Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH especial SPECIAL TO THE DAILY UNION VEDETTE FORTRESS F MONROE juno june 2 at 7 yesterday wednesday morning tile the enemy attacked butlers left wing and were repulsed our loss is slight gen smiths forces it is reported have captured fitz hugh lee and five hundred of his men while they were attempting to make a raid on whito white house NEW YORK june 3rd ard commercials money article says say this morning official instruction from the secretary of the treasury to mr air cisco authorized him to advance the interest on the temporary loan to six per cent also to pay at once the july interest an in coin coin on coupons this dispatch also says that proposals for tho the long loan sixes of eighty one will be issued tomorrow to morrow or monday next the amount is not stated the secretary of the treasury in his dispatch says you may contradict emphatically all assertions that the secretary is increasing any legal tender issues 8 on the contrary he be is gradually reducing them the commercials special says it is understood that see sec chase is not fully determined mined in in what shape lie he will place the bonds of the proposed pio plo posed new loan on oil tile the M macket i ket senator foote of vermont is spoken of as presiding officer of the bartimole Balti moie mole convention maidland is furnishing a large proportion pio portion of colored sol soldiers diers in in her quota sonic drafted as substitutes washington june ad the following amendments to the t tariff ariff bill were adopted in committee of the whole today to day molasses flom sugar cane 8 cents instead of 13 12 cents per gallon all parts of the bill will take effect july instead from and after date all imitations of brandy spirits or wines imported under any name whatever shall be subject to tile highest rates of duty provided for the genuine articles respectively intended to be represented and in no case less than 1 per gallon washington june ad 10 p in A dispatch dated half past 1 7 p m of the ad from sherman Sli erman reports that on tile the mcpherson moved rom dallas to a point in front of the enemy at new hope church on the ad schofield and hooker having been shifted to the extreme left pushed forward towards marietta at the same time Ston emans and garrarde Garr ards cavalry were nvere sent to altoona pass pasa winch which they reached and held possession of these movements the dispatch says have secured the pass which is considered formidable one other movement is in progress which it is not proper to publish at present nothing from the fr front ont 19 since ince shai Shel roans mauls dispatch of yes cerday morning telegraphic communication muni U ni cation lias has been obstructed by a violent sooim atoil on the peninsula signed STANTON A steamer from the iho white house yesterday I 1 apoi ts that heavy cannon ading abing was heard when she left indicating tin 0 that an engagement was in progress A cavalry man mail aiom the fiant ie ported the ath corps engaged having id been brought in by a rapid and sudden movement aiom left to right several re regiments 0 nero ne 0 ro troops aie doubtless engaged A portion of butlers juices aie being landed handed at the white house no confirmation confirma tian has been received at the navy department of the reported engagement 0 0 between our gunboats gun boats and rebel iron dads on oil the james liver A dispatch aiom the aimy ai my of the Pot dated 3 p in tuesday says birneys birness Bir division advanced against the breastworks held beld by Brecken ridges corps on the south side of Tat apony creek these breastworks ate aie on oil a high eminence a very strong 0 position and one which might have been held against a va vastly atly superior force tile the enemy after frill firing 0 a round or two and seeing a determination to take the place evacuated the works and re treated to the woods our loss is about 25 to 50 the prison cis mostly belong belon to chips some of whom said they were in the valley in the fi fight ht with sigel but did not have to fight so stubbornly as they do hei ceic c an attempt to turn our left last ni night lit and cut us off aiom the white house our new base of supplies was defeated with considerable loss on both bides an army of the cac ac dispatch says the fth corps advanced from hawes store on monday towards bethsaida chuich and drove the enemy about two miles at sunset while our men were engaged in digging rifle pits rhodes and earlys div divisions i s made an all attack on warrens light flank causing him to fall back from his first line tile the enemy then advanced and char I 1 ed the second line Kit kitchens ellens brigade of heavy artillery was posted there and opened a heavy file in ill conjunction jt junction in with the batteries of both flanks which nearly demolished the rebel column of attack the enemy f oll fell back in terrible disorder leaving their dead and wounded behind NEW YORK june ath A port fort royal letter of the says the expedition fitted out to ascend the river and cut the savannah and charleston rivers was mot met by a force of ibl who suc succeeded ceded in stopping our men the expedition was abandoned wo we lost one steamer and about a dozen of her crew caiato june ath forrest Porres fc was last beald from at corinth within a few weeks past he fie has fol foi worded warded largo large supplies of fora forage c into the neighborhood of jackson ho he is believed to be in preparation for another advance into kentucky the western martof part of that state is full of Faulkn cis guerrillas who completely ovenus overl tin the alio country committing numerous depredations A steamer bioni new orleans leports that when slie she arrived at baton rouge it was leathed that a dispatch had just been received stating statin that eight steamers ste ameis had been burned at orleans since binco she left no particulars cuic CHICAGO ago june ath the tax bill was carried in the senate yesterday the following anlund amendments adopted on val aed aiom six to fifteen dollars per thousand a tax of eight dollars per thousand valued bioni fifteen to thirty dollars fifteen per thousand thirty to forty five dollars twenty dollars per thousand the valuation to be exclusive of the tax every cigar manufacturer shall procure a deimit to carry on oil his and shall keep an account of kigais made by him their kind and quality and deliver to the assessor a copy thereof veli verified fied by oath the penalty pc nalty for a false return is one bundled dollars and imprisonment the tax on tobacco cavendish plug 01 twist and all other kinds from which the stems have been taken out in whole or in ia part park or which have been sweetened is five cents per pound new NE YOEK june ezrd 3rd secretary obade sold a million of gold today to day at WAS june am in order to insure the gica test possible vi vior vigor 0 or in tile the opera operations of our armies now moving 0 against tile the insurgents under beavo and skillful generals upon the vast theatre of operations expenditures have been inci cased beyond receipts flom aiom revenue and ordinary subscriptions to tile national lonn loan the secretary of the treasury advertised for scaled offers boners to be received at the department under tinder the alie act of M march arch ard 3rd ca until noon tuesday june for bonds of the united states to the amount of seventy five million dollars bearing an annual interest of six per cent paya ble semiannually semi annually in coin on tile the fist days of july and january in each cadi year redeemable after the of june 81 itis it is inquired that each offer must be for fifty dollars or ono one hundred collais dol lais or some multiple of one hundred NEW YORK juno june ath tho the Yi timers finiels niels special quarters closes thus there is hardly a doubt that the position now hold held by the rebels in our fiant is but ill an advanced line which they will hold su so long 0 as possible for the purpose of gaining ga I 1 llido time to the defenses on the chickahominy on oil thit that histo bisto rio ric line we now fully expect wo 0 shall oie cie long oil 0 deliver battle and tile the of this fight will decide whether tho the rebel capital can be cat I 1 aed by a 1 con coup de dc main or whether it is destined to become fue atit object of i a |