The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-11-24


RePort--Pettit'sC ase..Applications
for Pardon.-General Grants Re-
port--IndignationA gainst England
.-SOuthern Wen Have Desks Re.
placed i'm the Senate--AnOtherM Will.
tary COmmissiOn--Decis of the
Second ComptrolIcr-.Fears of Re-
constructed RebeIs..Riot Among
! Negroes i'm Florida.
NEW YORK. November 23.-The UorIrs
special says: Twelve hundred and fftv men
have been mustured out Of the Veteran Re-
serve Corps, leaving only one hundred enlisted
men in that Department. There are two hun
dred officers left, who are trying TO hold ON to
10 their commissions until Congress meets
when they hope a continuance Of the Corps
\ will be authorized by that body.
Major General Carl Schurz. in his report
/ TO President Johnson, stated his opinion that
the immediate enforcement of negro suffrage
at the South would require large standing
( army.
The forthcoming report Of the Commissioner
/ Of Internal Revenue will recommend the abo-
! lition of Internal Revenue Stamps, and all 9TH
/ er stamps, except those used Cor legal docu-
ments.
Testimony in the case of Captain Petit closed
yesterday.
/ The report Of the Commissary General Of
Prisoners, nearly concluded, contain a vast
amount Of matter relative to the number of
prisoners taken by each side during the re-
/ belliOn.
Auditor Treacy has issued circular. re-
quiring southern P0stmasters to pay up all
balances due the Government at the breaking
out ofthe war.
The Post Office Department received So 900
| from Mobile recently.
Secretary Stanton has determined not TO
publish a list Of all the officers in the army
until after Congress meets,
The TriJupe's Washington special dispatch
says: Paymaster Boardman, of New Hamp-
shire, sent out 10 the StOnewall. died with vel
low fever at Havana.
Several reconstructed rebels have filed claims
at the Treasury Department for balance due
them before their participation in treason
An application was made at the Navy De-
partment yesterday for the appointment of
young Virginian secessionist as midshipman.
The II T[me,s washington special dispatch
on file are about 10000. The number granted
will not exceed 5000, None are now being
granted.
But few members of Congress have yet ar
rived
The HeralTs Washington special dispath
says: General Grants report of military op-
erations since his appointment as Lieutenant
General, will probably accompany the report
of the Secretary of War, and be published
with that document.
The feeling against England in Washington.
for allowing the officers and crew of the Shen-
andoah to escape, is one Of undisguised hos
tility. All agree that they must be given ND to
our authorities, under the EXtraditiOn treaty.
No doubt Is entertained of our ability to prove,
from her log book. that she took many prizes
after being informed of the close of the war.
The interior Of the Capitol is completely and
deliberately prepared for the approaching ses-
sion. Desks for the Southern members have
been replaced.
Contracting Surgeon, Mary Walker, having
failed TO receive Majors commission in the
United States army the President has directed
that she be presented with a silver medal for
meritorious and faithful service. Her friends
will ask Congress for more intrinsic testi-
mOnial.
1t is stated that all Executive and miscella-
neous documents Of the Thirty-SeVenth and
Thirty-Elghth Congress has been printed.
\ Military Commission, Ii is said, has been
ordered for the investigation of the enlistment
of -Prussian subjects 10y the State of Massachu-
sets during the war.
The Times Washington dispatch says: The
Second Comptroller Of the Treasury has made
the following decision: Officers discharged to
take effect from particular anterior date who
do not receive notice of their discharge until
some time afterward. when they in the mean-
time continue on duty. come within the second
paragraph Of General Orders No. 1903, of 1864,
relating 10 resigned officers and are entitled To
pay TO the date on which such discharge or
notice was received.
An officer holding commission on the 81 Of
March, 1864, and continuing in the service Of
the United States until August II, 1865, was
rendered supernumerary by the consolidation
Of his own regiment with another, and, in con-
sequence. discharged.
Ii was held that a. he was not discharged
from the service under any orders Of the War
Department, for the reduction of the army, he
is not entitled TO the three months pay a. pro-
perly provided for by the Act of Congress of
March 3, 1864; inasmuch rs he has not served
10 the close Of the war, within the meaning Of
the law
The 7ribune's Washington special dispatch
says: Reconstructed rebels in Washington do
not disguise their fear that the bad faith Of
many Of those already pardoned in the south
will seriously effect their political interests.
The recent falling off Of the Executive conf
dence, which they admit is deserved, occasions
serious apprehensions and the more they learn
Of Northern sentiment and feeling the more ap-
prehensiye they are that they will not be re-
ceiyed at the next session of Congress.
Thomas Conway, late Asst. Com. Of Freed
men in Louisiana, has been rendered the Su-
perintendeney Of all frecdmen's schools in
Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Savannah Herald has information that
riot took place among the negroes near Mari
anna, West Florida. the rioters burning a cot
ton-gin house. 4 company of regulars were
sent there TO keep order.
The coast surveying steamer Dribbs is at
Savannah. making thorough exploration Of
the Instructions placed in the harbor by the
rebels during the war
Much qualification il expressed by the citi-
zens of Savannah at the establishment OF a line
Of steamers between that port and Boston.