The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-16
BY TELEGRAPH.
Washington News and Gossip.

WASHINGTON, April lG.-I learn tonight,
from an authoritative source, that the At
torney-general has not given his opinion
to the President, nor has he been called
upon to give his opinion upon the tenure
of office law.
The decision of the Solicitor Of the Treas
ury, was submitted to Mr. Stanbrry, aud by
him concurred in. This Tenure of ONCE
Law appears to be generally misuudUr-
stood. and is bound to bc productive of
great confusion.
In view of the probable adjournment of
the Senate tomorrow afternoon, rs con-
strued by the same, the Executive has no
authority to appoint person to fill an of
flee in case where the Senate had adjourn
cd without confirming the nominee OF the
President.
Col. WI Taylor was again nominated
to-day for Postmaster Of Cincinnati. Should
he be rejected, rs is probable, in time to
send In another nomination before the Sen
ate adiOurns, Thos. II. leatman, Esq, will
be nominated.
The supreme Court to-day refused to en-
tertain the Mississippi bill against the Pres
| ident, but allowed the Georgia bill to be
! filed, as the objection did not apply.
! The Austrian Minister Count Nyden-
! bruck has warmly thanked the Secretary of
State for the Kindness and prOmpness
| with which he acted in the request of the
| Austrian Emperor relative to MaXmiiau.
| In granting Il hearing in the Georgia In
| junction casc-the President not being
madea part-the Court by no means admits
| that it has jurisdiction of the subject. In
the Mississippi case it, in effect, decided
| that whether the President was doing
wrongly or not, the Court would not inter-
| fere with him in the exercise of his duties
| rs an executive officer. In the Georgia
case the counsel understood the Court to
| hold that there Is nothing in the position
| of the Department Commander to prevent
an Injunction, ii he Is acting In an uncOn-
| stitutional manner and if the Court has
| jurisdiction on the subject. A final decision
cannot be expected for two weeks. The
Court, it is expected will hold no juris-
| dictiOn.
The Supreme Court will take up, to-mor-
| row or Wednesday, the Massachusetts
| liquor cases, wherein some five thousand
persons are interested. The question at
issue is the protection which the internal
revenue tax of two dollars per gallon ai-
lOrds the taxpayer where his business is
prohibited by State or municipal law.
i The President sent in to the Senate to-
day, nominations to fill every vacancy,
provided they are confirmed, now existing
in the civil and military offices. 1t was cs-
timntCd that more than half would he re-
ipCtCd. The most prominent nomination
States Marshal for Louisiana.
The name of Alex. Reed, rs Postmaster
OF Toledo, was sent to the Senate to-day.
He is brother of two Cincinnati editors of
that name, and his confirmation was earn
estly opposed by Toledo politicians.
The Senate spent two hours to-day in
discussing the nomination of ). l.. Capron.
of Illinois, rs Commissioner of Agricul-
turc aud postponed it until December next.
The opinion was expressed In the debate
that the agricultural societies throughout
the country should unite on good man for
that plgcc. aud that the President should
nominate thr one agreed on.
The Senate to-day confirmed Lewis Lam
bright as Postmaster at Middletown, Ohio
and rejected Moses II. Kirk, Upper Sandus'
Ky, Norman II. Brown, Van Vert; Lem
uel Jeilreys, Wooster
, Senator elect, Garland, of Arkansas. is ii
Washington, and has prepared petition
, for an Injunction against the enforcement
, of the Sherman bill in the State, and vii
make a motion to file it in the Suprem,
+ Court next week.
In the case of the Peterhofi. captured
while attempting to enter the Rio Grandc
during the war, the Supreme Court yester.
day ordered the release Ofthe vessel and nj
of her cargo except contraband goods, OF
the ground that that river was rs mllcl
Mexican as American, and thata blockad,
ofneutral waters could not be maintained
/, The Executive Board of the Soldiers
National Asylum have resolved TO purchas
White sulphur Springs for the Soldiers
National Asylum, conditioned that tn,
Cleveland and Columbus Railroad Compau!
] will construct "A branch line from their rOai
e to White Sulphur-sOme nine mile>-ant
run daily passenger trains there. Other
wise they will locate the asylum In Dayton
u if the citizens will pay them $4,000.