The Portland daily press., 1865-11-28
BY TELEGRAPH,
TO THE DAILY PRESS.
From Washington.

From Washington.
fngL srt.f WASHINGTON, Nov. o. "a
To-day military commission, composed of
Gems. Hitchcock Mott and Seth Williams,
was organized. 1t is ordered to investigate
certain frauds that have been committed at
Boston by agents, who by fraud aud misrepre-
sentation induced and forced German emil
grants to enter our army as substitutes. The
commission will probably, in short time,
move to Boston, where they will hear the evil
dence of witnesses Etaef Eee "a
Robert Heth committed to the Old Capitol
prison with Taylor, for appropriating for his
own use about twenty thousand dollars in
specie belonging to the rebel government which
Tell INTO their hands after the capture of Rich
mend, has been released by order of the Secre-
tary Of War.
II. Hitchcock and G. Molans have also been
released and turned over to the civil authori-
ties. y
But very few visitors obtained interviews
with the President to-day, owing to the pres
sure of important public business.
L. M. L. Hunter, and the rebel Brig. Gen.
Roane OF Arkansas, were at the Attorney
Generals Office to-day, urging their claims for
pardon. ~ 80
Comparatively few credentials of the MEM
bers elect of the House of Representatives
have been received either from the late insur-
rectionary OF other States, therefore the clerk
bers, and will not probably do SO before Satur-
day. No credentials have been received from
the late insurrectionary States, excepting from
| Virginia in part, and Tennessee complete.
| The position Of the Clerk, however, is under
stood to be as follows: That he is merely to
administer the law of 1868 in placing the
names of the members elect upon the roll his
course on doubtful points being controlled by
| precedent, and by the House in the absence of
/ iudieia} rI1lpo the of no
Whatever defects may be discovered, can of
right be remedied by the House. llI fs
| In addition to the validity and fOrmality of
the credentials, should these facts appear, the
| only other question which could occur, would
be whether the States lately in rebellion are
now in full relation to the other States in the
sense contemplated by the law of 1853, or in
different language, whether they are COM
pletely restored to their rights and privileges
| in the Union.
| The question as to whether certain mem
bers elect can or cannot take the test oath,
will not probably occur until after the election
| of Speaker, whose duty it is to administer it
| to the other members before proceeding fur
ther in the business Of organization.
The Treasury department is delivering bonds
| of the $50,O00O00 of the ive-twenty CONVEX
sion loan, at the rate of one and half million
/ per day. Between 8 and 100000 only re-
main to be supplied to subscribers.
| The Secretary of the Treasury makes no
secret Of the fact that his forthcoming report
on the finances will be merely an enlargement
of the views recently presented in his Fort
| Wayne speech. 20
Com. Palmer has received preparatory orders
for the command of the West India squadron,
| which is now being formed. an r..is
The trial of Com. Craven contained to-day
nothing of special interest
The government has received no intelligence
confr1natory of the recently published excit-
ing reports from the Rio Grande, involving our
troops with the French. 0JEs 80
| All the volunteer troops in Texas have been
paid preliminary to their places being supplied
by regulars. "a
In obedience to orders from the War de-
partment, the Sth and 18th Conn. and 1SSth
Pa. and 103d N. Y. Vols, serving in the de-
partment Of Virginia, are to be mustered out
| of service, ia shald Aa .,ssla. ufI
A counterfeit plate of the 10-40 coupons has
/ been found, and seized by detectives. aA5Ol
Up to the present time, prize claims to the
amount of $1000O,O00 have been adjudicated,
and S9,OO0,OO0 paid.