, 1863-04-09

We give in this issue the important cir
cular Of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
accompanied by ORDERS respectively from,
Tie War and Navy Departments, relating
10 commercial intercourse with the insur-
rectione1y States. Accompanying these
in issue, was the Proclamation Of the Pres
it!ent, published in our columns yesterday.
These new regulations embody the lessons
Of HE experience Of the war thus far, and
bear on I'LL the relations Of the subject.
Shoulder strapped Spectators in cotton
are cstorpcd from their vocation,aua, what
i better, honorable and honest officers are
to lie relieved hereafter Of suspicion Of the
acts that have disgraccd the service, and
retarded the war: The employment Of
gold in Tie Gotten trade is strictly forbid
dtn. Hereafter the Government is to be
the gamer By the realization on condsca-
ted and abandoned property Of all classes.
Within tie restrictions 1aii down, provis-
icn is made for legitimate trade, Of which
the mercantile community will largely
avail themselves.
The news from North Carolina is rcyi-
wing its importance The rebels are pre-
pairing TO clear Albermar1e Sound and tho
shores adjacent, and our troops there are
evidently ready TO be cleared out if the
rebels can accomplish it.
The Vicksburg mysteries arc still may.
and our dispatches add nothing TO previous
reports, save Admiral Porler's official ac-
count oftAc Stccle's Bayou Expedition, al
ready fully told to our readers.
The Richmond papers Of the 7tl,, give
LIS an interesting summary of Southern
news, prominent among which is the state.
1ncnt Of serious cmcute ofthe populacc in
that city, caused by starvation prices and
scarcity Of food. This fact furn-
ishes scu,e basis for the rumor that
refugees are continually bringing in,
that Richmond is to be evacuated, bu. it
can mean TO more than that the seat oI
Government, and tho chicf depot Of sup.
lilies and stores, is to be removed from tina
ninchcd and meagrc vicinity to better pas
lures at Chattanooga. So much the bet
ter for Rosccrans, if this be true.
The intelligence from the Gulf is volu
minous. A Federal gunboat, the Dian:
has Eccn captured by the rebels at SOM
Ioint net sufficiently indicated for on
maps. From tie list Of casualties tlcr
was evidently sl,crn fighting. The rumo
Which nobody was senscless enough t.
credit, that tic rebels were cvacuatin:
Port Hudson, is Withdrawn again. W
hope the waI 7ei.:rters will not again in
troduce it. There Is no reason why tn
rcl,cls should eyacuate Port Hudson, unlcs
they are prepared to fall back on Me-
Orleans.
From W:shing zion and Fortress Monc<
VIC have late news from our naval forc
Of Charleston, and also from rebel source
yia Richmond, 10 still later date. Ever.
1lliug seems condrratory Of the preyios
1rmor that, tic weather permitting, Il
bombardment was to commence about Il
latter part Of last week. A letter bcfo
lis, from {: prominent officer in the 1ect
Admiral Dupont, sustains these dispatcht
THIS officer lays less stress upt
the channel distractions, than 81
other authority We have get sce
lie says the depth Of the channel and swl
ness Ct the current, will make the use
1o5redocs or other distractions Of PFC
lcmatical utility. Heexpresses conider
That once in, our Monitors will "kno
Fort Sumter into pile Of bricks at sh
notice. The rebel journals quoted in {
dispatches this morning, are evlden
badly scared, aud have betaken themsel'
TO prayers for the safety Of Charleston