, 1862-03-29

manic at Richmond, caused by the recent df is.
Leading traitors exhibit the greatest trepi on.
John Minor Bolts and twenty other citis o.
wealth, character and position have beent I'd
and thrown into prison for manifesting Un Il
clivities.
Martial law has been proclaimed at R 81
and the adjoining country for ten miles O..
NEW YORK, March 5-The steamsh $
son. from Port Royal, March lst, has = Il
Passengers from Savannah report 80 81
troops there
A private letter from New Orea r no
doubt on the approach of the Federal : city
will be surrendered without fighting.
Reverdy Johnson was to-day duly U.
s. Senator by the MARYLAND Legisatus
letter from Port Royal says ForA s-aski Is
already surrounded by Union troops ew bat
teries are being erected.
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CH1CAGo. March 6th.-The Constitution Con-
venton in Springfield. ILL.,. yesterday, adoIRed an
article prohibiting the immigration OF groes
ond mrIattoes into the State, and denyi them
the right of suffrage. ~
The rebel steamer Magnolia, from Me- with
10000 bales of cotton, has been capture
WASHINGTON, March 9th Andy Jc Us
left for Tennessee, to call ConvenuoF
Bunker Hill, Virginia, near WincNt as
occupied by our forces yesterday, as o. ae
extreme outposts on the west. III
On the 9Th tt Speaker laid before t' Sse
a message from President Lincoln, suggi ne
massage of a Joint resolution providing fdt 'm-
munication with any State for the abok : of
slavery. with pecuniary compensation. The Pres-
ident proposes this as an initiative STEP pfedIca-
ting important practical results therefrom. Re
ferred to the Committee of the Whole.
CAIRO, March cit is reported heavy can
nonading was heard at Columbus at four o'clock
in the morning. in the direction of New Madrid
The rebel forces at that point numbers 10000,
having been largely re nforced from Columbus,
Mississippi They have also eight wooden gun
boats. Our forces under Gen. Pope are supposed
to be somewhere in that vicinity.
All the troops from Tennessee, South Carolina.
Louisiana. and North Carolina have been sent
home from the Potomac.
ST, LOUIS. March AT Cornth Mississippi,
the enemy has from fifteen to twenty thousand
troous; at Hendersons station, nine miles from
the Tennessee river, ten to twelve thousand; at
the next post eight to ten thousand more. The
rebels were fortifving at Chickisaw, Alabama.
At an election in Southern Tennessee, in Nc
KAY County, the Union candidate received 200
majority in a vote of 1900.
CoNFIRMATIoNs.-C E. Hale, Superintendent
of Indian Affairs in Washington Terrtory Ed
ward Shattuck, Attorney for Oregon.
1t is rumored Toombs will be made Lieutenant
General, and put in chief command OF the rebel
forces; also, that he will inaugurate an offensive
warfare by throwing an immense military force
into the free States.
Senate bill for the confscation and cultivation
of f96R4RRREsg ff9Rt4R Esgds doG2E5 n TO a. ne
ate steamer Merrimac, plated with IRON came
down YESTERDAY. She engaged the Cumberland
frigate, making terrible holes in her water lines
The Cumberland continued firing until She ca
reened over and sunk. The Merrimac was fred
upon by our batteries, without apparent effect
The Minnesota go: aground and could afford but
little assistance The Merrimac turned her at
tention to the Congress and in an hour after she
surrendered. The officers and marines were ta-
ken prisoners-the seamen escaped.
In the morning the Monitor engaged the Mer-
rimac, she finally forced large hole in the port
side of the Merrmac and then returned to Nor
folk The principal loss of life was aboard the
Cumberland were killed Or drowned.
WASHINGTON March 1O-The President has
ordered the Army of the Potomac to be divided
into five corps dearmee, under Generals Mellow
ell, Sumner, Mcclellan, Day and Banks.
CHICAGo-Col Geary has taken Leesburg.
Va. This is one of the rebel strongholds. Many
prisoners were taken.
WASHINGTON, March 9-General Hooker re-
ports from Budd's Ferry that all the enemy's bat
teries in front of his lines were abandoned and
guns spiked. This virtually opens the Potomac,
and raises the blockade. At two O'Clock to-day
the rebels began burning their tents and other
property difficult to remove Cock Point was al
so burned.
CHARLESTON, Va March 9.-Largej numbers
Of contrabands are arriving from the 9'untry.-
The course adopted in regard to themt il they
have been employed by Secessionise 1ey are
turned over to the Division Quartz iter for
EMPLOYMENT by the Federals; otherw1 turned
to the owner rf
CHICAGO, March S.-London par .Febru-
airy 26th state that Bright mad,D sergetic
speech in condemnation of the OIL rred
by the policy which terminated in snder
of Mason and Slidel.
Palmerston defended the cons ne Cabi-
net.
Russell acknowledged himself ned with
the operations of the Federal rnment in
sinking the stone fleet al Charleste .sAnd said the
harbor there could not be obilteraA fby artificial
means. Napoleon agreed with Il n this opin.
ion.
ST. LOUIS, March 10.-AfterA Jays hard
fighting at Sugar Creek, near Bel vile, Ben
ton County, Arkansas, General & sgained a
signal victory over the Rebel tor FER Van
Dorm, Mccullough, Price ard Mca
The Federal loss four hundra The
rebel loss was one thousand killedf he thou
sand wounded and taken prisoners.
McCulloch and Mclrtosh, (Rebe3 ave been
mortally wounded, and Gen. McR IS taken
prisoner The rebels were compleb outed.
LOUISVILLE, March 10.-Reliable 3rmation
from Memph $, of Wednesday, states It the cit
izens were greatly alarmed. relying Fort Pill |
low for Defense but wi few troops
The Memphis Legislature scattered after seve-
raj Intellectual attempts to transact bu'ness.
Governor Harris was flying from OLE southern
point to another with little prospect oisucceeding
in his efforts to rally the people to hisf aid
CHICAGO, March 11-Manassas ha been occu-
pied peaceably by the Federal troops
BALTIMORE. March TO- The gunbost Alabama,
from Ferdinanda Florida, arrived vi bearer
1f dispatches from Com. Dupont. The fleet left
Port Royal on March lst for Brunswick, Ga, the
enemy flying at the approach of our gunboas.
Dur forces took possession, but left one gunboat
n charge.
The fleet next went thirty miles south to Cum
1erland Sound, which is the entrance to Ferdin-
anda, and took possession of Fort Clinch Twelve
arge guns fell into our hands, and also, one hun
lred and tWentv-eiOht rhed cannnr IVe alSo