The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-09
FROM WASHINGTON.
Congressional Proceedings
HOSPITALS at Point Lookout
AFFAIRS IN FLORIDA.
Indian Delegation at Washington
The Vacant Supreme JGdgeship-The
Joint Committee ON Beconstructicn
"A Soldiers and sailors' National
rAnventInn

| The Vacant Supreme JGdgeship-The
Joint Committee ON Reconstruction
"A Soldiers and sailors' National
Convention. t-
NEW YORK, Jan S-The Tribune's
Washington despatch says: 1t is consid-
cred certain that Congress will grant
| the petition for the transfer of all hospi-
tai buildings to Point Lookout, as at
least a temporary asylum for disabled
soldiers and sailors.
Andersonville is now guarded by a
garrison of twenty men. The cemetery
Is in the immediate charge of Union
man named N. A. Walker. = ,.f..r.
There is not PAL ticle of foundation
for the report that Chief Justice Chase
asked for the pardon of young Ketchum.
He has not directly or indirectly express
sed any wish in the premises.
The special inspecting office OF the
freedmen's bureau reports that General
Fisher, military commander in Florida,
has been notified by several OF the plan
tere that unless they are permitted to
shoot their negroes whenever they chose,
they will leave the State Quite num-
Der not having received the required per-
mission have already emigrated to Texas
and other States The inspecting officer
also reports that Notwithstanding re-
ports to the contrary, the harvest in the
State mentioned, with some aid from the
bureau, will be amply sufficient for the
support of the colored people during the
winter
The war department has just issued an
order assigning number OF the officers
IL 70 rtIfu a q
assistants of General Baird, assistant
commissioner of the freedmen's bureau
for the State of Louisiana.
The Times Washington special says:
The last order for mastering out troops
relieves Virginia OF all white volunteer
troops.
1t is stated that George Bancroft, the
historian, will be invited to deliver a
congressional eulogy upon President Lin
coin
During the year just closed the Ohio
| State agency, in this city, under the SUI
| perintendence of James G. Wetmore,
| ESQ, has collected at the Paymaster
| Generals and at the United States Trea-
snry, for individual Ohio officers and
soldiers discharged the service and for
| soldiers families and citizens of Ohio, re-
| ,nitted free of cost to them, the sum OF
S965, 1862.
At noon yesterday the representatives
| of four tribes of Indians, the Shawnees,
| Sac, Fox AID Iowas, were received by the
President, in the library room of the ex-
ecutiye mansion The Indians, inclu-
ding their interpreters, numbered six
teen. They were severally introduced to
MIR. Johnson by Judge Cooley, commits
sioper of Indian Affairs They called up
ON their Great Father, they said, to pay
their respects and give assurances OF
their LOYALTY and good feeling. The
President informed them that he was
clad to see them, and they might take to
| their people his assurance that the gov
ernment would act with them in good
| faith and carry out all its obligations to
| their several nations. In response, each
| of the sturdy chiefs gave the Presidents
hand a convulsive jerk accompanied by a
| cultural grunt, which, according to the
interpreter, means, Il am glad: They
we're not apparently much affected by
| the furniture and surroundings OF the
| White House, looking upon the whole
thing with evident contempt until they
espied chair in the library made up
principally of the skin, head and bones OF
a huge deer, and heretofore presented to
the President by Seth Kinman. The In
dians looked at this curiosity with great
satisfaction.
The Worlds Washington special dis
patch saws: Among the prominent names
| mentioned in connection with the vacant
| Supreme Judgeship are those of Newell
Houston and Judge Prigg, OF Tennessee,
and Judge Sharkey, of Mississippi, with
the chances seeming in favor of the first
named.
| The appointment of II subcommittee
| OH Saturday by the joint committee on
reconstruction, consisting OF two mem
hers of the Senate and one of the House
| of Representatives to wait upon the
President of the United States, is regard
ed as very significant of the intention OF
that committee with reference to the adj
mission of the Tennessee delegation
The fact is receiving general comm ent,
and il is not doubted but that early in
the coming week the Representatives
from Tennessee at least, will be admit
ted to their seats in Congress. The Presi-
dent is exceedingly anxious that this
| should be done.
A soldiers and sailors National Con
| vention is called to meet i'll Washington
Oh the 22d inst, for the purpose OF urging
| Congress to pass measures relating to
equalization of bounties, and 20 promote
| the mutual welfare of soldiers and sail
ors. All leagues and soldiers organiza-
tions are requested to send delegates.
The Floyd acceptance case will come
ND in the Court of Claims tomorrow
The amount involved is about $500, 900.
The question is whether the government
is legally liable for the amount of their
acceptance. Among the able counsel en-
ployed are Caleb Gushing. George Beach
and Mr.. Brecwith, of Chicago.
Whom JEFF. Davis and Regan, the rebel
Postmaster General, were captured,
there was found upou the latters person
the sum of sixty thousand dollars IN
bills of exchange on the Rothchilds,
drawn BY Trenholm, Secretary of the
Treasury. These, together with some
others, amounting to upwards OF Sl0O. 900,
were sent to our consular agent at Lon
dou for collection. They have recently
been returned by him to the Secretary
of the Treasury with an Endorsement on
the back by the house of Rothchilds that