The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-12
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WASHINGTON, March II. 1893.
THE DEFAnERs or THE PRESIDENT.

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WASHINGTON, March H. 1905
THE DEFANERs or THE PRESIDENT.
Thad Stevens speech in the House Saturday elics
much unfavoable from his former party asso
ciates and is pronounced by nearly all to have been in
exceedingly bad taste throughout His sole purpose
10 have been 10 furnish alphabetically rehash Of
all the ISLANDERS and caumnes that have been hurled at
the President by violent parsans since the day Of his in
auguration Vice President Price, Of Iowa. conented
himself with playing the part Of prompter in this lowest
OF low Congressional comedies and manifested indecent
zeal 10 hunt down his game for the radical cormorant
We respectfully call Secretary McCulloch's attention 70
the fact that this Mr. Price, Of Iowa. is holding lucra
tive ONCE under the control Of the Treasury
Department in the State Of Iowa in direct and positive
violation OF law II quite time such assailants OF the
administration were deprived Of such snews Of
war.
BIN0HAx's C0URsB-BErwERN TWO BUNDLES OF
Hay.
Representative Bnghams opposition to the Civil
Rights bill in the House excites considerable comment
account Of his fixed position as one Of the radical
chiefs II explained by the fact that the Civil Liberty
bill conflicts with his constitutional amendment and hs
had to give up tho other; he chose his nrst
love, which be earnestly hopes will become part Of
the fundamental Law OF the land Before he carefully
compared tho two he had prepared speech svorns the
Civil Liberty bin.
THE RADICALS QUIEr-Ho NEW PLOTS ON HAND
Since tho Senates discussion Of bill requiring re.
mova from public Office to be confined TO that body, As
in Of appointment the radicals have devised no
new scheme to control Executive appointments While
the breeze between the White House and tho majority
In Congress blew strong several plans were talked
up by the radicals but they quietly dropped as
neither warrantablo feasible. Congressional
of~ouA I'D
from asking too much of him the way OF little favors
for their constituency while the followers OF Stevens,
who have been backward, have rarely been re-
fused They do not now see any occasion for further
alarm
CORRECTION OF A RADICAL MEASUREMENT.
The stories from time TO time republlshed in the New
York tribune and papers Of its k to the effect that the
Freedmen's Bureau bill read to the President by
Senator Trumbu In tho presence Of General o. o. How
ard and received the Executive approval before its
sage pure fabrications and devoid OF all truth
authorized 10 say that the bill read to the
President by Senator Trumbu at ALL and that he never
approved 1t in the presence Of General Howard or any
else. Such bubbles easily pricked.
MEXICAN GOSSIP.
report is in the street this evening that the Mexican
General Ochoa, who stated TO DO here for tho pur
pose Of fur.herng the project of Congressionay ndem
niyng the Fifty million Mexican loan proposed, has
been ordered to report to his commanding
officer at home Immediately, on pain Of
being considered a desertcr. He is said 10
DO here without any authority whatever from
the Mexican government to be mixed up In General FIRE.
monts arrangements and to make SUCH an addition TO
the cop de cuisine would inevitably spoil all forth
coming Mexican broth. If the true friends Of Mexico
can also succeed in overcoming General Fremonts
damaging profession Of disinterested friendship they
will have taken another tremendous stride towards &C
complaining their purpose.
A GOVERNMENT LAND OFFICE OPENED IN ARKANSAS.
Information has been received at the General Land
Once announcing the active resumption Of business at
tho United States District Land Office at Little Rock,
Arkansas The returns are encouraging, showing .
large disposal Of public lands The Little Rock ohce
Ia tho nt as yet established in the Southern States
though preparations being made to open Others and
is expected that the sale Of public lands will speedily
be renewed In all the States recently In rebellion.
zE.ssrABLrsHMEST OF SOUTHERN LIGHTHOUSES.
The old lighthouses on the Southern will Be
IN operation again The Board has already reesabshed
eleven
REDUCTION OF TAXATION.
The Committee Of Ways and Means have agreed 10
port very considerable reduction 10 the internal
taxation, and especially to repeal the tax OF six
cents per ton, now levied on freight
FINANCIAL MATTERS.
Tho amount Of certificates OF indebtedness issued
during the week was one hundred aud twenty-five
thousand dollars.
Five hundred and twenty thousand and ten dollars OF
national bank note circulation have been cancelled and
destroyed for various the system went into
operation Nearly hundred and sixty thousand
still out.
For the week ending March 10 tho Treasury disburse
ments wcre follows
War Department. x3sss, 4o4
Navy department.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ll4O,Jao
Interior Department. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. <0S,sls
dollars In fractional currency printed this week.
hundred and fifty-cght thousand Of which issued
mainly to national banks the North. Three hundred
and fory. nine thousand dollars OF the mutlated
currency destroyed during the corresponding PERIOD
all of which received from New York, Philadelphia
and Boston.
The Internal Revenue receipts for the week amounted
to FIVE million five hundred and TWENTY-FIVE thousand
seven hundred and six dollars
The redemption bureau for mutilsed currency Is ex.
pected to be in full operation during this under the
direction Of Comptroller Freeman Clarke, when least
Of the evils Of the present system will be remedied
DETECTION OF COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY. ,
The Redemption Bureau last week stamped counter
fcs four hundred and eighteen fifty notes eighty.
three twenty vcs, twenty tens City dollar
dollars and forty five cents