, 1862-12-17
MATTERS AT THE CAPITAL,
HEAVY PENALTIES ON 4 DIS
LOYAL OFFICER.
THE SMALL CURRENCY QUESTION.

It is stated that charges either have been or |
wil1speedily he preferred against Gen. schocnf- |
They involve his conduct as officer and gen
tleman, aud his personal conduct Oh the bat |
tlc-fe1d.
The statements to this effect come from |
Buells friends, and it is understood that the I
charges probably cmanate from the same
source.
Nothing took place i'll the Porter court |
martial to-day. Porter's dispatches to Nc
C1ellan and Burnside, in Which his tTeaeher-
GUS disposition was very clearly manifested,
we're put, in evidence yesterday, and produced
q most damaging effect. They are believed to
| be the dispatches on which the President
| based his opinion Of Portcr'6 trcachery, which
| he expressed to Pope.
These and McDoweIl's evidence seem to
| have left Porter absolutely without defense.
| There is little doubt now entertained that
| Pope will make his ease, but fears are enter
| tanned that nerve will be wanting to punish
| Porter.
/ Mrs. Gen. Lander is about to start to Hilton
Head to take charge Of the hospital. She
| ranks second only to Miss Dix.
The Republican Senators had Caucus this
afternoon on tic question Of political arrests.
The conclusions they arrived at have not
tlanspired.
CalebB. Smith has been nominated by the
President to-day for vacant District Judgeship
in Indiana. He will Of course be promptly
confirmed and will vacate the Secretaryship
Of the Interior
/ The question Of 'successorsbip is still in =
tangled condition.
The Secretary Of the Treasury il making ar
rapgements for issuing the currency composed
Of his revenue stamps to take the place Of the
present postal currency. He hopes by tie
1st Of January to be able to issue SSoo, 900 Of
thcnew currency daily. The new arrangements
are which being made for the circulation Of
postal currency in the West do not contem =
late distribution in Ill cases through the Post
master, but in what maJ seem best adapted to
) secure the general circulation in each locality,
In many Of the cascs the Post Offices will
probably be found the best means Of distri-
, | button.
1 Both Houses buried Hanchett to-day with
| appropriate euIogies and then adjourned.
; Lieutenant Fl. McCl1ng Of company G, 135th
u Pennsylvania, from western Pennsylvania, re
Gently convicted hss court martial Of conduct
unworthy an officer and gentleman, and pre-
judicial to good order and discipline, uttcrinE
- dfsloyal sentiments is eashiered and de
priycd from ever holding office, and sen
fenced to confinement in the Old Capito
:. Prison or such other place as the Command
ing General 1nay direct during the rebellion
, the sentence to be Published throughout tn
United States. This is by far the scvercs
~ punishment yet awarded to any Of our nulne1
- GUS disloyal officers.
Mr. Seward Gays his latest dispatches fron
:. England and France indicate that foreign in
~ teryention is out Of the question. His judg
; ment, in view Of his former predictions, ca
- be taken for what it is worth.
r. G. Corwin Of Ohio, is guest Of Secre
- tary Smith.
~ WASHINGTON, Dec 16-Mordecai Motle
was nominated to the Senate yesterday as th
y principa! clerk Of the General Land O6ic<
and ]. Whitley, Of Wisconsin, as Indian AgeE
for Colorado Territory.
The body Of Gen Bayard left for Washing
s. ton to-day. He was to have been marie
4 NV York, Dec. ia special to the Ne
= York 1izaes says:
q It appears that the payrnaster's departnez
N is able to procure only about 3S00, 900 per da
1oi hAEES. hAAE tAS SAEtL.tuA Il ~
II q ,oe0,000, This fact is owing to the i11abilit
es- Of the manufacturers to supply the govern
n n mcnt currency, and accounts for the inju1
TO- done the soldiers.
Of WAsH1NGTos, Dec 16.-The Army bill r
en- ported from the Committee of Ways an
Means appropriate S731 900, 600 for the ye:
led ending June 1864.
'ur Senator Wikinson's bill for the removal I
lot the several bands Of Sioux, assigns them
pc reservation near the Missouri Ri7ef-suffieiel
es, to give eighty acres Of good agricultur
lts lands to each individual, and appropriate
in SlO0,Oo for their removal. It provides tn
ted the old reservations shall be sold for tile be
:. eft of the tribe, and that Individuals ri
, IN | sought to prevent the recent massacre sh:
lcl- be allowed to remain and retain l6o acr
ere each.
,rp- Senator Rices' bill In aid Of . canal to co
ltc- meet the Minnesota River and the Red Riv
ted; Of the North, grants for which purpose m
in lion acres Of Minnesota lands, besides t.
the right Of way Of 200 feet in width.
lent WAsuNGToS, Dec. 16.-Thc President l
ing nominated to thc Senate Hon. Caleb B. Smi
art at present Secretary Of the interior, to
the Judge Of the District Court Of the Unit
up States for the District OF Indiana.