, 1865-01-07
NEWS bY TELEGRAPH.
WASHINGTON ITEMS----PRO-
CEEDlNCS OF CONGRESS.
Important Public McasuresmThe
Tax on knowledge.
The Debates on the Slavery
Amendment.
SERIOUS RIOT Of DRUNKEN SOL
DIER2 At LAFAYETTE.
Illinois Legislative Proceedings
Yesterday.
The Forthcoming Inauguration
Of the New State Officers.
From Indiana, Michigan,
Maine and Mass.
MESSAGES OF COWS. BLAIR,
ANDREW, MORTON, ETC.
The Military and General
MESSAGES OF COWS, BLAIR,
ANDREW, MORTON, ETC.
The Military and General
News.
SOUTHERN NEWS nv
Rebel. SOURCES.
FROM neutrality-suspicious.
OF GEN. SHERMAN,
GurNeE York Midnight Dispatch.
From WASHINGTON.


Especial U1spaLc1 10 the chicago lt1bune-1
WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. 6.
The further manufacture Of Parrot guns
has been suspended for the present. Imme.
diately upon the receipt Of the intelligence OF
the bursting Of the guns on board the fleet in
the attack on Wilmington, the chief of ord
nance telegraphcd to Mr.. Pa1rott at West
Point, to suspend their manufacture until the
truth Of the inquiry into the cause of their
explosion Was known. The particulars Of the
explosion have not yet been received By the
Navy Department, and it is not probable that
any thing will be done until the OFF: :ial state
ment Of the affair is received.
The report industriously circulated today
that Gen. Candy Ind been relieved from the
command Of the middle military district OF
the Mississippi, is believed to be untrue. It
Is thought to have originated with cotton
Epcculators.
Mr.. Nelson, of N. +, Chairman Of the Jn-
dfciary, Was today authorised by his Com
mittee to report to the House bill prohibit
ing the counting of declared votes from any
Of tue rebel States, including Tennessee and
Louisiana. The vote on the constitutional
amendment will come On Monday. Its pros
pects are doubtful.
Gen. Banks returns here to engineer fight
for the recognition Of the Louisiana State
Government. The dreaded indications now
are that the effort to cmtody recognition of
Louisiana on the construction bill will defeat
the bill itself.
It Is believed that efforts centcring at sa~
vannah will soon be made, under the highest
authority, to organize the military strength
Of the slave population Of Georgia.
Secretary Fessenden having been reuomi-
mated to the Senate, rumor is busy selecting
his successor. The names most prominently
mentioned are those Of GOV. Boutwell,, Of
Nnssachntetts, Gov. Morgan, Of NeT York,
cnt Comptroller Of the Currency.
Mr.. Blair will press on Monday his motion
for a Lieutenant Gcnesa1shfp for Sherman.
There is a possibility Of radical opposition
to It,
Ed. DufTey, II. D.. Of Albany, n T., claims
the credit for staying the cattle plague In
Massachusetts,, the Pleuro Pneumonia, by his
original suggestions and prescriptions, and
asks Congress for an appropriate acknowl-
edeement.
The Secretary of the Interior submits to
Chairman OF the Committee on Public Lands,
which Is BY them presented to the Senate, q
proposition to create fifth grade Of clerks
and increase the compensation Of Chief clerks.
The Secretary Of the Interior, in response
TO tic Senate's resolution. gives information
concerning the fafe of lands Of the sacs and
Foxes, and says the facilities to furnish Kan
whose bids were accepted failed to comply
with the conditions.
Montgomery Blair has commenced the
practice Of Law in the Court Of Claims.
The National Academy is still in session in
the north wing Of the Capitol. Agassiz read
paper today On the glacial formation Of the
State Of Mime.
Horace Greeley had d long and very pleas.
ant interview with the President to-day.
There are over twelve hundred applications
| for commissions in Gen. Hancock new corps;
| recruits however come in slowly.
| The area Of the proposed new territory Of
i Wyoming is twice as great as that Of Ohio.
! Reports reach Washington 1o-ni.ht through
refugees that Mosby died at Cnlpepper Court
House on Tuesday.
: Vice Admiral :Fa.agnt and Capt. Dray.
/ ton Of his staff arrived here
this evening. Be will probably remain here
F; for scme months.
Mr. Kasson's bill o.day on herepcal Of the
paper duty till exchanges shall fall to sixty
cents, gives satisfaction to newspaper men
but the opposision Of the Ncw York ncwspa.
! pers makes the task OF passing It little more
difficult.
WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. 6-Majos An.
drews who commands the grand picketing o1
the Potomac River, from Great Falls to the
mouth Of the Monocacy, says the gueriIias
who in1cst the banks of the river, have be-
come very troublesome Of late, and that hard.
II night passes without their firing On our
| lickcts or making attempts to cross the river
| at some point or other.
On Monday night while the mil courier OF
Major Andi was conveying mail
from camp to Poolesylllc, he was fired on
! from the Virginia shore und a ball passed
through his llund. On tie same night the
camp Of the LIST Delaware cavalry was fired
| on by bushwhackers on this side Of the river,
who appear to be operating with gurrillas,
/ while they signal to them from the Maryland
side in the neighborhood Of Rockville.
WAsn1SGToN, Friday, Jan. CA detach
ment Of 20 men from the Potomac fleet, IN
der Acting Master Toll, landed on the Rap
pahannock River on Wednesday, about si1
miles above its mouth, and destroyed twt
barrels Of powder nnd two torpcdoes W'hicl
The rebels hld there collected.
The mali boat this morning from City foin
brought up seventy five rebels and deserters
who hive oil taken the oath Of allegiance.
It Is announced that a distributing car vii
be placed on the Eric, New York Central AMI
Penney1yania Central Railroads On the LIST o
February, and IN few weeks it is proposet
to run them to Cleveland over the Atlanti
and Great Western Railroad, and aftcrward
to St. Louis. :.
4 Washington special says considerable
prcssurc is being brought to bear In the Sen
ute to defeat the bill for the abrogation Of tn
Canadian Reciprocity Treaty.
The Senate to-day confirmed james L
Hood, of Illinois, Consul at Bangkok, Siam.