Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-12-10
From WASHINGTON.
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Times

Special Dispatch TO the Chicago Times
Washington, Dec. o..
Everytbiug has been unusually quiet, ii,
both the civil and tho military line, to-;
day. g
C,ngress has been furnished with Sli-
delPs and Mason's protest against their arr
rest. 81
They take the ground that they were
simply passengers. going from Havana to
England, on a British mail steamer, and
were entitled 70 the protection of the Brit
ish Gag and that they we're arrested by an
armed force, who used violence, and in face
Of the protest Oe the Captain of the Trent,
and an ofieer of the British navy on board
she latter Of whom. in the name Of his eoy-
eminent. denounced the arrest as a piratical
act. rs-
!. The document is plain record Of things
as they gay they occurred, but which ac-
cardiug to Capt Wilkes statement, is mac
curate in mapy particulars. --ss.5
a large accommodating party went out
! to-day to capture some five hundred rebel
cavalry who were lurking on our advance
4 Ines but failed to catch them.
Secretary Gamer u left to-day FOR a brief
visit home.
Gov. Morton, Of Indiana, arrived to-day,
and is paying personal visits to the Indiana
4 TROOPS, to attend to their interests,
Gen. Mcclellan reviewed all the troops
on this side Of the Potomac to-day.
Lieutenant Hare, Of the Thirty first New
| York volunteers, was placed in Il sc con-
fnement io,day, on charge Of sleeping on
his post. -,
! 1t Is asserted ccnddenhy that be will
meet the extreme penalty Of death.
Secretary Chase completed his long and
interesting report on the national finances
to-day. .....sa..,
1t is expected that the House Iuves.igat
ing Committee viii REPORT on Monday.
Lieut.. Col. Reynolds has been appointed
Resident Agent at Port Royal, uuder til,
general regulations relative 10 securing ant
dIsposing of the property found or brough
within the territory now or hereafter occu
pied by the United States forces in III
disloyal States. He has been ordered &
report to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Washington. Dec. s.
Governor Morton Of Indiana sCritenden
kellogg, and others made speeches, lat
last night, with highly conservative tenden
cies.
Col. Kerrigan's court martial will com
mence Tomorrow. -
Ben. Wood viii take bis seat in the nous
tomorrow.
A deputati9n of the citizens of Dayenpo.
are here, urging on Congress the necessit
Of building a National Armory on Roc
; Island.
A large number of additional contraband
have just arrived here from the Lower 20
tomac.
Mr., Stanton will bring his contest fc
Jim Lanes sea. as Uoited States Senate
: from Kansas before the Senate this weel
Large amounts IF furage have been oil
tanned during "Reminiscences within ID
,, past few days,
Secretary Chase's report was sent on
mail Tonight.
1t contains important rec0mrnrm iationt
A bill was Introduced in Congress thi
week for the abolition Of slavery in tn
District Of Columbia.
The roads between Washington and til
Maryland side Of the Potomac are aImos
impossible for army baggage wagons
= New York. Dee. s.
a special to the Times, Washington, I'll
, says:
The republican causus was only attend
: ! ed by eleven members, and adjourned ate
. appointing committee TO issue call f.
q another causus on Monday evening. -
The Secretary Ct the Treasury's repol
, will he presented on Monday"