Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-20
IVA6HINaToN DIsPAToalRSs.
HIHs MONTHS MEn AND MILITIA.

tne number OF nine months men uuder the
act of July, 1862, was eighteen thousand
eight hundred and eighty four volunteers
aud stxty-five thousand three hundred mill
itts. The bounty paid volunteers was
twenty 1--WE dollars each. The volunteers
were all from Pennsylvania, having been
raised by Governor Curtin. Bounty has
been paid to three thousand nine hnndred
and thirty four Vermont uiDe mouths men
without the authority OF the Department.
owing to mistake of the mastering Off !.
GERS and paymasters.
THR. oylRIAND TELEoaAPa E1ss 70 suRopp.
Mr.. Collins, who has resently returned
from his visit to London aud St. Peters-
burg, reports the negotiations abroad all
completed in reference to the telegraph
line overland between Washington and tho
EaFoPean capitals, and only awaiting the
concurrence of the government.
THs ESTIMATED COST or The PROPOSED GUN.
BOAT CANAL AROUND E1AGARA FALLS.
General Stuart, IN his report toll Pres
ident on the gunboat canals between tide
water and the lakes; estimates,tha cost of
q ship canal around the Falls of Niagara,
ono hundred and i've feet wide on tue sur.
face and uiuety-fiVe feet wide on the bot.
tom, with twelve feet depth of water. bav.
ing locks two hundred and seventy. FIVE
tesIslong by forty.f ys wide in the cham
Der, capable of passing gunboat of one
Thousand two hundred and City tons bur.
then, AZ So, e6s. 947, with single locks, and
81 ,53S, b29 with double locks. This ia the
average cost Of five lines surveyed last
year. the average length of lines is eight
miles and three thousand and seventy feet
10 the brief synopsis recently given of the
report, the cost of tbs canal was erroue.
onsiy printed ut from $40, OOO,O 900 TO 3d..
THE HUNBEE OF SHIPS or WAR AWAITING
CREWS.
The number of naval vessels now wait.
ing for crews is about forty, and the num.
Der is constantly increasing in spite of all
the efforts that can be made TO recruit
men: Up to the present time not man
mas been transferred from the army to the
navy under the law passed for that pur-
pose. MessFs. Stanton and HalleUk have
succeeded thus far in preventing any prac.
ucsl eHect from that measure. Plenty of
ORDERS are issued, but no men are forth.
coming. Seamen whose time has expired
more than SIX months ago are still detaiu-
gu IN the service from necessity, as other
wise the work vitality necessary to be &C.
complished by the navy in the snpnressinn
OF the rebellton must be abandoned. With
thousands of applicants on 6Ie in the
Navy Department from seameu desiring TO
avail themselves of the provisions of the
law on the subject, this ought not to be.
and the President should at once defeat the
machinations of the War Department in
tended to cripple the navy and destroy It's
usefulness.
GEHHRAL MEADE AND rHE BATTLE OF eRTTvs.
q BURG.
The facts concerning the reported order
for retreat of our army from Gettysburg
are now pretty conclusively ascertatned
to be these: General Meade; when M ar
rived, the second day, on the field of battle
Immediately gave orders for careful snr!
Yey ct the field about him, in order to as..
certain ats adRantag oe5 Cisad ya 6Ssvsof.
positipn. He directed General ID tleTfei3
1ts chlef of ataff, TO examine the MON ~
u tne;reats IN flew Sot@thss disposiEtnn 81
artillery 90. It.Would skeha TIA enerai
6utterheld misunderstood this order Sd az
40 20 maze u appear in his mind that Gen.
sral Meade contemplated falling back to
Inc rear, and that he subsequently prepar.
60 an aelnal order to that effect. This,
oelng exhibited, has produced the recent
o1IcEy against the commanding general,
which is nowsubsiding.
CEREBRAL HOOKER AID THE BATTLE OF CHAN.
oELLoRsTILLE. 40
The testimony of General Hunt. Chief
of Artillery in tho Army of the Potomac
relative to the infringement of the ArtiJ.
lery in the battle Of ChanceIlorsvilIe. dis.
elesea an extraordinary course on the part
OF the commanding general. 1t uppears
ron thla testimony that General Hunt.
VINO, previous 70 General Hopker1s AZ
sumption OF command, had held The noS;-
Ton he now occupies, WAS deprived nv
Hooker ofall auGhoTitysa save the suDeyy;i,;;o,
OF artillery, which implied routine bnsi.
ness without military control. From the
time General HoOkefIs commenced. pntii
after be had crossed the river with his
army and fought the hattie, there, seems TO
nave been no responsible head to the al,
tlliery OF our army, which, consequently
could not have been used with full and
adequate effect. General Hunt testiffes
that Colonel Wainwright, being fsnking
artillery officer. at the time, made such die.
positions OF the artillery as he eonld nm
short notice, and that those wers exceI-
lent but Colonel Wainwright himself was
not familiar enough with the oreanization
to direct the judioious employment OF all
the batteries on suoh sudden call. Cen.
Hunt wes recalled TO his commandby Gen,
hooker the day aftertha battle. and imne.
dtately arranged the artillery so as 10 pro.
tect the passage of the river. The sun.
uetlog OF a'command-s so important on the
eve Of an engagement 10 which the ami.
l!eEy force was required in all it's strength
Is Is the Important poiut involved In this tss.
tlmony. 'st'9 .9Sf
EHE 'sAIAA1Es OF QUA FoREIGS arR1sTRRs
No proposition has yet been ENTERTAINERS
BY the Senate. CommIttee on FOREIGN r. re-
latlons In reference to 40 increase Of the
salaries ofsour Ministers abroad. The oniS
foundation for such rumor is the consid.
GRAFTON OF the question of increasing the