New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-11-07
BY TELEGRAPH.
LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
General Grant Leaves Galena.
McCULLOCH'S REMOVAL URGED,
Decrease of Public Debt.
LARGE MAJORITY In PHILADELPHIA,
North and South Carolina Returns.
IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA
GOVERNOR REED IMPEACHED.
Large Seizure of State Arms.
Morning Dispatches to the Associated Press
IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA
REED IMPEACHED.
Large Seizure of State Arms.
Morning Dispatches to the Associated Press
WASHINGTON.

General Grant Leaves GaIena for WASH
Ington-McCulloch's Removal Urged
Decrease of the Public DebL-Bureau
Report.
WASHINGTON, November G-Grant left
Galena yesterday, and will spend several
days on the route. He writes that he would
much prefer returning home quietly, with
out any demonstration here, suggesting
that few days after his arrival friends can
visit him at his residence.
A delegation of Democrats from New
York are here urging McCullochs removal.
McCulloch expresses his willingness to re-
tire on the slightest intimation from the
President
Government expenditures for October,
$21 10000, exclusive of interest.
Internal revenue receipts to-day S2S4 ,000
The debt statement published shows a
decrease of $500, 900.
HEADouARTFRs OF The ARMY,
AdJutAnt Gene al Office, :
Washington, D. O., October 81 1868.
The following order has been received
from the War Department, and is published
for the information and guidance OF all
concerned:
Soldiers may for certain offenses not
strictly military be sentenced to confine-
ment in penitentlary.
If any State in a military department has
made provision by law for the confinement
in penetentiary thereof of a prisoner
under sentence by courts martial of the
United States, the department commander
may designate such penitentiary as place
for the execution of any such sentence to-
penitentary confinement; But ii no such
provision has been made by any State in
the department the recoyd will be for
warded to the Secretary of War for designa-
ton OF prison.
The authority which has designated the
place of confinement, or higher authority,
can change the place of confinement or
mitigate OF remit the sentence.
The same rule will apply to prisoners
sentenced by military commission, Sc long
as the law under which the military com
missions acted is in force but whea that
law ceases to be operative, the President
alone can change the place Of confinement
or mitigate or remit the sentence.
BY command of General Grant.
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General,
Mr.. johnson, Democrat, telegFaphs from
California that he is elected to Congress.
Secretary McCulloch decides that he
has the power to reissue any legal
tender notes that may have been re-
deemed but not Cancelled, provided the
amount outstanding does not eX-
ceed four hundred millions. This will
obviate the necessity OF any further sale OF
bonds or gold by the Treasury, and enable
the Secretary to afford substantial relief to
the money market.
Although opposed to the further issue oi
currency, he feels justified in resorting tC
any legitimate means to relieve the present
critical condition of financial affairs.
| WASHINGTON, November 6.-The annua
report of the Freedmen's Bureau, Just made
by General Howard, shows an expenditure
during the year of S3,977, 900.
He sees no necessity for continuing the
bureau beyond New Years day, at which
time it expires by Congressional limitation
and bis recommendations for the future
look only to continuing the freedmen's hos
pitfalls at Washington, Richmond, Vicksbure
and New Orleans, the estimate for all o
which amounts to only 100000.
The educational work and that Of aiding
the freedmen to collect their claims, it Il
already provided by law, shall continue til
further action is had by Congress; but the
bureau will have surplus funds enough t
go on in this work without further appro
priations.
The school expenditures during the pas
year were 81 900 600, of which the freed
men paid S360,C00, Northern beneVolen
societies 100000, and the bureau S94O,OOO