Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-29
OUR MILITARY BUDGET.
LATEST PROM FORT WRIGHT.

LATEST PROM FORT WRIGHT.
This forenoon the Navy Department received
dispatch from Com. Foote, dated last evening,
from his feet opposite Fort Wright. From its
contents 1t is judged that the siege OF that forth
rcation was then progressing without the recent
occurrence there OF anything noteworthy. He
had at that time evidently not heard the news Of
the fall OF New Orleans before our naval forces.
LATER FROM YORKTOWN.
Last evening the following telegram from Gen.
Mcclellan reached the War Department:
HxApouARTERs ARMY OF PoToMAC, pril 2s-
ia MO Hon. Edwin M. stanton, Secretary
Of War: Nothing Of interest during the night.
No firing on our right, where the work proceeded
undisturbed On the left the enemy fred good
deal, but hurt no one; nor was the work inter-
rupted Have Just sent heavy field battery 70
silence gun or two OF the enemy's that have
been impertinent this morning bu, have hurt no
one The weather has improved, and We are
making good progress.
CD. MCCLELLAN, Msj. Gen. Com'd'g.
NKw ORLEANS AGAIN.
Some Of those around US are doubling the reli-
ability Of the news Of the appearance Of our Gulf
neet In the Mississippi opposite New Orleans,
and the simultaneous abandonment Of the city by
the rebel military, that has come to us through
Virginia newspapers. There need be no apPre-
hension whatever relative TO its truth. Its effect
upon the Southwestern troops serving In Virginia
4, calculated be too disastrous to their TO
40 NIT the possibility Of its publication In seces-
sia Mess Il were useless to try to conceal II from
the pubic there.
That we are In full possession Of New Orleans
Is therefore positively true. The United States
having the entire command Of the waters sur
than 1--WE thousand troops, our navy there being
worth garrison of a hundred thousand men to
that end We have no space In which to explain
In detail how and why the presence Of a small
naval force in the river sud about the lake Is
likely to be 20 much more effective there than
elsewhere, further than to say that for <wo hun
dred miles u 10 approachable by land force
from up the country only over a strip Of land no
where more than half mile wide, az level as q
psrlor foor, and without any shelter Of dense
foliage. In the rear Of this strip is a swamp ut
terly impa,saole for troops, OF yprying width and
capable Of being made a deep IA wide lake any
where and at any time by half an hours labor
with half dozen shcvels. No army could march
down the coast strip mentioned above with our
gunboats rsking II; while without a naval force
superior to ours In that quarter no army could
menace the city from the rear-via Lake PoE-
chartrsin and the shell road. Under these cir
cums;snees TO take It, 10 to assure its Possession
10 the United States, beyond all persdyentuTe.
With the city last In cur possession, We com.
mand "the situation In Louisiana almost as
thoroughly a at this moment In New York.
Co.EIRMED
The Senate, In executive session, Yesterday con-
frmed large number Of military nominations,
including the following named 10 be BrigadIer
Generals Of volE eteery:
Col Max Weber, cfN. Y; Col Geo 8 Green,
OF the G0;h New York volunteers; Col. John Cald-
well, OF the 11ih Msins; capt Truman Seymour,
OF the 5th artillery; Col. Isaac p. Rodman of the
ith Rhode Island; Col. Kerry Hohlen. Il Pa;
Paymaster Henry Price, U. :. A Capt Quincy
H Gilmore, CT the Corps Of Engineers; Msj Alb
SALON. Baird, Assis ant Inspector General; Geo.
ID. Bayard, LIST Pennsylvania cavalry; Col. Thcs
y. Crirerdsn, Of a regiment Of Indiana voIun-
teers; Col. Alvin p. HOvey; VIM. l. Benton OF
Ind; jeremiah p. Sullivan, OF lad James C.
Watch, Of Ind Pleatant A. Harkleman, Of Ind
DAM Holmes, of Pa, was confirmed as brigade
Surgeon Of volunteers.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
The following appointments were made vester-
day BY the Navy De apartment :: Henry Porter,
a Washington, Acting Payuiaster, ordered to
Port Royal, :. C; George A Smith, Acting
Master at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; Charles c.
Bunker, Of Nantucket, John A. Gordon of Sea
port, Maine, and James r. Alcorn, OF Boston,
Acting Masters, and ordered TO the Charlestown