Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-03-23

Out Oi dppiCdtfOfiS. ~ nave peer
selected for commissions in negro regiments
BY the examining board.
The commission to Investigate the conduct
OF Gen. Rosecrans at Chiekamauga, fully ex.
onorated him from blame
The military committee of the House have
decided to report in favor of increasing the
pay of soldiers 10 SIS per month and of ser
geants to $50.
The Irt6'ae'S despatch saws, Gen. W. 5.
Ferry has succeeded Gen. Sickles in com
mand OF the Lehlgh department. with head
quarters at Reading.
Lieut. Col Sanderson has been sent to Fort
Warren. 1t will be remembered he is ac-
cused of betraying plots of Union prisoners.
to escape from Richmond, to the rebel au.
thorities.
The news from St Domingo is favorable to
| the Spanish. 4 battle had taken place at
Moluco, at which the royalist troops surpris-
ed the rebels, rushed upon them, destroyed
their camp, and put them to flight
The gunboat Conestoga collded with the
| Gen. Price on the 10th in the Mississippi. a
| short distance below Natchez The Co7,estoqa
with cargo of ammunition was sunk The
| boat and cargo are total loss.
The Ways and Means Committee have
adopted an amendment to the National Bank
ing bill allowing National Banks to issue Sl2
| and sl3 notes until specie payments are re
| sumed, when they will be called in.
The HeratdS correspondent from the fleet
| on Mobile has rumor that Farragut is to
withdraw his feet, being satisfied the city
| cannot be taken by water. Thirty-tive or
! forty of the rebels who mutinied in Fort
! Morgan have been shot.
| Lieut.. Col Sanderson is under arrest, on a
charge preferred by Col. Streight of discIos-
! ing to the rebel authorities plot of the Tn
| ion prisoners to escape from Libby Prison
None OF his friends have any doubt of his in
nOcence.
The ship Star Of The Vest from Liverpool
reports seeing an Italian frigate, supposed to
| be the Re Galant,to,,,o in a sinking condition
j and at request stayed by her all night but in
the morning could not discover any vestige
| of her
The committee the conduct of the war
are Investigating the Florida expedition The
evidence already given, establishes the fact
that neither the President nor any one else
| III W ashlngton Is responsible for its disastrous
termination.
Reports have reached here that the rebels
are preparing for another piratical expedition
| from some of the small inlets in Chesapeake
| Bay. The utmost vigilance is required of the
| gunboats, and it is believed the next party
| trying such experiment cannot fail of fall
ing into our hands.
| Vicksburg adyices of the 18th state that all
| boats at that place have been pressed into
| Government service. 1t is reported that
| movements will be made via the Red Black
| and Washta rivers to Monroe, thence by land
| to Shreveport, Louisiana. Gen. Steele will
| cooperate from Little Rock.
Information deemed reliable says Long
streets headquarters are at Greenfield, Tenn,
| Buckner's at Bull Gap, and the main forces
| between these two points, and their pickets
/ miles above MOrristown. Gen. Vaughan is
at Rogersvile and Gen. Jones at Longs Mills,
eight miles below louisville, Va.
Full details of Gen. Sherman's expedition
are published in the Herald and Tribune
| Some $50 miles of rebel railroad communica-
! ton were destroyed. This was its main OBJ
I ject. The future reoccupation of Mississippi
| by the rebels in force is an impossibility. The
| subsistence of our force has drawn off more
than the surplus above the immediate wants
of the home population. Our entire loss was
| not over 100
| The HeralFs Norfolk letter says the late
expedition resulted in the destruction of
King and Queens county court house, where
| the gallant Dahlgren was ambushed and muir
| dcred. The defeat of the 9th and 9th Va.
| cavalry by the expedition has already been
| stated The notorious guerrilla, Bob Cotton,
was among the killed. We had none killed
and but half dozen wounded.
Gen Fisk, commanding the department of
! St Louis, has just returned from "A tour of in
| spectiOn in southwest Missouri. He reports
| numerous bands of guerrillas have been com
! hitting depredations in that section and
south east Kansas, and that some bands are
| preparing for more extensive operations in
| the spring. Energetic measures will be taken
| to drive out destroy all such bands and es-
| tablsh law and order throughout this depart
ment.
Peace has been ratified with the North
| Carolina Cherokees, and those recently cap
tured say that they were induced to take up
| arms under the belief that they were fighting
| for the U. s. Government. Two were per
| mitted to 20 in search of the band and repre-
| sent the real facts. Their chief, Lacca ka-
neechee, came in a few days since, with 80 Of
| the tribe, and accepted the amnesty. Since
the return of the Indians to loyalty, the reb-
| els have committed numerous outrages on
| them. Some 20 have been thrown into pris-
| on. The rest are concealed in the noun
| tains.
A special to the Tribune says: The Court
/ of Inquiry appointed to investigate the con-
decJ of Generals McCook, Crittenden and
| Negley at the battle of Chickamauga, has re-
| ported the results of its investigation to the
! Cook did his entire duty in the battle proper,
but made mistake arising from an error Of
judgment in going into Chattanooga. Gen.
! CriItenden is held entirely bameless and the
| Court speaks in CONNIE ndatory to terms ofhis
conduct. His forces had been sent piece
meal to Gen. Thomas, and he found himself
without command before leaving for Chat
| tanooga. Gen. Negley is also exonerated.
We have some particulars of the late ex-
| petition up the Ouachita river The gun
boats Ouachita, Usage, Conestoga Lexington,
| Fort Hnle11la,t and Cricket composed the ex-
petition. Trinity was found strongly forti
fed. The ironclad Usage, in advance, was
allowed to pass without interruption The
| flagship Hmenan followed, when a heavy
fire was opened upon her which after time
| Obliged her to return in damaged condition
| with loss of men killed and wounded.
The flag then transferred TO the Dat0ciita
whose powerful guns silenced the enemy :
battery, which consisted of three pound
ers. But little difficulty was experienced in
driving the enemy from his position at Har-
| risonburg. Our forces burned the town.
Nor WHOLLY USGR.TEFUL.-Th rebels are
not destitute Of gratitude. They recognize
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