The New York Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1864, Page 4

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HOOLEY'S OPERA koude, Brooklyn.—E: Gorcs, Dances, Bununsquns, & wig Or gta junday, February 28, 1864. foe ‘SITUL ATION. ‘Tho particulars cf te butie a: Olustee, Florida, to which wo allu‘ed yesler ay, 8 Ov that it wis @ very Porere contest, fou, t «gist awri tf vdis, and could, ‘wodor tho c! c mstances, hardly have rosulted in any- Ubing but a defoat of the Union forces. The fight took @'ace cm the Jacksonville and Tallabas:co Railroad, be tweou Sanderson ard Lake City, The rebels were fifteen thousand strong, while the Union troops numbered less ban half. General Truman Seymour was in command of our forces, and it is reported that be has been pat ‘under arrest, and General Vogdes put tn bis place. Our floss was severs. The list of the killed and wounded, as tar a3 bas beeu ascertained, is given in another column _ Despatches from Memphis state that General Smith's expedition is failing back, having been repuised by the rebel Gonera}s Forrest, Adams, Leo and Roddy at West Point, Miss. Our (roops still hold Tunvel Hill; but Dalton is not oc ‘oupied, as reported, by General Palmer. Longstreet is #214 Lo be falling back to Atlanta, The news of the appotatment of General Sigel to the command of the Pepartment of Western Virginia, to suc coed General Kelley, bas caused some oxcitement in the army thoro By reference to our correspondence from the Wilming- ton blockade, it will be seon that just previous to the Doarding of the blockade runnor Pot by the Moutgumery two boats loft the captured vessel and pulled for the @hore, with soveral persons on board. By a pry letter {rom Londen wo are informed that Slidell aud Mason, with their secretaries, Eustis and Macfariand, Lieut. Maury and Dudley Mama, left chat place fn the Jattor” part of January for the parpose of runnieg the blockade. Their first destination was Bermuda, from which port they intended to run the blockdde into Rebeldom. This party bad with them aq -autity/offrebel bonds anda large sum iu gold, These facts, when care- Cutly tooked at, impress us with the belief thit those rebel om/svaries have again reached their bo iw Dixte. ‘The persons avd proporty which were risked in thove (wo frail boats, in @ rough sea,andon a dark, stormy Digit, were doubtless ou too importent a mission not to make any endeavor to elude ¢ ture. A roconnoissance made by Co: nel Surphy, of the One Muvdred and Seventicth Now Yurk regiment, from Fair. fax to Wolf run, on Thurwday last, found a strong force of fobsi cavalry at that place. Prudence suggested to Col. Musphy the necossity of retiring, as the enemy’s force Was (00 strong to attack. It was reported, but without confirmation, yesterday, that ® poriion of Geucral Lee's army was moving down on the wost side of the mountains towards Harper's Ferry, Unusual activity, bowever, among our troops might give some color to the rumor. EUROPEAN NEWS. By the arrival of the steamabip Asin, Capiain Lott, at this port carly this morning, we have advices fiom Liver. (pool to the 13th and Queenstown to the 14th instant. The ows is two days inter, and ts inveresting. ‘The British Porli ment had been engaged in ae import. ‘ent dobate regarding the scizure of the rebel ships in Engiand and the diplomatic correspondence growing out Of those transectione. Thore bad beon no general engagement between the Germans and Danes in Schieswig. Some skirmishing is reported; but no results of consequence followed, A sus Pension of hostilities, on the basis proposed by England, ad beeu agreed to by France and other contineuta! Powers. 4 3 gh caper of a pacific solution of the Dano Ger- maa diflowlty bad caused a more active demand for Money io London, avd the Bank rate of discount hed Peon roduced to seven per coat, Console were quoted at P1Lamy. 0 Whe Liverpool cotton market (he prices previously ‘Toported were sastaived, while bresdstults were dull and provisions without material change, CONGRESS. The Senaic was mot Iu session yesterday, having ad soured over on Friday till Mouday Ha the House of Representatives, it being understood ‘Chat the sessiva should be dovoted to geueral Gobale, about fifty members were present. The President's an ual moseage was announced as the theme under con PidorMlon, and some balf dozen membere deciaimed in to the topics braced im the message, The Meveral duiness of the discussion was relieved by Mr. F. P. Bigir, of Missouri, who roasted the radical abolition. fd, Win CWO And Gencral Scbofeld's enemies, the an address to the President. evils from which the people of that region have suffered by the occupation of the armies of the rebols, who seized their cattle, hogs and farm products wherever found. Their farm stock being nearly all gone, they have beeu ablo to plant but little, and ask the government to as- sist them—firet, by @ more prompt payment of the claims due to loyal citizens for property destroyed, aud, secondly, by the construction of @ railroad, that the people may have direct communication with Louisville and Cincinnati. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1864. agents of the Treasuty Department ia the Southwest Secretary Chase, ard gave notice of his intention to introduce on Monday & resolution directing inquiry isto the affairs of the Treasury Popartment in connection with trade on the Missueippi river. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘The Brooklyn asd Long Island Sanitary Fair was well patronized yesterday. The (otal amount of receipts from all sources during the last six dafs has been about two hundred thousand doliars, The fair wil! remain opea during the coming week. Volunteering continues very brisk, Mr, Blunt baving paid the bounty yesterday to two hundred and sixty-five men, most of whom wore now recruits, The ciass of men now offoriug is very good, and many of them como from the interior of this and from other States. Tho loyal citizens of East Tennessee have just teaued They recount the many The rebel prisoners in the Ubio Penitentiary at Colum: bus formed a pilot to overpower .the‘guard and escape on the 2lat inst.; but the plan was discovered and frus- trated. Ex.Governor Gilpin, of Colorado Territory, delivered ‘an interesting discourse last evening before the Geographi- cal Society, on lived and labored for several years. He Mlustrated his) remarks by reference to maps, showing tho relative po- |' sitions of Kurope, Asia and this country, aud pointed out with great clearness how the great column of civili- zation was bound hitherward. He predicted that Colo- ado was destined to become the great point on the con- tinent of America, and that this wnole country would be the central Power of the world. duced by Judge Daly, who, at the conclusion of bis re- marks, made some flattering remarks in his behalf, and, after a vote of thanks was passed to Governor Gilpin, the audience dispersed. * that section of country in which he has The speaker was iutro- The case of Charles Racoftle vs. the Mutual Benefit ‘Life Insurance Company, which has been on trial In the Superior Court since Toesday, was concluded yesterday, and resulted in the dismissal of the complaint, on the ground that the insured had made talse statements to the company when applying for the policy. John W. Andrews, who will be remembered as baving taken avery prominént part in the draft riots on the 13th of July last, bad yesterday three indictments present- ed against him in the United States Circuit Court, Judge Shipman presiding—®ne for inciting and setting on foot and engaging ina robellion and insurrection against the United States; the second was for treason, and for incit ing and aiding « resistanca to the draft; the third was for conspiracy to levy war against the United States. The District Attorney, E. DeifSeid Smith, made the usual requisition on Genera! Dix for the surrender of Andrews, who is at preseut in Fort Lafayette, Andrews will be put upon bis trial ina few days. * The United States District Attorney yesterday received from Judge Nelson, at Washington, the Anal decree of distribution in the case of the prize schooner Albert and cargo, captured off Charleston in May, 1862. The Huron takes the proceed:—vight thousand one hundred and ninety-soven dollars. A final decreo of distribution was yesterday enterod in the United States Circuit Court by the District Attornoy In the case of the bark Pioneer and cargo, awarding tho Procoeds—$25,886 19—to the Quaker City and Monticclto. Dr. Benjamin F. Hatch, the husband of Cora L. V. Hatch, yesterday, in the City Court of Brooklyn, before Judge Reynolds, obtained a reversal of @ judgment of divorce obtained against him by Cora in the month of December, 1863. A euit im which he is the plaintiff is at present pending betweon the parties in the dupreme Court of this city. The markets on Saturday assumed the quiet aspect to- cident to the closing day of the werk. and business transactions: on rathor casior, but closed steady, Wreat was without de- cided change. Corm was in speculative demand, and Western mixed sold as high as $134. Oats and other cereais were dull, advance of 123¢¢., closin $24 50 paid for June deiivery. Uther kinds of provisions were confined within narrow limite. ‘Chad.e@ business was moderate. flour opened Pork was firmer; new mess sold at an t $23 60 a $23 6245, with $240 were firm. Freights were duil by sailing vessels, but active by stoamers, at steady rates. Whiskey continued all at old figures. Cotton, groceries, petroleum, &c., were without marked change. English Jealousy ef Our Iron-Clads. Captain Tyler, of the Royal Engineers, in a lecture before the United Service Institution, delighted his hearers the other day by aesuring them that “the turrets of the Monitors and their’ port stoppers were effective principally in pre- venting the guns from being worked.” He further stated that the report of Secretary Welles respecting the Monitors “confirmed the worst es@mate that we (the English) had form- ed of them.” The unprejudiced lecturer fur- ther asserted that sel that had ventured within seven bundred yards of Fort Sumter—the Keokuk—had to be withdrawn in a sinking condition, and after- wards sank. too much for thg eleven-inch turrets of the the only Union ves- “The eleven-inch guns proved Monitors,” added the lecturer, leaving his hearers to infer that the Keokuk was a Monitor, whose turret and hull had been riddled by rebel balls. Our readers will bear in mind that this state- meat was made on an oceasion of more than or- digary gravity, the subject under consideration bging the great national question of harbor de- fe and the fortifications at Spithead. Cap- in Tyler produced charts, showing that-there ‘e three distinct channels, varying from one housand to three thousind yards in width, open to an enemy’s vessels, which channels, he said, could not be ob- atructed; yet, as the Keokuk had been sunk at @ distance of seven hundred yards, these channels could not be entered by our iron-clads. We will not attempt to dispel Captain Tyler’s pleasant delusion, nor question the soundness of his argument. Out object is simply to point out that he has grossly mis- represented our naval achievements. The fact is, our cousins begin to understand what our impregnable turrets and their port stoppers are good for. Hence their annoyance. They now find that the “cheesebox on a raft” has proved something more than a mere Yankee notion. Ther artillerists are surprieed to learn that, while Sir William Armstrong requires twenty men to handle a ten and abalf inch gun on land, ordnance of fifteen-inch calibre is handled on board of the Monitors with half a dozen hands, a single man only being employed ta point the same. But, more surprising still, the turret and its port stoppers offer abso- lute protection to guns and gunners. Captain Tyler knows that upwards of two thousand shots have struck ee, Mgnitors, that the Patapsco alone has in in action twenty. eight times, and yet that nothing has bedh touched yyithig hor turret, or within any turret of t before Charleston. These are petites facts, which Captain Tyler cannot grapple with, and so be tells his hearers what happened duting the first brief trial of the new aystem under fire at Charles. ton. A port stopper, which had been placed too near the turret, stuck. The application of hommer and chisel for half an hour removed the difficulty. Not a single accident of the kind has occurred during the whole siege; not ® pound of rebel metal has entered through Plates or port stoppers; and yet an officer in her Majesty's service, before an audience com pored of distinguished persons, ventures to state that “tke turrets of the Monitors and their port stoppers were effective p iu preventing the guns frem oy worked,” and that the rebel guus “proved too much for the eleven-inch plates which oomposed the turrets of the Monitors."” We forbear comment, and out of mercy to Captain Tyler abstain from enimadvert- ing on his course in tating the dis- comfiture of the Keokuk im @ manner to lead his audience to suppose that vessel to be a Monitor. We warn, the English people, however, against being lulled into security by professional conceit and misstate- ments. Their neighbors across the Channel bave fully proved that iron-clads of the European type are mere rocking machines, unfit to figut at sea, and that, notwithstanding M. Xavier Rayniond’s splendid account of their success, written to order for the ‘Revue des Deux Mondes,” just published, something better must be contrived. Accordingly we find that Napoleon, through his agents, is taking a very careful peep into our turrets. John Bull will do well to do the like; for with a single oppo- nent at Cherbourg such as the Dictator and Puritan, with their fifteen-inch turrets and ten and a half inch side, armor backed by four feet of oak, the Warriors, Black Prinoes aod Prince Consorts will be-of. no avail in keeping posses- , sion of the Channel. The experiments at Shoeburyness abun- dantly prove that the. four aad a half inch plating of the present European fron-clads, with its scanty wood backing, affords no protection against the enormous weight of ordnance which is part of the Movitor system. Our experience during the last year bas not been lost upon our rivals. The ‘“rafte” as well as the “cheescboxes” have been carefully watched. It is now perfectly well understood that when the deck openings are properly look- ed after the Monitors are not only seaworthy, but as safe as lifeboats on a large scale. The opinion of Commodore John Rodgers, that nothing cah harm a Monitor in a seaway pro- vided the decks are tight, is now an accepted fact. Nor is it a secret'to the foreign officers who are now watching our progress that the new batch of Monitors just-completed have a system of ventilation applied which pro- duces an excess of ventilation within the vessel whether the deck hatches are open or closed. The European fron-clads, it is now admitted, have proved worthless for naval com- bat, owing to their excessive rolling and the depressed position of the ports, consequent on the great weight of side armor. In the Monitor vessel the battery may be trained over the bow, and thus rendered independent of the sea at times when the European iron-clad would roll her guns under'water. Another important dis- covery has been made by our transatlantic rivals since they got their eyes open to what we are doing. They once boasted of their eu- perior speed, and pointed out how their War- riors would run down the small Monit :s, pass our forts and come up to our wharves. It bas just occurred to them that their big ships draw twenty-five feet of water, while the Monitors draw only ten and a half feet, and that the gua- ner in the “cheesebox,” safe on the shoals along the main channels, can, unmolested and -at short range, put his fifteen-Inch shot through the insufficient armor of the intruder. We are informed that the Navy Department intends to send the Dictator on a trial trip across the Atlantic next summer. We advise Captain Tyler, R. E., to be on band to learn if turrets and port stoppers, such as we build, are “effective principally in preventing the guns from being worked.” A New ConaressionaL Detecation WanteD For New Yorx.—The great metropelis of the country ought to be represented in Congress by a better class of men than those who now hold that position. The present Representa. tives are utterly incompetent for the discharge of their duties; and, besides this, they have for- sworn the principles upon which they were elected. These Representatives were chosen in 1862, under a movement which had grown up in the year and a half preceding, and origi- nating amony the war democracy. “ The platform was that the rebellion must be put down in the most vigorous manner, The elections of that year were carried by the conservatives, in oppositien to the radicals, and members of Congress were elected generally under the above idea; but pri- vately, by arrangements between Mozart and Tammany, the grounds upon which the delega- tion from this city was chosen were violated. Immediately after the election the Woods of this city, in connection with partisans of a similar steipe in Counecticut, started a move- ment.in violation of the principles upon which they achieved success in 1862; and what was the consequence? They wore defeated the next year. In 1863 the political condition was the game as in 1862, but with this difference: the leaders had unmasked themselves, and the people saw how they had been cheated. The result might readily have been anticipated. The people voted down the pretenders and im- postors, repudiated their temporizing, tamper- ing policy, and pronounced in favor of an open, undisguised and unconditional prosecution of the war and the maintenance of the integrity of the Union against all assailants. What prospects have the citizens of the me- tropolis for a change in their Congressional representation? What chances have they to replace such imbeciles and mischiefmakers as comprise the present delegation by true, hon- est, able and sound men? We say the chances are very good. We have witnossed how the people came out in the last municipal election and prostrated both factions of Tammany and Mozart by the triumphant election of Mayor Gunthor. And we believe that the managers of both these wings of the democracy have become so corrupt, so mean, so dangerous, and the hongst and respectable men of the party 60 be usted with their, -SPigoer and juggling party Traber, that the entire aclegation ees the city proper—composed of the two Woods, Brooks, Herrick, Ward and Chanler— ¢an wept from the board next fall and ss capable men put ta Yy an. The timo has arrived for the citizens of New York to begin to consider this very Im- portant matter. Tammany Hall, in cutting foone from the reckless mock peace conspira- tors of Mozart, is now in a position to redeem her roguories and corruptions of the last forty years. Let Tammany now make common cause with the taxpayers and the honest and Tospect- able classes gf this community, and the New York city delegatio.? in the next Congress may bean honor to all concsrned. It is already tine to begin the work, so that the fall of 1864 may show @ Congressional front worthy the dignity and honor -of the metropolis of the country. Tue Froripa Fiasco.—The Florida dition, which was so roughly handled od Mae other day at a place called Olustee as to re- sult in @ disastrous defeat, was, it appears, another of those unfortunate military aaven- tures for whch President Linooln is directly responsible. It was aupposed that only a fow bundred rebels were left in Florida, and that a few Union regiments wéuld be ample for the work of their subjugation. Under this idea General Gillmore was ordered to try the ex- periment of the complete liberation of Florida; and the results of the adventure are indicated in this defeat of our troops at Oluatee. We can only hopo that we sll at least derive one gréat advantage from it:in the abandonment hereafter of these little side expeditions which involve the sacrifice of men, artillery, time aid money for nothing, while they diminish the strength of our armies at points of the greatest importance. Surely, after this melancholy af- fair at Olustee, President Lincoln should trust a little more to his generals and a little Less to his own peculiar notions asa military leader. He may possibly treat the upshot of this Floritia camyaign'as a good joke; but itis to be hoped that he:will.accept it aaa warning against any further dabbling in such wild goose chases, Iuworarrry: iv Our Postico- radtay Ca short time since, as our readers will remember, - investigations in the. Board of Education’ brought to tight some very improper relations’ between a member of that Board and a teacher in one of our public schools. Then the Board of Education did what little it could do in the case of that member by his immediate expul- sion. But there is reason to believe that the labors of the Board in the same direction only began with that case. Before our schools are what they ought to be there will probably have to be many more investigations by the Board of Education in relation to its own members, and in relation to the conduct of school trustees. - An accidental discovery made by a boy in Rome bronght to the knowledge of the au- thorities of That city for the first time the hor- rible debaucheries pf Me Bacchanalian orgies that then were found to ramify under the whole social crust of the city. Apparently this recent exploitation in relation to our public schools will baye somewhat the same effect. We are in receipt of communications on this subject which tend to show that our public schools, intended as such magnificent establishments for publie education, are, many of them, oaly magnificent harems for the gratification of the libidinous wretches in whose charge they may chance to be. We have boen assured that the woman who went to Jamaica with the member from the Thirteenth ward did no worse than is.constantly done by others of our schools, and that the relinquishment of virtue. is in some quarters almost an acknowledged price of posi- tion and advancement. All this iz a gecessary consequence of the way in whioh our achoot officers are chosen. To find a man of education or position nomi- nated as School Trustee is the rarest of excep, tions: In our grand political jumbles the school offices go as makeweights, and they are scized in the majority of instances by men who have but one idea of woman, and that the worst. Until this is changed, and school offi- cers receive their appointment from some well appointed commission, this corruption will con- tinue and increase. Tue Removar or Generar Kevcer.—It ap- pears that General Kelley has been super- seded in his command in Western Virginia by the appointment of General Sigel to fill it. The reasons for this change, on military grounds, we cannot understand. General Kelley has proved himself an able, courageous, vigilant and successful soldier, and he is thoroughly acquainted with all the holes and corners of that wild, difficult, mountainous regioa, in which sinee the beginning of the war he has been operating. From a letter published else- where, it will be seen that his removal has given great dissatisfaction to the people of Wostern Virginia. The appointment of Gen. Sigel to supersede Gen. Kelley suggests that this cbange has-been made as a sort of Presidential peace offering to the Germans; but it comes rather late in the day. Asa specimen of Old Abe’s political tactics, however, that move- ment is rather interesting, If General Fre- mont can be appeased with the commission of lieutenant general now is his time to put in his claims. Italian Opera. Faust is certainly attractive beyond any other opera. Maretzek can offer to the public. Last evening huedreds of persons wore turned away from the doors, grumbling et their (11 luck im not obtaiging even standing room. We were much amused at @ party from Peckekill, who nnd come to the city to hear Faust, and who wore obliged to give up all hope of that enjoyment, Their dismay at the idea that so immense a building as the Academy of Music could be filled to repletion, could be crowded be yond standing room, was ludicrous, We must acknow- ledge a sense of utter astonishment at the management mense crowds, and yet we seldom have it sung. Truly the ways of operatic people aro strange and unfathom- able, Faust would Gil the house every night; yet it is witbbeld, Miss Kellogg, Mazzoleni, Biachi and Pellini were, as usual, admirable jn this opera, In fact, at each perform. ance these artiste seem to sing and act with imcreased success. The choruses last evening were unusually well sung and were much applauded, On Monday evening we are to have the Trovatore, with Medori, Sulzer, Mazzoioni and Bellini, IRVING HALL. Mr, J. N. Pattison’s grand concert at Irving Hall last evening was a great success. The performance was un- usually attractive, and merited the liberal patronage be- stowed upon it, Mr. Pattison, who ranks as ove of our most eminent pianists, played on the occasion with even rrore than bis usual skill, and was much applauded. Mre, Jonny Kempton and Mr. 8. C. Campbell ably assisted Mr. Pattison in rendering this one of the most pleasing con- corts of the season. The piano used (a Steinway) was certainly one of the finest toned instruments we have over heard,and merits notice. Wo regret that lack of space must limit our account of this concert, Marine Affairs. BUFFERING ON BOARD THR SHIP JACOB A. GTAM-* LEN—THE BARE STADACOMA Perego Brosr, ¥. 8. 5 will wre tof New York, in a at mere & soot door tug saven ot a of the the bark Stadacoma, from St. Jolin for Poole, Ragland, was ab sndoned 08 tho 16th of January, waterlogged, [Norm.—The Jacob A. Stamler his reached Now York and mad@ a similar report.) L036 OF fife Sarr Pavestine. Boston, Fob. 27, 1864 ‘Tho ship Palestine, from Boston for Buenos Ayres, was totally wrecked on that coast on the 20th of November, The crow were saved. Death of the Widow of Ex-President Cincinnati, Feb. 27, 1! The widow of ex-President Harrison died a, ‘North Bend yesterday. crow of t) | stating that ali hands are sufforing terribly from the THS NAVY. Hlowrsromc, 13.—The tatest pews from the blockading eet off Ceariesion brings us thetfatelligence of ‘the stok- tng of the scrow stoup Housatonic,apm the 18th instant, by NEWS FROM WASHINSTON, A Splendid Sword and Commission incans of the rebel torpedo vessel Deis. The vessel was struck under the starboard quarter, cNasing suoh a large tenant General to beSeat to Gen. Sh toni she cual na ew joutes, carrying dowe with eee Ensign Hasletoe aué P. 0. Muzzy, the gierk of the Captain, and threo seamen, whose names Rave not yet | Lively Speech of Francis P. Biatr * transpired. Tho Housutomte was built at the Boston Navy in the House. Yard, undor the euperintendence of Naval Coustructor W L. Hanscom, and was a very fue vossel of hor class. ‘She was launched in November, 1862, and had best’em- ployed almost exclusively on the Charleston bloctade, ‘Tho following wore Ler principal dimensions :—Louyth' Over all, 235 foot; beam, 38 feet; dopth of hold, 16 fot 10 inches. She was bark riggod, and was « moderately fast boat under ail or steamy She was first conimanded by Captain Wm. R. Taylor, of Khode Island, At the time of the accident sho was com- manded by Captain C. W. Pickering. As there have beon G considerable number of changes iw her list of officers, ‘We are uot positive as to who were on beard; but we give the last offcial list of them:— Caplain—C, W. Pickering. eee 8. 8. Stay veeant, B. . Browor, Surgeon—3. ¥. Assistant Paymaster J. 3. Woolsom . ‘Acting Maser) W Congdon, J. K- Crosby. A ws Me ."Boraman, By A. Butler, a: A. Harri 1» BR F. J eee actnginsert— cine, 8. Albert; Second: ¥ Roan; a. Pn onper, HIS OPINION OF SECRETARY CHASE, Investigation of the Frauds of Trea- sary Agents in the Missis- sippi Valley, Ben ‘The miagnidcent sword te be presented by the olt:menar of Joe Davies ooency, Hi., to General U. 5. Grams, ) manufactared: by'the Ames Manufacturing Company, &¢ Chicopes, Mass., @ description of wieh has already beew. | published, is-to be takew to Génoral Grant by Hon. KE. B Washbamue, as also the commission of Lieutenant Geng ral, Mr, Wasbbarne wifi leave linmertiately for the Wess Gunner—B. for the discharge of this pleazant duty, This 1s'the second: atkompt which has been made to'de- | GENERAL SICKLES’ MISSION TO TH3 WEST AMD troy: this yeascl,.tbe frst failing signally,, and-the sorpe- sours, General Sieisles; it: is expected, wilt start en Wedaem- Gay for the Wost;, South and Atlantic const, visiting Nashville, Arkansas, Chattanooga, Nort Carolia, Charleston, Beaufort and Fortress Monroe. Bis mission ts to make investigations concerning robe? deserters, prisoners of war, and parties taken wittin our ling as our armies advance, the result of which: is to be laié before the President for the government of bie futars _| policy ia relation teouthern disloyaliats. > GENERAL AUGUR TO COMMAND: A:GRAND' DEWIGSON OD THE AMMY OF THE POTOMAO. It 1s understood that-Major General Augur ie to te ‘assigned to the command-of one-of the three grand divi- sions into which the-Army of the: Potomac is tobe rece. do vessel sinking. through carelessness, The inst: one has proved successful, and while the rebels may exult over their achievements we must chronicle the loss of one Of our,finest vessels, The Housatonic carried: two pivets, one an eleven-inch.and: the other a one hundred:pounder rifle, and some six guns in broadside. ‘The following {etter is from one of our spectal corres: pondents on board of the Wabash, a vessel om the-same atation as the ill-fated-Housatonic:— Unrrep States Staam Fatoare Wassag, One Cuartzston, 3. C., ire. 10, 1664. *} Last night, between the hours of ten: aad: eleven: o'clock, one of our blockading vessels made afiash light (which was red), @ signal of distress; and thea, all at ‘once, we saw numerous lights moving Lnside-of the bar and making directly for the place of distress. The lights DEPARTURS OF GENERAL PATRIOK. wore tugboats, We immediately answered: the signal. |! Provost Marshal General Patrick: left for thie Armey eB By the time wo got through answering the signal we-|, the Potomac to-day. Perceived @ vessel right ahead. Wo hailed-bor, ang found’ | gsgars OF TWO OF THE OREW OF THE sTeu it was the Canandaigua, She iramediately hallod'us with: HARRIST LANE, the distressing news that the Housatonio was'sunk by a large torpedo,.it striking har under the starboard quar- tor, lifting her in tho air about two feet and’sinking hor in about eight minutes. The men had just time to save themacived, leaving behind thom all their clothing and ham .» Lam say noone = o eapin, who fe eB am fl leg “Trightfuliy trees the torpedo was towed out of Beach Inlet by one of the rebol sogar boats. She was seen by the oificer of the deck, who thought it was a log of wood floating by until it was close upon them, whon the lookout fired at it and missed fre, and then it struck. The Housatonic’s masts and smokestack are above water. We had beon warned by deserters of the rgbel segar Doats, but disbelieved them SsMino. 8, 9.—We have letters from both officers and gunboat Seminole, stationed off Brazos bar, The Navy Department bas received a letter from a@- jealeal Porter, enciosing-aa interesting narrative of the ‘escape from Rebeldom of two of the crew of the steamer {Harriet Lane, captured by-treachery at Galveston: after ‘thirteen months’ inrprisommont Heary Woodtietd, ord ‘pary seaman, and Wy J. 7; Galway, second class Gromam, eet out from the rebel camp of prisoners in Cady: parie®, Louisiana, ou the 234 of Jamuary, and after running the gauntlet, and wond!ous adventures by flood and field ip atramp of four hundred miles, reached one of our gum boats on the Mississippi river on the Lith instant. REFUGERS FROM THE SOUTH. ‘Two familiemof refugeeofrom North Carolina, compra {ng fifteen porsons, came up on the Fortress Monroe bead to-day, on their way to the West, They had been nearly three months working their'way to our lines. About forty retugoes arrived here to day, having deem brought up by oneof the: steamers from the Lower Pete mac, Most of thom+were- Germans, and were furnishe® with passes by Gonoral Winder to leave the rebel lises, but prohibiting them going by the way of Gordonsville All tock. the oath: of allegiance and were®sent Nort, The persoaal offects of the parties filed two large furm> ture wagons, ané many of them had upon their persons @ considerable amount of money in gold and silver. These affairs in Riohmoua, perhaps because of their ignorames or from.the fact that the head of each family bas a pep saying, ‘The bearer has taken the oath of allegiance te the Con‘ederate States, and being pigdged not to reveal, either directiy or indirectly, any information that: mag benefit the-enemy, is-permitted to pass beyond the-Gea federate lines.’” | THE TOMEROE PRESIDENTIAL OIROULAR, It appears that the celebrated Pomeroy ciroular Ba@ been extensively circulated before its publication heee, ‘The radical. character of the resolutions of the-reses®, convention at Louisville is attributed in part to thefaes thaé this circular was in the hands of the delegates, whe wero about equaliy divided between Chase aud Fremens. A committee, appomted by this comvention, is now em the way hore wo coasult with the Chase National. Eaece> Uve Committce, ViSi2 OF BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS TO THE PORT BICATIONS AROUND ALEXAWDRIA, ‘Lieatomfint Colonel T. T. Lionel Gatloway, of the Reval Reitkh army, sccompanied by Captain Munton,ef Gene ral Barnard’s staff, bave just made a visit to.ths forties tiene around Alexandria. [he two officers fisst name@ are accredited agents of the English government, seat ‘out to examine and report upon the progress made by the: United States in artiliery and fortifications, TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITSD STATES AND BELGIUM. The Senate yesterday ratified the treaty between the ‘United States and Belgium for the extinguishment of the Scheldt dues, the United States to pay As pro rata of the Cupitalization. The Belgians agree to extend to the United States the reductions of import dutics which may resale from subse juent treaties with other Powers. ADVICES FROM JArAN. Advicos received at the State Department frem Mr, Prayn, United States Minister im Japan, dated sanuary 185 state that the Alabama at ¢hat time was atill at large. sourvy, owing toa want of proper provisions and medi- cines, Tho fact is that by the time our supply steamers reach that locality they aro pretty well cleaned out by the vessels more to the northward. ‘Tbe Sanitary Com mission would be glad to furothour sailors with fresh meat, vegetables and medicines ; but Mr. Fox, the Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy, has eet bia face against the Commission, and will not let them enter our squadrons. Wilt not sume of our Congressmen take this matior up? If you expect Jack to fight you must feed and take proper care of him The Loss of the Bohem INVESTIGATION BEFORE THE CORONER. DIOT OF THE JURY—MORE BODIES RECOVERED, ETC. Portianp, Mo., Fob. 27, 1864. ‘The testimony taken before the Coroner's jury. in rela- tion to the loss 0° the steamship Bohemian is ali io. Benjamin J. Willard, acting pilot, testified as follows: — He bat been out during tho day eight miles, when the fog shut down; ran in and anchored nesr Bang’s-Island Point; did not think {: safe for the vessel to-approach. the. Coast that night; did not eco the steamor's signals, owing |: to the fog; the lookout beard one gin, but supposed. it might be firing in the city to colebrate Washington's. Birthday: the first knowledge he had of the wreck was from the tugboat, with the chief officer of the Dohemian on beard, coming from the city. Several other witnesses were examined, corroborating the statements of those previously given. Portiann, Me., Feb. 27—-P. ‘The Coroner's jury in the case of the lossef the jBehe- mian, find the following veesict:— ‘That the collision was occasioned by an error in judg- ment of Captain Borland as to his distance from the ights; that bad the steamer been where be supposed sho was, it would have beea wise to have taken & mors easterly course than he did; that the collision would not have 00 curred bad there been a bell boat on Alden’s rock; cen- sures the pilot for net being ja position to observe the ‘stoamor's signals; that a largo proportion of the lives wore lost in conseqilence of the swamping of boat No. 2; that boat No. 6 in refusing to come back, though only Partially filled, inpreased the loss, and that afior the ship had struck every officor and man belonging to the ship id his best to save the lives of the passengers. ‘Six more bodies were found tw day, The Life Insurance Case. CONOLUSION OF THE TRIAG—THE COMPLAINT DIS- MISSED, BTC. THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. QCPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM, FIRST SESSION. Bésore Judge Moncriot. Pro, 27.—Charles Rants vs. th: Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company.— (his case, whic has created cea. siderable interest im insdraace circies, was concluded to-day, after ocoupying the attention.of the Court five days, Tho piaiatiff, it will be remombored, sucd to re- gover $10,000, for which aum the life of bis brother, Lea. pold Racaftle, was insured in the office of the defeedunts. ‘Tue defence eet up. was that there was fraud in the con tracts that the deceased was sick with consumption at the time the policy was issued, and thet be had been rejected by other compauies before and after the defend- ants took the risk. A large number of witnesses were examined on each side, and the testimony was exceed. ingly interesting, not only to those imterested in insur. ance ete but to medical men and the public gerer. ally. The*testimony on each side having been ex- The counsel for the defence moved that the Court should dismiss the complaint without allowing it to go to Howse of Representatives. Wasutwctox, Feb. 37, 1006, Not more than Sifty members wéte present, it having boom acreed yesterday that nothing should be done (o-day excep ingthe maktog of speeches. Mr, Dawes, (rep. ) of Muss., oceupled the chai, and the President's annual message was anuounced sa the theme bg: Srxeou OF MR. MARDING, Mr, Hanptna, (opp.) of Ky., referred to a former deciae ration of the President that the Union ie unbroken, aa@ that all secession ordinances are null and void Im this view he concurred, and, therefore, whenever the ‘bellion shall be suppressed, either te of are or xoluniar gubmalton, 1 tag reveling x = - their loges in “the Union, under | the ‘ornments. This view Waa sou! tives. an A ae ss 8 jury, op the ground that thore bad been a breach of the The contract on the part of the insured, be having takely ‘out the nat statod that ho had never beon rejected by any other com. | {ng nothing but de t 7 hed that the British Commercial had rejected his application about The counsel cited several autho- motion, and, maintatoing that the hous abolition ai » when t .ife Ingurance Neen, 41 months prev rm rities tn Irupport or h ir asthe jon: savage chi watch it Revolut jon: Fan: yen “ ora Th guilcane in bloot; iierualan, ia — ‘was one solely for the consideration of the Court, ‘SPRKOH OF ‘8 dismissal of the complaint. (Mr, Dusana, (rep) of Conn, the President's Monortef—Ir there 3 no dtepute about the os Mruction acoks to edues order. (rom mony on this point, and there to de an’ is partying Innengen to preve prevent innocence Tin tore fy no hecearty of Nooing the cre tot Foal thy comtact of dian ionisme which would subject. Mt jory. I would ima 0 to hoar what the counsel for the plaln- tieye of the lam tothe cy Page Bn bay & bas oa % the motion., ‘and difMeulty, Counsel for the pia pais fa a question for the | tr ne | ‘unpetfection wisdom, ot jury to determine whether the witness who testified to | the 1 tho rejection of deceased b the British Commercial Life fe siya “Bua ra Tegarsace Company te wort Of full credit. The rejection it, and Yowcuapaty ba dat by a more rena Se 1 ditioalt proviem, 80. ot =f ho took okt ic morn of cures we ir. hy tey! Abe oan, for the hat after tho u ter set wlet—1 rope rte, ‘sub, "| Ee wal Olty Inteiligence. ‘Tus Cross Tows Ramaoaps and Paorsaty Owsens.— By reference to an adver isecseat fa another columa it ibeleoay the owners of property on tho rai from Forty 4 jererahe st Lt he pe font pane gn Tani Sere be means alter 7 alert o'clock last night a dre broke out ig the brick building No, $83 Third Avouue, owned by Mes. R. Girry. Damage to the building about $1,000, insured io the Park Insurance Company for $1,600 Psat first discovered in tho back base- soon wen rt iiinry establishment. 4 tame 1 avy ie, Park int re if) inte om iat Tamnranee Seaseny, lo + & Con! ge Mr. Carr. Ten on stock’ cbt Chaser, $7300 in the Firemen's insurance y. ‘fot extend to the unper pact of (ne premises,