The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-12
From New York.
congregational Matters - Soldiers
discharge Representation Affairs.
Cruelty to Freedmen.

Discharge Representation Affairs.
cruelty To Freedmen.
NEW YORK, December 1.-THE HeraITs
Washington dispatch says: Advance copies
Of the Census Report were distributed 10 Con-
gressmen on Saturday.
senator Nye will to-day Introduce a bin
disiranchising all who Voluntarily took the
oath OF allegiance % the southern Confedera-
cy,
The colored mems petition. asking for sui.
submission.
The Government sales at Alexandria were
100000 feet Of lumber, . 800 tons Of railroad
iron, anu LOO car wheels; the largest sale ever
ut that place.
The Worlds Washington dispatch saws:
The question of the admission of Tennessee
Representatives elect will be brought up in
the House today
Spectators are buslly engaged in different
parts OF the country Ia buying up soldiers
discharge papers, for which they are paving
from 500 10 $500. In Massachusetts 800 have
been paid, and i'm Ohio 600. ~ sufficient
number can be purchased, the lobby will en-
deaNor 10 force Congress ~ pass law giving
bountcs TO all soldiers who have not had them.
and equslizing those who have.
The War Department has appointed Major
Wynkoop, lately In command a. Fort LYON,
70 give safe escort 70 messengers from Black
heltie and Little Raven, 10 the chief the Chey-
enne and Arapahoo Indians, 10 the North OF
the Platte river, 10 meet and consult with that
portion OF their tribes who, for some time past,
have been allenated from them, and who are
considered hostile 10 the Government,
10 convince them OF the necessity Of
Immediately entering into relations of
amity with the United States, and the propri-
ETY. of their rejoining their respective tribes
number OF runners have already been sent
Out 10y the chiefs mentioned. and a. they have
never returned, the Commissioner believes
from representations made that they were way
laid and murdered on the way by the Union
troops, who have come - regard every Indian
as their enemy.
During the war large number Of the
Cheyennes and Araphoes went South. joining
the hiowas, and IL was with these that the
late Commissioner under General Sanborn,
formed the late treaty at the mouth of the
Little Arkansas river.
The Times special says: General Butler
visited the President on saturday and gave
him assurance his cooperation I'm carving
out the measures proposed I'm his message
Reliable official information has been re-
ceiyed by General Howard which eyoncrate,
General Tiltoh in his management of the
freedmen in Wiiks county, Ga. The most
outrageous conduct toward the freedmen has
followed the removal of the military i'm the
county named and In other parts OF the state:
and Hon. \. NJ. Reed, Judge NJ. l.. NJ Reeve.
Judge OF the District of Wilkes county, Ga.
ask, at the request Of the freedmen and re-
spectacle citizens, that the military he sent
back. General >teadman has ordered troops
b that county,
Representatives OF, and commissioners ON
behalf OF the state Of Missouri, arrived al
Washington on Saturday evening, with in
siruetlons TO present TO Congress the claims Of
that state for four millions OF dollars ALLEGED
To be due her for expenditures on account of
the Government during the war
The Worlds Washington special Saws the
State Department received by the last steamer
IRON Europe an important dispatch from our
minister TO England.
There is strong reason TO believe that Eng
land will back down from her position on the
Alabama question and at once consent To a !
Just and equitable adjustment Of the matters in |
dispute.
The temper Of the last dispatch from the
State Department which eminated from the |
President himself was calculated to open the /
eyes of the English Government
gentleman writing from England to gen !
tieman Of this city, by the last mail, remarks
that the queen l. our friend, and that she will |
not allow Earl Russell 10 take any position
that VIII cause estrangement between the two
Governments.
The celebrated Albany Bridge case comes up
IN the supreme Court this week, and will be
argued by Daniel 5. Dickinson.
DIR. Mehaffy, Reading Clerk Of the House Of
Representatives, who has been seriously in. i
gradually recovering.
James f. Murdoch has so far recovered from
his recent illness as TO be able 10 fulfill his en-
gagements in the North.
The Worlds special saws a meeting of the
friends 81 General Butler in Congress, has
been held for the purpose of consulting as TO
the course they ought to take respecting the as
sault Of Gen. Grant upon their chief
they are disposed 10 fight Washburne's res
olution creating the rank of General. and de-
feat il il possible.
Butler is expected here tomorrow, when
their plans will be arranged. He has been en-
gagged preparing a reply
General Butler, it is reported, told Thaddeus
stevens, few days age, that il would have
been well If there had been more corked bot
ties in the army in which General Grant made
his headquarters.