, 1862-03-28
Another Great Review on the
Potomac.
4 Very Beautiful Military Spectacle
FIRST hfuTTERlNeS. OF A COUNTER
REBELLION.
WHAT 4 REFUGEE FROM vIR-
CHINA SAYS.

The report Of CamcrOn'6 intention to decline
the Russian mission is authorltively denied.
Henderson Of Missouri made speech Oh the
Presidents emancipation resolution, for which
lie declared he would vote with Davis and
Wiley The speech was very moderate for
border State man. He 1ectured the Della
ware, Kentucky and Maryland Senators on
their threats about leaving the Union in case
the sacred institution was touched, and said
nothing should tempt him to lift his hand
against the country
He would resort to the ballot box for re.
dress.
With considerable humor, he reviewed the
various measures touching slavery before
Congress. Ifthe North be in majority, he was
willing to trust to their magnanimity and
sense Of justice. He doubted whether there
were fifty thousand slaves row in Missouri
The value of property lost during the rebellion
is greater than all the slnyes in Missouri at
the commencement Of the war.
lie believed the Presidents proposition q
prophcsy which would be fulfilled, unless the
war speedily closed. He wouldn't have it clos
cd until tile Mississippi river was opened.
Pomeroy and Frank Blair congratulated Mr.
Henderson at the conclusion of lis speech.
The hpu1zican Of this morning says that
next to Captain Ericsson, the country is in
dcbted to President Lincoln for building the
Monitor, the pIans having been rejected by the
Chief Engineer Of the Navy. The per-
sonal interccssion Of the President only secur-
cd their acceptance.
The bill to establish Department Of Agri-
culture has been introduced in the Senate by
Mr.. Wright. Ithas for its object the diffusion
among tho people OF the usual information
connected with agriculture, and to procreate
and distribute valuable seeds and plants. It
creates officers and a Commission Of Agricul-
ture, and constitutes four bureaus bureau
Of Service and Practice: Of Agriculture; OF
Agricultural Chemistry; Of Agricultural Me-
clanies ard Manufactures, and Of Statistics.
Gen. Mcclellan is reviewing Franklin's di.
vision to-day. The weather is fine for re-
views.
The enemy, two or three thousand Of whom
remained at Aqua Creek more than week
after they had abandoned the other batteries,
md at leisure withdrew, carrying away their
artillery and stores, are now stationed 4 mile
and half beyond Fredericksburg, but few in
town.
The MeTrimac is expected out soon. She
is all ready, with her crew on board Flag
Officer Goldsborough has taken suitable meas
urcs, and Capt. Jc11ers, commanding the Mon-
itor, sends word to Capt. Dahlgren thai be has
no doubt Of his ability TO whip her.
Com. Smith, Chief Of Bureau Of Docks; Len
/ thall, Chief Of Bureau Of Construction Usher.
wood Chief Of Bureau Engineers; Hoyt, Naval
Contractor, have been appointed Board to
examine plans for iron-clad vessels. They
commence sessions tomorrow.
| Ericsson's turret plan for vessel three hun
d1cd and forty feet long, was received to-day.
| twill have but one engine. The Nary Depart
ment favors two to each. Secretary Weles,
| sends communication to the NayalC Committee
Of the Senate, stating the necessity of the
creation Of an iron-elad navy, and steps have
| already been taken toward asking half mil
lion to extend grounds and build furnaces at
the Washington Navy Yard, for the manufac-
| ture Of fifteen and twenty inch guns; and one
hundred thousand for targets and experiment
tai practices; and thirty millions, inclusive
Of appropriations already made this session
for iron-clad vessels, heavy ordnance, and
plating vessels already in service. He pro-
poses to construct few vessels Of light
| draught, great speed and heavy armament for
western waters, also class for harbor defense
andoperations on the Atlantic and Gulf, as
| far as possible invulnerab1e, armed with tif-
| teen inch guns, and for ocean steamers
carrying twenty inch guns. There was
brisk debate on steyens's Battery to-day, but
] no conclusion.
| Numerous letters received by members oi
Congress from Pea Ridge, concur in ascribine
our success to Sigel's generalship in the last
days fight.
Colonel Crittcnden Of Indiana was to-day
nominated Brigsdier General
The debate in the Senate on Stevens's bate,
RI covered the whole subject from its incep
tion in 1S42, and was generally adverse, tend.
ing to show that the battery draws too much
water for harbor defense, and that her guns are
| not protected. If the guns are cascmated a
| Stevens now proposes, the additional
weight will cause her to draw thirty feet o.
water when In action. if the bill passes, Il
| will probably be 60 amended as to make il
optional with tie Navy Department to expcnd
the appropriation.
| Odel1, Of Committee on the Conduct Of the
War, has gone to New York to examine Gen,
Scott touching orders given previously to
| Bull Run.
The Democratic CAUCUS WIS not harmonious
as stated, but broke up in row. Only thirty
members, including the border States men
signed the call. Vallandigham Was the prime
mover.
The Senate Finance Committee have report
ed the bill refunding duties on arms. The
House refused to tax pig iron and cotton, the
latter by two majority. Most Of the Ken
tucky members voted for it. Several anti.
7 slavery New Englanders voted against the ta.
OILS cents per ton on anthracite, and one.eightf
cent per buhel on bitusminous COAL It wa.
adopted with the amendment that it shouli
not take effect until the expiration OF the re
ciprocity treaty. j.. -
ITO the Associated Press.1 :,~
| WAsH1EaToN, March 27.-The amendment
thus far made to the tax bill are not decisive
but merely the action In the Committee 0
the Whole, the House having finally to act OF
them. It is believed Congress will, in con
formity with the bill proposed by the Secreta
y OF the Treasury, increase the tax on tobac
60, whisky and other luxur1es. The hast,
elause, taxing the stock of whisky now in thi
hands Of dealers, will probably be reconsid
cred: The bill with this clause stricken ou
viii be uniform and more acceptable.
The causes which prevented eafe convey
= ance Of the mails and the collection of revenue
Upon the route from Jefferson City to Tuscam
biz having been removed, the Post Maste
General has ordered the restoration Of full ee1
vice thereon. :: -:
T.. The bill to secure TO the officers and me,
actually employed In the Western Department
or Missouri, their pay, bounty and pensions
| Is now Law. :.
t~t The attempts that are made to connect th
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