flail)). rEeitgrao. HARRISBURG, PA Thursday Morning, Aprll 10, BIM EEPOR2S OP INVESTIGATING COMMIT TEES. The different committees appointed by the House of Representatives made their repats to that body yesterday. We bare them classified as follows: REPORT 01 TEEM R&M 001EMIT*. This committee was appointed for the pur pose of in vostigatiog certain rumors and charges made against the various banks of this state, charging them with using improper means to procure the passage of the bill legalizing the suspension of specie payments, and giving them authority to issue Sandi Dot re. The committee report that they made a thorough investigation of the various charges and rumors made in the premises, and conclude their report with the following resol al ion : " Your co nmittee, therefore, finding nothins eitho•r !novelly wrong or improper, much lees Soy imp led or real viola ion or positive etatu tut' enactments up n the part of any one in this.: nwo , aou, UK to be discharged Jrum the further considers. mu of the eubject." The committee was discharged, and thus ends investigation number one. WORT OF TUC SHODDY OOHNLITHED. This commitiee was appointed at the instiga tion of cart in political demagogues who ex p. cted to criminate the ft ientai of the State Ad ministration with frauds in the expeuditui es of money appropriated for military purposes: lids comalittee make a long report, in which they charge certain parties with furnishing inferior goods, and reci lying too much fur the s tme. Thu Mime parties, having beau criminally prosecuted by the Matti authorities b e fo re t hi s committee was appointed, their reiteration of thins charges is, therefore, secondary. The committee conclude their report with the following : "That there is no evidence which in any way luvollet any officer of the government in improper conduLt in the disbursement of the funds of the Commonwealth or iu providing for ; he'soldiers. Ou the contrary, the evidence satistli d that in every instance when' any wrong was broaght to the knowledge of the Esecutive prompt rueasurei were taken for its correction. `The committee feel it their duty, as well in justice to the Executive as in honor to-out noble Commonwealto, to state that notwittt atauding sue has placed mote men in the field than any other stem in the Union, she has put them more promptly and at less expense per man than either the nation ii government- or any tudividu,l state of whosn'expenditure they have ithforMation, and the cotrunitte ,hesitate not to exprees their clear judgment that the thanks of the ciiis.,ns of the Commonwealth are due to her executive officers fur their sell deliyiug aud persevtaing efforts to 'maintain her honor, and hole the cinema of the United . States,. that by such efforts the capital 'of , tlie country: was saved .from capture by ttaitota, and the whole country from disgrace." From this it will - charly be observed that the &bl i nders heaped so . lavishly by the *hole DOMONLitiO rebel press upon Governor Clans and his tutmlidatration, have tallen harmless 'to the grouhd, and Governor CIMITIN stands, - be-. fore the oountty with a unauhnous - report exonorating him from all suspicion in the pretellied, and that report,beimg made by known political enemies of the Governor, should close the mouths of hie slanderers forever. • Room or Till T.)MA•OI TAM 008U11111 , The report from this committee was also road before the House. It is very voluminous and certainly places several persons connected with the Wt . Legislature in no enviable posi tion, and without expressing any opinion of our own before we have fall lime to examine the report itself, we shall write nothing on the subject, but as soon as we can find room for the report itself we shall publish the same in our whims. Hon. EDWARD MoPasasos presented President Lincoln with a rare cane yesterday morning.— It was manufactured by John Banks, of Scran ton, Pa., out of a cedar stick. It is very curi ously carved, the top Into au American eagle. Upon its throat is the national shield with the words "Union Forever I" inscribed . thlreon. The eeigle gitrsps Jeff. Davis by the Benito( his breeches. Itelow him on one side is a cannon. O f. unlheother a lion in full spridg4ltkia rat tlesnabe near by. Tai WAISROGZON COKRZISPONDEST Of the Pa. grist piedicts that if we bill providing for the emancipation of shivery in the District of Col umbia becomes & law, there wilt be "bloody times" in that city, and that he will make transit for the north. Doubtless "Sob n" moot that he would go south, instead of coming north, because a man holding sentiments such as he, fulminates through the columns of the Patriot should not trust hie neck in the loyal states. Tae AIXIIIINATIVS.—Parson Brownlow, in his . Oindunati speech, said be was a slaveholder but he had no hesitation in saying that "when the question comes, as it will, the 'Union and no slavery' and 'slavery and no Union,' he was f a the Union and 1 t slavery go to the doge, or where else it may be sent." What a rebuke to the snivelling flunkies in our own midst who or)! "hands off' whenever it is proposed to tread isponttiatio' ins of the "peculiar institution I" Chtartiliongh baldly flAtyliettreibr age, has been in seventeen battles, in three of which he commanded, and was in the ?dation was. WHO IS FOR THE UNION? This question has been so often asked and answered by the Democratic leaders, in a style to suite their own party purposes, in localities where their falsehoods could not be reached or exploded, that we are now gratified to have It in our power to adduce facts, nem answer to the questions, which must forever cover the Democracy (?) with disgrace. When Governor Sprague was before the people of Rhode Island for re-election, the Republicans of that state made no opposition, because they regarded Sprague as having done his duty to his country, and in obedience to the same sentiment which inspired him to sealous patriotic action, the Republicans of Rhode Island gave the youthful and gallant Sprague a clear field, and left his election only a matter of form and not a subject of contest or antagonism. By this action, the Republicans of Rhode Island evinced their high and invincible regard for the Union, while they paid a noble tribute to those who were perrilling their lives in its defence. But the election iu Connecticut was not allowed to pass off with the dignity and decorum which distinguished that of Rhode Wand. The Democracy of Con nectictit were determined, to contest the result, notwithstanding they are in the minority, if only to prove by that oontest that they are still wedded to their old allies, and that they can tecoguize no man as fit for position, whatever may be his Union tendencies and loyal proclivi ties, who is not of the stripe which eats dirt at the trough of slavery, or bends low to every demand which the advocates of that institution may make. Gov. Buckingham, of Connecticut, is as loyal, as devoted, as sincere and as brave a m nas Gov. Sprague. There is no difference between them, therefore any comparison of their merits must become odious, and yet the Demociacy of Connecticut could not, for the sake of the Union, as did the Republicans of Rhode Island, wave a contest in the late election, and with oiguity and decency, permit the peo ple to indicate their preferences without the awakening of old political antagonism. At least the leaders of the Democracy of Cunnecti emt did not permit theblection to pass in the manner in which the leaders of the Republic as party in Rhode Island conducted the election in the latter State. Notwithstanding, the Union Republicans of Connecticut achieved a glorious victory; won it bravely and iu the face of false hews; re-asserted and declared that ancient •levotiou to the Union and the Constitution which has always made Connecticut one of the proudest and sorest Commonwealths in the . Union. Toe action of the Republican leaders in Con necticut and Rhode Island, is of that noble character which makes us love the Republican organisation. While they disclaimed all party putposes—while in Rhode Wand they freely acquiesced in the re-election of a Union Demo c.at, and while they only asked such re-eleztion of a Union Republican In Connecticut, the leaders of the Democracy In both states in sisted on that party distinction with which they have conducted themselves during the rebellion, and Itth which they are bound to conduct all furore . poittisal oompaigns until they have diagramed themselves and. the. Union. TER WAR 01 BACZSO. Finding that old pleas, which heretofore had the effect. of rousing the madness of the south ern people, are becoming powerless, the rebel „leaders and statesmen are beginning to concoct new arguments to keep alive the flame of re bellion. It is no longer insisted upon, that the south is fighting to vindicate its peoular inett tntion,.which gives one , man power to, make property . ' of the flesh of another. The issue 'le now made one of prestige in races, and the rebel leaders with that proliffo tendency to falsehood which has distinguished all their assumptlims, now declare that the war is waged between races, claiming at the same time a superiority for the southern race of men of the grandest and greatest qualities. These rebel leaders hold that the mud sills axe inferior to the chivalry. They maintain that the race of men has degenerated in the north, while on the other hand the men of the south have ben ad vancing in intellectual improvement and gryirl cal propckions. The reason'they assign fOithli degeneracy, the same which *. olalm has made the race of men in the free _states so in vincible gind powerful in• the walks °Wife and the prbfesaions of business.tn men despise labor. They bold that Indus by which men earn their bread and clothe their bodies, as degrading and fit only to be performed by slaves: Because the men of the north practice such a living, and because labor is here dig-. nified and elevated, the leaders of the slave holders' rebellion denounce their northern fel low-citisens as their iideriors, from whom it is the highest aim of the' people of the south to sever every connection. In one sense it may be rididilons to allude to such notions. But in' another view It is` wOl enough that the pretensions of :tlie,ptxmle of the south be fairly 'ventilated:, Abet ,therivOrld untiy: contemplate the folly which incites , them to'rebellton. If this were a war of nupti; its ehd would have already been achieved by. the.com plete overthrow, of the rebellion. Only the facie that teerril are mem ie theioutx whb t hin secretly cnerish their Union feelings, have been able to Aive that section from complete desola- * Lion. We claim that - there are tnose in the rebel states who still have rights that must be re•pected. If it were nut for ibilliket t the tory of rebellion would be at onde:tivei run, r and the war of races which the traitors binnit ail helms waged by themselves, - brought home to the ,south with tin effect'itiali Trevetit any future danger from istch"e&lisue. As It is, this war of races may -commence sooner than the leader's of the rebellion now desire, but it will be &mar in which'the slave will raise his hand against the master, and freedom, as it was created by God, will trample down every altar "not dedicated to its principles and Mid bates. THE WAR Doiteriater his tinder considers tiOn the . orgia:disMioto. of attopantei of Ceti+ traboado," for ti o purPoi" of g" i°ll-1 4 S3uooem torts during - the iickirPomoo. • Arms CAUT, of the United States Court of Claims is in this city, on a short visit to file old home and friends. Pennoutuania Waft Qielefirctpt), (*wimp inclining, 2tptill 10, 1862 From oar Evening Edition of Yesterday. VICTORY! GLORIOUS NEWS FROM THE WEST. GREAT BATTLE AT PITTSBURG LANDING. Beanregard with an Immense Army Attacks the Combined Forces of Buell and °mat. TWO DAYS HARD FIGHTING TDB RESULT IN DOUBT FOR SEVERAL HOURS 13KM. c 43:.: IN; • r.• 1111111 Complete Bout of the Enemy. Gen. Grant Following Up the Rebels LOBS HEAVY ON BOTH SIDES. WRICV403**10):0111111:41MOSI OWE OF BEAUREGARD'S ARMS SHOT OFF. From 18,000 to 20,000 of the United. States Forces Killed, Wounded and Missing. 85,000 to 40,000 of the Rebels Killed, Wounded or Missing. oua LOSS IN •OFFICERS HEAVY. LIST OF SONS OF TEE KILLED AND WOUNDED Large Amount of Artillery Taken Gen Prentls Reported as Taken Prisoner GENERAL POPE'S OPERATIONS AT ISLAND No. 10. Three Rebel Generals and Six Thousand Prisoners of War Taken. One Hundred Siege Gum, Several, Field Bat teries and an Immense - quantity. of Small Arms and Munitions of War Captured. General Makall, formerly Ally'. General of the United States Army among the Prisoners. The Union Victory Complete and Overwhelming. ll.' 8. MILITLIVI TCLEORAPE, WAR NWT. . • B. . The following message was r ec eivedc by the Secretary of War this evening: - On the 6th inst. the rebels, in overwhelming ntinibtra, attacked oar for at Pittsburg Land ing; • The battle lasted from morning until late in the afternoon, and resulted in the defeat of the rebels with heavy- lois on both - sides. Gen. Grant is following up the enemy, Gen. Buell has arrived in Tennessee. Two divisions of his army were in the battle et Pittabarg Landing.: To Hon. EDWDT K. &mann, Secretary of War: The enemy attacked our works at Pittsburg, Tennessee, yesterday, but were repulsed with heavy loss. No ‘ details given. (Signed) H.' W. ilausox, - Meier General. UntehaD erneToll.l Sr. Loins, April.a.--lit response to a serenade to-night, General Halleck said that Beattregard, with an immense army, advanced from Corinth and attacked the combined forces of Generale Grant and Buell. The battle began at daybreak yesterday, and qontinutd till late in the afternoon, with terri bleloss on both sides. . We have gained a complete victory, awl driven the enemy back within hi 9 fortifies- Atone.' , General Halleck also announced his departure for the field to morrow morning. Loony/us, April B.—The Nashville Patriot of this morning, says:—A gentleman who left the neighborhood of the Confederate army of the 'west. last Thursday, reports that Beaure gard•left , Corinth, on that day, with his own mind, for Purdy, Tennessee, and Sydney Jonn stou'left with a force on the same day, for the same destinati•us via Hamburg. It ,wis expectedthat they would bring on a battle on' Friday or Saturday, if their march virus not impeded by rain. Official advices from Gen. Grant's command say, the enemy attacked our forces at Pittsburg, Tennessee, yesterday, but were repulsed with heavy foes. • The partici:dais of the battle have not yet been r-ceeived. CHIOAGO, April B.—A private despatch re; milted in this city to-night from one of Gen: GraW.'43 st.ff. says: "lie ham fought, and wan the haniest hid& sur,.. f sight - on this corstitaint." lhe despeitcti hi dated Pittsburg Landing, April 6. • General Pope's Operations. • General Pope iirsoonring the country around Islabd No. 10,.and so tar has oaptu* General Milan and staff and 2000 men. '" The above id not from an of f icial emcee, but b 3 deemed authentic, and corresponds with the expectations formed upon the previous official Information. The following was received this evening Micas': WAXER LANDIND, April 8, 1862. is To HON. EDWIN M. STADION, .ElNCietary o War : Sin :--Gen. Paine's division marched forward to Tiptonvills last night and captured Gen. uski.ll, formerly an Adjutant General of the United States his ataff, and about- 2000 prisoners from Arkansas and Louisiana- - a large quantity, of !3toyoh aniLontticip o t a . pro. perty. Gen. Pope I , I ;AM I P?4Iik come: gbie iimAgoir,„„z t u „ the direction of Islandfew - inintitei; to capture all that is left. To the Hon. Edwin it. Stanton, Seeretely of War: I=l I=:= Brig. Gen. W. M. Makall, late of the United States Adjutant General's Department, and two thousand of the rebel forces, have surreudered to Gen. Pope, and it is expected that many more will be captured to-day. Immense quantities of artillery and supplies have fake into our hands. H. W. HALLICK, Major General. ST. Louts, April 8, 1862—r. N.—To the Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Gen. Pope has captured three genetals, six thousand prisoners of war, one hundred siege pieces, and several field batteries, with im mense qanntities of small arms, tents, wagons, horses and provisions. Our victory is complete and overwhelming We have not lost a single man. (Signed) H. W. HALLICE, Major-General. Sr. Louts. April B.—Gen. Pope has captured three Generals, six thousand 'rumen of saw, one hundred sage guns, several f ield bacteria, an im mense quantity of small arms, taste, wagons, horses, and proviriceu. In accomplishing all this he has not mat a single man. CHIOAOO, April B.—A special dispatch from Cairo to the Trthune says :—‘ , Dispatches from New Madrid say that the gnu-boats Pittsburg and Carondelet yesterday shelled and silenced the batteries on the opposite shore, when General Pope ordered the troops across, which was accomplished without the loss of a man." 'I he rebels fled toward Tipton, sinking sev eral of their transports and gun boats. Their floating battery, mounting ten guns, drifted down the river lest night, and is now aground near Point Pleasant, a..d will be re coveted with its armament, The Ohio Belle will also be recoverd. General Pope took the Pittsburg and Oaron - dole., and with a part of his army marched to Tipton and attacked the enemy this morning. He took two thousand prisoners. WATSON'S LANDING, Tenn., April 8. To Hon. E. M. &twos, Secretary of War : The enemy evacuated Island No. 10 last niltbt. It is occupied by Col. Buford of. the Twenty-seventh Illinois. General Pope will capture all that remains on the Highlands today. The movement on the rear has done this work. (Signed) THomas A. Scow, Assistant Secretary of War. LATER. • New YORK, April 9. Special dispatches give many particulars of the terrible conflict at Pittsburg Landing. The rebel General Albert Sydney J.ihnson was kill.ll by a canton ball. Gen &aunt gard's arm was allot off. From fifteen thousand to twenty thousand of the United States forces, and from thirty five to forty thousand rebels either killed, wounded or missing. Our loss in officers is very heavy, but it is impossible at present to procure their names. The tollowing are among the number: Brig. Gen W. H. Wallace. killed. Colonel Pegram, acting Brigadiet General, killed. Col. Ellis, 10th Illinois, killed. 311. Goddard, 15th Illinois, killed. .Lieut. Canfield, 72d Ohio, mortally wound ed, since dead. Lteutt.-Colonel Kyle, 4lat Indiana, mortally wounded. Oolonel Davis, 48th Mao's, mortally wounded. General W. B. Sherman, wounded in the hand by e - trinop Colonel SweeneY, 62d Illinois, acting Briga-. dier General, wounded. He received two shuts in his only remaining arm, having lost one In Mexico ; also a shot in one leg. Cot. Sweeny kept the field until the close of the fight, and he excited the admiration of the whole romp - Colonel Dare Stuart, 65th Illlnakt,. • • Brims:liar-General, will shot through the break; on Sunday. He returned 40 4 thosliaki on Mon day. Col. Charles Croft, 81st nano% noting Brig. General, shot through the right shoulder, and dangerously wounded. Cul. Rayne of r the 48th Lino% wOunded sllgn tiy. Col. 0. M'Elnigey, 17th Kentucky, wounded Lieut.-Col. leant, 18th Kentucky, wounded slightly. Lieut.-Col. Morgan, '26th Indiana, wounded badly in the head. Colonel Meson, of the 71st Ohio, wounded el ightly. 'Major Eaton, 10th Illinois, acting Colonel, wounded fatally. Major Nevi l le, 11th Illinois. wounded slightly. Capt. Irwi W. Carrow, Gen. Grant's Scout, bead shot off y a cannon ball. Capt. Preston Morton, killed. Capt. Dillon, 18th Illinois, killed. Capt. Mace, sth Illinois, killed. Capt. Carter, 11th Illinois, killed. Major Page, 67th Illinois, killed. Gen. Prentiss with several hundred of our then were taken prisoners on Sunday. THE VERY -LATEST. FURTHER PARTICULARS. PTTIMPING LANDING, Via Font BM= April 9, 8 2A A. m.—One of the greatest and bloodiest battles of modern days has just closed, resulting In the complete rout of the enemy, who attacked us at daybreak on Sunday morning. The battle lasted, without interruption, dur ing the entire day, and was again renewed on Monday morning and continued undecided un til four o'clock in the afternoon, when the ene my commenced to retreat, and are dill flying towards Corinth, pursued by a large force of our cavalry. Tice slaughter on both sides has been im mense. We have lost, in killed, wounded and missing, from 18,000 to 20,000. and that of the enemy is ;estimated at from 86,000 to 40,000. Tbe fight was brought "tin by thine hundred of the 26th Missouri regiment of Gen. Prentiss' division, attacking the advance guard of the rebels, which they supposed to be the pickets of the enemy. The rebels immediately ad -waded on Gen. Pren.iss' division, on the left, wing, routing in volley alter volley of mus ketry and riddling our camp with grape, canis ter nod shell. Our forces soon formed into line and returned the lire vigerottaly,and by the time we were pre pared to receive them,had turned their beavie-t tire on the left centre of Gen Sherman's divi sion' and drove our men back from their camp and bringing up a fresh force opened fire on our left wing, Gen. M'Clernand's division,— This fire was returned with terrible eff ct and determined spirit by both the infantry and ar tillery along the whole line, a distance of over four miles. den. Hurlburt's division was thrown forward to support the center, when a desperate fight ensued. The rebels were driven back with ter riTte but soon rallied and drove back our men in turn. From about nine o'clock until night closed, there waa.no determination of the result of the struggle. The rebels exhibited remarkakible good gen eralship. At times engaging the left with appall reutly their whole strength, they would sud denly open a terrible and destructive fire on UM right or center. Even our heaviest and most destructive fire npon the- enemy did not appear tolibmoursge their solid columns.l) - fire of Maj. Tsyior's Chicago artillery newt fatO.mdoirti in scores, but the , smoke no, sooner (liveried than the breach was again filled. The most desperate fighting took plea) late In the afternoon. Gen. Bull's forces had by this time arrived on the opposite side of th , river, and another portion wa , coming up the river from SavAnnah. At five o'clock the rebels had forced our left wing back so as t, occupy fully two thirds ot our camp, and were fighti g in their efforts to drive us into the river, and at the same time heavily engaged our right. Up to this time we had received no reinforce ments, Geo. Levi Wallace failing to come to our support until the day was over, having takeu the wrong road from Crump's landtog,and being without other transports than those used for the quartermaster's and commissary stores, Which were too heavily laden to bring any considera ble number of Gen. Buell's forces across the river, the boats that were here having been sent to bring up the troops from Savannah. We were therefore contending against considerable odds, our forces not exceeding 80,000 men, while that of the enemy was upwards ot 60,000. Our con dition at this moment was exceedingly critical. Large numbers of our men were panic struck, and others, worn out by hard fighting, with the average per tentage of skulkers, bad struggled to wade the river and could not be rallied. Gen. Grant and staff, who had been recklessly riding along the lines the entire day amid an unceasing storm of grape and shell, now rode from the right to the left, inciting our men to stand firm until the reinforeements could cross the river. Col. Webster, the chief of the staff, immedi ately got into position the heaviest pieces of artillery frowning on the enemy's right, while a large number of batteries were planted along the entire line from the river bank northwest to our extreme right, some two and a half miles distant. About an hour before dark a general imam'. ading was opened upon the enemy front along our whole line with a perpetual crash of mus ketry. For a short time the rebels replied with vigor and effect, but their return shots grew less frequent and destrurtive, while ours grew more rapid and terrible. The gunboats Lexington and Tyler, which lay a short distance off, kept raining shell on the rebel train. This last effort was too much for the enemy and ,:re dusk the grins bad nearly ceased, and night coining on the combatants rested Onr men rested on their arms in the posi tion they had at the close of the night until the forces under Major General Wallace arriv d and took position on the right; and General Buell's forces from the opposite side and Sa vannah now being conveyed to the battle ground, General Nelson's dtvieion was order ed to form in the rfght, and the forces under General Crittzudvn was ordered to hie support. Beady in the morning, General Buell having arrived, the ball was opened at daylight by G.-neral Nelso , t's divisqn on the left, and Maj. General Wallace's division on the right. General Nekton's force opened a most galling fire on the rebels, and advanced rapidly as they fell back. The fire soon became general along the whole Hoe, and began to tell with terrible eff ct on the rebels. Generals M'Clernand, Sherman and Hurlbort's %en, though terribly jaded from the previous day's fighting, still maintained their honors won at Donelson, but the resistance of the rebels was terrible and worthy a better cause. They were, however, not enough for our undaunted bravery, and the dreadful desolation produced by our artillery' which swept them away like chaff ; but know ing that defeat here would be the deakh blow to their hope=, their generals still urged them on in the face of destruction, hoping, by flank ing us, to turn the tide of battle. Their success was for a time cheering, as they began to gain ground on no, appearing to have been reinforced, but our left, under Gen. Nelson, was driving thet%back with wonderful rapidity, and at eleven o'clock Gen. Buell's forces had succeeded in flanking them and cap turing their batteries of artillery. They, how ever, again rallied on the left and recrossed, and the right formd themselves forward in anot4er desperate effort, but reinforcements from Gen. Wood and Gen. Thomaiooming in regiment after regiment, which were sent to Gen. Buell, who had again commenceri to drive the About 8 o'clock R. Y., Gen. Grant rode to the left where fresh regiments had been or dered, and fading the rebels to be wavering, he sent a portlon'of his body guard to the head of each of the five regiments, and then ordered a charge aarche the field himself leading. , The cannon bails were failing like hail around him. The men followed with a•ehoat that sound ed above the roar and din of the artillery, and the rebels fled in dismay and never made another stand. Gen. Buell followed the retreating rebels, driving them in splendid style, and at half-past live P. X., the whole rebel army was in full re treat to Corinth, with our cavalry in hot pur suit. We have taken a large amount of artillery, and also a number of prisoners. We lost a number of prisoners yesterday, among them Gen. Prentiss. The number has not been ascertained yet, but is reported at several hundred. Gen. Prentiss is reported wounded. Among the killed on the rebel side is the General-in- Chief, 00:t. Albert Sydney Johnson, by a cannon ball, on the afternoon of Sand iy. 01 this there is no duubt, as It Ls corroborated by several re bel officers taken today. It is further reported that Beauregard had his arm shot off. This afternoon Gene. Bragg, Polk, Breckin ridge and Jackson were commanding the rebel forces. There never has been a parallel to the gal lantry and bearing of our officers from the commanding General to th" lowest officers. Gen. Grant and his staff were io the field, and riding along the line in the thickest of the enemies' lire during the entire two days, and all slept on the ground on Sunday night during a heavy rain. On several occasions Gen. Grant got within range of the enemy's guns, and was discovered and fired upon. Lieut. Cul. McPherson had his horse shot from under him when along side of Gen. Giant. Capt. Carbon was between Geo. Grant and your correspondent when a cannon ball took ofi his head, and killed and wounded several others. Gen. Sherman had two horses killed under him. Gen. McCiernand shared like dangers, and also Gen. fluriburt, etch receiving bullet holes thr3ugh their clothes. Gen. Bush re mained with his troops during the entire day. and with Gen. Crittenden and Gen. Nelson rode coutinnotudy along the lines, encouraging the men. FROM YORKTOWN. TRH HEY FROM 9i,000 TO 80,000 STRONG WasumGTos, April 8 The Secretary of War received a ,letter this afternoorl,troni General Wool, stating that at two o'clock, 2. x., yesterday, nothing was do ing at, Yorktown, except preparations for at tarking the fortifications; t-at the enemy's force was reported at from 25,000 to 80,000, and that at 2 o'clock, 2. ret., the Merrimac, Yorktown, Jamestown and four tugs were lying at Craney Island. _ e Flour continues quiet, with sales of superfine at $5 12105 25, ex t ra at $5 37845 75, extra faintly at 56 66, and fancy at $6 2546 60 3 11 ere is more wheat offering, but the market Is dull ; 4,000 bits. sold at $12641 27 for red, and $1 52(41 45 for white ; 5,u00 buy. Corn afloat, sold. at 65c. Provisions unchanged.— Whisky firm at 284Q)240. The Opera' - was of Gen Below Islaml Xo. NEW lianntn, The gunboats Caron tolet ar,rl which run the lrlocka le of the river and Saturday nights, were ex po,el rebel batteries, but not a.. 11 .t ;try boat. General Pope his sue eerl,l four steamers an five barg,. be t,, rut through the swamps [ruin PLA.ii above Island No. 10. This extraordinary and hercal,i assigned to Cob nel Bissell, will, hi of engineers and mechanics, nod I, t executed. It was essen.ial to thr, the enemy and tee ciplur e of ribe tetday the gunboat Ctrundel. t, r a ker, accompanied by Genetai Grtr.z Smith. of the Forty-third H. Marshall, aid of Gen. Po, rr, e ra nolssartre, by order of General ville, the object being to draw th ,, . masktd batteries of the en-my. A large number of batten, , . at or near each print where oar land, and there was a coutinq guns alt day. The Careirdr-I,t rti battery on her way up [be met, I, Marshall, Aid to Gen. Pope, a , , , , I some soldiers of the Tw oty landed, spiked the guns, br tit and threw the rebel itrounitr r., ita All returned to New Mt•lrid in r...1c ed with their excursion This morning the gur.b Pittsburg proceeded, by order, to t lected by Gen. Pope for his r in two hours three batteries acct the guns spiked. At 11 o'clork. the First Div;,.ori ments of infantry and one b terl commanded by General P.tie , •, cr followed by General Suinl- y'H General Granger. Toe in the face of the enemy, an, pre:,. did spectacle, rr fleeting t end Pope, whose energy dui sii ;, severely taxed. MOM FORTRESS TILE STEAXER Matters at Yorktown Progressin; THE RECENT s The Old Point boat bits art i. eight o'clock last evcuin.t. Uir rebel steamer Meni:/13'2 13 C.;lt U with seven other guttbo.tts, u. able day. The weather is cold and f , gzy west wind. The latest from Yorktown I v t day la that everything is pro4l,s , torily, but that a battle id no. a day or two. An order has been Lisw , d fr m ment announcing that Capt Abilistant Adjutant Genuai, h.,s i. by the President an fiddltlou 11 A to General Wool, with the rtu 0 COlOntl. Lieutenant Colonel Whipple kt perform the duties of A - t.wi A eral and chief of the star u: which office he has tilled w,r.:l r, *MOMS Since Beptaw Uer latt [SECOND DISPATCH The drnericnn', special that the storm which r. afternoon and continued : doubtless prevented the M ing out as intended. She oonildently as suou as the ar A gentleman who was ou BaIICOGIS when ehe went of truce on Moodily, eats Ili mao was then lying off Cr. 1, 1, y Yorktown, Jamestown au I 1,, small trigs were in company steam. No particular change In tt: the Merrimac from that pre, , was here before was non,: d. impression of those on boo I that the whole fleet wLg ~n when the flag of truce :Live Lied The Eltdtamust hive been army now advancing up tt.ti prlved as they are t a gre it et shelter of tents an I coin.tet le I watchfulness iu the lice of lie • The rude were uoue to gokof now be brought toe more Intim. and the public Inuit not be expecting early results in tLi= d r. We have enlarged repirts Itt number of rebels on the peel formidable character of the it ti number of guns, &c., but ex izei forte of rumor, and it is •td . e. to half. Whatsoever the force uty be overcome. eID FOR REN l'- TWO Frame Housed on Empire of Mr- M aprlO.at.o t or e- of Sceon, NEW FRUIT S fOR TE subscriber has just opt: corner of See n and , wore, whe:e w:lt hare +I a! 1..1 supply if •lit;lT, B. H AND uili •ly Mild • Nux.er at le , in canoe .10n with he I , ore, he .t I on the bil 1.55,11.11 t bu a.l S ore will b.. promptly at encei to. a0rt142.• E. N SPRING MILLIN MRS. M. A lIUNTSBE;iGE WILL OPEN A Large Assortment ei SPRING MILINE Oa Friday, April 11th. 1.i6 At her o' d stand, NJ. 5, Slarget ;:re •-; U VN la iyl ontrbOat a c. aas ama g ta wpm IL; t ba rth oauaty li ds nut th ail my ay: robatimi, I tard4 ), eon/ t her applicat , apr9 dht FIFTH WARD HO B. J. PETERS, Propriai Corner of Forster and lets` (In the Rea of the Res , HarrisbUrg. Boarding by Abe Week. day o es ble rates. -eel stibt.n; t'vr o'. ------------ 01/316 OF LTEtab Vauty h AILIVAD 6, C,. 1 roVi,TOW-,.. ,; r • 3 !. AMEETING of t e t•tocßi,u.•;el Lykeus Valley ktadrold am; C ...i 6.- bel iatr is 4 eoutti ,ev,, tit 6 r., , t Monday the Sth day , [3l,y ,eat, i L 1 .0:, 00111 _O'clock EX , for the 1u i o-e e...: e ~ °eat. Fauetary, area tint a( de. veil 3 1 . ... , .i. L , . .I' for the . nailing year, epr9.d awid , April 6 FIVE, DOLLARS F; IVA Loss a. all u.:Or .CCO case •el a number of raire p s tie 1,11,Yd the above reward re, ra- dto toe hie res deuce at N 0.161, Nt.rth Elghta EVA phle, CI the Part House. Harrulburg• eptB4llo JO3Ol Bl -.-`. ==:s ME
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