, 1862-08-26
News from Wash1Hxt0n,
Correspondence N T. Ea adj

lNQEfeHQEuQSuCc IN l. Ea 1lQ
WAsI11EG1oS, August q, 1867 !
DR. O. 4. Brownson is here, and it is under
stood that the president has expressed q wish
to have an interview with him. He is An ally
Of the president in the colonization scheme.
He win probably be presented by Mr. Sumner,
rho is understood to have becomes proselytc
to the views Of the .president, who has now
fewer opponents than he had month ago.
TIE RESIGNATION OF GEN. PHELPS ACCEPTED.
I understand that the resignation Of Gen.
Phelps Has accepted Immediately on its re-
ceipf, and that it was the Intention ct the gov
eminent to have recalled him had he not re-
signed.
TIE ADsES7EEs FROM THE ARMY or TIE
POTOMAC.
Some time since this correspondence stated
that it was matter OF official conversation
o1s]y weakened or reduced in numbers BY the
wrongful and sometimes corrupt giving of
certificates of disability to soldiers by army
surgeons. It seems that between thirty and
forty tfousatd men and officers we're absent
on sick leaFe at the date of the series Of great
battles before Richmond This number eK-
ceeded by several thousand all our losses in
killed, wounded and missing, and it is not
doubted that the mass Of the absentee5 were
in reality as fit for duty as tens Of thousands
Who fought desperately for q long waek to
save the army Of the Potomac from annihila-
tion. Hence The system OF checks upon sur
geons which have been recently adopted at
1be War department to put stop to the ini-
quitous system Of granting sick leave, where
BY the efficiency Of cur armies has baen to
considerable extent paralyzed-
TIE EAv3 GRoG RATION.
The ussin reason Of the legislation Of Con
gress stopping the grog ration ia the navy
was the fact that the service has suffered
badly during the past year by the intemper-
ance Of officers, uostof whom are appointees
since The commencement Of the current war.
III officers have been dismissed on account
OF intemperance within year, and nearly as
MaDy more have BEEN obliged to leave the
service for Causes that are traceab1e to intcH-
rerance, 1t is argued that as the hardships
of the Eeamen On board steamers, &c, are not
comparable to What they were On bolrd sail
| fDg vessels, there is no longer the need Of
| sfimulants that formerly existed.
TIE ESL1sTMES7s N TIE BORDER STATES.
| The indust1icusly circulated reports that
| tie Border States huye tiled their quota I'M
| der tie first call, and that no draft will be
| necessary in them, are entirely. unfounded.:
Kentucky has not raised single infantry, and
| but seven or eight caTul1y regiments.
! 1t is Impossible to say bow much Missouri
| has done, since the returns are exceedingly
incomplete, but it is believed tAat she is f'lr
| IRON bayirg raised the number assigned her.
1t is unlikely, however, that there will be
any draft in either Of these lgo states, Tor II o.
! -
Delaware, Maryland and Western Virginia,
| without doubt.
| THE NEW CURRENCY.
The supply. both Of the small Treasury
| Notts Of the Postage currency is rldiculously
telow the demand. OF the ones and twos, the
department received s, 600 worth the first
dsy, S. .0c0 the SECOND day, and Sl2 0oo to-day,
making III al, S2S, to0 in three days. OF the
postage currency, Sc 900 worth of the twenty
1iyes and dttles were received and paid ont to-
dsy, and $1,000 OF tens. Ten dollars worth
ii the small Eotes sid postage currency hyae
leen purchased as specimens, for shipments
to England.
I MEDICAL sToREKEEPERS.
| The six medical storekeepers, provided BY
! the recent act of Congress, we're to-day ap-
rojntcd by the secretary of war, upon the
Recommendation Of the examining board, and
astiantd to duty at the principal army pur-
yey,ng deI,ots. A large number Of applicants
were examined BY the Board, and the appoin; !.
,nents made purify with reference to theiI
Ielative competence.