Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-02-27
Late News BY Last Nights Mails.

W AsuINGToN News, 25th.-1he Sen
ate Military Committee, at Their meeting
10 day, disposed Of III st OF the military
appointments before thcm and reported
them 10 the Senate for confirmation.
They have reduced the number OF Paw
master 5, luartcrmasters, and Comlissar-
les some hat, bnt have reported enough
to mes the requirements OF the service.
The House passed the consumption
bill in an amended form. The most IN
pottaut amendment PROV des ior imme
,llateiy turning over 10 the civil anthon
ties for trial al persons who may he ar
rested by the Provost Marahals for alleg
cd treas enable practices. The other len.
lures Of the bill were amended IN no I'M
po,tant particular. Though every effort
vas N adc to exempt the Quakers, clergy
men. and others, every such proposti on
was yo ted down bv large maiorItles. Tie
LIl, a, il stands, allows eonscrlptcd pen
sons to either procure substitutes or paJ
5000 to the War DEPARTMENT and be cA
emptod. The provisloAs added 10y the
House are understood to be entirely ac-
ceptable o the Senate Military Commit
tee, and will probably Immediately pass
the Sena te.
Gen. 5 igeI. this afternoon, received 4
magnitice at and costly sword and belt,
the gift OF German citizen OF Iinclnna-
ii. The General returned his thanks Tor
the gift. md said 1t was wrong to place
lcpendeu &c u pom any one man. but each
man sLou ID b considered a single part ot
all who were attempting to work out the
problem Of lberty. He had always been
a rcpubhca as against despotism, and
would s,anc by republican principles 70
the end. ianv things had happened N
the war 10 discourage him,an his friends
had advised him to desist from beng a
soldier, "a jns''ce was not being done
him but, j II such time as tins, no mar
should be { iscouragcd by little personal
i grievances.
The SEN ate passed to-day the follow
inc bill, st lch will soon be put througl
the uoase That the President be au-
tlorized. by and with the advice aud con
semi os ,hc Senate. to confer brevct RAM
/ on SUI II com "ii'N
tcer and other forces IN the service a
hav been or may hereafter be, d'ssin-
paished by L'allant actions or 'nel''o,,ol me ),
,han, 20 a,y mo, ease of pay or emolu
ments i ~, i,
, The Senate also oasseo Tue on
I promote the health OF he army ~ pro
vides that the Medical j., 'pa,''nen. quo
. unite with line officers OF 'ne a,", =,
the supervision of cooking "''n'n :"
: same, AS an important sanitary n'.a'a, ;,s a;
and that it shall pronulgatc to y.
: GERS such regulations and nstrnct ~
may tend TO insure the proper regnIa ',r {,
of the rations OF soldiers One cook
each company Of thirty, and two for eac'
P. Of sixty men, one to be detailed for ter
y days,-the men to take turns. I'M
., President is authorized to enlist two ne
oroes for under-cooks for each princlPa
H. cook. at so per month and one dan.
J. ration. The army ratons shall hereatte
include pepper, in the proportion OF lou
= ounces to every hundred rations; an
/" tobacco shall be furnished to the eniste
o. . men by the Colnmlssary Department
II its cost. and charged against their pa,
under such regula ions as the Secretar
ID Of War may adopt.
:. CAIao NEws, 25th.-The gnnhoats
& the Cumberland report that Van Dol
has gone with 100, men to reinfor
es Bragg.
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