, 1862-04-12
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Hereafter the public debt, and all foreign
crafts are to be paid at maturity, no matter
what may be the pressure in other respeetsA
on the Treasury M
MajGen. Hunters new Department y
to be called the Department Of thesHdf
as constituted, it will comprise all the coos,
OF the Gulf q est of Pensacola barbor ~
50 much of the Gulf States as Vii ".'u
capped by he~Federal toops. Its head
Quarters will be movaRle-rwherever tbe
ieneral comr apdng .Rae be. v"
New York, March 2l-The stearer
/anderbils is lseing- 1,f,, ssss
Lad man-of-s shno lhesdstea,nsbin l55SS55ssdi
queen Will be converted into an iron rsq834
syeamer .ssuasI gsI foribuo ,'sdouo rJ)
" Louis AbarehCDn- rebel dispate tehi
from eort Smtglliutoa Memphissapaperb ,sac-ll
knowledge thesaeathef Gen 's!iMc6allough
and Mcintosh at The battle of Pea Ridge.b
The Memphis-sAQpeat MISUNDERSTANDING pa tclrl
from Richmonadd the4th ssayiBg th4tlJeffal
Davis Is comingsweSt soon. and urges every =
body to rally t@tbes standard. ..r a noaoeal Il
Pm adelphi9n Marsh LA letter from
Shir Island, Dated March II ii, says that
the gunboat HoSd captured Schooner off
Mobile Bay, having on boa1d 100 kbales Of
cotton, and that the Pmoib eapYured the
schooner Cora with 2qpiStleANltha Ii
New York. March 2l.---A letter from the
engineer of thS}gppA$}t VdiqnbEife1c6hL
firms the captire Of the William Malloru
with Yancey on board. .sa.Agahst this, IA
telegram from Nashville to-da4sa that
Yancey arrived at New Or4eansiab baq1rade a
speech, avowWsE THAR nps 9help can fbesex-
pected from Ehg ard ordinance srfEe urged
retaliation by stopping. the cultivation Of
Gotten. o Y aDdwsL-.8t doisN
NeYk to March s22d. yt boIot
Washington Mapch 22.-uThe NAVY De-
partment has Orleyed of-the builders Of The
Monitor six lAelyeiiron elaa vesse sleF SIM
liar constructleliAr Bat Qhore formidable.
They are to he two hdhds4ed feet 6long, iiii4
stead of 5,sa1ndso to- carry two l5linch In
stead Of l3laoh sDa1lgtens. s1sno7sq 90
Gen Bler0Eer has been pended, on ac-
count Of unbecomiDg eondueta a9fs7i
Orders wesa senbtol day 10 Generals Hall
leck and w sigh t. TO send troops to protect
the entire overland p6vt e, elnigpahss, omails
and observation-disclosures government is anxr
ious shall be carried1oni oNF aown soil and
not throug gA1forni9nqountries 'wmoe
ST. LoussM ri arGh022 --Gen Halleck has
telegraphed to Secretary Stanton that the
enemy's fo:illa, hemmedl in, between Com.
Foote and Gepa Pens, made another lat
tempt to esc2De doSq the .riveh but sNere
driven back With seYere l9ss,nu One lgqnboat
was sunk and pthers damaged. They haYe
been completely -hemmed in, and can opl y
escape by fighting their way odD ID
Washington, March 2l.TlAe Senate is
in executive session -dsy,a and confirmed
as Major GeneraIlsT Buell. sGqrtis,, Pope,
Sigel and Mcclernand Wallace and Smith,
the Colonels NSho Commanded brigades at
Fort Donelson, we're confirmed Bngadier
Generals. s..,f,.
Fremont left for New York today. 1t
is said that, his department has been en-
larged so as to include Ohio and ether
points. .rr, ,boaoo--sroo +
News of March gath. .s' 5
Chicago, March 24.-Gen. Burnside has
captured Beaufort, n c. The rebe blew
up Fort Macon, and burned the steamer
NaShriHe. lsdmaa ho4.
Winchester Va, March 23,--A battle
took place miles from here, on the Stras-
burg road, between the Federals, number
ing 5000, ,4nder Gen. Shields, and the
rebels, numbering Is 900, under Jackson,
Smith and Longstreet. The latter was
routed, with 500 killed and 800 W ounded.
A large number Of prisoners were taken.
The enemy.vas full retreat sdFhe ground
was strewn, swith gmuskets thrown away in
the fight. The battle lasted fl m 0 in
the morning til darbg2 dalsM sy i'
Washington, March ,24.r-Dz. John Ev-
ans, of Chicago, has been confirmed Cover
nor of. Colersde Territory. ds.m1ids
Stephen s. Harding was on Friday nom
mated GoverpoE Ep5s . Utah, rice Dawson, re-
jected. .rsb syss srsusq fof wat d
Washingtons March ,23.wIhis evening
there is an, impression among naval and
military cikeles that New Orleans Us ours,
the mortar feet having attacked the rebel
fort at the Rigolettes on the llth. Letters
from Ship Island confirm this, The fort
Nreferred to is Fert bike, commanding the
entrance to- Lake 7 POntchartrain. snoii.
Washingt9n,s March 24,-ln the House,
Dunn offered a resolutions which was adopt
ed, nstructng the Ways and Means Com
mite. to inquire into the expediency of or
ganizinf large force of miners, with the
necessary machieerySto proceed to the gold
mines Of AeyNest, apd work the same for
the benefit If the Government,T as means
of defraying the expenses of the var
A Key Wet letter, Of the llth March,
says The steamer Florida, Of Tennessee,
has succeeded making her escape out of
the Mississippi. $hile other rebel steam ers
were being pursuit BY the Brook7gn. The
Florida RS3a Sil, ?, 400 Yales Of cotton " ~
News of March 25th. X scsor.
Washington, Va, March .o5aA General
Shields has received a,d4spatcl from Gen
Banks, dated 5fTemiles bevcnd Strs sBne
stating that the ON ,e4si in f1ll' retre,t1
and our forces we're in hot pursnitl
Washington, March 26.-Advices from
Fortress Monroe are quite cehclusivetbat
the main Bedy ofsthe rebels cannot BE far
distant, as Known scouting parties have
been discovered, within the past "a hours,
near Manassas. Appearances indicate that
the enemy'is strongly fortified behind their
lines at Rarpahanock. sasso- lanbsH sti
The Tax bill vas unde. consideration in
the House to-day and the propositionlto
tax slaves was rejected by a vote of1Olt
10 60. sa' 20 noisf7ih & n93pt9d e9ao I'D
News Of March soth.n g1lega9
Washington March 3Os--Gen. Shields
telegraphsssSFz r75rifTic.orN at Winchester
is more fatalto the rebels than at first sup
posed. herfebels1 admit that they had
1000 mon : also, that they bad lost be-