DAILY POST. The Union as it WAS; The Constitution its it iii! MONDAY MORNING, APRIL if air Reading matter on errry page A RETROSPECTION Twelve Months' Rebellion Last Saturday. a year ago, April I;ith the Pittsburgh Post contained the follow• ing announcement " War commenced ! The bat teries opened on Port Sumter! Near midnight, on the same evening, another dispatel announced the progress of the encounter saying that. the firing had continued al day without intermission, when it was discovered that two of Stouter's gulls had been silenced, and a breach undo in the South-cast. wall of the Fort. In relay to demand from Benuregard to Major An Berson for a surrender, the latter replied that '•unless your guns batter the fort to Pieces, it will have to surrender in a few days for want of provisions." The next day, but not until the Fort was in a blaze from Beauregaril's lire. Sumter was evacuated. Thus began twelve months ago, the most formidable rebellion that the world ever experienced, and one which has been growing in proportions ever since Sumter fell TSp, until this date the Pittsburgh Pfs/ upon every occasion, supported every measure calculated to avert the calamity which civil war has entailed upon this country. The Crittenr h romprolni,:o the meivittre of pai-iiiero ion olfen•Ll acid ad vacated by Judge Douglas sitions of the Prat• t IH• tire offered by the border St:fte Conveit Lion. and everything rive ealculati , d Ui prevent. thi6 terrikle and ‘vnsting conflict received Our support and ~ y rni.athy. The party in tows-r. wev , •r. Hush rd wit ii recent victory, would listen to nothing to arrest civil war. "Without a hub, blood letitng. they said. the rnion will he worth a rn,dl, and the blood letritlg has been going on ever since. at a rate, calculated to appease the yen geanee or the most sangifinnry coinUataitl AVe nivored anyt re:IA.:m:11)1e to avi.rt this calamity; but Ivltmt L tililic rum menced ! there wa:: 1,111. way L• ft fur us• to trave4-11 w: , 10 support ottr ernilleld, uu matter WllO coMpOSEN! the Administration. veordinuly. I h.. morn ing following the I lay. oti which ilk rebels. opened on Sumter, our edihirinl column confain.4l arfi.•lc of our convictions ur liitc tram whi,h panigTaph The this greed yureidtm,-111 must he maintained. /i / oerr to punish to well as to protect its children most he used. Political partizanship ntitst tmlr cease k, govern ;nen rut this issue.— Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanianti are for the Union. The gorernment whi , k the people hare appointed, and u•hirlr responsible to the people for ii.; ercry act, would Le derelirt of its duly as a government, it did not protect it. ivop ekly, its citizens, its flag. and its granted . _ rights against all asurpers, all rebels. all traitors—external or internal .foes, of whaterer chara,•fcr These were hnr setitimen Is twelve months ago; they are our convictions now, and we have faithfully followed the path then marked out, and which then met and now meets, the approbation of o judgment \nen Cork;pps , i n „ embled, in Jul}• la . . it then. feeling the magnitude of three months rebellion, passed, with but two dissenting voieom, the following resolu- "_That the present deplorable civil war has been forced_ upon the country by the disuniotiixts of the .s3onthern States, now in arms ago insl the Constitutional Goe- eminent, and in arms around the eapit that in this National emergency, Co gress,banishi)4Vall feeling of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its dqy to the whole country that this war is not waged on their part in any spirit of op pression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or estab lished inglitution of those states, b u t to defend and-maintain the suprenmeg the Constitution, owl to prenrre the, Union, with all the dignity, eq . nality, am, rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are ac complished the war ought to cease. — • From the day the rebellion opened, on til the meeting of the Congress whiel pased this resolution, we have sunk al parakanship. and have giv.n our limitec influence to the support of the Govern merit and to its eqThrts to carry out the objects tin- which the war was commenced But how _is it with our political oppon ents? For the past six months they have been devoting all their energies to the prostitution of all the powers of the Government,'to the destruction of insti- tutions which no act of the Government can reach; and, their leaders, in Con , loess, have rescinded the very resolution, which ander oath they declared to contain their true intentions in the prosecution of hostilities. Besides, every man, whet h er a civilian or a soldier, who will not partake of abolition fanaticism is marked by these zealots, as a sympathizer with rebellion. and all the ingenuity of these foresworn fanatics, is brought to bear to disgrace and crush him. Those who wire prudent. and conservative among our op ponents, nine months ago, have ::inee been overwhelmed by the fierce crusade of abolition phrenzy. This terrible .strug- gle for national existence has degenerated into schemes for abolition declamation, «•bile a portion of the most devilish of the schemers are plotting for the per- tnanent separation of the Utthin. Let thes e extremists have control for six months longer, o• until thy• meeting of the next Congress, and we will see them as far advanced from their pr,.scal r,Tk less positions, as they all‘ now from that Irhich they occupied when the rebellion began. In flip meantime t•initart. is being depleted and gri)iniing, beneath lier uqu•ud m, imib , rialiing. We haeu mane Lope yi•[. lii,,!ver. 111:11 \ otir and t iid ur nation in satisfy through tio.• rocks of . r. hellinn and abolition whirdt im• Itc , r 4lest . ruc•tiun THE 61'111,1. fir 1 1 111S1:11:(; I,lllll\G A ViVid lieseripr 11 - t; surrender o;:1" spare this morning t.. a .li•=f•iip lion of' the Imo 11•••mendon, t•1,.•,00.te t • Pittsburg: We colt: it fr,tl:l Ih, eincia nati Ti toes, 1111(.1 , i .V 1 1, ,, • dii• he neighborhood or the .ect ti)e P.•:Ulrl• • .^ attelitiffit 11:i: ij( If II:II Itiriq bloody elig;l:...ment: t will, 1rol.:11.1y, prove the nio , t uuthfnl publi,lied. It will lie, •cn that luriut ti .• lir. t oI th.• light wir 11:1.1 II not heel' jr, the th•slyttetive oC ho guni),,:tt Tyler. “ttl• lon v...;;1,1 hire 1)1•1•11 hy Sholis trom the 1.":11 t01t.•,•;,- ed his rapidly:illy:Hieing voltittin-. t thi titm• ;rant iv:t,:wiTh (,r tit,. army. but Ito Just in :int,. 1.. slop tlii. Nt ( . I , llll'llcl' lou 1110 Ul'4l , l' 'l, ;I , 50. , 11 ro•tored: that minnow not a inc . t.lont with% ornhlo to t Ito l uinu caso. tilt' 10'0110 The Merrimac , the 1;:illintorr• .111,T "ft TM' . •• ttid Point %vent to lied 1a. , : ni , •111 tt itlt •great.expectation.' that to-dav tvould one of startling events. The f1a.g•.,1-t roe ,• Imat which returned last night so slowt a time Lehr,! the I:altinawe her were.: did not reael, no• in time to Ira!, mit it tocolt: that tit,. !lo•i't•i:,1:11,• wa.a in llit, Elizabeth river. tie:tr to Cram:\ Island, with steam tip and noparentt" tn.! way dolvo. She was wi:li hat ! a,o !ward whether the Viirliown and .laine-;ow n were or the te:oilo.r. \Viten this I , e:lam Istiolve :ie e•ip,.etation was general tit:d th.• iron isomer ‘could I out to-day. and .lest a haval vonte.4l. Cnelt a, history has no parallel :;.r. would mistie. -111 , ort, speculation, 105 to the incident s mi d f k . a litres nt Ihp contest. were prevalent. but strong i, theiaith in tlo , preparatioi, nuide that no IPIII. , e 1 •111141 to has . .• a it . :ll . :I •. I, ii,, • :Ind. beyond a thought a. I. the inevitable 10-s nt life ihal wtnti+i ea the struggh! was looked riosits and v N:citt•awnt. ihan with any ;iv I prehension. During Coe night, Itmvever..ll , ,„tor at had grown into a gale: now it it hiow•iu great guns. and we ice up liir the dac all expectations that the .:Nierriante will at tentpt the third act in her role. Tie• Liot that the reptiii.s on her face 'icon that .l Will i, all itseertaineil'litet, so it-, shall lool; !ally 1. "1 . • oelll'reilee..• A Man Marries four Wives . . A Hillsdale (Mich.) p;ape i • a a late• dai has the following: A young man aged about t WVl:iy - four years married a 11issSutid,. of Coldwater. in this stale, in Novendair, Itiru, a nd is a few months after be married a yowl ! , lady in Kalamazoo. huring this fall he married another young lady in Colismn - tine, St. Joseph county, and in 6.1. r months thereafter he again was wedded to it MISS Rowley, of daughter of wealthy , •itizon, whom lo• induced to elope with Itiw. "I'In• father becoming reconciled. stet Cor then,. and a f ew days heeamo ay.-are of the al,,, v e facts, when it. caused hi., itt-law to be lodged iu the Cild ill jail. The last. named :,oung lady is represented as being very handsome mot we.. e , me. a . ,•,I, with an unblemished ellaraet,,... A LErrEtt From Port llo . ):41 pox prevails to an alarming ext4,lll. :Iton e thenegroes in Beaufort and nit the Island. There are now twenty-live ease,i in the small-pox hospital, under the eare 1)r. Waldock, of Boston, Massachusett s , wit went with Mr. Pierce. lie is an able phy sician, and very successful in eases or that loathsome disease, and has Inst. lint few cases. Ile is now engaged in vaccinating the negroes, and has already treated be tween five hundred and fifty and his hun dred men, women and children. Shaping the Horns of Steers. The position or horns may be changed y scraping them. It it is desired to turn p, scrape on the under side: if to turn le horn out, scrape on the insid,•. aml ric e versa—as that side of the horn serape.] grows faster than the other, thereby Vhang iug the course or direction of t he horns. But this is a slow process, and I will give a more effectual method of matching steers' horns. You may be aware that horns, when young and growing hist, are tender, and may be turned in ahnost any direction by gently pulling them. Now. thon, take a ball and screw the horn on tight; then take a small pulley, and make it Mit over the head in the direction you wish to turn in the horn ; then take a small eord, make it fast to the horn, pass it. over the pulley, and tie on a weight, taking care not to put on too much weight, which would turn the horn too short. About the weight of.a brick is sufficient for a two years old steer. Whenever he is put into the barn, hitch on the cord and let the weight be pulling, and in the course of two or three monthssthere will be a decided change in the position of the horn. C. [N. S. Waterman, Orange, Vt.,.suggests the same mode, and says that oiling the scraped portion will facilitate the process.] THE new treasury notes now being is sued have engraved signatures upon them, thus saving an immense labor and great delay in signing them by hand, as has here tofore been the eue. LATEST NEWS BY -TELEGRAPH. Thrilling Deserip• tion of the Battle. THE VERI LITEST FROM PITT RHO LADING ! 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Vhoi, roporter 11 . 11, nil Welillt`Stlay mnrnit.r, our ndvatun.. witieh had twill , ntly on , nriod tho gr.nind form ,rl‘ In•hi h t en.-tny. half was het wren and rnrintit. ottoidy aro ~t raitrint2 ovory !tory(' t tel in 1, •; 1 11 . ..N. , 111.111ti aua h• tvor twt-t . v. o.llll' hero:, uc dri‘k. tin tr say:. Tb e bility t stirpri,• nests With the e.nti manding otllver. o il Friday a larli,o fure , ‘ of rebel city:lll.y pi.e:,n4l in sight rdl our linos and vi llain ed then:, Inn 4 - ;en. Sherman, who th, ;1.11m1,c, hart boon 101111:T01 not to bring on :111 engagement: emtsrinontly. 1119 sent out III) VornPAll(lnding Ihrrc u, MOO th.. 11. n'inailiOd in 111.,,1110n until Sunday morning, and ser ve d as a. s creen , behind whielt Beauregard formed his troops in battle undiscovered.— When the iiikiek was first inade, the 71st and 77th Ohio regiments dis played inexcusable inefficiency. The latter lied without tiringagnii,the others tired one or two rounds, then fled. The cowardice ut these riTiinents left that point undefend ed. The enemy immediately closed. in and surrounded the more :idvanced regi ment,. Ile also states that the 181 h • Wis consin and luth lowa fled after. Iwo or th ree round s . When the enemy lied they b urne d all their wagons, and left their mutinied behind.all of whom are prisoners. Waterli“use's battery lust one killed and It; wounded: Willard's Chicago battery. live killed and thirty wounded: one New Or leans regiment. the Louisiana Tigers, were almost entirely left on tile field, killed or wounded; they were nearlyall wealthy men. dressed in the Zonave uniform. t;en Prentiss escaped On Tuesday and came into vamp alone. In the confusion of the retreat he managed to elude the Rebels: . vigilanee. Beanregard intended to make his attack two, days previously, but extraordinary rains impeded his progress and delayed his arrival. Had the attack been made at the time intended, Buell could not possi bly have arrived in time to save a defeat. Ke EP out of bad company, for the chance is, that when the devil fires into a flock he will hit somebody. ..„ u« "'" "" "“ ) " .if b64-latlit. 4.1103/I.lko Vit6.4/oe. aaiul 3e.la '4/.04 ;i4i4 LATEST FROM 11KTOIVN. "A 'Brbk -MMUM: The 57th and 63d Pennsyl vania Regiments in the Engagement, TWO KILLED :A ED F 0 r R WOUNDED !! A STEAMER FIRED INTO CAMP 13EFORE YORKTOWN, April 13.—0 n Friday while the 12th New York Volun teers in command of Major Barnum was on picket duty in front of the enemy's works near Yorktown, a regiment of reb els came out from under cover and advanc ed in line of battle. The Major rallied about :100 of his men to receive them at musket range pouring a deadly lire of min- Me balls, when the rebels retired leaving their dead and wounded on the field, which they afterwards removed in ambulances. Later in the day the - rebels advanced in considerable force from another point driv ing in our 1111 i ire pickets, and burned a dwelling used by the United States troops. During both these skirmishes we had three men slightly wounded. The:,7th and 1.;::d Pennsylvania regiments had a brisk skirmish with the enemy, in which we h ai l two men killed and four I%dunded. Killed--E. Cross, Co. K, and James Thompson, Co. A, both belonging to the Pennsytvania. . Wont - MR . (l—"Thos. Brooks, Co. C, and A. I:. Lynch. lIIId regiment: Sergeant Samuel Nieetel ne . Co. E. : - ,;th. and .lohn Cochrane, 'O. F. sa u te regiment. A L:11141' Was Stair 111 , from the I t•itt'l 1111•.; this morning for the first The weather still emititises idea:aut. 'melt impro‘ing the roa,T , . The stern wheel stetiailiust If Phil:eh - 21146a. while enteritiga creek yes erday. was iire,l 1111011 . Ls the rebels' water ntiery. one idiot pas Sing tery elns thin. I licri• was no firing of artiller.cyestertlay In' ci:her parties of any inonieni. The :truly liusily occupied in trashing I. rw:nrd t h.• It ovt . ..s6:t ry preparations I.)r un advativo. 'Hier.: an• nu here! lull till. Quitric•rilia-ter and Sulmist.?nee Depar o tment are ratoidly pf:rl'ectin arrangements hi till` :VMS : 4 I V lll l. l• Vi•rytiliflg 11(..011,1 101' th, Our Troops in Possession of Huntsville, Alabama. IFTEEN LOCOMOTIVES CAPTURED great Arlery of Itstilwav .4' 00000 weenie I in', 4.11 Hot Ivrea' 111,. itrin•l \1• Isril Ili, f.sllowi l ispatch ha: I,en re,eived by the Se er sry War: I sAls (.1 . Tiiir.ss I Iltint , vilk..lla., Apr:l'lldt. s \ :t f,.reod issarvlt of j 1 . ihlc dill fifty - leavits, l'ayett.•vilh• c=tcnlac at I :. say a.l%:titectl urchin' Ilri:adc, Kl'llll4ll ' , CIIV:Ilry Itattery, i'l"l'd 111111LiVill 111,4 nwrainiz ;is (..(•!...k. Th . ., ~ity tca hy mm hat ermsidec e the march pritet irahlr• i iVe have vaialsr,•.l ahmstr2ll 1:, I ,,, stssti‘,.s. a large :on,sat: :1,...;, , twer .111.1 lasx awl ishttft.rns rat , t..legraph nip:train, on, and lw. mai! 11• e have :tt 1:1.1 sueepod .I iu rutting arh•rt ..f railtt:r - hetv,-,•est the timlllseri Strife--. ! Sivn,‘,l j Haiti' . .11iril 'nit: Ili..:hint•ti,l ,•. ffl i a i a3 a divat.•ll :I[lllmi:icing that 1,1,1 (;cii.!:-.1 1 . I :la.hleit left the haul, ~r Uhl Nint h•ti,rs later than was emhra4,,l. iu th, fr.in I;.•twral re ct •i viN l laq night. exi,lo that the li•i .. riatate re maiurd stalionary Pliiat, it was thoii“ht that wai.tignaiad. loter . rnJthus : Four p. tn. The I\lerinme still lies in the position she assumed early this morning. The other vessel s o f the re b i d fleet more about her foul she remains qui et. It is the opinion or some that she is around as the quite lute, but this is a matter of surmise. Five o • cloek, p. in. The :11.-ri-inute still remains off t'raney's Island. and from the eluster oftuglioats around . her it is pretty eertain that she is aground. The Snwanee came in this morning from ll:aim-as. No news. The steamer Island from \Vest and the Idoelatiling squadron on the nun: also came in this morni ng a n d 1,-f t mulin for New York. No .iews frnin the south has transpired here. inaportant Yorktown. YlmwrowN. VA.. April 12..—The sun simile brightly yesterday and to-day, itch to the relief of the tin - tits:lnds of sob hers who are compelled tr. sleep in the Ten sir. The minis are still in a bad eon lition. r,d,oh Gill ventinne to open it their artillery whenever they discover a picket pryit t...) which our guns never reply. Th. , NJel forces have been greatly in e rea e d Within the last two days. On Thursday, several vessels were seen to land troops at. Yorktown and also at Glou cester, opposite which place has not been occupied up to this time. Reinforce ments have also been received from Nor folk by way of James river. The balloon reconnoissance made yei erday by Gen. Fitz John Porter, shows that the rebels had materially strengthen ed their works since the advance of the federal troops, and that many additional mins had been placed in position. Ne reached an altitude of 5,000 feet, and ob , aining an unobscured view as far as Wil iatitsburg and Norfolk. From Port Royal. ,New Vous, April 12.-- , --The steamer Lo cust Point arrived here this afternoon from Port Royal, on the 7th. The news is unimlumtant, the health of the troop: was good. A special dispatch received here by the Mercury says that there are not 5,000 reb els between t;.irdonsville and Richmond. The Rappahannock river is very high. Port Royal advices of the 7th inst.,. re ceived here state that an assault would be made on Savannah to-morrow. I hir pick ets were within eight miles of Savannah. Other important movements were about transpiring there. The steamer Baltic arrived to-day from a cruise in search of the U. S. ship Ver mont. The Baltic touched at Bermuda, and left on the Bth inst., having been ordered to leave in 21 houis. The steamers Bermuda and Herald wette loading with English goods, undoubtedly intended to run the blockade. It was reported at Bermuda that the Vermont was in good condition, and that she was on her way to Port Royal Our Sanitary Commission on the Road to Pittsburg. CINCINNATI ' April 13.—The steamers Marengo and Hailmim,. with the Sanitary Commission from Pittsburgh, Pennsylva nia, passed flown this evening for Pitts burg, Tehn. All well and progressing. FoRTHEss MONItOE, April 11.—The re turn of pleasant weather to-day, brought out the Merrimac, as was generally ex pected. She had been seen three days since, under steam at Craney Island, and, as the evening of yesterday promised that the storm had exhausted itself, few were sur prised this morning at the announcement that she was in sight coining down. The alarm gait was fired at 20 minutes past 7 o'clock, and as soon as the appear ance of the Merrimac was generally known the dock. beach and ramparts of the For tress, commanding a view, were crowded with spectators. The Merrimac, after showing herself be yond Sewall's Point, appeared to be head ing this way. She did not long continue o n this course, however, but turned towards James river, tbllowed by six other gun boats, 'which, bud come around the Point in her company Of thelatter the James town and Yorktown were recog,nized..— Among the others were supposed to be the Raleigh and Teaser. Arriving at a point about half way be tween Sowall's Point and News Point. (anti near the place where the French war vessels Cassendi and Cabinet, and the English steamer Rinaldo had placed them selves early in the morning,) the whole fleet eame to a stop 3 while the Jamestown, f0110w491 at some distance by the York town and a small tug, continued on her course. LATES:. — . rho .tame town returned from ('ran.'' Island at it o'clock. Not a shot wiei fired until •I o'clock, when the Merri mae tired three shots in the direction of Hampton Creek. The Nangatucket and Oetorora, which had been stationed in that vicinity. replied with a number of shots,all of which fell near the rebel fleet. The whole fleet. led by the Merrimac. then re turned to Elizabeth river. The name of the schooner captured was the Emily. from 11'ashington. with sutlers' Sr. Louts. April 12. Maj. McDonald, of the Eighth Missouri. arrived here last night from I'ittslurg Landing. lle con firms the death of A. S. Johnson. and was told Ity a prisoner, a Lieutenant, that Bush rod Johnson. who escaped from Fort Don elson. was also killed. lie thinks all re ports idiom livauregard being wounded unreliable. An ntlic•er or thi• Nett• Or leans Creole - Battalion. who was taken prisoner. says lieauregattd made a speech ou Sat tirdtiv, limitre the battle, in which he told them t'lle result was a sure thing, that tloty conld not fail, they would capture Orant's army. Iln.n whip Buell and thus hold their railroads. If they lost the day they might as well lay down their arms anti go home. 'l•he story of the escape of Gen. Premiss is not trite. Ile says the greater part of his brigade were taken prisoners early in the tight of Sunday. :•unboaty did line work, and probably etved our army from total disasteron Sun lay. The beginning (lithe tight on Sunday ). M. 11ru. I - was a complete surprise to many officers anti soldiers. being overtaken in their ten , and slaughtered o r . taken prisoners. Smith was not in the fight, but Iyiti at Savannah not being able to get out , bed. ltur torces engaged on Sunday were not over thirty-live thousand, while that of the enemy was not less than ninety thou sand. A Rebel quartermaster says that ninety thousand rations were issued before they left Corinth. The second day fight was not half so desperate as the first, the Rebels giving way before our fresh troops. Pursuit was not continued. Maj. M' tonald thinks our killed at least one thousand, and wounded three thousand. Ile says thurteett or sixteen hundred Rebel wounded were left on the field, and thinks their killed will amount to three thousand besides their wounded. We did not take more than five hundred wounded. Major M' Donald thinks Beauregard is not pre pared to make a stand at Corinth, and if pushed, will retreat to Jackson, Miss. Arrivals from Ironton say that Van I torn is at Pittsman's Ferry on Current River near the Missouri line, with ten or twelve thousand men, and awaiting rein tiweements. It is reported that the rebels are with drawing their forces from northwestern Arkansas and concentrating them at Poca hontas in the northeastern part of that State. Their force at that point is repre sented to be ten thousand: The federal forces under Gen. Steele are between Greenville, Mo., and the Ar kansas line, and are prepared to meet any movement that the rebels may make. Maj. Gen. Sigel has arrived from the southwest having been compelled to leave his command for a time on account of ill health. Samuel Engler who was banished from the City, some time. ago, by Gen. Halleck, ,fur Attempting resistance to military-au thority, has returned to live undisturbed in the community in which he had so long prospered. Engler is said to have taken an oath of allegiance and giving vvery as surance of future loyalty to the gover meat. A correspondent of the Missauri Demo crat, writing from Rockhouse Creek, Mo., April 6th, says: The advance guard of our army, under Gen. Ousterhouse, encamped at this point last evening, having marched 20 miles from their old camp at Cross Timber. The people in this vicinity are mostly Union, there being but three secessionists on this road from Cassville to Flat Creek. I stopped with a good Union man last night and found several of la , neighbors present all anxious to be hill.' ne,l wheth er our army was going to Icave them to the tender (?) mercies of the secessionists. They said no money could hire them to en dure the constant, annoyance they submit ted to last summer. They were obliged to leave their families and crops suffering and shelter themselves for days and weeks in the hush to get out of the reach of the rebels. Bands of outlaws frequently came down from Cassville, and would rob Union men of everything in the house—blankets, bread, bacon, &c., and if they caught the' owner he would be taken under guard to Cassville. Iu consequence of uncertain ties of the future, and the quiet state of the country but a few are making any preparation to put in their crops. Farms are laid waste and fences burned up along the main road, and Union men are dis couraged. The Secessionists have mostly gone South with their negroes. Some! Union people have not only abandoned , the idea of making crops, but are getting their wagons out, intending to forsake all: and emigrate to a place of safety. The wounded are doing well at Cassville. The Court House and all prominent stores are being used as hodpitals. It was a for tunate circumstance " tor them that the owners 'of the prinei* buildings bad stampeded from the towq. Highly Important: THE , MERIUMACAU FORTRES:; MONROE, April 11.—The Merrimac, Jamestown, Yorktown and sev eral gunlmats and . tugs appeared Between Newport News and Sewall's Point. The only damage done us isthe capture of three small vessels—two empty, and one foaded, it issaid, with coal. These vessels were cap tured opposite Brig. Gen. Casey's division, with small guns of three inch calibre, and some two hundred feet front shore. FORTRESS MONROE, April 11. To Edward IL Stanton, Secretary of War: The Merrimac came down towards the Monitor and the Stevens battery. The latter fired four or five rounds and the Mer rimac one round, when she, with her con sorts, returned to Craney Island. Thus ends the day ; what the night may bring forth, I am unable to say. E=llatali2ll!llM From St. Louis. On the 30th an expedition congaing of cavalry and two mountain howitzers re. connoitered the country about Huntsville, atth eAMAIWARAAMM6( O III4AOI44. bag,: had made good their retreat. The flag planted by Gen. Ctist4 rifle, was ruthlessly tornAitoiktiliap recently brought in, and' when last:Sieen w a s floating over the Provost Harshed's Ofliee. at eassville. From Washington; WASHINGTON, April 12.—The following note has been received' by the Military Governor of the District of Columbia: WAR DEPARTMENT, GENERAL: It is the request of Gen. McClellan that no permits be given for the present to shikSutlers stores to places occupied by his army. You will please act accordingly and stop all shipment. Yours truly, [Signed,] EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. To Brig. Gen. Wadsworth. The city is being fast cleared of the bogus army officers who have infested the hotels and promenades of Washington for some time past. Counterfeit Colonels, Majors, and line officers by the scores have been arrested and confined in.the central sguard house, where they were released horn of their feathers. The uniform of these mew is generally a cloak for rascality. Charles Griffin an express driver, has been arrested and confined in the central guard house, charged with forging a check for 525 in the name of Capt. Steele, af fixed to a false account for services. The cheek was passed on Capt. Derma. Griffin has been turned over to the civil authori ties. The provost marshal has adopted a new method of patrollingthe streets of the city. It consists in having the cavalry and infan try accompanying each other on their tours and thus be able to render aid to each other in case any difficulty occurs in mak ing arrests. WAR DEPARTMENT, April 12.—C01. An son Stayer is hereby authorized to grant passes to editors and correspondents and reporters of newspapers, to enter the lines of the United States Army, upon receiving satisfactory proof that the person applying fix such pass is loyal to his written parole not to publish any information in regard to military operations that would give aid or Comfilrt to the enemy. Persons hold ing such passes to be subject to such rules and regulations as the General command ing may prescribe. Cyrus AV. Field arrived here this morn ing direct from London, and reports that the feeling in England and France in fit _ vor of this country is daily increasing. It is said that Mr. Field brought with him, from Europe . proposals from the most influential capitalists to supply a very large amount of war material to the United States to he delivered in New York. and payable entirely in the bonds of our Gov e•rnnment. The filllowing order was issued from the Navy Department, on the sth inst., ad dressed to Flag Officer Goldsborough : Sin : It is not unlikely that sonic vessels may make their appearance at Ohl Point, or in that vicinity. for the purpose of tra ding with the army and naval forces with out authority to do so. None should be al lowed without the permission of the Treas ury. IVar, or Navy Departments, and should you discoverany that have not such permission, vou will sieze and send them into a port for adjudication. I am respectfully your obedient servant. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of Navy. By orders reeently issued it. is the duty of a commanding General in the field or of a Department, to make arrangements for the safe keeping and reasonable comforts ()Ibis prisoners. lie will give no order for exchanging prisoners, or releasing them except under instructions front the Secre tary of War, but in exigencies admitting of no delay, the General will act upon his own authority and give any order in relation to his prisoners which the public may require, promptly reporting his proceedings to the War Department through the Adjutant General A general depot for prisoners will be designated by the Secretary of War, to be under the command of the Commissary General of prisoners. but leaving it discre tionary with the General commanding De partments or in the field to send their pris• oilers thither. The Secretary of War has received in formation that Huntsville, Alabama, was occupied yesterday by General Mitchell, without much resistance being offered, 200 prisoners were taken and fifteen loco motives and a large amount of rolling stock captured. Huntsville is on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, about fifteen miles South of the Tennessee boun dary and 45 miles East of Florence. IVAsnixorox, April 12.—The following dispatch from Gen. Wool has been receiv ed by the Secretary of War: FORTNESS MONROE April 12-5 P. M. Merrimac has been stationary near Sewell's Point all day, but in plain sight. A report from Gen. Wool to the Secre tary of War, at 5 o'cicick P. st., states that all is quiet and the weather fine. The last dispatch received at 8:30 P. M. is to the following effect: To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Seesy of War : The Merrimac has not made her appear ance to-day. Her object I think is to simply prevent any interference with the reinforcements being made from Norfolk to Yorktown. New deserters came in last evening from the Rebel camp, who report ed constant reinforcements to the Rebels front the direction of Richmond and the Rappahannock. [Signed,] JOHN E. Wool., Maj. Celli. The Committee on the conduct of the war have completed their examination of witnesses in regard to the alledged atroci ties of the rebels at Bull's Run, and will this week make a personal inspection at that place, and soon thereafter present their report. Members of that Committee say it is true, according to the testimony GoverMir SPrague, add" many others, that in some cases the graves which con tained the bodies of our troops were open ed and the bones of the dead carried off to be used as trinkets and trophies for seces sion ladies to append to their guard chains, etc., while their skulls were used for drinking cups, Those of our dead in terred by them were placed with their fa ces downward, and in repeated instances buried across one another. Thebarbarities in respect to our dead is not, it is further said by the same authority, exceeded any thing in the history of the last four thou sand years, the details being savage practices. The Committee under the resolution of inquiry are receiving testimony from Pea Ridge allowing incontestibly that there our dead were not only scalped hy the rebel Indian allies, but in other re-spects out raged. The brains of the wounded too being beaten out by clubs; thus confirming the previous newspaper reports. In order to secure, as far as possible, the decent in terment of those who, have fallen or may fall in battle, it is made the duty of com manding Generals to lay off lots aground in some suitable spot near every battle field, so soon as it may be in their power, and to cause the remains of those killed to be. interred with head-boards to the graves, bearing numbers and where prac ticable, the names of the persons buried in them. A register of each burial ground will be preserved, in which will be noted the ma:ks corresponding with the head boards, Beauregard Reported Dead. WOODSTOCK, VA., April 13. Tq Edward N. Stanton, Secretary of War: We learn from Jackson's camp, this morning, that Gen. Beauregard is dead. The report comes direct from rebel sources near MountJacirson. 4mpressive services were held to-day in all , the brigades. Nothing new to report in regard to the 111101dy.- tiiiseed] N. P. Bono, 1114. Gen. • :Prentiss' Escape Untrue. Canto, April 12.—The steamer Wood ford frcn : wit. 'two Or three hundred prisoners from that place. She also brouiht down the : body of Gen. Wallace. 'I he report of Gen. Prentiss' escape is Llano., Further hews rrom Rebel Sour. BALTIMORE, April 12..—W0 find the fol lowing in the Richmond Whig, of the IStb. A letter has been received at New Orleans from Sale Antonia, announcing the hill ol Fort Craig, New Mexico, by unconditional capitulation. Col. Canby Proposed that himself and command be permitted to de part on condition that they pledge them selves not to serve during the - war, but Gen. Sibley insisted on'an unconditional surrender. On Monday Jeff Davis addressed some wounded soldiers and said that he intend. ed to share their fate on the peat battle field, and come weal or woe, he would -be with them, and whatever might betide, whether victory or defeat ensued, one thing he assured them, that the cause is safe. "We will conquer in the end." A dispatch dated Mobile, April sth, sap the enemy shelled Pass Christian yester day, and landed 2,400 men, and 12 four pound howitzers. Our force was 800 mer and two howitzers. We had a narrow es cape. A Skirmish. WHEELING, April 13.—A dispatch jus received from General Milroy, at Monte rey, under date of yesterday, states as fol lows : To Hon. Stanton, Sec'y of War The Rebels, abouCone thousand strong with two cavalry companies and two piece: of artillery, attacked my pickets this morn ing about ten o'clock and drove them some two - miles. 1. sent out reinforcements consisting of two companies of the 75t1 Ohio, two companies of the 2d Virginia two companies of the 32d Ohio, one gui of Capt. llynman's battery, and ono coin pany of cavalry, all under Major Webster The skirmishing was brisk for a shor time, but the Rebels were pat to fligh with considerable loss. The casualities op our side were three men of the 75th badlp wounded. The men behaved nobly. [Signed,] JOHN C. Pali:3loNT, Maj. Gen. Can.. Rebecs(!oneentrating at Rich mead. CUTTLET'S STATIONS, VA., April I. To Edward M. Stanton, Secretary of War An intelligent negro has just come front Stafford county, and says that hit master returned this morning from Freder icksburg to his home in Richmond, am told his wife in this negro's presence tha all the enemy's troops had left Fredericks burg for Richmond and Yorktown, tin last of them leaving on Saturday morning This has just been confirmed by anothe) negro. Signed] Inwix McDowELL, Major General Wounded Arrived Crow Pitts burg Lauding. Lovisvii.LE, April 13.—The steame Minnehaha arrived to-day with about 24' wounded from Pittsburg Landing, whereo one fourth are rebels. A wounded officer reports that . Gen Johnson, Provisional Governor of- Ken tacks, had his horse shot under him o; Sunaay while acting on Breckinridge' staff, and was himself killed on Monda when fighting in Steel's Company of th Fourth rebel Kentucky. . LINDNET'S BLOOD - CAUTIONI—ManY Partial balm informed to that they have used another article of Bloc. Searcher purporting to be prepared • hammy ri ape. but that its size. taste and effect are entire' different from mine, desiring me to account fr it to which I answer. and alsocaution the publi that NO other carmine article of LIN.M.BY ' BLOOD SEAR.. HER can be made LIP apy otto living man than myself, as the FELL Mune. hot original and improved is /worm by me' only, wh has spent, I may say. a lifetime in bringing it t its present perfection and celebrity. Sold by Agent, and respectable Druggists thioughout th country. The trade supplied on reawniable terns DR. J. M. LIN DSElL_,_Boilidy'sbuns. Pa. SIMON JOHNSTON, Sole Agent. corner Fourth - IsSmithfield st. eff tread % •C)WAI' r , raualL,,..itaastaeszess aNCH Al or afaig . e „Modal, („,--? which might he checked . °C with a sin** remedy, if neglecicd, often terminates seriously. Few are aware of the importance of stopping a Waugh. or Srlag.ht Wad in its first stage; that which in the beginning would yield to a mild remedy, if not attended to, soon attacks the langs. 4i r s i atan!a4rocanchialOisaches were first introduced eleven years ago. It has been proved that they are the best - article before the public for (;lle n it 41.0cachz its, 4st a., 4ataliste,thelkaohing Cough in t fene t amfr,4 o4 , and mar-ere/vs affeegionaßf the ,ffitekint : giving immediate relief. Paub/ie Speakers g illafferei wilt find them effectual for clectrine and - str..ne,thening the win: - Bold all aoruggiata and gtealers tn. _Medicine, at P 5 cents per box: de9-6mdsw QUA IRTILIIMASTICR 6 1 11018111•1:11 0111170*. Washing/in City, March 29486.2. 9 .w" THE , 11111111‘&81.1, PARTMENT will pay no: Anar Sul plies purchased by any one not allow t o Department. duly authorised to lake useluptu chases. in accordance with the Ruguhttions tb Army. By Order ofthe M. C.nMEIGS. 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