New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-08
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WASHINGTON.
THE sURRATT TRlAL-Gov. FLANDERS OF LOUISIANA.
TELEGRAPH THIBuEE.

THE sURRATT TRlAL-GoV. FLANDERS OF LOUISIANA.
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WASHINGTON Friday, June 7, lsc7.
The trial of surratt will positively take place ON
Monday morning although all of the witnesses for
the prosecution are not here. The counsel for tho
people will go on with the trial. on the old indist-
ment charging him with completely in the assassiTa-
ton of Mr.. Lincoln. The Government will be repre-
sented by District Attorney Darlington and his as
sistant, Mr.. Wilson, Edwards PieTepont of New
YORK, and A. q. Riddle, once q member of Congress
from Ohio, but now lawyer of this city. IL is ex-
pected the trial will last several weeks
Benjamin L. Flanders, the new Governor of Louis
ania, was merchant in that city before the war; and
during the struggle was firm Union man. lie is
now Special Treasury Agent at New-Orleans. Ho is
honest, practical merchant, and his selection is
commended here.
Gen. Joseph f. Johnston was in the city to-day and
had q consultation with Secretary Stanton OH rail-
road business.
Admiral Farragut left here this morning for New
York. He has not been i'll beyond slight attack Of
vertigo, which passed off in a very few moments.
1t is understood that Secretary McCulloch conten-
plates an early permanent reduction of the force
employed in the Treasury Department, in cOnse-
quence of the rapidly diminishing business; and in
making the reduction due discrimination will be-
made with reference to the competence and ability
of the clerks engaged in the different bureaus of tho
Department, without taking into consideration
their various salaries cassifcations. The number
of persons who are now employed in the Department.
is between 300 and $780, exclusive of those engaged
in the Printing Bureau, under Mr.. S. NJ. Clark. Of
these, between 100 and 1,sOO are males; there arc
5l5 ladies, and the remainder are watchmen messen-
gers, and aborers. OF the males employed, frac-
ton over Onethird served during the war either in
the army or navy.
The Temperance demonstration, which was to have
taken place to-day, postponed on account of tho
rain, by Major-Gen. Howard, Chief Marshal, until q
week from Saturday.
In recent letter to the Secretary of the Interior
the Hon. Joseph II. Barrett Commissioner of Pen
siOnS, says:
The appeal raises the question whether or not there s
a distinction between veteran furloryh" and any
other given 10 the soldier for purposes Of waite business
pleasure Thus this office has made distinction,
but has followed the Ongeablished rule OF rejecting all
applications for pension based on an injury received dis
ease contracted or death occurring while the soldier was
on Through"
In affirming the decision, the Hon. w. T. Otto,
Acting Secretary of the Interior, says:
1T appears that the deceased accidentally killed
when absent veteran furlOugh. IL is suggested
that there distinction between such fuTough and that
which on the application OF private may be granted
withheld at the discretion OF the commanding officer.
not aware of such a distinction. Il has been
recognized in the administration Of the pension laws.
The S section OF the act Of June 1866 declares that
enlisted absent sick furough shall be regarded
in the manner as they were in the field hospi
tai This partial modification of a wellknOwn rule,
which excluded from the benefit Of those laws soldier
absent furlOugh and engaged in his pursuits
firms and sanctions the rule IN its application to all other
cases, which it embraces The casualty which resulted
in the soldiers death did not when he in the
service and in the line Of tuty, but when he absent
before stated The claim OF his children was, there
fore, in my opinion, properly rejected"
A statement of oil and other products of American
fisheries received and exported during the four
months ending April 80 1867 prepared by the Bureau
of Statistics, exhibits the following:
The amount of spermaceti, whale aud other fish Oil
and other products of fisheries received during the f0Hr
m9ntls ~ tbe several Rerts Of the United states were
ing the same period was 81 1881