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, 1864-03-27

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tabanc.1
SPEtSoF1E1p, ILL.,, March Is, 1861
The number Of men fronl Illinois reported on the
enrolment lists as1being In the naval service is
.:ss, and they viii be credited to their respective
towns. Chicago gets credit for s2a OF them
The following Illinois men have been examined
within the past six months, and recommended for
positions In negro regiments ~. II. Brockway,
for Captain; Edward IT. Meaty ard, for 1st Lcutcu-
ant: Henry 8. Wadsworth, for ID Lieutenant; i
c. Fowler, for ID Lieutenant; Charles L. Francis,
for I'd Lieutenant; Il. Il. Aiken, for ID Lieutenant;
Thos. II. Conaut, for I'd Lieutenant; Geo. Q. Fol-
SON, for ed Lieutenant.
: Very nearly the usual number Of trains arc run
ming On the Great Western Railroad. The business
which was temporarily interrupted by the late
et1tke ia proceeding a. usual, 10 the satisfaction
Of MI parties, most Of the engincc1a having return
cd to their places.
New recruits continue to arrive. Scvcnty-ayc
reported themselves 1t Genern1 Whites headquar-
tess ycatc1day, and received tleir outfits Of
clothing.
The new recruits for the army Of the Cumberland
will be mustered into the service On Saturday next,
by Capt. Lauer.
Tho veteran 3ad regiment Of Illinois volunteers,
Col. John Logan; and the veteran 10th regiment,
Col. Cyrus Hall, arrived At Camp Butter on ThuFs-
day morning, ut about 3 o'clock. They will re-
celve their fnrloughs at Camp Butles thirty days,
to-day,
The 9Th Illinois cavalry will arrive hare this
evening.
, 1864-03-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Relations Of France and the Uni
ted Statcs--Smportnnt Military Mat
tCr4.

WASHINGTON, March sG.-The Senate confirmed
Lieut.. h. jayne OF the 9Th Illinois cavalry ae first
Lieutenant; Henry c: Robfnett, let U. 8. Infantry,
to Ee MD to Gen. McCleruand; alzo Lockwood
Todd and Nathan A. Richardson Of Illinois. 10 be
Commissioners Of Subsistence, with the rank Of
Captain.
The President to-day dismissed COL Wolford Of
Kentucky flom the y. S. service Tor disloJnf sen
ttraente Expressed at q recent sword presentation
In Kentucky.
WARRINGTON. March ga special to the New
York CtMMeyridi Adrerttfer kayH:
the Secretary Of State Is understood to be in ia
vor OF an Immediate and energetic demonstration
against the evident designs Of the Nc1tcan empire
and the French In connection with the great rebel
lion. Il is to be regretted II such dcmonsI ttiou
Ia really to be mae that 1t should have been post
ponea until the moment when its only effect mnst
be to prcctp!tate Us into fresh and most dangerous
complications. The appearance Of 1eet Of nfne
or ten French fr1gates OF the mouth Of the Rio
Glande, OF which fact government Is advised by
telegraph tAls morning, Las large significance IN
connection with this quesdon.
The friends OF tho quicksilver company expect
preliminary decision IN their case some t'no dur
Numerous changes are being made in subordi-
nate positions In the army of tho Potomac, with
view to enhance Its efficiency.
NEW {oRK, March 7d.-The 9Fitune's special
says great number OF anbulauccs hare gone to
the front.
An order has been issued allowing officers and
rryatea Of invalid corps M for active duty to enter
The Kera!ds Washington special says the 4th
y. !. Heavy Artillery is ordered to tho front as in
fautry. It numbers 1000 men.
, 1864-03-27
"a WAsuRoToN, March aG.
BY The President Qf The United States Of america.
4 PROCLAIM ALTON

WHEREAS 1t has become necesRary to deane tho
cases in which insurecnt enemies are entitled to
the benefits ofthe proclamation Of the President Of
the United States, which rTas made on the sth day
Of December, 1865, aud the manner in which they
ehalprocced to avail themselves oi these benefits;
and - =
WEErAs the objects Of that proclamation were
to suppress the insurrection, and restore the au-
thority tho United States, and
WHEREAS the amnesty therein proposed By the
President, was offered with reference to these OBJ
3ce{s alone,
Now, therefore !, Abraham Lincoln, President Of
the United States, do hereby proclaim and deciarc
that the said proclamation does not apply to the
cuscs OF persons ho ut the time when they seek to
obtain the benefits thereof by taking the oath there
by prescribed. are In military, naval cIS conhne
nent or custody, OF under bonds, or on parole on
the civil, military or naval authorities, agents Of
the United States as prisoners Of war, Or persons
detained for offences fauy kind, either before
after conviction, and that the contrary, 1t does
spp1y only to those persons who being yet at large
aud free from amy arrest, confinement Of dureas,
shall voluntarily come forward and take ssId oath
with the purpose Of restoring peace aud establishing
the national authority Persons excluded from the
amnesty offered In said proclamation may apply to
the President for cleency like all other offenders,
end their application will receive due consideration.
It ia further declared and proclaimed that the oath
in the aforesaid proclamation Of December S, 1861
may he taken aud subscribed to before anycomnals-
soned Officer. Or nayal in the serylce
Of the United StaEes Or any Other clvI military
ncer Of State or Territory not in instruction,
who by the laws thereof r,ay be qualified for ad-
ministering oaths.- All officers who receive such
oaths are hereby authorized to give duplicate
thereof tothe persons respectively by whom they
are rnade; and euch officers are hereby required to
transmit the original records Of euch osths, at as
early day as may be convenient, to the Depart
rrcnt Of State, wherc. thoy will be deposited and
remain in.t the archfFee Of the Government. The
Secretary Of State will keep register thereof, and
w on application In proper cases issnc certificates
OF such records In the customary form Of ofacial
Certificates
In testimony whereof hare hereunto Get 1oy
hand and caused the seal to be fixed. Done at the
City OF Washington, tis 25th day Of March, IN the
year Of on7 Lord ono thousand eight hundred and
axty-fou and Of the Independence Of the United
States the etehty-ctahih.
Signed 1,y the President, --
AIt,AHAM LIyco1S.
WILLIAM Il. SEWARD, Sec'y Of State.
, 1864-03-27

Sixth Corps The thr.s: divisions now forming the
First Corpt, ere Transferred to Ito Fill, Corps,
serving their badges and distinctive neatks and On
joining the FIfih corpa they will be consolidated
vision transferred TO the Eecona, FiNh and Sixth
Corps, will It oEcc report to the commanders
Of there corps for Instructions. Brig Gen, J. B.
Carr will report to Maj. Gen. Hancock command
ing the ID Corps, and Brig. Geu. H. Prince to MA.
Gen ssdsWisk, commanding " IN Corps. II:
the I'd, 9th and 9Th Corps, these tattcrfe: to be
tsEen from those now with the corps, and with th,
Isl and I'd Corps. The batteries with the several
corps in e1ccxE OF the Above allowance, will join
eions called for in this order will be made bJ the
corpa commanders concerned, who are authorized
to rea1nnre the brlgades OF their respective CON-
nands in such n:arner a6 they m1y think best for
tie service. The reasetgnment Of officers Of the
sta.f departments, consequent upon tho feorsani-
tons Of the chiefs Of stat departments as these
headquarters. Special Instructions will be gtyen
hescfter With respect to 'stad officers Of the two
CORPS Temporarily broken up.
1Alrd-The Aatos-General commanding avalla
reduced strength Of nearly I'll the regiments
serving N. this army, the temporary fednc-
tfou CT the army CORPS to three Is Amca-
sure tmpcrAtlye]y demanded by the best inter.
e h s s
being, to other eorps, were In no respect fo1nded
upon any supposed inftrIorIty Of those corps to
the other corps Of this arnly. AL the corps have
squa1T proved their yalot IN many teide. and all
ment and Of the country. The let and Sd corps
will retain their badges and distinctive MARKS, and
the Major General Comnanain. indulses tho hope
that tho ranks Of the army Will BE- Tiled at early
iSiened.1 s. W1111Ax., i. <: G.
, 1864-03-27
FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
Indiana in Excess OF Her Quota,

1sDlA;sAfo11s, " March a4.-The table Of quotaa
ard credits IN your Washington correspondence,
Of yesterday, makes 1t appear that Illinois Is the
only State that has an excess o. volunteers over
quotas, veterans oot ircluded. Such WAS the Case
On the III Of March. but It Is not now. far
Indiana is concerned. Three Thousand nine hun
drcd and thiEty-four recruits were mustered into
Indiana regiments between March 1st and 21th,
which wouId giyc an excess orer all quotas, with
nut counting veterans, Of ITS. The veteran enlist
menta number 10,sas55. The veterans to return
home are nearly all from the Gulf. The SD rcyt-
1neut leaves Nashville tomorrow aud will reich
here On Sunday. The soth Indiana n the only rc-
manning yeteran regiment Of the ara: osthe cum.
bc{lan1 that hAs uQt rcIufQe3 home.
, 1864-03-27
-Fnt0xz CAzEo AND DELoxv.
Interesting News from Memphis nEd
Arkansas.


Especial Dlspateh to tbs Cbteaeo Tsfbune-1
CAmo, March &c, 1864.
By the a17igql Of ttf Liberty No. we have later
dates from Memphs:.
Cotton remains dun. It Is quoted at57G15sc- The
Liberty brought up 80 bales.
We clip. the following from the Bulletin Of the
eth instant:
Few daJs pass By without scouting parties leav-
ing Helena. Ark, who diligently clear ont the suer-
ilas that lnfest hetcountry back from the river.
On Monday last one of our parties cane In With NO
1ess than eighteen prisoners Among them was
Charley Coolidge, q tolerably well known indl-
vidunl who had been 4 prisoner formerly, WAS ex-
changed, and is now il captivity again.
Capt. Hurslel wae also re-captured. lie had
been 4 prisoner, and IVES on the road 10 Goyctu-
ment Island, Lake Etic. 1T Indianapolis he coz
tz1red to cscare. This man is horse-stoalcr OF
eminencc Ind impudeuce. Since his escape he
has ritsen to Gen. .BnfoEd stating that he bad
twice been within hiE lines eiuce his return, and
proposed to continue his vIs1ta. He has made ono
more visit than was good for him.
Several former residents Of Helena have been
among the prisoners recently captured.
At Pine duff and Little Rock persons come In
daily and take the OATH being tizcd Of the ftutless
aud ca'a1nitons oppoEhna to the legitimate Gov
ernment. i:
There WAS 1900 rotes cast In tho recent cleo
ton in Arkansas, and only 200 opposed the
new Constitution. :.
We learn from Memphis paper Of the nth, that
John A. Tatun1, sou Of David Tata.u. OF ST. Lou!s,
was brought mp IN the Champion ycstertay, is
rebel epy captured By tho gunboat 1{asnora, at
1slnud No. 70. He had with him trunk full Of
rebel uniforms. aud rebel silk 1ag made by ladies'
Of ST. Lonls foz Capt. Lascur'e battery.
IT. III
Army, died In Memphis on the a2d. lie was a res
ident Of Philadelphia.
Instead Of Col. Thoupson, who was killed at Pa
dncah, it ehonld hare been Gen. Thompson.
The detachment which made the attack on
Union City, numbered 1,e0O, and commanded by
Faulkner. Col. Bell, of Tcxas, was among tho
wounded.
A train Of cars WINS he.rched at Mayaeld, on the
18th, BY band Of 20 guerlll.s under Edmoude. One
negro who was dressed in Federal uniform and at
tempted to run, was shot. No other damage was
done by them,
, 1864-03-27

OF ammunition, but 9 supply bag hee9 sea: up
non, Ills EoEt- WHICH has already rescsec there
CA1no, M.5ch a6.-Reports were received here at
o'clock this morning, to thc effect tnat a rebel
lit eyenIn.: adT:ut.ns 1ron F1d1ceh. III.
FerT little doubt. exists thaE Col. Hicks com
uandfrr there has destroyed the city by burning
IL az he enInc tmg since warned Its Inhabitants he
would do. thculd i: aEain be mcnaced-
CAIRO. March Ef-FoErest made a. attack on
FGducah last night. Col icss aad his forge occu-
ricd the fort nntl aur pEnDoats commenced = vir-
o-ous stclIirc Of tnac city. When last hra1l froz,
the butIdlucs an F-uht etreet were IN flames.
SPnNGrIElp, Nasch 2d.-Gcn. J1llns II bite has
}rEt received lie lGI5ow1ng dispatch from General
Etayman, Eho commands at Cairo:
---..: CA11o, March &c, 1881,
The enemy, 1900 strong attacked Paducah ycs-
teriey. ~TEey oceurfed the town. Col. Hicks,
wi.k 800 men and tsyo gnnboats. fought and be i
them, The battle c.caing At m!dnisht- PAduc h
was battered hy artillery, and Is stls IN aam-s.
The dcfcrse was a; ;s3liaEt one. Reinforcemcats
have gone IN 10 Eare. 4 new attack, but tlinl
HIcks las Gntcaed The ccntc;t. ,
s'sneo' p.Eaa:cr General Connsnits:.
To J. White, Brtgndier General
I>srEror1KLo, Ill.,, March 20.
To Aatutant Gen. II. C. Fuller, fremont House,
EhlceGo. III;
C. T. Chase, Sanitary Agent at Cairo, telcsrapha
Pa1neah was eacsf,l and burned by Forrest yes
tc7day. Our forces bid the garrison at s o'e1o:l;
- ee n p. Mrs
, 1864-03-27

Legislative and Military Matters.


Especial olepatch TO the Chicago Is1onne.1
MADISON. March ~, 1854.
me I'm fesifnent Is sill mere waiting for pay
INC tnited states payniasseE hese not bcing AUG
% procure money: Fe:eo'ptosy ORDERS ase lseaea
Ma 'Cs aallousas 70 % s.!sn oanng 1tom Aoaaas.
tns LII ~; anG a1senuoas eno[ts
- .n H~ , - ~ A1S"'''Ae' ~ "3'a'ee '''
Nv 49, sars5,,-, ~ T.. ,,es.a azo,,.,.a
-,nn,ars,,. H. ~ 4 SANITARY Comnasss,on on5
~ sI'oe, IA soc,c,,ca NJ th1s st.te 1or rh.t
49,. t,- ~. rr,,of ~ yr,,,a,s,x .a,a..s
mi. ~, ~ -.
.t,o,;t ~ ~ ss.a - .s,s
t.-as. - .rnronr,..o :, ~ na,r .n5 M ~.
,a-s e,c ~. ~ tho ststo Rss,xn s.hoo, 20. M,
.a,a,tma ~ ~ 1s.ua ~
-. ~, SUPERINTENDENT ~ .,,,to, raao.t1. 49,
.s;a,,, ~. st.+sn.- ~ ie.oa ~ ~.
s..bs1sh,1 s,a dse,,;,,,, 1thar.;as ~ ssi,.
- - -, -. 49, ,,'H,:s.1s.
on'eu5 sue ~. =! ~ ~ -,
u ,a@ss ~ VI .A4n ''"He anu esuoo' a.e'A.e%' "
autnoIa.c ne son' esonee VI 'a"as Ill lue IOWA u
o'ocfot'oee ~ ea.a'net eoaats, menos'a' ~
congress LII EcSSoiu 70 ene sloehbfaoea lanas III
caunet county, ano Numerous otae1 oslls.
No9aans u seaclo. iatelcst tfankplea III
tnc senate. an INVITATION was present
ea stoc1 ns Ao"a noase Q! REPRESENTATIVES,
10 atteno INC Nos1u"ess amp cAnAl consenuon 10
meet al Daoaaae On 1ne nt3s wednesday IN MAJ
icr LUG purpose OF lnauc1ee congress 70 cause
inc. removal OF ohsttuction6 o. nui'd
canas around the upper and lower rapids OF the MIS-
siaaippi river, anu also to construct ship canal
from some point opposite Inc Eastern norde7 o.
Iowa to connect the Mississippi river with Like
stichigan. Referred to seaeet committee.
= large number OF oll's were passed, Including
, 1864-03-27


ST. Louis, March -, 1873.
TonAcco-The feeling in tho market is 1smer. The
sales embrace Ehhds green lugs ut 80: Is fac
tory do Mt s5-5eG61o: 10 planters luss Mt Sioo3
Scoi TO common shipping leaf ct g. eoGl 1s do
mcdlnm 90 st *1l.ccsl6 o5: do medium do Sis4a9
Q do good do e25,o1@32.25: do fine $ss.tl; 5
bxs at es.soG5.4o.
FLoCR-Cort'nucs moderately active. with sales Of
ico bzls country Xxx at $685. 200 brls do at $685. 60
Z at $6.oc; ais brls supcr at &5.s3.
WnKAT-ve1y nrm ct lun prices, with sales Of 10
sl-s choice At &l.45: SIT SKIS primo at $.86@1sS.
CoES-Firm. Sales 5s2 bu very choice new white
Ut Is; 60 bu old white ut $l.o5 deyeEed 4ol bu
neT white At el.eS; 10 hu do at 96c.
R11-sales ast sls at SIC.
BAr1Ex-sso tks Eprus: barley ut s1.ss-an advance.
GRoCrbIEs-Ro coffee at S@s9H; common to
choice Louisiana sugar 14f317s for pew plantation.
Molaseea At so9sse 2 gallon. New Tosk sa!s T.. 10 .
80 q brl; !; Georcta e7.in52-50 2 seek.
Wu1sKT-1Iafket unsettled and excited. The sales
embrace Is trls at a3c g brls at 9e Is hr.s at Bic
sellers were generally asking Sc. ...
pRoy1s1oxs-Pork steady under good demand. The
tcies comprise i07 bsls pork at III % 2 bril- 1000
brls meas pork on 4. Racou-Thc sales embrace
or, 5oc0 zoo packed shoulders at 9c 1900 sugar
cured hams. loose. 1T Bc,
, 1864-03-27
Cincinnati Market.

Especial tHpatcn 70 inc EnlchSa -4E1R0EG+I
CtsC1SxAT1, March 2G, 1861.
BAR1xT-lu Glr demand 1t $11olll5 10. Spring
and 81 ca31.e5 for Fail.
WnEAr-Red In fAIE demand and advanced to al.2s
@1So: snoderate demand for White at al.3s9l.lo.
CoEx-Fttr demand for Ear Corn at 81 and She1fcd
1T s1I5, but offerings are Light and holders ask
higher.
oA7s-Fa,r demand for Oats. and 7oc ttcely offered
Il bu1E SIC axSed.
Ryz-CncharEed At SLY.
CoFFr4-Ma1ke: buo11ns audzadyanccd to aka
&C for Rio; cloalng 1ru.
SrGAR6-Market for Raw Sugar SITE, with improved
demand ut 14t.@17Ae; Hard Refined steady at 2o,{3
zckc.
Mo.Assxs-Sew Y. Q. held 1t ss@85c.
FlouE-Pztces unchanged; demand falr. Sales Of
10 brls S1pernnc 1t s5.7j.
TuaskY-UnchsnEed and quiet. 6a1 brls sold Ut
SEC. ;
PRo11s1oSs-MarE 1r.ne., with improved demand
ut letter figures City Mess Pork sold n which
is au advance ss,es Of $3.50 pcs Bulk Side. averaging
E@S0 ns, 1t 9kc; 2c0.No D. Do, averaging % Ds. At
same rate 100000 ns Do averaging s. rs, 1t 9kc;
ao rcs Shoulders. averaging IS Is. 1t SIC, and 400
p:s Ut ;1Hc for Hams and sHc for Shoulders. No De
mand for Lard, which IL held At 1:H@teHc. Nothing
t,anepi.cd IN Bacon the nominal asking figures are
sHc for Shoulders, 1oHo1aac for BIB Sides and 1lSa
1~ for fTe1r
, 1864-03-27

Capture Of a Rebel CR1np.-TIse Rebels
Defeated nj New lberlo.-Afexandr1a
Captured.

SEw foEK, March 3c.-Tho steamer Eyenins
star- from New osiesns the 18th and Havana the
21s:. Eas arrived.
She passed re war steamers fazoo ~ X7tanzss. m 4,
10th.
i part OF Admiral po.tcr's 1eat had appeared OF
ahieh Was complied mi n9 %.6 SsR Wihout opposition
7hepriSeners captured al Fort Dc Ruasey have
:. eea, BsnEs would Iea1e iosshe field on Saturday,
Tie be- eanbost = Ki;er had arrived from Baltimore,
The gunboat Cetara1n, one OF The participants in
the attsck on Fort PoEsil, Mobile. LAD arrived at
Tte % amy of II! Western Louisiana is mosins. Gen.
Icefs cnyalay adyapce has occupiea new IBERIA
M M q o a Ryel nea
to Bute-ala.Rose. which place they reeonnoitcred.
Before reaching Bute-ala. Rose they eame upon q
,sse snd epsned ate Saaed he eaa aae
saa smnan';oe %R sattRsse i tSs ea1 tae aaa
vicinity of Batan Rouge ind h.d several sarmiehcs
with the 4th Wiseonsln infantry, Taea resulted
invariably in ous favor. Several PRISONERS were
Adyices from BrovenvilIe Tens, report no pros
pect Of ngbtin.. New roads and tostiacaa0ns are
i Eeet Of nine French fdgates appeared o9 the
s1 psricaiass Id seen received Of the capture of
NuaHal4I1f4 pY LlQFIA s13E.A.s@A seAsts% An4E!
Uragay Twrnty-four CANNON and sereu hundred
ptieonegr-French and rcnegade Acxlcans-Tere
fhe Mexican t.aito7, Mexis, Is At San Luis Po.
tosi and was expecttuE an attack.
P1ebla Is eaid to be besiegec ~ the Liberals,
and must I'LL, The invaders having no retnforce-
mcnts that can reach them In time to aid taetr gar
tfeon.
Vldaur7t has positively declared for the French,
and Corttnos and Dat!.do. with stfnns force. arc
marching to attsck him, the former from Aatamo-
tas and tho latter from .Salttlio Cottinas Is rerr
popular In TanaAuljpst. Before leaving Aatamoras
he consee1ated hts battle fnE.
Tho Liberal caEee l. brsGhtcntnS.
NEW ToKK, March ei-The steamer Mcclellan,
from New Orleans 14til, has arrived.
The capture Of Alexandria occurred On the eth,
the day nfer the capture Of Fort De Russey.
Gen. Lee't forces Ed fight At New Iberia, and
pursued the enemy across Eermt1lon pta111e to
Vermilion bayou, nineteen miles.
Gov. Hahn has resicned his connection With the
The FREQ etate Executive Committee has adopt
ed The following: ...:.-.
Rt4o,r<d, that tho Free STAG party Il INC auoro-
naInzlJ opposed to assuming debts contracted hy the
State Of Louisiana while undet fnoe! doMAin for the
purpose Of carrying war 1Enlnst tof states
A cotton burcr Enmcd Zctgiex, With $te0, 90 IN
ercenhacks, had been taken bg gnetflas neaz Baton
RouIe. he w2s taken once before. but escaped By
shooting, his guazd He win now probably be
11a pess.tc;a md ,e,uates s,s coaehs.,ly ar;,ina
, 1864-03-27

Our Losses at Fort Dc NusacY.

ST. LOFTS, March e6.-Our losses at the capture
Of Fort de- Russey, Red River, were seven Filled
seven slightly, aix not specified; total, seven Hllsa
(orty-ssren wounded. The rebel loss was ave KILL
ed, and four wounded. About one Thousand men
1norc than half of them hsd been Withdrawn to
defend Alexandria. The credit Of the capture be-
lonse to the army the gunboats not having partic!
p!; pa;ed r. ts ; engsse1eas Foss Dc Russes 1s -
dTia 1t0, and Shreveport 80.
, 1864-03-27
Gen. Banks, order in England.

Gen. Banks Order In England.
The London Spectator, which always treats
OF American affairs in q high-mtnded tone,
regards the proclamation Of Gen. Banks with
favor, although It disapproves Of the clause
in regard to treating ."indiference as 8
crime" and c1iticises some Of the language
It says:
41Apa-t from the one evil clause. md the hlem-
1shes which arc purely Of form. It Ia Al order Of
which he boldcat statesman In Europe might veil
which only revolutions and nrfstoc1acies breed.
but Of that capscity, that force which
belongs to Tountc-e which IL too apt to be zaisez-
ably absent from both"
The Economiss thinks that the order Is ~
admirable specimen Of the northern deter
pination towsucceed at any and al events,
and that 1t IL remarkable for It's ekiIlfnl adap-
tation Of means to the end to be reached. It
has bit the null on the head, for Gen Banks
believes that "eucccss is aduty."
, 1864-03-27
The Organization Of the Rebel
ARMY

The Organization Of the Rebel
Army
The Baltimore correspondent Of the New York
1erll gives tue following organization, disposition
aud numerical strength Of tho Confederate army as
j: exists at present:
ORGANIZATION OF TIE CONFEDERATE ARMY,
MARCH 20.
General Bzaxton Bragg. com,aander- Chief
headquarters, Richmond, Va; General S. Cooper,
4djuiant General.
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA.
General Robert E. Lee. commanding; hcadquar-
tcts with the army.
..-. Troops.
Seven divisions q Sf infantry. 0oo men
Fifteea regiments oi easalry coo nen-oo 600
1t RichmoEd and vicinity, under General
Wilmington, and along tic railroad be.
tween Richmond aud Wilmington, uEder
Gen. Pickett and Gen Barclay. 5000
The ht Inc of thc baltimore and Ohio Hi.
road, and In Northern Ffrgintn. n.--......... 500
From LynehbuEg to Ahingdon: in South.
the Great Southern railroad ifom Lynch.
burg to Lon-strcct's pckes6 In East Ten
ncssee, under Major General John ..
Breckenridge. ......................... 5000
Total under Genera. Lees ordcrz.. 133,c0o
DEPARTMENT OF TIE SOUTHWEST.
General Lconitas ro:k commanding, headquar
tets Demopofs, near celmA, Alabama:
Forces under General Joseph L. Johnston 1t Dal-
ton, and eperattng against General v; T: she.-
corps Of General Nazdce, 1000 strong, part d
which was recently sent to Florida, and Tie car.
slIy under Forrest, Riehardeon, s D. Lee and
In % East Tonneisee, Under General Long '''s'
street, headquarters ut Bulls Gno.....+. 10000
DEPARTMENT OF THE QUIZ.
{until recently commanded by General Deanscsard,
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CONGRESSIONAL.
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HOUSE.
NWAsuNa7oS, Aarth ~, 1851
This il speech making day.
Mr. MOORHEAD Of Penn. Cave his views Et
length in regard to the rebellion 6tigmattzng it US
infamous end calse1ess, md insisting thst t]ayer
IL origin. should be blotted ont By amendment of
the Constitution.
3lr. HARRINGTON Of Ind. viewed the acts Of
the Administration as i da.Tana violation Of the
Constitution.
The Houee at the conclusion Of Mr.. Harzins.
toms remarks, adjourned.
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NOTICE-The adjourned meeting
IN Of the Wholesale Grocers Of Chicago Will be
held oa MONDAY EXES!N9: Aaseass, at:A O'clock
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