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Yesterday Afternoons Report
NEW YORK NEWS.

NEW YORK, March 29.
The Herald's special says General Blair
is about to resign his seat in Congress, to
return 10 the army.
There are some indications that the re-
port is true that General Grant desires
Mcclellan and Fremont to have commands.
The Worlds Washington dispatch, dated
the 18th, says:
The WaYs and Means Committee spent
the whole Of Monday on the TgX UNI.
Advices from Richmond state that rebel
plans have been formed for the re-clsms-
ton of Tennessee and Kentucky to the
rebels.
JEFF Davis believes Richmond to be al
most impregnsbie, and the great bulk Of
the rebel forces will be concentrated at
the West, when they intend re-capturing
Chattanooga, to reach Ohio, and again
| close the Mississippi.
The funeral services of the remains of
Owen Lovejoy took place yesterday in
Brooklyn. His body will be taken to
Princeton, Illinois, for interment to-day.
The Tribune's special says:
The paroled prisoners at Annapolis,
hove been paid, and a large number Of
oflcere have left for the North, on q twenty
days leave of absence. Eight or ten have
died, and some fifty more will probably
die, from privstions undergone in Libby
Prison. Further proof of the placing Of
gunpowder under the prison is furnished
by the escaped prisoners.
Major Bend, chief Of General Rose
GRAMS staff, sent to Washington by that
General, with dispatches, was put under
arrest by General Hslleck on Monday, IN.
der an old and dead order Of the War De-
psrtment, forbidding officers to come tC
Washington without the leave Of the Sec
retsry Of War. The arrest is supposed To
be owing to Rosecran's recent speech il
st. LOuis--sO says the Tribune's dis
patch.
The Times dispatch, dated Washington
2Sth. says:
The pressure for the removal of Meade
has increased to such an extent, that the
President can no longer disregard it. Il
is rumOred that General Hooker will sue.
oeed him.
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FROM COLUMBUS,
Especial to the Cleveland Leader.
COLUMBUS, March 20

COLUMBUS, March %.
The seuste passed Mr.. WilliamsOn's
bill enabling your city authorities to ex-
tend Superior street through the May
property.
Also the House bill to extend the time
for fencing Railroads. After reducing the
time it was allowed for one year.
The Seneca County Bank bill was lost.
The vote, however, was re-cOnsidered
and 1t will come up sgain.
The House passed the House bill to su.
thorize the City of Cleveland to fund it's
floating Indebtedness.
The Senate bill renewing the Military
Claim Commission, The Senate bill to
allow debtor in the military service to
open up a suit decided against him, after
his return home, and amendment by the
Senate to bill relative to fencing rail.
roads were adopted.
The Senate adopted the House resolu-
ton to adjourn on Thursday.
Your Senator, Mr.. Williamson, submit
ted valuable report upon the interest Of
the State in the sandusky, Dayton and
Cincinnati Railroad His resolution for
q speCsal agent to thoroughly investigate
the subject was adopted.
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tured by ten guerrillas, and the two pass
enger cars Of the train burned. A guard
Of seventeen Federal soldiers on the train
surrendered without firing gun.
This guard has been ordered to Louis
vile under arrest.
The Federal scouts have proceeded five
miles beyond Bulls Gap and report no
signs Of Longstreet's forces.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Vaughan has
been appointed Provost Marshal Of Louis.
vile, vice Major Fitch who goes to rejoin
his regiment.
Sundays Chattanooga Gazette, says the
rebels claim to have $4,000 men ct Dalton
and vicinity, and boast that they will cap
ture Chattanooga and ESst Tennessee
when Longstreets forces move into Ken
lucky, which they say he will do forthwith
with 26,000 men.
All the heavy artillery is being moved
from Kingston to Altoona.
The rebel General Johnston has restrict
ed all his officers from Major Generals
down, to one horse.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-30

CAIRO, March 29.
Our forces under Colonel Hicks, at Pa
ducah, comprised the first battalion Of the
10th Illinois, numbering 300 raw recruits,
under Major Barnes; three companies Of
the 1921 Illinois, 120 strong, under Major
Chapman, and $50 Of the 1st Kentucky
Heavy Artillery, under Colonel Cunning
ham.
The steamer Dsootsh was burned. The
Marine Railway, owned by Captain john
son, of Psducah, was destroyed. 1t was
valued at $4,000. Wolfe & Bros esti-
mated loss by plundering, $4,000.
The steamer Belle of st. Louis brought
200 bales Of cotton for st. Louis.
The rebel General Forrest, with q force
estimated at 1000, was reported eight
miles from Columbus, Kentucky. He cut
the telegraph wires between that place
and Cairo yesterday.
About forty more prisoners, captured at
Union city, arrived here last night. They
report only two hundred and fifty prison
ers captured with Colonel Hawkins are
left and they were escaping in squads
every day.
The steamers St. Cloud and Perry from
Memphis the 9th, arrived here to-day
They bring no news of general interest.
The St. Cloud had 450 bales of cotton
mostly for Evansville.
The I'd Wisconsin cavalry and 10th Il
inOis infantry, veterons, arrived here to
day, en-routt home.
ia sick in charge Of the Sanitary Com
mission came up on the steamer N. W
Thomas, fam New Orleans. Five died or
the way up. N. W. Thompson, Of the 84tl
Indiana, and W. N. Grades, of the 34tE
Iowa, were buried at Baton Rouge.
The Memphis Bulletin of the 9th inst
says:
The cotton market has undergone con
siderable change since the last report
The best qualities advanced rapidly during
the day, and closed 40 above the last quo
tstions on all qualities.
The weather in Cairo is cold. There
was some snow this afternoon.
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News Items From Richmond.
Rebels Intend to Reclaim Ten.
nesSee and Kentucky.
JEFF Davis Believes Richmond to
be Impregnable.
Expected Removal Of Genera
Meade.
Funeral of Hon. owen LOVejoy
FROM CHICAGO.
Especial to the Cleveland LrlDrn.l

CHICAGO, March 90.
I photographed brief account last night
of an affrsy which occurred at Charleston,
Coles County, yesterday. 1 send you sd-
ditiOnsl particulars just received here by
a dispatch from Charleston.
The copperheads came into Charleston
in large numbers to attend Court, with
guns concealed in their wagons, and arm
ed with revolvers. Some of them went
into the Court House yard and picked q
quarrel with some soldiers. Fighting in
stantaneous became general. The Sheriff
of the County, who was at the Judges
seat Immediately drew revolver and
rushed out, and commenced firing on the
Union men. One Of his first victims was
Major Shubrick, Of the 54th Illinois.
The Union men finding themselves out
numbered at the Court House ran towards
the stores and houses for fire arms when
they we're fred upon from the windows Of
the houses. Some ten or twelve were
wounded. Colonel G. NJ. Mitchell Of the
54th infantry, was badly wounded and has
since died. James Goodrich was severely
wounded and William Hart and
7. c. Jefriss and several other soldiers
were also wounded and one of them now
lies at the point Of death. At 5 O'Clock
the 54th Illinois regiment arrived and
found on the square a COpperheod prison
er named Cooper, who was being brought
in and attempted to escape, when he was
shot dead. His body was pierced with a
dozen bullets. A Union man named
James jenkins, who was closing q
door through which Cooper was trying tC
escape, was shot through the hip and il
not expected to live. Nelson Wallis, Cop.
perhesd, who fred the first shot, was shot
dead.
Colonel Brooks, with squad Of men,
is in pursuit Of a gang of COppsrheadE
who are said to have stopped over night
about seven miles north.
Captain Williams has arrested nineteen
prominent secesh who have implicated
themselves in the affair. Hon. o. B. Fink
lin, Judge Constable, and other prominent
COpperhesds appear very anxious ths
steps shall be taken to prevent any fur
ther outbreak.
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The different races and nations Of
eigners in the United States are represent
ed as follows:
The Future of NeyE York.

The New York Evening Post states
that three-sevenths of the island of New
York is built upon, and that four -sevenths
remains for future use. The population
of the city in 1860 was reported at S14,-
254, and the Post estimates that the popu-
lation will continue to increase at the rate
of twenty-five per cent. each five years,
and that by the year 1880 there will be
100000 Of people in that city. 1t says
SIN about sixteen years there will not be q
vsOant lot upon this island, and ne struc
tue can be erected without removing some
existing building. New York will be a
solid and oOhcpsOt city from the Battery tc
Westehester county.
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FROM LOUISVILLE.

IoUIsYILLE, March ~.
In pursuance Of directions from Gen
ersl 6choheld, in accordance with orders
from Lieutenant General Grant, Kentucky
has been divided into two Divisions. The
Western District comprises all between
the Nashville Railroad to the Cumberland
River, under General Ewing, hesdquar-
ters on the Railrosd. Eastern District,
comprising al between the Nashville Rail-
road and the Big Sandy River, under GEN.
eral Hobson, headquarters in the field.
The whole will be under command Of Gen
eral Burbridge, headquarters ut present
in this city. That part Of Kentucky west
Of the Cumberland River belongs to the
Department Of Tennessee.
The Express train which left Louisville
Monday morning for Lebanon was cap
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-30

The New York correspondent Of the
London Times is alarmed ct the stream Of
immigration which "continues to pour
into this city in q steadily increasing vol
ume from Germany and ireland, and to a
smaller extent from England" "Lsst
year" he writes, Hthe average weekly
number Of arrivals was upward Of 1000.
This year it promises to be 5,000." OF
course, he thinks these people greatly mis-
taken in thinking their fortunes with
those Of the Americsn Republic, instead Of
betsking themselves to British America or
Australia, where equal, if not superior,
advantages are offered to the lsborer,
without any Of the disadvantages that
bristle all over the Federal soil.n As %
those who come over to hght the battles Of
the Republic, he disdsins to say any thing,
for they are "hired cut-throats, nothing
less, and hired out-throats they Will re-
main" But from philanthropio motives
he considers himself bound to warn those
men, who come 10 work and thrive"
against Federal America. Among other
convincing reasons which ought to deter
wise emigrant from coming to the United
States, he enumerates the following six as
especially eogent: I, the conscription; 2,
the public debt; 8, repeal Of the Homestead
Law; 4, restriction Of the suffrage; 5, fu-
ture dismemberment and civil war; 6, es.
tsblishment Of military despotism.
The remarks which are offered on each
Of these six heads, are sufficiently amus-
ing. Thus, the repeal of the Homestead
Law is presumed to be already settled,
inssmuch as proposition has been made
by MIR. Thurlow Weed to deprive all future
immigrants Of the benefits conferred by
this act. Next we are assured that s'the
commercial and political CLASSES" denOunce
the universally Of the suffrage as 'one
Of the greatest evils that afflict this coun.
try" and that bill to give the holders Of
property plurality Of votes, based upon
the amount Of their real and personal
estate, or the annual sum which they con-
tribute to the local and general taxation
Of the country, has already been intro
duced into the Legislature Of the State Of
New York, and is warmly supported by
all the commercial and moneyed classes.
Such wholesome misrepresentation only
show that the political and social advan.
tages which the United States offer TO the
immigrants are beginning to be felt in
England, BY the opponents of Democratic
institutions no less than by their admirers
And it is safe to infer from such testimony
how largely an extensive circulation of
correct information respecting the United
States among the working people Of Eu-
rope must swell the tide Of immigration to
a country Offering to the industrious
laborer SO brilliant future ss waits him
here.-N =. Tribune.
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FROM ST, LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS, March 90.
A special to the Democrat from Charles
ton, Coles county, Illinois, says the cop
perheads came into that town to attend
court yesterday with guns concealed in
wagons and armed with pistols. Some
soldiers in the Court House yard were
drawn into sn sffrsy and general fight
instantly occurred. The County Sheriff
sprang from the Judges stand and COM
menced firing his pistol at the Union men.
Major York and q Sergeant Of the 54th
were the first victims. The Union men
being outnumbered at the Court House,
ran to houses and stores for arms, and
we're fred upon from windows and ten or
twelve wounded, Colonel Mitchell, Of the
54th regiment, badly wounded, Oliver
Saler killed, james Goodrich, VIM. Hart
and 7. G. Jeffrey Several soldiers be.
longing to the 54Lh were wounded severe
ly. The 54th regiment arrived in the af.
ternoon and formed on the square. Mel.
son Wells, the man who fired the hrst shot
was instantly killed; John Cooper, pris.
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Before the outbreak Of the present war,
when open hestilities were unknown, the
grsndees Of the South could find no more
bitter reproaeh for the mechanics Of the
North than the term "mudsills." Senseless
as the sppellative was to intelligent men,
it served TO show the estimation in which
traitors held labor and those who live by
it, and was expressive Of their ut, er soorn
A just retribution has fallen on these
traitors to their country, for through the
want Of those despised ''mudsills" their
railroads are in ruins, their factories, such
as they have, short-hsnded, and only
worked by Northern men with Southern
principles, and their steamers, for all Of
fensive purposes, useless. Though the
the fields of the South require ell the eul-
tivstion that can be bestowed upon them,
there are none but slaves to plant the crops
or to reap them if they were sown. The
North is equally shOrt-handed, but when
men disappear from the homestead or the
factory, dumb assistants supply their
place, and the crops are not only gathered
in chesply, but are, or might be, increased
in quantity by the employment Of the use
full agricultural machines which are now
in market.
All other csllings and trades are equally
prosperous at the North, and only in the
War-ridden South is the voice Of labor
hushed in the field, the hum Of the factory
replaced by solitude and ruin. The South
ern journals such as still exist, are full Of
demands for ''mudsills;" they bitterly Ia
ment the loss of machine shops and foun-
dries, and are inconsolsbls in being de-
barred the privileges Of certain manufao-
turing towns which have recently been
wrested from them in Georgia and Missis-
sippi. Itis, Of course the products Of Ia
Dor they mis- so greatly, but these products
are the fruits Of the skill and ingenuity Of
Northern "mudsills," whom they once de-
rided, but now mourn and refuse to be
| --ss,Rarta5 therefor
| Let them take tnI5 unoLIUH W Un1GA SVUaH
One day the Southern factories, mills
and macbine-shops shall be busy again
and peaceful and smiling land soknOwl'
edge with gratitude the benefits which
Hmudsills," confer upon them.-SeisTtsf'
| American
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Heber KimbaIl on a asuppIy OfwIvss.

Heber Kimbsll informed the critics how
the orthodox number Of wives was to be
obtained for these new converts.
Why said the old man, tWinkling
his little black eyes like godly silenus,
and nursing oue Of his fat legs with q
Hckerish smile, a isn't the Lord Almighty
providin' for His beloved heritage just as
fast as He anyways kin ? This wars q
goin' on till the biggest part o you male
eentiIes hez killed each other OF, then the
leetle handful that's left and comes s-hee-
ing t our asylum IL bring all the women
q the nation along with 'em, 50 We shall
heT women enough to give every one on
EN- eli they want, and heV large balance
left over to distribute round among Gods
saints, that hez been here from the begin
min O. the tribulation."
The sweet taste which this diabohcsl re-
lection seemed to leavein Heber KinbalI 8
mouth, made me long to knock him down
worse than I had ever felt regarding ell
ther saint or sinner. But It is costly to
smite an apostle Of the Lord in Salt Lake
City and merely retslisted BY telling
him wished could hear him say that in
lecture room full Of Sanitary Commission
ladies scraping lint for their husbands,
sWeethearts, and brothers in the Union
army. 1 didn't know whether saints
made good lint, but thought kDAW one
who'd get soraped little.
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The Recent 1nundatlOu Near shemerd, En-
BlAuus
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
No country is free from great and terri.
bic cslamities. Now it is an earthquake,
now q confsgrstion, now an inundation.
England has just been visited with sud-
den and awful calamity Of the latter kind.
A few miles above Sheffield, small river,
branch Of the Don, had been damned
like the Croton, to form a reservoir, for
the supply Of the town. The lake, which was
formed by what has proved an insufficient
embsnkment was nearly hundred acres
in extent, and at midnight on Friday
night, this whole body Of water swept
down the valley, carrying away scores of
dwellings and drowning some three hun
dred persons who we're asleep in their
beds. The destruction Of property all the
way to Doncsster is roughly estimated st
half million Of pounds sterling. The
following is graphic description from q
Sheffield paper Of the scene when the
food reached that town, some six miles be-
low the embankment.
Persons who were out in the streets
when the food broke out, say there was a
long, loud, terrible roar upon the stiffness
Of the night, which increased in its inten-
sity; and as they stood listening perplex-
ed and wonder stricken, there came sound
ing above the roar, q sudden, Kissing
noise, as Of waters dsshing on rock, and
this was quickly followed by piercing
shrieks, arst distant, then increasing, un-
til up the streets in every direction, away
from the flow Of the river, there ran hun.
dreds and hundreds Of persons in their
night dresses, some dragging little chill
dren by the hand, others, hslf-dressed,
tripping and falling; and from many the
same terrible exclamation came, and moth
ing more; 30 God the food the food
Many Of the poor, naked, destitute crea.
lures were taken into the police Office
where, round a great FIRE, they lay or stood
talking Of their losses, and mourning fol
their dead, until morning broke, when
thep sailed forth in the hope Of saving
some remnant of their goods, or hspinl
against hope, to meet the one they hsC
mourned as dead"
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The new Ritual Of the X. G. q. In Illinois
The Knights of the Golden Circle have
had their principles, pledges and Organi-
ration exposed by the Chicago Tribune,
which says
The society is composed Of clubs Of ten,
each acting under q Chief. These clubs
sre completely isolated, and unknown to
each other. Chief Of 0pe Club reports
back to the Club where he was initiated,
but beyond these two Clubs he is unsc-
quainted with the individual members at
the organisation. These Clubs are COM
posed Of persousl friends or business men
oldsely associated so that they may act in
harmony or be readily called together, and
are provided with technical signs, pass
words and grips, and each member des-
ignated by q number, the Chief being l,
Vice Chief 2, cot. All Of the minor de.
tails OF the organization and the pro-
Rramme for the development Of its plans
are shreWdly arranged and elaborated,
and make, when combined, powerful &C.
cret society, the detection or suppression
of which would be well nigh impossible.
Unknown to itself, it would work never
Eheless, incomplete harmony throughout its
various ramihcstions, 70 the accomplish
ment Of its objects.
The character of the organization is de-
acribed as fellows:
1st. It is in the hands Of @ seerst CO.
pal. Its leaders are unknown even to the
members Of the organization. A half
dozen traitors have the entire manage
ment and control Of the rank and file,
With the utmost ease. They are so thor
nuehly convinced Of the reasonable char
acter Of the organization that they CON.
oeal themselves not only from the world
but from their own dupes.
I'd. 1t does not proclaim the Union mer
40 be either rivals or opponents, but enc
sn;ies and toss. Ie adopts the rebel vernsc
ulsr, calls the Government giant des
Ootismp and Unionists, q the armed anC
!. NSued m'Ii NJ Of Abelitionism." Thest
- are not original. They were in
-4ss the rebels and abound in JET
n.,i.i -, NuGtions, and the rebel press
Tbev oF;ginsts. In the South and ar,
$1,000 61 tboss n NRtbern allies. 1t wsl
snipentIv proper that It should be SO re
corded. II the Union me- o me Aortl
are the enemies of the S'eSPefnteads
then it most surely and logical IOlioWs
that the Coppsrhesds are the frieAF ?
the rebels. They cannot dodge the iss ,Se
II they are not the friends of the Unior
men they are the friends Of disunion men
and the whole scope of this ritual strength
ems the assertion.
This organisation has double object il
view: FIRST, the election Of q Copperheat
like McClellsn or Vallsndigbsm. to tn
Presidency, by which the independence 0
tho rebels may be secured with slavery re
'gtOred to them; or failing in that, th
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FROM NEW YORK.

INV 4Vhhj udIUu Aos
The London correspondent Of the Com
meroial states that Arck Duke Macmillan
on being applied to for an audience with
the rebel sIidell assented, provided Nspo-
leon was willing, but Napoleon fatty re
fused to sanction the audience, oonse-
quently Slidell did not gain it.
The Commercials dispatch states that
considerable difference exists in the Ways
and Means Committee on taxing leaf to-
bacco.
Great exertions are being made to post
pone the meeiingIof the Republican Con-
ventiOn from May till September, and tC
change it from Baltimore to Cincinnati.
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ing his success. He has been well educa-
ted religiously, and has, we doubt not, just
views Of the fundamental principles Of the
gospel, and profound respect for religious
institutions. His language, so far ss We
could heal, was cireumspeot and becoming.
Turning to one Of the papers, he said: al
observe here statement that the Presi
dent sent for me to attend the thester, but
have not been there st sll.n
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oner, was shot while trying to escape.
Colonel Brooks, with a squad Of men, went
in pursuit of gang Of cOpperhesds about
seven miles distant. Captain Williams
has some twenty prominent secesh who
are implicated in the affair under guard
at the Court House. Colonel Mitchell had
conference with Hon. o. B. Ficklin and
Judge Constable, who seemed very anxious
that steps should be taken to prevent an
other outbreak.
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VOL. XVIII.

kindling Of the flames Of civil wsr in the
North, which shall compass The same OBJ
jeot, and TO this end, these clubs are being
distributed sll over Illinois, and will rap
idly extend over sll the other States
This exposure will serve to put Union
men on their guard and thwart their dis-
bolical schemes. We are nc alsrmists,
but we warn loyal men Of the dangrr
ahead in the hope that by timely action
and energetic efforts, the plottings of this
reasonable organization may be rendered
of no avail.