New-York tribune., 1867-04-12
WASHINGTON.

anE PRESIDENTS RIGHT TO f''L NAcAN, ,a,,n.,-
THE COMBINATION or ROussEAo-D'e"N 49,,
,,,xrS .NprR THE RECONSTRUCTION ACr-NoNi-
NATIONS AND CONFIItMATaos'
., ytLseE,rH 10 TEiSrSE ,,,, ,ec7
WASHINGTON Thursday, April II, ISo,'
,,..,ors that tho opjnion which was read III TIC
pxot ve session of the Senate yesterday Eespccts
..It &c tho President 20 fill all vaGancles III cases
- ,be Senate refuse to confirm Collectors a"u
".e,ors &C Internal Revenue which have been sent
ta,he Senate. was written 10y the Sohcl'oF VI mo
TIeasnrer and indorsed by the Attorney General III
;oIoi,oed that the Civil-Tenure bill does not take
.ho rcht from che President to send agents
>" .aLo charge of these offices, and see that
the revenue Is properly collected ana put
into the Treasury A large number OF Senators take
an entirely different view OF the matter ana IL was
discussed at considerable length In executive session
today, and many expressed their determination 10
remain here and fight the matter ont III the SENATE
aud moi leave it TO the Interpretation of the Pres
dents law officers. The matter, however, was hot
decided and goes over until tomorrow.
The reconsideration of the confirmation of Gen.
Rousseau for the vacant Brgadiership in the Regular
Army came up in the Senate to-day and after short
discussion he was again confirmed, the vote stand
ing % 70 H. The following IS the vote III detail
Reps. Roman; Dems., Italic; JohnsOnites, small
caps .
THE coNIIRNATIoS $1,000,
Samerol' poIsoH' iS0 Yafes P4ITEN. Ten.
CattelL Pattor'n,N.H~ DOOLlrrLE, bH'hu'"'
RI%h,, 1n1Ge,rson npfon VAN WINSIE, JOhDso',--22.
Morrill, tMe), Wiley,
Conklmg, Cole, Frringhuy'n' i1ll, Monlil Vt''
Eorl,u COrbett Harlan, stewart .,
.,ttn,. Fcrrv Howe, SInneT-l4.
dAandlcr Fessendcn,
The vote showed there were IS absentees
Tbe President to-day sent TO the Senate the noml-
Dnsfm a
Newark. and A. A. Vance, Postmaster at MerrIstoWn'
New Jersey. both of whom were immediately con
trmed and the name of Major Geo IL. Eldidge
Postmaster at Cuba, and Mrs. NJ Phillips, FoSs-
mistress at Wellsviue New-York, both of whom
were immediately confirmed
Henry d. Fuller was to-day nominated Postmaster
at Cohoes NJ Y The nQyninatiOn of Col Capron FOR
Commissioner of Agriculture has not yet been acted
upon by the Senate, but it is understood that the
Committee on Agriculture will report against hs
confirmation. 1t is not known whether the senate
will sustain the recommendation and REJECT hih' Out
IL is believed that the vote Will be close.
The Senate has rejected the nomination OF Thomas
w Sweeney, TO be Major of the 10th Infantry.
The President sent large number of nominations to
the Senate to-day including that Of Hunter Brooke
20 be Postmaster at Cincinnati.
Thad Stevens. for the first time in several months,
called on the Secretary of the Treasury to-day and
had an hours interview His business was TO en-
heavor TO fix to his liking the appointments IN his
district.
The Secretary of War has ordered the Paymaster-
General to disburse the amount of S000OO which was
appropriated blythe joint resolution of Congress, APP
proved March 80 1861 under such rules as might be
prescribed The Paymaster-Generai has therefore
issued circular regulating the disbursements for
expenses incurred under the Reconstruction act and
made the following detail and assignment: