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no lives were lost, although one officer (Captain David, of the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth New-York volunteers) was seriously injured.

rible fire of grape, shell, and shrapnel from the cavalry reported to be at Swansboro. Nearing enemy's batteries, causing sad havoc in our ranks, the inlets, a portion of the command was transwe were ordered to fall back a short distance ferred to small boats, and an effort made to effect to secure a better position. This was accom- a landing and move on Swansboro. All night plished in the best possible manner. Our sec- long, in the breakers and storm, these little ond position was taken behind a fence, near a boats, with their patient crews, were tossed small ravine, and held two hours, receiving the about. Several craft, in the violence of the gale, constant fire of the enemy's infantry, and being were dashed to pieces; but, through the enerexposed to their artillery. At this time the ene-getic exertions of Colonel Jourdan and others, my had gained our left flank and rear, and were pouring a deadly fire upon us. Our ammunition being, in a great measure, exhausted, and having no support whatever, we were obliged to retreat "In the morning the storm abated, and anwith the rest of the division. After a running other attempt was made. As the boats moved fight of three miles, in which we harassed the up, instead of seeing the expected cavalry, they advance of the enemy, we were met by the Nine- were saluted by heavy volleys of musketry from teenth army corps, and, with their assistance, the river-banks. The enemy proving too strong, succeeded in checking them. Night soon caused the party was obliged to return to the vessel. a cessation of hostilities."-(Doc. 131.) "At the same time, Lieutenant King, of Colo-COLONEL HOWELL, of the Eighty-fifth Penn- nel Jourdan's staff, with a body of men in boats, sylvania volunteers, continued his reconnois-moved up Bear Inlet: he found and burned one sances toward the rebel outposts, in the neigh- of the vessels sought, together with its cargo of borhood of Hilton Head, S. C. To-day, he salt and leather. He returned to the gunboat, advanced up the May River, in the patrol- bringing with him forty-three negro refugees. boats Foulk and Croton, guarded by the gun- The whole expedition arrived at Beaufort on the boat Chippewa. Detachments from the Seventy-morning of the twenty-sixth ultimo, without the sixth and Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania volunteers loss of a man. accompanied the expedition. Landing on Hunting Island, the forces drove in the rebel pickets, and skirmished with the force in their rear. Captain Phillips, with some men of the Eightyfifth, drove away the pickets in another locality, and regained the main body without casualty. Meanwhile, the Chippewa shelled the woods on and about the neighboring shores. Reembark ing, the force proceeded toward Bluffton, shelling that place and its vicinity.

-MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN J. PECK, in official orders, issued the following from his headquarters at Newbern, N. C.: "The Commanding General has the satisfaction of announcing another expedition against the enemy, in which both the military and naval forces of NorthCarolina took part, sharing the honors equally.

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'Great credit is due Colonel Jourdan and the officers and men of his command, together with the officers and men of the navy, for the efficient service performed. The Commanding General tenders his thanks especially to Colonel Jourdan, Captain Cuff, and Lieutenant King, of the army, and to Commander Dove and Lieutenants Huse and Cowie, of the navy."

April 9.-In the National House of Reprosentatives, there was a very exciting discussion, in Committee of the Whole, on a resolution offered by Mr. Colfax to expel Mr. Alexander Long, of Ohio, for disloyal sentiments uttered in his speech on Friday last. During the discussion, Mr. Benjamin G. Harris, of Maryland, arose, and boldly avowed his gratification at the secession of the South, justifying it fully, and "On the twenty-fifth of March, Colonel J. rebuking the Democratic party for not daring to Jourdan, commander of the sub-district of Beau- come up to his standard of political morality. fort, with two hundred men of the One Hundred Mr. E. B. Washburne, of Illinois, instantly offerand Fifty-eighth New-York volunteer infantry, ed a resolution to expel Mr. Harris, which reembarked on board the United States gunboat ceived eighty-one votes against fifty-eight; but Britannia, Lieutenant Huse commanding, and two thirds being required, the resolution was steamed for Bogue and Bear Inlets, for the pur- not adopted. Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, then offerpose of capturing two of the enemy's vessels en-ed a resolution, severely censuring Mr. Harris, gaged in contraband trade, and also a body of declaring him to be an unworthy member of the

House, which was adopted. The proceedings with them; you meet them wherever you go. Is were very turbulent, and the debates very sharp. -THE heaviest freshet known in Virginia for ten years occurred this night on the line of the Orange and Alexandria road. Several bridges were seriously damaged, and one was washed away entirely.

it that we, too, are as wild as our enemies, scoffing at God and at all rules of social morality? For heaven's sake, let us frown down this growing evil, unless all mothers and fathers would have their daughters grow up in a pestilential atmosphere, which but to breathe is death. Is not the hand of the enemy enough to send destruction to our homes, or must we have disgrace added to death? The evil can only be remedied by banishing the frail sisters from society, and putting no man in position who is not moral. Are not the bright and shining examples of Lee, Jackson, Johnston, Wheeler, Maury, and many others, enough to teach aspirants for office, that

-Tuis morning, about two o'clock, a small tug was discovered approaching the flag-ship Minnesota, lying off Newport News, Va. She was hailed, and answered in reply to the question, "What boat is that?" "The Roanoke." Still approaching, she was warned to keep off or she would be fired upon. Regardless of the warning, she came on, drifting with the tide, and when quite near, steamed straight at the port-pure and moral men can make generals? that it quarter, striking the Minnesota with a torpedo or infernal machine, which exploded, shaking the vessel with a terrible concussion from stem to stern, and throwing the tug several yards from the ship. Immediately steam was raised on the tug, and before any thing could be done by the people on board the flag-ship, the tug

was safe off in the darkness.

The Government tug, laying alongside the flag-ship, that should have had steam up and given chase, as she was ordered on the spot, danced up and down on the disturbed waves, powerless for harm to the unknown midnight

is not necessary to play lackey to fast women to gain their country's applause? Nor need they think they are not known. By their deeds we know them. Our President is a pure and moral man; were it not well for him to set an example, by discountenancing and refusing promotion

to this set of moths? We have no laws to reach

such a class but public opinion; then let that be used without mercy."-THE battle at Prairie D'Ann, Arkansas, took place this day.-(Doc. 130.)

April 11.-At Huntsville, Alabama, a caisson of Croswell's Illinois battery exploded, killing visitor. instantly privates Jacob Englehart, John Olsin, -THE battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, was Wm. Humphrey, David Roach, Win. Mattison, fought this day.—(Doc. 131.)

April 10.-The transport steamer, General Hunter, was destroyed by torpedoes in St. John's River, twelve miles above Jacksonville, Florida.

The quartermaster of the steamer was killed. All others on board were saved.

and Horace Allen, and wounding George Barnes, and Wm. Regan. Several of the bodies of the killed were blown to atoms, and portions were found five hundred feet distant. The horses attached to the caisson were killed. The railroad dépôt was badly shattered. One citizen had his thigh broken, and several others were slightly -"WE can hope no good results from trivial injured.—LAST night a gang of guerrillas burned and light conduct on the part of our women," two houses, and stole several horses on the Kensays the Mobile News of this date. "Instead tucky side of the river, opposite Cairo, Ill. — of adorning their persons for seductive purposes, THE Mexican schooner Juanita, while attempting and tempting our officers to a course alike dis- to evade the blockade, was captured and destroygraceful and unworthy of women, whose hus-ed by the steamer Virginia, off San Luis Pass, bands and brothers are in our armies, they had Texas.-THE schooner Three Brothers was capbetter exhort them to well-doing, than act as tured in the Homasassa River, by the National instruments of destruction to both parties. The demoralization among our women is becoming fearful. Before the war, no woman dared to demean herself lightly; but now a refined and pure woman can scarcely travel without seeing some of our officers with fine-looking ladies as companions. You are forced to sit at the tables

Vessel Nita.

April 12.-The English steamer Alliance, while attempting to evade the blockade, was captured near Dawfuskie Island, in the Savannah River, Ga. Her cargo consisted of assorted stores for the rebel government.

-FORT PILLOW, Ky., garrisoned by loyal colored troops, under the command of Major Booth, was attacked by the rebel forces under General Forrest, and after a severe contest was surrendered to the rebels, who commenced an indiscriminate butchery of their prisoners, unparalleled in the annals of civilized warfare.(Docs. 1 and 139.)

-A DETACHMENT of the First Colorado cavalry had a fight with a party of Cheyennes on the north side of the Platte River, near Fremont's Orchard, eighty-five miles east of Denver, on the State road. Two soldiers were killed, and four wounded. Several of the Indians were also killed.-THE steamer Golden Gate, from Memphis for Fort Pillow, laden with boat-stores and private freight, was taken possession of by guerrillas to-night, at Bradley's Landing, fifteen miles above Memphis, Tenn. The boat, passengers, and crew were rifled of every thing.

April 13.-The rebel General Buford appeared before Columbus, Ky., and demanded its unconditional surrender. Colonel Lawrence, in command of the post, refused the demand, and the rebels retired.-THE Gcean iron-clad steamer Catawba was successfully launched at Cincinnati, Ohio.-THE schooner Mandoline was captured in Atchafalaya Bay, Florida, by the National vessel Nyanza. Tur rebel sloop Rosina was captured by the Virginia, at San Luis Pass, Texas.

-THE British schooner Maria Alfred, with an assorted cargo, intended for the rebels, was captured in latitude 28° 50' N., longitude 95° 5' W., by the National vessel Rachel Seaman.

April 14.-Major-General Alfred Pleasonton was assigned to duty as second in command of the Missouri department, by order of Major-General Rosecrans.

-AN expedition, under command of General Graham, consisting of the army gunboats, the Ninth New-Jersey, the Twenty-third and Twentyfifth Massachusetts, the One Hundredth and the Eighteenth New-York regiments, and two sections of artillery, under Captain Easterly, left Fortress Monroe last night, and landed at different points. They concentrated at Smithfield, Va., this evening, and succeeded in routing the enemy, capturing one commissioned officer and five men-all wounded; also several horses and carriages, and some commissary stores. A rebel mail, and one piece of artillery, formerly taken from the gunboat Smith Briggs, were also captured. Fifty contrabands were brought off at the same time. The Union loss was one missing, and five slightly wounded.

-Tus morning, a force of confederate cavalry, estimated at some twenty in number, and supposed to be a portion of Captain Jumel's command, stationed on the Grosse Tête, appeared in front of the village and park on the opposite side of the Bayou Plaquemine, La., and a party being detailed, crossed over and set fire to all the cotton at that place, while parties were at the same time engaged in burning that on flatboats at the village.-Plaquemine Gazette and Sentinel.

-COLONEL GALLUP, at Paintsville, Ky., while falling back to get an advantageous position, attacked one thousand rebels, killing and wounding twenty-five, including a rebel colonel, and capturing fifty rebels, one hundred horses, and two hundred saddles.

-LAST night the notorious bushwhacking gang of Shumate and Clark went to the house of an industrious, hard-working German farmer, named Kuntz, who lives some twenty-five to thirty miles from the mouth of Osage River, in Missouri, and demanded his money. He stoutly denied having any cash; but the fiends, not believing him, or perhaps knowing that he did have some money, deliberately took down a wood-saw which was hanging up in the cabin, and cut his left leg three times below and four times above the knee, with the saw. Loss of blood, pain, and agony made the poor fellow insensible, and he was unable to Near Shelbyville, the rebel advance ran into tell where the money was concealed. His man- Colonel True's advance, which was going from gled body was found to-day, life extinct. A boy West-Liberty to Shelbyville; Colonel True capwho lived with him, succeeded in making his es-tured six rebels, and then pressed forward to join cape, terror-stricken, to give the alarm. After Colonel Gallup. leaving Kuntz's, the gang went to an adjoining American farmer, and not succeeding in their demands for money, they destroyed every thing in and about the place, took the man out, and literally cut his head off.—Missouri Democrat.

April 15.--The National gunboat Chenango, while proceeding to sea from New-York City today, burst one of her boilers, killing one man, and severely wounding thirty-two others.-A MEETING was held at Knoxville, Tenn., at which

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