New-York tribune., 1867-10-03
WASHINGTON.

ST rsLssEArn TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday. Oct. g. 1857
The Hon. F. Z. Woodbridge Member of Congress
from Vermont, and amember of the Judiciary CON-
mttee of the House, has been here for several days.
and to-day had long interview with the President
Much significance is placed this visit Of Mr.
Woodbridge to the White House, for the that
Mr.. Woodbridge was one Of the members of the
Judiciary Committee who voted against impeaching
the President. Ii is known here that Woodbridge is
very friendly to Wisewel, who is after Messmores
place as Deputy Commissioner of internal Revenue.
and the President er oco of the Metropolitan Board
of Revenue in New-York City. 1t is also claimed by
Wisewell's friends that Woodbridge will DO
powerful in in the White House lobby, having
opposed impeachment. 1t is matter Of surprise
here that much interest is manifested in this
prospective removal of MessmOre and why so many
very prominent men like Woodbridge and Steedman
lobbying for the appointment for their friends.
The Office is worth only 5000 per annum, that is,
that it is all the Government pays but shonld cor
rupt man get the position there piles of money in
it. Most of the lobbying has been done at the White
House. but the President has power in the matter.
as the law places the appointment i'll the hands of
the Secretary of the Treasury.
Yesterday Secretary McCulloch sent 10 the Presi
dent the name of James T. Pcarce Collector Of In
ternal Revenue for the Third District Brooklyn. N.
Y, vice CacOt suspended. The President has not
yet acted on the appointment. Last night it became
known to the many candidates who were after the
office that Pearces name had been sent to the Prcsi-
dent, and this morning they up at the White
House bright and early to defeat him. They ha"e
succeeded so far and Gen. Eagan's friends claim
will get the appointment, though Mr. McCuocha nd
Rollins are said to be against him. Pearces prnci-
pal backer was Gen. Slocum and it was mainly on
,1o4,o hot
McCulloch.
The facts about Secretary Stanton and Go
Swanns application for artillery that the former
positively refused to issue Them and was indorsed in
the consultation he had about the matter with Gen.
Grant. The Secretarys refusal was one of the main
points of difference with the President which led to
his suspension. johnson urged him TO issue the guns
Stanton said he would not. unless the President
should issue positive order directing him to do
johnson would not commit himself TO this and said
it not necessary the State had no right to tho
guns, and the Governors requisiton was all sufficient
Swami being thus defeated in his endeavors at WASH
ington, purchased the 12pounder Napoleon brass
guns mentioned in The TRIBUNE of Tuesday.
1t has been telegraphed hence that the jeff. Davis
case was considered in the Cabinet yesterday. am
authorized to say that the statement is untrue Tho
trial of Davis is wholly under the control of tho
United States Circuit Court of Virginia and the
District-Attorney. The Administration has not III
tervened in the matter i'll any form recently.
The correspondence between Gen. Siclles and the
Court of Chancery of South Carolina has just been
published, in tie form of an order. 1t annuls thede-
cree of Chancellor Lesesne rendered some months
previously in reference to the disposition of the u
expended balance of certain funds which had been
raised for the purpose of equipping Hamptons Cav
airy command during the war; With it appears, also,
o1ic ciio Ix fba .1r1ar
1t appears from the correspondence that the I'D
of August Maor-Gen. Sickes, in letter alluded to
the fact that the funds had been distributed to par
ties claiming the same by the decree made in the
of the Bank of Charleston VS.. James Upper aud
others, but says the funds belong to the United
States. He therefore, refused the application that
the parties involved may be permitted to pay the
money into court to abide the result of any proceed
ings which the United States might desire to insti-
tute. The private claimant of the fund, he
remarks, elected the Court of Equity as the
tribunal for determining all the questions arising in
the case deeming the ends of justice TO require it.
He ordered the restitution of the fund to an official
custodian flor the more mature consideration of the
questions involved and accordingly appointed a re-
cever of the fund.- The further application that the
case might be transferred to the Federal Courts
deemed premature at least until the restitution Of
the fund shonld have provided substantive subject
of controversy 1t is now understood that Secretary
McCuoch has ordered the case to be tried in Fed
eral court with a view to final disposition Of the
question.
The Davis nominated in Baltimore for Sheriff. to-
day. was Police Commissioner in 1861, when the
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New-York troops
were assaulted on their way to Washington. He
was rampant Secessionist, and arrested by the
military authorities at the order of Gen. Mcclellan.
and imprisoned in Fort Warren.
A special pardon will be issued in day or two to
ex-United States Senator and ex-Rebel Senator X. ~
T. Hunter. He has been TO the President and
Attorney General Stanbery, and has some good
recommendations.
There are q very large number of Democratic pol
itcians here from Pennsylvania, most of them from
the City of Philadelphia. They visited the White
House in body to-day and made number of de-
mands on the President to aid his party in Pennsyl-
yania in the coming election. The philadelphians
are particularly opposed to Miller the Internal Reve
nue. Inspector in their city, They claim that he has
refused TO his Office to aid the party, and they
wanted him suspended. Miller is Democrat. but is
said to be worthy officer. and has the confidence OF
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue.
A hundred thousand dollars was paid by the
Treasury to-day on the Missouri war claim aud
added TO the warrant for million made out last
week Gen. Gray, the Missouri State Agent, started
tonight for NewYork to deposit the whole amount.
This makes s69OoOO0 actually paid over up to date
1t has been determined that all applications for
special notifications of the recent bonded warehouse
regulations shall be considered and determined in
the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, instead
of at the office of Internal Revenue.
Workmen are busly engaged in getting the halls
of the Senate and House of Representatives in order