, 1864-04-21
NEWS HY TELEGRAPH
The Battle Of Pleasant
Hill, La.
FURTHER KEWH---THE RE-
PULSE MADE Il VICTORY.
TEE REBELS DEFEATED WITH:
HEAVY LOSS
Unofficial Reports to the
Government.
WASHINGTON iNTElL!eEMEE
OF YESTERDAY,
CONGRESS. IS BUSY
At LAST.
Tie House Progressing With Tie
Tax Bill.
MILITARY MATlERs--HAL-
lECK DON'T REsI9N.
From Cairo and 8oIoYy..Nat-
Unofficial Reports to the
Government.
WASHINGTON lNTE!lEeEMGE
OF YESTERDAY,
CONGRESS. IS BUSY
At LAST.
Tie House Progressing With Tie
-. Tax Bill.
MILITARY MATlERg--HAL-
lECK DON'T RESI9N,
From Cairo and 8eIoyy..sMat-
<er5 at Memphis.

FROM WASHINGTON.


Gees to Mexico.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago rribunc.]
WASHINGTON, april %, 1864.
TUE DEPARTMENT OF TIE SOUTH.
Admiral DallGren will return to the Soath Al.
]ant:c Squadron, Of which be continue. to be 1as
oa.cer, In wcek. The report that Gen. Giliraorc
is 10 b. relieved IRON command Of the aru1y bo:o1c
Charleston is trne and Is not true that he will r..
nain in co.a,nard OF the ba1K OF tho troops now
ser~lng under him, but in what field they will opc-
rate is hprobleIu for the enemy to solrc.
TAE nAa-axuL LOBBY.
The delegation from New York and other banks
now hcte Is not IS stated working to dcicst the
Catiorsl Bank bill, though most Of them .rc hos
tile to IL; to Frcrent the 6eprec.to1 Of currency
by taxing St:te bsrl. circulation out Of existence
is the principal cause Of these gcntlemens visit.
They llad protracted interview with tho Senate
Finance ccm1:ittcc yesterday, in which they NJ
prt Reutcd that any vlo.eut casure with the State
b:rks would operate 1uinouslY On the buriaess o:
the country.
They also stated that Chase's proposition Was to
drive oEt Of circulation ono h1rdEed and seventy
millions Ct st::e Bsnk issues, to make room for
thereby increasing the aggregate currency OF the
country one hundred aud thirty millions.
THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
With regard TO the exchange Of prisoners, ar
rsnremente Will probably be concluded on = sstis
fact1rJ baRc. The rebele have slzead5 conceded
the point Of treating nil white officers alike,
whether they hare OF hare not had charge Of color.
ed troops. :
TIE Rcha Government promised to give up Col.
DahIgren'a body, aud was undoubtedly, It is be
licyed by those at Fortress Monroe who are best
informed, surprised and greatly disappointed that
his grave was found empty.
Our prisoners at Americas and AndereonTillc IN
Ca, are In a pretched condition. The number
there is more than 1000. The deaths average s.
daily.
7" VAR n NORTH cAno1tNA.
The following account Of tie recent attack on
Plymouth, N. c.. may be relied on:
On Sunday 1Rst large body Of rebels moved
down the Roanoke river upon Plymouth, accom-
panied by aotil1a consisting Of a ram and four
Gtnboats. Ofthe.e two were rlrer boat. which
escaped our forces when Plymouth was taken. The
rest hare been built slnec. The rebel prees are
vag,ousIy estimated atfrou three to I've br{gades or
between /: ,oc0 and Is coo men. As the f1eet came
to the line Of obstruction, which forms part Of the
protection to Plymouth. Il engaged thu Cunboat
Whitehead, and, 1t is said, sank her. At the same
time land attack was made On Fort Gregg our
farthest defensive work. about mile above the
town. Ihis forf IL under command OF COL brown,
of1he Eth New Tc1k. His force is one company
Of that regiment and one of the Massachusetts
he3vy artillery. Tho enemy attacked hin three
sIaes, and were rcpcllcd with loss on each occ2-
sion. The Bombshell Union Grnboat which WAS
d7cd upon as she brought down hls last dispatches
to Plymouth, had three men wounded General
"esSeL m experienced ot.ce1. Is IN connand OF
Plymouth. LIE Was not taken ey surprise, having
heen INFORMED OF toe pfopaoic at'ock LOT some
Gays, INC WIN 1en' fccS, tne eo1amanoes OF mat
department. having taken measures to resist 1t.
ae t1d sent al non-comoa'sats a"aj, anu was
Apprsea Oh 1he enemye au'arcc o5 MS casaH!'
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~onnueo' III taef sh11u1an1ns "1ta the ene'a!
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@e'A'''@8 coscn.xs,oyAr.
Tie tone Of No,riul's speech On the tnx blu was
extremely ssnsrinc with reference to military auc-
ccss md final prospects,. He predicted thst more
iuportant and crushing rceulss would be vouch-
.atcd to cur arms this spring 1hsn ever.
The estimated interest to be paid during the
ncxt fiscal year Is S63033,0p. of which $50
will BE- paid in coin It is stated th.t the prcaent
t.x law would produce this year fort; or nfty per
cent more than it did last year. and would with re-
cetrts from customs euflce for ordinary peace ex-
pcnd,.urcs, pay the interest On lar.er debt than
the present, and mako tic Government securities
solid hey ond the necessity Of new bill to provide
for emergencies. and Get the national house in order
In preparation for disasters It was estimated
that i, will produce at least S253 0Go 011, which
with So, ,o0o, 900 under tho present tarlE, would
r,ve total Of coo, to be EtIl further In
creased by addition. to tariff.
Nr. Morrill, also urged the necessity OF greater
economy Ind Of the withdrawal Of legal tender
notes. After cxpla.pins the necessity of patt1ng
all the provisions concerning the Internal Revenue
into one act, 70 % to remove doubts on various
points, and fer the convenience Of the Goyernmen,
officers as vel ,ns the taxed, Mr. Morrill, went OF
to comment briefly On the leading features OF thu