The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-04
wAsitlNoToN


The Presldent'S Health Great
II fmprovS.s:
8s n Xxpestsd 70 Resume 0usinsss
On xhursday,
10. 90, "a
wAsmssoz, ssy Z issS
TEE paHsrDINr's HHALrH n1rHovMa.
Surgeon General Barnes and Dr.. BoTows were 10 eea
suation q the White House q ten o'clock this svsnlag
and pronounce the Presidents health greatly improved
They hope that by Thursday he win b. able 70 sss ~
intimate friends and possibly BE- able 70 resume per-
ton Of his pressing ocial labor The public aaxissx
and apprehension his behalf will be greatly sllaysl
by apsrial discharge Of duty and this o0asdsrasoa %
doubt Influences his discrimination
APPLICATIONS FOE PARDON.
Seventy applications for pardon principally vrstniAaA
recommended BY Governor Pierpont, were received y
day by the President The applicants including several
women, nearly I'll Of the twenty thousand dollar
clause say ~. De.
The apardonu desk OF the Attorney IGsneral's ocs.
under Mr. Peasants continues TO be flooded with app
cations from all parts of the South Those excepted by
the twenty thousand dollar clause being pardonsl
q fast a. satisfactory evidence produced In the ind.
vidual behalf OF EACH Military men, and especially
those who were educated West Point are singled oSs
a. the Last for onical action No prominent ooer need
expect speedy pardon aA /.
TEE PRESIDENT PErrrI0NsD TO RsooNsrDIR THH
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR CLAUSE.
Adeegatlon has arrived here from Richmond, bring
ing with them numerously signed memorial to the
President praying the reconsideration OF the clause In
the amnesty proclamation excepting from its dement's all
persons worth than twenty thousand doAars. %
RHLEAsED REBEL PRISONERS.
According to information furnished the CommissaU
General of prisoners, all persons below the rank o.
colonel heretofore held prisoners Of In the differ
prison camps Of the country have been released on
parole including the last squad at Point Lookout num-
bering about one hundred and hfty.
Robert Guild has been Internationally released. ana
may soon be expected here from Richmond.
THE RUMoRs IN REGARD TO THE vHRDIoT IN TIE
ASSASSINATION TRIALS.
ALI reports In circulation regarding the finding Of the
Military Commission In the assassination trials are bas9d
the widest speculation. The members Of the Com
mission to secrecy and nothing can possibly
be known concerning until the proper authorities ooa.
clude TO make public Il is not even known that the
Commission have united in presenting finding or yer.
dict in the matter although all probabilities favor the
superstition that 1t has Within q week the public curl
osity may be gratined. aar
sRORETARY SEWARD AT HIS POST.
The Secretary Of State attending to his Departures
regularly. a nl
THE ASSISTANT sEoRErARYsHIP or THE TREASURY.
Many speculations and rumors have besa put aaoss
concerning the sucoessorsf Nessrs Harrington and Feid
az Assistant Secretaries Of the United States Treasury
Mr. Chandler was named ono Of Thorn weeks ago. u
has since been decided 2 appoint NJ John Hartley
for years CHIEF Clerk tho Treasury Department 70 al
the remaining Vacancy Msssrs Chandler and Hartley
bring high degree Of ability 70 their respective pssts
and wN by proper subdivision OF labor avoid the pos
sibty Of any collision Mr. Harrington expects 10 leave
\ for Europe on the LIST Of August
DISMISSAL or CLERKS IN THE INTERIOR DEPART.
Quite commotion has been kicked up IN quiet waS
by portion Of the clerks In tho Interior Department il
consequence OF dismissal OF their number BY
i Secretary Harlan Walter Whitman, A. L. Stevens and
Judge Jesse Connard Of Indiana, rep arc reported
among those with whose services Mr. Harlan has con.
cluded 70 dispense.
THE RUSH FROM THE CITY.
But little business has been transacted to-day In any
| Of tho departments and tomorrow will be universal
holiday Many Of the bureaus closed Saturday,
and the clerks flrloughed till Wednesday morning.
Hundreds started by the different trains to-day for Ba
| more Gettysburg, Now York, and their homes in tho
districts and neighborng States until tho proba-
bcs arc that tomorrow will DO the quietest day Of
the year the national capital The negroes the
only apparent patriots the city, and will have the
sponsbiiy Of conducting the only organized celearn.
ton Of the day 10 this distric.. h, ,s..;
! - VIOLATION OF A POST OPTION LAW. .
number OF steamboat owners in the West have IN
violation Of Post once law advertised their steamers
| Omitted States mail" steamers Tho Department hal
taken mako the parties pay the penalty for
the violation Of law. =A y .Ts- a,S~.-.. ~
/ nrNrpAr npnnvta enNss Avn
Tho recent ordsrs or mastering out Of cavalry leaves
sut ave regiments Of Gsnsrs Crooks late command The
os.esl has gone 70 Ohio on short leave OF absence
s'sNERAL DEvINs' NEW COMMAND. -s3ss-.
susrI ps Sps reported have been assigned 10 The
command Of all .svaiy u The district Or Departments Of
Mluassota gFi'\ ir tsirs3 sl' "a
MAJOR auNxRAI.S HALLsoK AND PoPs
are st In the city and not likely TO leave TIL the ias
or the week General Pope 10 ID have interview Win
the President on Wednesday evtung, n the Iattsr's
health will possibly admit IT, for consultation concerning
the Affairs Of his department in general ned the manage
ment Of Indian affairs In particular Grsa fregulsrty
and maAdminissrasion is believed to have chaessrsef
operations In this branch Of public business and d
hoped The visit Of General Pope will lead the adoption
Of and better methods OF conducting H. No change
h intended 10 be made in General Pope's command -
fAr ascertaned.
PROMOTIONS.
Colonel Horace Sanders, Of the Nineteenth Iscoasia
volunteer infantry was today brsvettsd q brgadies
ssnsrs. dating from April TO- 1885. Colonel Sanders
r1sed his regiment In lse2 and clothed and equipped 70
81 his ows expense but subsequently reimbursed By
government He has served 10 Virginia and North :
Carolina ever since. He ws injured at Drury's Bluff
past the hops os wholly recovering He has boon
isssery Provost Judge and Provost nahal OF the East
District of Virginia. and has had furough or
leave % sbencs he catered the service His ability
lawyer insured his detail oouEtsmsrsial whsnevss
his services could he spared mon the Geld.
coionsi H. Gsnssvoovs, % the Thirteenth New York
cavalry the Of General Ganssvoort Of Albany has
brxsdscv general 0allsptry and uoes-