The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-30

FROM WASHINGTON.
Congressional Proceedings
CASE OF RAPHAEL SEMMEs.
Stewards Trip to the West Indies
MEETING OF GENERALS
Burial Place of Union Soldiers.
Financial Afairs-Encnncies in the
Regular Army---DisiribuiiO Of
Prize Money. ,.E
CASE OF RAPHAEL SEMMES.
Stewards Trip to the West Indies
MEETING OF GENERALS
Burial Place of Union Soldiers.

| Regular rmy--.DisiribufiOn OIL
Prize Money. tn
New YORK, Jan. 28.-The Times
| Washington special says: Raphael
Semnies, Of Alabama notoriety, Rear Ad-
miral, Brigadier General, &c, has him
| self prepared an elaborate argument,
which was presented to the President
| Saturday night, by his counsel, Judge
Hughes, in which he claims the benefit Of
the Sherman-J Johnston parole, and that
under this parole he is entitled TO be dis.
charged from prison until he shall be
tried and convicted.
Secretary Seward and party returned
to Washington on Saturday night in the
steamer DeSota The DeSota proceeded
Immediately to St. Thomas, and then
made a complete tour Of the West Indies,
from ST. Thomas on the East. and Santa
Cruz on the West, stopping at Saint Do.
mingo city, Port AuPrince, the Capitol of
Hayti, and Havana, spending few days
in each port, and being most cordially and
Hospitality received b. the authorities
and people every where. The two West
India Republics, the Domincians and
Haytians were unexpectedly found ut
peace. all the recent troubles having
been ouieted At Havana the party
we're Hospitality entertained by the
Captain General The entire party have
been greatly improved i'll health and
igor, especially the Secretary and his
son. vho are now able to walk without
the use of canes for the first time fer al
most q year. The ladies of the party.
Mrs. Frederick Seward and her sister,
Miss. Wharton, were also much benefit
ed
The Herald's special Washington dis
patch saT3 A circular has been issued
by Rrevet Major General Donelson, Shief
Ouartermaster Of the Military Division
OF Tennessee, requesting surgeons, chap
laips, agents of the Sanitary and Chris
tan Commissions, Quartermasters. Off.
GERS and soldiers, who may have served
in the army at any time during the ar
in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Al.
ALBANIA, or Georgia, having knowledge OF
| the location of cemeteries, places OF buri-
| al, CT of the scattered graves OF any OF
chr brave soldiers in the States above
named, to send to Captain l.. b. Whit
man. Assistant Quartermaster at Muir
freesboro, Tenn, such information as Will
be useful to him in identifying in all ca.
ses of burial wherever our armies have
served. Captain Whitman has be epas-
signed to the special duty of visiting the
battle grounds, cemetries or places where
the Union dead have heen inferred in
that military division, and to report
thereon with view to the establishment
of national cemeteries and the removal
of those OF the dead to the places
already in process OF completion at Chat
tanooga aud Stone river The above is
part of the general plan already sue
cessfully inangnrated by Major General
Meigs.
The projected assembling III Washing
ton during the present week of Gener
ais Sherman, Thomas, Meade and Sheri-
dan is causing numerous surmlses there
as to the object of this important meet
ing The most probable solution IS that
they have been summoned by the Presl-
dent, TO give him trne statement OF the
affairs III their several military DIVISIONS,
III view OF congressional proceedings III
relation to reconstruction The Tribune's
special says they have been invited by
General Grant to confer with him at his
headquarters in relation 10 the reduc.
tion Of the military forces, the disposi.
tion of troops and affairs generally within
the limits nf their respective commands
Other prominent regular army oth
GERS would have been ordered to be pres.
ent at the conference had it not been
that they are stationed at points distant
from army headquarters
For the 400 vacancies in the regular
army there were 5000 applicants The
proper Glling Of these positions, General
Grant remarked few evenings since
had caused him more anxiety and LABOR
| than the management of an army in the
| field
But one National Bank was establish
ed last week, the Chattahoochle, OF Co
lumbus, Georgia, with capital OF $780,
| 900 The total number now IN operation
is 1880, deliveries OF national currency
amounting to S2,e6S,2OO. The total
amount delivered up to date is S24S,'
-347l0 The disbursements Of the
Treasury Department, including trans
| fers for the week ending on the 9th
inst, amounted to 25,430, ,293 dollars.
A committee of the National Academy
of Science. on Friday evening last, held
| a conference with the House committee
on coinage weights and measures, to
consider the feasibility of introducing
some new system relative to these
matters.
Much inquiry having been made as to
when the money will he distributed in
the prize lists for the Charlotte and Stag,
captured by the United States ships
Walrus, Maratanga, Wildemiss Nause.
mond Admiral, Monticello and South
No c, it may be interesting to many per
sons to know that the lists have been re
ceiyed at the Office of the Fourth Audi