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From our Regular Corrcspondent1
WAsuMGToH, Dec. 6, 1868.
RuMoRED CHANCES n TIE CABINET.
The secretaryship of the Navy, as have
already informed you, has been pro11crcd to
Senator Grimes Of Iowa, and rejected. Sen
ator Grimes Is one Of the best posted men,
as regards naval affairs, in the country, hay
ing made it speciality He would make an
excellent head OF this Department, and re-
gret TINT he has seen fit to decline the ap.
polnsment-j ~ ..-....,-
In this connection, learn that strong rep
resentations have been made from Pcnusy1-
rania, Ohio, and Indisha, respecting other
members Of the Cabinet, and it lis likely that
there Will be change In the War and Post
Office Departments also; AIcssrs.| Stanton
and Blair going out to mako way for others.
Mcssrs. Seward and Chase, it is stated, will
remain In their respective positions. The
feeling respecting the mismanagcment Of the
Navy Department is very great, and the re-
cent disclosures respecting the sickl les cutoff
trial in the Circuit Court, have intens1fed
the disgust caused by Mr. ::Welles' OF his sub
ordinate's miserable policy and action.
THE MESSAGE AND THE RADICAL MEN.
! learn from good authority that MI. Lin
the great questions Of the day, as de-
veloped In the progress Of the war,
will unqualffedly secure him the support Of
the radical wing Of the Union party In the
country, and also unite the true Union low
ing men Of the nation moro thoroughly in
support Of the Administration. Tho Presl-
letter to the Springfield mass convention, q
pledge to the people that he Is determined to
carry ont the principles and policy which he
las so steadily kept in view during the pro-
gress Of the war. Mr.. Lincoln, it has appear
ed, has been led BY the people; when, On the
other hand, he has been led by the events
which have crowded upon the country In
such rapid succession, as to require change
OF policy with every change In the progress
Of the war; His message viii be another
etcp in the continued onward progress which
he has perscvered In, and, as said above,
will still more firmly attach the people to
him and his Administration
TIE LOUISIANA DELEGATION.
The arc five members Of Congress here
from Louisiana, among them a Mr. Montague,
from the northern part Of tho State, where
there is not Union man to be found away
from under the guns Of our navy. Yct un-
derstand that at least three Of these gentle
men III not a11) WILL demand to have their
names placed On the xol1 by the Clerk; and
be fool or knayc enough to put them there.
From the course Of the man during the past
twelve months, should judge there is no
saying what he may do. Mr.. Field, formerly
Secretary Of State Of Illinois, Ilearn, will de-
mand to have lts nanc placed on the rolls.
He Is represented as q radical Abolitionfst.
Some of the others, hear, will await the or
gunization OF the House, and then present q
memorial to that body stating their claims
and asking for admission. Then tbs question
VIII arise whether this precedent Fill not
hare to be followed in the case Of other &C.
cedea States presenting members Of Congress
for admission Can we refuse to admit Mr.
Sebastian, from Arkansas, II we admit these
men from. Louisiana? By such admis-
sion power il given to seeded. States to
operate In both the Confederate and Federal
Congresses. It is like allowing a man to
vote III the caucus Of both parties, and thus
control the action Of both to his interests,
Besides, it IL question whether these States
arc nny&longer entitled to representation IN.
loyal people thereof, organize Union State
Government, and elect representatives under
It This question, foresee, must inevitably
come up for discussion during the coming
session, and It is important that 1t should bt
settled upon correct legal and Constitutions
principles. 1t is also necessary to the success
Of the Administration In the present war
that the Union party should place itself righ
| on the record upon this question.
OUR 1Aox-c1AD HAyE.
Our fron-clad Navy now afloat consist
| mostly OF. monitors, ringing from ESQ tt
| 1.O50 tons. The $50 ton vessels are: Sangn
mon, Nantucket, 1ehfgh, Patapsco, Nahant
| Catskill, Paesale, WcehAWkeu, Mont1uk-D
| AL Of these, except the snngamon, (which /
In Washington } arc at Charleston.
| The ,050 ton vessels are: Catawb1, Mana
Hppecanoe, Mahopac, Manhattan-9. Thes
are building at Jersey City, Wilmington
Boston, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
There Is q third lot Of monitors, viz: Aga
mentions, Miantonomah, Monadnock, an
Tonawanda--4. They are building at Boz
N. r. The New York vessel is the only On
launched.
There are also 10 monitors Of $50 tons each
building ut various placea.
We Lave, also, Il iron-clad and PARTIAL
iron-clad Eunboats on the Mississippi an
tons each, ard arc only suitable for rive
81 tic vessels Of the frigatc class, we hav
two at1oat-the New Ironsides, 3,4S6 tons
and the Roanoke, 5. .435 tons. The Dundel
berg, 5000 tons, Dictator, 1850 tons, m
Puritan, $50 tons, are building at New Yorl
They are wooden vcasels, clad with iroI
Another vessel Of this class, not named,
building ut Philadelphia ..
The Navy Department has also invited prt
poea1B for two classes Of ocean iron-clads
one Of 1000, and the other Of $500 tons, bu
nothing has. as Jet been done nnon them.
There is also q fleet of iron double-ender1
like the wooden ones lately constructed, an
In process Of construction. # they do nj
get more speed than the wooden vessels the
do not promise well. Two Of the woode
vessels are now at this Navy Yard, whe1
experiments arc being made on their engine
which 1t turns ont do not give that speed
the vessels which was expected. This
attributed to Chief Engineer fsherwood'a III
founded prejudice against using steam e,
pansiye1y.
The heavy ocean iren clads ara an exper
ment, and If they do not turn ont better thu
wooden vessels clad with iron In simili
manner lately constructed In Europe, Il
money will be thrown away upon them.
ZE1A.