, 1862-08-30
The Draft Not to be Rigildy En-
forced on the LIST Sept.
Important Orders = fr0n1- .e!.o
War Department..
Appointments for Illinois
THE UEEELS SATISFIED WITH
POPE.S RECENT ORDER.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribu1e.l
WASHINGTON, August %, 1864.
There was another cabinet meeting to-day
Besides the Chiriqni colonization scheme,
other matters were discussed. The general
feeling with regard to the public affairs is un-
derstoed to he more satisfactory than yester-
day. Administration and military circles act as
if they had been quite the reverse Of bad
news, and good deal OF it.
The Chiriqui negro colonization scheme re-
ceiTed q quietus to day at the meeting. The
matter came up and was long and carefully
considered in consequence Of the representa-
lions Of the Costa Riean minister, as we'll it.
is understood, 81 because Of some other dii1i-
culties in the way and It Was finally decided
to abandon the whole scheme, At least
so far IS it involved the settlement Of
negro colony in Chiriqui. It IS
understood, however, that the president
does not desire to have the matter aoan-
doned here, and that Senator Pomeroy is Jet
expected to have some sort Of rowing commits
sion to make ezplor1tions through the trop:-
cal regions Of the continent, for ! suitable To-
caIity fer starting the proposed negro colony.
The plap, however, as laid before the public
IN Pomeroy's recent address to negroes, is
substantially Killed.
There can be hut little doubt now that the
war department has abandoned the idea Of en-
forcing the draft rigidly Oh the Lat Of Septcm-
btr.
The extension In Pennsylvania is likely to
be followed up by similar permission to such
,,&1,a otr oxrforsinnc ~
course, will be made under strict regulations
ard Tor comparatively short period. The e1-
Y,lanation Of this policy will be readily under
stood, when it is remembered the whole
coz, LOCO would make an enormous demand for
arms. It is no longer secret THAT the gov
| ernnent could not immediately supply the
! demand. j:
| Col. Mcconnell, OF the I'd Wisconsin, was
kll1ed during the Il ght yesterday.
The New York Tines contains highly sig
nihcant leader, announcing the delays befort
Manassas, at Yorktown, and on the Peninsula
and demanding that In the operations now ii
progress, there shall be no repetition Of ths
blunde7s Of the past campaign
The following tax appointments are under
stood to baye been made for Illinois: Chicago
district, collector, Geo. Schneider; Assessor
Ebenezer Peck Rockford district: collector
Watt Ta1cott; asseszor, Duncan Ferguson
Galena district: collector, Henry a. Mix; as
SCISSOR, Lester Il. Robinson
Tt-da7's New York Tribnne has 8 leaae
declaring that the real Significance O
! seward's lately published dispatch to Chas
F. Adams, lies in the intimation that it ne d
not otherwise succeed in putting down th
rebellion, We will not hesltate to enlist til
| whole slave population OF the South as asme
comhatants Oh our side, Aside from Sen
! ards letter, and from the Tri5u.aes interpre
| tation of It, there are other facts tt,
! warrant the belief thst the adm;nistratio
has been celebrating on the probabilit
and necessity Of adopting such course g
would ultimately result, unless the rebs1
| speedily laid down their aims and sought fd
| an amnesty, in the most fearful saryile iasu
reetion the world has ever seen
Rev. John AcAlla11 OF Pittsburgh, late {
Xeria, Ohio, chaplain of the 1o9th Penn.yiy
nia, taken prisoner In the recent eugagemer
in Virginia, was released yesterday by Il
. rebels on parole, and be came in to-da
} immediately on entering our lines again
was summoned to McCleuan's headquarser
. from whence he arrived here to-day. E
brings some very interesting messages fro
Gen. Stewart to Pope, SIS well IS the intel
r gence that since the late official explanatio,
$ Of Pope's orders about subsisting the arm
: On the enemy, they profess to be much hett
satisfied, anduo longer complaiu that he Vi
n latee the accepted fnles Of war among ci7iliz
e nations,
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunal
. WAsHrSGFos, August 20. 1862
70 Justicet to Illinois requires the ezp.anaei
L. that her troops are kept back from the it
e solely because the war department. has L
:, supplied them with arms, other troops
N side these from Ulinois are II the same Ct
a. dition.
,e ,e The negro colonization business has
: among the sand bars already. 4:
in The ministers from Costa R.ca and SO