New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-30
WASHINGTON.
REMOVAL OF POPE AND ORD.
me ALABAMA GAINS SULsIioM :, I0 BE To- To-

~ THOMAS PIRCHASE--A NEW flNANNiAL
..rtsuRE BY SENATOR HENDERSON.
- .y,ya TO TBS TRIBUNE
W W.sHTNGroN Dee %, 1867.
Tao following order was issued yesterday afternooh
ur,Dor,RTrRs OF THE ARMY, ADJUrNr-
cr,rENI's OTFICE, WAsHINGToN, Dec. 2s' 1867.
,..ru,t ORDERS No. 1Oo.-By direction OF the Fresl-
,t b limited states the following orders are made;
p,.,,t Major GEN Z. O. L. ord Will turn over the
.,,, - the Fourth Military Distrctto Brevet Major
- q eileen. and proceed to san Francisco, Cal, to
t., command OF the Department OF California.
o ,e,,g relieved 10y Brevet MajOrGen. ord, Breyet
,,.,,.,p irwin Mcdowell will proceed 10 Nicksburs,
AZ and relieve Gen. Glem IN command OF the Fourth
Military Di,trl,:.
k,cyct Naor.Gen. John Pope is hereby relieved OF
the eon,eand Of the Third Military District, and viii
r,t Without delay at the Headquarters of the Army
f further orders, turning over his command 10 tDe next
A., Tor officer until the arrival Of his successor.
Maior-Gen. George G. Meade is assigned TO the COM
u I'd lie Third Military District and will assume 1t
without ~. .,
qlc .rarJmcnt Of the East win he commanded by the
,.ri.roa. .r now on duty in IL until commander Is
sancd o., .ic President
.rs assigned in the foregoing orders to the
.,r,c.uf az Military Districts will exercise therein any
s-llpav rs conferred by acts Of Congress upon DIS
tl cmuai lcrs. and also any all powers pertaining 10
Military Commanders. .,
rr.,e. AiHor-Gen. Wager Swayne Colonel 45th
limited states Iufmtry is hereby relieved from duty in
b.. Purosr Of Refugees Of Freedmen and Abandoned
I.rss ail will proceed 10 Nashville Tenn and assume
conma % ~ his regiment
IL command of Gen. GRANT.
T. D. Townsend, Asst Adit.Gen
Tie publication of this order causes much tax
amorr senator's and Representatives, and in political
sircles generally. While they have been anticipating
T., rello.aI of Cen Pope they are at a loss to under
s-arJ .ho reasons Tor the decaptaton of Gen. Ord,
WHO'S lptpled as in favor of the Presidents Recon-
s;..,flop views. The friends of the latter state,
however mat he has been removed in accordance
vii. his oan wishes and that he asked for the change
some tim. ago. 1t Is stated that the appointment OF
Gsl.Nead. is only temporary and that Gen Rousseau
Viii m gned 10 that command on his arrival here
which W 80 be in about six weeks.
Nctwith. tanding the abrupt termination of the
cor e,T0udruce between Secretary Seward and Lofd
STANLEY ID; the Alabama claims il is understood that
the.u,e. L elish minister Nh Thornton, comes EN-
powered with fun authority to reopen the question
with q Wow of cfiectinG, If possible an easy and
amicao, adjustment of the difficulty. From the fact
thattl. United States authorities rejected the last
proposal for an arbitrament and that the English
Government were equally prompt in their refusal to
allow tie doctrine OF Jclgerent rights, the impress
sion generally prevails that the matter is at an end
for the pr. sent. It appears, however, from adUces
recent received here, that the English Ministry are
not saji led with the position in which they are
placed los the correspondence and hence the insruc-
tous which are said to have been given to present
another plan of adjustment
The pgbhc debt statement viii not lie ready until
The 5tl of January. The exhibit will be IA
yoraIls than that of the last month. except in the
item of the gold balance which viii be lower owing
TO the payment of the $3OO0O0O coin interest due
on January I. The Secretary would have retired the
kOO0OOO per month for the last month and the
present ono had it not been for the action of the
House in suspcnding his authority to do So
The Hon. Robert J. Walker IS engaged in prepar-
ing ana argument in support of the ratification OF the
Danish treaty. Mr.. Seward is using all the arts of
diplomacy to secure supporters for the measure, bui
apparently without much success as very few MEM
bers express themselves favorable 10 il.
The following is synopsis Of a bill to be intro
duced at an early day by Senator Henderson of Mis-
sour of the Finance Committee as a substitute to
Senator Sherman's BILL
FIRST To consolidate the National debt in long loan.
principal aud interest payable in gold the interest not 10
exceed "a per cent per anum, payable scmaunuay TO
SeSoa an National banks now having bonds filed with
the Treasurer 10 circulation SHALL within twelve
months, substitute the new OF eoSoh"aVeu Oohus' of
third: IT, so amend the National Banking law that
be even o any bank; also to repeal the limitation Of
three millions Of circulation TO the National banks, 20 as
make banking as free as any Olhcr business, sJtcl
90 such ne guards and constructions as may De provided
rSb. To provide for the very gradual withdrawal Of
the United states notes known grcenbacks so as 10
enable the National Banks gradually 10 supply lhen-
selves with coin, preparatory to resumption OF specie
13Si5 To constitute Financial Board composed Of the
secretary OF the Treasury. the Controller OF Currency
an r and lime Of withdrawing the greenbacks,
and with power also Of great commercial distress
or money panic supply the banks on deposit OF bonds
tain amount, not exceeding SAY hity millions
When the internal Revenue bill comes in, Senator
Henderson purposes to offer the following;
To remove Internal taxes from an articles OF manufac
ture, except whisky ana tobacco ana 10 p'oNuG r
for the collection OF the taxes on these articles no
continue the income and stamp taxes license taxes ana
tax ou RAILROAD aud steamboat receipts, ana some ocrs,
and in large measure to abandon the expensive
system VI tax collection.
gentleman called upon Secretary McCuloch yes
terday for the purpose OF asceraining whether
Solicitor of the Internal Revenue Bureau was To be
appointed at present. The Secretary informed him
that there would be no appointment made until Con-
gress had taken some action on the subject as he
desrd to have the law so modified not to require
more than one law officer to decide all the questions
arising In the Treasury Department proper
There are various parties and cliques here working
for i@e removal Of Mr.. Rollins. New candidates are
daily and almost hourly mentioned, but without any
prospect Of success.
The official order fcf the reception al the White
House on New Years day viii be promulgated TO
morrow or next day. The order Of the proceedings
will be the same as last year. After y o'clock on
Wednesday the members Of the Cabinet and General
Grant and their several families will receive visitors.
All the Senators and Representatives having their
families here are expected to keep open house on New
Years day.
The PostOnice Department has hand, taken
from the dead letters which accumulated during the
war more than 10000 photographs of Union soldiers.
Although II is believed that many Of their relatives
nVI la oil AL IN OIL 1Iaa. s.