, 1861-10-10
New Orleans Greatly Alarmed.
GARI3ALpI AND TEN Gov
EHNMENT.
sigeI said to be attacking Price
III tho Ecu7".


Especial Dispatch to the Chicago TtibuncJ
WAsH1SGToS, October Q, 1881.
We have no official adVfces cor1irn1atory OF |
the telegram from, New Orleans to the Rich |
mond Examiner, announcing the presence Of |
the Vincernes, Water Witch and several other |
National vesEe1s 1T the head mouth Of the
Mississippi. It is not improbable, however, |
as orders were iorg since q gigan to seize the
position, and erect three batteries there, so
Is to efectuo lly blockade all the five mouths
Of tie river. Commodore Meryile ttought it
impossible to cut a passage through the
mud fer vessels, but his more ac:iye successor
has probably done it. The guns to be
mounted are probably the tweatysight nine
irch Dah]grens sent to Fort Pickens, md
which, not being needed there, have been lying
ut Tortugas.
Gen. Hancock's Brigade, which is q part of
Gen. ". F. Smiths Division, advanced this
morning in the direction Of Lewinsville, meet
ing nc opposition.
john De LaaIontague, Of New York, has
keen appointed Consul at Nantz, France.
The Potter Investigating Committee sd
jou1nel to-day. It has examined five hundred
| Witnesses, whose testimony makes five hun
dred pages Their first report embraces two
! hundred and thirty seven disloyn Govern
ment employees. Their second report will BE-
presented tomorrow, showing two hundred
aud thi1ty.tlve liE1oyal clerks, chiefly and a.
most equally distributed in the Treasury. Ia
ter:cr, War and Navy Departments.
Five hundred thousand dollars were sen. to
Chicago tonight, to be distributed as fol
ows:-Quartermaster's department, oce hun
d,ed ard seyenty-fve thousand; additional
experditure, one hundred thousand; horses
for 61ogcons, twenty-five thousand; trs1spcr-
tation Tor the army, one hundred thousand !;
clothing, one hundred and eighty Thousand.
| Tie total cash disbursements during the
month Of September IL twelve millions;
Last year, less than one ,::i1ioa.
Capt, Henry Be]Enar, 18th Infantry, re-
lieves First Lieutenant. ]. 2. ". Neil, Of tht
same corps, In the duties as mastering ani
lisbnrz:Eg officer At Cleveland, Ohio.
Three Treasury clerks have been discharged
| fCr care1essuess in trimming Treasury notes
Il. F. Blow, our new Venezuela Minister
E Mis.cur!an, who is largely interested in Leaf
mines ttcre-is here receiving Instructions
He is strongly opposed to Fremont, whose in
capacity and extravaganza he condemns.
Gov. Yates and several prominent Ilinoisan
!. are here, pressing upon the Government th
acceptance Of five additional regiments Of cay
8 el1y, for which Al equal rumber OF Colonel
: stand in readiness. The War Department wi
accept one of these, and wishes the others 9
g. infartry, which dikpleazes the Colonels an
their representatives hare. Among these 3!
It pIrants are Lieut.. Governor Hoffman, and il
!, ". Bell, OF Chicago.
i. The War Department have accepted Il
e cavalry regiment Of Col. Bassett, of spzin
2 field, Illinois, enlisted to Eerre in the lndis
~ country, and to pass the winter in 'front.'
9 forte. Col BasBett is here, attending to i
outfit and armament. It is to be equipp'
q. a. with carbines, and includes corps Of art
n le1ists, with mountain hoWitzers.
ae nliroisans here are pressing claims Of CT
J, ergo tor Western Arsenal
{, The troubles Of the Hecker-Jager Regime
to Of Chicago have illuminated in. referring
n 4; the case to Washington. Col. Hecker, Maj
~. Nv Euue< aud others, are here.