Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-24
TENNESSEE RIVER NEWS.
Destruction Of Overland Mali
Property.
from Washington.

WASHINGTON. April 22.-The Tribune's cor
respondence SAYS:
The General commanding at Warwick Creek
fight. whose reported condition on that occasion
called forth Representative Morills resolution
empowering the President TO cashier drunken
officers, is said to be Gen. VIM f. Smith. 1t is
stated that he fell from his horse twice, smearing
bis clothes and face with mud.
Mr. Morrill, said that the two companies of
Green Mountain boys stood in the marsh fifty
minutes without support or permission TO retire
Most of the friends of Mr.. Binghams confs-
cation bill feel sanguine that the House will pass
il under the previous question to morrow IL is
believed that the vote will be rather close one
Several vessels of the river fotila have been
up the Rappahannock, some of them as far as
Fredericksburg Aabout nine miles above Tap
pahannock schooners had been sunk to Oh
struct the river, but Commander Wyman, in the
Yankee, and his consorts pushed their way
through. at one point the boats were fired upon
by muskets; no one on board was injured.
Twelve or thirteen vessels, two of them steam
ers, found in creeks, were seized and brought
down stream
The river is now considered open for naviga
ton and timber for rebuilding bridges, burned by
the rebels, will soon reach Falmouth. Nothing
is heard of the rebel force, but it is believed to
be in force not far back of Fredericksburg.
The Finance Committee of the Senate has
done with the machinery sections of the tax bill,
having made such amendments as in its judg
ment were calculated to perfect the system adop-
ted by the House.
An effort was made to raise the tax on whisky
and other distilled spirits to twenty FIVE cents a
gallon, but the Committee returned it at fifteen
cents.
The Committee decides to impose some charge
on stock on hand on the 30th of June, when the
act is to so into operation, but left it to a sub
committee to decide how much il should be.
The tax on beer and other ermented liquors
will be two dollars barrel instead of one dollar.
No other noteworthy changes have yet been
made.
Chas. A. Dana. of New York, has been ap.
pointed one of the Commissioners TO investigate
the war accounts ut Cairo.
Prof. Bache and Mr. Mestervell have declined
to serve on the board appointed to examine the
Stevens battery.
The following dispatch dated New Market, Va,
April D. has been received at the War Depart
ment:
To Hon. +. NJ. Stanton: Our advance is near
HarriSonburg. We have troops across the noun
tains protecting the bridges on the Shenandoah
at Almy and ON the Luroy road. To-day we
pushed force forward TO Luroy. The people
were greatly alarmed at first on account of the
reports circulated by the rebels as 10 the treat
ment they would receive from us, but in the
course OF u few hours they became quite recon-
ciled to our presence
There is good road to Warrenton, twenty
five miles, and turnpike to Culpepper Court
house. the same distance.
In several sharp skirmishes with the enemy we
lost three men.
Jackson has abandoned the valley of Virginia,
and is on his way to Gordonsville by the way Of
the mountains.
Every day brings its prisoners and numerous
deserters from the rebels n. p BANKS,
Major General handing
WASHINGTON, April 23.-The King Phillip has
arrived at the navy yard, and reports the steamer
Yankee went up the Rappahannock to Freder-
icksburg, having cautiously passed through the
FIVE sunken Instructions below that town
Our fotilla has captured seven rebel schooners,
one of them with valuable cargo of dry goods,
medicines and saltpeter. Also two small steam
ers. IL is further stated that the rebel pickets
are occasionally seen on the south side of the
river Our troops still command the possession
of Fredericksburg, the residents OF which are
entirely free in their usual business pursuits.