The New York Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1863, Page 1

wT a WHOLE NO. 9698. IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE. The Canada at Halifax with Three Days Later News. The Ship Washington Captured Bonded by the Alabama. She Arrives at Southampton with the Crews of the Gelden Eagle, Olive Jane and Palmetto, Burned by the Privateer. THE REBEL COTTON LOAN. Ten Millions of Pounds Sterling Bid in London. The Speculation “All the Rage” in Paris. ~.. ee, CONFLICTING REPORTS FROM POLAND. Napoleon “ Distrusts Popular Impulses” and “Fresh Insurreetions,” Promzes of Goncessions and Amnes- s Haurax, Apri] 3, 1863, The steamship Canada, Captain Grace, from Liv- erpool on Saturday, the 2ist March, at 10 A. M., via Queenstown 22d, arrived here at balf-past threo o'clock P.M. today. She nas been detained off the harbor gince this morning by fog. The Canada has $10,000 in specie, and forty.throo pas- sengors for Halifax and thirty for Boston, She passed on the 21st March ships Elvira, Ben Nevis and bark Solo, going into Liverpool, On March 22, at six o'clock A. M., ef Saltas, steamabip *” , for Liverpool Mare® on eerie, me sina satitudts 61, longitude 13, steamship City of for Liverpool, March 46, latitude 48, long! tu4e 80, steamship Kangaroo, for Liverpool. ,7TWe Canada also passed at six A. M. April 2, Intitude 43, longitude 60, the steamship Nova Scotian, from Liver- pool March 19 for Portland. ‘The bill reducing tobacco duties had passed through the committee of tho English Parliament. , The ship Penj. Bangs arrived at Queenstown on the 224 ‘of March, and the Dashaway at Gravesend on the 224. Garibaldi’s health causes renewed anxéety in Italy. A despatch from Calcutta, by way cf Suez, of Mareh the 2d, reports gray sbirtings and mule twist tending up- wards, Indigo uacbanged. Exchange 4s. §%<d. A Gespatch from Shanghat, China, of the 8th of Febru- ary, saye:—Gray whirtings anchanged. Stik heavy. Ex- change 6s. 2%. ‘Two steamship City of Cork, of the Inman line, and the “Louisiana would leave Liverjoo! shortly after the Canada for New York. The former would call at Queepstows, ‘salling thence on the 23d of March. ; ‘Tho steamship Jura, from Portland, reached Livorpoc! on the evening of the 19th of March. ‘The steamship Glasgow, from New York, arrived at Queenstown, and the Borussia, from New York, at South- ampton earlyon the morning of the 28th of March. Tho Gegow reached Liverpool on the 2Ist ultimo. ‘The steamship Damascus, from New York, arrived at Liverpool on the 21st of March, ‘The deperture of the Great Eastern is postponed til! the ‘18th of April. The Canada sailed from Halifax for Boonton at seven o'clock P.M. The weather elear. THE AMERICAN QUESTION. Arrival of the Ship Washington Bonded by the Alabama—The Ships Golden Eagle, Olive Jane and Peimetto Ba ed by the Privateer—Their Crews Sent to England inthe Washington, d&éc. ‘The ehip Washington, from Caliao‘for Antwerp, arrived &t Southampton on the 20tm of March, having been cap- tured:by the pirate Alabama February 20, but released on a bond for $60,000. She ®rought the crews of the anips | Golden Eagle, Olive Jane and Palmetto, burned by they) lowing are the Alabama. applications in Liverpesl were ‘not very heavy, andj there was considerable diversity of opinion there as.tey the merits of the scheme. ‘The London Times city article ssys:—‘Very little pex- tical feeling. is manifested im the business, and it seums evident, so far as Londom is concerned, that it is in view. ing 1t aga cotton speculation shat any attractions it pos. seuses are to be found. Im other respects there can bomo doubt the majority of qperchaats and capitalists would have wished it had not been introduced. As the affair «will not Be Officially reeagnieed en Change, the dealers <@greed amopg themselves te fix the 24th of April as tho e@cttling day?” ‘The London Star cannot believe bona fide investors will be found to take the loan even at-par, without bettor se- curity than thet offered by the hypothecation of cotton, which it may mever be in the gower of Jeff. Davis & Co. to @oliver, * Tae London Wect editorially denounces the loan. Ht says “ite flagramtdadecency amd immorality will strike and soandalize moat Englishmen who care for the reputa- tion of their country. Those whe subscribe to the loan are aiding and abetting the slave power in a most direct and emphatic manner, and all who bare an enlightened regard for the true reputation of Fugiand will regard this open sasietance to trafickers in human flesh asa desecration and pollutéon to Knglish excbange.’? ‘There was rather lese excitement in regard to the loan on Friday, the 20th of March, and after touching at five and a half, it closed that day at 456 84% premiam. The | bids reached £10000,000 sterling, and wereexpected to be £.15,000,000 fo £18000,000 at the’ close, The Landon Timesagnin asserts that it is regarded as a cotton transaction, and not a polj.'ical Joan, and there Is nothing in st to prevent eny one from subscribing. Ia the SHouse) Mr. Pagard, in yeply o an inquiry, said, since the breaking out of the eiyil war im America, communications between the Britist, government and that of the United States in reference to fe Island ef San Juan bad been suspended. On the 20th ult, Seymour Fitzgerald gay,© notice that on the 234 he would ask whether the government hed accepted or intended to accept a proposal of .Presideat Lincoln a# to the communication between Engin "d and the United States, to inquire Into any just complay "ts of the violation of neatral rights. THE POLISH REVOLUTION. The debate in the French Senate on Polish cluded on the 19th of March. M. Billault, on bebaif of the government, said afresh insurrection can only bring freeh misfortunes, and it is | neither good, useful nor humane to encourage it. Tho French governmeht persists in the language, Zt is neces. | sary, he said, to mistrust popular impute. Aspirations for liberty were manifesting thomselver everywhere, and made power more accessible to the voles which has been raised in favor of Poland. For this yeason, he continued, Russia has replied to the commonication of France by brerolent words, eqpmising concen and amnerty.- The old distros of | rs con~ order of and 4n the wisdom and firmness of Sbdl - 4 £ mis fAUGaUTS YO NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1863. @ {Lisa Ri - — Europe towerda France exists no longer. If it should happen that the destiny of Poland must bo settled by Congress, there is no doubt the yoice of France would be Netened to, M. Billault mentioued tho precedents of the fenate.on similar ovcasions, and asked that the order of | the day be adopted. The Senate could not hesitate be- tween referring the petitions to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by its reasons for 0 doing (a course ‘which i it ing to the Pa Tine’ day, ‘thereby. aipreaslog, eoutdence ror. Emperor. uch cheering followed M. Billauit’s speech. The “enale to the order of the day by @ vote of 109 against 17. pehidemonsrstion in favor of Poland had taken place in Tho Paris Patrie of the 19th says:—'To-day, at the con- clusion of the lecture delivered by Prafessor de Girardin, al number of the students set out for the Palace the , with the favor of Poland On agriving at the During led by police, of io were di ‘by the police. Senate the-Place Odeon was patrol rue de Derangirard, in order to prevent the poople from collecti together. Some arrests were made in couse- quence of the above demonstration. ‘The Paris Moniceur and London Times rogard the news from Leung as showing that tbe insurrection is becoming eral. Intelligence from Lithaania states that all marshals of corporations in that province, all judges and judiciary of- ficers, and all the independent pubiic functionaries, have sent in their resignations en masse. These resolutions are based upon the resolution not to receive any communica- tion from the government in the Russian language, The functionaries who resigned are suid to have declared infa- mo re who should consent to fill the positions they hal ‘vacated. A despatch from Tarnow announces that Langiewicz has defeated the Russians under the command of Geueral Schach: owaky, and captured considerable quantities of war material, It is reported that the reply of Austria to the French Proposals is evasive, ‘Tolegrams from Cracow say a report was current tha Langiewicz bad beon pat to tlightand his forces dispersed ; th.*t he was at Opotowiz, and scught the consent of the ‘Aust 288 £0 pass through Gallicia, but was reused. Earthw "8% were being thrown up around Warsaw. The inhabitan.* ¢spected an attack at Easter, Gr Ott Britain, In the House of Common. 2", Baxter moved a resolu. tion, declaring it taexpedient Galway tine. Ho strongly den tract. A general debate ensued. ~ Lord Valmeyston denied that it was a's government wore actuated by a desire ity of Ireland. was rejectol—109 to 46. an Meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Cothpany was he don on the 19th. ‘The dircotors? report, of which ao abstract was received per Nova Seotian, was renew the subsidy to the cSwgeed the Galway eon- vb. He said the to promvte the | opted, Hom. Ji . Wortley mado’ a long’ and etteting atagement’ off the condition and” prospeets Hd said, ad Sc ag £300,000 was Subscribed. they intended to commence Ccparagions. Three-fourths o; this amount Was atreidy taken. He hist Confidence that tho rest would be obtained, and so much more ss was found necessary. The Amertcan Honorary Directors were re-elected. of the company. tT ‘rances I The London dicien Pain correspondent wri Bows from OSehin China is by ‘bo means satisfactory, and bye orcer ents are earnestly asked for by the commander of $b “rscnch forees. General Fe ig making the same demand from Mexico, where it is said that 6,000 men are required, tm addition to the present large force in that country, the coming elections cause much anxiety to the government. DAR ay 20 aac THE LATHST WRws. THE REBEL COTTON LOAN. Lowpon, Morch 21, 1863. ‘The rebe) loan rather relapsed to-day, closing at 3% a 4% premium, THB POLISH REVOLUTION. Cracow, March 20, 1863. ‘The insnrgents are rallying at Vilitza, commanded by ‘Somecorski. Pan, March 21, 1863. Despatches received at the Russian Embassy confirm ‘tho defeat of Langieroz, who had been conveyed to Tar now. The insurgents lost four hundred killed aod Mfty- four taken prisoners. A telegram from Lemberg also confirms the above. In the minority of seventeen of the breach Senateen the Polish Ynestion are the names of several of the most intimate of the Emperor's entourage. ‘GREAT BRITAIN. = 7 Lospon ; Mach 2, 1663. A'‘Cabinet Coeacil was held yesterday. Mr. Pender, M. P. for Manchester, has jemed the Direc. tien of the British and American Exchange and Banking orporation. Sommertial Intelfgence. THE LONDON MONRY MAKKET, Fundsem the 20th of March rather tirmer. There was ap active demand for money, and:few transactions took lace below 4 per cont. ‘3 va ‘March 20.—Fvening. DON, Friday, Comsols closed ‘to-day at 92uV2' for monty. The week7 ratura of the Bank of shows au increase of £620,000 ia Bullion, AMERICAN STOCK: ‘The market for American stocks Ditmoig Central Rajiroad 44%4 a 44 discount; wey shares, 423; 0 43}. “LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Fripay, Marda 20, 1863. ‘The sales"f cotton for the week have been 67,000 bales, @acluding 16,000 bales to ‘speculators and 9,000 bales to ‘The market . Tb. on can, 4. at Nt yt aid. on otter de- scrijitiows. sales to-day (Friday) ineIndieg 1,500 Dales to speculators and arket dosing withor is. is quiet but stead. REroR?. Manchester report tbe mazket for cot- tow goods and yarus fiat, but racber steady. ‘Thesadvices frem orm; 20s. 3d. de » Specie tu nominal, suey. Rice firm. Cod oil {no . a4 4a. Linseed oil. dull. Crude petroleum quiet dy ot Zs. LONDON MARKETS. Biteadctuffa opened firm, but closed quiet. Jron quiet and tteady. Sugar has a downward tendency. Conee ) Ten steady, Rice steady. Tallow very duil. ite serpentine firm at H@s. Rowin eteady. Linseed quiet and steady et 42%. Sperm oi! dull et te. Crude petroleum Beavy at Ls. 6d. ‘THE LATEST MARKETS. TUR LONDON MONEY MARKET. Loxnon, MM «Gonsole closed today at 92 % y. ‘Rw la‘ost gales of American stocks were—Ilinole Can tral Railroad, 45 a 44, dicount; Erie Railroad, 42)¢ « 48%. Laspon, March 22, 1863. ‘The London Time city article of Saturday evening says:—Consula, after official hours, were firm at 92%, a 92}5. The revel loan closed at 3% a 454 premium. ‘THE PARIS POURR, Panm, March 21 . Tao Bourse opened at OO. She. for renee, he 2,000 to mpeculstors and atoady, Pnoview | The ‘imton market closes flat. Fanvtca ibe peadice market cate quiet al steady VRE MARKETS, Corton. —The aalee of the work foot up 16,000 bales Orleans Sres ordinaire 290f.; bas 279f, Toe market is j steady, with @ trfiling advance. Stock in port 43,000 AST—HRAVY sitire NDRED PRUAUNS SUPPORED 10 Weeks — in HAVE YRRISHED, A letter jast received from Beyrout, under date of oth ulth 2, #tetes that the country was, on the 27th of Febru ary, boundated by a hewvy fall of rain whiew ante! four an od the Ath day it turned inte reguuar ruow | stort, witich confinaed for two days, much t) the s#\on M’CLELLAN’S CAMPAIGN, Preliminary Report of General McClellan of the Battles of South Mountain and Autietem, Military Operations from the Time of the Evacuation of Harrison's Landing Until. Lee was~ Driven Out of Maryland. THE HARPER’S FERRY SURRENDER The Seven Days Battles on the Peninsula, &%., &o., The Battles of South Moun Antictam, HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Ost. 1, 1862. Gxwenat—I have the honor to subi a proliminary re port of the military operations under my charge since the ‘evacuation of Harrison’s Landing. The measure directed by the General-in-Chief was exe cuted successfully, with entire safety tomy command aod its material, between the 14th and 19th of August. The Iine of withdrawal gelected was that of the mouth of the Chickahominy, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Upoa this line the main body of the army, with all its trains, was moved, Heintzeiman’s corps crosting the Chickahominy at Joucs’ bridge, and covering by ite march the movement of the main column, The passage of the Lower Chickas hominy waseffected by means of a batteau bridge two thousand feet in Jengih, The transfer of the army to York- town was completed by the 19th of August. Thé embarkation of the troops and materia! at Yorktown and | Fortress Monroe was at once commenced, and as rapidly fs the moans of transportation admitted everything wos sent forward to Aquiacresk and Alexandria, No mere eketeh of an ondertaking of such maguitude and yet of so delidte a military character, will suilice wo do jcstice, J Must Low, however, content myself with a simple notice y it. deferring a tull description for my olficwl report of 6 Campm._” belore Rickmond—a labor which T propor ae. and ofthe Per Cumberinnd vailey, and ot upon Baltimore, Washington | yivania reserves, which was atthe head of ov Gottyeburg. . | Hooker's corps. become engaged in a sharp oonteal with In. the absence of the full reports of corps ¢ mmandera, | the eveMY, Whiew fnsted until alter duck, when it had asi outline of the brilliant operations which result- succeeded fa ‘driving tu a portion of the opposing line, and ed in the carrying of the two passes throurh the South | held the ground. | Mountain fa all tha! can at this time, with jurtice to whe | At daysiglt the oon i troops amd commanders engaged, be furnished. Tb | and tho ene nay in attack was South Mountain r: near Turner's [aes 4 | ful for 4 time; but masses momy, thrown haps @ thousand height, and formas stroog natu- | cori, checked |t. Mansfeld) brought up bis « ral mifitary barrier. The practicable passos are not nu- | }icoker's support, when the two cor) # drove the « merous, aud are readily defensible, the gupe abounding im | back—the gallant and distingawhed ve fi jtions. Turner's Vass is ‘the more prominent, | losing his \ife in thd eff about this time, woun ily, leld, wh the by which the Nationat Road crosses tho roun- Ik was neceesarily indicated as tho route of ad his services hal been co: | | nt an bour after thie time Su vance of‘our main army. important. J carrying of Crampton's Pass, some five or six miles | cousisting of Sedgwick’, Richardson's ap Waa also impo. tant to furnish the means of reach- | visions, arrived on the fled—lichardscn acme time a‘ter ig the flank of the ecemy, and having, as a lateral move- | the other two, as he was unable to start as soon as they, ment, direct relations to the attack on the principal pass, | Sedgwick, on the right, pevetrated the woods tm front of Me Hooker's and Manafield’s troops while it at the same time pe the most direct prac- ticable for tho relief of Harper's Ferry. Burly in mber 14, General a force, digoo French and Richardsyn were piaced to the left of Sedg. wick, thus attacking the evemy towards their le!tcentre, Crawtord’s and Sedgwick’s lines, however, yield destructive fire of masses of ihe enemy In’ the woods, and, suffering greatly (Generals Sedgwick and Crawford being among the wounded), their troops fell back tn order. They neverthelegs rallied in the wo de. ‘The e Teconnoitered the position of the vered to Occupy the crests cf com. National and Pp their position, wlether that by the mat my vance was, however, entirely checked by the oye HA dy tho ooutry reads, which led around | destructive fire of dur artiliory. Fracklin, who bad been est upon the right and left. At directed the before tw join the main army with two arrived on tho fold (rom Brownsville about an and Smith's division replaced Sedgw.c%'s and ine Advancing Rteadily, it swept over the ground just lort, but now permanently rewken. Tho dt Visions of Freveh and Richardson maintajoed with con- sidorablo logs the exposed pogitions which they hed so gallantly gained, among the wounded beiny (en. Riebard we ‘clock A. M., Cox's division of kieno’s corps, portlan of Burnzide’s column, in co-operation with the which by this time had become an at- tack, moved Shape mountain by the old Sharpsburg road to the Jeft of Mein rowd, dividing as they advanced | into two columus. ‘Ihese columia (Scammon’s and Ccok’s | brigades) handsomely carried the y's Position OD the crest in their fromt, which ave us pussetaion of an | important pointfor further oper Fresh bodies of 0 < The cond!tinn of things on the righs towarde tho midalo the evemy Row sppearing, Cox's poriticn, though eld | of tho afternoon, notwithstanaing the su wrested stubbornly, became crities!, and between twelve and one | from ihe enemy by the stubborn bravery o'clock P.M, Willoox’s division of Reno's corps was rent | was al (hia time uupromusiug, . Sumuer's, Foc forward Dy General yraside to support Cox, and betwe.a | Mavefeld's corps had Jost heavily, several yeneral oilieers: two and P. dL. Sturgis’ division was sent up. | baving been carried from the fiekt, I was at one Lime it was maintained with perseverance until | © impelled to draw two brigades from Porter's corps (the dark; tl my having the advantage as Lo porition, and | reserve) to strengthen the right. This left tor the reserve | fi und won was fully | the small division gf regulars who had been engaged in a! xy; but ihe Y mainfaingd. The loes in Killed sand wounded here was | upperting du: ing the FF the batteries la tne contro ard a ‘considerableon both sides, and i was org that Major | lo brigade of Morell’s diylsion. fore 1 heft tho General Reno, who had gone forward to observe the ope. | F o return to the contre, IT beeame satisied tyat tho rations of his corp to give such ne ae were | Ti id be held without these two hrigaies, and eth necessary, iei) pierced with a musket . The logs of | termanded the order, whigh was in course of execution, | this. braye and distinguished officer t-mperod with sad- | The effect of Vurnside’s movement on the enemy's right | Toes the exullations of triumph, A ga’ soldier, an | Was to prevent the further massing of their troops on | able general, 6: J to his troops and associates, ‘his | their lo(t,and we held wtiat we hal gained. ‘blo Mysvortune. ‘ox’, Stnrgis’ a death is felt ay au reper ue meide’s corpa, consisting of Wi About three o'¢ M. kivoker’s corps, of Purnside’s | Rodraan’s divisions, aid Cox’s Kavawh: division, wis coluttiy, Moved up tothe right of the main road by a tark of carrying the bildge coun which, bending to tho right, then turning and apgivnlt- up left, eireuitously wound its way beyond tho | been commun! crest pag# to the Mountain House, on tho muin youl. Capa at Hiwker sent Meade, with the divi: ion of vot ar the bridge, ta Pennayl resorves, 10 aitack the eminence w the | On 1) the stro. bk OF thiwenicance to the gap, which was done most | te bank ie wooded aud comma proaches both to the bridge and the ord, The steep glojcs of the bank were jiued with rife pits and breagtworks of rails and and successfully, drigade, of Hateh’s division, was sent—one | from (he War Depart an as events will afford es. | Sep thers ecUse TS tee iavernsatg othe as of | por ‘around the road, to turn the billon the left, | tones, ‘1hese, iether with the woods, were filed with the Pojanac ana the brave’ Biel way gumposed it rd} whil rewmplpdes Mivanced ag shirmishers—up tho | the enemy's iufantry, while their batteries compivtely quires that the official regord sf that aon should vg movtvied > one, sigs Doonan | ouaee and epfiuded the bridge and ford and their tah ice ps: on te bestow vpn it. | teat on agkand acne fiokin in’ ihe denssseign ba- The advance of the troops broveht op an obstinate au ‘The delay will net have beet felt as injurious | tw Gieab und the adjoining Lui, was suily Sie- | EAMEMMe, <ontene and irom the gros! DNirad KAVA | Reorts aay Se ee oe saectaes | ee kaLmRavint geet tm a beg | eke ceaetgeme ence kore, he ; 3 aryuidor eesed ‘ip’ niain about five » acightsen the 4 wd. At about three fersulg akthsy occaned 7: eee | We re eh tie itt of bie cOehbiad | o'clock. P.M. the Corps B35" Gayarced, and with succent, Treached Aquia creck with my sta on the 24th of { in tipy pate in the closing ecene of the enyage- | the right driving th® Snemy betore It, and pushing om | AU ust, Fe] reed mo arrival snd. ankee for orders. OD | iy ving Hatch’s division, Rickotts remained ou | bearly toSbarb™ arg, while the left, afier a hard encoun- ihe 27th of august I received. from. the Goueral-a the grqund, holding the battle field during the night. | ter, 480 °<inpeiiod the euemy to felire be‘ore it, The remission to oo od to Alexandria, where | at aim Cole { ‘Thy 5 in cb hue gallantly mawed over by Hooker evel here, however, were speedily rewforced and with Thy headquarters, ‘Ihe troops composing ine Ariny of | Gr ttecieht of abe gap aud Revo on tho left were steep | Overwhelming masses. Now. batteriew of their artillery, it Potomse were meanwhile ard orte. | and {ithe cktreme, We coud mate but little use | also, were Drought up and opened. It became erideut inforce {hg army under General F Le oi be ery’, whiie Sur icvops were ule thut our force wis uot sufficient to enable tho vdvange *, | pep ewe t that on ibe atts or Ai haa peste 16 as ie 6 wiptopt, in the woods | reach the town, and tho ordar was given W retire fo the | ree ci at Cite ae gaara | eH RL URAL es | co leh wn nia Se bout one hundred mea. Everything’ elce hat Ween sent! FC Hakeb’s division, jate in the afternoon, ad: | 10 the alteruo m. ‘This Bt Re effected without to reinforce General Pope. In addition, 1 < Nanoed. apon the centre of the enemy’s porition on ponfuaiens eats the gocition Hi tained until the enemy the means at my disposal to forward aupplier fod main read. Deploying Dix brigade, Gibbon activel, rotreatod. gral Burnside had sont to me for rein. olticer, my Own headquarters teams even being used for | en; @superior force of the cvemy, which, though | force ing ale in ahe afternoon; but the condition of ‘that purpose, pelt bm Tosistivg, was steadily eer beet eat "once on the right was not such as to enable me to afford ¥ unfortana’ ‘Yeoolved | some after Fema! aa timation rents Gawuteonar ral vices ory Rei then rev - During the whole d&y ovr arti way everywhere wore desired (or the purpose of arrand!’¢ for tie dareuce He of Sedgwick’s division, Fin”, iveg | bravely and ably handled. Indeed, 1 cannot speak 100 oC the capital, They ware as ence ceseryny ae Sy ihe right tex nafh Tneouwtny abeee | highly of the efficiency o our battetles, nbd of the great though, while a definite inst -yoronn at A 4) /Stgnt leaving thet dead service they reudered. On more than one ocearkn, when Thad eb ag just seer, 19 promote retreated down the | Our infantry was broken, they covered its reformation result in the operations bea pending, aaa pes Sh a ce ae areca mine | aud drove beck the enemy. tributed, though indirec‘¢y, yet ag Yar as. | cowkl, to tho at Turner's Pass our los wae three | The cavalry bad littie field for operations during the defence ‘of Washingt a,” Ou the 2d of September. tbe oe thotsant tour | engagement, but was employed In supporting the horwe formal order of they War Department tn com- ‘and missing. that of | artillery batteries in the centre, aud ia driving up wtrag mand of the for’, rons of Washington ame of sil the ‘nes thew: glers, while awaiting opportunity for other service. troope for ths defence » On the to Bri ‘The sigoal corps, under Major Myer, reudered durin tet ‘Tad beet rel | fat t had ete Ji tcoe. | the operations at Antictam, ax at South Mountain, ita “9 od beranky hte root by Frankim was exe. | during (ie whole movements of the army, eflicient and Pape, 01 cen taneameiones er dint valuablo service. Indeed, by 18 servicon here, as on Ur ehrriavn of Washingion. | On the uext day, bewever, T fa the | Other felds elsewhere, this corps has gallantly earned ite papel nd By toe Prostacnt st tho Gene. Of Buttlett s | litle to an independent and permanent organization. 2a tlanspedvoneam Gmmeral Pope's troops Newton, whose ac ‘The duties devolying upon my staf daring the action nelud| army melons fso0n as they beebarieded Important, aud the performances vt them able eommen tera await, _ 1 © to brivg to the tbem, A ome eal A aeaeoeh baste Co Wapactnens Unelt Scie paul sorvioes tee sxeary epee me senna ot gary thie meworuble battle, +m which, wes tore ne = cpg fo ‘hor hundred thousand. man were for four: AL tats the task imposed upon me was tmited perk . a By to the dispositions necessary Daye egg ep vpn battery a ¥ 1s postin * pee pi ay pruadoaf 4 prt oe my ee eee : driven back, flank ‘and secured a footing within tt on the other, Onder get ‘naturally indicated by the our torces in wen bat ate pry uf housroverses, wo bad uchieved « front. The vartous garrisom were at onoe 4 tv ace mae “ y invested'with tho prestige of Se ee ee eat ace ie ee former successes and inflated with # recent triumph. Our ies Mreadlle torent ape, rkatate | fo; con flept that night conquerors on a field won by their points, Newsde ences were up where deamed Yuta net boveces with the dead and wounded of the we ‘A few caye only had A before @ com Parative seturity was felt wita resist any a upoe the city. The di the enemy from the feeot of Washmgton their pas. faye into Maryland eufarged the epbere of operations, and made ap active campaign necessary to cover Baltimore, Prevent the invasion of Penvsylvania and drive them out of Maryland. Beng honored with the charg> of this campaign, Lentered at once upon the additional duties iunpoted upon me with cheerfulness and trust, yet pot without feeling the weight of the responsibiiities thus as- sumed, and being Goepiy impressed with tbe magnitude Of the inxues involved ee Having made the arrangements for the de- fence of the city tm the vew cendition of things, I pushed forward the First and Nimth corps, under Generals Keno end Hooker, forming the it wing, under General Burp side, % Leesburg, on the Suh instant, thence the First corps, by Brovksville, Caokesville aud Ridgeville, to erederick; and the Ninth corps, by amascos, on New Second and Keventh corps, moved from Tenallytown ta Rockville; theuce, by Middle. bury and Urbaua, on Frederick, the th mov- ing by a lateral road between Urbana aud New Market, thus maintaining the communication between the centre sad nigh ing, $0 well aa ove Soe dinoet route from ‘rederick to, corps, under > Senha ses hoses Deretonowe onthe 6th instant, thence by Dawsonville and Barusville on =e the mouth of the being foree 2! 5 2 FE a pageage of the sonth Mountain range and gain Of Boons bore and Rubversvilie before any relief could afforded to Harper's berry. Ow the morning of the 13th I received a v ra from Colone! Miles, commanding at Harper's Kerry, m- ming me that on the preceding afternoou the Maryland ights had beewabandune4, after repelling an attack by the revels, and that the whole force war concentrated .t Harper's Ferry, she Maryland, london aad Bolivar heights being all im porsosafon of the enemy. The mes wenger sated that was DO apparent reason for the abandonment of the Maryland Heghis, and that, thougts Colonel Mitaa asked for arauac.ce, he wuld be could belt out certaluly two daya, J directed him to make sis way back, If powmibie, with the information that Iwas rapidly approaching, and would undoubtedly relieve tbe piace Hy three other couriers I ent the same message, with tLe order to bold out to the lant, ve dana to tdiher Of these tuggestions, and win the rubjor was Uefk tw my deseretéon tt was (oo late io do anyhing exee;t ty ee ee. direesed artillery t9 be freqnentt vanced guards aa aedgnal tthe ethand. Thiet was doe, and | le distinetly heard at Aarge' thos made aware that we was confidently expected ! we had carried the mounn'!* aod were ‘ke a detachment for wa, “let. The lett, MOVE throvgh Jo OTRO to the Senta Mountain at Cramptin’s Pas, in front .% Burkettevitie, while the centre of right moved apon the yn. 8 Of Turn fired by our ad bing rapidly. t ee could hold out felon “06 OF tie natiwey of the country, “the oldest wan” of whom “a bower witogeead 4 similar cecurrence. This snow storm » Sf Mieeeeded, 00 the Sth of Maret, by a tre. | ndoue westerly #¢, causing eavy damage to shipping, “tant versom 800g the cvnst, und | Ueyrout. Av out alx hundred “9 perithed™ Therrew of sinking lity-two mer afreneh steamer before Perrone are sipposed to the steamer were aj) saved ha wn. 10 (rout of Middietows, During tu * invents | had not imp sed tong marches on (be o& The absolute necessity of retitting and giving some r. marching and severe Ngbting, tether with the sheer. | tatnty a# to (be actu dd pouition, strength and fotentions of j tho enemy. rewiered it incumbent upum me to move sew. | 1 cautiously pusil the hendyuartere resehe! Hrhace ly end Whore I frat obi pipet raibibie information that check sae W ove wvoq Barver's Kerry ne | + he ce ce eee to oor ability to | euemy-defore ‘Tho night, however, presented serious questions; morning brought with it grave responribilities. To renew the attack again on the Int, of defer it, with the chance of the enensy’s retirement afier a day of suspense, were the questions before ine. A careful and anxious survey of the condition of my command, and my knowledge of | the enemy's force and , failed to Imprens me wit avy reasonable certainty of success if I renewed the at- | tek without reinforcing colamar. A view of the abat- tered state of some of the corps sufficed to deter me from pressing them into imivediate acim, and | igit. my y for! in Frauklin’s corps was four tandred and sixteon wounded and two missing. The enéwy’s lore was about the same, One piece of artillery aud four colors were captured, and kuaymacks, aod even hat were domed as the enemy were driven up.the hil, . ‘On the morning of the 16th | was informed by Upion civilians living OD the side of the mountains that the enemy in the t haste and in dis- ordered masses to the river. was such a coneur rence of teatimony oa this polot that there seemed yo duty Uw army and the count, mA ri ‘the fact. hasty retreat ‘ene! volyed in a bapty movergent, whigh might reeult in the (oe eenomeanten cadteeekaaone slikcrente. || load ot WRiv bed EE ry oes day. Impetied | by (his consideration, | awaited the arrival of my rein. roops from between Boonsboro and ilagerstown to a position where could resist attack aud cover the | forcements, taking advantage of the occasion to cb Enepherdstown and receive the reinforcements ex. | together the dispersed, give rest to the iatifudl, a pected from “Ferry, were for a time interpreted | move the wounded. OF the ments, Coach's ai- vision, although marching with commendable rapidity, was bot in porition until ® late hour ia the morving, and Humphrey. ‘8 division of Dew troops, fatigued with forced mar , Were arriving throughout the day, but were not avaliable until pear its close, Large reiniorcements from Penpayivania, which were expected during the,day, did hot arrive at all, During the 16th orders were given for a renewal of the attack at daylight of the 10th. On the night of the 18th aw evidences of ovemy's disorganization and deme ralization. Asroon as it = three venny! Agta that the enemy had abandoned the mountains, cavelry and the corps of somner, Hooker and Mansfeld were ordered to pursue them, via_the and Boonsboro, but moveby the old Sharpsburg road, into it valley, occupy the enemy, after having been passing troops in the latier cudeavor to Harper's Ferry. part of the‘day from the Virgtola shore to their position , upon the road from id ) a seen by our officers, suddenly ville, were tor Franklin of to meve formed the of their live. ibis move. distance r evacuation presented but little dificuly. It was, however, rapidly followed up. A reconnoissance waa male soross tho river ou the evening of the 19th, which resulted in the Dear preseuse of the enemy in some force, and in our cap. turing six pie A A ext morn! which, with was made by a email ily Porter's corps, resulted in obperviog « heavy fores of the "1 enemy oe kn Boonsboro to Kedysville, found a few I sabmit herewith « list of the killed and town the enemy’s forces a in line wining. in the eagagemnente of the lth. Rod of the 16th both in respect to numbers: ition, and 17th. The eneumy’s lone ts ed, from the best Upon reeetving ts sources of Information, w be ay, thirty thousand. enemy, | directed all the corps, except ‘Their dead were mostly left on the and jum up Sharpabarg, leaving Franklin to cbeerve and check | ber of wounded were left bebind. the enemy im his front, and avail bimecif of any chince | While it me 0 speak that might offer. I hed hoped to come up with te enemy and ma and men If dinpiayed during the ith, in sudlcient force to beat them again and | through this conflict, Tfeel tt necesaary U-thention that drive them dtd the river. My instructions were thatiit | tome officers aud men skulked from beef peed AY the enemy were not on the march they were to be at | ranks uutil the battle was over. Death oo {moat once attacked; Mf they were found In force and position | Bereafter be the fate of ail such eowards, and the hands the corps wero to be placed in position for attack; | Of Uke mibtary commanders must be *trengtheved with but no attack was to be made wotil [ reached the front. all the power of the government to Iniliet it summarily ‘The early and dingracetul surrender of Harper's Ferry ny operations of results which would have briltiant wejuence ty the substantial and grati On arriving atthe from in the afternoon I found but two division#—Righardson’s and Sykes'—in position. The | deiwived rest were balted im the road, the bead of the evlumy some | formed « distance in the rear f Richardson. Alera rapid exami. | [ink fuccess already related. Had the garrison nation of the position | found that it was wo late to attack | “eld out twenty tour hours longer, 1 should, io that d*y, @ad at obce directed locations wo be relected for |“! probabinty, bave captured that part of the our batteries of poritin, and indicatea ihe bivoracs for | cromy"* force engeged im the on the the different corps, massing them near und on both sides | Mery and Heights, whie (he whole garrizon, some twelve thousand strong, could by been draen Ww rein fore moon the day of the deewive battle—certain'y on on the morning of the 18th, J woud thus haw been in a he Sharpeburg pike The cory places until the next qora ing, # cs ‘he 16th the every bed were not all im their | ime after sunrise, ighily changed their line and were postéd upon the heights in the rear of the An. | sorkien to detroyad the veel army. Under the tetam creek, their loft aud centre bearing upon and in ene CIFOMMSNRDES , Bi om the Vir {rut of the toad from Sharpsburg to Hagerstown, sad | £! lo ab Harpe wn, i would protected by woods and irreguiarities of tho ground, | be Ubirty Sve or forty Meugand jeu men io on Their extreme left rested upon a weeded eminence near | rat Avtittem, aod meat captured of 4 crow# TOM tO the nerthof J Miller's nem, the die. *Uryjed oll opted Lo ne. had engage on it between the road and We Potornac, | Oy fre froma tree’ and Wo them a grent wietory, amd ‘A great bend to the cast, being about | (0 reapthe disedvantages of thee beng freshly and plents ee full iad ith ammunition and b three fourt: SO & mile, Their right rested 0 tue bide te Mj ie of bral come | ‘on the tal of the Major Generat Commanding, | tion to those month Judnary 29,1563, £ PRICE THREE CENTS ley, although dated the 15th of July last, is, to-day, for the tirat time, published. He says to the calm judgment of history and the future he leavea the task of pro- nouncing upon the movement, eonfitent that its verdict will bo that po such difficult one was ever more success fully exeented ; that no army ever fought more repeatedly, heroically and successfully against such great odds, that bomen of any race ever displayed greater discipline, ens durance, patience and cheerfulness, under such hardships. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMA( Review by General Hooker of the First Army Corps. Appointment of Additional Staf® Ofticers. MOVEMEMTS OF THE REBELS. PREPARATIONS FOR THEDRAF + 0 ke, a, Heanquanrens ov Tun ARMY oF Tue Potomac, April 2, i845, ‘The First army oorps, Major Gengral Reynolds com manding. waa reviewed today by Geuoral Hooker and staf, The appearance, discipline and elficiency of the troops wore highly watisiactory, GENERAL OKDERE—NO. Heapyvan) tes or Tae ARMY OF rit Poromac, ) ses. 1 ay serving ja addi Al Orders No. 2, of arters Tho following named offleers are annoan Brigadier Ge , Yoluntoer service, Colonel &. Sehuner, eral Licutenunt Colonel W. IH. Davis, Ausistant Inspector Genera) Lientenant Colonel F. R. Piatt, Captain of the Second artillery Judge Advocate General Major 8. F. Parstow, Assietant Adjutant General Colonel G. H. Sharpe, Deputy Provost Marshal General Captein U, Dabigren, Aid-de-Camnp. Captain, Charles: Gadwaltader, Sixth Pennsylvania cavaury, Agting Ald-de-Cainp. ’ Hy command of Major General HOOKER. 8. Wintame, Ausintant Adjutant General General Orders No. 36 contains the following para beon received ene@ral must e of all the troops sery he Toth inet, the muster roll wll bo }mimediately thereafter went ) the Adjutant General of the Army, for the une of ihe rovoet Marabal in making drafts to Gil up regiments and batteries to the proper complement. tS Peus—NO. 9. GENFRAL CHE Franqrarrens, Tusen Anwr Coss, March 18, 1863 1 Surgeon James F. Dexter, Fortieth New York Vo fe (Mozart regiment), i annonoced as Medical In spector of this corps, and will be obeyed aad reapooted of accordingly. By commando General SICKLES. O. H, Tam, Anaistant Adjutant General. Burgeon Dexter ia well known in thia city as a ekilful ‘geon and accomplished geatioman, am 4 ‘Tear o'Cioce P.M. ‘All i quivt along tho Lines of the Army of the Potomac to night, Hxapquanrans, Amey or tas Moroso, vs ‘April 3, 1568. ‘A force of rebel cxvairy is roparted t be on the Northern Neck, in tho vicinity of King George Court Houso, ongaged in seizing supplies and enforcing the con ‘The opomy has in the lant fow days displayed a large body of troops in the neighborhood of the fords above Falmouth, but the impression is that this is only @ ruse to conceal @ retrograte movement. The Sixth corpe will bo reviewed to-day by General Bayou Kapedition Returned Potnt=—The Work on the ickaburg Cut-Off Abandoned—T he amoin Keported in bie Or der, dee Crevaun, April 3, 140% ‘The news from Vickaburg is not encouraging. The Mee ayou expedition bad returned to Young's Pcint, and the troops were being divombarked. + ‘The werk ov the cut-off opposite Vickwburg had boom abandoned. The revel gaggou gommand two-thirds of its length. A Memphis despatch says information, which exn be yelled on, bas reached hero to-day of the whereabouts of the Indlanola. The rebela took her to Alexandria, La, on the Red river, and repaired ber suifelently to m ake her ggrviceable, =. FeaPs are entertained for the safety of the Hartford amd Albatross, aa the robels have the Queen of the Went, the W. HL. Webly and the Indinnola—a fleet sufficient to give Admiral Farragut some trouble, — Price and Kirby fmith ike collecting the soattered forces of the enemy in Arkaosaa, preparatory Wo entering Missouri. | - THE WAR IN TENNESSE Locmruia, Aprit 9, 1669, ‘The rebels under General Van Dorn are attempting to flank General Hosecrans on the left. They are crossing the river at Palmyra. It ts thought that Van Dorn has « heavy supply of artillery apd that (he movement is aimed agaimet Kentucky. +a Menrexempono, Tenn., April 3, 1863. 1 a rumored that s number of bridges are being oon Strucned actons the Tenneasea river above Florence, to Conbed the rebel armies Uf Ten nemo and Missmeippt. General Rosecrans has approved the sentence of the de sertore ia Generals Wood and Palmer's divisions. Colonel Lowe, at Fort Donelson, telegraphs that the enemy are apparently in fores. Cameras, Tenn., April 3, 1668, Laat night the steamers Beliveo and Lizzie Martin were fired into below here, on the Comberland. Both escaped Several more boats are below. The Laminary is sale at Dowelson. The gunboat St. Clair, which engaced the enemy, was crippled, bat wea repaired way Dene iaon, ‘The Gisegow arrived with guns this evening She wan Aired into at Harpeth Khem is, The pilot and several of the Crew were mightly wounded, mn Thrown Guer Low April 8, isan. Twenty five gueriliag threw & wood treia off the Nach + four miles above Pranklia, this afternoon They burned the beomotive and two or three cars, and 0 op the track for some dietar on. © the Track by DESPERATE FIGHT NBAR DRANESVILLE, VA. Waseenarow, April 9, 1868, On Tuesday inet the rebel Captain Mosby vieutet Cen. 7 ” ering The and be the cneoages the Ar thotaan Coy Ae roachion tir tne | Sommmod Sp eto fot Delatting 1 the waveth "¢ town from Che southeast, ‘The ground between their jm- | “ebtember the safety « pe od wae weriourly roe diate frome and the Antietam ie cndu'ating, Mille in- | redangered by the a remot Cemy, whe totvene whane crests in general are commatvied by the | "OP after o jwto A then ey | create of others Im their rear. Oo all favorable poigis | threatened Wi and Mai) . white their artillery waa posted. 10 became ev icent, {rom the ARR, STs) ete, and Sareatenes on lnvesion | free of the, @teany and the strength of eit” ponttion in. acing of the Unvn, lalerior io | tbat desperate ing alume could drive therm from the vumbers, wearied eet trarches, dedowot tm varwus | fold, ad all felt tha: & great and terrible battle was at ad Toga Ae mene pty lah suit band. a oa by Ma move (am, ROOD GN | meaeneapene Seat oes | move: tah Golly inns tik vldbtibees opine ta toe : mont hererepea: what nO ac viclorbins et f served 1 reporting upon other subjecta toes chomen eeeg posites, sed drowe them beaks oth alt communieatton, that | ailerpt im this preliminary resort thete Raper iority of number®, inte the vials of Virginwe rothing more than A sketch «f the fain features of tha thon saving the loyal “tates irom Invapion, aod pacely die ofting the rebel creams of carrying (he war koto our country ahd wabssting upon Our rexcurces, Thirten (una and thirty-nine clone, more than Afton Cheasand Hand of mmall arms, and more than ns thousand prionert kreat engagement, fore: ving for my ofr ial report, based uyon the reparta Of the corps Ortmantors, Ubat fail de seription Of detain which shail pliner apn record the a hevemente et idividasl: and of particular bodies of troops, The demigh was io matte (he main attock upon were the frophles witch attest the swccnes of war arms, be en mys Mftemat leunt to create a diversion in favor of Render ane t | vine Providence for ite beeing the malt attach, w feomething were—by Lelvee thin wriet Fr as Koon an one or bah of | & A the ormmy's oferta ly tO atipem thet * Kage! wit! be Ceomed w tre with SB reserve | might then have on tan the cote fn of (he government ® morning O the 16th (during whtel there was con Lem, Very fenpeevially, your obedie Milery firing) wax epent in i, he Met Major General Ueitet saves Army Drigadior Geworal |. Twonan, AAjniumt ener Ucited Aj)*, Cmrming Bretes Army, on’ Riches “ars , aad the Vennays ine. oe ae vy TROP YOR, Under Meade, wae gout the hobs | Dic Clelian's pert on the feven , Soe. ford aud bridge ty the right oF gd) #ville, Natiles on the ie. mony och ordre. Mtkel, and if pomatbie, turn the ” w ; i Tisconaia, ite hie corps, 0 tent im the ne get be hth ane to pupoert cme, AITIVCd le wmitiew, Monde’ | Gena MeOnliagty ictal seth of mren - ey “a. + mes BO cating NS treville with bis motor bone gueriiia band, nembering about witty, dronsed in fodersi woliorms They iets for Dranes Ville oF ita neighberhoot, and on Weduestay morning & eynmdron A the View Vermeat cavalry came opon them ata plariation where they were Dirouskel. Maby@ hen were dismuntet, amd received oar cavalry with @ fire (rot behind fences, which stampeted some of the raw pridiers, The fiyht mom became desperate, Meeby Uireatened his men with death if they foched, ead felt wornted Captain Pic timea with bie revolver, killing bom. Lieutenant Grout, of the Vermont cavalry, end terenh men wer eet, Cor ee was abet oe ty killed, wounded and prisoners. Mowby was in the hewe opan the plantation when b@ wan earprinet bot we learn that be rate! be mon with lightming like colerity mt ndre bekehe vureoed ant hacked them rey «The goeride chit Feeniver 8 severe aalore out ou the forehead We inern teat the Ve carbine oven Aeliveret b the eoermy with gow » tht then and ww ceed vs the ight aed lefh (0 allow the sabre companies t chetge bot tony ¢)! not come ap lathe work ibe wie of (apta> Pust aed Ligwtenant Greet were emmba med Wo-day Ship Star of Prare, on. April %, 1668, 1 Peace, which wen horned ortimated at belle milbon, and De stenetion of © The cargo of the whip by thee pirates Pi id wae inwur od fur C188