The Portland daily press., 1866-12-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
Gen. Butlsr Anxious for the Pres
ident's impeachment. .
communication Regatice TO Freed
men AOGiTs.

NJ, WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.
Inc treasurer and Assistant Treasurer of
one ooa !ted states now hold in possession $97,
100000 in gold, $22OOOOOO of which is repre-
sented Dy gold certificates.
secretary Seward was in the Senate Cham
per ior some time, in conference with several
leading Republican Senator'S
Gen. Butler was in the House to-day for
SOME uihe. He said to several leading radi-
Gals That he did not believe in the policy of
taking patronage from the President and rest
ing ~ any other branch of the Government
he tninks 1t should be left where it is, and
mold the PRESIDENT to strict accountability
He is Tor bringing in a bill of impeaehment at
once, aud not wait for the appointment of a
speciai Committee to inquire into the conduct
of the President.
The Secretary of War to-day sends COM
mumealion to the House in answer to a reso-
iution e4iiing Tor the amount of funds received
Dy the Bureau OF Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands, from its organization to
the lst OF April, 1866, etc. The receipts from
various sources were 800, z 9628; total amount
expended, S47 ,836, ,317; balance on hand. Oct.
3lst, lS,h1 S429O3,311. Deduct amount as re-
tanned bounties, $11 523, ,649; balance on hand.
Oct. 3lst, 1866, available to meet liabilities
$3l,3fs,o0z The money derived from miscel-
laneous sources from which the current expan-
ses OF TINS Bureau were paid previous to July
lst, 1869 now termed Refugees and Freed
mems Fund, to distinguish it from the regular
ceipts and expenditures on account of this
fund from November 1st, 1866 to Oct 1st, 1866.
to be SIG, ,01S, ,404 and expenditures ST. 1884 O42
The retained bounty fund is SO, $40; the es-
tlmate1 cost of transportation furnished in
requisltlons or order of the Bureau to April
1st, 1866, is as follows: Freedmen, S6424 76O:
refugees, $1,045,536; officers and soldiers,
$4642l8; civilian employees, s., ,8O4; total
$l,2S3,3lS. The number of acres in possession
at the last annual report was 768, 800, of which
2o1 ,S2Z have been restored, and 45 tracts of
land OF which the number of acres are not re-
ported. By the constant restoration of the
lands TO original owners, much of the proper
ty simply passes through the hands of the
commissioner from other Departments of the
government, and the practice of subsisting
ireedmen upon some OF the farms, from pro-
duce raised, and the larger portion being leas-
ed for share OF crop, render it impossible for
the Commissioner to give a fair estimate of
the value OF the crops raised in all the tracts
OF land which has been in custody. The total
rental to Oct. 1st, is 104,755.
The official documents show the returns of
the American seamen relieved during the mast
year, to be as follows: Maine, 315 natives and
six naturalized; New Hampshire, five natives.
Massachusetts,, 224 natives and nine natural,
lzedi Rhode Island, forty-nine natives; Con-
necticut, one native; New York, forty-two ma
tives and two naturalized; Pennsylvania, nine
ty-eight natives; Nevada, thirteen natives;
Virginia, seventy -four natives
George w. Bruner, of Philadelphia, depart
ment reporter on the Evening Star, commit
TED suicide this morning, by, cutting his throat.
1t is understood here to-day a maiority of
the Finance Committee of the Senate are ia
yorable to the recommendation of Secretary
McCulloch, as laid down in his report to Con-
gress The Ways and Means Committee of
the House are disposed to give his. recommen-
dations a favorable consideration. The promo
sition of the Secretary, however, which looks
to the resumption of specie payments in 1865
finds no favor with the majority in either
House, the suggestion being deemed not only
impracticable, but impolitie.
Sir Frederick Bruce and Count de Montbo
lon find reason to complain of the Presidents
message.
Several special committees of investigation,
appointed by Congress, will depart for the
scene of their labor early next week.