The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-04-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
arlsiAl 10 rEinrAr.

WAsmse4os. Anil 2f-An on.ccr iroa
Cofinth. according 90 the Atlanta Couled
ertcY. reports t.st thc ConlcierAcy. report.
that ihe Confederate ites extend owes the
recent battle grouua. and lh8t thefl uIaNisls
are nine mile tcyeud there.
Active preparations are being naae lf
both armles ior lAg lrand decisive struggle
az hand. btauge-aTa b being heavily fcla
ioFccf >Ailmr hcs daily occur ictwccu Use
advance glait
ttlcgfam from Augusta aAN. t D. H..
lieyci al Couuth that the enemy Is eFacu
atina his position and eoin1 30 bis ernitafs
Mobile paper assert Nashville hse been
evacuated ami I 600 snion prisoner ,.sou
Gen. kifbs smith with i latseiu -
co4tiur o. the Atlanta Commnuut.if "A
Bridgeport. within n miles ol ilu ,ie-
The evacuation Of the latter plaes the
Yankee IS predicted.
Refugees from Norfolk state ti,ai Ac reb.
81. have I've wooden gunboats completed
there. all of which are ready for service -
ihai The rebels are also building another
Negrimac 81 smaller tonnage and that four
more are now building a Norfolk
The rebel Congress adjourned on Mou.ia,
last Ia the second Monday Ia Angus,
The bill organizing a battalion 81 sharp
shooters eas passed oA the last day
The iag and seal report was iuishe.t,i.
postponed
L. n 4 ilunte, Ua. elected President 81
the senate. pro tenn
The rebel Senate passed the house bill
spprotnating $780, OO Toe the construction
al railroad b,tv cen Galveston and View
Orleans
The President 10 la, nominated Col fnl
iir. of The - iowa 90 he bIisldl'r General
of volunteers.
uNs- pt~rstea.
a gentleman arrived here. 60 das. direct
!, tfom Gen Mcclellan h~eadqgarters. anl
t%clorts that our forccs have greatly the al
vantage OF the enemy, a. time viii show
that out s~harf~hooles- arc the terror OF the
rebel gunner Oug approaches command
the rebel entertainments. Everything Is
working Is well as the mc-t sanguine could
ak.
Ou Monday last there MAS FIRMS bciw cen
ITO sebcl regiments within the rebel works.
causing much cOmmotlon la Our camps II
continued SO long and 80 severe. that il was
mistaken. &C frat. Tor a regular assault on
our oulp0sts. and the long roll was beaten IN
our camps.
n turned ont that one OF their regiments
vas firing into another which returned the
hre With equal spirit Cur forces could dis
tuctly see them carving oil the dead an,
wounded.
The affair IS believed t. nave been a mu
tiny. and measures taken 10 qecll t.
The Nirginiais now being forced into the
service at The point Of the hayonet. resist, As
Tar rs The, can. more especially, being drai
tel ami forced INTO regiments from other
States. 10 hll the latter 10 their respective
quotas. lii supposed that the mutiny grew
out Of something Of The sort
Information was received ia our headquar
ter, CT Yorktown, that the rebels were con
centrating a lare iorce at Gordou,sille. hop
iug to bag Gen. Banks. and that u was their
intention TO allow Mcdowell to get across
the Rappahannock. and then 10 precipitate
a SUPERIOR force upon hiiu.
The Richmond Examiner, Of the S2d, says
official dispatches received yesterday, state
that The bombardment OF the Forts below
New Orleans, continued during tue whole OF
Saturday. and that there were 10 casualties
on our sde.
II is stated that the enemy S armament,
owing 70 the shoalness OF the water, cannot
get sahcicuty near 20 the forts TO batter
their walls 70 any cxteui, and that there Is
no possibility Of reducing them by shclling
the garrison out.
Tie senate IN executive session. to-day,
confirmed the nomination Of Horatio King.
ex~-Postmaster General, a. one Of tho Com
mi.sioners under the act for the abolition Of
slavery IN the District Of Colnmbia. Tho
board WIS - organize Immediately.
III. HulchinS resolutions censnrns Mf.
N~al,snd.gham for alleged violation of tic
rules aud decOrum OF tue House. by making
use Of the denunciatory language against
Senator Aae. after quoting from the latter
recent speech n the Senate, VIII cOne az
TO- morrow Tor general action. The partici.
rsnt- in the colioquy. Messrs. Nallsndigham
aid Bake. exhibited intense earne,tne---
The scene lor a. while. was exceedingly ,nai
tied. but abruptly terminated by adjourn
ment.
WAsusoro>. April 25.-Thc ratification.
Of tic Seward-L Lyons Treaty. for the sup
u%fes-ion a. tho Afncfu -iave trade sfli sooi
b. exchanged. The main points are. IS mH
tual night OF search without tegari % ths
number 81 sc .els 10 lo employed. a4d ths
summary trial and punishment 81 ibose en.
gagged iu tie illegal traffic.
The Yankee has arrived from the neigh
hood - eder cksbutg sud reports that on'
day this week the AnRcosts. while ras-inf
E Lsury's Point on The Rappahannocs va
ffsd upon 81 q emil body rebel iniwtrH r
She threw = few SMELL ~ them ahieh canae'
+ item 90 disperse
Tho f0lilia 3 Hi actively enf.sei j.
seizing rebel crafts II haa captured "a