, 1865-08-08
AFTERNOON TELEGRAPH


WASHINGTON, Aug. THE obisc of Gen.
Butler's recent visit to Washington proves
to have been to secure the pardon Of Mrs.
alocum and other ladies' of New Orleans.
The pAIdens were ohtained On Friday, and
Gen. Butler left for New York on the ever
teivIew With the President during his htay.
The Secretary OF The Interior Department
and the Commissioners Of the Indian Bureau,
with other officials, have now under advise
mept the adjustment OF our rel2ttons With
The tribes Of New Mexico. It Is represented
Friends In Philadelphia have been received at
taIs department, which point to certain re-
fotms IN the Government system now In
vogue In the Indian country. and which crave
the privilege Of aiding in the readjustmeut
proposed. It Is said that Secretary Hlrlan
tfett last evening for Pbiladelphls, with q
view to a personal consideration With the
Society Of the suggestions It had ADVANCED
ctals and stockholders OF S.uthern railroads
to regain their possession from the military
autto,ities. and to obtain such credit a. the
North Is will enable them to rep1enIsh thsr
rolling stock, and otherwise prepare them
for the Transaction Of business. Nj. West,
President Of the Mfssitsippt Railroad; Mr.
jackson and Great Northern Railroad, run
ming from New Orleans to Canton; Samuel
Tate. President Of the Late Memphis and
Charleston Railroad Milton Brown. Presi-
dent Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Ms.
Woodruff, President Of the road from Mem
phis to Louisville, and Mr. PrItchatd, Super
intepdent If The rlad from Selma to Meridian,
a1e all in Washington at present, hoping to
make arrangements with the Government
for the purchase Of rolling stock on time, or
until the earnings Of their respective lines
would enable them to pa7. Thus far their
negotiations have not been successful.
Another important whisky c2se is before
the Secretary Of the Treasury, involving sev-
e1a1 hundred thousand dollars worth Of prop
erty.- The petitioner for relief In the case Is
one Espy, Of Northern Ohio, whose dtat{llery
aEd large amount Of whisky have bsen
seized by the Government for violation Of the
internal Revenue laws. The principles In
volyed ara the same, to some extent. as those
case. 4 DECISION vii Ii be- BE- made ia Il ths Esuy
case shout the middle Of this week.
Dining the month Of July the nu1bsr Of
widows' claims r. ceyed ut the Pension Offica
amounted 10 2,ee59, Of which 2, 10 were grant
ed. There are at present On the Examt1ef's
desk A. 40 cases, L, $3.50 OF which are await
ire eyids nee from other Departments, and
2s,951 from the claimants themselves. 1 948
iuvalfd claims we're admitted during tho same
month. Up to July 1st the1e was total OF
10o, eco WIDOWS aud u, 600 invalid claIms-au
ot which were received since the beginning
Of The war. OF 100000 cases Of discharged
s9ldiels on record. 81, 100 have been recorded
since January, 1865, and 6,S35 dn'iog the
month OF Ju]y last. Or those now being re-
corded, at least 50 per cent ase discharged
for g1 nshot wounds.
,Gt neral Order No. 130, from tho War d.
partnent, assigning over 100 volunteer off,
GERS TO Commands. ,.ls exciting universal com-
mcnt, and the question naturally arises,
"H6w Is 1t possible, In view Of the material
reduction Of the astny, to give the Genera1s
specified in the order the command Of even q
rteiment9 and even it this be practicable,
whsEce arises the necessity for the enormous
expense attendant upon their employment I"
Before the WEI cur yearly expense for the
Jnyment Of General officers was only about
10000; Whereas, It will now be, including
the payment Of staff offiessa at least 81 $50
0c0. OF. an increase of 81 $4,000 over that
formerly expended for the came purpose.
Many Of the Departments to which ffom four
to eight Major and Brevet Major Generals
have been asa1gped, contain but few regi-
ments, and eVe,y one Is looking out with
considerable curiosity to see the disposition
by the Department Commanders Of the of1l-
GERS upon whom the War Department ex-
Fecte them to confer important commands.