The New York herald., 1862-12-13


evening
THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE DEFENCEs OF WASH
14 INGr0N.
The following the order transferring the headquarters
Of the delences Of Washington
GENERAL oRnERs-NO IL.
HEADeuAETERs DnKSoD o. WASHINGTON
IPnrsuant to instructions from the Commanding Gen
eral the District Of the neences Of Washington nth Of
the Potomac III lie dscoOtu AL the reports ana
returns now required will be forwarded 70 these head
quarters
1.-THE following named officers win be transferred to
these hedauArisrs for duty in addition 70 the present
stall, ana will be obeyed aud respected accordingly
Lieutenant Colonel Soon II Lahrop. Assistant inspector
General.
Lieutenant Colonel Elias NJ. Greene, Chief Quarter
master.
Ia tain josh IN Norton Assistant Quartermaster.
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel McSelvy, Comnissary o.
Subsistence
Ma or Loavtt Hunt, Aid de- amp
Captain Granvill. 4. Johnson, Aid-deCanp.
Captain Henry Norton, Add Gimp
Ca tain f. q. Sturges Commander Of Ambulance Corps.
Lieutenant T.. i. Deacon, Volunteer Aid.
III -Brigader General J. Abercrombie may transfer
his head luarters 10 the Arlington House.
BY command of MAJOR General HEINTZEI.MAN.
CARROLL h POTTER, Assistant Adjutant General.
NAVAL ORDERS.
Surgeon Gchrist has been detached from duty fleet
surgeon of the Mississippi squadron and Surgeon Miriam
Pinckney ordered TO relieve him.
COMMODORE WILKES
Commodore Wilkes cannot long remain commander
OF the squadron West Indes the that he
has arrived at the OF sixty three years being indeed
Of that when he received his present commission OF
Commodore He is removed to the retired list OF
captains. There Is regulation of the department re-
qrng officers to periodically advise it of their ages but
this has been complied with strictly by CoDmcdor.
Wilkes, and perhaps Others There law which pro
vdes that officers who have been forty Ave years in the
service sxty-two years of age shall 60 upon
the retired list
OPERATIONS OF THE NAVY ON THE SOUTHERN
COAST.
The Navy Department has received dispatches from
Rear Admiral Farragut, enclosing report from Leuten
Commander McKean Buchanan OF the United states
gunboat Calhoun dated of Brasnaw City Nov 2s stating
that expedition started from the Calhoun The 26h
u the Bell rver and returned the morning. OF the
2sth, with launch mounting twevepounder Iahlgren
wtzer, and two prisoners. The remainder Of her
escaped. She had bo rd sixty and few worth
shotguns.
Commander Buchanan states that be learned the rebel
steamer Victoria fire and blown up, of LIS,
island about weeks before the Of his report
appears she broke her piston rod and boat up
assistance when. hearing forces possession
OF the place. they went back and set her IRE and de
stroyei her.
Commander Buchanan learned from a rebel officer, who
in Frankna La and that the steamer loaded with
arms, ammunition, clothing, &c.
Acting Master Frederick Crocker, commanding United
States steamer Korsington in Pensacola Bay reports
the Navy Department under date or tie 25h OF Novem
Der, that the 18th ut the British schooner Maria
from Baze Honduras and on the llth the ebe sch
Coruse, from Havana were taken in the attempt
the blockade at Sabine Pass, and Key West ad
udeation. The vessels assisting the the
Rachel Seaman the prize schooner Velocity aid the prize
Daw-both the latter manned by art OF the OFF,
GERS and crew Of the Kensngon, but the time under
the command Of Acting Master Hooper senior officer
Commander Caldwell, Of the iron clad gunboat Essex
rorts to the Navy Department OF New Orleans under
date Of December g. that he seized at the depot Of the
Baton Rouge and opeousas Railroad two hundred and
the sorcship Fear Not agreeaby the order OF Rear
Admiral Farragut. He states
This moassss is the produce Of the enemy's country
aud transported Baton Rouge ul railroad in
ment up the river by which expected the
day after arrival Hud been intended for ransporta
ton across the river toaton Rouge, would have still
been subject TO seizure, as In the rear Of that place
garrison Of rebel soldiers who exercise the
place and permit nothing 10 forth except for the
Of places IN their possession.
The Navy Department has received q letter from
Lieutenant Commander English. lated the Coast of
capturedin Moran river the EngIish schooners Agnes
and lcn and sent them TO Koy West for adjudication
RISE IN THE PRICE OF PRINTING PAPER.
The superintendent Of Public Printing reports Co.'S
gres that the expense Of paper has increased hundred
per cent.
sENAT. PROCEEDINGS. M
The Senate hardly had quorum to-day. Many sspa
tors were mot until this evening that any
was held at ALL Senator Fessenden made motion yes
erday afternoon reconsider the to adjourn 10
Monday after several Senators OF the chamber
and carried, but the to-day amounted 10
nothing
REMOVAL or THE COMMISSIONER TO THE SANDWICH
ISLANDS
Mr.. Dryer, Commissioner the Sandwich Islands, has
been removed upon the charge Of drunkenness and dis
graceful conduct, unbecomng q representative Of this
government.
PAYMENT OF THE TROOPS.
Psymssiers say that the delay In paying many of the
regiments owing TO the fact that their requistons
upon the treasury cannot DO filed without a specal
order from the Secretary Of War.
THE ARMY Suffers.
There IL great trouble amoug the army suffers here
who ysiny attempting get permits carry stores
to their reeim Fredericksburg. They suffered
less in attempting to reach that point by land route
and the War Department has not yet given them per
mission ship supplies by the river Meanwhile the suit
lers claim that the embargo much suffering In tn
army. The War Department will remedy this difficulty
a. soon be done consistently with TIM interests
Of the service.
THIRTY-sEvENTH CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION.