The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-21
From New York.

New Catholic Church i'm Washington
-.BilIinrd Match IN ste rious Pris-
Treasury Doings.-Counterf eit Fifty
Cent NOtes..Arrest of a Notorious
COunterfeiter i'm Quar-.
antiuc.
NEW YORK, November 20.-The Tfi5une's
Washington special SAYS: Yesterday the Catho-
lies of Washington laid the foundation of the
st. Dominic Church, intended TO be the finest
religious structure in the city.
John Derry, champion billiardist of the
United States, and Melvin Foster, played a
match, some eight hundred points, in Wash
ington on Saturday night. Derry won by 900
points.
The Worlds special says: Ii is estimated
that President johnson will issue a proclama-
tion prior to his message, defining more deli
nitely the policy TO be pursued relative TO
reconstruction of the Southern States.
The Herdlds special says: Two mysterious
persOnages, said TO come from Richmond were
incarcerated in the Old Capitol Prison satur-
day. Officers and attaches Of the Prison are
forbidden to hold verbal communication with
them.
Officers of the Detective Bureau deny the
statement that the Bureau is TO be abolished.
The Times special SAYS: The estimate for
maintaining the army for the ensuing year on
the present peace footing is thirty-t three mil
lions Of dollars. There is enough war material
on hand 10 equip million Of men, and subsis-
lance for one year.
An order is to go out from the Navy Depart
ment 10 reduce the working forces in all yards,
and in many eases wages will be reduced.
The Times special says; Secretary McCul-
loch will urge in his forthcoming report the
reduction OF currency BY positive and cautious
means, and will continue the policy of con-
tracing whenever practicable, rs the floating
portion becomes due.
The Government repositories have been noti-
fled 90 redeem upon presentation twenty-five
millions per cents due December LIST, and
forward them TO the Treasury Department for
cancellation. d.
ON account Of their approaching maturity.
the interest notes have been held By the Bank
a. part of their reserve capital though urged
10 replace these notes By new legal tenders.
The Secretary declared they will be paid as fast
a. presented. over four millions OF one year
five per cent notes. long since due. are still out
The Secretary does not look favorably upon
the experiment of sinking fund for the re-
duction Of the debt and viii urge a renewal,
and that the Government securities be in
creased 10 the highest possible figure and that
the excess of receipts over expenditures lie
applied 10 the reduction Of the debt a. fast as
possible.
The steamers City Of London and New York.
from Europe, have just arrived In quarantine
Unfinished counterfeit fifty cent fractional
notes 20 the amount OF about eighty thousand
dollars, together with a quantity Of paper
tools. etc, for cOunterfeiting, were recently
found i'm a house in Philadelphia, bv the
Treasury Department Detectives, Lowell and
Otto Of this city. About twenty thousand
dollars had been finished and put in circula-
ton.
The detectives succeeded in capturing In
Brooklyn on last Tuesday night and commit
ted to JAIL the person said to be at the head
Of this gigantic swindling enterprise. name
". Charles j. Roberts. an alleged notorisu.
counterfeit engraver.