The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-31
laboratory caught are from this cause; but tho aameS
were soon ext,ngulshed


ARRIVAL op 0gsERAL BUTLER.
MAYOR General y. Butler, accompanied by Major
srong ~ HIS staff ed here 70 dav and arc stopping
at tho Nasiooai Hotel. General Batter has been
sntat'on with tho President Secretary stanton all
Gay has not as yet been announced what command
no "a " DO assigned but Ia generally believed that hs
will return a. Louisiana.
GENERAL BURSsiDE's CAMPAIGN INQUIRED rNro.
General Burnside 70 be- examined before the Commit
tee on the Conduct u the War upn tho rcsoaton
inquirins whether any generals acting him at
tempted TO inierere with his plans at any tmc whls he
was commander OF the Army OF tho Potomac His chief
of stat was exsnapcd yesterday. rho commt,eo have
tho names Of several officers who hero
p,aiuod Of General Burnsdes movements TO tho pres,
dent ,#
A COURT MARTIAL on oHsERAL FRANKLIN
IL IL boeved Ia military circles that MAJOR General
Iranxlin hearing That allegations Of hardness
ceDcy ia his had been made against
% the gev9nryvss xska6 safnye conrt martial assep
hIod for his trial under them medisteIy on bong re-
iicved from duty Nth tho Army OF the Potomac and
that i has boon determined To acccdc % hs request
kSGAGEMRsr NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI PAss
Information has bccn received OF an engagement which
recently took place Corpus Christi Pss between the
United States bask Arthur accompanied BY boat eSpc
di.in from, the United States seamer sachen. and
surveying the channel Of tho Pass Tho schooner being
hard pressed ashore, the officers and soldiers aban
doncd her, and taking refuge behind HIM. poured IRE
into men. killing and wounding several OF them.
CAPTURE oy Az ANGro-REBEL STEAMER.
The Navy Department. has received information Of tho
capture Of the English Antonna direct from Eng
land Havana by the gGnboa Pocahonas, on the san
instant She board valuable cargo OF munitions
war and arst discovered BY the blookading force
on Mobile nut captured by tho pocAhon,as thirty
mites souths)uthcHt OF Cape san Bias
TnE GALVESTON DISASTER.
The Navy Department has received the report
OF Tho court or inquiry into tho Galveston affair.
Quo of Tho witnosscsg IA rebelJ isstifies that
one hundred and ten landed from tho
Harriet Lane II &C. the loss OF Ito grcnl
IL prev iously reported
THE tRoS.cLAp SHIP LEHIGH.
The flashing Of the clad Iehsh his tccn protract
cd by the failure oil tho contractors 10 furnish an mor
tant part OF tho engine.
DKcIsIUs or TnE TAX COMMISSIONER.
The Commissioner o; InicrLaai Revenue has decided
that IN estimating tho duties upon articles manufactured
her and sold any other place than the place
manufacture, there shall bo deducted from the gross
Of such sales tho lawng trms-l rei.ht from
the place OF manufacture storage. assurances and com.
missions actually paid when thc articles sold by the
manufacturer allowances no made for the esI@nscs OF
cxccedioe The usual COMMISSION upon tho same
or similar articles nj The riaae d sale sE
LirrrEaAsr MAkrINDALx.
Lioutcnsnt y. u. hstildae son u General Mar,indale,
Military Governor of this district has b.ca ordered 10
port 70 GeUoraI Hooker for stan duty