The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-16

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$500 wAnrora, Dsa q ~ !
Financial Rum0rs and SpecuIatfons.
reported that the Asto, Of New York. havs 49,
using their Influence In high quarters to arrest sl,e
policy Of Contraction that Trad Stevens viii not osly rs
sst conscon but will urge increase Of national bank
currency; that the rumor Of the again draw
ing On national banks current in New York yester
day entirely without foundation that the COMMITTEES
OF Ways and Means held consultation Boutwells bin
yesterday, but took and arrived at no concu
sion The opinion 10 be prevalent that it is loos
ing ground. Many think that the government should
sell no gold but hold In reserve or the modes or
preparation for specie payment has which looks to an
accumulation Of coin and liberal volume Of paper cur
rency seems to meet with the most favor among busi
moss men. With one-third OF the amount held as r.
in coin II Is believed that four To six hundred NIL
Lions would not be too large volume OF paper currency
and that this amount could be kept aoas redeemabe IN
coin At sight
Financial Items.
The amount Of National Bank currency issued duri.~
tho weeks 1914 40 making the total amount 70 date
$500 PSI, 37 from this to be deducted the currency
returned including worn out notes amounting @
g. 001 1872, leaving in actual circulation at this dses
SOS ls0. oss. II q
The Treasury disbursements Tor the wsek ending 10
day were follows war Ssos2 4o6 Nav, s2os oos:
Interior, $197, 900 Total, 90 $50, 113.
The total amount Of fractional currency forwardsa
hence during the week ending to-day amounts 70
34sa810, and was ssnt as foIows:-To the United
Statss Depository Buffalo, $s5 900; United States D.
pository At Baltimore 100000 to the Assistant Tress
ursrs At Boston and New York 100000 each, and 70
National banks SlSs.sl0 The amount OF fractional
currency received during the week is s33s, 600
The Proposed Radical Measures Against tho
south. r ;,
The conservative Senators to-day do not hesitate 70
admit that the people will sustain the most extreme
radical measures against the South The recusaAs
States are to be dealt with by Congress in March.
The Records Of Salisbury Prison.
Owing to the i'll success attending all efforts heretofore
made to discover the whereabouts prison records at
Salisbury c. was generally believed that RECORDS
were kept but the relatives Of the who died this
prison and were buried around II will be thankful 70
learn that after perseverng and skiifuy conducted
search, made by Brevet Lieutenant Colonel James N
Moore the quarermaser having charge Of the national
cemeteries, the monthly reports of the prison officials
have been discovered and secured These reports CON
tain the names, rank and regiment of thousand
of the Union dead buried In North Carolina and ytcle
Isle, Va large proportion Of those Of our Mies
who never returned to their homes reported in the
official lists of casualties ~ missing y and no tdiugs
OF their fate have been received by their anxious
friends Thousands Of families in the land ere yet suffer-
ing the terrible suspense Of hoping still to meet
these lost ones and yet fearing that they have flied
soldiers grave Many Of these men were captured by
tho enemy died in prison and buried their friends
knowing nothing Of their fate than the melancholy
fact that they stu missing By ne discovery Of
these reports the friends Of thousand deceased
soldiers VIII be informed Of the death 81 the long absent
loved ones but very few indeed Of the remains can be
identified owing the neglecto the prison authorities
to place any record on the graves establish the idsn
tity Of the deceased The buried in seven
teen trenches each about two hundred and thirty feet
in length The trenches dug and the soldiers were
buried BY Union soldiers and loyal civilians who were
confined In the Salisbury prison. under the charge Of
rebel sergeant and squad Of prvaes the remains
were packed in these trenches body upon another
and covered with earth The reports containing these
names will be placed nle in the Death and Burial
Bureau and any information in reference to Thorn VIII
doubtless be furnished by Lieutenant Colonel moore On
application 10 him
Executive Pardons.
Psrdons have been granted the President to Stephen
Koaney and Thomas Wilson. who jointly convicted
at Tho January term, 1865 OF the United States District
Court for the Southern District Of New York, on the
charge Of larceny, and sentenced DO imprisoned for
ono pear. Executive ciemency was extended 10 these
men for the reason that their term Of imprisonment has
nearly expired, they have conducted themselves well
ana mas deem recommended BY the
the warden. clerk and deputy keeper OF the jail
The following political pardons have been granted BY
the President since the 7th instant Of them miner
coming under the 81 petty officer and "tweniy
thousand dollar clauses OF the Amnesty proclamation
r. J. wilkinson Of Tom. Henry II. Wells and John
w Stdckey, Of c.; Samuel D. Lewis and John Crit
tenden, Of Ala Howard p. Perry and John j. Smith.
Of Texas; NJ W. Ransom, Of n c.; w. w. Hunter Of
La Elijah Roberts. Of Ga. and !. W. weems OF Ma
sissppi
Payment Of the Additional Bounty.
Tue Pay Department has commenced to pay the a.
d6nal bounty provided by Of Congress Of July %.
1895 70 several Ohio regiments, from which the appca
tons OF all those claiming bounty are on file
The Case of sanford Conover.
Counsel to-dey concluded tho argument Of the de-
murrcr entered In the OF Conover, charged with
perjury in having testified before the House Judiciary
Committee that certan aidavits made to connect JET
feson Davis with the assassination OF President Lncoln
wore true Judge Fisher will propably give his decson
in the early part Of next week.
Proposals for Furnishing Goods To the Indian
Tribes.
On the 2lsi Of November the Indian Department ad-
vertised for bids for what goods required for tho
Indian tribes within the United States the time during
which proposals would be received terminating to-day
In accordance Herewith the parties who had made ~ o.
posas 70 the number Of twenty ye were present
in the Office OF the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs and
their respective proposals opened casual exam
In aton shows quite difference in the Of the pre-
posed articles. II Is understood that each bidder FIR.
nished sample Of the article intended TO be supned
under his bid and a consequence some little tsms,
must be necessarily consumed In making the seisctoa
The determination Of the department is that the b. :,
goods Of substantial character shall be received fay the
Indians and the money appropriated viii be Apply "a for
that purpose.
The Salaries Of Government Cicrl.
Mr.. Moorchead or Pennsylvania has expsv .sed mia n
tention Of calling up 10 the House Mono Az the meno
rial Of the clerks In the Department. foe an increase a.
salary which was presented BY Mr. ssvcns OF peunsv
vania and referred to the Commw.ee on WAYS and
Mean Thaxai a n