The New York herald., 1862-04-14
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1862.
nxEcurfvE APPROVAL OF rHl co o-oPERArIvB RMASoI.
PATTON RESOLUTION.
The President has approved the joint resolution sug-
ssstsd by him declaring the United States ought TO
operate with and afford pecunary aid TO any State which
may adopt the gradual abolishment OF slavery. The
Ns'rict OF Columbia abolition bill will probably be laid
osiors him for action to morrow.
TIE RUNoRED DEATH or BxAURx0ARD.
General Banks has tslegrsphsd that information has
oeen received from General Jacksons camp that General
Beauregard dead This rumor is not credited here
THE REBEL BARBARITrEs AT MANASSAS AND PEA
RIDGE.
Tho Committee ON the Conduct OF the War have com
pstsd their examination Of witnesses in regard to tho al
ed atrocities OF the rebels At Bull run and will this
ok make personal inspection at that place and soon
after present their report. Members Of the com.
tse say it 10 true, according to the testimony Of Gov
Spragus and many Others that cases the graves
which contained the bodies Of soldiers were
and the bones Of tho dead carried of TO b. used as
trinkets and trophies for secession ladiss 70 an.
pond to their guard chains &C., while skulls were used
for drinking cups Those Of dead inferred BY them
were placed with their faces downward aad in repeated
instances buried another. The barbartiss In
respect 70 our dead not Is by the same
authority exceeded BY anything the history OF the lass
four thousand years affords, the details being savage
practices.
The committee, under the resolution Of inquiry are
receiving testimony nom Pea RIDGE showing incontesti
bly, that there our dead not only scalped by the
rebel q Indian allies but in other respects outraged
the brains Of the wounded too being bong beaten by
clubs. thus confirming the previous newspaper reports
~ TIE RELEASED FEMALE REBELS.
The rebelious ladies Gresnhow Morris and Baxcy have
not yet packed their trunks for the South they are
required to do under the decision Of the
and the order Of the Military Governor. They
arc allowed to remain until their preparations
completed Meanwhile they chafs against the restraints
put upon them w tho government uneasily over
Mrs. Greenhow quite oracular reference to the cam.
paign She predicts that General Mcclellan will not be
able TO strike blow at Yorktown for many days. and
that when he does he will be defeated by the rebo army
which will be hundred and twenty five thousand
strong She that the political of McClel
Ian here are intriguing to have HIM defeated that he
can be put out Of thsir way and intmates that the
rebels, being aware OF this, shape their plans accord
ingly.
THNDER OF AID FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
wAsHiSaroS, April 13, 1862.
The following dispatches have been received At tho
War Department.
To Hon. Edwin N. STANTON Secretary Of war;
cal aid than oup troops have al command, viii send
several OF our most eminent surgeons for temporary
service at no expens. to the government, their
transportation to and from Brigade Surgeon Phelps Of
the Vermont brigade, will inform you he needs aid,
and how much. FREDERICK HOLBROOK.
Governor Of Vermont.
To Hon. Z. n. STANTON, Secretary Of War;
despatched the steamer Lancaster, No. 4, in COM
mand Of the Chief Of Police with nurses stores 30 1t
wi hA 0,na
rior, you authorized She was ordered to report to
General Halleck and will reach Pittsburg Landing on
Tuesday with large supplies Of hospital stores. surgeons
CIR. HATCH, Mayor.
THl rNrrRMENP OF OUR DEAD SOLDIERS.
In order to secure far possible the decent inter-
ment Of those who have fallen may fall in battle IL Is
made the duty Of commanding generals lay or lots Of
ground in suitable spot every battle field so
Is may DO in their power and TO cause the re.
fthoss killed to be INFERRED with head boards to
tue graves bearing the numbers and whore practicable
the OF the persons buried in them register OF
each burial ground will be preserved, in which will be
noted the marks corresponding with the head boards
DEATH OF AN OFFICER OF THE IRISH BRIGADE.
Captain Maxwell O'suvan, Of the Eighty. eighth rs.
giment, New York Volunteers, under Colonel Bakers
command died to day in the Seminary Hospital at Fair
fax from the results Of wounds received By the acc
dental burning OF his tent at Camp California days
ngo He sstesmnd Of the most efficient officers
In the brigade, accomplished and cultivated gem
tleman, and his death will no doubt bs sincerely
grettcd by his comrades who are now in the army of
General Mcclellan in front Of yorktown.
OBSERVANCE BY THE CHURCHES OF THE PRESIDENTS
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THANKSGIVING FOR OUR
VICTORIES.
The accommodation Of the President ia his recent
proclamation generally observed Ia she churches to-
day.
Rev Or. viuton delivered an excellent discourse upon
the Of the country at the Capitol to-day to large
audience who were deeply interested in tho services
SOLDIERS LETTERS.
The following official order with regard to the trans.
mission of soldiers letters has been issued -
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON, April 12, 1852
Ordered That the certificate ''solders' Letter when
10 hospital may be signed BY the chaplain or surgeon at
such post hospital, as well by any nsld Officer
and shall be equally recognized by posmasters postage
JOHN a. KASsAN, First Assistant Postmaster General.
COTTON PLANTING IN ILLINOIS.
1t is stated by members Of Congress from Illinois that
will be very extensively planted in that State this
season. The experiment has been begun by the Illinois
Central Railroad Company preparing two thousand acres
for this purpose other landowners making arrange
plant large quantities Of Kentucky cotton seed
OFFICIAL THANKS TO CAPTAIN AMBROSE THOMPSON.
Captain Ambrose Thompson, Jr., of New York, Chief
Of General Shields DIVISION has been
thanked in the general order read by the Commanding
General at the head Of tho army for his efficiency both
in that position and in connection with events in the
field.
THE VOTE ON TEE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE
DISTRICT 0F COLUMBIA.
Elijah ward, aud not Mr.. Wood, voted against the bill
aboshng slavery in the District Of Columbia tho latter
not being in Washington. This correction Is necessary
in consequence Of an error in the yeas and nays.
PROJECT OF A NATIONAL CEMETERY.
The Military Committee OF the House have matured
report and bill for national cemetery in the District of
Columbia Colonel Willis, of New York, who has had
much experience in the cemeteries Of the country has
been called before the committee Representative Dunn
will mako the report.
DISMISSED FROM THE ARMY.
Capt. Donald C. Stilh, OF the Maryland Fifth Infantry,
s by direction Of the President of the United States
from the seryice effect geutamber