The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-13

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TEIE SITUATION.
General Meade arrived at Washington yester-
day, and will proceed to-day to the front to as.
sumo command Of the Army Of the Potomac. Up
to yesterday everything was unchanged. Desert
ers were still dropping in.
The party who captured General Scammon in
the Ksnawha region have been taken by General
DufRe but it IS not stated that he recovered Gen.
Scammon himself.
The steamer Fulton, from Charleston, brings
news to The 10Th instant. An expedition Of three
brgades. for Jacksonville, Fla. started on Friday,
under command Of General Seymour, accompanied
by General Gilmore. 1t landed there on the 9Th
Instant and would push ON to Tallahassee. Des.
patches to r chmond confirm this
An Anglorebel vessel ran the blockade in the
harbor. and was comfortably unloading her cargo
on the beach at Sullivans Island, when she was
discovered and fired on by our feet and utterly
demolished, her crew making their escape on
shore. She had got clear through our blockadsrs,
and was almost under the guns of Fort Moultrie.
The British ship-ofwar Petrol arrived of Charles
ton bar on fhe 9Th inst. wishing to communicate
with the British Consul at Savannah, Ga. She
also brought extensive dispatches to J. P. Benja-
min, rebel Secretary Of War. State messages were
sent to Admiral Dahlgren, who was then at Port
Royal to get permission to enter the harbor. The
request was not granted, andth vessel put to sea
Of once.
The rebels are reinforcing General Mercer at
Savannah in expectation of an attack by the
Union forces. Torpedoes have been laid in the
Wilmington and Savannah rivers, and defences Of
every kind have been thrown up.
The news from the South refers to the move.
ments Of our troops on the peninsula and specula.
tions thereupon. General Lee furnishes an official
report Of the withdrawal Of the Union troops from
Morton's Ford.
C0NGREss.
In the Senate yesterday motion TO print ten
thousand extra copies Of General McClellan's re.
port, without the maps and accompanying docu.
ments, was referred. The House bill making
appropriations for deficiencies, amounting to
$4,000, 600, was taken up and number Of amend
ments proposed by the Finance Committee agreed
to; but, without concluding the subject, the Senate
went into executive session, and shortly after
adjourned.
The House of Representatives spent the entire
day on the Enrolment bill, which was passed as IL
came from the Committee of the Whole. The vote
stood ninety three yeas against sixty nays. The
bill now goes to the Senate for concurrence in the
House amendments.
THE LEGISLATURE.
In the State Senate yesterday the Metropolitan
Police bill was again taken mp in Committee Of the
Whole, and amended by substituting for the names
OF Messrs. Purdy and Jones those Of Messrs. Bos.
worth and McMurrsy as the democratic members
Of the commission. In this form it was reported
10 the Senate, when various amendments and sub.
Atitutions were proposed. all Of which were voted
down, and, after some discussion, the bill was
ordered 70 its third reading, there being only two
negative votes. During the debate on this bill
Senator Fields Of this city, made the state.
ment that Mayor Gunther is a. member
of q secret peace society, extending through.
out the North, and that he recently presided at .
passed making appropriations for the payment Of
the canal debt for the fiscal year, appropriating
the remainder Of the canal revenues, and limiting
Che term Of ONCE Of notaries public to two years,
and providing for one for each bank in the State.
Bills were noticed for the incorporation Of the
south Ferry and Grand Street Ferry Railroad and
sne National Savings Rank Of New York. A re.
monsuance was presented against the enactment
OF any law 70 prevent claimants for riot damages
appearing as witnesses in their own behalf.
In the Assembly the bill incorp Grating the Ma.
tonal Club Of this city, for the promotion Of lite.
nature and the arts, was passed. Several bills Of
only special or local interest were reported from
ths standing committees. Among large number
Of measures introduced were Bills for railroadbe.
tween the Cstharine and Desbrosses ferries: TO In
corporate ~ Metropolitan Market Company, IN,
Home FOR Disabled esldisn. and the Manhattan
sod Long Island Land improvement Company; Il
regulate the sale Of drugs in this city, to amen,
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