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CHICAGO TRIBUNE, daily, tri weekly and weekly. Office, Ko. 51 Claris Street. DF THF CHICAGO np n T dpijrrrcd in city, per year SB.OO m'lV delivered in city, per week IS £££• to mail subscribers, per rear T.OO to mail subscribers, per slxmontLa.. 4.00 perpear 4.00 xii'tlj- ains«e subscribers, (6 mo’s, $1.00).. 1.50 •• S copies 4.00 •< 6 copies 6.00 • 10 copies 10.00 •• SC copies,andl to getlcrup ofclub. .20.00 Additions to dubs stay be made at any line at tbe same rate. Begistcred Letters may bo sent 0 f at oar risk. Address “ CHICAGO TEEBOE,” Chicago, BL &\yt t&tihnnt. MONDAY, JANUARY £O, 1803. ADJUTANT GENERAL THOMAS. Our special dispatches from Washing ton last night intimate that when Secre tary Stanton goes into office to-day, Adju tant General Thomas goes out. If this prove true, let all rejoice. TWO KECBCirS FROM ILLINOIS’! Wc call attention to the letter from our correspondent in another col umn, which develops the beauties of the :kw system of enlistment by Federal Super intendents. 2\ro recruits from TUinois in ft nirteer, day# work of one hundredrccririt ing offices, ■while in the same period of time the State recruiting officers procured 1.200 men to fill up the new regiments. The order of the late Secretary of War prescribing the mode of recruiting to be hereafter pursued, is the most assinine piece of business on record. It shows an utter ignorance ot human nature, and should be abolished by Secretary Stanton without delay, if he desires to obtain men to fill up' the ranlts of the volunteer regi ments. This blundering order provides that when a recruit offers himself for ser vice, the Department may attach him to any regiment hi the whole army, lie is not al lowed to name the regiment op company which he desires to join, but may be packed off anywhere. Of course nobody enlists The order is equivalent to saying that none but recruits to serve as regulars will be received. The only way in which men con he got for regiments in the field, is lo detail some of the officers to visit the section of country from which the regiment was orig inally raised, and there among the rela tives and friends of the regiment volun teers may be found lo fill the places in the naiks made vacant by or disease Mon must know beforehand who are to be their officers, and who their companions in the ranks. Recruits can be procured in no other way. "Will the new Secretary of War give this veir important matter a lit tle attention, and rescind the present fool bh order? He ma}' be assured that en listing for the old regiments is knocked in the head, and the sis thousand fresh men a month that are needed to keep the ranks full, will not be forthcoming, nor six hun dred. nor sixty, in the whole Union, on the conditions of Cameron's absurd order. ASD THAT IS mmy. We observe that the opponents of a vig orous war policy arc comforting them selves with a fresh and undeniable solu tion of the mystery why our armies have not been set at work to crush rebellion. They see it now with marvellous clear ness, and applaud it in advance. It will be when the rebel army falls lo pieces by expiration of the term of service of its recruits, which will be a few weeks hence. Isn't it excellent. It will just he Xerxes over agitin. Beauregard and Johnson ct ol will “marshal them at break of day,*’ and jm-t about sunset sec them leaving by evening stages anel night trains for home, f«.»r of course they are not going to re cnlist. those unhappy fellows that for months past wo have been hearing were out of shoes, and for efficiency not worth their salt, that article being very high in Dixie. And then will be our time, for of course nobody will stay in the rebel camps but commissioned of ficers and army purveyors. ■Well, it may all be; but we do remem ber how we were told to wait until the k-at cs fell, bringing into a laughable and ]'Hocus state of exposure and nakedness the rebel batteries. Then we were to “ lay on, Macduff.” But the “ leaves had their time to fall,” and we cannot remember if even our scouts went far enough to dis cover whether the rebel batteries showed any more plainly than before. Then we were going to wait until the creeks froze over, and save the trouble of pontoon bridges. Ball’s Bluff taught us that some means of crossing rivers was necessary. But it seems that we are waiting for the rebel army to fall to pieces some time in February. It may be that that is the appointed time, but we shall be skeptical on the point. We are, like a large share of the loyal people of the North, in tbe possession of a firm belief that this rebellion will yield to nothing but vigorous blows and hard fighting; that it will cost many lives, and the victory will be ours when we employ all the advantages that lie ready to our hands. We shall still continue to believe that “ forward march” will do more for us than the ides of March, even if that be the utmost limit of service of the tools of the rebellion, from Beaure gard down to the drummer boj-s. A BAD AND irUSCHXEVOr.S BILL* Our Washington special dispatch, of the IClh iust.. contains the following; The bill introduced by 3lr. Colfax, from the Post Office Gommirtce. to-day. prohibits, from the Ist of next April, any express or railroad company, or common carrier of any description, from carrying primed matter otherwise than in mads, for hire, salvor dihlribnticn. unless licensed by the Post master-General. who may provide suitable labels: the penalty for such carriage, ortbe unauthorized use of label*, to be one hundred dollars for each offence—half to the informer and half to the Vnited States. This is not to apply to any mail route upon the sea* to foreign countries. The Poctmaster-General may grant licenses to carriers upon payment of usual postage and un der proper remilation®. and may provide suitable stamps and labels, signifying the possession of such license—an unauthorized use of which shall expose the offender to the one hundred dollar fine. Any package carried otherwise than as provided may be seized by any officer of the Post-Office De partment. and disposed of as the Postmaster- Oeneral may direct. We enter our protest against the enact ment of this most mischievous scheme, and we express our unfeigned surprise that Mr. Colfax, himself a publisher, should give such a bill his sanction. We will briefly point out its more objectionable fea tures: Ftrpt. Wc insist that Congress has no more right to force publishers to send their papers through the mails than it has to compel bookmakcrslo send books or paper manufacturers to ship their reams and “ bundles” by that conveyance. There would be as much propriety in obliging bankers and merchants to remit packages of bank bills through the mails as to oblige publishers and news-dealers to cmplovthat mode of distribution. If the plea of defi cient postage and want of revenue be good as against the newspapers, we reply that it holds equally good against the paper maker and the money sender. But another answer is, that if the Government cannot make the Department self-sustaining with out resorting to such extraordinary and oppressive expedients, it had better turn the whole business over to the Express Companies, who would be very glad to outer into bonds to carry letters at present rales, and newspapers and other printed matter at prices satisfactory to publishers and readers. We have tried the Express Companies, and greatly prefer their terms and mode of doing business. Second. The greatest boon ever con ferred on the Press was the privilege of sending their papers outride of the mails, and by whatever conveyance they saw proper to employ. _ The p'assage of that act laid the foundation of the present immense expansion of the circulation of daily papers. Pass the bill introduced by Mr. Oolfhx, and a rapid, crippling contraction of circulation is the inevitable consequence. If the Postal Committee suppose that the enactment of s. Chirac tSkihnm* VOLUME XV. their bill -will enable Ibc Department to levy tribute on the present circulation of daily papers, they arc greatly mistaken. Third. The great circulation of daily papers is attributable to the cheapness, quickness and punctuality with which they can be delivered in all the surrounding country. Take for example the hundreds of towns that Chicago papers cun reach within twenty-four hours after issue. At all these places are news-dealers who sell d; [ally papers and other current reading. In the larger towns, those dealers employ car tiers to deliver papers at the residences of the citizens, immediately after the arrival of the trains. No time is lost. "When the train stops at a station, the expressman, baggage-master, or *“ train hoy,” flings out the bundles of dailies. The village carrier rips them open, and proceeds to deliver them among his patrons immediately. The residue arc disposed of at the stand of the news-dealer during the day and night. Meanwhile the train-boy jumps on the plat form and improves the few seconds before starting, in selling to the crowd who flock around him—being mostly transient per sons, from the country, who want to see the news. The bill proposed by Mr. Col fax's committee puts a stop to all this free competition, and confines the business to licensed persons who pay a tribute to the Post-office Department for the privilege of vending information. Of course they will charge back two or three-fold this ex pense to the purchaser. The business of delivering city papers by carriers, in towns and villages, will cease, because the price must be put up, and people will consequent ly refuse to take them. So long’ as people in country towns can get city dailies at something like the city prices, they will take those papers in large numbers. But when it comes to cost 25 cents per week for a Chicago, St. Louis or Cincinnati daily, they will discontinue it. The retail price of Eastern daily papers sent west of the Ohio river will go up to a dime, and their circulation will Ml off to a fourth or tenth of what it is now. If people are obliged to pay more than so much for a newspaper, they amply stop it. "Whether food or drinks increase : or decrease in price, the consumption remains pretty uniform. Fluctuations have no marked effect on the quantity purchased. But when a family begin to economize, the first thing dispensed with is the newspaper. A slight increase of price is sufficient provo cation to discontinue it Fooixir. But if publishers abandon the express agents, and resort exclusively to the mails for conveyance and delivery, these consequences follow: Ist. The route agent will “ run past *’ many of the nearer stations before he can gel done assorting. This often happens, and if the quantity of matter to handle he materially increased,this cause of complaint will become more fre quent, and there is no remedy for it.. 2d. "When the train reaches a station after nightfall, the postmaster will not deliver the papers until the next day. And from trains that leave a city at night he will not re ceive them at all—(there arc a few exceptions to this rule, at the larger towns). Evening papers and evening editions of morning papers would be practically excluded from circulating beyond the city in which they arc printed. 3d. Under the most favorable circumstances, there is a long delay from the lime the train arrives until the papers can be delivered from the Post Office, depending considera bly on the activity and obliging spirit of the functionary. The more mails he may have lo assort, distribute, and deliver, the longer it will lake him to do the work. But without pursuing this branch of the subject farther, we ask whether the bene fits lo be derived from Mr. Colfax's bill will not be far more than lost lo the National Treasury in consequence of crippling news papers? The falling off hi circulation will depreciate the value of news paper property, the value of paper mills, of type foundries, of press building shops, and ink manufactories, and as value depre ciates, taxes must fall off in proportion. The loss of employment to workmen will tell on the Income tax and other sources of revenue. Wc submit, that the loss of revenue from these causes, will more than balance all that can be derived from the license and coercion scheme of the postal committee. It may also he stated with entire truth that, for every dollar the Post Office Department will gain by the proposed bill, publishers, paper, ink, type and press makers and their workmen, conjointly will lose fifty. Gut down the circulation of a newspaper, and thereby reduce its income, and the effect is, that the publisher is compelled to insert less matter, take fewer special dis patches, shorten up his editorial help, and curtiil expenses in ever}’ way in order to make income cover outlay; consequently not only is the whole business damaged, with all its collateral and dependant branches, but the reading public are fur nished a poorer paper at an enhanced price. A little study of political economy will convince any candid man, that imposts levied on useful production, are the most damaging and least remunerative of all kinds of taxes. Lay taxes on property, real and personal; on accumulated capital; on incomes; on imports, but do not strike at industry. Impose not burdens that throw men out of work, decrease produc tion, and diminish the value of invest ments in business. It is to be hoped that the popular Chairman of the Postal Com mittee will reconsider the subject, and act in accordance with the principles of sound political economy and the immutable laws of trade. A Washington dispatch to the New York Times of the 17th, says it is understood that the contracts let out by Secretary Camer on, for over a million Springfield muskets, and over a quarter of a million rifles and car bines, will be ordered to be annulled by Con gress, They will not be available in the pre sent war, and as they are to cost an average of seven dollars each above manufacturer’s pri ces, they involve a loss of nearly nine million dolhirs to the treasury. Yankeedom In Richmond, Va. [From the Richmond, Examiner, Jan. 9.] Wc learn that the theatrical company of Zouaves, lately performing in this city, and whose great exhibition of “Zou Zou” was so taking to the patriotic fire of their Southern patrons, were lately furnished in this city by the Government with passports to proceed North, and that they have taken their depar ture under the inevitable flag of truce which is constantly being sent from Norfolk. By the way, while standing on Main street yesterday, wc observed near one of the well known corners of ** the fancy,” an exceedingly frisky individual sporting the affectation of’a acnii nuhtaiy uniform with the additional attrac tion of pantaloons of the regular Broadway dandy color aud cut. Wc were surprised to learn m the most positive manner that this gay and gaudy individual was a Yankee pris oner, taken in the late battle of Leesburg, who bad becu released on'parole, and was making the most of bis liberty in disporting himself so freely on Main street. The honest com munity may ask—can such things be possible? We answer that wc can indicate the man and prove the charge, if occasion is made for us to do so. Hill the lowa Traitor. [Fiom the Keokuk Gate City, 17th.] Hill, the Clerk of Harrison county, was held for trial on a charge of treason, before the United District Court at Dee Moines. The Jcdae failing to appeor. Hill was arrested by Mai>hal Hoxic, on a writ from Secretary Sew ard, which assigned him (Hill) quarters In Ft. Wairen. Arriving at Davenport, a writ of habeas corpus was issued and Hill was releas ed, after which the indefatigable Hoxic cap tured him again last Saturday, and when last heard of was rapidly conveying him to Fort Warren. The Davenport ’Gazette says the orderwas lu take him to Washington, where a fair trial could be had. The Carriage of Printed Matter Out ttide of tlie Mails. The bill reported by Mr. Colfax, from the I Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, j to regulate the carriage of printed matter i outside of the mails, provides as follows: That from and after the Ist day of April, : lyi-. it shall not be lawful lor any rail- ' road company, express company, common • carrier, or other company or person to for hire, or for sale or distribution, upon or along any post road ' or postal route, on which the malls of the : United States are now or shall be transported, • any newspapers or periodicals not contained : in the mails of the Ijnitcd States, and on which if carried in such mails postage would be ■ chargeable bylaw; and any person or corpo- ' ration so offending shall forfeit and pay to the I United States for each offense the sum of one : hundred dollars, to be recovered by action, ■ one-half for the use gui tarn of the in- ! former aud the other half for the use of the ■ Post Office Department; provided that this ■ prohibition shall not apply to any company, i person or agent who shall have at any time 1 written authority from the Post Office Depart- i ment to carry such matter outside of the i United States mails upon specified routes; ■ and provided, further, that such license may be granted by the Postmaster General under regulations to be by him prescribed and con ditioned upon the due observance thereof, pro\iu!ng thereby for the payment of rates of postage thereon not exceeding the rates now fixed by law; and provided further, that this prohibition shall not apply to any mail route upon the seas to foreign coun tries ; and provided further that any package carried otherwise than herein provided, may be seized by any authorized agent or officer of the Post Office Department, aud disposed of as the Postmaster General shall direct, and that the Postmaster General is authorized in his discretion to provide suit able stamps or labels to be used in carrying this law into effect and to regulate the sale thereof aud to pay for the same out of any funds to the Post Office Department. Any person using or aiding in the use of such stamps or labels otherwise than shall by such regulations be provided shall be liable to the penalties in the first section of this act x>ro vided, and to be recovered in like manner; and it shall be the duty of postmasters to re ceive, hold and dispose of such stamps aud labels when and as required by the Postmaster General; and that all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the foregoing provisions are here by repealed. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the rights of any traveler to have and take with him or her, for bis or her own use, any book, pamph let, magazine or newspaper not intended for sale, distribution or delivery to others. IMEUESTISG FROM THE SOCjjrH. Extracts from tlic Rebel Papers. PARSON DBOWNLOW The Knoxville Evjister of the Ist lust, ex presses the opinion that Brownlow’s release was a great blunder, and gives the following reasons: “In brief, Browulow has preached at every church and schoolhouso, made stump speech es at every cross road, knows every man, wo man and child, and their fathers and grand fathers before them, in East Tennessee. As a Methodist circuit preacher, a temperance ora tor, and the editor of a newspaper, he has been equally successful in our division ot the State. “Let him but ouce reach the confines of Kentucky, with his knowledge of the geogra phy and the population ofEast Tennessee, and our section will soon feel the eSect of his hard blows. From union "his own old partisan and religious sectarian parasites, he will find men who will obey him with the fanatical alacrity of those who followed Peter the Her mit in the first crusade. We repeat again, let us not underrate Browulow.” RESIGNATION OF GEN. PILLOW The Columbus (Ky._) correspondent of the Memphis Appeal , writing on the 31st ult., an nounces the resignation of Gen. Pillow, al ready mentioned in our columns, and gives the following account of the events that at tend edit: Tins morning about one hundred of his offi cers collected at the quarters of CoL Walker and marched in a body to pay their respects to him previous to Ills departure, and such a scene I had never witnessed until a few hours afterward. CoL Carroll spoke for the officers, to the effect that they, as abody,had seeuhini on the battle-field, and bad come to implore him, if he could do so without sacrificing Ids honor, to remain with them—that they wanted no better leader. In fine, that they knew him and could appreciate his worth. To this Gen. Pidowreplied in a few words, and informed us of his resolution; that the step he had taken was no hasty matter, but done after mature deliberation, and that we must part. During this scene there were but few dry eyes in tlie room, and all departed from himaftcran affectionate but silent grasp of the hand. Not a word was heard except a few hearty regrets, as the hearts of those pre sent were too full to express themselves other than with a burst of tears. This is no fiction, but stern aud stubborn truth. Those generous hearts there present were kindled with the same emoiiou that fill- Ed the breast of their gallant chieftain. They felt that their commander had been deeply wronged, and that those less worthy had been honored with what Justly belonged to him, and that no other course was left him. After leaving the rooms of Gen. Pillow we hastened to our respective quarters, aud soon the six regiments composing his brigade were turned out and marched' down to tlic cars to take a last farewell of their beloved General. Expedition to' Springfield. [Cor. St. Louis Republican.] Rolla, Jan. 15, 16G2. —The Small-pox ins made its appearance in some of the camps here. In the 25th Illinois lam told there are now twenty-five persons down with this dis ease, aud a number of eases are reported in the 13th Missouri, 44th and 36th Illinois, and Col. Boyd's regiment. Yesterday the SGth Illinois, Col. Grcuscl. look up tbe line of march in the direction of Springfield. This is one of the finest regi ments in the service, and the order to strike tents was received by the boys with loud shouts of joy. I understand other regiments marched yesterday from the camps out of town, aud that still others leave to-day. No thing could have had a more salutary effect ou the health of the men than this forward move ment The complaining have suddenly be come well, and the sick convalescent. The troops that have thus far left, and expect to leave this morning, so far as I can learn, com prise Gen. Sigers"Division. Evervbody'here are in fine spirits, and feel confident the day of action, prompt aud ef fective, has come, aud that soon our State,and indeed all the border Stales, will be rid of re bellion. It is pleasant to look upon the revived faces of our Southwest friends, who now feel that the day of their redemption drawoth nigh. Gen. Curtis is pushing forward every move ment with the utmost energy, sccrcsy and skill, thus inspiring additional confidence in himself and in the success of our arms. Berdan’s Sharpshooters. Sickness and Demoralization among them—- Shameful Treatment* [Correspondence N. T. Tribune.] Washington, Jan. 15,1862. The condition of two of the regiments now near Washington, of the finest personnel , aud fitted to render, under proper management, the most important service, should receive immediate attention, if, indeed, it be not al ready too late to remedy the neglect, to call it by no worse name, they have experienced. Will it be believed that the two regiments of Berdan's Sharpshooters, now near Washing ton, are still lying in camp unsupplied with amis ? Such is the ease. Worse than this, it is doubtful if they can ever be brought to any degree of efficiency, such havoc have idleness, and sickness, and'the demoralization conse quent thereupon, made among the officers aud men. The must er-rolls of the two regiment con tain about 1,500 men. Of these, in the last three weeks, 64 have died, and about 700 are in the regimental hospitals and on the sick list. Hardly is the pretense of discipline preserved. Officers and men have become disheartened, and it is most likely that when the officers arc paid off, the present week, large numbers of them will desert, and this is openly canvassed in the camps. They pass out of tlie lines with impunity, day and night, the sentinels never calling for the exhibition of a pass, except some officer is near to insist upon it. Ab sence from roll call and parade passes unno ticed. The forms of drilling arc to some ex tent kept up, but there is no heart in it. Two or three times a week those who are not on the sick list leave the camp in the morning for a march of four or five miles, carrying fheir rations along, and have a sort of picnic, re turning in the afternoon to camp. The idle ness and consequent lack of spirit and confi dence doubtless increase the liability to, and invigorate the ravages of, disease. A Yew days ago six companies of the Ist regiment could muster at battalion drill only 180 men. A large portion of this regiment has now been lying in this condition fully six months. Both regiments were enlisted as riflemen, and they claim the right to be armed accordingly. Where the responsibility for this state of things rests, Ido not pretend to decide. I believe, however, not with CoL Berdan or with any officer of the regiments. It is said that there is some gentleman connected with the Ordnance Bureau (old Ripley) who docs not believe in Sharp’s rifles, and suchlike new fangled notions, but thinks the Springfield musket the ne plus ultra in the way ol arms, and insists that none others shall be furnished them. But whoever may be responsible, the fact is disgraceful, that a body of picked men, every one of whom is a dead shot-, and whose services in an advance, or in an engagement, would be invaluable, should be allowed in idleness, without arms or any incentive to soldierly conduct, a prey to diseases incident, to a large extent, to the condition of enforced idleness. A Washington dispatch to the N. Y. JWfcnne of Thursday states that the bankers from the Eastern cities concluded an arrange ment with Secretary Chase to pay the Govern ment the balance of their loan, about twenty millions, in the notes of their banks instead of coin. The other objects of their visit, and particularly their plan of national finance, ut terly failed. CHICAGO, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1862. THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. FEOM WASHIHGTOH-A HEW OE DEE FEOM EEAE&UAB TEES—JHSPECTIOH OF AMBUIiA^IiKS. FINANCE MATTERS-SECRETARY STANTON AND THE WAR-BOLD WORDS AT THE SMITH SONIAN. The Situation in Missouri—The Force of Price—The Mis souri Senatorship. GALLANT EXPLOIT ON THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST —BURNING A REBEL LIGHT SHIP. Tbc Rumored Fight on the Tenues see a Canard. From Western Kentucky-General Grant’s Advance-Reconnols sanca near Columbus. Accounts from Fugitives—A Very Bad Scare—A Pontoon Bridge Blown Up by a Rebel Torpedo, WHAT THE PRISONERS SAV— A FRENCH FRIGATE AR RIVES AT FORTRESS 3HONROB, More Rebel Batteries at Sewall’s Point—The Constitution Still at Fortress Monroe. FROH WASHINGTON. [Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.] ■Washington, January IS, ISG2. The Senate yesterday confirmed B. B. French as Commissioner of Public Buildings. Commander Glisson, of the steamer Mt. Vernon, writes from olf Wilmington, N. C., to the Navy Department, an account of the burning ol a light-ship formerly anchored on Frying Pan Shoals, and then being fitted up by the rebels as a harbor battery to carry eight guns. She had beenlatterly used as a false light and signal vessel. Commander Glisson, on the night of the 30th nit., sent his gig and cutter, which found the vessel anchored under and within earshot of the guns of Fort Caswell, but with no guard on board. They boarded her and set her on fire, so that she was con sumed ere they got back to the Mt. Ver non. They pulled ont of the fort’s line of fire before its heavy guns vainly opened in their direction. Lieut. Trenchard, commanding the steamer Khode Island, just from the South, reports from Hampton Roads that on January 6th, early in the morning, the first expedition under Com. Smith, with the steamers New London, Water Witch and the captured steamer Lewis, with a detachment of seamen* left Ship Island for Mississippi Sound to cut out the schooners anchored off Biloxi The sttamer was seen returning with two or three schooners in tow, when the Rhode Is land was leuring. The impression on board the Niagara was that the expedition had proved successful. lu the exchange of shots between Fort Pick ens and the Confederates on the Ist inst., shells from our batteries were thrown into the navy yard at Pensacola, setting lire to the liuc of storehouses recently built in the rearof the officers’ quarters. They were seen burning all night tbirty-five miles distant, seaward. Many of the enemy’s shells burst inside the fort, but none of our men were killed- The enemy’s loss is unknown. A circularjust issued from the headquarters of the Potomac army, says; The exigencies of the service demand that every officer ami soldier should be at his post. The Com manding General therefore directs that unless by reason of sickness, upon medical certificates, no leaves of absence ot furlough shall be granted at the present time, except in urgent exceptionable cases, whore necessity for indulgence must be clearly set forth in the appli cation. It is proper to remark that many ot the reasons for which leaves of absence and furloughs have heretofore been granted cannot now be al lowed. Thc Congressional Printing Committee will report against the petition of the Government primers for a reduction of hours work from ten to eight hours per day, for six months iu the year. The Superintendent will keep them at ten hours, as now. CoL Hugh McLeod, a Texas rebel, died at Dumfries last week, where his regiment was stationed. The limits of the command of Flag-officer Farragut, of the Mexienn Gulf blockading squadron, are from Stone Bay, West Florida, to the Rio Grande. He is also directed to watch the Coasts of Mexico and Yucatan. Another Army Retiring Board, now in ses sion, consists of the following officers : Gen. Keyes, President; Gen. Casey, Gen. Cook, Surgeon Holden, -5 Assistant Surgeon Smith; Major Luce, Judge Advocate, is Recorder. Colonel Beale, Ist cavalry, was before this Boaid. To-day took place an inspection of nine hundred four and six horse wagous, and one hundred one horse and twenty-five four horse ambulances, all drawn up in double row. The rebel batteries wasted one hundred and dghty-onc shots on a hay vessel, not hitting ! her once. They also made a further attempt | to shell our men out of Budd’s Ferry. Secretary Stanton has had mutually satis factory interviews with the most energetic members of the Committee on the Conduct of the War. A new energy will be infused into the war. The Committee of Ways and Means arc nearly unanimous against Chase’s arrange ments with the banks. The Demand Treasury Note bill will not, however, he pressed at present. The Tax and Tariff hills arc rapidiy maturing. A telegraphic protest against allowing the new Missouri Senator, R. M. Wilson, to take his seat, has been received from St. Louis, on the ground that he is not an Unionist. The Rev. M. D. Conway delivered the Smith sonian Lecture last night to a good audience on “ The Golden Hour; How to End the Na tion's Night-Mare. Not by a wand of de struction, but by the spell of love displayed in an act of justice, an edict of emancipation to black and white, which alone shall secure the blessings of peace and natural functions of its holy labor to this great Republic.” The Maine Legislature has passed resolu tions of inquiry respecting] the report of per mission granted by the Government for the passage of British troops across its sacred solh E. K. Smart, two years since a candidate for Governor of Maine, and a leading Democrat of the State, has introduced into its Senate reso lutions urging Congress to confiscate the rebels property and liberate their slaves, and the contemplation of the employment of the slaves as soldiers, when the military necessi ties of the country require it. Intelligence has been received here that the rebels have abandoned Roanoke Island, in Al bemarle Sound, and have also fallen back from | Yorktown- from: Cairo. [Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.] Twelve Miles feom Columbus, January 16. Gen. Graut and staff, accompanied by Capt. Osband’s Co. of 4th Cavalry as a body guard, made a reconnoissance to-day over a circuit of 40 miles, taking in that country in the vicinity of Louvesseville and Blandvillc. This has been one of the heaviest xconnola eancc-s of the war; no General ever making so extensive a reconnoissance. It has resulted in obtaining information concerting roads, routes, etc. No enemy was discovered. CoL Cook’s column to-day marched from the bead of Gen. McClernaud’s column, on the south side of Mayfield Creek, down to its mouth. A gentleman fropx Lynn, Mass,, who Ins been for some six months past detained at New Orleans, arrived here last night, from Colunt bne, where he had been for two days. He reports the greatest excitement existing at New Madrid and Columbus relative to our movements. Most persons thought it, as re ported, an expedition up the Tennessee river, while borne others thought it a ruse. A pontoon bridge broke loose a short time since and swung around on. one of their torpe does which exploded and scattered one of the barges of the bridge to pieces. A Confederate treasury note was shown me by some gentlemen, it reads as follows: “ Six months after the ratification of the treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the "United States, the Confederate States of America will pay five dollars to bearer, &c. Richmond, Sept. 2,1861.” The bill is very well executed by the South cm Bank Note Company, New Orleans. This afternoon some of our cavalry were fired upon from a house near by. The cavalry entered the bouse, where they found two men whom they arrested. Two more were subsequent}* taken. These men will not be entitled to the con sideration due a rebel soldier, and if it is proven that they fired on our men they will doubtless be shot. * A scouting part?: went within five miles of Columbus yesterday. No enemy was seen. Another heavy reconnoisance will be made tomorrow. The Returned Richmond Prisoners. Fortress Moneob, Jan. 17.—Among the 150 exchanged prisoners are the following be longing to weaken: regiments; A. C. ‘Ward. 2d "Wisconsin. * A. B. 2d Wisconsin. Juo. McNeall. 2d Wisconsin. W. B. Uuliam, 2d Wisconsin. Charles Webber, 7th Ohio. John Hnston. Ist California. David Strong. 2d Wisconsin. R. Morgan. Ist California. Henry A. william*. 2d Wisconsin. J. L. Mitchell, Ist Minnesota. David Jones. 2d Wisconsin. C. S. Brinkboff. Ist Michigan. Geo. "Winfield. 2d Ohio. J. Southard, 2d Wisconsin. Jaa. Cameron, Ist Minnesota. J. P. Lucking, 2d Wisconsin. - Mark Pinney, Ist Minnesota. M. Holmes. Ist Michigan. J. W. Browning. Ist California. Jas. Andereon.'Sd Wisconsin. Stephen McKeinv. Ist California. Levi Emery, Ist Minnesota, E. Pratt. Ist California. W. H. Cleaver. Ist California. J. 11. Taylor, 2d Wisconsin. J. S. llolcott, Ist Minnesota. From Fortress Monroe—A Flag of Truce—lso Richmond Prison, ers Arrived—Accounts from the rebels. Fortress Monroe, Jan. 17. Ills confidently asserted to-day that Gen Wool has sent notice to Gen. Huger at Nor folk, to remove the women and children from the city. The top-masts and spars of the Minnesota were taken down to-day; and she will, it is said, proceed to Elizabeth River to-night with the frigate Cumberland. The Pensacola is also lying here, and every evidence of active naval operation is apparent. A flag of truce to-day took the following re leased'rebel prisoners*:—Col. Pegrnm, Capt, Sutton, Lieut. A. E. Bell, Capt. Mausill,Lieut. Jno. W. Pool, Lieut. J. C. Losell, Dr. R. W. Jeffries, Capt. L. J. Johnson, and several la dies. The body of Lieut. J. W. Kinzie, who died at Fort Warren, was also taken. The flag steamer then proceeded up the James river, about nine miles above Newport News, and met the steamer from Richmond with 150 released Union prisoners. All of the prisoners were convalescents from the hospi tals. About twenty had crutches and a dozen had to be carried oil board, some in cots. All of them had been wounded. Dr. Higginboth am accompanied them, and the men were loud in commendation of his uniform kindness to them. Information has been received since, that the rebels have abandoned Roanoke Island, in Pamlico Sound, and it is also said to-day, that they are preparing to evacuate Yorktown. The latter is not generally credited. The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal o£ Wednes day has heard nothing of the Burnside expe dition, and thinks it singular if it left Old Point on .night as reported. The Raleigh Jbyister of ‘Wednesday says, some gentlemen in that city report that they heard ‘heavy cannonading on Tuesday. The editor thinks they were mistaken, as the dis tance from the coast is too great. The same paper announces that thirteen large steamers loaded with troops left Old Point on Thursday, and presumes that they arc intended for another expedition to some other point. The editor has been hoaxed, as no steamers except two delayed by the storm, containing the D’Epeneuil Zouaves left that day. Prisoners from Richmond say that up to the time they left, Friday morning at 8 o’clock, nothing had been heard from Burnside’s expe dition there. The Richmond papers of Friday contain nothing of the expedition. The French frigate Poraonc arrived yester day. A salute of 29 guns was fired to-day. The fortress replied with an equal number. Admiral C. Marquise D. Montaignac came ashore this morning, accompanied aby Flag Captain and aid-de-camp, and was received by General Wool with military honors. After the visit it was announced that the Admiral would, to-morrow, visit Norfolk to consult with the French. Consul. The rebels are build ing a new battery this side of Scwall's Point. The battery at Rip Raps threw a few shells among them yesterday, which caused a tem porary suspension of operations. The Constitution remains in the Roads awaiting orders. Gen. Butler is expected here soon, when she will probably proceed to her original destination, Ship Island. From Washington, New York, Jan. IS.—The Tribune's Wash ington correspondent says the Republican Senators who voted nay on Cameron’s con firmation were Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Trumbull, and Wilkinson. Senator Sherman spoke earnestly against the confirmation, and voted for it. Senators Trumbull, Hale and Grimes were among the heartiest opponents of Cameron. The Democrats and Border State men were about equally divided- Bay ard and Bright were absent. Pearce and Pow ell voted nay. A motion*to remove the injunction of secre cy from the vote was negitived. Gen. Jim Lane leaves on Monday for Chica go. To-day he had an interview with the President, Secretary Stanton and Gen. Mc- Clellan, who heartily united in •rivinghim au thority to conduct the campaign on his own principles. Lane’s staff, whiefi will be that of a Major General, will comprise 17 officers, of whom several will be taken from the army of the Potomac. J. Champion Vaughan will be Aid-de-Camp with the rank of ColoncL The column will be amply supplied with every thing requisite fora march South from Kansas. Senator Wilson’s hill in relation to volun teers, introduced to-day, provides that no greater number shall be mustered into service than are authorized by the act of July 22d, 1861, and that all in excess of that number be discharged. The Ways and Means Committee, at their meeting tills morning, discussed for the first time the scheme reported by the Sub-Commit tee for a national currency. They came to no conclusion, intending to pursue the matter to morrow. They also incidentally examined the plan agreed upon between Secretary Chase and the Northern Bankers. The Committee arc nearly unanimous against it. Firing down the Potomac was heard be tween fl and 13 o’clock. It has since been ascertained that the rebel batteries had open ed on Gen. Hooker’s command, on the Mary land shore, but without damage. Secrctaiy of War Stanton will enter upon his duties on Monday. Mr. Cameron will* remain in Washington some days, and visit his home before departing for Russia. order just issued from head-quarters says the exigencies of the cause demand every officer and soldier of the array able to do duty should be at his post. That unless for good reasons no leaves of absence or furloughs will be granted at present, except in urgent cases. Richmond papers of Thursday contain dis patches from Nashville the 14th, stating that it has been distinctly ascertained that consid erable quantities of cotton and sugar have been sent in wagons through Kentucky to the North, supposed to have gone through Clarks ville. From Missouri, Holla, Mo., Jan. 18.—Indications arc that all the troops at this point will move west ward, except one or two regiments to guard the post. The enemy’s pickets extend fourteen miles from Springfield, and Price's force is estimated at 12,000. It was reported that Gen. Mclntosh was coming up from Arkansas with large reinforce ments y but the report is not wholly reliable. The affair on the Tennesee River** “Only this and nothing more,** Cairo, Jan. 18th.—Capt. Phelps, with gnu boat Caenstoga, made reconnoissance up Ten nessee River to-day, and shelled a point jnst below Fort Henry, where a masked battery is supposed to be, but did not succeed In draw ing its fircT Nothing from below of impor tance. A Gamble fora Seat in the Senate. St. Louis, Jan. IS.—A report has gained much currency here, that Gov. Gamble has resigned and gone to Washington, and will there await his appointment, by acting Gov. Hall, to fill Tmstcn Polk’s seat in theunited States Senate. A Report from Alberznarle Sound* Baltimore, Jan. IB.—lntelligence was re ceived at Old Point tins evening that heavy cannonading was heard at Albermarlc Sound at 9 o’clock yesterday morning. GALLANT EXPLOIT OFF WIL MINGTON, N. C. Burning of a Rebel light Ship. Washington, Jan. 18.—The Navy Depart ment has received dispatches from Command er Gleason of the United States steamer Mt. Vernon, dated off Wilmington, N. C., giving an interesting account of the burning of a light ship. Having heard that the rebels made use of It os a beacon for guiding vessels in and out of the harbor, and for the purpose of annoying onr vessels by hoisting lights at night, he de termined to take advantage of a hazy night, with the wind offshore, to effect her destruc tion. He accordingly dispatched a cutter under command of acting Master Aleck Allen, with John P. Footcast, pilot, and a crew of five men, and a gig under command of acting Master Sturgis and a crew of six men. The boats proceeded to within a short dis tance of the light-vessel on the off side of Fort CaswelL The two officers, a boatswain’s mate and a quartermaster’s sergeant, dimed on board by a icpc which was hanging at the side. The light boat was quite deserted, but car penters had been at work upon her recently, and the vessel was being pierced for eight guns. No attempt was made lo molest the expedition until they bad kindled the fire, which effect ually destroyed the light ship. The fort did not open upon onr boats until they were clearly out of harm’s way. From New York New York, Jan. 18. —Washington specials state that a member of Congress lias a letter from an officer of high panic in the army to a younger officer, then in California, advising him to go south; and that the young officer is now on Beauregard’s staff Several White-House employees arc before the Investigating Committee. Newspaper publishers and dealers strenu ously oppose the exclusion of papers from ex press carriage. Gen. Jackson has disappeared with his whole force. It is believed that he has retired to "Winchester. There are no rebel forces now known to lie in Morgan county. The whole river liuc is quiet. Illinois Constitutional Convention Springfield, Jan. 18. —The Convention has been occupied all day in considering article three of the Constltntinu. No definite changes were adopted. The pay of members of the General Assembly is the difficult point to set tle. It will probably be left to the Legislature itself to provide its salary by a general law. The Convention adjourned at~noon until Monday. The State officers will triumphantly vindicate themselves against charges of mis management and abuse of the war fund in the equipment of the troops, which some mem bers of the Convention arc disposed to make. Captain Wm. H. Bailhachc, U. S. Quarter master, will take charge of that department at Camp Butler, relieving Gov. Wood, State Quartermaster General. Capt. Bailhachc is one of the proprietors of the Slate Journal. Important from Mexico. New York, Jan. 18.—The Tribune of this city has important news from Mexico. It ap pears that so far from being upset by a new revolution as reported, Juarez organized, be fore the adjournment of Congress, a new and stronger Cabinet. DeGolado,Secretary of State, issued a proclamation soon after his appoint ment, closing the port of Vera Cruz, increasing the regular army to 52,000, and calling on the States for as many volunteers as they could furnish. It is believed that 150,000 troops will be in the field soon. Before Congress ad journed, Juarez was invested with full dicta torial powers. The Government has laid two direct taxes, which the people will cheerfully submit to. Hehel Prisoners. Philadelphia, Jan. 18.—The schooner Rhode Island arrived here last night from Fortress Monroe. She has on board’the crew of the rebel schooner Venus, captured near Galveston; also a rebel captain, Geo. J. Mnhcn, of the Louisiana volunteers, who was captured in Barataria Bay while on a pleasure excursion. He admits the presence of the Union sentiment in New Orleans, although it is not allowed to manifest itself. A Rebel Steamer Damaged and a Brit* Isli Schooner Captured. New York, Jan. IS. —A Port Royal letter states that the rebel steamer Isabel was much damaged by the shells of the Mohican, while running the blockade. One shell knocked off her entire stem, and she barely got in afloat. The fog was dense, hut she was discovered by the gunboat Roebuck. The Mohican shipped cable and ebased her under the batteries of Morris Island. The Isabel returned her fire but without avail. Another letter reports the English schooner Gipsey.with 200 bales of was captured by the New London in the Gulf, and taken to Ship Island. The De Soto run into her at the mouth of the Mississippi on account of her acting suspiciously. Gallant Affair at Bloomfield, Mo. Cairo, Jan. 18.—Col. Buford, commanding this post, read a dispatch to-day from Col. Ross, at Cape Girardeau, stating that Capts. Murdock and Webster returned List night from the expedition to Bloomfield. It was a complete success, capturing forty of the ene my, among them one lieutenant-colonel, two surgeons, three captains and the adjutant. The Rebel Flying Dutchman. New York, Jan. 18.—The Commercial says that private dispatches state that the pirate Sumter has been sunk bv a Federal gun-boat off Cadiz. Arrival ot Released Union Prisoners. Baltimore, Jau. 15.—150 released Federal prisoners arrived at Baltimore to-day from Fortress Monroe. natters at Cairo Since the Departure of the Expedition • Some-of the dispatches have it that our ad vance is in three divisions under Generals Grant, Paine, and McClemand. It is in one division, starting from Camp Jefferson, under command of Gen. Grant. Of* course the col umn does not all march together, but with an interval between each for the sake of conve nience. There is one regiment only now here to guard Cairo, Fort Holt, Bird’s Point and Camp Jefferson. It was designed to have the three regiments on board of the Continental, and Stuart’s regiment on board of the January, here long before this time; but these four regiments are fast in the ice between here and Bt. Louis. They will arrive, however, before this reaches you, together with the Lead Aline regiment from your city, and one or two regi ments from Camp Butler. Commodore Foote, in command of the river licet, is every inch a proper officer to have charge of this branch of the service. There is hardly a port In the world that he has not visited in the service of his country, and bis daring and successful attack on the Chi nese forts is part of the record of the Ameri can navy. Capt. Constable, who has com mand of *lhc mortar boots, has passed his life in a similar service in the British navy, com manding the mortar boats in India with a suc cess that had no drawback. Commander Por ter, also of the fleet, is a son of Commodore Porter, and is a fighting rnnn of the first qual ity. Commodore Foote is of the same rank as Major General Halleck. In short, the river fleet is most ably officered. It saved our array from being cut off at Belmont by the forces sent from Columbus. The mortar-boats carry one mortar each, of 13-inch bore, weight B>£*tons, carrying a shell of 228 pounds, requiring 20 pounds of powder at a load, with 9 pounds inside of the shell. Just fancy the din of Pandemonium when they are at work. The range is Z}4 miles. CoL Buford of Bock Island has command of this post during the absence of Gen. Gram, and Senator Kuykendall is Provost Marshal. No one can pass out of the city without a pass, and if a stranger, he must be vouched for by some responsible party. It is not supposed that our army will attack Columbus, as there would be but little gained bv its capture. If the communication is ent off with the rest of seccssia, it must either fall or be abandoned. Onr force from Paducah will form a junction with Gen. Grant’s column at or near Mayfield, in force about 25,000 men. The rebels have probably at Columbus and Fort Beauregard (near Mayfield) about the same force. Rein forcements probably will be sent Gen. Grant daily. It is thought he will take a position on the railroad, and hold it for the present, thus cutting off the rebel communication- How ever, nobody, but Generals Grant and Hal leck appear to know anything about the plans of the army. The Ohio is entirely free from ice, but the Mississippi is full of thin floating ice, render ing navigation of it impossible. The appointment of Stanton as Secretary of War gives general satisfaction. The troops here are being generally paid off, and a very large amount of money it takes to liquidate their claims. One cavalry regiment draws $150,000. A Lamon Squeezer. [From the Alton Telegraph, 11th-] It will be seen by reference to the Congres sional proceedings that this gentleman was handled in that body in a manner certainly not very complimentary to him. It has been a matter of great surprise to many of Mr. Lin coln’s supporters, why it was that he bestowed so many favors upon this Lamon. Those who know Him say that he is a man of the most dis solute habits, and from his conduct, while on his way through this city some months since, from St. Lords to Springfield, we have good reason tobelieve their statements. His whole course, since he has been occupying an official position, has been marked by insolence to his superiors and recklessness in the expenditure of the Government funds, and we think it high, time that the President should modify him. it is strange how there can be any concord be tween a mnn of Lamon’s character and that of Mr. Lincoln, who Is known to be strict!}* tem perate, morel, and of the most economical habits. But it is no more strange than true, that for some reason, he has been the especial pet of the President, from the day of his elec tion up the present time, to the great regret and mortification of the most of hi? support ers. We sincerely hope, for the credit of the country, if not for the reputation ot the Pres ident, that he may be instantly removed* THE VERY UTEST HEWS. MO2WAY, 3 O'CLOCK A. M FROM WASHINGTON. [Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.] Washington, January 19.1562. The following is Gen. Lane’s fall staff', all appointed on the staff by Gen. McClellan, and detailed to Major-General Hunter, to be de tailed by him to Gen. Lane. This formality is necessary in the case of a Brigadier with Major General’s command: Col. Wm. H. Merritt, lowa, who commanded the lows Ist at Springfield. Lieut. Col. Jndson HDlpatrick of New Yorkmow of the Harris Cavalry. Majors—John Ritchey of Kansas. Devon Antworth of lowa. F. J. Weed of Kansas. Champion Vaughn of Kansas. J. R. McClure .ot Kansas. Wm. Kyle of Illinois. W. A Phillips of Kansas, correspondent of the New York Trifamt. A. P. Russell of Kansas. Wm. O'BoncU of Kansas. First Lieutenants—M. Rice of Illinois. Wm. R. Dale of the District of Colombia. Jas. Christian of Kansas. J. M. Winchell. correspondent of the New York Ihneg. • A. J. Mead of Kansas. J. B. Carter of Pennsylvania. A. L. Read of Kansas. Second Lieuts—Fred A. Brown of New York. Volney Kickox of Illinois. W. W. Roberts of Kansas, formerly of Oberlin, Ohio. Gen. Lane left Ulis afternoon for Chicago. Gov. Curtin has asked permission from the War Department to send eight full regiments of infantry and one of cavalry from Pennsyl vania to the Southern coast. These are addi tional to the State’s quota. Almost all the arms purchascd.by Col. Schuy ler in Europe have been delivered. In compliment to the second Kansas regi ment, which lost two hundred and seventy men out of sis hundred, at Wilson’s Creek, the President has consented, at the request of SenrtorsLane and Pomeroy, to equip a regi ment of cavalry. Secretary Stanton will be sworn in to-mor row. His lirst act will be to order the remov al of the bars which have blockaded access to the war department, and the Adjutant General Yesterday Cameron gave Stanton a breakfast, at which were Senators Wade and Chandler, and others of that type were present. Two Pennsylvania captains, returning from Washington to Alexandria drunk last night, created quite a disturbance. General Mont gomery, Governor of the city, having ordered their arrest, was shot at twice but not hit. One of the guards in attempting to arrest them bayonetted one of.thc drunken cap tains. They were finally handcuffed audcala bcosed. Flag officer McKcon transmits to the Navy Department the correspondcncebctwccn Commander Mclanchton Smith and General Phelps’s messenger, in which the former de clines to circulate the latter’sproelama*ion,and adds that with his permission neither that nor any similar document shall be circulated by officers or men under his command. One hundred andtwenty-five tons of hay arc supplied to the Potomac army. Mistresses Greenhow and Barclay yesterday were transferred from the former’s house to the old Capitol prison. Miss Poole, another woman confined at Mrs. Grecnhow’s, was sent to Norfolk under a flag of truqc. Quartermaster Conway, to whom his San Francisco friends sent, through the Navy De partment, a gold medal in acknowledgment of his refusal to pull down a flag at Pensacola,' when ordered by Armstrong, in acknowledg ing it says : u I only did my duty in nor haul ing down the flag which I was born under and have served under for thirty-eight years. The Adjutant General has ordered an amend ment of the contracts for subsistence, entered into by Gov. Morgan, in defiance of the or ders of the War Department, by which an offi cer was detailed for the purpose. Secretary Stanton said yesterday, u The ar my must bum powder in the face of the ene my,. I can't make them fight; but they must either light or mu.” The Adjutant General has directed all offi cers on this side of the Potomac to pay their respects to the new Secretary of War on to- morrow. Sutlers’ profits have fallen off one-half since their abolition is agitated. They have issued a new circular to endeavor to destroy soldiers’ confidence In the new allotment sys tem. Padnch Smith and McKiustry’s chances of confirmation by the Senate are regarded as slight. Corwin rcncwedly writes his intention to come home. He says the Mexicans arc mak ing great preparations to resist the allied in vaders. FROM KENTUCKY. General Buell * s Now Beady for an Advance ” Cincinnati, Jan. 19. — A special to the Commercial from Indianapolis, says four In diana Regiments, in the Green River column, have advanced to South Carroltou, and will soon occupy Rochester. This is directly in front of Bowling Green. Gen. Bnell is concentrating a powerful force at Green River, and it is said, he is now ready for a forward movement. The rebels tt and about Bowling Green are destroying the railroad, felling trees across the tracks and doing everything to retard the pro gress of our army. It is said they are making even* preparation to evacuate that place upon the approach of our forces. BURNSIDE’S EXPEDITION. Xlie Whole Fleet Safely in Pamlico Sound. New York, Jan. 19.—The Baltimore Ameri can yesterday has a dispatch from Fortress Monroe, dated 17th, saying they have no In telligence of Burnside’s expedition, except a report brought by a vessel last nigbt that the whole fleet had passed into Pamlico Sound by Hatteras Inlet. Another Federal Victory in Missorl. Washington, Jan. 19.—An official report from Gen. Halleck says: ‘‘Major Hubbard’s cavalry attacked a rebel force of 900 at Silver Creek, Howard county, under Col. Poindex ter, on the 16th, and routed them. Rebel loss 40 killed and 60 wounded. Our loss was 6 killed and 19 wounded. We also captured 160 horses, 60 wagons, 105 tents, SO kegs powder, 200 guns and §8 prisoners.” The Senate Military Committee are still en gaged examining the appointments made by the President, principally for the army. The number of Brigadier Generals is nearly 70. They will all be recommended for confirma tion, except 12 or 14 who will be reserved for future consideration. Flood In tlie Obio, Louisville, Jan. 19.—The rapid rise of wa ter in the Ohio at flood height, broke away a dam last night, on the enlargement of the ca nal, drowning one man, and causing consider able damage. All quiet below. , The Change In the War Department. .[Washington Dispatch to the N. T. Tribune.] The only Senator who enjoys intimate rela tions witi Secretary Stanton is Mr. Sumner, who moved his unanimous confirmation the day his name reached the CapitoL The rela tions between him and Secretary Chase are equally intimate. These two names should be sufficient indorsement of the new Secretary, who it may be added is fully acceptable also to such men as Senators Wade and Fessenden. The truth is that in the last days of Buchan an’s Administration it was Edwin M. Stanton, even more than Gen. Dix or Mr. Holt, who did what could be done to save what could be saved of the nation. Then it was that he formed the intimacies with the more advanced members of the Republican party, which he has fostered since his retirement to private life, and adopted opinions in unison with those which will certainly guide his official conduct. He is a man of vigorous character, with resolution to prosecute the war with the ut most energy, and to strive to strike the rebel lion in its most vulnerable points. Slavery he believes to be the most vulnerable of all. During his administration of the War De partment, no General or other officer of the army will more than once return a fugitive slave. Those who flatter themselves that in his appointment the cause of slavery, of the rebels, or of the Border States, or of the “hands-off” type, has gained an ally, will be charmingly disappointed. He is not a man of roscwatcr-doubts as to the expediency or propriety of doing this or that thing, of arming this or that class of men ready to fight for the Union. His only ques -1 tion. will be, how moat rapidly and thoroughly 1 to crush the rebellion. The Washington correspondent of the ifrcuf ng ibef makes the following statements NUMBER 165. respecting the newly appointed Secretary of War: “It turns out that ilr. Stanton is an Anti- Slavery Democrat, or rather a War Democrat of the school of Dickinson and Cochrane. He believes most fully in the propriety of using the institution of slavery as a*means to strike down the great rebellion. He fully approved in Dccemberof ilr. Cameron’s report, and is more heartily hated to-day by tbe Pro-Slavery and white-feathered Democrats in Congress (there arc but few of them) than any member of the existing Cabinet. He is a live man, and will urge an active and aggressive policy upon his colleagues in the Cabinet^” EST* Orders have been receivcd-.it Camp Dennison, Columbus, for four Ohio regiments to go to Romney at once. They will find Gen Lander s column across the Potomac. DIED. 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B, WOOD, Practical Chemist. Chicago. 111. least rsrrr.T. Jalß-kAJ9-lt TO EXCHANGE.—The adverti ser has I*3o acres of good Farming I-andr, and two hundred dollars In cash, which he wishes to ex change for a good stock of Stationery. Address *‘S.M.,” Tribune OlSce. Chicago. jaiO-k-toOdt TO RENT —A small Cottage House, No.iSS Hubbard streer, between Rucker and Elizabeth streets. Inquire on the premises. ja2o-k417-.l T3OARDING.—Persons requiring JL> Board an‘d pleasant rooms can find them hr ap plying immediately at Lake street. jai6-kaw iw T> GARBING. Desirable rooms JD with hoard mav now he had at 4'J Van Bnrea street, third door cast of State street. Ja2o-ks>Mia BOARDING. —Pleasant rooms, m suits or single, to rent with hoard, located on Wabash avenue, within throe blocks of the Post Oiilcc, Address P. O. Box IP4S. pLARIvS INDELIBLE MARK \_J ING PENCIL, For coarse or fine clothing. Designed to supercede Indelible Ink of all binds. See notices from the Scien tific American and New York Press. Also, specimens of marking where can be. found the Pencils. For sile at F. MUNSON'S, No. 140 Lake street, Chicago, lit JaiO-k-UO-lm pASH ADVANCES.- Reynolds, Ely & Co make LIBERAL ADVANCES IN CASH On FLOUR. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS, consigned to 2. S. Ely & Co., New Yens. jaiT-kigfcMltvnet WAUGH’S “MIRROR OF f T ITALY.”—Anv person desirous of purchasing a one half interest m the Finest Panorama ever painted, (the same which was exhibited in Chicago List winter), can have a bargain bv calling at h‘s Dearborn street, or addressing “E. D. CARR,”Tost office Box '■lFlti, Chicago. Jaao-kU>St TPO JEWELERS, SILVER JL SMITHS, and all others working In Gold and Silver. Pond your Sweeps Wasbtncs. Polishings, &i-, to the Gold and Silver Reilnerv of'LOl'lS LELoNG. SI, and 38 Mulberry stmt. Newark. N. J. Returns Sioim ily and correctly made. New York. Fmla elplila or Boston references given. jaA'klSMJw ~\T ALENTINES FOR ISU2. ▼ My slock for the approaching season will he en tirely new, and will far surpa.-a that of former years. Valentines, Single, from 1 coat to Twenty Dollars VALENTINES IN $5 LOTS, Valentine? in $lO Lots; Valentines in f,H) Lots. Come and SjurriuEN-TAi. Valentises Assoutep, Patriotic Comic Valentime?. Envelopes. Cards, Weiters, &c. Ko Commission, but Cash Salle’s at Half the Price. JOHN W. NORRIS. 1W Madison street, Chicago. lIL jy The Trade supplied on the must liberal terms. Jal7-!i413-lwnct CLEIGTI FOR SALE.—A very fine one-scated Albany Sleigh, beautifully up holstered, ALSO One Express Wagon of Extra Quality. A TWO-SEATED ROCK A WAV CARRIAGE was left In mv yard over a rear since. If It L« not called for in thirty days. It wifi be sold for charges. Inquire of JOHN J. WRIGHT, on State street, one block south of Twelfth street. ja2o-kl.*d 3r THE G-REAT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, OF AMERICA, IS THE Connecticut Mutual LIFE INSURANCE CO. Accumulated As»et* OVER $4,000,000 Non-Forfeiture Policies. The premium is all paid up within TEN YEABiS, Arc Issued by this Company on terms far more Eivor able to the assured than by any other SOUND COMPANY. The various plans’npoti which Life Insnranee Is done by this Company ABE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE ASSURED Than any other plans now in use, Send for the books and papers of the Company to L. D. OLMSTED & CO., General Agents, COBSEE LAKE ASD LASALLE STB, CHICAGO. tja3o-k«Ut] JMPORTANT TO THE LADIES. . “ We. the undersigned, ladies of the City of Chicago, *• hereby certify that wc were Induced hy tno solicita “tione of Mr. 5. SIDNEY JEWETT, to examine Mr. “J. Kohler’s New Improred Method for Cutting “Ladies’ Dresses, and must acknowledge, after a “thoroughtrial.that the same Is very ana “easy to comprehend. We can now cut w “ this method with precision, and alwarenwfc-ra Dwau “tlfnlfit. It is for superior to any method *eh>ve “ever tried. On account of the »^ v aata_o we “ arc derirlng from this system ! “duty hound to recommend the “ to obtain a thorough knowledge of the art ox cutting. Mrs. BID WELL. Dressmaker, opp. the Post Office. Mrs T C trows ON* Dressmaker, SSI South Clark E Mn rßAfi BROADWAY, Dressmaker and Mliliaer, Mrs. McCABTNET, Dressmakers and MDltcers. 523 State street. Mrs. WM MO BSE, Dressmaker. W4 South Clark-st. Mrs. BTENE. Dressmaker. 115 Mattlsca street. __ Mrs T. O. BERG ED, Dressmaker and Milliner. 3Sj South Clark street. Mrs. M. A AGSBB. 5144 Randolph street. Hisst'STENDOBF, 210 Randolph street. Mre.C. HOCBEKA.UB, Washington street. Mrs. DAvls. North Clark street. J. KOHLCB* Office.Ko. G Metropolitan Block. jaSC-fclSg-R RATES OF ADVERTISING is nr* CHICAGO DAILY TEIBUNEg One (3 lines Use Square subsequent ;*a<.(3t $1)... jiS One Square. two weeks, (dw£i.*\* r s.od One Square, one month. o2msS.!»i 5.00 One Square, tnrec months, (4a £ls Of.) ,ya One Square, six months, ()a $25.03) .7,30.06 One square, one year 30.00 Schedule of Price? for more space chao Oat Square can he seen, at the Countin'? Koom. tSf“ All transient Advertisements to be paid fcf IN ADVANCE. All changes charged thirty cents per&qnarsr XA.TXS O T ADV23TXai* eDf W2SKLT TSOUS3: SI.OO per Square, each week, for first wwwMt. 8.00 per Square, for each subsequent month. 36.00 per Square for one year. Nrin SUibertiscmrats. gOME OF THE BARGAINS AT W. M. ROSS & CO’S Great Closing Out Sale: HEA.-VTT plaid silks For Three SblliL* ga. DOLLAR SILKS FOR FIFTY CENTS* GOOD BLACK FOP. SIS SHILLINGS. EXTRA RICH SILKS FOR ONE DOLLAR. 50 p “SSi?!SvS&S* SUkJ r “ 911 lUch Paris Dc Laincs for fifty cents, worth oae dc’lar Extra quality Printed French Mcrinoes for llftr cents. worth one dollar. * *■** SO pieces Choice Styles Wore Wool Valentins for one and-slx-ptnce, worth three shillings. 5,000 pieces New gtries Phillip Allen and American Print Works’ Print* for one shilling. SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, FLANNELS, TICKS, STRIPES, And Domtstics of every description, as low as can be bought In the United States, and mash be low their present value. Look.for Great Bargains. W. H. BOSS & CO., 167 & 169 lake Street. [deS?-kC tfel’Sl] EOYAL HAVANA LOTTERY, Conducted by the Spanish arawlne ol January Ith. 1*52, No. RViJI drew $ IDO COO : No. 10,342 drew $30,000; rto. t No. lO.TH drew $5,000; being the information famished co -» Bankers, 1A WaU street, New York. COUNTRY NEWSDEALERS V_/ should send lor a PRICE LIST to SHEAR & CO., WHOLESALE SEWSDEALEFtS. FOIiWAIiDFKS OF NEWSPAPERS, Periodicals, Books and Stationery. Oar Eastern connections and railroad facilities en able ns to supply the rrmle with every article in our line with the utmost despatch and at the lowest prices. Chicago Daily Papers supplied at pahlUaers* rates; all the Eastern It teklies furnished at ’i of a cent, ad vance on the wholesale price, with Express charges psid. Orders tor Foreign Publications and all Mis cellaneous goods promptly filled. SHEAR & CO., SS Griswold street, Chicago I. X. SHEAR 4C0., 53 Hutlsoa street, New York, r.O. Box 2701. Jal6-kfSl-lm A T A SPECIAL TERM OF TIIE Jl%. New York Superior Court. held at the Cite Hail In the City of Now York, the Vclh dav of Jauuarv, ISC* Present, Hon. CLAUDIUS L. MO NELL, Justice. SAMITE L S tv HITE, aealnst ASAIIEL JONES and UILBEIiT C. PLATT. On reading and tiiimr the summons and complaint la the above nititied action, together with Hie alfiduit* of James Holbrook. James Oavler amt Samuel S. While, all severally sworn to on tftc Uh day of January instunt, and on motion of Noyes and Trier, Attorneys for the plaintiff herein. OtDKRED, That the above defendants Asahcl .Tones’ and Gilbeit C. Piatt. and each of them, be, and they are hereby enjoined, restrained and commanded to re train from receiving or opening any and tin letters or orders. or either, directed or addressed to Jones and White, or to Jones. White & Co.; or to Jones, White & McCurdy, or to any or either of said firms. or name?, and from filling the same or the orders or request con tained therein, and from in anv way tnterlcrlnsr witli the business of the said former firm, or the good will thereof or of the plaintiff, or of his Interest therein until the other or further order of thin Court to that “ifect. IL D. LIVINGSTON, Cierk. JailO-k lol>3t Large white Bremen GEESE.—A few pair of the monstrous WHITE GEESE, Of the BREMEN IMPORTATION, for sale at the SniaiT FARM, Coot County, lU. Oraddresf thesuhscriber, Chicago. HL, care of Hon. John Wentworth. Thev can he safely sent to any part of the United States. CIIAS. L. REED. JiCIQ-klST'it PE. MINOR, 31. D., having dis • covered a permanent cure for Hernia or Rap ture ion young or old), and from one to fifty years standing, in inunfourto eight weeks, without ax opbratio.v. In the use ofan external medicine that docs not interfere with labor or business pursuits Can be consulted free, at bts olilce, southwo>t cor. of State and Randolph streets, Chicago. lIL < Room No, g urmtairs.) Post Office Box 25&1. The beet Trusses furnished and fitted on reasonable terms and gatlrlaction given or no charge for fitting. j.i2U-kUslui ,-ffor 3£uropc. gTEAM ‘WEEKLY BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL, Landing and embarking passengers &t Qnccnstoira, (Ireland.) The LIVERPOOL, SEW TORE sad PHILiDELPHU STEAMSHIP COMPANY "Will dispatch every Saturday their full power Clyds* built Iron Steamships, CITY OF KEW YORK- hDINBCRGH. CITY OF r.ALTLMOIIK. KANGAROO, CITY OF WASHINGTON, GLASGOW. CITY OF MANCHESTER, VIGO, ./ETNA, BOSPHORUS. Rates of passage as low as bv any other line. PM senders forwarded to all the principal cities of Eoropa Persons wishing to brim out their friends wn bay tickets In Chicago to (treat advantage. Thnse Steamers have superior accommodation*, and carry experienced Surgeons. Tlieyare built In waxes tight sections, and carry patent lire anaiUllAtots, For farther Information apply to CLEGUOIiN. LKOSXS * CO„ General Western Agents. 13 Leslie street, Chicago. IW*Exchangeon Europe sold Insama of £L and up» wards. Uih2l’6l-l7lßtp 'J'HROUGH ■ TICKETS TO AIL PAETS OF EUROPE, BY GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY ASD Regular Weekly line of First-Olas Ocean Steamers, SAILING EVERY SATURDAY MORNING From the Railway Company’s Dock at Quebec. ’Freight shipped on through blits of lading. Send fet farther Information to JAMBS WARRAOK, General Western Agent, 12 Lake-at. Chicago. WALTER SHANL— A .General Manager, Montreal ]el3’6l-lyl3tp QH ARLES L. KOBIE, WHOLESALE ANT) RETAIL DEALER 1S KEROSENE, COAL, AND CARBON OILS, Lamps and. Chandeliers Adapted to Churches, Balia. School Rooms. 4c. AT NOBLE'S LAMP & OIL tMPORIUK No. ITS Lake Street. 5623*61-l3tp QKE FIRE LASTS FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON, Without Ee-Bnilding. BASE BURNING STOVES, SAILWAY COAL BURSES, Parlor Furnace, or DonWe Heater, AKD THE KEW STOVE MORNING GLORY. VAN SHAACK, No. 47 STATE STREET No. M Has the sale of these popular Stove*. [oCl4'g3€s-l3tp] JpOR CHAPPED HANDS USE THE Cocoaine Soap, Cocoaine Soap, Cocoaine Soap, Cocoaine Soap, Cocoalae Soap, Cocoaine Soap, Cocoaine Soap, Cocoaine Soap, Cocoaine Soap, Cocoaine Soap, Cocoaine Soap, Cocoaine Soap, For all roughness and evaluations of the SJda. Ing equals it, and lor producing an abundant' pascy lather It Is guarranteed to toe best or Frtncb Soaps. Pnt op In bo sea cooulninj twes c itca at 35 and 50 cents per pox. We also olftr over IWdlf* fcrent Toilctlesol'Englßa, Frmcß iPiJrtMB Soap. of tie best makes. tndclSSita, Opposite the Tremont Home deig-gS 8-tstp rpo SHIPPERS OP PRODUCE I IS3 Importers from. Enrope* Tbc Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada lane Thrones Buis of I jiding from the west to Liverpool, for all descriptions of produce, at very loir rates, whick icclnde all expenses, except Ocean Insurance. They also pmn: Through Bills of Lading from Havre, Llrar* pool and London. Apply by mall orpersoaaliy to JA§. WABkACK, Gen. western Agent, No. 12 Lake street, ClScaga M. Pzsnington, Gen. Freight Agent, MoatreeL Je2S-ly-lstp To Consumptives.—The adver User, haring been restored to health la a few weeks br a very simple remedy, after haring suffered several years with a severe long affection, and that dread dis ease, Consumption, Is anxious to known to hig fellow sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it he will send a copy of the prescription used (free of charge), with directions for preparing and using; the same, which they will And a sure core for Comromn tion. Asthma, Bronchitis, &c. The only object "'of the advertiser in sending the prescription is to benr-fit the afflicted: and he hopes every sufferer may try 'ais rem edy. as It will cost them nothing, and aaj prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription will pleas© address Bev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Ktnga County, New 1 ork. ocli-w-Sni . A D OPTION. —A he?ithy female J~\ infant wiU be given for adaption.* The puttee must he of the highest respect vJiht y and pious peopta. Address F.V. Bps 3WI. ]avt»%&. PACKERS AMD