The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-06
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Amnesty Proclamation TO be Dis
cussed I'm Cabinet Session To-day.
EJ-n., me NJ V Herald


Cabinet tomorrow, as it is the desire OF the
President that all the members of the Cabinet
in the city may be present Questions OF great
Importance are to De discusseo, ana among
clamation, which, it is understood, is now IN
shape, though not finally decided upon. This
is only reason why the President requests all
the members of his Cabinet to attend the meet
/ nav state in this connection that the idea of
q general am nesty meets with great favor here,
and is regarded as one of the best developments
OF the Presidents policy lately. Owing TO the
silence of the President and every member OF
the Cabinet on the subject, am not able to
supply you with any reliable information as to
the exact character of the coming proclamation.
Rumors of Cabinet Changes.
The rumor is again current to night that both
Seward and McCulloCh are soon TO resign and
make way for men more in accord with the
President. Inquiry does not justify me in stating
that there is new cause of difficulty calculated
to hasten the resignation OF these two officials.
/ can only report what has been 80 often an
nounced before, that there seems to be little
doubt that they will soon retire to private life,
probably at an earlier day than most people
imagine. Among the parties named for sue.
cessor TO McCulloch are Cisco aud Philadel-
phia banker somewhat known to fame.
The Struggle for the Removal of Com
missioner ROlIins-ShArp Letter from
Colonel Hilly or to ThurlOw Weed.
The struggle Tor the removal of Commissioner
Rollins has become quite warm aud exciting
1t is said that the President favors the removal
but that McCullOch is opposed to 1t, and has
strongly urged the President not to heed the
hue and cry now being made against Mr.. Rol-
Inns. The tussle for the spolls OF the office has
been attended with some curious Developments
not the least Interesting of which is a letter of
Thurlow Weed to General Grant pitching into
Colonel Hillyer, Revenue Agent at New York
and a reply from the latter containing some
heavy hits back on the veteran lobbyist The
following is the correspondence
THURLow WEED TO GENERAL GRANT.
responsible for their friends, There is widespread
The combination here is formidable. Among Others
sdSs the he @ @ as m
Rollins, that act VIII confirm suspicious II Is also
Government, while his predecessor has saved large
into these frauds. aud am Unwilling to see dS@Sg nS
exposures in the case of any officers for whose inte
ton that Colonel Hiliyer should this letter, Truly
GEN U S. GRANT.
COLONEL HILLYER TO TuURLow WEED.
NEW YORK. Sept. 4-Thurlow Weed, Esq.-Slr:-
Gra6t has 81 ar to me- Without fSm
The ,mpertinence Of the letter would be incomSre @
yourself The impertinence of your addressing Gene
ADDRESSING q General Grant about ms|tSe imperii
nence OF your accusing hnypoay S impcSt0n ca IN
tainiy heye lost your reputed snrewdness, or have
suppose that General Grant knows, your reputation
and my character? had supposed that you gloried
Prince of Jebbeis. Does satan rebuke sin Since
been h in eaa SS Sf G%H
Mho etsSf o. a Re aOne o 6 to
interpose in behalf Of his client satisfied that
However much might have desired to accommo-
do Otherwise than ommend that he be fined 5000
conscious of his guilt and the JUSTICE of the punish
Bile to the Collector Of the District. informed
Ss % Genee not Know Th
was the last application ever made to me through
same cSivalTy which q man exercises when he
ATTACKS another BY writing ITO to his vile @ tnat her hus
men-and one Of my best friends.maEng I insinna,
E10w Neither responbe for my % appontment
my RsE % the Psesaen at U Gs
me WSshngtOn m that that SH applied ~ for the
and the Secretary told You the place was isS
misea TO me, and that os soon as you heard Il you
tlon Of the appointment Of CongressonaI com Iitee
for and what you desire repea eatedly and
publicly stated that such COMMITTEES should be ap
coIruptons and abuses Of the revenue sqsem in this
the fact that the morality Of the Albany lobby has
been transplanted 10 the c:;y OF New York 1t is
iS this city is IN direct PROPORTION, g !6er intl;
ose wo yG are r. Is ser owoE o TO 5ae
are most shameless in their corruption that the
"Fagin' have never made any attack I on on the IA:
@ H IF e rSs O which ySn Sre che aid ne
rally TO his defense the moment he is in danger No
ship Of Mr. Rollins is eredaSie to hm as man or to
his character officer II is not for Mr.. Rollins,
but for your expected gains through dishonest MEANS
that you tremblP. II access the Treasury could
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you have used, wheedled csjoled. ruined and aban.
that am said to be implicated In frauds. Your age
an experience Of six mSnthe in oniee can proudly
say what SHOULD M not have been able 70 say had
clear. WHAT pronder record can any officer In New
S nave than the
am, etc, WILLIAM S. HILLYER.
Colonel Hillyer was formerly a member of
General Grants staff. and Is a warm friend OF
both Grant and the President. He has been
foremost in the anti-Rollins movement, and re.
commended General Steedman for the position.
This has earned him the hostility of Rollins
Wood, and, probably, McCulloch.
The New Amnesty Proclamation.
From The ". Y. Times.
great deal of speculation is being lndulged
in as to the tenor and conditions of a new am.
nesty proclamation which the President is said
to be about TO ISSUE Whether such document
will be put forth or not is yet a mere matter OF
conjecture, but if 1t is, the public will call TO
mind the following act, which was introduced
into Fthe House by Mr.. eliot, of Massachusetts,
} on the Sd of December, 1866, passed the same
day, and sent to the Senate, where it passed
, January A. 1867. It was sent to the President
. and indorsed by him, received January d
1872 when 1t became a law without his sigma.
T ture, he having failed TO return it with his Ob
: iectons within the constitutional ten days
l which fact is duly indorsed upon the Original
copy on file in the State Department. It1s a
: follows:- E II
"Be it enacted etc That the thirteenth section
an act entitled An act 70 suppress insurrecon,
me property Of rebels, and tor other purposes ap
proved July n, 1852, be and the same Is hereby re