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[nanomage]

What sort of remains does a goblin-melter leave behind?

only their metal items

even more so, iron ones.
edit: i'm wrong though - you can save copper and silver if you pump magma away quickly.

[Cabbagetroll]

...anything labeled "thief".  Goblin Thief, Kobold Master Thief, etc.  Spearman, swordsman, crossbowman, etc, are all safe to transport.  This is one small area in which common sense prevails, if they sound like a sneaky enemy, they are.

Wait, my dwarves can drag around invaders without being hurt or having the subject escape?

Yes, anything except thieves. Thieves will escape, but as OP mentioned, can be dragged safely if they are recaged after escaping.

Nte: This does not apply to Uninvited guests. Don't try to nonchalantly throw that bronze colossus down a hole. It won't end well.
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[zx.pr0jk#]

i've done studies on goblin bone usage and found that the best way is to toss goblins from 10-12z levels.
Corpse then explodes into 2arms, 2legs, head and body. Complete limbs do not decompose to bones - they remain "Song O'Goblin's left upper leg" even when rotten completely. What does yield bones in this approach is mutilated corpse - after rotting it turns to a pile of 6-8 bones denoted by "g" character. All bones but the last one are usable.
Limbs only produce bones if [GRASP] or [STANCE] bodypart is removed from them, but there's no reliable way to chop off gob's hand, then his arm.
Heads never leave skulls, looks like Aachen is right about tissue interference.

Nice. For a while now I've created a 3x3 mineshaft surrounded by stairs with grates around the edges from my surface to my cavern layer. It's generally 30z deep by the time they hit the ground.  I set this shaft as a pond. So occassionally a dwarf will dump some water down the shaft, clean away the corpses at the bottom, and generate happy thought for everyone on the staircase(the only way to access different sections of the fortress).