Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-30
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nation of General Schofield to be Secre-
tary of War is received with much favor
among Conservative Republicans.
In response to the Senate resolution
of inquiry, the President sent i'm a mes
sage to-day, in which he defends hi
right to create the Military Department
of the Atlantic. aa "a. sIe..
SAVANNAH. April .24.-Orders were
receipad to-day from Gen. Meade, by
the commander of the post, to notify
the Daily Advertiser to cease it's incen-
diary and intlam matory articles, or it
will be suppressed.
- WASHINGTON, April '24.-The bal
ance-sheet of the treasury Department
will, at the end of this month, present
a much more cheerful aspect than it did
at the close of the month of March.
The drafts upon the treasury from the
Navy and War Departments, for the
twenty three days of the present month,
amount to but four million seven hun
dred thousand dollars, aud it is estima-
ted that the aggregate of all drafts for
April upon the treasury, to supply the
demands of the Navy and War Depart
ments, will not exceed seven million
dollars. u.s. aas
Tae public debt statement for this
month Will show a reduction of the liza
jbilities Of the government of about ten
millions. The receipts from customs
still come in encouragingly, and have
reached eleven millions four hundred
thousand dollars for the twenty-three
days ending yesterday. During the
same period the receipts from internal
revenue amount to five millions nine
hundred thousand dollars.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
decided that a collector of internal reve-
nue, or any other officer of the Govern
ment who holds funds of the United
States in a 5iduciary character shall not
be permitted to deposit such money in
any bank or banking institution in
which the officer is q stakeholder or
otherwise financially interested in the
business of the banking concerns.
The report of Secretary Tray, in re-
Spouse to the House resolution, will
show that since the Goth of February
there. have been eleven hundred appli-
cations filed in that department. for
cIerkships, etc. , So a.
L. The most exciting pursuit in vogue
in this city at present is hunting up and
making bets upon either the final YER
dict in the impeachment trial or the spe-
cial vote of certain Senators who are
classed as doubtful. In one gaming es-
u,
members of the House do most congre-
gate, q large amount of money has been
put up and wagered upon these several
contingencies. Much of the betting is
done by sporting men, who are governed
in some degree by the information they
gain from the Congressional habitues of
the saloon. 49,
h, Nelson continued, Quoting Boutwell,
that the advice of the Cabinet officers
was that of serfs to their lord. Nelson
reminded the managers that they had
put in evidence a message which showed
that their friend Stanton had proffered
the advice thus characterized. Nelson
proceeded to consider the charges sepa-
rately. BE maintained three PROPOSE
tons: That the tenure of Office bill was
void; that Stanton was not covered by
it, and that even if valid, and covers
Stanton's case, the President was not
guilty of crime, because he acted from
laudable motives. Nelson sustained the
Presidents power to make removals by
a great number of quotations from laws,
debates and opinions of judges, and
acts of Johnson's predeces sors. Nelson
discussed the peculiar relations between
the President and the Attorney General
established@by the constitution and elab-
Ny OLO laws. AnO ltSdl ODIDlOn
of the Attorney General must have the
weight of judicial decision in Guiding
the President, who. is often unskilled in
the law and without leisure to examine
the bearings of acts of Congress. a
Nelson quoted Jefferson and jackson,
both of whom went beyond johnson, in
claiming the right to disregard laws
which they, deemed Unconstitutional.
.9, Nelson's defence of the Presidents
freedom of speech is regarded as very
happy. The speech occupied seven
hours in delivery. ......, .'.......,.. fs.
Nelson spoke all day, and kept the
Senators and galleries we'll seated, and
interested throughout, attention becom-
ing closer as the effort drew to a close.
Points were well made, and in some in
stances startling. Groesbeck speaks
tomorrow. The end will not be reached
under two weeks. A pointed part of
Judge Nelson's speech duplicates four
of the managers in the Alta Vela affair,
which interrupted the relations between
the President and Judge Black.
The Arkansas Congressional deIega-
ton has arrived. ..f,..,
Nothing has transpired indicating
how Congress will dispose of their Gre
dentials. ,..r.N.f. ..l'
MACON, Ca, April 24-No votes we're
cOunted TODAY The dav was snent in