The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-18

tary department, and express . preference ior
General Dix 70 command Il, with sufficient military
force to maintain order and protect pcaoeaby dsposed
citizens from the violence OF rebel marauders They
arc anxious that q provisional government similar TO
that in Tennessee, shall bs established In Fords o. NJ
Dorman twenty-five years prominent citizen OF the
State and saunch Union man. Is recommended for ap-
pontment as Provisional Governor
REPoRrED sERvILE RESURRECTION IN MARYLAND.
letter received here to-day from Leonardtown, 81
Marys county Maryland. has produced much excitement
It states that plot for negro nsurrccton In the ad-
Joining counties-charles and Prince Georgs--had been
discovered and that great alarm exists among the white
population. The planters preparing arms and pa
trolling every neighborhood. Several negroes impi-
Gated the insurrectonary movement havo beon ar
rcstcd These three counties have the largest proper
tion OF the negro population in the State
THE CASE OF THE COLLECTOR OF NEW ORLEANS.
The case Of Mr. Ialhrop the recent appontcc as Col
lector New Orleans under investigation to day.
A number Of witnesses examined, but the COM
mittee has not yet arrived at any conclusion. The
friends OF Mr. Lathrop insist that the charges against
him. which are very serious, viii be rcfuted. They arc
active in their efforts TO his retention in the oce
THE PROPOSED COINAGE DEPARTMENT IN THE NEW
YORK ASSAY OFFICE.
Ills confidently expected that the bill to establish
coinage department in the Assay Office in New York,
ported Thursday by Mr. Ward, will be passed There
was never favorable opportunity for its passage
Through tho fatherly affection Of Mr. Cameron SO many
fayors have avshed upon ylvania since the
outbreak tho rebellion that hOr representatives can
not with good grace oppose this morse OF patronage to
Now York. Tho West too arc clamorous for national
foundry the location OF which claimed by Pennsylva
MA There indications that tho Wcst and New York
win unite upon the coinage bnl and the Western foun-
thn of n of pennSy
wanna.
THE CALIFORNIA COLLECTION DISTRICTS.
The Scnato Collection District bin aboisbes the dis
trics Of Monterey San Diego Sacramento, Sonora, San
JOAQUIN and Pearo, merging them all IN that of San
Francisco provides inspector at Monterrey San Diego,
Sacramento Benica, Stockton and San Pedro, and
dcces tho of officers to an equality with those in
other collection districts.
SOLICITOR OF CUSTOMS AT NEW YORK.
The amendment reported by the Committee on Com.
mcrce as substitute for the bill providing for tho ap
pontmont OF Solicitor Of Customs in New York. VIII be
passed.
THE SICK SOLDIERS FROM THE PENINSULA.
Alhthe soldiers Of tho Union army on the peninsula
who are sick to be 1T for duty, have been sent to
hospitals The surge ons report that they amount to
only two aud ahaf per cent Of the whole force Up To
sixteen hundred have arrived here Transports
and been transferred to the several hospitals prepared
for them Most OF thoS0 VINO were Wounueu nave pccl
sent 10 the Northern cities Three OF the sick soldiers
A. steel, OF tho sixty fourth New York J. W. Kelley
Of the Fifth New Hampshire, and John Borst, of the
One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania, died on the trans
ports e, roue for Washington anil buried here will
the customary ceremonies. On tho passage IRON
Yorktown four died In the transport State Of Maine
two in the Elm City, and one in the Kenneboc whose
names arc not yet registered but they properly inter
red by tho government undertaken Their names and tn
corps they were attached to- will be regularly regstere,
as soon as returns received from the surgeons.
DEATHS OF SOLDIERS.
The following deaths OF soldiers reported
Private Rufus slickcr, Company H, Eshty-sixth New
| York Volunteers.
Thos. B. Thcksn, Company II, Ninsty-ssCond Nev
| York Volunteers.
John Cramsr, Company G, - caeairy.
Wendell Hoffman, Company IL 0ne Hundred and FRS
New York Volunteers.
Noses Wilcox, Company G. Eighty fifth Pennsylvani
| Volunteers.
Coo stott, Company r. Sixty third New York volun
I tecrs.
James Bowman, colored servant Of Major c. l.. Allen