The New York herald., 1864-05-08
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
wAsuruorou. May :, 1854.


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wAsursorou. May :, 1854.
DEpLoRABLK ACCOUNTS ExoM RxD EfvEs.
Advices received hsre from the Red river country
represent things 10 most deplorso'e shsre tnsse
Toe army having fallen back. the g'nooats wee soan'
doncd and the banks OF tho river ON both sides lined
with euer,as The advance towards Shreveport has
been indefinitely abandoned.
sUpERsEDUaH or GENERAL BANKS.
General Candy has been promoted to be Major General
or Volunteers and ordered to the command OF all the
sroops west the Mississippi thus supersedng General
Banks. He leaves at ouos assume the command
GUERILLA ATTACK ON RAILROAD TRAIN.
As tho train from Brandy Station the way
BuI run, 1t Cred into by guerias corcs,ed in the
words volley returned BY tho guard on the train
GENERALS FRENCH AND KEYEs MUSTERED OUr OF
THK VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
MAJOR Generals French and Keyes have been mustered
out Of the volunteer service by order OF the President
REPORT OF THE CONDITION or THE PARoLED PRISON.
ERR.
The Committee on the Conduct Of che war have
turned from Annapolis where they went 70 examine into
the condition ef the prisoners recenty released from
Richmond The committee preparing their repoft.
which will ts fitting companion TO the one recently
published In regard to tho Fort Pillow Tue
scene horrible beyond description Out Of the pum
Der returned. about four hundred alscgethsr hun
dred have since died from the effects OF tho barbarous
treatment aud starvation experienced while in the hands
OF the rebels The officers generally able TO proceed
At 70 their homes their arrival at Annapolis,
having received rather better treatment than the
privates. It was stated by many OF those whom
the committee examined that those who still
remain in the hands Of the rebels arc treated
than heretofore aud tho opinion that
large numbers must shortly die Of starvation. While this
Is intensified by the bitter and Gendish hatred and
lightly OF the rebel authorities, yet is largely In
queuce Of the general state Of starvation in tho rebel
States To such extent they emaciaed that the
committee had photographs taken Of Of the worst
cases. exhibit their actual appearance and condition 10
Congress and the people. The report viii be made early
next week.
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED.
fhe nomination or Brigadier General Edward r. 8.
Candy of the United States Volunteers, for major gone
raj sent to the Senate to-day and Immediately con-
armed He left the city to-day TO enter upon hts
command.
The Senate also confirmed the following nominations
brigadier genera's-Coonel Daniel H. Rucker. Colonel
Robert Aea Lutenant Colonel Rufus Ingalls, and Colonel
john w. Turner.
The Senate also confirmed Delano Smith and Elisha
p Fury to DO Tax Commissioners for the State OF Ten.
w.ukee Medo Crawford TO be Collector Of Internal
Revenue for the District Of Oregon, and Abraham Ben
net of Kansas be Agent tho Indians at Kckapoo
Agency
The Senate also confirmed the followng:-Frst Lieu.
tenant John L. Campbell, OF the Seventh Kentucky
cavalry, to be Assistant Quarermaster and Captain
Elisha FL Ludngton, OF tho Seventeenth United States
infantry, to be Inspector General with the rank Of
major.
THE ONE HUNDRED DAYS MEN.
The quotas Of the hundred days FOR the West.
ern States are as foowsoho. thirty thousand Indiana
twenty thousand; Illinois, twenty thousand; Iowa, ten
thousand, and Wisconsin i've thousand.
PRESENTATION TO SPEAKER CoLPAx
There very pleasant gathering at the residence
Of Speaker Cofax this evening" occasion being the
presentation OF q service or silver to that gentleman
from his Indiana friends. There quito large as.
ssnbage or distinguished persons and ladies'. The pre-
sentation speech, made by Mr. McCuoch the Comptrol-
er OF the Currency an able and complimentary ad
dress The reply Of Mr. Colfax feeling and patri-
otc, and ELECTED much admiration from all present.
RECRUITS FOR THE NAVY.
The navy now In the receipt Of largo numbers OF
recruits daily, under the law recently passed authoriz
ing transfers from tho army the navy, and In shors
time all the vessels will DO put in commission.
THE TREASURY INVESTIGATION
The Treasury Investigating Committee have been quiet
ly pursuing their bors They have visited the Treasury
Department ard examined the o oprandi Of che Note
Printing Bureau.