Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-14
FRozr WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l3.-The secretary of
the interior recently decided that the assign
ments Of the land warrants in the bank are
not valid, and that the names of tire ASST nees,
TO render them legal, must be written there at
the time of the transfer.
The treasury department will soon issue in.
structions to disbursing officers, that no cred.
itor Of the government is to be compelled 10
take treasury notes in satisfaction of his
claim.
Thomas Francis Meagher was yesterday
offered captancy in the regular army. He
respectfully declined, requesting tlessecretary
of war to transfer it TO some other officer of
the New York sixty ninth OF a larger amount
of military practice and Information. lie re-
commended Capt. James Kelly, senior captain
Of the regiment
II appears that the president privately con
veyed to Garibaldi an offer OF commander of
a column, on learning that he would visit this
country. 1t will be some time before an an
swer will be received.
The rebel depot at Machotoe Creek, on
the Potomac, was broken up Saturday night,
by Lieut.. Buld, of the Rvsolute. a numbcc
of buildings were destroyed, ten contrabands
brought away and large muflled cared boat,
capable of carrying twenty-five or thirty per.
sons A subsequent expedition destroyed a
number OF boats at Herring Creek, OIL the
Maryland sile.
A prominent resident of White House Point
named Burke, has been arrested as IA spy aud
a rebel messenger An eXgOvernment clerk
(FlowerS) was arrested near Alexandria as
spy
EX.congressman Somes OF Maine is to be
appointed governor OF Utah.
A letter from Minister Fogg states that
Garibaldi said to him. of your war is for
freedom am with YOU with 10000 men,"
Joshua IL, Bates OF Ohio has declined
brigadier generalshp. Wood was re-commis-
stoned to-day as commissioner OF public
buildings.
The assistant secretary of the navy reports
that during his recent trip TO the north he
engaged one hundred vessels for the use OF the
department. The department is sanguine of
its ability to enforce the law for closing the
rebel ports
The rebel congress has passed an act for the
Imprisonment or expulsion of all Union men.
Recent advices from the south state that the
Generalization OF the rebel army is great, in
consequence of deficient commiSsariat and
no pay
j. Lothrop Motley, recently appointed min
lister TO Austria will at once repair to Vienna.
The following consuls have just been appoint
ed Shanghai, j. II. Partridge; Leeds, J w.
Marshall; Leghorn, Andrew j. Stevens;
Geneva, +. Crosby; Amsterdam, L. j. Khan
yer; Batavia, Israel S. Diell. 1t is believed
that there is now no representative of the
government abroad who is not its loyal,
friendly supporter. 1t is supposed that no
more changes will be made
The president to-day appointed Col. Hunter
to be a major general, and Major Stoneman of
the cavalry, W, L. Smith of the typographical
corps, and Ii. w. Bonham of the engineers TO
be brigadier generals Of volunteers.
The Potomac nutilla is still actively en-
ploved Capt. Craven Of the Yankee informs
the navy department that he will report in
person the circumstances attending the capture
of ten negroes On the evening OF the llth
negro came abolrd and mentioned the name
OF an individual who had been exceedingly
active in procuring supplies for the rebels, in
GLIDING arms, ammunition, and men, and
sending them in boat loads from Herring
Creek into Virginia. lie farther says this agent
had assisted in forwarding recruits to various
landings, and that at Herring Greek there
was minister acting as rebel spy. Capt.
Budd OF the Resoute, it appears, broke up the
depot at Herring Creek and at the mouth of
the Machotoe in Virginia. On going to the
Creek he was fred at with muskels. He
however landed and destroyed the premises
aud captured large boat. lie found in
house there a party Of Maryland rebels, who,
although CHASED, soon ny Their superior neet-
ness escaped The contrabands there were
taken and of course will be. confscated. They
were the property of Capt. Brown The fore
man of the contrabands is a remarkably intel
gent negro, and states that an expedition is or
panized in Wachtoe to capture any schoOners
anchored or becalmed in that vicinity. Lieut..
Wyatt of the Reliance, under date of the
18Th, says that on the night of the 9Th, while
anchored off Piney Point, a boat was seen
acting in suspicious manner Upon
being hailed it came alongside. Its crew was
four negroes. They represented that they be-
onged to Col. Forbes who lived on Machotoe
river. They said they had run away because
he intended to use them for military purposes,