The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-18
THE CAPITAL.
Restoration of Articles Cap
, q turedDur the War.
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WssHISsToS, August 1.-the Score
tary of the Interior, to-day. drew var
rants on The Treasury Department for
81, T52, $50. on account Of the quarterly
payment OF pensions. -
Some time ago, Acting 5ecretarYFair-
child instructed the chief Of tie
division of abandonsdd property 10
carry into effect the provisions
OF the act of Congress authoriz.
ing the Secretary of the Treasury
20 deliver to the rightful { wners certain
articles OF jeSelry, c., captured by the
United states army during the civil war
and deposited in the Treasury Depart
ment. The chief has accordingly pre-
pared rules and regulations which will
govern the restoration OF all such ar
ticies, and has Just concluded an exam
nation of the articles on deposit. They
are contained in two boxes, and consist
ofsilverEare, jeTelry, portraits. watches,
etc. One OF the boxes contained
nearly 500 watches, gold. silver
and brass, and q number OF
jack-knives, pocket-books, letters, etc.
These we're mainly taken from prisoners
of war, who died in the hospitals around
Washington, Cape Lookout and Elmira,
and were deposited in the treasury by
General ketchum.. Some of Them, bow
ever, belonged 70 Union soldiers. who
died during the war, near the places
designated. The other box contains a
lot of articles captured by General
Sherman's troops IN Camden, 5. c in
the early part OF 1865. They consist
of family plate. ;eselry, etc, which
had been deposited in the bank
at Camden by Mr.. McRea and other
wealt Y residents of that section. When
the Union Army approached the town.
an effort was made to transfer the
articles TO place of safety, but IL did
not succeed, as the troops came upon
The scene while the transfer was being
made. Many OF the principal articles
| belonging TO Mr.. McRae were restored
TO him by special act of Congress in
! 1852. AnInventory has been made and
it's thought the articles can easily be
/ identified by their owners. They will be
restored upon application, accompanied
By satisfactory evidence OF ownership.
Two boxes contain all the property
of the character described now in the
| United STATES Treasury except, posi-
bly,, the presentation swords belonging
to General Twiggs and captured by Gen,
eral Butler in New Orleans. II = az
unsettled question as yet whether these
/ oMOA4a EAA gE lnC HNO-
visions o. the act referred to above. Al
| the articles mentioned which have not
been restored " application will be adI
yert.sed for one year from this time and
viii De sold at public auction. ~.
It is expected that the formal ex-
change of copies of the extradihon
treaty between the United States and
Japan VIII soon be announced from
Toxic. and that its PRONUNCIATION by the
two governments viii take place I'M
mediateIy thereafter. This treaty was
ratified by the United States Senate on
the 2lst Of last June, but the Senate
made some minor amendments in is
text, which render il necessary that the
document should be again submitted
70 the Japan authorities. Informa-
/ ton has now been received that
Japan accepts the amendments
and is ready for the last ster
IN the matter-the formal exchange
The japanese authorities are quite en-
thusiasuc over the contamination Of thi.
treaty, bur not so much on account Of
its provisions, which are similar in gen
eral terms 70 those of the existing treaty
between the United States and Grea
Britain, but because Of the fact that u
constitutes a step in the progress D
that nation toward aposition OF equality
with the most enlightened nations o.
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