The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-04
WASHINGTON.
Srectal Dispatches to The Eveab Telegraph
WASHINGTON, January 4.


WASHINGTON, January 4.
The Finances.
1t is generally believed here that Secretary
McCulloch will avail himself of the action of
Congress before committing himself to any plan
for the contraction of the currency.
The POsitIOa of J"dgs SnarEey.
Judge Sharkey is still here, and visits the
President almost daily. The belief is growing
that he will eventually be nominated to the
vacant seat in the bench of the Supreme Court.
Exchange of C0tRs.
The Minister of the Netherlands has proposed
to the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange
complete set of the different coins of his coun-
try for those of the United States, and the Secre.
tary has given orders to the Director of the Mint
at Philadelphia to forward the required coins.
The Naval Hospital.
The Naval Hospital fund lor the benefit OF
disabled seamen now amounts to the sum OF
Sl0,000,00G.
Lees Application for Pardon.
II has been repeatedly and positively denied
that the Rebel General L. L. Lee has ever ap-
piled for pardon. HIS application is neverthe-
less still IN the hands of the President.
Tho Interior Department.
II is stated that Senator Doolittle positively
declined the portfolio of the Interior Depart
ment to-day.
A ChiIIan Protest.
Senior Asia Burnaga, Chilian Minister mas sub.
mittCd to the United States Government the pro-
test of the Chilian President against the barba-
rous instruction of the Spanish Cabinet to treat
Chllian privateers as pirates.
Reslgaastons Accepted.
The designations of Major-General Fitzpatrick,
appointed Minister to Chill; General j. d. Cox,
Governor-elect OF Ohio; and Maior-General Henry
+. Davis, appointed Public Administrator under
Mayor Hoffman, New York. have been accepted,
to date January l. 1866.
Asstgaed TO Duty.
Brevet Colonel John NJ. Cuyler Surgeon
United States army, has been assigned to duty
as Post Surgeon at Fort Wadsworth, New York
Harbor, and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel j. Bal
ley, Surgeon, has been assigned to duty as Post
Surgeon at Fort Warren, Boston narbor.
Muster O0t of Paymasters.
Special Order No. l, War Department, 1866,
musters out the following paymasters, to take
effect from January l5:-Brevet Lieutenant
Colonels William Tiliman, Stephen w. Crosby,
James A. Parrish w. B. Meudenhall, and
Samuel E. Adams; Majors S. A. Stafford, c. W
Campbell, James Mann, John R. Cravens, Henry
Mcfarland N NJ. Knapp, W. H. McAllster
Champion s. Chase, Zaohariah Voorhies, Fred.
Kelly, William Asson, W. II. Stewart
Cotton Frauds I'm the south.
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and
Harry NJ. Watterson have reached Wilmington,
N. C. 1t has heretofore been stated that their
business is to examine INTO the alleged cottor
frauds in the South
Steamships Burned.
Shortly after IL o'clock last night the steam
ship Fdi'JaT, of the Atlantic Steamship Line,
lying at street wharf, was discovered to be on
fire in the vicinity of her boilers, and efforts
were at once made to suppress the flames. This
was, however, unsuccessful, as shortly after l
o'clock the bow and stern were enveloped in
flames. The presence of the steam engines gave
some hope of saving at least a portion of the
vessel. The exact amount of loss is not yet
ascertained
The BoGTar arrived here yesterday afternoon
from New York, and was laden with merchan-
disc for Washington and Georgetown merchants.
Fortunately, all her freight had been discharged
before the fire was discovered, and thus our mer
chants suffer no loss. portion of the furniture
of the ship and of the personal effects of her
captain and crew were doubtless DESTROYED
although much had been got of. The vessel was
of the first and largest of her class elegantly
fitted up and furnished, and was valued at
S76 0O0