Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-07-15
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, July 14-The navy depart
ment has received dispatches, stating that
lieutenant commanding Braine recently picked
up at sea in an open boat, eight contrabands
from Little River Inlet, South Carolina, from
whom information was obtained that two
schooners were preparing to run the blockade,
laden with cotton and turpentine, and that
their cargoes were already in the warehouse,
near the wharf, ready for shipment. Capt
Gibson ordered an expedition fitted out, con-
sisting of an armed boat from each vessel,
commanded by lieutenants Braine and Bunce
The town was found deserted. The schooner
at the wharf was not considered worth the
trouble of bringing away. They found at the
wharf and warehouses, two hundred barrels
of turpentine, sixty bales of cotton, and fifty
three barrels roSin, the whole of which was
destroyed by fire, valued at about $50, 900.
Commander Henry French has been ordered
to the command of the Santiago Lieut..
Alexander Murray has been ordered to the
command of the navy yard at Portsmouth,
N. H.
The committee of ways and means have a
recommendation before them urging the ne
cessity of congressional legislation to relieve
the specie market. There has been no off.
cial action, but it is known that some of the
members are opposed to the project, while
others favor an issue of two and half dOllBr
treasury notes.
Col. Frank Blair has gone to Missouri to
proceed to the work of raising brigade.
The medical inspector general and medical
inspectors are ordered to report in person
without delay to the surgeon general. Col.
w. r. Lee Goth, Massachusetts volunteers,
will report in person to the governor of Mas
sachusetts to assist in raising new regiments
of volunteers until his health is sufficiently re-
stored to enable him to join his regiment
Assistant surgeons Samuel Adams, Robert
Cruice and E. Dew Benman and acting as
sistant surgeon Thomas Mcmillan will report
in person without delay to Major Gen. Nc
Clellan for duty. LIST Lieut.. Justin Dimmick
LIST artillery, will report in person to Major
Gen. Mcclellan for service with one of the
batteries of the army of the Potomac.
The members of congress from the border
states met, but did not conclude their business
tonight. 1t seems certain, however, that
while they with perhaps half dozen excep-
tons, will not endorse the presidents emanci-
patton scheme, they will, nevertheless, pro-
pose its respectful consideration to their re-
spective states.
The senate, in executive session tonight,
confirmed the following Brig. Gen. VIM.
B. Franklin, of Unite@ States volunteers, to
be major general of volunteers, to date from
July 4, 1862; Brig. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner,
to be brevet major general, for gallant and
meritorious conduct in the battle of Fair
Oaks, Virginia; Col Samuel 2. Heintzelman,
of the 18th regiment of infantry, to be brevet
brigadier general for gallant and meritorious
conduct in the battle of Fair Oaks Col.
Erasmus ID. Keyes, of the 18th infantry, to
be brevet brigadier general for gallant and
meritorious conduct at the battle of the Chick
ahominy, Virginia; Brig. Gen. Edwin V.
Sumner, United States army. Brig. Gems.
Samuel P. Heintzelman, United States vol
unteers, Erasmus ID. Keyes, U. S. volunteers,
and Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter, United
States volunteers, to be major generals of VOL
unteer, to date from July (, 1862; Can't.
John Pope, of the typographical engineers,
and now major general of volunteers,
to be brigadier general in the United States
army, vice Gen. Wool appointed major gen.
eral; Col. VIM. B. Franklin, 18th infantry,
to be brigadier general by brevet for gallant
and meritorious conduct in the battle before
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