The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-28
wa.hins,on New. and Gossip.

Washing gton News and Gossip
Especial Dispatch to the New York News.
WASHINGTON, Dune 23.-I have just
been placed in possession OF some tacts
in relation to Mr. Sanford Conover. This
gentleman is the same who gave testl-
mony here some time ago against Jeffer-
son Davis, Jacob Thompson, Beverly
Tucker, George n Sanders and others.
He returned to Canada after making his
dispositions and there repudiated them
stating that the Sanford Conover VINO
gave evidence before the conspirators'
trial in Washington, was an impostof,
and that all he said was false. He has
returned here, and now states that the
oath he made in Montreal was forced
from him. He has been received warmly,
and has received from the Government
the amount of his travelling expenses.
From the Washington Star, Saturday Evening !
MUT1NoUs CONDUCT.
Day before yesterday an outbreak oc-
Cured at Anandale, Fairfax county, va
about seven miles from the Long Bridge,
among the cavalry, which for a short
time threatened to become very sefleas.
The 9Th and 10Th New York cavalry regf-
ments had been consolidated into one,
called the I'd New York Provisional regl-
ment. The 9th numbered about 7OOmen,
aud had participated in all the campaigns
of the cavalry corps, winning an enVla-
BILE reputation for CALAMITY aud ef1cien,
CIV. The 10Th number 100 men, ana had
not seen much service, and IN considera.
ton of the services and experience oi
the 9th about two-thirds OF the ohcers
of the new provisional regiment were
appointed from among them. This en-,
RACED the men of the 18th, who claimed
that their number should entitle them
to st least one-half of the officers.
and on Thursday night they fred into
the camp of the 9th and rallied for big
fipht. The firing was returned briskly,
but the cavalry having been deprived OF
ammunition in anticipation OF trouble
in consolidating the regiments, qulet
WAS soon restored, with but few cas-
tlalities.
70 BE MUSTERED OUT.
The ODD New York regiment veterans),
Lieut.. Col. Clifford, has received orders 10
prepare the rolls of its members for mus
tering out. The regiment, which has
had about 800 men in the field, goes
home with 600.
THE VETERAN RESERVE CORPS.
A large number of men are now avail
ing themselves of the benefits OF the or
der directing tie discharge OF all men OF
the Veteran Reserve Corps who are entl-
tied to discharge by reason of the regl;,
msnts frem which they were transferred
being mustered out The 18th regiment
alone will lose about 300 men.
Permission has been granted the chief
Signal officer of the army to muster out
ali the men of his corps whose terms OF
service expire prior to October LIST. Two
hundred and thirty will be discharged
under the order, leaving 100 remaining
in the corps.
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
II is understood that this army is to be
further reduced in numbers, and that
some forty more regiments will be mus
tered out of service.
THE TRIAL OF JEFF. DAVIS.
There is an impression atioat III Baltl-
more, we learn, that jeff Davis Will be
tried in the United States District Court,
before Judge Giles, in that city
GENERAL EwELL AND THE RICHMOND CON
FLAGRATION
The rebel General Ewell, in letter
from Fort Warren to friend in Rich
mond. positively denies having had any
connection with the fires by which a
great portion of Richmond was destroy
ed. and states that much valuable prop
ertv was saved only by the strenuous ex-
ertions of the engineers and other troops.
The Richmond Republic, in which the let
ter appears, attributes the fire to orders
from the rebel Congress.
Roger A. Pryor has taken the oath OF
allegiance and commenced the practice
of law at Petersburg.
Up to yesterday morning there were
six thousand rebel prisoners yet at Point
Lookout, Md, who are to be released -
About one hundred and fifty are being
released each day.
THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
Parties who have taken a prominent
part in the rebellion, who desire to take
the oath of allegiance for the purpose OF
making special application for pardon
will. in the future, it is understood, be
required to take the oath III the district:
where they reside, instead of coming tc
this CITY. as some have been doing here,
tofore. to subscribe to the oath.