The New York herald., 1863-10-29
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

WAsuiAoroe, Oct. ~, 1913.
sUrrLrEs FOE THE UNION PHIsosxRs AT ssCasosD.
large quantity OF clothing sent by the sani
tary Commission Tor the relief Of the U0tsn prisoners a.
Richmond and at the suggestion Of the rc6e COMMITS
soucr consigned 10 the Of General Neal Dow VINO
wH SEQ TO its proper distribution. From this woald
appe that the report that ho 10 DO immediately OK.
changed for John Morgan 10 incorrect.
De6BxEs IN PRIZE oAsss.
The nnal dccSecs the prize o the Scotia and
Anglia have beep received at the Navy Depsrtneas this
week together with number OF other minor cases, and
the prize money viii be ready distrbutioo The
prize being pressed forward with all possible
despatch and is hoped that the delay heretofore con-
planned OF will NOT hereafter be experienced except IN
cases peculiar circumstances reader unavoidable
THE CAPTURE or THE sArRLLrrR AND RELIAFcs-
A court Of inquiry, composed Of Rear Admiral Gods'
borough, Captain Rodgers. Commander Ncholsoo ana
8. L. Phelps been ordered the Washington Navy
Yard isvesgate the facts connected with ths capture
OF tho gunboats Satellite and Reliance the Rappahau-
mock, In August
TIKI STEAMER rHREx BR0rHEHs.
Tho steamer Three Brothers. Captain Shannon sens up
10 the Navy Yard from the mouth Of the Rappahannock
by the notla. is still detained here, although Is o.
leved that she will be discharged In few days IL
seems that shs could not headway, owing 70 tho
storm roughness the bay aud made fast TO one
gunboas she having lost her anchor but some ire
guares appearing in her papers she was ordered back
10 Washington until the matter could DO examined Tue
officers claim that she chartered by the governnens
for tender at Old Point
COUNT MARTIAL.
court martial, OF which Colonel Gray, Sixth Michigan
cavalry, president has been appointed for tho trial
military offences.
THE cAsy or sxITHsoH THE BANKER.
Tho evidence in the OF the banker Smithson will %
summed up Saturday, at which time his attorney VIII
present arguments for the defence before the Court
GENERAL FAIRCHILD's FAREWELL.
Yesterday General Fairchild visited the army, and do
Iivered his farewell address 70 his old regiment tho
Second Wisconsin Volunteers. The resignation OF tho
General was accepted to-day Official duties in the State
requiring his attention
APPOINTMENT.
Mr. George w. winsns private secretary OF Governor
Yates OF Iaos was to-day appointed paymaster in the
navy.
IMPORTANT TO PENSIONERS.
The following order has just issued in relation to
evidence Of military service
PxxsroS Oyyics, Oct. %, 1883.
No volunteer drafted man deemed 70 have boon 10
ths United states service unless duly mustered therein
Wben mustered his service In regarded AZ having
memo cd the date OF his enrolment Evidence o. sucn
service TO be sought previously at the once .ne Az
iutant General OF Untsd states Army. and tho rolls
OF that office, when complete, arc OF the highest au
hority and be con,radcted by parole evidence
II there is believed to be an error therein. 10 any
case intended such must be hed
in that Office When the Adutant General reports that
svdsuce viii be sought a, the Paymaster and
IL not there found the once Of the Aduant General OF
the which the regiment IN question Was raised
Evdeuce OF muster obtained from either Of the latter
sources when furnished in request OF ths ONCE, viii DO
accepted default OF evidence IRON the Adjuant Gene
raj Evidence muster out will be regarded sufficient
in " tho date n enrolment u ascer.
tanned. the name Of tho ONCE, or soldier Is
6e ds11a on n sAsl r's ' muster
not bo required. An officer duly mustered 10 and
afterwards promoted, Will be regarded as holding tho
rank at which he isplaced ON the pay rolls.
JOSEPH II. BARRETT. Commissioner
Tho second Comptroller has decided that when surgeons
appointed by Pension Once have made or shall here
after make biennial examination OF those required In
pension certificate and they certify that the disability
has ceased TO exist the fees paid by pensioners 10 such
surgeons may be refunded by the pension agent
upon the surrender directly TO him Of the receipt
and certificate Of tho examination properly endorsed
TnE SEw BRIDox ACROSS rHx POTOMAC.
Such the rapid progress 'u the construction Of tho
new railroad bridge the Potomac, Immediately
besow the old Long Bridge, that Ia expected Tho piles
v, all 10 driven In about ioW weeks from the present
time oo.,.os,os sfCs.
II was Lieut. Col Irwin. Tenth New York cavalry, and
not Col B1odsrck Of tho First New Jersey stated In
the HERALD few days since, VINO among the prison
ers recently returned from Richmond. Col BroderIck
died Of his received Brandy station last June
The mistake has occasioaed much anxiety among ths
friends Of Col Broderck whom this explanation due
vAN0oUv9s TOWN SITES.
The return OF tho Surveyor General OF Washington
Territory OF the survey Of the Vancouver town SITE
tho Columbia river roeeved at The Land Once, shows
that nearly the whole of that town ss comprising about
twenty thousand has been located and taken
up under donation OF Congress. The territory along
the river and coasts where gold found, being very
rapidly settled, and the population increasing at rate
which will before long enti,le TO admission state
INDIAN AfYAiKs.
The Indian Bureau has been advised by John Evans
Indian superintendent and Commissioner Of Colorado
Territory that on the 7th he effected treaty with
the Iebcgauche band OF the Utah Indians cedng lands
heretofore held by that Territory 10 the United
states He says the lands ceded probably the
valuable ever purchased by tho government from single
Indian tribe including, as they do nearly all OF the
mining lands yet discovered in Colorado. ana In fact
srge smount OF agricultural and grazing lands add.
ton thereto.
superinteudent ". b. Branch writes from 81 Joeeph,
Mo- on the 22d inst that the Indians from the Northern
supcriutendency the Upper Country utter
desttuton and are working ther way down tho hssour
river and uncss taken by the department
they will be by spring scattered ali along the Missouri
river, to the great annoyance OF the whites.
Mr. Hutchinson the Acting Governor Of Dacotah, where
the Poncss are here two weeks ago, and upon his
abatement OF the condition Of that tribe 81 600
placed In his hands by the Commissioner OF the Ind
Burean for their relief and such further assistance
a. shall he necessary win be promptly Afforded. The
wnnsbagos are Minnesota tribe removed last spring 70
= new reservation, sEew Of whom ere dissatisfied and
have strssgled on ststed but most c them veil
satisfied N their home and well provided for.
Advices received from the Omaha indian Agency state
that nearly Whole of the Ponoa tribe u indians
there subssiing the omshas also that sas cetaeh
merits of the wnnebsgoes constantly arriving there
destitute condition. and begging for food TO Keep them
from starving
BEAIH op A rRLgsRApHES
John H. oNei. unitsd states military telegraph ops
rstor Of Ptsburs. Peuusyvana, gentleman cessrvedy