The New York herald., 1867-09-07
WASHING oToN.
~~~~~~~~~~~~>->~>~-~~~~~
The Amnesty Proclamation to be Issued
Oh Monday.
Only Five Glasses Excepted from
Its Operations
No Rapture Between the President
and General Grant.
Alleged Frauds Among High Revenue Officials
in New York.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 9, 1857,
IL so o'C. ock T. NJ
The Amnesty Proclamation.

The Amnesty Proclamation.
The much talked Of ann ssty proclamation fully
discussed 10 Ihe Cabinet meeting to-day and finally
agreed upon. II Will DO promulgated Monday next
Only ave classes Of rebels will be excepted from Its
operations. These will be:-
Frs-Ar above the rank OF brgad!er in the army and
captain in the navy OF the rebel States
Seoond-Al persons against whom proceedings have
already been commenced under which will be included
such - were guilty Of acE OF piracy and cruelty 10
Union prisoners.
Thrd-Persons who nlled the positions Of President
and Vice President Of the rebel States--lo w.t. Davis
and Stephens
FosvtA-An persons concerned in the assassination
conspiracy
F4M-An diplomatic agents Of the rebel government
All other classes rebels will be pardoned under the
new amnesty proclamation. In fact this will extend
the benefits Of amnesty ton classes excluded under
the proclamation OF 1855 haze this from source
that leaves doubt Of its reliability.
Grant and the President.
have carefully refraned thus far from alIuding to
the sensational rumors and dispatches respecting u
rupture between President and General Grant; but
snasmuch the ridiculous have been widely
euatsd, and even COPIED INTO the HERALD think 1t
worth while to make fat contradiction The statement
Of the Washington Chronicle and Boston Advertiser
pure Inventions There no ddiculty wnatevsr be-
tween the President and General Grant Tuesday,
before since. and the statement that Grant said the
President responsible for the defeat Of tho Consu
tIonal amendments IL utterly untrue. and without the
sghtest foundation. So also are all the other sensa-
tonal stories Of the Chrc and Advertiser There Is
no rupture between the President and General Grant,
or course they do agree certain points Of policy
fact which we'll known long ago, and demon
strasd in their ofcia correspondence in the cases Of
Stanton and Sheridan. bus that they have come TO an
open rupture IS quite another matter. The dfaculty
seems to be that Gram acts II he considered
that he the President far the work OF
reconstruction IL Thus In his order TO the
commanders Of the FIVE Districts instructing them
not 70 reinstate the removed civil officials this ID
plainly shown 70 in the case Of rsvokng his order Of
August Is to General sickies. This order had been
~grssd upon In full Cabinet meeting and revoked
by Grant without consultation With the President or
any member of The Cabinet: these Independent. acts
OF Grant have led TO unpIsaantnsss ana the inter-
courss between the Commander-in- Chief and the Gene
ral.in-chief remains quite friendly.
General Sickies' Defence.
The report OF General sickes concerning the troubles
IN the Second Military District has attracted good deal
OF attention here and seems 70 have perpsxed some
people in their decide which side is right in
controversy 1t will be noticed that General Sickles
makes ailusion in hs report to order OF General
Grant revoked on tho l7h Of August and also states
that none OF the adopted by him (Sickles)
have been disapproved BY the government. With the
War Department in all that has been done In
shis Military District the records OF my once
show the most perfect accord" These are the
exact words Of sicklea That they. are not
borne out by facts and documents on file
in the War once is easily proved Sckes, in his letter
20 Grant OF August IT, acknowedgss thai he ordered his
lieutenant at wilmington N. O.. not TO permit the de-
cs~s~ nShor ha
forced in his District Four days previously august 13
Grant had the following positive order to sckos
war OFFICE, WASHINGTON, d. c., August 10. 1857.
Major General d. T. sicKtEs, Charleston, s. c. =
Paragraph two Genera orders No lo sIrTent series
Court. Authority conferred on District commanders
doe. not extend in any respect over me acts o. courts
abe United states. u 3 GkANI, General
with this positive order on Ole. how is IL that General
scKlss asserts that he had to suppose the
President or Secretary OF War dsapprovsd his action
The omission Of this order from Grant In Sckes report
shown plainly that hs know he was In Q tcknh posi-
ton Sckles audes to the revocation Of this Order but
carefully avoids including In his elaborate evidence
private despatch IRON Charleston received In Wash
ington To- night says the stan and other officers OF Gene
raj sickles' command gave him . dinner served in
nus style, at the Mills House this evening General
Candy and san the invited guests The best feel
ine prevailed and the following sentiment offered
ing with him our ansctouats attachment, thoroughly
earned May prosperous voyage bear him whore well
comes await him cordial adeus regretful."
To this General sickles responded In short speech
Important Internal Revenue Disclosures.
Il seems II the troubles In the Internal Revenue
Department 20 far 40 the New York district 10
,csrnsd, would never be ended. Not long the
AraALp gave the nrst ntmatlon Of gigantic swindle
that had been pspetrated oy changing the contents Of
packages from whiskey 70 water. which latter was
marked 'for export" and shippsd, thereby avoiding
Ihs legitimate tar OF 50 per gallon while the whsksy
itself was sold at enormous profit; and now there
comes 70 the surface another and still greater matter
which. but 1.-THE Of charges made concerning
srs true duplicates NOT merely few whiskey inspect
ers, but Eve internal collectors In New York
and Brooklyn, In series Of most papabe Official frauds
on the govsrnmsnI The Metropolitan Board has had
under preliminary investigator for some days past the
affairs OF these colscto and the rssul, Of that inves.
figation received here to-day, supplemented with
1hs request that the Department order 81 once Judicial
examination OF the matters charged therein. n the
Department sees a. 70 acs on this suggestion the first
step win be probably 70 order the arrest Of the Eve
officials alleged to b implicated In the frauds, that
stirring events may soon BE- looked for.
OF course the proceedings Of the Metropolitan Board
we're conducted with the ssressss secrecy, that
4mpobls - yet 10 rive the particulars Of the charges
made against the collectors 70 whom 20 much suspicion
ITO cay the isasp attaches. Enough has leaked out,
however 10 give the matter very bad colonne Az m
instance Of the character Of the Frauds said that
certain liquor induced Of the collectors 10 re-
tease from bonded warehouse without payment Of tar
about I've hundred barrels Of whisksy on the payment
40 hin Of ave dollars per barrel for the amount 90 re-
'eassd Another charge alleged against ali Of these on
rlais 70 that they vilfully and knowingly approved
bonds givsn for vhsksy that worth the paper
on which they we're written, matter that 10 reported
the government found out only when was too late,
the whlstsy for which The worthless bonds wsrs given
tavns been removed and solA osher eharyss more or
les grave are also made, and The Department IL giving
sbsn ell due Investigation Al proper TINA whsa
conducive 10 the atsrsss Of the ssrv,cs ,be whole
matter will be laid before the public
Msdsss LeyaIiss.
highly patriotic lssss received BY the head Of
one Of the Department to-day IRON IN individual I'm