The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-22

Medical Officers 10 be Discharged.
I I nonse miiitary Committse--
sissippians PA rdOned -. R eeoyery of
Property ON Belle Island by an Elk.
Rebel.-A Decision OF the Secretary
of the Interior--Mexic Affairs.
NEW YORK, December 2I.-The TrfBuae's
Washington dispatch says: Orders have been
issued for the discharge Of nearly all the vol
unteer medical officers on the first of january
only about fifty Will be retained.
General Schenck, Chairman of the House
Military Committee, endeavored last week i'm
the committee rooms, 10 squelch Washburn's
bill reyiving the grade Of General i'm the army
but failed. The bill was ultimately referred
10 subcommittee Of one tOf the House Mill
tary Committee Colonel III. G.. DeninV. who
was General Buffers Provost Marshal nj New
Orleans. An adverse report is consequently
expected.
The Worlds dispatch saws: The House
Military Committee had under consideration
Yesterday, The recommendations contained in
the report Of the Secretary of War
The committee have upwards of fifty peti-
tons from all parts of the country asking for
the equalization OF bounty To soldiers Those
who enlisted for one and two years received
little, If any bounty, while those enlisting at a
later period for one, two and three wears re-
ceived 500 bounty. The committee will bring
IN bill equaliziag the bounty among all the
soldiers. The committee also has before them
several propositions to reorganize the army
General Grant prepared "A bill for this purpose
which Will receive careful consideration af-
ter the holidays.
The House Judiciary Committee are arrang-
ing bill, in accordance with the recommended
tons of the President. provldin. for the hold
ing OF the United States Court in Richmond
which Court, IL Is expected, will have the trial
of JEFF. Davis.
The Herdlds dispatch saws that between
seventy and eighty Mississippians, of little per-
sonal or political note. were pardoned to-day
The Times Washington special saws that
one OF the large estates on Belle Island South
Carolina, known rs the Seabrook estate, which
was sold in 1863 by the United States Tax
Commissioner for nOn-payment Of the direct
tax, has been recovered by the owner. he pay
ing taxes due, all costs, and compromising
with the purchaser.
The Secretary Of War is expected to return
to Washington to-day.
The Secretary of the Interior i'm reply to the
inquiry from General Howard. decides that
the Freedmen's Bureau can not hold and that
the government can not set aside the unOccu-
pied government lands in Florida or any other
state for the use and benefit of the freedmen.
He further says that all the Homestead and
Presumption laws, are as applicable to freed
men as any other class Of persons.
The Times correspondent SAYS that the En-
press Charlotte arrived at Merida. the capital
of lucatan, on the 23d ult. The reception was
enthusiastic. After being conveyed to the
Cathedral and after the offering up of the
TIE DeuBs. she made speech to the people. con-
Guiding with a cheer for the Province Of Yucca
tan.
The Emperor, who remained in Mexico,
was to have left on the I'd inst.
A French transport had arrived, bringing
6l5 soldiers. The Imperialists boast that the
attack of the Liberals on Matamoras was a
failure, and that confusion and anarchy pre-
vailed among them. Everything was quiet.
and no attack for some time had been made on
vessels going up and down the river.