The Sun (New York) Newspaper, February 21, 1865, Page 1

\ ! | ¢ WHAT WAS GAINED AT COLUMBIA: The Victery A Giorious One! THE Fes NU Y-THIRD YEAR. ) BER 10,170. Se ter Then ons venscis opened their fire wade & tor. rite confict ensued, some of our iron<lale ap- Prosching within five hundred yarde of Fort Sum- tor, Por several hours the forte threw thelr irow hail upon our veasela, some of which were disabled owing to the clogging of the turrets, and one, the Kookuk—grounded and sunk. Next morning, Ad. mira! Dupont refused to recommence the attsck, anlafier several days delay the entire fleat ro- turned to Port Royal Oo the f July, General Gilmore landed his troops and » mege train upon Jamas Island, tin mediately intrenching, and commereing The Latest News | By Telegraph he the 8. ¥. Sun. CHARLESTON AT LAST! oe bd opera. tions to drive out the Ucliesbey our jron-clada, and on thei bem barded the ret! torts For a month Genera! Gilmore approaches nearer d nearer, finally planting bis “Swamp Angel” and throwing fire’’ Charleston On the 17th ef Auguat s combined at Admiral Dahlgren taking hia iron-clads up to within 2,000 vards of Fort Bunter. A terrific com- bat results in some edvantages being gained by our troops On the Yd of August another bombardment end jron-<clad attack tock place, inflicting raric jury upon the Contedierate earthworks and ) these veascls again ‘“areek into the streets of k is made, Withdrawal of the Rebel Forces Oa Wednesday. Admiral Dahlgren Moving Up! To The City, "ANT REBEL i6 1D- Bev. era) minor batwrics were captured, and our troops hereafter a daily bombardment occurred moved nearer to the ¢ stantly shelled Ry the fires of Bepterber Fort Sumter was e mass of ruins and almost disabled On the 6th of September, Fort W tery Grege were capture! Ont and a terrific bombardment, & permanent lodgement ine fe the entrance to the which wes almost con IMPORTANT NEWS. SHERMAN MARCHING ON! ner and Mat His Forces 30 Miles North Of Columbia, On The Road To Richmond. he § another demonatration of iron<clads procured our iron-clade harbor, thus effectually closing the portto sny commerce with the outst On the 6th of Reptembear, a rebel torpedo was exploded beneath the iron< lad Weebawken, sink- ing her. Biege operations were continued, the firing being kept up at intervala ¢ world. Printing Depoctment Broken Up. 102 PRES S CAPTURED Great i tion of Medical Stores. Rebol Is64 The army and navaloperations were continued with more or less vigor, our troops being occupied in strengthening the works. On the 18th ef Jung, the rebels placed o | num er of Union officers under tire, in the prisons of Charleston. On the Sd of August our government sent s large WHEELER | PLUNDERS Th THE CITY. number of rebel officerato James Island, These 5 ere were alio placed under fire, Evoutually FIGHTING AT WILMINGTON, |().0 vio: wars woe sasionn, sot ae Union officers exchanged for the Confederate com- &e., &e., &e,. manderm During the year akirmisbing and naval demon. Fall of ¢ harleston, sirations continuc being gained by either side 1865 of affaire at Charleston Nib important scvautages FPICtAL,) Washingion D.C, Feb. 20—War Department { Charleston by the re! Ta January the pomtion The evacuation sis en- remained unchauved pounced Aftor the capture of Savannah, some of the troops tn the following tlegram just received torn General Grant at Port Royal were sent to James Island, and more Fowts M. Stason, Secretary of War, active desmonstraions commenced against Charlos- ° { ton heal iets aes - oe the 1th of January, General Sherman left pach is just received: Savanned with a force variously estimate! at from TS. Gran, Lieut, General; to one hundred thourand men, On she same | Tee Richmond Prawn of todas, just re. | General Foster, from Port Royal, captured wivat, save that Charleston wae evaeuated on | Fosmtaliga Bridew vied Ot ecen te AMEE Ms tween Charleston and Savannab Tuesday last On the bth of Februar ording rebel re- (Signed, ) G. Wairren, Major (ex porte, Sherman captures Arauch ville AL! DOUBTS AT REST On the 8th of February Colum) isis evacuated by toe rebela, and ccenpied by Sherman's army.” Dispatch from Admiral Dahlgren, On the 14th of February Charleston is ¢ Fed. ed eusied Washington, 20.—The following diepateh On she 18th Admiral Dablaren reporia; city tas Oren rece! at the Navy Departmen “Tam now on my war to the Description of Charleston. Charleston is the principal city on the Atlantic coast between Chesapeake Ray and the Gulf of Mexico, and was a place of great commercial im- portance previous to the war. In 1801 ite popula- tion amounted to nearly sixty thousand, tut the leas one Fuao Snare Harvest Moos, Renrrrros Roopa, Crartesros Haanor, Feb 14, 1865, v1a Fonrpess Monnom Feb. 20,72. M lon. Gideon Welles, Seeretary of the Navy fy, -—Chariesion was abandoned this morning by the rebele lam now on my way to the ety, number at civil war has reduced this I have the honor to be, balf. It's the larceat city in Bouth ¢ aroling, ae Very respectfully, your obedient servant is situate on & pen astila formed by a eonfinence the Ash! r Cooper rivere, unte ina Joas A. Dantasey, Rear Admiral, spacious t plow ity, whi mmun' cates " with the at Bullivan'e Isen', seve rt Bricf History of Naval aud ‘ilitary Oper. miles below The city averages only ntiens against ( barlestoa, nine feet abore b-water 1 vel. It bi 1s6l. is Qivided into eight warca, and extends three fi ’ mies from Battery Point on the sout). towar ia the On the first of May, 1 a fleet of United States | ooh, averaging a mile andabalfinvicth The vessels appeared off the harbor, the blocks houses af recent date are ot stone and brok, and we man f them are very fine, The oller erriciures thereafter enforced. | meny 0 r t f dwell are wooden, but the number of this clase ¢ ell. Oa the Slat of December seventeen veasele were | i) wan grea'ly reluced by w calamitous fire that k ecrosa the proucipal entrauce to the harbor, | « rred since the commencement of the war . priueds , 1 u he war, neffectually ¢ « ' There are a number of large, ha ) publ aril ei gata Mendip buildings, including the Court House and Custer No otber important operations were sttempted, | Hor Circuit Court Hou wet Asenal, vuilt by the 1s6 United States Gover Phove ure nearly forty nof which wre very tine atructy On the 11th of February General Sherman oceu- | churches, kome « wh revery tine airuct ed ’ There ave also several band e colleges, set a pid Edisto Island, a6 ® point 49 miles south of | view aud libraries, Many of the hours u the city, Charleston, but atternpted no .mportant movement, | aud nearly ail those ig the inves stand iu en 1 alana . rrommdied by trees which give the no the £ of b, General Munter relic e1 lot, 6 , Do ‘tue: Blak aiadsdlie : et | place a very rownantic and desirable appearance in Berman oud withdrew the United Btates forcen to | the spring and eummer, Charleston was forme i Port Re o au lsportant mart beco, at 1 rs l | bed nd ied ateatis a wien ‘ On the 20th of May, several puubosts ascenled New. York. Philedelpbia AY FB ne the Biono River, bet ! es Island, | |wextensive railroad andl communications \ erelling the Confederate ea ich were | wth the interior rendered { mupplies 4 { ad } and comme for w f% tr tai She dae eli }Yoo city is defended y miter dn the 2d of June, Generals Hu nd Benham | the entrauce to the barbors by Fort Moultrte, 4 tunded an advance force of several br gales on tho van's Island, ard by Forte Pinckney and » 4 t Pa pectively two and four m.les from she wutheastern end of James Island, about twely ‘ ‘eraka & ferret strougib, aud were m ies fromm Ct erton, On the hth, a her furce scted by the United ptates ronment aud sharp skirm'shes irred, On » ce been atre her and improv ® i : rebels, Other addittonal works, scarcely Ine © aevore confict jack plac Fee i have been constructed by the ‘ miting in the repulse of the Uuion troops, and 6 being #9 situate that they r a omman! ch oF o 8 mbsequ ntly over ns were suspended, Z t and ¢ mand es ther, so , X . 4 ahoud be captured, tha o te tce non-arrival of remnforcementa, The troops rit Theland approschea * eeturned w Port Roval were also fort.fed by earthworks t S63. pd each eide, the whole constituing ‘ wre aA si ‘ o which practicails renders the In March, 1863, our ir ad fleet assembled at] oe np eunatic against @ seaattack, In add ' ? Royal ij made 7 araticns for an attack | 1, tot ile entrances to the harbor are led ' Charlestor with obet fs, 80 av to Gebein on attacking fleet eo yeas ; | under the fire of the batteries long enough to sink The flees rend a Bt andon the | dy addition to al) theae means of dotence the Y ts of April prepared ¢ command: | poy is filled with torpedoca s mone of which have : tra ; the rbor proved tatal w ous pa of war the ray » ha ved 1 ' fhe 7b Admiral Dupont proce: led in Un | Kejoicings. sitle to approach the Confederato batteries, As | Washington Feb, 0. —Tite morning, at nine mivance passed the endof F Inland the re- <k, a salu many guns Was fired by order atier.es M as Isiar wooed availing fre of she milter & honor of the recent rica was nob responled 4 © fleet, which | glorious victory. In ibe Houte of Representa ad to edvance ti) ebreast of the Cur tives. Mr Schenck sent up General Grant's dia. cue biiericm and iD eget ort Sum: | pawch wo be read at the Speakc:'s acs, dhe read- NEW YORK, mie ESDAY, He ia supported by | Dispatches from All Quarters Shermar 30 Miles North of Colombia Vighting at ing of this dios es was sucoseded by the mort Joyous epptense in al) parts of the Horas. Boston, Fed, 20 —At & large meeting of mer- chants held in the Exchange this afternoon, in aid @ the demitute districts in East Pennesses, be on- houncement that Charleston was evsciated created ® perfect furore, The same snnouncemont was also ty de in the Legislature while tr ver » end called forth long and hearty cheering. Fighting at Fort Fisher. (Correspondence of the Sin; Fortreas Monroe, Feb, 19. The steamer Port ar rived bere this afternoon, from Fort Faber, When the Perit left, Friday, yomence! between the 17th, fighting had just our forces and the rebels Important Rebel News. WV ilwain no -Vederal Maida, Koo Waa Daragtuuyr, Wacnrearos,) Feb Major-Gen Diz, New York Ww SP The fol mM. f owing de tails of military operations, and the condition of afaire in the rebe! States, taken from the Richmond papera of to-dar, hace been forwarded by General Grant This Departinent bas received no other intelligence in relation to the operations of our forces against Fort Anderson and W ngton, Fnwis M. Braxton, Secretary of War Crit Point, Fob, 20, 1365, Tlon, Bdiwin M. Stanton, Seerelary of Wer The folk wing paragraphs are exiractod from the Richmond papers of to ay: Woe now know thet Charleston wae evacuated on Tursday Inet, and that on Fr day the enemy wok possession of Columbia It is reported that our forces, uuder Gen, Beau regard, are moving in the direction of Charlotte. Oficial intel. pence was received at the War Oitice, lass night, that Bherman was on yesterday morn ing advancing towards and waa near Wonnaporo, @ nt on the railroad miles north of Cx leading to Charlotte, aud 80 lumbia, Charlotte is thronged that city With retugeas from Co! of umbia, who report d the to Tuendtay Inet ib was ld cor ‘a purposes, and some Wheeler's cavalry Up mbia we plunde before the evacuation uncertaa whether Col the 6 within immediote range of Shermar consequentiy the public min] was pot prepared for auch an early solution of the question, The Gov- | ernmont bad, however, just two weeas agy | ta) en tho procaution t remove its specie leposited = ther amounting to several mil hope of dollary and within the past few days all the dies nnd plates belonging to the Tress ury Depart at, together with the # of Treasury notes on hand, wrre safely away Tie enemy being in possession « ville, Oranceburg and Kingsville, precluded move mente on she reeds leading to Charleston, and an wifortunate accident! upon the Charlotte rord from Columbia prevented the authorities from making use of that avenue to aave other ral ible | materiale om the etty. A larve quantity of medical stores belonging to the Government were there, one-half of which was saved, and the rest, for want of time and transpor n, wan deatroved The presses aud fixtures for printing Tressury notes in the ee abments of Evans & Cogawell and Keating & Ball were mecessarily abandoued, together with the other extensive machinery ot those well-known firma. The first-name! estat hahment had 192 7 ng preawes, and was un questionably the .argest and best qu pped pu lishing bouse In the South Tho enemy's forces operating went of C bi reached the banks of the Conzaree, opp site the J city, on Thursday evening, and threw one num ber of ahella to which our batter'es responded A portion of thi covmmn moved up the nver during | the night, and crossed the Saluda and Broad riv | era, the main tributaries of the Congares, which | meet nenr Colm! ia, afew miles ahove the city | During the movement, Gen. Reauregard evacuated ed sud took possession without opposition a Fe ay emy enter: the city, an soOrDANg enemy enter Our | troops were withdrawn to @ postion some twenty | quiles from Columbia, where they remained on yesterday, } : Tie enemy's force, entering ¢ Numbia, consisted | of Sherman's main army, @ /arke b rtion of which immediately moved up the Char.ette road, whi! moved down the direction of lever city Cas douttloss ere thie snother portion in Charleston, The beon evacuated FLO d CH ARL ESTO Charleston, Feb. 14,--Tbe enemy's gunboats and one moniter Lavo been shelling our pick | lines on James Inland wll da All quiet in our wme bete frou Nothing defluite from above The enemy keeps ip a stealy & ‘ing of the city | Charleston, Ped. } Al! quiet slong our lines | The enemy t! is wor var ported to le moving in force near ( cs we atop ny | areported Matt) ev wel ihe Cougaree to-day, | PuoM WORTH OaBe tina, } Wilme ny Bebo i The evewy ehetied Fort Auderson turiously yesterday stternoon, nearly all night, end thie mort Ib # reported that @ land force also attacke! our forcet at Anderson and ere repulsed, Cannonmlig 4 si) going on (abl PM., Wehave no particular The teiexraph operator at Weldon reported on | youerilay that a rai igton or Now bern, N.C, n progress the supposed sina tion of the raiders t Z k Nount Btation, on v uington road, in Bu 1) County, The wires continued to work during yesterday even ing throw to Ww acton however, from which | t would appear thas bbe vd Dot @truck the | road | Amovement of the enemy was repo rtad yester | day in heavy force uj Kinston, N and it | was supposed in ofleia! circies that Foster's forces | bad been wnoved up to Newbery | Acavalry raid was also reported in the direc | tion of Tarboro, The force ving from Newberr | has fifty or sixty pieces e We shal! hear ! more of the movements wodays. We are qiiite certain thas they are Provress as wewn'e | Gol, Haw ne of our comnlesionere of ex | change, bas gone to W at which place he | will, during the week, exchenge ten thousand pris | oners, We may remark core (oat the exchange of _ FEBRUARY sae ely 1860, Prigonersion James River will et the same tf «| ge on Gninterrupted FROM VrROrNTA. A deeperate affair eccurred last Tuesday in I wenburg county, between some deserters from the Confederete arioy and eome of the Oth Virginia Caval aideal Revers! on both sides by cietzena were woundsl, The deserters were finally est | tured | General Ewel!, commanding the Department | of Heor epo te a wholesale roblery of nearly | ono Luncdred parcka prisoners, om Saturday night | between Camp Lee and the city. Other robberies | of returne! prisoners are reported se ovcurring iu | toe alreete of I: FUOM TENN EOE lispateh Lae been received here atating that e force of the enewy, 4.000 strong, 2,000 of it cava ry, are | Ivancing from Knoxville, and had reached | Greenville, which is 64 miles from Bristol. This expedition Is supposed to be another raid on ine Virginie oud Tennessee Railroad. LU. B® Grant, Lieut. General, MisceDancons Seonthern News, Richmond papers of Batur last report that y firing wae heard in the disection of Dutch Gay on the James River on the preceding evening heay There wan heavy pocket firing on the front of General Peketts Division, Soush Gap Railrow on Thareciy eemning, Tt ia mtated that General Grant s nt off ¢ vb thousand men within the Iaet week from City Point, it la euppowet for the pur- pose of reinforcing Gea, Terry at Fors Fisher The Wilmington papara of ihe 18th, report active skirmishing in progress with Gan. Terry's forces The Federals, it i« ailewed, made three attacks, which ware repulsed with tneonsiderable low. On Baturday, one ef the monitors in the river threw some of ber if-inch alelle at Fort Anderson, with | theeloot of killay one aad wounding anower of our men A Kingeton, N.C correapormiont reports that the Yankees are preparing to move in fo aqainnt Weldon, aud will merely make a feint towarde Golisboro The Yankees be aaye been rein forced some slong the coset, but not half as heavy axa ih) ithe Tin munbomts are paid to be at Newhern here seems to be no doubt shous the te ng of five locomotives and raflroad iron, &¢ be kK sohmond Bx awinen civew particulare of the blowing Up ofthe May ef truce boas Behulia by om f theirown torpetoey which are the sane as a! realy published, with the exception thas it waa thought all on board perished, Two negro firemen were k lled by the explosion, and two soldiers who had gone down as guards of the Yankee pelsouers were blown into the water and drowned! The Rebmond Frasisra speak ng of negro en- Tistioe nie an) “Cast off uniforma to the number eottourer five hnadred thousand eta are lying piled up in Government depots in Richmond! and elvev bere Waste scidiers hare an objection to be- ine served with this clothing, matter bow neat aod clean, and tt bas heretofore been a quasion how to dispose of this iinmense atock @0 ag so ineke ibavailalle bo tneel eXistiig wants The oppor tunity is mt last presented [tip miinitunl iat the becto iste become a military elinemt iu the Co tederate army. This aecumniation of secorsd band Cothing wilequp bin trom top bo tor, sand save the Government tho expenec, wave that putting a mwosket in bis hands aud there are thousandae of of Wier te be bad, Hurry up the nero and jet bin wet tute the old clothes as seon ae pose. bby’ Myweb) the guerrila loater wea at Lynchburg on a thew tay, end tpects to Join bit command ip a low The Auguata Corosionr advises the people af that eity to reeist the burning of cotton there, Tt enya: “War isto prowoot the property of ott rene, nut to lesiroy it.” Army of the Potomac. Wholesate Rebel Desertiens. aahinoton, Fe 4) Inferination from the Arr of the Potomac, as late es yesterday morn- ing, ria all quet., Doserters are constantly coming in, end are more numerous than for e lang time, They bave avera,ed over seventy a day for thy past week Among them are eeveral officers, The utmost despon t y prevails through @neir rauke since the late fight, and they aeem Seter- e! ta keep the field no longer, as they claiin they can galo their ind veve ependence, aad ace be all 8 80 general thee bas ved ap ound balfarmn se away One man eaid his coropany s week ago, but that fifloun had ten w the Uuited Staves and Mauy of the deserters bring n reason wh Tt they should remain and say that own killed. oy a eaorking to the rear of their ines th order to artest every man fi from his camp or post. thirty strong spposred since five to thelr homes. in their arme with then Trom Mexico, Waehi Feb, 2 feml-oflicial newe from Chihuahua, the present seatof the national gor- ernment of Mexico, received here toxlay, shows that there ie no foundation for the report whieh \ -| (PRICK ONE CENT IN GOL (TWO CENTS IN CURRESCY * The vote was reconsidered, and te smeniman® Birichen out Mr Powell offered an amendrirent te increase th ® Pry of officers and aitiers of the army twenty por cent. My Woe owed the army @135, 100,009 now, and we had better pay this before agreeing W json said | to give aduitons pe Many oidiers wort sert~ ing in the army t $1,000 bounty for 1 yest, He (Wilson) w © giad to increase the pas_of soldiers if be thought ft in the power ot the @o- vernuvent to do it Mr. Baulebury nant Though not an advocate of th a owar, he would vote to pay thoae whe entered the service, bolleving it to Lee ribt just and reasouable compensation; notihet he was under any obligationa to the soldiers Ninel for iu bie Siete the soldiers had been tang t to believe thas the principles be advoented wera antayoniatic te e which they w ' Ihe pp oceoded tise the quertion peace sod the Prenl- Lent's Inte peace mission Mr Sherman raised @ point of order that Mr. Baulabury was not spoaking te the micject bet re | the Senata and that aa he & riaan) b ree « the bill before the Senate, be could not Consent to have action on it delayed by euch epecches as Mr. Saulsbory was making Mr. Foot, in the chair, dec! taken, under ordinary clreammlances, but aa Mr Baulsbury had been permitted toe on ao lone withoutinterrupton, is Waa haruly iu order rulehim down wow Mr. & bury resumed the Moor fag, be sail, toy Muppowe bat band a delust ry os repeater and ninety days, Charlevton, and Bavannab, and Columbia might fall, and Richmond might fall, but still the war would nos end, ‘There were years of war yet before the counsry, under the policy of the preeent wiministration, It appeared from the ronident's Measage that the oostacie to peace was the terme which he offered, refuring to treat wit rebels, It at Le remembered that the Britieh Jost thelr An an colonies becauen George TL. would not treat with rebele io arma ageinat him. The yeas and nays were then called on the adope tion of Mr, Powell's amendwwen& and it w Te- Jectod— vena 14, nay 25 The bill waa passed Beveral Lille and resolutions in relation to Ine lien atfaire were then taken up aud passed At half-pestfonr the Senate took a recess t'l oven this evening the session the 5 dayoud w Kaccutive Vusiuess, welt fed the point Tt waa a deine pace woe near a6 about aixty day® NOCSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Mr. Fernande Wood offered & resolution rrquede ing the Becretary the Treasury t consider the expediency of exporting to foreign markets, for aly, al! the cotton now in the of as to obtain for the Government the advantazes of the higher price in Furope tor that article, importing iron to th a extent, thus enhanc- ing the credit of the Government, and reduckag the premium on gold and exchange, with olher advane tage. Tho House, by three majority, refused to tay om the table the resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Eldridge, calling on the President and Bocretary of Bate and Secretary of War to furnish lists of per- eonn beld in confinement, but not eonricted of ale leved offenses against the Government together with the parsiculars on thi aubject, Further action on this resolution waa terminated by thes fther of bands the Gor. ernment a Spiration jag hour The House proceeded to the consideration of the Dill providing a government for the States mbe verte! or Mr verthrowo by the reve lion, Davies, of Maswact useits opposed the nll a lenvth, Tk wawnof eton any principle come monly called the * war power of the government.'? Vhe very first section provides for the appotntmene of officers, who will be multiplied by thousands to lord it over the miserable poverty-stricken, wretched citizens of the rebellious «tates, [tk would afford en asgium tor broken-lown polluciang whose presence wonld dar the heavens like the locusts f Foypt. Tn addition to these ills the pao le would be made the objecta of free p under, Ha paid the bill proposed to levy taxes to the precisa arnount to which the Southern people were lable from the Inst year before they went oto rabellion. ‘The provisions of the till, ifearried out, inmmad of winning back she people to loyalty, would have the effect of alienating them, The ioyal people ir the Southern States shoold Le left to work wus their pane jaw tu ther own way Mr, Fernando Wood repeated that be eongraty lated the country that the entlernan trom Maree- chusetts had uttered words of conciliation, and bad spoken of the South waa great poopie. vend eed langnage of kindvess aod respec: towards them t cannot be fomrotten that they are Ame rican citizens. He considered tie pending bl as infamous unconstinitional, and as emanatin) from the worse epocuen of fxoaticiern which rul the majority ofthe House, Congress bas no powor to make conditions ou which @ Btste may resume s posiion in the euever the people of a ale town theu ¥ seu representatives t ariusend laws, and should hke tome whe power ¥ pb the return of those States, 68 Wood, heap coals of fre the duat, aad siready wea recognize the Fede m and ugresa, he » would pre i. we, said M thos. borne down in ved, andl aloost hum- a bled, aud ticpose coudstioud that will reader ib lin for them w bubiny having # regerd to nocd and a proper self-respect? Ho was for extendiog the fren deinued the bill aso nd to thy bouth, end coo ) OPprowsive sud tyrannioas ly ti ame from the City of Mexico, that President Juarez bag viv i hisibox dikike ha tioula edienirabas wasio Alamos, Bonora, ‘bie President wagsin Jan- vary ‘ast sill at Chitushus, and hed no dispost . ton te leave that city, He was busily eugnyed In ews Items the reorganization of the ariny, to upen the new [Dy Tesegraph to ine Nee York Sun.) ampeyr ia the propens year, which progoiaes to be tore aucceuwful than the furmer one, The im- Alisona papers report that eeouting partew porte) t vietories of San Peudro aod BE) Puerto, in |b been sare out ayaioat the Indiana and an Bonora, bat rained very high the public spiritin | exterminating warfare commenced north western Mex Apyions fr bili way that on and after May Ist tho coustiog trade of that country will be (uptare of Mchoover Alice Mowe ibrown opea to veusels of every native. Capteio Pitagerald, of the brig Parayon, arrived Tus dratt, under the late callof tho Presiden’, here yeateriay, from Laguoa, reporta thaton the will be commenced in the District of Columbia to Oth of November, while the Alice Mowe wae nt an- | yyy pie vumber required is about 210% chor off Matamoras, she was boarded by a party of Tim siesmers New York and George Leary arr rebel: from the abora, who got her underway and | 41 4) postrews Monroe cu Kayurdey, Anue proceeded to ea with her, andl mubvequently burn: | oo, loaded with rebel prisnora to: exclaa ed her, on the ith of December The fret mate andone acamnan joiued tho rebels, ‘the wecond | THe sales of seveu-shirtie Te Monee . mate and five searien, W resusot to jon tbem, | the week ending Saturday, we fwentyale TAL were set adrift in the yaw and arrived at Lag na | mm? flue hundred and twenty ¢ and and twe on the 1 Facet DF: ‘ hundred dollars, At this re nandero® Congressional Proceedings, the loan wil bere at ae XXXVILIth CONGKESS Second Season, sats ipa ee Tage SENATE tory wo the special ¢e the Lith of Maret Washington, Feb. v4 Mr Wilson introduced a | next, rubroutng to the people the question of Dill torewulaie avd equalize the expenses of A | arneniting the ( titution by providing for ths sessors of Internal Revenus, which was ordered to | app sof five Commasioners of Ayes te printed, Before any allowances for clerk-hire | xaatos, cummanding on the Paine re are allowed, sworn statements muss be furnished, | porta two fixity veer Mud Springs on the th and oy ip the caro of stauonery, | at, between nearly two thousand lidians Mr. Brown, from the Military Committee, re- | and aloutswo bundred menof ihe lith O and ported back the resolution of than to General | 7th Iowa cavalry under Lieut, Collins, Toe in, qT af, wih an ernendment giving thanke els fiaos were driven off with the loss forty e to Admiral Lee killed Our lons was two kil'ed end twenty-one Mr. Wileon moved to coneider the vote by which wounde The Indiana wo th nerd the Army Appropriation bill was ao amended s#to | seven hundred lody riving tw ts of cap remove the distinction of rank and pay besween | tured cathe with them regular aud volunteer officers Continued on the ost vais