, 1864-03-09
FROM CAIRO AND BELOW
GEN. SHERMAN REPORT-
ED AT VIUKSBURG.
Startling Intelligence from CAL
houn County, III.
SIX SOLDIERS KILLED BY A cop
PERHEAD MOB.
The Glorious Result in New
Hampshire for
Gilmore,
TRIUMPH OF HOME LOYALTY
WITHOUT THE ARMY VOTE,
Matters Congressional aud military

l
Especial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.1
| WAsnso7ox, March 8, 1864.
TIE cIEeArEAKE PIRATES.
The army tug Titan recently captured at Cherry
Stone. was chased by gunboat sent In pufsnt and
finally took refuge n{Piantakatlnk creek near Ran
| paharnock, where she WAS sct Oh fire and burned
before our snnal boats could reach hc.. Txo rebel
naval officers, one Lee, led the force which cap.
| tured the Titan. They burned the telegraph sta.
| tion at Cheszy Stone, and carried off the bat.
tety.
TIE WILKES COURT MARTIAL
Court martial for the t1ial Of Admiral Chas.
Wilkes. which meets here tomorrow, is composed
Of AdmiFala Gregory, stingham, Pauldinz, und
Goldsborough; Commodores Hoa, Maraton, and
Thatcher, and Capt. J. L.. Warden. The very se-
Huus charges preferred By Secretary WeIIes arc In
substance as follows:
'1Et-Disobedience Of the lawful orders of his eu-
pcIior officer In taking Possession Of the Wander
1 5t md mailing her the dag ship Of the West In-
sea1y wsP III she W. q 1s
to pursue the Alabama through the Gull, West IN
a. @ soqth a ame1es 9S md nd; 1a!aa HatSss wherever
y Department. Alec, in hiking possession M Of lie lie
eteanships, Oneida and R. n Cayjer, which Be-
loneed to Farragut'e squadron, md falling to re-
taIn thc@ essa after positive ofdera from thu Nj
I'd. fnsuto1dinatlon OF conduct and nc ,llgeuce or
tzaltIcEEHeeE II OuE3lAn DlQGTB uUQef which he
sent to West Indies to puraue the Florida and AL
hama particularly IN making useless cruises IN the
Vanderbilt, and In falling to carry ont orders and
Sd. Disrespect and d1sf:spectIal langlage to his
superior officer IN eend,ug impestinent letters to
the sec5etaT q the Navy. ~
the unauthorized publication Of otcia1 papcta By
printing such letters in newspapers.
oth- Conduct unbeconine an officer, In refusing
aee Ia failing to explain the publication Of h,s let
tens; and in throwing unwaIrantahle imputations
On the Qd1ccrS OF the pary.
HohEs ron SOLDIERS.
The bill reported by Mr. Julian, from the unuse
Committee on Public Lands, to secorc honaesteads
to soldiers out Of the eoracatcd lands is substan-
TALLY the same as that introduced In the Senate bY
Mr. Wison, Of which 4 eynopals has been hereto
fore given in your columns.
Ar. Morris, Of Ohio, offered resolution calling
for record Of the Military Commission which ro-
tried Jamos n. HINT, Senator Hale's client. The
resolution beng objected to, it lies over.
FHEs1nEHr's 1Eym
An tm1ncnse thrung is at the Presidents levee
tonight, anxious to pay their respects to Lleuten-
ant-Genetal Grant,
REEL nAnRArT1EB.
The finger on which Dahlgren wore q ring. had
been cut of by his rebel murderers who earned oil
his clothes.
TIE DEFICIENCY BILL
The Dcncfancr bill as PASSED the House nxes sala-
rtes Of Assistant Secretaries at $4,000 instead Of
sa5cp. The effect OF this is to reduce salaries Of
Assistant Secretaries Of the Treasury and NsyT.
which are now $4,G00. Tho others remain as At
preBrnt-
Harrington reeumned position OF AeslEtaut Sec
Eate1y Of the Treasury to-day.
MILITARY.
First Lieutenant Abram Earnshaw, eth Mchi-
gan, Was cashtered By sentence Of court-1na1ttal
for dEunkeness on duty.
The gold bill as passed bE the House, simply
authorizes the Secretary Of the Treasury to antict-
pate the payment Of interest on the public debt
either with OF without rebate Of interest as he
may deem most c1pedient. This Is Boutwclls
amendment, which WIS adopted By the Houee az a
substitute for Ways and Means b11i.
The Chaplain bill, passed by The Honse> gives
pay to Chaplains when absent on leave, and pro-
rides that they shall hare pension ut the rate OF
twenty dollars per month for disability.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Trihune.]
WAsu1Earox, March S, 1861
cox0REss1oNAI-
The principal feature Of to-day ie G7atz Browns
speech, which occupied two hours aud half In de-
livery, and attracting unueual attention. 1t EN-
bodied the whole gospel OF rad1callsm In astefiy
cnnbiuation Of argument and sarcasm. The main
point was that one must incorporate into the na-
tiona1 life and Ies7slntion the divine Law. He WIS
that # had bcsn ra~ned 1n,o ~. ,,o,ss,
hv the )oen1 rno.acI aod u,a 1ers. th.-. ~.
ei,o,ce. '''''1
The House passed the Senate Ambulance bin.
There xns onite m an3mate5 srssne whsn N,
Echenek moved the passaee Of the bSu dronn3no III
from the at7nr rolls the UNEMPLOYED Cenera1s and
staff of1cers. Messrs. Cox, Voorhees,, Holman
Ganeop. Kcruan and other Democrats. ob1ette1'
protested, and threatened ll1busterinc II its pase
ncr yycz insisted m.
There was 9 general r1a1oor On that eide nf the
uouee about Mcclellan, and the blow heinz At him
Finally tie subject was POSTPONED unt1 next Tur.-
day.
The bill raising the rank OF prorost Msrshal
General TO Brigadier Gcneral, passed the House.
Ayce, Gs; nays, e8-
THIRD nISpATcu
re,,n;,, ,,e,otc1, ~ ~ T,,sn
lspecaa' o1ef"1'en ~ .ae lineage 1F1oune-]
NAsH1sGroS, March 8.
LIEUT.. GEN. oEA.sT AT TIE CAPITAL
fen. Crant accorapsnied 1,y f}en. R.rr1inc, III.
Chief Of staf at!aFed nero N the afternoon tFa1n
and Was Immediately made to 6ntcr the 1ncouve-
nfences Of hotel et,thueAsm eefenade In Threat
~.,aa
e''sa' CONGRESSIONAL.
e..,o..,, s ~, soor S.,ir.- snoo,,
the Presidential question in general and the Pome-
~ -t+rr1sr fn rsrticu}ar
w ee ~ 49, s,s.,
IN the course o1 tne ulscuSe1oa ~ tne senate, On
1ysno,re f.ommfsa;on many aererr ren,ar1.a wcra
-,s5a hv Ad,nfn1afr,,}on Senator's rnnn fts rrn,+a
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