, 1863-05-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
Rumors About General, Hooker.
Construction Of the Conseription
Law.
THE PRISONERS At RICH"
MOND.

THE PRISONERS At RICH"
M0ND.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago TIibune.l
WAenwo1os, May IT, 1869.
By order Of yesterday. Provost Marshal Gen.
F1y give notice that Provost Marshals and
members ofboards recently appointed under
tile enrolment Law, must signify their accept
ancc immcdiately, or their appointment will
be regarded as declined.
A dispatch received at the War Department
from Fortress Monroe says that prisoners ar
irving there from Richmond think the whole
number taken by the rebels in the recent bat
| ties will not exceed $500.
The following order made pnbllc to-day an
! nounccs changc in the department OF Mis-
| souri,, spoken Of inlast nights dispatches:
WAR DErAn1ME,:1. Ap5r. GEs.'s orr1cE,
NAsA1SG1oE, May 13, 1858. {
GENERAL ORDER, No. 121.-First Major
General J. II. schodeld is By direction Of the
President assigned to the command Of the De"
par:mcnt. Sccond-haj. Gen. g. Curtis being
relieved from his command, will report by let
ter to the Adjutant General Of the army.
By order ofthe President.
tSigned,) E. D. TOWNSEND, 4. A. G.
In Buell's case 1t is believed the record oi
the court, which has arrived, shows that his
campaign utterly failed, and that tile President
was too slow in removing him.
/ Hon. Preston King is talked Of as second
Comptraller.
Attorney General Bates and Postmaster
General Blair are to bc mainly credited With
Gen. Curtis removal. Scbof1leld may be
merely Il focu,s ze,eris.
Henry Bergh Of New York succeeds Bayard
Ta1 1or for Secretaryslip Of Legation ut st.
Petersburg.
The opinion Of the Buen commission /;
brief and conclusive, and believed to be mild
The commission was authorized to recon
mend the disposition of officers implicated as
well as to sum up the campaign. It is doubt
full whether publication will be made at pres
cnt, if at all Halleck is said not to be vel
pleased with the fnding,. Buell. was stopped
in the publication Of his defence by order O.
| Government.
The issue OF legal tender notes is discontin
| ued, and all blank ones on hand arc sealed up
| Tie whole amount issued is about four huud
! red and tiye millions
The Shakers, Of Lebanon, New York, wer,
here, By derutation, yesterday, claiming tna
| the six hundred dollars exemption from ths
income tax should apply to each member o
that community. The commissioner has til,
| question under adyisement.
Dr.. J. II. Broadhead Of this city is-a candi
date for the second Comptrol1crship, vacated
by the death Of Mr.. Cults. Il is probable
| however, that Senator King can have it If h
| will.
Major Don Piatt las gone to Baltimore
10 assume lis duties as chief Of Gen. Gchenk'
staff. General Ord is still at Carlisle bar
racks, whittier be was ordered By the secre
tary Of War, months ago, for absence withou
leave from the Buell. commission.
There is strong effort making for the ap
| pointment Of General Butler to the com
mand from which Curtis was relieved.
senators Wade and Chandler returned from
the army Of the Potomac In the best Of spirits
having gone down thlther somewhat aepresf
cd. They report order excellent, and th
troops full Of fight.
D. Ctasey will flle D defense, in writ1u:
| with the Court on Wednesday, to which da
the Cont adjourned. No reply will probabl
be made by Judge Advocate Gaines. Brig
der General Charles Campbell has been o
| dcred to report to General Schoheld, at
Louis, with the understanding that he sha
1aye m independent command In the India
| Territory.
Minister Corwin's health, hitherto bad,
| now much improying-so says Cousol Otfe
, burg, Just from the Mexican capital. II
| Hodges, a resident for many years at Hond
> | ras, II here seeking to colonize the blacks
:. | lis country. The Cabinet are divided on t
~ question, some members wishing to use
b.acks In the military service,
- PSrc1la! D!spatch to the Chicago Tribunal
rU1ApE1rH1A, May II, 1864
a8 The Philadelphia Dispatch Of this morni
Is publishes dispatch from Washington, dat
. May l6, which says the fact that both Ollie
o. and men, to considerable number daily,
y, rive from the Rappahannock and proceed
~ their homes on leayes Of absence, is regard
rs additional indication that the army r
1e not Immediately make q movement agail
- the enemy.
$, General Hooker's purposes and designs
12 movement, SO far as the army OF the Po
= mac is concerned, are In the absence Of fact
II mere matters Of conjecture. Regiments
u + nine months md two years. men are G.
= stantly pouring in through Washington
the North, their time having expired. Th
r. is feeling Of nervousness upon this subj
~ in some quarters; but our military leaders
eatistied that II we arc to loose 20 600 or 30,
.1c men from the army at ii, 1t is better to 10
i'd them now.
L. The Sunday Transcript (Copperbead)
bt yotes considerable space to the discussion
be the draft, and says Secretary Stanton
&c placed an Interpretation OF the conecrirt
NJ act that practically ignores the $500 exes
u lion clause This Is safd TO hare been d.
&c, On representation that throughout the y
Ie iis the acceptance Of the $500, in lieu of sers
ii. would have the effect, in 4 large measure
7as defeat the main Intention Of the law ri
'eo vas to produce soldiers for the army, on
of sround that the three hundred dollar cla
rs. is permlssiyc, and not mandatory, and
It, therefore 1t is optional with him to accept
, reject the money, for which no proyislo
ac: made, either for collection or
ast keeping. It says the Secretary
Il War has decided to ignore
.toi o. three hundred dollar exemption clause I
1eA scthcr, and that in this be is sustained By
,dc | President and Solicitor Whiting. In con
siv- sion, 1t says the draft will take place al
!, be the LIST Of July.
,y l,ayy The soldiers now returning home will
Ian Lad SIX weeks away from the army, and
will begin to be restless bF the middl
,nE July.
uty. The War Department will offer bonn
three hundred dollars to all who will r
the list, using the funds accumulated to pay
'ops hundred dollars rather than 50 to the iel
"'e is expected TINT nearly all these retal
wed soldiers will accept high bounties and It
fire to the service. six weeks will undoub
be consumed in tho enrolling Of all PEI
,ern subject TO do military duty.
era1 WASHINGTON, May 16.-From the fact
the n number of officers and men daily arrive
j idie the Rappahannock, and get leave Of aus
and 70 lomc,is regarded as-an indication
Con" the army will not move at present.
! aea, a. General stahl, day or two since, sent
8ifh scouting party 10 Ieesburg to hunt the r.
, be None were found in force 4 skirmish
1iag, few Of the Black Horse Cavalry, near Wa