Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-03
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
From Washington Dispatches to the Rspx5lean Press.

The Army of the Potomac is fairly under way at last
ana H may not now be improper the fact its
oase line Is cut All the depots the railroad from
alexandria have been broken up the rolling stock has
beea brought n aud the moving columns hive their sup
phes with them Before they have eaten their ten days
ations they must find stores of supply on the Freds
rcksourg and Richmond railroad, at the old White
House Landing, on the James river There be
cuse for datoy movement and it remains to be seen
whether Lee will give them "a fight or race
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
The forthcoming report Of the Land Office will contain
much valuable information which will astound our enc
mics across the water. IL will show that while we have
been carrying on the for the suppression of the rebel
ion there has been an unusually large settlement"
our public lands. Not only in the Northwestern States
but in the mining regions of Colorado, Idahoe and New
Mexico large entries of public lands have been made and
the grap producing Of the Republic has been largely
extended This is very gratifying and unexpected
suit 1t will also be seen by the report immigration,
prepared at the State Department that the war losses
have been than balanced by the influx Of aborers
from abroad
CHAPLAINs TO COZ GREss
Mr. Horace Greeley and other friends Of Rev. John
Pierpont are urging the election of that gentleman
chaplain either to the Senate the House Mr. Pierpont
came here, will be remembered as chaplain to the re-
ment raised by Hon. Henry Wilson, but finding himself
unable to stand the fatigue If camp ie he accepted
clerkshp in the Treasury Department His health 10
good and his intellect is clear it nearly forty
years ago, when he gave toast at Fourth of July
dinner in Boston, The spiritual and the carnal weapons
Of our Fathers wefare--Bibes and Bullets
/" In Freedoms fight both tell for many a head ~.
That to Seovens light bows not acA BOW to kindred ad
THE PRESIDENTS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
There are good grounds for believing that the President
will embody in his message Congress the main features
of his plan for the restoration of the loyal people of the
rebel States to the blessings and privileges of the Union,
and that the policy thus announced will was telegraph
ed last week. be in accordance with and urtheranco
Of the proclamation of freedom We are assured that the
suggestions embraced in this portion Of the message will
be generally considered by loyal be emneuty just
wise, and efsctlve-T Tribune
THE FINANCIAL ESTIMATES
We are enabedto approximate still more closely to the
estimates for the fiscal year ending June 80 1865 which
will bs embraced IN the annual report Of Secretary Of
the Treasury Those for the Interior Department will be
slightly reduced il the expenses of some OF the Bureaus
But this will be balanced by the increase the estimates
for hs State Department The aggregate estimates for
all the Departments, except the War and Navy, will
therefore be about the last year that say,
round numbers $36 600 900. The estimates for the
interest the public debt which $33 900
last year have not yet BEEN completed but cannot be
pected to fall far below $65 600 900 The
Navy Department estimates are fraction over $I42-
100000. The footiDgs will, therefore, stand thus:
War Department. S535 100000
Navy department I42,OOO OOO
Other Departments 36 100000
Interest on Pubic Debt 65,0O0OoO
Grand total. S7o3 10000
The aggregate will probably fell considerably below tho
above footing and certainly cannot $500 O00
The principal which most of the additional interest
to be paid is of the 6vetweny loan The inter-
certificates of indebtedness cannot but be consde
ably lees than last year. both because longer after
March 3, payable in gold and because the issue now
and has for months been much lees than during the cor
responding period last year We have omitted and arc
inclined TO think that the Secretary will omit from the
table Of estimates the 73O ioan which falls due August
9 and October J. 1854 for the reason that holders
already rapidly converting it into the six per cent bonds
Of 1884, and likely the day Of redemption approaches
to exercise the faculty Of conversion to still greater
exeut The difficulty Of estimating the amount of these
short bonds which it will be necessary to redeem, in
the uncertainty to whether they be paid
in gold greenbacks-s question which it would be q
wide departure from the usual Of Mr. Chase to de-
eide before he is obliged TO make decisiou.-T Tribune
THE TREASURY REPORT
The annual report Of the Secretary Of the Treasury on
the condition Of the finances is the hands of the
public printer. 1t will be much larger than heretofore
aud contain various interesting tables subjects not be-
fore emb died in such documents The general arrange
meDt will be much improved. To this report will be
added the reports severay OF the Commissioner Of Inter-
nal Revenue and the Comptroller Of the Currency.
THE NEW FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
The various rumors of the withdrawal Of the new rac
tional currency without foundation in fact The our
rency duly issued and preparations nesry completed
"a issue it in quantities the of the D. bic
may require The objection to the paper splitting wh oh
was raised against the Treasury paper specially but which
said o be equally true TO all paper, has produced
good result for has stimulated the Treasury make
paper which cannot be sp-a desiderstum before
attained Such paper making for the Treasury,
and all the will be printed upon it su-
cient quantity eau be manufactured.
COL BELGER DISMISSED THE SERVICE
Col James Belger, Chief Quartermaster at Baltimore,
tried before urt-martia upon charges Of neglect
Of duty and fauuent conduct in hiring Transports
the purchase Of suppes and found not guilty" The
court added, in explanation, that although in in
stances Col Beger appeared to have purchased coal at
higher rates than cash market prices yet the
kind o fluids proyid by the Government for psymsser
aud the urgency Of orders under which he frequently
cs 10 act and the conseq en necessity for immediate
action no criminaiity was attached thereto.
The Secretary Of War ia reviewing the case set forth
thai Col Brgsr for nearly year connected with A.
g. Hall and Cobeus IN large business transactions, and
IA duty In i'm Il