Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1862-03-26
News Items.

Ihat II IS tie best thing possible for the
Merrimac to get to sea, as she is not
good sea boat and can be easily run down
in deep water.
There is evidence that the main body Of
the rebel army left Manassas nearly two
weeks ago.
Attorney General Bates has decided
that disabled soldiert enlisted for three
years or during the war, are entitled to in
valid pensions under the act of July %,
1861, and that disabled men Of the three
months volunteers, under the Presidents
Proclamation Of April l5, 1861, are enti-
! tied to pensions under the acts Of 1902
and 1916. Also, that there is 10 law pro-
Yiding for pensions to the widows and or
phans of soldiers who fall in the present
war.
1t is considered that we have secured
great military advantages by the capture
/ of Newberne, and it places the safety Of
Gen. Burnside beyond question.
/ The friends Of Gen. Hunter will be
gratii II / h ar that he has been assigned
an Independent command ID field where
his abilities will have full play. The tele
/ graphic dispatch sayshis Department COM
prises the States of South Carolina, Geor-
Ola and Florida theater of action for
which, BY reason Of his righteous hatred
81 human slavery, he is admirably fitted
Gen. Sherman, now at Port Royal or in
that vicinity, is ordered to report to him
as a subordinate.
Senator Sumner has introduced bill re-
pealing the old law forbidding persons of
color to transport or aid in the Transports
ton Of mails.
Government has information from reia-
Bile sources that the four steam rams now
building by the rebels, two at New Or
leans and two at Mobile, are similar in con
struction, though undoubtedly more for
midable than the Hollins ram. They will
however, it is believed bear no comparison
with the Merrimac
The Ways and Means Committee are
still altering the tax bill. On quack med
icInes they have reduced the tax and re-
moved it from affidayits and acknowledge
ments and to put on deeds record. For
el5H NdIHiaHcs " " tttASd lthS uOtnS-
made.
General Burnside has been confirmed
Major General. No action has taken
place touching General BuelI's nomination
as Major General.
The relatives Of Capt. franklin Bu-
chanan, who commanded the rebel IRON
clad steamer Merrimac at the late fight,
have written to his relatives in Baltimore,
that he is dead, and bis body is to be
brought to the old homestead, on the
Eastern shore Of Maryland for intennent.
Secretary Chase said the other day that
The daily outgoes are now four millions.
Ii is believed that the accruing liabilities Of
the several departments are million more
daily. Another head of department
SAYS the army Of the Potomac costs be-
tween two and three hundred millions
more than enough to build two hundred
iron-clad vessels, with which we could
whip the world.
The Naval Committee formally voted in
favor Of the appropriation sufficient to
complete the Stevens battery, and fifteen
millions for the construction Of iron clad
steamers.
Diplomatic circles are sensibly disturbed
| by authentic news received from Cuba in
dieaUlng a serious misunderstanding be-
tween the allied powers in Mexico.
| The War Department viii probably au-
thorize the arming Of the Indians on the
Kansas border as Commissioner Dole ad-
yises it.
Secretary Chase, having withdrawn his
! tax bill which he sent 70 the ways and
means Committee, is engaged upon and
has nearly completed an elaborate and, it
is said, most iudicious bill, intended as a
| substitute for the bill now under discus
sion. Many Of the leading articles are
taxed much higher than thosein the House
bill and others much lower The Secreta-
nv recommends higher tax on whisky
and tobacco from so to 100 per cent.
Lacrosse has been visited by terrible
| conhaoration. Thirty-fye buildings in the
business portion Of the city have been de-
stroyed. The cost Of the buildings and
their contents could not have been less
than seventy-fve thousand dollars. The
actual cash value Of the property burned
reaches fifty thousand dollars, on Which
there was very little insurance.
4 Nothing has been seen or heard Of the
4 Merimac. Tbs Monitor occupies her usu-
al position above the fleet. She has re-
i ceived some alterations and additions ma
tesiallY adding to her impregnability.
Dispatches from Fort Smith, AK, say
the Memphis pspeis acknowledge the death
Of Gems. McCulocl and MsIntosh, at the
battle 81 Pea Ridge. The Memphis 1p-
peal contains, also, dispatch from R;chs
mond, dated 18th, that President DAVIS IS
coming west soon, and urges everybody to
rally to his standard.
II Al letter from an engineer Of the United
Estates gnDboat Water Witch, confirms the
cantue Of tie William Maloy, with Yam
cey o. board.
The late Provisional Government Of
Kentucky is held in a Sibley tent, near the
j Headquarters, of the rebel Gen. Crliten-