New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Dispatch to The n. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Monday, Oct. 2, 1865.
HOW TO OBTAIN THE BODIES OF DECEASED
EOLDIFRS.

procurement Of the bodies of deceased soldiers buried
in Government cemeteries, will undoubtedly prove OF
great benefit to the thousands bereaved by the war
Any person desiring to obtain the body OF deceased
friend or relative. must be prepared to make an
affidavit before justice Of the peace or notary
public TO the effect that he is duly authorized to receive
said body and at the time state tho company and
regiment to which he formerly belonged. All applica
tions should be made at the office Of James NJ Moore
Assistant Quarermsster where record is kept of the
deaths Of large proportion Of those who have fallen
during the war, their company regiment and rank,
together with their cOnjugal condition, resi-
dence Of widow or relative, cause Of
death and exact locality Of their graves. The affidavit
must be le at Capt. Moores Office where he viii re.
ceivs an order for e1buming the body. The Govern
ment makes no charge for furnishing all information
relative TO the nterment Of deceased soldiers but after
/, has granted the necessary permission to exhume
their bodies renquisbes all care and supervision and
the corpse must be taken from the cemetery BY private
conveyance and prepared for shipment to its desna'
ton by the same means. II is essential that body be
prepared TO prevent any unpleasant odor, which
can be done by means of dsinfecting powder, or by
sealing it in a metallic or alright deodoriziDg case.
LOUISIANA POLITICS.
The President listened attentiyely to "a
Louisiana Delegation again this morning. II is under
stood he is strongly disposed to set aside the Con
stitution le6i which in degree dstsstefa to
him. and TO appoint a Provisional Governor, but he
looks with something like suspicion upon Gov. Wells.
LAyD-oFPICE STATISTICS.
Five thousand and fifty-three acres Of public
lands were taken up for actual settlement in August
ls65, at tie Land Office Of Junction City, Kansas.
SHIP BUILDING.
In Io60. 800 establishments were in operation
within the United States for the manufacture of ship
and boat building with invested capital Of g. l06
265; cost Of material. s1i7l. .307; hands employed,
s607 annual cost OF labor 81 e659 95e annual value Of
product, sl0 e92 49, showing decrease Of 3iI per
cent compared with the return Of 1880 for value Of
annual product. which was sl6595.6s3.
SOUTHERN FLOUR.
The Southern States in 1860 are represented
in the manufacture Of -four and meal by $500 estssh
ments. employing 5.9i3 male and 81 female hands;
capital invested sli,0599ll; cost OF grain used,
So Oc3 045; cost of labor s454 1876; yielding in the
year ending June l. 1860 s37 996.47o.
FINANCIAL.
During the week ending Sept. 30, certificates
Of Indebtedness 20 the amount of o. eo6.5io
deemed by the Treasury Department and mutilated
currency destroyed amounting TO $4o9, GIG a0 During
the week ending Sept. 30 National Currency TO the
amount OF ~. 72e 700 was issued by the Government
making the total up TO date sl9l.4ll,4sO
SURGEONS APPOINTED.
DR.. Henry Conkln of Bloomington Illinois,
and II. d. Pollard Of Fnlay. Ohio have been appointed
examining surgeons Of the Pension Bureau.
NATIONAL BANKS.
Up to date ,j72 National Banks have been
established by the Government
FURs.
Returns from the eighth census show that in
the year ls60 there were "a establishments in operation
within the United States for the manufacture of flrs,
with An invested capital Of s 9000 paying for raw
material. l715.l2J for labor. s2i9,i94i employing
i67 male ana 5-2 female hands and yielding annually
products 10 the amount Of s., 00f,57j.
PERSONAL.
Judge Edmunds Commissioner Of the General
Land Office has returned from bis recent tour and re-
sumed the duties Of bis Office.
PACIFIC RAILRoAD-KASSAs BRANCH.
A telegram received at the Department OF the
Interior on Saturday, from Col. j. H. Simpson, one Of
the Commissioners appointed to inspect the Kansas
branch Of the Pacific Railroad, announces bis arrival
St. Louis his way TO confer with his associates
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The following ruling was on Saturday ordered
by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue: Pub
fishers Of newspapers whose receipts therefor exceed
81 900 annually should be licensed manufacturers
and such license will cover all sales Of these manufac'
lures at or from the place OF publication. and also the
Il. e alo gtr a
receipts from internal revenue Saturday amounted
to le5l l97 5s. The total receipts for the quarter
ending Sept 80 amounted 10 the unprecedented sum of
s9) 20 ii9 &C. which is largely in excess oil those OF
any previous quarter since the establishment OF tho
Internal Revenue Bureau.
RATfOSs FOR FREEDMEN.
Capt. G. b. Carne, Superintendent OF Airing
ton Village aud all other Government farms south Of
the Potomac reports the total number of rationS issued
by him 10 the Freedmen under his control during the
month of September TO have been IA, les.
CoLoRBD SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
William Ballantyne, Agent OF the Christian
Commission has recently turned over to John Kmbal'
Superintendent Of the Colored Schools in the District
Of Columbia, large amount Of property snch as books
bookcases etc. etc. for the use Of the teachers aud
scholars Of said schools
THE CHRISTIAN COMMISSION.
The Christian Commission, on closing their
depots In this city, turned to the superintendent
Of Colored Schools OF Washington large amount oi
property remaining after their immense and gratui'ous
contribution to the soldiers Of the Union army.
RICHMOND JOURNAL SUSPENDED.
The Bulletin newspaper of Richmond has been
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