Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH VEDETTE 1 SPECIAL ciAL TO THE DAILY U NEW may 2nd and orleans jans advices advises state that general stone has been superseded by general as chief of banks staff gen stone under orders from washington ton is relie relieved vedy and is to comi gand a of regulars 0 A refugee 0 front from says the rebels admit a loss of only 1000 men but admit they were defeated in the last days battle an and d suffered so heavily that tiley they did not consider it prudent to re new jy the attack it is reported among the rebels that gen steele is moving towards silt t with men and price with men was op posing him shreveport is protected by W fourteen miles of fortifications which aich the rebels consider impregnable 0 against anything short of men tile the gunboat eastport East port remained ashore ten miles below grand acore ecore two gunboats gun 41 mun boats were aground g on the falls above alexandria three thousand cavalry are reported in the nei neighborhood of clinton la above port hudson their intention is surmised to bo be to lay waste the plantations worked by the yankees Yanke cs madru Mag ruders ders army is reported cong and is on oil the guadaloupe golt colt biado and brazos rivers texas with the fie exception of at galveston washington may ast 1st information received from tile the army of tile potomac tonight to night 11 states that the troops 1 which went to madison courthouse court house on oh thursday burned the town to ashes it itis is not known whether this was done by orders or not do de bertei s who came in yesterday yest elday report lees army strong with effective cavalry all in good condition with ten days supplies and the raili railroads oads 1 lunning night and day bringing NEW HAVEN may 1st ast A fire tonight to night 0 destroyed tal the e aclo deon factory of treat davis three carriage factories and other property loss NEW N rw yorm may ad A bill for the relief of settlers on land claims in california passed the senate on saturday 4 A special to the times time from washington says A dispatch lias has been received to day by government flom fortress F monroe statin stating that the lear of army passed through 0 h petersburg yesterday morning his force is estimated at eighteen or twenty y thousand nothing now new transpired today to day the pickets of bogli armies extend up tip and down the Rappa rappahannock hannock an nook and rapidan A considerable force is reported at fredericksburg throwing up more earthwork earth on tile the are arc reported withdraw ilig from madison court house anacon and concentrating cent rating their front on our left and center one ile division of Long longstreeth streets corps I 1 0 to deserters is at hanover function junction as a reserve on the same authority lees strength is stated to be c upward of one hundred thousand acu rumors prevail that gen banks bank is superseded by gen augur facts in possession of tile the congress committee to investigate in tile the N Y custom douse show ainner air anor trade carried on between that cit city y and the famous trotting stallion allion Bt geom patchin died yesterday from rupture the worlds orleans letter reports that the evacuation of texas by our falces is begun it also says a report reached oilcans that gen poll polk was at camp moore ninety miles from Oi orleans oilcans Oil leans cans with fifteen or twenty thousand men to move at once on port hudson or baton rouge the H heralds newborn newbern letter of the of april says information has been received here that the authorities have taken possession of all railroads in the south for the next sixty days during which time no citizens are allowed to travel on them also it has been learned that troops aiom chaales ton S C have been brought brou glit to wilmington and relieved troops who have since proceeded to richmond |