, 1865-01-20

II Qa1termasttr's department On duty at OF
in the vicinity Of militAry hospitals, will on
tae re9nisition Of the medical officer In
cha re, furnish cofIins and other reasonable
facil'ties for the intcrmept OF officers who die
In hospital.
eccrctary Stanton, Gen. Barnard, Chief o1
ed here late last evening from Savannah
Quar- u 1master Meigs, WHO was expected back
yesterday, will not return for several weeks.
The captured cotton is being shipped 10 New
York as rapidly as possible.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
The Superintendent Of Public Printing, in
his annual report, states that the cost
printing paper and binding, for the year end
ing On the 9oth Of September, WAS 81 ,42o, 600
The cost Of public printing and binding 1o1
the present year, ending IN September next.
cost Il ,25o.o .o00. The journeymen have earned
an average Of $ day, and the girls an aver
age Of 81 a day.
TIE MEXICAN QUESTION.
Agents Of the Mexican Republicans here
urge The Government not to recognize Maxi
milan, on the ground Of his af1iiiatfon with
the rebels.
Congress will soon be asked to publish large
collections Of documents at the State Depart
O.
Senator Sumner declined the Invitation to
deliver an eu]ogy on Edward Everett before
the Legislature on the; grounds that he has
never been absent from bis place in the Sen
ate single day while he has been member
oft, except wheh kept away by physlcal dis
ability.
Gov. Andrews has commissioned three negro
eergeants, who were g1ycn medals for gal
lantry in storming Fort Wagner, and whom
Gen. Foster recommended as Second Lieu
tcncnts. The War Department has, how
ever, up to this time, refused to muster them
into the service.
ITO the Associated Prea..]
NEW SonK, Thursday, Jan. 1s.-The Ways and
Means Committee heard arguments today on the
question Of rcpsall1g he paper ~ duty. TIE paper
ternined opposition TO the repeal.
The committee to Investigate Indian frauds Is
leadg to commence work
of the Treasury, in letter TO Hon E B. Wash
burne, Chairman Of the House Committee On
Commerce, saye: Tho numerons expediens Fe,
defiaud the revenues. especially on our extended
Northern and Northwestern frontiers, renders ad-
ditiona1 legislation highly desirable. Hs submits
@srch S a. ISIS W Which R t expired by }imi.oa II
1877, since which time .there has existed no au-
bo1itY for searching carriages and other land ve-
hIclce, other than those crossing frontiers.
Il l. proposed to revise this act By an
1hortty and extend the provisions Of the 6sth
eectfCn OF the collection act OF IT'S, ant1oftIhg
the rearching Of houses, &C.. under proper Judi.
cia1 warrants to Inspectors. This ls believed TO be
necessary, As raany Of the collection districts are
80 large that The delay consequent upon procuring
The special authority now required from collec~
tors, naval officers and surgeons for ,sueing out
search wurrsnts, to be executed at points remote
from the part Of entry, has frustrated the objects
sought The Secretary thinks It would add mate
rally to the efficiency ot the Law II the vehicles
End beasts Of burden, with all that 8ppettasus to
1hc were euhjcct TO forfeiture, as ia provided by
the hill. Other provisions regarding the giving
Of tcetimoLy BY officers and Others Interested in
forcfturte arc believed TO be necessary to An CT
Gcicnt execution Of the revised laws.
Comptrn1tr IayloE u:akee statement Of fees
paid from the appropriations for California claims,
and expenses Of the courts for the rear ending
Dcccn6es s, 1861, amounting to ~, 500. Of which
SIS 100 was paid 10 IT, H. Esasts, counsel IN pr1ze
caee=.
detachments Of the 6th Illinois, under the com
uand OF Col. clendcnin, and the 18Th and 10Th New
York, under Col. Ganxvoort which started from
through Fairfax and London counties
as 7ar as WaHenton. They found
no large hodIcs Of rebels in arms, but brought 10
t. horses npd eleven prisoners. During Friday,
Col, xClrudefn1u with bis command dashed into
Lccsbur. and captured mail carrier with letters
from men In Ros=er'e dtvision Of rebel cavalry
now stationed In the Shenandoah. 70 parties In
Loudtn Co. In the expedition the Onion troops
did not lose single man.
To-dly the Semitic confirmed the nomination ol
Gen. Terry az Brig. Gen. in the regutar army FOL
recent gallant condnct, also Pcrkine Bass. Esq.
Of Chicago. to be UnIt:d States Attorney for the
Northern District Of Illinois,