The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-16
BY TELEGRAPH.
Especial to the st LOUIS Democrat
ApMY RECORDS.

ARMY RECORDS.
| WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator Logan
chairman Of the Military Committee, is con
sidering proposition looking to the preser
walton of the records of the war by printing
those portions which are essential to ful
! and impartial history at the close OF the
war Congress directed this work to begin
and quite mass of records We're copied and
sent to the printer Before any were put in
type, for some reason not fully understood
| ali further steps were suspended. Twice
since, the largest part Of those records, in
cludiEg Confederate archives, have been
seriously endangered by fire, and as none are
in fireprOof rooms or buildings, the risk OF
their destruction is very great.
Aside from this, the custom and rules OF
the War Department do not permit any IN
spection Of those records for other than Off
cial purposes Several persons of standing,
DESTROYS of preparing history OF certain
campaigns or battles, have found 1t lmp0ssl-
BILE to obtain access to the proper official
documents This difficulty does not arise
from any desire on the part of the author
ties to conceal them, but such history is dis
tributed through reports, collection OF
kilograms, orders. etc, belong to the papers
Of the Office and Of many headquarters, and
such search as would be required cannot
well be made for individuals. Aside from
the question OF the preservation OF the rec
ords, it is regarded as just to all who served
in and all who supported the war to have
its real inside history known.
At this late day it is held that no one
could be injured by such publication, ex-
cept such as deserve to be, while countless
unjust things done would be rectitied. A
large part Of this history is contained in the
kilograms now collected and arranged in the
War Department. These, with the execu-
tive orders and kilograms and the CORE
spondence in tie headquarters letter books
and the reports of general officers, indicate
the character of the records which are en-
braced in Senator Logan's plan. The Con-
federate records were careful arranged and
indexed by the late DIR. Lieber will, if CT
dered, include these also. The apprOpria-
ton needed to begin the work will be mode
rate.
THE CONTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
has made calculation Of the amount Of
reserves that banks in the interior will be
obliged to keep in their vaults in case the
Senate bill passes. He fixes it at about
$43, 100000, and that of this sum, S25 ,OOO, 900
will be held by banks outside of any large
cities Of the West and South.
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
has prepared reply to the resolution of the
House calling for the amount of money re-
funded since March 4, 1873 OH account Of
customs and internal taxes. The gross
amount is in round numbers, 81, SOC, 900. The
details will be furnished on communicating
the reply to the House.
SwINDLER ARRESTED.
NEW YORK, April 12.-Dr. Earnest Uhling,
who buried the coffin full of bricks instead
of pretended corpse. and attempted there
by to swindle the life insurance company
out Of $4,000, was arrested to-day ia house
on Twenty-Fifth street, where he was con-
cealed under the bed. Evidence was found
that his name was Earnest de Bognili, mem
Der of noble Hungarian family. twenty
years resident in this city. He has been
in several scrapes before, and been twice
tried before urt-martial session for
swindling, but ESCAPED.
HEAVY FIRE.
WILLIAMSBURG, Pa, April 12.-An incen-
diary fire was started at l o'clock this morn
ing in the piling yard Of Brown, Early &
Co.'S saw mill. which destroyed all the lum
Der, amounting to about 20,0OO,OOO feet,
piled on 30 acres of ground, between The
above named yard and Whites saw mill.
In its course it consumed Filbert, OttOe &
Co.'s saw MILL C. H. Krouse's brick planning
mill and fourteen frame dwelling houses on
Filbert street. The fire was under control
at o'clock. The wind blew gale during
the first part of the fire. 1t is reported that
one man was burned to death in the brick
planning mill Assistance was received
promptly from the Lockhaven and Sunbury
fire departments. Loss estimated at $780,
900 insurance $15O,OGO.