Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-18
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Attorney General Speeds Reslg-
,o natiOn--The Position Offered TO
Hon. Henry Stanbery. ma ih1'

hOn' henry Stanbery.
New YORK July H.-Morning papers
have the following specials from Washing
ton: 1855 l.. .nTlr lr 30 A. .HJ. ~
The President on receiving Attorney
General Speeds resignation, immediately
telegraphed TO Hon. Henry Stapbery, of
Kentucky, ,proffering him the appointment,
and to night received reply which does
not accept, but states that he (Mr. STAN
berry, will immediuely come to Washing
ton and confer with the President on the
subject. Mr.. Stanbery will no doubt accept
the nomination. f...t.,.... .....'f
Attorney General Speeds letter of resig-
nation is as follows: .....,.
RI hereby resign to you the office of
Attorney General OF the United States. Be
good enough, sir, to accept my thanks for
the kindness, consideration and confidence
you have ever shown to me. have the
honor TO be,
Most respectfully, .sr
JAMES SPEED.-
Resignation of Freeman Clarke.
Hon. Freeman Clarke, Comptroller of the
Currency, to-day rendered his resignation
to the Secretary of the Treasury, 10 take
effect on the 24th inst. This action by Mr..
Clarke has been contemplated for some
time. He is said to be not very much pleas
ed with the manner in which the National
Bank investigation has been conducted by
the House committee, and as his relations
with Mr.. Mccullough have lately been un-
pleasant, he thus releases himself from an
uncomfortable position.
The National Military Asy Ium.
The Board of Managers of the National Mil
itary Asylum have deferred the location of
any sites for building, &c. and will await
proposals from localities desirOus of secur-
ing such an institution In their vicinity
For the purpose of organization they elect.
ed one Governor, Major General Z. w.
Kinks, of Mass, and elected an Executive
committee, consisting of the resident Sec
retary and General Kinks. They also
adopted bylaws for the government of the
Board OF Managers, looking to the organ
ization Of the Asylum and to the proper
investment Of the fund with view to iu-
come. The fund now amounts to some
thing in excess of $3,000,000, which will be
an annual income of about $lSQ000., The
Board appropriated $45 to enable system
of outside relief to be organized in order
to grant the necessary aid to such appli-
cants as may be deserving of it in places
where they cannot be provided free, and
In anticipation of the organized system of
operations contemplated.
Secretary Harlan not yeI Resigned
tits stated that Mr.. Harlan will not resign
for some days. This comes from his friends.
Mr.. Browning is named as the successor of
Harlan in the eventofthe formers resigna-
ion. ..a.-4 o.. T....
POstmnsters Appointed.
The following postmasters were to-day
appointed bs the President: Jno. II. Gould,
of Rockport, N, Y; John Ryan, of Medina,
Alfred E. Brooks, of Ilan, n. Y; Ira God
frey, of Lima, N .r. 20.
t..-.ar. No Quorum.
A private dispatch received here from
Tennessee says, the Legislature of that
state to-day lacked seven votes ofa quorum.
Commission 10 Revise the Statutes
Y e of the United States. v~- ~
The following gentlemen have been Sc
ected as the members of the Commission
to revise and codify the Statutes of the
United States, in accordance with the act
of Congress recently passed: Caleb Cushing,
of Mass. Judge VIM. johnson, of Ohio,
and Retwin J.Meigs, of Washington. It
is conceded to be good selection.
Admission of the Tennessee Rep.
:. reSenta1iVes.
It is quite likely that an effort will be
made to admit the representatives from
Tennessee in the House before the adjourn
ment. A resolution to that effect will
come up Tomorrow or next day, aud of its
passage there is a strong probability of
success.
Report on the Merchants Bank
[E - SwindIe. ,,E "a.
The report of the investigation into the
Merchants National Bank swindle was
submitted in the House to-day. 1t was
accompanied by the evidence, which fills
over 800 pages, and shows a remarkable
conspiracy tO defraud the Government for
Huycke, Bayne and others. The bank has
been rotten for many months, aud only
buoyed up by Government funds which
went to Bayne & Co.
Vice President pro tenn, of the
....l' Senate. '''..
There is considerable speculation as to
who will be chosen Vice President pro tenn.
of the Senate before the adjournment Sen
ators P0meroy, Wade and Sherman are
mentioned, but it is cOnced that the East
should have II, as the President and Speak
er of the House are both from the Vest
The questlonwill probably be settled by
the Senate caucus. - ~ ia -
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United States Senators will probably be
called up inshe House tomorrow and the
previous question moved. - b 81 'A"'-A'-' ~
rs q Government Finances. vl't
The following Is the recapitulation of the
returns to the Banking committee from the
Assistant Treasurers and Government De-
pOsitaries, respecting the amount of publiGI
money on the LIT of May, 1866: Amount of
coin on deposit, $99524474; amount of cur
fency on deposit, 1894 317 900; total, $l93.-
S42,473. Less over drafts, $l4,S95 balance,
$l93, S27,628, Add amount in national banks,
$46,76 SOL total, $24O,593,169..I Amount to
the credit of the Treasurer is as follows -.
With Assistant Treasurers, $163 665, ,2S7 !;
with national banks, $2s,505,362; total,
$l92, 170,639. Amount to credit of disburs-.
ing officers is as follows: With Treasurer
and Assistant Treasprers, $30,254931; with
national banks, $1S260, ,239; total, $4S,575,-
no.. Add amount to credit of Treasurer.
$l92, 170. $50; total, $240, ,6S5, 700; less over
drafts, $92640. Total public money May /,
LIST, $240,593, l69. qY8 rftflW NJ "A n0:s
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