New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-28
len. Cameron to Lead a ColOred Brigade
ZEN. RUrrERFIElD GEN. HOOKERS CHIEF Of STAFF
The City Of Charleston Doomed.
AMONG THE INHABITANTS.



ter to st. Petersburg. promise made to Cassim
NJ. Clay, Immediately after his return from Russia.
will be redeemed by accrediting him anew to the
Court of the Car. Simon Cameron true to biz
polcy and to the manhood Of bis report Of 1862 to.
day offered to .be War Department to lead brigade
of Colored Unionists into the heart OF the Rebellion
GEN. HooKER's CHIEF or STAFF.
Gen. Hooker has ftly taken Brig. -Gen. Butter
Geld "a his Chief of Staff Eighteen months exps
rience in the field, and personal familiarity VITA
warm the battles Of Hanover Court. House, Ganess
Mil, Turkey Bend, Malvern Hill, Groyeton, and
fredericksburg at the head Of regiments, brigades
divisions, and army corps, have specially indicated
this good soldier for the responsible place the Com
mander.in-Cbief on the Rappahannock has seIeeted
him for.
THE CITY OF CHARLESTON DOOMED.
The Wanted impenetrability Of Charleston is not
believed in by the Rebels themselves if actions
sneak more truly than words. Intelligence recently
received hero shows that the inhabitants expect the
city to DO taken and burned in the approaching con-
Act with our iron-clads and that they have, 10
anticipation, removed all Of their portable property
iuclnding even the doors Of their houses into the
interior of tho Safe. Letters from foreigners resi-
dent in Charleston, and enjoying unueualiy god
opportunities to judge, strengthen the belief enter
tanned by our best naval officers that the task before
Admiral Dupont, although not an easy one. ~i q
accomplished.
JUDGE coxwAY's sPEEcu
AT no time during this Congress has the h3uH
paid such marked attention to speaker as was ac'
corded to Judge Conway Of Kansas to-day. The
novelty Of his views aud the eIoquence and force
with which they were presented, gathered az
audience from all parts of the Chamber number
Of Senators belonging to both political parties were
attentive listeners to q man who affirmed that hs
belonged to neither of the two but was in minority
Of one. Some surprise is excited by the fact that
less courtesy was granted him by Republicans than
was extended to Mr. Vallsndigham, who Yves o.
lowed the other day to continue bis aDt-war ~
marks beyond the Parliamentary hour.
II is 10 be added, however, that the speech was
extremely dis.astefu to many Republicans, who
feared that it might be unfairly used against the
party by the Coppcrheads. Il was currently r~
ported in the House that even Wendell Phillips had
vainly attempted to dissuade Mr.. Conway from de-
liveriug his speech which has been in type for some
days.
THE SEVENTH UNITED STATES CIRCUIT.
BY bin introduced by Senator Howard to-day,
tie times for holding the Circuit aud District Courts
of the Seventh Circuit are fixed as follows; Al
Cleveland, for the Northern District Of Ohio, on tbs
first Tuesday OF January, May, and September; o,
Cincinnati, for the Southern District, on the first
Tuesday of February, April, and October; at Do.
troit for the fret District of Michigan on the ira
Tuesday in June, November, and March.
THE PAYMENT OF THE SOLDIERS.
a bill introduced by Senator Wilson to-day author
lies the Secretary Of the Treasury to make ,uch
contracts and arrangements with the Governor Ct
any State which may provide by law for the pay.
ment within such State, by the advancement to their
families or otherwise. of the wages or allotmeus
of her volunteers or militia in the service Of the
United Sates Army, may seem suitable and
proper to secure reimbursement with per cent
premium
ILLNESS OF MIR. woLcorT.
Mr.. Christopher A. Woleot late Assistant secrs.
tary Of War, is lying at the point of DEATH in New
York.
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.
Mr.. DIN WAS authorized by the Military Com
nittee of the House to-day TO report bill sdthorz-
ing the Secretary Of War TO contract on the bea
possible terms, for the construction Of submarine
line OF telegraph from Fort MClIenry or Monroe 70
Fort Pickens, aud thence TO Galveston, with Q
branch to New Orleans.
MOVEMENTS OF GEN. HOOKER.
Gen. Hooker will leave tonight for the army.
lie applied to-day for authority to appoint George
W. Smaey, from civil life, one Of his aids camp.
The fixed rules of the service forbade the selection.
Mr. smalleys graphic description of the battle Of
AntiStam, in The TRIBUNE, won the approval Of
all the officers Of the Army of the Potomac, and 10
was thought that the author Of such letter could
not but make au invaluable etaff officer.
DEATHS OF SOLDIERS IN HOSPITAL.
The following soldiers have died in the hospitals
in and around Washington since our last reports
Geo. W. Dillon, II, Wis. o. E. Blsklee, D, laaPA
GOtleib Wolf A, 20 N Y. Abtau Bussledy. q, 1871 Pa
yno. Bseh.el D, io' Ohio Godfrey Ke.,on. q usA
icob Goeuett II, ID. G. Emory RVosbufs, ., l3tN.g
All Ell McClay h. ia Pa It. A !. Andrews, c. l0a NY
Nm kennedy, h. ~ Ia Corp J. Melntys, 7. % Masa
Corp. +. htock, f. 70 c. Thos. Demouth l., ~ " J.
Abram Hanna l. $50 Pa. Jno. A. Gosln, ID, leo n. Z.
David A. Miller. Y. Mich Cav.
All Information relative deceased soldiers may b ss-
tanned by addressing Capt. Har OF Eishss.ah ed
Il streets. Wa,hinston.l
To the Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Tuesday, jan ~, 1850
THE REPORTED SURRENDER OF TIE GUNBoAr
sIDELL.
From some comments in the newspapers IL
proper to mention that the gunboat Sidoll reported
rs having surrendered TO the Rebels did not belong
to the Navy, and there 10 no such officer as van
Dorm conseced with it,
SELLERS OF COMMODITIES FROM VESSELS i"
BE ASSESSED.
The Commissioners of Internal Revenue has 10
eided that Assessors may assess rs dealers per'pns
who sell commodities from vessels. boaIA or oAsa''
or who sell logs and lumber in RATS, and tao Az