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The New York herald., 1865-03-12

The public will be greatly surps TO learn that the
Bank Of Virginia has determined redeem s notes In
goid-one dollar Of gold for six Of notes When II IL
rcncmbe rcd that the blockade has transferred than
kaJ II Mase notes 10 ls hands Of the sneBy, and that
nearly every dollar OF gold that for the redemp
tion Of these notes goes 10 aid and confr ne pwlE
efegy this action Of the Bank OF Virginia VIII greatly
dsappoint the people OF the state For four years this
bank has held its gold by virtue OF the exposed bodies
Of the soldier they have kept the hands OF the enemy
Of tho vaults OF the bank and this gold needed
to focd the soldiers that have thus defended IT, and the
bank has taken action 10 give To the enemy rather than
feed the army by Its The strong Of power Is
great needed In this city, and eds0Gy call upon the
Prtsideat aid upon Tee & dreth r their
and make aud corp rrto,'s - Eer duy The state
Of Virginia has, we believe, atreelth interest the
Bank of Virginia; win the legislature permit this send
ing Of gold out Of tho country WIN athorzo the
Governor TO takc possession ~ the gold, and direct him
20 Ia eccry dollar n opr t. Ge,.srat LEI Imp tie
gold Cr Hc defence ~ hichDp,d Ihe Legislature has
already noby done its duty let IL seize the gold
devote II 10 the defence Of the cause
The New York herald., 1865-03-12
Funeral OF the Late Rebel Gen. W. II. G.
whiting.


The above ceremony took place at Trinity church
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. A large crowd had
congregated inside the sacred cdcc long the time
sp Gifted for the OF the ceremony,
Of whom seemed actuated by morbid curiosity TO be-
hold the funeral OF general In tho rebel service
II the especial desire Of General Writings family
that his obscquics should bo as private possible.
At one o'clock the process on was formed and pro-
cecdcd from tho vesblulc, where the coffin laid, TO
the altar It headed by tho Rev. Drs. Dix and
0gilby the coffin followed borne by six OF his in
innate friends and attended by Brigader General Bcall,
@ s. A., and the only brother Of the deceased. DURING
It's progress Dr. Dix read the passages appointed
for such occasions by the Episcopal church The
coffin placed before the altar and the Rev DR. Die
proceeded with the burial service Tho service always
impressive was In this case deeply so. Every one
present seem ID alive 10 the soemnty OF the occasion,
and many appeared sincerely affected The afflicted
mother and sisters of General Whiting occupied seats
the ALTAR and exctsd unusua sympathy. The last
words Of the service having been uttered tho procession
reformed In the order, with the addition Of the
female relatives and several lades-friends Of the
deceascd-all In deep mourning, and passed
out Of the church, whence they proceeded 70
Greenwood Cemetery, where, pending the
moval Of his remains to the South they
deposited The colin OF highly polished
wood, silver mounted, the following Inscription bong
tho nstpate.--
The New York herald., 1865-03-12
0eottI Anaconda Tactics Working Well
Under Grants Leadership.

~ Nay ef the Adjournment OF the Rebel
Congress Fixed for the l1th.
0e1A houses Of the rebel Congress agreed the sh
- y adjourn on Saturday, the 1lth yesterday The
e1a1nsss Of the session 10 pretty we'll closed up Tho
- Important bill still pending Is the putting
1soW Into the army, which passed, slightly altered
~ Senate by majority the 9Th. and amended
nsss hack 70 the House for The amend
nsns moi being material u b supposed by the rebel
Dapsn that the bill viii pass the House without difficulty
osagrsss had bsen in hundred and Ave days
- - yesterday, when probably adjourned sine die,
= lsass never 70 meet again In Richmond
The New York herald., 1865-03-12

George H. Sittcrly an atachc Of the Second District
Provost Marshafs oica, 20 Grand street. arrested
yesterday forenoon also by Colonel Bakers men, while
his way the Kings County Tressurcr's Office with
large amocnt of county bonds In his possesson-stated
At about twenty thousand dollars tits not known what
disposition has been made Of m.
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SECOND edition,
D. >4x o'cLoCk,psn
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
COMMissARY DEPARTMENT.

Col. Wilson, Chief Commissaryof the Army
of the Potomac during the last year of its
campaign, has justreturned from an inspecting
tour in the Middle Department, and resumed
his duties at the Commissary office, on +
street.
Major Wiley, depot Commissary at Brandy
Station and City Point for the Army of the
Potomac, has been assigned to duty with Col.
Bell, as Inspector
Capt. S. G. Greene, has vacated his commits.
sion as Commissary of Subsistence of Volun-
taers, to take the rank of Captain in the 18th
U. S. Infantry, it not being allowable for an
officer to hold a commission of the same grade
in both branches OF the service. The Captain
entered the army i'll 1910. served with the I'd
U. S. Infantry through the florida and Mexi-
can wars. after which he left the service in
consequence of ill health. He was commits
stoned again in 1861, since which time he has
had charge Of the Government bakery here,
the most complete establishment of its kind
ever organized. This bakery has furnished
over 100000 1oaves of bread per day. and has
been visited for information by officers Of most
of the European armies.
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AN INTERESTING TRIAL.

Tomorrow it is expected that the case of
Captain Henry Werz, late of the Confederate
army, and commandant of the Anderson mill
tary prison, where so many of our brave SOL
Giers persisted through the inhuman treatment
of the rebel officers, will be taken up by the
Court-martial of which Brigadier General
Underwood is President, and Colonel p.
Chapman, Judge Advocate. The accused has
been for few weeks past in the Old Capitol
Prison, and the court is to-day engaged in pre-
pairing charges and summoning witnesses,
preparatory to a commencement tomorrow.
He is charged with violating the customs of
war while he was IN command of that prison,
(from March LIST, 1864, to April 10th, 1869. The
specifications set forth that he grossly neglect
Gd to care for those placed in his charge; that
he refused them sufficient amount of food,
and the giving spoiled meat, DC. to the men;
that he refused them water, and forced them to
drink water into which had been thrown and
drained the Stops from cook houses and camps:
Hnduly Furnishing some for minor offences, by
Claiming them together until they died; giving
them no shelter from heat or cold and rObbing
them of their clothing and blankets.
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TEL EGRAPHIC NEWS.

IMPORTANT FROM CHARLESTON.
Mutiny of the Duryea lZOuaves They
Refuse to be Disarmed--Cannon Charged
with Grape and Cannister Trained Upon
the Mutin0us TrOops-The Zouayes are
Disarmed and Sent to Fort Sumter for
lnprisOnment.
NEW YORK, July 2i.-The steamer Zodiac
bring Savannah dates to the Goth instant.
The Savannah Herald's Orangeburg, South
Carolina, correspondence says that place is yet
mostly lying in ashes. Railroads are being
rapidly repaired. Laborers are receiving Sl2
month. The crops are in fine condition
All of the towns in South Carolina are, or soon
will be occupied by the national troops -.
The Charleston Courier OF the 18th instant
says the 165th regiment of New Y rk volunteers
duryea's Zouaves) were removed to Morris
Island for taking part in the disturbances In
the city. They have exhibited d mutinous
spirit since their removal.
Gen Gilmore sent an order demanding the
colors of the regiment, but the Colonel refused
to give them up, and he was placed under ar
rest and the cOlors demanded of the second
officer in command. He, too, refused: but on
Gen Hatch explaining that his conduct would
be mutiny, while the ColOneFs would simply
be disobedience of orders, he promised to de
liver the colors up, but when a delivery was
Der covers had been delivered. 1t was then
determined to disarm the whole regiment
Other troops were brought forward with their
guns charged with grape and canister, and
trained upon the mntinous troops, and orders
We're given to fire upon them in case any re-
sistance was offered. The Zouayes seeing all
further opposition was useless, they quietly
stacked their arms and were marched off UNI
der guard to Fort Sumter, there to expiate
their crime.
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FROM THE VALLEY.

By A gentleman Just arrived here from the
Valley of Virginia, we get the following in re-
gard to affairs there:
CIePs IN THE TALLEY.-The corn crop OF
that part of the Valley of Virginia lying be.
tween Winchester and Shepherstown, is look
ing very fine, and the crop will be large.
Above Winchester there is much restitution.
Rev. MIR. Clymer, of the Presbyterian Church
Woodstock, has been visiting Baltimore and
other places soliciting aid for the suffering.
COUNTY COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
This court has been in session during the past
week at Shepherdstown, Va. Judge Balch
father-in law of Rev. DR.. Cummins, formerly
of Trinity Church, of this city, presides with
great ability. A number of presentments for
reason have been made by the grand jury.
The suspected murderers of Henry Unsell and
Mr. Snyder are about to be put on trial.
a. r. BOTELER.-This gentleman, formerly
a member of the u. S. House of Representa-
tives, and more latterly of the so called '.Con-
1ederate Congress" has returned to Shepherds
town, and is quietly living in retirement.
AID FOR THE VALLEY.-Rey. Samuel V.
Leech, formerly pastor of the Shepherdstown
Church, has been visiting the Valley OF Vir-
ginia, distributing the generous contributions
Of the citizens of Anne Arundel county, Md,
among the destitute and impoverished
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aff., r. in Georgetown.

Srppxs DEAsy, Z OF OPP REsIDESrs,--This
morning the etak- ZEN o. death was affixed TO.
the doors of the NJ III known Hotel on Bridge
street, near High, know as Ianss Tavern. j
venerable proprietre IS, Mrs. Lang, had died
sns "
seventy and eighty yea rs ofage, and the greater
part of her life she was the, managress of pub
Ia, aus M his town., ma was very popolay
WAN the travelling publi, and highly respected
by our citizens. She had b cen unwell for some
weeks past, but the irrIn ediate cause OF her
The funeral will take place tomorrow after
noon at five O'Clock.
- Yesterday dispatch was eceived from New
York announcing the death there of Mr.. g.
Wagner, well known wa tch maker and
silverspith, of Georgetown. Mr.. w. was
highly esteemed by the citizens of Georgetown,
and was an Odd Fellow, and member of va
rioIis other benevolent orders. The best infor-
nation we can obtain is that Mr.. wagner was
found dead upon the pavement n front of the
house where he was stopping, an, 1t was not
known whether he had been killes or had fall
len out of the window. The body VIII DE en-
banned and brought here for interim ent
>, CANAL, ANOTHER BREAK.-Thn' morning
Collector HollIngsworth received q note from
Geo. w. Spates, Superintendent OF the Mo-
nocacy division, notifying him that Satur-
day morning the bottom of the trunk IN the
cu1vert at Broadrun, about 81 miles IT ON inns
town, suddenly fell out, suspending nab igation
above that point.
Superintendent Spates sent to this to wn for
material TO repair with immediately At'uong
force of carpenters will be quito WORK, and
the Superintendent expects to have the tr unk
rebuilt in five or six days. The accident m ust
have been very sudden "a the Superintendent
men had passed over it a very short time before
it occurred.
Arrived.-The Anna Marion, with limestone
to S. d. Castleman, and sixteen boats with
coal consigned to American ca, 2l0-3 tons;
Cumberland Co. 424-S tons; New Hope Co,
114-4 tons Central Co. 214-12 tons Borden Co,
219-1s tons; Consolidation TO. 1904 tons.
Departed.-EliZa Hutchens, with tar to Ed
yyar is
REPAIRING.-The flooring of the bridge on
the water mains over Rock Greek is being taken
up and relaid. The railroad passes over this
bridge, and the repairs will cause but little
Inconvenience to the cars upon arriving at the
bridge, which will be cheerfully borne for the
sake of a new and substantial flooring
FLOUR AND GRAIN MARKET.-The stock of
old flour and grain is very light The demand
active. Supers are quoted at $3.50 to S775
Extras, SS.25 to 1878, and what is known as
cut family, So Wheat is in good request,
though there no arrivals or sales reported
upon which to base fair quotation. We
believe If it were now in market it would
readily bring 50 per bushel
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FROM MEXICO.
More Fishting-Threats to FiIibusters

More Flghtlng-Thfeats to FiIibusters.
NEW YORK, July 24.-The steamer Liberty
arrived from Havana on the Iith, via Vera
Cruz thef19th. ,., .-s o,
The Vera Cruz Revjita says three columns
under Gems. Mejia, Bringcourt, and Jeanning-
ror, were ordered to operate against Negrete,
each column taking a separate road. They
Negrete learning their intention retreated on
the MonatOya road, sending LOCO in the direc-
ton of Tamaulipas. Jeanningros followed
closely in pursuit of Negrete, skirmishing with
his rear guard, but he returned to Saltillo, and
thence took possession of Monterey, leaving
the foreign legion, under Saussiermate, at Sal
tillo. Mejia was still at Matamoras.
Two important points on the frontier, Ca.
MARCO and Piedra, Negras, will soon be occu-
pied, and If any filibusters present themselves
they will be well received.
Officers, soldiers, and munitions of war con-
tinue to arrive at Havana from San Domingo
The health of Havana is good
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LOCAL NEWS.

LANDLORD AND pS. Jordan
Before Justice Ferguson. The plaintiff sued
for materials and labor in building house
upon lot of ground rented by him from the
defendant for two years, from April, 1865. The
plaintaff, after building the house, abandoned
it and vacated the lot, and sued for the value
OF the mouse, labor, &c, alleging that he had
right to repudiate the contract of renting, and
refuse to pay rent, and to quit and surrender
up the premises and sue for the materials and
labor expended upon the lot, upon the ground
that the defendant had disturbed his right to a
small portion of the back end of the lot. On
the part of defendant it was maintained that
even if the facts were as stated by the plaintiff,
they did not work a forfeiture of the contract
OF renting, nor absolve him from liability to
pay the rent. nor give him any right to sue for
the house or labor, &c, and Taylor's Landlord
if the tenant surrenders part of his estate to the
lessor, the rent will be apportioned and pay
able only in respect to the residue of the prem
ises; and if he be eylcted from part by force of
paramount title, that will not operate as a sus-
pension of the whole rent, but it will be appor-
toned and payable only for the residue; and
Judgment was accordingly rendered in favor
demand. Mr. Drury for plaintiff, and Il.
Thompson for defendant.
Julia NJ. I.orick VS.. James Tharp-Before
John H. johnson, Esq. This action was
bought to recover one months rent, payable
in advance for the month of July, 1865. 1t ap-
peared in evidence that the premises in ques-
ton were rented to the defendant by written
lease for one year, from the 1st of April 1865,
at $40 per month, payable monthly in advance;
and that the defendant took possession and oc-
cupied the house and paid the rent until some
time in June and then vacated the premises
and refused to pay the rent due on the first day
of July, alleging that the bouse had become un-
tenantable by reason of dampness, &c. The
defendant examined the house, &C., previous
to the execution of the lease. and there was no
warranty in the lease as to the habitablenesscf
the premises, and the plaintiff, by her sell
Quoted Taylor's Landlord and Tenant, Sec.
3s1, 32s and 329 showing that there is no i'm
piled warranty on the letting of house land
that il shall be reasonably fit for habitation or
was rented, and that the abandonment of premi-
ses by reason Of their nniahabitablsness, forms
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REBEL INIPUDENCE.

The Rev. O. 4. Marshall, of Mississippi, is
here, seeking to protect from. confiscation his
estate, one of the largest in the South, and has
suddenly become very much enamoured of the
Government, which a few months since he
was the foremost in denouncing. No effort
has been spared by him in "1iring the Southern
heart and otherwise aiding the rebellion. In
a speech in the Mississippi Legislature, last
March, he denounced our army as mob of
ssreeking filth and assured his auditors that
the South could not be subjugated while ssthe
peerless son of the West" Forrest, (of Fort
Pillow,l was a commander. There is very
little proba bilitY of his succeeding here
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EXCURSION BY THE PRESIDENT

President Johnson, accompanied by Secre-
tary Welles, Hon. Preston King, Assistant
Secretary Fox, the Chief Clerk Of the Navy
Department, MIR. Faxon, Col. Wright Rives, of
the Executive Office, and Surgeon Duvall, u.
S. N, on Saturday made an excursion in the
u. s. steamer Hornet, formerly the magnifi-
cent blockade runner Lady Sterling,) down
into the Chesapeake.
TWAS intended to run out beyond the capes,
but in consequence of the roughness Of the
bay the party rounded Point Lookout and
steamed about fifty miles towards Baltimore,
returning at seven O'Clock last evening. The
President was much refreshed by the trip, and
is to-day engaged in his exhausting labors
with renewed ylgor.
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MA car laden with Southern mail matter,
which had just arrived in a train from Phila-
delphia, was run down the ferry bridge and
precipitated into the North river, on the Jersey
city side, on Saturday, by some mismanage-
ment or misunderstanding between those hay-
ing charge of it and the deck hands of the ferry
boat on board of which it was designed to
place it. The letters and papers were all re-
covered, but in a soaked condition, and many
of them are injured beyond the hope of re-
SuscitatiOn
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PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT JoHNsoN.-Mr.
John w. Dodge, the artist, has produced an
excellent portrait Of President Johnson. A
resident of East Tennessee himself and well
knowing President johnson, he was especial
ly qualified for the task of painting him, and
he has performed it with singular success
The painting has been photographed and en-
grayed, so that it is within the reach of all.
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~Attorney General Speed has rendered al
opinion to Secretary Mccullough upon claims
for cotton captured by Sherman in Savannah
He decides that all cotton taken by military
forces In insurrectionary districts is captured
property, within the meaning of the statute of
1868, whether owned by loyal men or not. He
also holds that recourse must be had in dis
puted cases to the Court of Claims, and that
jurisdiction cannot be conferred upon a COM
mission appointed either by the President or
Secretary of the Treasury to examine the
claims in question, and to make restoration of
the proceeds of so much Of the cotton as NAV
belong to loyal claimants.
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aSThe reported version of the interview be-
tween our Minister at Paris, Mr.. Bigelow, and
the French Minister of State, Mr.. Rouher
which has excited considerable comment
throughout the country, is now pronounced
incorrect. On its publication our Minister ad-
dressed MIR. DrOuyn de LHuys, the French
Minister of Foreign Affairs, denying the pub
hshed statement, to which the latter responded
that MIR. Rouner's statement was incorrect.
This correspondence has been in possession of
the State Department for some time, and will
soon be given to the public ..,
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BOSTON BOoT AND SHOE MARKET, July 20.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter says:-s'There
has been noticeable activity in the Boot and
Shoe trade the past week, and the anticipations
of previous dates are being realized. Buyers
who are here from the West and South are APP
parently satisfied that there is no prospect for
q decline in prices, and are buying their assort-
mepts with as much dispatch as possible.
Shipments by rail and sea the past week show
a good Improvement being more than double
those of last week. From the appearance of
our streets and warehouses devoted 10 the diff
ferent branches of the trade, we are reminded
of the lively times before the war;
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BIDS For HIDES &C

The following were the bids for hides, tallow,
hoofs, horns, chucks, shins and tongues opened
on Friday last at the office OF Col Bell, Depot
G. s.:
e. G. Baugh, Philadelphia, S1050 per head:
don. New York, S1O.11; James E. Bath gate,
Newark, N. J., S9.16. The contract was
awarded to Mr.. Baugh. The contractor is
charged for each animal slaughtered at the
various camps contiguous to this depot, wheth-
er the hide, tallow, &c, is taken by him or not
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DTThe Postmaster General is deter lined to
stop the carrying of letters to Europe by
steamers not employed in the regular mail
service; and, hereafter, none OF these vessels
will be allowed to carry letters in a ''ship's
bag" even when inclosed in United States
Government envelopes. The rule will be so
strictly applied that consignees of goods will
also be included in its operations.
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~A testimonial benefit has been rendered
Mr.. John T. Ford by Hon. Thomas Swami,
Mayor Chapman, members of the Senate and
House of Delegates, the Press and several
prominent merchants of Baltimore, in consid-
GRAFTON of the closing of his theater in Wash
ington, and the esteem in which he is held by
the citizens of Baltimore generally.
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PEoMoTIoNs.-The President on Saturday
promoted Colonel l.. &. Baker TO the rank of
Brigadier General, ''for," as the commission
recites, 'smeritorious services as Provost Mar
shall during the war, and especially for dill
gence in the suppression Of frauds against the
the murderer of President Lincoln-J. Wilkes
Booth ard his accomplice-to date from April
90, 1865 the day of Booths capture and death.
Col Dan. Macaulay, of the 18th Indiana,
(Gen. Lew. Wallace's old regiment,) was on
Saturday appointed Brevet BrigadeT General.
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T IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE
IL POST OFFICE, GEORGETOWN, d. c.,
JTTY 1914

To obtain any of these letters the applicant must
call for advertised letters give the date Of this
list, and pay one cent for advertising.
If not called for within one month, they will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office.
Place the postage stamp on the upper right hand
corner and leave space between the stamp and di
the writing.
A request for the return of letter to the writer,
If unclaimed within thirty days or less, written or
printed with the writer's nape, post, Office and
State, across the left hand end of envelope the
face side, will be complied with at the usual pre-
paid rate of postage, aable when the letter is de-
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80 The theatrical wOrdrobe of ]. Wilkes
Booth, the assassin, which was picked up from
the wreck of the schooner Marie Victoria, has
been sold by auction in Canada Though most
water, they realized high prices A dressing
case, nearly In pieces, brought fifteen dollars,
and spoiled costumes were knocked down at
twenty five dollars each