Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-01-31
engagement near Savannah, in which the re-
bells had suffered defeat

| engagement near Savannah, IN winch inc re-
bells had suffered a defeat.
CAsEoF GEN. FRANKLIN.
1t is believed in military circles that major
general Franklin, hearing that allegations of
| hardness and ineliicieney in his late command
had been made against him to the govern
ment. has asked to have court martial for
! his trial Immediately on being relieved from
duty with the army of the Potomac, and that
il has been determined 10 accede to his re-
quest.
General Burnside is to be examined before
the committee on the conduct of the war upon
the senate resolution, inqulung whether any
generals acting under him attempted to inter-
tere with his plans at any time while he was
commander OF the army Of the Potomac. His
| chief of staff was examined yesterday. The
committee have the names of several officers
who came up here and complained of Gen.
Bumside's movements to the president.
FoRTIFICATIoN BILL.
Among the items in the fertilization bill
reported by Mr.. Stevens to-day, are the fol-
! lowing 5000, 900 for fort Carroll in Balti-
more harbor; $4,000 for fort Monroe;
| $1,000 for fort Clinch, Florida; 100000
for fort Wool, in Hampton Roads; 100000
for fort Taylor, Key West; 100000 tor fort
jefferson, Garden Key; $4,000 for the fort
at Ship Island; 100000 for the new depot
at Dry Tortugas 100000 for fort st. Philip;
! 100000 for fort Jackson
NAVY APPROPRIATIONS, &c.
The navy appropriation bill in the aggregate
appropriates $685. l95, 200, including nearly
| So, 000, 900 as pay of officers and seamen,
| 50. 29S 900 for the construction of vessels,
| So, 250, 900 for purchase, charter, &C. $l2,
OO0 900 for iron sea steamers, $2,000,000 for
equipment, $5,000,000 for machinery, and
over 81, 900 900 for ordnance and stores. The
| following appropriations are made for navy
yards Portsmouth, n. H., $I32, 900; Bos-
ton, S22S, 900; New York, $4G3,000; Phila
delphia, $23 900; Washington, $l32, 000
Mare Island 'S366,000; Sacketts Harbor,
! $500; and the navy academy nearly $50 900.
The navy department has received intor-
nation of the capture of the English steamer
| Antonio, direct from England via Havana by
the gunboat PoCahOntas on the 6th.inst. She
had on board a valuable cargo of munitions of
war, and was first discovered by the blockade
force Oft Mobile, but was captured by the Poe
ahontas thirty miles S. S. E. of Cape San
Bias
REPORTS FROM GALVESTON.
Rear admiral Farragut has forwarded to
the navy department the report Of Com. Bell
| of the steamer Brooklyn at Galveston, giving
an account Of the sinking OF the IIatteras on
the 18th inst Com. Bell states that ne has
| heard OF Sin persons who escaped VIZ: Acting
| master Partridge OF Name, James Calley, or
binary seaman Of New Jersey, Geo. a. Falk-
inburg of Philadelphia, james Wright, OF
Troy, N y, VIM. IL. Jenkins OF New Jersey,
VIM. Crown, coXswain, of Boston
Com. Bell reports that 3 o'clock on the at
ternoon of the lIth the IIatteraS was sent in
chase of Il strange sail which was reported
from the mast head, and was seen last after
sunset about Is miles distant. bearing south.
At 7.I5 the BROOKLYN was under weigh,
steering south quarter east, and at
the same time the Cayuga steer
! nd south nv ,cnst Tho Rrooklvn ,r,is