The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-04 00:00:00

AS THE FACULTIES OF THE BODY, in
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loped maturity, the rising human being, surrounded by
factitious circumstances—some salutary, some pernicious—
becomes susceptible of impressions which, according to the
degree of PRUDENCE and KNOWLEDGE with which he is en-
dowed, may be the sources of happiness or of unspeakable
misery.

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AMERICA.

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LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

The Inman steamer City of Washington, Capt.
Brooks, from New York on the 22d ult., arrived
here to-day.
A summary of the news received by telegraph,
via Queenstown, has been already published.
The situation of affairs is thus epitomised in the
New York Herald of the 22d ult.:—

" The news from General Banks's division pre-
sents no important features. A portion of General
Shield's reconnoitring party has returned to Win-
chester from Strasburg. It is reported that the
rebel General Jackson is near Mount Jackson with
his partially disorganised forces.

" Two new military departments have been con-
stituted by the President—the first to be called
the Department of the Gulf, which will com-
prise all the coast of the Gulf of Mexico west of
Pensacola harbour, and so much of the Gulf States
as may be occupied by the forces under Major-Gen.
G. F. Butler's United States volunteers ; the head-
quarters for the present will be moveable wherever
the general commanding may be. The other is de-
nominated the Department of the South, compris-
ing the States of South Carolina, Georgia, with the
expedition and forces now under Brigadier General
F. W. Sherman, to be under the command of Gene-
ral David Hunter.

" Affairs at Island No. 10, which has now become
a point of interest, represent the rapid approach of
a termination to the tedious bombardment of that
rebel stronghold. Up to yesterday evening our
gunboats Benton and Mond City were playipg
heavily on the upper batteries, with a view to
reduce them. The fortifications are very
strong, mounting, at least, 80 guns, while
a body of 20,000 troops are encamped on the
main land in the rear, completely out of range
of our mortars. Five guns on the upper battery
on the Tennessee shore have been dismounted, and
only two left, which give an occasional shot. The
batteries appear to be provided with bomb-proof
casemates, as the men are seen to disappear when
our shells approach them.
" A despatch to St. Louis, dated from Island No.
10 on Thursday, says that a large number of loaded
waggons were then leaving Tennessee shore, from
which it was believed the rebels were making pre-
parations for an evacuation of their works. General
Pope allowed a rebel gunboat to approach within
50 yards of a masked battery on. Tuesday, and then
sunk her, killing 15 of those on board, He had pre-
viously allowed five rebel steamers to pass on towards
New Madrid, and they are now between hisbatteries,
unable to escape. Over twelve rebel vessels,
their floating batteries and battering rams, are now
above Gen. Pope's batteries, and will certainly be
sunk or captured. Meantime the rebels have posted
three regiments at Fort Pillow, between New
Madrid and Memphis. Pikes are being manu-
factured at the latter place to arm the new levies,
of which not quite a hundred men have as yet re-
sponded to the call of Governor Harris. The
governor, however, has disappeared from Memphis,
and the members of the legislature have followed
his example. The city is said to be in a terrible
condition. The Union men were abandoning the
place. leaving all their property to be confiscated,
as impressment at the point of the bayonet had
become general. Men were driven from the streets
and from their stores and dwellings to the rebel
camps of instruction, and all who could escape from
the city with their lives were glad to get away.
Quarrels between the rebels and Unionists were of
daily occurrence in the streets, and shots are freely
exchanged between them.

" Our news from Tennessee is important. Die-
spatehes from Cairo state that our troops at Savan-
nah, 60 miles from Florence, Alabama, are doing
good service. Gen. Beauregard, with a force of
15,000 rebels, recently from Pensacola, is said to be
at Corinth, and Generals Bragg and Cheatham have
also their divisions in the same vicinity. On the
night of the 13th inst. a body of the sth Ohio Ca-
valry put a part of Gen. Cheatham's cavalry, to
flight, and burned the railroad bridge. Our army
in that neighbourhood is divided into five divisions
commanded by Generals Sherman, M‘Clernand,
Wallace, Huriburt, and Lanman. No less than
6,000 Unionists in the vicinity of Savannah, are re-
ported to have enlisted in our army recently."
On the 20th, the joint resolution of co-operation
with the President's late Message, recommending
assistance to states desiring to abolish slavery, was
reported back from the judiciary committee, with
the recommendation that it pass. The Senate then
debated the bill for the abolition of slavery in Co-

lambia, and went into executive session.

In the House of Representatives on the 19th, the
entire session was taken up in considering the Tax
Bill. All the general provisions-40 in number—
were upon, but no important amendments
wero actedm ad e.A proposition was made to exempt
slaves from taxation, and on this a short debate
sprung up as to the question of property in slaves.
Thetux on spirituous liquors, ales, &c., was •con-
sidered, but no progress made on this part of the
bill. On the 20th, the judiciary committee re-
ported back the several bills and resolutions in
nforenco to ovagcatiou of rcbcl property, Yfith A