New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-26
onerations of the River Flotilla.
,gpllgS IN AND ABOUT FREDERICESBURG.
IMPORTANT BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS-.
Tho French Minister'S Visit to Richmond.
wAsaixsros, Friday, April Is, 1889.


Ioete,n fred IS 600 l3.nch shells Is absurd, and 20
q .bo Rebel hope that our ammunition will give ont;
.. 600 woud be more than AL of that caliber which
were thrown during the ,ieqe of Sevastopol. 1t IL
tp,wn positively tlat there wss Official intelligence
" Rehnond on Monday that the bombardment be-
ssp On Friday and continued through Saturday and
snpdav, that the firing fromtbe boats pronounced
,x,slent. but that il wac said that "no Rebel was
hurt" Tie fact that This news was kept out Of the
,eosrs and the tenor of Tie Day Books dispatch
esd 10 the opinion in high quarters that New-Or.
leans is by this time ours.
Relief FOR FLAG-OFFlCER FOOTE.
Some dave ago Flsg-Oflicer Foote requested the
navy Department TO relieve him from active duty,
sccompanyop his letter with the certificate of three
physicians that bis leg much swollen in con
sequence OF bic wound at Fort Henry, that be re-
Qalred reft. The Department alpreciatng tie in
estimsble value of CON- FO0te to the service, has
declined to aecede 10 his request but has ordered
Capt. Charles II. Davis, whom Capt FOote has sew
sra times indicated a. the successor whom he would
choose, immediately upon the conclusion Of bis
present labors as President OF tie Board, charged
vnhl the duty OF examining the Stevens Battery,
70 report 70 Fiag-OF.cer Foote for duty. Com.
Foote can thus, by making Capt Davis second in
command be relieved IRON arduous physical labor,
and at tbe time reisin general supervision Of
Tie operations which are TO drive the Rebels from
the Mississippi Valley.
OPERATIONS or THE RIVER FLOTIILh.
CAPS. Wymau, commanding the River Flotla,
xryed At tie Nsvy-Yard in the Yankee, to-day,
from the mouth OF the RappahaDDock lie reports
tbst on Tuesday afternoon, as the Anaeosta was
4 d \
she WAS fred INTO by small body Of Rebel infantry.
Some three or four yolleys were fired, some Of the
balls striking near tho steamer. She immediately
returned tbe compliment with a couple OF 9-nch
shell, which dispersed The Rebels
Tie boa's Of the hotlla within few days have
.syiured seven more schooners, some OF them well
feigtIed ihus increasing the number Of prizes 10
sxteeD two Of which are steamers. Capt. Wymsn
was on Sunday at Fredericksburg, where lie freely
oomn aneated with the inhabitants. Their feeling
toward the Rebel troops quarered there not one
sfsfeeiion. The soldiers. they sid, knew no law
SSA,he viii OF ther eonsssnder. aud were in Ihe
hba Of imrressiDg men and stealing property. Ex'
ssp about 500 cavalry, who remained TO watch
Gen. NJ .Dowels aud burn the bridges, all re,festsd
about three dave before his advance 70 Milford,
rzdo tbirty miles distant on the Richmond Railroad.
CAPT. Wym2n descnbes the rivor asa broau stream
Is far up as Tappabannock Beside tbe small work
d Urbana, at its mouth, where one gun, which has
been carried 70 Richmond was mounted, the only
bniGcation is Fort Lowry, on & low, candy point
II had mounted seven guns Of which three hhd been
carried away, aud four were thrown iuto the riyer.
Bui il wac 80 siuatedae u be easily shelled by gun
tOats. Cayl. Wyman believes thai a, any time
sree tie war began force could easily, for all thai
toe Rebels could have done 10 prevent, have been
lnded a. Tappahapuock, which is only y miles
from Richmond.
Between that place and Richmond, however, the
river becomes too narrow for gnboat TO turn
around and aows between berss from 80 to 100 feet
hyh, except where there swamp'. TIE only
iorlaesiiOn is earthwork, ten miles below Fred
eiieAsbu-g, al tie point where the fchooners were
found sunk in the channel Bat the banks are too !
high for the Of tie gunboats to serve, and
.uall force Of iufnlry, with few feld-peces could
have prevented the ascent Of the river BY boats
less sapIo ortd on shore.
TIE CASE or GEN. LOCKWOOD.
10 the csse Of the reigc ion by the Senate Of the
tomina,ion Of Gen. lockwood motion to recon.
Edef entered.
RENoMINATION OF GEN. sICKLHs.
The President, to-day, upon the accommodation
Of the Secretary Of War, Tenouiua,ed Gen. Daniel
l. ScAles ~ BlgadieF General. The President,
ya.1 sy, iu Announcing biz purpose to Reyerdy
Joa1son and others said taat tho records Of tho War
DsaEnent proved Gen. Sickes 70 be good officer
EMBALMING DEAD SOLDIERS.
ATecisl order bss been just issued floIn the War
DEPARTMENT, confening upon DJs. Brown aud Alex
andsr, and such Assistant Surgeons as they may ap
Pont Toe rgat 70 emGam the dead Of TIE United
Sae' Army anywhere within the lines, either in
enp or on the field sla to follow up The advance Of
ss land forces
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.
general order hss been issued from the Adjutsnt-
e'nerals Office directing that all the lock-ho1ses
s'si toows, aud ether property belonging 10 the
N.''aPesSe and Ohio Canal Company Oh the line
v iald canal, now he'd used, or occupied by this
'A'ed States officers or troops be forthwith given
and restored 10 the President Of the said Company
a. oieeTs Of the army are ordered to respect Alfred
orSes esq, as President Of tie ssid Company, are
E.io'ed from interfering n aay manner with him
: we Management Of the canal but are directed 10
tsl LIN sach a.d and assistance as IS consistent with
'8Ood &" the service, in keeping it in repair, aud
u'ihg oil restrictions which have been imposed
.s'u ue boats navigating The said calal. Tho Pres
-' the said Canal Company is authorized 70
al PASSES that may be required TO be used on
,s'Ia subject to the approval Of tie Commander
| Re District.
DEATH OF MAJOR TALBOT.
20 order from the Adiutant. G enerals Office m.
II 80 n 81