, 1862-08-18
FK0M WASHINGTON
FIRST TROOPS UNDER THE,
NEW CALL.
5000 per day Marching to the
Field,
COILS. c0RGnRAN AND WILCOX IN
WASHINGTON,
Z lie New Western Gur.boats.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1


Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
WASHINGTON, Aug. II 1862.
lnd:auians have just received tile followin.
dispatch from Gov. Morton's private secrets.
r.; It You are mistaken, I think, in saving
that New York sent the first regiment under
the Presidents call for 100000 volunteers,
Ihe 10th Indiana was the first that have anv
knowledge OF. It left On Monday night last,
1uIy as1aed and equipped. Another leaves to-
MORROW. Several others will be ready bY the
mtoeze Of next week" This dispatch settles
tee matter, and the Hoosier State takes the
palm. Honor to whom honor is due!
Troops under the new call are aIrna5r
re:1hirg their destination at the rate of over
5.Go psr day: Within tho present week
tie daily number will be LARGELY increased
We have now over 800 rebel Prison
ers, taksn at Pope's battle Of Ceder
Mountain, here in the old capitol prison. II
solitary confinement is TO be the order OF the
Gay, Us jeff. Davis has ordered, we are
ready for it. Commissioner Barrett. of th,
pension Office, has gone to New Eu.r.
land for short summer tour. MANY other
heaos OF bureaus arc either away On sinilar
effands or making arrangements to go awa7.
tofcoraa has been released ard has arrived
in this city. He made q stirring speech this
afternoon. A large number Of other long i'm
Pfsoned e1hceEs have been released and just
arrived.
As eEideEce Of the extent to which tba p,vv
department is making preparations for the
west, It may be mentioned that Assistant
Secretary Fox in inquiring Of oft one OF our
western manufacturers about the capacity of
bis chop, told him he wished he could build a
dozen OF the new river Monitors at once for, !,
the Lower Ohio and Mississippi. The boats
ior which bids are now receiving np to the
2eth August are to be heavily iron plated
with revolving turret and iron ram
fashion, bow, and are to draw
ten feet Of water. Cincinnati Ger
taiDly, and st. Louis probably will take
coEt1acIs 1of ps1lloiu5 eoEno Of thoaa They
cannot be got ready for duty short Of four to
hFe months Efforts are being made to have
the designs changed so rs to have some of
them draw not more than six feet Of water:
western men are representing that otherwise
tnes arc nkely to prove useless during q
large part Of the year, over portion at least !
OF the country where they are designed to
operate.
.WAsn1ssTos, Aug. 17-The Commissioner
OF Inter- Revenues has prepared form Of |
book to be kept by distiIlers aud brewers
lion.
Coils. Corcoran and Wilcox, Lieut., Col. |
Bo"man, and Major Valys, arrived this morn
ing, accompanied by Adjt. Gen. Thomas.
Col. Corcoran, in response TO cali, ex-
pressed his ardent wish that this wicked re-
beuea should be speedily crushed. He va;
ready to take any position to serve his coun-
try. At another time he would take
40 opportunity to say a few words to
his fellow citizens. Hon. Alfred ElY has
been selected to make the welcome speech.
and the old Goth are ordered to Washington IT,
be present at the reception.
The navy department. has received particu-
lars Of the capture Of the steamer C5lumni,
6y the Santiago de Cuba, seventy-dve miles
from Ahaco. She left Nassau the day previous
nnder British colors, but with no register.
loaaed with munitions Of war. She is new
last iron propeller, probably intended for
confederate gunhoat. She had aboard Charles
ton, Savannah, and Badama piIots.