New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-02


l. IN FAVOR OF nPEAcHMENT-GEN SHERIDAN
AND THE PRESIDENT. .l.n
BIZ TELEGRAPH TO 1ls n
WASHINGTON, Monday July !, 1851
The Indications in the best informed circles night
point to substantial accord between the diverse op
ponents of a sweeping confscation policy, and TO the
passage of an explanatory bill supplying all the do
fects of the Reconstruction Act and placing beyond
question the power of the military commanders 10
remove civil officers who obstruct the law and out
rage Justice. 1t is believed that such bill can be
agreed upon as will be satisfactory to the majority in
Congress and yet win not be opposed by the Admin
istration.
4 -Four members of the Judiciary Committee, hessrs
Boutwell,, Williams, Lawrence, and Thomas. are pre-
pairing report on the Impeachment investigation to
present to Congress at its coming session. The re-
port will be ready for presentation in about week,
These members of the Committee are OF opinion That
the evidence taken by the Committee is sufficient 10
warrant the impeachment of the President, and
their report will urge upon Congress to take neces-
sary steps to impeach the President. II is not tine
intention of these members to push this matter at
the July session, but they will ask for session IN
October for the purpose This may lead to trouble I'm
the coming session 1t is expected that Messrs VIII
son. Woodbridge, and Churchill viii make report
! merely censuring the President.
Up TO this evening the President has not received
any official notification of the existence of Gen. Sher-
dams letter of June o. decliningtO extend the time
for registration. All that Mr.. johnson knew OF tho
matter is gathered from newspaper paragraphs and
comments. To-day, however, the President received
n copy of dispatch from Gen. Sheridan to the Bee
rotary of War, Dated June 20, in which Gen. Sberi-
| dan saws Registration in the State OF louisiana
will be continued in obedience to, the orders OF the
President unless ffeceive further orders from b,m
| to the contrary"
At the Cabinet session tomorrow, the subject OF
the powers of the military commanders, as defined
| by the Attorney General. and applied to recent
| acts of the commanders, will be resumed Already
the subject. has been considered by the Cabinet IN
general and the proceedings have been recorded IL
is expected that the whole subject will be disposed OF
| tomorrow
It is stated here, on high authority, that MAXI
milan offered to leave Mexico last Winter, If Secre-
tary Seward would prevail on the Mexican Liberals
10 decide in convention between the claims Of Juarez
| and Ortega to the Presidency of the Republic lie
refused however to interfere until 1t was too la,e
! So far only 30 members of both Houses Of Con-
press have arrived in this city, About no. properly
appotioned will be necessary to secure quorum IN
each branch Officers employed in the Capitol how
ever are confident from letters received and verbar
communications made, that a quorum, both In the
Senate and House of Representatives will answer to
the roll call on Wednesday.
! Count Wydenbruck, the Austrian Minister, has
taken a cottage at Oakland, on the summit Of the
ALE gheny Mountains in West Virginia. where he viii
spend the Summer.
| Gen Lewis NJ Peck late Colonel 173d New-York
Volunteers of Brooklyn, has lately received, upon
the recommendation of Gen. Sheridan, the dist'n-
Quished honor of Brevet OF Volunteers
for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle OF
Cedar Creek, Oct. 10, 1864.
BY an act of Congress, passed at its last session.
the lst of July was specified the day when great
changes TO be made in the regulations and man
agement of the various Navy-Yarls of the country
| The law as thus established makes great innova-
ton upon the old routine of business and by 1t the
various departments in. the Navy-Yards heretofore
! all working rmdeEone common department or head,
namely the Bureau of Yards and Docks, are now
under the especial supervision of the Bureau to which
| they properly belong. No report will be made 20
Congress by any the departments unless there shall
be special call for information, nor viii the Execu-
| tive communicate any message the assembling OF
that body for the that this is to be merely an
! adjourned session. and not an extra one
The President to-day appointed William Hemphill
Jones' esq., to be acting first Controller of the Treas
ury in the absence of Mr.. Taylor Controller Mr..
Jones has for long time held the position Of Chief
| Clerk in the Controllers office
| By General Order No. &C, dated "Aajutant Gene
rails Office June 49," it is ordered that in addition to
the salute prescribed by Paragraph 30 Revised
| Regulations department commanders are hereby
directed to give such orders for appropriate OBJ
seryance Of the approaching anniversary Of the Inde-
pendence of the United States the state Of the
service within their respective commands may render
appropriate
The Cashier of the Treasury this morning received
from person in Philadelphia $1,000 toward paying
off the National debt; also s1O from person In
Brooklyn N. Y
As the notice of the Treasury Department, pub-
lished this morning relative to conversions Is likely
to lead to misrepresentation il sdeemed proper 10 say
that Thirty notes. bearing the date OF August
15 1864 only should be forwarded to the Treasury
Department for conversion. The June and July
issues are not yet convertible.
The stationery contracts for the supply of the state
and Navy Departments have been awarded 10 Philip
& Solomons of Washington.
Judge Wayne of the Supreme Court is still dam
gerously i'll, but with prospect of recovery.
City Collector Hall, Republican after entering
upon his Office to-day, appointed colored man 10
one of his clerks
The receipts from Internal Revenue today were
over 100000.
1t is stated that person is his way 10 this city
from Montreal to give evidence at the Surratt trial
TO the effect that Surratt bought knife from him on
the morning following the assassination Of Presidents