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FROM TEXAS,
Rebel Gen. Chalmers Dead.
Arrival of Blockade Runners.
Meeting for sho Opening Of Communi-
cation with California--Meetin at
GaIvrstou--Passage OF Troops from
Mexico 10 Texas.
Press Dispatch !

New YORK. March 29-By the steamer
Eagle we have Havana dates of the 10th.
The blockade runner Qenbeigh from
Galveston, arrived on the 25th The reb-
ell Gen. Chalmers is dead.
A meeting was called at San Antonio,
Texas, on the 22d. to take into cOnsidera-
tion the proposition to occupythe western
territory and open communication with
California. 1t was said that 10000 re-
cruits for the rebel army could thus be
secured A committee was appointed to
confer with the rebel commander in the
Trans-Mississippi Department on the sub
ieCt.
There was a mutiny in the garrison
at Galveston on the Doth, resulting in the
death and wounding of several.
More French troops have passed
through Havana on their way from
Mexico To France.
The blockade runners Mexico and r.
: Wood. arrived The former with cot
ton from Matamoras, and the latter with
naval equipments from Nassau. The fol-
lowing were lying in port: Col. Lamb,
Fox. Juno, Banshee, Pelican. and Fanny.
4 large number of schooners have arrived
from and cleared for Matamoras.
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TuE ANNEXATION OF CANADA.-ThC
tory of tie Montreal Gazette, relative to
Hon. Il. |. Walkers recent visit to Can
ada, having reference to the annexation
If that province with the United States
: wholly denied 10y Mr. Walker Mr.
Walker says he does not know the Opin-
ons of the Administration rs to the
.ucStion of annexation, and states that
.r has always favored the project him
,rlf. but never except with the full con-
sent of England and Canada. Mr.. Walk
,r in concluding his card OF denial, re-
marks; Il am quite sure the Canadian
government aud most of the Canadian
lyople are favorable to the United States
.0ur present struggle The Canadians
'Ie Americans. and the ST. Lawrence and
tLt lakes, with their fertile valleys, are
'ur Joint Inheritance We are one by
,ngraphv, by mutual interests, nor do |
doubt but tlat we shall have a common
destiny Ii it was deemed eXpedient
L.Itatter TO present my views on this
,.tiect, should not deem it necessary
ndSk the prior assent or sanction of any
Administration; hut ii certainly is not
.y purpose To emhauaSS the Government
Il this critical period by any discussion
ao" OF tins question
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GENERAL GRANT.
A Congratulatory Order
The Losses in the 9th Corps.
, Two lessons Learned.
Press Dispatch.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-lnformatiou
from City Point, dated yesterday, says
the losses in the 9th corps are ulucl
larger than heretofore reported. The
lst division have in hospital 100 wound
ed and 80 are known to have been killed
In the Sd division hospital there are lot
wounded and there were about 30 killed
The I'd division was not engaged, bnt
in their hospital they have 13O wound
ed Picket firing was kept up all last
night, yesterday aud the day before. :
The killed on both sides were exchanged,
the enemy showing more courtesy than
heretofore.
The following are the essential points
of a general order issued to the army
yesterday: The enemy, with temerty
for which he has paid dearly, massed his
fosces and succeeded, through the repre-
hensible want of vigilance of the third
brigade of the Ninth corps. i'll breaking
through their lines, capturing Fort
Steadman and batteries No. =, l0 and ii.
The prompt measures taken by Major
General Parker quickly repaired the dis
aster and the enemy were driven from
Fort Steadman, leaving their killed ana
wounded in our hands The enemy, by
night, was driven from his intrenched
picket line, and all his efforts to recover
the same, which We're particularly deter
mined and persistent in the Second corps
front, We're resisted and repulsed with
heavy losses, leaving with the Sixth
corps over four hundred prisoners, and
with the Second corps two battle flags
aud over six thousand prisoners The
result of the day was the thorough de
feat of the enemy's plans. the capture OF
his strongly intrenched picket line, un-
der the artillery fire of his main work.
and the capture OF Ten battle flags and
$500 prisoners, a result in which the
Lieutenant General commanding hearti-
ly cOngratulates the army
The order says: Two lessons can be
learned from these operations; one that
no fortified position, however strong,
will protectsan army from an intrepid
and audacious enemy, unless vigilantly
guarded; the other that no disaster ormis.
fortune is irreparable where energy and
bravery are displayed ill the deternina-
to recover what is lost
Another defender of the ConfeIeracy
has come in. He is Is years old, but
looks several years younger being a
dwarf about 81 feet high and slender i'll
form. He is reported to be a. wealthy
man. He says he enlisted to he sent to
the front so he could escape and thus get
something to eat
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Document from the Provost Marshal
How Substitutes may be Procured,
Mustered and Credited.
Press Dispatch.


, New YORK, March 29-The Tribunes 3
Washington special says the following
is inst issued by the Provost Marshal:
The 23d section of the act approved
March Sd, 1865, provides that any person
enrolled in any sub-district may, after
notice of draft and before the same shall
have taken place, cause to be mustered
into the service of the United States
snch number of recruits not subject to
draft as they may deem expedient, which
recruits shall be taken as substitutes for
such persons, or 80 many of them as may
he drafted, to the extent of the number
of such recruits, and in the order deslg-
mated by the principals at the time such
recruits are thus mustered in. In order
that credit may be given to the snb-dls-
trict for recruits furnished and a draft
be made duly for the deficiency remain
inc after crediting these and other re-
cruits, il is necessary that all the mem
bers of the association shall belong to the
same sub-district. Previous to the COM
mencement of the draft, the association
will furnish the Provost Marshal of the
district list of the names of its men,
DerS, ueSlSlatlilS thoii otuoi aiit mum III,
beriug them accordingly, which list will
not be altered or increased after the
drawing shall have commenced. When
the draft has been made, the recruit
standing at the head of the list will be
taken as the substitute of the first man
drafted, and so on until the list of recruits
is exhausted by drafted men who belong
TO the association, or until all the mem
bers of the association who have been
drafted are exempted. When the num-
ber of recruits furnished by the associa-
tion exceeds the number of men drafted
from its excess, though credited to the
sub-district, will create no claim for the
exemption of any persons whomsoeyer.
The members of the association who Sc
cure exemption under this section are
exempt from that draft, but are liable TO
he drafted OH future calls.
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The London Owl upon n Dispatch of
srward--Tha Rebel Cruiser shrnan-
dOah
Press Dispatch !

PORTLAND. March 29.-The steamer
Damascus, from Liverpool 10th, via Lon
dondery 18th, arrived this morning
bringing one days later news.
LONDON-The Owl saysthe impression
conveyed by Stewards dispatch, thai the
proposition for an alliance between the
North and South for foreign wal orig
mated with the Confederates, i, false.
The rebel cruiser Shenandoah has ar
rived at Melbourn. but she is thought to
he tso late to do much mischief, as there
was scarcely an American ship trading
there.
A circular of the 18th, says the news
from America of the new loan of six hun
dred millions, caused the 500 bonds to
decline from 80 to 52i
The continental markets appear to be
fully supplied, recent shipments of bon ds
have not found ready buyers even at re
duced quotations. Illinois and Erie also
shows a decline of one dollar from the
highest point. The sales ofcotton for
the week was $500 bales at an advance
of ta$d Breadstuffs quiet Corn tirmer.
Provisions dull.
The Owl a secesh sheet, gives the fol-
lowing in regard to Blair's mission, on
the authority of member of the Confed-
crate Congress just arrived in England
who received the information fIom Sec
retary Benjamin, in the following words;
The object of the mission was to assure
President Davis that his commissioner
would be received at Washington 10 open
negotiations on the following basis: An
armistice to be granted, and league, Of
fensive and defensive, to be made TO
drive the French out Of Mexico.
MELBOURNE, Jan. 75-The Captain of
the Shenandoah has finally requested
leave of Sir Charles Darling to land his
prisoners and take in coal and repair ma
chnery He promised to observe neu-
trality and get to sea again rs quietly as
possible The subject is under consider
alton by the Governor and Executive
Council Six vessels were due there in
the course of a few weeks, from New
York and Boston, but American mer-
chants said they were likely to be under
the English or Dutch dag.
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verging on the line of the Wilmington
and GoldsbOro railroad to point near
Smithfield, between GoldSboro aud Ra-
leigh, and there he is believed TO have
come across Kilpatricks vanguard, and
10 have received instructions by conriers
from Schofield. 1t WAS expected that
Terry and Schofeld would be IN regular
correspondence last night.
Fitzpatrick, who has been SD contmu'
ally annihilated by the redoubl able caval-
iers of the chivalric Wade Hampton, is
known to have turned mp i'll Thea neigh
borhood of Smithfeld. aud scouts declare
that those Troublesome troopers of his,
who won't stay whipped, are already
lowering about Raleigh, puzzling Braggs
outposts with characteristic pertinaelty
and daring
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General Lees Report of she Recent
Rattle.

PHILADELPHIA, March % The Eve
ming Telegraph Of this city, has General
Lees official report:
MARCH 25rH, P. M.-At daylight this
morning, General Gordon assaulted and
carried the enemys works at Hart's Hill,
capturing pieces of artillery, mortars
ciuding one Brigadier General and a
number of officers Of lower grades; The
five hundred yards to the right and left,
and two efforts were made to recover the
work, which were handsomely rePulsedii
but if was found that the enclosed work
in the rear, commanding the enemy's
main line, could only be taken at ter
ribls sacrifice of life, and kthe troops
were withdrawn to their original posi-
ton. 1t being impossible to remove the
guns captured owing to the nature OF
ground, they were dismantledand left.
[Signedl T.. LEE
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Moving OF the Cavalry Army from
ChiCkasnw Bluff. Alabama.

New YORK, March 29-The Posts cor
respondent at Chickasaw Bluff, Alabama
writing on the 2nd, says as he writes
the great cavalry army is taking leave
OF its base for operations in the South
west. The first division is commanded
by General McCook, the second by Gen
eral Ferry, the fourth by General Upton
the fifth by General Hatch. This expe
dition has been fitted out at an expense
almost fabulous, and its operations are
reported TO be of the most extensive and
important character.
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shermam's Arrivui AT Gox's Bridge
The Position of the Three Armies
Details of the Fighting along the
Line OF sherman's March-Fhe HAT
tie ON the Neuse River.
KINsToN, n. c., March -,
via WASHINGTON. March 81.

General Sherman has arrived at what
isfupposed TO be the temporary terminus
| of his present campaign, and at this
present writing is seven miles west "i
CoX's bridge, aud eighteen miles from
GOldsboro. COx's bridge crosses the
Neuse river about ten miles from Colds
bOrO, aud is but short distance from
the railroad from Kinston through Colds
boro To Raleigh. At this point last Snn-
day and Monday there was severe and
continuous fighting between the two hos
tile armies under Sherman and john
ston. But there has been no grand battle,
Johnston, for reasons best known to
himself, declining general engagement,
though lie must be aware that while de-
lay enables him TO concentrate, 1t also
enables Sherman TO form a junction with
the powerful columns which Generals
Terry and Schofeld are bringing to his
reinforcement.
Several of General Shermans staff ar
rived here last evening, and bring some
particulars of what lighting was done
But, at this late hOur, | find ii impossl-
BILE to forward more than the brietest alb
stract of their accounts. The battle was
set in array upon two opposite ranges OF
hills on the south side of the Neuse riv-
er, our troops facing westward, and both
armies being defended by earthworks,
those in front of Sherman being, of
course. very hastily thrown up. The
fighting lasted through the two entire
days, during which desperate and deter
mined charges were made by either side;
the rebels charged our lines three times,
and five times our men made counter
charges. In none of these affairs was
any positive result attained, and the ar
mics are still confronting each other,
grimly waiting for future developments.
The fighting on Sunday was mostly done
by the Twentieth and Fourteenth corps,
which were first on the ground, and, on
Monday, the Fifteenth and Seventeenth
came up and partially relieved them
Our total loss is estimatedat nearly two
Thousand. and the rebels lost fully "a
many, if not more.
All along his route from Fayetteville
to his present position, Sherman has had
more or less of fighting every day -
There was quite an obstinate engage
ment below BentOnville, about ten days
ago, in which our loss was nearly six
hundred altogether. Only one of Sher-
mans columns took part in it, and the
force opposed to them is believed to have
been that of Hardee on its retreat from
Charleston.
General Terry was at Everettyllle,
point a few miles southeast of Goldsboro,
when last heacd from He is in commu-
nication With Sherman, and will join him
in few hours.
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HARD Of FOOTE-The Richmond Er-
amiHer of the Gath has a severe article
on the rebel Senator Foote, whose Lon
don manifesto was published few days
ago in the D,spO'ch The Erami"er says;
Henry : Foote has relieved himself Of
his superfiuous gas since bis arrival in
London by a publication in the journals
OF that city, IN which he comes down in a
hurricane Of invectiyes upon the Con
federate government He seems to have
swallowed all the winds of the ocean,
and let them loose ig a tornado from the
British Isles After that performance it
Is to be trusted that he has suffered col
lapse which will keep him qniet to the
end of his days We are not at all con
cerned as TO any injnry he may do our
cause in England The other CO4feder-
ates abroad have done rs very little
good, and the last of their number causes
Us very little harm
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RATING ExprNsrs OF ks.LRoAp.

OPERATING EAPENsks Or HaLhOA pS
From the report of the New York and
Erie Railroad we learn that the operat.
ng an1 repairs for 1864, were 57-l0 PEI
cent of the gross receipts.
On the Pennsylvania Central, the op-
Grating expenses for the same year were
50 7-l0 per cent.
On the Philadelphia and Erie road,
which is operated by the Pennsylvania
Central for 10 per cent. of the gross
earnings, the expenses amounted to
S43,l5l S0-more than the 20 per cent
received.
On the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne il
Chicago road, the operating expenses
were 57t per cent of the gross earnings.
Eight years ago, us57) the average OF
the operating expenses of fifteen Of the
principal roads in Massachusetts,, was 81
per cent. of the gross earnings.
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DRaFrEp!The draft fell heavily on :
the bank cashiers in Crawford county
Pa. Among those drawn are John Por.
ter, Cashier of the Merchants Nationsi
Bank of Meadyille. c. c. Durfeld. cash.
ier of the First National Bank of Titus
Vile, aud John X. Madison, cashier of
the Petroleum Bank. Ii is part of the
daily duty of these gentlemen To honor
drafts and We presume they will re-
spond with their accustomed prompt
ness
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yHBELING REGISTER
.,.,o,yMoRNrN6. MARCH 30, 1863.
TeIeyraphic Summary.

., olosed at the regular board yes
,Iay at sl,5l4al,Sls 49,. g A..
lament in the case OF the 0'. al
'''5 ;Jars was given yesterday The
,. were discharged. They were
arrested on another warrant
- ..y. from General Sherman IS to
'| ,,b No later movements than
previously chronicled are noted
c.n.ral i, said to have gone to For
:, Monroe D,a
rsnatch from Wantanga Bridge
,snorts General Stoneman TO be
IL, advancing; that he has already
r.d one hundred miles OF railroad;
~. !. driving the scattered troops OF
,.my before him, and that he Will
.rr;l them where they least expect
-. ,.L.l cruiser Shenandoah has al
n NiIbourn, but too late to do
.hmischief y
..t4I drafts on Liverpool are dIsholl-
-d
fr.r.h paper says President Lin-
:. about 10 recognize Mexico.
correspondent says the public ia'
,,,o that the present draft is unnec-
,r, in view of the impending end OF
,.b,lfon. is not shared in by men IN
-lority at Washington,
hi. said that Gen. Grant will MODIFY
..,t,,n trade prohibit ton.
r,..;la, Lincoln has not yet returned
,,-,in,tm 1t is reported that he
.,.ir.l At the front Ny propositions
,..r,val oi peace negotiations. Ii
49,, ,loUshl that hcwill arrange with
.,l Grant for the reception and con
,.,rr,ti,n OF any proposition General
Lee mas have 10 make.
Amir, in rb.Army of the James are
ported quiet
The Provost Marshal General has is
...la document setting forth the pro
.,Inns Of the act of the last Congress in
..tion 10 the furnishing of substitutes
a, i,,odItious. The recruits furnished
F. ,I,h i,.ociationS are tn be such as
- DoI subject to draft II is necessary
f.l.a ali the members of an association
Long to the same sub-district and such
q, ,r.ure exemption under this act are
exempt from the then pending draft,
4r AZ liable to be drafted OH future
calls
Tarrrbrl General Chalmers is dead.
Am-rtiug was held in San Antonio,
re1a, on the 22d, to consider the propo-
iuou to occupy the western territory
ma open communication with CalifoT-
Il
Thyrybel troops in Galveston, Texas,
nutiuled ON the 2Gth Several We're
uNcd and wounded.
Tie cavalry army at Chickasaw Bluff,
iia. left IT, base on the 2d for operations
the southwest.
\ congratulatory order has been issued
b the Army Of the Potomac.
There has been no lighting in Gener
: SchoGcld's and Terry's armies since
'n occupation of Goldsboro. The
oops are being supplied with provi
puSaud eliot hinU
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FROM WASHINGTON.
The --latest Peace Rumors
The President at the Front.
The Probable Cause Of his Detention
Grant TO be Empowered TO Treat
with Lee.
Tprasa nanatch

NEw YORK, March 29-The Herald's 3
Washington special says President Lin
coin did not return to-day as was ex-
pected. 1t is uncertain now when he
will be here. There is report in cricu-
1ation here tonight, that he is detained
by propositions for renewal OF peace
negotiations While there is nothing to
confirm this report, it is not improbable
that he may, before his return, arrange
with General Grant for the reception and
consideration of any propositions that
General Lee may have to make, looking
to cessation of armed opposition to the
Constitution aud laws.
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Az ASTONIsHED CH,PLAIN.-There is
Iokr-though positively a wicked one
on a certain chaplain, which ought not
- bc lost t. the world 1t is the chap
ans business IL look after the re egimen-
almail This chaplain had been annoy,
ii exceedingly by the great lumber OF
Warriors who Tere constantly running ~
aim and inquiring about the arrival and
departure of mails. To save time and
patience, he posted a notice outside his
tent which read. The chaplain does
Lot know when the mail will CO. and
imagined his troubles at an end He
vas absent from the camp that day, aud
III returning and glancing at his notice.
vas Lorrihed TO see there upon his door
lead by multitudes during the day, III a
hand exactly counterteitiug his, the fol
lowing words, the chaplain does not
know when the mail will go, this addi-
ton by some wretch: Neither does he
care ad-n' Ii was ease of depraNity
that he was nuprepared for
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GENERAL SHERMAN,
The Latest from Goldsboro
More About the Late Fighting.
sherman Reported TO have gone 10
Fortress Monroe.

New YORK, March 29.-1be steam
transport, United States, from Beaufort
brings intelligence from Goldsboro to
the 2ith A correspondent of the New
bern Times gives details of Shcrman's
two battles Both battles on the part oi
the rebels were planned by Johnston, and
in both cases he took the precaution tc
rest each of his flanks oil Il stream. He
made seven charges en mdsse i'll his en-
deavors to force our lines bur all failed
His loss was severe in each charge.
A Newbern letter OF the 18th. states
that Sherman has gone to Fortress Mon
zoe
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The Battle of the 10Th in North Caro-
olina.
Press Dispatch !

NEW YORK, March 29-Most of the
morning papers have details of the fight
ing in North Carolina hut contain moth
ing new. They all agree that the sud
den and Overwhelming attack of the reh
els on the 10Th, was what Johnston
claimed as rebel victory, for they flank
ed and drove back the 18th corps a mile
and half; but the tide was turned the
next day by our reinforcements coming
up, and the rebels were routed and scat
tered in all directions, and some claim
that Sherman took seven hundred pris
oners.
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Enforcement of Letter. for the North
west Gonsi OF Mexico.

WAsHINGTON. March 29-AII letters
mailed in the United States for the
northwest coast of Mexico, embracing
the States of Sinaloa, Sonora and Lower
California. should be endorsed via San
Francisco, rs letters for these States by
way of San Francisco reach their dest:-
nation much earlier by this than by 9th
er routes
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The Gold Marked

New YORK, March 90 Cob has been
weak during the morning in fte OF large
purchases to cover short conthcts. lhey
tenderly appear to be in favof OF lower
premium, and speculation j. chiefly IN
that direction. The prict opened at
Sl.52, declined to 81 .5l8 and lSse again to
Sl5l{
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Required in the Fieid-The Cotton
Trade 10 be M Odifed.
Press Dispatch.l

NEw York, March 29.-The CONNER.
cia's Washington special says the pub
lie impression that the present draft is
unnecessary in view of the impending
end of the rebellion, is not shared in by
men III authority here. Although the
military situation is eminently favora-
hlc, there is no intelligent belief here
that we shall be enabled to relax our eff
forts or reduce our armies for ut least a
wear to come. The full number Of men
called for by the President will therefore
undoubtedly be required and are even
now needed in the field.
General Grant Will modify the cotton
trade prohibition. The pressure upon
the authorities in reference to it has been
immense.