, asked leave to Introduce a resol Gon which, hie though ought So, Testize tee enanimons > Wasmyarox, April 20, 1862. Ta ed fe Frehiett be renvewiat to strike from | A despateh from Yortroes Monroe to-day at eve o'clock s thd name of any offleer who nto . " eee ee aaticaled Wy aplriinoas quake while In serejon, | &* Me @Ay@ell te quiet, Weather pleasant, No sews, He eal, in the recent engagement near Yorktown, two Ver- And thus, as the bodies of those noble fellows ps Jered to & place of @xireme y Enteresti from Nashville, Te: q@iand to make a stubborn stand and dispvie the puasage, | PE nnallbe preserved against specty deosy, will ie B | sid'hscremed one oF ihe mon gullant exprows witaessed | COMBERENCE OF PROMINENT Ciiluts® win ov. Always asting on the defensto—~except in the atinek on memory of thoir patriotic services ve embalmed in Gurina the wneie Fite BS Toe neg eat si Coun | JOUNSON—A GHEAT UNION MEBTING TO BK M3LD— Fort Sumter, Somerset and Pifteburg—it has boon tho | ['S* *nvMl8 Of (ho Biale aud of tho na}ion. pao Meta lof tree regiments, Diting that tine tary were | RNCOLRAGING ASPECT OF APFAIRS, p orte Maforced by their commanding Gi eee ere ow De pronnd, Ha (Morrill) had. been ‘ity Nasuvinne, Aprit 29, 1862, dike gph ngur ead ev tne Bayley Peyton, Ex-Governor Campbell, Hon. Wm. 8. bige of kis pedeon thd face belngcavared with tau, Stokes and William H. Polk are fi consultation tonight ‘Thir attack is directed against ono of the beat and | With Governor Johneon,on important matters. bravest oflicers in che Arty of the lotomac—vin: General A great Union meeting is to take place shortly, Every. Smith—and | almoet eal that J volanteored my thing looks encouraging. peouliar province of the enemy,fo fortify. He hae a} waye shown much military akill iat the selection of peal tions for defences, Centreville aud Manassas were splendid situations; or, to confine these’ Statements to my observations om this peningula, the works at Hig Bethel, though by no means formidable in themeelyos, Instr tions bave been given to the surgeons of aii the Pennsylvania regiments to send the wounded at York town As spocdily a9 possible to the recsiving ship, and, to let those who temporarily bury the dead pin impide eDre era eause, when I #02 ore strong by reason of their admirable position. So it | the clothing of exch a ploce ot papor stating his. name, | cd! Ald In support of the Novshern, enuse, when 1 sos ———_—— was with tie works at Howard's Bridge, whtich wofound | compaay ad regiment, as woll ag hue place ot residence, | onto at nia eaiihagy enperioee ant interiors: thes vice Ship Mont Blane Ashore, Boston, April 29, 1862. ‘The ship Mont Blanc, from Shiells for Boston, is ashore on Peaked Hill bauk, Capo Cod. ‘Tho sip has nine feet of water in her hold. If the dictively calumni in the very face of the enemy. During the action in question 1 was in attendance upon General Smith from seven o'clock A. M. until shortly be- fore sunset, when ht ogy with @ mesure to n deserted when we marchod on the road to Yorigown, 8, it wan at Lee's Mill, on the Warwick river, where the Green Mountain boys distinguished themselves by ‘The magnificent steamer Commodore, which bas been ured as the headquarters while on the water of General MoClelian and his sta offiger#, ha been placed ynder the ~ weather nioderates she may be saved, A siewmer with thete gallant conduch ou the 6th inst. Rugeed ground, | charge of teveral of thon Penusyivania physician, ax a | Mune General ecioan, Orelock A, Mevtacd | Steam pump has gvve to her aeiatanc ravines, swAMps, marshes—theso are always fours | general reception hospital for thore from every other , for nearly eee oe during the fring, which waa terribly seve: heif an hour, General Rimith stood out uncovered, at the front of the battery. Iwas not ten feet from him, with two other officers of his sialf, 1 paw seven men struck by one ehell nt the gun iminediately on bis right; #till he Lever Bineke®,bot @rond watebing the eMoct of our iy, about the enemy's defensive positions. They are pres eminently characteristic of the apots he thas choses for | {tis being fitted up with every comfort and convenience. bis fortifications in this vieinity. Wherever nature had | witit Sheno arrancemen's, and other proparations which ‘not made © piace particularly favorable for defence, ao. | sro boise wAd# At diferent ints on the poninesla by Blate whorhall be woundal in tho approaching bettie, ir ee — re) 20 1862. ‘The mails for the steamship Canada will ©.08¢ bt soven o'clock to morrow (Wednesday) merning, but sie will Hof Rai! for Halifax dna Liverpdl until about ten, Spanis! resolution against ent grosinkg a loan for Venezuela w hte docs Quist Possession«of | § PRICE TWO CENTS. ——<—<—— INTERESTING FROM EUROPE. Arrival of the Bremen and City of Washington. PROGRESS OF THE NAVAL REVARUTION, ron Fleets for France, ‘En land, Austria and Spin. Mapoleon’s Speech to the Japanese Ambassadors, Reported Attack of the Ciiimese Rebels by tre English and French, &e., &o., &e. ‘The steamship ‘Bremen, Captain W eseets, fram Brenaen by way of Southampton, arrived 64 his port at noon | yesterday. Tho Eremen left Southampton ‘er ‘the A¢#: instant. Her news has deon anticipated { mt two dey later ro- ceived by the North American « ar Gape Race. Our European Mles by the Br ewan Adat od in Lonéon and Paris to the 16th of April ,vhe journats being threo days later than those received pey fhe P éreia. The papers contain ame interesting dete ae American to the period of t 2 saikng (¢ Ge Bromer of the news by the’ North ‘A trade report from Le ets, Engié nd, of the 25th of April says :—A little is do! ag inthe /mrorican trae a,even for theC nfederate States. ‘Ve London Times of t) @ 0th ingtpa> has theMfollowing paragraphs in ite city ® sxicies— A roquest has been J addreszod} #0 the committee of American bor Ahollers to mesonsider taeir rocent propositie) for a new wi, provice for the full miared Sto with the maintenance of (he arrangemer ry bondholders in 186 ~. ba jan loan is that it will be for fa nominal a neant of $70,000,000 in a} The report circ’ gated with regstd to a Fs ‘Movers. Baring. , Thelatter prt of the siatemont is un. questionably « grronesus;but Hit is c¢ommidered probable ein London w gh another leading hov pe, during tho next tive or six weeks {be pay! gh the Moorish, Turkish , ani necti egy ptian loans will a © 4h Hlogting mors canitalisisof Laudeo and prav: ani any real LBLErMES: tv Hrow oommitmant. ‘The Or Jan of Brest, of April 16 g announces that 250 French seamen dave been embark gaan board the sailing frigate {phizenie, which is to eo avey them to Mexico, where t hey are to complete the ci.pare of the ships cam- At BOMS bey Mriations of therkind b ave been completed | agid for the constructe Yn any case, tne time chosen yfor the announcement is mopportune, since ents in cor- jn the course of afew months,and ate very mateeate cost, half a'd-zen vessels whigh woul! be moe than mateh for the whol which we relied for protec thon, Of mer ow force of one hin ved and for A Mine shire-of-war, too only geuli Le regarded for the furs as fit for fighiiny. Thar was ‘he eective strength “4 British nag, and though other Powers, no doubt, wens similarly circomstanced tvet, unless we svailed ourselves Of oor snperior reatarces to maintain our position, we might be overpowered in our owe waters hany ee } _ * It Is Aatisteatery to and that thie government 1 aie to the real epentyency uf the memant, Of course, we are & porploxirag ponition, for the conclusion of one day <a wpact by the comelusion of the wext, and we cannot tell for a togellier wivdnver most reliance is (0 be placed on the Jypred malility of chins or the destrtt power of But (he Duke Cambridge very foreib'y observed that we core nol afore to favsse ov qpend tines in expectation, EA — we paused we showle te eles. Ve teof no Ke A thas we are in @ ‘stat of transition,” That —_ On ongh, and a vory (1 ublesrme siate it is; but the safely Of the country anmet beincured during this state as well ong oi others. 3 Jedged the bli: nssiblefor us to within (he last i irom. wok. We bave gute gun that will destroy any } Grsod shizp thoughero other ation has gota gna which Tilldest: yours, Weshall presently have a pun itis aaldy erbich would en:ble the tixea forts at Spitherd tocoumn net every meh of Ynier between them. We have I(t 7a8e0. ships, the Duke of Somerset again eg Psy } @itiver baught or building; we lu 0 five woo sg org pA roceiving their plates, and we hay’ op ub Poon qbiy ona, oupain comsel actvally ordered. This is Png, tart the question of the navy is till infinttelymore suryent thar thet of the i Sptthead. d Vivian, An lewd, in Me ocing tbe sehjovt of Tomark whieim ay bo found horeafter to contain mesh pertiaunt argun pnt. Woare taking all this thought for Spithond torauserof the stoves eomuaimed én Portsmoult a0 nals, which ini ht te consumed by the shells of a hoteile fleet, ud chen sald tren cupoia vesvels have beow substituted J the old Farhi: ped. pghtunc ships, when me al as coer ing : and (ante, m ksis, sails anc en: dbxve hae atmocb lisa even fom cur s.or ge, will ortsmonthbe in so ranoh d auger J an incerdMary pegectil 8? That is a quest.on deaary ng some ¢ nsidorsth Me What we shot! have ‘0 protect 1s no: the flack: of theyreser t, but the fiect of the future. The M ovement im Austrin=Important Co pasiderations in the Cabinets = e ro A Cabir petaieiier, Apri 10, emanating irom the Eme 1 Fr gocix Josepls, institutes at Vienna @ special come tee 1 @ study the question of the navy. This come. Minister of* lowing: twe, paesided over by Count Kechbe Fore.gh Alairs, bas to give 18 opinion oa L polnins = i D es Austria require a navy? 2. W bxt ought Lo be the sicength of such a navy? 3B. C pod any ocber means be found to repulse ao attnok. upon ber cou MA Whuul’ a special sysiew of coast fortitleations sutfien. wo prvbect then i 5. Whar would be the expense of either one of those measures?’ The committee bas already pronounced iteelf for ee necessity of am Austrian feet *qual to the Kanan fleet, of ironplated ves: four anda half per oetst stock ja: 85, torbe negotiated by a Reform im the Spanish Navy. 10 conians an a tice S ygesting to the government tho propriety of imme: diato y suxpanding the construction 0: wooden vessels, and of building iren-plated ships a3 rapidly as posaibie. THE AMERICAN QUESTION. posing the expedition. A large ‘quantity of proviswus | Emgiish Opinion of the Issacs of the War, ‘has Lk @wise been embarked on b bard tho Iphigenie. Cap tain Lage, of tho steam oarvette Chaptal, just arriv ed at Toulon from Mexico, b ge een (April 12) sum mon xl to Paris by telegranb. “I/} i supposed that cis gov’ mmment is desirous of ba the Atate of affairs in that cont Iry, previous to givin ord ers for the prosecution of \ he war with increas, vig pr. fhe Madri@ journals of the 10 th of April contain thy fodlowing inte}tigenee:-— {Tho motion of M. Castro relat) 8 Wrote of csnuure on the governi Cbogress by @ majority of 188 votes to 39. to Mexico, Involyin i) § Precise information on was reyected ip thy rom the Londou Times, April 18.) In such a campaign as the federal army is now opening in Aime: tea the Movements must meceasa: ily be slow aud cautious, The masses of troops to be moved are im. mense, their organization, in spite of the good will and natural quickness of (he men, ix far from complete, and tue country to be traversed adds to the desolation of pri tnitivenatire the artic a! desolation mace by an obsti- nite enemy. We mw Aprit has begun befor: has eutered into the campaign. ad of the prescntmouth, and at thas tim the forces of Goueral McC'eilan and bis subo dinates were etiil in the neighborhood of Washington, prepa: ing toc the grat ox- iz a arwy of the ‘The latest mows is to the A letter from Naples of the (OW of April, in the Lon- | Pedition whieb lato act agaist Kichmond from the sex Gon Bines, si On Friday-evening lest the first pudlic lecture in the Foglish iangva:e ever given in Naples was delivered b: Dr. Armsby inthe house of the Hritish Vice Consul, Mis bject. was to interest tho English residents | Schemes are receiving the at.entios oat desideratuin, a good for the benelit of the families of Eng- Nothing of tho kind now vesibiog ns have been already seut to Eugland ro Was on the anatomy of fal act on the part of Consul, has taken nected, Durner. Jn the astablishment of shat gi Protertant echoo! Dish residents visitors. @xists, and this fact deters many people from ies, Applic for a good master, The lec! tho humen frame, 2nd it.was a grac Dr. Acmavy, wha, as the United Sic’ two lively am wileresiin an institution so much THE NAVAL REVOLUTION. The iron-Plated Fleet of France. Faring (April 16) Correspondence of London times.] ree ire constructed at ‘antes, armed with fourteen guna. gante, tho Impiacabie an’ the Upiniatre, Orders haye been recerved at Lorient to hasten the completion of the iron-cised frigates Hevoine, of forty Guns, aud Survedflante of Uhirty-eight. The jrou-cased frigate Solierino, of fifty-two guns, will, it is said, be shorty launched, AS S00n as the Goiferino i frigat call with two floating baiteries. Progress of the British Navy, [from the Londen Times, April 16.) The Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Admiralty anied by hie private secretary, Captain J. Movre, & , and Rear Adinirat R. Speacer Robinson, Comptrolle yeeter how « the progress inade with them. Ou arriving at the dock. yard the Duke of Somerset wos met by Captain Fanshawe, it; Mr. Lang, master shipbuilder; Com i, mastor attendant, and the other principal ollicials of ihe establishment, who accompanied him to ihe dock in which the Achilles, 50, is ‘buliding, whore he -cpeot a considerable tine in the iugpectien of the works. After leaving the Achilles he procesded to the oxtreme end of the building sheds to inspect the armor plated frigete Royal Oak, 50, which is now waiting to re oive her shield plates. insiructioas were given for every exertion to be used in completing thir veseo!, which, gust next, about a moor) before the pe: shod, ia which the machinery ro pariag the armor platos is to be ereeted, were then ia. fier which a visit was paid to the Dulwark, 91, Id whips. on frigate was npdorke! yesterday at Portamouth, and berthed atonestde the Duke of Wel- Hington, at harbor moorings. ‘this saorn pormitting, the Black: Prince wi ieave the horbor and test her etearing qualilies, with her temporarily enla ter, ouleide tie Isle of Wight. “anraed hesapeako, 61, steam friga , 400 Lorse power, is 1 dock pt Sheerness, being repaired, She is not to reiitted, but it is be.leved that she will be shortly fron-plated, fur which purpose sho is admirably adapied. ‘The iron steauner Resietauee, 18, 690 Ir up steam is Chogham harbor yoster and at eleven o'clock wes taken in tow by the paddie wheel steamers Adder, Mr. Binkey, Master Commander, and the African, Mr. Horvey, Masior Commander. she ‘then proceaded to Sheerness under the charge of Mr. W. Homs- *, Master of the Wallesley, 72, and a party of riggs aburers from the dockyard assisting in navigating After getting clear of the harbor the Resista: der Ler own Steam, and was found tu answer ry satis(actoriiy. Wo time ia tobe iost in completing her at Sheerness for the Orst di- cam reserve, od af Portsmouth dockyard, from the Admiralty, to suspend all Carther work on auils for sipe-of-the-line. Contract for a Bri pols Shi (From the Lendop y and Navy Gagette, ‘Ape 12.) ‘The tender of Messrs, Samuda Brothers, of tho Isle of }, for the construction of Captain Coles’ cupola ves. ‘ng been found to be the lowest, it was ou Monday inst accepted by the meporeee Messrs. Samuda have bound theviselves under a penalty of £4,000 (which will be rigidly euforced im ¢ ‘ont of any laches on their part) to leunch (he ship on the 10th be en 2 1863. The price a* whieb the contract—viv., Lbe.—ie taken is regarded as very low, and the gentlemen who have undertaken it will, if they succeed in compiying with tte torme, deserve great praise for their enierprixe and energy. ‘The ship, for which £180,000 has been taken in the estimates, is to b@ 230 feet long, nearly 2,600 tans Jol draw aboot twent feet ang Bag Ihave engines of 506 orse power. wil, present arrange. have rix cupolas, exch armed with two tho. England's ee Respecting Her Se- urity. {From the London Timer, April 14.) ‘The debate in the House of Lords om the question of the Spithoad forts yields & valuable contribution to the information of the country on @ subject which, aa Duke of Cambridge truly remarked, js engrosetug lic attention to au extent beyond all porate. Before, how- over, we discnss thé views of government on tke point immodiately under discussion, it will be neveseary to corroct a misappreLension which has tended to con! two qnostions very distinguishable from each other, appeers to have bevn finagined both by Lord De Grey and Lord Kilenborough, and to have been, » generally to which the ormumed, that the conclusion i instinctively jumped after the American experiment was simply @ conclusion that. forts org Newleas becanse i on-plated ships could repel ghot, Heer eat Not UE cane. 1 AY Aly BP te e7 ut that the question of forts was introduced at ai). What was concluded from the Americana battle was, that wooden ships, however strong or numerous, were utterly help- Joss against even extemporized jronsides, and that it was cousequentiy within the powor of any nation to onstrag® ated floating batteries are about 10 be Fach of thege batteries is to be provided with anengine of 150 borse power, and to be Ther names aro the Arro- WT the stocks an jron cased carrying am equal number of gums, and to be i the Prince Impenial, 4s o be commenced, together 'Y, paid sn official visit to Chatham dockyard ‘Their object was to ipspect the iron shires coustruction at Chatham, in order to ascertain no deiay arises in plating her, will be lnunched ho period formerly caleulated upon, The works adjoining the Royal Oak ‘od to bo used in proe » 5Y, ordere! to be converted into The resolution to co-operate with tha States desiring to abolish « avery bas passed the senate by a majority of 82 Lo 10, the dissentien's being the re oresenta ives of the borcer statea wheo slave y. prevai While tnese Congress Ube ti. y nancial questions appear wo be in Taxes liave been voted; and i remains for the gui £7 col ect them, if itean.” ‘The sun, North keep up the value of Lough ive of debt erearing with frigbtral regu- larity every month, the. Bo tho ghtof the Goancial morrow, ‘The whole soul of the Amv: ican people of beta sections is now in this war, and the future is forgoiten 4 the Berco excitement of the preseut. rant v expeviations of ihe ‘Treasury notes, and, A Rebel Privateer oi the Coast of Borneo, A vather startling ambouncemeat was made afew days 8g0 OF the presence o a Confederate privatoer in the Ling Sea, She ig rejoried to Lave been failen in ith 7 ty’s flip ieneer,ou the coast of Borneo, aud, if thore ® al), must evidenty have boen on the } okvut for American ships outward bo..n, being just in their track by the Palawan passage agniust the north. eastern monsoon, TDS rum rT, sv waemng to American vessels, will, however, be sjeedily put lo rést one way or other; but it ts particularly wnortunate or them that the fo ‘eral goveruinent bas wos a singlo war vessel of any description in these waters, excep. (ue Saginaw, and she is rotten and useiess. Napoleon and the Japanese. SPEECH OF THE EMPEKOR TO THE AMPASBADORG [Frou the Londen Limes, April 16. The Japa.ess Auibasvad By the ktnperor at the i At hail-past two five court carriages went to the Hotel du Louvre to convey them to the palace. The coriege entored the yard of the Tuile: ies by (he Arc de Triomphe, tecops Dewg drown up at each sie to pay thea miitary honors. The first carriage contaived (wo nubile Japanese olboers, euiitied to wear two swore, whe carricd a coffr coutainiog the letter written by the Emperor of Japan to his Mayesty Napolcon I. Iu the next carriage, drawn by six horses, were the second and third Ambas” eadore, attended by Varon Sibuet, secretary for the cuctlon of foreign representatives. in the next, alao crawn by six horsen, was the fl st Ambussavor, with the (illo of Sinister iwnipoventary, accom:anied by Baron Lopic, introducer of ambassadors; aud in two other car- ¥ ages, with two horses each, were other ollicers and the interpreters of the Kinbasay, They aighted uncer the entrance of the Pavilion d'Horw ge, aud toere fixed m their beite the second rd, Which ia Japan is a mark of hich distinction, ‘They were received at the foot of the grand starcase, oa which wore ranged the Cent Gardes, by ibe Luke: Cambaceres, Grand Master of Coremoniss, After having passod through the Gallerie dea ror, the kmp us and oe In seated in state, sure by the whole covrt. The gentiemon were im ful) official costume, and Ue lad.es in court dresses and ‘The Chief of the Embassy, alter having made a found obewence to their Majesties, deiivered the follows ing address im Jopaneso. which was repeated in French by one of the intorpretors:— According to the orders of his Majest: the Tycoon, the Lum Of presenting ourselves this day at U * ar Majenty, Since the conclusion Of the treaty between France and Japan relations tnd to develop thoinselves nore and more b nm th Sovereign has conse- ante o y charged vs to deliver @ personal Jeter to your aly, and to express to you at the same thme the sim ceriyy unis devoleuness and bis desire ty see the treaty imainlaned. Our Buvereizn has ordered us to respectfully make known to your Majesiy that he xtiaches great vaiue to the fact thal, by your imperial kindness, che Binbasay sent to Europe is to be Couveyeu back to Japa on board Freueh vesnel-of- war. We conclude by expressing the best wihes for the welfare of your Majesty and of your suguat fauily, as well ap ior the Lappiness and prosperity of the French nation, NAPOLEON'S REPLY. ‘The Emperor roped in the fouewing terme:— Tam bappy tosee for the first time in France the repre. senvatives of the Kiaperor of Japan, The y_ which we have cmered inte together will, J Dope lend to fuvorable rowuite for the two countries, cuuot not that your residence in France will give you ® Just idea o: the granieur of our mation; the m Which you wil here meet with, and (he treadom which 40u will em first vite Joy, wlil convince you that hospitality fa one of ‘Wer of a ch thred nat.oo, Jack t 7% fo your count Suse the fomemsbrance 0 J will wiiingly have you & vessel-oi-wary and you will Jour voyage to Burope the asan the most triendiy relations with J ‘The Embassy then retired, was conveyed with the saine coremonial to the Hotel du Louvre, - The members of the wore costumes of the richest kind, and their arr® Magviticent, ‘The valuable prerents for their Majestics, which had boen sent via Suez, have not yet arrived. ant from China. REPORTED ATTACK OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH OW THE REBRLS. $0 THR EDITOR OF THE LONDON Twn, A soriptam of our te thoir letter, dated tho 21st of » contains the Send ta ocene Lagliel See Li at day pre “Pp this {ntormation—which a perly kept a secret—in any of the printed Cs to ived by the mail, you ma; ° ie My tue goin me fn v safeen beets We our card, and remain, 6 respectfully, Meaneckave, Be C.y Apri. “mh & OO, The Missouri State Convention. Jeyrensos Crrv, Mo. , April 28, 1862. Of iy desire to keep up ing the State Convestion on the first Monday ie June a! this place, The prineipel cause given is, that the scate additional representatives im Congress, to beg oo the late ratio ey ene Poca chat otal nivendance of the mewbers will be