, 1865-02-10

The Expected Presidential HIessage-
MATTERS Ut tt>e Cap1tal-Gcueru1S ScsTB
Summary
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribuac. ]

IepcIiA OlspItcn 10 tle Chlc4To IF1Du1.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Feb. Q.
Public expectation is ngain Disappointed BY the
failure to receive the Presidents ucssagc on the
peace negotiations. 1t is said to have been
modified OF heightened eince tho passage Of tie
resolution calling for it. At any rate the copy1ss
were busy with 1t this afternoon until too late
an hour for it to be sent to Congress
to day. It will make about three col
umns solid minfon, and will be sent In to
morrow, meantime tho flcs OF the Richmond d
pcrs have been read containing JEFF. Davis mes
sage to the rebel Congress, on the sane subject,
which, together with nil the other rebel nows of
Importance, the Associated Press sends tonight
in full The significant fact In Davis message, is
noted here, that the 1ebcl Comnl,s-
siorere are shown to have proposed
70 terms, and that their sole business
editcEisls q AZ The Richmond papers decidedly
was te find onl what terms We wonld offer The
Cotdederzcy can accomplish. RI the Southern
people are only united, they all inefst that pc-ce
sansd M It aa ons aSe
heart 1 p md T. create A n ' eni5asiaala RsHsua
ins eepsrmcd he appointment q Lon. e JOIN n Z.
Brcckinridgc us Secretary Of War, y1cc Seddon,
resigned. he was to hare entered upon his duties
mand oi ell prison camps in Georgia, Alabama and
A letter. from an Ohio General in Shesman's
as anas Gate r';t'is5 e iss StRsf Dj5nnsS jass
aays that among the. recruits who have lateEy
arrived for the 10th uhfo,1 we1o two ex-captains.
glory, have now entered rs enlisted mcn-a: sub
sti,ntcs, for profit. The General adds that there
are five such cases in the LIST fnstalment Of re-
Unlisted men send home most Of their pay. while
tniccrs hare es much as they can do to lire on
theirs.
Col II. Swim, Of the I'D uhio, has hccn bre-
yettcd Dr1Gadier General, for gallant services In
the late campaign in Geor:Ia.
ts bGlieyed ~ that a.. Saefmsns ia 10 iorees & reached
place at or near that point at that dats.
4 letter from Il prominent officer In the Army
Or the roi,omse, Iead here toby, fpeaks of tl'e
nv IVY; YorK, THURSDAY, Feb: e.-rhe Washington
rsrtstr complains OF the rartiality shown At tho
Wor Department to officers OF The regular army,
most of whom, instead Of being in the aeid where
where they would be Of incalcalablo advantage,
owing to their education in warfare, hare been
dIsains aiiowareea for quarters, n Gnt1ons in kind
and other cxtrns which 60 to swell their pay.
Ont OF ,141 tuch officers, only 2l3 are on duty
WAeuINoroN, Thursday, Feb 0.-Ma1or General |
9almer, who is now in Washins ton, has been, ills
sad, assigned to the command OF The Department
order ca1tlonlng disbn1sing officers aSain:t pay
n espsnred 81 e TeSels Amcns ic
youchere IN favor Of Haskell & Barber, Mich!gan
C!y; one 1er se7too, and another aer s2l:6ss;
,ps % = Lon. iU Cincinnati. s5a41o o''' '' 40 fn'1-
Brig. Gen: Hays, paroled in Richmond, to dis !
tribute supplies reports the receipt Of Gl private
meneed ,he diet1ibution Of aunp'ies On hand, aud
makes regulation fors s,oc9 ant1s Of clothing,
Gen, Gra1t says Tho zequisition has been partly t
The 70 lowing Western officers have been dis.
m1s:cd: Capt Nathan Willard. Commissary Of
Subsistence, for mt AZ counting for public funds
duct nnbecomin. IN officer and a gentleman; |
Cart. Phillip PAYER: 1e0th Ohio, for drunkenness
and absence without leave; Capt Peter L.
ing been publshed officially and failed to appear
before the commission. 1he order Of dismissal
in The ccge. Of First Lieut., chas. Rcctz % No.
y in he streets Of little Rock, Ark, on Dec.
sa.h, 1864. has been confirmed. The order Of dis
ihs ef Go on Fl ss s
vice OF tie United States IN the muster-out as
rn2de on the rolls Of Lis regiment, has been re-
COL L tnsline sh
FEE tsSokcd, and he is mustered ont and honor-
The, following officers, heretofore dismissed,
have hccn rettored, with my from The date at
WHICH ihey fe]ofn their regiments for duty, pro-
yided The 'aeahees f ts Lave not been
Thy, 1st Indiana heavy artillery; Capt. Wf!ij1m
Ostcrhnuse, 8let Missouri /; I'd Lieut. Allen Fila
worth. 9Th Iowa cavalry; I'd Lieut. VIM. j. Laird,
18th Illinois cavalry.
Ccl. Geo. ?, Rnesles, additional Abide. Camp,
ard Asst Adit. lien. Hoshorn, was appointed
Chef Of A6jutant Generals Department, Army Of
Tic Potomac. Captain John Gills, SupeFintepd-
cut O. s. Naval Observatory, died very suddenly
;c-dfy Of tlur1txy. Captain Gillis entered The
II he seieae oee.s in tie sece one
Mr. Ou:d, the rebel Commissioner Of Exchange,
lns ptyrp nssurancer that every facility shall be
1Gt rded for the delivering and dlsts1butoa Of
goods s:nt hereafter from the North 70. ths relief
81 cur prisoners lie sa{s that 2,ao additional
suits of clothing are needed to supply the lmule-
I1iatc wants OF oar men confined IN the several
Tithmond prisons. Gen. Grant, in forwarding
ceE, Hayes letter t. the Var Department, stStos
kcts cou|d e lled ut City Point, and he has al
rceay commenced the shipment OF the necessary
2rticles. " .,u
ul!ch It pas sed the House today, II i makes The
Er1ean independent Of either the War Or T1es-
sury Eep rtu:tut, Is supposed to stand psett5
Senator Grimes Introduced q bill t'-d.y to
amend tie Law regulating captured and abandoned
1ebel property, providing that the clause ptoh1b'