New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

The first results Of the Formidable expedition now
moving up the Red River have reached Us. A portion
Of our forces under Gen. \. j. Smith, captured Fort
De Rosy very strong Rebel fertilization the river,
on the I4h inst Full particulars Of the affair are
ptinted in our telegraphic columns
Gov Gilmore of New-Hampshire has issued
proclamation stating .hGt the deficiency under the
ra for 100000 men is go There was an excess oil
as men under tire 800 40 ea and these arc credited to
the State as wen as the reGnSted veterans numbering
ln6, mon The new requirement being for 2t26. leaves
o59 more TO raise as above stated. Gov. e. calls upou
The people 10 fill up the quota Ut once and 10 unite IN
rsterating The statement that there shs never be
another draft in the OH Granite State
An official order oondensing the Army of the
Potomac into three corps, and relieving certain Gen
eas seems 10 indicate that the long silence on the
Hapidan may very soon he broken Gen. Grant has set
his face asains; reviews sOTces, and other elegant
pa,tie- and his inilieo-y steps clearly indicate that
he supposs armies created for fighting and not 10. ho
idsy parsdes and dancing.
The census of 1850 and 1863 OF the State of
Iowa gave the following figures: Total population in
1850. CAFES in 1863 20! lG2-increese, @1,ill. In
1850 there were 6392J whites end LOB free coorcd
persons. In 1863 there were 35l.66l white males,
3i6 lS females 1870 free blacks and l3506s persons
entitled 10 vote of whom CO. l2l voted for Stone and
4sqiS for Juiue.
A dispatch from Annapolis says nine hundred
prisoners have Just landed there os Fortress Monroe.
-Four hundred OF them are sick. Three died on the
way. The condition OF some is beyond description.
Though The funds Of the Christian Commission are
low large shipment OF uoccssanes was sent from here
to-day.
The second regiment raised by the Union
League Club Of this city known Is the e6th United
States COiorcd TroOps VIII embark FOR tie seat Of war
morrow. They VII receive elegant stand Of coors
presented by the ladies' who gGYe the Goth regiment
laeir 6ag0 in front OF the Iiiih Avenue Hotel At
O'Clock 4.
MajCSGcn. Grant spent the whole of Wednes-
day evening with the President and left at 10 o'clock
Tor brandy Station bat reviewing the army nor
to permanently establish his headquarters there. lie
wall return in q few days when changes in tina organ.
ba,ou Of the Army OF the Potomac will be announced
On the 18th instant, at Nashville, the citizens
of 10 Davies County Grants old home,. Illinois,
through committee presented Lieut. Gen Grant with
sncndia sword. of tho finest workmanship and most
magnidcently ornamcatod in silver. gold and jewels.
letter from the Army OF the Potomac saws
that a lieutenant and privates of I,ouisians
regiment came into lines on Wednesday as desert
aud made the statements or decentralization
in The Rebel ranks.
Some 900 bales of Government cotton, valued
AZ $I0Gla were burned near the depot at Knoxville
Tenn on Wednesday 10y Three boys, supposed TO have
been inc.ied by resident Rebels.
Major Isaac Sanford of New-York, on duty
IL the Army OF the Cumberland COZ year. died on
Saturday in Louisville Ky aged - BIS wife was
with him 10 the end.
Forrest is reported at Bolivar, Tenn, with
7o0 mer. stopping men moving North GrieIsons cav
s.rs e out looking after the Rebels.