Oditaiid titan. GEMAL ASSEMBLY. It is very desirable that Commission : to the General Assembly, to meet Dayton, Ohio, should forward their ram and Post-office address, immedi ;ly on their appointment, to Rev. S. . Epees, D. D., of Dayton. Delay in this matter adds greatly to e difficulties of the Committee of Ar ngements. • Those who are appointed and cannot do so, should communicate with their al ternates and keep the Committee at Dayton advised of the facts. THE SPRING CAMPAIGN. The national cause has met with some isastors in the opening of the new and • omentous campaign , of 1.8641 - . Fort ''Pillow ''Pillow has been captured, and its brave garrison butchered and outraged ; Gen. Banks has met with a serious check on the Bed river ; and, within a few days, we hear of the capture of our garrison of two thousand men, and the sinking of a gunboat or two at Plymouth, N. C. This looks inauspicious ; and it certainly is not inspiring to our men moving to the front : yet if it is a disadvantage to us, in neither case is the rebellion awhit stronger , for the temporary success. In each ease, the losses to the rebel army, were enormous. Including the futile as sault on Paducah, the diminution of the effective -force of the rebel army, which can now so ill endure depletion, must be at least twice as:great as that of our own army; while thesingle, and doubt less temporary, advantage they gain is . the possession of an unimportant town on' the inland waters of North Carolina, with some degree of prestige abroad. On the other hand, the massacre at Fort Pillow will blacken the lustre of those costly achievements, in the eyes of the civilized World, and rob the rebels of any advantage they might hope to gain by them in •iliplomacy. Meanwhile, the grand movement goes on uninterruptedly preparatory to a decisive engagement in Virginia. Enormous masses of inen , are gathered on the Rapidan, sufficient, it is believed, to cope with. Lee's reinforced army ; while formidable expeditions are already on their way to harrass the en emy-, and, if God will, to inflict such side blow's as, of themselves, will suffice to overwhelm the very centre of his power and of his crime. Let us pray and hope. The decisive hour may be passing as these linos come under the reader's REV. E. E. ADAMS, We rejoice to be permitted to record the continued improvement in the health of this esteemed and beloved brother. In appearance and. in fact, he is rapidly recovering, and is able to preach quite frequently. It is however regarded by his medical advisers as necessary for him to refrain from active• service until next Fall. He will accordingly leave in a few days, to spend the intervening period at his native home among the hills of New Hampshire. The church e , litice at the corner of Broad and Green Sts.,will be completed in a few weeks, but we should judge would not be opened, under the circumstances, until the Fall, when, should Providence so order, the pastor will be prepared to take full charge, and the services con tinue without interruption. A fine organ has been built for the church by Sta nbridge. . • . Sabbath services are held in. the hall at the - corner of Broad and Spring Garden streets. The Sabbath School and weekly services are held in the basement of the new church, entrance on Green Street. DE. KENDALL IN PHILADELPHIA, The excellent and efficient Secretary of Home Missions, Rev. Henry Kendall :D. D., visited our city recently and preached last Sabbath morning and night, in North Broad Street Church. In the morning he presented the claims of our Home Missionary work in a ser . mon of unusual interest and power. After laying down the general principles of the work, he spread before the con regation the great ' and promising field 4 , now presented to our church, on which .-- the Committee has already entered. He , ilt spoke of the great opening for our work in the restored states of the South; in ' Missouri, in Tennessee, Bast and West, "and in West Virginia, we have eight t• i missionaries. One of the liberal men of 1 - ' our church in this city, contributed r . largely to scour° the pr - Operty of the church in West Virginia, which had been abandoned by its secession occupants. Bat the great work in California, and in the now gold and silver regions of the E Rocky Mountain slopes, was the special object of remark. A member of North Broad Street Church, about completing his theological course, Mr. George 0 Smith, has just been commissioned for ' 11110 Territory, and the congegatioa were invited to assume the expentie •of his support, twelve hundred dollais f for the first year. The appeal for the sup port of the first missionary from our branch of the church, or from any Pres byterian (and it is believed, evangelical) body, in that great and rapidly advanc ing region, was most ably and convinc ingly made, and the privilege thus providentially brought within the reach of the North Broad Street people could not fail to be understood and appreciated by them. The appeal was warmly seconded by the pastor, and we have no , doubt that upon the completion of the new edifice now upon the hands of the congregation, they will be ready to as sume the entire burden of this mission ary's support. A LIBRARY FOR MANAYUNK SAB- BATH SCHOOL. The Manayunk Presbyterian Church has been giving some decided tokens of activity of. late. At the recent Fair to raise funds for contemplated repairs to the church, which was conducted on strict business principles, no less than twelve hundred dollars—not $lOOO as previously stated—were .cleared. The great Bible Class, with one to two hun dred members, in charge of the pastor, Rev. A. Culver, with a large library of well selected`books, is still in operation. And of all the churches which, in this vicinity, have responded to the enlarge ment of the AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN by a generous enlargement of the sub scription list, Manayunk takes the lead, having added, at full- rates, thirty new nanfeg, to a fair list before. Hence the pastor was informed that a library of one hundred volumes of first class Sabbath School Books were at his dis posal, as a premium. The announce ment was gladlyreceived and the books were carried away from our Sanctum last week. We have no doubt the books and the copies of the AMERICAN PRES BYTERIAN will greatly help to encourage and sustain the spirit -of Christian en terprise and intelligence which the church is exhibiting. BISHOP WHIPPLE ON THE SIOUX IN DIANS, On Thursday evening, the . 14th, the Bishop of Minnesota addressed a crowd ed audience in the Hill of the University of this city, on the sufferings and wrongs of the N. W. Indians. Three young men of the Sioux tribe were on the platform. The speech was eloquent and stirring, stating with clearest proof, what the U. S. officers in..the service among the Rho-. rtines had said, that-in - every case of Indian difficulty, the cause had been an outrage upon their rights; as in the late terrible massacre. The address made it apparent - to' the most prejudiced, that God is avenging the wrongs of the Indian as well as the negro, in the tragedy of the nation, which is not yet closed! DR. LIVINGSTONE SAFE. The intelligence by the last foreign mail, of the safety of this distinguished African explorer, will bring relief to the hearts of all the friends bf science and Christian civilization. The British war sloop Rapid has brought a letter from Bishop Tozer, dated at Murchisoii Falls, (at the Luabo month of the Zambesi. river), on the 21st of December, which states that Dr. Livingstone had come back from his expedition up the coun- . try, and arrived at the foot of the Murchison Falls in November. There seenislo be no doubt left upon the question of his Continued success; and we may look for_ yet greater service ... from him for the chtireh and the world. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. MR. EDITOR :--You are doubtless: aware that nearly every contribution to' our treasury is limited in its application, to " Sunday; SchoOl purposes." We want money for the soldiers. Appeals come to us almost every day for reading for camps, hospitals, .4.e. Will not -some of your readers :supply us with the means whereby these urgent calls may be generously responded to.? By 'order of Committee)On Missions American S. S. Union. M. A. WURTS, Secretary of lelissions. *LET us not value the applause ; or_be troubled at the revilings of ungodly inen as the vilest of the human race have been almost deified by encomiums, and the ex cellent of the earth have been treated as pestilences, as movers of sedition and de serving of universal execration ; and this by professors of - religion, by priests, elders and persons of chief authority in the visible church !—Dr.Scott on Acts 25 : 5. THE best way to make a homer of com fort increase to an ephah (which is ten times as much), is to, be heartily grateful for what one hath already, that his store may be multiplied.— Thomas Fuller. * These extracts are printed on page 135 of this paper ; but in consequence of several, im portant paistakes, they have been corrected and reprinted heie. E:(11 2 KL&, THURSDAY, APRA 28, 1884. EISTORIO_AL 430- , orsTY. The Annual Address before this Soci ety will be delivered on Tuesday, May 3d, at 8 o'clock, P. M., in the Reformed 'Presbyterian Church (Dr. Wylie's,) Broad above Pine, by Rev. Joseph T. Cooper, D. D. Subject The Controversy respecting Rites and Ceremonies. We hope our readers in the city will make it convenient to attend. RELIGIOUS WORLD ABROAD. GREAT BRITAIN Movement in Support of .Evangelical Doctrine in the Established Church.—The " Declaration" of Orthodox principles, drawn up at Oxford, has been signed by about one-half of the clergy of the Established Church. A very remark able discussion has arisen upon the legality and loyalty of the movement, and the question is mooted whether it is'not constructively treasonable, since the recent Judgraent of the Privy Coun cil, to join in a declaration that the Church of England is an orthodox, evangelical church. Learned counsel have been consulted, and according to the late number of the Christian Work, they have actually decided, in effect, that the signers of the " Declaration" are on the high road to rebellion against the Government of the Queen! The "Declaration" says, in regard to the Inspiration of the Scriptures :—" We . . . . declare our firm belief that the Church of England and Ireland, in com mon with the whole Catholic Church, maintains without: reserve or qualifica , tion the inspiration and Divine author ity of the whole Canonical, Scriptures, 'as not only containing but being the Word of God." .The "Judgment" de clares on this subject,: " The proposi sition or assertion that every part of the Scriptures was written under the inspi ration of the Holy Spirit is not to be found either in the Articles or in any' of the formularies of the church." Again as 'wicked, theeternal punishment of the wicked, the "Declaratien" says :—" We . . . . declare our firm' belief that the church . • . . teaches, in the.. words of our blessed Lord, that the fpiiiiishment' of the ' cursed,' equally' with' the f life' of the righteous,' is everlasting.'" The " Judgment" contains the following :-- " We. do not find in the formularies to: which this article ;refers any .such dis tinct declaration ofour church .upon the , subject .as to require us to condemn' as penal, the expression of hope by a cler- gyman, that even :the ultimate pardon of the wicked, who are Condemned in , the Day of Judgment, may be consistent with the will of Almighty . God." In these and several other respects. these counsel regard the "Declaration" as an attempt to oppose the royal supremacy. However the Weekly Review of April 9th, says, it: has been declared on high legal authority, lawful to dissent . from the infidel judgment of the Privy iCoun ell, and yet remain in the Church. The Review says further "A Movement is beginning to make itself AAA for . the reviyalpf qyiaodigal government in the 'Clidich, and' this ap pears to us to be the only method of effectually dealing with the case. The Church and State Review has published an outline of .the proposals to be laid before Convocation in reference to 'Sy nodical government. They are based upon two principles, first 'that it is. a primary duty of a Church to provide— so far as it may—that its Bishops, clergy, and people be of seund religion second, that the legal conditions on • which a benefice is 'held in the Church are dis tinguishable from those which determine whether a clergyman is or is not sound in the faith. 'lna Church established by law, the power of depriving of bene fice or of .awarding any lesser penalty rests exclusively with the courts of law —the power of declaring what con trary to the faith of the Chnrch, exclu sively with the Synod.' " This goes to the root of the evil. The Church of England, if she makes these demands,' will ask her - freedom from the State. • That the demands are to make, is demonstrative e,vidence that the Church has now no freedom. And even if the functions thus described .were granted, she would only have the powerpf saying what minister . .did not hold her faith, not of saying who did not belong toher communion. Perhapis, it is intended that, a declaration by the Synod of the Church touching a clergy man's heterodoxy, should, isvo facto, cause him to Cease being • a minister of the Church, and Should proclaim him a • mere official of the State. What the Review.is . moat, .anxious to knew is this : "Willthe. Orthodox party hold to their programme at all risks ? They say that it is a primary, duty of a ,Church to provide—so far as. it may— that its ,Bisho,ps,, clergy, and people' he 'of a.sonnd religion! What is the mean= ing of those' Words, may?' Do they mean that, .at whatever - sacri fice of wealth or position, the Church is 'bound to perform this •' primary duty ?' If so, we can understand, sympathize With, support the speakers. Are they resolved to accept the alternative of ! secession rather than let Socinianism be come the established religion of England? Are they prepared to join with Evangel ical' Nonconformists in the cry, Better no ''Established Church than an estab lished Church of Essayists and Review ers?' If so, they will be' irresistible. 'Before ten thousand clergymen, in this heroic 'mood, backed by the Cristian laity of the Church; and supported by all those Dissenters : to whom the-main tenance of Bible religion in England is of more.importence than a victory over Churchmen, all opposition would give -way. We pause, therefore, to know whether the .Evaiagelicals of the Church of England regard their service as due 4 primarily' . to '01111,1•ST or to the Privy Council.' ITEMS.—The new effort put forth, since the meeting of Parliament,. in behalf of the. Bishop of London's fund, is meeting with muolk success. The Queen has contributed £3OOO, and the Prince of Wales .4000, and many of the nobility are subscribing handsomely. The Debt Extinction and Church Erection Fund of the English Presbyterian Church must be about completed. The sum contemplated is £25,000. The Christian) Work for April let, reported £20,000,' and the Weekly Review, April 9th, rep to a meeting in behalf of the fund, he l in Manchester, April sth, at which 257 were subseribed._We have nothing new on the Union move ment since the publication of the State ment of the Joint Committees a few weeks agto. We judge from the-tone ofl i i speeches nd editorials since that dec laration, at the Union is still expected to take p ace, about as confidently as it was bef re the candid declaration of differencfr prepared by the committee appeared. The Free Church Presbyte ry of Bombay, March 11th, passed strong re blutions in favor of Union. FRANCE. Dismi *al of M. Coquerd, Jr..—. Stirring news eo es from France. The unnatu ral unio between rationalist t4d. evan gelical eliiments in the Reformed Church, so long qsource of great evil and distur bance,j II s been wisely broken up, in a notable nstance, by the orthodox ma jority i the council of the Reformed Church ,t Paris. The si Paschou. chose, in suffrage ratified his exer to three, subject of the• and mo year, a examin planati thought council, three, d 4 iple facts are these : M. Martin .4 pastor of the Paris Church, fB5O, M. Coquerel, junior, for his ; this choice was hesitatingly y the consistory, who limited ise - of the pastoral function, first years, and then to two, always o iv-election. The tendencies ffragan 'having becoine more positively rationalistic,--this er much deliberation, careful ion, and receiving all the ex ti that M. A. Coquerel, junior, t right to give, the presbytereal by a vote of twelve against. _.clined to re-elect him. Corm junior, had been one of the incid"attive proniotors of the Lit , ,exv al tinf . '"'(formed - principally to weigh upOn t s ationalistie scale in Church eleetio ),.and the admission of the ob noxious -Itersion of Geneva into the. Protes, meßible Society. He had ad mitted . Peewit and X. Colani, profes sors of ‘streme rationalistic views, into his pul it ; he had stated his doubts on the ins iration of Seriptdre, the Trinity, the mi culous birth and divinity of the Lord, nd 'he hadpraised, with but very slight ritieism, the deplorable "Life of ,Tesus,' by M. Renan, who is one of his intima e frieuds,—all this publicly in the Lien, t e rationalistic organ, of which he is edit r. Thi:- , ..: F.l) . •••• .e. , • • • . If re- lected an additional impulse would e given...to the rush of infidelity, and, i the Cl!iurch Were swamped, it would 'be through the unfaithfulness and timidity of the venerable men in whose hands its government is vested. They conlequently, with full determination, did lot renew his appointment. An extraordinary excitement at once ams!e in Pavis, where Coquerel is a great favoHte. The rationalists took up the . e byre rand -the • leading w ilt' lal - ,, 4 rnalw chimed in, all becoming e bedroilyf intolerant and violent in de nso,of what - 0,4 'regarded as:Prot -0:1i est ntiain ; and in denunciation of an act ivtiO,h they compared to the burning of .1 - hu 'Huss; the. - Inquisition, and the drag onades. Important results are likel3 to follow this decision. It is a mostcheering indication& vitality amid abounding- indifference and unbelief Pas - tin •Coquerel preaches his farewell sermin, February 28th; so says the ChM* Work. The news has been unus ally long in crossing the channel, if th date is correct. two of flu %Vita. CONGRESS. SENATE; April 19.—A message was receiv ed front the Hodge, announcing,their adhe rence to the disagreement of Abe bill estab lishing a'Verritorial Government for Mon tana, Lind asking for a Committee of Conference. Mr. Fessenden objected to debate the -morning hour having expired:. ThttOS;mate then proceeded to the consid eration of the Legislative, Executive, and' Judieitt Appropriation bill. An amend ment was adopted • providing for the publi= - cation of the laws in localities contiguous to the relelliou,s States, that their dissemina tion among them may be the better secured: After a few unimportant -amendments, the bill was passed. Mr. Sumner called up the bill to repeal all acts for the rendition. of persona to service or labor. The bill passed to a third reading without debate. The Yeas and Nays were called for on its pas sage. kr- Sumner •said he did not intend to say a word about the bill; in was as plain as the multiplication table, a diary, or the Ten Coinniandrnents. Mr. Hendricks did not think that there should be such an amendment to the: Constitution as this. Mr. Shuman, always thought the law of, 1850 was unconstitutional, and: had no ob jection to its repeal now. Mr. Sumner wasitedAo make a. clean sweep while we were at it,- and_wipe out - the barbarous code from our Statutes. . , • Housz.—The House concurred in the Sen ate amendment to the House-resolution so as to read 'that the Committee on the Con duct of the War, inquire into the truth of the rumors attending the recent attack on Fort Pillow,- and whether that Fort could not have• been sufficiently re-enforced, and report the facts as soon as possible. The House`then wentinto Commitee on the In ternal. ax bill. Mr: Morrill explained the provishma of the measure. At the evening sessionthe 'Raritan and Delaware Bay Rail road bill was taken up, when Mr. Wilsoh offered suhstitute therefore, namely, that for the better regulation of Commerce among the several States, every railroad company in the United States, whose road is ogerated by steam, be and is hereby au thorized to transport freight and passengers from one State to another, anything in the law of any State to the contrary notwith standing, The consideration of the bill was postponed for two weeks. The House passed the bill authorizing the construction of a railroad bridge over the falls Of the Ohio, near Louisville. Mr. Rice reported a bill setting apart the old House of Repre sentatives as a National Statuary Hall, the several Statei being invited - to send thither eptatue‘in. marble or bronze, not exceeding two in number, for each of their most illus trious civic or military men. &NATE, April 20.—A joint resolution re questing the State Legislatures to cause a een sus of the industrial interests - to be taken in June, 1865, and to send copies of the origi nal returns to the Secretary of the Interior, was introduced. The bill to prohibit the trial of civilians by court martial was report ed adversely. The bill making an addi tional grant of lands to the State of*Kansas, to aid in the construction of railroad lines, was passed. The Committee on Naval Af fairs reported a bill for the classification of paymasters' clerks. The subject of appoint ing a Committee of Conference on the Mon tana bill was discussed until the expiration of the morning hour. The bill to repeal the fugitive slave law was then taken up and was debated up to the adjournment. House.—The House had under considera tion, in Committee of the Whole, the Inter nal Revenue bill. ' Forty-two sections were acted upon and several amendments, prin cipally of a verbal .e . kwacter, were made. A recess was then taken until evening, when the Committee on Uniform Weights and Coinage reported the senate bill for the coin age of new cent and two cent pieces, which was passed. The remainder of the session was occupied in the consideration of the bill providing for a republican government for the insurrectionary States. SENATE, April 21.—Mr. Morrell reported favorably on the bill to regulate the foreign coasting trade on the north-western frontier. Mr. Collamer reported back the House bill for the relief of postmasters who have been robbed by the Confederate forces or guerril las, and it was passed. Mr. Collamer report ed favorably on the House bill to establish a money order system, and the bill to secure a speedy transmission of the mails. He also introduced a bill pertaining to franked matter, which was referred to the Commit tee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. The Senate joint resolution to provide .for. - the printing of official reports of the operations of the armies of the United - States was. pass ed. The Senate then proceeded to the con sideration of the bill to repeal the Ftigitive Slave Law. The bill was postponed to Wed nesday. The House bill to provide for a na tional currency was reported, with some amendment& The Army appropriation bill was taken up, but nothing done with it. Housz.—A report was made the deaign of which is to secure the continuation of the publication of The Pristreseional,o2eie by ad ditional compensation. Recomniitted with 'instructions. The :House went into Com mittee for the consideration of the Internal Tax bill. At 1 o'clock the Committee had acted on all the general provisions, c.ornpris ing 47 sections. Mr. Washburne offered 'an amendment providing that the stocks -of Liquors On haiad be taxed 50 cents a gillon. Along debate followed, when the amend ment was rejected-52 to 79. An ainend ment was adopted including naptha in the section which provides .that all distilled spirits and all refined coal oil upon which an 'excise duty is imposed, may be exported without payment of duty when the same is intended for exportation. An amendment was added providing that beer,' ale, porter, and all other similar fermented liquors in bottles, shall pay no loiver rate of duty than the proportion of $1 a barren. The Com mittee have thus far acted upon 75 of; - the 173 sections. The House at 41, o'clock took a recess. At the evening session the Lakes and Mississippi Ship Canal bill was' discussed, and, on motion of Mr. Dawes, postponed until the next session of Con gress. The bill reported on Saturday to en courage immigration was adopted, A bill for a uniform system of bankruptcy was re ported and ordered to be printed. The House, in Conetaittee; took up the bill to refund Pennsylvania's expenses in calling out militia to, repel invasion. _ SENATE, April 22.—The House bill to es tablish a bureau of military justice was amended so as to give the Judge-Advocate- General the rank of. Brigadier-General with a salary of $4,000 and no other allowances. The bill was then passed. The Amity Ap priation bill for the year ending June 30, 1865, then came up, and all - the amendments of the Finance Committee were -agreed to. Other amendments were adopted and the bill passed with but one negativ& Housz.—The tax bill was Made the busi ness of the day, being considered in Com mittee. Wholesaleliquor dealers are to pay $5O for license when their sales are under $50,000 a year, and $1 on each $l,OOO over that; retail liquor licenses are raised to $25 ; brokers with business under $25,000 pay $25, and $1 for each $l,OOO over that; steamers and vessels carrying passengers (except fer ries), pay $25 each ; hotel and tavern keep ers must have an' extra license of $25 to sell liquor to be drunk on their premises ; bowl ing alleys and billiard saloons, $lO for each alley or table. Builders and contractors $2O when doing business under 20,000, and $1 per $l,OOO over ; persons doing nothing are taxed $lO a year ; coal (except pea and dust) wai taxed five cents per ton; the sec tion allowing gas companies to add their tax to their price to consumers was stricken out; coal illuminating oil was put up from 20 to 25 cents per gallon ; oils distilled from coal, asphaltum or shale were taxed 50 cents per :gallon; crude petroleum.sl per bbl.; wood screws increased to 10 per cent, ad val. ; gold foil, $2 per ounce ; soda and similar` bevera ges reduced from 10 'to 5 per cent. ad val. ; iron raised froni $1 to $2 per ton, booms, slabs and loops $4 per ton; HOUSE, April 23.—A bill. creating an addi tional Supervising Inspector of SteamboSts at .Tew Orleans, and Boards of Local Inspec tors at Memphis and Portland, Oregon, was passed. The House then went into Com mittee, and the remainder of the, session was devoted to the consideration *of the Tax bill. Several changes were :proposed, viz: $4 instead of $3 on railroad iron, rejected; $3 on railroad iron re:rolled, carried; on iron where_ 50 cents a ton as reported it was made $1; motion" to reduce tax on native wino from 5 to 3 . cents a 'gallon, rejected; 5 per cent. was put on calf .skins ; wine from currants, rhubarb or berries was exempted ; .manufactured wines put at 50 instead of 25 'cents per gallon ; 'furs raised 10 per cent custom-made elothihg increased to 5 per cent. - diamonds, andall jewelry raised from 5 to 10 per cent ; plug, cavendish, and other tobacco, not otherwise provided for, raised to 30 cents a pound;`cigars, over $lO, and under $2O per 1000, tax $3 per 1000, over $2O, and under $4O, tax $15.. SENATE, April 25.—Mr. Sumner introduced a joint resolution to facilitate. postal and military communication between the States. The subject of the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill to provide a territo rial government for Montana was taken up. Mr. Doolittle made a very lengthy Speech against allowing negroes the right of suf entge in said territory. After a reply by Mr. Wilkinson, the senate rejected a motion to I adhere to its amendment, and agreed to the request of the. House for a committee of conference. Housz.—The Committee on Military Af fairs was instructed to report a bill giving a bounty of $lOO to non-commissioned officers and privates, honorably discharged by rea son of wounds, and a pro rata share of said amount for any term of service over thrce months. Mr. Garfield introduced a bill`for the More speedy punishment of guerillas, TheV.ouse then took:up the. Internal Tax bill. Amendments were adopted taxing sales of gold, silver, stocks, bonds, &e., one fiftbrof 1 per- cent on all sales- The tax bill was amended so as to tax meek slaugh tered for sale 5 and 10 cents per head ; in surance companies 1i per OeLIE.. on. gross re ceipts of premiums ; to increase the tax on lotteries and on gross amount of receipts, &e. THZ WAR. North Carolina.—We have news of as attack by the Rebels upon Plymouth, N. C. Fighting is said to have commenced there on the afternoon of the 17th. The Rebels, in force, attacked Fort Gray, which is about a mile from the town, on the Roanoke River. They planted a heavy battery on Polk's Island, about half a mile distant, and kept up a continuous fire. The Rebels ad , vaneed slowly forward up to within a short distance of the fort, when they made a charge, They were received with a galling fire, which caused them to fall back. Again and again they rallied to the charge and en deavored to take the citadel, but to no pur pose. Each time they were repulsed: with fearful slaughter. They retired with their artillery still keeping up a fire. Their iron ram and four Rebel gunboats moved down the river to the obstructions, within six miles of the town, to cooperate with land , forces. The Rebel force was from 10,000 to 15,000 strong. Gen. Wessels is in command of the Union forces. lie has Plymouth well forti fied, and pronounces it impregnable. In front of the town are stationed several of our gunboats, and they have had to stand already much of the brunt of the engage ment. The fire of the Rebel artillery has been directed on them. and it is said that on the gunboat Bombshell several have bees killed and wounded. During thei_engage ment the Rebels captured a member of the 2d North Carolina Loyal Regiment, who for merly deserted, they allege, from the 7th North Carolina Rebel regiment, and it is re ported that he was hung on- the- spot with out even so much as the form of a trial. It is rumored that the Rebels have also made a demonstration simultaneous_ with• this- in the vicinity of Newbern.. Since the above was in type we have news of the surrender of Plymouth to the enemy. Gen.-Wessels and his whole command were taken,prisoners. The enemy were repulsed five times before they succeeded in taking the place. Two full companies of N. C.. Colored troops were massacred, after the surrender:- . Georgia.--A dispatch from Ringgold, Ga., of the 29th, says : The enemy is quiet. There is a tacit understanding between the pickets on both sides to keep (Inlet.' Gen :'Patterson, whose brigade pickets front this pNce, got drunk at Tunnel Hill a few days since, and was placed under arrest. Miss 'Mary E. Walker, acting assistant surgeon of Daniel. McCook's brigade, was captured by the ene my a "day or two since, while visiting citizen patients outside of our lines. .Louisiana.—The Chicago . Penang. JOUrnal of the 19th publishes letters :from, the Red River expedition, giving the details of a severe Union diriaiter at Pleasant Hill, De Seta Parish, Louisiana. Our cavalry of the 3d and 4th Division of the 13th Army Corps, after a hard-fought battle, were put to rout by a- largely superior Rebel force. Gen. S toneman was in command of the movement. The 19th Army Corps finally came up and checked the enemy. Our loss was over 2,000- The enemy also lost heavily. Gen. Ransom. who commanded the 3d and 4th Divisions, was wounded in the early part of the fight. The Chicago Mercantile Battery lost all its guns and four officers and 22 men. The let tem of The Journal are dated Grand &ore, on the 10th and 11th instant. The same paper of the 20th publishes ex tracts from private letters from members of the Chicago Mercantile Battery, dated April 12, to the effect that on the. day after- the recent disaster to the 13th Army Corps, Gen. A. J. Smith, with the 19th Army Corps, en gaged the enemy and defeated them, cap turing 2,000 prisoners and. 20 cannon. A. dispatch was received at the Navy Depart ment at noon of the 23d from Capt. Pennock, saying: "I have received private letters from Red River, one dated Grand Ecore, La., April 10, and one dated Alexandria, April 12, stating that the army under Gen. Banks met with reverses on the Bth inst., near Mansfield. Our army fell back, and on the next day the Rebels attacked them, and were handsomely whipped. The loss is heavy on both sides. The Admiral (Porter,) when last heard from, was about forty miles above Grand Ecore. The river was low." gentneky,—A dispatch to 27e ancinnati Commercial from Catlettsburg, Ky., dated the 19th instant, says : Capt, Patrick has arrived bere with over 100 prisoners captured, at the battles of Paintsville and Half Mountain, on the Licking River. Hodge's Rebel brigade attacked Cal. Gillespie's force at Paintsville on the 12th, but was repulsed. Gillespie pursued the retreating Rebels with 800 men of the 14th and 39th Kentucky and surprised them on the 14th -instant in camp at Half Mountain, capturing 70. prisoners, 200 horses, 100 saddles, 300 stand of sinall-arms, and all their camp equipage. Eighty-five Rebels. were killed and wounded. Our loss was one killed and four wounded. Col. Clay is one of the Rebel prisoners. GENERAL NEWS. • The Secretary of War has ordered that tit& new, regiments of heavy artillery that may be organized and filled to the legal standard of 1,738 officers-and men, within the* period of twenty days from this date, will. ha re ceived and. credited. If regiments are- not full on or before the 10th day of Mar, the recruits will be put into other artillery or infantry organizationa. This order not postpone' the draft, but such troops ,as may be raised prior to the draft will be deducted from the quotas for draft. The remains of Henry Clay, often. 12. year& interment, were, upon the death %this wife, removed, and placed side by side with her's beneath the beautiful monument erected to to his memory in the Lexington Cemetery_ The wreath of immortelles placed upon hia coffin by Mrs. Ann S. , Stephens,. on the re moval of the body from Washington, waa found to be but little faded, 'while a gold ring, bearing the initials J. W., whieb. rested. near the, wreath, was perfectly bright. The President has approved the bill au thorizing the Secretary of War to take and hold possession in behalf of the United States, of all the lands and shores of Rock - Island,.lllinois, on which to build an arsenal, just compensation to be made to private land owners. Superintendent of Indian Affairs Went worth has telegraphed to the Indian Bureau from San Francisco, 19th inst, that the Indians in the southern districtof California are in a state of starvation, owing to the drouth: The Indian Bureau as taken measures to furnish the requireirelief. On the 4th instant, Capt. Phelps of en boat No. 26 captured a Rebel mail carrier near Crockett's Bluff, Ark., with 3,000 let ters from Richmond and other points, and 60,000 percussion' caps for Gen. Price's army. The letters contained official communica tions from Shreveport, and a considerable sum of Federal money. The Governors of Wisconsin, Illinois, lowa, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan have jointly tendered ... La the President 100,000 men, to serlrfactrOne hundred days, and the propo— aiiion' has been accepted.
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