, 1862-02-15
Rurnside's Great Success.
Official Accounts Of the Battle Of
Roanoke Island.
Wise Dead--Lyneh Drowned--0ther
Rebel Officers Prisoners.
SIGEL OCCUPIES SPRINGFIELD.
TIE SOUTH DESP0NDEAT OVER THEIR
LOSSES.


Il 1kPN4 " ASX1AX"A"Ns
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune-7
WASHINGTON, February, H. 1862
Marshal Lanon has discharged Deputy Jail
u Duya]l for the double otfense of testifying
,eforc the Potter Committee, Eand revealing
oarbarities praeticed On slaves in jail.
The House Committee have agreed on the
to the utler bill which passed
The Senate. One leaves out the enumerated
articles in the original bill, and provides for
the selection by an Inspector General By
mother, malt liquors IRE added to prohibited
articles. Suffers to have lien to tile extent
Of one-sizth the soldiers pay. :.
Officers receiving presents from suffers are
punishable by court martial The Colonel,
with the consent Of council Of adninf6tra-
tion, may dismiss the sutlcr, but not forfeit
his stock
The bill providing for. the occupation and
cultivation Of cotton lands, Of which Senator
Foster gave notice yesterday, provides for tho |
appointment Of a boar1 Of receivers an1 gnar- |
dians to manage the property entrusted to |
them By military authority for the benefit Of |
the United States. =: =:
This Boanl is to let the land in lots Of from
one to three thousand acres for . year or less
formoney, or on shares Sc q cultivate it th'nl-
selves. x -
They arc to purchase Il ffarming&utensils, etc,
to the amount Of ten dollars for each acre, and
TO employ q superintendent. register is to
be kept Of all INDECENT persons coming upon
each plantation with their personal description,
and they arc to be employed at fifty cents per
day, and properly cared for. With tile ad-
yanced money hospitals arc to be erected for
them l1nd physicians provided, the Treasury
to supply the funds aud take the profits.
The Senate in executive session, to-day,
unanimously confirmed Gen. G. F. Smith, Of
Paducal1, the various charges against him be-
ing satisfactorily disproyed.
Hon. E. B. Washburne Of Illinois returned
to-day from Galena, where be was called re-
|. Gently by the death of his son.
t It appeared in the course Of the discussion
oq: Senator Grimes's amendment to the Army
Iii, repeating tGc. act last session authori~
zipg the President to appoint aid-dc camps
to Major Generals without confirmation
By the Senate, that General Mcclellan
has forty five aids On his staff, not counting
| those detailed to other armies. Mr.. Grimes
said Sir Colin Campbell, commanding the
British army in India during the rebellion, had
| only three such aids; Wellington, at Wnter-
loo, only seven; and Marshal McaIahon, COM
manding q quarter of million soldiers at
Paris, has only two.
i It is understood that the House Committee
Of Ways and Means is opposed to the Senate
amendments providing for the payment Of In
tercst in coin and authorizing bonds to be put
in tile market.
The slave trader Gordon's counsel argued
tie motion for writ of prohibition upon the
execution before the Supreme Court, today,
but there was no decision.
The Committee on the Conduct Of the Wal
were engaged on Gen. Stone and Balls Bluff
to- day.
Senator Hazris's bill authorizes the Presi
dent by proclamation to establish provisions
governments in rebcllious districts, and to up
point Governors and three Judges, who
together shall exercise Legislative func
lions and otherwise; these tcrritoria
officers to determine originally, ant
alter from time to time, the limits Of thei
tcrritory, and to establish ports Of entry ant
delivery, and appoint collectors. The Prcsi
dent may also, by proclamation, suspend til
execution Of the act in whole or in psr'
and it shall become wholly imperative thre
months: after the meeting Of Congress mex
succeeding the close Of the rebellion.
The Senate Military Committees Cava1r
bill authorizes the President to reduce b
transfer, discharge, or otherwise, all cavalr
forces beyond fifty regiments, under sue
| rules and regulations as he p1eases-
) Brigadicr Gen. Siclles was brought befo,
the Judiciary Committee to-day, relative
!. the premature possession Of the President
Message by Wikoff. Sickles claimed that
: vas merely acting as Wikotf's attorney, az
= for TINT purpose had been making freque1
trips between the White House AZ
!, Wikoff's place Of confinement. Mea
y while the Sergcant-at-Arms nabb'
l. Lieut.. Watts, 0he gardcncr,) a,
s brought him before the Committee. Wat
- testified that he saw the message in the Lib
lo r., before its delivery to Congress, and re
1e it; but did not make copy. Subsequent
y = he repeated to Wykoff certain portions, viii
Nykoff In turn was enabled to commit (?)
t. writing verbatim. The tcnacity Of menao
is thus exhibited by Watts and Wykoff seer
~ 1ather astounding. while Sickles's off1cio1
a. ness In the premises remains to be explained
to ITO the Associated Press.l
aa WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Confedcrs
batteries on the Potomac still fire at passi
rs / vessels, but have not done any damage
IN The Navy Department has received 70
n, minous dispatches from Port Royal, con.i
" ing nainly Of accounts Of explorations, &c.
nd Considerable cotton can still be got
=. Edisto island; also small lots unginned
nearly an the plantations.
,1c The official report Of Gen. Burnside has b
~ ~ received Ut the War Department The do
fo ment is long, and only reiterates facts alrea
ed published.
- The Senate to-day confirmed c. F. Smith
in Brigadier General Of volunteers.
~ Secretary Stanton has nearly recovered Fl
ted ted his Illness, and was at. the War Depar'm
by to-day.
r. No decision has yet, it is believed, y
i've reached by the War Department IN the II
Of ter md Lane matter: Gen Lane Is stu y
tase ton. We have the authority Of Mr.. Gov
;tiT for saying that he made the original arraI
r. ment with Secretary Cameron by which
to Government agreed to furnish Gen. Lane =
gas negotiation, Gen. Hunters name was
nor used, and there was no fntimation that
one except Gen. Lane was to have the
napd.
r,o It IS probable that an important comm
wy ~ in Texas will be entrusted 70 Gen. Frem
~, y. and for reasons Of obvious fitness, the trt
iTte a;e, assigned to him will be exclusively
,,o5 mans.
'taa s9. Gen Sherman, at Beaufort, proposes that
AZ Government shall take charge Of the p1a
was fions coming into its hands, and shall raise
49,. cotton, giving employee pay to the negs
9aL- az keeping the latter under strict but kind
l1ce ny, ciplinc Of overseers. He also proposes
in. suitable teachers te PROVIDED 1or INC OIL