Year: 1865

WASHINGTON Jan. 20, 1865.


DEPARTURE OF MR. BLAIR FOR RICHMOND.


AZ announced In this mornings HERALD but denied by
other papers not having Of obtaining correct in
kelgence, Mr.. Blair left tho Don for Rich
mond Speculation Is rife the purpose and authority
With which he goes, but doubt is expressed Of its
Importance, and favorable results expected in official
circles to flow from it.


The Star says-Mr Francis p Blair left this city to.
day with the purpose 1t is believed Of paying another
visit to Richmond Ho left the United States steamer
Don, on which vessel he made his last trip The Don
had boen lying at the Navy Yard wharf special
orders during the morning At eleven o'clock Mr. Blair
arrived at the yard in carriage, and quietly on
board the Don whose lines Immediately drawn in
end she left at quarter past eleven O'Clock Mr. Blair
was accompanied only by his servant we believe
MoSBY's GUERILLAs ON THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO


RAILROAD.


MosbyS guerillas tore up the track of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad again night before last near Dueds
Station and threw freight train or The engineer was
robbed Of his money vauabes and one or two cars
broken into, when the rebels numbering from two to
four hundred, decampcd, disappointed that IL was not
passenger train with plunder their TASTE The
damages were repaired in limo for the passage of the
trains yesterday


INCREASE OF OUR NAVAL sQUADRONs ABROAD
The Navy Department designs establishing an European
squadron, under the command of R,ar Admiral Colds
borough and will largely increase the Brazil and East
India squadrons


THE DEBATE ON THE LOAN BILL IN THE HOUSE.
Tho debate on the Loan bill In the House to day was
very interesting and important The evident determine
zion OF majority Of the House that further increase
OF currency by issues of legal tender in any shape
should DO permitted has disposed finally Of the expecta
tion-very generally entertained-that the currency
would DO still further inflated II was with great dni
Guilty that the House could be induced to leave dscrc
onay with the Secretary of the Treasury to issue even
tne balance of sixty or seven millions remaining
unissued under previous acts It only ON the en-
phatic declaration, by Mr. Stevens and others
that the Secretary was himself unwilling TO exercise
this power, and would only do in an emergency
Of the most vital necessity 1t may, In OF the dc.
velopments Of to-day be confidently expected that fur
ther imitation in the currency will only be made by tho
issue Of national bank notes. and this not to the
indicated by tho amount issued to them, there
be deducted tho circulation Of the old State banks retired
upon their conversion TO national banks


INCREASE OF THE ARMY RATION coxMUTATIoN.
Mr.. Ganson to-day authorized by the Military Com.
mtee OF tho House to rcporh bill Increasing the
mutation value Of officers ratons to atty cents during
tho war and adding to each volunteer officer one extra
ration for each year of service.


ENLIsrMENrs IN NEW YORK.


Considerable difficulty has arisen from the enlistment
Of veterans In New York. under the Misrepresentation
that they to receive from the city bounty Of
thousand dollars All that be done for those
residents Of New York who enlisted there undor those
circumstances is to permit them to enlist from some
othcr place where there may be higher bounty given


ARRIVAL OF GENERAL DE TRoBRIAND.
General Do Trobrland, Of the Army OF the Potomac,
arrived In town to-day.


THE NEW YORK BANK OF COMMERCE.


The Bank OF Commerce in New York has been created
. National Bank with capital OF ten millions.


GENERAL THOMAS COMMAND.


The Department of the Ohio has been added to tho
command Of General Thomas.