The New York herald., 1866-04-11
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PARDoNs.
The President to-day signed order granting pardons
TO thirteen Louisanians South Carolinian and
Aabaman all under the twenty thousand dollar clause
APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON.
II has been reliably asceraned that applications haze
been made, and now pending, for pardon BY eighty
six ex members OF the rebel Congress- hundred and
thirytwo graduates Of West Point but who served in
the rebel army; hundred and twenty seven rebel
generals including Bragg, Longstreet Beauregard and
several Of tho Lees; also thirty-two prominent ex-
rebel officers and one hundred and sixteen ex-
United States officers who held positions in the rebel
service
POSTAL SERVICE IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
Colonel A. H. Markiand, special mail agent, departs
ON trip reorganize the postal service In
the Mississippi valley Post Office business between
Cairo and New Orleans s growing the hands OF the
Department The contract with the Atlantic and Mssis
spp Steamboat Company calls for service Of the mails at
thirty landings between Cairo and New Orleans More
are needed and more pay is needed Colonel MARYLAND
is empowered to make contracts TO divide tho
vice from point to point the river where 1t be
done advantageously, and to appoint loyal who will
act in Post Ofces II appointed from tho Department
POSTMASTER Oetermlncd
postal arrangements in the southern Mississippi valley
speedily as possible.
OVERLAND NAIL TO CALIFORNIA.
The Post Office Department has made contract to
another overland mail from the terminus Of tho
eastern end Of the Union Pacific Railroad by way Of
Smoky Hills to Denver City, and thence TO California
This gives daily lines the Plains The service
is to be commenced on the 18th inst
LEAGUE ISLAND AS NAVY YARD.
Representative Kelley Of Pennsylvania, will make
effort 10 get decision Of the House upon the
establishment of navy yard for ironclads at League
Island, Philadelphia There appears be little doubt
that the House will pass favoraby upon II Mr. Kelley
succeeds in claiming it's attention, and the friends of
New London are corrcspondingly cast down.
TREATY WITH THE wINYEBAGoEs.
The President has proclaimed the treaty made between
the United States and tho Winncbago Indians This
tribe convey to the government ali their right title and
interest in their present reservation in the Territory of
Dakota. In consideration Of this the United States
code land to them in Nebraska. and agree subsist
them for year in their home and furnish them
with seed and grist mills agricultural implements guns
horses and whatever may be necessary to their domestic
comfort.
SOME ITEMS OF THE DEFICIENCY BILL.
The President has approved and signed the Deficiency
Appropriation bill. Among tho items are the follow
ng:-To enable the Lighthouse Board to establish lights
and other aids to navigation Discontinued BY the enemy
the Southern coast; hundred thousand dollars
for refurnishing and repairing the Presidents house,
fortys thousand dollars in addition TO eight thousand
dollars for repairing It inside and OUT for defrayng the
expenses incident to the death and burial Of Abraham
Lincoln thirty thousand dollars FOR tho purchase Of
Fords theatre, the Of the assassination hun
dred thousand dollars The act gives the Secretary OF
he IN aoil
Pennsylvania Bank building, provided it shall not be
for les than hundred and ten tn ussnd dollars
THE TAX BILL.
The Ways and Means Committee have not yet agreed
upon the details Of tho new Tax bil and will probably
be unable to report before the end Of this week..
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY ISSUED last WEEK..
The amount Of fractional currency Issued last week
reached three hundred and thrco thousand dollars and
win probably mp 70 about the figure this week.
PErBoLKux.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has just issued the fol-
lowing circular 70 collectors and other officers OF the
customs and supervising and local inspectors of steam
boats
TREASURY DrPAlsxxxr Aprh :, 1909
upon careful consideration, based upon the reports
practical ohemists OF the op that crude tetro
eum, naphths. benzns and benzoIe should be csssed
seventh and eighth sectons Of the Steamboat NJ
August 90 1ss2 Therefore, on and after the nE day
~
trsnspori either Of the articles above named without
y he hc n0sn Of e
above referred TO- failure to procure such license
subjects tho delinquent 70 the penalty imposed by the
twenty -nfth section Of the same sci -
II. hcCULLOCH, secrctary Of the Treasury.
PERSONAL.
John r. Stockton the recently dcposcd Senator from
Now Jersey, In in tho city.
THE SEA ISLANDS FREEDMEN
The Superintendent Of the Frecdmen's Bureau at the
Sea Islands reports to the Commissioner that the num-
Der Of contracts made by him. the military authorities
Edsto, wadmaaw, Johns and James Islands, South
Carolina during the month Of March, 1906 was Gfty.nge
including 2sss freed people Many contracts have
been made which not reported from the n rent
islands In be embraced In the report Of tho
Superintendent Requstons have been received at the
Frcemens Bureau for about hundred freedmen to
To Arkansas and mississippi This demand increases
the number 70 be furnished for which requIsons have
been made, TO over hundred persons No freed.
mon women need bc dle because Of scarcity Of
employment There is plenty To do and owing I, tho
want Of laborers In the South and Southwest planters
are paying very liberal wages.
sERESApE TO SPEAKER coLFAx.
Speaker colfax serenaded night at his residence
by citizens Of Indiana who had already paying
like compliment to Senator Lane Of that satc Mr. Col.
fax in acknowledging the compliment, said:-
I have no doubt that you, like mysclf, rejoice with
OF this great country than before There was
time In this land whcu slavery regarded as the
time has passed. and build, hcnrcforth on a founda
ton OF liberty ApplanseI To-day under the lcgsla-
ton Of the American Congress In this great republic
the wafer OF the two great Of the globe there
no person ch or poor high or humble, learned
tion Of equal laws (Applsusc.l am prouder 10 day