New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-23
Late northern Inte1llgenee.

INCREASE OF THE ARMY URGED BY GEN. GRANT
REPORT OF GEMS. sTEEDMAN AND FULLERTON ON |
THE CONDITION OF FREEDMEN IN SOUTH CARROLL
NA-MoRB FRAUDS DISCOVERED CONNECTICUT |
sENAToRsHIP-THE MEXICAN oURsTIoN-GEN.
HOWARD TO BE SUPERSEDED.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tmss.l
WASHINGTON. May l7.-Neither house of Con
gress accomplished much of Importance to-day,
though making good progress with the routine
business. The Senate passed two appropriation
bills, the consular and diplomatic, and the West
Point BILL On the latter an amendment was
placed, prohibiting any person who has ever been
in the rebel army from being appointed to the
military academy. In the diplomatic bill there was
no increase of salaries for foreign ministers or con
sHls abroad
The House spent another day on the license fea-
ture Of the tax bill. There was no increase or
decrease of the rates of licenses. The section
under consideration embraces three thousand
printed lines.
A letter sentt the House to-day by Gen. Grant,
asking early legislation for the increase of the
army and favoriug the bill for the purpose which
passed the Senate, delighted the opponents Of the
resuscitated House bill. They are confident now
of meeting Gen. Grants views by passing the SEN
ate bill.
Gems Fullerton and steedman have forwarded
to the President their report on the condition of
the freedmens bureau in South Carolina. They
have examined all of that State except the Sea
Island cotton lands and they report that they End
similar abuses to those reported by them from the
States of North Carolina and Virginia. As soon
the Sea Islands, they will proceed at once to
Georgia.
The news ofth coalition of certain Republican
and Democratic members in the Connecticut SEN
ate, to prevent the election of radical Senator,
caused considerable oommoton among the poll
ticians about the capital to-day, some of whom
charge that Senator Foster, of that State is a
party to it, II these charges prove true, move
ment to sHpersede him. as presiding officer of the
Senate, will be made at once
The House committee on foreign affairs had
under discussion, to-day, the Mexican question.
The debate was general, but the committee unani-
mousy sustained the Monroe doctrine. The COM
mtee seem willing to throw their influence in favor
of the liberal cause, without going SO far as to
recommend loan. 5-
A high official stated to-day that another officer
of the army would soon be detailed as commits
sioner Of freedmen's affairs in Gen, Towards
place.
| INDIANS IfURDERED-MR. KAssoN's METRE MEASURE
BILL-REMoyAL OF THE BODIES OF UNION SOLDIERS
FROM THE CHARLESTON CEsfETERY--UNCoNDI
TIoNAL UNION CONVENTION, ETC, ETC.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Timegl
| WASHINGTON, May 17,-Gov. Lyons, of Colorado
writes to the commissioner of Indian aairs, under
| date of March l8, as follows: Iregret to inform
yoa of the massacre ofsome l6 friendly Indians on
the 18th Of this month, Is miles above this city,
1 near the mouth Of Moose creek, on the Boise
river, by party Of citizens of Ada county. They
! were encouraged and melted to do this cowardy
/ deed by the editor of the Idaho Statesman. Gov.
L
1 the humiliation of that Indian tribe
| Mr. Kassan reported in the House to day bill
and joint resolutions, which will pave the way for
the introduction Of the metrical system of weights
and measures. The House passed them at once,
after brief explanation by Mr., Kassan, who has
| drawn mp report on the subject, which viii be
valuable contribution topotcal science.
The work Of removing from the Charleston
cemetery the dead bodies OF soldiers Of the army
/ oftbe Potomac who died from disease and were
killed during the early years of She war when the
army was encamped in the vicinity of this city
aaa afterwards has been completed. There were
| LOTS bodies disiuterred and removed.
| me unconditional Union convention met at Alex
andria to-day. John Minor Bolts presided But
/ little business was dove beyond effecting an or
| ganizatOn. Hon. FL. Maynard addressed the CON
vention. In the course of his remarks he said that
1 he always believed that the Union men of the
| south were more numerous than they we're sup
4 posed to be, and more than they thought them
Selves The Union element, he believed was still
4 the same as when the war came on, and he was
extremely anxious to see the scattered fragments
| gathered together and thus once more strengthen
| The Union cause. 1t was great mistake to think
4 that treason and rebellion had trumphed, or will
ever succeed. Treason will be made odious, and
| men who looked to the triumph of the rebellion
| will go down to their graves with the incubus
4 hanging to them.
! The special House committee on the Memphis
riots left day for the scene of their labors.
COMMUNICATION FROM GEN. GRANT URGING THE
| PASSAGE OF BILL INCREASING THE FORCE or
/ THE REGULAR ARMY. Il
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE President sent a
message to the House, to-day, indorsng the fol.
| lowing communication from Lieut.. Gen. Grant.
HEADouARrERs ARMIES OF BNITKD STATES, l
| Washington, D. o. May l6. !
4 To Hon. E. NJ, Stanton Secretary of War:
/ Si1'-In view of the long delay in the lower House
| OF Congress in agreeing upon a plan Of the reor.
ganizatlon Of the army suitable to cur present re-
| qnirements and the urgent necessity for early
action, | am induced TO place The matter to you
officially, and to ask the attention of Congress ia
it, believing that when they have the matter airy
before them, they will do what is right, speedily
at the present time settlements are springng up
with unusual activity in the districtof country be
tween the Missouri and the Pacific ocean, where
heretofore the Indian was left in undisturhed pos
session. Emigrants are pushing to these settle
ments and to the gold fields OF the Rocky noun
taihs by every highway. The people fiockiug t.
these regions are citizens of the United States anC
4 are entitled to the protection of the government
They are developing the resources Of the country
to its great advantage, thus making it the interes
as well as duty to give them military protection
This makes much greater force west of the Mis-
} sissIppi necessary than was ever heretofore re
CURED
A small military force is required in all of TIKI
States lately in rebellion andteannot be foreseei
that this force viii not be required for some time
70 come, 1t is to be hoped that this force will no
be necessary 70 enforce the laws, either State o
national, but the difference of sentiment engen
dered by the great war which has waged for fou
, years, will make the presence of military fore
necessary TO give feeling of security TO the PEG
! pie All classes disposed 10 obey the laws Of TIL
country wall feel this alike. To maintain order TIL
! government has been compelled to retain vouu
y Hteers all the while. Volunteers have become dis
saAsned and claim that the contract has been vie
& lated by retaining them after war was over, b
reason pt dissatisfaction they are no longer Of use
ahd every one now remaining in service might a
Wen be discharged at once. The colcred Voluutee
u mas equal right to claim his discharge bat az We
y | NC 9es noe done so. How long will existing law
authorlae the retention of this force even If the
:. are content to remain2 The United States Senat
paesea promptly bill for the reorganization Of th
!, army WHICH, n my opinion, is as tree from obiee
fI aqpias 9nY great measure could possibly be- an,
y y wQ9id supply the minimum reaaisite forces |
II gives outaieW Thousand additional men over tbi
present organization, hut gives n larger nn1nhar n
= add!tiohai Datlatioqs and Companies
= Ehe i9n9lle service, guarding routes over tn
! plains ga giving protection % the Southern Stafe
III demapdH me operation of great number of poste
For MANY Of theln small company il lust al eiii
z cient, az ttne with more men would be- The i'll
(: before Congress-, or the one that has passed N,
S Senate, gives an increased number of comnauip
by diminishing the number ofrank and Gle of earl
{, company. y is an exceedingly appropriate meas
lure ID iAis particular, for il provides for the III
crease when occasion requires more men. Til,
: company is the smallest unit Of organization tina
can be used without materially ipjaring diseipn,