The New York herald., 1865-01-10

New York, Tuesday, January 10, 1866.
THE SITUATION.
One Of correspondents al Winchester Va, gives
rs an account OF conversation which he has had with
sgentleman who recently visited Richmond. II is stated
that the rebel officials busy engaged In prepar
ing for tho evacuation Of their capital that much Of
tho government property and many Of tho en-
ploycs have already been sent into the interior Of
the South and that hundreds OF families have taken tho
hint and removed into Georgia and North Carolina It
ability to hold Richmond much longer, and that the
whole city Is being mined with the design Of blowing IL
up as as II shall have been abandoned
Major General BENJAMIN +. Butler has been removed
BY the President from the position Of commander OF
che Army Of the James and tho Department OF Viz.
Lowell, Massachusetts,. The official document in the
directed him to turn his command 10 s'ths
person named by Lieutenant General Grant his tenn.
porary successor" General Ord lately In charge Of
tho Twenty fourth corps, has succeeded temporarily y
she important position.
gener cessation Of active military operations In front Of
Richmond Petersburg continues the weather being
still unfavorable for any extensive rovementa Secre
tary OF War Stanton and Quarermaster General Meigs
arrived Fortress Monroe last Friday, their way
20 hold conferences with Generals Grant, Sherman and
Foster.
It s reported that Mr. Francis Blair senior has dc.
parted from Washington . second peace mission to
Richmond but TO the nature Of his terms special
designs nothing has yet become public.
II is estimated now that the rebel General Hood sue
oeedcd in getting twenty nve thousand Of his
south Of Tennessee river General Lyon, who II will be
remembered moved or with detachment oftwo or thrce
thousand of Hoods troops whle the latter remained bo
fore Nashie and went into Kentucky a stealing, do
prodatns and conscrp;ing expedition, being driven out
of that Slate by tho national soldiers recently,
bis retreat southwark passed through McMnnvie, Ten
nessee, whore he captured company OF Union cavalry
lie up Of tho Chattanooga Railroad track
Tulahoma and then proceeded the direction OF Rus
sevie General Forrest previous to crossing the Ten
nesscc river was obliged to abandon hundred and
fifty Of his wagons
It Is reported that tho Union troops have by order OF
General Reynolds evacuated Fort Smith and Van Buren,
Arkansas but that the President has revoked The order
Military affairs represented very quiet the State
present. The Legislature has elected United States
Senator and passed bill making appropriations ts
the amount OF three hundred thousand dollars
from Morganzla Louisiana state that another
Union expedition recently went out from that place 70
beyond tho Atchafalaya river, but found few rebels
There appear DO comparatively few OF them In all that
region just The Union glnboat Gazelle had do.
sroyed the rcbe residences In the vicinity Of the place
where Commander Thatcher was killed In retaliation for
his murder
Tho latest rebel newspapers present very interesting
picture Of tho troubles into which tho cardinal
secession doctrine Of State rights has brought
is advocates. The Governors Of the different rebel
States from their disposition be punctious In regard
20 their peculiar rghtful or assumed prerogatiyes,
Interfere seriously with that unity Of action and des
potsm which jon Davis In dcsirous Of maintain
ing He has now on his hands . quarrel with
the Governors Of Mississippi, Georgia and Ala
bsmA Tho Richmond Wig thinks tho rccont alleged
pcaoc mission Of the two Blsirs entities the
United States 70 be considered the most impudent
nation that has he'd existence correspondent Of
the Charleston Courier speaking OF tho charge against
General Grant Of The Richmond Sentinel that he lavishy
eacrnccs his men, says that Hood has butchered HIS
sroops a. rcckisss!y as over Grant did,
CONGRESS.
In the Senate yesterday memorial was presented by
Nr Sherman asking for appropriation Cor tho support
or Southern refugees He ssd there wore thousands Of
Soyal refugees In Cincinnati 81 Louis and Louisville and
shsir condition dcplorablc. The memorial sp-
proprasoy referred The resolution proposing Va
distribute tho cotton captured Al Savannah among
the soldiers OF General shermans army was indefinitely
postponed Joint resolution presented directing
inquiry the eatment Of Indian tribes BY the author
tiles which referred TO the Committee Indian
Anain Tho joint resolution freeing tho wives and chill
drsn Of colored soldiers then taken up number
81 amendments 70 the resolution offered BY the cp
position but they were all lost and sfsr considerable
debate, the resolution passed by vote OF yeas a.
nays TO- The Senate then went into executive session,
end soon after adjourned
The House was occupied nearly ,he Wbols sesson In
Tho discussion Of the senstes Joint resolution pyoposins
amendment 10 the constitution for the purposs Of
sbolshng slavery throughout the county, No vote wus
taken the resolution The oniy other business bssoss
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