Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-31
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-No troops in the
United States service will hereafter pass
through the city OF New York without report
ing to the United States military authorities
entrusted with the duty Of providing subsist-
ence and transportation in that city. Reports
must be made and information obtained at the
office, No 70 White street.
His excelency, the governor of New York,
has decided upon the following prices to be
charged to the nOn-commissioned officers and
prvates of the several regiments from that
state, now IN the field, for articles of clothing
heretofore furnished them by the state. The
said prices have been fixed from the average
cost of the several articles For each infant.
ry overcoat, S. So; jacket, So 43; trowsers,
So so; fatigue cap. IS cts; pair OF shoes, peg
ged 81 25, sewed ST. 50; drawers, 81 eta;
socks, "a cts shirt, SO cts; blanket, ST 95.
A military department, to be called the
middle department, and to consist OF the states
of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the
eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia. and
the counties of Cecil, Hartford, Baltimore, and
Ann Arundel, in Maryland, has been created
Major Gen Dix, United States volunteers, is
assigned the command headquarters at Bal.
timOre.
The telegraph is working admirably to
Warrenton junction. Five cannon, buried by
the rebels, have been found a mile and half
beyond the junction. Distractions were found
on the track near Fairfax station, last night,
evidently placed there by secessionists, mum.
Der OF whom live in that vicinity. No damage
was done. Mayor Fay of Chelsea, Massachu.
sets allotment commissioner, has been with
the first and eleventh regiments a few days,
and met with excellent success These regi-
ments have allotted over seven thousand dol
lars each of their monthly pay. Co. ii, in
Rret irpu Chelsea
Fay's city, allots 1906 Of their monthly pay.
Henry Thompson of Rockland, Me, has
been appointed acting master in the navy.
Gen. Cadwallader of Pennsy lvania has been
nominated major general Of volunteers. Bay
ard Taylor is to be secretnry of legation at
St. Petersburg.
The quartermaster's department will pay
for no army supplies purchased by any one
not an officer of the department duly author
lied to make such purchases in accordance
with the regulations OF the army. The above
is by order of the secretary of war.
Secretary Seward returned to-day from
Winchester whittier he went with two physi'
clans on an occasion of mercy. A passenger
who arrived here from that town, says that
there is no apprehension that Gen. Shields
arm will have TO be amputated, and that he is
~ the best possible spirits Also, that the
rebels under jackson were yesterday still in
flight beyond Stasburg.
W the majority of the vestry of Trinity Epis'
copal church having essayed to depose their
pastor, for noncompliance with the order of
bishop Nottingham, to read the prayer pre-
scribed by him for the late Union successes I;
the minister denies their authority thus to
act, and has given them formal notice that
he will submit the question to the member.
ship. He othciated in that church to day.
The church of the Ascension. the rector of
which also omitted the same prayer, was closed