Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-24
WASHINGTON.
Washington and Georgetown G to be Com
sOltdated - Thad. Stevens Arrived
Judge Otto not to Resisn-Capt. Bee L.
with RESTORED to Rank and Pay-In,-
portant Decision.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-The Directors of the
Board of Trade have taken action with view
to the consolidation of the cit les of Washing.
ton and Georgetown, and the remainder Of the
co unity of Washington into one municipality.
instead OF being, as at present, under the con.
troll OF hve district authorities. They declare
1t IS emnently proper that the Board of Trade,
representing so large amount Of the property
and trade of this district, should take the lead
in this movement in order to procure an effl,
cient and harmonious municipal government.
The Hon. Thaddeus Stevens is among the
Congressional arrivals.
WASHINGTON, 23-In despatch to the late
Minister Dayton the Secretary of State said he
might not improperly improve tho occasion by
Femarking that the executive Government OF
TINS country has no organ in the Press, and its
views and sentiments, in regard to France and
to all other countries, can be known always by
the language of its diplomatic representatives,
for it instructs them Immediately and directs
them to speak always frankly and sincerely. A
short time before his communication was sent
to Minister Dayton, Mr. Seward wrote to him: {:
Statements made to you by Mr. Drouyn De
lHuyas, concerning the Emperors intention,
are entirely satisfactory, If we are permitted
TO assume them as having been authorized to
be made by the Emperor, in view of the pre-
sent consideration Of affairs in Mexico. 1t is
said, as have before remarked, that the EN-
peror's purposes may hereafter change with
changing circumstances. We ourselves, how
ever, are not unobservant to the progress Of
events at home and abroad, and in no case are
we likely to neglect such provisions for our
own safety, as every sovereign State must al
ways be possessed Of to fall back upon
The rumors industriously circulated con-
cerning the resignation of Judge Otto, Assis-
tant Secretary Of the Interior, and the appoint
ment IN his place Of Judge Morton, of Illinois,
are without foundation. Judge Otto enjoys,
to The fullest extent, the confidence and esteem
OF the Secretary OF the Interior, as we'll as the
Chief of that Department. There is no pros
pect of his removal f: ON that position,
Capt L. D. Breckwith, of the 22d Regiment
veteran Reserve Corps, who was sentenced
by Court Martial, at Baltimore, to be cashiered
and imprisoned, for alleged false musters, has
been to-day restored to rank and pay by tha
Frossd9nt. upon recommendation Of the Judge
Advocate General, who reviewed the proceed
ings of the Court Martial and the argument of
Capt. Breckwith's counsel, II. S. Mathews.
Tie commissioner of Internal Revenue to-
day decided as 10 the amount Of stamp duty on
deed of trust or mortgage given by the At
lantic Y Great Western r. r. Co., to John H.
Penn. Trustee Of the City of New York, bank
er, IN answer to enquiry. He said $40, 900 in In
ternal Revenlle stamps was sufficient 10 cover
the same. the entire amount OF the mortgage
icing $50, 900. 900; that it would require Inter.
nal Revenue stamps to the amount of 81, ,OOQ
and ii said stamps were not affixed thereto the
bonds OF said railway Company would be in
valid