The New York herald., 1867-04-20


permission Of the War Department made receiver OF
the bank and directed 70 take charge OF its an Tne
Treasury Department Was almost i@msoa'sy noUnea "
oepeI svsvne that he had aesssd the oacers Of the
b..k on The suppositon Of fraudulent completely, and
the Ia news received i that the president Of the bank
w.s mot % b found and had probably escaped arrest
General swayns has telsgaphed that he thinks that the
asst. az ths bank win only satisfy the
claims, which are entitled pnorty, bus that there viii
be enough TO pay depositorA mwm
Fertility Of Ncbraska.
An emigrant from the vicinity OF Boston, Mass, 70
Nebraska called on the Commissioner OF the General
Land once yesterday in reference TO homestead he
had taken up in Ooe county, Nebraska, within fifteen
miles Of the Missouri river He describes the land there
as unsurpassed in fertility the rich black loan averaging
about three feet in depth This county is mostly prairie
land, and has not been known rich land. Cotton
wood locust and maple trees, he says, spring up from
the seed and attain the diameter Of to eight inches
In four years.
Soldiers HonorabIy Mentioned tor Merits-
s riOus Services. eNtsa
Brevet Major General Griffin, commanding the Mill
ary District OF Texas tho 10th instant issued
order '.mentioning the following named enlisted men
for conspicuous zeal and meorous conduce rendered
~ nurses and attendants United States hospitals dur
ing the cholera epidemic last year Hospital stewards
J. n Ssverns, Eugene Himly and z. p. Hills; pnvates
y Kackhon, Company B. Twenty sixth infantry; Dyer
n. Goodspeed, Company G, Seventeenth nfantry Fred
Peterson, Company E Thrtyhf infantry; Alexander
Rossnberger Company D, Twenty-sixth infantry; VIM.
NOVEL;, Company G, Twenty sixth infantry; Henry
8. Seldom, Company N, Fourth cavalry; Jos hcKew,
Company c. Fourth cavalry; Charles Lmburgsr,
Company L. Fourth cavalry John =. WISE
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and Peter Mcknight, Company r, Fourth cavalry; Jaa
Kirkman Sixth cavalry, since deceased stephen lang
ley Company F, Thirsy-eghth colossd troops; Daniel
Morgan, Company D, Thrtysighth colored roops John
Jones' Company G. Thirty eighth colorsd troops; John
Armstrong, Company B. colored troops, and Sergeant
Deighan Company B, Fourth cavalry.
Consolidation Of Virginia Railroads.
In the Virginia Legislature yesterday the bill consoli
dating the Norfolk and Petersburg the Souhside the Viz
gina and Tennessee and the contemplated Cumberland
Gap roads, passed both Houses to be hencefoh known
the Atlantic and Mississippi railroad Tho vote in the
House yeas in favor Of the bill The con-
stitutional majority required This triumph
for consoldatonsts Is due entirely to the unremi
ting energy Of General William Malone, who becomes
President Of the combined roads, The shareholders Of
against the consolidation. a4s.iE
Information Of official character received here de-
MES the report which appeared in several newspapers
short time SINCE the effect that the imperial army In
Mexico was enlisting men in Havana The statement
referred to calculated convey the impression that
enstments were being made In coosiderabls numbers
whereas the present information states that. upon in
vestIgation, found that but ten men had enlisted
from Cuba in the imperial artillery, and these men sue.
ceeded in entering the Mexican army without the
knowledge OF the Cuban authorities The Captain Gen.
era has announced his intention Of holding 70 strict
responsibility any person who may be found guilty Of
aiding either directly indirectly, the enlistment in
Cuba Of men for Mexican armies for breach Of the
Neutrality laws
6f Coincidence Money.
Two anonymous letters were received at the Treasury
Department this morning containing money which was
appropriated 70 the Conscience Fund The r enclosed
SS 50 forwarded BY former private In the United
States Army, and which had been illegally taken BY
him. The second sum 1880, was due the government
for drawback dutes and is the writer says. not
science money. nor any attempts made to defraud
the government
Receipts for CustOms.
The following Is statement OF the receipts for Gus