The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-09
WASHINGTON.


/ In laudatory article upon ooVernor Moreons iaie
Speech which 1t rciroduces nearly entire that u had
finally discovered which way the popular mind was tend
ing regarding the question or negro suffrage In with
drawing his support from universal suffrage his Excel
ency styled "a close observer Of passing events who
has weighed well all the knott, which have
arisen respecting the status Of the rsbeous stes the
abolition Of slavery, and particularly those regarding
negro suffrage and that his argument u1ans"eraoie
upon the latter question"
THE BRIscoE TRIAL.
The court marital in the Briscoe will conSene
again on Wednesday at noon when Captain Girard ~
Lynchburg, the last witness for the prosecution, win be
brought forward Inasmuch all the witnesses for the
prosecution have told the story the color OF Gen
eral Briscoes crime has been heightened by the
trial. The accused quite confident Of his ability to
prove a conspiracy to ruin him.
CONDITION OF CAPTAIN WIRE.
Captain wirz is suffering from Inflammation Of hts
right arm, which wounded by SHE'LL He seems to
he recovered from the depressing effects Of his
attacks and has therefore exhibited marked camness
during the trial of late.
THE REMAINS OF SOLDIERS BURIED IN GOVERN
MENT CEMETERIES.
Tho WaD Department and Quartermaster Generals
office are troubled with constant applications from
friends Of deceased soldiers inferred In government
cemeteries for permission the remains to their
homes In the Northern States In these ap-
plications made under complete msapprehenson
Of the condition OF these cemeteries 1t will re-
leve the minds OF thousands OF anxious relatives
throughout the North to know that most Of these burial
places carefully laid out tho graves all marked by
substantial heddboards bearing the and rank OF
EACH and the company regiment and State he belonged
to- The work OF putting the balance in similar condition
Is sim going on by order of the War Department. under
the supervision Of Captain Moore. The government
cemeteries around washington Elegantly adorned We
doubt whether of similar age can be fouod In tho
country TO equal the Soldiers Home Cemetery near this
city in the elegance Of its appointments and careful
keeping Except extraordinary cases. bodies inferred
there should not be removed visit to the place gene
rally satisfies friends, and dspels all thoughts OF re-
moving remains.
UNCLAIMED NAVAL PAY-THE PENSION FUND
Over two million dollars Of unclaimed pay remains in
the hands Of the Navy Department, and its pension fund.-
accumulated from captures is somewhere between eight
and ten million dollars Those familiar with the
necessities and desires of sailors think radical change
demanded in asylums for this class Of public
wants The popular idea that a pensoned superan-
sailor desires nothing but little tobacco and grog
and chance to- bask in the sun while ships
go sailing by, exceedingly erroneous one sailor
is not unlike other mortAs He wants society and
the presence OF his family If he has Asyums
should be arranged furnish and for their
inmates and allow the benecaries to draw their pen
sions and live with their families. Perhaps no better
disposition could Of the unclaimed pay and the
INFLATED pension fund than TO found institution
where sailor would be compelled to don his sbomi-
naton-a long tailed coa-nto which he would go i'll
ney, without having to be fired in with fifteen inch
guns present and where his perceptions and intel
lgcncc would be regularly outraged every Sabbath
from the pulpit by nautical slang phrases from preachers
who know too little of nautical matters to speak Of them
undersandngy. The nation will DO glad TO learn that in
all probability appropriations will be needed by
the Navy Department for the four years least.
RESIGNATION or DARIUS FORBES, THE SANITARY
COMMISSION CLAIM AGENT.
Mr. Darius Forbes, who has long been agent for
the United States Sanitary Commission in the graui
ernment has resigned and William +. Bascom has
been appointed his place. Mr. Forbes has built up
the claim agency business Of the Sanitary Commission to
its present colossal proportions and estimated that he
had INDECENT soldiers forty thousand dollars in
fees rcckoned according claim agents scale Of prices
during the time the sanitary claim agency had been in
operation. The Sanitary Commission has yet large
surplus fund.- which will be used in the gratuitous prose-
cution OF soldiers clams but IL is stated that claims
/ will be undertaken after the first OF January next
| THE NATIONAL GAME AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
and have been in the hands Of the hospabe Nationals
The base ball match between the Excesors and the Ma
tionas morrow will draw large crowd Of spectators
| A delegation Of the Athletics expected here TO-
morrow Their gcntlemanly action with regard to the
/ proposed game with the Atantics has won for them
hosts Of friends while il has cost the latter the loss Of
many admirers The refusal OF the Atlantics to fulfil
their engagement to meet tho Athletics in Washington
will probably result in there being games this
between the champions and the Athletics, there
tanly will not be with the Nationals.
On Tuesday the Enterprise Club, Of Baltimore, enter
| the lists with the Nationals
The President II Is expected will visit the grounds to-
| morrow for brief time
| THE TUNIsIAYs.
is understood that the Tuns Embassy, whose rcccp
on the Presidential mansion had been arranged for
Tuesday viii not arrive Washington until about tho
middle OF the week. and their visits at the Presidents
ard state Department will probably occur on Friday or
| Saturday next.
SETTLING UP DRAFT BALANCES.
Captain r. b. Crandall, Assistant Provost Marshal in
the Western district Of New York. under Major Haddock
has been in Washington several days, striving to
to Oneida county the credits for two hundred recruits
ovcpus from the several drafts to which that county
is entitled and from which IL dcfrauded by the
malfeasance a Major Haddocs, who has recently been
convicted OF tad fined ten thoussnd dollars for his
frauds in filing Western New York 1ug'as. Captain
Crandsll has been emlnently successful in lis inves
cations, and has placed something like four hIif8-st
thousand dollars 10 the credit Of his county in the sci
tlemcnt Of ia war debt with the Empire state.
GOVERNMENT RArIoNs FOR INDECENT FREEDMEN
Captain J. J. Hon. Commandant OF tho Soldiers Rest
in Alexandria, Va received order to-day directing him
to report for duty to the Frcedmcns Bureau II il un
rsood that he will be charged with supervising tho
issue OF government ations to tho INDECENT freedmen Of
Loudon, Fairfax and Alexandria counties, va-this duty
prevent his retaining the command Of the Soldiers
Rest that institution having been built up and managed
/ under his direction solely.
| THE MEDICAL INSPECTORS MUSTERED OFT.
The corps Of Medical Inspectors organized after