Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-31
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Santa Anna,s Commissioners


New York, May 3O-The morning pa
pers have the following special dispatches
from Washington: The results of the COM
mission that Is here in behalf of General
Santa Anna may be summed up in a few
words. Colonel Vidal Rivas, Colonel
MaZura, and Mr.. BaiZ arrived In the city
on Wednesday evening. On Thursday they
called In body upon the Mexican Minis
ter, Senor Romero, and had somewhat
prOtracted though Knotiicia interview. On
| the following day they presented their COM
pliments to Secretary Seward. In The fore
noon of Saturday they had another inter-
| view with Senor Romero. In the afternoon
of the same day Col. Riyas called on the
Mexican Minister alone. He visited him
again yesterday and to-day, remaining an
hour or more upon each occasion. What
| transpired at these interviews has not
been allowed to be made public. 1t
Is known, however, that they call
ed OH Senor Romero as Mexican cit
zens, and that they were received by him in
/ hisihdividual capacity. 1t is generally be-
! lieved that they desired his permission to
/ proceed to Mexico in the interest of the
| Liberal Government, and it Is also believed
! that Gen. Romero declined to commit him
| SELF or the Government he represents, in
! any official manner, until he has had an OPP
J pOIbuDlJJ vi w I'LL lDo IlCdu
and learning his wishes. Beyond this moth
ing is known. All statements are mere
! speculation. Mr.. Baiz returned to New
/ York yesterday, and Coils. Rivas and Ma
zura will probably leave tomorrow.
Nominations and Reflections.
The Times special says: Several nOmi-
nations were rejected by the Senate to-day
by the strong vote in some cases of three
tourths. Among them was that of Wade
Hampton, the recent appointment for Post
master at Pittsburg, who was rejected by
| a vote of a to Z. 1t is understood that Mr..
Cowan made a speech in favor of tho con-
firmation. Another rejection was that of
the nominee for Postmaster at Lafayette,
Indiana. Nominations of men who served
faithfully in the army go almost daily to
the Senate for civil positions, requiring the
confirmation of that honorable body. To-
day the name of Gen. VIM. Z. Richardson
was sent to the Senate as Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the 10th District of Ohio,
while Col. Rufus Cheny and Gen. George
G. GintTy were respectively nominated as
Assessors for the lst and I'd Districts OF
Wisconsin. 1t is also understood that
among the nominations sent in to-day was
that of Edward Fox, a relative of Senator
Fessenden, to be Judge of the United States
District Court for the District of Maine.
VIM. FaXon, chief clerk Of the Navy De-
partment, has been nominated as Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, vice G.. V. Fox,
whose name is sent to the.Senate as Assist
ant Secretary under the act approved on
the 26th inst. which limits the period of
B his office to six months and will enable him
to visit Europe In his official capacity.
4 Circular 10 National sSanIIs.
Mr.. Hooper, the acting chairman of the
committee on Banking and Currency, now
engaged in investigating the condition of
the National Banks, has caused the follow
ing circular to be addressed to each of the
National Banks designated as Government
repositories ..|
"By authority ofa resolution of the House
of Representatives, you are hereby requir-
ed to prepare and forward to the committee
on Banking and Currency statement
showing the amount of money standing to
the credit of the United States, or the Treas
prer thereof. Also a statement of all sums
standing to the credit of any disbursing Of
ficer or agent of the United States, stating
the name of the officer or agent, and the
amounts to the credit of each, as appears
bv your books on the fifth day OF May,
1866"
Gen. SIOneman's Reports ON the
/ Memphis Riots.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-The Secretary of
War to-day semitic the House, in compliance
with resolution of that body, the report
of General Stoneman relative to the recent
Memphis riots. The latter says: Upon in-
vestigation by the commission, it appears
that there were killed outright twenty-four
3 negroes, eight of whom are discharged
soldiers. The Third Colored artillery had
been stationed at Memphis since its organi-
| 1of nd moi nnnpr r no
best of discipline. Large numbers of the
men had what they call families living in
South Memphis, contiguous to the fort in
which the soldiers were stationed. These
soldiers had been used as the instruments to
execute the orders of the Govern
ment agents, &C., and consequently
had been more or less brought di-
rectly in contact with the law-break-
ing portion of the community and the
police, which is far from being composed
of the best class ofresidents here, but prin-
cipally of such men as consider the negroes
their competitors and natural enemy. Many
negro soldiers have from time to time been
arrested by the police, and many whites
including some of the police, have been ar
rested by the negroes, and in both cases
those arrested have not unfrequently been
harshly treated.
After giving the particulars of the riot
General Stoneman concluded by saying
The rioters were composed of the police,
tiremen, and the rabble and negro haters in
general, with sprinkling of Yankee haters,
all led on and encouraged by demagogues
and officeholders,a and most of them under the
influence of whisky. 1t appears in evidence
before the commission that John CraightOn,
Recorder of the city, made a speech to the
rioters, in which he said: "We are not pre-
pared, but let us prepare to clean every ne
gro son-of-a-bitch out of town." Very few
paroled confederates were mixed up with
the rioters on Tuesday and Wednesday, the
large proportion of the rioters being regis
tered voters. Who commenced the incen-
diarism on Wednesday night remains to be
developed. sr.sp
Reply from the. Postmaster Gen
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