The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-03-23
MEMS FROM WASHINGTON.
wAs.@NoroS, lIa ca %, 1885

ANXIETY FOR NEWS FROM rag AGay ASp EAyY.
Anxiety has besn manifested rarnushoe this comms
nlly to day fos Intelligence from tgsae amy AM naval
forces which haYs been @ several avs past expected &c
come in contact with the eaciny rhe absouce II any
positive and relsbleioorrspn from the Mississippi river
and tho Atlantic coast, where great enterprises
supposed TO be on foot, aas occasiopea lch feel
ing among the public The military authorities.
however, quite sersne. and ccuGdent that al the
proper time and within a very BRIEF pario the
Intelligence will nc received Of signal both
those objections Some Of the cautious officials
cupyihg high stations, have unsittngy the
opinion within the twen'yioer hours that at time
since the rebellion has the government occupied pro
missing position on has the attitude Il public affairs
been so full OF promise OF u speedy conclusion OF tho
rebellion and restoration o. federal authority over
only upon the position and strength of tho federat
armies and the prospect OF thor SUCCESS bat also
the unprecedented financial oundness OF tho government
contrast with tie rapidly increasing of the
Confederate finances and the evdcn. exhaustion OF the
robes.
THE ARMY REGISTER.
The Army Register TO tho first OF January 1862 Ia
yet completed The editions which was printed previous
70 the session OF the Senate has sup
pressed is intended that the registcr shall
cludOa tho appointments AID promotions up to tho ad
ournmsat Of that body II will probably DO
and madc moro complete the details than any Of the
registers hitherto published.
ENFORCEMENT OF THs coNrIscATloN LAWS.
Tho issuing OF the order Of seizure under tho acts
commonly called the condscation laws Is outrust
cd to the discretion Of district attorneys while
it is onjoincd upon them TO be vigant N
ecuc the statutes They required be careful 70
avoid hasty and mprovdent every
thoy must DO satisfied that there probable the
SEIZURE and that hcy reasonable ground to believe
that they prove In court tho facts warrant
the condemnation For otherwise besides tho injustice
which may bo done to Individuals tho government
would be put 10 great expense and be dscreded BY the
frequent failure Of its prosecutions There have yet
been condcmnations undor tho consca.on laws but
Information has reached Washington from various quar-
tors of preliminary proceedings In tho promises.
THE ALMADEN QUICKSILVER MINE CASE.
The Quicksilver Mining Company have suod out an in.
junction against the Almaden Company 70 prevon, the
further working Of the rino by tho attor while the pro-
Of oectmeut rcsoted to 70 possession BY
the former In consideration Of tho vast amount Of blok
rents and profits which ultimately DO decreed u
favor OF the Quicksilver Mining Company, is though.
compromise will be Effected by which tho latter will be
placed In immediate possession of tae rights audgsd 70
then, by the recent decision Of the Supreme Court.
ARRIVAL OF AN INDIAN DELEGArroN.
delegation of the wild Indians from Co o-ado ana
present tho Choyeunes, Xiowas, 0adoes Apacheo,
Camanches and Arapahoes. II "a urged that
will DO better for the government 10 load them
with presents costing few thousands, than spend
millions avcnge the outrages the rcoes will str up
they do go homo satisfied. II only after much
persuasion they TO soc the great father Tho late
Indian massacres In Minnesota sho1d toach deep lesson
OF wisdom on this subject.
DANGEROUS LEAK.
J. Pan,sh, Of Western Virginia just released . ps
ca prisoner from Salisbury, n c., says the rebes|
boast that thcy got all the Information concerning an ei
vanoc troops and also obtain countcrsign rogu
larry. There must be dangerous leak somewhere.
CoDIFICATroN or THE LAWS or THE DISTINCT.
Mr.. Mogs Of Tennessee, who had been appointed a
codry tho applicants, this district has been trans
forred to tho very valuable oce 0, clerk Of the
hcrc Ho was lawyer n Nashville. whore his :oarnne
and character wore fully recognized. II Is probsbt
thought best by tho adm! nsrason to have cOdi0er
laws who has had little contact with slave ID
shtutions.
NEW DISCOVERIES OF VALUABLE MINERAL Dsposrri
IN ARIZONA
Tho Inspector OF Customs Diego, 10 letter to IA
Secretary Of tho Treasury that within tho last ont
gold silver. copper and quicksilver mines have been d
covered in the vicinity OF La PaZ, Arizona, ,sad 10
valuable than niy yo. discovered the Pacin
coast. Several thousand cmigrans already tho
way ththcr, aud largo population will probably be
tractcd there by tho mines.
THE ARMS IN THE POSSESSION or CITIZENS o
INDIANA.
II Ia said that ord r has been issued for the devcr
to the government OF all weapons Of in tho pass
sion OF ctzeus OF Indiana.
SALE OF THE OH MADISON HOUSE,.
Mr. Hooper, NJ. c., Of Massachusetts, has purchased
twenty three Thousand 1--WE hundred dosrs the old Mas
House, which for 4 considerable time occupied
General Mcclellan
CLOSING THE DRINKING SALOONS.
Today has becn signaizej by COMPLETE closing OF
public drinking saloons, under the recent rcgGations
the Provost Marshal. II has bcoa more nearly n day
total abstinence than has ever been known in Wa
ington