Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-16
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The QueptI0RL Of Ado iidF1II mn. IIIdl.ent 1.
NEW York July H.--Morning> papers
contain the following specials from Wash
ington: ,LlIN UlLAF iuu}lO 4. =
tonight of the belief that Congress will
at.least not adjourn at present. Leading
members, since the crisis In, the CabineE
ARE more than ever inclined to prolong the
ses'loni cul t,u3jhohau ,1Ia soi Z
freedmen I'm LOud0n County, Vir.
y" ginin.
Outrages and assaults on the freedmen
living in Loudon county, Virginia, having
been frequently reported Of late, and the
civil law having failed, it Is alleged, to ad-
minister justice, the Assistant Commits
sioner of the Freedmen's Bureau of this
district by authority OF Lieut.. Gens Grant,
has sent p eompany of cavalry to be sta-
TONED In that county, with headquarters
at Middleburg. g. ~>> l.
Public Lands. ~,
AT the United States District Land Office
at Eauclara, In the month of June, 8. .9Sl
acres were disposed of, the greater portion
for Agricultural College scrip, and the res
idhe for bounty land warrants and by cash,
sales.
Governor DenRIsOn's Successor.
Ex- Governor A. W. Randall is In New
York on business. He will probably be
nominated Postmastsr General on his re-
turn. Green Adams, of Kentucky, Sixth
Auditory is also named for the PLACE. q. q,
Melancholy A AccIdenI. -s.
Information has been received from Mare
Island Navy Yard, California, that Samuel
iWelles, constructing engineer of that yard,
was fatally injured on the 10th inst, by the
explosion of boiler, and died at Z p. NJ.
of that day. He was nephew of the Sec
retary of the Navy. He was on the point
of returning East when the melancholy
event occurred. 5000 gg},D ~
Heavy Damages AgaInSt the B. a.
i v d. IL. h. o.
. "A claim against the Baltimore g. Ohio
railroad OF $4,000 was to-day awarded by
the Circuit Court to j. T.Harris, for -hav-
ling his leg broken In a collision occurring
during the war; 1twas charged that the
accident was the result of carelessness. The
.efense contended that at the time, on ac=
count of the war, 1t was unavoidable, as
trains could not be run regularly. 5..i
90 Left for Home. y "a
Several members of Congress have left
for their homes, some of them quite un well,
with no intention of returning unless some
sudden emergency should drarise, believing
that Congress will certainly adjourn before
the close of the month.
"A Attorney GeneFaIspeed d and Secre-
.frtary, Harlan. -al
The Times Special says 1t is reported
that Mr.. Speed sent his resignation to the
Prpginanf r1au " vat ha
General was present at the Cabinet meet
ing to-day. and remained to the close, leav-
Ing in company with, Secretaries Stanton
and Seward. I'VE have no authentic infor-
nation that he has resigned, though, as
stated in my dispatch last night, there is
excellent authority for saying that both
Speed and Harlan will be out of the Cabinet
in few days.
RumOrs About the Cabinet.
A Herald's special says {: 1t was rrpmored
in Washington yesterday that the President
has notified Secretary Stanton that his res
! ignatton would be accepted, and that he,
as we'll as Mr.. Speed, will send in their let
tiers. of withdrawal to-day. .Mr9 Harlan
will not resign until compelled to. Gov.
Randall ispopularly believed to be the sue
cessOr of Mr.. Dennison. General Grant
will take charge of the War Office, and
Judge Browning will have the Interior De-
partment.
MIR. Raymond and the Times DE.
nial.
The Worlds special says: The denial in
the Times of the published account OF Mr..
Raymond's position in the Republican cau-
Gus "Wednesday night amounts to noths
Ing. just so long as dozens of members
who were present maintain that hemade a
| speech in which he virtually abandoned
/ the indorsement of the Philadelphia Con-
| vention, heis welcome to so much Of the
| modification of the accounts as will repre-
sent him sitting quietly in his seat and re-
fusing 10 vote on the resolution declaring
that 9no Republican Senator or member
would indorse the Philadelphia Conven-
ton. ----
A. w. Randall Nominated ms Dem
nisOn's Successor. r-f>-~
| WASHINGTON, July 4.-The President
this afternoon nominated to the Senate A.
W. Randall, LOW First Assistant, to be
Postmaster General in the place of Denni-
son, resigned. No other designations of
Cabinet officers had been received by the
President up to noon to-day.3.T ,+-,o-.