Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH especial TO THE DAILY UNION VETTE VEDETTE the Eiter eternal nial india blubber case an application to extend goodyears Good years vulcanized patent was yesterday before the house committee on patents who agreed to hear bear oral arguments in the case on the ath of april remon st rances against tile the extension will be received without limitation as to time return of Gralia ins expedition E FonT FORTRESS gEss Mox march the expedition recently sent into mathews county under gen graham returned after having cap captured aured a large lot of horses cattle and mules also three hundred contrabands contra bands Enabling Alls gills signed aby by the president CHICAGO march E enabling bills fo for colorado nevada and Nebraska have beetsi been signed 0 by the president lid no tax fax on articles on hand NEW YORK march special to says it is reported e that the ways and means committee are arc now unanimously opposed to any tax on whisky or any other commodity on land hand amendments to the constitution washington march the the judiciary committee to inquire into the expediency of proposing 0 amendments to the constitution by striking out the arti bicle which forbids laying kayin 0 a tax on articles artic lus exported from any state disastrous fire NEW YORK march affire broke out in west street yesterday morning morning 0 and destroyed property valued at atone one hundred and sixty thousand collais dol lais thirty families aro ren rendered derea houseless strength of porters fleet CAIRO march 24 porters Re driver fleet is said to be composed of nineteen vessels carry ing guns two vessels turreted ten ironclads iron I 1 F orests forests advance orleans dates CAIRO march 24 t at three this ju morning orning for rests advance drove i in n pickets south of tinion city later in n the day ile he destroyed our communication ion with columbus our force went out to meet them and firing was heard inthe direction 1 1 A of union city subsequently heard at columbes Columb qs orleans dates dateno to the say the I 1 executive committee called a meeting ing to be held on the evening of the I 1 ath to elect immediate cm emancipation anci pation delegates 0 to the convention the same committee passed a resolution recommending voters at the preliminary meetings to support no man not favorable to imm immediate emancipation no armed rebels has been heard I 1 of in tile vicinity of the I 1 river ri I 1 thoy I 1 v havi haying I 1 kitis itis said abando abandoned abandons nc that mode mod of warfare warfare for the tj 9 at rj r capture of fort derussey FORT foia march this fort was captured today to day by forces under gen A J smith the expedition left vicksburg on the and landed at on the thence marched to bayou place where gen Schier rys lebel brigade has been encamped but which fled on the approach of our transports leaving considerable camp equipage and commissary stores smith pressed forward ward to yellow bayou whore where strong fortifications have been erected but the rebels again fled our men pressed tile the enemy and some skirmishing occurred resulting in the capture of sev oral cral prisoners anda and a small wagon train at daylight yesterday the entire command started for fort Dc awen ty eight miles distant at four in ill t the he afternoon the ard 3rd and 9 ath th indiana batteries opened on the fort which replied vigorously 40 with three guns tile the cannonade continued an hour when smith ordered a charge upon tile rifle pits and to sooim the fort the and ad illinois indiana missouri charged over the deep ditches and thick abattis abatgis amid a galling fire and within twenty minutes after the order to 1 ahli i tre was given our flag i was planted 0 on the works ta three irce hundred and twenty five soucis including t twenty four commissioned officers officer were ware captured ci eight 0 lit guns a lot of small ai aims nis an all immense quantity of assorted ammunition and a large quantity of commissary stores also captured fort derussey Dc Russey is a formidable work of a quadrangular 0 shape the bastions bomb proof and covered with railroad iron A powerful water battery is connected with the fort casimates case mates which ai abc c capable of resisting shot or shell of the heaviest cat calibre ibre about Abou tSOO a 11 y year constructing the earthworks earthworms earth works the work of destroying them will commence tomorrow to morrow and it will take men two or three days to complete it admiral porter is busily engaged 6 for thelast the last three days in removing obstructions from tile the red river consisting of rafts and piles driven into the channel tile the transports aie now proceeding 0 up the river without interference gen grant visits alie army potomac induction in ill tite Nati number tuber of corps in said army CHICAGO maich geri geo grant visited th eArmy cArmy of the potomac on the and was enthusiastically received an order h has is just been issued by the war depart ment the substance of which follows the number of army corps comp comprised Ased in the army of tile the potomac shall be reduced to three namely the ad 5 and ath troops of other corps v be temporarily distributed among mong ali these sc by the comai commanding adin ge maj qan atai wren has be cwass arned to tile the I 1 I 1 1 11 ri J command of ehg U corps cwi 1 if flam ia lu safety of communication by the aisis sippi outrages of rebels in arkansas CIlI CHICAGO dAGO maich cairo dispatches s say it has been act dc tennin act mined cd to give up all places back of the liver which are arc heldry a small force and to hold only such stich places aa aa are of importance to insure tile safety of river communications nothing definite from froin banks and P IA steele is reported the former for meria is meeting considerable opposition iori i from dick taylor but was expected to bo at alexandria about the 1 s 1 E eastern 01 stern arkansas I 1 has aas recently been tile the scene of most le velling autra outrages es roving bands of guerrillas go about the country from house to dering citizens of money clothing and anything else of value efforts are arc i i t being made by the illinois caa cavalry to 1 lid id the country of these villains the rebel conscription is being merci mercilessly enforced in in eastern mississippi surrender of alexandria NEW YORK march the evening star aiom orleans oilcans on the letb and from havana the brings news that part of admiral por for fleet appeared off alexandria louisiana and demanded its which was complied with without opposition P position the prisoners captured at fort de dc russey have arrived at new roileaus oilcans Oil Oile cans aus 11 1 general banks would leave for tho the field on saturday 1 I ath or monda monday y the gunboat kiver arrived from balti moie moi e the gunboat Oc tarara one of the participants in ill the attack on fort powell arrived ai rived at new orleans oilcans for repairs the army of western louisiana iana is is moving general lees cavalry advance had occupied new iberia two of our gunboats gun boats had crossed crosier gerwicks Ber wicks bay and grand lake and ascended grand river nearly to butte larose la rose before reaubin reaching butto butte la rose they came upon a rebel camp and opened fire whereupon the rebels ran the gunboats gun boats landed their men meil I 1 who burned the tents and campau camp equip T ill age 0 captured the araw arms and aiu ammunition muni of the entire force 1 guerrillas made their appearance in I 1 14 the vicinity of baton rouge and had i several skirmishes with the ath wisconsin coasin mounted infantry which resulted invariably in our favor several prisoners were taken advices advises from brownsville Browns ville leport no prospects of righting fighting g new roads and and fortifications aro aio being made T shot and S hell foundry destroyed J CHUNK pa march the shot and shell foundry of albright strapp was destroyed by fir birj this morning orning ni i loss three hundred thousand dollars insured for one hundred and twenty ill and dollars th alic U work of an incendiary |