, 1863-01-30
. FROM WASHINGTON.
MATTERS CONGRESS- I0NAL,
MILITARY, ETC., ETC.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tsibunc-l
WAsH1NGToS. Jan. %, 1868.
Col Jos. McClurg, Emancipation Repre-
sentative elect from Missouri, to-day filed,
through Nr. NOEL, Ills answer to Il notice by |
Mr.. Price, the present member, Of his inteu-
tion to contest the seat.
Col, John F. Miller Of the Goth Indiana has I
been appointed Brigndicr General by the Pres
idcnt, for distinguished bravery ut Murfrces- |
boro.
The Indiana delegation some time ago re-
commended Gen. Mi1roy for Major General
slip. The Michigan and Western Virginia
| delegations yesterday presented similar re-
| commentators.
| 4 movement Is said to be on foot, or at
| least Is urged in newspapers to induce the
New York Democracy to unite on Thurlow
Weed for United States Senator. It is claim
ed that he could carry enough Republican
votes to swell the Democratic vote for him
into majority. The election comes off On
next Tuesday.
The Senate yesterday confirmed Judge Otto
as Assistant Secretary Of the Interior, and to-
day he was sworn in and entered on the dn-
tics Of his Office.
Saulsbury's confession to-day was so hum
bic, and his apology to the Senate SO conl-
J pletc, and his promises for the future SO
fair, that nothing is likely to
be done with the motion for
his expulsion for the present. Senators say
! that after his acknowledgements it would
I look like persecution, and they can afford to
t bc niarnauimous There Is no division OF
/, opinion, however, as to the unprecedented
4 nature Of his rufianly conduct. It was utterly
0 without parallel in the whole history OF the
American Senate.
The Mayor Of st. Louis and other promi
&c ueut citizens, arc here urging the establish
n 1nent Of q navy yard for the gunbost Hcet, al
1t st. Lonis They regard the prospects Of sue
u cess flattering.
le II turns ont that the Judiciary Committee
& only rejected Bingharns bill endorsing III
I'd Proclamation, on technical grounds. Som
measure Of that sort Is still likely to rccciy
O. its sanction.
as Senator Rice's bill, authorizing new lines q
railway to Poln. Of Rocks, Pittsburgh au
Chesapeake Bay, appropriatcs two million
and half Of dollars.
SECOND DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON. San g, 1853.
The tax bill is under consideration in til
lis Navs and Means Committee. Various inte
III ests are pressing various alterations aud col
In siderable number are already adopted.
ac- Some congressman, including one Or mo
ad members Of the Ways and Means Committe
bis have given their adhesion to Secretary Chase
cd. national currency scheme on condition OF &C
cb- tain notifications doing away with featur
es, coercive of hunks.
lei Senator Henderson in the course Of his il
passioned appeal in behalf Of the pending b
cid providing for emancipation in Missouri, 50
mi that St. Louis contributed more to the trcs
asc ury under the Excise law than than Cincinn:
ned and Chicago together.
hcY New YonK. Jan. 29-The New York Tin
nee cditorially gives currency to statement Il
49, Ho1ucc Greeley las entered into personal I
eu1 CotiatIons with H. Mcrcier, the French Min
) to 1cr. for tic promotion Of French interyt
re- ton. The 1i7ts says: "Unless NC hare be
.,, fnisinfor1ncd, and NC are open to correctt
~'N' on this point, Mr. Greeley has held persol
interviews with the French Minister, and
'ias written lin letters assuring HIN tnat ths
er'6 pic arc tired Of the WAT; that tney ces
tion peace above all things, and they arc ready,
aud welcome tho Intervention Of the French E
.nt's pcror, or any DISTINGUISHED European POW
for an adjustment Of the controversy betwt
thc Government and the rebel States.
had furthermore been told that hc mas
Grated, If not opened. correspondencee
tlis subject with Mr. Vallanaighain, Of or
: win view TO corporation In some plan,
!! :, in mediation as the most feasible plan Of F
~ ting an end to the present war" -
To- WAsHlNo1oH, Jan. ea.-The report OF
orce House nroeccdjnEs left of at 9 o'clock
morning, after witch, LII. Potter said that