The New York herald., 1862-11-01
.sEHs FROM WASHINGTON.
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PROPOSED RArLRoAD SROM POINT or ROCKS q
. CHESAPEAKE Bar. 49,
The Mayor the Presidents Of the Councils and com.
mttee Of the two boards have had interview WITH the
President. 10 urge the immediate construction Of rail.
road from the Point OF Rocks to hs city, .heace In
straight line to the Chesapeake Bay.
The President. in reply, said that Congress- had de-
pryed him Of the power 10 roads, and that had the
road from Kentucky into East Tennessee been permitted
the In the West would have long since been ended
The President these two roads might b
made aud that he would recommend them 10 Congress-
he bad tho power be would that thoy were oon
structed Immediately he well knew the pressing ne
cessity for them, both for military purposes and as
question OF economy Ia the transportation Of troops and
| supplies.
| HEAVY FIRING IN THE DIRECTION or MANASSAS.
Persons Al Lyon last evening report having hears
| heavy firing in the direction Of Manassas.
soUrHEESERs CARRYING THEIR SLAVES TO cuBA.
The Star says:-We have reliable Information from
parties jos, nom vss that the s.cs@er Blanche. on her
late trip from Texas 70 The port Of Muato Cuba carried,
IN addition 10 her cargo Of cotton, quito number u
Texas slaves with their owners, who prompy cold them
70 Cuban Planters and also that several secss eai.
lies arriving from New Orleans ana ITS vicinity br
ing with them numbers Of slaves.
her cargo 70 Cuba under the British nag-not previously
known for many years have covered sargo slaves
for tho Cuban market
Spanish man ofwar tho Blasoo Do Garay. said 70
have landed more or less tho entering the island
from the vicinity Of New Orleans.
gentleman in this CITY has information that the slave
holders South are running their slaves through the BLOCK
ade very rapidly and disposng Of them in Cuba.
Ex.PRgsIDEST BuCHANAN's DRFENcE
Mr.. Buchanan has sent TO friend here defence e
himself against the late publication Of General Scott.
will appear this morning, and will occupy four Eve
columns hear that it is an elaborate paper and ts
drift to show hat there good deayn
military operations to enforce the authority the gene
raj government.
EXPLANATIONS OF CABINET MINISTER'S.
There has always been class OF statesmen who have
urged that constitution should az that Cbnes
officers should have seats upon of Ccngress 70
defend their policy If there good why they
should not then there bo objection the letters
OF Secretaries Chase and Stanton replying incorrect
statements Of the press
THF SUPPLIES FOR rHR TROOPS.
appears by letters Of the Quartermaster General ana
the Commssary General that these ocers have filled rs
qustons from General McCeIlan's army. but Il y
equally true that several days would sometimes eiapss
before the articles reached their destination and prs
periy distributed among tha regiments
ABsRNrEBs FROM A'oLELLAN's ARxY.
10 Conversation to-day the President animadvertsl
upon the vast pumber Of officers ana who rsD
absent from General Notlelan's army. although thSk
names were on The rolls.
DISABLED SOLDIERS TAKEN NORTH TO v0TH.
is stated that agents here from Massachusetts,
and New York engaged In getting homo solders disabled
by wounds and Sickness In order that they may vote In
the elections next Tuesday these agents expect ths
returnAd 0Oldi0ra " radical
largely mistaken.
IMPORTANT SUIT AGAINST TIE sncRsrARY or rHy
TREASURY.
10 the C,rcut Cosrt today Of Interest vs.
decided for the present. suit of Dr. Albert D.
Hayden against ssorotary Gideon weIlesrsr tho
Of twenty thousand ave hundred dollars cashs
seized in septembsf 1881 tho pies that money
belonging TO the Navy Department and had been lost q
faro playing by Paymastar Gallagher. the washngtsa
Navy Yard. The plaintiff failing TO prove that the
money received BY Secretary wsles, sliowcd noa
suit in order to prosecute the claim In another form.
GaIagher's bondsmen hove been prosecuted for ths
amount Of their bail. and they claim that The
money recovered By the government should be ore
dited on their bouds. The whole amount of ths
defalcation about eighty thousand dollars. Twenty.
thousand dollars taken from Hayden and nvs
thousand found In GalagherS private box ~ his
successor, Paymaster Upham, and handed over 70 he
government. There was . prospects that the mattsP
would be compromised before Il got into the courts.
ILLNESS OF COL. LEE, OF THE MAssACHUsBRro
TwRNTIRTH.
The veteran Col Leo of the Twentieth Massachusetts,
regiment, who was woundee and taken prisoner al Bas
Bluff and kept in close confinement long time 10 here
extremely i'll with bronchia Inflammation, contracted h
the late reconnaissance Charlesown Va The Colonel
At the residence Of Surgeon Coolidge receivng every -
tention possible.
DELAY IN rHz EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS roo
MACHINERY FOR sHTPs.0R-wAR.
The fuAlment Of contracts with tho Navy Department
for the construction and nachnery Of Of the
scrcw soops has been delayed much beyond tAs
timo specified instance, the contractors bound
Themselves 70 have everything connected with the NJ
chnery coal bunkers &c. board the Juniats, In work
ing order by the 18th OF February last but wee1
beyond the present time will be required " complete the
work.
NAVAL ORDERS.
Acting Assistant Paymaster r, b Rodney has bsea o.
dered 70 the soop Dale
Acting Assistant Surgeon q Weeks hAs been ordered
to the Brandywine.
Acting Masters Lewcs, West and Thomas d. Carr, and
Acting Assistant Paymaster A. NJ Stewart, have beep o.
dsrsd TO the Iadona.
DESTRUCTION OF SALT WORKS ON rHx YLoxlDA
COAST BY NAVAL ,KxrxDyrI0N.
Commander Howell of the gunbsat Tahoma, under date
Of the l4h OF October coast Of Forda reports 70 the
Navy Department that the 9th instant expedition
left for the purpose Of demoshng rebel salt works
upon the mainland The expedition consisted OF fsur
boats from the Tahoma and four from the Somsr
set numbering in all one hundred and eleven I've
Of the boats had howitzers. Twenty or thirty arms
guerias were put 70 flight by the shell shrapnei saA
canister with which the houses, woods and underhr~sh
were searched. Then the small arms men landing d.
ployed a. skirmshers each flank Of the guns and the
working parties destroyed the boilers which were Of vs
rous shapes and curious construction The houses In The
immediate vicinity were fired, and tho boaa
proseeded TO the next station. Hete the boass
covered the working parties. II was necessary
% put howtzer shell through two very thick rcs
and two wrought iron boilers. Tho buildings thsa
Inst after eav the latter MACE ths car. A