Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH Is SPECIAL rECIAL TO THE ME DAILY UNION ulon VEDETTE I 1 MEMPHIS april ith an arrival from arkansas reports gen arid add army on one bank of the ouachita Ou achita rivet river and that the confederate infantry and cavalry under marmaduke cabell and sibly are arc on the other steeles ecles St army outnumbers the rebels so it is supposed they will leavle leave gov murphy of arkansas issued an address to the people of tile the counties in that state in which no election has been held and after reviewing tile the action of the late state convention closed with an appeal to the people of those counties to return tor to their allegiance to the old government and recommends them under an ordinance passed by the state convention for that eliat purpose to hold an election as soon as they can with safety by which means members of the Legisla ZD tui e arid and county officers take upon them themselves selve S the rights and duties of freemen and give ive their aid to the union an address was sent out for distribution with gen steeles command washington april ith A letter fro from ni the army of the potomac says no events of general t anili importance ortance have recently occurred NEW april ath the steamer arago from hilton head with advices advises from florida report that a small skirmish took place march near Pi latka between our pickets and the rebel cavalry tile latter retreated the gunboat ottawa shelled them but the effect IS is unknown by means of a nag flag or of trace permission was obtained by chaplain chapman of the N Y at tallahasse to ascertain the condition of our wounded mounded in the hands of the enemy re report port says they are badly treated especially the colored soldiers gen hatch is temporarily in command of the florida district and gen seymour remains at head for tile the present gen gilmore has been to jacksonville and fernandina and returned to hilton head A few shells are arc occasionally sent into charleston one of our 30 poun der parrots at cummins cummings point exploded after having been fired forty one hundred and sixty five times A special to the times says re auces 0 from army being largely augmented and lie expected to start the spring campaign with eighty or ninety thousand troops conscripts arriving at richmond are sent forward to the rapidan without delay the report that tile the richmond and fredericksburg raili railroad oad has been taken up by the rebels is pronounced untrue the 1 general beneral understanding in richmond Kich mond is that the rebel leaders have concluded on a defensive line ol of operations this spring tho the federal war department is about weeding 1 out tin unemployed employed gens to the number of thirty or forty to maker maka room for the promotion of others A special to the world says gen burnside lias has gone west on a special mission for the piar purpose pose of raising negro troops A kentucky dispatch from louisville says several of forresta For rests officers crossed the ohio into indiana and illinois for the purpose of exciting tb the e people to revolt others remained in kentucky to help conspirators to keep the flames of sedition alive forrest in his late raid secured several sev c r a I 1 hundred kentucky recruits ile he is on his way to corinth and will it is said thence undertake with reinforcements for a raid into middle kentucky with the expectation of getting a large number of recruits others say lie will join longstreet and proceed into E east ast kentucky yew YORK april ath the alic champion billiard match between Kavana tigh and tiernan last rali night glit was won von by the former in innings by a score nore of 1500 against 12 05 Y farther arther advices advises from hilton head I 1 I 1 report forty six refugees from char picked up in small boats by one of the blockade rf the lebel rams on oil the stocks at charleston are arc badly injured in juica by our file directed a against 0 ainest them whenever the weather is favorable for practice 9 ST r touts april jtb ath A fire occurred at alton III on oil wednesday night consuming a ware house on the levee occupied occa pied by simpson ketchum it was filled with frith hay and other produce some adjoining 0 buildings were destroyed destro y ed loss about insured for democrats alexandria la dispatch says a largo large amount of cotton is being captured along the I 1 red cd river river it is imported ported le ie that several naval officers were captured ahito hite confiscating cotton admiral porter issued a circular to the captains and officers of steamboats inthe employ of the confederate government as transports that if they deliver their boats boat colim he will afford them every opportunity to recover their property while if they burn them they will be a total loss NEW YORK YORE april eth specials say the senate committee on naval affairs had under consideration for the last two days a proposition for abolishing naval agencies throughout tile united states and adopting 0 in their stead aplan submitted by grimes of detailing 0 naval officers to make all purchases of supplies and naval stores store s for tile the entire service tile the committee enter cuter upon a thorough h investigation of the subject and dont think it advia advisable able at present to adopt but have authorized aby chairman to report repart against it A largo large delegation delc gation of engine builders from new england new york and pennsylvania was before the naval baval committee yesterday askin asking re remuneration from government 0 on the ground that they have lost aca heavily ily owin owing to the increased price of tabor labor v and mate material ial according to their statements before tile the committee they have lost several hundred thousand dollars tim tha builders of mills hive also been before the committee alleging that they too lost immensely on contracts tile tho committee have the matter under advisement vi tile special senate naval coin in cittee attee have nearly completed their lar ia bors and wilt will shortly make a report their disclosures willbo will be very dabag ing to the navy department showing the reckless ic responsible manner in iff w which aich contracts are made and supplies purchased by tile the department abe C committee 0 in cittee will recommend many radical i changes 0 in this respect CAIRO april esth A naval dispatch boat new material arrived from alexandria la with sixteen hundred bales of captured by the fleet no late news forrest is reported trying to get away by dividing liis his force into small detachments fearing 0 to be caught in a trap an arrival from UK tennesse Tob nesse river reports rodels command doing cori considerable sid gid erable mischief in iii the vicinity of waterloo alabama their principal busi business nebs seems tor to be robbing and conscripting tin NEW YORK april ath tho the richmond crammer is indignant because two regiments recruited by john morgan have boon been taken from him and given to gen girgsby a pet of jeff davis leaving 0 morgan with only SOO men washington WASHINGTO april ath jay cook writes that tile the ton ten forty loan will prove as great a success as the five twenty loan last year sherman introduced a bill in tile senate today to day to provide for a nation al currency secured by U S stocks and to provide fo for r the redemption thereof deferred to the committee on finance hale called upa up a bill to ro repeal tile the fust section of the joint resolution of feb I 1 gi lela tive to the transfer of persons in military to naval service passed G april esth A cincinnati telegram P reports great excitement in in consequence of the sudden disappearance of tile the firm of MIMI co commission merchants who have cons urn III abeda mammoth swindle by which a number of merchants of cincinnati cleveland pittsburg and now new york are suffer suo er ars they ale supposed to have fled to canada washington april esth tile the I 1 ways and means committee of the house was instructed today to day to illi inquiry into the expediency of reporting a bill laying an aft ad va lorent tax on oft all salos of bonds stocks arid and mei mci chandeze chand chan dize izu of all and on oil receipts of railroad companies gaff and fill all other incorporated companies |