, 1864-03-14
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH II
6EMFnkL RaEApE TO Retire
fEGM THE SERVICE
TEMP P0RARIlx.
Our Picket Lines at Suffolk. Fa.,
Driven in by a Large Force
Of Rebels.
ANOTHER CALL FOR 100000
MORE EXPECTED.
Longstreet Exported Moving Iuto
North Carolina---His Train
Gone to Richmond.
Colonel Dahlgren's Death
FearfuIiy Avenged by our
Cavalry.
Details Of the Attack on the
Steamer Hillmanzz!G3saillant
~ Of our Tf*5ps.
GEN. GRANT CONCENTRATING THE
ARMIES FOR A VIGOROUS CAM
pAiGR.
Yal!andgham Trying to lncite
Civil War in Ohio.
Another Hitch in the Exoh&nge Of
Prisoners.
Details Of the Attack on the
Steamer Hillmanzz:G3saillant-
~ Of our TIxops.
CEN. GRANT G0MCEhTRATIEG the
ARMIES FOR A VIGOROUS CAM
pA!GH,
YaEandigliam Trying to incite
Civil War in Ohio.
Another Hitch in the Exohsnge Of
Prisoners.
Military mGtters-A Now Call Expee
tcd-Geu. Grants Policy.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribnnc.]
WARRINGTON, March II, ISL.
Inc rebels haze returned only six hnadred pris-
onefs for eight hundred cent from Point Lookout
by Gen. Butler. Thcsc numbers are in the cxact
proportions which the Richmond DispQtch. in an
article sent you in substance on Wednesday.
threatened wou1d lie adopted BY the rebel Govern.
mcnt. Gen. Butler will Immediately make another
experiment.
The Navy Department has received Intelligence
Of the loss Of the steamer PctcrhofL by collision
with the Monticello, in gale at night oil Whining
ion.
The Department declines to grant applications
for the release ofre5el prisoners on taking the oath
Of allegiance It reserves tte1n, however, for fur
tier consideration, prohibiting meantime tie send
ing OF Euch prisoners South. Forty or fifty appli-
cations arc made daily, and It Ia not unlikely that
IN a short time commissioners win be organized to
visit prisoners camps for the purpose of exau,ip-
Ing and reporting upon the merits OF each case.
subscriptions Tor new long bonds will probably
not be opened for three or four weeks. The Gecee-
sars OF the TEeasurs present intention is to neeo-
tfate the loan through those national banks which
AaFc }een DESIGNATED repositories.
The question whether to compel National H.nt,,
TO redeem at small discount in New York or at ar
at rnr1ous points, is still under discussion Some
OF the distant banks object to Comptroller McCul-
loch'e reconfm cndation Of the former course, md
from other quarters voices are raised against add
trg to the already great financial importance of
New Tu.k.
Three hundred and thirteen national bankz, NTH
an aggregate capital ofabout s33 000 have been
organized.
general order from the War Department an-
noucces that alistores turned over to officers ofthe
Qnarte.master'a Department By the q. 8. Coumts-
sion Tor the reliefo national freedmen with the
approval Of the immediate next military comuau-
der who VIII sat3sfy himself that the stores ara ne
cesny for the subsistence and comfort oftha freed
men. vii be received and transported AZ public
stnres. consgned to Qunrternsters at the post for
which they ere destined, who will nfte, cxarnna-
ton and approval by the Post Commander Or Pro-
Vost Mursha1, turn them orcr u daily authorized
agents Of the Commission for distribution to freo-
men. Duly accredited agents and teachers ofthe
Commission, under its orders, will be permitted to
taEc psssage upon Government steamers and rail-
road trains, but not at the c1pcnec Of the United
Stakes.
WAsu1ScTox. Narch 1s.-Thero is no foundation
1ayton,s con With important dispatches from
France In refereace to pEoecta Of recesnizng the
.l;a soahesT 9 con;edc1e m So special besrer Of ds
the supposed tact.
r. The ReeuXtean q this Y: regrets to learn that
late attack OF pneumonia to warrant his cutcrtn.
lpon another campaign .7ith the Army Of The Po-
It, and there Is little doubt he will yield to rnedI-
service.
WAsu1suroS, March 1o-The Postot1ce Deoart- |
Inent has lust concluded contracts fos mail service
r Eebraska, Washington, Idaho, and other as oF |
@ Is, ae hs asai T. ss9 sss ss
from the intersection Of the overland 1aall route at
ssls ; Lake GItE, BY wny q Bolss cIty and Auburn
in lien Of sending them yia Plaecrviilc Caitorn:a
to Portland, OREGON. This saycs twelyc hundrcd
eSs ss aTc y dn Snd len dHSs II The expedition of tie
!dsho This Important service ta Jet to Ben. Hali-
cay At Sl1G,00 per annnm. The mails for The
Iock city, are to be sent from Salt Lake cty, and
the consract IL awarded to 3Ir. E. S. Afford,
TIE st1fEnE AID pEATH OF COLONEL pAnLoEES
Colonel Dahlreu's body servant, m intelligent
eoloied man Who haA arrived in Washington, COM
death.
With his command Of about eighty men. he was. |
lug toward King and Queen's Court II Hoase on The
d1ed rtlcs ii ambush hroa:ht the@ MO to sT SUDDEN @
cntrs, and the remainder followed the orders OF
tEtiE officers to save themselves ae they best
vicinity tni sunrise, When be found The coioaes IS
body lying by the roadside completely stripped, |
ard The finger On which 1.e wore i r1ng cut
servant /
him and passed him from cabin to cabin in asta:y.
1hs tod h.%i Daesrsas aessns weie
6at Wcrs unwilling to leave iheir families ~ T'
THE s1HP CANAL ELL,
alone, was reported by Nj. Arnold, from the Com.
I1itteston 9oads and Canals to-day; but, point
q ofdsr taken b. NJ Holman it vas referred
contained m appropriation. Mr, Arnold. howcye~ |
On tEe aaegeson & he Speaker, kept the door and
s hs eut Th
points Of order raised By Thad. Stevens and Mr, I
Holman had been disposed of, and Messrs. Arnold
made tic special order for Monday Week. Is eri
dent. from the behavior Of both sides today, that
The Hight Will be as war1n Us last session.
NEGRO FAI ELL. Il
The negro pay bill. rs passed By the Senate gives
coored persons in the military service the sane nav
eothlng, and other eIno!uments, except bounty, IS
white soldiers. from the 1st Of January, 1854.
WAsHMGToE, March ,a-Gen. Grant intends to
all ouE Western forces from The vest
ern boundary Of Te1ss to tie Wiszizsippi camps
Anothsr esli viii is soon bs issued for from 10000
Major Gen. Lew Wallace haz arrived here, having
assf.1as him to the command of Inc Middle Dcpart.
ment, With hesdQuartc1s at Baltimore.
FRANK BLAIR 1IkEIT TO LOOSE HIS SEAT.
The career ofMr: Frank Blair is likely to be soon
1tt; 1h1tM4s ao1 t1o1lnH before hand to be
made Speaker By the aid Of the Democrats and the
OF his party; 1fdn, none but the |
enemies Of the Administration since he came:
making Wnr upon nonc but its friends and mem,
bcEs, be has lost whatever influence and respect
be msy have ever enjoyed nsnon. any eayc his oii
enemies. OF course the next afep Is to unite lis
fortunes wholly with THEIRS and 1t Is not Drohabie
hat he will have to wait long for IN opportunity to
10 1t.
It viii be remembered TINT Gen. Blalr only got
his certificate Of election By pretended minority
1nder examination before the Election Committee.
The contestant. VI: Knox quiet, gcnslemanly ]
esriy fn!.1 a6ie to crappe WITH his an1aeonist a
,royea his election b minority Of oyer two thou.
and. Gen. Biair's rabnt1lng testimony Is coz
used and often contradictory; but, admitting II