, 1862-03-22
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FROM WASHINGTON,
Brigadier and Major Generals
Confirmed
PROMOTION OF ILLINOIS coLoKEts s
NEW MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.
The Ta1 Bill Under Revision,

The Ta1 Bill Under Revision, |
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trlbune.1
WASHINGTON, March Il. 1869.
Among the long list Of Generals confirmed
by the Senate, to-day, arc Sigel, Buell., McCler-
nand, and G. F. Smith, to be Major Generals;
and your Western Culonels, who did SO
bEaSely at Fort Donelson, to be Bngadier
Generals.
Gen. Fremont leaves this afternoon for his
department, going via New York. The
bounds q his jurisdiction have been enlarged
10 take in Ohio, whence the most Of hi.
troops have been drawn.
lThe following should have been received Tor
publication yesterday morning.-Eps-]
WASHINGTON, March ae, 1852
The Conduct Of tue War Committee have
nearly concluded their Investigations. The
work Of preparing their report will be divided:
into sections, and assigned to different mem
bers. The Committee will embrace Bull Run,
Balls Bluff, the Western Department, tho Ac-
ccmac Expedition, the rcbel evacuation Of
Manassas, DC. Probably only one report will
be made.
It s reported that JEFF. Davis issued, On the
10Th, proclamation calling out ill the Vir-
ginia militia, from sixteen to sixty years.
aVirgin!a," says JEFF, "demands every sac
riHce to maintain the dignity Of her soil"
A Nev York born Virginia farmer, Who fed
from Fredericksburg, reports that thirty
thousand troops passed through from Manas-
sas. Hai remained at Fredericksburg. jack
sons forces dwindled one half between their
arrival and departure from Winchester.
Reports from beyond Manassas say that the
Louisiana Tigers are mounted, securing and
devastating the country.
The Treasury has commenced paying the
New Grenada claims.
The'family Of Capt. Buchanan, Of the Mer-
1imac, are advised from Norfolk that he is
recovering. a flesh wound in the thigh Is
his only injury.
The regiments engaged at Newbern are
among The raWcEt and latest raised in the
army.
John Sherman Is put on Stsrk's Select
Committee, in place Of Mr.. Howe, declined.
Abram Wakeman, Postmaster Of New
York, is confirmed.
Mr. Wilson Of Iowa has made report to the
House from the Judiciary Committee, upsn
the censorship of the press. It speaks Of the
Censor as almost entirely destitute Of all
the requirements for the discharge Of his
de1icate duties, ignorant Of public affairs
and not unfrequently going even beyond his
instructions, which went too far, in that they
| empowered him to deal with dispatches
| relating to civil as we'll as military matters.
| Mr.. Wilson has given q history Of the censor
slip from the dark days Of april, when it was
!! the Secretary Of the Treasnry's prerogatiye,
| to the time Of its transfercucc through the
Secretary Of War to the Secretary Of State,
| and after the assumption Of the present Sec
! retary Of War, to that Of the War Department
again. He shows how, under Stewards regime,
it was perverted from its original intent;
how >etockjobbing dispatches from
Bull Run Russcllgot over the wires, while
their use Was dcbarTed to correspondents Of
loyal journals, as In the case of the Trent af-
1nir decision; and how an extinct from the
Prcsident's Message wus telegraphed to the
n. 7. Herald, while dispatches touching the
Message to other Journals, were suppressed.
The report recommends the passage Of q Feso-
luton indicating the sense Of Congress that
the snperyisorslip be strictly confined to such
intelligence concerning projected naval OF
military movements as is likely to give
aid and comfort to the enemy, unless the
Government require to take exclusive posses:
sion Of the wires, then to act strictly undei
the authority Of Law. The Committee e1
press surprise that the order modifying Stan
toms FIRST order was not signed By Stanton in
| stead Of Santor d, and find no fau1t with tn,
present censorship since confined, SO far a
. known to the Committee, to military matters
Ar. Hickman on behalf Of the House Com
| nittee Of the Judiciary, reported back al til
conRscation and emancipation bills with tn
rcqucst to be discharged from their furthe
; ! consideration.
) Mr. Hickman for himself, reported resolu
ton to the effect that whereas the power Q
, Congress to contiscntc is doubtful, and tia
cf the President ample, it be recommends
| to the President to confscate.
The minority report, signed By Wilson Q
Iowa and Bingham Of Ohio, recommended til
= = passage bf Two bills; one confscating by pre-
, cecdingE III rem in cases Of prizes; the othe
enancipating all rebels Slaves. and enablin
l those claimed under the fugitive slave Law t
plead disloyalty in bar.
ITO the Associated Ptcssl
!: NAsHlS6ToE, March 21.--The Senate, whic
I | was III Executive Session several hours this a
2 ternoon, confirmed the following nomina
: tiuns: Is Major: Generals Of Volunteers
! BrigadieE- Generals Don Carlos Buell., job
r Pope, Samuel r. Curtis, Franz Slgel, John
/ z E,,>t& 60
: lace. The following Brigadier- Generals wer
d also confirmed: John Cook, Richarti J. Ogle:
i by, VIM. Il. Z. Wallace, John Macarthur, J:
c cob G. Lauuaan, John A. Logan, Robert
G McCook, Speed s. Fly. AL these latter ger
d lemen were Co1onels-
Tie Senate also confirmed Is Brigadicr Ger
erals Of volunteers, the following names
y. Major John Barnard, Corps Of Engineer:
> Capt. Henry ". Judah, Of the 18th Infantry
"a Capt Jas. B. Ricketts,, Of the 1st Artiller
= for meritorious conduct at the battle Of Bu
Run; ; Jus: G Craig Of Miss9a5i Sa5c,h Horaho
The 8snate to-day disagreed to the motto
to reconsider the vote By which Abra'
Wokemaa was recently confirmed Postnlastt
of New York. The appointment is therefor
conclusive
Gen. Fremont left Washington this afte
Il noon for New York. It is said that Il
bounds Of his department have been enlarge
so as to include Ohio and other points
a new m1i1tafy department., 10 De calf
. the 'Derartment Of the Gulf,s' is constit1
h ted. It will comprise all the coast Of the Gu
of Mexico west Of Pensacola Harbor, and I
muck Of the Gulf States as may be occupls
=! ! by the forces under Major General But1e
d / U. 8. Volunteers. The headquarters for Il
y | present will be movable wherever the Gene
a. ii commanding may be.
~ The States Of South Carolina, Georgia 81
u Florida, with the expedition and forces und
te | Brigadier General T. ". Sherman, will co
1t etitute Military Department., to be CALI
-. the ss Department of the Sonth," and to
'e under the command Of Major General Hunte
&c WAsn1xGToK, March 30.-As our forces c
tend the authority Of the United States on Il
ID Atlantic coast, numerous applications a
=. made By merchants and shippers to the TIE:
ke |. rg-captured forts. but uniformly refuse
Nothing will be done to interfere with t
blockade, Permits, however, arc granted
n the department for internal trade elsewhel
a. Public debt md all foreign dEafts are paid
nd maturity, no matter what may be the pr
=. | sure in other respects on the Treasury.
70 The statement that Gen sickles was unal
o. mopFly rejected as Brigadicr- General is I
II correct.
Capt. ChaunceJ HcKeeyer, formerly the 4
~ jutant General to General Fremont, has be
w appaiRted to aeimflar position to Gen. Helm
81 | elm1n. -.
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