, 1864-01-16

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testimonial.
Fortress Monroe; Dec. ss.-The Richmond
irdmiHef Of to-day contains the following
telrgan>:
Da!.un, Ca, Dec. 27.-Grn. Joe Johnston,
assumed the command Of the Army of Ten.
neSSee to-day. Dur srOutS report 1000 Yam.
krcS at Cumberland Shed, two nnlrs north Of
Cleveland, aud similar inrcc south Of that
place.
Mobile, D.c 2t-Two white regiments sent
down To Fort JarkSon had not recovered the
Fort AMI were lighting IN Saturday.
The Richmond papers are gloomy over Av
erll'S raid.
St. Louis, Dec. 2S-The ElInwing important
telegram has been received from the Secretary
nf War, hy Gen. john B. Gray, Adjutant
Grnrfai 0f Missouri. Your dispatch Uf the
2jth is ust received. A bounty Of three hun.
drri dollars will hr paid to recruits Who enlist
b. lore the 9th of January, in any new rrgi
uent authorized by the War Department.
New York, Dee 2S.-The Times dispatch
fiom Washington SAYS, officers from the front
tonight say n small rebel cavalfy hfrc hold
the north hank of the R"pidan at RaccOOn
FUrti. Our forces occupy Cedar Mountain.
There was little skirmshing On Saturday,
occAsianrd, 1t It's supposed, by our army cx.
temling its picket lines on our right. The
rebel army has g0ne intn winter quarters BE-.
tween Gnrlnnsvie aud O,nnge Court HOUSE.
Gen. Rufus Ingalls, Cni,f QunrterinaStpr.
and Cul. Clark, Cniei Com'niSSary, Of the
Army m P.tuuac, were tOday relieved.
Gen. Ingalls, su.ccsSor has not hern announced
Col. Clark is ordered to New York, and Major
Wilson takes his place.
The cxgrncIeS Of the service require many
more officers ior the cOnrrd regiments, priII.
cipally line officers. Gen. Cascy's Board is
hard at work examining candidates; but IL IN.
able To supply the demand. Sixty captains
aud leutenants are wanted immediately; Onr
hundred und fifty wOald be received IN the
mkt va weeks, f they cnuld lie obtained.
or SO horses sent to General Buffers de-.
pariment 100 were condemned AZ worthless.
The Investigations into the affairs Of tho Quar-
trrruaster's Department at Alexandria are still
progressing, and the old Capt. i receives almost
daily some Uf the parties implicated IN the re.
cent frauds, the r"trartOrs cunning in for full
saarr Of tie penalties ..-.
New York, Dee. 29-Chiei Justice Tancy is
lying at the point OF death.
I, ia said that in the States (snch as iscOn.
sin aud Michigan.) in which the first draft is
not yet completed, the Government will hardly
secure any of the drafted men, Ms communication
money Is almost universally paid.
The expedition planned by Gcn. Gilmore for
attacking Savan uh wns abandoned, in conse
quenc ur the return Of the rebel tronps who
had been seut nut 10 Brags's assistancc. Sew.
eral expeditions are On l00l, from which g0Od
results are anticipated. Il is stated that Quar-.
tcr,nastrr.'icnvral Meiggs Is 10 BE- rrinstatel IN
bis oiiicr here.
II is ru,norcd to-day that Gen. Hooker has
been suddenly ordered to Washington.
A Charleston letter dated In the fleet the
27th says: "As I ;htimaicd in ny last, we
have sailed down here ihto the expiration Of n
month or tao more of inactivity. The strike
amung the engineers, at the nartli. which has
delayed the cOmpl, tim 0f the Monitors, aud
deprived our ir0nclad feet Of the reinforce.
ments which were expected here more than
a month ag,', has been the primary cause Ol
..e;ay. The disaster 10 the WeehHtrkeh, and
the coming ul the winter sraSon with It's coD.
stant st0rilis, have slill further enforced This
delay. Two. months hence spring will ne nd.
vaneed. here, and. with our ironclad f'rce in.
creased BY three or four hvw Mnnitors, we will
he prepared 10 take advantage Of the most
hrGlthful and pleasant part Oi the season. Let
us hope that u Grant DOES not steal u march
on us by one of his iamous rear attscks, that
Charleston viii then fall. In the meantime, Il
we cannot look far immediate aud decisive re-.
snlls here, M great disaster need be aplrvhcud-
ed. Gen. Gilm"rv's position Is impreenabIe.
The Mentor Lskigk, by the time this reaches
you. will have completed the Vvpais rendered
necessary by the ham,nering she received while
aground. The Patapsco has almrrt completed
her repairs, aud Will s,,ortly rrl, We the Nan
tpeket at Warsaw Suup,l. Both the fdtapsco
and Lskigh have been provided with extra deck.
plates, tl.at will add 10 their in, ,ulnvraLility.