Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-07

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the people of East Tennessee. The pun IRON
dents reply to the address relates to the , .ns
fering Of the people in East Tennessee and
asks for prompt spaymeIt1of their claims
against the yGovce4me4ts the establishmen.
Of railroad facilil fof obtaining sunnl I..'
and urges the budding ia railroad be,rsa s'
Knoxville and Mhcinneti,.sby the WE, ~
CeHtral Kentucky koulA be Of great co,. :"
queuce a the present emergency. It ia est;
Aated tbet the losses which a railroad in , 49,
would have saved, amounts to SIS .0O0 nm
He also said that in his annual messaos :.
1861, he recommended the construct;or =.
such road. and now, with the hearty con.
currence of Congress. he would yet be pleased
to have it done. s1
Washi~gtes, April 2S.-Anr ameudmsD.
to the Revenue bill was adopted plscih,
tax of two cents per pound on lower grades ~
brown sugar higher grades three cents, "a
on clarified and refined sugars four cents
A bill has been adopted providing thai i
shall be unlawful to record any instrument
document aor paper unless proper Siam.
shall be- affixed without which sucG rpcorS
evidence '''N' ''N'''i '1@"''''3
= Allany, AwH 2S.-H is understood b.,a
that all the artillery regiments. and ,thegd..
tachlnents now in the Government Forts bsv.
been ordered to the front. The military win
be called out ii take their place.
T., The Richmond papers claim that the rebel.
captured at Plymouth 5000 prisoners, :
Letters received to-day from Admiral Per.
ter, pronounce Banks recent expedition .
disastrous failure. Besides over thirty pieees
ofartilery and large quantity of small arms
several hundred wagons and the first class
ghnboat East'ort with nearly 1000 prisoners,
have been lost; also the paymasters safe con-
tanning million dollars Of greenbacks has
been captured by the enemy.
The reports in circulation that Banks will
be superseded by Gen. Sickels are untrue.
Franklin and Stone who lie under imputation,
having through neglect and carelessness con.
,trihuted greatly to the defeat IN. Louisiana,
will be relieved and probably, court,mar,ialed.
The Herald has letters from the fleet of
Wilmington to the god, which state that Gen.
Beauregard passed through Wilmington on
the 2lst, with a large number Of troops on
their way to Richmond. The enemy send.
ing all the men they can to the rebel capitol,
the impression gains ground that the present
campaign will, eventually end in disaster 10
the rebels. asr, ail, 7o. ,r.--.... ~. ,.,, ,s.
Chicago. A,w1 3O.--Perticulars Of the
capture of Camden, Ark, by Gen. Steele have
been received: Crossing the Little Mssou-
ri at point near Shreveport, Washington
and Camden. Gen. Steele by his movements
deluded Price into the belief that he intended
to attack Shreveport. Price fastened to
Prairie Du Holm, dug rifle pits and threw
up earth-works, when Gen. Steel executed
flank movement which caused Price TO re.
treat towards Washington. Having placed
Price ON the arc of circle, Steel moved di.
rcctlv towards Camden. les Discovering his
mistake, Price concentrated his cavalry and
with Marmadukc and Dockrry on the flank
and lear, hoped to SO rmbaTrass Steel that his
infantry could. not gain the Notifications at
Camden. Steel pressed on, however. fight
ing his way for II miles, and entered Cam.
den on the 18th. Nine Notifications Of great
were taken. with large quantity Of
sugar, molasses, pork, etc. Price had burned
all the cotton for miles around. :. "sr ifoa
10 Stevens. in the session last night, offered
a substitute for the bill to provide for a IT,
publican form Of government in the Stats
overthrowu by the rebellion. The substitute
provides that seeded States when conquered
shall lie regarded as Territories, and be rep.
resented in Congress as such. 49,
d The TFoITs special says it was rumorcd
+ ON Fortress Monroe that Little Washington
was captured on Monday, and that the invest
ment Of Ncwbern wonId immediately follow.
1t is now fully understood that Lee will
cndcavor to bring on a fight without leaving
his entertainments. '' s"''''' t"t
New Orleans letters shy our soldiers have
entirely recovered from the effects incident
to their recent marches and severe battles
A rebel battery had been planted at Compte,
a few miles above Grand Encore, in conse-
quence Of which Gen. Smith burredthe town.
Gen. Growers Division was still At Alexan'
dria. 1t will probably remain to protect tho
country and the people from guerrilas.
'r Philadelphia, Apri1 %. The Union State
Convention assembled have adopted a resolu.
ton to the effect that delegates be instructed
to support Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency and
to oppose all efforts to postpone the Baltimore
Convention, and that one Of the heaviest
blows chat could be inflicted ON the rebels
would be the recollection Of Mr. Lincoln. ,T
o. Aiadison. hd.,D .Apra - A gang ofguer'
rillas crossed the Indiana line night before
last, and burned q trading boat short dis
lance below this city. They also stole
flock o. sheep aud some Garlic. '',A 5F.
A Vicksburg letter of the 22d says tho
steamer sLxcy brings news from Red r'yer
that no more fighting had occurred Up to to
Goth. The rebels were reported TO be mar
ching on Grand Ecors., and on the goth our
troops were, going ont 70 meet them. Our
army was believed to b strongly entrencbsd
at Grand Ecore. on both sides Of the river.
: The New Orleans Era Of the 9th says tn,s
passengers from Red river report 'hat W.