, 1862-01-17
FROM ST. L0UIS..-NEWS
FROM LEXINGTON.
Arrest Of Rebe}s---How:, Lanes
Expedition Takes Among
the Troops, =


Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.]
WASHINGTON, January 16, 1852.
Gen. Fitz John Porter is said to be the
slaye-catching General not yct confirmed y to
whom Senator Wilson recently referred. Al
though lie IS one of the best generals in the
army Of the Potomac, he will be ..'hung up"
by the Senate If facts are proved 10 be IS sta
ted. q
Blcnkcr has done something, according to
report.
shern1an's bill, introduced today, provides
for publication Of Congressional Record Of
fetal, to take the place Of the Gzobe, a change
which it is estimated Will sases eighty -four
Thousand dollars annually. All Executive,
Judicial and Legislative printing Is to be done
at the same place.
A1r. Wilson's bill amending the Articles Of
War adixes the death penalty to all violations
of the safeguard, ut home as well as abroad,
and to tic offence Of lurking or acting as Il
spy in time Of rebellion, about fortifcations,
encampments, posts and quarters, OF head
quarters OF tue national armies.
Capt. Palmer Of the Iroquois, from whom
tue Sumter is constantly eseaping, has been
recalled.
Faulkner is said to be acting as Jaekson's
guide in his marauding expeditions. He has
often stumped through that section Of Vir-
ginia.
When the Long Bridge railroad is completed,
10 work upon Which two hundred more 1abor-
| ers arrived from western New York to-day,
| Baltimore will be immediate connection with
| Springfield Station and Falls Church.
| The rebel Potomac batteries wasted twenty
| six more shots upon an oyster pungy ycstcr-
day, not one Of which hit.
Van Wyck's Investigating Committee arc
especially looking into tho conspiracy among
cattle contractors to enhance prices, aud tic
practice among horse dealers Of selling sesera
times tie same articles to Government.
Suffers cuorlnities also show some charm
ing discoveries.
The Committee on WAYS and Means rcpu
diate the agreement between Chase and th(
banks, but will not press the demand note bill
at present, to give tile scheme q trial. Tit
Senate was four hours in executive session to
day on Calne1ou's nomination. No actor
was taken.
| a Committee on Western Lake Defense:
have determined to recommend Strengthening
the fortidcations 1T Mackinac und Fort Gratiot
the latter commanding st. Clair river at -ths
na1rowest point.
al large number of Senators and member
from the Northwest, at the instance Of Mr.
Arnold Of Chicago, urge the appointment O
Gen. sigel as Major General Of volunteers
This movement had its inception in Chicago
The nomination Of Watt, the President
gardener, as 1st Lieutenant in the Unitef
Suites army, was rejected BY the Senate yes
terday. Nine others were rejected.
Commodore Farragut's f;et is K
operate in the western part Of the Gulf, be
side the Richmond, Pensacola aud others o
that size Of navy gun boats and mortar boats
The Post Office Department fears an attacl
on the oyerland mail stage By Indians, VIII
are more hungry than rebe1lious.
Communication over the Baltimore an
Ohio railroad, by Hancock, Is still disturbed
The mails to points West now are carried b
way Of Pittsburgh.
The railroad connecting Washington wit
: Alexandra, Vienna and Falls Church Is, az
eordlDg TO contract, to be finished By the cot
Of January. Freights can then be taken dirce
! to camps By rail.
The eridenecs Of the business growth {
Washington arc seen in the fact that Icense
: just collected for new shops amount
! twenty-five thousand dollars.
l a circular from the Patent Office says tb
: result Of the cultivation Of sorghum the pa!
: year settles the question Of its entire practic
> SUCCESS The value Of its product is no
F.. counted by millions. One OF the difficult,
in the way Of its cultivation is the want
pure seed. To meet this want, the Dcpa1
ment has ordered seed from France for dist1
= button the ensuing spring. It must be borr
in mind, however, that the same causes whie
y have produced deterioration here ed
G there, and well grounded approximations q
, entetained that seed thus imported may n
/ be free from suspicion. Farmers intereste
r should secure pure seed from among the1
selves when possible, az the season Is so +
Is advanced that direct importations from Afri
II or China would be imprncticab1e.
,T It is believed that Ker1igan will be q
l. quilted.
It Nine more Southern men have escaped fro
.e rebel batteries opposite Budd's Ferry.
~ The United States Treasurer's statemeu
Y show total amount Of deposits Last week
le nearly eight millions, Oh which six nilllio
II are DRIFTS on bullion fund. Over million
b. unavailable There is balance in rebel Stat
), | Of four millions and half
J, Port Royal letters etste that the loss
u rebels in the affair on the first inst, was 4
less than two hundred killed and woundt
u and say it is positively ascertained that I
=. South Carolina rebels are armlng their slay
b. Three hundred are collected at one poi
:" principally differed By whites.
eeee The Senate. In executive session, rcjecI
e y. II. E0steF, rs maEsl3l VI NOrt1 Garou