The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-08
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MhstiINGToN, june n, ,--Seoretary Nc
SpplIloch e9ntemplates an early and perma-
nent reduction of the force employed ia
the, Treasury Department, la CONSEQUENCE
,oi the rapidly dlmlnishing business. Due
reRard VIII be exhibited In regard to the
The State Department has teleRraphic
adyices that at least all of the Fenians,
under sentence of death, have been com
mu6d to imprisonment for life at hard
lapor, none Of them been sentenced to be
pcrs. :.
A gentleman Who has Just returned from
a tour through Mississippi. Northern Louis
lana, Arkansas and Tennessee, reports that
the'crops IN these States are remarkably
promising, and planters are confident Of
good returns from their cotton and corn
fields, ...l ~ 'I.-r ~
"a Ihe lnteFnal revenue receipts Yesterday
and to-day exceed q million OF dollars, and
this amount does not include any returns
from the recently assessed income. ~
The City Council here organize on Nor
day next, and 1t Is contemplated to make
well known colored man Secretary OF ono
Of the Boards. -. - y.
The ex-rebel Joe johnson was n the
War Department to-day, attending to busi-
ness connected with the railroad Of which
ne IS President. 1t is his first visit to the
Department since he left It as Quartermas-
ter-ueneral of the army. in 1861. To
The Treasury Department, in the. next
ten days, will pay out about seventy mil
lions of currency in redeeming the com
.pound-interest notes of the June issue.
As the latter will be destroyed when re-
deemed, that amount will 20 toward the
reduction of the public debt.
.i.t no. Especial to Commercial
ar l'' THE sURRATT CASE.
The counsel for the Government in the
Surratt case are on hand and ready for the
commencement of the trial on Monday. Ex-
Judge Pielpoht arrived to-day. Ex- Con-
gresham Riddle, of Ohio, has completed.
in connection with the Assistant District
Attorney, the prelimlnaries Of the evidence.
The defense are also ready, and the only de-
lay VIII be In obtaining jury, which it is
thought will take several days. ''
4" There are four attorneys for the Govern
ment and two for the defense. The former
are confident of convictions, and win pre-
sent evidence for the prosecution far more
important than that produced on the mill
tary trial of the conspirators, and which
Wilt Is believed, clear up the hidden de-
tails Of the assassination plot. ...n
,t.. lSpectAto Cincinnati 9azette.l
Gov. Worth, of North Carolina, has
written q letter In which he says that while
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pardon, he Is confident that Humanity and
public policy would justify and require the
granting OF o pardon to him by the Presi- |
dent, upon proper application.
A letter from Mobile says that T. C.. Dex- |
ter has been discharged from custody, and
his bail released. lie will be recollected |
as one of the Treasury agents at that point |
who was arrested more than year ago for |
defrauding Government out of cotton His |
first hearing was before military commits |
sion, by which he was turned over to the |
civil authorities.
Letters have been received here from
Ohio in which 1t Is said that ex-Congress-
man Delano, who contests the seat of Gen |
eral Morgan, thinks that he has made out
a very clear case in his own favor.
Effort Is making to secure the pardon of
J lanes w Duncan, who was Commissary of
Subsistence at Andersonville prison. He |
tried by military commission In the |
fall Of 1865, and sentenced to fifteen years |
imprisonment, and is now serving out the
time In Fort Pulaski, Georgia. Pardon is
asked on account of his penitence and III |
health, and the attorneys and his wife ex-
pect favorable action when the President
RETURNS. He began examination of the
papers In che case some time ago.