The New York herald., 1862-09-25
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

TINE SURRENDER OF uAHPkRS FEhhx-AhAAcA W
COILS. D'UTAssY, TRIABLH AND Ford.
has already been stated that General white is here
under arrest He has asked investigation concerning
the surrender OF Harpers Ferry. Colonies putassy,
Trmbe and Ford arrived to-day from Annapolis, also
under arrest in connection with this same subject.
Day before yesterday General Julius White requeseda
court Of inquiry In reference TO ars At Harpers Ferry
The has been ordered consequently General White
and all the brgsde commanders who were at the ferry
when it was surrendered arc here.
General Whites report has been made 10 General WOOL
II said to be document Of much interest, and throws
light upon this dark spot in the recent campaign.
The who taken prisoners the rebels at har
per's Ferry have been Annapolis On their way
there the disposition Of the population the road side
manifested some cheeriuly giving them what was
needed to eat and others refusing aid even to the sick
" said the ter cass Ess subjected to violent demons
sraiions from the army of paroled meu. -
Colonel Maulsby, Of Maryland, whose rsginept was u
Hapers Ferry, attributes the early surrender OF that
point the fact that Colonel Miles felt Is duty under
orders to hold Harpers Ferry to the last For this rea
he gave up the Maryland Heights and hoped to be
succored OF the indefensble position Of Harpers
Ferry.
1t has transpred that the troops that occupied the lat
place operate against the Sioux and are there
| fore to be Immediately transferred westward
THE REBELS AT THE CAPITAL AND THE PRESIDENTS
PROCLAMATION.
The rebels in this city doing all in their power to
stir up feeling against the government account Of
the emancipation proclamation Their conversation in
dcaes that they have heart the matter, as they
regard slavery as q doomed institution wherever
army moves the rebel territory but they consider the
Presidents manifesto instrument that may be used to
intensity the hatred of the South 70 the federal govern
mcnt and kndle animoses between the people or the
| loya States. They will not be able to make great
| amount of capital for the rebellion here
DISMISSAL FROM THE MILITARY SERVICE.
BY direction of the President Captain s. NJ Preston,
Assistant Adutant General United States Volunteers
dismissed from the sevice of the United States for
having offered discharge soldier and collect his pay
| for a percentage on the amount.
Captain Benjamin p. Waldo, Commssary Of Subsist-
ence volunteer service is hereby dismissed habitual
absence his post and gross and wlfu neglect of
duty.
So much Of General Orders No. l25 as dsnisses
Captain John s. Spcrry, One Hundred and sxth1Pennsy
vania Volunteers, is revoked.
So much Of General No l25 directs the dis
missal of Captain j. o. Pattcn, Seventy third Ohio
Volunteers has by direction Of the President, been
voked.
Cadwaader and Huger, and several other officers with
Colonel Holt Judge Advocate, win assemble here to-
morrow for the consideration Of such business as may be
laid before them.
THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR NURSES CAPTURED ON THE
BULL RUN BATTLE FIELD.
Several gentlemen arrived here to-day who were
seized by the rebels the battle field of Bull
run while acting as volunteer nurses After
their capture the battle field they taken before
I Gen Lee and then marched TO Richmond. They were
placed in the Libby prison, and toerably well
l of of them
Of Richmond who supplied them with money, with which
they purchased butter dollar and Atty cents per
pound molasses at dollar and fifty per quart
matches mt fifty and seventyiv cents per box In
the Same building about hundred and fifty prisoners
OF state-ctzens mostly Of Kentucky and vrgnia-were
confined. They were In wreched condition, some Of
them having been in close confinement for the
teen months.
/ SPEECH OF EX-GOVERNOR LOWE, OF MARYLAND, AT
| WINCHESTER, VA.
| Lieutenant Frank Gallagher, of Baltimore who was
taken Prisoner some time since by the robes and at
Ieesbug when the rebel column passed through there
states that they had idea that the Union army would
4 again make a stand against them. He subse-
1 quently at Winchester and heard Ex-Governor
l Lowe, OF Maryland, make speech 10 the peo-
/ ple in which he attributed the failure II
the people join the bcrating army TO the fac.
they had been continually disappointed the first
battle Of Bull run their expectation of relief from the
Confederate army He said there traitors in Mary
| land, and everywhere else in the South where the
| Yankees could penetrate with their money, &c.
| IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE TAX COMMISSIONER.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has decided that
but one lcence required for person who or ct,ses
medicine surgery and dentistry Also that ship building
is not manufacture, liable TO taxation such-most
Of the materials beng the result of previous processes
are assessed manufactures.
CoSvALEscENTs EN- ROUTE FOR NEW YORK
considerable number Of the wounded who have been
for some days past in the Capitol Hospital having be.
come convalcscent here this afternoon New York.
ARRIVAL OF GOV. sTANLY, OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Governor stanly Of North Carolina, arrived here TO-
| day.
| ARRIVAL OF EXCHANGED PRISONERS OF WAR;
The steamer Mary Washington arrived last night with
six hundred and twenty five exchanged prisoners from
Camp Parole Annapolis They nearly all Pennsyl-
| vanans, who taken in different engagements ard
had been imprisoned before being paroled Belle Island
| Richmond. They in charge Of Lieutenant Colonel
| w. l. Curry, of the One Hundred and Sixth Pennsyl-
| vana and sent here TO be mustered for pay and
| clothing they being badly In want OF the latter.
The Kenpebec also brought about five hundred
ana forty paroled prisoners. who landed
sent TO the Soldiers Rest They charge OF
Ijeutent Colonel Curry, and number mostly Pcnns Viva
MANS II is understood that they all have been ex.
changed and will at be mustered for pay and cloth
ing
Tho following released Union prisoners reached here
to-day from Richmond Their release due 10 the ex.
erons Of General wadsworth Some of them have been
in prison account Of their Union sentiments nearly
year. They have been exchanged for rebel prisoners
IN hands Of the govornment-Chas. Williams, Moses
Morrison and rhos. Morrison OF Fredericksburg Abra
ham Van poren Peter Couse, Squire Ralston and A. NJ
Pickett Of spotsyvana; B. w. wardwel OF Richmond
Geo Baylss Of Fairfax Ezra Brceden, OF Greene; I'M
Ghlen, OF Greenbrier; Il. s. Baker and Christopher
Bolton OF Richmend; J. Fl Keagy, Of Rockingham:
| r. Boges of Pocahontas; T. Bush, Of Fairfax; Beni y
Humphreys Of Richmond; zacharss Bommor, OF spott.
sylvana j. T. Prtchard, Of Richmond Samuel Holden Of
Fairfax Richard fIilyan Of spotsylvana j. Thurry Of
the Peninsula R. Fuller, Of Cabcll Rev Henry W. Reed
OF PHILADELPHIA: G. W Sanford Thos. shackleIord md