, 1862-08-22
Matters Al the CAPITAL.
sgt IJnpIeasa2lt AfrICsn SILL
III The Woo1pile.
lspcei:l Dispatch to the Chlcaso Tribune.

WAsH1NGToS, August 81, 1872.
Theodore Marsh, in behalf OF the City
Connci} Of Cincinnati, made an application
for the 5'h Ohio to return to that
civ to recruit, or in default Of that, to
return to forts in the neigEhorh,3d
of Washicg:on whi'a recruits Should be raised
and forwarded. Similar applications werc
made in hehaif oi the stll, 29th and 9Th Ohio.
(;en. TIa1leek fifty refused, aud sud hs
so:,:d LOT ALLOW thrm to leave the front.
Tie esd Indiana is the only Western rcgi-
sncnt in the brigade just organized Tor Gea.
s.ur,is, OF Missouri notoriety.
Ai;1ur Mcclellan, tic old ajjutant general
Of Ballccls's department Of tue west. is as
signed to duty in eim,lar position On G.n.
Wri.ht's staff in the new department Of tile
Olio.
l.. Col. NcT left tais afternoon for the West
Whatever regard C'rcoran il entitled to for
| { durance Of captivity belongs el1 tlly to Col
| NstI, who YES alse couti.e5 as one OF the ho5-
7osrs for the safety of The privatee:s, and who
! WIS loLecr ii confinement than even C3f-
eora,.. 1t is understood III It he Hill not return
| "a his old position in the End Kentucky, but
| viii take command Of ne" Ohio regiment.
The returned prisoners crowded the war
department to-day, getting short fnrloughs.
nallcck wanted to order them ut once to their
respective posts in the army again, but they
protested SO strongly against the injustice Of
! refusing them opportunities Of seeiug their
friends after their long confinement that they
| gaired their point and secured furloughs rang
| ing from ten to thirty days.
II is stated that the uncertainty about Cas-
sius H. Clay position grows out Of The prob
ability that the administration will lind it nee
esssry to send him back to Russia It IL Ts
no1ted that Csmeron intends TO return AMI
attempt to secure an election to the United
States Senate from Pennsylvania; and TIL
! government believes that C}ay has established
nlcre friendly relations aud secured more iu
Auenee with the CzW thsn auy new ma
| could expect. Ii Clay, however, is assignee
: to 3 command, it will be with the distinc
understanding that he shall have liberty t
; act On his views as to the proper mode c
r carrying on the war.
Coy. Sprague's colored regiment bushes
seems to remain in Std:u gao. The fact seem
p. ia he cEmittcd that it Rhode 1slaud raises tn
: regiment and puts it in the field, it will b
difficult, ii not impossible, to find q satisfa
. torS method Of rejecting it. Meantime tt
0 hope stems to be entertained that coloro
IS men wont be found to enlist readily, and TIL
= t the president may then be released from tt
c. awkward dilemma
Some OF the clerks OF the treasury depar
ment are osgarizing into military compsni'
j., | to be called into active service whenever Il
: government may think the crisis such til
s. their services will be Of more value in Il
= field than in carrying On the business of Il
t. department Others are leaving to recrr
:e companies, while their fellow clerks are nj
e. ipg funds for bounties to the volunteers th
AZ may secure.
0. Major Generals Cadwallsder and Dix n1
G. Judge J. c. Holt are in town.
~ ~ The new postage stamp bills began to
f. paid out from the treasury to-day, aud 8
~ already coming freely into circulation 7
people complain that they are too small, 10
too much like patent medicine labels, ct
but everybody is glad to get them
as According to the belief Of the post off
n. department silver coin ought NOW to beco
ho p1entier, since there will be no motive in P
I'D ing premium on 1t, aud therefore no pre-.
,ol ol un can be obtained, and no motive for hol
r. 1Ig it.
be WASHINGTON, August 21.-The first p
DE- ments Of the new postage stamp currer
He we're made BIZ the treasury department tod
iu- The currency Was delivered in sheets. VIII
mt | arx perforated like those Of postage stam
1be stsmps are printed on bunk note pap
ard are, therefore, more difficult Of seps
ion ton than the old stamps. The public N
63, therefore be cautious, When separalng !
~. redemption By the treasury department
ent subject to the same regulation as are now
force for United States notes, namely: It t