Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-03
Naval Depot and National
Armory on Lake Michigan.
REBEL sYMPATHlzERs IN CANADA.
Another Distinguished English
Officer in the Service.
LATER FROM MISSOURI
GEN. PRICE PREPARING TO FIGHT,
HEAVY FIRING HEARD AT
NORFOLK.

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special says that letters continue to be re.
ceived from eminent bankers favoring the
legal tender bill.
There is reason to believe that General
Butler was assured before be left Washing
ton that he should have a Msier Generals
commission as we'll as the title. He will
land several brigades at point on the South
ern coast not now occupied by Union SOL
diers. The capture will be more important
than any yet made.
Secretary Stanton insisted that Butler
should have what he wanted, although Nc
Clellan disapproved.
Fort Pulaski is now thoroughly invested
General Sherman daily has reports of all
that is done there, and will take the place
when he chooses to attack.
Especial Dispatch to the New York Times
A movement is making here by members
OF Congress from the West and North west,
headed by Frank Blair and Mr. Arnold, to
have General Sigel made a Major General.
1t will probably be successful.
Especial to the New York Herald
The Select Committee on the defenses and
Notifications of the great lakes and rivers
are prepared to make report. They will
recommend the erection of such Notifications
at Mackinaw as will make it the Gibraltar as
it is really the key of our North western
frontier.
Their report will provide also for the es
tablishment of Naval Depot aud National
Armory upon Lake Michigan, probably at or
near Chicago, and that preparations will be
Immediately made for the accumulation of
necessary arms and munitions to arm the
whole of the American vessels engaged in
the commerce of the Northern lakes II is
estimated that there are in this trade 1000
American vessels to 300 British, and $4,000
Americ an sailors, to 5000 British. 1t is rep
resented by the Committee that the majority
OF the population Of the loyal States is West
Of the Allegheny Mountains; that the line of
lake coast exceeds .he whole length Of onr
Atlsntlc coast, and that our commerce on tne
lakes ls greater than our whole fore, H"0e'
10 complete the defenses and render com.
munlcation with all parts of the Northwest
secure from interruption by q foreign foe, it
VIII also be recommended that a military
railroad shall be Immediately constructed
from the mouth of the Menomonee River. or
Badenoquet, on Lake Michigan, to Mar
quette, on Lake Superior, and that a ship
canal shall be built from Chicago to the
Mississippi River. 1t is said that these rec
ommendations have the approval of Gem
eTsl Mcclellan. The report will probably
be made on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, February at Is known
thdt O vi OeC6SSlOnlStg are
in Canada whose business is to collect money
from sympathizing friends, and to forward
and receive dispatches from Europe and
place them in such secret channels that thev
may reach their ultimate destination, It is
not likely that such proceedings will be
much longer continued.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir P. Windham, late
commanding the Second Brigade of the Ital-
ian army, has been appointed Colonel of the
Michigan Regiment of Lancers.
LOUISVILLE, February 3.-Captsin H. NJ,
FoRgr OF Nashville, member of Zolicoffer's
staff, who was wounded near Somerset. is
dead. Major Cliff, surgeon of Zollicoffer's
Brigade, taken prisoner at Somerset is here,
and will be sent to Bowling Green on Tues.
day to be exchanged. 1t is thought that
Gen. Buel will arrange for the exemption of
all surgeons from arrest hereafter.
Upton, Mo, February 1.-The division
under General Davis has been much retarded
by bad roads and swollen streams Wagons
and artillery have sunk axle deep. The Big
Gravois, a stream ordinarily unimportant,
was swollen beyond its banks, and occupied
two days in crossing.
A sharp frost having set in on Thursday
night the roads will now support trains,
and if unimpeded by further obstacles, the
column will advance rapidly.
General Prentiss, with his command, is
advancing on Lebanon to combine with the
forces under General Davis.
Price, though go formidably menaced,
shows no signs of falling back, and, from
present appearances, seems destined to give
battle Should he maintain his position,
within two. weeks Springfield will be the
theater OF another bloody contest such as has
made that devoted place famous in the his
tory of the war in Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, February 3.-Advices re-
ceived last night by the train on the Pacific
Railroad, state that the brigade of General
Davis was at Versailles, Morgan County,
Wednesday preceding its departure to Join
General Curtis at Lebanon. General Pal
mer's brigade at Larmine is reported under
marching orders for Kentucky.
General Sigel left ROla yesterday for
Lebanon, the balance of bis division will
follow.
FORTRESS MONROE, February IA flag of
truce was sent to Crsney Island TO day, out
it brought back no passengers or papers. The
crew OF the rebel boat reported that heavy
firing had been heard at Norfolk during the
past two days.
WASHINGTON, February $50 vast an army
has been msrshalled in this district that
proper arrangements have not been made
tor even a decent interment of those who die
in our hospitals. This matter is under con
sideration, and will receive the immediate
attention of Congress.
WAsHEGToE, February 3-The result of
examination recently instituted by the Tele-
graph interests, shows that the number of
messages transmitted over all the lines dur.
ing the past year was 100000; yielding
total revenue Of 81 ,522 900.
Should Congress in the next tax bill i'm
pose three cents on each message, a little
over $84, 900 would be realized from that
source, or 5I per cent. ON the aggregate
amount Of business.
Special to the Chicago Tribunel
CAIRO, February 3.-The correspondent Of
the Memphis Appeal writing from Culum-
bia Texas, January 20, says that bark and
schooner belonging TO the Federals came
near our coast when they were fired on by
our forts. Both vessels returned the fire.
We fired ten guns they twenty-five, mostly
shells, and then retired, seemingly disabled
or satisfied that they could not win.
TOLEDO, February 3,-Lieutenant Water
man, United States Army stopping at the
Oliver House in this city, shot himself on
tine lst inst, and is supposed to be mortally
wounded.