, 1862-03-06
IMPoRTAMT SOUTHERN NEWS
''The Handwriting on the Ea1l.''


Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.l
WAsH1Hsros, Febluary5 1862.
Lieut.. Col Emory Of the Sixth cavalry, and
Coils QuimDy and Patrick of New York, hare
been nominated for Brigadler Generals.
General Laaler will be buried from Rev.
Dr. Hu1l's ChEzeh, under military escort. His
body guard VII be company & sharp shoot
cts from his na1=ve city, Salem, Mass., who
hare been with sim since tIas fight at Ed
wards's Ferry.
Half of the pall-rearers are to be civilians
Gen Lander not having cherished special lore
for the regular army.
The body arrived this morning, attenacdby
lRge number Of his officers and menatE2t t
has been already embalmed ard will
to Salem after the funeral.
. Philade1phia and New York merchants have
petitioned Congress for resumption Of letter
ind newspaper mail to Panama. 4 bill Will |
b. introduced soon restoring; the old mail |
1t present there will be no nail con1munica- |
ton with Central America, the steamship COM |
pany positively declining to convey letters
or newspapers without the authority Of Con
gross.
The testimony of returned prisoners cap
ture,l in July at Falling Water, before the
| Conduct of the War Committee, tends to
show that with more energy Patterson might
have caught Johnston before nnu Run.
! The residence Of the French Minister, II.
Mcrcier, at Georgetown, Was burned last
night; loss $4,000 Tie furniture might have
been saved By the Pro7ost Guard, but the
Frenehman locked them out while seeking to
extinguis1 tho flames by buckets Of wafer:
All the furniture but few pieces was thus
deatrryrd.. - ~, ;s> ses3:' "'"'
Col James IL Spear, of ono Of the Tenncs-
see regiments orSauiacd at Camp Dick Robin
son, K7., Wis confirmed as Brigaaiicr General
to-day.
Andy johnson, Maynard aud Ethridge,
| leave for Nashville tomorrow. The former
is commissioned to form provisional Gov
crnlncnt. BE will call . State Convention,
which will dcpose GOV. sHa1Tis and all his
rebel associates in the old State Government,
and form new loyal Government. All Of
these gentlemen hope soon to rejoiu their
| families.
In executive session Of the Senate, to-day
1 resolution was introduced expressing the
sense Of the Senate that no more appoint
ncnts of generals should be made, except al
reward for gallantry or capacity on the fieli
!: ! Of battle.
Gen. Lander will be buried tomorrow. Th
pail bearers are Senators Sumner and Wilson
; Representatives Blair and Potter, General
) Mcclellan, Marcy and Williams, aud Co1one
) Key, with an escort Of artillery, cavalry an
infantry.
The Senate amended the military bill to-day
so as to repeal the act giving the Presldcr
power to appoint additional aids -de-camr
thinking fozty-ninc enough for Mcclellan
| Another bill, recently introduced, giving th
President tho power Of appointing Asslstar
O. Adiutant Generals ad fbifane will hardly pas
L. The bill fixing naval salaries, reported b
is Senator Sherman, was not with the approb,
ut ton Of the Committee, but merely to get
is before the Senate; the understanding bein
Of that it shall not be taken up till the pay
III ! Congress and OF the army has been reduce'
O. The House hns.adopted the Senate amen
:, mcnt to the appropriation bill, giving b
. two mileages to members.
n. The order under our treaty with Nc
ng Grenada, which the Joint Commission settir
1T here has extended SIX months, is designed
ID. give hundred claims, pending on the 10th
dc March, and which would otherwise eeaE
he another chance 10 be passed upon.
ps. Gen. Bleuker has been three times befo
ich the Mi1itar5 Committee. There are some d
2p- ctcrancies between his testimony there a
before the yanWyck Committee. His ca
Im with other doubtful ones, will be passed up
dIy tomorrow By the Senate, which will haye
the long executive session.
me Mr.. Browning has the loor on the Confis
ore ticn bill. 4 speech betwixt and betweel
ub< is expected.
FOL Anew rebel battery, mounting IA guns,
lily been discovered opposite Port Tobacco.
IT'LL ITO the Associated Press-1
the WASHINGTON. March 5.--The Senate to-t
h IN confirmed the nominations Of jas. T. SPEC
Of Pcnns3lyania, and Maj. Samuel - Starg
an to be bdgadier generals OF soaunteess~ !,
The Of1cial information has been received
car- the Portuguese Government is deyotlngs
~. attention 10 the cultivation of cotton in
90 African possessions
The The residence Of the French Minister
the Georgetown, was this morning destroyed
49, ire, together with much elegant furniture.
7".' General Mcclellan issued O general OH
IN announcing with deep regret to the army
hich | death Of Brigadicr- General Lander. Hc T
frest gh compliment to his public services,
49,. telIjuencc and courage.
''en General Mcclellan to-day issued gen
been order, diminishing Col Kerigan from the
vice for the various offences Of which he
rt.,e convicted by court martini
rtelS A Board Of medical officers will conyen
i7ar. the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia on the
im- inst, for the examination OF candidates
en- in admission to the medical corps of the Nav
R,u;. WA NEW roRK]
soc- NEW YoRk, March S. Washington spe
~ state that the publication Of Fremonts
'fom- dcpce wae unauthorized
will Gen. Hunter is In Washington today.
pera Letters from r1It hoyn neaee 'a h, roT[ y
acred tssAa ts - ,19 19@ rRecfna11y cut Of
i our contamination from Savannah,
Mar new batteries arc beng eteetea- sava
.kson pas oeen vSfy al ,shci tron5s arr const.
Win orrSving. Our troops are In good he
rebel News of recent Union Tteto1ies prod1e
from discoI1aging g1sea e4ec. VI ens 'eoe1'' DEL