The New York herald., 1862-02-26

ior the year enuins on the ioth OF the present
| month";
War Department. ........-...... .$57 ,S63 706
navy department ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4,215OOO
| Interest on public debt. ............... 100000
Executive Department. .............. l51,5o2
LEGISLATIVE ......................... IzOOO
| Judiciary. ...................... 44OO0
MISCELLANEOUS ........................ zo,VV
Iotai. ...............-.... $6z ,ozi ,zoo
| In another column will be found highly interest
Ing letter from Fortress Monroe correspondent,
treating upon the condition and future treatment
Of the fugitive or vagrant negroes. Major General
Wool, in issuing the general order (No. 81 in rea-
ton to appointing the commission consisting OF
| Colonel Thomas j. Cram, Colonel LIE Grand b. Can
| non and Major William Z. Jones-is determined to
ferret out any and all abuses practiced upon this
unfortunate race, who cruelty abandoned by
their masters, and left to the mercies of the world
Abolition agitators have been at work falsifying
the labors of Gen. Wool. and he is, therefore, de-
ternined to clear himself in the eyes of the world
from the unfair imputatons; and also, for the sake
of hcmanity, place the fugitive negroes in a CON-
Portable, and at the same time, profitable position
to themselves and the government that provides
for them so literally.
General Lloyd Tghman the rebel who was in
command of Fort Henry, has been sent to the Hi
nois penitentiary at Alton. 1t is said that after
his capture he became insolent and ugly, and
made great many mpudent demands upon the
Unionists during his stay at Paducah. He will
| probably be confined at Alton until his Southern
| blood coos.
| Two thousand of the Fort Doneson rebel pri
sOners were sent to Chicago over the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad, and ten thousand six hundred and
eighty-fye have arrived by steamboats, at st.
Louis total twelve thousand six hundred and
| eighty-fve, and more to come.
| The Twentieth Illinois, Colonel Marsh, which so
| distinguished itself at the battle of Fort D0nel-
son, is the regiment which Hon. Owen Lovejoy
| tried hard to get command of; but the men knew
| the difference between soldier and an abolition
! ist and Owen was foiled.
| Rev. James Pratt, DID,, of the Trinity church of
| Chicago, preached sermon to the Fort Donelson
rebel prisoners in Camp Douglas on Sunday last
| There are two classes OF Union men in the South
ern States. One class is composed Of uncondition-
| al Unionists, but their numbers are small; the
| other is known as the would be Union men, and
this latter party contains probably, large major
| ity of the whole free population Of the South.
| They Unonists at heart and only require to be
convinced that their local institutions will net be
interfered with, and that the war not inaugu-
rated on the part Of the North for the purpose Of
| subjugatng them and emancpatng their slaves to
bring them back under the shadow Of the old Stars
and Stripes and cause them again to raise their
voices in laudation OF the old constitution.
The rumor that Senator David Wilmot, Of Penn
syvania is about to resign his seat to accept of
foreign mission, is denied by authority.
We have advices from the Sandwich Islands,
dot tad az ua,o oy,,l,, <l,o NJ Tam Ia
elections for some members OF the Legislature had
| terminated. The progress of the contest was
| marked by the introduction into the country Of
| two of the most dangerous enemies of freedom
| an attempt to overbesr and ride down the fran
chise by general riot, and the display Of an in
tense spirit of religious animosity, the Catholics
| voting as organized bands of Catholics only and
not citizens anxious for the public good alone.
The Honolulu Aslue,fiser ssys:-' The unwarranted
abuse Of power in foreign policeman striking
native, induced row, in which some FIVE thousand
| persons were engaged as, participants and spec.
| tators." And agsn:-" The total number OF Ca
thclc votes cast on Monday appears to have been
| about ,2s0--the successful native nominee, P0-
maikai, having received ,25s, the united vote Of
that body. It is the first time that the Catholics
| have appeared at the polls as successful party
been returned, ana the remaining one (Alr. Web.
ster) elected only by ffty-eight votes over the
fourth Catholic nominee, keolanui. We believe
that the Protestants have never appeared at the
polls as organized body or party, and this
feature in our elections may well excite the atten.
ton Of the public"
Rev. W. &. Shipman. aged thirty-scven years.
pastor of the native church and missionary Of the
7
| Sipman left the United States in 1854 with the
design of laboring in Micronesia, hut on his arrival
at the Sandwich Islands, in 1856, he was trans
ferred TO the church at kau. which was originally
! organized by the Rev. Mr.. Paris, now of Kealake-
! kua. He leaves widow and three children.
piece OF placer gold was found in the crop of
turkey raised in one OF the valleys back Of Homo
ulu. which had been killed for Christmas dinner,
and the great question vas, have gold in our
mountausy A severe shock Of earthquake was
experienced ON all the islands on the group on the
2lst of December. II consisted of ten or twelve
regular vibrations from east TO west.
From the Society Islands we have news dated
at Tahiti on the 9th OF December. The French
corvette La Dorado had arrived NJ that port from
New Zealand, bringing accounts Of discoveries Of
gold exceeding any previous The consequence
was O general rush thither from all quarters. A
schooner was purchased at Tahiti laid on for New
Zealand, and filed up with thirty passengers with
in twenty -four hours. The Dorado lost half her
crew by deserton. The government at Tahiti
intends to lease the marine railway. wharves and
magazines attached at the port Of Papceti, to the
highest bidder, for five years; sealed tenders TO
be forwarded to the government at Tahiti previous
TO the lst Of June next, when the adjudication be-
tween the competitors will take place. The rail-
way is capable Of receiving ship of GOO tons bur-
then unloaded, or a vessel Of 200 or $50 tons with
cargo on board: the wharves attached TO the con.
cerD are two. each of about 13j feet in length
The Manupais reports the French brig.of.war
Railleur as having gone ashore at the Island Of
Morea, while going through the passage OF the
reef AZ that i.land She got of with the help of war