, 1862-12-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Reported Resignation Of Secre-
tary SeWard.
ANOTHER REPORT THAT ALL The
cABfNET WILL RESIGN,


An evening paper contains the following:
"The town is all agog today with a story to
the effect that night before last Cabinet
Munster and military officer in high position
got into an alteration, which led to blows,
the first blow being struck BY the officer, but
the best Of the affair, until they we're parted,
was with the Cabinet Minister"
To-day, Sigcl was examined before the
Mcdowell Court Of Inquiry. He declared his
entire belief Of McDowe1l's Innocence Of the
charge Of treason or sympathy with the enc
my. He disapprovcd Of McDowe1l's conduct
in failing to hold Thoroughf,re Gap, and, as
lie alleged, in not taking sufficient
pains 10 keep Longstreet's force from
coming through it. He regarded him
self as being under McDowell's command
from the time his force left Warrenton until
after the last battle of Bull Run, and thought
that Mcdowell = failure to communicate with
aud act in conjunction with lis (Sigel's) force
during that time, lost us advantages Of which
We should have reaped the benefits. He also
cl1tieiSes the m;tnuer in which Mcdowell
brought lis troops 10 participate in the bat
tic Of the 29th Of August, holding that he
should have marched via Newmarket, not via
3~-Gentrevilic~ 1880
The following gentlemen hare been ap-
ppintcd Western Pension Examining Sur.
geons: DR., A B. Marcy, Fort Scott, Kansas;
DR.. s. Prentiss, Lawrence, Kansas; Dr.. J.
Strong, jE., Elsria, Ohio; Dr. Matthias Gel
hard, Delaware, Ohio.
Gen. rerte1's eourt-martia1 is rot in session
! today. Portcr'e witnesses are not ready.
The printers have already furnished the
Treasury with son, ,ooo, 600 OF demand notes
in denomination Of one, two, five, ten, twenty,
fifty, 100, 800 aud 0GO dollar bills. OF postal
currency. nearly sA000, 600 have been sup
Piled. OF notes, larger and smaller, still forth
coming from the presses of the contractors,
there ART SO, Geo 600 above one dollar to be de-
liSere5, and some SO, 600 600 below that de-
nomination, making a present deficit Of it,,
OOO,eeo Work on contract has been delayed
by call for notes Of smaller denominations.
An analysis Of the votes on the passage Of the
army appropriation bill, the other day, fur
nIshes an interesting classification Of mem
bers. The following members lodged:
.McsErs. Allen, Bailey, Corning, Delaplain
Holman, Kerrigan, Knapp, Lansing, Law,
Lazear. Nugen, Perry, Phelps, Steele
yallandjghan., Tibbard, Voorhees,
Ward, Wheeler, Wood, Wright, and the fol
. | lowing voted against the bill on its final pas
sage: Messes. May, Norton, Wickiffe, ani
; Ihaddcus Stevens.
The Ch:irmnn Of the Ways and Means Com
, | mittee has explained his recently introduces
t finance bill in a lengthy speech. which th
!, | following are extracts: "The bill, as al
! -. -, +rx7 Sr+r
:. on individual responsibility, with the sole oh
l ject Of referring it 10 the Ways aud Mean
Committee. Neither the Secretary Of til
/ Treasury nor the Committee had eyer bee
= consulted with regard to It; nor, althoug
| referred to them, has it ever been considered b
e the Committcc- It's objects and interest
;. seem TO bc equally misunderstood and mi
represented It is known to the Hous
e that do not approve Of the present inanci
7 system Of the Government. The system :
&c originally devised by the Committee ar
it passed by the House was simple in It's NJ
r / chincry, and easily understood, and formed
r uniform currency, sustained by the faith
4 the Government, and furnishing but one Gu
rency for all classes Of pensions; but the siz
~ p1icitics and harmony Of this system We
ID Doomed to he naangled rs heypassed throus
I'd the Senate. They beran by creating ty
C. kinds Of currency for the same people, Ea1
Is 1uistake.s' Mr.. Stevens said that he mea
,r only to roiut out the defects cnerafted on t
e -, +,<,, sa,,.a. ~ - +,>.+ :
ed system ~ ~ nen''o auo sAlaansu ~ 'n:s' =
g. vleW OF the n1li was intended 10 restore I
Q | law to the precise condition in viii
mt ~ 1eff tbc Housc: Mr. Stevens nj
e. .,:..4 - t,.. -,.o.>,s7t-,
Ia explained 'nc ou9ec. - LII p'opost1'<
oe was to tax bank circulation, Which, he sa
ed WIS intended not for revenue, but for pro
I'D ,,;t;o,, T., ,racr tn <;xe wider circu1ation
~ pnlon, II oioei ~ e0 s1sel .
TX United States notes, and induce tnelr c1feo
ms ton, and to prevent undue imitation OF c
~ ,a,,cx Srcb j, 1aw wonld drive at 1east {
10 ,e sur . -" 49, - ,,a.1. ,,a+as s,t
zas hundred million aoi'afs OF oanA no.es ous
,11r circulation. What was left, with Uni
ny States notes. would give circulation Of
re, ,...s..o5 ~,i,Iione i7o11sra an ,,nonnt raoni
Shs hu4h ~ 4ha fMs;ness If The conntrN While 3
" .ae ousra&sn businesses ~ +Se @ hanEs n;f+t % hnid
ing nsion t1,e;r eon;t 4 =, ~
all ,e;t hoM ase aeti ~ 1oaet e.. ~ ,'at. y.
,,ar 9a.. ,,1a 1'a1, - t1,;p pet ~ se
If circnist;a, en+:, IT, 4h1ea-fnnrths II Fi9 -