New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-08-10


STANTON TO BE sUsPENDED-THE AMERICAN
CITIZENS CONVICTED IN IRELAND
TEIRGTAPH THB TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, Aug, o, 1867.
The Cabinet was in session to-day for "a hours,
and decided that the President had the power
under tho LIST Section Of the Tenure OF Office Act,
to remove Stanton, and also. under the "a Section
to suspend him. by notifying him of that fact, and
submitting the reasons therefor to the Senate at
its pext session. The President is expected to
take action upon the matter, probably tomorrow.
The President denies that Gen. Grant has advised
against the removal of Sheridan and also the state
Fent that he had an interview with Judge Chase on
the same subject.
There is no response yet from Gen. Sicklcs to the
Attorney Generals inquiry whether he intended IN
Order No 10 to include judgments of Federal Courts
During the past session of Congress the House
passed resolution asking Secretary Seward whether
any American citizens had been arrested, tried, or
convicted or sentenced in Great Britain or Ireland
for words or acts spoken done in the United States
The files of the State Department show that upon
examination of the voluminous papers relating TO
this subject. case is reported where the proceed
| ings were based solely upon words spoken or acts
done in this country. The case approXimating most
nearly to that character of which the Department
has information is that Of John McCatferty This
person. a native citizen of the United States was
convicted of high treason at Dublin. Among the errors
assigned by his counsel as emitting him to appeal
and reversal of the judgment, is this that no di-
rect evidence was offered his trial of any act of
hostility to the British Government, committed by
him within its territory except that of one Coydon
| an infomer that the only other evidence consisted
of acts done in the United States and circumstances
| of suspicion affecting HIM III Ireland and England !;
that upon such evidence his counsel insisted at the
trial there was no proof sufficient to warrant con
victon it requiring two witnesses to convict for high
treason In the report of that trial forwarded to the
| Department, the Attorney General is stated to
have told the jury that the prisoner
was responsible for no acts that had been committed
within the realm, and Mr.. Justice Fitzgerald, who
presided at the trial, charged the jury that they
were not to convict the prisoner at the bar clear as
might be the proof that he conspIred to overthrow
| the Queen unless there was established beyond all
| doubt an overt act within the County of
| Dublin for which he was responsible" The
| questions raised by Mr.. McCaffertys counsel
upon the trial were brought before the Court
of criminal appeals which upheld the judgment.
An effort then made by the prisoners counsel to
obtain the allowance of writ of error, under mode
of procedure in Ireland, which is somewhat remark
able. Application for that purpose had TO be made
to the Lord Lieutenant and disallowed by him
upon the opinion of the Attorney that there
was no ground for writ of error The prisoner
thereupon petitioned both Houses of the British
Parliament to intervene in his behalf by addressing
Her Majesty to direct the issue Of writ OF error or
| by such other steps as will enable the petitioner
to bring undor tho review of tho proper tribunal the
! legality OF his sentence. The State Department is
not informed what action if any, has been taken upon
these petitions nor indeed that they have yet been
| presented 1t is proper to remark that there is a
British statute which in terms provides for the pun
ishment as for felony, any person who, within the
United Kingdom without" shall, among other
things by printing writing or by open and
advised speaking" move stir any for
eigner or stranger with force TO invade the
United Kingdom" any other of her Maj
esty's dominions We have statute providing
for the punishment of any citizens of the United
States residing in foreign country who are there
without the authority Of this Government, and with
intent to defeat its measures held correspondence,
written or verbal, counseled assisted in such
correspondence with the late pretended Rebel Gov
eminent or any of its officers or agents.
Postmaster General Randall started for New-York
tonight intending to sail for Europe tomorrow.
Within the past few days Mr. Randall intended post
poning his visit to Europe account of the crisis in
the Cabinet but to-day he received dispatch that
his wife was very i'll in Scotland, and he Immediately
made up his mind TO sail tomorrow. First Assistant
Postmaster General Skinner will act in his place
Secretary McCuloch has prepared statement Of
the number of buildings leased by his Department in
New-York, Brooklyn and Jersey City, with the 10
cation. SIZE and measurement. The following are
the buildings:
Nos. 49, Ill., 49, l21 and 123 Greenwichst' NOS 20 ~
o. &c and % Trnity-place, EewYOrk CITY, the whole
known as the "Gettys Stores" for OF the Ubited
States Appraisers; leased from MessTs Robert T. ana
Samuel T. Getty for the term Of three years, c0mmencg
February l. 1867 annual rent, $4,000 size of the whole
les feet 6nehes front on Greenwcst, l25 feet 'front.'
on Trinity-place 20 l25 feet deep about % iceI
high; cubic feet measurement Of the whole including
cellar-room, $4,000 cubic feet No a CedaI-st New
York City for the storage and sale OF unclaimed mcr
chandise, leased from NJ C. Turner esq for one year,
commencing May 1867 annual rent 5000, size rs Icct
front 63 feet inches deep and IS feet hgh cubic feet
measurement; capacity $4,000 cubic feet
No portion Of the buildings is or has been sub
leased or sub-rented by the Department The Com
mission of Internal Revenue, in communication
upon this same subject says that neither the Treas
ury Department nor himself has any control OF
those buildings leased by Internal Revenue agents
in the three cities named.