Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-15


!, important changes. The old rule OF senior
!. fty has been consulted with regard TO thl
/ OhairmRn, but not in the remainder of tn
/ committees Mr.. Wade remains Chairman
on Territ6ffes, aud Mr. Sherman second Of
Finance. Mr.. Sherman was also made
Il Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture
II Mr. COllamer, Of Vermont, Is removed fr0u
4 the Finance Committee. Hefought bitterly
d every financial measure Of tie Administro-
ton last session, and the Administration
men protested agafust continuing him ID
such o place. Fortunately Grimes and
Il IHarlan retain their old positions. Gratz
Brown Is not yet assigned to his place.
Til following is understood to be the
reorganization Of the i've most important
Senate Committees:
FoTefgT ReIatio,,s.-sumusr, Foster, Doc
little, Harris, J6hustoh aud MeDougan,
Filanee.-FesseBdeus Sherman, Howe,
CoRan, CLARK, Conness aud Van Winkle.
MRitGrN Afaiys,-AI AIessrs. Wilson and
Lane, Of Indiana; Howard, Nesmith, Nor
gan, Sprague add Brown.
Napdt 4t;airs.-Messrs. Hale, Crimes.
Ramsey, Wiley, Harding, Anthony and
Htcks.
Posi- oases.-Messrs. collamer, Dixon.
Henderson, 0Ouuess, Ramsey, BoWden and
BuckaIeW.
lCC'CLELLAS's REPORT OF THE PENINSULA
afE OARPAIGN.
Amoug the documents sent in by tho
Secretary OF War to accompany his report,
Is McOlellan's account of his Peninsula
campaign, for the publication Of which
the tory press. has been raising such A
persistent clamor, It will make three Oe-
tayo volumes, about the size OF the report
Of the COMMITTEES on the Conduct Of the
War. No such report has ever been sent
in IL the whole course Of the Government
II e an elaborate history Instead Of re-
port,
.,.l.t sPBAKER GoLRAx's RESIDENCE.
Speaker CoIfax has taken the house ON
F0ur-and.a.haf street, and will begin the
customary Speakers receptions immedi-
ately after the holidays.
IMPORTANT MILITARY BILL.
Senator Wilson, from the Senate Militia,
~ Committee, will offer to.m0fFOw an im- ]
portant bill, to increase the bounty OF VOlf
unteers aud pay OF the army. Section one
provides that there shall be paid 70 such
persons as have enlisted or may enlist un-
der the Presidents last call-to veterans
four hundred dollars, TO others three hpn-
dFed dollars; section two provides for the
payment Of twenty-five dollars premium
TO any one procuring q veteran volunteer,
aud fifteen dollars for any other; section
three appropriates twenty millions Tor the
Of these b0unlies; section four
increases the pay of pFivates to sixteen
dollars month, and nOn-eommissiOned
officers ia proportion; section Eve provides
the same pay. Fati0us, equipage, etc., for
negro troops as for white ones; section big
provides for creditiug each county for
lFo0hs raised by volunteering, either in the
army or navy, before ordering another
draffi section seven provides full pay, L
without tations, for ehaplalns who may De
wouuded, simply putting them ON thesame
footing with officers.
AN IMPORTANT ORDER TO BE ISSUED.
Orders will probably soon be issued from
the QuaFtermaster Generals ofiiee, forbid
ding QuhrtermaBtoTB In the field from make /
log any purchase Of grain OF forage, and
deVolving the whole duty Of uehpuFehases
on the department here, or Its officers at the
supply dsPots.
0AAAltp' j. bas
The President has no information of the
arrival at Fortress Monroe of Vice Presi-
dent Stephens. with proposals ofpeaee from
the rebels, A report 70 that effect was put
in circulation here this morning, and Is
considered foolish canard.
APPOINTMENT OF OoMMIssIoaER.
Charlton 8. Lewis, pastor oE a Gdugrega-
tioH in Cincinnati and son Of C0mmissioneF
Lewis, has been appointed Deputy Commis-
sioher of Internal Revenue, 70 fll the place
made vacant by Mr.. Mcpherson, the new
clerk of the House,
y MEETIHG OF TIM LOYAL LEAGUH.
The Loyal League Convention Is In ses-
sion. here, Il is understood that they haye