, 1864-04-07
DEBATE on AMENDMENTS T0 THE
cQMSTlTUTf0M.:
From Cairo and Relow-Retnrn Of
Cor. Yates.
MATTERS At NEW ORLEANS.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
Loss of a Lower Missis-
sippi Steamer.
5KIRMlSH between GRiER-
SON AND FORREST,
affairs in the Gulf---Loss Of the
Great Rebel Ram.
disastrous Boiler Explosion
at Fhiladelphia--Seven
Lives Lost.

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at Fhiladelphia--Seven
Lives Lost.
Later hcm Europe-south American
ant Mexican News
EEO1T WASHINGTON.
matters MILITARY and Congressional.
tsaeea1 piepatch to the Chicago 1tfbuuel
WASHINGTON, April 6, 1881
1u11TAET INTELLIGENCE.
GENERAL OrpIs No. 14a.-By direction Of the
President, tie following changes and assignments
are made In the army corps commands:
Asjue General Sheridan Is. assigned to the CON-
mand Of the cava1ty corps Of the Army Of the poto
mac.
The 11th and 1sth corps are consolidated, and
will be called the ,:et army corps, Major General
Hooker to command.
Msjoz General Gordon Granger Ia relieved from
the command Of the 4th army corps, and Ma1or
General O. o. Howard is assigned In his stead.
Major General schofeld is assigned to the COM
1nand Of the sd amy corps.
Anj. Gen. Slocutn Hill report to Maj. Gen. Shcr-
1nau, and Aaf. Gen. stoucnn.u to 1fAj. Gen. Srho-
field, for assignment MaJ. Cen Granser will TO
port by letter to the Ad}atant General the a1my
By order Of the Presldent.
Ed. TowssEsDx A.e.
oesEnA1. oHnzns, no. 1so-
The following officers arc heseb5 announced On
the staff Of the Lieutenant General commanding
the armies. and will be obeyed and respected &C.
co1dinEIy: LScnt. Col. c. B. Comstoc, Senior Aid
de-camp; Lieut.. Col o. e. Babcock; Hal. F. T.
Dent, Aid-de-csmp: Laeat- Col. " L. Dud, I'd H.
tnots artillery Assistant Inspector General Ms1or
n. R. Rowly and Capt Badesu, Military seczeta~
1ies. Capt Horace Porter. Of, tha Ordnance De-
partment, is also announced ~ Aid~ae-camp to
Gen. Grant, with rank Of itent. Col.
It is almost ce7tain that Gen. Buell. wifi. be Or
dcred to report TO Gen. Sherman for assignment to
duty. 1t Is understood that Gen. Sherman desires
to place Gen. Brell incommand Of East Tennessee,
snd the authorities here arc willing to nss1gn him.
hut Gen. BoeN bestatea to accept account Of his
peculiar relations to GOV. johnson.
NO order for Generals HcCook, crittenden and
Nes'ey 10 command under Gen. Sherman IL rs yet
Issued. 1t is known That Gen. Grant Was very
much dissatisfied with. tie conduct Of Nal Gen.
at Chattanooga, and this is the reason for
h3s retirement from active Command.
Among Tic dIemisss1s for the week are: Col, o,
neforres1, 5sth New York cavalry. with diss7ace,
fot presenting f3se End fraudulent accounts against
cspt. Geo. 4. Smith, commissary Of Subsistence
in the afmF Of shc Cumberland; Sur.eon u. Tam
iucky; Lieut.. J.s. r. Griunel, seth ohfIo; ~ Esas
+. =. 1reehe5. sth Ohio; Capt. Theerfort. I'd
hsa VIII ss S feaass2,a. asas f. ss a.
mi snrseon Go1eT, sd ohio, capi: +. d. s "a
rck. 15th Iowa. and Lieut.. Samuel Taylor 1st Ohio
att1uGTy. ere rcEoked. -.
TIE EXCHANGE or PRISONERS,
The statement In the New York papers that But
1er and Culo, at recent conference, agreed npou
sattsfaetory plan for IN exchange Of pzisoners Ia
ircozTcct. The facts are aa stated in our Mondays
dispatches. The question CONCERNING Officers and
uen Of negro regiments continues to bo an
obstacle as dlE3cult to overcome - eveF I'd any
as1eenent. and Gen. Butler Is not the 1nau to waive
this point.
f. CONGRESSIONAL.
TIE Senate Military Committee to-day recon
nended the rejection Of the nominations Of Seho--
dcld srd Gilmore as Major Generais. There Il no
doubt that the Senate Will sustain this action. For
tic two vacancies thus created, there sre already
many candidates.
A bill reported from the Select Committee On the
srb5ect, by Pcndleton, provides that members Of
tie Cabinet ehau hare seats On the hoor Of the
Nouee, and shall attend the sessions every Monday
and Thursday, to answer inquiries under the rules.
Additional rnles recommended by the COMMITTEES
proyide as followa:
notice book Is kept in which resolutions Of in-
Gui.y and questions addressed to any naembsr OF
the Cabinet are to be entered, the member lntrodu
c:ng eaeto ify ths Mo;nasy 9f Ihp5f;ay q IT,
cal II up. nuea day to be. qnlcss on unanimous
+ ia made the duty Of The clerk to serre copies
Of Eli such resolutions Of questions on such Cabi.
net officer, and to appsiso him Of the time when
'h5z 81 M Ss sassa a;y the member @ne
tlcc lie to explain his resolution or question, CT a.
sign reasons: The n1embera OF the Cabinet Who
are addressed ere to answer or state why they can
not, and The House without fnrthcr dcb7te ts thcu
to vote; and both guestoner and questioned are
tctdden to indulge II debate os to Introduce mat
As predicted in this correspondence, tho Nation
ii hank It'll was killed to-day. The amendments
hom the Committee Of the Who@e Including the
sections empowering States to x the rate OF iuter
eat below per cent, and to tax National banks
Ike Other noniea corporations weroaaopted in the
Iousc. Mr. Stevens' substitute. without these
arnendmcnta, ~es sotcd down, and then, on his
motion, the bill was laid on the table BY over t1cu
II minority
In the Senate, rowell's motion to incorporate In
the Constitution an amendment that the President
ehan hold ohec for six 5ears and be Ineligible for
rc-c1ctt tion, wcao IL yeas and 81 nays. The yeas
were: Brown, Davis, Foster, Grimes, Hendricks,
Nefmith, Fomc1oy, Powell, Riddle, sau1Eberrg,
Wade and Wilkinson.
Other scnatorz. including T1umbu1l and 1yi,ley,
indicated that they might votc or the proposition
under other circumstances, but would not curnber
the slavery -aboliehiuS amendment.
An amendment taR1nE from the President
power Of. removal from Office except for Cause,
and with consent of the Senate, received stx
yotcs-Darie, Hendricks, Powell, Fiddle, Sanls-
bury aud Wade. Various Senators said they
would vote against this, becauee 1t was not ger
r,aue to the u1afn question.