The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-04-24
Letter from WASHINGTON.

Special Correspondence of the New Orleans Picayune
WASHINGTON, April T. 1867
The official army register has just been issued, for
the year 1866 and send copy with this. 1t is an
important valuable and interesting document, con-
tanning about two hundred closely printed pages and
embracing a great deal more matter than has hereto
fore been published in the army register Pretxed to
each regiment is list of all the battles in which it
has been engaged from which it appears that many of
the regiments have been in the service for long Sc
res of years. Thus the lst, I'd and Sd Regiments Of
Cavalry served in Florida, in 1896 in California in
1916, and in Mexico in IS47. The lst Regiment of
Artillery served in Canada under General Scott, in
1912 and in Mexico in 1846-'47 The lst Regiment
of Infantry served at Chicago in 1872, at Landys
Lane in the same year, and in Mexico in 1916 and At.
The regiments numbered from~eeven to nineteen are
new creations organised in 1861 meet the exigen-
cies of the
The pay which these gentlemen receive, whose
names are thus perspcuousy set forth, is as follows,
per annum: General Grant, SIS, l2O; Gen. Sherman,
SASH; Gen. Halleck, Gen. Meade, Gen. Sheridan,
Gen. Thomas, each s7,7T. Ten Brigadier Generals,
among them Mcdowell Pope and Hooker, S. SIT each.
Colonies of regiments get S4,5D0 lieutenant colonies,
So 994 majors So, 1865; captains, 3,o49; fist leu
tenants, 50, 913, ard second iieutenantS, S2,653. :
| inclose statement Of the public debt for the
month of March, from which it will be seen that 1t has
been reduced nearly $27, ,O0a during the month
The Treasury has discussed over 81 O00,O )O in coin
vaults, s1O6, 900, 90 in gold The statement is re-
garded as gratifying one, but at this rate it will re-
onire thirty years to wi pc out the whole debt.
The article in the Picayune, of March 90, has at
racted q great deal of attention, and is universally
commended for its calm reasoning and truly states
manlike views Such views, understand here,
those entertained by the most Influential men, III every
one of the Southern States 1t is true that the Con
stituon is overthrow: it is true that the President
and the Supreme Court are both poweress to enforce
the DEGREES of the latter:i is true that in conSe
quence of the war, the Congress has become TIL
GOVERNMENT, and Yields, for the time, the Supreme
Po,rer Whence it results, that it is inexpedent to
present the petition to the Supreme Court, which it is
rumored will be done tomorrow, for an injunction to
restrain the President and Gen. Sheridan from
ting the military government bill, on account Of its
unconstitutionaIity If the Supreme Court should de-
eide every point in favor of the petitioners, and forbid
the President and military commanders to execute the
act in question, would their edict be obeyed? No:
there is none so poor to do them reverence. The
President might obey it: but if be did he would be
impeached and instantly removed from Office. BIZ,
Gen. Grant Gen. Sheridan, and all the officers of thu
army would pay no attention to any such in junction.
II conflict of this kind does occur between the
President and the Supreme Court OF the one hand
and Congress on the other, the officers of the army
will obey the latter Besides it is understood here
that reconstruction in all the Southern States, will
take place in accordance with the provisions of the
military government bill President Johnson has
given no encouragement whatever to the petition
above alluded to. He knows, and Reverdy Johnson
knows that the military government bill is unconstl
tutiona but both of them agree that this is not the
time to raise that point in the Supreme Court.
KINDERuooK.