The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-01-29
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Special Dispatch TO the Chicago Tribune.
/ WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 1853.
1t is thought thai there can be no doubt that
action will now be the word with the army OF
| the Potomac. Hooker is a man either 10 make
or break, and not to stand very long waiting to
go about it.
His appointment in Burnside's place causes
no surprise. 1t has been thought probable at
any time since Antietam, and was always
thought sure to come, sooner or later.
Speaking ofthe appointment, last night Wen
dell Philips said, In our delving Tor a Gener-
al we have gone through the drift and stubble
of Mcclellan and the rich %alluvisl soil of Burn
side, but now, thank God, we're striking the
solid granite of Hooker"
Burnside, Sumner and Franklin came up to-
night. For the present, ali these may be con~
sidered as added to our list Of relieved Major
Generals
Senator Wilson introduced an important bill
to-day, providing for the organization OF a vol
unteer force in the several States, to be called
National Guards of the United States, to con-
sist OF 200 regiments of twelve companies, each
company of 100 men, divided among the States
pro rata.
Enlistments can embrace men between the
ages of twenty-one and thirty-five years, citi"
Zens of the United States.
Each regiment is divided into three battai-
icn;, the officers consisting of Colonel ieutenN
ant Colonel, three Majors, and twelve captains,
to be appointed by the Governors of the sever
al States. Any part of this force may be order
ed into the service of the United States by the
President, during any war, invasion, or rebel
lion.
.Crawford's great bronze statue of Liberty is
to be placed on the dome of the Capitol next
4th of July. No speaker has YET been secur-
ed for the occasion, and the selection OF one
seems to embarrass those having the matter IN
hand.
The majority Ways and Means bill passed the
House to>day in the shape in which it came
from the committee of the whole, except that
clsuse taxing deposits was stricken out. The
Jay Cook bill introduced by Dir. Stevens re-
ceived but Is votes. 1t is believed that the
Senate will not make any essential alteration
in the bill, unless ii be TO tax bank circulation
more heavily, and, perhaps, also TO tax on the
national currency scheme.
Last year the Senate Finance Committee re-
fused to alter the principles of the revenue bill,
on the ground that to do so would be to trench
on the province of the House, and the Senate
sustained this view.
The Committee on the Conduct Of the War
was authorized to-day to inquire into the cir'
cumstances Of the recent successful interlned-
ding of Gen. Franklin and his officers with
Gen. Burnside'S plans, by which the President
was induced to countermand a forward move
ment.
The Secretary of War has called upon Gov.
Andrew to furnish a number OF white officers
for the African brigade which Gen. Daniel UN-
man is authorized to raise in the South. A
similar request has been made Of other Repub~
licans in otticia! positions.
The President is urged from ami. slavery
quarters to supercede Gov. StanIey,a Il appoint
Gen. Fremont as Military Governor of North
Carolina, and to make it one part of his work
90 organize the military strength Of the black
population.
This proposition has been pressed on the
President for some time, but thus far without
much encouragement.
Representative Hooper's bill establishing a
national currency, slightly amendedswas intro>
duced by Senator Sherman to-day.
Senator Harlan introduced a bill TO day auN
thorizing the President to seize hold and run
during the rebellion a line of Railroad from some
point not further East than Chicago thence to
three points on the Mississippi opposite Mime
sofa, Iowa, and Missouri, respectively, a Board
of Control, composed of three commissioners
TO appraise the roads taken, TO superintend
them, keep them in repair, and to run them for
passengers and freight at not exceeding the to-
tai expenses ofthe Government mails, to be car
ried free.
The owners OF the roads to receive seven
per cent of the appraised value.
The Massachusetts men, at their interview
with the President yesterday evening, urged
upon him two things of special Importance
that ne should employ no agents, either in civil
or military Positions, except those who are
heart and soul with him for The country, and
that he should extend the Proclamation OF Free
dom to all the slave territories. making a pro-
mise for the corauensation of loyal masters
Wendell Phillips vas specially prominent IN
urging these points,
Harrison of Ohio to-day introduced the I'M"
.k"srtant resolution that the Military Coz. H'''Ie7
Wy INSTRUCTED to report q bill authorizing 20
. pH&Ahment to accept troops that NAV volun-
tee " "shoily irrespective Of any previous linz
itat. cas- 1t is believed that a few victories
woult. reader it possible TO raise volunteers
again, NAA shat we certainly need all we can
get.
WASH SGx@E, Ian 26.-It is understood that
Maj. Gen. AVraD&lin and Maj. Gen. Sumner have
also been re .ieyed from their commands OF the
and left grand divisions of the army of the
Potomac, but the alasaes of their successors
have not yet been diyuised, nor is il to known
who has been appointed to take the place of
Gen. Hooker. h
Gen Burnside, with most Of his late staff,
has been allowed thirty days leave of absence.
The weather is warm and pleasant. The wind
is fast drying up tn e earth,
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