The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-05

at Il street wharf, was discovered To be on fire
I'm the vicinity OF the boiler, and efforts were
AZ once made 10 qnench the flames. The fire
naa gained considerable Roadway, but well.
directed streams from the engines prevented n
very rapid spread of the fire. Still, 1t was
coniined TO the inside Of the vessel, and it was
almost impossible TO tell whercit would event
ually burst forth. Shortly after ! o'clock Il
bright flame issued from the bow Of the boat,
ana that portion was quickly envelopcd in
names, and 1t made rapid progress toward the
stern. The arrival of additional steam en-
gines gave some hope of saving at least n por-
ton of the vessel, butthe lateness of the hour
compelled our reporter TO leave the scene be-
fore the effect OF the additional streams of
water could be witncssed.-Ntioaa fattHi-
gtaceT.
INDIANS.
TIL delegations from the Sac and Fox and
Iowa tribes of Indians, now in this city, had
an interview with the Commissioner ofIndian
Affairs yesterday.
The BUSINESS OF THE TREAsrRER's OFFICE.
Accounts and vouchers TO the amount of
over seven millions of dollars daily pass
through the hands of General Spinner in the
ordinary transaction of business.
Captain +. I. Bridges, G. s. V, yesterday
opened bids for two thousand barrels of flour.
One thousand live hundred barrels were ac-
cepted at Slo.o9 two hundred and fifty barrels
aLSl0.31 and two hundred and fifty barrels
at 400 About five thousand barrels were
offered by various parties at prices varying
from 500 to $40. 80.
New certificates of indebtedness, amounting
10 $751; 900, were issued by the Treasury De-
partment last week.
PENSION BUREAU.
The Commissioners of Pensions is re-estab-
fishing pension agencies and examining sur
gcons of pensioners in the Southern States
But few vacancies have been filled.
PERSONAL.
Fitzhugh Lee, the rebel cavalry officer, is in
the city.
IN TROUBLE.
William b. Cole, an employee in the Patent
Oflice-employed, no doubt, bccausshe claimed
to be 4 loyal refugee from the South-has been
caught stealing from the Washington Monu-
Incnt fund.
GENERAL LEE HAS APPLIED FOR PARDON.
We apologized yesterday, while publishing
the statement that General Lee had not APP
piled 10 be pardoned, for so publishing it
This morning, on the authority OF the wash
ington correspondent Of the Baltimore 1mert-
c1a, we are enabled TO pronounce that state
ment erroneous. AS long ago rs September
last ne addressed n communication to General
Grant upon the subject, who sent it at once TO
President Johnson, who still has it under con-
sIderatiOn.
ADMISSION OF SOUTHERN CoNGREsSMEN-IMPOR-
TAST, IF True.
The Washington correspondent Of the Phil
adelphia Ledger writes:
l will venture on the prediction that the
delegates 10 Congress are admitted
within the next thirty days, and possibly some
of the members from the Other States. My
authority for this is no less Il person than the
Speaker of the House, and he is generally sure
he is right before he goes ahead. There Will
be some concession to the Radicals to effect
this. One thing is certain: the opponents OF
the Presidents policy will be made TO face the
music. The President has already brought
them 70 n better mind by his ~proclamations to
the Governors of several of the States, and he
will shortly seal the bond of restoration by Il
general proclamation announcing that the
union OF the States is again complete.
ASSUMPTION OF STATE DEBTS.
One of the first things to be done by Congress
next week is to take up the subject of the as
sumption of the loyal State war debt. Tn"
course, press the claims with so much earnest
ness that they cannot be resisted. ltrwould
be political ruin 10 vote against the assump-
ton of the debt OF his W state. The amount
has been stated at only twenty-Seven mil
lions, but this is Il low estimate. Were all
the Southern seats in the House and Senate
filled up, Some one would, no doubt, venture
to move 4 provision for the assumption of the
State debt, old or new, or both or
the allowance of the four hundred millions, or
on account of the emancipation of slaves,
which President Lincoln suggested at the
hampton Roads conference Us one Of possible
concessions of the United States III case of
peace and restoration.
GENERAL HOSPITALS.
The Surgeon General will issue IN order in
Il few days disseminating all United States
general hospitals. This will relieve the service
of some seventy volunteer and contract sur
geons.
RESTORATION OF PROPERTY.
Yesterday the Freedmen's Bureau turned
over to their owners three farms. situated III
Loudoun county, Va, containing one thousand
two hundred and siXty-siX acres, which had
been held as confiscated property.
DESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
The resignation of Major-G eneral Cox, Go
vernon elect Of Ohio, has been accepted BY the
of War.