New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-19

j. Evans, Committee of the State Central COnser-
vative Committee appointed to confer with Gen.
StOneman in reference to holding an election for
Presidential electors. Gen. StOneman, replying TO
the question, whether he can cite any law author
izng him rs military commander to order OF author
ize such election, says
II District Commanders cannot prohibit according to
law they Ot permit in the OF the order or au
thOrize give official sanction, without in any manner
expressing any opinion upOn the pTopfley, rlght, Oh
this time to peaceaby form and ballot for any
electors for President and President IL becomes
course of procedure, calculated to excite and disturb tie
public mind would be wise or prudent; MY duties are
confined 70 protecting all persons III thcr rights OF
person and property 10 suppress lnsnrrecu0 disorder
and violence, and punish, or cause 10 be
punished. ali dsturbeTs Of the public peace
and criminals, and obey the awin u,
habeas corpus has been applied for and understood To
be granted 20 test the legality OF The action OF Ie ls
the Constitutional Amendment What the result MIA ne
Lands in Virginia have been managed with AFFINITY ana
discretion rejecting credit on the able upright As
sistant Commissioner Gen. Brown. His subordlnates
have, far the commander OF the Department IL h
formed performed their thaukess duties to the general
satisfaction Of those concerned and have sought as lr
rights of the negroes protected In dong this they
had hand ignorance. and ON the other peudce 10
contend with and overcome instances uouSh IHlc'
have been brought TO the Generals attention where NO
ence has used toward them but those cases were
confined TO individuals and not chargeabe 10 cOhhuu
ties The abuses practiced toward negroes which nave
been reported by bureau agents have been III all ns
investigated 10y military commissions, ana the cVll
authorities have been required TO that Justice was
administered As the law now stands ana ia
accordance with It's requirements, many Oh Ino
functions OF the bureau VIII cease Oh
the first OF January In consideration Of the unrecon
structed condition OF the state with no Legislature 10
make laws regulations, or appropriations OF money!
with exhausted treasury and an apathetc people h
further continuance in some modified form becomes an
important matter worthy OF the early attention Oh So
gress The officers, both civil and military nave ~ gen
eral performed their duties with Willingness WORTHY Oh
cOhMendatlOn ana 10 inns tOgetlcr WIN tnc "a
law and justice manifested by the people white ana
black is due the quiet and good order that reign through
out the commonwealth.
Gen. SchriveT, Inspector General Of the Army, has
submitted his annual report West Point. lie
says that the Academy never in better OF more
promising condition. The number of cadets is pa
the number authorized by law when the Southern
States are all admitted, is 900. He enters al length
into the question of increasing the number of cadets,
and concludes by saying that 4OO just well be
educated there as pa. lie strongly recommends
increase TO that number. The only additional
pense Will be for the board of students there being
teachers books, and apparatus enough. lie remarks
that the necessity for an increased number OF spe-
cially educated officers is admitted by oil who
have given attention 70 the subject He
asks that Congress be requested 10 take
action in the premises. The whole number Of
graduates 10 lIlS lliit II ESQ t4' huhi"'i WI"
entered but did not remain to graduate 2,4i7. The
total cost of the Academy date is s. 2G32. This
includes the cost of grounds buildings books, work,
Instruments apparatus well as the pay OF teachers
and the board of teachers and cadets Con SchriyeT
combats the notion that the Academy cultlvates
aristocracy and is tinctured with disloyalty, and
under this last head he says that of the whole mum
Der of living graduates in and out of the service
at the beginning of the war, more than three
fourths remained loyal OF the whole number OF
graduates in and out of the service, born IN or ap
pointed in the South. One-haf remained loyal on
the graduates belonging to the States that actually
seeded more than ne-fourth remained loyal. OF
the graduates who served against the Rebellion,
more than one-third were wounded, and one in five
were killed in battle He saws in conclusion, that
the Board of Visitors recommend the Academy TO ask
for SGj 600 this year for repairs and improvements
and that the Superintendent be raised TO the rank
and pay of Brigsdier-General
The annual report Of the Hon. c. c. Cox, Commis-
soner of Pensions, having been finished, has been
submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury for trans
mission to Congress The following abstract en-
braces all the interesting statistics in the report;
The number Of original invalid pensions admitted
during the year 1885, at annual aggregate rate of
A2s227 20; increase Of pensions allowed 1854, at an
annual rate OF SOs7 2s The average rate OF
original pensions granted u ~ St OF J3t res tnah 'o
preceding year. The number OF original applications 10y
widOws, orphans, and other dependent Teations is
1922. being annual aggregate rate OF N'yloA2 ,o
The increase Of pensions under ths class ~ 1;oo5'
at an annual aggregate rate Of $l725,9tO The whole
number Of invalid pensioners borne Oh tnv i ol
on the 30th day OF June 1868, was B,ie2, ana tcse
were paid In aggregate at the rate OF f6s2sol3 g.
and the total number OF widows orphans ana olhe u
pendent relatives this class S24J VINO were pau
In the aggregate the rate OF S2OtOGs "a Inc t0la
number OF both classes was AT a tQai 49,
tssg3Og4 The original Invalid pensions allowed NUN
Dered 10 AZ tne sth I animal ~ rate Of 2ggi Wild.
ows minors and others admitted, 2 at the aggregate
rate $26O2; being an increase oil u az the toia AL
nual rate Of 5000 The total number OF navy lnVahd
pensioners the rolls at the close OF the hca year was
LIE at an annual rae o. ss'1 20, 1 total Of
pensiOns at 1881 Gy 10. The total amount actuay pau
10 invalid pensioners during the year ending June ~
iss was 81 $40 and TO widows and others, s25Oi3 ~
the total amount OF navy pensions paid was tJH3 ~
ne soc surviving soldier OF the revolution rcnsioned
under the general laws had dled, vi 'no 'ho
soldiers pensoned by special acts Of Congress then on
The rolls Jno Gray OF Ohio and Daniel f. Brakeman OF
New York Nancy Serena, widow OF joseph seIeha W.
Pennsylvania, still survive, the latter Dsng h' oly
representative on rolls Of that class Of Revolutionary
widows who married prior 70 the close Oh lno war
OF those married prior 10 January liyi % suiVNu VI
those married prior 10 January 1850, 10 and OF those
married since the latter date, ~ MAKING 1ot vi oo
fbe number returned the previous year mere are on o
rolls OJ widows and orphans OF soldiers "ho SCI
Increase OF 81 the last report The 0tal number o
pensioners Of all classes on the 5Olh OF June, s9 was
G3 and these paid ~ the aggregate Iao o tL
1895 Pensions granted dunng the year <9J-I hunpoI
Tanned ron the rolls 1872 number Of increase during
cndinR expense disbursement, fN0O9l 49, an cAoces
of s. M O2J 53 over the amount OF the previous year
Commissioner Rollins, weighed down by pressure
Of business has been unable 10 prepare much Oh lis
report. ,.....;.,
official information on the subject Of the trouble be
tween Minister Washbun and the PaTaguayan
Government previous 10 his departure fromthe coun-
trv. No intelligence has come to hand which would
suhject him to censure On the contrary, me Stand
ayd the leading English newspaper OF Buenos Ayres'
warmly defends his conduct as governed by the blgh-