The New York Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1863, Page 8

8 THE ARMY OF THE POTOMA Visit of Gen. Burnside to the President, and Secretary Stanton. AFFAIRS ON THE RAPPABANNOCK. The Condition of the Roads Improving. AN EARLY ADWANCE ANTICIPATED, &e &.. &e, General Baxnside in Washington. Wasnivetoy, Jan, 24, 1863. Major Geseral Murnside was m this city to-day, and ‘had an joterview with Presklent Linoln, Secretary Stan- ‘ton and Major Genera) Halleck. It ig ceverally believed bere that all the reports that ‘any poriron of we Army of the Potomac has recently. oroseed the Rappihaunock ae without foundation im Tact. Intelligenve from the Army of te Rotomas aight states that we roade are still im very Bad vonaiton, although slowly improxing since the cessation of the storm. It wNl.require gome ume to place them sa 4 favorable a geadition as when ake recent movemont was commepced, The robeie stil show themselves in force at the fords on de opporite bank of the Rappahannock. They continue w throw up additional earthworks and to strengthen the wid ones Dy digging rifle pits, Ko. Atolegram from, ihe Army of the Potomac, received -owbt, gays that there is mot anything of interest to oman unicate. @or Army Correspondence. Haanquawnens, ARMY op” 11: Poromac, Jan. 22, 1868. Fee, Case of the Delay inthe Movements of the Army—The Heasom of the Abandonment of General Averill’s Hapedi ttam— the Robe Works About Predericksburg—The State of Our armng—The Miserica of the Mtarch—The Prospects of Mature Success, dic. Now what the rebels are fully posted concerning our oyerations and designs, it may mot Be amiss for me to Five publicity 40 the recent operationsef this army, and ‘he canes for the unexpected delay. Hmmediately upon sbe witidrawal of our forces from the slaughter pen of Hrederickeburg the shattered regiments reoccupied their a ainps, as far as was practicable, and at once proceeded rake themselves comfortable. That the army was de- sw ralized sadly none cognizant with ite condition at that me pretended to deny, and every one saw that there suet bo @ long interval before enother attempt could be suede W diskedge the enemy trom his position in our front: While all ideas relutive to gomg into winter quarters wore uxsuiuously .discouraged, the troops were tustructed to muke themselves as comfortable as possible, and villages of mud walled huts rose as if by magic in ‘every nook and valley, While the several commanders were busily collecting and reorganizing their respective Wisions, the Quartermaster’s Department was straining ‘#very nerve in the accumulation of supplies, and, not- withstanding the gigantic difficulties to be overcome, smececded in storing our depote with early five millions «fsauions. New wharves were built, with jong branches @' rastroad connecting thera with the main track. Store- ‘houses were erected in grext numberg and with remarka. _ ble despatch, and miles of corduroy roads were con. structed, over which our vagyage wagons were to transport our supplies in the coming days of mud and wire. The holidays broaght with them no prospect of eu adyance, and the New Year dawned upon us lying Quietly in our camps awaiting the order, “Forward.” Phen it was determined to send an expedition of picked amen around the enemy, via Louisa Court House and @etersburg, if possible, and destroy the railroads and telegraph lines connecting Richmond with the cotton tutes and the supplies of the rebel army, The pian was @ brilliant one, and, ag subsequent events have proved, vould not but have resulted successfully, and in great discomfiture to the evemy. The goad were tu good condition, the rivers low, the swamps either drained of water or frozen up, and the weather was @ pleasant as could be wished. Stuart's cavalry was off ue wild goose chase along our outposts, in Prince William aud Kairiax, and the entire country aiong the proposed , voute of our expedition was free rebel forces, Gen- eval Averill reached Kelly’s ford, on the Rappahannock, oo the J0th of December, drove the rebel pickets from ‘we river, captured a number of prisoners, an‘ prepared push on te the accomplishment of the great task as. gued him. Had be been allowed to do 80, we should | ‘vettainly have hada balance in our favor £0 far as raids | are concerned, notwithstanding the expedition of Vau | Horw and the destruction of Holly Springs, oven if wedid | uot paralyze the rebel army of Virginia and place victory within our grasp. But Stuart, witb a handful ef rebols, was advancing upon Washington, and no effort must be spared to avert the downfall of the federal capital Yorthwith an order reaches General Averiil to abandon is expedition and pursue the ubiquitous Stuart, and our cavalry turn their fages towards Warrenton, whjch place wey reach just in tune to,witness the departure of the uemy for Culpepper. Stuart returved Lee unscathed ur cavalry picket the vicinity of Warrenton until cold wad hunger drive them back to camp, and the expedition finally retraces its eteps, woaried and disappointed, with co Truits@ave the mortify!ug courciousness of failure and the certabnty that succese is barred to any other similar ‘eaterprise. by the wariness of the enemy, who, havin* vearned of the affair, had disposed his forces in such a spanner as to protect the lines of communication intended 2 be destroyed, At un carly date of tbe present month Shere were indications of another advance upom the ewemy, and simultaneously with their appearance the rebels commenced strengthening their position, Addi, Monai batteries were erected along the heights back of Brederikaburg. Infantry breastworks were thrown ap upon every ridge aod kooll, and the streets ef the -city barricaded with stones and earth, whge the while plain above the town was filed with rifle pits, While no cine could be obtained by mort of our officers to the plan of the movement, the eecessionista within our lines talked openly and with eexurance goncerbing the intended advauce, and ten days before the troops left their camps told our own men that we would move up the river and attuck the enemy upon the left. Not only were the inhabitants of Falmouth (ully vested, but the rebel army seeied to know of all our ope ations, and their pickets daily shonted across the river ‘heir derinion at our plans. Indeed, it would have been trange had it been otherwise. Flags of truce were erovs- mg day after day with rebel females, who were allowed sw go their way in peace to the rebel leater h their budget of news, and the pickets on both sides of the river Traterniged as fariliarly as though both parties were only goarding the same interest. Our sentrios visited the revels, and hob-nobbed@ with them over corn whiskey while they retarned the compliment and eagerly consumed \nele Sam's beef and coffee th\s side. As they grew ‘amiliar they became communicative, und while we only learned that Lee was reating quietly in his camps awaiting our sdvance, they were being aveurately informe our numbers, the position of the several Probable roure of the anticipated advance. Seneral Kuroside, careworn and anxious, put forw every Meanwhile eflort © insure access. The atmoss secresy was en ooned ppon bis advigere relative to his plane, and the army wae at length motion, Snvday night the astillery started, and on y every road leading to Moe fords above Falmonth wos thronged with cannon, pontoons, baggage wageus, ain! es and infantry. Monday night the storm whiev hed been so long threat. ening burst in ail ite fury, and continned anti! Wednesday Light, with the wind blowing flereely from the northeast, Tim@Mnt000s were to have been at che fords on Monday might. A few reached (ne heyghts along the river yestor day, and the remainder are strown along.the road, axle deep in mnd, immovable by any number of horses that tan be attached to them. Having found chat the enemy wae apprised of oUF MoveMeNL, and was fortify ing the op pomite ride WGP, it Recaine Necevanry to walt Hutt ade auy attempt to eroew: and while we a mud towarde the river the rain fell faster rare grew deeper and the bette onghe more un . A viet to the fords t a terrible condition of affairs, The troops, drew billed by Uy " Guvibeaster, wore budding te thé pines over | smouldering fires, while hundreds wore straggling fo their ee casnpe the roale, of the ridges, every: where, the ovod wae altmost faethe nud even t cavalry Loree at timer wtuck fast and staggered | druoken men Baggage wagons, pontoowr, artillery and | PED BAHY BU Ok 8) 0F7 Leow j NEW YORK $s r died suf exbaustion or at the hands of brutal teamsters be sirewed the route, and capsized loads of forage and 7 ations were mixed up with the -‘sacred soil” im a style ‘aot calculated to evoourage the financial ec: nomists of ‘Yhe vation. Eight rifled cannon, which were usually forked about by six horses, stuck fast, im spite of the struggles of tweive, and hundreds of men were kept busy, up to their knees im mud and water: togging at the wheels, - Several thousand men have bees engaged w-day pbuilding corduroy roads, and are rapid- fy overcoming some of the obstacles in the way of loo motion. To-night there is a prospect of its clearing of, and every one is Jooking for a frost that shall Darden the ground sufficiently for army operations. ‘Woat we shall do isnot for me to say here. Genera) Burnside has the confidence of his troops, and will doubt. lese extricate (hem from their difficulties in due season, ‘and ere this reaches you we shall probably ¥e situated onder entively different circumstances. The scattered troops are being gathered in to their respective com. mands, aod with the prospect of fair weather the army te already recovering trom #3 degree of demoralization éocident te such exposure and disheartening experience. The rebele are busily st work up the river erecting earthworks, planting guns aod preparing for our advance. They @re and have been for some time accurately posted concerning our plans; Dut at the same time we feel confident of success, and shall anxiously await another opportunity to record a national victory. Tbe river i& falling rapidity, and wild soon be down to its usual height, It is possible that, ir View of the delay, and the obsta- len 10 be.overcome, the movement may be abandoped. None know here, however, whata day may bring forth, and no one would be surprised shoald our artillery open at any time, To-night the troops are encamped with a considerable degree of comfort, and: all fee) encouraged at the pros” pect of @ bright day to-morrow. Should the struggle come soon our cause will not suffer in their hands, and we may ere long date our communications much nearer the heart of rebeldom. May fortune favor us, and our future military career be even more briiliant than in the dayeof Roanoke and Pea Ridge, Forts Henry and Donelson. Operations en the Left. Lerr Grasp Division, ARMY oF Tax Poromao, Va., Jan. 20, 1863, The Reserve—Ihe Weather and the Health of the Troops— Desperate Energy of the Rebels, dc., dc. ‘The movement of the grand Army of the Potomac, of which I informed you, has commenced, and the bail will Probably open to-morrow. That there was a movement anticipated every ope was aware, but the first official notification of the fact was made public to-day by the promulgation of an order from General Burnsige. [Pub- lished in the Heraxp of Friday, Jan. 23.—Ep. Heraup.) ‘The movement in the left grand division commenced this morning, and this evening all are gone, with the ex" ception of the cavalry and the pickets., The troops that follow us arrived in the vicinity of Belle Plain about two hours after our forces had left They are expected to act ag a reserve. An attempt will probably be made to-night to throw bridges across the river, aud if successful, we shall once more be under the guns of the enemy* At what par- ticular point the attack will be made would be improper to state. ‘The weather is very cold, and the suffering of the soldiers will be intense; but they keep up good courage, and will give @ good account of themeelves in coming battle. If successful, they will all be satisfied and be willing to endure anything:- but if again compelled to retire, the result may be different. The enemy are evidently well posted in our movements and intentions,and have been to work with desperate earnestness for the past few days in throwing up new for- titlcations, rifle pits, &c., at the points where thoy expect us to crogs,and will doubtless do everything in their power to prevent it and to gain as much time as possible; Dut we shall ‘seo-what we shall see,” ana they may find themselves outwitted. Our Fifth Army Corps Correspondence, Iy Camp, xian Uxrrep States Forp, Ow sme Rarbamaxnock, Jan, 21, 1863. } Breaking Up of the Camp—March and Bivouac—The Wrather—Another Marche-Second Bivouac, dc. The order to strike tents came at length, Each divi__ sion and regiment of the Fifth corps. looked for it, and ‘were in readiness to obey it, At twelve M. tents were struck with the usual acenes of hilarity, noise and bon, fires attending the breaking up of camp. It was nearly four hour# before the column started. It was not cold» and the dull Jeaden sky threatened snow; but the men bore patiently the delay. We marched that night two miles, and then came the order to bivouac for the night. And such # night! Before the men had pitched their sholter tents—such enly are taken—and got their fires under way to cook their evening coffee, it commenced raining. It was ne ordinary rain. It came down in true deluge style—a pitiless northeaster—and the wind blow- ing with chilling fierceness. Our boys were disgusted, as weil they might be. To go only two miles, and from com- fortable tents, change to biveuacking in the mud, was a “military necessity” the point of which they failed to see. They would have marched all night and not uttered @ word of complaint; but to move only thus far seemed an act of absurdity and trifling imbecility. ‘The night ended, but it did not end the discomfits or disgust of the soldiers. ‘The rain still poured, the wind still blew with wintry violence, the mud had deepened, and then came the order to resume the march. Will f describe the march’ Four miles more of road was 5 Dali mud, or column would ad} Be ‘An artil ery tae 4 b mugen n tl a, nee an ambulance stalled, and it only remained to wait, deep in mud, in the rain till the last dry thread of byery undershirt was wet with the permesting fluid, before any headway could be made, Expletives against Halleck, strategic movements and Burneide were more frequent and forcible than ele ant, NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wasutxotow, Jan. 24, 1863. . LETTER Wits SECRETARY CHASE ON THE FINANCES. Tu @ 'Hense yesterday Mr. Hoopér introduced the Gemnces. The main points of the bill alluded to by Mr. | Chase are contained in the bill introduced by Mr. Hooper: — : ‘Tresscny Derantumnr, Dec. 23, 1962. ‘Sm—In compliance with the request of the Committee | of Ways and Means, | transwit a bill embracing my | views as tothe manner of providing the ways and weaas | for carrying on the governraent for the current and next liseal year, The committee will that the provi- ‘S100 in respect to loans i6 very general. Secretary will have power to borrow movey iu any of | the ordinary forms, or, if exigencies require, wo make | additional issues of United States notes, | shall certainly |" prefer a much more limited authority Indeed, it would | be highly gratifying to me if the commitiee would de- | termine pot “ omly in what modes the whole | amount shall be obtained, but what propor. | thon of the aggregate shall be obtained in each | quode, I fock mysell constra‘ned ¢o commend to the most favorable consideration of the committee the sections of the bill providing for the @ ganization of banking associa- tions. I lay mostresa upon details: but I cannot express } too strongly my sense of the importance of the measure itself. Under existu g legislation it is next to impossible to collect the interaal revenue in lawful money of tno United Siater, aud I see no xrownd for beliet that the funds becessary tor the pay et the army and of the prosecution of the war can be iu any way’ provided without the sup- Port of the public credit expected from that measure. With grest respect, yours, S¢., 8. P. | HASE, Secretary of the Treasury. Hon. Taappevs Srevexs,. Chairmin of Committee of Ways and Means, Houre of Representatives, FRELING OP THM BEPUBLICANS IN REGARD TO GREE" LEYS PEACE EDITORIALS. It is Dut truth te gay that very many republicans here, of high and tow degree, are deeply discouraged by the, Tribune's Jae articigs about, he.grave that yawns for the Tepublic, and the proposition to get peace upon the best terms that. can be bad, if the rebellion be not crushed out inthe next three months, They ask, how are the ne~ groes to be made available for military purposes, if the Tribune's stavement be true that both the soldiers and the Northern people are treating them with brutal cruelty ? Already very prominent republicans in Congress are saying that the democrats will have to extricate the country from its present complicated difficulties. How this is to be done, under existing circumstances, prac- tical men camnot £00. EFFORTS OF THE RADICALS TO GET MR. SEWARD OUT OF THE CABINET. Governor Wasburne was in conference with Hon. Ben, Wade and other radicals to-day. The great remedy proposed by this junta is to get Mr. Seward out of the Cabinet. Among them Mr. Stanton has some staunch adherents, Thoroughgoing abolitionists must be put at the head of the armies, ‘The radicals are constantly caucusing at the National and at Willard’s. They aro as rabid ag possible about Lincoln’s indecision and variableness,and swear loud and deep about Seward’s want of fealty to abolitionism. Wendell Phillips is said to be again here, GENERAL HITCHCOCK’S LETTER RELATIVE TO GENE- RAL MCLELLAN. General Hitchcock’s gratuitous attack upon Genera, Me’Clellan for having violated tho orders of the Presi. dent leads many people te assume that a court martiay je intended for him. THE REPORTED MOVEMENT OF GENERAL HUNTER’S ‘ HEADQUARTERS TO BRUNSWICK. ‘The authority for stating that General Hunter will change his base from Port Koya to Brunswick, is his public statements to the effect that the latter place was ‘on the mainland, and expeditions to the interior need nog be embartassed by embarking and debarking, as do ex- peditions from Hilton Head. Two or three gunboats can command the channels about the Sea Islands. PROMOTION OF GENERAL FRENCH, Brigadier General W. H. Freneh, United States Army, has been prometed to be Major Gencral of Volunteers. MILITARY NOMINATIONS BY THR PRESIDENT. A number of military nominations were sent in to the Senate by the President yesterday. The following briga. ier generals are nominated to be major generals of volun teors:— es Caey, to date from May $1, 1862; Chas, 8, Hamil" ton, date from September, 19, 1862; Benjamin M.° Pren- tiss, John F. Reynold, Oliver O. Howard, Daniel E. Sickles, Daniel Butterfield, Winfleld 8. B: Sykes, William . French, Jas, 8, Negley, John M. Scho- ‘apoleon field, John M. Palmer, Berry , James G. Blunt, Francis J. Herron, Joseph J. to rank from The following colonels are nominated to be brigadie® generals, to rank from Novamber 29, 1862:— John V. Dubois, Thomas #H, Neill, Thomas W: Sweny, Charles 'R. Woods, ‘William W. Lowers John 8, Mason, David McM.’Gregg, Alfred , Torbet, William H. Lytle, Gilman’ Marston . Lawler, N. H. Williams, Halbert E. Paine, Lysander Cutler, Joveph Knipe, E. W. Hinks, James R. Barnes, Cyrus Bussey , Alexander Schemmelfinnig, Edward Harland, Charles K. Graham, W. Krzyzanowski, Jobo Beatty, John M. Harlan, Hugh’B. Reed, Konjamin'C. Gri- der, James Gavin, born, F. D. Baldwin, John Logan, Frank S, © H, Hobson, William Harrow, Thomas G. Allen, Roy Stone, Thomas H. Ruger, Benjamin F. Smith, John Coburn, John W. Fuller, Al 8. Leo, Thomas A. Rowley, Adon Guitar, J.M, Chivington, George P. McGinniss, John F. Hartrauft, C.C. Marsh; Wilham Birney, Charles ©. Dodge, J. F. Fisher, T. E. G. Ransom, M. M. Crocker, Wiliam W, Orme, pe ieee leo nominated to be brigadier gene- '» ‘rom November 2, 1862:— Lieutenant Colonel Elias 8. Dennis, Major Terael Vogdes, Captain Thos. G. Pitcher, Stephen G. a Mf» Leggett, R. P. Buckland, J. H. Mover, J. » Wiliam H. French, David M. Dunn, Hector . T. Dana, Hiram G. Jeon B. Buford, Carl Ecburz, <— last eighteen ‘We are encamped in woods to-night, having reached The following are promoted to be major generals of our camping ground about two P.M. Scores of trees— rail (ences are a played out institution hereabout—have been cnt down, and brilliant camp fires light up the gloom volunteers, to rank from May 5, 1862,the date of the battle of Williamsburg, instead of July 4, 1862, the date and give it an air alike of picturesque beauty and com. | of their present raok:— fort, notwithstanding the untowardness of the elements. All the houses in the vicinity hav headquarters by the commanding generals. Hrangvarrers, Fret Anwy Corrs, Jan. 22, 1863. The Encainpment—The Wind—Accident— Health of the Troops, dec. It is twelve o'clock M. as I despatch this letter. troops remain encamped where they were. The wea- been appropriated as | gelinan, Major General Josey! Major General E. V. Sumner, Major General 8, P. Heint- ajor General » Major To be assistant quartormasters, with rank of captains— Captain Orson 0. Potter, Sergeant L. H. Holabird, Pratt, Joho S. Davis, Jr., Daniel DT, Gordon, L. W. Hosking, J. W. Taylor, Jonathan E. McKusick, J. J. Thornton, A. J. Van Vorhes, First Lieutenant Wm. B. Hughes, First’ Lieutenunt is J. Crilly, First Liew ‘The | tenant Augustus G. Robinson. Major James B. Fry, Assistant Adjutant General, to be Assistant Adjutant Genera! with the rank of Lieuten- ther is unchanged, and prospects for a further move | aot Colonel, to date from December 31, 1962, vice gloomy enough. The roads are filled with stalled wagons, ‘To night the rations brought along will give out, and from the state of the reads it will certainly take another day baer ey can reach, Meantime the boys are in as expected. ‘Last night the wind blew down a tree in the camp of the Fourth Michigan regiment, seriously injuring pri- vate Oram, Company ©, and badly injuring private Ful- ler of the same company. It is not thought that the for- mer can survive, The exposure and privations the men bave already gone through with begin to tell on their health. Many who started well are now on the sick list, aud coutinu- ence of rain and sleeping on the wet ground will add to the list. It is a d'scouraging reflection to every one that, having allowed so many weeks of pleasant weather to pass without moving, we should have begun the present advance at the outburst of a disagreeable and proto storm, which promises to hinder seriously, if not alto- gether defeat the intended movement. THE REBEL NEWS FROM THE, MISSISSIPPI. A Battle at Port Hudson Expected—Pre- paeration for Reststa: (From the Jackson Mississippian.) TORT HUDSON, From very significant indications, we think « battle at Port Hudson is imminent. The public are fully aware that the most ample preparation has been made to sue. cosafully battle the approach of the enemy below: and it is also well Known that the vigilance of the new com- mandor of this department has been untiring since bis arrival. We have nol the slighiest fears bat that an attack on Port Hudson will result_on aviother Vicksburg disaster fo our hated invaders. ‘The Miasivaippi at Baton Fouge has been covered with their war fleet and transports for the Jat three weeks, under the orders of Banks, and it was expected that that force wonld co-operate in the late attempt on Vicksburg. For some reason the Yankee fleet olow did not got up to time; and we presume the cause of the sudden departure of the attacking forces at Vicks- Wurg woe to await the co-operation of their forces below, We think it would be a safe thing to bet that they will | miss the connection.” Gen Johnston Forgiving Rebel \De- serters if They Ieturn % Duty. | (From the Jackson Mississippian} IMPORTANT MILITARY ORDER, Goneral Jobuston has, by a general order, so modified « previous order ireved from headquarters, in relation to unanthorized absentees bolonging to the departments of Tenneaser, Alabaina, Mixsieeippt and Loulsiona, as to grant them a full pardon, provided they return t i proper cominanels by the 20th iat, This isa highly commondable act of lenieu eral Jobnston, © hope will be ivly appreciate! by absentees, many of whom left duty on account of sickwe+® furlongbs having heen stopped, The Military Governors of Memphis, {Prom the Memphis Batietin, J On Sunday Geveral S$, A. Hurlbut wai the dant of the post of Memphie by Gen . of Indiwos. Gen, Hurlbut has been nd the sixteenth army corpa, whieh Gen. Hamilton, while ¢ brief visit to his home. General Hurl. the appointment of major genwral, but will mot assume the rand tntil he is confirm. General Veatch was a leading member of the bar of Indiana. pessemsestalen he highest order, ar the discharge of the onerous dntte open hime clear head, an enlightened judgment and a kunly We anticipate a brilliant career for him in the pe which be is now placed, and for the die charge of the duties of which he porserres, in an eminent 0, DIATE nb )DALON OF act and talent, ag under the circumstances could possibly } Captain- ». Hurlbut | Gareshe, killed in battle. To be Assistant Adjutant Generals with tbe rank of —First Lieutenant h 8. Fullerton, Lieutenant William P. MeDowelk; Jamen A. Hardie. To be gy Generals with oa reen, Lieutenant Siexander B. Davie, First Bioueosnt A Haggard, Lieutenant Robert P. , Lieutenant George ‘A. Holloway, First Lieutenant Wimer Bédferd, Lieutenant Rollin C. Ulin, Lieutenant George Clen@enin, Jr., Seoond Iieutevant John Speed, First Lieutemant Alexander A. Rice, First Lieutenant George Lee, Liewtenant Phelps Paine, Lieutenant Robert P. McKnight, Jefferson L. Dug- ger, First Lieutenant Oliver Matthews. To be Additional Paymasters—Eli Van Valkenburg, Ferdinand Hinckley, N. M, Knapp, N. P. Colburn, William H, MeAliister , L. B. Ball. Paymaster in Regular Army—Captain William a Mur- fey, Commissary of Subsistence. THE WATER ¥LOWING THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI CANAL OPPOSITE VICKSBURG. Information bas been received here that the rise in th® Missivsippi river has set the water flowing throuch the canal cut Jast summer during low water, opposite Vicke, burg. If the rise continues to the extent anticipated, it will change the current of the river and leave Vicksburg and its defences too far inland to interfere with naviga- tion. THE PRESIPENTTAL RECEPTION. The reception at the executive mansion to-day by the President and ‘Mra. Lincoln was unusually weil attended, ‘The parlors were thronged with visitors, representing not only noarly all the loyal states, but great many foreign countries . THE TWO ARRESTED OFFICERE OF THE REBEL eTv- AT'S STAFF, It is aid that the two rebel oxptain's belonging to Stuart's staff, who were arrested a fow days ago, in citizens’ dress, jn the neighborhood of Dum. | fries, are to bo tried and executed as spios There is positive evidence that they mingled amongst our troops, in citizens’ drees, previous to the re- cont raid by Stuart at that point, amd fornished bim the information of the defenceless condition of Dumérice, and piloted him there, and that they have since reappeared in citizens’ dress in the sate neighborhood. Updn the pereon of one of them was found important documents in rogard to the numbers and positions of the Union | troaps. | BILLS POR THE ADMISSION OF Ura AS A erate | AND SHOSHONE AS A TERRITORY. The House Committee on Torritories ts prepared to report o bill for the admission of Utah ae a State | viding im it for the abolition of polygamy. | A biti for the ereotion of the Territory of Shoshone will be reported, including @ portion of Oregon and all of Se | brake west of the twenty-seventh @ of longitode, | and that part of Dacotab south of the forty sixth parade! of latitude, | JURORS IN UNITED STATES COURTS. | A Dill wae introdnced in the Senate tony by Mr. | Trombull. providing that thesupreme Court of the United | Btater shall arrange @ mode of selecting | courte rore in distriet THR CASE OF ORNERAL PonTER. It in stated that the government has ts eye upon officers whe indignation for the cashloring of Generay vorter, it wae staied a few dave since by latinate expren® | HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY | fovtowing ‘letter from the Secretary of the Treasury on the, prom | friends of General Poner iat he ¢7 pected to be acquitted, and be would then FRigu. THE ALASGED PRIUDA, IN THB QUARTERMASTER’S DEPARTMENT. AT PHILADELPHIA. ‘Uke Judge Advecs@ General has taken preliminary stepe for a Tull nvantigation of the alleged frauds con. pected with the Quirtermaster’s Department at Philade)- phis, we testimony, in part. bas already been procured. ‘The transactions reiste to teats, caps, clothing and other ‘suppiten; shoddy eniering largely, it ie said, into the con- (tracts, The reportetates that the frauds at large figures im the aggregate several millions, THE NORVOLK NAVY YARD, It io koown here that there is no intention to recon- struct the Norfolk Navy Yard. 7M8 PROPOSED LEAGUE ISLAND NAVY YAl It was supposed tht the proposition to build a navy yard on a large seale at Philadelphia would find favor in Congress; but in the Senate to-day it failed, GENERAL CAMERON IN WASHINGTON. General Cameron is being feted here, notwithstanding the terrible revelations at Harrisburg, Some people are verdant enough to suppose that he may be required to yield his appointment of Minister to Russia. THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRE: Senate. Wosmeron, Jan, 24, 1863, FRTITIONS, ETO. Mr. Wnsen, (rep.) of Mags,, p cxcnted the memorial of DreWei..G..Morton, asking’ for’componsation for the use of'other inthe armiy 4nd navy. ° 2 ‘pistriér or COLUMMA CROAT ER Mr. Tavm#vi2., (opp.) of’ 1U., offered a foint resolation ‘supplementary to the act to provide for the imprisonment Of persons convicted of crime in the.District of Columbia. Adopted, P . JURORS a” DNITRD STATES COCRTS, + Mr. Tauwpcit introduced a pill relating to jurore jn the covrts of the United States. Referred t the Judiciary Committee. AAGISTER OF DEEDS FOR THR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Mr. Guners, (rep.) of Iowa, introduced a bill to establieh the office of Register of Deeds for the District of Colum- bia. Referred to the Committee on tho District of Colum- Dia. LRAGUR BLAND, ‘ Mr. Foster, (rep.) of Conn., called up the resolution dire-ting the Secretary of the Navy not to accept the title to League Island vnless Congress shall further diregt. It was discussed a6 some length by Messrs. Fowren ang Gries The lution wag adopted by yeas 21, nays 18. TUR CONSULAR AWD DIFLOMAIIC APFROPRIATION, PILI. Mr. Fasmannex, (rep.) of Me., from the Committee on Finance, reported back the Consular and Diplomatic Ap- propriat! ya - me ee eee 1 ON OF TAXES IN SOUTH CANDLINA, Mr, Doourrix, (rep.) of Wis., offered a reselution, which was adopted, requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to communicate to the Behate any information he may’ have received from the commissioners appointed for the District of South Catolina under the act for the collection of direct taxes m ipsurrectionary States and districts, ‘TRE CLERICAL YORCE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S oreicR. Mr, Wizson, (rep.) of Muss., called up the bill provid- ing for increased clerical force in the Quartermaster Gene ral’s office. ‘On motion or Mr. Wnon, the section providing for a soliciu'r and three auditors was stricken out, and the bill was ameided so 08 to give four clerks of class four, — clerks of class one, thirty copyists and six Ja- rere. . Mr. I'eexxvpxy offered an amendment, as a new section, Provided that in settling the accounts ef officers for clothing or supplies, the affidavits of an officer may be received to show the loss of vouchers and papers tending to show thst avy apparent deficiency was occasioned by an unavoidable accident or loss in actual service, and such allidavit may be considerest ax evidence to establish tho fact, with oF without other evidence, as the Becretary of War may decm proper. Mr. TRUMMULL moved to amend the amendment by n- serting the words ‘stating that he knows of no witness by whom he can, prove the facts.” ‘Mr. Pemexpen thought the amendment would embar- | rass the action of the departments very 'much. He a f mp yee ins Lew ome Jr. rep.) |, H., objected w the withdrawal aa he deomed the original amendment pedis din just and proper. F ie, Faeenvew insisting upon it, his amendment was aes Mr. Rick, (opp.) of Min. , renewed the amend: : emeuimea tothe sseadment Genre: ted, by yous 17 18 Vion mete dir, Suxmaan, (rep.) of Obio, the amend- Ment was amended so as to restrict hs provisions to the commanding officer of a company. The amendment, as amended, was then adopted, by ‘yeas 21, mays 17, and the bill was passed. THE PACIFIC RAILROAD, Mr. Hanian, (rep.) of Jowa, introducéd a lish the guage of the ee mittee, then adjourned till Monday. WAN, Dill to estab- its bi ee Ia hag Semee Martial. From ti ington Star, January 23. The public should receive the statement of the radical that the Court Martial who tried Major General itz John Porter were unanimous for his conviction, for ‘what it ie worth—for no more. Under the Sixty-nivth Article of War, any member of a Court Martial, inciuding the Judge Advocate, who dj- the vote of any seroma any of the charges on which an accused person may bave been tried, even to the President of the United States, commits palpable and flagrant perjury, and is punishable for that crime, of course. So it is ible that any one but the Court ‘and Judge Advocate Holt can know how the individual members of the Court voted in this case; as, if a bare ma. jority of say oted for @ conviction, the record presented to the President aay eee, See Wee Ones Powe ‘bs guilty, without stating by what vote. ----- In military circles here it is believed that there was but a date majority of one vote for his conviction on either charge. . INTERESTING FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Captures of Rebel VesseleExecution of m Army Teamster fet the Murder of a Negro, &e., dic. Fortmass Mownor, Jan, 23, 1863. Cottimodore Morris captured one schooner and two ‘woop, last night, et tte mouth of the Carrituck creek, ‘nétir the James river. ‘The schooner’s catgo was purchased in Norfolk, and the bills amounted to five thousand nine hundred dollars, and consisted of gum shellac, quinine, boots, shoes and a gen- eral assortment. Frederick Letz,® German, ware hung at one o'clock te, day, at Fort Wool, on the Rip Raps, in conformity with She decision of the court martial recently held at Fortress Monroe, and the approval of the President. ‘Lets formerly lived in Baltimore, but had been om- ployed as teamater in the army while on the Peninsula. He shot a negro about three months ago, in the towa of Hampton, Ve., with whom he bad had some controverry. Rev. Mr. Kerfoot, chaplain of the Third New York regi mont, was his spiritual adviser, and attended him to hie last Of time. She solemn scene passed off quietly and in perfect order. ‘The steamboat John A. Warner, Captam Cone, arrived here this afternoon from Washington, loaded with army arobulances, THE NAVY. Jumata—Nine; screw stoamer—whtoh has failed at Philadeiphia, is to be examined by @ board of engineers, that the cause of her tuferfority may be agcertained. Texawanna—two, iron-clad—now building at the Phila- deiphia Navy Yard, is progressing with much rapidity, During the week twenty-three ribe have been erected, besides a pumMber of other improvements ip and around her, ‘The ribs will all be connected and form a solid, compact frame, exclusive of the planking, she being con- structed om a plan different from other vessels, and even from that of the New lronsides. She will carry but four guns, Dut they will be large pieces of ordnance, The Duilding of thia veanel will necessarily be slow, on account of her oxpored conditivn to the weather, Sbe will not be ready for janmehing before late in the spring. Foxwkaus —Two officers were buried in Philadelphia on Friday. Ono of them, Foxball Parker Smith, was interred from the rer!dence of Rev. Dr. Ducachet, No. 1,106 Girarg street, Midehipman Smith was @ grandson of the late Commorore Foxball A. Parker. fle died at the Mnited States Naval Academy, Newport, R. 1., 00 Monday last ‘The foneral of the other, Lewis B. Regers, Master's Mate of the United States ship Saratoga, took place from his father’s residence in Greenwich street. The funeral was attended by an escort and a guard of honor from the | Marine Corpe and «leo a party of hie sailor ehipmates frem the Saratoga. The deceased bad been in the service of the United States for a period of sixteen years, having | entered it when he was only nine years of age. He wae greatly osteemed by all with whom he was brought in contact. The Marine Guard porformed the military honors over the grave in a ered table manner Tun Income Tax at mt Navy YaunThe last regular | pay day at the Brooklyn Navy Yard the usual crowd of | officers and men were at the paymaster’s office. Thros per cent is to bo deducted from the salaries of all who | have over $400 a ycar. This fot pinches many, who do | not hesitate to grumble. The tax war deducted once before, but, etrange to say, the government refunded jt, | } The hope that it will in a like manner on this occasion | legnens the disenntent ef the parties interested. There | must be over five thousand names now on the pay rol?, and $200,000 monthly ie the loagt that will pay them 795, 1863, OBITCARY. Grant Therbure, Mr. Grint Thorburn, au old resifens of this city, and | Quakers’ mering house in Liberty street, one «f the most remarkable Wem Uf Ris time, expired ia snug the city of New Haven Wt Wednesday morning, in the | always fond of the society of strange people, aud inetieth year of tie'tigd. Yew men’s lives have been marked by so many Yhvgular occurrences. He arrived in ‘hin city when (t whe still im ite infancy. grew up with it, | ‘and became in one shape or another identified with nearly | Tom Dut dia oot serve im this capacity, when he raise@ funds, started in business again. prospered and went ou @ ‘visit to Scotland to see bis peopie, . After returning to-tbis country Thorburn purchased the’ where he car-_ the =most @x fortune. He was tensive scale, and awessed » ita point to see any remarkable person that came in hie way. It thus happened that he me fp contact with several of the men whose names bave borne @ couspi- ‘cuous part ip the history of the last half century. With Paine he was intimate, particularly it the (ime wher. that eccentric phil sopber was in adversity, All the remarkable events that, transpired in this locality | by hw own intemperate habits abd unpordiar wits since the War of Independence. For a great number of years:he carried on the seeds business im the lower | the part of the city, and many of the old inhabitants must remember wel? the familiar tigure of Grant Thorburn, with bis awkward gait but sharp eye, ope of the oddest men and yet one of the cleverest associated with the history of the city. Grant was a merry, good natured, | Man’? I knew it was | aine. By writiogss He thus describes his first interview with the author of “Rights of Man:’— was ushered intoa spacious room where the-tabie~ was set for breakfast—a gentloman at the table writing, another reading the paper, At the fur- ther end of the room. a long, lank, coarse leoking - figure stood, with his back to the five. From the remsetmblance to portraits | bad secn in his + Rigbis of Whi.e | followed the waiter, benevolent being, with aheart to fvel for the sufferings | presuming Paine was alone, T was Preparing ap exordiim of his fellow men and yet with th» shrowdnoss and tact of the man of business. Besides « arrying on the profes. sion of a florist and seedsman, +: nt was extensively aitlicted with the cacoethes scritin . fond of scribbling, and io his i some good things, which are sti!) carefully treasured up by his descendant-. He sketehes for several of the New York papers, amongst othors, the HeRann, his forte lying principally in curious reminiscences of the | outand shut the door belind me. city, and Jittle articles about his youthful adventures in America, Mr, Gait found sufficient material in Thorbara’s life to buitd up a very interesting tite story, called «Laurie Todd,” whieh"was- received: with great favor in England, and was -repudlisneti: by (he. Harper's im thie: | city about 1830, Bram that thue fhorburn assurned the wom de plum: of * Laurie Led,” ‘under which title be wrofe most of his skétcties, — ~ hese Ina-much as bis career presents 80 wiany incidents of Striking interest, @ brief must prove int i Grant Thorburn was born in Dalkeith, near the city 0, Edinburg, in Scotland, on the 28th of February, 1773, of humble but honest and mdustrious parents, bis father having followed the occupation of a pailmuker tn the town of his nativity. The unpretending cottage in which young Thorburn first saw the light of day stood within two miles He was exceedingly | out my hand and ‘04 moments got of | and you, geutlemen, will please excuse 1 sketch of his. life a thin time | to introduce myself to a plain republicapalone, but when . T thus found myself in company with the great writer of “Common Sense,’ for a momeut Iwas at a stand. Says I, “gentlemen, is Mr Paine in this room!’ He stepped 1o- wards me and answered, “My vame is Paine? 3 beld while I held his, says 1, “Mr. Pane, abruph entry; T came out of mere curivsity to see the man whue writ ings have made so much noise m the work.” Paise avewered, ‘lam very gl.d your curiosity is so easy xatisfed.”’ Says I,-*good morning, gentlemen,” walked T heurd them ah varet out into a loud laogh. ‘Thinks | they may laugh thet win; T have seon Paine, and, ail things. considered, have mace; @ good retreat.’”? ™~ fe ‘might lay before our readers nnpiervus giher~ instances of Thorborn’s ecceutric mauners, but those wee have already given will prove sutlicient. Ae conthued. im Bosiwess here TP abdcut twei “f when Be rotiees ‘fever Of his Sa eoeglad the cee forts of diméstic'lila, free from the auxyeties of His. active tind, however, would, not permit ba OF ‘i 1» ‘idie.* Opcasionally, he | would? wri coe lA ae Fh on ae ph the: ant 4 » 18 very” ative: u ye 100 has ‘benévoieut, and-he never would refusé aid to those rea ty yery comfortably off in the worid, of his fortune voy 4 Jargely in this manver, Alter retiring from business he went to. reside: jo Astoria, and subsequently (for the last eight. years or more), changed his residence to News of Davio Dean’s farm, aud w'thin three of the Laird of | Haven, Comecticut. In mind and body he was remark- Dumbiodike’s mansion, both of which are celebrated in } ply vigorous Scott’s famous novel of ‘‘The Heart of Mid-Lothian.”” The early life of our subject was not calculated to dovelop genins oF to foster the ambitious fancies which ctild. | lately hood is so apt to indulge in, His father was a strict Presbyterian, devoted to religion and nailmaking, and though a very well meaning and well doing ma® otherwise, was not at all suited for the task of rearing up children, To add to his wis‘ottubes, his mother died when he was only two years and a half oid: leaving het Fon to the tétitler tercies'of a careless nurse, Under whi se negligence youkg Thorbtien grew up in a dwarfish condi- Uon—a weakly, @elicate child, without proper clothing or nourishment, But thia state of neglect, which would have proved the utter ruination, mentally and physically, of other children, only ke!ped to sharpen his navura) Drightnes, and enabled him to gain on insight into the mysteries of human nature which he might otherwise have found difficult to accomplish. I his decrepit limbs would not let him be @ partaker in the pleasures which he saw other children enjoying, they caused him, says Galt, his biographer, ‘ to sit on the stool of obgervation, and to read with thoughtfulness the daily page of passing time.” Thus he was remarkable while yet but “a per- fect laddie ” for uncommon keenness and cleverness ; 80 much 80 indeed that the minister (whose opinion in those days was gospel on all subjects), made the strikingly ofiginal remark upon one vccasion that if he (young Grant) was ‘(a dwarf in body he surely had a giant’s hes.” , up almost to the very Lour of his death. Mever really sick for the last forty years, and ' ‘be said to have died literally of old only event of iuterest connected with his career was bie unexpected marriage, about ten years age, to @ comparatively young womun, aged abeut terty. ‘Therburn was then in his eightieth year, ‘Tho Feusatiom the affair creatod at the time is still frosh in the memory he public. Thorburn was a litt:c, dwarfed mun, In» extreme oid ago, his wife was « blooming » and buxom, forming an odd contrast to her husbané. It was his custom to indulge in the occupaion- of sawing weod every day since his residence: in New Haven by way of exercise. ‘This operation war: performed in @ shed situated ina yard wwhies dweiliug, When the weather wi dulging in this species of gymbé: had to be brought into the set to work with great zest ut his cutting, scattering: saw dust plentifully on the carpet, Un Tuesday las. de> gave the first sigus of appr aching digsolution. Be-was, in his shed as usual, sawing, when a weakiess came over bim, and be went off in a fainting fit. The doctor was summoned in all haste, and applied tha» necessary remedies, Tho patient was cojoined to reman quietly in bed, while notice was sent to ube connections 10 attend around the deathbed of their venerable retative. To remain in bed, however, was impossible with Thor- burn:. He must get up,and up he got ou Wedoerda: morning, took breakfast, amd went off as usual ior h wood cutting, in spite of all remonstrances. This wax about nine viclock in the morning. Tho next that wae seen of him ho was stretched on his face in the woodebe with life ootirely extinct. Thus ended the eventfui tite Grant Thorburn. —- The remains of Mr, Grant Thorou'n, were droug to this city a few days ago, and the funera) cer- vices took p!ate yesterday afternoon at the Presbyteram: church in Fourteenth strect, near Sixth avenue. she religious services were performed at ten o’clock in the “Thope no, reverend sir,”” was the boy's reply, «for | vtiing by-the Rev. Mr. Henry, assistant , defore, y Dever heard that giants were remarkable for sagacity ; poder aurea lngn. © oe pos eesti te ‘Dut the wee fairies, ye ken, are masters of men in.under-.| reading a selection from .the Scriptares, after whieh 2. standing.” In “. Laurie Todit,’' ‘which, how, | long prayer was offered up, and an.apy te discourse. aver, it! slfould: be” menticned, fe generally oon. |. Was delivered by the ‘reverend gent Ataris hope tues: sidered @ mere fetion; many curtous incidents are related | were lepomited in Os seey vault, situated in tae 1ia.” of young, Laurie, or Thorburn, while be was still in | Presbyterian church of that locality. ‘te early childhood. The following extract will eerveas an ilastration:— . ‘Those around, regard! me (Laurie) & heed! “harmless baby, said ena ad feds tnimgs) rye my — presuming | knew not their meaning or intent. Many a droll scene, and favors, secret, sweet and precious, hive I witneseed amongst the lads amd lanses who used of a night to assemble at our house in the winter evenings, father, he being an elder, was at the session, crying consequences of siclike Rittling in cor- wi anent the vers. In the life written by himself, he alludes to this inter esting period of his career as follows :— Children of a larger growth lost my eyes and my ears as well as my feet) played ‘such fantastic tricks before bi hea- ven as made the angels weep.” are apt to forget that children can see and reason before they can speak. Suffice it to ray that, long before I knew my A, B.C, | had Jearned the whole mystery of “| \g and scarting’—Seotch folks wooing—(Angiuis: pinching and scratching)—a Scotch mode of courting. At the age of eight years Thorburn was placed under the treatment of a gipsy female doctor, known by the extraordinary subrequet of *Luck-a’-Things.” ‘This bulf magician and half beggar had a contempt for ordinary drugs and drogging, and therefore, instead of giving “cantor oil for an obstacle in the stomach,” she pre- scribed for the little patient pleoty of fresh air and exer- cise, which bad such @ good effect that Thrburn soon gained strength and epirit, and was able in a ebort time to walk and run with tolerable activity. The zeal of emulation thereupon began to animate him, and it became his study in every pene =| to surpass hie comrades, which he geverally su in doing. He applied himself with earnestness to his father’s business of nail making, and soon made himself so exper: that none of his fe workmen could approach him. It is said of him that in one day he manufactured with his own hands three thousand two hundred and twenty-two nails between the hours of six o’clock in the morping and nine o’clock in the ong. In the year 92 by mixed up with some politi cal excitement Parl reform. nature, my should be guilty of anything i ha’e dreamt of retorming the guvernment, for that's a0 toh ae orders, and especially among Are not their misguided lade for 0 And are not weavers well known to be rub. phy, which mounts from the empty stomach to the brain, and infests it an reas" mens my lord, look at that Duddy Bogle (m: rn), can ye for a porsi- bility think that he’s an orator of the human race, | though in a certain sense (ineaning his dress) he may be like Anacharsin’ clouts.”” This treinendous judicial offort had the desired effect upon the other judges, abd the result was that the con- epirators were let off on bail, wiser, if not better men. Upon the career of Laurie, or Thorburn, this event bad & controlling iaduence, His native place being no longer pleasant to him, his father advised him to seek his for- tunes in Ameria. Accordingly, ip the twentieth yoar Of his age, be set nail for New York with a stout heart, twenty abillings in Bis pooket, and a chest tolerably well filled with previeions and clothing. After a tediout pas sage, the vessel reached this city on the 16th of June, 1794, and anchored jn the East river “New York made | fled at its b. & sorry appearance in those days,” says Thorburn, in his autobiography. “The stores were all frame build- ings, covered with shingles, one only exospted ; it wasawned by Governear and Kimble, and built of brick The city contained about sixty thonaand inhabit- ants, Three steeples were al that could be seen from the water-—viz.: old Trinity, the middle Dutea (now the | Port office) and St. George St, Paul's was just being ere ‘City Hotol was building at the same time, and was the first roof covered with slates in America.”’ i Thorburn epent his firet night fn New York at No. 8 Dutoh street (now Colga tory), and the room in which he stretched bimself, says, “ wae alive with flows, flies, buys and mosquitos.” He soaght employment a8 4 baijor and found jt, and shortly after made his first experiment io lo ‘Thi jnamorata he describes “tall, straight ao an arrow, and waiked ‘a slow and measured step, like a sentinel before the | his general, her bair was flaxen, ber countennnee | sedate and thoughtful; on her cheek was «faint hb.’ But to cut the story of the ceurtahip short, | Thorburn saw and was amitten, proposed and was ac cepted, appointed the day aud was married. A year of rhe hiss — round, Thot living at the corner ‘aenan and Liberty streets, and prospering splendidly | neaa tho meanwhile. Hut at this period tho yellow ell upon the city, abd woarly all the imhalytants approacl burn aed his wife, having no friends to fee to, remained inghe city, thinking that they imicht we well die of the platue there as of famine eise- | where. itis remarkable tba; during all the foyer, while denth was dealing destricu% all around bim, neither binieelf, hin wife nor.any of bis children was over attacked by the toatignant disease, alsbough they were almost con- | in bu | ptantly eogaged®in aursing the sick and performing thore little offices of bencvolence which the victhns’ own rela tives shoul havo administered Thorburn loet bis fret wife io the year 1860, and about | twelve months after took unto himself another partner, | Wo next find hito in the grocery Business, aod alter fu the reer! we at Newark Failing jn these, Thorburn | took @ porition aa porter in the store of Mr, D Durham, | tac DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST, The Scaboard Fortifications—Genervais Wool’s Headquarters. Brigadier General Harvey Brown has recently veen in. fpecting the fortifications in course of erection on Staten.» Island. The works are being put in a defensive condition as rapidly as possible, aud in the course of a short time the defences of our harbor will be strong enough to reeis®.. successfully any force which may attempt the passage. General Wool expects soon to be able to leave for Boe~ tou, for the purpose of inspecting the fortifications do. fending the ‘Hub of the Universe.’” ‘The General bas had his headquarters during the ‘ast. few weeks at the St. Nicholas Hotel; but from the follow- ing General Order our readers will perceive tha® he baw» secured @ more central jocation for his permanent bead-~ quartert:— New York City, Jan. 22, 1863. | f ‘The headquarters of the department are located at No. . 44 bleecker street, in this city. Al! official communications will be directed to tne Avt-~ ing Assistant Adjutant General, at the above address. command of Major General WOO. C. T. Crnuerensen, Major and Aid-de-Camp, Acting ss~ sistant Adjutant General. GENERAL WOOL AND THE STATE FORCES. General Wool, ander special authority of the gene abs government, issued orders on Wednesday last to the regit mental commanders of the whole of the New York State. ‘Militia to report 1o him each their individual strength men, arms, &c. The Second division reported im form, but under protest from General Hall. A portion the Firat ivision yonivay refused to Feport 0 om ug ground that vernor ‘mour was J mander of the State forces, = - the 4 GENBRAL WOOL'S DEPARTURE FOR THE 81277. APITAL. Gomera) Wool left the*St} Nicholas Hotel for Albany byy the three o'clock train yesterday afternoon, @ have am.. interview with Governor Seymour in reference 10 the:- seaboard fortifications of this State. He expects to re. turn to thie city on Tuesday next, ‘wea'ter permit, he will personally inepect cattous in the vicinity-of this city. ital make arrangements authorities and himself in any steps be may think onary to take in ‘out soverminee' t had in view when under . An invitation to a dinner to be given on at the St. Nicholas Hotel, has been tendered to General Wool and staff, by Colonel Roome and other officers of the Thirty-seventh regiment New York State. Mii Fire at Buffaic. Berraco, Jan. 24, 180%. A fire \his morning destroyed a portion of the City Han, including the Council chamber. The books an¢ paperm~ @ere saved. The amount of the loss is pot yet arcer~ tained. SHIP NEWS. BELOW. Ship Koung Gam, of Porat, fFom LAverpon, 80 ar. 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