New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-25

We extract the following from the Cincinnati
Commercial of the 22d inst.


Commercial of the 22d inst.
/ CHARGE OF FRAUD.
| Parties in st. Louis are urging charge OF cor.
| ruption against Governor Fletcher in the natter
of the sale of the southwest branch of the Paclnc
railroad, to General Fremont: Ills ssteeu 'pas ~,
| a. Freeman & Co., responsible firm IN st. LOUIS,
| hid Al 100000, and announced that they would go
"a high as 81, 100000, If necessary; but the road
was awarded to Fremont, at only 100000. The
governor has not yet replied to the charge
THE KNOXVILLE TRIALS.
i ROCKVILLE. June 2l--The exciting and pro
tracted trial of the State vs.. Mccain, Roddy, Kahn
and Ramsey, for the murder of Hahn, has just re-
suited in verdict of not guilty. Hahn was exc
cuted here in 1861, under judgment OF Confedes
rate court martial.
THE ARMY BILL.
WASHINGTON, June 2l.--The House, to-day,
finally finished the regular army bill. It goes to
the Senate where several of its features will be
most certainly stricken out. A committee of CON
ference will finally dispose of the disagreement
between the two Houses. One feature OF the Dill
provides that nothing shall be construed to
authorize or permit the appointment to any posi-
ton or office in the army Of the United States of
any person who has served in any capacity IN the
| military or naval service of the so.caLed con
federate States during the late rebellion but that
any such appointment shall be held Illegal, ana
void, It is further provided that on the passage
4 of this bill the President shall convene council
of officers, to be assembled at Washington, which
| shall be composed of three general officers
| of the army three officers of infantry, two
officers of artillery, two officers of cavalry, two
officers of the medical department, one officer of
the adjutant generals department one officer of
engineers, one officer of ordnance, one officer of
| uuartermaster department one officer OF the sub
sistence department, one officer Of inspector gen
| erals department and officer of pay depart
ment, all to be selected for their high character
for intelligence, discretion, justice, patriotism and
professional ability and who being thus selected,
eball he Phtoinpl tln list. Ii shall he the
duty of this council to inquire into and consider
the capacity, character and record of services,
and fitness to be continued in military service of
every officer below the grade of brgadier general
who may be in the army at the time Of the passage
of this act. When the report of majority of the
council is not adverse in the case of any officer he
shall thereupon be Immediately marked on the
army list to be retained in the service, in the posi-.
ton or rank which he is then holding.
FINANCIAL.
NEW YORK, June 2l.-The Concord legislative
reporter publishes the following extract from
recent letter from Chief Justice Chase to Governor
Smythe:
II was particularly pleased by your protest
against the new scheme to peTpetuate an untaxed
debt You may readily imagine that after all my
labors and with so great success, to establish the
principle Of controllability Of the public debt, by
making in payment the six per cent at any time
after FIVE and within twenty years. and the FIVE per
cent at any time after ten and within forty years,
it was very painful to see proposition for a loan
not refundable at all till after thirty years can
understand an argument for not taxing a debt
which the creditor may take up after five or ten
years, for can see the country may save more in
interest than it will lose in taxes, but | cannot
imagine an honest argument for debt for thirty
years, aud exempted from the taxing burden to
which other property may be subjected | got
money, and all that was needed in the worst times
on short comfortable loans, subject to national
taxation. Surely there is no reason now to de-
part from the plan of Ve-twenty six per cents and
ten-forty i've per cents, when there is now no
money to be borrowed, but only the floating debt
to be funded"
WASHINGTON, June 21.-The charges against the
provost marshaI's department have been investi-
gated by the special committee of the House, of
which Mr. shellabarger, Of Ohio, is chairman.
They have finished their labors, and will make
their report in day SO. 1t is claimed that they
have made up full case against General Fry,
showing there has been gross earelessness, if not
serious fraud in his office.
PosTPoNEMEET OF PosToFFIcE NOMINATIONS.
The Senate Postofice Committee have decided
to postpone indefinitely the nominations of large
number Of postmasters which have been referred
to them. The action is equivalent to q defeat of
the entire number.
COMPUTATION OF SENTENCE.
The President has COMMITTED the death sentence
Of the South Carolinians who were tried and con
victed by court martial, at Charleston, for killing
two negro soldiers while on guard duty. The
Communication of the sentence is based on the
ground that the evidence was not direct to the
parties charged with the otfense being the guilty
offenders.
PosToFFICE AFFAIRS.
The postoffee to-day established several impor-
tant Western mail routes, and awarded contracts |
for the same The mail transportation, on the LIST
day Of July, will far exceed that Of any previous
period under the government, and with good rea- |
sons to believe, better arranged for the conye |
nience of the people.
The Star says that the Republicans in Congress
are awaiting to hear from Tennessee before they |
will fix day for adjournment. Should the con- |
yention in that State ratify the amendment, the
Senators and Representatives will be admitted at
once and desire to do this prompts delay until |
it can be known whether it can be done.
sTEPHENs's DENuNeIATIoN OF THE FESIAN SENATE.
The speech made by Stephens, the Irish head
center, at Washington on Tuesday evening, was
very meager as transmitted by telegraph. The |
full text contained the following
1.-THE import of my words is, that all Irishmen, |
be they whom they may, who are throwing
obstacles in the direct way to our country's
liberation are traitors and are this hour abhorred
and despised, and execrated by men in Ireland,
and they dare not for their lives pace soil over
which the green flag should now in triumph
be waving The men who now propose to sell
the Irish vote of this country TO political dema-
gogues are traitors, and here denounce them by
name--ROberts and General Sweeny and the whole
set called senators. 1t is time to speak in plain
language, and will do it now, hereafter and for
ever, by voice and through the columns of the
press / say they are traitors to the cause of Ire
land, and are 50 looked upon by not only Irishmen
but all Americans who sympathize with the strug-
Cling Irish.
again thank you. my countrymen, for the
compliment you have paid me in listening so pa
tiently. Again ask you to heed my admonition
to be dstrustfu of the senate party the heroes of
Campo Bello and Canada, and may soon have to
add, Mexico.'