Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH SPECIAL TO THE DAILY UNION VEDETTE NEW YORK yom april 28 sl special says a squad of i obel deserters arrived today to day they aaice that eliat lee has been I 1 i reinforce monts one asserts that much of the heavy artillery has been sent to richmond and that a belief is current among the soldiers that an early retrograde movement upon that city will be made Long longstreeth streets division have been sent back to richmond it is said orders will soon bo be issued to commanders having colored troops under them to retaliate upon rebels orders havo avo been issued for an immediate draft in pennsylvania new boik massachusetts ohio and maryland tile the draft will probably be ordered in delaware special says prominent congressmen are confident of an adjournment by the ath of aune tile the italian line lina of battle ship re galantuomo has been heard from at terceira cira western islands her masts were carr carried aed away and bulwarks bulwa smashed all her guns were acro thrown overboard but no lives were lost an unsuccessful attempt was made to destroy the frigate wabash off charleston by a torpedo boat the wabash 0 gave a broadside to the enemy which sank or escaped under cover of the heavy fire va april A force of rebels is reported concentrating at front royal how large is not ki known iown there is some indication that it will commence offensive operations on the lowering of the shen shenandoah river which is now greatly swollen the potomac is also exceedingly iii high 0 h NEW YORK april the worlds TV dispatch says tile the enemy shows increased signs of activity yesterday they filled haze river river with logs to try to sweep off our bridges b but tit the scheme failed guerrillas brillas in quite a strong force appeared pea red near our lines yesterday no elvi civilians lians are allowed to go to the front washington april an ali amendment to the tax bill was adopted placing 0 a tax of two cents per pound on lower grades of brown sugar sugar on oil higher grades three cents on oll cl clarified and refined four cents NEW YORK april by Ar america fi aiom om new orleans the era of that date says tile the 0 greater reater portion of tho ilio rebel army is at mans field preparations are being made for another advance of our army the era eira adds that there were good reasons to believe that gen banks is again on his way to shreveport NEW YORK yom april TI tiie lc steamer champion from aspinwall brings 0 in specie A special to the post from washington says gen butler expresses his opinion that the rebel troops have left north Garo carolina liua for virginia the military committee 0 of f tile cHouse th house have not yet made a report on the bill raising the pay of colored troops tho the son senate ato added this measure to tile the army appropriation bill as an amendment and it is now beffi c the ways committee which will ivill soon report ForT FORTRESS nEss MONROE april richmond papers of the say ady a fleet of gunboats gun boats appealed on oil the rap pa hannock and it is now believed the Kappa hannock or port royal will be the base of burnsides Burp sides operative cooperative co movement against richmond washington WASHING TOY april in the house giouse in committee of the whole an amendment was offered fo for the hundred and afif fifty ty first t section which was a adopted which provides that it shall not be lawful 1 to record any instrument document or paper unless the proper stamp shall bo be affixed and such decord when the iho proper stamps agrenot are not affixed shall be utterly void and shall not be used as evidence tile the section stricken out proposed a penalty of for failure to affix such stamps NEW YORK bonic april news i received at the brooklyn navy yard aiom fortress monroe and else whole indicates the approach of hostilities tili ties on oil the southern coast almost immediately from our harbor the whole fleet of wooden and armored steamers has just gone out the onondaga has been from fortress monroe with convoys it is understood that all the vessels have received sailing 0 orders at 4 this afternoon j the Canoni cius and escorts as well as several small steamers left A lar large lare e number of others are being pushed d forward as rapid rapidly lyas as possible and will be placed in commission soon the american Amei Amez ican reports on the 2 fifty miles from the tor Toi 0 spoke an I 1 english schooner which reported the pirate florida cruising in the gulf washington april in the senate Fos fessenden senden flom the finance committee reported the house joint resolution solution Ec increasing temporarily tho the duty on foreign imports fifty per cent with an amendment substituting thirty three and one thild per cent and exempting goods in bond and transita in transi tn after a lengthy debate tho the house bill was finally passed with amendment by a vote of 30 to 8 F FORTRESS ontress MONROE april additional news from lebel papers mobile on wednesday general wirt adams repulsed federals r its near mechanicsville Mechanics ville miss A yankee spy py under tho the assumed name of sterling king was arrested d on tho the at marion va he was recognized as a detective front from chicago in tho the house the speaker laid before tile tho house an all address to the president from tile the people of east tenn and the presidents reply to tho the address dr it recounts the sufferings of the people of east tenn and asks for prompt payment of claims against 0 the government and for the establishment of railroad facilities obtaining for 0 supplies and for the establishment of a railroad between knoxville and cincinnati by way of central kentucky which would be of gr graat at con sequence consequence in the alio present emergency 0 and estimates the expenses and losses which the railroad in 1861 would have saved is as at least five million dollars tho the president Pies ident in reply said lie he had in liis his annual message I 1 of 1861 recommended the construction of such road mad and now with his lu s abne concurrence currence hopes liapes congi gless ess would yet ba plemon todo so april 29 the following is tile the joint ic 1 solution passed in the sell ito last ili night 0 ht PC lie solved that until the end of sixty lays days from froal tile the passage of this tion fifty per cent of the rates of du ati tics bics and imposts now imposed r by la lay 1 1 on oil all goods wares merchandise and articles imported shall bo be added to ilio iho present duties and imposts charged on tile the importation of such articles paper used for books 1 and 11 I nd newspapers exclusively shall be exempt from tho the operation of this resolution ALBANY april 38 28 it is understood here that all artil a artil lery cry regiments and detachments now in the government overn ment forts have been ordered to the front the militia will be called out ont to take their places during in their absence BOSTON april 28 all companies of artillery in tho state have been ordered to washington NEW YORK boric april 29 an orleans letter says our soldiers have entirely recovered from the fa ti 0 bics tics incident to the late marches f and severe fighting 0 0 A rebel battery 11 Q 1 has been planted at complo comple a fo few vir miles above grand ecord in ill C consequence ousa of which gen smith burned the town gen grovers division is still at alexandria ex and will probably rema into protect the ille country people of that alla t r region c from guerrillas 10 CHICAGO april 29 tho the house in session last night amended the tax bill and adopted tho amendment taxing bank circulation one quarter per cent on oil all amounts in circulation fernando wood offer ed an amendment repealing the tax on imported liquors on liand hand Wash Was burno liburne offered e substitute for the amendment that all spirits of domestic production and held for sale on the first of may and upon which no tax has been paid shall be subject to a duty of fifty cents per gallon and on all such spirits on liand hand for sale on which a prior duty shall have been paid there sh shall allbe a duty of thirty cents bona ji fide di dealers whose stock on hand does docs not exceed two barrels are arc exempt from this tax the substitute was agreed to by 72 to 62 washington april richmond papers claim three thousand prisoners at the capture of plymouth the political contest in north cawlina is very warm Co governor vernor yanco vanco in ill his speech at fayetteville on oil tho thel clai claimed mcd to be in favor of PC peace tafv and iv read id a letter which lie had writ ten to davis in ill december last urging argin that measures bo be taken to clo clodo 0 o tho war by negotiation washington april it is said by of tile the exeen r aemi tive committee diat that there is no proba ability of postponing 0 the time for tile tho of the baltimore convention I 1 |