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       NATIONAL AFFAIRS.

  The Army and Navy.-Something ii
once more being done towards treading down
the rebellion. Several iron-clads at successive
times have run the blockade at Vickburg. The
ram Queen of the West has been recaptured
from the enemy, with the entire crew, number.
ing 90, on board. Gen. Dodge, In commsand
at Corinth, has made an attack upon the enemy
near that city and defeated them with consid-
erable slaughter.  Affairs on the Mississippi
are looking hopeful.
  In the East something has likewise been
done to indicate a lingering vitality on the part
of the army and navy. The attack on Charles-
ton, April 2, under Admiral Dnpont, though
not successful in taking the city, demonstrated
the great power of the Monitor fleet, which
with only 30 guns all told, entered the harbor,
moved up directly between forts Sumter and
Moultrie, for some time endured a concentrat-
ed fire from 800 guns, with only the loss of
one boat, and finally withdrew, after knocking
a few holes in Sumter, and dismantling some
of the guns in Moultrie.
  It is now believed that this attack was only
a preliminary trial-a reeonnoisance--and that
the real attack is yet to be made.
  In Florida, Col. Montgomery has made some
gratifying demonstrations with his negro regi-
ment, sacking one or two considerable towns
and taking a number of rrisoners.
  The Army of the Potomac shews signs of
activity, and as soon aa the roads harden suf-
ficiently for the moving of heavy artillery, will
"move upon the enemy's works."
  The report of the Congressional Committee
of Investigation has been published in full. It
is a squelcher on McClellan, and unmasks a
sickening amount of rascality and treason in
almost every department of the service.
  Reliable accounts from the rebellious States
indicate a very serious exhaustion of the re-
sources of the would-be confederacy and great
distress among the people.
  Financial.-The national debt on the lst



of April amounted to $929,186,147. 72-scarce-
ly more than half the amount currently report-
ed among the peopl-and as yet the country
has searoely begun to feel the drain upon its
resources.



          FOREIGN NEWS.

  England still persists in the unfriendly and
unjust policy of secretly aiding the Southern
Rebellion and of winking at the still more ac-
tive and open sympathy of individual subjects.
It has been known for some time that the iron-
clad ships building for the -Emperor of Chi-
na," were intended to be handed over to Jeff.
Davis, and yet the British Government hns al-
lowed their construction, and will doubtless
permit them to escape from the ports without
anything more than a mere show of disapprov-
al after it becomes too late to prevent it Thin
is neutrality with a vengeance. Such neutrali-
ty has earned for England the reprobation of
all civilized nations, and if she shall escape a
retribution in the future, she will only present
another example of a damnable sinner appar-
ently escaping the just judgments of Heaven.
The Prince of Wales was married on the 10th
of March to Alexandra, daughter of Prince
Christian, of Denmark, with great parade and
immense enthusiasm.
  The insurrection in Poland, which under the
leadership of Lange wicz blazed forth like a
meteor and was then suddenly quenched, has
again broken out with redoubled force, and
promises, just now, a large gain to Polish
freedom, so long down-trodden. The whole
civilized world is in sympathy with the Poles,
and France, England, Italy, and Germany pro-
per unite in asking for them new privileges of
the Russian Czar, if not indeed their virtual
independence.
  Poor begging Greece has at last found a king
in the person of Prince William Orange. sec-
ond son of Prince Christian of Denmark, and
brother of the new wife of the Prince of Wales,
who was proclaimed on the lot of April under
the title of " George I, King of the Greeks."
How are the mirhtv fallen!



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