The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-23

several miles in open boat and oftentmes IN YER
!, 10 lie ,n.pGsai ,he desired permit ana .non mes,a
nrai Lee u ast following The foolstee Of his iusfiou
| predecessor, Commodore ooldsborough
NeAtfriday the ed inst another soul ID TO be usberc
into eternity ny hanging, which VIII he the second ann
OF tho kind since MAJOR Gene al INKS administrator
been tried and found guilty. Of shooting colorcd
cold blood, and convicted Of 1iu murder, is the person
VINO 70 expale his crimo on the gallows as VIII %
SEGA Dy tie io'iow,Dg general order
1 = GENERAL oHprHs-so2
! HEADQUARTERS DRrARrH esr or virginia.
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guilty having ece H' is 'e c = the dad
Sses ana 6y nm y royed the a.n q .ad rred h
the er cut'on o. ths orler. BY command Of ~
DIT VAN BuRrs, Assistant djuianl General.
/ oiicia.-Gv. KichkiTEDr Aid dc Camp.
have received the follow INC note informing that
tho United States transport Belle Wood laden with troops
| and horses, was ashore N4nuH
Orr FORTRESS MosnoK, Jan II, 1868 I
ih,S snp Of Banks expedition with troops and horses
while In the hands Of the pilot wind blowing gallo from
snnthwcst II s hoped she may DO taken OF with tugs
with out serious damage 80
Tho following officers and mon wore on board
Caps w. II. IInt, IN command
Capt. jas Hunt, Of tho Twenty hrst Maine. IN com.
msad Of tho troops
s. g. ComsttGk. Acting Surgeon Of tho ship
Cap< J warren iLrues Lieut. Adam Beattice and
Lcnt a. w. For Sn o. tho Twenty sixth Now York bat
tory, with a detachment OF Eleu.
Captain W. II. stevca.s. Licut VIM. j Mccall Iacut W
Jackson sixty men and one hundred and Gvo horses
OF the Second Rhode Island cavalry.
Lieut. M. Benncr, Lieut.. X. Iongakcr and four
serreants and tweny horses Of signal telegraph tram
New York infantry. and Mr.. G. X. Fanuog and one hun
dred and forty men, remnants OF oghteeG different
gimonts.
The passengers and men arc not danger
On learning the above facts submitted the note 10
Captain James Hunt. Master OF Transpor taton, who
sent me the following reply
The ship Belle Wood was not ashore. but only IN
danger and two tugs sent 10 her assistance They
towed her outside lghshp and she sailed call WE'LL
on the msrning Of the 18th instant J III. HUNT.
FoarRRss MONROE, Va Jan 81, 1868.
Tie Rec Severe Ga-Rspor,si Loss Of th> Uncd Staes
Transpor S.eamer Maple Leaf, Nth al Bo1rd-Ar
rscai Of the Fia0 Of Truce BoH Mem Fork, vti Seven
Hundred Reieasei Hurfrcesboro Prtsones--Ramorei
Massing Of Ree Troops Ur Chihahonny, % Adr1nce
on Yorisown- Mutling OF The Troops Ooing 10 TAe,r
Non-Paynent, Dr., dc, DC
The storm that has prevailed hero for the past
thirty hours has abated considerably and have
caused great deal OF damage on the coast. Ths mar
boat Gcorganna, from Baltimore, has arrived up to
this moment (halfpas eleven A. NJ }, having probably
put IN somewhere on the route FOR n harbor
learn this morning that the transport steamer Maple
Leaf, employed by the ouartcrmasters Depart
in North Carolina, has foundorcd at SEA
ana that all on board porished Tho autho
rty for this statement however, Is not tho most
reliable, yet, being aware that the Maple Leaf hls
ben at Ne~bcrn, and being an old aud out lako
boat. ike the Niagara, all tho probabilities arc that
she has been outside OF harbo during rcccn. gales
may have boon lost Beyond tins trcporcd) marine
disaster have not heard o any further accidents to the
shipping.
The iag Of trucs steamer Nov York. Captain Henry
n Df ami I'm n Mul tord( nul.
pany Third New York Infantry arrived this morning
from Guy Point, and brings seven hundred OF the
Murfreesboro privates Of course nasnnch
the officers have been kept 70 the proc
nation OF King JEFF Inc poor follows look aud
neglected. and have not Improved vastly IN strength
seQuent upon months Incarceration Iibby Prison.
humber OF the ,sed prisoners sick and disabled
aud long TO get hcne TO recuperate their exhausted
strength The appearance of these men stamps them at
veterans aud heroes, the majority Of them having
been engaged at Forts Henry and Doucison fittsburg
Landing, Corinth and at Murrccsboro.
The New York will leave this evening for Annapolis,
after taking on board fresh supply or ratons
There is rumor anoat that the rebels are massing on
tho Chckshomny and contemplate attack York
town The onlv thing 10 be feared IN this regard l. that
the rebel programme will not be carried MAJOR 60
neral Reyes Is only too anxious to have them como, and
the larger the force the better hs will like II
have word u say about the payment OF the
the forces about hcc have tho sight of their a.
larry. S they patient persons can wei be IN
der such circumstances But every mail brings letters to
them from suffering famlics at home, aud a. long
the bard earned money Of those men Us with.
held the misery OF those depending on our soldiers
will only increase, and the low muttering now heard
from them may lead 20 much trouble Contractors
rotten transports and doctorcd mp condemned horses
30, their pay regularly enough but the who do all
the work and undergo severe privatons or body and
mind, ompecd 10 do without their psry pay TO-
three-quarers q year Since the extra appropriation
~ hundred million dollars OF legal tender notes has
been authorized by Congress the money should at
be forthcoming aud II The soldier knows nlt his family
home is comfortable his vaor will be tho more ma
niest the battle field Let the government take heed
and send the dtsbursing officers down this way without
delay.