The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-08

The operations Of the Central Sanitary Commission dio
not by any with the close Of the war the
ofcers Of the commission in this city arc engaged In
claim agency business which bids fAr TO eclipse that OF
all the private agencies combined They now Me ton
thousand claims per month In all the departments and
more than half Of oil the CLAIMS in the Pension Bureau
There are one hun dred and fifteen sub agencies esab
ished at prominent points In the Northern States and
the business expected reach twenty-five thousand
CLAIMS per month All this expensive and vexatious
claim business transacted tor the discharged soldier
free of every charge. The commission rs making ar
rangements 70 distribute its immense stock Of sanitary
stores remaining hand at the time OF the disbandng
of the armies II Of hospital furniture broken
packages of condensed meat and vegetables
clothing and miscellaneous articles which can
neither be used nor returned to the donors. The
question has been raised Of distributing these articles
among the freedmen but 1t is a notorious fact that the
new race is less in need of the charity than thousands
of war widows and orphans in the States for whom
bureaus or aid societies have been established Those
who believe that charity begins at home cannot doubt
that such disposition Of the would generally
meet the appreciation Of the relieve greater
amount Of distress during the comtas winter ri
rfIT PARDoNs. tsl .t
The President yesterday pardoned A. T. NJ Rust ID.
Barnet 4. T. Napier James Marks Spencer G. Msrks J.
c. B. Mitchell, W. L. Lucas, Chas 8 Lucas. Robs. A.
W IT,
Peter Drscol, ssn,l J. Balng George Stone aud ex
Congressman Eli s. Shorter Of Alabama Bedford Brown
of North Carolina; James H Cox, Wallace Thompson,
Ludwig Hozcr, VIM Pym Mathew G. Palliford, G. w.
Sutherland, John W. stone, G. w. Fucker, VIM. A,
Green, w. Il. Parish. D. B. Payne Charles Msssie,
Joseph Millhiser Moses Mihiscr, Chas. L. Ludwig,
Augustine Lifterch John w. Lumpkn, VIM II. Grant.
Fendal Griffin, Fleming Griffin, John A. Flood, j
Flood, Henry Flood, A. H. Drewry o. G. Clay, George
Harper J. A. B. Commons, Henry j Brock, J. q.
Brooks and J. r Bryan Of Virginia; A. H Kerr and
Chamberlain Jones, Sen, Of Tennessee; Norman Story
of Louisiana, and f. Honsfon, of Florida
GOVERNOR FENTOS IN wAsHINaros.
Governor Fenon Is in this city on business connected
the out of Yew York troops and tho settle
ment Of the claims Of that State against the general
government It is understood that about one million
four hundred thousand dollars Of those claims favor
ably considered and draft will he Immediately drawn
in favor cf the for about three hundred thousand
dollars The Governor is OF opinion that vouchers can
he produced that will result the speedy adjustment or
nearly the whole amount If not the entire clam Itself
THE PRESSURE OF VISITORS AT THE WHITE BousE
There was again large crowd at the Executive Man
sion day nearly all of whom pardon soekcr
Guiding Miles Taylor formerly represenve in Congress-
from Louisiana Some OF them had been standing ~ the
door at least Ave hours waiting for admit:ance but
had not been gratifed up to three O'Clock Tho Pres
dent in the intervals Of the pubkc BUSINESS received
few only Of To have opeucd the door Of his
Office to all once, with the thermometer indi
eating about ninety degrees would have exposed him 10
the risk Of sulfocaton. f,a'' 70 -ii4 -. -.
,.,s THE rRgBDNEN IN lTBNxDssNE, =. ..
General Fish, Commissioner fov tho rrecdmen's
Bureau IN tennessee; reports 20 that depart nient.
from Nashville, under date Of September 2i--A
| largo number Of the former owners OF slaves
| haye- testified thcir dcsre to- cooperate, with
the Commissioner by all the means tncr power "a
secure tranquility and ORDER But in addition tiotc,e
there many who refuse 10 accept the al wc,nd1ion
Of things aud resist the action Of the government as Eau
is practicable without endsngering personal safety
Much Of the trouble and agitation now existing IL e
State Is due 20 this cass Of criztns The frccdmca
courts are crowded with applicants foT justice Scsn
hard earned wages withheld from the colorct
people, and the crack Of the whip and Of Tho
shackles are in many localities common ~ tbe day
| of their serfdom Tennessee and Alabama will without
doubt provide at the approaching session Of thor ces
latures for the negroes right TO have hearing bcc.
their courts The great demand FOR labor The coming
| year will do much towards regulating wages and
securing their prompt payment. On the Lat day o.
July last there thousand one hundr d and
ftyone negroes subsstIng upon the government IN 'b'
contraband camps of Tennessee Al this time there
l
and they are chiefly confined the aged and n0vm and
orphans Of colored soldiers The refugee establishment
| at Nashville. Carksville and Memphis tho IL
of July last subsistng at the expense Of tho
FIVE thousand hundred and sixty nine dependents
addition the large number drawing ratons for their
families at home. or the former number there hui
eleven remaining inmates In the refugee estsbshment
and the latter ceased TO be- furnished with public
bounty. rs .rres rr
THE RIGHTS OF PENSIONERS coRxEoTios.
A verbal error which has appeared in some OF Tbs
newspapers has been deemed OF sufciont importance
for Official correction The Secretary says the section In
| which IL occurs is as follows r .
And be further enacted That all persons by Law
entitled - less pension than heretofore specified who
shall have lost foot and hand In tho military ser
vice of the United States and In the line Of his her
duty, shall be emitted 70 twenty dollars per month
This section the Secretary of Stale says printed in
the pamphlet edition OF the laws ofhe last session Of
Congress precisely according the original roll with b'
exception that The word his' is undcrseorcdi e., pa
in italcs-and the word stheir placed in BRACKETS Tho
reason for which is obvious The error IL that news
papers have printed the word or instead Of the
l,aand, between the words "foot" and ''hand," Tn,
Acting Commissioners 0f. Passions says without thi
correction the business Of the bureau would 10 uscssy
increased without benefit to any one.
| ACTION IN REGARD TO cOSFIsCArED PROpsarY n
| LOUDON COUNTY, VA.
Major General Howard has ordered the agent fol
Loudon county, Va to suspend action with regard u
property claimed To be conscated until the record shs
be carefully revised and corrected THIS, is believed
will tend to aay the distress and CONSERVATION excited
by the publication Of the order for tho conascation
appropriation Of a large number of farms In Louder
county for the Of the Bureau Of Refugees and Freed
| men. D..
SUDDEN DEATH or AN ARMY oFsrcEE.
Lieutenant B. wslworth, after playing game
Of billiards last night died Of congestion OF the brain
From papers found his person appears that no VA
member Of the Fifteenth New York cavalry, that h,
had been duty in the Ordnance Department and ha'
| Just settled hts accounts
| APPOINTMENTS TO-DAY.
James A. Mathews, Collector Of Customs for the dis