Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-08-20
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
From Washington Dispatches to the Northera Press

| WASHlNdION NEWS AND GOSSIP.
From Washington Dispatches to the NortAsra Press
| THE MEETING OF GOVERNORS.
After ALL it that Governor Tod Senators Cowan
Harris, Gen. Rousseau, &C. all here voluntarily,
far as the President concerned yet to urge upon hin
the adoption of proposition which has been made by
OF our abest Generals, which will deal the rebellion
be, if not fatal blow The President is understood
will submit it to the GenerainC Chief and the Cabinet
1t only to say that has relation to the con
scrpon but includes important operations in the field
THE MISSION OF GEN. ROUSSEAU
Publicity having been given to plan of Gen Rosecrans
submitted to the Government through Gen. Rousseau
raise ten thousand mounted infantry by volunteering OF to
detach them from the army of the Cumberland for the
purpose of operating the Gulf States in destroying rail
roads, &C. there can be harm in stating that s this
important and feasible which has been urged by
Governor Tod Of Ohio and the several Senators now in
Washington upon the President and Gen. Haleck Were
it carried out il 10 claimed that the men could soon be
raised and that the Gulf States could be and
held without the fighting Of any more great battles
The proposition meets with Presidential favor, and if mill
ary objections be not made against it will probably be
carried out 1t is warmly approved of in the West by
every officer in the arfnies.
SECRETARY STANTON AND GEN. HITCHCOCK.
Martial the Of Cashel have excited great feeling
among the members of the Commission, as we'll gene
rally the army Gen. Hitchcock has prepared an un-
answerabe defence of the action of the board Mr. Stan
toms defenders refer 10 precedents the most
period in English history.
AN ENROLLING OFFICER SENT TO PENITENTIARY.
j. B. Free, of the enrolling officers under the con-
scrpton law in this District who for time has been
under trial by military commission, of which Msjor j.
p Sherboune was President under charges of accepting
brbes and evyng blsck mail while in the performaac of
the duties Of his Office has been convicted and sentenced
to three years confinement in the Albany pententary
forfeiture of all pay due by the United States and de-
prived of all right hereafter to hold any Office civil or mill
tary, under our Government
DIPLOMATIC EXCURSION TO THE LAKES
diplomatic party set out this evening (l4th) on an ex
curson among the lakes and rivers of New York The
party consists understand Of the Secretary of State
Baron Gerot, the Minister of Prussia Mr. Molina the
Minister of Nicaragua Mr. Tassara the Minister of Spain;
Lord Lyons, the British Minister; Mr.. stoeckel,
the Russian Minister; Mr. Mercier the French Ministers
Mr. Schleiden, the Hanseatc Minister; Mr. Bertinatti,
the Italian Minister Count Piper the Swedish Minister
Mr. Asia Burnsga, the Chan Minister; and the several
secretaries and attaches of the respective cations The
first point in their excursion understood to be Sharon
Springs.
CONVICTION OF CoUNTERFEITERs.
W. A. Shannon, the agent of the Treasury Department
who went to England several months ago has returned to
Washington. His mission entirely successful He
secured the conviction of the two countereiters of United
States notes at the York One party swore that
three Thousand ten dollar bills had printed and
the plates destroyed 1t is believed that this is the only
attempt which has been made TO utter paper in
The specimens brought hther only toerably well ex
ecued aud could easily be detect la this country by the
quality OF the iBk aud the rudcy engraved of
President Lncoln Justice Miller received Mr. Shannon
in remarkably friendly manner, provided him with
special seat in court aud compmented him his testi
m0Dy.
AN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
There very considerable attendance of whites and
blacks upon the anniversary Of the Association for the
Relief Of Contrabnnds in the District of Columbia" at
the Fifteenth Street (colored Presbyterian Church on
Thursday evening Toe association is composed of white
women, who organized the 9th of August 1862 and
in addition to their exhibit Of operations during the past
year. they last eve0ng got up the scene Of presenting
reg mental flag to the First Colored Regiment Of g.
Infantry raised here The presentation speech made by
Mr.. George Cooke, was Of course of the orthodox
style and the flag received behalf Of the regiment
by Capt Jas j. Ferree Philadelphia who assured the
relief association that the coored brother represented
the beautiful flag with musket in his hands s the
emblem Of the salvation of the white In response
to calls made upon him JOHN w FoRNEY also made
speech ia which he said he had been of those who
during nearly twenty years had been swayed by political
preudices against the col0red race and yet the
opening Of this grand he bad the conclu
that if liberty TO be secured to us-permanent and
practical bery-it must be by the aid Of tbs colored
upon this continent and in this declared
that any Of the Seeded States hereafter lie readmt
ted into the Union furnish such guarantees viii
thought it extraordinary to look at the dsencbantmeus of
the pa,t year.