New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-14
The Reported Quartermaster Declarations
Fhs Affair Explained and the De-
faulter Arrested. .....
The Proposed Consolidation Of Regiments
Special Dispatch 10 The N. =. Tribune.


up the old regiments with drafted men, in''e"o "
consolidating them, and adding new regiments nlaue
mn wholly of drafted men, this is donei isthoughf
that there will be no necessity Tor raising mo'c
rao;msn.s the number Of men needed to keep the
old ones up to the maximum standard being all the
reanforcements that the National Armies require.
DEATH OF LIEUT.-COL. KIMBALL.
Iient. Col. Kimball of the Hawkins Zousves
was killed on Saturday night while on the way fr0m
Norfolk TO Suffolk, how is not known.
CoNyALEsCENCE OF MR.. LovEJOY.
The Hon. Owen Lovejoy having recovered from
his recent Illness. started FOR Illinois to-day.
APPLICATIONS UNDER THE NEW HOMESTEAD
ACT.
Anplications under the new Homestead act are
received in great numbers from the various terrific
res at the General Land Office.
THE AFFAIR AT CHARLESTON.
The newsfrom Charleston is not considered very
unfayorabe in Administration circles. Some of the
highest officers Of Government, on the contrary, are
more confident to-day that the iron-clads can take
the city, than they were before the attempt was
made. II is thought to be demonstrated that the
monitors and New Ironsdes are, if not entirely In
vulnerable sufficiently so for their work, and that
they could have steamed up TO the wharyes OF
Charleston but for the line of distractions. The
problem now is to devise sure and rapid means of
removing these distractions.
Tn. length and breadth Of the difficulties 10 be
overcome are fully understood and the object Of the
attack considered as a reconnaissance fully attained
The Rebels 90 not appear 10 consider the result OF
tbe conflict as especially gratifying An officer who
came up from the Rsppahannoek to-day reports that
sRebel shouted over the river yesterday: g You
need MT crow over the Charleston news You
didnt take the city after all"
THE FITTING OUT OF PIRATES IN ENGLAND.
Beside the Official dispatch of Secretary Seward,
converting TO the Government of Great Britain az
intiDation that the sailing of additional vessels Of
war for The service Of the Rebels from British ports
would be considered by the United States an un-
friendly act private letters from eminent Americans
10 Engishmen of influence and position have gone
abroad within few weeks expressing tbs belief o.
the writers that unless measures are taken to pre-
vent the use of Great Britain as a Maryland aud
Ordnance depot for the Rebels there ID danger Of
war between that country and this.
THE REPORTED QUARTERMASTER DEFALCA-
CATIONS.
Vague and disconnected paragraphs as to de-
faul.ng Quartermaser, certain arrests, and the
sovery Of sundry sums Of money at Pitts6eld, Mass
and Troy, N. Y, can now be explained. John w.
Rowland Of the 10th Massachusetts Regiment, and
acting Brigade Quartermaster, came 10 this city on
the 18th Of March last from the army Of the PJto.
mac He presented check at Riggs g. Co.'s,
bankers, for SIG 500, winch was cashed, and he left
town On the day following.
T - 30 Il. f..,
the Ordnance Masters Department Of the Army of
the Potomac, showed that Rowland was q defaulter
10 very large amount that the check drawn was
for Government use, and that he had Improperly
extended bis leave Of absence. This report was not
made 10 the War Department, however, but private
detectives employed TO capture the delinquent
By them be was traced 10 Baltimore and there they
lost sight of him.
On the 18th ultm0 the matter was placed in the
hands of Col. Baker, Provost-MarSbal Of the War
Department, who, with bis accustomed tact and en-
sgy, ret to work to catch Rowland and recover the
money if possible Starting at the commencement,
be traced Rowland, step by STEP until found at last
10 Hyacinth, Lower Canada. As he could not be
arrested in that country. 1t became necessary to get
D him upon American soil again.
After innumerable rses he was finally brought
over he supposng all the while that be was on
his way to Halifax TO take the steamer for Europe.
Much TO his surprise be then learned that his COM
panions were COL Bakers assistants, and that he
was prisoner. The whole of the money drawn at
Riggs a. Co.'S has been recovered part was
taken at PiItsield, Mass part at Troy, N. Y, and
the balance in Canada. The full extent of his de-
talcat'ons has not yet been sscertained. Howlaud
arrived IN this city to-day and is now in the Old
Capitol Prison.
IhE CROPS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
Cmei Clerk Grinnell Of tho Agricultural Depart
mebt ust naugurated system by which full reports
'he ops throughout the country will be received
ana Puonsbed monthly, commencing in May next
Over 2OOo circulars have been sent to the different
counties IN all the States of the Union and returns
are 10 be made Of the number of acres planted with
what planted, the state Of the crops, weather, &c.
Tie statistics thus obtained will be colated into
tabular form and published monthly, forming docu.
nents of nestmsble value. The success ATTENDING
new experiments with cotton, nee, and other here.
tOiore Southern products will thus be made public,
and free interchange Of opinions and experiences be
hdneed.
RECEIPTS OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
lie receipts at the Bureau OF Internal Revenue
for the week ending Saturday last foot up 81 443.
tsS AZ, being gross increase over last week Of
tl22, 3O7 O6. o.
Clerks IN THE sURvEYOR-GENERAL's OFFICE
The fOlowing-named persons have been appointed
Clerks In the Suveyor-G Generals Office:
sam Ramsey. Class Cha, King ClA. 9; VIM. Grace,
yea hornton, clsI 81 Jonn Watson w LzDgford b. b.
,s,aL o. Ridge. A. Mlrochstt, W. H. Streeter y. L..
e. noeithiop, Stuart Glass; q. II. Maynard \. w.
RE,r H. Mason, T. ii. Maddox y. w. TeBlOD, and Z.