, 1863-05-20
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Mfpatch to the Chicago Tfibune.1

WASHINGTON, 3Ia5 II, 1863
The confiscation OF rebel property Is at Inst
beginning in the District Of Columbia. Prop
er authorities day took possession of the
Ebgart residence, now occupied By Count
Mercicr, but owned By ". ". Corco7au, the
noted Washington banker. Coscoran is
known to have constituted funds for the
equippinE Of the Alabama, and to have been
active in foisting the re5c1 loan upon tie Eu-
rorean money market. The rest Of Ills prop |
erty here will be promptly seized.
surgeon-General Hammond has thrown a |
perfect bomb-shel1 into the ranks OF old-fash-
ioned al1opathy, BY Issuing an order virtually |
forbidding tht further use Of calo1nel iu the |
army. The following is the substance of the |
order:
From reports OF Medical inspectors, and santa
~ reports to this Office It appears that the admin
1etSation Of calomel has frequently been pushed
to excess By military surgeons. as to call for
prompt steps by this Office tc correct this abnse-
an abuse. the melancholy effects Of which, OIL
cial]y reported, have exhibited themselves, not
only III fnuunlesable Gases Of profuse Haliratton,
but in not nnfreqrent Occurrences Of nsescaE!al
gapgrene. It seeming impossible in ally other
manner to properly restrict the use OF this power
that no further acquisitions for this medicine be
approved By Medical Directors.
Another clause If the same order likewise
forbids the further supply Of tartar emctic.
Funds have been forwarded for tile payment
Of all troops west u the mississippi, on thc
Pacific, on the Gull, aud in North and South
Carolina. The other armies will BE- paid rs
rapidly rs possible, and warrants will be is-
sued tomorrow for probably = quarter of the
balance due.
By official lists received at tile Surgeon
Generals office, the number Of rebel prison
crs who hare died in Union hospitals since
The commencement of the war Is shown to be
oTcr 5000.
It is stated at the WAR Department that
more rigorous measures for calling out the
full military strength Of the negroes, will be
made on Gen. Thomas return from the West,
that officer, alike from interest, and By E,mi-
liarity with the subject, Is considered pecu-
liar1y qualified to assume the entire charge of
the organization Of negro troops, and his
return is therefore awaited before the rules
and regulations therefore are promulgated.
The War Department has already received
dispatches from him, announcing the COM
| pletc organization Of eleven negro regiments
on the Mississippi meantime the prospects
| for negro volunteers continue brighter iu this
city. Enlistmcnts for the first negro regi-
| ment are already complete, aud steps are
| already being taken for the organization
Of 4 second. Those who arc interested
in tho work, proulise also another
regiment from Georgetown, and one, il not
| two more, from Alexandria. THIS district
has, thus far, furnished but two white regi-
| 1nents.
General Hcintze1mau to dag teleggranhcd to
General Slough, Military Governor Of Alex
anlria, asking how many negro troops could
be raised there. Slough replied he would
undertake to raise a brigade and have it ready
for speedy service in the forliications. From
other quarters the indications are not less
cheering. Baltimore promises well for at
least one regiment, and the southern shore Of
Maryland for another. Within a circuit Of
eighty miles aronnd Washington Is . popu1a-
ton Of one hundred and sixty thousand ne
groes, a large proportion Of whom are now
within our lines, and available for military
service.
holds that the construction Of the con-
scription Law, relieving the Secretary OF
War from the necessity Of accepting $500,
iu lieu of.seryice from drafted persons, is not
warranted by the language Of the act. Should
the President refer the question to him, there
fore, it is believed that the common under.
standing Of the $500 clause will be sustained
by Ills decision.
BIZ general order No. 113 of the War De
partment, relative to claims for the payment o
horses and cquipage destroyed in the Unitei
States military service, compensation Il
| awarded not to exceed 5000 for the loss 0
any horse in battle, by death or abandonment
or ut sea, from insufficient forage, from al
, order to do duty on foot detached from horse
or by loss Of necessary equipage in conse
, quencc OF such loss Of horse.
E The following decision Of the Internal Rev
i enue Bureau, settles n large number OF dl:
:. puted cases in Ohio, as well as elsewher
through the West Where q State is granite
in deed Of conveyance fiscal or extcutiv
Offices executing the Instrument, are NJ
obliged to fix astamp. The instrument, how
ever, is still subject to the stamp duty, whic
must be paid By the granter, and the STAN
must be affixed By him. Where 1t las bee
r neglected to at1ix the stamp, it may yet
It affixed by either party to the instrument, {
;. any one having interest in it.
!. Col Grereou, Of the Miss, cavalry raj
ia fame, Is beirg urged for Brigadicr Genera
r. ship.
y It Is not true, as recently stated in son
70 Western papers, that difficulties are apr
Il hc1'ed in the execution Of late treaties vii
ht the Chlppewas. looking to their removal fro
A. scme Of the best reservations in Minnesota
ID. Three hundred inflrm contrabands are
he be eet to tilling the Arlington estate.
n. Two Thousand Of the seven thousand p
Is rolled prisoners at Annapolis arc expect'
~ here to morrow or the next day to be sent
in conyalescent camp.
!, Gov. Letcher made speech to the Unit
80, prisoners at Richmond last week, in which
nd whined the old ''let us a1one'' story.
IL DISPATCHES from Adjutant Gen. Thorn
~ received to.day state that he has made txel
an speeches, eplieted eleven black regimen
and will soon have twenty; that his doctri
Of Arming the black men is everywhere rece
v cd with enthusiasm, and that after visit
/ hOGENtIua ut " III lCkOlA ~ l4l1A kAE So
work on the Mississippi.
ere Major Gen. John Brooks Is reported
bel have resigned.
ky, Arrangements are being made for reclaim
On, tion from Ute and other Indian tribes, Of I
bel tensiyc mineral lands in A1izona, Idaho, Co
ces RADIO and Washington Territories.
asst Commissioner Barrett, It is said, is expe
cd during his present trip to investigate
ain recent attempts at frauds on tho pcnsi
no. bureau, In forging surgeons certificates q
~ the like.
,cls VAsHISG1oS, May 19.-SeyeEal hundl
Ind exchanged prisoners have arrived here.
ear | officer states that new and extensive wol
+ of have been erected on the turnpike betwt
. at Richmond and Fredericksburg, heretofore
1ny known to US.
TAR NEW ToRK, May 19.-The Rappahanut
agnsy correspondent of the Herald, dated !
-gla 18th, states that rebel pickets on that t
pre- we're yerv uncommnnicatiye across the r
Sap l.hanuock Our soldiers have the }mpr
'th- sion that they have received bad news #
All =oule point. ...
5 in The Utrd|Ts Washington dispatch says !:
and The rebels have delivered TO Col. Ludl
and shout 7,3c0 prisoners. who la'e arrived
mt Camp Parole, Annapolis The rebels are
and | inclined to release commissioned Office
An except as We have rebel officers to ezchal
9nc for them
to Secretary Stanton has not made any auth
itatiyc declaration snspeudtnG the $500 t
ded vision of the Conscription act.
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