Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-25
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Jan. q

WASHINGTON, Jan. q.
THE CAPTURED GUNS.
Tne Secretary of War communicated to the Uouse
To-Day, IN compliance with resolution correSpon-
denee between the Superintendent of the United
States Military Academy and the Chief Engineer of
the Army relative to marking with the names of bat
ties the captured guns. 1t appears that upwards of
among them many of historic value and not few of
foreign manufacture The guns in charge of Can
tain Balch. who asked instructions relative to mark
ing them with suitable inscriptions.
General Delafeld suggested that it is not desirable
to nserbe on any of these evidence of capture
as trophies OF war; to remain at an institution where
young men rom all parts of united and once
happy country are to meet and contract friendship
1t should be our study with these vOung gentlemen
to prevent nothing Of an irritable or boastfu spirit
to be placed constantly before the eyes of those
section of country suffered by rebellion Let historv
tell the evils this rebellion has produced and let ne
through the instrumentality of the military Academy
review its powerful influence in establishing ma
to follow scholastic fellowship under military train
ing for years These guns should be preserved only
as historical of the artillery of the service and
indicating the period and place Of manufacture of
each caibre and desert ptOn of gun omitting every
thing connected with capture or use
REGIsTRa TION OF VESSELS.
The Secretary Of the Treasury in answer to reso-
luton of the House. gives list of vessels registered
in 1865 as American, WI hich have been under foreign
1ags and states that large number of foreign YES
sells. which had by various means fallen into the
hands of the Government. received American regis
ters on being sold to private parties Some were
prizes and others were assumed to be of American
build from the impossbiity of tracing their origin
ana from the aoSrdty OF refusing papers to vessels
purchased OF the Government. He says that regis
ters have been issued to persons applying for foreign
vessels or vessels transferred to foreigners He re-
fers to complaints of evasion of the law, and deems
them unfounded.
In one case that of the ship "Nunquam Dornio"
owned in Maine, the transfer by Liverpool agents
declared unauthorized and fraudulent and the
cancellation of her register by our consul at Liver
pool has been ordered to be set aside. The names
of 2S steamers brgs sch0onerS and barks are given
20 of them at the port of New York having heen un-
der foreign flags have received American registers
A GOVERNMENT AGENT SENT TO NORTH CAROLINA
DR.. Powell starts for North Carolina Tomorrow
He is charged with variOns matters connected with
the Treasury and Post Office Departments and the
Freedman's Bureau.
A RECIPROCITY TREATY.
A meeting was oday arranged to take place to-
night at the Treasury Department at which the Sec
retary of the Treasury. the Committee of Ways and
Means, and delegations from the British Provinces,
were to confer IN relation to the extension Of the re-
ciprocity treaty.
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
1t is stated that 100000 of the new issues Of the
fractional currency which is intended to supercede
the old issues of small circulating notes. will be issued
daily during the coming week.
INTEREST or THE SEVEN THIRTY BONDS.
The interest on the 7-30 bonds, amounting to
s., 0O000 falling due on the 18th instant is being
redeemed by the Treasury Department and all desig-
mated depoSitaries. Over $l25,000 in coupons have
already been redeemed.