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Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
THE BATTLE On solunRsET.
SUPPOSED DEATH OF gEE PEoRAN

CINCINNATI, April 9.--Tha ga-stis has some
partlculara OF the recent fight In Kentucky.
Tho rebels were oyertaksn f0ur miles north Of
Somerset. Gen. Carter, In command Of eight
hundred mounted mon, had reached Buck
creek, when Gen. Gilmorn, with HE body guard
and the Seventh Ohio cavalry, reached him, In
creasing our force 70 twelve hundred.
Bkirmlshlng then commenced at Buttons
Hill, twelve miles from someaat. The rebels
took mp q strong position and planted batteries,
II was about noon. An artillery fight began,
and lasted about an hour and half, We dis
mounting three Of the rebel guns. IT,. ....
The wings were then ordered 70 advance.
Wohord, on thsright, did 30, and was wounded.
Runkle, with The l4th and 45th Ohio regiments,
on the len, charged mp the hin, under a CALLING
IRE, and hurled his column on the memy, Al
the same time, Wolford and Col. Garrard, on
the right and centre, charged. TherebeIs broke
In disorder, fed TO thSir horses, and under
cover Of tho woods, pushed on through somer-
set In great disorder.
A body OF Bcott's and Aahby's cavalry Was
then discovered nanking our position, but after
. shAIp skirmish they were routed, with loss
The rebeis made another S,and three mile,
south Of somerset aud we've again routed.
Night coming on put an end TO the conflict.
The re6els creased the river m great confnslon.
More than 100 Of them Wero drowned. ...5
Wsrecovered four hundred cattle At the riger.
killed hfty robels and captured over four hun
dred. Our lOsa vasthlrty-aFe killed, wounded
A Febsi surgeon, Sfler tho MT, under a asr
oftruee, was searching for PegrAin. W =
Cen. Burnaide and stan are now at Ls1lng-
ton
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
Dsoiuion concsrninE qrArss InapropsrIy
TT . I'D PAID. ~ -t-.
oFTIcE eT INTERNAL REyENUS, u
I .Ht Aurfi LAT IQaa

April lBt, lb03.i
Decision No. o. Is hereby revoked, and an
taxes assessed since Mhrrh 1st, 1883, must be
collected as returned by the assessor. ssal
I Claims for taxes Improperly paid under the
excise law must he made To the Commission
of Internal Revenue, through the collectors OF
the respective districts, supported by the an
davlts OF the claimants aud the certificate OF
the assessor under whose direction the tsIes
were assessed. ' f.-a
Ist. The claimant must state In The afidayii
the material facts Of the case on which he
"a. The % ssssIsos ana aasissaul saseaDor mus.
certify that ne statements made n the adldayli
are true 20 fsr z eaeh has knovledsi of The
Sd. The colsetor must append his esttiacato
that the tax has been paid 70 him aa stated In
the afidGyit. =. ..'' 5rr5gl
when an affidavit Is. made b an agent, the
principal Of the agent must swear that the per-
son making the Affidavit ls bis agent, and that
the statements are true according TO the best
Of hla knowledge and belief, - ..--b \
When an Hflidayit is made by member OF a
firm or company, he must swear that he il q
member OF such arm or company. ....r
The ofieial character Of the officer who ad-
ministers the oath must be established either By
his ofhci4l seal or by the certificate Of the
proper authority. ~.
When claim Is thus prepared, II must be
sent 70 the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue,
and, II Il Is found correct, draft will be drawn
ON the collector who received the tax, in favor
Of the claimant, for the amount that may be
allowed. fr .. .....
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
eEoRaETOwN A1EA1Rs.

MARIHE LiSrs-A -ArriBals-ste teamer Seymour, Room
PhilAdelphlA 70 Hyde \ Davidboh
sshr, Jonsph Parker, seward, Port peposit-lum-
Der 10 Joseph nbbsy.i sahr. 7. L. Frsnsh, Hannah
Portsmouth, N. H.-pfodues 10 .. W. Lhmsdon
sehf. g. W. Loeke, HantIsy, Aisxsndria- Light
sehr. Mohtsvisw, Moeklngbird, newark, New Jsr
bey-liEht, Sloop star, King A1exAndria--light
steamer star, Gurti6, Aqua cFeek-oondemned
horsea. Barge Walter, Kelly, PhllAdelphiA--hay
to the ooyernment. BArBe Little oliver, McCor
mick, Aqua crsek4f6asons. Barge Thos Harris
Aquia cFeek--hides. Boat Gen. Mcclellan, Clarke
100 punches herring to J. A. knight.
Depayfiges. Steamer seymour, Room, PhIladel'
phiA-msrchandise sohr. Geosge L. Green, Cobb
baltimore. schr. A. r. wAiiAss, MeArS, baltimore
Schr. Jno. H. TrAysrs, North, baltimore, Schooner
Mansion, MoElnAr, Baltimore, Sehr, Queen OF ths
West, Rodgers, New YOrk--OoRl from Borden Min
ing Company. Barge Mary and Emily, Bellies
AquiA creohsBoal. .Hat '... .H %tl...
CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CANGL-Arrfpedy- -BoAtI
VIM. Walsh, III toAs coal, to Il, Richter AAn 4
Darby, -four, to Ben Darby, W. r. Chaplain, ~
tons coal, to Rays doekSI A. T. shAsfer, hour and
grain, to George WAtersj A, J. Gloisbrenner, III
tons coal to Rays dockSi Alex shaw 100 tons coal
to John ColeJ Independence llS tons coal, to John
Youngj o W. HARPER, iIS tons coal 10 Rays docks
Three brothers, lit tons ofeoAl, 10 Frostburg CoN
Company ). A. Kroon, Borden Company, lOs tonsl
Advance, ITO tons coal, to sAmej Gen. Roseerana,
los tons eoil,to Rays doekSj J. HumbrlA, wood
Carrie Belle, III tons coal, to Rays dOekSj ]. D
Watson, 100 tons coal, TO Cumberland Coal and
Iron Company Henry May, IoS tons coal TO borden
Company. .... lraHaI r..t
DeParfsd.--BoatS G. W. BridSAll, @. Slack, Col,
Moore, wm. walsh, Gen. Roseerans, J. A. Kroon,
C. W. Harper, s. y. Fiunnslle, W. r. Chaplain
Rainbow, Advance, Mary Mertrus, Three Brothsn
Sarah Ann. ..f.. Ed ......... ..a
sTkBBIHo AFFRAY. -silaG Smith, yesterday,
during melee on the ish wharf, was stabbed fouI
timss in the back by some unknown person. The
wounds are not believed to be dangerous. The
quarrel originated, N iG said, from = crowd Of
rowdiss who came over from Warrington In an
AmbulAnos, singing the a." Bonnie Hue Flag, y and
giving other pTOvoORtionS. Two men, Moxley and
simmons, have been arrested on suspicion. NJ,
THE MARKErs.-Ths following IL a list Of priees
AS reported for the RsPublieaH, up to ~ m. to-day
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
.oFPtoIXL.


oHrnE ASs'F oUARrtAMGsrER's oyYIcn,
.at.l' Y. Y. Depot Of Washia0toa, ,9is @, !
5,,-b J. 5g .a5ls corner RgAiseafh sirs1,
10 81 ..4I aiIaaru. WLsMNdroa, D. o.,
.1ut atl i7- 80 snli ia. Mafch 81. 1868,
4. with View 70 obtain on short ,noilos and on
the best termp such supplies for the use of thIs
Department. by purchase in tho open market,
as'may be required by the exigencIes Of the ser
vice, and not Otherwise provided for BY estimate
on the proper officers Of the QuartsFmastSrs'S
Department, all dealers in Fuel, stationery,
Hardware, Drugs, Lumber, Of ali descriptions.
Leather, Paints, Oils, GAss, Lanterns, Ships
Stores, and such other supplies as arc known
to be purchased by the ouArtsrmaAtsr'p Depart.
ment, arc hereby requested to farnlsh ihls ONCE
weekly with price llsts of the articles In their
line, corrected according to the fluctuations Of
the market. ,.f..., .r.f rr nrnt.
None othaF than thoOs complying with the
above advertisement win FoeslVs ordsTy from
- ~" EDWARD L. HARTz,,
mar 2t-lm Capt, and A.o. NJ, U.s.A.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
E1sra Rsllroaa Fasilitl.. yV...r.ra.


The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
has Just put on their main line twenty Of the
best furnished, best ventilated, and most spa
cious and Substantially constructed, passenger
cars in the country; also very neat and i'm
proved sleeping cars, for the night tralns, on
the same linej thus offering to travellers bound
westward the luxury Of comfort and ease, com.
blned with the general economical business
requirement Of speed. By the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad there are only two changes Of
cars betwesn here and 81. Louis, and only one
between here and Cincinnati. The fare West
is one dollar 's, BY this route, than that of any
other, besides 1t is the only route upon which a
through ticket, or through checks for baggage,
can be obtained. Military officers and soldiers,
we are Informed by railroad Officers, who speak
authoritatiVely, can procure tickets at Govern
ment rates. ....
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
From Fortress Monroe and the
& ' y'2 @ South " H., ..S5 .,,,,

FoRrEEss MoH4oE, April 1.-THE propeller
Virginia, Capt. H. W. Snyder, arrived thli
forenoon from New York. is. H.f ..
The captain reportes that he encountered 4
heavy gale. That yesterday, at 10 a. M, they
passed In sight Of q black steamer with three
masts; smok stack near the after mast. She
was aground inside tho breakers at the north
west end Of Cedar Islsnd, forty miles 70 thu
northward Of Cape Henry. She looked like
the Diamond State. The wind was blowing
heavily from the poFth-northeast At the time.
The steamboat Express has arrived from City
Point with Two hundred and eighty-slI priaon-
ers OF war, fotty-three citizen prisoners add
fourteen released and exchanged officers cap
tured at Hartvllle, Tenn, Dec. z, 1858. r.r r
( The Richmond Ds,patek Of April Sd Says
Mr.. james Gamett was burned 70 death while
asleep In bis house when Pensacola was nred
by the Union soldiers. H ' lt'idg ..r .r.
Aaron Bennett was committed 70 The military
prison In Richmond, April ., as a spy. h7..
No boat arrived from yorktown to-day, ow-
Eng to the severity Of the storm. .g.gT 81
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
MOVEMENT AGAINST CHARLESTON.
Landing OS Federal Froops On sssbrOoh
Island.

FoRTREss MoNRoE, April 5.-Yesterday's
Richmond Dipatch has beon foceived, and con.
tains the following news, indleatlng that the
long-expected attack on Charleston has com
menced:
The Dispateh says; There Is stirring news
from the South Carolina coast. The enemy
have landed In force on Seabrook and john
Islands. Three gunboats and several trana.
ports are lying of the Island. Sklrmishlne
has already taken place between ours and the
pickets.
are advancing. .fr.r. ....
Gen. Hagood has ordered all tho women and
children and non-combatants 70 be removed
frcm Adams Run, which is 20 miles from Sea-
brook Island. ... ~ Fl
The DispateA also says that Pensaeola was
fred by the Union soldiers about the ESD nh,
and most Of the town destroyed. The soldiers
were going from there TO reinforce General
Banks. .. . q
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
aallan. Rlrhtlnr ln r,nn,,..,

A dospatch from Memphis says the guerillas
who attacked the train on the Charleston road,
q fgw days ago, were pursued by Capt. Loomis
and his company. They came up with and at
tackled the band, which consisted Of three hun
dred men. The guerillas resisted and qEIr-
mish eDsued, In which six were wounded Ind
tWenty taken prisoners, including Capt. Bar
ULionists rested near farm house. Here they
were stacked by q large force under Lisut. Col.
Richardson. The Union men, though greatly
outnumbered, fought brayely, and succeeded
In driving OF the enemy, with loss Of thirty
ave killed, large number wounded, and a
great many prisoners. The Union forces had
bls killed and thirty-four wounded. -srsI
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
Markets and Business In RroN1nsViIIs
Texas. ....

Marksts and Business In BrOyEnsViIIs,
Texas.
The Brownsville Flag, Of March 9th, has the
following commercial neWsi
The markets at Brownsville are quoted as
folloWsi -.
Domestics and calicoes, 25c per yard, white
linen, 75e.j brown linen, 50c.; boots, S75to 800
per dozen pair shoes, ESQ 10 S75 per dozen,
printing paper, $50 to eye per bundiej writing
paper, "a per reAm. In grooeries-brown su-
gars, lsc. TO Doc; white sugar, 25c.; coffee,
sac. 70 96c.i molaSses, 81 25 per gallon; to-
bacco $50 TO s65 per 100 pounds hoar S33 per
barTelj corn, 80 TO "a per bushel; nails, tlO
per kegi whisky, SS so per gallon, rum, 81 so
per gallon. FI-'
Cotton cards were $50 per dozen, and cotton
readily brought 27c. TO SOC. per pound. ..
In observation-disclosures s8 70 ~ per pound,
Opium, Sls to slb per pound, quihine, S.6Oto
~ per ounces castor oil, - 10 % per gallon.
These are all at specie pricea. .'.f
We learn from other sources that seventy
1Ye sail were OF the bar at the mouth Of the
Rio Grande-fourteen Of them under the u. &.
flag. Several Northern yesaels were iying the
British colors, and lively business was going
on, -Four steamers were lighterlng the vessels.
A large storehouse was building for the recep-
tiop OF goods. CargOes were arriving eYeTy
week, cleared In New York upon condition Of
their sale In Mexico 70 MeKleans. The Monte
rey lopT market was oyerBtOeked, and, at the
date Of our Information, March, 3, had fallen
from S35 TO S23 or k28 per bsrrel.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
SOUrHKRN NEWS.
A P.ass Party Organising in tn. Rebel
Statsa.

CncnNATI, April 5.-Among late Southern
items received IL one reporting the formation
OF peace party headed by Henry c. Foote,
Aiex. MoSby, EDITOR Of the Richmond Whig,
and otheD. A resolution upon the subject viii
probably pass the lower house Of congress- be-
fore the adjournment Of the present session.
IL Is said that the course Of the Richmond
Rhguir1 ls dlSapproyed by many Of the lead.
ing members OF congress-.
The Chattanooga Rsbd says that blow will
b struck before June which will unfetter the
long manacled Kentucky.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
THE MARKErs-Ths following ia list Of prices
reported for the RsPuSsSH, up to ~ N, to-day 4

Lumber, pine, per hundred feet 49,. 100 to 200
AMAH's THHoAT oUT.--Jask Day noted rough
had his throat cut Iast evening, severely but not
fatally, with large dirk, on WGteT street, near tho
columblA House, The would-be-muFdeFer 10 not
yet ATretted.
CAPTUHE OF COHTRABAHD GOODs.--The Govern.
ment dslsotiyeS yesterday captured a lot Of con.
traband articles from the bOats up the canal
amounting to sAOO. Hereafter the boAtmen viii
be permitted 70 carry nothing up which IL not
stated In their way-billS,
Police cAsES-ChAH, Ambush, dlsOFdeFly con-
duet aned a9tI JnO, Norris, assault, dismissed.
Michael Mccoy, disOFdeTly conduct, nhel a9.sA.
Frank WesteFman, petty larceny, diamlsned. Jno,
Paekingham, diSordsTly eondnst, disHiSbeS. Jno.
Whalan, shooting in the corporation, hnSd sk.Si.
Jno, Webb. disoFdsrly conduct, fined Ss.at. Mrs.
Webb, do, fined S2.4A. ...... .r .'la ..
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM THE AMY Oh RIM POTOMAC.
visit OF the President ana Mrs.. lincoln %
General Hooksr.
aREAr sroRN 81 EALMourH.


HEADQuARfERs ARhT or THR PoToHkc,
April 9Th. = The President and Mn. Ian.
coin, who len Warrington city, In a steam.
er, last Saturday HfiernoOn, arrived ct AqulH
Greek Sunday mprning In the midht Of .
terrible snow storm. Al Tan O'elock thsy lefl
on special train for Falmouth, and reached
Gen. Hooker's headquarters ct about noon.
The weather was so unpleasant that very little
demonstration was made except tho firing Of
the usual salute. There was 70 hare bsen 4
grand. parade to-day In honor OF the distin-
gulshed guests Of the army, but % the request
Of the President Il was abandoned, I'm eonss-
qusnes OF the terrible condition Of the roads
and felda, resulting from the severe storm.
Tho Walt, which was 70 have lasted several
days, win bo shortened In consoqueece Of Tho
severe weather. Tho storm is the more TO b
regretted from the fact that it must create ad.
ditionhl delay in the execution Of Gen. Hooker't
programme.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
NonI.n wonnal

@WHEHuvRn TINT (Tm Hnnms) HAvz THE
"PoWKR, THET Dnrvl nMRoRR THElr nI1o IunTn
"RANKa THn5 boUTuEnN PnoPLR, AND THKY
"woUID AtRo Dnrvn %. TnusT THnM NOT.
"WERn THKN ALE, THEH WOULD INVADE AND
"DRsTRoH % WITHOUT MERCI. AAaoLuTnlH
AssuRED OF THRsn THINGS, I AN AAEAzKD THAT
"AHT ONE ooUBD THINK OF 'PRAcI on AMI
"TER1ra.' HRWHo RNTERTArSa TIE sKNTINHNT
" 10 IIr ONLY TO m sIAvHj M WHo ufEnRs
IT AT THIS TINE, MoRRovnR, 10 TRAITOR TO
MS COUNTRY, WHO DRanRvRs TIE scoRN AND
"ooEInlrPT or ALI HoEoRABIn EN."-Ross-
erd4A 20 ths Gsasral ASagnblv Of Ohio, February,
la1a - =
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
U.s.stsamsTS Launeh.d.

BosToN, April 4.--The United States steam
ship Armstrong was launched at NoWburyport
to-day. She will be tOwed 10 New York IA
receive her machinery,
NEwBURTPoRT, April 4.-Tho United States
slde-Wheel steamer Ascutney was launched to-
day. Bh0 10 third, class vessel, 20 have twslY0
guns, and nine hundred and seYenty-four tons
burden.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
THE Town ON LAKE PRovIDENoE
sUnllDRaED. M .s.-.r
FaIIars Or fhs Faaoa r1pedltI.n.

CAmo, April 4.-1Frofn below we learn that
the water continues 70 pour through the cut-of
At Lake PrOvidsnee. Nearly Al the town il
submerged. 1f1 >
The troops have been compelled TO NOV.
their encampments further up the river.
The tug glboats can paAa into the lake but tht
current istoo atronE for Transports.
Tbs health Of the lroops Il good, but the 'buf
falo" gnats are ssid 70 be killing great number
Of 0ovefnment horl1s. i'is f't -'..' '...s'
h 4 now behaved that ali the expeditions
intending the one down the Yazoo Pass, haY,
r.tHrned o. are rcturning 70 Young's Point
where Il q stated nearly two hundred trans
ports are gathered. Tbs Blilsfia says the Fed,
sral battery opposite Yick5burK has silenced 4
baiisry on the opposlts shore. ..,
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
moral Decline.

The New York World, the or-reilgious daily,
and now chief Copperhead organ Of that city,
1--WE quote from ita own eolumhs), Illustrates
The law Of moral decline stated BY the poet;
"viee 4 q monster Of such hidsous milan,
A. to be hated need but 70 BE- seen;
But aean too on familiar with her face, '
We hrst endure, then pity, then embracs.n
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06

IrEMs FROM THE FRoNT.-A rebel scouting
party oftwelye men were captured few days
ago ct Catlett's Station. HTE
Hampton and Ptzhugh Lee are said by de-
serter 70 be al Culpeper, with an estimated force
OF ., 500 rebels: Lee is to picket the Bun Run
mounthlne. ..H0
There arc no rebel forces between this and
the Rappahannock, except those OF Mosby and
Capt. Jones, alias Farr. r..' ih,uH
Mosby was not wounded, as the papers re-
ported. He lost seven men In the recent affair
at DFalnesYille.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06

CoIoSEL CLARK, Of Gen. Banks stan, and
one Of his most active and shieient ofaesrl, pre-
vioualy reported shot through the leEwas on cav
airy reeonnoissAnee during the Port Hudson expe-
dition. ms horse. powerful animal, which was
moFtally wounded, turned and ran mlle and then
dropped dead. Having thus carried the colonel out
Of the enemy's reach, he fell upon him, breaking
both bones o. one Of his legs, @ " .--lars
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
m. n.e,I R.,1 ,n TV,-..-e M,

The following has been received at Headquar-
tiers Of the Army relative to the recent rebel raid
on Point Pleasant, north Of the KanhWha, vIr-
ginia: H7f
HKADouARTnRs, GHHRAL scHEscK,
Baltimore, April 4, 1888.
MAJ. Gen. n. W. HaIIeek. Gsnsral-tn-0AisE
lhaye now, through Brigndisr General Scam
mon, Captain Cartar's lccount Of the Point
Pleasant affair. Captain Carter had sixty men,
and he reports two killed and thres wounded
and slx taken prisoner, making our total loss
eleven. The rebels lost in killed and wounded
and prisoners saEenty-two, and 30 their raid
with their largely superior numbers Was hand
lr II Roulnx O. aomauK,
Mafor n~nnral 0nrn.u.v,I1I,ss -
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06

THn ADvooATns Of two meals only per day,
down South, propose 70 begin their experiments
with Humphrey Marshall, the fat. 1tis nksly
that Humphrey win object to this application
OF martial law. ,t .. r.r .. ..Ea s.0.I
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
FeuNBOAT DISABLED.
AL oUIff IN RosECRANss AflT.

CmurNsATi, April 6.-The 0d.sIh has Epe-
cial despaich from Cairo stating Mat the gnn-
boat 81. Clair, while pAsslng Palmyra, twenty
ave miles above Fort Donelson, conveying
transports, was fred upon BY the rebels under
Van Dorm. The third shot struck the e..
Clara steam pipe, rendering tho boat unmSn-
sgeable. She was towed to Cairo by the
steamer Lumlnary. Two or three men wore
wounded. 10 ts..a tra .arrr. .rg' '...E'
An is quiet In RosecranSS Department.
Large numbers Of dssertsrs are ayAlllng them
selves Of the Presldent's proclamation and 70
turning TO their regimsnts.h oI TrrJ u
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
Particulars OF ths DsstFust tIOn OF the Ram
Lancaster.

CAIRO, April 1.-The steamer Nebraska ar
rived this evening, with Memphis dates Of yes
terday, and the crew Of tho ram Lancaster, re-
Gently destroyed before YicksbuTg. Theofhcers
and men remained aboard until the boat began
10 sink, and then escaped In yaWls. Andrew
J. Dennis, pilot, stood at the wheel until II was
shot away from his hands, and did not leave
his post until he inquired OF the captain ifthere
was anything more he could de. The engineer,
II. 8, Brown, remained at his post until the
boiler burst from the effect Of q shot. VIM.
Mcdonald was drowned. George Zimmerman,
a deck hand, died, having been severely sealded.
The third mate aud three negroes were scAlded.
Thomas Kitson, pilot, had his leg shot of just
aa he was entering the door Of the pllOt-hOnBe.
The following escaped In boatsi Lieut.. Col.
John A Ellet, Lieut.. r. W. Bartlett, Capt. Geo.
Lindsay, First Engineer II. y. Brown, First As
sstant Engineer Frank L. Summers, Second
Engineers Geo. Simmons and Samuel Weaver
Third Engineer Charles NeWland, Fourth En-
gineer Martin Coleman, Second Master Wesley
Drennon, Pilots Thomas Kitson and Andrew J.
Dennis, and Watchman George w. Coon.
AFTER reaching the old leyee the captain or.
dered the boat 70 be destroyed, thinking they
were on the main leyes. ,DlScOy ering the error
ne swan to the main leyee, obtained slIlfi,
and went back for his cOmrBdss, who were ali
The SOth Iowa was eneAmpsd In the vicinity
and the men built tres, made coffee and cooked
ratlons for the sufferers. 0hAeers and crew
feel very thankful 70 this noble regiment for
their kindness. t.f ~ 49,
The ram Switzerland is repor ted to be ready
for service again.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
ARnrvar. .oPNpurxn.

NEw YoNK, April 6.-The prize steamer
Aries, in charge Of Master Dovins, arrived this
morning, from Port Royal. She Il bound 10
Boston, but put In here owing 10 being short Of
coal. She was captured on the 2sth Of March,
in Bull's Bay, thirty miles north Of Charleston,
by the U! 8. steamer stettln.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
The War on the MIsElssipPi-A rsbsI gum.
boat captured by Admiral FarraRat.

81. LOUIS, NO., April 5.-Ths Democrat has
a special dispatch from Cairo, which says that
adyiees nom foung's Point TO Tuesday night
state that the enemy have Withdrawn a lar0e
force from the front to the rear Of VlckSbuFg.
anticipating an attack from the Union forces
via fazoo Pass or Halnes's Bluff. YaEoo CITY
and Greenwood have also been strengthened,
and heavy guns moved from the river front 10
the rear OF Vleksburg, and Quaker guns sub-
stituted.
During the heavy high wind on last Monday
night the rebel gunboat VickSburg broke from
Its mooring and hoated down the stream, where
It was captured by Admiral Farragnt's vessel.
Unless something is speedily accomplished
by the Hazoo Pass expedition, 1t IL presumed II
will have 10 be abandoned.
Smelling from the nearest Federal battery
commanding the rebel works at the foot of the
canal commenced Wednesday night.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
n.strnetlr, Fire.

sF. L0uIs, April IA half block of the buii-
meas pirt OF Boonville was burned on the morn
ing Oft sd Inst. The lOss iS between forty
and Afty thousand dollarS. Tho fre was ths
work OF an ineendiAry. lob n. .... Hl
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
Department. Or yy.,t T.nn.s,,..

sT. LoUIs, April 5.-Reports from Columbus
say that seven hundred rebels were discovered
Yesterday marching towards Hickman, with
the intention Of taking that place.
Gen AsbOth started down this morning with
six hundred men, and large force ready 10
msye AT q moments notice.
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06

THH TAKEs to be raised for expenses Of the
current year in Boston ls three pIllions ana
fory-slx thousand dollars, in addition 70 an
income Of eight hundred and twenty-Slx
thousand dollars. So E'- ..1ru| st''Il..I
Daily national Republican., 1863-04-06
Ths Army OF ths PotomaO,

HEADQUARTERS ARMY or THR PoToMAC,
April 5.-The snow storm Of last night was
very severe In this vicinity, and has rendered
the roads In a terrible condition.