The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-03-31

Ter. Jseph Hume Blrnl,, the Ensiish Minister I'D
tltefIDu ami lady and several other invited lady
suosu, aund down to Fortress Monroe, on pleasure
tfip Tho part, will 10 abr,nt hom WrAinrton
three or folr dave, and durine that time may pay
sv,t TO Gcn. Gran; \, CITY PoiH'.
General Items
Hdshirg'1r March 3l-Geuoral liallcct has ie-
eidt that 40 fehe. prisoner portion ot tho" csp-
tuled on SATURDAY At Fort steadman. Who CLAIM ed
that they surrendered GU condition that they b. a..
lop ID tAkc the oath Of aeciance to this govern
men;. shall lc held for the present, but thlt they
,hAll not be exchanged against their viii, Ia o''-
diencc to this decision, the pi'oncrs -ere ptutLcd
to Point Lookout to-day.
de'c-ter from the rctol army, who arrived horo
yesterday. and who is an A'alamA planter reports
that the rctCl authorics have alrcs, plsccI uuui-
Der Of negro troops in the in'ronch~cut' surround
inr Richmond but tha, they are afraid to t-st 'hom
Ia arrc bodies, aud as prccaut,nlry mtssute. tho
negroes arc ,inply formed into hattal.ou..
This afternoon Niss MARY Harris, who Il vii to
remembered. shot Mr. BirrourhS clerh go the
Treasury Department, In enc OF the hdls of ;ht tud
ing the 3uth of January ast arfuiSEoi in the
Criminal Court on An indicin.cut char-in; her ~ith
the crime found b, the Grand jury on Iucsia" last
Official notification has been received Of TIE follow
ina exchange Of pri,oner, Of var
All United Sta,cs officers aud mc1 Tri'oncrs n v.r
not heretofore declared etchuused, who yer" toll'-
cred on parole At savannah, Ca anu tLntl's'un, =.
G.. during the months Of Nuyuultr aud loctu.hrr,
lSti and all no, heretofore tfcAred excl ls,d. dee
hvctcd On parole on the James RIVER Va, from the
lbth Of Noycu' sol 70 th 2ath day o. A.rh l-o5
both day inclusive, and 10 navy p-toucis delivered
al Any points up 20 March luth, lob5.
Collector simeon Draper has nade an elaborate of-
fetal report Of all the iScis concerning the cotton
taken at SavAnnsh by General sherman. The total
number Of bales Is aS,boo Of which 6oo bale. are
Sea Island II hsd been gathered IN from the various
Confederate stscs partly to prevent lie ialinr into
IL Possession Of the uipn f iotoos but if u
clpaiy that T. tul.h .ht easily le sLIl7ed uy bio En.e
tunntrs. The greater Iortiuu oi ~ belonged "a
the called Confederate Gevcrumcu'. II
found stored Ia diNcICut sect ons of tie city,
Soon after General sherman t"ot o.. ''-'iHn o the
cotton, many ~ Wrut into the warehouse on
their own account iu Savannah and marked n large
number " ls.os hlly u '''sc marks r,plc-'ul,d
Ieisons vho were deed. The poItonr "a DO thus M
81 'he hale, and pioies,cd 10 to reuuiuc claimants Of
the cotton, wcre not the legitimate living ppfcf'ntG
hN' Of tho iouutr ON n'rr. llt-c facts bsihf hu"~
Al order whs Immediately issuct to prevent p'I."i'
entering the warehouses whtte the cotton was 1tcd
The luitct ~itcs aT,u's OF oN.rr-, dd not obilt't
ate any private marks tiu-t bale ~ the SbvHn
| nah cotton, Nr. Draper, N "A putuc notice hnuuanc
ed that any statement that part derltrd tu Iaht
| concerning the cotton would D. received hN nm aefn
dee snAioi Tor that purpose. Many 'tNicW"uts wci'
and NJ the proiet tine ~ receive dut conrd' thtot
from th. Secretary Of the lIcasury. within the u',
ten days part OF THE cotton will be ad'crt,s-d io
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