Show BY PACIFIC telegraphic TELEGRAPH SPECIAL TO THE DAILY UNION VEDETTE oca relieved Heli eved d from duty us as feint iu cilien washington alarca an order relieving gen halleck from duty as general in iii chief says tile the president desires to express his appreciation and thanks for tile able and zealous mann manu crin erin arduous ous and responsible duties of that tha t position have baen performed Coli court lirt I 1 of inquiry i r I 1 NEW T F wyona YORK march A special to the tribune ir says s the court oc inquiry appointed appo anted to investigate tile the conduct of generals mccook crittenden and at the battle of chick have reported the results of its investigations to the war department tiley they faud an fn I 1 d that general gener mccook did his entire enair duty in the t he battle proper but made a mistake I 1 arising from an all error in ill judgment jud mont or oi going 0 into chattanooga i gen crittendon crittenden is held entirely blameless tile the court speak in commendatory terms of his conduct his li 1 is forced had been sent by piece meal to ta gen thomas a and id lie he found himself without a com col for chattanooga L L is also exonerated 0 ya 5 soldiery erts PY to J aw T the lie of tile hous save have decided decided 1 V to report in till favor vor of in i n creasing casing cr 0 ta ic p ay of soldiers to eighteen dollars per month and that of sergeants to thirty dollars per month 1 interesting news the Ri tribunes bunes special says A guard yeste yesterday iday took possession of of ii naval aval stores in washington wallington by order secreta secretary ry welles I 1 arrested severa several I 1 clerks of navy agents to servo serve as witnesses against savage and parties in new yolk and philadelphia charged with swindling government in naval contracts I 1 NEW march ship star of the west from liverpool reports on oil maich ath seeing seeing an italian frigate ZD supposed to be the in a sinking condition at au request of the captain stayed by lier her all night but in the morning could I 1 not discover a vestige of her 1 T 1 march gen hurlbut and staff arrived from vicksburg last night the lai ger pal t of liis his corps C are conna acted with nother another a expedition on which left vicksburg some da days ys since since i aisig CAIRO 1 Site I M gh 11 an officer from Tor porters fleet furnishes thoi the following particulars I 1 odthe expedition up the ouachita Ou achita the expedition tion consisted of fix bis gunboats gun boats no signs of the enemy until approaching id 0 tn trinity anity at which point they wore were strongly stion gly fortified preparations for an attack were immediately made tile the ironclad gunboat osa osasc b c was in advance and was allowed to pass the rebel works i without any eions being malle made the fla flag ship fort eort followed and the rebels supposing her only a transport opened a heavy and destructive fire which it bore bravely for a time but was finally obliged to retire from tile the Uon contest test with a loss aboss of two killed and eight 0 wounded and tile tho bodt boat badly used up the admiral transferred the flao flag 0 to tho gun boat ouachita Ou achita and her powerful armament soon silenced the 8 guns gulls and finally drove them from town and our forces landed A large amount of property was destroyed Thore tile crebel bei works were very aro g ithe re being 0 three thirty two po the fleet t then wont went to harrisonburg at tile the junction of the ouachita Ou achita where little difficulty difficult y was experienced exper in driving dr ivino C the enemy from their batteries the town toa was burned the special understood fre boht rit would baas bo assigned sig ned to mont of south carolina gen gilmore will have active command inthe field th the courier des betat unis of this city merit mentions iOns the deport that president juarez consented to the ilic transfer of a portion of the state of so Sonora ora to an agent of tile united states or at least of an Amo american ridda consul tile the courier affirms tha it Ts s 1 authorized 1 in 11 case this hewes sho should uld have any foundation to declare that no transact tr ansac tion I 1 wil I 1 be recon recognized 16 1 b attie y 11 tl 1 0 new t W 1 gov dovci C 1 ame ament ait of mexico 0 if i ie t took ok place subsequent nt to 19 c the evacuation 1 odthe of the I 1 city of prisident L juarez tu d diac liac pacific department tile the ff ter erds aads special says tile tho dg de param 1 n it Z odthe the pacific including cal ifo nia oregon etc has been tender ed edmac maj gen hunter ilo ile le fd on th the c aroun ground d that lie he desires active ser vice in the field in the re argalli tion of the arina anhof of the potomac now bein being made under maj san smith maj gen hunter will I 1 have c command of tile the corps hancock tile the ad and bairen the ad i h tate E expedition 1 NEW YORK barcli the heralds Ueral ds norfolk letter aag tile the late exil expedition edition resulted in tile the destruction st of tile king and queen county court houses abele tile tho gal lant was in ambuscade the murderous defeat of the ath and ath va cavalry by tile the expedition has already been stated the notorious guerrilla bob colton was among the killed we had bad none killed but half a dozen wounded neat dow ma all right rl FORT ORT MONROE march general neale dow and captains flynn and sawyer arrived here having it in been exchanged col sanderson lias bas been sent to fort warren another 0 ler draft 0 of more general order number dated executive mansion says in order to S supply upp ij the fol folca cc required to io be drawled braf bcd for the navy and to provide adequate reserve fol foi cc fur for all contin gc aci i in addition to tho the half million C called led for fi 0 ra nth ast 1st of F february a call is hereby made for a draft of two hundred aln bcd thousand men for military service for the army navy and icaline corps of tile united states proportional quotas for tho the different wards ward towns town selection election districts or counties t arc re to be made known through the provost marshals to the general bureau find and an account ho be taken of credits and I 1 of other quotas the fifteenth day of april is desiena de signa ted as theotime the time up lip to which the number required from each ward of a city town and county may be raised by volunteering tire the to bo be made in each ward of a city town and county which have 11 not at filled the quota i assigned to it within the time besic designated 0 the draft to commence at as soon after tab ia loth th of april as practicable government bo bounties as now paid to continue until the of april kiter after that date the one hundred dollar bounty only to be paid as provided by tile the act approved july 1861 con congressional 0 t lington march t HOUSE merrill from the committee on oil ways I 1 and Means bill to establish an assay office in nevada territory also one at portland bic gon the bill was ie forred to the committee of thc jhc whole HOUSE took up senate bill provi din dingi 0 franking 0 privilege 0 to the president and vice president sh all extend to cover all matter to or from either passed NEW YORK march irth washington specials agree that the gold bill will pass the house today to day the herald hayg says iam ay be amended so as to antii authorize ariz the secretary to issue certificates payable in gold to be used med for payment on custom dues due the times special says special committee bill have authorized zed M mr r jenks to report report ali tho li bill ll 11 sometime since proposed by him it embraces both debtors and creditors creditor interest c CHICAGO march the senate amendment to the gold bill was debated in the house yesterday A vote will probably ably be had bad today to day dav C G fe e 1 n 0 in sit lasry csc er day t I 1 lina tina ted maj M aj gendral Gen cral of the regular 0 army ly in the place made vacant by grants grant I 1 s promotion ratified with the north carolina an i cherokees KNOXVILLE march beace abc acc has been ratified with north CC carolina 1 dero cherokees kees those recently captured wera were induced to take up arms under the belief they crough afi ting jbf tho 66 lica autes government since their return to royalty thu tho rebels have committed numerous onerous 0 outrages oh them several have been ean th thrown rown into prison and tho the rest are acda the mountains fountai 1 exchange ige of prisoner stopped NEW YORK malch 15 A special to the times says there is is sonic some contradiction as to the aati action on of the in ill le ference to exchanges the facts are arc some weeks since commissioner notified geri gen butler that at a certain data lie would declare paroled prisoners exchanged arid and that eliat lie he butler might do the same as suggested by which was ivas at once countermanded by our government butler then made a percentage 0 arrangement and the government lias has stopped that notwithstanding the official contra dictions the plan for exchange 0 adopted by butler has been rejected by the war department and e exchanges ha on oil that basis has been 0 pacific railroad committee NEW YORK march specials say senate pacific railroad committee have had under consideration for some days amendments which being pressed by various interests to pacific railroad the committee invited gentlemen representing 0 these interests to appear apgear before them arid and make their statements they did so and the result was a total failure the committee determined however to make such changes as are absolutely necessary and leave all other matters to be disposed of some other time rebel news CHA chattanooga march loth all quiet along the lines mobile papers of the ath say the yankee forces attempted to land on dauphins dauphine Daup hins island thinking it unoccupied but bunsee see in ing confederate soldier s waiting tore to re ceide them hastily retired arid and afeei aate wards shelled the woods furiously also say yankee picket boats ply with impunity to foot of fort Gai gainas liesy wharf internal revenue NEW march the worlds special says commissioner lewis on the internal revenue recommends a tax of 40 cents on petroleum 1 dollar on distilled spirits 50 cents on tobacco I 1 rebel prisoners A detachment of about two hundred and fifty rebel soldiers prisoners of war who have taken the oath of allegiance started for new york on a special train this evening fr from charleston FoRT FORTRESS nEss MoNr MONROE tor march the richmond examiner of the has charleston di to the slow firo fire on the city is kept up an artillery duel of several hours dura J thion took place on the ath between battery gic gieng 0 g and a battery on sulho sular vans island no damage foreign news i NEW YORK march ariel arid arrived from aspinwall with three hundred and fifty thousand in treasure central america tranquil peru offered to mediate in pending question between bolivia arid and chili rebel col jones J ones killed skilled KNOXVILLE tenn march some slight skirmishing 0 beyond morristown i yesterday in which tile rebel rebe jones was killed I 1 all quiet t today oday to O day A our military population tho the military population of the united states and ter aci hitoi ri tories ies according acco iding I 1 to the returns of the esth census is now new york boik lias has a white niale bialo population between tile the ages of 18 arid and 45 of 79 and loads leads all other states pennsylvania follows next in the list with a population between the ages mentioned of while ohio which is thaid in the list has a population of tile the census fetui returns na show a disparity between the eastern arid and western states in respect to military population which cleal ly explains why tho the latter have so much mole moio easily filled their quotas for the na I 1 cimics thus in maine tile the military population is per cent 0 of f the whole in illinois it is per cent when it is remember col that the available military wili tary class under a system of volunteering is the excess after the necess necessary essaiy aly demands for productive labor are aie supplied it will be seen that the he difference licie exhibited is a very important one mr kennedy the superintendent of the census estimates that the increase of the military population in 1861 after deducting natural deaths was tile the increase inci ease case from immigration lie he states at making a total increase inci ease of the increase inci ease from the latter source is now much larger than was two years ago r and is probably a natural gain of it at least annually this will quite kofl onset set the alie waste of population caused by the llie casualties of war ivar not taking at all into the count the large addition ctorn immigration 0 immigration it must bo be reinforces the coith arn armies alone tho the immigrants if they do not themselves go into the ranks take the place of our own citizens on the farm and elsewhere en enabling aMino the latter to enter the service the total arms bearing population in n 1860 of bf the states now held in whole or in part by the rebels was as follows florida georgia mississippi north carolina south carolina texas virginia alabama louisiana making a total of from this a aggregate t re ate it is proper to deduct onelia one half lia if for virginia three fourths for louisiana one half for mississippi one half for north carolina one quarter for texas nia making kill q a total of and leaving tile the military population in 1860 in the states named now from this deductions duct ions are arc to be made for the casualties of war for depletions of population from the states named during the war etc the arms bearing population of these states today to day cannot bo be more than at the highest and it will be impossible therefore for the leadous to make an any y material additions to heir r present armies floru tile the specific military class N Y poat 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