RELIGIOUS INTEREST IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. Verily, " Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." God, in his infinite wisdom, is affording guilty, wretched sinners a glo rious opportunity to " come to Jesus," and, thanks be to his holy name, many, very many, are finding peace by believ ing on Christ and him crucified ! Some three weeks since an announce ment appeared in our daily papers, and was proclaimed from our pulpits, that the Rev. E. P. Hainmond would visit us Shortly for the purpose of holding chil dren's revival meetings, a work in which e had, under God, been eminently sue essful in other places. He came, and fter holding two or three of the meet- ,gs it was evident that God's Holy Spi rit was gradually working its way into the hearts of many hearers. Among the children especially was this observa ble. The little ones flocked by hun dreds to the afternoon meetings, and the churches in which the services were held were literally packed with those of whom our blessed Saviour said, " Suffer them to come unto me, for of such is the King dom of Heaven." As their little voices sang the sweet tunes contained in Mr. Hammond's " Re vival Melodist," . the Christian hearer could not help but feel that he was hav ing a small glimpse of heaven, and that the anthems of the redeemed in heaven could only surpass,in feeling and sweet ness the hymns of praise and glory sang ,:by these little ones who were seeking heir Saviour. It strengthened my heart or renewed exertions, and I know it has ad a similar effect upon the hearts of many others. One feature of these meetings deserves more than a passing remark. It is the entire unity of feeling and sentiment manifested by the ministers of our city, in this glorious work. All doctrinal differences have been ut terly ignored. Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians—all come together for the furtherance of Christ's kingdom .port earth. Upon this platform every ay sat the ministers of Christ, all with •:nxiety for the salvation of souls depict ed upon their countenances. After the 'dismissal of the regular service, an " in- uiry" meeting is held. The question not then, " Are you a Baptist ?". " Are you a Methodist ?" " Are you a Presbyterian?" but, have you found Je sus precious to your soul? This is as it should be, and God. is blessing our united action by a plente ful outpouring of his Holy Spirit, for which we are devoutly thankful. These children's meetings were held tvery afternoon and evening for two weeks, in the different evangelical church es of the city, and at every service were trowded. We cannot say how extensive - this work has been among the children, but will be safe in affirming that hun 'dreds of the little' ones have a hope that they have found Jesus, and many are inquiring what they shall do to be saved. , It is a sight one seldom witnesses, to see in our inquiry meetings, little girls and boys from nine to thirteen years of age, •leading with tears in their eyes, with heir little companions to " Come to Je s jUST:NOW," and bowing before the hrone of God with their little simple, though earnest prayers, for the salvation of the souls of their playmates. Una_ ble to instruct, many of them simply tell how they found Jesus, and how very precious he is to their souls. The children's meetings proper, ceased on last Saturday, and the work is now being carried on for the benefit of adults. The feeling engendered by the children has found its way to the hearts of fath ers, mothers, sisters and brothers, and large numbers of persons are now anx iously inquiring the way of salvation. Last Sabbath evening the First Bap tist church—the largest in the city— was crowded to repletion, and about two-thirds of the congregation remained to the inquiry meeting. God is truly giving all a blessed op portunity to "call upon him while he is near." Oh ! pray for Newark, dear Christian friends, pray for Newark ; that this glorious outpouring may not cease till all are brought to the foot of the Cross, and can sing with the little children, "Jesus is mine, Jesus is mine." E. P. A. Newark, N. J., March 31st, 1864. REV. JUSTUS DOOLITTLE, after four teen years' faithful service as a Mission ary of the American Board in China, principally Fuh Chau, has been con strained, by disease of the throat to cease from preaching, and expected, 'January 4tb, to sail soon for this country. Cor: respondents will address 'him at Oaks' Corners, Ontario County, N. Y. folio of our Citurcitto. HOWARD STRBET CHURCH, SAN FRAN cisoo.---According to the Pacific, a meet ing was held Feb. 17th, to take action respecting a new site for a church edi fice and the proposed occupation of some larger room. The committee in charge were allowed two weeks more so select a site, and the Trustees authorized to procure Union Hall, if desirable. A let ter to the Evangelist says : " Mr. Kettridge has been with us six Sabbaths, and has not only filled our church to overflowing at every service, but has compelled us to engage a larger place. Our church will hold from 500 to 600—we have had. 800 crowded into it and enough go .away to fill, it again. All that hear our minister once are bound - to hear him again; hence we are compelled to move to larger quarters. The Hall we have taken will seat from 1200 to 1500. We take, possession of it on the 6th of March. We hold. a meet ing this week to take measures to pur chase a lot for a new house of worship. As I told. you in New York, if we could have the right person in the pulpit we could build . a house of worship second to none on this coast. This person we think we now have. There is a very interesting state of things in our Church at this time." WEST HOBOKEN CHURCH ; Rev. James C. Egbert pastor, is prospering; its con gregation having doubled within four months. The church edifice has been greatly enlarged and improved. $145 were presented to the pastor. In the church at Marshall, Mich., there has been a revival that has added twen ty-five to the company of believers. MINISTERIAL CHANGES.— The Rev. John Ward, of Lagrange, has been unanimously called to the pastorate of the First Church, Carbondale, vacated by the death of his brother, the late Rev. T. Sydenham Ward.—Rev. E. P. Payson, of Union Theological Seminary, New York, has been ordained, with a view to accepting the chaplaincy of the 146th Regiment New York Volunteers, to which he has been elected. The Evangelist says : " The regiment has a very high reputation in our army, its officers being all liberally educated men, and its rank and file formed`by the con solidation of the famous Duryea's Zouaves and another of our best regi ments. There has been much of reli gious interest in the regiment the past winter, and they have felt that they must at once have the services of a chaplain." Rev. Albert Erdmann, late chaplain of this regiment was installed pastor of the Congregational church.of Clinton, N. Y., March 22nd. COLLEGE HILL, o.—There has been a good- degree of religious interest in the church and congregation on College Hill, - to which the editor of the Christian Her ald, Rev. C. E. Babb, ministers, for three weeks past. More than 50 in the com munity and in the Female College have been enquiring the way to Zion. Many, we trust have found it: The work is still going on. DR. SUNDERLAND CALLED TO THE AMERICAN CHAPEL AT PARIS. Rev. Byron Sunderland, for eleven years pastor of the Four-and-a-half street Presbyterian Church, in Washington, has received an invitation from the American and Foreign Christian Union to fill the present vacancy in the Ameri can Chapel at Paris, with the under standing that the appointment is for four years, unless earlier terminated` by unforseen providential circumstances. The matter was presented at a full meeting of the congregation on Mon day, and a resolution was adopted grant ing him leave of absence 'for the pe riod designated. In the trying times of 1861, when many of his members went off with the secession tide, he stood firm upon the side of the Union, Constitution and the Right, and he dis tinctly stated in his letter accepting the call, with reference to the rumor of the recognition of the Southern Confede racy by France, that he would not stay in Paris a single day after such a re. cognition took place. FIRST CHURCH, KENSINGTON.—Last Sabbath was a blessed day in this church. Sixty-one persons were received into its fellowship—four by letter from other churches, and fifty-seven on profession of their faith : the fruits in part of a. blessed work of grace which has been going on quietly for a month past.— Among the converts are some from all classes of life—the old, the middle aged, and the young: several heads of fami lies, and several young men of great hope and promise. The church was crowded to its utmost capacity ; and as these stood up to enter into covenant with God—twenty of them receiving the ordinance of baptism—it was a scene and an hour long to be remembered ! Every heart seemed to be melted, and many were ready to say " Lord, it is good for us to be here - PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1864. THE FIRST MORAVIAN MISSION, It is an interesting fact, not gene rally known we think,that the first mis sion to the negro race, was the earliest enterprize of the kind by the United Brethren, in 1732; ten years after the re-organization of the church, at Herrn hut. Dober and Nitschmann determined to go to St. Thomas, W. I. They were discouraged, however, and assured that they, if not eaten by cannibals, would have to become slaves. They expressed themselves willing to submit to the hard yoke of slavery, provided they could gain a single soul for the Saviour. After months of delay, on account of rebuff at every point in their progress toward and at the port of embarkation, they reached the strange land, and in augurated the grand missionary work which now girdles the world. Honor enough for a single evangelical branch of the " Church Universal." WHY WE ESTEEM RUSSIA. Our London correspondent is mista ken in the reason he assigns for the regard felt in the United States for Russia. It is not ice Cause " her civil expression of sympathy went to our hearts." Nor was it altogether because of her equally civil silence when other nations shoWed such unseemly haste to recognize the belligerent rights of rebels; but because Russia, like our selves, was engaged in a great- and perilous undertaking, for the relief of the wronged,,,oppressed and degraded millions of het empire. It was impossi ble for us not to feel a thrill of sympathy for a great _nation whose ventures in the Cause of human liberty synchronized with her own. And, on the other hand,. it was only natural that the Czar, en gaged in such a work, should understand and sympathize with us, in our struggle with the slave power of the South. THE MEMBERS of Manayunk Church have just concluded a very prosperous fair, which was conducted on the strict est business principles; 1. e. without any raffling; and so readily did the articles go off that there was no need to have re course to an auction at the close. About one thousand dollars were cleared—a large sum, especially in view of the -prev alent bad weather. The ladies acknow ledge gratefully the assistance of the la dies of Pine Street Church, in prepara tion for the fair. Among the pleasing incidents was the presentation of a sew ing machine to Mrs. Culver, the pastor's wife, by the congregation. Novo ofilithe SENATE, March 29.—A bill was intro duced to establish a Navy Yard and Naval Depot on the Delaware River. Referred. A bill was referred appro priating $920,000 to pay expenses in suppressing Indian hostilities in 1862. The proceedings of the House on the death of the Hon. Owen Lovejoy were communicated to the Senate, and after remarks by Senators Trumbull, Pcpae roy, and Sumner, the resolutions were adopted. HOUSE.—Mr. Rice reported a bill, which was passed, that persons between twenty-six and thirty years of age may be appointed Assistant Paymasters, pro vided that the number is not thereby increased; and that the examinations of students for admission into the Naval Academy shall take place when they are between fourteen and eighteen years of age. Mr. Rice also reported a bill for the classification of Paymaster's Clerk in the Navy, making four classes, at the following salaries: $.1,200, $l,OOO, $BOO, and $7OO per annum. Mr. Pike reported a bill, which was passed, au thorizing, during the present war, the appointment of Acting Lieutenant Com manders, at the same rates of pay as are allowed to such grades in the regular Navy. Mr. Pike also reported the Sen ate bill regulating Courts-Martial, which was passed, after striking out the first section, which provides that volunteer appointments in the Navy shall be sub ject to the action of the Senate the same as regular appointments. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the bill amendatory of .the National Banking law. SENATE ' March 30.—Mr. Fessenden reported back the House bill making appropriations for the legislative, exec utive, and judicial expenses of the Gov ernment for the current year, with amendments. Mr. Wilson reported back from the Military Committee the bill for paying to Minnesota the costs, charges and expenses of the Indian War of 1862; referred. Mr. Harlan reported a bill to aid a railroad in lowa, from McGregor along the forty-third parallel to a point on the Missouri River, with a branch up Cedar Valley, toward Man kota, giving five alternate sections per mile. Mr. Wade called up the House bill to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Montana. Mr. Wil kinson offered an amendment to the sixth section, striking out the words "free white inhabitants," and inserting "'the male citizens of the United States, or those who shall - have declared their intention to become such." The morn ing hour expired, and the Senate pro ceeded to the consideration of the un- CONGRESS. finished business of yesterday, the joint resolution amendatory to the Constitu tion. Mr. Davis of Kentucky made a long speech against the measure. HOUSE.—The House went into Com mittee 6f the Whole on the National Bank bill. Mr. Brooks offered an amendment to confine the engraving and printing of the notes to the Con troller of the Currency, without the di rection of the Secretary of the Treasury. The amendment was rejected. Mr. Pike offered an amendment, in effect to make banks simply banks of deposit, and to issue only notes of the Government. The prdposition wds rejected. Mr. Brooks offered an amendment to de prive the Secretary of the Treasury of the power of prescribing the devices and forms of the notes. Rejected. An amendment was adopted striking out the rate of seven per cent interest, and amending the thirtieth section so that every association may charge on any loan or discount, &c., at a rate estab lished by law in the State where such institution shall be located. The sec tion was further amended so that the rate of interest shall not exceed six per cent, and that if more than this be paid, double the amount may be recovered by suit.- Mr. Stevens, who had opposed these amendments, moved that the Committee rise, in order to give the Committee of ays and Means an op portunity to consult and determine whether they wanted the bill to pass. The motion was agreed to. The House went again into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union on the President's Message, and Mr. Ashley advocated the bill for the reconstruc tion of States subjugated or overthrown by the rebellion. SENATE, March 81.—After calling for considerable information from various departmedS, the House bill to provide a temporary Government for the Terri; tory of Montana was taken up, the 'pending question being to strike out the word "white" in the fifth section, de fining the qualifications of voters and eligibilityoffice to within the Territory. Th amendm.ent was adopted-22 to 17. After a brief debate, the bill was passed —29 to 8. lMr. Saulsbury then address ed the Senate on the joint resolution to amend the Constitution to prohibit Sla very. Mr. Davis moved the following amendment as a substitute : " That no negro, or person whose mother or grandmother is or was a negro, shall be a citizen of the United States, or be eli gible to any civil or military office, or any place of trust, or profit, under the United States." On this he called for Yeas and Nays. No quorum voted. 110IISE.—Mr. Shannon reported the Senate bill, which was passed, for the better organization of the Department of Indian Affairs in California. The House then resumed the consideration of the bill, declaring the Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroads, and boats, to be Post and Military roads. Mr. Gar field advocated the measure, when the subject Witl3,passeOver, and the House went into Caamittee on the National Bank bill. Mr. Stevens offered a sub stitute for the thirtieth section, with a view to restore the seven per centum interest on loans accounts, &c., the Committee having yesterday reduced it to six, providing it shall not be greater than the rate established by law in States where such institutions shall be located. Agreed to. The substitute, in effect, restores the original thirtieth sec tion, which provides that every associa tion may receive, charge or retain on any loan or discount made, or upon any note, bill or exchange, or other evidence of' debt, interest at the rate of seven per centum per annum. The knowing ly taking, receiving or charging a areater rate of interest is to be held and adjudged as a forfeiture of the en tire interest. Those paying it may re cover back in an action of debt twice the amount of interest thus paid. The section designating the places of re demption was amended so as to include St. Louis, Louisville, Chicago, New Or leans, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Philadel phia, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Detroit, Pittsburg, Albany, Cleveland, Milwauie, ..portland and Buffalo. Mr. Wilson molftd to make New York the only place of redemption. Rejected -27 to 63..• Mr. Eldridge moved an amendment, proposing that the notes be redeemed in gold. No further action was taken on the bill. • SENATE, April I. Mr. Nesmith called up the bill to establish Assay Offices at Carson City, Nevada and Dalles City, Oregon, and moved an amendment, es tablishing a Branch Mint at Portland, Oregon, instead of an Assay Office at Dallas City. Mr. Powell endeavored to obtain the floor to get up his resolution calling on the Secretary of War for ,information in regard to the churches and property of Christian denomina tions taken possession of by his own or ders, or the orders of Generals of the Army. Several Senators desired to get up other bills. Mr. Hale called attention to the letter of the Secretary of the Navy, presented this morning, and urged that Several important Naval bills awaited action. HousE.—Mr. Wilson asked leave •to introduce a bill regulating commerce among the several States. It declares that each and every railroad company is authorized to. transport freight and pas sengers from one State to another, any thing in the laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. .Objection was raised. Mr. Blanc introdued a bill to provide for refunding to loyal. States certain sums of money expendedby them in raising, organizing, and equipping troops for - the Union Army. It pro vides for a Board of three Commission ers to hold sessions in Washington, and report to Congress the ascertained sums due the States, towns, cities, and coun ties. Mr. Ward reported a joint reso lution to give notice of terminating the Reciprocity Treaty with Canada. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the National Bank bill. HOUSE, April 2.—Mr. Pendletcsicalled up his motion to reconsider the vote by Which the Rouse Aisagree to the Sen- ate's amendment to the Montano Terri tory bill, and asking a Committee of Conference. He said that the Senate's amendment striking out the word " white" was to give negroes the right to vote in the Territory. He, therefore, wanted the House to adhere to its disa greement. Mr. Beaman moved to lay Mr. Pendleton's motion to reconsider on the, table. Agreed to by Yeas 63 ; Nays 49, The House then resumed the consideration of the Raritan and Dela ware Bay Railroad bill. Mr. Sweat spoke against the bill, believing it had no 'warrant in the Constitution of the United States or laws of the country. The subject went over with the expira tion of the morning hour. The Blouse then went into Committee of' the Whole and resumed the consideration of the National Bank bill, and acted upon several amendments. SENATE, April 4.—A communication was received from the Secretary of War denying that any order had been given by Gen. Dix to the Provhst Marshal of Baltimore, prior to the November elec tion in 1861. Mr. Sumner reported a bill appropriating $5,000,000 for the ad justment and satisfaction of claims for spoliations committed by the French prior to July 31 st, 1801. The bill to provide for the voluntary enlistment of any persons, residents of certain States, into the regiments of other States, was taken up and discussed until the expi ration of the morning hour. The joint resolution to amend the Constitution, so as to abolish slavery was then con sidered. HousE.—A resolution requesting the Secretary of War to furnish a statement of the number of men called into' the military service since March, 1861, and the quotas of each State under each call, was adopted. A resolution asking for the number of colored regiments enlist ed was passed, as was also a; resolution asking the President, Secretary of State and Secretary of War, to furnish the number of persons arrested for political offences, &c. The Committee on For eign Affairs reported a resolution de claring that it does not accord with the people of the United States to acknow ledge a monarchcial government in Mex ico. After some discussion the resolu tion was unanimously adopted. A suspension of the rules, to consider a resolution rescinding a resolution to grant the use of the hall to George Thompson, of England, on the 6th inst., was refused. The National Bank bill was then taken up in Committee of the Whole. An amendment fixing seven. per cent. as the rate of interest in States where no rate is established, was adopted. THE WAR. Louisiana.—The following dispatch comes by way of St. Louis, dated the 30th ult. " Alexandria,La.,was occupied by our troops on the 16th ult. The enemy under Gen. Taylor crossed the river and retreated to Shreveport by land. Several Rebel gunboats which were there had gone up the river. The advance of Gen Bank's cavalry, under Lee, arrived at Alexandria on the 19th. The remainder of the army was within two day's march. When it arrives, the combined force will proceed westward by land. Sup plies are going by river. The -Rebels north and south of Red River are concentrating at Shreveport, except Gen. Harrison's cavary at Columbia. The gunboats made a prize of all the cotton captured, amounting to 5,000 bales. Fort De Russey was accidentally blown up on the 17th, killing four and wounding six men." By the steamer Cahawba, we have New Or leans dates to the 24th ult. Franklin, La., has been evacuated by our forces, and the Govern ment stores there removed to Brashear City. Some rebel guerrillas at Provost Landrus, on the Teche, recently fired into one of our gun boats, but fled after a well-directed discharge of grape. A party was landed, who burned the buildings in the place. Gen. Franklin's column has passed through Opelousas. Gen. Banks has issued an order establishing a bureau, for the instruction of freedmen. PM Era says of the fight at Natchitoches : On the 21st inst. a force under command of Gen. Mower made a reconnoissance as far up Red River as Natchi toches, where they met the enemy in consider able numbers. The Union troops flanked the Rebels and captured four guns with their ces sions and' 200 prisoners. Natchitoches is on Red River, about 00 or 70 miles in an air line above Alexandria, and is apiece of considerable imporance in that section of the State. Refu gees recently from Natchitoches state that a very-large quantity of cotton still remains on the plantations near that place, and there can be little doubt but that this will now fall into the hands of our troops. Another account says: An engagement took place on the 21st inst, about twenty-one miles beyond Alexan dria, on the Bayou Rapides. It resulted in the capturei of 210 prisoners from the enemy, four pieces of artillery, with cessions, and a large number of horses and mules. The only casu alty reported on our side is that Col. Horace .B. Sargeant'was wounded in the leg severely, but not dangerously. The forces engaged were a portion of the infantry of Gen. Smith's command and a part of the cavalry of Gen. Lee. The Fort De Russy prisoners have ar rived at New Orleans. There are 25 officers among them. Arkansas.—A dispatch from Fort Smith says that " about 10,000 efiective troops have gone South from this district. The whole number in the department, under Gen. Steele, now moving southward, is from 30,- 000 to 35,000—sufficient to overpower any Rebel force opposed to them." Virginia.—General Patrick, Provost-Mar shal-General to the Army of the 'Potomac, sent to Washington on the 29th ult., a noto rious Rebel citizen and bushwhacker, charged with the murder of the son of Senator Brown of Virginia. The proof is said to be positive, as the deed was witnessed by seve ral of our officers. Rebeldom.—The Richmond Enquirer pub lishes an appeal to the benevolent in behalf of soldiers' families and other poor of the city, and says : " The poor have not been able to procure supplies at the shops estab lished by the city councils, even at the re duced prices charged, by the committee." The appeal states that pressing necessity exists for immediate aid to prevent absolute suffering. Rebel papers of the 25th ult., say that "official information has been re ceived at the War Department concerning the landing of a large force of the enemy in Washington, N. C. The force is said to be under command of Gen. Burnside." Gen. Pillow has been placed in command of the Rebel cavalry in the northern district of Alabama. South Carolina.—We have Port Royal dates to the 26th ult. There had been no new movements of importance. A large hospital at Beaufort was burned on the 22d. No one was hurt. On the 19th the Rebels made a - weak effort at Port Royal Ferry to do us some damage—but they failed utterly. Next day they tried several points on Jen kin's Island, and also failed. The War in Illinois.—We have some par ticulars of the trouble at Charleston, 111. Col. Oakes, Assistant Provost-Marshal-Gene ral, started for Charleston on Tuesday night and telegraphed on Wednesday, 20th ult., for the 41st Regiment, which left Springfield in the afternoon, Gen. Hein tzlemau was also requested to send 5,000 troops from Indian. apolis. Col. Oakes arrived on Thursday. The 41st Illinois Regiment had been ordered from Camp Yates, and 500 men were ordered from Indianapolis. Sheriff O'Hara has been joined at his rendezvous by the Sheriff of Edgar County, with a band of desperadoes. A. spy sent out by the insurgents was cap tured on Thursday afternoon. He confesses that there are large bands at two places mentioned, but refuses to give further infor mation. The telegraph wires east and south have been cut. Scouts report a force of Rebels, 1,500 strong, three miles east of Matton. A Mattoon dispatch of the 30th says: "On the receipt of the news of the riot, 250 man of the 54th Illinois Regiment, rendezvousing here, went to Charleston. The rioters having left before our troops ar rived, pursuit was made, and about 30 pri soners were taken and brought to this place. The Copperheads in this and the adjoining Counties immediately commenced muster ing their forces with the avowed purpose of rescuing the prisoners. Reports from a dif ferent source says that the Rebels are from 1,000 to 1,500 strong. The insurgents are said to be threatening both Charleston and Mattoon. A. reconnoissance last night found them fortiged 12 miles from Charleston." A dispatch from Cairo of the 31st ult., says: " Col. True, in command of the post here, has authentic information that they are in force at Copairn's Mills, ten miles south, and at a place eight miles west of' Mattoon." Texas.—By way of New Orleans we have later news from Texas. Indianola was evacu ated on the morning of the 13th of March. With the troops, several Union families, prin cipally Germans, left, taking with them in some instances the lumber of their tenements, as they had taken the oath of allegiance, with the expectation that tne army would remain. Gens.McClernand and Dana did all they could to relieve them, as did also °apts. Gorsuch and McComas. The troops under Gen. Fitz Henry Warren took the land route, crossing the bay ous by pontoon ferries. In doingu.so twenty two men and two officers of the 69th Indiana, Lieut. Col. Perry, commanding, two men of the 7th Michigan Battery, and eight of the 2d Engineer (Corps d'Afrique,) in all thirty-four men and two horses, were drowned by the swamping of the boats. Gen. McClernand has gone down the coast to make a visit to Arkan sas Pass and Brownsville. Tennessee.—A Knoxville dispatch of the 31st ult., says : The Rebiils, after destroying the trestle at Bull's Gap, fell back beyond Greenville. They took up the wagon an.d.rail road bridge across Sick Creek, and carried off a portion of the rails and telegraph wires. Parson Brownlow telegraphs from Knoxville that General Sherman left this morning for Chattanooga, after returning to the front.-- All is quiet at Mossy Creek. Knoxville is so well fortified that we could hold it against Lee's army. Longstreet's forces are at Watuga, more than 105 miles east of here. —A force of cavalry remains at Bull's Gap to protect the retreat. A fight of several hours duration occurred at Somerville, Tenn., on the 30th ult., between the 6th Tennessde cavalry,:and 1500 rebel cav alry. Our forces being overpowered fell back, leaving fifty or sixty killed and wounded in the herds of the rebels. GEIfERAL NEWS The Wisconsin Union Convention for choosing delegates to the Baltimore Conven tion met at Madison, on the 30th ult. Gov. Solomon was made President. Among the delegates chosen are ex-Gov. Solo Men ex- Gov. Randall, and the Hon. J. F. Potter. Resolutions were adopted eulogizing Presi dent Lincoln and favoring his renomination. The Convention was perfectly harmonious throughout. The delegates were unanimous for Lincoln. A call has been issued for a convention, to meet in St. Louis on the 27th of April, to nominate an Electoral Ticket and select Delegates to the Baltimore Convention. It is signed by Frank P. Blair and over eighty others. FOREIGN NEWS. We have European news to the 25th GaEAT BItITAIN.—A motion in the 'louse of Commons, that the statement of the French Procureur-General, at the trial of the Italian conspirators, impli cating Mr. Stansfield, a member of the Cabinet, in the plot to assassinate, the Emperor, deserved the serious consider ation of the Rouse, was rejected by Yeas 161, Nays, 171. In Ireland, nine men have been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for practising military exercises. The Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Ash burton are dead. Garibaldi was about to visit England. Four new paddle steamers, built of steel and of great speed, were ready to leave Liverpool and run the blockade. FRAN,CE.—Maximilian was to receive officially the Mexican deputies on Eas ter Sunday. He intended seeking an interview with the Queen of Spain pre -71.011E1 to his departure for Mexico. Sli del was refused an audience with him. while in .Paris. THE WAR IN DENMARK.-A naval engagement between five Danish steam ers and two Prussian men-of-war and several gunboats took place off Rugers' Island. The Prussians had to withdraw their ships and safely reached port. The bombardment of Duppel continued. A sortie of the Danes against Ro.ckeball was repulsed. The Prussians had. taken Osteer, near West Duppel, and 300 pri soners. The Prussians have captured the island of Fehmern, with the entire Danish garrison. The three Prussian men-of-war which which were at an chor in the harbor of Brest have been. placed under the command of the Au strian -Admiral. The Danes have abandoned the block ade of the port of Griefswalde. The bombardment of the Danish intrench ments at Duppel continued. The Da nish Government has decreed the re lease of the Hanoverian ships under em bargo in Danish ports. Fresh disturb ances have taken place in Stockholm, the object of which was to force the Government to conclude an offensive al liance, with Denmark. ITALY.---The Pope is seriously in k Serious conflicts have taken place in Rome betvien the Papal and the French soldiers. The populace doled with the former. • 109
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