The New York herald., 1863-03-31
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
wAszrx0ros. March 30, 1885.


vAvORABLs ASPECT or AFSAIEs.
The Prcsdeot satisfied that the present coodttca AZ
Affairs "a more favorable than It has been at any tina
since the rebellion assumed Ms present proper
lions for the early and complete triumph Of
the Union cause All the accounts received from tho
military and naval forces represent thcm to be n the
most satisfactory and efficient condition. and the private
and ofhcia Information communicated 70 the President
and the departments such to convince them that
comparatively brief period will show that the rebellion
in It's last stages OF exhaustion and desperation While
tho rebels their vita end to procure the means of
subsistence and their finances In state OF collapse
we superabundance of provisions and more money
s rendered 70 the than they want both from
domestic aud foreign capitalists All that is needed now
Is days OF pleasant weather to enable active opera
tions to be resumed and vigorously prosecuted.
CONDITION OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
General Hooker arrived here last evening, aud has
been to-day in consultation with the Secretary Of War;
He had interview with the President and returned to
headquarters tonight ali accounts agree in represent
ing tho army d the Potomac being in splendid cond
tion and prepared TO move al short notice when the time
arrives for the commencement Of active operations
PAYMENT OF THE vaOoPs.
The paymasters for troops in North and South Carolina
have been ordered 10 hold themselves in readiness TO re-
pair their respective stations with money for our SOL
ders in those States All OF troops will soon be paid
to the 1st Of March, $50 900 being required for that
purpose. ae.
THR RRBEL REPORTS FROM yiC1sBURG
Nothing has received at the Navy Department to-
day condra,ory Of the rebel report OF two gonboats
having attempted to run the battery a yicksburg and
one OF them having been destroyed sunk and the
other badly damaged in dong The story Is not credit
ID here although not impossible Admiral Porter
If In a.
to the aid Of Admiral Farragut.
CONDITION OF THE REBKL ARMY or THE RAPPAaAN-
MOCK.
Deserers recently from the rebel limos speak Of the
general good health OF the troops composing the Army Of
the Rappabannock, notwithstanding the and
scarcity Of their food The information Of these deseters
is limited, owing TO the extreme caution Of the command
ing officers in preventing brigade from communicating
with another TO their relative strength poston &c
Their impression s however, that the army has not been
largely diminished and that the places Of the old troops
withdrawn have been partially supplied with levies
The rebels still engaged extending their earthworks
all along The limo of tile Rappahannock particularly to-
ward Port Royal.
LETTERS OF MARQUE.
A misappreheusion exists as TO letters Of marque
and reprsa. The Navy Department has nothing 10 do
with the subject which belongs TO the State Department
THE REBELS RAvAGrEG rHE SHENANDOAH vALLEy.
The Shenandoah Valley, from Front Royal TO Berry-
vle having never yet been fully drained Of s sgricu
tura supplies like othor portions, may account for tho
reported presence that section of Gen Ftxhugh Iee
who said to be lurking about Frout Royal with his
scouts and pickets ranging down among the Bull
mountaS They recently burned the temporary bridge
with which forces had replaced the stone bridge
Bull run, destroyed in the first campaign There is no
doubt rebel agents collecting grain and Other supplies
In L0udon and Fsuauier counties
IscEEAsE or WAGES OF The NAVY YARD LABoREIs.
The wages ot the laDorers in the Navy Yard in this
city have been increased from dollar and quarter TO
dollar and half per day The increase Of The wages Of
the mechanics employed in the yard also under
sideration and probably will be conceded.
THE GREAT UNION MEETING.
Great preparations have been made for the Union mass
meeting 70 be held tomorrow. The government en-
poyes be released three o'clock attend IT, and
suggested that places OF business shall be also closed
for thar purpose.
ARHNsT or REBEL syMPArHfzKEs
Much greater strngency than heretofore is exeg
csed in regard rebel sympshzers within lines.
Numbers Of being made daily Of parties already
known 10 have rebel sympaih,es
DEATH OF ouAKrERMAsrER MOONEY
Thomas Mooney quarcrmaster of the Ninth Massachu-
setts regiment, who injured at the hurdle st.
Patricks day by collision with another horseman died
his injuries. aud his forwarded TO Boston
this afternoon e formerly member OF the Boston
Common Council.
TESTIMONY or GEN. xsYEs aEvATIvg TO THE Pc
NINsuLA CAMPAIGN.
The testimony OF General Keyes before the Committee
on the Conduct Of the War relates exclusively the Pc
ninsula campaign. IL is said that General Keyes aud
General vau Allen the only two general officers Of
the Army Of the Potomac in favor of abandoning the Pc
ninsua and evacuatoe Harrison 3 Landing. They
the two generals who left behind command Of
williamsburg and Yorktown.