New-York tribune., 1867-05-24

~ TELEGRAPH TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, Thursday May 23, leeT.
It will be seen from the following correspondence
that the President has accepted invitation OF the
citizens of Raleigh to visit that place on the 4th oi
June next The President will leave here on the LIST
or I'd of June and contemplates returning imme
diately after the ceremonies at Raleigh are con-
cluded. 1t is not known yet if any of the Presidents
Cabinet will accompany him on his trip
MAYORS OFFICE RALEIGH, N. c., May Is, 1907
10 HIS Ereelleney ANDREW JOHNSON, President cf nS
Sir; As Mayor Of the city Of Raleigh, ! haze
the honor to communicate your ExceIeney cisany de-
ally, that you should be present With with them
your father the late Jacob Johnson Your native city
invites You to be her guest Our old men desire 10 recall
the last few Years Of Sadness and sorrow, and
live again in memories of youthful athletic sports,
men desire to see the face Of one who furnishes the
brightest example Of what they may hope to accomplish
worth and all desire to honor man who has 60 no6ly
in the grand old Union. Allow hOnOred Sir 70 add
to this official request my own individual solicitation that
personal welcome have the honor to be your Excel
lency's most humble aud obedeDt servant,
t,,L WM DAILAs I, .II.dy MATwSGD, % m Mayer IsS1
DEAR SIR: have your letter Of the 18th inst, and
tive OF citizens of Raleigh you ask me to visit that place
accept the Invitation Of my native city to n be & heI guest
hold my fatheys memory viii endesvGr to be present @
day set apart for the erection of monument TO eom-
msmorate his worth am very resPeGtf1ny ana truy
To the Hon. Vim. Dallas Haywood, Mayor Of Raleigh
The statement of disbursements of the contingent
fund of his Department, sent in by Mr. Secretary
Seward contains many interesting and some curious
items. Subscriptions TO newspapers are numerous,
and The ErenHg Post, Times, Round Table and Chicago
Republican come in for small shares of diplomatio
favor. About forty firms are paid for books, ard
ffty-four newspapers receive $4,000 for publishing
the laws. $1,s67 was paid for the board of Queen
Emma to Messrs. Sykes, Chadwick & Co.
Messrs Mccarthy and McGraw are cred-
tied sl25 each for Amnesty Oaths' and
$lO661O is placed opposite The Presidents ap-
proval" which occurs under bead of TO whom
paid" NJ. b. Brady receives s1S9 so for photo
graphic visages of the State Department. 1881 are
spent for presents to Tunislans Presidents ap-
proval is again credited with $500 and again with
235. II. c. Pratt is paid 800 for portrait II is
significant that one Mr.. Burley receives $2C5 for
whtewashing and that the State Department invests
largely in soap.
There special meeting of the Cabinet to-day
for the consideration of AtOrneyGeneral Stansberys
forthcoming opinion the disfranehisement clause
of the Reconstruction act. There seems to be diff
ference of opinion existing between Mr.. Johnson and
his Cabinet as 10 the correct Interpretation Of this
clause The Acknowledgement has had his opinion
prepared for over week. but each time he presents il
to the President some objection is found and the
whole matter is Immediately submitted to the
Cabinet. Mr. Seward and Mr.. Johnson
seem determined 10 move cautiously, anu
want to make strike that will not tell against their
played-out policy The wholesale removal Of the
Rebel civil officers by Union commanders in tho
South worries Seward and Johnson considerably and
they want to put astop to it if possible. The reasons
for such removals have been shown to be strongly
] in favor of the District Commanders that Seward
and Johnson know scarcely how to proceed. The
| riots in Tennessee Texas, Richmond, and Mobile
have worked greatly in favor of the course pursued
| by Gems. Schofeld, Sheridan, Pope, Sickles, and
Ord
Ex-Gen. Fullerton, lie who made himself notorious
by his investigation into the Freedmens Burean .
year ago. arrived in this city to-day Mr. Fullerton
is now Postmaster at st. Louis but his deputy has
been acting for him recently, and he has been with
Gen. Sherman the Plains. He is summoned hitber
by the judiciary Committee to give testimony in
relation to the restoration of Government plantations
in Louisiana to Rebel owners. While Mr.. Fullerton
was Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in l. u
isana there was large number of these plantations.
immensely valuable, restored to Rebels by order of
President Johnson. 1t is alleged that corruption
was practiced, and several witnesses have already
testified before the Committee in regard TO tho
matter. Mr. Conway, who was Mr. Fullertons
predecessor in charge of the Freedmen's Bureau in
Louisiana, Gen. Howard. and Mr.. Fullerton himself
brought before the Committee last Winter on
this same subject. Mr.. Fullerton has brought with
him mass of documents. including the records or
his office while he was Commissioner. and thinks be
can clear up matters satisfactorily to ALL In regard
to affairs the Plains Mr. Fullerton says it looks
as though an Indian war were imminent, and Gen.
Sherman remarked 10 him that unless affairs changed
greatly, he would be compelled to abandon. his con-
templated trip to the Holy Land which he in
tended starting next month. II the threatened In
dian war does come, the General wants TO make
short and decisive campaign.
The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to-
day appointed the of votes at election for
the City of Washington The city is divided into %
precincts and coored man is placed the Board
of Receivers in each precinct. The Unionists here
hail this action with great delight. The next cleo
tion will take place June 4. Each party has its
ticket in the field and is working energeticaly for
its success The Board of Registry win be reopened
for two days more, in order TO correct the lists Of
voters This will aid the Rebels slightly, but it s
thought not sufficiently to endapger the Of
the Unionists
Information has been received here from Ohio "a
the effect that Gen. Schenck has intnlated that il
the nomination of Governor of the State offered
him. he would resign his seat in Congress and ac-
cept If this be true the nomination viii surely bo
given him. Ex-Member of Congress Delano is q
prominent candidate for the nomination, but his op-
ponents argue that his former conservatism while
member of the XXXIXth Congress would kin him in
the Western Reserve, and endanger the success Of
the ticket. No one but an sut-snd-out Manhood
Suffrage man will be nominated f.f
The judiciary Committee had before them to-day
Robert Johnson the Presidents Private Secretary.
He was summoned to give evidence principally in
relation to the charge of corruption in the paron of