The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
TIE ATTITUDE OF THE PREsDENT-RUMoRs CO
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f11fSADENT-HUMORS
cERNNa THE CABINET, &C.
The correspondent Of the Baltimore Gazen
writing from Washington Sunday saws:
Tho city is full of contradictory rumorH. Il wa
positively asserted yesterday, by members Of Cor
gress, that the President had evinced willingness
informed, on the other hand by q member wh
eonve1sed with him no longer sgo than F. .da
last, that he then unreseryedy declared his deter
mlnatlon to adhere to the logical consequences q
his opinions and policy, as heretofore promulee
ann acted upon, under any and all, circumstances
az oFa ar Ma0Grney who doubtless has access to tho
morning THAT cat Cabinet meeting held on Frida,
me subject OF the compromise between the actin;
esea esadont % ana Congress- was brought up and dis
the overtures proposed by the conciiiatory mem
oers OF Congress, and affirmed his DETERMINATION
70 70 stand by his policy as already enunciated, K
Nevertheless there can be no doubt that sew era
members Of the cabinet have recently given an
Radco ovaaence 81 disposition to conciate tho
thor1ty that the Secretary of the Treasury has
avowed his determination to be governed in his
Of members representing the districts in which, the
apPhcants are located. He was in vain reminded
e Of Unjust saee the s
| would thus be emboldened to confirm only thei1
own friends. - - ~ ~ H'AH'1 eAA0A.
,rsI such rumors and facts have begotten others.
Inc report is rife that Cabinet changes are immi.
nent-that Welles and Seward are to get tickets o1
ieaVe-that Adams is to be transferred from Lon
take 't tba se se Ssaee ~ Randall is to
lofth; au OF which runors give for what thew are
@ worth; only Temarking that in the present muddle
Thomas on the one hand, or q believing Peter on
me other without in the least having his sapaoitv
r1ghtrully called in question. 1900 :
The correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun writes
Of the SHERMAN Bill: :
IL Inc talk to-day in al circles has been moth ing
fho
President: Persons high in authority assert that
the President will sign it, and others who are pro-
Il a as Te Rat t to know that he viii
accept it without tacHng on some amendments.
r. i now reported that the Louisiana bill WIN not
ne acted on IN the Senate, it is considered that
the bill passed this morning covers the whole snb
ject. - '1,',.' 11o'' 49, N = -
A UNITED STATES OFFICER COMMITS SUICIDE
On Monday morning the early risers at the Bal
lard House we're shocked at the announcement
that q servant had found a man dead in room No,
~ Il Several Of the employees and other inmates
rea i9se Reiten t the ona
g. ped, sure enough, lay a man dead, whom thew
discovered from the mark upon his clothes WAS
lieutenant Arthur Il. Newln 21st regiment United
various were the conjectures at first as to the
cause Of his death; but it was not long. however
sG the gGor
tne influence Of liquor by taking poison. That
ssney we're r1ght In their conjecture will be seem
rom the facts ELECTED from the testimony given
before the coroner's jury. BIS pockets were
searched, but no papers Of any Kind were fonnd
qp4n pfsa him; in fact he had nothing except pocket
): He has been on duty with his command for some
Tune past at City Point but his habits had become
50 PAD that his superior officers found themselves
compelled to prefer charges against him. BE was
sccoroingly summoned to Richmond, to be tried be-
dole court martial to convene in this city on the
aoen OF February, and, in reply to summons, came
tICNnOnd aCor1 o& &c1-:
Ballard. m = - Noo1'10 s 90 tie
It was noticed by all who saw him on SUNDAY that
ne WIS drinking very hard, and this he continued
to do up to the time he retired to his room. Who
can Imagine sadder fate than to die such death,
1ar rom home and friends among strangers TO
AVOID tr1ai before commission of his fellows
ne mas by own act, transferred his case to HIGHER
tribunal, and may the Judge Of all who knows the
trallty OF men and the uncomfortable power Of
human appetite, temper his findings" with
7 Lieutenant Newln was q native Of Philadelnhia.
pennsylvania, where his parents now reside. and
~ the nnle OF his decease was only twenty years
of age. He was not graduate Of West Point but
received his appointment from civil life Last
tebruary One Of his brothers is now United
Iendaihs w5u 20 taken to-day to Philadelphia for
nterment and viii be attended by the usual Mill
Larry escort.-Rachnao1ed Whig, 1914 6ITET- n