Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-30
Miscellaneous Items.

persons were arrested in Brooklyn yes
! terday for passing counterfeit and otAel
worthless bills on various New jersey
Banks. In their possession were founC
Is of the defnnct Commercial Bank o.
Perthamboy, counterfeit los ON tbs
State Bank CT Newark, and altered 5s on
the Farmers Bank of New Jersey, al
Mount Holley. $40
A fire occurred yesterday morning al
Seton Hall College, South Orange,
New Jersey, which resulted in the des-
truetion of the main portion of the Col
lege, and the beautiful marble building
which has been used for the purpose OF
Seminary. M lives were lost. The
valuable Libraries and articles of moro
than ordinary value were saved. The
building was insured for about $50, 600
The HerGlds special Washington dis.
patch says, circular has been Issued by
Bfevet Major General Donaldson, Chief
Quartermaster of the military division
of Tennessee, requ sting surgeons,
chaplains, agents of the Sanitary and
Christian Commissions, Quartermasters,
officers and soldiers who may have served
in the army at any time during the war
in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Alabama or Georgia, having knowledge
of the location OF cemeteries, places of
burial, or of the scattered graves of any
of our brave soldiers in the States
above named, to send to Capt. Z. B.
Whitman, Assistant Quartermsster at
Muifreesboro, Tenn, such Information
as will be useful to him in identifying, in
all cases, burial places, wherever our
armies have served Capt Whitman
has been assigned to the special duty of
visiting battle grounds, cemeteries, and
places where the Union dead have been
inferred in that military division, and to
report them with a view to the estab-
lishment of national cemeteries, and the
removal to them of the dead They
will be on the plan of those already in
process of completion at Chattanooga
and Stone River. The above is q part
OF the general plan already successfully
inaugurated by Mai. Gen. Meigs. M
The projected assembling in Wash
ington, daring the present week, of
Generals Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan
and Meade, is causing numerous sur
misses there as TO the object of this i'm
DOTl6nt AECttuk. uO HOSb DEODdUic
solution is, that they have been sum-
moned by the President to give him a
true statement of affairs in their several
military divisions, in view of Congress-
ional proceedings relative to reconstruc- 4
ton. The TTibunes special says that|
they have been directed by Lieut.. Gen.
Grant to confer with him at his head
quarters, relative to reductions of mill /
larry force, and the disposition of troops,
and affairs generally, within the limits
of their respective commands. Other
prominent regular army officers would
have been ordered to be present at the
conference had it not been that they are
stationed at points distant from army
headquarters. 0 ~ assaJ
For the 400 vacancies in the regular
army there were over 600 applications \
The proper filling of these positions,
Gen. Grant remarked few days since,
has caused aim more anxiety than the
management of an army in the field.
But one National Bank was establish
ed last week, the Chattahoochie. of Co
lumbus, Ga, with capital of 100000 |
The total number now in operation is
1850.
Deliveries of national currency,
amounting 20 $2,868, 200, were made
last week by the Treasury Department.
The total amount delivered up to date
is $248, 734,7l0 The Disbursements,
including transfers, for the week ending
on the 9th inst, amounted to $25 $780,
2o3. lr1 ~, RE
The Academy Of Science, on Friday
evening last, held conference with the
House Committee on Coinage, Weights
and Measures to consider the feasibility
of introducing some new systems rela-
tive to these matters. Much enquiry hav- |
ing been made as to when the money |
will be distributed on the prize list for
the Charlotte and Stag, captured by the
United States chips Malvern, MAINTAIN
"a, Wilderness, Nonsemond, Advance,
Monticello, and Connecticut No. 6,
it may be interesting to many to
know that the list has been received at |
the office of the Fourth Auditor, and |
the distribution will be made in the
course of month or so.
Orders have been issued for the re- |
duetion of the clerical forceof the ord |
nance department some 240, the redue
ton TO take place on the lst proximo.
q The applicants filed for clerkships at
the treasury department, have now
reached 2,200. a