The New York herald., 1865-03-12

Evidently the period q disatsgraAea b rapidly q
proacnIns me Riohmsnl papcrs also give the pa
ouIas Of the dsssruOsea Of Columbia shrssf f0urhs
which city, they state, was burned By General shsr
mans forces
Twelve hundred OF tho exchanged Union prisoners from
Camp Ford, Texas, have arrived ai Now 0rlesna mum
Der Of naval oaacers were among them
CONGRESS-.
The session Of tho Senate yesterday devoted u
executive business being mainly the confirmation Of
appointments committee waited upon tho Prcsid ,nt
to learn II he bad any further communication to make
Subsequently the committee reported that the President
had no business OF sufficiently important character 70
longer detain them whcrcupon the Senate adjourned
sine die, and the extraordinary session closed
THE LEGISLATURE.
Tho State Senate yesterday reported favoraby bills
concerning tho Bath and Coney Island Bridge Company
tho broadway Railroad a majority report); and for
ferry between Now York aud New Jersey. Bills
passed for the extension Of tho Battery relative to
deposits Of savings banks and incorporating the New
York Union Yacht Club A motion made and
adopted for the appointments OF select committee Of
nno for the advancement Of bills general orders
In the Assembly business commenced by the
Speaker announcing the following named gentle
men ss members Of tho Grinding Committee :-Messrs.
Gleason, Sanford, Perry Brandreth, Reddington,
Lord, Pitts Stewart, Hasbrouck, Kimball, Matthew'S
Salmon Daniels Rdeeway and Weed Reports were
presented for tho incorporation OF the Manhattan Land
Improvement Company, and to amend tho Charity Ap-
preparation bin. Bills passed to incorporate tho
Accidental Insurance Company; 70 incorporate the
Ellsworth Social Grub Of Brooklyn; and amending tho
acs relative to local improvements in Brooklyn bill
introduced by Mr. Cooper In reference to tho public
health Of this city. Tho Governor presented communh
cation from the Secretary Of the Treasury relative TO the
Purchase OF the Merchants Exchange New York, for
custom house also draft Of bill ceding the jursdc
ton Of the snte over said property 70 the
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
private letter received this city gives details Of
the capture Of Osjaca differing from the account pub
shed in the HsRALD Of Friday in this respect. thai the
guerilla chief Porrio Daz has not reported, been
captured by the imperial forces under Marshal Bazane
Tho writer states that the besieged offered desperate
resistance but that eventually Porrio DAz made
lures Of surrender During the negotiations, however,
the Juarst General effected his escape with hun
dred men, and mado for the Isthmus Of Tehuantepec
VIII our citizens cndeavor n tho quota Of this city
and avoid tho draf1 Tho Comptroller is calling for
money and necessary for capitalists to take the bal
ance OF appropriated the payment OF bounes
to volunteers Is stated that the general public is III
orally doing nothing 70 proec, itself from the impending
calamity
Colonel Baker sprung trap on the bounty brokers
jumpers yesterday by which he bagged seven hun
dred in ALL II dono by of bogus recruiting
Office in Hoboken-
The constitutional amendment abolishing slavery
throughout the United ratified by the Legis
lature Of Vermont I'm special SESSION. the 9th inst
Vermont Is the nineteenth State ratify the md
ment, while only three have rejected ii.
The Canadian Parliament has adopted the confederation
scheme by ninety one yeas 70 thirty-thrce nays.
The Canadian papers state that the result OF the public
meetings held throughout Prince Edward Island for the
purpose Of discussing the question Of confcdera-
confirms the impression thai Il is impossible to
get the people the Legislature TO sanction the scheme
The funeral ceremonies Of the ato rebel General W. IL
c. Whiting took place yesterday afternoon a. Trinity
church large number Of persons were present. many,
no doubt being attracted by curiosity The mother and
sstcrs of the late general occupied seats the asR
The remains were conveyed to Greenwood whore they
will remain uatu the proper arrangements be md0
for their removal South
In the case Of the paper proponnded as the viii Of
Charles Breusing, music dealer IN Broadway, who died
the pear 1852 Surrogate Tucker yesterday decided to
deny probate Al the time Of rendering the decisen the
Surrogate took occasion TO remark that he had been
vaniy endeavorpg for two sessions Of the Legislature 70
obtain reform Of the present system Of his court BY
which like this involving the question OF forgery,
or those where insanity undue influence, and similar
Issues Of fact were IN question: might 60 to ajury for
trial.
The motion for the postpcnement Of the trial Of the
Strong divorce mp yesterday in the Superior
Court and postponed until Thursday next
Yesterday Judge Stuart served certificate Of the
stay OF proceeding in the Of Bernard Frery upon
the sheriff, which prohibits him from oaIryins the
OF execution into effect until the questions at issue
are determined by the Court Of Appeals It is not pro-
the year. that tho Court should ovcrrule the obiec
tions raised by the prisoners counsel Frery will be
executed until that time,
On Saturday morning about halfpast one O'clock Ar.
Cochran residing No SC West Forty fourth street.
aroused from his slumbcrs by bearing . poise the
noor below his sleeping room Dressing quietly aud
armng himself he silently proceeded down stairs,
where, In the hallway he met man and demanded 10
know hip busnes Without answering the intruder aimed
blow at Mr. Cochrans head when the latter discharged
his pistol the ball taking effect in his side. Oncers
Cook and ksvansgh, attracted by the mise entered the
premises and arrested tho would BE- bsglsr who gave
his as Mchssl Casey. He taken to the station
hous,, and from there sent TO Bellevue Hospital
Mr. Gerry, residing in Third avenue yesterday
Ing entered rc,shment saloon Broadway where he
me, party Of who asked him to drink with them
whioh Inc refused Upon leaving the saloon Gerrty
followed by Of the men, who assaulted and attempted
to rob him He resisted and his @sSsiiant fed man
named Donney subsequently, arrested and identified
by Gerrity as his assailant.
Shortly after four o'clock yesterday afternoon vlore
R,iuboid residing at 242 Third street, while cleaning
pistol at his residence, accidentally discharged the
weapon the bail taking effect In the breast Of his sister
Mary, causing almost instant dcath The Coroner was
notified TO hold an inquest
steam barrel factory as Allegheny City, Pa, was
burned Thursday afternoon The loss Is estimated at
thirty thousand dollars which there was nm In
In ttraN Mac Ann.