FROM WASHINGTON: Departure of Gens. Grant and Meade for Fortress Monroe; Important Report of the Secretary of the Navy (4/1/1864)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 4/1/1864

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WASHINGTON, Thursday, March 31.

Gen. GRANT, accompanied by Mrs. GRANT, Gen. MEADE, and a portion of his staff, went down the Potomac to-day on a visit to Gen. BUTLER at Fortress Monroe. His mission has an intimate connection with recent changes in commands in the army and the forthcoming campaign.

The President pronounces the Statement made in the New-York Tribune that the Blair family had recommended Gen. MCCLELLAN to command the defences of Washington, to be altogether incorrect.

Senator WILSON, Gens. GARFIELD and SCHENCK, and Mr. DEMING, leave here to-morrow to attend the great mass meeting at Hartford on Saturday evening.

Commander PICKEREL, of the United States ship Peterhoff, recently sunk off Wilmingtom, has been ordered to the command of the Fort Donelson, now in Boston harbor.

The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill was up before the Ways and Means Committee to-day. A reduction in the amount asked for will very probably be made.

Pacific Railroad interests lie untouched, through inability of the committee to agree to anything. An earnest effort is about to be made to reconcile conflicting views, so that necessary and urgent legislation may be attended to.

The Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad question was up in the House to-day. No indications as to what the final result will be have been developed. Careful polls of the House show about an equal division for and against the bill.

The selection of a site for a navy-yard west of the Alleghanies was considered in joint meeting of naval committees to-day. It was agreed that the sub-committee of Senators and Representatives should start, on Thursday next, on a tour of inspection of points west of the Ohio River. The intense rivalry of interests between New-London and League Island promises

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From Washington: Departure of Gens. Grant and Meade for Fortress Monroe – 2
Proceedings of Congress – 2-3
Kentucky and Tennessee: Another Invasion of Kentucky Probable – 3-5
The War in Arkansas: Advance of the Union Army, 35,000 Strong – 5
The War in Illinois: The Copperhead Outbreak at Charleston – 5
The War in Louisiana: A Fight at Teachoes, on the Red River – 5
Gen. Butler’s Department: Successful Expedition from the Frigate Minnesota – 5
Seizure of Rebel Publications – 5
Department of the South: The Storm on the Coast – 5-7
From New-Mexico: Burning of Part of the Capitol at Santa Fe – 7
From the Pacific Coast: News from Oregon – 7
The Metropolitan Fair About Ready for Opening – 7
Munificence of the Police: Four Thousand Dollars to the Fair – 7
Editorial: Mr. Lincoln’s Re-election and Rebel Discouragement – 7-8
Editorial: Emigrants from Europe – Skilled Workers Wanted – 8
Editorial: The Illinois Disturbances – 8-9
A Big Job – 9
Editorial: Our City Bench Illustrated – 9
General News – 9