The New York herald., 1864-07-17

Wno1s YIN u oeevtco mas expired. Tno rate 0NeomPc'
sation VIII b shs same sbs pay and emolun eats =
regimental surgeons with Of public horsS -
sqsipmsnss and forags for the saue.
BY order Of the SECRETARY OF war
4 D. Towssnsp. Asssssns Adjutant Gsreral
GENERAL NEWS.
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t.,.sen , WASHINGTON, July 10, 1854
ARREST OF Dsrscrrvs oYrIcBR rArLEY.
Captain Tap,ey chief detective officer under Csusrs
Slough Alexandria, has been arrested and confined is
the Old Capitol prison. charged with conpcisy In itss
rating convicted bounty jumpers.
PUNISHMENT or O0wARDs.
Captain a. A DsIand and Lieutenant Moses A. Powsd.
First Michigan sharpshooters arrived hero last night.
undcr guard from General Grants army under seutsnes
OF court martial for cowardce 10 the face OF the enemy
The cashersd BOTH with the loss OF al pay anA
allowances due them ordered their shoulder straps
and buttons to be cut on ia the OF the troops
Captain De Land goes 70 the Dry Tortugas
A PArMAsTER EN ROUTE FOR THs PEErrESrrAeY,
Mtor Thomas, q dsfauting paymaster, leaves Wash
ington tonight for tho Albany peuitentary 10 addss
20 his Imprisonment OF six years he ID TO pay nne q
thirty.ve thousand dollars Should he foil 70 pay ths
fine his IMPRISONMENT will be continued for period nce
exceeding twelv yesrs.
RELEASE OF JOHN ". MAuRT.
John W. Maury,a prominent banker OF wash'ngtoes
who was sent Old Capitol few days since Tor sx-
pressing disloya sentiments, yesterday released
Appr oprsations for Fortifcations.
Tho President having approved the act Of Congress
making appropriations for fort0oaous In different parts
OF the country tho following apportonments for the yeas
ending June 80, 1895 arc ofhcisi:-
Fort Montgomery, Al outlet OF Lake champiain, New
Fort KnoT, at narrows OF Penoescot river, Mains.
500 O00
Fort Al entrance or Kenne0ec river (Fort popham,.
Fort on Hog Island ledge (rort Georges), rort'ass
Fort Probio, Portland harbor, Matns $isoooo.
Fort Scammel Portland harbor, Maine $l00, 600
New Fort Constitution Portsmouth harbor, New HanS~
For Fort Mccisry, Portsmouth harbor. New HampsAirss
Fort winthrop Governors Island, Boston harbor, Mas
For Warren Boston harbor, Massachusetts,. $50 .ooe
sloc,ooo os,%o'''' ''''s Ns' A'a''N D-'''.
Fort at wett's Point, opposite Fort Schuyler Nsw
Repairs Of For. Columbus, Castle william South BAA
terry, Fort Wood, and Fort Gibson, New York nafes
New battery near Fort Hamilton. At the Narrows, Nsw
Fort Richmond, Staten Island, New York. $40 .ooo.
Fort site Of Fort Tompk,ns, Staten Island, Nsv
Cascmsted battery on Staten Island N. Y, S1s 900.
Fort at sandy Hook. N j., SIPS 0Oo
Fort Miinn, near Philadelphia. Pa, $40 900.
Fort Carroll. Baltimore harbor, Nd: 100000
Fortress Monroe HAMPTON Roads, Va. $50 900.
L Fort Wood. Hampton Roads, Va. $500 O00
Fort Ciinch, entrance % Cumberland Sound. Ela.s
500 900.
Fort at Ship Island, coast Of Miss. 800 900.
Fort at Fort Point San Francisco hay, Ca $50 900.
Fort at Aleatraz Island, San Francisco bay, Oal,
Land defeuces Francisco SIT 0oo provided tae
portion OF the Same shall be expended on Other tA
ncations now In progress there.
Defences n Oregon aud Washington Territory e -
near the mouth OF Columbia river, $780, 900.
win DO that the appropriations for forts u New
York harbor amount in the aggregate 70 $sa5ooe.
Obituary.
THE LATE LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN @. CHANBun1s
Lieutenant Colonel John g. Chambers, or the Twenty.
third Massachusetts, died at Fortress Monroe tue toA
ns wounds received In battle before Petersburg. CA
Ch ambers native OF Massachusetts, shout thirty.
nvo years OF age and before the hold position -
the Boston Journal oce AZ the beginning Of ths rsbsb
lion he accepted commission in the Twenty.third Mo
sachuses He accompanied that regiment 10 the attaea
upon Roanoke Island aud Newborn, N c., and We wnA
IL when portion OF the Eighteenth CORPS, uadsr hss1
General j. G. Foster despatched from North Care.
lima to South Carolina preparatory to an expected -
upon Charleston g. c. Returning with bis regIusas
no anticipated in most OF the advances into the cnsmy
country and about since was severely w0undo4
in The shoulder by the explosion OF shelf fbe wous1
kept him from active service much against hts wi ss1
be was finally obliged to repair North on brie fareae4
TO recover beath and strength fs!ors tne sxpiaon g
occupied responsible positions In North CArona
while the department was under command Of Naiev
General Peck Again In the field with bn rcgimost, no
entered with his usual and spirit Ia the opefa.
before Petersburg under Major General Butter, ana
received the wounds which have resulted In his death
while the discb urge OF bis duty. 40 military mans
Lieutenant Colonel Chambers wss highly esteemed BY b
superior officers while among his equals and interiors -
military rank he deeply beloved equally for hi9
auiincss his iuexibe integrity his rnvarying regard
for The comfort his men, and his devotion 70 the
In which he has suffered aud died. He intsP.
esug family very large circle OF devoted FRIENDS
wherever he known, all Of whom will fsengy ohsR
ish his memory 10 the last.
THE LATE LIEUT.. ABRAHAM r. PERMu.
Lieut.. Abraham T. Perine, OF the Sixty second rsgs
ment (Andcrson Zouavesl who SO highly distinguishes
himself at the battle Of Williamsburg, BY entering -
the forts while under terrific Are, accompanied BY
few Others hauled the rebel faG and hoisted the
Stars and stripes died In the hospital at Washingtoa
Sunday last He wounded by the explosion OF shen
while sitting In his tent The particulars not yet bnown
girls TO mourn fathers Provisions being made
by the Dobson Brothers, Of this city to have the body
brought here and inferred In Greenwood Cemetery.
Hon. JAMES +. SIMMONS, formerly . United Ssaseo
senor died on the l4th inst his residence, IN JeAnr
ston r. H. the age OF about sxty.nue years. He W0o
for many connected with important manufacturn9
enterprises In Rhode Island, was prominent Whig poh
ticiau. and Grst member Of the upper braneAS -
Congress in 1870
rrrrR ANY, . colorsd man, who fought under Comne.
Porter the old Essex died on the 18th insss -
NsS Bedford, st the age OF ninety years.