New-York tribune., 1867-05-02
WASHINGTON.

THE STATEMENT OF TIIR PUBLIC DEBT-IHF uousv
JUDICIARY COMMITTEES 10 coNTEUH IIlE ~.
PBACIInfENT TEvRSTIGATION--rnH REGisfRATro,
OF VOTERS IN TIE DIsrmcr-sUnRAr's Tplu.
FIXED FOR MAY y.
TsLKenArH TO rnE TRIBUNE
WAsHMGTo', Thursday, May O.. 1851
The statement of tho pub debt for the month ~
April has been completed and will propably be mals
public Tomorrow. . he statement will show redue.
ton of about S6OOO,OOO in the debt for tho month
which very small compared with the last month";
statement. The conversion of Seven -rhirties and
Compound Interest notes into Fiye-Twenties will
amount TO about $S7OCOOOO The statement viii shov
the amount of gold on hand TO be about sl3 OOo IN,
The amount OF currency hand will BE considerah,
less than last month which is accounted for bv thu
small receipts of internal revenue Gnrng The month
None of the four million Legal Tenders which In.
Secretary of the Treasury may by law retire each
month were 80 retired during April thus the fourth
month has passed without any of these notes bans
retired by the Secretary.
| The Judiciary Committee of the House will a.,
semble tomorrow at u o'clock at the Capitol TO pu,
ceed with the impeachment investigation. moct
| ing would have been held to-day bnt 1t was found
| that quorum was not present Judge Lawrence Of
Ohio arrived in the city yesterday and is the only
| Republican member of the Comr.ittee now here:
Marsh II of Illinois and Eldridge Of Wisconsin ara
| also here Chairman Wilson of Ohio, Williams of
| Penn, Thomas of Maryland, Boutwell, of Mass and
| Churchill of New-York arc expected TO arrive to
morrow morning. Woodbridge OF Vermont will not
DO able to reach the city before the last of tho week
Ashley of Ohio who has been pres mt at several OF
the sessions Of the Committee. is also on his way
| here. George A. Trenholm, the Rebel Secretary OF
| the Treasury,Eand his brother w. L. Trcnholm of
| Charleston S. G., have be'n summoned before the
Committee and arrived here thii mornings also
Gov. Parsons of Alabama. The summoned TO
testify on charge of abuse of the ardonng power by
the President. II is believed ths Committee will
continue its sessions for a mOlth at least
The registration of voters in this city will be
pleted by Saturday next There are seven wards in
the city, and the registration of the Seventh Ward il,
now in progress. In this ward there were. recorded
yesterday COS Names 1T9 of which white and "A
colored. This makes the whole number thus far reg
istered in the ward l.2y7 and OF which the coOred
| people have majority of g2. At the close of tho
registration n the Sixth Ward Thursday last, the
whites had majority in the city of S95. The
result in the Seventh Ward thus far has turned tho
tables and given the cOlored people a clear majority
of n. In the First, Second, and Third Wards tho
colored voters are largely in the majority. In the
| Fourth aud Sixth Wards the whites have a large
jority while in the Fifth Ward there is a small ma
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confident of carrying every ward in the city, with
one exception the Fourth. The chiyalry, who alb
sented themselves purposely when registration first
began, are now commencing to their folly, and
are endeavorng to have the Registers reopen ths
| lists for the purpose of adding their names Tho
| Board of Registry have not yet decided on the sub
ject but will probably refuse the request An effort
will be made to compel the Board TO reopen the books
by testing the matter in the District Supreme Court
| The Democrats have already nominated their city
ticket The Republican Nominating Convention will
| be held two weeks hence. The election takes place
the first of June.
A letter was to-day received by the Union Rcpab-
| liean Congressional Executive Committee here from
the Hon. VIM. ID. Kelley, NJ c., informing them that
he has changed the programme of his Southern trip
He will leave Philadelphia tomorrow, and proceed
directly to New Orleans, La, in compliance with
! request from Gov. Wells and other prominent cti-
| zens From New-Oreans he will go through Ala
bama and Georgia, stopping at the principal towns
and cities. and then into Tennessee where he will
remain until GubeTnatOrial and Congressional eiec
tions take place in that State. He will then 90 East
ward. visiting Knoxville and other points; thence
to Charlotte and other places in Western North Car
| Olins.
! Col r. j. Hinton starts for North Carolina tO-mor-
! row. az an agent Of the Union Republican Congress
! siona Committee. He will spend month in canvass
ing the State delivering speeches, distributing docu
ments, and organizing clubs and leagues among the
Unionists. Other similar agents have preceded Col
Hinton and will follow. 1t is the intention OF
! the Executive Committee to have every Southern
| State thoroughly canyassed, and the Union voters
organized aud made ready for the coming elections.
The trial of John Ii. Surratt will commence on the
9th of May until which time the Criminal Court OF
| the District yesterday adjourned. The time named
has been definitely fixed upon by the court and ths
counsel for the prosecution and for the prisoner.
| There were received at the Treasury Department
to-day by United States Treasurer Spinner, SiO0OOO
of the three per cent certificates to take the place OF
compound interest notes as provided by law OF
! the last Congress.
| IL is stated that the contemplated hip OF The
Indian Committee OF the Senate to the far Plains has
been postponed until next Fall. The present war
like attitude of the Indians is assigned the reason
Yesterday about 20 of the compositors and one
pressman at the Government Printing Office were
furoughed on account of the work getting slack.
The Treasury Department received this mornins'a
package from Cambridge. Mass, containing sSl con-
science money which had been added 10 the proper
fund.
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