Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-18
Saturdays Report
MISCELLANEOUS items.

NEW 1oRK, Dec, lb.-Ihe Herald 8
Washington special says: .+e@
Orders have been issued for general
election to be held in the District on the
2fst inst, to ascertain the feelings of
the people on the suffrage question.
The Herald 8 Fortress Monroe cor
respondent says. osh t~
JEFF Davis is turning his attention,
more than ever, to the concerns of his
soul. He has recently been visited by
bis old spiritual adviser, the pastor of
st PauIs Church, Richmond, who pass
ed the entire day in his srison in reli-
gious reading and conversation. and ad-
ministered to him the sacrament.
! The World s Washington dispatch
contains the following:
The Secretary of the Treasury has
decided not to anticipate the January
interest on the bonds of more than the
whole amount of interest payable in
gold.
C. P. Huntington, Vice President of
the Central Pacific Railroad, yesterday
received from the Treasury Department
$l1 900 in bonds on account Of the sec
ond division of that road, which is now
completed
The Herald's dispatch from Wash
ington says:
The settlements of the back pay and
accounts Of discharged soldiers will be
much facilitated by sending their dis
charge papers directly to Col. Paulding,
paymaster in charge of the District of
Washington.
Gen. Fitzpatrick leaves here to. morrow,
and will depart on bis mission to Chill
on the first of January. --.---.-.
The Commissioners Of the Freedmen's
Bureau, for Virginia, has submitted to
General Howard proposition concern
ing the transfer of negroes from Virgi-
MIA to unoccupied government lands in
Florida. TsA result of conference
between him and the legislature com
lnittee will probably be submitted to
Congress. 1o.a -.
Times Washington special says Sec
retary Stanton left the city, last evening,
for trip North. vu E3l BI 8
General Grant has issued orders to
commanders of posts whore powder is
stored. to take precaution for its pre-
serVation. The close of the war has
left immense quantities Of powder on
the hands of the Government
Hon. VIM. A. Darling, of New Y York,
on Wednesday, offered the following
resolution in the House, with view to
provide pensions to Surviving represen-
tat;ves of hundred day men. It was
omitted in the Press report Of the pro
ceedings. sa-,r..r @g..f o.s-a b
Z @ Rss0lUed, That the committee on
military affairs be directed to inquire
into the propriety of allowing pensions to
surviving representatives OF soldiers
called into the service of the United
States. for period of 100 days, or less,
who died while in the service Said
committee to oreport by bill or otherwise
The Worlds Washington dispatch
says that Representative Egglestou, of
Ohio, will introduce into the House on
Monday, a bill % repeal the charter of
the City of Washington, and place the
municipal government in the hands of
three Commissioners, as was the case
many years ago. Hsd ~
The Cabinet was IN session yesterday
afternoon, all the m membsrs being pres
ent. Lieut. Gen. Grant was in attend
ance at their deliberations
An investigation has just been made,
which shows the fact that s M Clark, of
the Currency Bureau, and Jordan, of the
Treasury, were both in possession, more
than a year ago, of all the information
in regard TO the abstraction of the plate
upon which the counterfeit hundred
dollar Treasury notes were printed.
Gen. Spinner, it is said, is now satisfied
that the plate was taken from the Cur
repcy Department, and that the Aineri-
can Bank Note Company are entirely
| innocent of hsmatter. @es, .esgss~gs
The 7ribane's Washington special
says q quendam consul at San Juan,
Porto Rico, informs the State Depart
ment, under date of Nov 10Th, that the
ports of Arriebo and Aguadilla have
been closed as ports of entry and left
open only for expectation. This reguIa
ton is to take effect three months from
the 18th of November.
The Navy Department has received
advices to day from Commander Brasher,
Of the Pacific Squadron, stating that the
Government of Peru intended to make
common cause with Chill against the
| aggressions of Spain.
The clerical force of the Treasury De-
partment is to be reorganized and re-
duced to one hundred by the FIRST of
next January.
The 7Tibuae's washington special
says: Gen. Howard's official report con.
cerning the operations of the Freedmen 8
Bureau and the condition of things in
the South, is still in the hands of the
! President, where it has been for seven
or eight days, and its publication has
not yet been. permitted The delay is
aseribed to It's containing statements
concerning the spirit and conduct of the
/ peopleAof the rebel States calculated to
show that the withdrawal of all control
in those States would endanger the safe
y and interests of freedmen and Unioa
people. A publication of the report is
looked for WITH considerable interest.
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