, 1866-01-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE WHITE HOUSE
RECEPTION.
Funeral of the late Henry
Winter Davis.
AWARDS OF PRIZE MO-
.NEY TO NAVAL =
OFFICERS,
ouR RELATIONS WITH MEXICO
Macmillan Unable to Pay
the French Troops.
Abstract Of Governor Fentol's
Message. ::
lNAECT RATION OF STATE AhD MUNICIPAL
OFFICERS.
LATER FROM EE:NIA,
General Sweeney Urging a
Compromise.
General Sweeney Urging a
Compromise.
The 0'Mahoney Endorsed by the
Fenian Congress.
GREAT FIRE IN PHILADEIr
PHIA---L0SS $25O,000.
Details Of the Loss Of the Con-
Stituti0n.
FRUM WASHINGTON,

Unclaimed PackaEes-LieutennntS Nome
mated for PFotno1lon-A Rebel Mur-
dercr Arrested - RclAflous Of the
Freedmen and their Enaployern-
QuaxtcrmnAtcrHm M 1kIeret Out-lEnpor-
tant Dec1"ton Of the Qunrtermaster
GcncFn1-Prccautions Against Petro-
ftun. Flrex.
Especial Despatch to the Chicago Tibune1
WAsH1So1oN, Jan. 2.
Gen. Nufford, former Exchange Commissioner,
Is here cpacavosipg to cloee the business Of hts
Office, which fo1 some time past has been located
nt Richmond. BE has ttirl on hand about one
thousand unclaimed boxes and packages, which
were sent to OUT soldiers while prisoners IN Libby
and cast1o Thunder, and it seems impossible 10 find
the owDe1s. Col Muliosd recommends that the
Eoode be eithcr FOLD or turned oyer TO the Freed.
mems Bureau. Most Of the packages contain
blanketa and clothtnc.
Can't Jes; Mari and J, Y. McMu,1ay, both of tbe
It No; light artillery; The FIRST BY Nj. D1air, and
The murderer OF Ande1ron, one Of the coloscd VIC
tins OF The Alexandria mol has been arrested lie
,nfnf out ~ 10 Be n e7-tceel major Military Com.
~ LOT toe uis @ o. ihe rioters Will oe Convened
Gen. Howard b. 1eeesed intelligence 1om ra.
rtcty Of sources that the freedmen IN most OF the
southern 1ates not disposed TO labor ior ,heir
Late masters IN consequence Of tho undergraduates
Of the compensation offered them. The xcrnts Of
the bureau In the eouth have great difficulty On
this account With both whits nnd black. Many
o. The largest planters absolutely rcfuse TO nay
theat late chatiels living wages for 1her toll and
as natural consequence the negroes fefnse 10
work In mEny instances the Aaslstant Com1uis-
eioners have succeeded In setting there diculhes
10 the Eatisfadlou of both parties interested but
AZ general thing anarchy md cont1RIon exist
regulations Of the Bureau aEe carried out The eys-
ten M works veil; but unfortunately 1or the fya1sm
the otueFs Of the Commissioners arc wholly diefe-
Eafded IN districts wnere there atc no United
sla1cs troops 10 enforce them, md there ia where
Ill the trouble LEG.
"A large number Of Assistant Quartrrznaste7s OF
solthftE1s haFc Just bten mutteFrd ont OF scry1ce
among them The following: Capt. o. Il. Clelns and
u. B. Lacy, Ohio; Jas Wilson and A. n. Tucker,
cousin Z. y. Lc1lnewell and Phineas 7. Barnard,
MiehIEan; Herman q. Bohn. Missouri.
The 9unttetmaeter General has decided TINT no
ayment shall bc made to railroads In the States
lately in rebellion, excerpt on the certificate OF the
o13ceTs charged with tales OF military raIlrpsd
property the1ein that such h3ye not incurred
any indebtedness to the Uulted Staies, or Il in.
cu!cd that its indebtedness hns been dlkctsr ed
in full.
Admonishcd by the disasters which hare resulted
from the burning Of petroleum, The Secretary Of
The Treasury has directed collectors Of internal
revenue to rec thai eve{ tTecantpn oc used IN the
storage OF this combRstib}e matter, and whenever
applications are made tor The slogagc Of lhe same
the Depastmcn: statement that the warehouse Il
established Will not in case Of ire endansce tha
uses md property Of persons dong business in
it, vicinity,