Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-01-23
The Secretary Of War and the
Military Committee.
Col. Scott to have Charge of
Railroad Transportation.
General sigel TO be Made General
.. ... Of Division.
Miserable Condition of Roads in
Virginia. -
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Great Satisfaction at the Termination
Of the Trent Affair.
Later from the Burnside Ex-
pedition.
Newbern, North Carolina, Apprehen-
sive Of an Attack.
Newbern, North Carolina, Apprehen'
sive Of an Attack.
WOMEN And CHILDREN LEAVING,

WARRINGTON, January ~ The JOINT
Committee on the conduct of the war have
agretd upon an amendment to the Joint
rules of the two Houses, to the effect that
whenever any member rises in his place
and states that the Executive wishes Con-
gress TO secretly act on any matter connected
with the war, IL shall be the duty of Con-
gress to go into secret session and deliberate
and come to O conclusion thereon before ad
journment.
The speeches are to be limited to five
minutes each, and any member disclosing the
proceedings is to be expelled.
New York Tribunes DiSpatoh.l
WARRINGTON, January % Secretary
Stanton had an interview of two hours in
the Senate Committee rooms this morning
with the Military Committee of both Houses.
All the sixteen members were present.
The Secretary gave his views freely on
his plan of conducting the war. and ex-
pressed a desire TO be at times informed for
his guidance of matters of public interest
coming before either committee, adding that
the Department will always be open to any
member Of the two committees. He stated
that full and complete list of all the CON
tracts made by, or for, the War Department,
since the commencement of the war with
the name of every contractor or purchase,
should be made before the lst of February,
Colonel Scot is to have special charge of
railroad transportation matters, and Con
gTess has teen asked to give the Secretary of
War control of all the railroads. in the U uited
StateR, whenever the interests of the war
shall demand it. John Tucker, the Second
Assistant, is to have charge of all the trans
portatiou by sea- the cbsrteriug of vessels,
etc, Mr.. Watson, Third Assistant, to have
control of the rolls and general business con-
Dected with the troops in the field.
Senator Johnson, of Tennessee, received q
dispatch to. day from Major Hooper, stating
in substance as follows: "Zollicoffer siudeed
dead. have seen his booy. Our victory is
overwhelming. The rebels are driven from
this entire section of the country, and Ken.
lucky will soon be free from traitors"
Congress will make two new crcuits-one
of Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime
scta, and another of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri
aud Kansas. Secretary Smith is talked Of
for one, ard Mr.. Browning and Judge Davis
of illinois,, have been suggested for tht
| other.
The President is said to have declared
to-day that he appreciates the very grea
services rendered by General Sigel, and
that justice will be done him by creating
him q General of Division. Also that Colo
mel Koener, of Iowa, will be made a Briga.
dier General
Worlds dispatch says at no time sinct
the army of the Potomac has been organized
have the roads in Virginia been in such
condition, in consequence Of the rain anC
snow.
Private information received here SAYS tha
the enemy will attack Newbere, Hyde Co
and Roanoke Island simultaneously. Ga
! forces are completely prepared for them
! The Norfolk Doy Book, of Wednesday, con
| tains the following telegram:
SAVANNAH, January 2I.-From forty t,
| fifty vessels are inside of Broad River, ffteel
miles from Port Royal"
None of the Southern papers make any
reference to the fight at Somerset, Ky, OF L
the defeat and death of General ZoilicofIer
The funeral of Ex President Tyler tool
| place on the 2lst inst, and was attended b.
JEFF Davis and his Cabinet, and by the mem
| beTs of the rebel Congress
The Norfolk Day Book copies a paragraph
from a Petersburg paper, saying that tn
Pensacola did not escape from the Potom4
without damage. A gentleman who ex
amined her with Spy glass after she passe
the batteries gives that paper the assuranc
that she had holes as big as a hogshesd i
her bow, etc.
To this the special correspondent of th
american adds: personal inspection of til
Pensacola to-day enables your correspondent
to assure this gentleman that the only hole
in her bow are those essentially necessary t
right development of the powers of her FOL
ward pivot gun
FoRTREss MONROE. January 22.--There hs
been no arrival from the Burnside eXped
zion as yet.
The Norfolk Dan Book, OF Wednesda
has dispatch, dated Goldsboro, January 2
four p. NJ announcing one hundred vesse
of the Burnside expedition are insiC
Pamlico Sound, apd twenty steamers Ou
side. No attack has been made, but IL
women and children were leaving Newber
where fight is expected to take place.
BALTIMORE, January 23.--The american
special correspondent at Fort Monroe sa,
that flag of truce went to Norfolk yeste
! day with Lieutenant Hertz, a released pri
oner returning South. He was made pri
Oner in Western Virginia, and released {
parole, and will be exchanged for Lieu
Gordon, who was made prisoner by Il
rebels in Missouri
The Norfolk papers of Wednesday conta
the following telegram;
4" GoldsbOTO, N. O., January 2l-4 r. ~,
A large number of women and children ha
arrived here from Newbern. A fight
expected there. There is no other news.
An express has arrived here from Ne,
bern, and reports that at 4 o'clock yesterdi
afternoon there were one hundred vessels
the burnside Expedition in Pamlico Sour
snd twenty-five large transports outside
, Hatteras Inlet"
The Norfolk Day Book publishes 10
article recording the adventures, misiortuT
and maltreatment of Miss Pool, lately
leased from the prison for females at Wa;
ipgton.
The Ddg-Jook calls Miss Poole a heroi
and says, according TO her own story, the
: was no possible outrage or indignity
which she was not subjected.
The Norfolk papers make no mention
any reports circulated by the SecessiOni
that some of Gen. Burnsides vessels
L been driven ashore.
o BosToN, January 23.-The steamship
8. Jernian, from st. Johns, n. b., where
y landed British troops, arrived here az
u o'clock this morning.