The New York herald., 1862-10-25
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. Oct. "a, tst
ARMY APPnIH 1ME.NlTs.

UVUA' "a LOfb'l IL lsuuSSctA 10 uc N4Itr
raj United States Volunteers.
Major Robert g. Arangor Fifth United States nlaa
TO be Isrisadier General United staEes Volunteers
Jchu W Mcclure 20 bc Assistant Qusr.era.astcr Of FL
iunteess with tlc rank OF Captain
j. H. Johnson, OF Kentucky, TO be CoSinissary of
sistence Of Volunteers, with tho rank OF Captain
Lieutenant Wilson T. Hartz TO DC Assistant Adiu,
General or vonateers with the rank Of Captain.
On account u sickness, Colonel ]. r. Tyiner. Comn
sary Ccusral, has been renewed from duty a mem
o. the coart martial in session at ST, Louis for
sra, Of MAJOR JGstus Mckinstry Quarterm.ster. Uni
States Army.
Coloncl W. &. woodrnN, whosa nomination a. hriga
general was not confirmed by tho Senate has been
defed to join his regiment, tho Twelfth Kentucky Vol
tecrs.
THE FAILURs TO FURNISH SUPPLIES 10 M'CLELLA,
ARMY.
II s considered ere Tied that the Army Bur-
have, TO tho ext OF their ability espondcd 10 Cons
Nctlclans requirements since Lo took tie command
the di,organjzsd OF G G,utrai pepe's retreat
column ba, tho relu,sitoDs made while the ar
advancing npon General Ice Ii Mar and and $
olgsnizng and disc scplinng itselr as Il moved forward
IN the nature q tho cso the rcaGisions were hure
made, upop the most eXigeas viow oi things, so y
execution by tho Army Bureau here coGlG not be cec
IN day, because foresight could bavs calculated ny
our immense loss og stores by the two movements
Stonewall Jackson in flank and OF General Popi
army. Moreover. tho Quariermastess, Colnlnissary
Medical and Ordnance dcpag t,ncnts had beer fuscd
out down The qnanttics OF arms, usunitoAs, Clio
ing and provisions army account, by read
OF the legislation of Congross reducing sudd&
iy amy to three roar huncrei ,housaE
elective 1t follows. tbon, that blame attaci
TO the Army Bureau, because that at tie close o.
an1c c.I,,, In n sx,
ncdfu TO the worn and soldiery coald no. be sc.
lnulated at Sharpsburg in day. General Meredith,
Indiana stated yesterday in this city ha, tho army Se
Just getting nceicd supplics and It is perhaps credita
to Army Bureau here that things 10 good work.
order. That there has bcor any hitch in this respect
attributable entirely TO the machlnations cf fana,S
politicians last winter who, fearing that the war Won
not be sufficiently proracted to destroy slavery cs;s
own army to be reduced inst when the robots .s
increasing theirs BY the conscription.
AS it is stated by Northern papers that ls,oasands
officers away om the array ieavc Il snay also I
added as true thai the country about this city ;s )
Glled with dcscriers from General Popes army. Tao
sands have been got together pnd cent TO JON Mcclellan
column, but there other thousands yet to so.
IL should be understood at the North that while mo
people here at the seat Of at loss TO
prehcnd complicated army movements in several drc
tions tlie tTtsteht h'hfhiy "uvfFatS IN
some plan and il is Cor ti,cm to determine al what ~
ment General Mcclellan shall move and in what
rcction.
LACK OF CLOTHING FOR THE ARMY.
The delay In army movements is attrAateJ 10y mar
officers acI; Of supplies of clothing By the ouarts
master Is Department. that department. ;s al fault
this matter deep disgrace vii, attach TO it, aud
gu:lt!ess Of blame il is much bc!icd b. tholsauds
tongues in thi. city.
EAvAI. ORDERS.
Captain Marchant, I.cncnant Commander Porter ou
Lieutenant Mccarthy. have been ordered TO the sore
sloop- OF war Lackawarba.
Lieutenant Commander r. r. Bradford and I,eiteuas
McNar have been ordered to the Juuiaa.
Paymaslcr y. Putnam has bsen ordered 10 the Nahna
Acting Assssut raymastc, Daniel Leach, r., has bce
ordered TO the patarsco.
Acting Assistant Paymas;er Charles Stuart has bee
ordered report Rear Admiral Padding Now Yori
Cor passage in the first public steamer bound Wso
em Calf squadron fer duty on board the J. C. Kuhn.
Acting Assistant raymasier s. I. B,owu has been q
dered TO the rou.ciad Moriaak
LETTERS ron TRANSMISSION ABROAD.
nsaaETMExr or SyArR,l
WAsplScroN Oct. 23. 1859. )
1t having recently been discovered that the practice
sending pirate loters this Der2rmen: rr the pu,
pose being forwarded to the OF Ministers and Cor
shiS O tle teen aDuScd Tor
loyal purposes notice bcreu. given such
will henceorward be transmitted All letters 10 Mnise,
and Consuls which may hereafter sen, hiiher TO
forwarded must be LETT opeD Tor inspection by tho dcpar
men WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
THE COSTA RIGA CLAIMS COMMISSION.
The Costa Rica commission viii coss iis business
tho sh Of November Hon & y. cox, Of OHIO, and Jame
~ Carlisle hsq the latter Cor COSTA Ica argued fcvsr
cases yesterday Hon. Caleb Cushing is here coans
before The commission in rvoying about $500 90
ii money, loaned e ths. ropahlic.
EXTENSIVE SMUGGLING INTO VIRGINIA.
Persons in this city and Baltimore realizing icriuat
rapidly BY smuggling goods across The Lower rotoms
into Virginia The extent this ,ra1c Is not fully REQ
ized by our government bu: tho fact thai Trcasur
notes eagerly sought for ant turrhascd at prcmi
Richmond indicates that the sruggere ct that end
the DONG are business. The "green backs
are needed by the gang 10 patciase goofs in Yanks
ald
EMPLOYMENT or coNrkAsAxDs
General Banks has given order toe employing id
ccntrabands at this pom, working upon the roads m
streets which have hoen IioUSea up by artillery ba
tcries and wagon trains of the army;
TEMPER eF fHg msEL syaPArH'sERs.
The sscossionsis Of this city have been renarS,b!
gucsccnt irs, They rattle, mere confident tl.s
ever OF an armstice or separ.lion, they despa
entirely or the rebel To-day they somewh1
excited and clacd at the reports Of the resistance TO Ii
draft IN Iennsy ylvania.
CrRious GRIEVANCE RgaCiRlSc REpaWss.
curious grievance against our government has bee
laid before the authorities here by representatives. of t
city cf Portland, Oregon. The coat used u Portland
purchased In the adjacent British Possessions II 10 pai
for in gold and silver and the dutcs Of importation M
by law collected by government officials in specie, bu
when snr government steamers on the Pacific cvsst
n ~ant Of coal they seize in Poriisnd nd pay for il
,ba paper money Of tho government some redress 70
mi. s asked by the ocsvnians who make Of paps
money whatever.
MOVEMENTS or THE TAX COMMISSIONERS.
Ex. x.Covsrnor Boutwell,, Commissioner Of Internal Reve
nue lsrt Washington to-day on a visit TO tho North
p,rrg his absence the duties Of that Office viii be pes
rormsd by CHIEF Clerk Charles r. Estie.
ARRIVAL OF coNTRABANDs va0A SUFFOLK.
As,canor arrived Today bringing three hundred an
sixty contrabards from Suffolk, they having at dHereu