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! which he possibly may do on account of his
superiority in cavalry. If he should do this,
| he will Join BrecAnridse, and the combined
| army will then probably move to the relief
| Of Lee.
FROM WASHINGTON.
General News Summary of Cabinet
md Military Matters.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribnuc.l
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Dec. i, 1851.
Judge Holt has perenptorIly declined the
Attorney Gencra1ship..
The Navy Department will, in lts forthcon-
ing report, take stringent grounds against tho
whole systcm Of naval agencies and will use
the whole department power In the effort to
break them up.
Tie following hare been dismissed the ser
vice during the past week: Licut- s. G.
DEieskell, 4Sth Kentucky, for disobedicnee Of
orders and shamcfully surrendering to the
enemy Lieut., Y. G. Gobbort, 18th Kentucky,
for absence without leave and conduct unbc,
coming IN officer and q gentleman; Lieut..
George L. Cross, 18Th Wisconsin battery, for
drunkenness and other unbecou1lng conduct;
Lieut.. Col, N, T. Hexin, 18th Ohio, for mis-
behavior before the enemy.
The Postoll}ce Department reports printed,
50 are the Navy and Interior Department re-
ports. The Treasury report is not yet fin
| ished, aud is not likely to be sent in until
some days after tic others. The War report
| is not yet finished.
Congressman arrive slowly. Not more than
| fifteen or twenty are in town yet.
| The stories about movements in the army
Of the Potomac are absolutely without foun-
| dation. That army WAS never more quiet.
The regulations for purchasing cotton,
| which hare been SO long tlelayed in the War
| Department, have at last worked their way
| through. They arc now being printed, and 1t
| is expected that within two OF three days
they will be officially promulgated to several
agents. The Treasury Instructions 10 agents
| to be now sent out were prepared and arc
| dated on the 5th Of October.
An executive order On the same subject was
| prepared as early as the cath of September,
! and the Treasury regulations enforcing this
! order bear the same date. The whole matter
! after huving progressed this far bus been de-
| layed ever since in the War Department.
t The minimum standard Of the height Of re-
csnits fcr the volunteer service has been fixed
| hy the Secretary OF War at five feet, instead
| Of five feet thre, inches, as heretofore estaD-
lishel.
NEW YoxK, Thursday, Dec. Tile World
| cd:torially says: "PEosaole actirc morc-
nents will now take place On tic Potomac.
The coming week promises to be the most
eycnt1u1 OF the war, and will probably witness
! n great battle near Richmond, another in tho
! Shenandoah, and third, as important as the
| others, in Tennessee; several minor conflicts,
with pregnant results, in Georgia, and at least
I strft VIZ action n1ansF fhn II ~
| Tie Post Washington lettersays that 1n"m~
| bcrs Of Congress are arriving rapidly. Aquo~
| run will doubtless be present OIL Monday.
Dir. Stevens, Of PENN. Chairman Of the
House Committee Of Ways and Means, Is
here, and Mr. Sherman, Of Ohio, who is to be
Chairman Of the Senate Finance Committee.
The Nern'ds Washington special says: 1t is
| believed in official circles that some Of the
late Kichsuond papers, speaking in relation to
atEairs before 1'etes sburs, have been governed
| he moved this eeason, SO that the Southern
journals are preparing the public mind for the
| evacuation Of Firglnia- Promincnt military
men exprcss the opinion that Ice las been
sending off troops by rail for several days,
and is about to accept The alternating Of
etea}ins, off from Grant with til: most OF 4t5.
army, d possible ard -h:lz.,es +,sr@,ei.1',c5
| latter are entertained.
Eeleused prisoners saJ' that the people init,
| mated there we're forces un,ler Desure:sard
and johnson at Macon and Augusta to o1-
pose Sherman, but they did not believe lie
would encounter them. At Savannah there
were only !, 500 men, who would .uake freble
| resista1trc.
The Richmond Dispatch publishes Slcr-
mans official order Of his campaign, and
quotes 1ibSrally from Northern aal Western
journals that have pretended 10 give tic
numbers Of each branch of his army. It also
publishes as fair specimens. Of what it calls
| n1.nbt
the three Governors Of Alnbaua, Georgia and
Mississippi offering terms Of peace to Shcr-
man. Tile 1ziy oi the Goth says Gen. Breck-
inridge arrived in Richmond On the night Of
tie eth. The Enquirer Of the e8th says tho
whole South is full OF Yankee spies. They
cation which leave Richmond. aad our cyen-
ing papers reach Grants headquarters before
O'Clock the next morning.
The Bristol Register Of the 18th says oil Is
quiettn East Tennessee. Our forces are at
strawberry Plains confronting tho Yankees
cn the opposite side OF tie river.
WAsuISo1oS, Nov. e9.-The Treasury
clerks regiment is to have grand ball at
Ford's Theatre, with the 7th regiment from
Generals Pope, Hancock and Smith are
here, and new changes are spoken Of in the
commands Of army corps
Admiral Porter remains at Hampton Roads,
with IN une0naled feet Of one hundred Moni'
tors, gunbonts, steamers and transports,
waiting for co-operoting military force.
nishins the White Ho1lhe has been expended
| IN putting In new furnace, laying down some
new carpets, and getting new desks for the
room OF the private secretary. Meanwhile
, relc-huuting vanda1s have ruined the furul
, turc Of the state apartments, cutnng thf
da1nask covering OF chairs and sofus. md clip
ping waistcoati patterns from the brocads
window curtains. So bold have been thes.
thicyes, that Marshal Lamon has been FORGET
| to hare two policemen detailed to protect tht
East Room and parlors from their depreda
| aThe interior Of tile Capitol has undergone
J considerable change since the adjournment
Congress.
4 recent trial Of 9 citizen, who Was enrolled
: | at Washington two years ago, thereby be
coming liable 10 draft, and who aficrSartl
went to Richmond, enlisted in Mosby's band
his being found guilty and sentenced to b
shot. His sentence has been co,nmntcd Il
confinement nnd hard labor for ten years IL
Clinton Prison, n. J.
Gen. EaSan is still in the city. Since til
fever Of his wounds left him, he has been in
condition Of great nervous prostration..
Gen. Fessenden IL quite Ill, in consequenc
!. Of the he1northage Of the wound caused D.
Yesterday when the resignation Of Attol
uey General Bates took effect, the positio
was rendered to Hon. Joseph Holt, Of ker
lucky, but that gentleman, while thankin
!, the President for this expression Of his kint
- ness and confidence, declined the appoin
ment.
n The report Of the Postmaster General is IL
J. only one ret completely in type. It Is e:
!. peeted the reports Of the other heads Of d
partmcnts viii be printed tomorrow.
= From present appearances there will be Z
n advance copies for: the press, and, therefor
lc that document viii be communicated to Il
r. country Us last year, by telegraph, on Mo
- day.
. The Commercials Washington special So
s. that there is no truth in the report that Il
$, collection OF the additional income tax ia d
Is layed until the Supreme Court decides on
Is constitntionality. .
- The Posts Washington special says that t
~ President has determined to reserve his de-
" sion Of the question Of the Chief Justieesh
Of the Supreme Court until after the arris
Of members Of Congress.
~ ~. FROM CAIRO AND mEu4OV
as Lower 171.s1s.,ppi River mn1ters--Ft
ut Eaton 4EoEEc--
80 Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trtbunc,l
~ CAIRO, Thursday, Dec. !, 1861
nd BIZ arrival here of the steamer Luu1iua
IT. Captain j. 4. Aiken, Clerk L. Hall, la
la / Now 1rTonpa dnfne IN fta Affarnnnn nf