, 1862-01-22
THE LATEST: NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON N--SECRE-
TARY STANTON aCLEAR-
ING THE DECKS FOR
ACTION
Two Assistant SeCretaries---The
Case Of Bright Railroad
Matters.


Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune1
WASHINGTON, January 21, 1867
Secretary Stanton is hard at work reorpan-
Kfng the Var Department. The following
regulations concerning the transaction of
business is to be made:
The Department Will be closed four days in the
week to al business s1ye what pcrtains to active
operations in the field.
Saturdays Will be given to Senators and Repre-
Mondays will be allotted to others recurring
:pe@rsona1 re intervieSg with the scdsetary Of Wsr..
nobody on business at his house.
Wednesdays his friends viii be1ecefved socially.
Ese5y Day the Secretary will dispatch business BY
mah or IN written communication before entering
on other duties.
It is also announced that no further army
appointments will be made until March 1st,
SO as to leave room for promotions for gal
lantry in e-feld. ALI nominations now pend
ing before the Senate will be suspended until
March lst.
Officers frequcnting the city, otherwise than
On military duty and by command Of supe-
riors, will be dropped from the list.
Secretary Stanton being invited By a friend
to visit the fortifcations after Bull Run, said
II can't, it would scar my eye balls to see
those proofs that my eountsy's Capital is be-
1eaguercd."
There is no likelihood that tie Baltimore
and Ohio railroad will be opened while the
rebels remain at Manassas.
Mayor Wallach has discovered that the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Company have by
act Of Congress franchise OF roadway along
Pennsylvania avenue or any other city street,
1t tue city authorities assent. Tic City Coun-
Gil have appointed i joint committee to con-
fer on the subject with the President of the
Road.
: The Board now sitting has retired Col. Bell,
1st cavalry, and Lieut.. Col Andrews, 9Th in
fantry. Capt, Bond, I'd infantry, was adjudged
1T for duty.
The Associated Press telegram statement
that the rebels are leaving Manassas, is
discredited at headquarters.
at last accounts they were in statu QUO.
When Burnside and Buell. co-operate they may
be forced ont Of their entrenehnaents, but
hardly before. Gen. Brannon's Department.
comprises Key West, Tortugas and Florida
to Apalachicola on the west, and Cape Como
rcrac on the east.
Secretary Stanton has sharp, sudden shears,
with which he has already begun to cut away
red tape, in spite Of bureaucracy. To the
men trying to Sell muskets, be said, to-day,
that he should, before buying, SEQ if those
now in the soldiers hands were going to be
used.
Cameron gaTc i, dinner to the diplomatic
corps tonight. ALI but the Prussian Minis
ter, whose cards were out previously, and his
guests, were present.
Secretary Stanton has an interview with
the MiGtaly Committee of both Houses
tomorrow. The Judiciary Committee com
mence the examination Of, Witnesses touching
the censorship oftelegnph; tomorrow. News
paper men are invited. *. !: --..-
". Thompson and Robert Dale
Owen are spoken Of as Bright's probable sue
ecssor BY Gov. Morton's appointment in case
Bright is expelled by vote Of two-thirds, or
resigns, in Difference to the wishes Of major
ity, which is sure. Garrett Davis aud Andy
Johneon are against him.
third division Of the Supreme Court has
been constituted, putting Ohio with Michigan
and Indiana with Kentucky. It is suggested
by Trumbul1 and will probably be adopted.
Thirty-two clerks were removed from the
Treasury Department to-day.