The New York herald., 1864-03-13
INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON.
reported Retirement Of Gen. Meade from tho
Command Of the Army Of the Potomac.
Xho Sale Of Surplus Treasury Gold to bo An
thOrlzed by the House,
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WASHINGTON, March IA, 1854.
FM GOLD RESOLUTION TO BE ADOPTED IN THE
HOUSE
e understood TO- day that informal consultation OF
the republican members OF the House has been held and
they agreed put through without delay Senator
Shermans joint resolution authorizing the Secretary OF
the Treasury sell the surplus gold Of the
e corcs from the senate.
kUM0Rs OF GEN. MEADE's INTENDED RESIGNATION.
The Rpaolicanof this afternoon regrets TO learn that
Major General Meade has not sufficiently recovered from
hs late attack of pneumonia to warrant hts entering
upon another campaign with the Army OF the Potomac.
His physician advises him not to attempt such thing
mere is little doubt he will yield to medical advice and
retire for while from active service.
THE REBELS NOT RECOGNIZED BY FRANCE.
There no foundation for the statement in regard TO
the arrival Mr. Daytons with important dispatches
from France in reference TO projects Of recognizing the
Southern conederacy No special bearer of dispatches
from Mr.. Dayton has arrived here nor is there any
ground for the absurd built this supposed fact
THE BLOCKADE OF scHLEswIG- HoLsTEN.
The State Department been officially notified OF the
blockade by the Danish OF all the ports and
alos the east of the duches OF Scheswg and
hostein from the 25th OF February with the exception
Neustadt and the Islands OF Asen and Arroe and such
ssher places actually under tho authority Of his
kAjesty the King Of Denmark.
POSTAL SERVICE IN THE TERRITORIES.
me Post Office Department has just concluded contracts
sr mail service in Nebraska, Washington, Idaho and
ssher far OFF Territories Among them is providing
hat from the ls of July the mails shall be carried
thrice from the intersection OF the Overland Mail at
Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, by the way Of Boise City
lays, in lien Of sending them Placsrve California,
Portland Oregon This twelve hundred miles Of
xave and ten days the expedition OF the mails Ore
ron, Washington Territory and Idaho Territory. This i'm
portant mail service is yet 70 Ben Halliday, at $156 900
per annum. Tho mails for the newly discovered gold
mines in Idaho Territory and Bannoc City to be sent
hree times week from Salt Lake City and the
awarded Mr.. Z. 8. Afford, commencing at Fort Hall
snA ntersecting the wafa Walla that point.
THE STEAMER PETRRHoFF SUNK.
Tho Navy Department have received information that
ho United States steamers Monticello and PeterhoG
ded the 9th inst. Off Cape Fear and the Peterhon
vas sunk. No lives lost. but details of the affair
Aave not yet been received.
THE TOBACCO TAX.
n s understood that the Committee on Ways and Means
ropose to increase the tar manufactured tobacco fifty
,er cent
CHEsAPEAKE.
Reports from the Chesapeake are TO the effect that the
s6es preparing another piratical expedition from
nms of the small Inlets Of the Virginia The
most vigilance required Of gunboats and the be-
sf Ia entertained that the next party attempting the
experiment. cannot fail Of falling into hands.
DISTINGUISHED GENERALS IN WASHINGTON.
Generals Burnside, Smith, McCook and Crttenden are
= town. General Burnside starts upon tour to the
northwest this evening.
THE CAPTURE OF THE MARY ANN
The Navy Department has received information or
Ne capture on the 9th inst of the steamer Mary
INN by the Grand Gulf, OF Wilmington, North
Carolina. The Mary Ann is sidewheel
steamer built the Clyde sndldespatched from Glasgow
Jurc lses She reported be faster vessel than
Ne Graft Iaas Robert Z. Lee, hnd TO have made nine
sssn statute miles per hour her trial trip. The Mary
Am has been running the blockade on the coast OF
Florida sailing from Havana.
THE CAPTURE OF The TWO BROTHERS.
The commander OF the bark Roebuck, blockade duty
"a Indian River Inlet writes the Navy Department,
date OF February &C. to the effect that the night
previous he captured the British sloop Two Brothers,
eou Nassau. bound Dixie, laden with salt liquor and
ans.
COTTON CAPTURED ON THE sUwANEE.
Quincy A. Hooper, commanding the United States
s3eAmer Ciyde, OIL Key west, writes that the 2ttb
ultimo sent two boats with an armed crew up the
3uwanee river for the purpose OF capturing quantity Of
sotoD. On the morning Of the 27th the boats returned
with old laden with sxtyseven bales Of cotton
which put board the Clyde and to Key West
TIE UNION PRISONERS ON BELLE ISLE.
Colonel Sanderson, just released from the Libby Prison,
Richmond states that the number of deaths among
Union prisoners Belle Iso reported have been greatly
exaggerated He Afforded opportunities Of personally
Investigating the matter by the rebel authorities, and
the in the buryng ground on the sland
whore ali tho prisoners who died ou the island
wore buried, and found the number from June /
70 November l was seventy eight from Novcm.
| bsr 70 January, twenty two, and from Janua-
Try TO February, fifteen. The prisoners tho
Island have suffered severely during the winter months
and their raons have been insufficient in quantity and
poor quality, but much lead starvation.
THE SOLDIERS IN THE NORTHERN HOSPITALS.
tho Military Commission. composed Of Lieutenant Colo
ne, lathrop, Surgeon stuckiey and Captain Benkhart
have retursed OF examination OF Northern
and Western hospitals the result OF their mvestiga
tions thousand soldiers Gt duty have
turned their regiments. The Commission expected
scon to vist the hospitals in the South sim lar
srrand.
THE COMMISSIONS FOR NEGRO KEaMRHrs.
or ono thousand hundred and eighteen applica.
tions before tho Casey Examining board for commissions
lin negro regiments seven hundred eighty four have
| been rejected.
GuKRILLA SENT TO THE OLD CAPITOL.
DonnelIy, a notorious ouaw, OF Ioudon county, Va
HAS been arrested In Alexandria and 10 the Old Capi
col This gueriln bias been terror 10 tho Union people
sG his vicinity during the winter, and IT IA believed he
viii DO vigorously punished.
THrRTY-EIGuTH CONGRESS-.
FIRST SESSION.
! House Of Representatives.