, 1862-03-08
What is Thought Of his Published
Defense.
COTTON LAND BILL PASSED.
VOTE OF THE SENATE UPON IT.
Gen. Pope at New Madrid.
TIE TOWN. INVESTED AND TO
BE TAKEN.
Gen. Pillow Calls on the South
10 ssRush to Arns.7'
ROBERT T0oMBs TO COMMAND
THE REBEL ARMY.
The War Policy, Invasion.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE REBEL CONGRESS.
FROM WASHINGTON.

OF THE REBEL CONGRESS.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.]
WAsHSG1os, March7, 1t63-
The rebel Congress have unanimously adopt
cd preamble and resolution, setting forth
that:
WHEREAS, The United States arc wagIng war
with the avowed purpose Of compelling the Con
ftdetatc States to rennite with them under the
same Constitution and Government, and which
only tends to consolidation in one general Govern
mcnt and consequent destruction Of the rights Of
States and Of the results attained by separation;
ard scEerfas, the two sections can only exist to-
gether in the relation Of oppressor and oppressed
because Of the great preponderazce Of power in |
the Northern section, coupled with dissiuaiarity
Of interests; therefore,
Refolred, That this Congress do soicmnlE declare
a1d tublishto the world the nnalterable determt
nation Of the Confederate States to s1er all the
calan;1ies Of q most protracted war, but never
again to politically affiliate with people guilty OF
an invasion Of their soil and butchery Of their cit
izens.
b1r. Faulkner denies, in published letter,
having made Union speech at MaEtinshurg.
The Massachusetts Second occupy the Court
House at Cbarlestown where John Brown vas
tried. The regiment, while marching thither
from Harper's Ferry, broke forth in the John
Brown chorus"
It is rumorcd that MI. Toombs is to be made
Lieutenant General and put in chief command
Of tho rebel army, and that he will inaugurate
offensive warfare by throwing IN immense mil
ita1y force into the free States. (O
Practical men estimate the franchise Of the
| Pennsylvania Avenue Railroad as worth half
4 million dollars annually.
| Mai. Myers, the head of the signal corps, has
invented rocket which carries up parachute
ard leaves it in air to descend slowly, display
ing colored fires, scarlet, red and white, at in
tervals; the arrangement Of these and the
time Of burning being indicative Of words and
phrases. Also, to facilitate night signaling,
he has invented colored lights, termed aste-
risk signals. Successful experiments were
recently made at midnight
+ Afr. Fosters cotton land cultivation bill
passed the Senate this morning by the follow
ing vote:
-Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Clark, Cola
| mcr Dixon. FesEenden, Foote, Foster, Grimes,
Pae marsR kng
Trumbnl1, Wade, Wiley, Wilmot and Wilson Of
Mass. Total-26.
rie, Henderson, Kennedy, 5cDougal, Pearce,
Powell, Rice, Salisbury, Thomson, Wilson OF Mo.
and Wright. Total-l4.
Mr. Harris was in his scat but did not vote.
Mr. Doolittle left the chamber three minutes
before the vote, having first voted against a
, motion to postpone the special order for the
purpose of taking up the BILL
Mr. Garlic Of Va, mnde pro.slayery
speech against the bill, and indicated his op
position to the Presidents Message.
The Senate, in cxectiye session to-day, con
frmed Brigadier Generals st. Geo. Cooke, But
terfeld, Graham, ". 7. Ward, Paine, Sykes
William 4. Richardson, Stanley, Burns, Rous
scau, Reno, Fitz John Porter, Plummer, AMI
Davies A general disposition was shown II
reject The Brigadicr Generals on Mcclellan
Q and Halleck's staff. Governor Morgan, ". z
e Strong, Lockwood, Sickles and German wer
- - all passed over.
i, During the debate Oh Fremont, today, Ill
/ Gooch Of Mass., who is member Of tile Con
i duct Of the War committee, said Fremont
! publication in the New York Tribune, was nc
1 authorized by the committee, but against th
expressed wishes of the committee. Also
that it was only embraced in answers to verb;
interrogatories.
. The Senate Military Committee had unds
consideration a bill for a railroad from Wasl
- ington to Baltimore. through the uppt
= counties Of Maryland, by which the fare sha
~ be reduced from dollar fifty to seventy cent
y The Secretary Of the Navy lns addresse
- the naval committees Of both houses, urgin
- the necessity Of the construction Of mo-
h gunboats.
Ut Contracts for the transportation Of suppi
t. for the next Two years from Fort Leave
y worth and Kansas City to posts west, ha'
r. been awarded by Gen. Meigs to Irwin, JAG
n man & Co., the former contractors.
ae By the bill providing for the casriage
st mails to and from foreign ports, as reportt
a. from the Committee on Post Offices and Pc
IS, Roads, vessels clearing FROM foreign ports I
n the United States are obliged to receive m:
III n4 matter placed on board by the American Co
Lrg sui or the postal officers at such ports.
cd ITO the Associated P1ess-1
'nr WAsu1se1os, March 7-The Senate tod
a. confirmed as Brigadier Generals, Gener,
be Eleazer A. Paine and ". 4. Richardson of
Jul 1ineif; ". T. Ward Of Kentucky; and G
as' as' Philip st. George Cooke Of the I'd U. s. cs
oII III, airy. r
lna conpanied By his son Robert johnson, ".
md Browning, Hon. Horace Maynard, and HI
ave Emerson Ethridge, left for Nashville tod
WAsHEeroN, March 7:--The President
nominated Col: Harvey BroTn, Of Fort RI
Capts. Ben, Mexican, Dupont, Goldsborou
and Farragut we're to-day confirmed by
ng Senate as Flng Officers Of the Navy.
etic The following were confirmed as Survey
,3cx r. Z. Meeker, Mesqua1ly, Washington Te
hcs tory. The following were also confirmed !:
son ". Chatterton. Indian Agent, Chero
That Agency; G: q. Hale. Superintendent Of Ind
d to AtiMts n washington letm.o'y Ti.;ay tn9mas Ms
'deo s. r. Jameson, Receiver Of Public Money
Nebraska; r. Steut, Attorney, and G..
fled Gibbs, Marshal Of Utah; =. D. Shattuck,
,en+ torney for Oregon; W. Watson, Marshal
aar- number Of army nominations were confirm
aid but none Of field officers.
0 be VIA NEW ToRK-
ston New YORK, March The New York
fetal 1at,,e's Washington correspondent telegrs
-: that the following statement Of the strer
y LII and disposition Of the rebel forces oppose
frees the Union army Of the Potomae was perte
aea, biz occurred aince, but the main :facts =
ue still correspond with the figures: At Ger
ca, vile, which is now the strong poiats OF
IN be rebels, there are 50 GOO infantry II .0o cs
, the | # anu 11Q pieces Oh Calluon, uxuL Auu 0t
Behind the batteries along the Potomac, t
u lte arc from Il, ,0Coto Is, 900 men.
on Of At Gum Spring, between Leesburg
. out Centersille, there are three regiments 9
+ha- fant1y with squadron of cavalry. At
Lacy burg there are three regiments Of infantry
battery and four hundred cavalry. At I
S miles south Of Brentsyi1le that is to say
Ites-| 10 miles south OF Manassas, there is one
. The ade Of infantry Of $500 men. These f
do include Any part Of Jackson's Is army
Gen. Ing the enemy's lett wing, against which
on OF Banks is operating ut Herper's Ferry. Til
may nota Ian 1glmen1, s m1ole he,s eon'l1n1es, a
aztec' ten, twenty and thirty days. All Of the tt
living from South Carolina, North Carolina, Te
7irtue sec and Louisiana haye gone home with
leach pasI ~ ~ ta.11 - esrvico hae ayyn;raJ y
'inccs eniistinr.
4 into The Hira1d's dispatch says the gunboat
>. elite and Island Belle discovered on Ne
day O number Of rebel cavalry near
no., Creek and fired 4 few shell, when the
18TH ran away, aud the steamers returned. A
!, Ga, fire was opened this morning by the
ct the Hotilla, causing great alarm among the
wv" At AouIa Greek and extending along u
pass river as far as Eyansport. The call Of :th
extended through greater number Of