New-York tribune., 1868-09-21

n.y. ""oi n"S Oeeh so dead the last t,vo
hion'"s, uas suuuehiy assumed an animated annea,.
anoe INC no'ei ana ooardlnghOuse keepers ara in
sn s,oo "' .no prospect OF picking up few green.
backs from the large numbers OF s.ranoers
morr0ws session of Congress has brought boros ~
indications tonight are that there viii - ms
Guilty IN securing quorum Tomorrow A con~. I'M ~
made, this afternoon, Of the members ,yho Is
arrived The members Of the Vorso -
so scattered that it is impossible 70 -.
near the number, but it is put down ~ %
lwenty-siX Senators have reported tn pros,dn.
wade namely: Messrs Abbott, Anthony. Bnckale,r
Cameron, Corbett, Edmunds, Ferry, Fowler Frelipa'
huysen. Harlan Harris, Kellogg. McCreerv Moroan
Morrill, WI, Morton, Osborne Pomeroy, Robertson
Ross, Sherman, Sumner Wiley, Wilson. and Yats.
Thirty four makes quorum. The Others will ari,.
in the morning trains. Should quorum he nresen,
nothing will be done except the selection Of d,v
for meeting in October to provide against any oon
tingencies that may arise in the mean tims
An effort is being made by number
of influential members to have a resolution
passedin the House, providing for the appointment
of a special committee Of three to investigate tha
difficulties existing between the President and Sec
retary McCulloch and Commissioner Rollins. Tbs
idea is to give the committee full power TO send for
persons and papers, and make thorough inyesti0a.
and Buckley against the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, and the counter charge of the newspaper
press of existing conspiracy on the part of the
President and others to remove Commissioner
Rollins from office. The prevailing senti.
ment among members is for an immediate
adjournment. Most Of them are fresh from the cam
pagn in their respective States, and the desire is 10
get back TO work Immediately.
A caucus of the Republican Senators is called for
tomorrow morning, at 10 o'clock. The Lobby are
here in force and will make strong efforts to have
the Senate go into executive business but they will
fail as majority Of Senators seem determined to do
nothing.
Republicans report the canvass all over the coun-
try as active and energetic Especially from the
West the reports are extremely gratifying Speaker
Colfax and Senator Morton say that Indiana is good
for 10000 Republican majority. The Ohio mem-
bers say that the Republicans are making goriOus
fight in their State, and that their major
ity in October will reach 5000. They hays
plenty of margin to gain on the vote of 1867
and they intend making the most of it. SEN
ator Cameron reports Pennsylvania safe, and good
for an easy 10000 majority for Harranft IN October
He has made close canvass of the State, and speaks
by figures. Gen. Van Wyck who is fresh from the
stump in the same State, and who has been
the Democracy says that the Republicans
are working hard. Representative Blaen goes 10
Pennsylvania to take the stump after the adjourn
ment. Senator Wilson and Others are also engaged
for the same State All are confident and sanguins
of the success of Grant and ColfaX The Southern
members are not as strongly represented as was ex
pected They are having so much TO contend Win
in their country that their presence here Is rendered
impossible.
Col L. b. Olmstead. dsbursng Clerk Of the Post
Office Department, who absconded in disgrace, yes.
terday, leaving heavy deficit in his accounts was
a citizen of Ohio, and was appointed tol his
position by Gov. DennisOn, ex-Postmaster-Gene-
ral The amount of the defalcstion is NOS
definitely known. but it will reach several thou
sand dollars According TO the narrative of one Of
the chief officers of the Department Olmstead yes
terday morning, went to the residence of laborer
employed in that branch of the public service, and
obtained from him an army oyercoat leaving in eK.
change some of his own clothing, and giving
to him the keys of his office and safe.
and sl,OOO-the latter for delivery to his
wife The labOrer Branegan by name,
in the afternoon visited priest and related TO him
these circumstances Acting under the advice OF the
clergyman, he called upon the PostmasterOeneral
and related these facts. Measures were at once
taken for Olmstead's arrest but up to this evening
no further inte gence has been obtained concerning
him.
II is believed in some quarters here that the re.
ported Indian troubles in the West not so forml'
dable as represented in administration circles and
that the reports are exaggerated to give color pi
necessity for the removal of troops to the plains from
tbe Southern States the more effectualiy TO enable
the Ku-Klux organizations 10 intlmldate the loy%
people and prevent fair elections IN the South.
New-Orleans newspapers, which arrived here to-day
contain Gen. Buchanan's general order relnquishins
command of the Department of Louisiana and Oen'
Rosseau's order assuming the same. in obedeneeto to
the orders of July 2s from army headquarters. No
address to the command was published by either
officer.
Gen. Howard. Commissioner of the Freedmens
Bureau arrived here last evening. He has been on
a tour of inspection through the Southern States
during the last month, and reports tho Bureau IN
good condition in all the counties through which be
travelled.
suit has ben entered by H. Morehead against DR.
Cornelius Boyle, formerly OF this city, charging lha'
the latter imprisoned Mrs MOrehead three years;
thus preventing her return to the care and society 0
her husband. Damages are laid at s;S,VO. boIie
AYERS that as Provost Marshal in Virginia, ID INC
Confederate service he, by order OF Beau.egat pi'
vented her from crossing and recrossng the nuts q.
Ii is said that the Government VIII not attenP,b ~.
try Surratt on the first murder indictment, aJ hs
trial on the Rebellion indictment Will certainly 10 So
co"wenced on Monday morning As yet none OF the
foreign witnesses have arrived but the witnesses s
residing in the city aud neghborhood have all oeen
Insenh w Holden, a son of Gov. Holden, tee-
graphs from Raleigh, n. c. that the dspateh Iels
five 10 his speech at mass meeting there Is
that he gave none Of the lneehdlats aoN''o "'''
TO him, nor did any one else. u.. NJ UurI
The story telegTaphed from here that r ilu ~ re
hurt the Controller of the Currency, Is aDSnt tir
sion on account of ilheath, is not true. Mr mu, -,
It ~ =; in GOOD health aud will remain IN chargeoi
the the department @ he has managed so we'll az.
Gen santos Acosta the C9lPmS,aa Ni!S Wp ESTons
Cnrtes was presented to the President on Sai9ug
SMoItes M Satpar Mso of state The usual formal dpio