Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-12-28
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FROM WASHINGTON.

Pouth OF GeneraI CurttSs
The Interior Department received news
OF the death at Council Bluffs of General
Samuel II. Curtis, Pacific Railroad Com
missioner.
Gen, sherman TO WepOrt in Person.
Lieut.. Gen. Sherman will report in per-
son at Washington the result Of his visit to
Mexico.
The TarIfT-Gen. Grant-WIII Not Go
To Charleston.
WAsHIN GToN, Dec. 2.-There will be a
compromise on Wells tariff project, to
what extent unknown. The new tariff bill
will be ready by the meeting OF Congress.
Gen. Grant has been confined to his room
by slight indisposition. He will attend his
duties In a day or two.
The Congressional committee will not
proceed to Charleston to investigate the al
legged murder of Union soldiers, there be-
Ing no foundation in fact for the charge
The prisoners sentenced for life to the Dry
Tortugas, subsequently, sent to Fort Della
ware for security. and released on habeas
corpus by Judge Hall, of the u. s. District
Court, are still at large, no complaints be-
Ing made against them.
A Petition TO Congress II eturn OF Sec
Ie'nry McCuIlOch--A Present.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. N.-PetitiOns are cir
| culating throughout the country tor sigma
lures praying for Congress to refrain from
authorizing curtailment of national cur
rency, or having in view q return, within
limited period, to specie payments. This
movement is In opposition to the policy OF
Secretary McCulloch, who maintains that
the country wants more labor Instead OF
| more currency.
The Secretary of the Treasury returned
IN Waohin arr fn- Hoxy fr,,n, 81 fN Na5 .
Virginia. ...
The President has received of James
Lyons, of Richmond, a cane made OF piece
OF the oil irigaie Constitution. The in
scriptiOn on the head OF the cane is, Com
plilnents of Andrew johnson as the restorcr
of the Constitution" .-....
Convicted OF Smuggling.
The Commissioner OF Customs has re-
c"ived information of the conviction in the
United States Courtin Detroit, Michigan, OF
nine persons for smuggling, but who have
| not yet been sentenced.
|r PardOned. r..
The President has directed warrants OF
pardon issued TO Thompson Noble of Ken
lucky, and w. w. NJ. Halliday, of Virginia,
both of whom were engaged in the rebel
lion. and are pardoncd under the $4,000
clause. The pardons were issued on the
recommendation OF the Governors OF the
respective States.
Senator Sumner entertained the new
French Minister, NJ. Berthiney. The Sec
retary of State, Secretary Stanton and
Representative Morrill,, of Vermont, were
among the guests.
Instructors 10 Collecting and Dis.
burSing officers.
1t having been represented to the Treas
ury Department that officers OF the United
| States charged with the collection or en-
| trusted with the disbursement of public
moneys, have in some instances made de-
| posits of such moneys with banks, bankers
or others hot authorized as deposltaries OF
public moneys, General Spinner, United
States Treasurer, has published certain pro-
| visions and requirements of the law for the
| Information of such officers and other
parties, from which it is seen that deposits
of public moneys may be made ouly as
follows: ...r
Deposits of collection or receipts of all
| public moneys by all kinds OF United States
| officers, with the Treasurer or an assistant,
or, except receipts from customs as herein
! after mentioned, with National Bank des-
ignated as depository under the provis-
ions of the National Currency act. and with
no others. Collectors of Internal Revenue
are requested To deposit their collections in
the particular depository indicated to them
by instructions from the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue. Collectors or Deputy
| Collectors who deposit with banks or bank.
ers, or others not authorized as repositories,
render themselves amenabe to the penalties
| prescribed by the law. Duties being i'm
coin, can be deposited only with the Treas
urer or an assistant Treasurer, or such other
| public officer as has been designated de-
| positary. National Banks that have been
designated as repositories OF public mon
eys are not authorized to receive deposits
OF coin. Deposits of dsbursing officers
may he made with the Treasurer or Assis-
can't Treasurer of the United States, or
with deposiiary specially authorized for
that particular purpose by the Secretary OF
| the 1 reasury.
| The attention ofpublic officers interested,
and of banks, bankers or others not author
lied as repositories of public moneys, is
| especially called to the fact that all yio-
lations subject the parties transgressinS to
severe pains and penalties under convic-
| ton for felony. The laws are very string
ent, and all officers charged with deposit or
disbursement of money, among other
things, are forbidden to invest public
money in any kind of property or mer-
chandize. They cannot, Tor any purpose
not prescribed by law, transfer or apply
any of the funds. All such acts are de-
clared felony. Bankers, brokers and
others knowing, counselling or abetting
such transactions, will, on conviction, be
similarly punished.
PreSid ent JOhn nsOn Advises tho Sou tn.
ern States 90 stand Firm.
The Charleston Is. C.) Courier of Tues
day, noticing various newspaper reports
| about South Carolina Commissioner to
Washington, says: 1t appears that pre-
vious to the close of the session of our Leg
isatures which adjourned on Friday last, a
large majority of the Senate consulted to-
gether as to the propriety of sending a
member OF that body to Washington to
confer with the President on the probable
ity of the State being restored should she
| adopt the amendment. After consulting, it
was decided that some good might arise
The gentleman elected was Col. y. Wealth
erby, Senator from Marlboro District, who
proceeded to Washington and sought an
interview with the President. Upon his
| arrival he found that the President was
occupied in q Cabinet meeting, and being
disengaged, lie determined to make good
use OF his leisure by obtaining interviews
with leading Radical members of both
Houses Of Congress, conversing with them
freely upon the subject aud the prospect of
the admission of South Carolina to her
rights upon. its adoption. Col. Weatherby
made the acquaintance of several leading
Radical Senators and Representatives, with
whom he conversed freely, and was assur-
ed by them that the constitutional amend
nient was the ultimatum of Congress
to the Southern States; that its adop-
ton by them would remove all OBJ