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CARPETINGS, S. F. & E. B. ORNF., NO. 519 CHESTNUT STREET, (OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,) Hare received, per steamer Editihuvjhy and other late arrivals, their SPRING IMPORTATION OF NEW CARPETINGS: CROSSLEI’S YARD-AND-A-HALF-WIDE VELVETS. QA MEDALLION DO., ENGLISH BRUSSELS, EJTTRA-QUALITY TAPESTRY , BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS, (of new design*, for Halls and Stairs). INGRAIN AND THREE-FLY CARPETINGS, of extra quality. 500 PS. J. CIIOS3LEY & SON’S TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS, FROM 87s TO Si PR. YD., Together with a complete assortment of OIL ©LOTHB, STAIR AND FLOOR DRUGGETS, BUGS, MATS, &£ thel£ respective commands for that day. 111. All orders issued from the headquarters of the army of the Potomao, for the maintenance of good order and military discipline amoog the troops, and the existing regulations in regard to passes, furloughs, oto., eoetlnue la full force until other wise directed. IV. Commanders of troops, arriving in or leaving this district, will furnish to these headquarters a field return of their commands. V. Major William E. Doster, of the Fourth Penn sylvania Cavalry, is appointed provost marshal of the city of Washington, and will be Obeyed and re spected accordingly.* By command of Brig. Gen. Wads worth. Tiieo. Talbot, Assistant Adjatant General. John A. Kress, Aid-de- Camp. PROCLAMATION FROM GOT. JOHNSON. A Complete Amnesty to all who Return to their Allegiance. SPEECH OF PARSON BROWNLOW. Gen. Nelson's Entry into Nashville. A correspondent, who is connected with General Nelson’s division of the army of the West, furnishes us with the following description of its entry into Nashville. Ho says: The facts as they transpired in the entry into Nnshvillo are simply those : General Nelson with his division, consisting of two brigades, {Colonels Ammon and Hazen 'commanding, and attended by Gen. Crittenden’s brigade, arrived at Clarks ville on the morning of the 24th, having passed Fort Donelson in the night, and tins depriving us of See ing what was intended for onr battle-ground; for we bad marched from Camp Wicklifle to support Grant in his attack. The town of Dover fronts on the river, and the fortifications front inland. The captain of the boat wanted to stop here for the night, but an offioer whom Gen. Nelson hailed said that there was no obstruction whatever to Nash* viile, and that a deputation of citizens had come down to Clarksville that day, with an invitation to General Grant to come up the river god take pos? session of the city. General Nelson ordered the boat on is-spite of the fears of the captain, and the consequence was that we ran into the woods two or three times, with sundry disastrous effects on our whoelhonscs. We stopped at Clarksville about an hour, without seeing anybody but soldiers belonging to General Grant’s division. From the numerous large and costly dwellings in the city, I should judge that there was considerable wealth there, which will liltewiso, perhaps, he a reason why they are all Sccesh. We then proceeded up the river at a rapid rate, overtaking and following one of the gnnbeat3, which had been sent ahead to receive shocks. About ten o’clock the Capitol came in view, away to the right, find it Wits fuu t* see the General smile, and stroke his whiskers with both hands, at the sight of the bare flag-staff on the top of it. 11 Come, captain, run ahead of that gunboat," was the firet thing he said, and we were soon in the suburbs ef the rebel city, with people—mostly wo men —shaking sheets, petticoats, and dear knows what else at us, in the place of the red, white, and blue. One man had one gotten up for the occasion a white rag, with ihe stars and stripes painted on one side only, and it so happened that he could not hold the painted aide to the approaching steamers without turning the stars downward. He was peremptorily ordered by Gen. Nelson, who stood, at the bow of our boat, to “turn that gag right side up." The ninny turned the white side . out in order to accomplish this, consoling himself by frequently turning it with the painted side out, and yelling, “ There are the stars.” The lower part of the city was inun dated, so we landed at the foot of a street, between two largo warehouses, where we were greeted by three hearty cheers, by a couple of hundred old men, women, and children assembled on the shore. When our boat approached within six feet of the IfiCd the sergeant of Company C jumped ashoTO with the blue Guthrie Gray flag, and was followed, pell mell, by the other color sergoant of Company C, with the national colors. They were immediately surrounded by a score of people, who oried very heartily, kissed the flag a good many times, and showed many signs of loyalty and affec tion for the Government. Our regiment was soon marohed off the boat, Company C in the lead, and formed in the street opposite the boat. There seemed to he but one remark from the citizens around us, and that was whispered among them selves, to the effect that they were only surprised to see such good-looking fellows. In a few mo ments Gen. Nelson rode filing the line, accompa nied by his staff, and placed himself at the head of tbe regiment. “ By platoons, into column, right wheel, forward, march!” and the whole regiment stepped off, and marched through the deserted city to the Capitol. General Nelson turned out at the Steps of the Capitol, and the regiment marched past him round tbe building, dropping its guard as it went along, until it was surrounded. The General Progress. From Fortress Monroe. general orders, no. 2. FROM NASHVILLE. then rode off alone, to attend to the transportation of his other troops, while the color sergeants, at tended by the major and several of the officers, went to the top of the building and hoisted the Stars and Stripes on the Sag staff on the body of the building, while the blue flag of tho regiment floated from the cupola. That is the history of tho taking of Nashville, and it was surrendered to Gen. Nelson, instead of Oen. Mitchell, Who expected and strived for tho honor. A few cavalrymen from Mitchell's division had appeared on the other side of the river, and, al though they were not officially sent there, the mayor had promised to surrender the tdwn to them at three o'clock of the day on which we arrived. Wo wore immediately surrounded by the citi zens, and asked all manner of questions and told all manner of things concerning ourselves and the rebels, but it would be impossible to put a fraction of it here. One old, gray -haired mas, Captain Driver by name, Mi 614 set. captain, who camo to Nashville twenty-five years ago, and has seen the hatching of the rebellion from its inception, seeing that the wind was too strong for our flag, and it wns in danger of being torn, went to Colonel An derson and said that he had one ho would give to the Sixth Ohio if they would unfurl It on the Capitol and keep it there. The Sixth, of course, undertook this task, and a corporal’s guard was sent to the old man’s house, w|j?r« they ripped from the coverlet of his h:d an immense flig con taining one hundred and ten yards of banting , and he brought it himself to the Capitol, and un furled it from the flag-staff. Then, with tears iu his eyes, he said : " There, those Texas Rangers have been hunting for that these six months without finding it, and they knew I had it. I have always said that if I could see it float from that Capitol I bad lived long enough. Now, old Glory is up there, gentleman, and lam ready to die.” He has been out to see us several times, and it is’very in teresting to hear him talk ; for, like old sea-«&p -tains generally, he knows much, and, as he says, has not lived in a nutshell. He started for Cin cinnati yesterday, with letters to the leading men there, so you will, no doubt, hear of him before the public, Our Nashville correspondent forwards to us a copy of the Nashville Banner of the 18th, contain ing the following address of Governor Johnson to the people of Tennessee. The demand for it in Nashville is said to be so universal, that it was with extreme difficulty that a copy could be pro cured, and some of.the newspapers had published it on successive days : Andrew Johnson’s Appeal to the People of Tennessee. Fellow-Citizens : Tennessee assumed the form of a body politic, as one of the United States of America, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety six. at once entitled to all the privileges of tho Fe deral Constitution, and hound by all its obligations. For nearly sixty-five years she continued ill the en joyment of all her rights, and in theperformanos of all her duties, one of tho most loyal and devoted of the sisterhood of States. She had been honored by the elevation of two of her citizens to the highest place in the gift of the American people, and a third had been nominated to the same high office, who received a liberal though ineffective support. Her population had rapidly and largely increased, and thoir moral and material intorosts correspond ingly advanced. Never was a people more pros perous, contented, and happy than the people of Tennessee under the Government of the United' Stales, and none so little burdened for the support of the authority by which they were protected. They felt their Government only in the conscious enjoyment of the benefits it conferred and the bless ings it bestowed. Such was our enviable condition until within the year just past, when, under what baneful infin cnQOsit is pot m; purpose now to inquire, the au thority of the Government was set at defiance, and the Constitution and laws contemned, by a re bellious, armed force. Men who, in addition to ordinary privileges and duties of the citizen, had enjoyed largely the bounty and official patronage of tbe Government, and have, by ropoated oaths, obligated themselves to its support, with sudden ingratitude for the bounty and disregard for their solemn obligation, engaged, deliberately and osten tatiously, in tho accomplishment of its overthrow. Many, accustomed to defer to their opinions and to accept their guidance, and others, carried away by excitement or overawed by seditious clamor, arrayed themselves under their banners, thus organizing a treasonable power, which, for the time being, stifled and suppressed the authority of the Federal Go vernment. In this condition of affairs it devolved upon the President, bountl by his official oath to pre serve, protect, and defend the Constitution, aud charged by the law with the duty of suppressing insurrection and domestic violence, to resist and re pel this rebellious force by the military arm of the Government, and thus to re-establish the Federal authority. Congress, assembling at an early day. iouDd him engaged in the active discharge of this momentous aud responsible trust. That body came promptly to his aid, and, while supplying him with treasure and arms to an extent that would pre viously have been considered fabulous, they, at the samo time, with almost absolute unanimity, 3e?l{ifad “ that this war was not waged on their part with any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of con quest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institu tions of these States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired ; and that as soon as these objeots are accomplished the war ought to cease.” In this spirit, and by such o(5-operation, has the President conducted this mighty contest, until, as Commander-in-Chief of the army, he has caused the national flag to float undisputed over the capi tol of our State. Meanwhile the State Government has disappeared. The Executive has abdicated ; the Legislature has dissolved; tho Judiciary is in abeyance. The great ship of State, freighted with its precious cargo of human, interests and human hopes, its sails all set, and its glorious flag unfurl ed. has been suddenly abandoned by her officers and the 'mutinous crew, and left to float at the mercy of the winds, and to be plundered by every rover upon the deep. Indeed the work of plunder has already commenced. Tho archives have besß desecrated; the public property stolen and de stroyed ; the vaults of the State Lank violated, and its treasures robbed, including the funds care fully gathered and consecrated for all time to the instruction of our children. In such a lamentable crisis, the Government of the United States could not bo unmindful of its high constitutional obligation to guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, an obligation which every State has a direct and immediate interest in having ob served towards every other State, and from which, by no act on the part of the people in any State, can the Federal Government be absolved. A re publican form of government, in consonance with the Constitution of the United States, is one of the fundamental conditions of our politi cal existence, by which every part of the coun try is alike bound, and from which no part can es capo. This obligation the National Government is now attempting to discharge. I have been appoint ed, in the absence of tlie regular and established State authorities, as Military Governor for the time being, to preserve the public property of tho State —to give the protection of law, actively en forced, to her citizens, and, aB speedily as may be, to restore her Government to the same condition as before the existing rebellion. In thi9 grateful but arduous undertaking, I shall avail myself of all the aid that may be afforded by my fellow-citizens. And for this purpose I respect* fully, but earnestly, invite all the people of Ten nessee, desirouß or willing to see a restoration of her ancient government; without distinction of party affiliations, or past political opinions or ac tion, to unite with me, by counsel and co-operative agency, to accomplish this great end. I find most, if not all. of the offices, both State and Federal, va cated, either by actual abandonment, or by tho ac tion of the incumbents in Attempting td Subordinate their functions to a power in hostility to the funda mental law oi the State, and subversive of her Na tional allegiance. These offices must be filled tem porarily, until the State shall be restored so far to its accustomed quiet, that the people can peaceably assemble at the bfillqt-box find select agents of their own choice. Otherwise anarchy would prevail, and no man’s life or property would be safe from the desperate or unprincipled. I shall, therefore, as early as practicable, desig nate for various positions under the State and county Governments, from among my fellow-citi zens, persons of probity and intelligence, and bear ing true allegiance to the Constitution and Govern ment of the United Stateß, who will execute the functions of their respective offices until their places can be filled by the action of the people. Their authority, when their appointments shall have been made, will he accordingly respected and ob served. To the people themselves the protection of the Government is extended. All their rights will be duly respected, and their wrongs redressed when made known. Those who through the dark and weary night of the rebellion have maintained their Allegiance to tho Federal Government will be ho nored. Tho erring and misguided will be wel comed on their return. And while it may become necessary, in vindicating the violated majesty of the law, and in reasserting Us imperial sway , to punish intelligent and conscious treason in high places, merely retaliatory or vin dictive policy will be adopted. To those, especial ly, who in a private, unofficial capacity have as sumed an attitude of hostility to the Government, a full and complete amnesty for all past acts and de clarations is offered, upon the one condition of their iignin yielding themselves peaceful citizAhg to the jurt supremacy of the laws. This I advise them to do for their own good, and for the peace and welfare of our beloved State, endeared to mo by the asso ciations oi long and aotive years, and by the enjoy ment of her highest honors. And appealing to my fellow*oitijtens of Tennessee, I point tbeig to my long public life as a pledge for the sincerity of my motives and an earnest for the performance of my present and future duties. Andrew Johnson. Tho following speech Of PflTffOn BrewoloW WfiS delivered in front of the St. Cloud Hotol, Nashville, on the evening of the 17th: Parson Brownlow’s Speech. Gentlemen : I am in a sal plight to say much of interest; too thoroughly incapacitated to do jus tice to you or myself. My throat has been dis ordered for the past three years, and I have been compelled to almost abandon publio speaking. Last December I was thrust into an uncomfortable and disagreeable jail—for what • Treason! Treason to the bogus Confederacy; and the proofs of that treason were articles which appeared in the Knox rifle. Whigin May last, when the State of Tennes see was a member of the imperishable Union. At (he expiration of four weeks £ beo&tne a victim of the typhoid fever, and was removed to a room in a decent dwelling, and a guard of seven men kept me company. I subsequently became bo weak that I could not turn over in my bed, and the guard was in creased to twelve men, for fear I should fluddeuly TWO CENTS. recover ard run away to Kentucky. Becoming convalescent, in a measure, I was removed to my former place of confinement. One day 1 was visited by some Confederate officers, who remarked, “Brownlow, you should not be hero. Take the oath of allegiance to the Confederate Government, which will not only entitle you to a speedy release, but insure your protection ” “Sir!” said I, “be fore I would take the oath to support such a hell forsaken institution, I would suffer myself to rot or die of old age.” Why, my friends, these demagogues actually boast that tbe Lord is upon their side, and declare that God Almighty is assisting them in the further ance of (heir nefarious project. In Knoxville and surrounding localities, u short time since, daity prayer-meetmgs were held, wherein the Almighty was Weeched to raise Lincoln's blockade, and to hurl deulruMion against the Burnside expedition. Their prayers were partly answered—the blockade at Koanoke Island was most effectually raised } a reciprocal of their sacrilege divinely tendered. Gentlemen, lam no Abolitionist; I applaud no Bcctional doctrines; I am a Southern man, god g|l my re}&tiv&3 and interests are thoroughly Identified With the South, and Southern institutions. I was born in the Old Dominion, my parents were born in Virginia, and they and their antecedents were all slaveholders. Let me assure you that the South has suffered no infringement upon her institutions; tbe slavery question was actually no pretext for this unholy, unrighteous conflict. Twelve Senators from the cotton States, who had sworn to preserve inviolate the Constitution framed by our forefathers, plotted treason at night—a fit time for such a crime—png telegraphed jto their States despatch* es advising them to pass ordinances of Se cession. Yes, gentlemen, twelve Senators swore allegiance in the day time, and unswore it at night. A snort time since, I waß called upon by a little Jew, who, I believe, is the Secretary of War of the bogus Confederacy. He threatened to hang me, and I expected no more mercy from him than Wad shown by hU illustrious predecessors toward Jes;s Christ. I entered into a long correspondence with this specimen of expiring humanity, but from mercy or forgetfulness, on their part, I was per mitted to depart with all my documents in my little valise, which I hope to publish at no distant day. Gentlemen, when I started on ffiy perilous journey, I was sore distressed in inind, and exceed ingly so in body. But tbe moment my eyes en countered the pickets of the Federal army my de pression decreased and returning health seemed suddenly to invigorate my physical constitution. Gentlemen, Secession is played out; the doglß dead; the child is born, and HU B&fnO is Jeff Davis, Jr. My throat distresses me to such an extent that I must decline further remarks this evening, but shall make myself beard upon the next convenient occasion, which will probably be ere the termi nation of the present week. The Nashville p pers publish this speech on successive days, the demand for it being such that they could not supply it in one day. Gov. Johnson and the Secession Jour. The jXasfL'uille Patriot) of the 13th, contains an impudent article, from which we quote a portion : On the llth instant, one of the editors and one of tbe proprietors cf the Patriot , in the absenee of their associates, resumed- the publication of the paper. YVe knew, from the experience ofifide pendent newspapers in other oities undor the flag of tbe Union, that we had little hope of beiog per mitted to enjoy, unmolested, the liberty of speech which was once, presumed to be the constitutional right of every American freeman, and were not, therefore, surprised when, on Saturday last, Go vernor General Johnson, in an interview which he requested with the newspaper proprietors of Nash vilte, imposed upon them conditions more suitable to the empire of France, whose imperial despot has banished a free press, than to Tennessee. We need not state what these conditions were. Unwilling to bo trammeled by them, we abdicate tbe tripod with ft scorn of servility which no power on earth can repress, and without an emotion of regret. In conclusion, it is proper for us to state that our newspaper printing establishment has been leased to the employees in the office, and they will, so long as it be profitable, publish the Patriot upon their own responsibility. Neither of the former editors or proprietors will have any further connection with its publication. We wish this point distinctly and emphatically impressed upon the minds of those who bare read the Patriot in days gone by, and regarded it as an exponent of sound principle. Heportetl Advance of ITuion Troops. The Nashville Patriot , of the IBth, says: It was reported yesterday that a portion of the Federal army occupied Columbia, Tennessee, Sun day night, and captured there a portion of Scott’s Louisiana cavalry. It was also reported that Fede ral troops feftd taken poeseesion of Florence, Tug* cumbia, find Juksi This would giro them import ant positions on tbe Memphis and Charleston Rai 1- rjad. FROM ISLAND NO. 10. THE THIRD, FOURTH, AID FIFTH HITS’ BOnBARDBEKT. AN OBSTINATE DEi JE >CE The Chicago Times 1 special correspondent, on board the Benton, stationed near the head of the island, gives the annexed account of the bombard- Kent of Monday and, Tuesday last. It ie one of the meat succinct we have seen: March 18.—Daring all last night shell were thrown from the mortars every half hour, to enable (be rebels to keep awake. No response from the enemy. The Benton threw several shell this morn* irg into tbo upper battery, and the Mound City has been firing away all day at some battery, at long range, with good effect. The mortars have continued all day firing shell every half hour. Tbe enemy have fired at us from four batteries, at intervals, but their shot all fell short. It is understood that an another o]Q!?6 ftttack by the gunboats, ns that of yesterday, will not be made until a large infantry force can be brought against them in the rear from Pope’s or some other column. From yesterday’s operations, the rebels will contest every inch of ground, and blood will flow in streams before they will give up this point. Once on the retreat ff£BS this position, it is expected terror will seize the demoralized and deluded army, and it will be bard to force them to make another stand on the river. Col. Buford has not been idle. He has made re connolssances daily. Jic reports this morning that tbe island is deserted of infantry, nothing remain ing but heavy guns. They have undoubtedly gone to the mainland. Nothing has been learned in regard to the firing down the river last night, and it is supposed the rebels, failing in getting the gunboats further up the river, fc&r6 retreated to Merriwe&ther’s Land* mg. tbe point indicated on the diagram sent yester day as where the rebels would reach the river. The land forces now here are four regiments, Colonel N. B. Buford commanding, and are as fol lows : Twenty-seventh Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel Har rington ; Forty-second Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel Northrop; Fifteenth Wisconsin, Colonel Heg; Eighteenth Missouri, Colonel Miller. Four guns of. the Second Regiment Illinois Artillery, Captain Keith, and one company Second Illinois Cavalry, Captain Hutchins. The Mound City has either dismounted a gun in the upper fort or covered it with mud, as it can not bo seen. A shell fell in the lower fort, where some cavalry were drilling, which sent them flying in every direction. The Benton commenced late in the afternoon to j throw shell into the fort, which has been sue- : cessful in many instances. The rebels do not ! reply, j MARcn 19.—The Mound City and mortars have ' been throwing shot and shell all night and during ! the morning at long intervals. The Mound City \ has a good range, and is near the Missouri shore, in an eddy, where she is comparatively motionless. Nearly all her shot tell on the upper Kentucky shore fort. No response from the enemy since early last night. Colonel Bissell, of the Engineer Regiment, ar rived last night from New Madrid, by laud. You will see by the map I sent you that it is about three miles ashes the neek of land and ovor twenty by water. The firing hoard here yesterday morn*, ing and the night before was, as suspected, caused by the attempt of rebel gunboats to pass Point Pleasant. There were six of them ; two of them were Bunk and the balance got by. Additional guns have been planted at Point Pleasant, so as to j prevent their running back, and the rebel fort, oc- ] cupied and manned by General Pope at New Mad- j rid, will prevent their coming further up. They j are between two fires and can do no harm. | General Pope has sufficient force to 00-operato with the gunboats, And attack the rebels in the rear on the Kentucky shore, but has no transports to cross the river in, and the river being so high and swift it is impossible to crossin rafts and sweeps. So matters have remained since our arrival here. Pupe and his gallant command have been obliged to rest on their honors, although anxious to join or co-operate with us in conquering this point, known Island No, 10, although nine-tenths of their guns and force arc on the Kentucky shore. They could distinctly hear tho cannonading for the last four days, and almost hear the shells burst, but could do nothing . A scouting party from Pope’s Corners discovered a deep slough, emptying near New Madrid, and, alter some exploration, found that it had its source from the Mississippi river near this point. Colonel UiEseU immediately procured a skiff, ascended the slough, and struck the river about a mile above here. He thinks our steam-tugs cun get through, and hss departed tdM&Jtc the experiment. IT be' is successful, a sufficient number of steam-tugs can soon be run down there, which can in a short time transport across the river all (ho troops necessary to give (he rebels battle in the rear. Nothing will be done here until this is accomplished, which will be if possible. The gunboatß could probably take this position of the enemy, but it would be accomplished by afe&r ful loss of life, and the destruction of the greater poition of the gunboat fleet, which I understand that Gen. Halleefc and the authorities at Washing ton do not wish. Flag-offioor Footo would take ft, as ho came here for that purpose ; but, if the ob ject can be accomplished without hazarding so much, of course that plan will be adopted. The damage done (he gunboats in tho engage ment on Monday is of no consequence, oc, speak ins in military phrase, “ flesh Wounds,” The following is a correct list* of the casualties by (he buTßting of the gun on the Bt. Louis during the fight on Monday : Killed. —James Jackson, seaman, Chicago. P, p. Sfcftratbi petminn, Mume. Woiim/ed.-S- U McAdam, master’s mate, se veifly, Chicago. John A. McDonald, gunner, slightly, Baltimore. »H. T. Bly, seaman, severely, New Bedford. J W. Sprocol, seaman, severely, Maine. , J, Mulboeiß, eeasmp, severely, Boston. Richard Gouger, seaman, severely. Frank Cleaver, seaman, severely. Charles Wolf, seaman, severely. Henry Joy, seaman, slightly, Massachusetts. Charles Wilson, seaman, severely, Philadelphia. Wm. Ketcber, seaman, severely, Boston. M. C; Donoghue, elighUy ; Praderiekebaig, Pa. Porne LeoD7ee»man, severely, Sardinia; The tugs which attempted to effect a pasiage a mils above here did not succeed, but will make an THE WAR PRESS. Tbb Wab Pbbsb will be tent to subscribers by mall (per annum In advance) at...,,, 08*0# Three Copies « *» 0,09 Tlve ** “ " 6.09 Tws " 14 “ ..............ia.oB largor Clubs will be charged at the same rate, thoi ! 80 copies will cost $24; 60copies will oost 960; and 169 oopies 9120. Tor a Club of Twenty-one or over, we will send' tm Extra Copy to the gett#-Bp Of the Olnb, Tofftmasters are requested to act as Agents fog Ths Wax Pbbsb. 99* at the usual rates. BfS lines constitute a wuare. attempt lower down the river. If that does not ac complish tbe object, the j Henton may attempt to run by the Island on a dark night. Wednesday’s Operations. CAlfio, March 2ft, 3 M.— The following is a special to the Chicago Tribune: I left tbe fleet above Island No. 10 yesterday at 1 o’clock P. M. The firing was only moderate front the Benton and Mt.nnd City, at intervals of fif teen minutes each, the object being (g reduce tho wj>per battery, two guns only of which were left standing, from which occasional shots were fired. One of these struck the water cloae astern of the transport IsweUa, and within fifty feet of the tog on which was your correspondent. Tbe distance was at leant two milts, showing that tbe rebel guns are not only rifled, but of the iirßt class. This arg) of the fttPVfee j$ fully meeting the expectation of tbe officers, and with a little more practice will make rapid work with the rebel fortifications. Their range is 3to miles. The eixteen now in place ready to open will m&kefearful inroads in tbe ranks of tbe enemy. Tbe works at that point, both on the main land and on tbe island, aro much more extensive than is generally supposed, as there &Te at least 80 heavy guns and over 20,(100 troops. I saw ten regiments at one time on dress parade, on the tnuin Inud. These have niovuil ihvir quarters out of reach of tho mor. tars, bar. tbo island is pretty well eevered with tents. Tbe gaDB are, many of them, of the largest size, and several rifled. Our gunboats and mortars will drive this foroo out. More mortars will be sent down, If required, hut the officers think the present number enough to make it altogether too hot for the rebels, as these monster shells reach all parts of the works, dealing death and destruction in their pathway. It is evi dent, however, that all of the rebel batteries have enough bomb-proof casemates for tbe men, as they cnli be seen to disappear when our shells fall into the batteries. As soon as tbo upper fort or battery is reduced, then the gunboats will advanoe on tbe. others in detail, and thus reduce them one by one with little danger or loss to themselves On Tuesday night the Mound City kept up a steady fire on the upper battery, preventing the rebels from making their usual nightly repairs, and the result WAS, that early in tho morning they commenced removing their dead and wounded from the casemates of the fort. Large numbers were carried out and takeu back into the woodson stretchers, showing the deadly effect of the shot from the well aimed guns of the J'lCity. On Monday over 900 shots were iired from the gunboats, mostly sboll, besides tbree hundred shell fioin tbe mortars. Tbe effect, as witnessed by the spectators, was grand and sublime, but to tbe rebela most terrific. On Tuesday the Commodore directed that tbe fuses be out down, with a view to dftltftf the works ht.d dismount the guns, and the result was most satisfactory. The last guns of the rebels are in the two batte ries below the bend, a distance of over two miles from the gunboats, and which threw their shot be yond them. The old Pelican dry-dock mounts fif teen guns, and is iron plated, blit hits not opened fire to show the range and size of her guos. A masked battery Dear by has been by some mistaken for her. This Pelican is an ugl.v-looking customer, but as she has no propelling power, she aannot otherwise than fall a victim to our ponderous mor tars, so soon as they can be brought to bear on her. Gen. Halleok has sent a hospital boat sufficient to accommodate 300 patients. As yet, but one man has been killed by tbe enemy. THE FORT CRAIG BATTLE. ADDITIONAL DETAILS DEATH OF CAPTAIN McKAE. IVc take the following from the Santa Fc Weekly Gazette of the Ist inst.: first Repulse of the Rebels. AboutS o’clock in the morning of the 21st, Col. Cnnby ordered Col. Roberts, with his cavalry, Col. Valdez's cavalry, Col. Carson’s volunteers, and the Fifth, Seventh, and Tenth infantry, and Capt. Me- Kne’S, find LifUt, Hall's batteries to proceed up the west bank of the Rio Grande, and prevent the Texans from reaching tho water at the only point the river was accessible by tbe sloping banks. This position was about seven miles north of the fort, —d when Col. Roberts’ command reached it hefonnd that tbe enemy had anticipated his njgrcb, and had gained the water first. Col. Roberts immediately opened the batteries upon them, at whioh they re treated, with a loss of twenty-five or thirty killed, and one cannon. The gun was dismounted by CBpt. Mcßae, and was spiked and rendered useless before it was abandoned. When the enemyretired, Col, Roberts’ farce crossed the river end took posi tion on the east busk, where the fight was kept up with varied success until Capt. Mcßae’s battery was charged and taken. A Ruse of the Rebels. ■ After ope o’clock, Colouel Canby came on to the field with his guard and staff, followed by Colonel Pino’s regiment of volunteers, and assumed com mand in person. Up to this hour the fighting had been done principally with tho batteries; Captain Mcßae, with his battery, occupying a position on the extreme left, gpd Lieutenunt Hall, with two 24-pounders, towards the right of tbe line. On the left flank there was a thick wood, which skirted to within about one hundred and fifty yards of tbe po sition held by Captain Moßae’s battery. In toil woods, numerous bodies of the enemy had been seen collecting, for the Bpace of an hour or an hogp and a half, talker outside tbe rango of the guns. The object of this not being known, and it being impossible to discover it from scouts. Colonel Canby resolved to dislodge them from the shelter, and or dered the battery to be brought up to tbe edge of the wood for that purpose. Captain Mcßae’s bat tery, thus stationed, was to bo supported by two companies of regulars aod two companies of volun teers, which were arranged in a horizontal position, to the left and behind the battery. Lieutenant Hall’s guns were to be supported by the cavalry and Colonel Carson’s regiment. A Wild Charge, These arrangements having been Completed, it was designed by Col. Canby to make an advanoe movement towards the enemy. Suddenly an ex ceedingly brisk rattle of musketry and other small arms was heard toward the right of the field ; so loud and so unexpected was it R attracted the general attention to that quarter, no one being able to comprehend why an occurrence of that character should take place there and at that time. The ob ject, however, was soon discovered to be a ruse on the part of the Texans to divert attention from the fflcveßientS they were putting on fuot for the batter lies. About that time they began the charges, and such charges as they made are without a parallel in the bistory of aDcient or modern warfare. Tho one against Lieut? Hall’s battery was made by ca valry, and was successfully repulsed in the midst of great carnage. But the one uppn Captain Mcßae’s cannot bo described with language. The enemy advanced steadily on foot, armed principally with Colt's six-shooters. The iron bail through which they passed out through their ranks, making in them frightful vacan cies, but it bad no other effect. Volley after volley did the faithful and brave Mcßae discharge upon the advancing column, until it scorned that demons themselves could not withstand the effects of the death messengers they sent forth. On, on, rolled the enemy in death’s face, as it was belohed from the cannon’s mouth, until they bad sent to their last long homes every one that manned the guns, except one or two. They gone, the battery fell easily into the hands of the Texans, who had dared all to obtain it. IVe say that when the gun ners were gone, the battery fell into the hands of tbe enemy because the support which was intended for it entirely failed. The regulars and volunteers, to which we have referred aa having been detailed for that duty, could not be made to comply with it. In their fiat position, they remained until it was no longer safe, and then made a precipitate run for the river, into whioh they plunged, in spite of the urgent remonstrance and order of Colonel Canby and others. Gallantry of Cap}, Mcllac—llis Death. Bravery and cowardice are seldom placed ia such striking contrast as they were during this charge. With their dead companions-in-arms in heaps around them, and over which they had to elinib to serve their pieces, the gallant AlcHae and his men stood at the post of duty, and Mtft-msd acts of heroism worthy Sparta's best days, until none of them were left to do mere, while those who should havo come to their rescue ingloriously lied, and many of them fell dead, pierced with balls of the enemy, received in the back. Capt. Mcßae having passed from tfii? flag# Of aetir-u, his nemo having booh recorded among those of the world’s heroes, nad his memory enshrined in tbe hearts of his countrymen, we will not hero attempt to add even a spark to the lustre of a fame early won and to be worn throughout time. The Loss on Both Sides. Col- Canby had; in the engagement, about fifteen hundred men, consisting of regulars and volunteers. Tbe force of the enemy, undor Col. Steele, was from fifteen hundred to two thousand. Our loss was, ac cording to the best information, fifty or sixty killed and about one hundred and forty wounded. Tbo loss of the onomy is variously estimated at from ons hundred to five hundred killed and wounded. The latter is, of course, based entirely upon surmise, and the correct number will never be known to us- We have beard nothing in regard to prisoners taken, except that Capt Rcssel, of the regulars, was taken by tho Texans, His horse swamped while erassing the river, and be thus fell into their hands. LieuU. Michlerand Bell, stood by Capt Mcßae until all was lost beyond redemption. The former was killed, the latter escaped with a very slight wound. Licuts. Anderson and Nioodemus are said to have acted with great gallantry. The former had his horse shot under him by a eahhob ball, but fortu nately escaped without personal harm. After the engagement had terminated, our forces retired in good order to the fort. Fubmont ami ZAnoNVi.~-.Tbe assignment of Gen. Fremont to a new command reminds us of a story related to us by an oye-witness concerning the last meeting of Fremont and /.agonyi, in St. Louis. The General was dining with some of his staff, when the gallant Major was announced. He was itnme difitfly ißV!i9d W tftkS a Seat at table, Fremont filled a glass for him. Zagohyi was muoh affected, especially when the General announced the senti ment : “Well, Major, here’s—not to another Spring field, but to another Jield in t/ie spring. —If 1". Independent. General Kosect.ans has issued orders announc ing to the troops under his command tho probable early ooming of General Fremont, to assume com mand of the new “Mountain Department,” and directing them t» bo prepared te report to the proper headquarters. Gbk. Mansfield keeps the Federal flag flying on the mainmast of the frigate Cumberland, the top ofwlhsh sticks out of water, within rifle-shot of his entrenchments at Newport News, He Bays it shall wave there until the waves break up tho good old Ship. A Response. —Col. R. H. Byon, of Commerce, Mississippi, informs the Memphis Appeal that all his plantation bolls, amounting to one thousand pounds, are held subject to tbe order of General Beauregard, for the purpose of melting and mould ing into cannon. This, says the Appeal, is a libe ral example, and shoal'd be followed, by evsry plan ters tbs South.