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= The Ifebels at Rfchn 0nd.

Hasbi' G tn Cor. N. I. Evening Post, 2h
Private advices which came from Richmond,
received to-day, state that battle is expected
any day, almost any hour, and that the rebels
arc very busy with some new plan they have
under way. The Chronicle this morning has
something to say of the same kind:
IA distinguished senator, who carefully in
quirrd ipto the condition OF things in General
McCffxHes army a few days aeo, sisted yes
terday that be bad no doubt Of !. triumphant
issue The quiet that prevailed in the camps
was almost app.lling; the officers seemed to
be eager for the hour Of conflict, and the men
were instinct with life and with hope. As q
proof Of this we gIse the following sxtTnc. ,; OF
burg and Fair Oaks, received here yesterday
sSThere is something brewing in Dixie. All
last night we could hear them cheering and
shouting in their camps, and the cars kept run'
ming TO and from Richmond. We'll, let them
come! And whether they act in the dastard11
snezkiDg manner they have heretofore acted;
not be feared at home.'"
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.tFrom the Newbern Progress, 18th

lFIoIH LHc HNtWoeEA fIcs5Itss. 1ttH3
The rebel for!iications below this city are
bling rapidly blown up by Prof Afaillcfort.
Last week, tor1s Lane and Ellis, with their
bomb proof galleries and bastion forts, were
utterly destroyed, after removing the large
guns. Two new forts, one above and one be-
low the covered fort, we're sent to destruction.
These fortiications being wholly usele5s, and
totally inadequate for The purpose for whi:h
they were intended, have bcen destroyed. We
presume that the stronger and more important
works left by the rebels viii be retained by
the federal forces.
Six North Carolina regiments have been dis
banded by the rebels at Richmond, and are
now under guard, previous to which, however,
they hung their brigadieF general Thus again
is furnished more testimony corroborativt oi
the truth Of our statements, that there is q
Union sentiment growing in this State, aud 4
wide spread dissatisfaction with the Southern
Co1.tedt1acy. The above Is from sources that
entities il to credit.
= On Thur=dsy. the 18th inst, Twelve rebc!
1ragoops. who Ind been mustered cut Of the
rebel service on account Of being over thirty
five years OF age, came into Washington, anl
gave themselves up to the federal authorities
| It is reported that on Friday, nearly 100 can't
| in, ana surrendered themselves, but how trat
| this is, We cannot say.
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to have been killed. Pratt had made geraral
attempts to escape 80 far without snccess.
Once nt Gorinth be eluded the Vigilance Of
the guard, and for three days and nights lay
concealed without food just inside the Con-
ftderate lines On the fourth day he attempted
covered and remanded to prison Sergeant
Pratt passes for private. He Is in good
health and spirits and confident Of his nla-
mnte escape.
THE CHAPLAM's REEEAs8~
On the 18th Of June, the doctor received an
order for his release without parole, and safe
conduct to the federal lines at Memphis. This
he WAS cent by rail- to fernando, the present
terminus Of travel on the Mississippi Central
Railroad, and from thence By private convey
ance to Memphis, When about six miles
from the latter place he discovered q few
eVasn ata Y RekSts, .nndeo and Of
ance Of one OF them was strangely familiar,
but he kept his suspicious to himself till he
arrived st Gen. Wa11ace's headquarters,
where he first gave vent to them
Shortly afterWard SOUND OF cavalry went
tearing along the road toward Hern2ndo, and {,
| In an hour or two returned with the 'p1ckets."
| They proved to be Col Morehead, dashine
I confederate officer, with ahalf dozen men, who
were making tour OF observation about
Memphis. The chaplain thinks he is ever
4 with the rebels.
THE INFORMATION.
| The Information brought by the doctor va
considered sufficiently Important by Gen. Wal
lace to Tarrant the sending Of 8 special mes
eenger to Gen. Ra1lack. 1t Is likely that on
plans for the conduct Of the war in Mlssissip
pi may undergo material alterations in conse
quence.
The doctor says the rebels will q eyacuate
Vickscurg, if they have not already done 80
They will surrender the line Of the New o.
l.ans and jackson, and the Mississippi raj
roads, and fall back upon the line Of the Nc
bile and Ohio railroad, They have already II
moved State records and government propert
to Columbus, Miss, email town fifteen mfle
northeast Of Artesla station, on the Mobil
and Ohio railroad, whence branch road O.
tends to Columbus.
4 Public and private property, guns, anmunn
ton and provisions are taking the same
rections. Al Columbus the G. s. A. hare {
tahlished mandatory for small arms, and
foundry for the castiBg Of heavy guns. He
troops are concentrating, and the army Is b
ing largely reinforced By the filing up Of Il
: ekeletens regiments which left Corinth-
Dr.. Warren arrived in Cairo on the De So
and left to rejoin his regiment LIST eVentn
B.
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sale on Saturday, ard the newsboys hawked it
on the streets quite lfberally, The book is
baying quite q run on account Of its local in-
tertst to contractors. McKinstry hardly men-
tionB the Californians once in his whole book.
His personal denunciations are severe, but on
the whole, the language is well guarded It
Is reported that MeKinetrg has been ordered to
1-Goy. Stewart, of st. Joseph, has bacome
q confirmed emauclpationist- He spoke at q
serenade to Frank Blair, at Barnum's hotel
lstely, and returns to St: Joseph to advocate
the same cause. The agitation Is going on aud
will continue in spite Of the nltra pro-slavery
question in every county in Missouri as in
New York
as an evidence ofincreasing prosperity it is
to be noted that the Pacific railroad have five
hundred men employed extending their road
beycud Sedalia.
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army. In yerT short time she will have
10, COO men Of ali arms ready for service, aud
fat from contemplate in regard to efficiency.
What further she may do will depend upon
her prosperity and the economy Of her rulers
There is no danger Of ~ar at present, and We =;
may well postpone further proceedings until
We baYe made the expenditure Of the province
approach somewhat nearer to It's income, II
tie colonial Office had sent Us 8 statesman,
and not q "ciEiI service commissions" like
Sir Edmund Head, We might perhaps hare
been able to do more Low. If It will instruct
It's representatives not to try to push through
jobbing railway bills, but to use their inau-
ence to reduce expenditures, the English
people may be g1atifed not only in the matter
Of defense, but also in the reduction OF the
tariff"
Other Canada p.pers also take strong ex~
cent1one to the Times, article,
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The Stencil Of Fair Oaks.
fRror, %t,n P45}~ deJ+h5n prees

One Of the most unpleasant features Of ou1
position at Richmond is the stencil which
arises from the battle field of Fair Oaks,
around and In which some Of cur troops are
encampcd. The ef1luvis Is Of such strong
character as to sfc6en even veterans at times,
We shall never know the real loss Of human
life at Fair Oaks. The other day q lot of oTel
$50 dead rebels were found in clump ot
woods which had not been previously exam
ined. So far decayed were these bodies tha
our soldiers could not approach the spot lonG
enough to bury them.
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dclphin at very early age he visited Europe,
and travelled throug gh England, France and
Wales on foot During his sojourn abroad he |
gave much attention to wire bridges, and at-
tained an unusual knowledge Of the art, for
which he was celebrated on his return to this
country. He built the first suspension bridge
over the Ni.gara River, and also the one at
Wheeling. He was engineer on the James
River Canal and the principal and controlling
engineer on many OF the railroads in Virginia.
He also surveyed the region and reported upon
the practicability Of making nayigable the
Kanawbs. For the last seven years Of his life,
hfs mind hss been devoted to the establish
meat Of the principle Of iron. .clnd steamers and
steam iron rams. Last autumn he wrote
pamphlet sharply criticising the protraeted
inaction OF our army On the Potomac, End du-
ring the winter another, wherein he assa1led
the capacity and management Of the eommsn-
derin- CHIEF In the first pamphlet, Colonel
E. urged the necessity Of building steam rams
to meet those the rebels were building at Ne"
Orleans and other points. After the Mer1mac
had demonstrated thelF complete utility, he
Eas permitted to extcmporize some rams out
Of Ohio River boats, for immediate use On the
Mississippi. These boats were unprotected,
s1cept from small ar1ns, and service in them
vae, Of course, very hazardouss but Colonel
El1et took command Of them to demonstrate
the wisdom Of his plans, When the action
commenced, the FAILS, which were in the rear
Of the gunboats, shot gallantly ahead OF them
and rushed into the midst Of the fight, With
what eminent SUCCESS our readers hare already
learned. He was the only man injured on oul
side in that action, He merits the gratitude
| Of the nation for the valuable aid he has giVef
| It by his genius. and for brave and patriotic
| death in the service OF his country.
Lieutenant J. D, Post, who was highl!
and cordially esteemed by large circle
both as an active and faithful man In all HI
business relations, and as true lover OF En-
good old flag, 1elinqui5hed business, family
friends, repaired to the battle field at Pittsbur
Landing, and while leading his men gallant
in the conflict, the bursting Of rebel she
gave him his death wound. He was conVeye
to Evansville, Indiana, where for six weeks h
struggled between life and death. until FINAL
the grim monster conquered the body, BIT
the soul returned to rest with tile God whol
he worshipped. During the long and snxlot
struggle he was tenderly watched over BY h
cherished wife, and when LIES fitful fever III
ended, he was bourne by friends who love
him to his beloved State Of Wisconsin, ar
committed to the resting place which his on
hands had prepared.
: George F. Thompson, late editor OF t
New York Meas, who was recently arreste
| las been released on parole, and it Is suppos
! will appear on Tuesday before the House Col
/. mittee Of Judiciary in the case Of Ben. Woo
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Mr.. Hawthorne, the great romaucer,
visited Washington "to look" as he ex-
presses it, "a little more closely at matters
with lis OWL cyes'-aud while in that
vicinity he extended his trip TO the camps |
Of 41cClcl}an's army. At that time Nc
ClcIlan was not where he now is, but the
tsbladdcr Of wind IS he cal1s tue rebel |
deienses at Manassas, had been punctured,
and in all other respects "the situation"
was very much the same as it is at present,
O.! this visit tf-. Hawthorne has written
an account, end the +itantic Monthly for
July publishes it. The friends Of Mcclellan
profess to find in this account q basis for
their praises Wenoti=e that the secession.or-
gan Of this city has an extract from it, which
is warped so that this eminent writer IS
made to applaud Mcclellan without int
OF drawback Whether the opinion Of this
particular person, on a point Of SO much
strangcness to him as the military qualii-
cations Of this particular general, or any
other general, is Of any consequence, We
will not attempt to decide. It is. however,
Ql% I'LL t14Ak Lib bFA33SA1 AAAA aA5 II
Ehopld he correctly given.
b1r, Hawthorne, then, does not applaud
Mcclellan at ell. True, he saysthe general
Is not an i'll looking man; he says, too, that
he sits horse pretty well, and even admits
that if our young Napoleon " is slothful
7mbecile, cowardly, and has treasonable
purposes which 1atter we do not know
he las eyer been accused of-the mass oi
soldiers under him are utterly deceived
All that this means is, that he appears t.
have the confidence Of his men. But Nj
Hawthorne dues not @tlink that AlcClcl
lan's antccclcnts bear very decided testi
rnony to his practical soldiership." If
prc-zlayc1y cssayist like the author Of th
ssLife Of Pierce" can not boost MeClella
will louder praise than that, we venture
fay that he will not be given many thanE
for his pains.
But Mr. Hawthorne does hit the poiH
1absriously as he tried to miss it. In OF
question hc brings the whole matter clear
into view. He asks, 4" when before, in o
history, do We find q general in commar
of half million Of men, and in presen
Of an enemy inferior in numbers and ]
better disciplined than his own trooI
leaving it still debatcable, after the bett
part of rear, whether he is q soldier
nof" He has not, it is true, half mi1li
Of men now; but he has force twice
large IS the enea5's, and his troops 8
better disciplined than theirs; and yet,
is still question whether he is 8 soldier
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ARR1vAL OF A CARGO OF B8ABRHaARp's
BELL, ,METAL.-The ship North America, which
arrived At this port on Saturday. has on board
the bells which were contributed by tho people
of Loul2iana, for the prosecution Of tie var
against the Union, under the proclamation
Issued by Beauzegazd. They wore found In
the Oustom House At New Orleans and are
reported TO be wo1tA $50.0oo.-Bos&oH Joas'-
nal, Esd,
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New Era in Washington County.
WAeu1NGToH Co., ILL.,, June Is, 1859.

Editors Chicago Tribune:
What do You think Of Washington county
now7
A few years ago when We shot Il runaway
negro and sent Ills head to Missouri in keg
Of whisky, you held Us up to the world as
barbarians, having no schools and destitnte Of
the gospel And last year when we passed
. fen secesh resolutions and published them
in Charleston, $. G., paper as evidence OF
the aid they might expect from Us IN their
rebellion, You laid them asid7. And when
cur ,.o6}e delegates we're endeavoring to In
troduce to us constitution beautiful in form
AID pleasing to tae er, you had the im-
pudence to Stir up those font resolutions ;
thus bedimming their intelltcts and causing
them to produce monster. Well gents,
500 soldiers in the deld, we have repudiated
the Irat and eeDt it up Salt River. Plea.t
| take off your plaster. We don't need It any
| more WAsHN61oS+
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OCE ST, LOUIS LETTER,

4 sssere ordsr on Wsalthy ReIels suho encourage
Guer'llIas-E,nancipatio Stale Conrention--
Reported seizure Of Secession Churches im St.
Loatis-Gunboat ltems-1tore Rebel Prisoners
Arrissd- defeat Of the Nss0 Constisutios-
Memphis Trade, ETC, &c.
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SAD AFFA1K.-Darby Sullivan, in the en-
1'loy Of the Detroit and Milwaukee railroad,
at Ada, Kent county, Mich, hung himself on
Saturday last, because his wife had deserted
him on account Of his drunken habits.
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Re,. DR.. Hdrren-HH Capture-Corinth En-
zeritzcss IFS Treatment "A CoH.federdts
Il Gook''-Jtzchxo1 Erpertences-The Chap
7ain'S Re;easc-IHe n affirmation, dc.
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following response:
The Toronto Globe is not disposed to be bull
lied bv the London 1smes, and gives 1t some
| very rlain taking:
| ssThe Tines is Indignant against iae Cana-
| dian Parliament because it threw out Tue mill
| tia bill. Well, We shall have to bear up under
| the thuuders Of Jupiter as best re may. Ine
| Tunes has done 1nther more than its shars IN
| creating bad feeling between Englana SUD
the United States. and would have li6ed 70
see the Canadians take up the qua1reI Wnlca
It had raised The imperial authorities, slSo,
doubtless would have been glad to see Canaaa
| believing the mother country Of the entire
| burden Of defending her NorthAme1ican col
on;e.- Roth parties must be somewhat dissp-
pointed by the result. We regret that "e
cannot aEmuatbise with them in their grief.
We do not believe that thare would hsTe been
any talk Of var OF any need for unosnA arms
ment had 1t not bet \ for the mischief making
Of newspapers In England and Amenca, o.
which the Tt,He1 Was the worst, because
the most influential, and We have no IDEA 81
Canada being inside . victim Of the
bt lleerent prupensit!es Of Jener49t
BricEe on either side of the Ahsntio. w
cannot agree to the dogma that Canada ahoule
I | nroyide entirely foe her own defense when sht
Is not the author Of the QuarEels agsinRt tn
. epneedacaces Of which eha L. called Hpon Il
af.nd On eua1d. We deny altogether that, e1
! eept in time Of actual war, she Is called upo
: 10 keep $1,000 men under arms. what ca
, fafrIT be demanded from her. she has done
She has largely Increased the appropriation
r for the volunteer force. which would n
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Affairs in Missouri

ST. LOUIS April IL samuel Engler, who was
banshe from the city some time sgo by General
IlalleCk, for att mptDg TO resist military author
ity, has returned to live undisturbed In the COM
mudity. Engler is said to have taken the oath OF
allegiance and given every assurance OF future
LOYALTY 10 the government.
The correspondence OF the Missouri Democrat
dated Rock House Creek, NO April 8, says
The people In this vicinity are mostly Union
there being but three secessionIstS on this road
from CassvIile to Flat Greek.
In consequence Of the uncertainties Of the fu-
ture and uuquet state Of the country, but few arc
mailing Preparations TO put In their crops. Tho
farms are laid waste and fences burned up along
the main Toad, and the Union men are discou'.
3E,d. The scCcssioGiSts have mostly gone South
with their ne groes. Some Of the Union people
have no; only abandoned the idea OF making
crops, but are getting their wagons out, intend
Ing TO forsake all and emigrate to place OF
s3f
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Inter from Enrone

PORTLAND, April II The steamer Norwegian
arrived here 10 night, with Liverpool adv'ces o!
the 2d inst. The steamers Canada, City Of Wash
ington, and North America had arrived out.
The political intelligence Ia unimportant.
The question Of iron batteries continues to at
tract attention in England. The Times says 1t Is
understood that an order is in course Of transmits
sion TO all dock yards TO suspend any further opc
rations upon wooden ships. The leading jour
mails continue to urge the necessity for iron fleets
The Morning Post calls attention TO the i'm
provemcnts the Americans are making In ord
nanCe-the weight Of the shot thrown by the
Monitor being nearly double that used on board
any British ship of war.
The British steamer Mars, from Waterford fcI
Bristol, was wrecked near Milford duTihg gale
and heavy fog, by which fifty lives were lost.
Con9mt7csGI I-Cotton.-Salcs OF the LIST thret
days y OC0 bales, prices tending upward-nhrke
Quiet aud unchanged. BreadstuIs dull, and still
declining. Provisions quiet but steady. Consols
gOlIa00I
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The ordou Press on the Ii at,ls Of the Ncr.
TImac and the monitsr

me MEhhlNAI AND THE kONlToR.
The LendOn Times, Of the 29,b, rehearses
the story Of the naval battle in Hampton Roads,
and thus moralizes thereupon:
ltis clear, however, that neither the Merri-
mac nor the Monitor can be exactly measured
against cur own productions. 1t does not ar
pear, for instance, that either Of those vessels
could put to sea or venture far from land;
whereas, our own Warrior, as will have been
seen from Cspt. Cochrane's report in our i'm
preston Of yesterday, ls 6t for actiye service
in any part Of the world. Sill there are points
Of great interest involved in the comparison
Both the American vessels have sloping sid g.
or if the Monitors sides are not set at an an
gle they are Sd low as to offar little mark fer
shot.
The Americans, therefore, seem to rely upon
the protection obtained BY this expedient,
whereas We have not yet adopted it; and in
deed the iron plate committee of the Institu-
tion of Naval Architects have Just declared
their conclusion that aBgulated sides possess
no real advantage as compared with the usual
upright sides" Yet one objection which was
urged against sloping sides has not been sup
ported by the experience of the late action. 1t
was plausibly said that a ship acting like a
ram might run over one Of these low vessels
With the greatest ease; but the MsrTimac did
strike the Monitor without any such result.
Another notable point is suggested by tho
armaments Of the two vessels The Monitor
hn Aah ~ th4ca
nssriv tw;ca as isr,s % ona 81 sngI sGns was
and nav vera vorf Al fror, ~ Is .n' g
fore iwo cuss rra,,eS V ..I Iui se ~, .nere,
must bsys hasnp ow;n. a;thos y. tTl t"enve, II
or 10 the new mstbod oS xorL;u 'In .ba oaiior nn
concIns;on howsnar .dr,;,.a snen phe
aver ana I, hannan. :" hn ~ u no uCaoe "nat
of ali TbsIs e AN end of ondon os' In an
aver and The Am.,;csns srs Oo~n ~o', snipS Loi-
the fact to soma nurno.s A0" '0OsniIi"s
In addition 10 vbst th.v h.r. ,.;,.,
iron.cIad vessels during The Las, twaivo n On
thew are now nrsnsrns - 1o,o Sse nno noo
unTards of e5 o0e oo no,s for vuvu"vv, oF r
the same olas. and will nrob.hI. Oh uUtuIss sus Vi
this obisct witbont s,;n, nr y sP1nu ~ On
course of wear or tvo an y, S ,n ;ue
Minister would venture 40 dsnasnd ~ I.,tisn 81
hone that we NAV turn thar ,each;u - ne. oeS us
eccount and msicb them IN ss;e;as " sooa
in the s.nensiysness of our nronsaJ;y, y, ho'
,e,s,,,oI..... ~. .,
IRON 'ne London News, March 20
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PASSENGER TRAN TO MANASSAS.

WAR DEPARTMENT.,
ONCE MtPy SNP'tand Dr ecfOr Railroads. U.s.
Washington, APTH 3, 1862.
Until further notice, a passenger train will be
run on Saturday of each week, from Seventh
street and Maryland avenue to Manassas. leaving
Washington at $50 a. IN, arriving at Manassas a,
IL m; returning will leave Manassas at ? 30 n.
m, arriving at Washington at m. Fare m
Washington TO Manassas and return, 50; and
from Alexandria TO Manassas and return, 81 35.
D. C. McCALLUM
Military Director and supt r Railroads, L. 8
ap 3-tf [Intelligencer Republican,
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TELEGRAPHIO NEWS.
FROM NORTHERN ALABAMA

FROM NORTHERN ALABAMA
General Mitchell Bdvasces to Decatur on
the West und Stevenson Junction on the
East.
The following important dispatch was received
by the Secretary Of War Yesterday:
NASHVILLE, April II On Saturday morning
two expeditions were started from Huntsville,
Alabama, with the captured cars. One under
Colonel sill, Of the 33d Obi went east to Ste
vensop, the junction of the Chattanooga railroad
with the Memphis and Charleston road, which
point they seized, force Of . COO of the enemy
retreating without firing shot. Here they csp-
tured FIVE locomotives and large amount OF
rolling stock. The other expedition under Colo.
mel Turchin, Of the 10Th Illinois, went west, and
arrived at Decatur in time 10 save the railroad
bridge, which was in a smes as they approached.
General Mitchell now holds about one hundred d
mills Of the Memphis and Charleston railroad.