Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-28
Colombian Minister at the White House,
THE ARMY ORGANIZATION
Il he dian Tribes.
POST OFFICE AFFAIRS.
CARE FOR THE GRAVES OF THE SOLDIERS

issued an order to his assistants to make special re
ports OF the localities and condition of soldiers GENE
teries known to them. with recommendations of tn
means necessary to provide for the preservation n
the remains inferred therein. from desecraton Sine
| that time. the Roll of Honor" or the names a
soldiers who died in defence of the American Union
| mas oeen published. and recently the names of tn
omcers and soldiers found the battlefelds of tn
". wilderness and of Spottsyvania Court House, Va
vi 1hese atter nearly 500 names, 30 are those
SO soldiers from PENNSYLVANIA so from New York ant
81 from MASSACHUSETTS,. Head boards have beer
erected erect to their graves the battlefield Of thu
| Wilderness Two cemeteries have been laid out, en-
closed by paling fence. The sites are we'll adaptet
for the resting place of those who fell in the vicinity
having been selected where the of carnage ap
peared to be the greatest. 1t was unusual occur
renee to observe the lines of our men close to th,
abatis of the enemy and in one case several skele
tons ofour soldiers were found in their trenches
hundreds Of graves on these battle-felds are with
% out any marks whatever to distinguish them, and Sc
covered with foliage that the visitor will be unable
to nd the last resting place of those who have fallen
until the rains and SHOWS of winter wash off the sur
| remains.
Quartermaster General Meigs has caused to he re.
moved to the cemetery at Arlington. the remains Of
those who died on the camping grounds in the vicn.
ity and has taken measures to collect the remains nj
all others for deposit in permanent cemeteries in
| cludlng those at Camp Douglas, Chicago.
FIVE CENT CURRENCY.
The new five cent currencywill be issued next week
About $50, 900 worth Of defaced and mutiated cur
rency Is destroyed by burning per day, and $50 O0f
worth printed. Arrangements are nearly completed
to make the amount of the latter equal to the former
MINISTER FROM COLOMBIA.
To-day Gen. Don Salger was introduced to the
President and the Secretary of State and delivered
his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States of Coombia.~
He made the following remarks on the OCCASION
Your Excellencv:-The Governor of Colombia de-
srlng to foster and encourage the friendly relations
stipulations that have formed the matter of speca
treaties between the nations has lately conferred
upon l me the character ot Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenlpotentiary, near the Government of
your EXcelleney. The perfect understanding and
cordiaity which the two countries have reached the
increase of their mutual commercial transactions and
their Typographical and political conditions are
worthy of special consideration. For this reason
| heartily congratulate myself on placing in the
hands of your Excellency do the autograph let
ter of the President of Colombia accredting me 70
the mission, to preserve and render advantageous,
friendship that rests such legitimate interests
ceeney. ~
Hoping that may continue to deserve Your con-
hdence and benevolent consideration:
which the President replied as follows:-General:
1t was with sincere regret that recently received
it is with sincere satisfaction that now receive the
letter which accredits YOU again Envoy Exraord-
nary and Minister PlenipOtentiary of the United
States of Columbia to this Government
: | renew on this occasion my former assurance of
your country, and of personal esteem to yourself
THE INDIAN TRIBES.
Recent reports concerning the disposition of the
various Indian tribes with whom the Government
has of late entered into treaty compact represent
favorable aspect; and perfect confidence exists of
secure and lasting peace hereafter The Darties Uh
made the attack on Butterield's mail-coach short
time ago had not been advised of the treaties which
had been made.
An excellent profile portrait Of the President de-
signed for distribution among those of the Indian
Chiefs who observe strictly the character and obliga-
tions their treaties with the government. have been
executed in silver by Mr. Paquet. and is pronounced
a work of great artistic skill and merit There has
been since the foundation of the government peri
odical appropriation. usually about once in four
years the above object and it significant fact
that there is knowledge of any Chief who has thus
been favored ever having hr0hon the treaty obliga
tions.
THE REMAINS OF wIRz
The statement that the remains of Captain Wrz
have been forwarded South for nterment is untrue.
NEW ARMY ORGANIZATION.
Great labor is being bestowed in Congress, and in
the military departments. upon the subject of reor
ha army IL yfT ~ Gt tRs
also IN view of possible contingencies. The old egu
lars are of course naturally anxious TO secure them
selves in the best positions, while thousands who
have been educated in the late extraordinary strug
gles though never previously Injured to arms enter
tain just ambition to be considered when the Gov
ernment Is making Its selection OF officers. The
Board still in session in Washington for the purpose
of selecting from such volunteers as have distin-
guished themselves by ability and courage nearly
five hundred first and second lieutenans for the
regular army. is doing part of the work. but it is
when officers of higher grades are to be chosen that
the real contest will begin.
1t is said that General Grant prefers the regulars
but TINS cannot be true to great extent, when we
consider that he himself has placed on record the
warmest recommendations of hundreds of brave
men VINO went from CIVIL llte into the 1t
supposed that the regular force of the United States
will not be less than 5000 men of all arms which
will require considerable addition to the present
list Of officers. Any person deSirous of knowing how
the President feels on this general subject can be
satisfied by turning TO the Congressional Giobo of the
18th and 3Oth of May, 1916 where is published the
debate between a certain Andrew Johnson of Ten
nessee and certain Jefferson Davis of Mississippi
in which the latter undertook to sneer at the me-
chanics and laboring men as untitled to take COM
mand in the army an assertion which was instantly
and very roundly rebuked by the former.
CERTIFICATES Or INDEBTEDNESS.
New certificates of Indebtedness, amounting to
Sl52OOo were last week issued by the Treasury De-
partment.
INCREASE OF SALARIES ASKED.
A petition is being circulated among the clerks of
the various departments praying Congress for in
crease OF their salaries.
For the first time since the surrender of Lees army
no pardon warrants were issued by the Attorney
General to-day. The applications for pardon have
almost ceased to be made and the President is dis
posing of the in the custody of the State Depart
ment. with prospect ofcompleting the pardon bust
ness by spring. few pardon bro ana friends of
petitioners for amnesty call from day to day at the
Presidents House and on the Attorney General, but
the pressure for pardon has very materially diminish
ed the parties directly interested having returned to
DECISION on cLAIMs
On an inquiry made by a Provost Marshal, ii was
recently decided by the Pay Department that Provost
Marshals and other Members of Boards of Enroll
not entitled when b bdscharged % to the three
nor to travelling allowances to their homes.
PATENTS.
The estimate of the number of patents issued for
the year 1865 shows the aggregate to be $780, an in
crease OF 6Og oyer that OF any preVous year There
ending January ID, 1866 129 new patents.
THE ANTICIPATED INsURRECTIOE-THE APPREHES-
sIONS GROUNDLESS.
The following responses have been received to in
quiries upon the subject of anticipated dis
turbances:
PetersJurg Va. Dec; 27.-There have been no dis
turbances caused by the negroes who have behaved
themselves well, In this CITY and adiacent
country they have been quiet and orderly for the
season, and never before were SO few seen on our
streets during the Christmas holidays. There is no
them.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
On y two veterans of all those who participated in
the Navy of the Revolution, far as known by the
Commissioner of Pensions remain, namely: William
101 years. and Lemuel Cook. of Clarendon, Orleans
Co., New York, aged 9? years and only five widows
of Revolutionary soldiers draw pensions from the
Government at yearly amount of S293.
m SENATOR cRAGIN's PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
the Constitution of the United States introduced into
the Senate by Senator Chagn, of New Hampshire
the day of the adjournment Its aim is to kIlfor
ever the heresy of State sovereignty.
Paramount sovereignty shall reside within the
United States: and every citizen thereof, or of any
State or Territory therein shall be bound, and pri-
marly owe faith loyalty and allegiance to the United
States, anything in the constitution laws the or
dinance OF any State to the contrary notwithstand
ing and every State heretofore in the Union. or
which may hereafter be admitted as a member
thereof shall forever remain and constitute part of
the United States and shall not under any crcum-
stances whatever, have right to secede or with
draw therefrom.
Richmond, Deg. 27;--There never was more har-
mony between the whites and blacks at this season.
aggressive disposition was manifested the part
of either.
Norfolk, Dec 27-There was no serious disturbance
among the blacks on Christmas day, nor has there
been any since Monday. few brawIs in Newport
and Portsmouth were the result of whisky, and had
no political significance whatever 1t is true that
many of the blacks of this county have provided
themselves with pistols but it is not thought there is
any purpose of insurrecton arising there.
POST OFFICE AFFAIRS.
The Post Office Department o-day awarded con-
tracts for services on fifty routes in Virginia and West
Virginia. These routes. for which offices have been
made since regular biddings two months ago. will
nearly the whole of these States not then award
North Carolina is in greatly increased demand and
a number OF offices are being made. To-day upwards
of thirty routes let All these services will 20
into operation on New Years day.
Contracts for services in South Cerolina, Georgia
and other States, also being freely disposed of in
ing of post offices in every Southern and Southwest
ern State. The number of such distribution NAV be
set down at 200 per week. Yesterday Virginia Lou
isana, Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee Shared
largely,
Coal MINE EXPLOSION IN PENYsYLvANIA.-The
Pittsburg Chronicle says:
"On Wednesday of last week an explosion of fire
damp occurred in the coal mines of Enoch W M Gin
in the mines, when one of them, David Davis walked
towards place which was full of sulphur with a
naked lamp. Another miner, BENJAMIN Howard
who was further In with safety lamp, advised Davis