, 1862-03-12
THE RETIREn BN or GIN.
MCLRLLAN.;*~: >. -. ); !;
The Rebel Egacuation Of Manassas
Our Troops Take 4 Peaceful
Possession. -. :: =
THE REBELS CROSSED tine RApPA'
HAMMOCK, -.
Washington News and Gossip.
ACTION on THE PREIDE6T6 EHlaC1PA-
TT8H MEASURE, -,
Bold Words and Streng Measures In
the House,
TIE NATIONAL FOUNDRY At
CHICAGO. asE

TIE NATIONAL FOUNDRY At
CHICAGO; ::
: : Especial Dispatch to the chic.eo7tlbrms1 i
wAsHHaroS, March Il, 1se7.
General Mcclellan will tomorrow cease to
be General in Chief. ,=;>:
Secretary Stanton will issue general order
announcing the change.
Five rebels we're captured to-day, and thir-
teen yesterday, making the totM captured BY
the grand army in Manassas. There was
nothing valuable found but the hnts.
II. is strongly believed that the rebels for
months back have been evacuating the place,
and that they were never more than forty
Thousand strong.
The emancipation resolution recommended
by the President, passed the House by 88 to 81
Mr.. Fisher Of Del. was the only border
State member who voted yea, By speech and
vote
Mr.. Olin Of N. T. in the course Of
two-Eided speech said rather than let the
South go, he would have the country viii
dernees and solitude.
Mr. Hickman made flaming speech, say
ing that the message WAS unworthy full grown
man, but it meant that the Border States naust
sell out or tae the consequences, II they preferred
slavery to Union, and were held n only by
fear.
Mr.. Crittenden said it was introducing an
clement Of discord. He Was instructed by
the Border State Caueus this morning to ask
postponement until they could have further
time to consider.
The bill which Ben Wood prevented Mr.
Wilson Of Iowa from introducing, provides
that no person who has held or shall hold Of.
fee in the civil, military or naval rebel
service after having been in that ofthe U. s. or
any State which required an oath to support
the Constitution of the United States, shall
ever be Senator Of Representatives. Congress,
and no such person shall be eligible to any Of
fee under the United States Government.
Mr.. Baker of New York introduced bill
| to-day, and referred to Committee ofthe Whole,
providing for national foundries at Chicago,
Pittsburgh and Poughkeepsie; appropriating
| for each half million Of doll1re; also for an
armo1y and arsenal at Columbus, Ohio, and
powder factories at indianapolis and Trenton,
n. j., appropriation for each two hundred
| thousand dollars.
| It proposes that three ordnance officers
and three civilians be selected BY the Sccre-
tary Of War to make preparations.
The Senate Finance Committee finally re-
ported the House bill fer thS Purchase Of coin
to-day, with the provision sEking notes oi
the old issue legal tender. = The Secretary
Of the Treasury is authorizeAfo purchase coin
with bonds or notes, and it also authorizes
linn to receive temporary deposits to the
amount Of S5o, ,000, 600.
Flag Officer Dupont writes In a private let
| ter that the rined tao-pou:!ae- captured al
Fernandina was a finer cannon than any w
have
I learn at headquarters that our cavalry art
at Manassas. They found no enemy there, ani
the rebel stores andscamp e4uipage had bee1
removed. Nothing is said about the numhe
Of guns abandoned, or the enemy's line Of re
treat. It is believed at headquarters, however
that he is behind Rappahannock, and is nov
at or near Gordonsvil1e Junction. The road
are still very bad and the splendid bagggag
wagons Of headquarters didn't catch up viii
Mcclellan ION hor5eback) in the run to Manas
sas last night.
Mr.. Grimes told the Senate this morning
that the bIame Of the Merrimac's success lie
with the government, because it didn't organ
ize a military expedition to capture Norfol
long ago. He mentioned that repeatedly th
Department had offered to clean ont the Pote
mac batteries, and twice the aotilla waited
hours for the army, when "supe1ior militar
authority" forbade the attack.
Senator Latham will soon Introduce bt
repeating the laws forbidding foreign vessel
to carry mails to Panama and Asp1nwa11.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will t
opened in ten days. High water has retarde
the works.
Ger. Magruder (rebeD has taken comman
at Weldon, North Carolina,
Prof Lowe, appointed "Co1onel Acronaut
Of the army, is at Pohick with his balloon.
Alexandra papers state that the prisone'
recently arrested refused the release tenders
them on condition Of taking the oath of all
glance.
The Navy Department has dispatch st
, ting that the fngate Vermont passed 1851
inst, draftin. two knots the hour, at Il
mercy of the wind and sea, entirely he1ples
her ruddeT and sales gone. a vessel was IL
: mediately dispatched to her assistance, with q
l dczs to tow her to Port Royal or the neare
port.
? Not more than6s cannon were captured
! the rebels at Norfolk, and the most Of the
greatly damaged. Among them were On
81 Dahlgren guns.
The House is debating the President
emancipation resolution. It will be pass,
!: to-day: The Border States oppose ii, a,
q Wicllife prefers the underground railroad
t ITO the Associated Press.1
& WAsu1EeTos, March 1.-The Natsonal l
d tdligeneer Of this morning asserts In posid
. terms that We OCCUPY Centresflle, and t1
q the rebels have eyacuatea Manassas. The !
: t<lgsnesr ID. ; M adds; ; This news @ xas confirmed
; HE Supreme Court viii nothear the arr
ment Of any case after Thursday, the d
). inst, or auy motion after FsidaT, the u!
\ The Court intends to adjoun on the s5th
The whole Notifications of Manassas W
abandoned and everything possible burne
Full particulars will be seat as Soon Is !,
d 4 telegram from Fort Monroe this morni,
: announces that everything is quiet there, a
.. The Secretary Of Wa. has informed file
ID Of General Fremont that no Court Of Inouj
Y would he ordered in his case, IS there =
:, nothing on which to base 1t.
E. WASHINGTON, March 11.-0mcfal inforn
a ton to day reports that the enemy, forme,
Or encamped back and below 0ecoquan, have
e. treated, destroying every thing they could 4
3, carry on their backs.
y They lett On Saturday. Our troops to
10 possession this morning, and were welcom
er BIZ part Of the Inhabitants with great il
d. Every boat In the vicinity and everything Il
he would doat had been destroyed.
L. The rebels told the villagers they NJ
90 going to fall back to. the Rappahannock.
r. A call from the Governor Of Virginia On t
&C. rnilitin of the State for 1000 men, was D,
[s- claimed on the streets Of Ocaqu&n On the
IL inst, By an official who Immediately depart
al Nearly all the able bodied men Of the wills
ed left with the rebel army. A few refused to
!. The rebel force which has thus retreat
was composed Of 8 Texas one Georgia and {
: M5ssissippfregimentand the Hampton Legi
'er Com. Vanderbilt gave notice to the fc
IT'S MASTER General to-day that bic would carry
ngg Central American and the South Racide N,
so On his line Of steamers, provided could
ut protected against parties who Were smurri
is the California mails over his line for which
VI receives NO payment
A dispatch from Fo.tres Monroe this q
nd ming states all quiet there: No informal
I'd, has been obtained about the Merrimac Il
'sh RES. She reached Norfolk Sunday eyepins
ul- There is evidence that the main body OF
:. rebel Amy left Manassas nearly two We
I'm The roads In VirxsniA arc improving, j."