New-York tribune., 1867-02-06

pOseesson of the State authorizes OF uhSer leH co
troll By the act of Congress- approved FeD 2S, lcoo
an appropriation was made for payment to such
creditors of the State of Texas az are comprehended
in the act of September 9, 1850. OF this appropra
ton there remains unexpepded the sum OF $lllo9o'
The Treasury Department has no information as 10
what money or stores were taken by the State OF
Texas from the Confederate authorities nthe break
ing up of the Confederacy, and no such money OF
property has been accounted for by the State with
thes Department. An agent of the Treasury Depart
ment seized from an agent Of the State and shipped
10 New York. on account of tho United States, 105
bales of Confederate cotton, which is the only
property realized by the Department from the source
mentioned in the resolution.
The President to-day sent to the Senate copy OF
the letter written to Secretary Seward by an Aner-
cantraveling in Europe, which is alluded to In the
Seward Motley correspondence It will be presented
10 the Senate tomorrow. The letter is very
long, covering about four pages of foolscap
1t is dated at hotel in Paris and is signed by one
McCracken of New York City. This McCracken is
young man of about "a years He states in his letter
that he has been travelling in Europe for many
months, and made it his special business to
visit our ministers and consuls abroad, for the
purpose of seeing the manner in which our Govern
ment was represented. After having visited them
t,neaning, of course, Andrew Jomson) was being
greatly misrepresented by our present foreign
Minister'S and, as patriot, he thought 1t
duty he owed his country to inform the Secre-
tary of State Of matters as he saw
them. Speaking of Mr. Motley, he calls him a
Sumner man," and says Motley is continually stating
in public that he owes his appointment to Charles
Sumner, and not to Andrew johnson, and further
that he agrees with Sumner in politics, and fully
indorses him and his party. Minister Hale, he says,
takes every opportunity TO state that Congress
is right and President johnson Is wrong.
Toward Mr.. Murphy, our Consul at Frank
fort he seems to have q special hatred, and
terms him blatant Radical" and tool of Sena-
tor Zach. Chandlers" lie gives in detail converse
tiOns he has overheard from Ministers, and terms
them all hostile to the Government He states that
majority of our foreign missions are held by Massa-
chusetts Puritans and are controlled by such men as
Charles Sumner, Wendell Phillips, Benz. Butler, and
Zach Chandler. This, he thinks, great calamity,
and,should be ended The whole letter is absurd,
and shows the ill-breeding of the writer, and the
folly Of the Secretary of State in accepting it
criterion.
As much comment has been occasioned by Import
ant bills becoming laws without the signature of the
President, the following communication from the
House, may prove of interest,"
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, Feb. ], 1867.
SIR have had the honor 10 receive an authenticated
copy preamble and resolution passed by the House OF
Representatives yesterday, III which directed 20
inform the House whether certain laws, TO wit: one
"A bill to repeal section IS Of act TO suppress the
punish treason and rebellion, to seize
the property Of rebels and other purposes approvedc
July IT, 1852" and another bill to regulate the elective
franchise in the Territories Of the United states which
bills reported by the Committee on Enrolled Bihs to
have been presented Qthe President Of the United States
respectively the 9th and 18th ut have been filed In
this Department In reply, have respectfully TO ste
hat the aws referred TO IN the resolution this
day filed in this Department together with accom-
panying note from Col william c. Moore which note is
as follows
WASHINGTON, ID. c., ian. 81, 1867.
SIR am directed by the President 10 transmit TO yon
to repeal section Of an act to suppress nsurrec
cate the property Of rebels eGd for other purposes ap
proved July u 1892 and an act to reguaSe te eSStys
bills were the President for his approval and
have not been returned by him 70 the House In which
they originated within the time presented ny the COnsti
tuition Of the United States having therefore become
tey ARE e aW o @ O %u iSt sqeS hae
the honor to be- very respectfully yS1r e9dt servant
To VIM. II Seward, Secretary Of State.
] have the honor to be, sir, your obdt servant,
VIZ. II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
10 Schuyler Colax Speaker Of the House OF Repre-
sentatives.
News from the steamer Swatara is anxously looked
for here. Her orders were TO sail directly for Wash
ingtOn and the fact that she sailed month ago from
Alexandria and that she has not yet arrived, induces
the inference that her commander must have used
canvas instead Of steam, which would prevent her
from making quicker trip Her capacity is not SUI
fcient to carry months supply of coal No official
information has been received from her at the Navy
Department since she sailed.
The defalcaton in the Treasury Department indi-
Gated in this column last night is in the loan
branch office and was caused by the disappearance
of a William Lee of New-York, taking with him
COO in seven three-tenths notes. issued in August
1854 instead of 100000 as reported lie bas been in
the habit Of taking them since December last re-
ceiying them through the mails Or through Adams
Express, but not entering them on his books He
left here Saturday January &C. and has been traced
to Baltimore, where he entered his name as John
Rogers 1t is not thought that he has left the conn
try This is the THIRD robbery of the kind in the
loan branch office In September, 1864, w. W. Whit
tesey disappeared with 100000 which be restored
when arrested. Then $4,000 was missing, and for
this one Schroeder is now under bail awaiting trial.
and now $35 600 more. The system is faulty which
allows millions of dollars to pass daily in the hands
of clerks, none of whom have given bonds.
great fraud has recently been unearthed in
cotton transactions which will be effected by the
timely resolution Of inquiry of Senator Wilson, in
troduced in the Senate to-day. Previous to the
render of the Rebel army coo bales of Confederate
cotton at Mobile, Ala were placed at the disposal
of Dick Taylor for the purpose of paying his legions
large amount of gold was furnished a Rebel quar-
termaster named A. X Shepherd, by parties in
Memphis Tenn. then in possession of the Federal
forces) to exchange for this cotton After the sur