, 1863-01-21
John Mitchell and What
He Says.
INTERESTING FROM The REBEL
CAPITAL.
The Internal Revenue Matters.
Matters Military and Legislative.
THE COURT OF CLAIMS
MEASURE.
LETTERS OF MARQUE TO BE
ISSUED.

A0A 4AAa0 >OI MaA3UG ~ HE
ISSUED.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunal
WAsH1saroN, Jan. 20, 1853
1t is given out at the State Department that
they have highly cheering adviccs from Eu-
rope, and pal .icularly from England, giving
accounts Of popular reaction in our favor.
Unofficial adTices also represent the middle
and lower classes cxer:ing healthy influence
On their government In behalf Of the same.
At the State Department they go SO far as to
speak Of late adviees as precludlng the posi-
bility Of inter 7ention for months to come.
4 letter Of John Mitchell to the Dublin
Aafsen newspaper, recently intercepted, is
chiefly remarkable for such sentences as these;
"North Of the Potomac there is 10 law, and
In travelling through New Jersey, Pennsyl-
yania, and especially Maryland, often asked
myself if this is America, or is 1t Poland or
Vcnetia?" ?"
Richmond he describes thus: ''Richmond
tindyery little changed. Yankee accounts
had prepared me to see the inhabi-
tants generally barefootcd and under fed, but
I never saw better dressed people in the
streets, nor gre=ter show Of ladies. All tell
me there was not the slightest apparent panic
days fight, and It is refreshing to hear men,
women and children speak with such soycr:
eign sco1n Of Yankees. The city of course is
thronged with strangers, aud not even in
Paris do you see SO m1ny empty sleeves, nor
hear the chatter of SO many wooden legs. All,
however, are cheering and re3olute. Appa-
rently they do not know that the backbone
of the rebellion is broken, rs Seward as
Eurcs us.
Dispatches received here state that Gen.
Sherman acted ut Vicksburg under the orders
Of Gen. Grant, and formed the right wing Of
his army in accordance with the belief that
Grant would come up; but the latter having
got his communications cut of, failed to no.
5iy Sherman.
sherman's friends say the official reports
will yindicate him from some, at least, Of the
charges made against him, and will show that
he and McClcrnaud acted in harmony through
ont.
Some arrivals from Richmond to-day bring
news Of great excitement In the rebel capital,
about the 18th inst, owing to reports that
large Federal force, numbering $1,000 men,
WAS On their way to Weldon, N. c., and that
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North Carolina about the samo time.
Anderson's division Of Jackson's army,
numbering about Il, 900 men, passed through
Richmond, going south.
OF the long talked Of Merrimac No. 2, they
say she is a perfect failure, being too top
heavy, and Is lying ut Rockets with q scow
on each side to keep her adoat. She has sew
cral times been t:.kcn out into tho stream
with the scows alongside, but whenever it
was attempted to remove the scows she ca
resned at such 4 rate that they were obliged
10 replace them and bring her back to her
lnoorings.
For upwards Of three weeks she was tried
n'this mannc-, b1.. at lnst tired out with the
attempt to make her set right in water they
have given her up and acknowledged her a
failure.
They. say the Tredegar Iron Works are
working about COO men casting heavy guns,
but OF such poor iron that many Of their guns
arc worthless.
They had set about $50 Union prisoners at
work In these foundrles.
There was hut email number Of t.oops in
the city.
1t was understood that the main. body Of
Lees army was on tic railroad aboat uliaway
between Fredericksburg and Richmond
It WAS believed in Richmond that Governor
Seymour wouldn't let any more troops be
drawn from New York. Similar action is
hoped for from other States.
The Senate viii pass the CourS Of Claims
bill in its present shape, 70 az to make its
judgments final and add two Judges. With
many candidates for the offices it creates.
Senator Browning, Representative Kellogg
and Ebenczer Peck Of Chicago arc among the
most prominent. There is doubt rs to the
eligibility under the constitution Of the two
folmer.
The Senate Finance Committee have unani.
mously agreed to reduce the salary Of the
Assistant Secretary Of State, raised to three
thousand dollars.
The tubst;tute for the bill concerning let
ters Of marque, reported by Senator Hale
to-day, reyisc3 the acts Of Jan. 26, 1872, and
Jan. 81, 1878, and puts them in force in rcla.
tion to all that part Of the United States,
state ofinsurrcctioa, In relation TO I'LL vessels
and property belonging to them whenever
found on the high seas or in por:.
Senator Wilson introduced, to-day, vol
luminous bill for prompt and uniform admin,
istration Of military Justice, and the better
government Of military forces. It creates q
bureau Of military justice, a Judge Advocate
General, with the rank Of Erlsaaier General,
to be at its hesd; and an Assistant Judge Al.
vocatc General, with the rank of Colonel ot
cavalry. 1t authorizes the appointment of q
Judge Advocate 1o5each department or corps,
vain INC rank Of 14eutenant Colonel Of cay
AIRY. 1t prescrlpes Ct great length the con
strucnon' modes 9abpfooeedings y aud powers
Oh courts ma1tlal' general ana 1n1euor grade
courts OF inquiry provost marshars court, &c,
Inc only panshments Tor military otfenses
arc TO be marked, cash1erlng, suspension from
office, reduction TO ranks, dishonorahle dis
missal, disability to hold military com1nis
sion, forfeiture Of pay, reprimand public OF
private and imprisonment. Shaving the head
and other badges Of infamy are forbidden
The bill rs presented was drawn up by Majo,
Bolles Judge Advocate Of the Tth army
corps.
1t may pass the Senate, but stands 4 yer,
slim chance in the House.
Among the amendments tn thu army ,,,,, 70
| ported by tic Finance Committee. are annro