Show 3 ua new york 16 A great trotting match in paris be tween the american horse shepard and the tho french horse express resulted in tho the victory of the american horse ho he vinning winning C by a 11 undred hundred yards new york 17 the movement toward wilmington last saturday resulted in a permanent advance the union lines being moved forward two miles the new ground was held and works were immediately thrown up washington 17 the house committee on elections reported favorably for the admission of field and mann representatives from louisiana and jack and johnson as representatives presenta tives from arkansas new orleans 10 A refugee from western texas reports prices command about strong mostly cavalry from texas large largo numbers of deserters deserter sare are constantly arriving ut at the tile rio grande and escaping north into arkansas and missouri prices headquarters are at borham borhani texas 40 miles south of or red river in a fine foraging region magruder was at camden ark irk with part pare of his command cardent his is main body is chiefly cavalry on stealing expeditions in texas the horseson horse both commands were in an exhausted condition magruder magrudor has 4 men on his muster rolls two thirds of whom are effective kirby smiths headquarters ar estill port la his entire strength is estima ed at only about of whom are serviceable ali an immense drove of beef cattle numbering some head bead are roaming over tile the prairies of western texas new york 17 the tribunes army of tile the potomac special says the tile railroad is being extended to a position now held heid oil on the left by the ath corps A large force of men are now employed upon it numerous wa waon wagon on roads are also being constructed ted new york 18 further details by the last arrival from vera cruz show that the fighting between the juaristi and imperialists is be being in actively carried on in the interior of the country the friends of the fo former r state that general pattona has taken the tile town of E Ten and shot francisco vega the head of the imperialists movements in that vicinity A jurrist force is approaching Ello and tho the jurrist guerrillas intend putting 0 tr to death every french soldier they tiley ina lna may y catch etch on the plea that any one fighting for or holding office under maximilian la ii a traitor to mexico and mexican liberties many other movements in the in iti abr lor lon are named which show tile the actie luilly y of the na national dional party sia campaign at oaxaca however to tal lai disgusted anxiety bax sma swa nov defended by general diez 9 beneral bazaine nazaine in person islean is lead ing in an expedition against again it hisman his vanguard vad had 15 d been defeated it laid isid that the deficit in the trea aurey atthe imperial government of Mexico 01 twenty millions annually the emperor EM R r or has a personal nil all lowance of the popes encyclical eney Ency lical letter bull has not been circulated in mexico as the gok gov government has not yet given its con ad toneto to such circulation 0 r sf ivl 1 city point tint 18 19 doi dol M hollowing lowing is taken from the chorich rich bich mond da ph today to day manck Sher sherman Bherman took look possession of columbia yesterday the intelligence wascom was communicated munica ted yesterday by beauregard ard in an dispatch columbi columbia a is situ abed oil on the north bank of the congaree Conga Con garee ree reo river below tile the confluence of the Saluda and broad rivers from Beu regards dispatches it appears that on thursday 1 1 evening the enemy approached the south bank of the congaree Con garee and threw a number of shells into the eity city during the night they moved up the tile river and yesterday morning forded corded the saluda and broad rivers rivers whilst they were crossing the tile rivers rivery our troops under beauregard evacuated columbia and the enemy soon after took possession the fall of columbia necessitates the evacuation of charleston which we think it is likely that it is already in process of evacuation alg sig signed aligned aig ned GRANT grani new york 19 the heralds correspondent says an expedition consisting of picked men from the nil Ali michigan elligan cavalry after a march of 40 miles milea and meeting no opposition reached charlotte iron furnaces on water lick creek creer which the rebels had in full blast preparing iron for shot and shell the establishment with all the machinery and material was destroyed the force then returned meeting with little annoyance from guerrillas the main part of the rebel army is said to be near staunton washington 18 during four days of the present week over 1 rebel deserters came within tile the lines orth of the earmy army of the potomac this morning 46 arrived here all of whom deserted from the rebel picket posts oil on the nights of the tile and some belonged to virginia regiments and the remainder to georgia and south carolina regiments S D lees and wade hampton recently appointed lieutenant ger get generals gerals have been confirmed by the senate tile the promotion of hampton makes him film rank wheeler and puts him in command over the cavalry now op operating prating against al 1 sherman echols ve hols hois has succeeded breckenridge in command of E east ast tennessee new york 19 parliament was opened by royal commission feb the speech said her majesty remains steadfastly stead dastis neutral between the tile contending parties in america and would rejoice ata at a friendly reconciliation the queen has had great satisfaction in giving her sanction to a conference meeting of delegates dele ates from canada assemble assembled dat at quebec and the tile resolutions which were adopted for a closer union of those provinces under a central government if approved by the tiie provincial legislatures a bill will be laid before parliament parlement for carrying this important measure into effect A paris te telegram legra in says news of the cessation of mexican aiex Alex ican lean territory to france is wholly unfounded now new york 20 during a recent debate in the rebel senate the food question came up when it transpired that the vast y yield leid beld of the valley of virginia which had in former years been always secured last year fell into our hands that this was the result of carrying into arms the details for gathering it that thousands of soldiers families llad not tasted meat for the last six months and were living on a short supply of bread alone that the soldiers themselves had also been without meat for a long time I 1 I 1 wasll wasil ington 20 the president has ampro approved cd the tile bill ili lii for mail steamship service between san francisco and china information from the army of the potomac as late as yesterday morning reports all quiet beser deserters are arc constantly coming in and are more numerous than they have been for a I 1 long iong on t time im e ga they have averaged over 70 a day for fb the past week aien 0 them are several officers washington 20 semiofficial semi bemi official news from chihuahua present seat of the national government of mexico 11 received here says sass juarez was still there and had no disposition to leave the city ile he was busily ep in reorganizing organizing re organizing ghis his army to open a new campaign which proposed ed to be more successful than the tile former one Now new newbern bern N 20 the fall of fort fisher is wc working aking a revolution in the mind minds of tiie he people of this state testate which it if there is any meaning weaning iii in the half threats emanating from the state capitol must result ill in the sepe ration of north carolina from the confederacy as soon as raleigh is garrisoned by union force forces which necessary protection is required by the conservative party the majority of whom says a rebel paper favor a return to tile the union even with emancipation new york 20 the naval supply steamer fort morgan has ar rivet arrived arom tile the east and west gulf squadrons both she communicated munica ted with a at various points having proceeded as far west as the mouth of the rio kio grande ott off that place there were a large fleet of merchant vessels and Engli engliss sli sil and french men of war the bort fort morgan reached mobile bay I 1 on her return trip on the loth several U S iron and double enders were then on off do dog river eiver bar in close proximity to the eity city the fort mor moran morgan t an left key west on the capt meade mcade and the officers cers and crew of tile the san jacinto arrived there oil on the tho the tho guns of the ship and other valuable property were saved the heralds special says there are again strong indications eliat diat lee is preparing to evacuate richmond and fall back on lynchburg for a linal final stand advices advises received in washington state positively that ii nearly early all the valuable machinery and medical stores are already removed from the rebel capital the petersburg Express expressways says we learn that a force cumbe numbering ring about goo men i have again occupied suffolk their pickets extend about three miles from the town in tile the direction of blackwater A raiding party went out from suffolk a few days ago and visited chuckatuck chuek Chuck atuck and smithfield doing considerable sid erable damage M to the country through a which they pasted new york 21 01 the tribune has the following charleston harbor 18 early last evening general schem behem mel mei tinning finning commanding the northern district ot the department of the south discovered indications which led him to believe the rebels were about to evae evac aate charleston and its defenses he accordingly ordered the pickets and picket boats to keep a bright lookout and report immediately any movement oil on the part of the enemy about half past three this morning coming a terrific explosion took place in charleston which shook every ship in bor and bar almost simultaneously with the explosion llames flames broke out which could be distinctly seen in different ditt erent parts of the city it appears that the birst explosion took place wilmington depot tile the fire irom from which rapidly communicated with tile the adjacent buildings causing agen argeneral crai cral conflagration of all the dwellie dwell dwelling im houses in tile the vicinity while the iril inhabitants were trying to extinguish this fire a second explosion took place which resulted very disastrously cau causing singa a terrific loss of I 1 life ife amongst the women and children who are represented as having been horribly mutilated about six ning moved his forces and occupied the city and defenses the tho formidable earth works on james island were found abandoned and the guns spiked at eight a detachment was sent to take possession of fort sumter and aland raise the flag which anderson hauled dow down near four years ago 11 at nine the flag was raised amid deafening cheers As fast as forces could be thrown into the city they were set at work to put out the fire which up to tile the tim time i of leaving was raging fiercely in different t pa parts parta arts of the city old men women bome n and children were rushing frantically to and fro in an agony of despair at the loss of their homes and the killing hilling and mutilating of their friends it is impossible to estimate the amount of cotton destroyed by the rebels several thousand bales were collected in different parts parta of the city and set oil on fire almost simultaneously with all the principal depots and warehouse N no zo dou doubt bt tile the rebels intended to burn the city to the ground despite the misery which it would entail on thousands of women eb ildren children and old men of which class the 1 inhabitants libl tants of charleston are arc now lo io almost 10 t entirely t irely co composed mp ased it was tho the opinion of gilmor Gil mores stall stati that in all probability two thirds of the city eity would be destroyed before the fire could be extinguished with the imperfect means for subduing it oil on liand land the last or rear guard of the rebels left charleston at four this morning several hundred rebels who secreted themselves in dinn diff erent brent parts of the city when the main column was retreating ks have given themselves up they relate the usual story of being sick of war var half starved etc they express a desire to be allowed to take the oath of ofal al legi ance to our government and remain in tile the city another account says charleston was evacuated by the enemy oil on the night of the leaving the fortifications uninjured besides guns gung which they spiked the evacuation was first discovered at fort moultrie in the morning at 10 a part of tile tiie troops stationed oil on james isia Isla island tid crossed over in boats and took posse possession salon of the city without opposition previous to tile evacuating they fired the tile upper part of the city by which gucco bales of cotton were burnt A fearful explosion occurred in thecil depot by which several hundred citizens lost their lives the building used for commissary purposes is situated in the upper part of the city admiral dalli Datil dahlgreen green ads was the first to run up to the city where ho he arrived about two gen gilmore followed soon after and dadail had an interview with gen Sellen selien imel inning finning ile he being the tile first general officer ill in the city and for the present in command the remains of two iron dads were found which the enemy had destroyed by blowing them up previous to the evacuation the blockade runner cy rene just arrived from nassau fell into our hands and two others were expected to run in on the the houses in the lower part of tile the city were completely riddled by our shot and shell rile file tile wealthy vc althy martof the population have deserted the city and now all that remain are tile the poorer classes who aro are suii sun ering bring from want of food wheeling va 21 A party of rebel cavalry dashed into cumberland before daylight this morning surprised and captured the croce pk pickets bets aud arid carr ried oil off generals crook and kelly it seems to have beep been a very daring and well planned affair cavalry have been sent in pursuit quebec 21 the upper house of parliament last night filially finally voted 45 to 15 in favor of the confederation scheme and an address to the tile queen based on tile the resolutions of the quebec conference charleston south carolina 18 charleston and all its defenses camo came into our possession this morning with about pieces of good artillery and a supply ot of ammunition the enemy commenced evacuating all tile the works last night major mcbeth surrendered the city to the troops of gen schem mel mei inning finning at nine this morning at which time it was occupied by our forces our advance on the edisto from froin bulls bay hastened tile the retreat the cotton warehouses arsenals quartermasters ter stores railroad bridges and iron dads were burned by the enemy soine borne vessels in the ship yard were aiso aleo bur burned nned fied nearly all the inhabitants remaining bellind behind belong to the poorer classes signed signer GILMORE washington 21 A salute was ordered to be fired at noon tomorrow to morrow at every forts fort arsenal ar and id army headquarters in the united states in honor lionor of the restoration of tho the it flag ag of the union upon F fort port ort sumter portland 21 in the house of Com commons monson on the ath el expressed regret at the tile absence in the queens speech of any allusion to the state of the public service ho he said our relations are not iu in a satisfactory state in the event of a war england is not in a position to afford adequate protection to her commerce ni cree erce on bringing brin ging sing up the report on the address scully moved an amendment declaring that the smite spite of |