Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-01-22

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is, 1862.
TRBAsURY.NoTEs.

Treasury, notes are rapidly rising to par
here. President Garrett, of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, day or two since |
negotiated a large amount of the demand |
notes at par. He gives it as his opinion that |
the plan which the bankers and Mr.. Chase |
have sgTeed upon is not comprehensive |
enough, and that it will only answer for
month or six weeks, when another plan
will have to be devised to supply the Treas.
ury.
THE SMALL PoX IN WASHINGTON CITY.
The small pox is increasing in Washing
ton TO an alarming extent. IL is among high
and low, and in all sections Of the city. Toe
number of soldiers down with this disease
is eighty.one, the numoer having doubled in
a fortnight. One of the convalescent
soldiers from this hospital came into the
War Department day or two since with the
marks Of his disease fresh upon him, and
was very quickly driven into the street. The
cerelessness of the hospital physicians and
keepers is notorious, and it is in this way
that the disease has spread among civilians.
TIE INDIANS.
The Committee on Indian Affairs in the
Senate have a novel proposition under con
sideIatiop, which is TO gather all the scat
tered Indian, tribes into one nation aud at
one locality. 1t is said by Western men that
the plan will work much better in theory
| than in practice.
NEW PROPOSITION.
Senator Shermau's new plan for a Con-
| gressional newspaper at Washington does
| not meet with much favor here. Tue Senator
| proposes to call the paper the Daily Record
and the Congressional Recordafterit is bound
in quarto volumes.
| THE EFFBOT OF ACTIVE OPERATIONS IN MIS-
| SOURI,.
Persons from Kansas, and others engaged
in the military operations in Western Mis-
| souri,, say that the number of negroes left in
the whole State does not number ten thou
| sand. A Missourian, whose opportunities to
| form correct judgment are excellent, says
that about two-thirds of the slaves have dis
appeared, leaving about thirty-ive thousand
| behind. The exodus has been most largely
to the South, but large numbers have es-
capped into the free States and Territories.
Whatever may happen, the institution is
finally broken down in Missouri
GOOD FOR OLD PENNSYLVANIA.
Governor Curtin, OF Pennsylvania, has
asked permission of the War Department to
send eight full regiments of infantry and one
of cavalry, now in that State and ready tOE
service, upon an expedition to the Southern
coast.
THE FRANKIEG PRIVILEGE.
OeYeral amendments are Ieauy lot tue OIL
abolishing the franking privilege when i
comes into the Senate. 1t is said that Sen
ators and members will be allowed a stipula
ted sum in stamps, in lieu of the privilege o
7 franking.
TREASURY DEMAND MOTIFS.
a The Committee of Ways and Means ar
q now said to stand two to one in favor Of re
G porting a bill authorizing the issue of on
Q hundred million dollars in Treasury deman
}, notes, te be made legal tender, with th
9 privilege of converting them at option int
2, six per cent. twenty. year Government bono
OF 7 80 notes. 1t is also understood that
portion of the committee are in favor of pas
d ing tax bill of 5000, 100000, believing tn
n the country is not only prepared, but willir
l. to stand such measure.
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