The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, AP:

the old heresies as if an 411fabistt Coneervative
leader had never bowed to 11111 Ooluttry. Even
now, when it is demonstrated Set we owe to the
French Treaty of Commerce the reparation of those
breaches in our trade and industry which have been
eased by the American war, the Conservative leader
speaks of that measure, not as an invigorating
ieuredy, obtained by returning to nature, but as •

luxury.-
The CH•vo ELLoR of the Exenzgrot was careful
to impress on the House last Thursday that be
had been carrying out a system of remission',
in the interest of trade and industry, with the aid
of extraordinary resources, which would not be
available in future years. This fact, treated as a
startling personal discovery, formed the staple
of Mr. DISRAELI'S remarks. With Mr. GLA
nom; however, the observation was of a
most practical tendency, and the attack made
on him last night gave him occasion to
amplify it. Some highly rhetorical references
made to the Income Tax by Mr. Duman'
enabled him to declare with emphasis the ten-
dency of his financial policy. The Conservative
leader had thought it a good stroke to affirm
that the Income Tax was in Mr. Chanerora's
scheme a permanent feature of our system of
taxation. "Is that," he cried, "the opinion of
" the Hones of Commons t Is it the opinion of
" the country ? I reiterate myself the opinion I
" have often expressed, that I do not believe it
" possible that the income tax in the present form
" can be a permanent feature of our finance ; and
" although I have listened to every suggestion
" that has been made, and weighed
" every suggestion without partiality and
" with patience, I have listened to no
"scientific solution of the difficulties connected
" with the tax which would be satisfactory to the
" Treasury of her Manorn. The tax remains
" unequal, unjust, inquisitorial; branded with the
" character of infamy which the right hon. gen-
" tleman in 1863 so eloquently and with such
" profuse expression gave to the tax which he
" made the basis of his most considerable and at
" the same time his most fallacious financial cal-
" culation. We had a right to expect that the
" right hon. gentleman would have spoken frankly
" with regard to that tax when he came to repeal
" taxation. The right hon. gentleman has no
" right to fritter away the resources of the country
" and leave the tax untouched."

We gladly place this declaration on record, and
hope that it may never prove a source of incon-
venience to the right hon. speaker. With still
greater satisfaction we record the CHANCELIAWiII
reply.
Mr. GLADSTONE disdains the quackery which
denounces the Immune Tax but declines to deal
with its cause. Profuseness in one department of
expenditure begets profuseness in all, and concur-
rently with an enormous outlay on the means of
war everybody is carrying his crotchet to the
public Treasury for aid, and with remarkable suc-
cess. Mr. GLADSTONE promises us that when we
can moderate our desires we shall be excused from
the visits of the collectors of Income Tax. This

is the language of sincerity and patriotism. While,
however, we recognise it as such, we must be per-
mitted to express a hope that the CHANCIIILLOS
will assert fee his convictions more of that kind of
effect which reveals itself in the Estimates.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, XoIDAT.
The Royal Mail steem-thip Afrim, Captain
Shannon, which left New York on the 26th ult.,
arrived in the Money this evening.

NSW SOIL M•soe 28.
It is generally supposed an attack has been made
on New Orleans, but the result is not known.
It is believed Congress will not adjourn before
July Ist.
The death of Ben Mac Culloch appears now to be
fully confirmed.
The following despatch from Fortress Monroe,
23rd March, concerning the occupation of Newbern,
North Carolina, has been received here :

The steamer Chancellor Livingston arrived from Hatteras
Inlet last night.
Immediately after the occupation of Newham an expe-
dition wag started by Gemini Burnside. The place was,
however, evacuated before oar troops approached. Fort
Macao was blown ap by the rebels, and the steamer Nash.
villa burnt. On the day General Semi& occupied New-
born, 16,000 Confederates were on the road between Golds-
borough and Newborn.
A despatch from Washington, March 24, says :
Coioael Sept, representative elect from the Acoomac
district, arrived here this morning, warming the
gene. of the destruction of the privateer Nashville and
Fort Macon by the Confederates.
„A tight bad occurred on the Upper Potomac, at
Winchester, concerning which the following de-
spatches have been received :
Washington, Bush M.
Gemini Banks is at Winchester. The rebels expected
to steal a march on us, and were surprieed at being met in
force. We took a large number of prisoners. 300 are en
mire to Baltimore. We shell probably bag the whole
party, whit* is only 6,000 strong—not 15,030, as first re-
ported.
A damp/telt tram a forma in Genital Shield's army to
the Baranon-Oeseral at Washington, says, in relation to
Um Data* el yesterday:—"Our lom it from 75 to 100 killed,
and 260 wounded. I have seen 225 of the enemy's dead."
A late despatch from Winehestcrnays: "Our forces today
the rebels with extraordinary.vieur and courage
Liw;sarstStrasburg, driving them like frightened ahem."
Latest reports from Winchester are as follows :
Winchester, March IL
The rebels have been driven back to Strasburg. There
has been very little fighting today. in the skirmishing we
have lost about 10 killed and wounded. Mr. Fall, assistant
to Captain Albert, Topographical Engineers, wee taken
prisoner by the rebels. We have captured more than 1,000
small arms. _

Another despatch has been received from
Wisehester, March 24, 11 p.m.
In consequeece of Use forward movement of our !ARM
the reports of the killed, 'reloaded, and miming
_mold act
be amentained • hat oar lees is from 80 to 100. killed •
whom were 1 coloneli and 14 captains and lieutemuitearZs
were wounded, among whom rate 10 °Seers The sway
had nearly 500 killed and wounded, and lost 300 primmer,.
The New York Times gives the following news
from Washington
Certain newspapers having flagrantly persisted in the pub•
ligetioa of military details, in violation of the roles god
snide' of war and the orders of the War Bscfm•mrni"
th eadeagering the safety of our armies sad the sac-
cierb3 military operations ; the floorotory ci War boa
embed 11111 enforeemell el the praise, and a special
imenmertbi is to be mennehled at Wallington for the trial
emimisrpnabliment of limelhedess.
.—The Jerrold bailee, the Smoky Mercra7,
miermarnat Ogerefiairmeree New York are suppressed by
Min= of Wet, their editor aad proposa-
l= and is Wuhington, to be triad by a
imarbsesibil for violating Ibe 57th article of war.
Ths timsary Depart/seat is now issuing certificates of
' at the rake ce nearly, 2,000,000441 n a day-
Ma •a co dear GM Ike amounts that have berm
Naiad. bad not
sets
Immo el the asset of Treasury
asks. norm! mesa lakserly far isms again is •
or two. Omelettes el bailairess are bought by
Wosidagioa bankers at 911 e. ea the &Mar. It is said that
the arrears of money due to °Moors of tffe army amount to
10,000,000 dole.
The following despatch, dated Cairo, March 24,
gives the latest news from Tennessee
An arrival from the Tennessee river we 8,000 men mike
Geared Walkos visited Adainsville, eight Wile from hits.
berg, landing wham there was nadarainod to be a brge
rebel twos On arriving time they found As rebels gone.
Armed rebels are emerimatrating at Corinth, where a shed
will be made. An arrow& recruits are being nowt to
Decatur Alabama. At Memphis all rebel dons are being
removed to plains of safety in the event of sa attack by
the Union forces. There is but little known at Memphis of
the movements 4 Island No. 10, outside of military circles.
The supsriateadsat of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
placed 14 locomotives and 200 cars at the disposal of Gooiest
Polk, for the transportation of troops to Corinth. Beaure-
prd is at Jackson, Tennessee.
On Tuesday the bridge sores Turkey Creek on the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad was burned by Union troops
The following from Cairo shows the state of
affairs at Island No. 10 up to March 24 :
As at Island Nary are in stan pro, end the mortar
boats are firing regularly but very moderately, about ones
an hour. The rebels do not reply. There are not so many
tents visibly Home reports say that they are leaving. No
balloon reconnensance has yet been made, on account of
high winds.
The following general news is condensed from
the New York Times of March 26 :
The victin7 achieved by our forms near Winchester bids
fair to prove one of the most important of the war. lobe-
matioe received in Washington yet :rodaelishows that afar
as army wat Strasburg yesterday • and a War
despatch from General Beaks to Gen 'Shields, dated
five miles beyond Strasburg, states that the enemy was skill
in full flight, with our forces in hot pumuit. Gemmill
Banks states that the lone* of the rebels must have been
enormous. They had abaodooed waggons along the reel
filled with dead and dying ; the houses on the route weer
bond crowded with muscled and deed, and the dwetharge
in the towns adjacent to the battlefield were also food
filled with wounded. Our artillery was making terrible
havoc among the enemy in their flight.
Later intelligence from Newborn 4North Carolina) dabs
that the steamer Nashville had been captured by the gun-
boats of the blockading fleet, as she left Beaufort ea the
approach of our troops.
A Richmood despatch gives the personnel of Jeff Davis's
cabinet as recently newly constituted. J. P. &ajar in, of
Louisiana, is Secretary of bate; George W. Randolph of
Virginia, Secretary of War ; 8. R. Many, of Florida,
Secretary of the Navy ; C. G. Memailager, of South Carr
line, Secretary of the Treasury ; Thomas H. Watts, d
North Corollas, Attorney-General ; aad Reagan, of Tessa.
•

The Norfolk Daybook announces that heavy reinforce-
misted °Mimed troops have been sent to Fortran Monroe,
supposed to be for the Burnside expedition.
late advice. received from Memphis render probable the
supposition that an attack ,has been made en New Orleans,
It was reported there that Fort Pike, at the entrance to
Lake Pontchartrain, had been captured by our forces,though
it was explained that it was merely a temporary structure,
mouatang three or four guns.
From New Mexico we learn that the advanced guard of
the Texans at last accounts was at Algederos, 45 miles from
Santa Ft.
Advice. from Fort Pickens state that there were but
3,000 rebel troops at Pensacola, and that these were but
poorly armed. The guns of the rebel fortifications were
said to be turned inland, in anticipation of a visit from the
national forces under General Butler.
The St. Louis papers state that General Pope had cep- '
tared at his Point Pleasant batteries the E J. Gay, a large
rebel steamer.
It is said that a new projectile, adapted to the 11-inch
Dahlgren gun" of the Mosher, has been made at the Cold
Spring foundry at West Point. One of them was driven
through a solid plate of wrought iron eight inches thick,
placed at Wangle of 45 deg.
The Louisville Democrat states that the Tennesseatos are
coming into our army in groups of from 50 to 500 a day.
On December 31 there 'erotica two entire regiments enti-
tled to pay. Since then the second regiment his been filled to
its maximum, Is third regiment is complete, and there are
sow two more entire, and a third nearly ready to be mum-
tered into the service of the United States. It is believed
that in one month's time there will be ten regiment' of Taw
Demean. enrolled for service in the United States army.
The KOn • J. It. Giddings, Consul General far the
British North American provinces, left Jefferson, Ohio, he
Montreal on Monday last.
A serious mutiny moaned in the Wisconsin 17th Regi-
ment, at Madison, a few days ago. There was some delay
in eying them, and nearly 300 refused to obey the order to
embark in the cars for St. Louis. They were all placed
under arrest.

The steamship America arrived at Boston
March 24. The steamship Nova Scotian arrived
at Portlard March 25. The Hausa arrived ►t New
York March 24.

In the Senate, on the 24th, resolutions from the I
New Jersey legislature, asking congressional action
with reference to the defences of the coed of New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and in
favour of State loans for the purpose, were re-
ferred. Resolutions from the Ohio legislature,
opposed to the settlement of the rebellion except
upon unconditional surrender and condign punish-
ment of traitors, were referred. Resolutions from
the Maine legislatures endorsing the course of the
administration and in favour of oonfiscating the
property of rebels, were referred. The joint reso-
lution in favour of affording pecuniary aid for the
emancipation of slaves, was opposed by Mr. Sauls-
bury, of Delaware. Mr. Davis, of lieutueky,
offered a substitute, declaring slavery to be eaclu-