, 1865-02-18

The Western Navy Yara-No NomInation'
or Territorial Of1icefs-0euthA o.
WekteDn soldiers.

= Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribnne.]
WAsn1so7oI, Friday. Feb. IT.
The report Of The Coumtssion appointed by |
ConErces TO select a for a naval depot
on Western W1tets, concludes 81 follows:-
"7hc Commission strongly recommends
That Congress establish m additional
yard Of construction at Cincinnati, and that for
this purpose the offer Of the city authorities that
poriiun OF the protected basin in NIL Creek
Valley be accepted, provided sufficient aceommo-.
dations can be obtained now On reasonable terms.'
The delegation now here to procure The accept
qnce Of the oGcr by Government are sanguine OF
succest.
From full files Of Wednesday's Rtchmond ps-
re1e the following e1tfactS are taken. From the
Richmond Utpatch, Feb. 18th: = Everything re-
mains quiet at Petersburg, 1t Eas reported that
the enemy were concentrating for on asttck on
our 1ett bnt there proved to be no foundation for
the report We hare heard xothing further Of the
enemJ's movements At Wilmington. There was
considerable Bkrnishing near Sugar Loaf, and
attack. In force were made on our lines, all Of
which were repulsed with loss to the enemy.
During the attsck the enemys whole 1eet opened
on Gen. Hoke's lines. Our casualties will number
yy9 9f fo4 s1zss sns a e: ssn nan
'.Wheelcr Beats Ktlpatrick near Augusta
aboiishing he Conscript Bureau md the once of
Commander OF coazcripts, and tnznsn. the whole
business Of eonseripttng ever to commanders Of
Tho Ssnftn<i ed,turialIy says: ''viye humbug.
Among the most absurd exhibitions Of an absurd
rtople vas the Yankee gloriacation in Savannah
ted ln New York. 4 public meeting was held In
which Yankee speakers told Yankee hearers what
peoi hss f3Rks 'R and he
called meeting in Savannah. They might in the
came way gel Up meeting Of tho people Of Lon
don. Indeed isakee charity is alWsys q once
told me or veritabc ditplay lin that citytmue
diately after It fell into Yankee hands. Boatn took
sent for and eoon appeared in The hospitals q New
Orleans to distribute daluHcs among the sick and
wounded accompanied bya servant be c'rlns, the
lie ] nyepuea be1we.n the rows Of cots, an and dad ad.
dressing himself to each patient he passed With
ali lie dignity be1pue,nE to his office. nr would
es ess," xhereupon he xonld present the % steE msa
with double handful! Of dried apples. "W,ll
you be good enough, he then added, with gra.
mayor Smith, Of Boston, presented you On your
eick bed with CONC delicaaes." Aud thereupon
be turned TO eome fresh object Q! bis charuiiue
Boston. Long live the orator Of Savannah.
The iSnttufl Of February 16th says ". Inco!o's
statement Of his connection with the late negotsa
tion reject. more alscredit upon lin than The rc:
| thc interview to which he took 80 much pans to
EATER tex n5 S1 to 5sqs st
held at all is due only to accident and Gen Grant
| When onr Commissioners arrived opposite The
hott tile lines Gen. Grantw away. General Org,
commanding the Army of The Jame,. was unwil-
| ltrg To-. assume the responsibility Of re-
ce,1ipg the gentlemen. and referred the matter
to wsshingten. Thence messenger vas ~
| srnctious that amounted to an exclusion OF the
| Confederate dispatches. They we're required to
sic1d everything in the issue as preliminary TO
Grant returned 10 bis sheadqnsrters before Nj: Lip.
coins mcssaee arrived there, a9d acting n - on his
sstee ate I. aad notiaed HE sups1iors IN Washington
] NJ. Lincoln now modified bis Instructions ior
s4ss 5ssi a ass5n ss 9 e s
arrive With ~ ne lest hat was to
see@. eai 70 sare perfofnaed H. psrt % a:ssnsd b@
with ndelity and suecces. He arrived 1t General
Grants headquarters at p: NJ. and that sauc
riod 70 ihe progress q the Con edeTates, ther an
swer being mot satisfactory At this second
critical period General Grant comes acain to the
egraphed to Mr. Lincoln that be had arrested tbs
Confederate embassy, Gen. Grant, at 10::0 D. NJ,
telcgrnphed Mr. Lincoln conddentfa'ly, but not
| ofitlllly to become q matter Of record. 1fr.
Lincoln has not treated the message either
| as confidential or unofficial. He has btth
told It and placed 1t on the record, and we haye
thus learned 'te contents. He st,ted to Ar. Lin.
i coin tie favorable prepossessfon be had derived
f.om conversation with two Of the Commissioners,
the fears he had, that their repuse without M in
| tervieT would bare bad tn1nenee, and expressed
conference With h~them. This Instantly changed
Mr..1ine*ln's purpose again, and he set ont iune-
i1 ea 10 pd he comissoncrs il tho It traetaSie Ss
he, 100. had been brought to lear "the .baddnlu-
tnre. =. It te sufficient to know that
| when they received them, he then e3acted terms
we're intended to be terms which people worthy
Of being associated with BY people who rcspec;
themselves ever did or aTer could aceept- Itls
dieIatehcd Mr.. Blair to the Confederate capital.
intended The role which he had since played. We
scarcely euppose he did The explanation OF his
probably to be found in The party necessities that
press upon him. We pass over the qlibble, the
| diplomatic prevzr1caton, the plckwfckfan denial
with Mr. Diair,s mission here. Such nonsense viii
irDro.e on no one. Let The next who wishes to 20
South and return, apply for pass to Nj. Lnsoiln,
u Mr. .Biair Tas, without M intimstioa Of his
object, or vhnt he proposed TO- eay or do: MI.
Blal. was as much az aeent here as Mess1s:
informal The whole Of them, Dnt get agents thc
whole Of them. The ness Of what was transptrng
| hsn meanwhile .etYen great dissatisfaction 10
!het portion of Mr.. .1jucoln'e party which
Is hostile to him, and which numbers a
yeEy large majority ID the United States Senate,
hoase Iss in ies
Sumner and Wade a!e tyctg. were hor-
rtded at the 'th.uehts 81 peace. Their
t hyena instincts arc yet un3ppeascd. They love to
SIT IN Their sale PLACES and bid blood flow. Hence
an assnult vas prcpatcd upon Mr. Lincoln in cor
which he recoied. It was thus, We belIeTe. he
was deferred from his frst purpose, and hencs set
| shout repelliug the .confeFeuce Which he had IN
] y7ted, md Of concfltating the wrath Of his Con.
rfess By fresh tndigniaes 10 the confederacy. il
1nsttered no. TINT he was enachug decd than
which no other could be more disSraceiul TO the
herd Of nation. Action was being haJed by lis
cpcnine up fresh prospect fosblood. III. Lincoln
has leen in part He has stirred the
/ dcrth of Confederate resentment by1the insult
witch he has offered MS, but be has given but H.
| different satisfaction to hiP Iate Senators. The
explanation which they demanded Of him they
received In eullen silence. In the House some
arn,sppe vas heard from his partsans, but his
Holeebo1d adversary gave him no credit and
| profier him no truce.
| Tie Prcsticnt tu-day nominated to the Senate
The following officers for the Territory Of Daco
tai : Az Buftl. II to he Chief Justice; J:P. Kid
der and Wm. E. Gleason to be Assosiase 39stea= :,
OF lie Supreme Court; LSmon t. Atcnaelt, I'M
ted States Marshal L..
VIM. ii, Springer, Esq. Of Illinois, .stas to~da1
admitted as N attorney and councillor oi tne ou
pTcpe Court Of the United States:
Within the past three doTs ne l2uoWtS nhsae ana
EdTafd Crawford, company B, 171th Ohio; Aafol
iye1hold, company I. 1s3d Ohio; Lon5th4n :, Pc
| f1atn rnn,n.nT X lHChh Ohio: George W. Bal!e5