The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-19
FR0MWASHfNGToN.
The Restoration of Property
AFFAIRS IN LOUISIANA.
ssSs1e il treasury Depart.
m0nts.
|tlsssf..lns4ssR RsDseiiisn-fs@e,.l
of. Rodies Vi from Southern sBntfte

4 lIts;s.iynssssas Dsciiisn
of. Bodies from southern sBnttsk
Fields.
New YORK, Oct. 15.-Mr: Garcia, Peru-
yiaunM Mi1is1er inv WasIingtd1, publishes
a Imu Htio& hcldf fing@ oficiAafE.
Leu fro} }Ehe GO fnnj&nt w$f $fning Amer:
\ leans against revolutionary authbrties IN
his country, under the lead of General
Cameo Particular caution islgiven in
regard to the matter of guanp ..ss The
Chinchua Islands which supply this Yak
liable article are now in the possession OF
the revolutionists, but President Peyets
government anpenDcss that any persons
EeSporting guan6 sthence under permits
from General Capzco's officers will be
considered depfedatofs, and be iproseec'q.l;; !;
A special to the Herald from Washing
ton, October 18th, says: The formal res
toration of property claimed By pardoned
ljciti5ms pf Virginia, ID accuPy ing a good
share Uff tie clerical labor Of the Freed
mems Bureau About twenty names are
now represented upon the lists Of proper
ty holders who have been restored their
possessions. Most of the landed estates
thus transferred are located in the coun-
ties of Alexandria, Fairfax, .Loudon, SSt
|, Mary; s, and Falls Church, and are worth
in the aggregate about S500,0OO.. EThe
plantations on Pawtucket river, in Mary
land, is included in the above list, to-
gether with the residences of Mrs. Fran
els. Smith and Mrs Dangerfield, in the
city of Alexandria, the former being
worth 100000, and the two latter from
595,O 900 to $780, 900 apiece.
much confusion and. trouble prevails in
that State, some of the parishes refusing g
or being reluctant to recognize Mr.
Wells as the legal Governor. Therefore
it is not improbable that some other per
son will be appointed Provisional Gov
bernor, in order that .harmoniops action
may follow the present political cOnfn-
sion.
An interesting, suggestive and lively
episode in treasury life occurred Satur
day. Governor Pierpoint, of Virginia,
who was ,sauntering through the Trea
sury building, called on Hon. Freeman
Clarke, Comptroller of the currency. In
the course of a conversation about the
currency, national debt, &c, Governor
Pierpoint asked Mr.. Clarke ifhe thought
the people of the south would be required
to help pay the national debt In reply
to this idiotic query, Mr.. Clarke said he
thought they would. ,Governor Peir,
point wanted him to understand that the
southern people would not stand such
damned nonsense AS the Governor was
evidently in earnest and is generally re-
liable, Mr.. Clarke, WHO is mild and ex
tremely affab le man, showed him the
door. EFF As 1.rSs
A special to the Tribune from Wash
ington, Oct. 18th, says: The Commission
er of Internal Revenue has decided that
owners of buildings rented of the Gov
ernment are not employees of the Gov
| ernment, hence the salary tax is not to he
deducted from the rents.
James NJ. Orr, Mayor of Leesburg, Va,
w. b. Lynch, editor of the !Leesburg
Washingtonian, and the notorious guer.
| rilla chief, E. V. White, have had their
property restored tothem. ""t
As cold weather is coming OH many
persons from the north are coming with
| it to Washington for permission to re-
| move the bedies of their relatives from
southern Diltlc ucluS duu pulidi pidSOo'
All such applicants are referred to Capt.
j. w. Moore, the quartermaster who has
such matters in charge. Those who have
friends lying i'll the Soldiers Home Gene
terry, near this city, are generally content
to leave them in that beautiful spot
The season is not far enough advanced
to permit the removal of bodies from
Andersonville and other cemeteries in
far SOUTH N ' - - | s..
A much larger number than usual of
distinguished persons have arrived here
to-day, in addition to the English party
Colonel Sharrin, President.of the Mill
tary Board which investigated the cotton
affair with which General Slocum's name
has been disgracefully connected, pub,
fishes statement refuting any imputa-
tion cast upon General Slocum, aud Hi
ram c. Rodgers, General Slocum's 'Adju-
tant, sustains the statement by an affi'
davit.
A special to the, Post, from Washing.
ton, 18th, says nine thousand colored per-
sons in Washington have vesigned petit
tion asking for the right of suffrage.
Mexican News.
+ NEW YORK, October 13.-The Herald S