The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-30
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Wilderness Cemeteries
Omissions in Amnesty 0athS
The Expedition to Renter Soldier
Killed at the Wilderness-yital Er
rors in Amnesty Oaths-The General
Land Ofice-The Currency.
JPress Dispatch.l

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New YORK, June 29.-1he Herald's
Washington special says the expedition
recently sent to the wilderness to renter
| and mark the graves OF those killed IN
| battles. have accomplished the work and
| returned to this city. The whole affair
was under charge of Captain james NJ.
Moore, acting Quartermaster. The first
regiment of Gen. HancOck's (the tirst)
corps under command Of Col. Bird, We're
employed in tbs. iuty, which they per-
| formed witt macn credit to themselves.
| The operations we're commenced on the
18th inst. and continued without inter
ruption until last Saturday, when their
sad duty was completed They com-
meneed operations on the extreme right,
and worked around to the left All bodies
which hal not been properly buried were
rebuied, and in all cases where the
graves could be identified neat head
b,ards. painted white, were placed over
thcr'. with the name and regiment IN
scilbed upon it. Carpenters and paint
rr. were taken along to do the work
,nptly and thoroughly. About 700
.,ayes were thus identified and marked
Where it was impossible to identify them
they were marked as United States SOL
lierS unknown.
On the extreme right two sites for Gem
eteries were laid out aud enclosed by neat
white fences; one OF these is Oh the Or
ance Court House road, mile and half
from the Lacey House, and the other on
Orange Court House plank road. At the
junction of these two roads guide board
was put up directing visitors to the
cemeteries The remains of all who were
found not properly inferred were placed
in the ceuetry.
The number of bodies found unburicd
was not as slarge us has been represented
by some parties The headbOards to
mauy of tho graves previously placed
were in many cases SO obliteratcd as to
render identification almost impossible.
Great irregularity exists in complying
with the legal forms for oathS of amncS
ty and allegiance. One hundred and
nineteen were received in the State De-
partment to-day, containing vital omis-
sions. In large proportion OF cases the
residence of the person is partly or Who'll
ly omitted. In others the applicant is
only sworn to defend the Constitution of
the United States, instead of to support,
defend and protect. Such omissions are
held to ipvalidate the oaths in many
cases, and the applicant suffers from de-
lay The insertion O1 he place OF resi-
dence is not prescribed by the Presidents
proclamation, but is SO obviously necpS-
sary thatit should never be omitted
The General Land Office has received
a list of lands selected at the Land Office
at Marysville, California, by the agent of
the Central Pacific Railroad, as inuring
to said Company under the grant of July
1st, 1862, and July I'd, 1864, to aid in the
construction of the Pacific Railroad,
a,nannfina to -sE. .nEn - mi,
tions were duly certified to by the Reg
lister and Receivers as free from conflict
ing claims and subject to selection under
surveyings, &c, duly deposited with
the United States Treasurer at San Fran
cisco, as required by act of July I'd,
1864.
The appointment of Mr.. Van Dyck as
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury at
New York is confirmed. He is expected
to enter upon the discharge of his Off
cial duties on Monday.
The Tribune's special says: In ac-
cordauce with the spirit OF the act OF
Congress ordering no more three cent
notes to he issued, Secretary McCullocb
has on his own responsibility ordered the
issue of five cent notes to cease, With a
view of bringing into circulation the
nickel coin of these denominations,
which it is believed have been boarded
to a great extent.