The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-01-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
Paymasters Mustered Out
INDIAN A F F A I r s.
Business of Pension Department.

ington special says: The designations OF
Generals Fitzpatrick, minister to Chill
Cox, Governor elect of Ohio, and Davies
public administrator of New York, have
been accepted by the President.
Colonel Cuyler, surgeon OF the Uni
ted States army, has been assigned to
duly as post surgeon at Fort Wadsworth
New York harbor. Brevet Lieut.. Col
Burley, surgeon of the United States ar
my, has been assigned TO duty at Fort
Warren, Boston harb 7.
Rendezvous for returned soldiers in the
States of Connecticut, Rhode Island and
New Hampshire are broken up All the
troops of these States have been muster
ed out
Four companies of the 5th New jersey
cavalry, stationed at Cumberland, Md.
have been ordered to North Carolina fol
duty
The Iieralds Washingt on special says;
Patents for forty.seven thousand one
hundred acres of swamp land have been
forwarded from the general land Office
to the Governor of Missouri.
The Times dispatch says pecial or,
der No. /, War Department, 1866, mus
ters out the following paymasters, to
take effect from January 18th; Brevet
Lieutenants Cats, William Tillman. Ste-
phen W. Crosby, James A. Parish. w, s.
Mendenhall and Samuel E. Adams; Ma
jors J. A. Stafford, C. w Campbell, James
Mann, John. X. Cravens, Henry McFar-
land, n. w. Knapp, w. H. McAllister,
Champion s. Chase, Zachariah Voorhes,
Frank Kelly, William ASSN and VIM.
d. Stewart.
The Herald's telegram says: A letter
from General Sully, dated Senox city, to
the Indian bureau states that he just ar
rived from Fort Rice on the Missouri
river. He reports large bands OF Indi-
ans gathered about the latter locality.
They apparently desire to preserve a
friendly feeling with the whites The
Chief says that their tribes were to make
immediate restitution of property stolen
in recent expeditions and agreed to de-
liver up certain Indians who were guilty
of shedding blood in their recent thiev-
ing forays.
A communication from the Superin-
tendent of Indian affairs for the district
of New Mexico represents things in a
most unfavorable light tie reports the
Indian population of that country de-
termined on an outbreak and have al,
ready begun to drive of cattle in broad
day. The cause of this mischief is said
to arise from the scantiness OF their sup
plies from government during the last
two wears The military force has been
decreased so much that the Indians no
longer fearit. An instance is cited where
eight thousand Arago Indians are under
the guard OF four hundred soldiers The
former began to show i disposition TO
turn the tables by becoming the captors
The following is All exhibit OF the
business of the Pension Department. for
the year just expired: Number Of applica'
tons admitted from invalid soldiers Is
800; number of the same rejected 1884
number of applications admitted from
widows mothers and orphans, II 1862 /;
number of the same rejected, 800; NUM-.
Der of cases still waiting TO be disposed
of, $4,000, of which 81 ,66l are from inva-
lids and the balance from widows, moth
ers aud orphans During the last month
of the year 3 go letters and circulars re
lating TO the cases on file in the office,
were mailed TO the parties interested or
their attorneys.
The Herald 3 telegram says lnasmuch
as the Marine Corps has officers enough
for brigade, it is probable that the one
regiment now constituting the corps will
be placed on a footing with a heavy ar
tillery regiment and Incorporated in the
regular army
Upwards OF ~ clerks were discharged
from the War Department on the 3lst
ult
An order mastering out over 6l gener-
al officers ii Is reported, will be issued
before the 18th inst
The Worlds Washington Telegram
says; General Spinner, by authority of
the Secretary of the Treasury, transmits
regularly to all foreign consul5 the
monthly statements of the condition Of
the Treasury Several of the foreign
Ministers have requested that it be com-
municated AT the same time 10 their gov
ernments II will be dene lay the same
authority.