, 1864-12-07
1 Loyal Raid FROM East Tennas-
see into North Carolina.
Our New York Eidnight Dispatch
Important Eews Summary.
FROM WASHINGTON.
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tSrcclRt Dfspatch TO the chicago IF1bune.l
WAsu1AGToS, Tuesday, Dec. G.
The singular omission in the Presidents
Message to say anything Of orr relations with
Great Britain and France, while dwelling on
those with minor points, excites comment,
and is By some supposed to have a conncc-
tion Of some sort with the sudden departure
Of Lord Lyons, but there is no rcason to 50
regard it.
No better illustration of the success with
which the President has harmonized in his
message the views Of his supporters can be
focrd than the fnet that the concluding and
more important russaSes Of the message, from
The calculation about the votes cast at The
last election to the end, WAS approved nnanf-
mousiy in full Cabinet meeting witloat the
suggestion from single member Of tie chan=s
Of single sentence or clause.
Major General Rosccrans was to-day super
scdcd in the command Of the Department OF
Mis ssouri, by Major General Dodge. Of I"wa.
Gen. Steele is also understood to b. super
seeded by Major Gen. Reynolds.
Mr. Chase is likely to be svorn in andI.o
take his sent On the Bench Tomorrow, in Or
der 10 make quorum.
The Supreme Court met andaa journed over
again to-day for want Of q quorum. It passed
resolutions ofrespect to The late Chief Jcstiec
fancy.
The renegade Harding, WEo married Bell:
Boyd IN Europe, captured at 3fartinsbnrg last
| Friday, was brought here to-day and put in
| the old capital. He is well dressed and prc'
tends 10 be very wealthy.
! Parties just arrived from the front report
all quiet. in tic Army Of the Potomac, but
that orr army is not going into winter quar-
teFs- Nearly all our sick AMI. wounded hayt
been removed from City Point, ard the cree
ton Of wooden hospitals has been stopped
An order WINS just issued for the erection o
tent hospitals.
Three hundred eick and wounded wert
brought up to-day and placed in hospitals il
this city. Among them were several wound
ed rebels, one Of whom is nephew OF j. {
Mason.
Last week Gen. Merritt started with hi
cavalry division on q grand foraglng espedi
ton in the counties east Of the Blue Ridge
the region where Nosby's gucrillas abide AMI
from whence they derive their sustenance
Gen. Merritt secured London end Fau4u'e
counties thoroughly, and Inst saturt.:c..S cam
in with over 200 sheep and more than so
hogs, sufficient to furnish Thanksgiving
dinner for the cavalry Of Sheridan's army
No force Of the enemy were secn, except T,
few squadrons Of guerl1as. About twent.
gucriiIas were captured. Gen. Merrltt's los
IVES one killed and three or four wounded,
Gov. John Fletcher the radica; Govcz1o
elect Of Missouri, has had long and very salts
factory interviews to-day with the Prcsiden
and Secretary Of War On Missouri r1i1itar,
affairs.
The story about proposed transfer Of Gen
Doubleday to Gen. Cadwalladcr'e Department
in Pennsylvania, and Of Cadwnllader to Don
| bleday's court here, turns out unfounded.
Governor Dennison's and Attorney Genera,
Speeds nominations will undoubtedly bt
acted Upon by the Senate tomorrow. In &C
cosdance with the almost invariablc custom
they were to-day referred to the appropriate tt
committee.
The Senate las been caucusing to-day on
committees. Quite an animated conttovers,
took place on the question Of putting Grimes
at the head Of the Na{al Committee in plac'
Of Hale, who is hostile 10 the department
The other committees in the Senate remaiI
practically unchanged. John Sherman rise
by regular promotion to the head Of the Fl
nance Committee.
In the House there will be. no changes il
committees except in the yacancyip the Com
znittee of Ways and Means, caused by 2teb
bins resignation, which must be filed.
WAsH1SGToS, Tuesday, Dec. 8.-1ha Senat
| to day confirmed the nomination Of Hon. S
=, Chase as Chief Justice OF the United S:ate
Supreme Court
The nomination Of James Speed SIS Attornc
General. snt1 Wllljan Dennison Us Postmaste
General, we're sent In, but were not acte'
Tie Nayy Department has received inlor
nation Of the capture, by the U. 8. steamc
| Rhode island, OF the new steamer Vixen
bound IN with & valuable cargo OF arms
| liquors. provisions, &c. She Is said to hay
hem nwn1ed Ly Tie rebel Government.
The vacant Indiana Judgcship engosses th
. | attention Of the politicians trum that State
! The appointment Is expected 10 be epeedil
made. Eecretary Usher has not been car
dida!e, though it has been thought pro1abl
that ths place nt be {saaefea 4Sat hm In viii
main in lis present position, and if 90 th
contest Is apparently between Mcdonald
| Julian, aud one or two others.
I THE PENSION REroRT.
Tie following arc the most important points
the forthcoming report Of the CommissloneIol fs' q
surviving. OF widows OF revolutionary toldte'
there arc / .4e5 get living. The whole number :,
pensioners on tho roll Of tnynlds, chleay o. II =
: prescnt war. 70. the ancal year ending dune 29t
ISIS. /. =, ,.67. Tho annual amount of psnsiol
9 p.id is Il 1,G24.3 The number OF widows, mot
i ets and orphans, other than those named. a
q pensiCued ut the annual rate Of &, ,676.S1o: T!
total number ofsprny pensioners i e. .6s0 Ihe
: tai annual amount pafd them is 44l6,i85- II
runter Of these admitted dur1cg the previous w
Is lE,7.r, aud widows, orphans AID mothers sam
aa,1as. The whole number Of nsvy tnTalfd5 Is Il
r. yearly amouns "s.e Of Pensions PAD then ht:1
srt' orphans is 7a3. The yearly amount p;id the
= F1Sa.Ne The total amonnt Of annual aa7y p.
s1cnerF is FIN, III. Navy widowB admitted dnr!1
!" | the rear. Fl.
Y Tie whole number Of customers june 81. -!