The New York Herald Newspaper, April 15, 1865, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. OFFICE ¥. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASBAU ETS. Vetume xix. SSS Bow York, Saturday, April 15, 1865. — * Assassination of President Lincoln ond At- tempt to Assassinate Seeretary Seward. An anlooked for and terrible calamity bas Defalicn the nation. President Lincoln last ighS received a wound at the bands of an as which ensued, escaped through the rear of the examing the wound the brain was found to be eosing therefrom. The best surgical skill was fastently summoned; but it was not thought it could be of any avail to- wards saving Mr. Lincoln’s life. He was otil! living at an early hour this morning; but the last, melancholy parting scene be- tween himeelf and family had taken place, end his death was momentarily looked for. ‘The attempt to assassinate Secretary Seward ‘was made atan earlier hour in the evening than the attack on the President. The assail- ent forced his way into the sick chamber where Mr, Seward was confined to his bed, and, after - dealing disabling “blows on the attendants, rushed to the bedside and mtabbed the Secretary im the neck and breast. He then fied from the house, mounted ® horse and escaped, making use, as he did s0, of the came exclamation used in the case of the President’s seseasination— Sic Semper Tyran- nis!” Though the wounds infficted on Mr. Seward are not of a mortal character, it is Seared that, owing to his previous debilitated eendition, they may lead to fatal results. ‘The assassin had not been arrested up to the fhour of our latest despatches, Who he is is Bet positively known, though suspicion points strongly to a certain individual. THE SITUATION. General Sherman's army commenced {ts advance from @ebisboro, H.C., 0m the Oth ins’. It moves in three (erbumes, commanded respectively by Vedbrals Howard) lavem and Scheel. General Schofield moved on the (OM, end the remainder of the army on the following @ag. Busing the rejoicings over the capture of Rich Mand, previous to taking up the line of march, @eneral Sherman was called out by. his troops, ‘SRA made a short speech, telling them to prepare to peeus forward, as no rest was to be given to Johnston. (Ganepel Johnston's army had ovac:.ated Raleigh, moving te the weet of it, leaving the town in possession of four @F five thousand of Hampton's cavalry. It was reported that Sonasten had gone to Greensboro, at the junction of the Danville and Chartotte Railroads. On the evening of Ghee 26th iapt. « small force of General Howard's mounted infantry were attacked by come rebel cavalry, who, how- ever, were soem dispersed, with a loss of one hundred men and two pieces of artillery. Tt was reported in Goldsboro, N.C., on the 7th inst. thet Governor Vance would soon call the North Carolina Loegisiatare together to repeal the secession ordinance aad resiore the State to the Union. Je. Davia, fhe orrant President ef the late rebel confederacy, has at last been decisively heard from. Ou the Sth inst. he issued from Danville, Va, a pro @amation which we publish thie moruing He sys fat, General Lee having “found it necessary to make euch movements of his trooper as to uncover” Richmoad, “it would be unwise to conceal the moral and material injury” resulting to the rebel cause from its occupation by the national troops. Still be endeavors to convince hie deluded followers that even this event is a ‘bless. fing im diaguise,”’ as it would liberate Lee's array for more Imgortant operations, He announces his purpose te still maintain Lis bed cause with bix “whole heart and foul, and to ‘never submit to the abumiwnmont of one Bate of the confederacy. “Virginia,” he declares, “shall be held and defended, and no peace ever be mace ‘with the infamous inveder= of ber territory Probably ore thin, om learning of the surrender of Genera! Loe, Jef, has become willing to slightly modify thi« procia mation ‘The captare of Behas, Alibama, by Genera! Wilson's eavairy, is confirmed from rebel sources, Mobile papers of the 4th inst. announced that 1 had been taken, with twenty-three pieces of artillery and a large amount of government property. A New Oricans despatch stator that a furions fire was @pened on the rebel works defending Mobile on the might of the dah inet, and that during it4 continuance @ magn- Sine was exploded tn Spanich Fort; but the ainonnt of Gamage done bad not been ascertained. Affairs were fm the vicinity of Mobile on the bth inst Was atill besieged by the troops of (he Thirteenth ond Gixtocnsh corpa, under Generals Gordon Gran cer und 4 Deaith, while Fort Blakeley, ancther strong robe! work Ox miles nearer the city, was invesiod by the Seventh eorgn, General Siecle commanding Two more Union qreboals, the tndleds No. 4 and Rodolph, had been punk by sebel torpedoes, On the former one man wa» Qilted wet on the latter four were Killed and fifteen wounded. Rebel commeasication between Spaniah Fur: Mobile, on stated in Thursday's Manat, wes entirely ff by the national army. Gontea) Thomas, with the corps and thirty-five thoussnd cavalry, was (expected soe to appear in front of Mobile on the north Asomewhet confosed rebel despatch of the 4b Inet. Angaata, Georgia, Indicates that Alabama ¢ bring overrin by the national cavalry under Gen Wilken and other commanders, all moving in the Weeetion of Movile. On the Ist inet they were repre. peated pe im force nest Montevello smd Tuscalooms. Generel MEOmt» forte in reported to have burned Red Meat Some Yen oak oe lage Kirion, po Spanish te dave tapped the teicrreph im severnt sent dcapelches to rebel officers, Two Yea. Kees were atvo repressated to be advancing oa Colnmbus, Mieateippl tm the lntier Part Of let month, Guo from Momphis and the otber from Huntaville, Alabama From the same despatch we learn that the rebul steamer Ger- trude, with a ca.go valued at two million dollam, was sunk in Spaniab river, near Mobile, on the Sigt wit, by colliding with the steamer Natchez, and proved & total toon. Presiden} Lincoln yesterday ordered the revocation of the passes for the rebels Governor Letcher and Senator Hunter to visit Richmond to take pest im the proceed- ings for restoring Virginia to its proper pesitien in the Union. It is said that the military efficers in Richmond Grunted these pasecs on insufficient authority. Nearly four hundred and fifty captured rebel offeces, Including several genorals, arrived in Washington yester- day. Among them was General Ewell, Additional details vf the ceremonies attending the our- render of Gencral Lee's army are contained in the 40 epatohes of our correspondents published this morning. ‘The Danville (Va.) Bagister of the Sth fust. anys that General Breckinridge, rebel Secretary of War; the rebel ‘Quartermaster and Commissary Genetals and » number of other officers, left Richmond on horveback just previ- ous to ite occupation by the national troops, and were expected to arrive in Danville om the @th inst. Four Union gunboata recently went up the Chowas Fiver, in North Catolina, for the purpone of oo-operating with some cavalry. At Winton a force of rebels was found ; but they were soon dispersed by the shells from the gunboats, which ferried the cavalry across the stream and then proceeded to Murfreesboro, om the Meberrin river, which was also captured. The ram which the reb-ls had been building at Hall- fax, N. C., and with which they expected to infliot great damage on the national vessels, was discovered in the river, above Plymouth, N. C., on the 8th inst, moving down; but she proved to be a mere shell, having been burned to the water’s edge. The rebel ram Albemarle, snk at Plymouth by Lieutenant Cushing and hie party, has been raised, and Is found to be not seriously injured. Orders to discontinue drafting and recruiting in the Southern division of this State, comprising the first ten Congressional districts, were yesterday received from Washington and transmitted to cach of the district pro- vost marshals, Business therefore came to a sudden termination at the Supervisors’ rooms in the City Hall Park and at the several provost marshals’ offices. Chalr- man Blunt, of the Volunteering Committee, had two hundred guns fired in honor of the event. A Cairo despatch suys that the rebel Colunel Forrest has arrived at Memphis under a flag of trace for the pur- pose of conférring with Gencral Warhburne on the sub. Ject of a proposed extermination of guerillas: EYROPEAR NEWS. The steamship Europa, from Queenstown April 2, ar- rived at Halifax yesterday morning, on her voyage to Boston. Her news is two days later. ‘The United States Minister at Lisbon had demanded satistaction from the Portaguere government for the in- sult and injury done to our flag by Gring on tho Niagara and Hecramento. He requested that the commander of Fort Belem be dismissed and the Union fiag saluted with twenty-one guns. No decision bad been come to. The American commanders deny that they were about to sail before the appointed time, and say they were merely shifting their anchorage when fired ov. Our special cor- Tespondence from Corunna gives am interesting narrative of the events which occurred to the date of the sailing of the Niagara and Sacramento from their #snoborage off that piace. The fact of eight guns having jurt been shipped from England to the Spanish const increased the belief that there was another rebe! privateer operating in the neighborhood. The remains of an American ship, Durned to the water's edge, came ashore at Matpica, peer Corunna The London Time correspondent in Richmond at- tempts to comfort the anglo-rebel sympatbizers with the aenurance that even if Lee and Johnston were defeated the “cloning scenes’’ of the war will trouble the United Grates Guring two or three generations. ‘The London Time sondem:s end ridicules the amended ‘Tariff law of the United Stater. A London journal pays a just tribute to the action of ‘the United States Navy, under Farragut end Porter, dur. ing the war. Coneols closed im London, April, at 89% 290 for money. United States five-twenties were in brisk de mand for the Continent. The valu rienced a slight retapee from the adr the week ; but they again advanced to 57K a 584. The Bank of England rednced its rate of discount to four per cent. ‘Two failures in Englend—a commercial house anda bank—foot up liabilities of over one million <terting. ‘The Liverpool cotton market was weaker, but quiet, with prices anchenged, op Apriil. Hreadstuff were quiet and steady. Provisions were quiet and steady THE LEGISLATURE. Tn the Senate yesterday Mr. Munger, of the select commitice appoinied Wo inv ‘stigate charges: made against certain depariments of our city government, reported that the committer was not yet able to muke @ written report, and asked that they be allowed t continue the inve- tigation during the resers, and the heir powers be extended #0 a8 to include ali the departments in the city. ‘The report was laid on the table. A menage was re ceived from the Governor vewing the Dry Dock, Kast Broadwey and North River Ralirend bill, which was ordered to be printed. The Annus! sopply bill wae reported and made the ¢pecial orer for the evening eesion, The bill to increase the fare on the New York Central Railroa! was then yaken up and amended #0 as to pravent dircrimination im favor of through freight and aainet way freight. it was then read and passed by a vole of yoar 18, uayr 14. Bills were also adoyted relative to the Croton Aqueduct jew York, and to incorporate the Harry Howard As sociation of Exempt Firemen. The Governor's nominees for Metropolitan Fire Commindoners were rejected in executive session by a vote of yrar 15, nave 17. In the Assembly bills were r pected tor the erection of anew Capitol; to provide groundy for & final resting place of the remains of New York Volunteers who fell at Gottyeburg and Antietam, end to change (he name of the Mariners’ Savings’ Iartitute. Mr. Weed movedto take from the table the Metropolitan Heelth bill, which wae carrind by a vote of yeas 6, uays 61. The question of the reconaideration of ihe vote by which the bill wae low ‘Wor reached in evening session. When the result wae wnnounced, the bill wax declared lot by a vote of ayes 52, mays 50. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. South American advices, dated to the Lith of March, reveived, via England, by the steam chip Europa, report the surrender of: the city of Montevideo to General Flores, The Brazilians were in possession of the place. ‘This confirmy the statements given in the Hixmane of the Sth and 12tb int The Cunard eteam@ip Aria reached Halifax from Boe. ton at balf-past eleven P.M. on Thursday, and sailed for Liverpool at three o'clock A.M. yesterday The steamrhip Corsica from Havana on the sth and on the 10th ins: ved tmre youtorday. Her advices are no later than those noticed im yee. torday's Henaty. The Anglo.rebel blockade rupning steamabip Banshee arrived at Nawmu on the 30th alt, from Galveston, with one thousand bales of cotton. she reports twelve Union vessels of Galveston bur, amd that the town is garrisoned by twelve hundred rehnin The Preach berk Rogene was wrecked on Great Inague on the Mth of February, and three of ber crew were drowned. When the Corsica was about four hours from thie port «ome alcohol was exploded im the hold of the hip from the Biase of a candle, by which iwo perwne were Killed aud three others sertounty injured. A New Orleans journal of the 8th inst. clatmed to Lave intelligence that the commander of the priveipal army of Juares im (ontral Metico had abandoned the content, and (bat his troops had retvarned to their bo.nes. Preaident Lincoln has recently recoguised Jou A. Godoy on consul of the Mexican republic at San Fran. Clee, whieh fact would seem to be a contradiction of ali the reports that our government derigned ackaowlodsing ‘Marimilian's empire YORK , pegtous cerviess fai burge aumtor of eer city ehurubes mb a tome, Wheat was firmer for spring, but dull and heavy for winter. Corn was firm and in limited supply. Oats were also scarce, and lo. higher. Pork was im improved demand and firmer. Beof ruled steady. Lard was quiet but firm, while whiskey was decidedly lower and leas active. Freights were auil and sales were nominal. A Preclamatio& from Jeff. Davis—His “Votee ts Still for War.” Jeff. Davis has tarned up again. He has is sued a proclamation from Danville, and his “voice is still for war.” The reader will find that proclamation in another part of this paper. It is savage, sanguinary and defiant, from first to last; but it was issued upon the false pre- sumption that, though he had lost Richmong, General Lee had escaped with his army. This absurdly belligerent edict is dated Danville, April 5, several days before the surrender of Lee, and doubtless before any information had reached Danville of the accumulating and fatal disasters of his awful retreat. * Under this delusive idea, however, that he still had Lee’s army to support him, Davis de- fiantly falls back upon the strategy of Ben Wood. “The finest army of the confederacy, under {ts ablest military leader, had been greatly trammelled,” he says, “ by the necessity of keeping constant watch over the approaches to the capital.” and thus it bad been “forced to forego more than one opportunity for promising enterprises.” In other words General Grant had driven this “finest army of the con- federacy” into Richmond, and had turned the key on it till ready to draw General Lee out end run him down. But, although Davis “cannot conceal the moral and material to bis cause from the loes of his capital, he agrees with Ben Wood that his armies, “now re- Meved of the duty of guarding particular points, are free to move from point to point, and to strike the enemy in getail, far from his base,” just as they struck Shermaa, for in- stance, in his marches through Georgia, South and North Carolina. Davis, at all events, declares that “Virginia shall be held and defended;” that he will “never abandon to the enemy one foot of the soll of any State of the confederacy;” but that if compelled to withdraw temporarily, he “will retarn, again and again, till the baffled and exhausted enemy shall abandon in despair his endless and impossible task of making slaves of @ people resolved to be free.” This was on the 5th of April, at Danville, and we dare eay that by this time Davis, a little more enlight- ened, has abandoned Virginia and North and South Carolina, and is perhaps meditating at Augusta, Ga., upon the safest route, via Texas, to Mexico. It is possible, however, that the mad ambition pase gral Siaay disappointments and misfor- ines ve fallen upon this unhappy man have rendered him utterly reckless in "he de epair. If s0, he will probably persist in his madness till stopped in a violent and igno- minious death. But we cannot imagine that he ha» become #0 completely deranged. We rather incline to think that there is “a method in bis madness”—something of strategy, to cover up bis real designs, and to get safely off withont exciting dangerous suspicions among his followers till well ont of the way of danger. in this view of his declared purposes of war to the death, we sLall not be surprised if we do not hear directly from him again this side of the Mississippi river or the island of Cuba. Clearly he ix not in the mood to accept a par- don; nor do we think that he seeks the unplea- sant alternative threatened him of that “sour apple tree” — Aa we go marching on Davia, in short, must have had some miagiv- ings of Sheridan’s cavalry, and, as we oonjec- ture, he only stopped at Danville to burl back upon “the Yankeer” his last shout of wrath and defiance, and is off “for Cowes and « market.” Sram anv Portvaat as Nevrnats.—The atti tade of Spain and Portugal in regerd’to this country, as evinced in their recent action towards the United Staten war vessels Niagara and Sacramento is decidedly hostile, and demands theeimmediate notice of our govern- ment. It has come to a pretty pass when such petty Powers can insult us with impunity. As for Portugal, she has nothing to lose. Like a poor yelping dog, she scarcely merits a good Kicking. But the case of Spain is quite diffe- Tent. She ought to remember that she has valuable possessions within easy reach of um If we had sufficient cause to-morrow it would not require much more than » month to take Cuba and Porto Rico, and then &panish pride and bombest would be broaght rather low. Our government must look to this matter ot once, and we trust thet our representatives at Madrid and Lisbon wil) demand full and ample satistaction. It ls no excuse to say that these are weak Powers and of little importance. They must not be allowed to escape on any snoh pretence. Let them apologize at once, and Yesterday being Good Friday, the soniversary of the | promise better behavior in tuture, or be brought CCUG ASD A the Bazions. team were aaacvrciats ro. | to an agoouRh that it must induce will be such as to belittle ‘all the exaanples of the past and to revolutionise completely the present. We believe thet the infucnce in that wey teat the war is to have the country will amount to soarocly less © new organim- tion of our national life. Through all dollar,” are possessed also of the grander man- hood that succeeds in war; that they make also better soldiers than any other men, and that they can carry war to the same high pitch of development that they have carried so many other arts, The consciousness of this influences the national mind and character, and will stamp with a large and noble spirit the literature, history and philosophy that will grow out of it. Our national industry and commerce will also feel this revolutionary effect, and vastly improved and enlarged commercial and finan- cial systems will be the result. The undsunted spirit of the navy will communicate itself to » mercantile marine that will make our fiag familiar on every sea, and the world will derive new wealth from the fact that the attention of this people has been for the first time fixed upon the great questions incident to the na- tional finances. Industry, assuming a thousand new forms, will give us the full benefit of the untold resources of this great continent, and we shall be richer, more prosperous in all ways, more happy and mere free then we ever were, or than any other people ever were. From the memorable epoch of the closing of this war the great revolution in our national life begins, and we take a fresh and glorious start. ‘Tax Ics Monoroty.—We publish in another column a communication from the ice dealers in reply to the notice we gave a few days since informing the public that they bad entered into a combination and decided to double awer, see the weakness of their case. While almost everything of necessary consumption—euch as flour, butter and provisions of all kinds, coal and wood, and cotton and woollen fabrics—is following, slowly we admit, but surely and per- manently, the decline of gold, it seems prepos- terous—and so the public will view it—that the ice dealers, in the face of such evidence, should now asenme to double their last year’s charges, end quadruple the prices of four years ago. There are two facts in relation to the ice business which should not be lost sight of. One is that nature furnishes the dealers their stock in trade gratis, and the bountiful crop voucheafed to them last winter leaves them no cause of complaint in that respect. And the other may be referred to a= equally worthy of con- sideration. Congress, viewing ice as an article of necessity rather than luxury, relieved it trom the burdens of the internal revenue law, and permitted the dealers to escape the direct tax which bas been placed upon almost every other commodity. But ft is useless to present argument which is likely to stand in the way of combinations like that of the ice dealers. There can, therefore, be no harm in competition from Maine and Massachneetts. Tux Oxy ror Prosonpriox.—Ben Butler and the radicals are calling out loudly for pro- scription, now that the war is over and the people generally, as well as the administration, are disposed to deal humanely with those who have erred and have been subdued. Mercy to a fallen foe is one of the highest characteristics of manhood; but itis one which Ben Butler and the radicals do not seem to regard. Their bowling for proscription against the Southern people brings to our mind a few events of bietory—that excellent philosophy which teaches by example. It reminds us of Robe- spierre, who was the first to call for the guillo- tine in France, and who afterwards gave up his miserable life under it. It recalls, too, the story of Caius Marius, in the days of the Roman republic, who demanded the proscription of the friends of Scylln, and subsequently perished in the marshes an outlaw and a fugitive. At that time the best men in Rome were proscribed, from which event dated the downfall of the republic. No good ever yet came from pro- scription. The spirit is wicked and unnatural. History is replete with instances to prove that the men who erect the guillotine are the first to suffer by it. Qurrs Axormen Dovon—It was « singular instance of poetical justice that the same Dodge who wrote an insolent letter threatening to exact the last man from New York should be the very Dodge who telegraphed from Wash- ington to stop the draft entirely. To us, how- ever, this te quite another Dedge. The Major Dodge of the other day bullied us like a despot; the Major Dodge of thie morning roars asgeatly ase cucking dove. It is astonishing what ups and downs there are in this great country, and how much more modest Lieutenant General Grant known of the position ef affalre thas the thundering, blundering Major Dodge. Apvics sy War op Posrsomrr.—The other day we gave our Inst advice to Ben Wood; but as he atill persists in writing himerlf down an ems, we add @ postscript, and again say “don’t” ‘The Hon. Ben is foolish to pretend to get angry about the liberty of the press. His own exist ence and that of bis paper are the best proo& that this liborty has not been invaded. We are very sorry \ypt Ben fects co badly beceune REPORTED L083 OF TWO TH-CLADS. DESTRUCTION OF REBEL TRANSPORTS. THE CONTINUANCE OF THE SIEGE, &e., BC, &c. —— New Orleans papere of the @th inst. have been re- ceived. The Times contains from our forces in fromt of Spanish Fort, Ala., to the 30th ult, and from Lakeport to the 4th inst. Biege guns and mor- tars are mounted by our forces near Spanish Fort, so as to almost, if not quite, out off all rebel communication by land or water. A rebel transport and hospital boat have been ‘The Union tim-clad No. 48 was sunk by a torpedo and one man killed. ‘The True Delia has a report of the loss of the United Staton tin-clad Rodolph, by the explosion of = torpedo, while participating in the attack upon Spanish Fort. The correspondent states that two others (names not given) were blown up in a similar manner. Four persons were Killed upon the Rodolph and fifteen wounded. THE GRAND ATTACK e upon the rebel works was to have commenced on the ‘94 inst. GENERAL PATRIOR fit COMMAND OF BiomiOND. General Weitsel has bees relieved of his command ab Richmond, and Generel Patrick baa/been for Gs preseas placed in command at that point. It is anid thal be was releved for his action in the matter of autheriaing thy aseombiing of leading Virginian sccessicatets te comnder the return ef that State to her allegiance, bub mothing Tellable can be ascertained about it to-night, MBBTING OF THE CABINET. ‘There was a Cabinet meeting to-day, at which General Grant was present. The subject of pactieation and re- construction was considered, bat no determination was arrived at. General Grant expressed the fullest cont. dence that Johnston would sarrender within a few days, if be has not already done so, and it was theught best to await the progress of events, ’ THE TRADR REGULATIONS WITH THE RESEL STATES. Important modifications of the trade regulations with rebellious -States have beea prepared during the past week, but they have met yet been approved; and ciace the arrival of General nd consultation wita bim, it te doubtful whether ‘Will bo promeigntied It a Delteved that the wodk of pacification is presesding co rapidly, that in avery short thme i will be possible to Temove most of the restrictions and supervinten at pres- ent necessarily imposed. G@EBNRBAL BUTLER eee REMGH HID ou Geveral Butler hag prepared bis resignation of bis oom. Mixvon as major gegeral, and will te-mervew presses to the Secretary of War. ABSIVAL OF CAPTURED REGS OFrleERS. J. B. Kershaw, and Brigadior Genevaly 6. Ml. Barton. 2. - P. Simms, M.D. Corse, D. M. De Rese and Bppe Bunton, of the rebel army, and Commodores Thes. 7, Bunter aad J. B. Tecker, of the rebel navy, with some four hundred ‘and thirty other field and line o@jeem, captered by Shori- dan, have jus arrived by the steamer Oseuite’ from City Point At about foer e’ctock this afterween mech ex- citement was apparent on the avenge tm the visiaity of Fourteenth street, ané presently a colema ef sebel off- cers, tm gray uniform, came marching up pest the Hew ‘Youn Hunatp office, toward thé headquarters of Generel Augur. At the head of the columa ea shrest were owe or two ambulances, filied with tek er disabled men all sorte of rumors were at once ast afient, ~~ “That's General Leo,’ oaid cae of the Enowleg. “Which one?” was imguired. Ns “Ob, tbat one om the bead, with the gray mustesbe.”’ “Oh, no; that’s net Lee, Lknow him.” “Thee iV's Bwell,”” ead the wise one, determined get something right. o THE REBEL L068. Another correspondent, from the same locality, ander date of the 1st instant, writes:— ‘The military situation is very encouraging, although {t has assumed the proportions of a regular siege. By private advices, not yet confirmed, the rebel loss inside Spanish Fort is five hundred and Sfty killed and wounded out of four thousand. Our total loss (an esti- mate of two corpe) is probably the same. Proportion of Killed amall. Brigadier General Mythe (a new man) is im command at the fort. ‘The rebel communication with Mobile js entirely sus- pended. Stecle (Seventh corps) in investing Fort Blakely, six miles above Spanish Fort. ‘Thomas, with the Fourth corps and thirty-@ve thousand cavalry, is expected tm the rear of Mobile. Nothing definite bas been reveived from him for several days, The Latest News. New Ones, April 6, via Camo, April 14 A duapaich, to the New Oricans Time: from Spanish Fort, dated april 6, esys:— “f A furious fire wes opened om the rebel forts last night from oer entire line. During the bombariment e amall magaxine in Spanish Fort exploded. The damage is un- Known. Quiet prevailed om the Sth. Denerters report from eighteen thousand to twenty thousand troops in and about Mobile, including all the State reserves, and about two thousand in Spanish Fert. ‘The lows outside Spanish Fort up to the 4h inst. amounted to nbont five hundred {illed and wounded. The rebel loss exceeds ours. Adjutant General Thomas arrived at New Oricans on the morning of the 7th. Mobile papers of the 4th inst. ammounce the capture of Selma, Alabama, with twenty-three pieces of artillery and » large amount of government property. THE ALABAMA RAIDS. Mebel Accoumts of General Wilson's Meve- ment on Selma and Mentgomery— Heavy Co-operating Column Moving ‘Through Mississippi—A@airs About Me- wile-The Weunding and Capture of General Clantem, dc. ‘ Avevsts, Apri 5, 1886. Western papers of late date represent the enemy os ‘moving throagh the interior of Alabame im large force, from points on the Tennessee river. Two divisions are nemr Moutevello. commanded by McCook ‘The enemy are in force neer Puscaloors. Six thouwand from Tuscuimbia divided at Jasper—one cotamm went to Tusaloora and the other towards Mou- tuvello, MoCouk’s command was at Elyton on Tuesday, March 26. He had » iarge wagon train and artillery. He darned the village of Elyton and Red Mountain Irom Works. The enemy have tapped the tlegraplt line at upknown points and despatched 1p Boutbern officer. Qeneral Clanton deepaiched tw his wife, Marci ws, that he wae'woundod seriously, and left by the enemy below | Pollard, paroled by the Yankees, to report st Berancas om the Gth of Apri. ‘The Clerion, of the 21th, statee that two cohumm of Yankees are advancing on Columbus, Mississippi One from Huntavilie hed reached pointe thirty-five miles above Cotumbar, Another started from Memphis, four thousand strong, well prevuted with peck males, and well mounted, and are in the vieinity of Pontotoc, Mies, ‘The steamers Gertrude gad Natehex collided at the mouth of Spanish river, pear Mobile, at midmight Fri- day, March 31. The Gertrude sunk ima few minutes. Cargo Valued at two millions, and coasisted of provisions, which belonged to citizens whe had purchased to supply themselves for the siege of Mobile; totel lor The Natches te uninjured. Captain Vernon Look, of the privateer Retribution, ie im prison at Nassau. mu Baoapwat TaxaTae—Last Apreanaxce of Ma. Ownns, — Mr. Owens will appear as Caleb Plummer, in the Cricket on the Hearth, at « matinée to-day, sod tn the regular performance to-night. Thie will be Mr. Owems’ last night, and there are. therefore, only two more opportu. nities to see this exquisite personation Mr Owens has played two hundred nights thin season and his engage- ment hes been « remarkably successful one—the two memorable pointe in it being his wonderfal delineation of Bolen Shingle and the delictees performamre of the old toymaker. Nose who have hitherto neglected tooe Caleb Plammer should mins the last chance , Personal Samael Downiag, ove of the four sarvivers of the Reve- lation, has arrived et the Astor House, intending, 1 accord. taim a passing glance ef Bwell as he left. car time the generals mede thelr appearance, the columm marched down towasd the depet. The Barred above were ordered to Fort Warren, e bor, accompanied by thelr secreteries, white the won vamnawed ws tabtigied Ge Goan. row, When their eases will bo dispensed Ge = Grmeral Ewell and party will be due in Now Yurk ot , WASHINGTON. «