Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-01-15
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tation was due at the time of decease,
transfer OF these claims.
The. Tribune's Washington special says:
The Secretary of War, In conversation yes
terday, stated that whenever habeas corpus
reached here for the delivery of the bodies
OF the rebel boat burners, now on trial by
court martial at st. Louis, he shall immedi-
ately turn them over to the civil authori.
ties.
The President OF the American Bank
Note Company submitted several designs
yesterday, for the forthcoming SO National
Bank notes. Carpenters picture of Presi-
dent Lincoln reading his Emancipation
Proclamation, will torn the back decoration
of the note.
The list of awards to the captors of the
conspiracy assasslns is still In the hands of
Judge Holt, but will be delivered to the
Secretary of War for his approval or dis
approval on Monday next.
Of the nine thousand pOstoffices in the
disloyal States, about two thousand have
been reopened. Nearly three hundred of
THESE nave received postmistresses because
no man could be found who could take the
oath that he had not borne arms against his
country. r..#
The Tribune's Washington special says:
The resignation of Brcvet Major General
ID. A. Barnum was accepted yesterday to
date from the 9th inst, M. &c.
The Times Washington special rays: The
military commission will report favorably
upon the proposition to create the office Of
General In the army, and when the office Is
created by law the position will be rendered
to Gen. Grant. There has been no opposi-
ton to the'proposition by any member of
the committee. fH
The President bad an overwhelming visit
yesterday afternoon from committee of
ladies, headed by Mrs. Senator Trumbull,
who presented petition and yehementlv
urged him to reject the application for par
don OF R. s. Cox, of Georgetown, late of
the rebel army. These ladies are of a So
ciety entitled the National Colored Home
Association. They state that Cox Is a large
landholder In this district OF their society,
aud has erected on his lands buildings In
which are housed large number of help
less colored people, and they ask that IL
Cox be pardOned at all it shall be on condi-
tion that he give to their association ten
acres of land and the buildings thereon
now occupied by the association.
Hon. Thos. N. Stillwell yesterday obtain
ed an order from Lieut.. Gen. Grant order
ing the muster out of the 34th Indiana
regiment, now at Brownsville, Texas, and
with which regiment Mr.. Stillwell was
formerly connected.
Orders have been issued for the release of
rebel Quartermaster r.. B. Winder. He Is
not the Winder associated with WirZ in the
Andersonville butcheries.
The Worlds Washington special says:
The Acting Commissioner for the Freed
mems Bureau in Georgia, reports to Gen.
Howard that the negroes in that State ex-
hlDlt great Willingness to make contracts
Tor next year, and that within the last few
| days quite number of contracts have been
made at rates ranging from $l2 to SIS per
month, including board and lodging, for
| male hands.
The Tribune's Washington special says:
Provost Marshal Russell, last evening, sent
Charles A. Rodgers, of the 4th artillery,
who was convicted of completely with two
others In counterteiting soldiers final state
ments while he was acting as clerk in the
office of Commlssary of Musters, to Fort
Delaware, for a term of two years imprison-
ment. His cOnfederates, similarly sentenc-
ed, effected their escape from Fort Whip
| pie, just prior to being ordered off.
| The Times special says: All volunteer
officers on duty in the Freedmen's Bureau,
| Virginia, have been ordered to Join their
commands for muster out. Their places
will be filled by details from the Veteran
Reserve Corps.
The Herald's Washington special says
Gen. Mulford, having turned over to the
Commissary General of prisoners such
moneys as he succeeded in regaining from
the rebel prison keepers, out of the funds
sent our soldiers in captivity and appro-
priated by the former parties, the same is
now ready for distribution. All applica-
tlons In this regard may be sent forthwith
to Gen. Hitchcock. As the amount secured
falls short of the aggregate of the sum
known to have been thus applied, it Is pro-
posed to make pro rata division among all
who can reasonably substantiate losses of
the above description.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13-Dr. Reynhold
Falger, late Assistant Register ofthe United
States Treasury, died here yesterday.
The resolution adopted by the Senate au-
thorizing the committee on reconstruction
to send for papers and persons, will support
the original intention OF dispatching sub
committee to the South to obtain informa-
tion relative to affairs i that section. 1t
has yet to be acted on by the House. The
committee are enjoined to secrecy as to
their proceedings. \
New YoRk, Jan. 13-The Commercials
Washington special says: A probably un-
successful appeal has been made to the
War Department for the restoration of
Gen. Sweeney, the Fenian Commander-in-
Chief to his position In the regular army.
Gen. Grant, under orders from the Presi-
dent, is withdrawing all troops from the
Southern States except the garrisons of
United States forts at important point.
The official dispatches from United States
agents abroad, received at the State De-
partment by the last steamer from Europe,
are favorable to American interests. The
plans for the extension of European intlu-
ence onour continent have received death
blow by the herestoration of the Union. 1t is
expected that the Mexican difficulty will be
solved by the withdrawal of the French
troops, OF which there are increasing indi-
cations. There are grounds for believing
that the State Department at Washington
and the French government have an un-
derstanding upon the subject, which is said
TO date previous TO the Termination of the
civil war. .,., Z, ~, -, w.
The Judges Of the Supreme Court are /" |"
consultation to-day on the eoOnstitutionalty
of the test oath, about which there is a DID,
ference of opinions.-
It Is certain that Secretary McCulIochs
flnance bill will be amended before it's pass,
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The Posts Washington special says: It
Is reported that tile Reconstruction COM
mlttee intend sending for many Southern
leaders, both Union and rebel, for the pur-
pose of examining into the condition OF the i
Southern States. The prospects of the ad-
mission of the Tennessee Congressional
delegatesis slight, but private advices state
that the Tennessee Legislature will imme- i
diately oonferequal civil rights upon freed 4
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The frialof Alexandra rioters is pro-