Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-13

A dispatsh from the Twenty-hfth Corps,
dated 10th last, states that the fe"el rams On
the James opened nre on the 9th, but stopped
hrinE after exploding several shell over their
own works.
The Canadian Parliament At four O'Clock
Saturday morning took vote, and adopted the
oniederstion scheme by the following vote
Yeas 81, hays a.
A New Orleans letter Of tho 27th annour ed
the arrival there Of 1870 eKoh Anged pTiIoners
rom TeNaI, including number OF naval IN
GERS.
Tue ship Dreadnought, Capt. Cushing, with
oil ana bone on freight, has arrived At Now
Bedford on a trip OF eiEhty.two days from Ho-
nolulu. This 10 the best time on record.
over %, 900 900 worth Of Government prop.
| erty 10 said 20 have been destroyed At EASt.
port, Mississippi, by the food In the Tennesse &c
river.
The rebels hold posSeiIIon OF Hickman,
kentucky.
The New Orleans p,perI OF the eth contain
no military news.
The ssSIher Post Boy was totally DESTROYED
by bursting her boiler, twenty-five m les
above New olsans, on the 9th. Two lives
were lost.
The u nk Of Virginia 10 rsdeeming its noteS
At the rate Of six for one In gold. The En.
quiTer calls upon the Government to seize the
gold for the defence Of Richmond.
A Tehel dispatch, dated At Mobile on the
18th ultimo, states that twenty-five steamers
and six Mississippi river transports were 10
| the lower bay and that we had large loTee
on Dauphip Island ind ~ Pensacola. An early
attack on the city was anticipated.
| Tho Richmond DtSpdiCh OF Fri lay publishes
= dispatch from General Bragg claiming to
have Iepulstd column Of our troops which
was advancing hom New Berns towards
Kingston, North Carolina. According 10
Bragg, our forces disputed tho ground Obsti'
nateIy and suffered heavily, and yet the rebeI
| loss was comparatively small. H0 also
claims to have captured three cannon aud
nfteen hundred prisoners. We do not doubt
that an engagement has taken place and that
our forces may have iAllen back, but We judge
| thai good deal Of BrAgE's dispatch 10 m ade
| up 70 suit the RichmOnd market, which IL
badly In want Of stimulAnt. The force that
was assaulted was evidently the guard OF a
construction corps, repairing the railroad be,
tween New Berne and GoldsbO'O'.
The rebel authorities ha entirely Aup
pressed everything In ref renee to Genera
sherIdAn's more important and brilliant vio
| tory 10 the valley. o. course they would moi
| hesitate tn endeavor to raise the spl rits o
their army by any rNsggerAtlOn that woulC
suit the purpose. BrAgg's dispatch shows
| Against sherman, but 10 retained In Norti
| Carolina TO protect GoldBboTo', which ia re.
sarded by Jeh. Davis ~ vitality impOrtAn
point.
Tne rebel Senate has nnsily passed the bill
for ArmInE three hundred thousand slaves b,
one majofi'y-sto 8. The ERQuty'T 10 out Il
another editorial on Congress, and says via
tall, OF Iexa', admits being engaged In con
! done In legal way. He says that Hunter
to succeed 20 the Presidency by legitimAt
process, II threatens them that II they ~
successful in this scheme, that Lee will wreI
the sceptre from the oOnspirAtOrs and pre-
claim himU II Dictator.
The TebeI rApers continue their obstinat
| silence In refe enoe TO sherman, And At
TQuAlly silent In reference 10 Sheridan, VIII
must, before this, be at work In the vioinit
of Lynchburg. This silence, however, 10 eu
oourAEing. BrASg'A dispatch shows how con
munioNtive thev would he II any mIsioTtuu
fortune had betAllen our forces.