Kiviiiir that " owing to t !u- heavy roinfon nii-nts tlio FoiK'rals received mi Sundu i,rM niul Monday. 11 ml tin fatigue ot my men, I deemed it prudent to retire, nml not renew tlic li:ttli'." IVi'misslon was not grunted. Tlio Richmond DispilC.i contains a t pram from nouuivcurd, dated Corinth April Nth, slatimr that ho was strongly in tl'CIU'luM. Him pi'cpariii m ucieai mo n rals ill whatever unmoors thov ni'ght ut tack him. Ho claims the battle of I'ilt burg Findaig i:s a ni'isl important rein vli torv. Ho savs ho captured (',0'iHI I'd it ' i.r .soiici's an I t!i',l'tv six iii Cos Ot OH 11 nii'i No mot:! 'on is m.nli' oi' r.oaui'egni-i 1 t-i i iT wounded. Waxliimrtoit, Apr.l l.Sj ivlals to t N. w Y..rk oarers t.i that lotlors Iron York tow a av that (5.-n. Magi'iid. r's ro v.m for Iravn ' h s outor works, was tic o.i i; -o t!io ro.uls wore loo ha 1 lor tho tran imi tation of supplies, mid also to gel our troops awav fto.n tlio Totcit o,i of iho n it boats. V ilisp.lt.'.l received l tho Nil IV D piirtuient from Cairo says oar llotilhv ha lioon within tliroo uiiariors ot a milo ol It Pillow, nml from thonoo hud takon a po lion two lililos above. Tho rebel gunboats. ten in nnniher, are stationed below th Fort. Our mortar lio.its wore m position niul Innl opened tiro, licit, lopes oom maud occupied the Arkansas sale ol the riv.r. Tlio President to ilav signed the blil for tho abolition of slavery in tho Patriot ol Columbia. St. l.oms, Apr 1 1 1 t. orrespo-uloiioi from tho Araiv of the Southwest, s!at that the whole Confederate foree that wa in iho late Tea Uidire battle lia.l .'one cast down the Aikans.ts river. Ti.oy passed throii 'h Clorksvi!!'", s;'v miles from Van Duron, ten days ago. At that plaee 000 cavalry were sail to have tiu ti the road north to lluutsvlllo. It was impo bio to learn the destination nt their troops. lint It was probably si m point on tae M.ss!s!ppi, or Ja.-k-onport, Ark.n.s.? It is also r 'ported that tae n bol toiws at TocUiontas have or.leis iiio:i il.e appear atiee of the lederal loroes to r 'treat to .Tacksomwt. l'r'c , with the M i-.-cir i-state Guards, was 1 ft ut Van Uui-iii. Washington, April 1 (i ib ig (' on Mitchell w as nominated vostirdav M lior lieir ral on the recoiiim- n l.itioa of the Seiv retarv of War, for gallant servaas in too oaptutv of lluatsville, iVeatur and t oon ton Junction. KatiMS I .tv. Ai r.l I i. A mn! Ironi Ft. L'nion confirms tlio news of a battle ut Apaeho Pass. Oar forces nmnb. red 1 ,00. ami the I e. wins ,., in uar lo-s in kill-il. womal 'il and iii!iu.'. is l.'iO. The f n-my neknuw!fd.-o a I 'ss of ' 10 or F'.) We oa: turtd fil'v-tlirco nr'som r-, an. vo of Ul 'til f!i rs; nl-n s'x'y three i a.-oi.s i :. 111:11 I'l.t oa, k:, I t--r.ui ri tier t t!i. tw bum .! vis'ons an ilr.-d male oa; tin'. , 1 10 I,.. Wire too I att :c!:cJ o ir b rery fo'i; time ootnin.' w thin f.ir'y but wi.ro i''';e.!- ! w to f iroi'S, nt 1 1 st U'lviees, v. D am n 1 Spr'mr. foriy inih s s : I'nio 1. The T x :11s foil b.ii k 1-e. Wa-hiicloa. A;.-:i f.om ti "ii. Wool, l'or niut, ivs tyviyti.inj weather very fivor.ibi" Yorktewn. h is ji'iib. will oon b a'lle to op til" 'ortifl' l'iiill' 'f i ie 1 and .1 : .. iv it 1 pro r two him r.i. 11. u ti .c.i 1. T." T'. I iaes. at the 1 1 t ( t .f o;,r r'iir. K.-s. Uar re (lie. mill' d nt !,s s mtli of Ft to e.!.:.' l'i -A ie s M S r'l o til., up that .i.M.r a- my. M.l! .r! si; .'0''i:.ls to ...u Y'o.'k pip- r, -t.i'.e that mi ollieer who I '.i tiie i.r.ny b- oa; Yolk lou n. r. p"i".s thi.t (.Jen. .M' l.'i' ii 01 in the very ln-t of srlt. m. 1 san.-n ue of hi, alii ity to ui'.v? ti.e r b I- oat of Yoik!.ft-n, Y,r,' n'a. Tie' s .111 - oliie. r -ays ih.u v. h.-n lie le't tii reb 1, i burnin.' tie ir b .r racks, i.i c.'l ! i.e.- of pripir!!ioi to i vaeii ftte. ( ipvcl.'u,' spec h'y to ': ilr.'vell I a k. I.'very day ti'.-'.v barbarities I'-rp- trat' il by the reels cur.etj I'.'hr. Th's wc k two soJJlirs, who stray-! from tin rai.k-ne.-r M iM.'.-a-', w, re fvi-;-J I v the pr.i I .lido with tii- t!,ro'it- ru. Wa-dinlon, April IT -Tie.- War I.-partnu-iit inlviti-.'s f.,r a pri o.itioa for the roa-tnr-'.io'i o! 0:1 or lieir-: L'ii:,boat. laekod lien. Smilli's position and attempt ed to onri'y his vri tis. They wore hand somely repulsed and some prisoners wore I a ken. Yoiklown Ims been shelled by our gun boats, I ut w ithout ell'oet. There lias boon a good deal ol tiring from the Yoiklown batteries. In the oniraijeliiont on Wednes day, between the od Vermont ami the ene my, :. of our men were killed and !0 Houmioii. war artillery uul great execu tion. About 1 o'clock this niornin the enemy in loive attempted to cross ilown in front of our lines, with a view of cnptiiriiijr one of our batteries. The reserve force of our infantry opened lire on them, foroim: them to retire. At daylight both parties opened lire with artillery, whloh continues. A Colonel and Lieut. Colonel, from the rebel iirmy, came over and surrendered themselves prisoners of war. Those two elliecrs report that an entire Irish brigade had inutined; and, by order of Jeff Pavis, wore deprived of their urms and sent to the rear. Wellington, April I". After buriiiiig about one hundred mid fifty hijr houses at l.owlv's Point, our crews returued to their sli ps loaded with blankets, iuukcts and medicines h it by the rein Is in their ll irht. Flu Meet proceeded to Knppahiinnook, two miles above. On arriving, the Commodore inded, and i:s met bv a lare concourse of citizens ol all colors and ai;cs. A lUfi was hostel and the people told that if il was torn down the town would be burned. Contrabands brought inlormation that lour larco schooners and other obstructions had been Mink in the narrow channel live miles irom 1' rodrick-bni'j;, to prevent our ap proach As far as could be learned, no r 1. tn! soldiers were on the nook of land be twe n the Potomac and the 15 ippuhannock, eept a few pickets, probably composed of Maryiandeis, to prevent the escape of negroes. Da the li'teei.th, our Hoot caotur oil a vi s-el on board of w hich was found tcrs from which it was ascertained that the rebels w, re evaciiutiui; Fredrickslnii'e;, in 1 talked of biiruiiiu' the town. Iho tint on their return, captured two line schooners at the mouth of Collin's creek. lien, lliin'er's oll'k-ial n port of the cap ture o! I t Pulaski, savs; " e captured forty-seven Unas, fom- thousand pounds of powder and a good supply of provisions aslnn.'ton, Anr.l lft Pi-pateln s to the New York papers state, it is said, on authority of intercepted letters Irom IVehmond, 'hat several editors of rebel 11 w -iiao rs tin vo heen liuii tor puMisliitii tellii'iice which was contraband of war. The 1 ro-peot of the passage of the Pa lie P. lilroad IMI diirin0' the present srs on. is not promising. The following is 1111 account uf the cap ture of I t. I iiia-ki. On the morning the 1 Ot Ii (Jen. tiiimore d-ruiiudeil an miooiiditional .surrender of the fort, which rer:il. Our batteries immediately oi..nei nr" wtiaii coni.nueii tul miii-i-i. The (iener.il then placed 11 battery of Par rot; are! .lones suns w.laiN l.imu vanls ot the Fort and eon'.meiieed liriiie; at ii'irht Net inoriiin; at "J o'clock, nois and 'I'M Missouri, wero taken priso 111 rs with him. Washington, April P.ith Special to the New York papers stale that t!en. Wright, 111 nliiiiiihumiir Jacksonville, Florida, brought iiwiiv with him twelve hundred in- habitntils, who were 11 1 raid to be found there by the returnim: rebels. Several Unionists who ventured to remain were huiiir. Cairo, April 1 iHh. A dispatch from the Itect Hour Ft. right, dated Apr.l I'.Mh savs, 1 lie mortar iioiniiai'ilnieut was renew ed this r, m , vigorously at fust, but con tililicil inure slowly. The rebels replied with round shot Iroai ilihereiil baiteries which fell clo-e in the mortars and 1:1111 boats. The published report that the Fort hud surrendered is not correct. Pi sorters slate that the number of men at Ft. Wright is fi.OOO. l-Yi'tliTu-kslnirir, Y:., Ttikcti! Wasliiiigton, April I','. lien Mi-How-ell's division inarched yesterday upon Fredericksburg. The march was disputed by one regiment of inlantry, one of cavalry, and a battery of iirlillery, which were driv en across 1 1i u lliippiihiiiniock. Our loss was live killed and sixteen wounded. The rebels burned the bridges over the river at Fredericksburg Our troops have not yet occupied the town. They have boon warn ed by loyal cili.ons not to venture too fur, except in foree. The large body of rebels who occupied the place until recently have gone 1o Yoiklown. Washington, April '.'1 Our forces 00 cupy the liights of Falmouth, opposite and commanding Fredericksburg. .Much valu able information was obtained from loyal citizens of Frederiekslnirc. Most of them affirm that so soon we take possession of the city, and there is no fear of the return of rebel soldiers, a majority of the remain ing cdv.ens will bo found loyal. Vast amounts or gram nml other lornge are stored in the vicinity of Fn derieksbnre: The enemy, b -.sides destroying the bridges, burned thn e .steamers and twenty schoon ers, loaded with corn. Official dispatches say (ion. lt.ii.ks' par ty arrived nt Sparta, Hockii'gh.im county, n , yesterday, driving the enemy from a hi!! in the vicinity with artillery and caval ry charges. Six thousand of Jackson's troops pissed through town and ciie.iiiijicd a short distance beyond the night beloro. It is currently reported that J.nk-on will be largely reinforced between lure ami Stanton. On a march bitweui New Maiket and Sparta a ho ly of our advance cavalry came upon twosiiiads of Ashley's cavalry, drawn up 111 line of battle. I ho latter snd P lily broke r.iiiks mid bis artillery opened on us. Our cavalry, in line of buttle, wait, d fur the artillery, wjch arrived and seiitti rnl tho rebels." On the night of III-17th. Ash ler's forces reached New Maiket At 7 o'clock tie xt morning, an attack was com menced hv I! inks, who had occupied the town dtirii'ir the nijit. A-hbv mt lire In h s catiip mid reli-eiilid in L'l'.at lin.sti U nny man nlli-mvls l linnl ilownlUi' Ami' He Ml VI 11 11, htiiiiil hi in Ui" M' l'1 - f.Vii. i.r. CTIjc (Drcgon CUgiiG. W. L. Adams, OB.EQON CXTV: S ATI' IIP AY. MAY It, lMi'2 Editor. ntuu NiimlBivUHK. I'urCiiiiiiiss .1 I; M'lliiniK, of Yiiiiilnll. lo'Vei iiiir A (' ( Ilium, nt' Miiltiiniii.ili. Si'i' uf Siaii, N i;. ,M v, of .liieks.iii. Sluli. TtiiiiiiiMer-V.. N. Ciiiik "I Miir .ui. Si a.-I'r iiler - II ( Juiinui. uf Minion Juilije nl llli .Imlieml llmnel -K l. Smii ii cn I'nw. . Uorm-y I1I1 ,1ml. 1'int - Vi. t' .lniisanN. CLACKAMAS COI'XTV. i.-;ii(-r iiuiii-1 I'. A, (.Via mn, KlMHIIV, JiMIM l'. Ukum. County Jutlgf Ski'iihi'm lleni.ir (V 'ni.'i 'r . - W u lltitl.im, Sun M. Mli.l.m C.i. ('Ink -.Jaiiiin ismiiv Slirt tjl v. l To 11 mi ('11 7'llM.lllllT TlllHI l I'llKUAM. Axrsr -K. . Siiniir. .VeA.iii Xhii-i ttttriiilrut N. V. KiMnia.. .Vio i'i-V'I l''.T.T. I'ii-iiih. M.iw r 1.1. j children mi this roast, vol Floyd doesn't think ho violated his oath or did anything I dishoiinrablo ni'ilhor does Wail. lie ! may suv ho doesn'l exactly approve of the coiiim' of the rebels, just to ct 11 few voles, but who ever knew a seeessioni.st whoso ' word or even his out Ii was lo be Irusled. I John F. Miller, the secession caudidute I for (lovernor, is from Missouri, and would now bo in Price's army if ho had stayed there, lie is 11 ivprcsoiilalivo of the ' one ni;:ger iir.'Miii'riiey ' that lloul Lslics iu I he bolder slave Stales ti suit of middle class bet neon Iho 'hog pluck iiiislocrubi' or poor whiles, nml the big nigger nabobs who own as high 11s live or leu lingers 111 id keep a carriage. Tim one nigger nu n usually in vest all their menus in uu old ilieiiuiatic wench or broken bucked lllall thai can be bought cheap, just In keep up appeiiraui'os The old black cripple is looked upon as a sort of diploma lo show lluil the ow ner has graduated from the freshman class of hog- ; pluck nri.stocrats, and taken rank among 1 the one nigger aspirants In iho still higher j society of the lite or ten niggi-r leu doms. These ime iiigger nu n ate geiurnlly sup j plied w ith Hours in their houses, and some j limes have 11 pane or two of glass putlicd j into a hole with mud lor a window, while I their poorer neighbors are denied these i luxuries In nsei laluc linni thn ' sunil The political blacklegs who conreiied nt . ,, , . , , . . , 1 . .hiller' or lio iiliuk niislocracv to the position of nigger owners, iln-se "rising families" carry along with them nil (he nigger haired mid intense pro sbivery fool ing that brloug in the tiuwitsheil Mibstra turn of the mud sill kooirly ' he fnct in, iu nil rebeldom, the piMin r, more ignorant, and dirty a man is, the more lie linles nig gers mid loves slavery, mid the more does he despite Northern enterprise, Northern intelligence, and Northern ' Yankeci,' and till Invert .lift Mnlw mi. I ll r., .1., u..t. 1 aw ling political compound that lias been I ... , . . 1 ' . . rebellion w :th an intensity that the hum red- i nigger men are strangers lo Tim only I I dillereiiee belween Milhr ami Wlulnker, ; who are both from Missouri, is, t hut Whit ukor hud ' nary nigg. r,' but d pi aided 011 1 his fiddle to introduce him into the one- IliggiT class society ut 'hoe (low n' gather III.', while Mill, r limla II passpnit that Cornwall rails u 'jut ilnnnum ' In (hi, resH i l M1II1 r Is a peg ulnar Jo f. iue, n lio ''"lO I'loposo tn laltu tltl ynkTIfV Itii ,.. A .) m UiunL 1. . 1 ,,, ,n 'l'h.llg, of honor niul tlutlr m.,.,.1 or Alisirlll upon thnn 1 ... . for a free govern, 1 ,U,II IlliV'ltl lltill.-.t n 1 r ' ' ,u " "'7 ""'0 at 11. 'f honor and ,lutleN,oposleri.y(, 77" pron.U. s xvitl. rebels nr,,,, c, 11 M Wail's mind I,.. 1..- . m i ' s'nircq a ihintr were 1,.,-. II. I.. 1 ' " i-.-niwii-, iiutu Iiovi.i. urn lliesn lol'ly selilii 1, il ,, . o vvouu, .tiuv, 01, U.y jmo of Ireiison. with a w hit.. 11 '"I1 I lie Sri i-sslw l'.mi ml ln. Corvnllis on the loth lilt., have nominated a Stale ticket lluit ought to suit the ene mies of a free government everywhere. It is just siioh a tii ki t as the lleeing rebels would have paused on the road lo Corinth long enough to give one shout for. It is as good a representative of the great 11 11 tagoni.iiis to human progress, human lib erty, and free government, 11s could have been Selected. petrogrossion, secession, cowardice, nml disloyally uiiiko up the 1,11,1 1'la.ik nli.,-1 f .,... H ,7" ,,mlli" ''"" t J. IT I.,vi rtl!t tolm, , r 10 " ''i'" ""l wn term, , r" "V"'"1,1 Imocoil" ami vole money out of tl, ,r, h M' r'1 r,,f tUl .r,ie I! lor every nigger that u,d m ' W .he rebels, ,,,,, liri erv(inKWar,;;:i nhsolving all (he rebels rrV,gMiliW to !- !'" 'leumcralie ' I liarle.sion and uominiilu Puvig y cry for the I wo highest dlllcc, i ,1C J( think, (his m a line r-Miimitt; f tho ciipalnlitiis. His j,i ,)ki 1ui J"' kaow bin, ,0 be. We k,,w l)im U, than In, !'" sl,ims,irilHKU,,tirsio his linn. I on his breast und ,, before ki liod lh.it we l.avoov,r.'ol,,(J ,,, fc " I" ti-haM. if.-htio('0lll.r,Ml;wuiil have no n.oremllueneontV,U,n, n--" i.iun a wooden block dressed "H ptltii oat got up lo shove into the gnawing stomach of the jaded beast that JlT Paws. sits astride of, which yet carries the brand thai John Wesley burned into its haunches " si M or Al l. Ml.l Alsii s" The old brand that Wesley stuck to llie unilual is still to be soeli without shnviiie; the hllir off, though the Corvallis golitleiueii have tried lo efface il by putting a ' !' over it, which is taken , by such men us Miller to slnml for I'.nis, j o pii-un r- The Ni w Orleans Corresi. undent atld, lining what bo never did befurj inu' evi ry hridgi' to delay pursuit. -burn- 11 11 nail 11 i.f . , , ., - " l.-nvin .1 ai nit e' er.il hoe VPs mi I ie r i-oniii w.is o sjiaiifa I' v.111. iisi...u( in.- liana eoi'im iial r, woo ileciare.l that it was nil- -;i,l- 10 no;,i on; any longer, as iu..si 01 . ,,.,. ..,, I....L g-nis w, r? irsroouiikd. e captured ,'.,.,, ,,, ,i. vr ! 1. .itn.ei.t that . IsL'ienrsh took- lil. e.. In-t w . !i his Ui1viihei 1.' 'lie ; ,, I ,. i f,,,.,, ,,i i!, I. ,.;,!,, n,...,.o il,,. eliin.m.t lis-n!ch, Uescr.ii.ug (lie !-. .i. i:..r'. ,.r ii... o.., i.i, ii, ,,1 .!.... 01 s if that city, savs iii.it forls J u kou ,"lr ,i. ..1...1. 1...;,.,, ., ,ijn in..w,rs.i. bridges neross the r.v.r. They did not sin eecil. i l t. I'uillip are urine! with one hiiu r 1 an 1 seventy guns, nio-tly twenty-e glit in 1 I'fs, r;tl 'd. The navigation of the s;,.i-'n . r'l -'Dili .I.ei-v!',;e.r mr.t ver is i.e. 1 ry a dam across the river. ;.. r... 1 ,.r .. n...... , .. ' , ,1.,., 1 ..a. ., -, - , 1 111 ie.ui 111 ie. in vi in 11 "hi 111.11 uiiih a mil a.io'.e ihe forts No IU.1I4 on , ,. ,,,.,, Wll, ,t, . ,.,, s ,r;m, int. coal, lor,-,- this dam in loss than two ;,., r r l;lt . ,11V.,!. v of the ours, tii.e 1:1 tins time I tie L'niis Irom the ,..;,i.; ..:..e, ...a.., .. 1 1,... orts W(,ni l destroy thctn. lietwei-n the in and New Orleans there is a constant ti r liwn. picr'ers believe tint Jiiekson means lorro's lln.' I!lue l.iilge and r -aeh iii eo.-ion i; enrtn works. At the Plain ot ; 1 in 1 1 .. 1... ;.. 1 . ... ... , . , , , , , if hi 'ion 1 no , inn. is 1. an uu innaiiis lu ll, mi't'e are redoubt, armeil w-.tli rilled ....... 1 t. n ..1, Ft. M icm is coiupli tely inresteil. It has In en iiieertaiiu d that the rebel Mii iily vm.iar :u plan 10 tin- r.r.e--o:i iiiittirv, for tervi.'e 0:1 tho M's:..ippi a , : ; (J.lf Ltile.igo, Apr;, l-'.!i. A ron'e-eiii.;.iiit of the Cincinnati Cvn-itrrrl-i! writiic frui. Hav niiiaii, Ten 1 mi.!' r il At-; ! tla: 10:h, says of the hattl" of Pit'-hui'.' ..mding, or m jiroptr.y termed, .-5'.. la's, tlut nl(. (. federal -s had one Imudr -d an J sixty-three regimi'iits on the fodJ, a!:l,otigh thi.s'o w. re not ail full. Nearly every account agrees in placing thr-ir fonts ut not 1 -vs than ninety thousand ni n. Washington, April I sill (Jen Shii.-hi-divibiot'i occupied .Mou t Ja. k-on yester day inorn n.'. At k-vcu o'clock the em my appeared in force in I'roi.t of Pud's' II. I!. 'I'h'-y res'ste I our alv ir e with em.rgv, in or ler to i.lit.i 1 t ine t burn the hii.ig s, locom' tives and c rs which would nccui,u late at the terminus of the r lilroad. Our inovttn-nfs iv. r si rapid th.t we w. re 1 1.. . .' 1 1 . uun; i-j save llie ori'Jges I'.vo locomotives find scvral cars. Many ri-on'rs huv bei n taken, arc . Severn! horjej w re car tured. lien. Lanks b h graphs to the peimrt I f. V- ... 111. ., . ., 1 . nr. in 11 oui .si; .i 11,;. 1 iiiai 11, at iilace was oceupie 1 by our forces- a-t ni 'ht 'i'i.-. 11 1 ,, . " . . ihui'j urn ij.-'..i -ir.ir. uri lo-ry f-niriii: -inh-' but iio lo- j on our h'.il-. A coiTi spomldit of the Palt. more Amrr- ican fnj n ot intervals las', night nml this morning heavy c; mi umiling wns henrd in Hie d.rccttoii of lo kto'A-u. I'or'y di- ir ters w.iOC'iiiie into our lie report that Jell jj.iv.s i.ii ij niTiVe I nt H o rebel ciiinii ii. 1 . 1.1 .1 . . inn 11 vv.ih iiiiii't-hxmi ma; ii'1 wonli ink I'ommuti I in the iipjiroaohing baltl". They repr. i-f'iii unit tiie 1 ii'-inv are 111 ereiit inrec Work i- nii;iy progressing throughout the p' iiiiisij a and reinforcements are r.-on-iunt ly arriv ng bom Norfolk, I''r"driiksl,iirg, nml North Ciitcl.ini. Tim rebel (iencmls openly deehin; their inlenlioiH to Innke the.r great bittl ' of the war there, nml (lie Mrongist ciiivii'tiiiti n (;xpresi;rl that they iii ir.erp'cver im; i iiierni foreci nml drive them from the Peninsula. Constant (kirniisliing is carried on by the nlb-iimn. Oofiisioiuil shot and i-hell nn thrown Thero was heavy skirmishing thi.s morning beyond Warwick Court llou e. An at- tack was made by Ihe enemy in force They were repulsed, nfler 11 br'.-k, artillery duel. The lm of tho enemy is thought to bo heavy. We h a dozen killed nml wounded. A di"jmtch from McCh ll ,n' In-ndipnir-lers nay thut ii"tir iii'dniht (lie winy nt-! union. W'licli li 1 v; Oeeii .nin, etl'-ctive at range of five miles In I'ts. Jackson on I t Piiil' p are thre- thuusnnd men. n great portion of them r.pi-rieiicid artilb-rviii n me! gunners who have si-rved in the iiiitt. 11 New Orleans th. re are thirtv-lwo thou- id iii'antrv, nml as manr more are iiunr i.-rcd in the neighborhood. l'onrtir.ss MoxnoE, April 1 7ih. IJ.-r-dan's sharpshooters are spreading terror nmoiig the gunners of the enemy. The rebels have made several sortie with in fantry lo di-l idged or capture our rifle men, hut have been driven back with heavy loss. Arrangements for the linnl siege are mini to be going on satisfactorily. Th'-rc ivns lorne hri.ig this rnorti'iig by the rebel but teries to the left of Vorktown; no damage was done. Lxtemsve smoke has been ri ing all 'lay from Newport News, lending to toe behove that preparations arc making to evacuate it. S'.-c'y Stanton denounces tho rumor that tmrcisn inisiitiderstandinir between him and the Pr s'deiit, as utterly without foun dation 111 truth. Theodore I'Vlinirlnmcii died at his resi dence iu Trenton, N. J., on Thursday last Chicago, S The Mississippi fleet i now at I t. right, formerly called Ft I illow, nine miles, nliore Mi'uirihis, two miles nimve 1' t Itundolpli. hat is now I'l. Pillow is just above Memphis. Philadelphia l.V Kx .See-'y Cmeron was iiit -sIoiI licre to-day, 011 romplmnt of Pierc Puller, for alleged illegal detainer, ot Ft Lafayette. Cameron's intention was In birt for f i 11 - - In at any early day. Thi" air' ct will mn t. rially interfero with hi ar rangements. He will not leave until the questions is disposed of. Cairo, 1'J Centlemeii from Pittsburg Funding report that (Jen. .Sheruiim moved hii division on Wednesday, two miles fur ther into the interior, nnd after a khnrp Kirmi-n, in winch tho cnemv wero defeat. '.d, with a loss of fifty or sixty killed and n m nny wounded, ho succeeded in main laming his position. Information from ( ormiii to the loth. nvs the rebel eon r the 1,1.1 tie of Sunday, tho fith, one of iimpiahd br.lhaiicy. It i, producing wonuerliil enet on the pcoiile. Itcinforco- mciitr! were pouring in 011 lieaureirnrd nt mi uiifxiinij.Ifi rule. lie bus now lor). im-i!. II s romimind is fortifvimr Cor. I11H1, building iu Ireneliments nml diiL'imr rille pit. The rebels entertain no iloubt of Mieeess next time, if mi encounter be provoked. iJeserlers from JSMiiuretfiiriJ's army rumn into .Savaniiiili, on Wednesday hist. 'J'liey report thn nrrival of (ien. rice on the haliirday before, with fiO 000 inen. Pushrod Johnson died on Sunday hiisht, from wound received in the batiln Tin re was no foundation for the report of den. FrciitisV iscnpe. The greater part of the fcth JJtlmnd I Ith lown, OOlh llli- 01 jirovisioiis m snort. ! atiai K w ill lie made on the fort, but it is ititen h d lo starve tL rn out. A slight expectation still prevailed Pint the r-bel might attack New bi rn. Fort licalions were being built fur it prot'Ctiou. The rebel claim thut Ft. Macon is rr ivi-.rmeil for six inoi.ths and lias three thou-iind eff'Ctive men 1,-nro, Apr I I 1. I.iun, I- onte . legrnplis una r date of 1 1 1 Ii, from the th et that mor tars opemd fire that day nml soon ch ain the rvirofoll vessels Shells fell into the n !j I caintis. TI.eir works are vrrv strong and extensive. St. Fouls, April lfiih.-O-n. Curtis' nr my bus returned lo M.-mri, nnd is rn Cimpi-d fortv-five mih-s ou'.h of .Springfield New York, Aril L'tith The utenimr Vi.Afi , fr. m I t. Pickens, hm nr rlveil. Negroes were coiotuiitly arriving Irom I Vrisncohi. I he li bels had not t-vui ..... . . - limed Hie town luu wero Uioving guns away. The town was under martial law Fargo fires were seen nightly, indicating that the rebel were destroying their prop erty The rebel commander had issui-d s pro lain ili' 11 that l.u would hui g all idle people after the fid of April 1 Im steamer I rail, from Newborn hns nrrivul A sortie was made 011 the 12th from Ft. Macon by a detachment of one hundred nud fifty rebels. Our nickels were driven in. After a short engagement, ihe robe! wero driven back to the fort. Two ofonr men with wounded N'-w lmk, Aptil 21 -t The city of Ap.iluchieoln, Florida, ha been successful. ly occupied by our Iroops. The capture was effected by two guiibonN, 011 the .'Id. with bit In oppo-ition. A ftw shell djK. pered the rebel foeee. The remaining por tion or the population were found lo be iu a starving condition. The blockudo had cut fifT supplies from the seiiboard, and the resources from tho interior were not suffi. ii nt to maintain the ordinary mm forts of life. Chicago, Apt il 21st. Gov. Ilnrrey of Wisconsin was drowned at isiivaniitili, on the I enne-see river 011 Saturday niirht, He wns Ihere looking after Ihe welfuro of the wound' d Wisconsin Iroops. Kt Louis, lot Ii . A f.'airo dispatch soys a skirmish look dace at Siminniili on Wed tiesday, between a deliiclimeiit of our env airy find a strong rebel picket. The hitter had Ml killed f!5 wounded. Ibiliimorc, April 21. .Since Fredericks burg wns taken by tho Federals, Virginia bank nobs are selliii'r lure for liflv cenis on llie dollar. Kpecin in Virginia is now in "'i ikt cm premium men will have diUerciit opinions. It is thu groat misfortune of this age that men are not educated up to the position of being able to read human character. To this defect Is really lo be traced llie major part of the tiils .society has suffered, Lssuff. ring, and will suffer, from Ihe iuipos, lions of corrupt priests nu.1 debused demagogues If the mas.es in the rebel State, had been iible to understand the p al character, ob jects, and purposes of I'.ivis, Yuiicev, Toombs, M.ison, and W'igfall, they would have sootier hmi$ tho,n villuir.. than per liiitti .1 thi 111 to 1 r.-cipilati! the South into a rebellion ngiiiiisl a government Unit had never inflicted 11 grievance upon them n rebellion which, instead of In Hiring their condition, is likely to pruve their utter ruirt 1 The musses viewed them as patriots im brii'd with n love for Southern right, and therefore followed lln 111 to destruction, in stead of Muling Iheni nright 111 political assassins, bloated aristocrats, and infamous , demagogues, who were willing to w.ide1 knee deep to position of profit and power , through the blood of their brethren, nml '. nini iiigiu cup. ir Oregon ihuuUjj In rscll' by si ndiiig such man t0 Wosl,;,,,.. ton, it would mi prejudice our iulcri-.ta itr Ihe (lovermneni ihul tlii jr would U lm. Hiialtended lo while hu nun th shouldn't M-ovcr from the main f,ir Jftn ' Tho fact is. if the ll.icl.a..ui,udii,i,l;tllu(1 wns in full blast, Wait is nut ,, ,0 .end lo Cocgrcss-Dolf ,, twilJ ibstuncc him Ly far in cxeeuting uuiii.ru tf the r.-,tof tho M-nssion liclrtrfln,! posing the tail, w hat wo Imvo mid 0 ler mn I Wail is good deal of it d(.j,licLI lo Uu ni Tiny urc srm.fl f,b, with little I. cms, ncipiin-d abilities, wih no ji.trj. otisin. We can luinlij M (. m,j fa have passu; our the claiim of well men as Johnny Hounds, Uen MeCmrr, Dulf llmiiiiih, T ' Smith, J,it.- limhrir, Jr., Andy Shu. k, nud Hob Kinney, iialcliown Weaker moll, Unless it be ,fy r, hold'iig buck llimo " ur horxi for tl.e I'niled SlntMi Semite , Tiik Pin. 1 ssi.in is Vamiiii i.. Ywm 1 tru-inl who was present nt l,frtlt ln Thur-d iy wei k, wu burn thut th rnult was most .ainU-tory Jj.l,., Wail Muff in nu hour's harangue boul mlitiowiti and the Criltendi 11 Coiiiproiiilne, nnd ukrii Ins Inue M.is up looked out hu :ii lo ee w ho wis nu rho umumer'l Ls-lich, he vfas utterly diMippoinled v J it siieoeeil in ruijiug a miiglo i l.ctT from lii rebel fru nils, nnd only three or four limn was (In re o light slumping of their fr. t. Tln n come onr gallant young emid.ilitt for Congress, who made a must Imppj tf hut Clu-ir alter cheer Irom thu Finns lie 11 made the walls of the line rnurt Iiihm rmg again as M Tonic nss,hd mi diffiv) hhed piis.tiou after position of lim roaiffl- Fane as tin- tl. Mud , ,1 ,,. ( ,r ,.,,,.- 1,.. , it'T, 'id fiuully l.oed that Vil IU sleep on m.1 h.d, 1n11ttr.iH.es i.r i'... t ..... ' f'thing but 11 unken .il'isnuliiticTU lis)- I.. 1 U lr,.n. rt.i.il .. 1.. ... .1 1 ! . . , t I. . , 1 . ...mn... ..ill ic lliei 1111)1' III - by such lis ait for ' Ih-inocrnl,' and by . . ,, . ,1 . 1 . r 1 .1 1 ther mgg. rs imr slnrls In t.,-rv other the w hole gang on Ihe tn ket for A.'M. . ' . , 1 respect be is exactly ,ke Fain-- the r v. mi.- . .ii. .11. 1. in s im mi-si . t'ssion iiinei principles being iili-iitie.il. M,l. r ihinki the sun of 1 mpire rises in one m l of f o, and sets in 1 Im- ..(In r I., I ju,i- lke sUiilT, and .M.IIer c.iliiiot help siioii ng Notwilhslaadnig all this, M,;, r ,y fr the best imi'ii 011 I I.r In k. t IK- i, u J lii.ll, outspoken 1111111, who .scorns to bide and .e out of Ins ' Southern M uiputhy " Mi!lT, w bile .storming the f,.rt n vs of human ,M r ty, would pri h r to walk iii ou r il. in, I -he I waiNu-id baitend gad s, with biimi. r liv ing; wil l- Wait would pi for lo "climb up Mime other way," r ,.f., tlirlls, u nec.ss.ry, with Iho rag of If:,,,,,, j, iim ( to his coat tad MAU ( is il. s. rv.ng of son, p cred t for haling climb, , p p, t. position of the one nig-i r nr.st,,, racy, w Inle Wiiil hits sunk down lo . 0,l H.iu.. as Mnly 11 tool for sin h inen 11s M,, r nnd 1 1 0111 its, who ll.mk .1,11' ll n,, j, M, " running ngin ., ?(;",(, IP . ".j,,,, mycraiic iioinniee for iVulip, " nd Fin coin as Ihe " iiherhshiin nimhibile " M, h r having be n rals. ,1 in the South, und proniimy mnklul l.y a iiij-g r" is to be with abet treason and disgrace Oregon a man who, inslead of a sent in Congress, would I...:. 1 1 . . . ou.jii no a iif.iioi sin over no. uniiiinr i ruins of the only free eover.i.n...,t in th ei k",""w'1"" ' "" U" )'milliiiii. world It was their inability t read char- ' 1 'r' r' '" """' ' is m,t at l.-nst iicterlhalin, cdmcn of mulo.ibled pa ! 1 '" ""o'terahl,. loiilhin.' n,,, iriot su, to persist veer after v. nr i , , si oru which Inniorahle uu 11 f., fr ,, ing Jo Fat,,.. t Washington to ui.I uu.l ''"luting, w bite - liver. d .s.iun.r,, iiposiaie, who, ,m,g I,,.,.,, ,r( in New Kughiiiil, fed on rye mii.sli and rod- r. 1. ... 1 .... . have ...ore appropriately occupied a place ' ", '' "" T"umi """,T ,I,B "'' "f !' in I'ortland among his beltc, who are now 1 '''"'r ' M',",ul c MU- '' wearing tt ball and chain to the I,- It I Kr"H'' "'' mlnre i"r"r. U,rnJ l""' was the same ignorance that put Fiddling "''" '"I" ' 1 "''' '. Wl.itaker .,, the (lover.ior's seat and en-1!" ' ' "'n1' d,""l""li"' '"hing. ami ' it ii.'i tk : 11. I . . ..bled him to send a sim.ll beer secession fop ! 'r"" " ' ' k " ' ""' "ml ,,u'" who looks will, coiiu-tupt on laboring men j ." " ", "f n M ' ""'l'"- !. have to the United States Semite, to act a "', "' ''""l"" nt " M,," of ur. in uiiht 10 1 i-iisii mn iiemoeriicy nnd ii.1111- gur,ile mi the Aiiiericiin conlineiil a sluve- irceding ili-ipolisui. A. F. Wuil, the secession ciimlidiito lor I'.iclllllOIld lililHT say. McCh-lhiii is wniP ing for Iron clad gunboats to take Itieh. mond by I lie wny of James Hiver. Thev call lor obstruction lo bo ul once sunken os the only menus ol prevention, spy for rebels, nud cripple the interests of j Oregon by fraternizing with such creatures as Vulliiiidighaii.. It is now proposed to appeal to this stolid ignorance lo elect thu secession ticket in this Stale ns a ' demo cratic' ticket, when such men 11 s Dickinson, Holt, Kendall, Sliinloii, Under, nml three- fourths of the Northern democracy rend them as we do, and denounce them as the Tiemies of the Coveriiment. There is just as much democracy in theso candidates ns there is in Yancey and Floyd (larrison, ami no moru-yet a few fools will probably vote for Miller and Wait thut would not vote for Jo Fai.o or Harrison. Fvery in telligent man knows thai the political prin- iples of 1 aiieey, Imo, Wait, and Miller are the same. They will nil swear they ant ilomoerniM, nnd F'nion democrats loo; so will Jo Faiiu and Davis. What they mean by a democrat, is one who is in favor of the slave power ruling the Covermuent, nnd they nre in favor of the Union, pro vided Northern irten will lay down i,0jr arms and 'compromise' the rebel nrmy into Washington, nml Davis or I'.reckinridge and Iiiine into the While House. Floyd took a solemn oath to support thn Consti tution; under that oalh ho robbed the Treasury, stole the arms am! nmuiiiuilion from llie Northern nrsennls, sent them nil through thn rebel States, ami shipped 70,000 stand of drum to California to Im used In seceding Oregon and California, nml murdering Union men, women, ni:d Congress, was put 01, thn ticket, not U cais0 they (nought him of nny particular account, but because he voted for Douglas, and might therefore gull u few loyal demo crals into his support. While Wait voted for Douglas, he syinpiithi.ed with lircek ami Fane nnd really wanted i,(.,,i elected. He voted for Douglas beeuuso he finally concluded, nfler much painful study 0f the doings of Iho ClmrloHton Convention, Unit Douglas was ihe " regular nominee." U gave a cold support lo Douglas- barely voted for hint- hut, l,y his gabble, druvo everybody ho could into tl, lri.t , Fane camp. Nois- (, IKi 0UHI,()j,)UH nml blind piirtisiin wo ever knew. Intel lect nnd noble sympathies never hud any thing to do In determining his choice of political principles. The only (pieslion hu ever asks, in, Whcro is the democrat!.) parly, nml what Is lln creedH What little brains hu him (ami ho Is a weak man) are never exerclHcd in politics any further than to answer for Limself Hicmi (wo (piestious, If the (Jarrisoiiiiui abolilioniHls wouM (ukc tho nnwr und i.t control of (ho "regular (lemorrnlii! orgniiiiitioii," he would support it, nml swallow amalgamation n idi jnst as much gusto ns he now swallows the rebell ion coated over with " pence democracy" varnish. Let tlio " democratic: j.arly" ,c- htioiiist himself, and Ihul he ni iirk.i(( fur tl.e rcbi-U imiw, whir were doing more lo nbi.l.sh shivery in one month tlnn AU Fiiici.lu and his pnity could 1I0 m forty viiirs. Wuit was comiili-ielf iiJ op. 10J when, in r. ply to the ipiestion m lobu he would gi t In rrmiprofteM ilu SuOtli, he said hu would lend il ul Ike ynnlnj ' imjuml, (he audience laughed in ki frt Mr (iil'lis, (he Fiiinu mmUUto tot (lotirnor, follow nl with 011 nirnril n.J iloipient nj'pi .d, showing llml llirn trt but two parlies, one for (he Union inijod ngiiiiisl ; that in the prem'iil ciiiip.ii;ii th cry of " dcmoe.-iicy" was but the ili'P'i of traitors, who sought to rmWri ll (inrerillrlfl.t. Mr (iibbs no fniiifll und loudly chrerril, while ol one tinw ' cral persons were olisi rved in teori. Mr (Jreer the rebel cuinli.Jolf for Trr iirer, look (he stand anil niiipliiil I1'4' the .SluiPniiiiin hud lied on liim in ,"" that he "never rust a Democratic f D his life." He finally succeeded in contact ing tho paper of niisrriirewiitl'oni sliowiiig that when he was ileclid to Fegislulnre of Missouri as W'1 meanly bclniyed his trust by "nr for David IF Alchismi, of Kansas imlorirlj, for !'. S. Semilor. We uuderslaml that iiuilo mmilKf of Indies young and old, i.ll for tin l','on' wero present, and cheered our rinu,iill III moro ways than one. Wo luf lM ' dies will continue to jfivu their fslr counte nance as well as their loving Ic-rt oJ lo good l'nion men. Yamhill wil Union liokel. i;i vu two lo on for ll" What Ficl-The secessi.ui o't'nl Corvallii representu Thadileus Slrea, I" Congress, as saying that " tho p"l,lic nl this mou t amount to th" nrtoul sum of One Million Two HiiiuM Mill'0"1 of dollurs!" Of courso, this l I''- 8"' reus In liicnpahln of making nirli 1'lu"llJr ns this lying secession aympnthiw' I1"''" Ins month 0,,y think of It -one I''"'0" Iwo hundred millions of (lollnrsl W"7 nllowliiK our war expense lo bo tired million a year (.mil tli' nr "l higher), at that rale, It would ',ko WW tirtri lo reach hillwn. H llliteralo lilockhead of the rrtln(l Ad liser couhl hardly be jj"1'1 of ' blunder.