the estate, should be paid over to him. A committee was appointed to collect subscriptions, and to organize sub-committees in all proper places. -Boston Transcript, April 8.

April 4.-General Burnside at Newbern, N. C., issued the following order:

Dr. J. H. Thompson, Brigade Surgeon, First division, is hereby relieved from duty with the First division, and will report without delay to the Surgeon-General at Washington, with the recommendation to the President of the United States that he be dismissed the service as an alarmist.

It is expected that all important and reliable information should be duly reported through proper channels, but the stern realities of active warfare rob the soldier of quite sufficient of his rest and sleep without the aggravations of senseless rumors and imaginary dangers, and those who create or report them will be at once expelled from this department.

-GEN. MAGRUDER, in command of the rebel lines near Lee's Mills, Va., issued the following general orders, to be read to each command in his army: "The enemy is before us-our works are strong our cause is good-we fight for our homes, and must be careful. Every hour we hold out, brings us reenforcements."-Richmond Whig, April 10.

—Ar Cincinnati, Ohio, a public reception was given to Parson Brownlow, who was introduced to the audience by Joseph C. Butler, President of the Chamber of Commerce, in a few appropri

ate remarks.

Mr. Brownlow, in reply, made a speech thanking the vast audience for their warm and friendly reception, relating his experience of the operations of the rebellion in East-Tennessee, and giving an account of the sufferings of himself and of other Union men while he was imprisoned at Knoxville. Speeches were also made by General S. F. Carey and Lieutenant-Governor Fisk, of Kentucky, and resolutions were adopted demanding a vigorous and unceasing prosecution of the war, and the punishment of traitors. Cincinnati Times, April 5.

--THE War Department of the United States this day ordered:

First. That the portion of Virginia and Maryland lying between the Mountain Department and the Blue Ridge shall constitute a military department, to be called the Department of the

Shenandoah, and be under the command of
Major-General Banks.

Second. That the portion of Virginia east of the Blue Ridge and west of the Potomac, and the Fredericksburgh and Richmond railroad, including the District of Columbia and the country between the Potomac and the Patuxent, shall be a military district, to be called the Department of the Rappahannock, and be under the command of Major-General McDowell.

-THIS morning the gunboats Benton, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh, with three boats, opened and continued for more than an hour a fire on the rebel heavy floating battery at Island No. Ten, when the latter, having received several shells from the rifles and mortars, cut loose from her moorings and drifted two or three miles down the river. The shells were thrown from the flotilla into different parts of the island, and into the rebel batteries lining the Tennessee shore. The return fire produced no effect on the National squadron. No more men than were actually necessary to

man the batteries were visible.-Com. Foote's Despatch.

-Ar Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn., this evening, the National troops were attacked by two regiments of rebel infantry, with two pieces of artillery and a strong force of cavalry. The Nationals immediately got into line of battle, when the rebels fired one volley and commenced to retreat. The Nationals returned the fire, killing several and taking ten prisoners. The Union loss was one killed.—Chicago Tribune, April 7.

-A SUCCESSFUL expedition was this day made from Ship Island to Pass Christian,* Miss., by the National gunboats New-London, Jackson, and Lewis. When off Pass Christian they were attacked by the rebel steamers Oregon, Pamlico, and Carondelet, but succeeded in driving them off, seriously damaging them.-(Doc. 117.)

-THE schooner Resolution, having on board a party of rebels, attempting to escape into the confederate lines, was captured in Back River, Md., this day.—Baltimore American.

-THIS morning a spirited cannonade took place

*Pass Christian is a post-village of Harrison County, Mississippi. It is located on a pass of its own name, near the entrance to St. Louis Bay. It is situated one hundred and sixty-five miles to the south-south-east of Jackson. It is fifty miles from NewOrleans, thirteen miles from Mississippi City, and twenty-five

ship Island, and eighty miles from the mouth of Pass-a-l'Outro of the Mississippi River.

miles from Biloxi. It is thirty miles from the eastern portion of

between some of the Union batteries near Point A signal rocket was then sent up, and in an Pleasant, Mo., and a rebel one on the opposite instant the entire line of batteries were a blaze shore. After an hour's firing, a shell fell inside of flame. Four batteries on the Kentucky shore a large warehouse near the confederate battery, and on the point of the island fired in quick sucand the building was soon wrapped in flames. cession, but the Carondelet passed them all in The rebels then ceased answering from their guns, | safety, and, unmindful of the leaden and iron hail and after shelling the position awhile, the Point which fell around, passed down through the fiery Pleasant batteries stopped also.-St. Louis Re- ordeal unhurt; not a man was injured, and expublican. cepting a few musket-balls which struck the ironplated sides of the gunboat, she was untouched.

branch toward some coal-mines, among the mountains, captured there a locomotive and a train of freight-cars. Thirty rebel soldiers were on the train at the time, waiting for the locomotive to get up steam. As soon as these fellows saw the Union troops, they took to their heels, scattering in all directions. A wild chase ensued, resulting in the overhauling and capture of fifteen of the fugitives.

they had some abandoned earthworks. Four ity grounds, near where the main road sends off a shots were fired here by the rebels from two field-pieces, which were soon silenced by the Fourth Rhode Island battery, when the rebels beat a hasty retreat, taking their pieces with them. The main body of the army here rested for the night, while Gen. Morrill's brigade advanced three miles to Buckleville, and six miles from Yorktown, and then encamped. By seven o'clock this morning, the column was again in motion, and at ten o'clock was in front of the enemy's works at Yorktown.

The first shot fired was by the rebels, the shells passing over the heads of Gen. Porter and staff without exploding. The batteries of Griffin, Third and Fourth Rhode Island, and Fifth Massachusetts were now placed in position, replying to every shot sent by the rebels. The cannonading continued with but slight intermission until dark. About four hundred shots were fired by both parties during the day. The Union loss was six killed and sixteen wounded.-(Doc. 119.)

April 6.-Colonel Duffield, at Murfreesboro, Tenn., captured a mail direct from Corinth, Miss., with upward of one hundred and fifty letters, many containing valuable information regarding the strength and position of the rebels. From these letters Gen. Dumont learned that a number of spies were at Nashville and Edgefield, Tenn., and had them arrested.—National Intelligencer, April 10.

-THE National gunboat Carondelet under the command of Capt. Walke, having on board Gen. Granger, Col. Smith, of the Forty-third regiment of Ohio Volunteers, and Capt. Lewis H. Marshall, Aid to Gen. Pope, made a reconnoissance to Tiptonville, Mo., the object being to draw the fire from the masked batteries of the rebels along the Mississippi River. On her way up the river the Carondelet attacked a battery, and Capt. Marshall, accompanied by a party of soldiers of the Twenty-seventh Illinois regiment, landed, spiked the guns, destroyed the carriages, and threw the ammunition into the river.-N. Y. Commercial, April 9.

Ascertaining that a largely superior force of the enemy was stationed at the tunnel, nine miles below Decherd, the expedition returned to camp. - Cincinnati Gazette.

dash at the pickets of Gen. Wallace's division, in THIS day a party of rebel cavalry made a the neighborhood of Adamsville, Tenn. Lieut. Murray, of the Fifth Ohio cavalry, made a suit

able disposition of the forces at his command, but the enemy outnumbered him three to one, and his pickets were compelled to fall back. Three of his men fell into the enemy's hands-Sergeant E. F. Cook, privates Wm. Ledwell and John Pilley, all of Co. I, Fifth Ohio cavalry. With regard to the fate of these men, the official report says: "When Sergt. Cook was last seen, he was riding among the rebels, fighting them hand t hand. It is not known if he was wounded befor being taken prisoner. Ledwell is supposed to be badly wounded or killed, as his saddle was covered with blood. Pilley is a prisoner, and supposed to be unharmed.”

-SHIP POINT, Va., was captured by the forces of Gen. McClellan.

April 7.-Yesterday and to-day the battle of Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn., (by the confederates called the battle of Shiloh,) was fought, by the National forces under Major-General Grant, and the rebels under Beauregard. Early yesterday morning four hundred men of Gen. Prentiss's division were attacked by the rebels, half a mile in advance of the National lines, when the men fell back on a Missouri regiment, closely pursued by the rebels. Further resistance was made, but without success, and all finally retreated to the -YESTERDAY an expedition from General Mit- lines of the Second division. At six o'clock the chel's command, consisting of two companies of fire had become general along the whole line. the Fourth Ohio cavalry, and a piece of artillery Gen. Sherman's division were compelled to fall from Loomis's battery, in charge of Lieut. C. H. back, and seek support of the troops immediately O'Riordan, the whole in command of Colonel in their rear. At one o'clock both sides were Kennett, left Shelbyville, Tenn., marched to De- fully engaged, and the most terrible fighting encherd, and proceeding this morning to the Univers-sued, resulting in the National troops being slow

ly driven in the direction of the river. The Na-
tional gunboat Tyler then came up, and aided
greatly in forcing the rebels back. At five o'clock
there was a short cessation in the fire of the en-
emy, their lines falling back for nearly half a
mile, when they suddenly wheeled, and threw
their whole force upon the left wing of the Union
troops. The battle then raged fiercely, and the
rebels would probably have succeeded in their
object of cutting the Union army in two, had
not General Wallace, who had taken a circuit-
ous route from Crump's Landing, appeared sud-
denly on their right wing. This move compelled
the rebels to desist from their operations on the
left, and they soon withdrew from the attack, and
encamped for the night. The advance regiments
of Gen. Buell now appeared on the opposite side-Richmond Whig, April 8.

-IN the rebel House of Representatives, at Richmond, Va., the action of yesterday at Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn., was announced, and the following resolutions introduced:

Resolved, That Congress have learned, with feelings of deep joy and gratitude to the Divine Ruler of nations, the news of the recent glorious victory of our arms in Tennessee.

Resolved, That the death of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, the commander of our forces, while leading his troops to victory, cannot but temper our exultation with a shade of sadness at the loss of so able, skilful, and gallant an officer.

Resolved, That, in respect to the memory of Gen. Johnston-the Senate concurring-Congress do now adjourn until twelve o'clock to-morrow.

Tenn., between two companies of Federal and
rebel cavalry, the latter being put to flight with
a loss of four men wounded. Four horses were
captured, and carried into the Union lines late in
the evening. One of the horses belonged to a
Lieut. Polk, of Columbia, Tenn., the left side of
the saddle being covered with blood.-Brig.-Gen.
Lucius J. Polk, C. S. A., gave himself up to Gen.
Negley, in command at Columbia, Tenn.
was released on parole.

He

of the river, and all night long were crossing to -A SKIRMISH took place at Lawrenceburgh, the relief of Gen. Grant's army. The battle was renewed this morning, at seven o'clock. The rebels commenced the attack from the Corinth road, and soon the engagement became general along the entire line. They endeavored, by massing troops at different positions, and hurling them on the weakest points, to break through, and cut off the different divisions from communication and support. But everywhere they were met by new and unwearied troops, in numbers too large to contend against. Both wings of the Union army were turned upon the enemy, and the whole line advanced to the charge, while shot and shell from the batteries rained death at every point. The rebels then fell slowly back, keeping up a fire from their artillery and musketry along their whole column as they retreated. They were pursued by Gen. Sherman's forces.-(Doc. 114.)

-THE bridge over Stony Creek, Va., was completed yesterday, and to-day, while the National troops were crossing, the rebel battery of Ashby opened on them, but was soon silenced, and its position occupied by the Nationals.-N. Y World, April 8.

-AT Edenburg, Va., to-day, the rebels opened fire upon the National pickets, but were soon dispersed by a rapid cannonade from Capt. Huntington's battery.-N. Y. Times, April 8.

-The gunboat Pittsburgh ran the blockade of Island Number Ten, last night, under a terrific fire from the rebel batteries. Four steam transports and five barges were also got through the Slough, from Phillips's Landing, above the Island, to New-Madrid, by Col. Bissell's corps of engineers.

This morning, under the fire of the Union gunboats, which silenced one of the rebel batteries, a company, under Capts. Lewis and Marshall, crossed the Mississippi at New - Madrid and spiked the guns. Another force took three other batteries, spiked the guns, and threw the ammunition into the river.

-A LARGE meeting of the Union men of Montgomery county, Md., was held in Rockville this day, at which resolutions, deprecating the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and calling upon the President of the United States to "interpose his veto and protect the rights of property," in the event of the passage of "the Act" by both houses of Congress, were unanim-ger with his cavalry. They are now strongly ously adopted.-National Intelligencer, April 12. posted, ready for any emergency.-(Doc. 116.)

At eleven o'clock, in the face of the fire of the remaining rebel batteries, Gen. Paine, with four regiments and a battery of artillery, crossed the Mississippi. Subsequently the divisions of Gens. Hamilton and Stanley crossed; also Gen. Gran

April 8.-Island Number Ten, on the Missis- on the great bridge this afternoon, in honor of sippi River, with the neighboring rebel works on the National success at Island No. Ten.-N. Y. the Tennessee shore, having surrendered yester-| Times, April 9. day, was taken possession of by the United States gunboats and troops under the command of Gen. Buford. Seventeen rebel officers and five hundred soldiers, including the sick and those on board transports, were taken prisoners. Seven rebel steamers, including the gunboat Grampus, were captured or sunk, and large quantities of military stores and ammunition were taken.(Doc. 120.)

-GEN. MILROY occupied Monterey, Va., this afternoon. The rear-guard of the enemy is at McDowell, and their mounted scouts were driven in on Wednesday, by a scouting party of Gen. Milroy's command. Both Monterey and McDowell are in Highland County, Va.--(Doc. 121.)

--AT Poughkeepsie, New-York, this day, all the bells of the city were rung and cannon fired, amidst great rejoicing, on account of the recent victories of the National troops.-Albany Statesman, April 10.

April 9.-Brigadier-Gen. Doubleday, in command of the military defences of the Potomac, issued a circular to the regiments in his brigade, -GENERAL HALLECK at St. Louis, Mo., tele- forbidding the commanders from delivering up graphed to Secretary Stanton as follows: "Briga-negroes, unless the claimants show authority dier-Gen. W. M. Makall, late of the United States from him.-N. Y. Evening Post, April 10. Adjutant-General's Department, and two thousand of the rebel forces, have surrendered to Gen. Pope, and it is expected that many more will be captured to-day. Immense quantities of artillery and supplies have fallen into our hands. "LATER.-Gen. Pope has captured three generals, six thousand prisoners of war, one hundred siege pieces, and several field batteries, with immense quantities of small arms tents, wagons, horses and provisions. Our victory is complete and overwhelming. We have not lost a single man."

-THE guerrillas in Western Virginia are still troublesome. Two secessionists belonging on the Valley River, in the upper end of Marion County, were shot this day by a detachment of Capt. Showalter's company. Their names were Sack Barker and Levi Ashcraft. A band of guer

rillas (supposed to belong to the same gang from which Riblet and Conway were captured) had taken prisoners a couple of young men, soldiers in Capt. Showalter's company, and their comrades in rescuing them captured the two guerrillas above named, and killed them on their attempting to escape. This took place near Texas, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.— N. Y. Tribune, April 15.

-JEFFERSON DAVIS proclaimed martial law over the department of East-Tennessee, under the command of Major-Gen. E. K. Smith, and the suspension of all civil jurisdiction, except in certain courts, and also the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. The distillation and sale of spirituous liquors was also prohibited. (Doc. 141.)

-Ar Providence, Rhode Island, by order of Lieut.-Gov. Arnold, a national salute was fired

-THIS evening, Col. Wright, of the Sixth Missouri cavalry, returned to Cassville, Mo., having made a successful expedition with four companies of his command, through the south-west corner of the State. All jayhawking bands in that locality were dispersed. Several skirmishes took place, which resulted in the death of several prominent rebels. One hundred and twenty-five prisoners were captured, all of whom, except the leaders and twenty-five intractable ones, were A released on taking the oath of allegiance. number of horses were captured, together with one hundred and twenty-two head of cattle, three hundred and twenty-seven bushels of wheat, and four thousand five hundred pounds of bacon. All rebel gangs not captured were driven by Col. Wright down to Standwaith, a point on the line of the Indian territory, twenty-five miles below Neosho.-Missouri Democrat, April 12.

-THROUGHOUT the loyal States, large sums of money were raised for the relief of the wounded at the battle of Pittsburgh Landing, and tenders of surgical aid were made from various portions of the States.-National Intelligencer, April 11.

-A SKIRMISH occurred at Whitemarsh Island, near Savannah, Ga., between some companies of the Thirteenth Georgia regiment and a Michigan regiment, resulting in the repulse of the latter, with the loss of about twenty. The confederates' loss in killed and missing was five; slightly wounded, seven.-Savannah News, April 16.