The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-04

pARnONS.

An order was issued by the President
day before yesterday, granting pardons 70
eleven persons from Louisiana, six from
Tennessee, three from Alabama, three from
Arkansas, one from Georgia, and one from
Virginia all of which were special cases
under the first and thirteenth exceptions
of the proclamation of amnesty.
NOT so.
A statement has made its appearance in
a few Of the Northern papers that Hon. Ed
ward Cooper has been appointed private
secretary to the President. This is an
error. Mr.. Cooper is member of Con
gress elect from Tennessee, and whilst
awaiting the admission of the Representa-
tives of that State to the floor Of Congress,
is dcvotng the eminent talents he pos
scsses to the assistance of the Executive in
the capacity of an acting secretary.-Stdr.
NOT CONFIRMED.
II is whispered at the capitol, on the au-
tboritv of the "black cat" that the Sc
nate laid on its table the nomination of
Mr.. Rosseau Ia bother of General RoSseau)
A. Minister to Honduras, in place of Thos.
IL. CLAY who is son of Henry Clay, and
who mas many lTlcluS.
General Lew. Campbclrs nomination has
been reported from the Senate Committee
ON Foreign Relations without recommended
ton: the committee having been equally
divided.
MUSTER OUT OF STAFF OFFICERS.
1t is expected that the War Department
will issue an order within the next three
DAYS directing the honorable muster out
of service of all volunteer officers OF the
staff corps, with the exception OF those
assigned to duty with the Bureau OF Re
fugecS and Freedmen.
GENERAL GRANT NOT IN FAVOR OF INCREASING
THE ARMY.
A rumor is being circulated that Lieu
tenant General Grant has said that Con-
grcss must increase the army, as he could
not get along without more troops. The
/ error of this statement will be apparent
when the wcll-known fact is remembered
/ that the reorganization of the army was
effected entirely in accordance with the
views of General Grant; nor has the
Lieutenant General expressed himself on
any occasion as dissatisfied with the pre-
sent strength of the army.-Star.
TIE NEW YORK TINES.
Governor Raymond, editor of the New
York Times, appeared on the floor OF the
House this morning and announced himself
as strongly in favor of the report of the
Committee on Reconstruction, and de-
clarcd that the article in his own paper OF
yesterday did not meet his APPROVAL
Forncy.
OPINIONS FROM THE SOUTH.
! Letters have been received this morning
10y distinguished Senators and Representa-
tivcS from leading Southern citizens, earn
cStly accepting the report OF the Com
nittcc on Reconstruction, and calling upon
Congress to pass it at the earliest possible
moment.-Fm~eys Lies.
THE pISFRANCIuSING CLAUSE.
Leading Southern men now on the ground
unhcStatingly state that if the clause
preventing certain persons from voting
until 1870 is omitted, there will be little
objection to the general plan in the South {;
and they base this opinion upon the fact
that these classes, with their overwhelming
power in the South, would be apt to vote
anyhow. There is a growing disposition
in Congress to yield everything to the
Southern people Except allowing the
rebel chiefs to hold Office, if only these
latter will cordially acquicscc in the sub
stantial features of the report, relating to
representation, and agreeing to the formal
reputation Of the rebel war debt and the
abandonment of all hopes of payment for
their slaves. -ForHey.
FINANCIAL SCHEME.
Senator Sherman has introduced very
important and plausible financial scheme
in the form of a bill to reduce the interest
on the public debt and fund the same. He
proposes to fund the whole maturing debt
in thirty year bonds, at five per cent. intc-
rest, both principal and interest payable
in coin. The bonds are to he subject To
no taxation, federal, State, or municipal.
The amount saved by the reduction of the
rate of interest is to be appropriated as a
sinking fund towards the payment Of the
public debt.