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WAsn1NoroN, Monday, April 4th.-
By direction OF the President of the Uni
ted States, the following changes and as.
signments are. made in the army corps
commands:
Major-General P II. Sheridan il as
signed to the command of the Cavalry
Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
The Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps
are consolidated, and will be called the.
First Army Corps Maj. Gen. Joseph
Hooker is assigned to the command.
Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger is relieved
from the command of the Fourth Army
Corps, and Maj. Gen o. o. Howard is
assigned in his stead.
Maj. Gen. Sehofeld is assigned to the
command of the 23d Army Corps.
Major Gen. Slocum willreport to Major
Gen. Sherman, commanding the Division
of the Mississippi, and Major Gen Stone
man viii report to Major ten. Schofeld
commanding the Department of the Ohio,
for assignment
Major General Granger report by
letter to the Adjutant General of the ar
my.
Capt Horace Porter, of the U. S. Ord
nance Depot, is announced as aid de-camp
to Lieut. General Grant, with the rank of
lieutenant colonel.
BY order of the Secretary of War.
[Signedl f. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G..
That portion of this order relating to
the consolidation of the Eleventh and
Twelfth corps, has been amended so as to
denominate this consolidation the Twelfth
instead of the First corps.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The following
has been received at the Head Quarters
of Major Gen. Halleck, Chief of Staff
Little Roch, Arh,. Apra 1.-The fol-
lowing telegram is just received:
Pine Bly8, Ayh, March 31-Major
Greene, 4, A. G. :of the expediti to Mt.
EIba and Long View has just returned
We destroyed the pontoon bridge at Long
View and burned a train of 35 wagons
loaded with camp and garrison equipage
and ampution. We also captured $40
prisoners and engaged The enemy in bat
tie at Mount ttba yesterday morning
Gen. Dickens division Of 200 men from
Monticello we routed and pursued him two
miles with loss On his side OF over 100
killed and wounied We captured large
quantity Of small arms Two stands of col
ors and over $40 horses and mules. Our
loss wII not excee fiseenin kled, woun-
ded an nj ngs we brought in sever
al hundred cpht.alands ! he expedition
was Il complete success. The details of
which will he furnished in my official re-
ports, which will he forwarded in a few
days.
(Signed) POWELL CLAYTON,
Col Commanding,
ST. Louis, April G.-The following are
the particulars of Col. Clayton's recent
raid into Arkansas, received from Little
Rock. dated March 17th
Col. layton, with a small force of in
fantry and cavalry and one battery, went
to Mount Elba on Salem river, leaving ar
tilery and infantry there to guard the
bridge and cover Pine Bluff. He pro-
ceeded with the cavalry towards Long
View, further down Salem river, and
twenty miles southwest, where the main
body of the rebel army was stationed, for
the purpose of destroying. the pontoon
bridges and army stores at that place.
Lieut. Greathouse, of the lst Indiana,
and Lient. Young, of the 9th Kansas cav
airy, were sent in advance with one hun
dred men, and on arriving at the bridge
saw large force of the rebels ON the OPP
poste side preparing to cross.
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them they belonged to Shelby command,
(Which dresses in federal uniform) that
the Federals were upon them, and begged
them to hurry to their rescue. The reb-
els rushed forward, and as fast as they
crossed were captured, their guns thrown
into the river. In this way 260 we're cap
tured !; 30 wagons, laden with supplies,
which were destroyed; 300 horses and
mules, and paymasters safe, containing
100000 in Confederate money after
which the bridge was burned. This,
and the march of eighty miles, was ac--
complished in "a hours. The prisoners
captured during this expedition, number
ing 370 including many officers, reached
Little Rock on the I'd.
Nothing from Gen. Steele and COM
mand.
DENVER City, April 5.--The munich
pal election took place here yesterday
The regular Union nominee for Mayor
was elected over the independet Union
ticket There was no Democratic ticket
in the field.
The mining excitement is increasing, and
new discoveries Of gold are reported daily
New York capitalists are arriving by
every coach, and it is reported there is
large amount of new mining machinery
coming out from the States.
The New Mexican papers of the both
ut. contain no news from Arizona.
Governor Connolly, of New Mexico,
has issued proclamation, appointing
April 7th as thanksgiving day for the
Indian war.
PROVIDENCE, r L., April THE
State election took place to-day. The re-
turns from nearly all the State indicate
that James g. Smith, the Union Nation
al candidate is re elected Governor over
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