New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-06-22
VOL. XXVIII.....No S,4S7.
WASHINGTON.

ROAD THROUGH TIE NEW-fOkh WILbEk-
NESs-SOLDIERS AND sAILol's-GEN' GRANT
W,suivGTON, June d. 1868
81. ;,o,,+ Do,,ocrats have for some time
WOO, urqinq Mr. Johnson 20 utter proclamation oil
o,,nesty embracing nearly all the classes exempted
an his proclaation of September 1861 and 1t is now
given out by his friends that he has definitely
decided IN mt forth another manifesto early
in .Iulv He has recently received reports from
the Soufh recommending this course and promls-
inc him the support of several of the Southern
ALLEGATIONS at the New-York Convention.
Mr. Johnson has not given mp the hope of being,
after all selected the standard-bearer of the Dem
ocratc party His friends will make a strong effort
in his interest when the time arrives. The pubica'
ton of the forthcoming proclamation is mere cleo
Pioneering trick TO catch the votes OF the Southern
delegates. IL may he from the following ex-
tract covering the excepted classes IN the last proca-
nation that very few persons remain to be pardOned
The following persons, and no Others, are excluded
from the benefits Of this proclamation and OF the proca-
nation Of the 2oh day Of May, 1855, namely First Tie
chief pretended chief executive officers including the
present President and an heads Of departments OF
fhc pretended COnfederacy Rebel Government, ana
all who agents thereof in foreign states and
countries, ana all who held or pretended 10 holu III e
service OF the said pretended Confederate Government
erai' or naval rank above thai Of Captain. and
all who were or pretended 10 De Govern Nm
submitting to and acQuescng in the Rebellion
Second All persons who IN any way treated o'nGr,
capacity employed or engaged IN the military OF
who at the time they may seek the benefit of this procl
nation actually in civil military or naval Gonine.
men custody or legally held to ban either before or
after convictions all persons who we're engaged 9lIee'E
or indirectly the Assassination OF the late President OF
the United states, or IN any plot or conspiracy III any
manner herewith connected.
Any proclamation, therefore, that he may issue
will not materially affect the present condition OF al
fairs and it viii in reality amount 10 nothing
further than extending certain privileges, immuni-
20 ort,r Eyeai
place himself in conflict with the Reconstruction
Laws of Congress unless he wishes to subject HIM
self to second impeachment. The pardon of JET
ferson Davis is out of the question, as even the
President cannot pardon a person who is under IN
dictment for a capital ofiense.
The President rs again pardOning cOunterieiteTs
forgers and Rebels. Thomas Fitzgerald, who was |
sentenced to prison for year in Maine for assault
and battery Alfred Delastasius, who was convicted
of making counterfeit mailbag keys and sentenced
TO penitentiary for three years. and H. Heitb an eX
Maior-General of the Rebel army, are the latest OBJ
jects of Executive clemency.
In the Senate yesterday, during the morning hour
Senators Sumner and CONFESS had a sharp encounter
on the bill relative to the rights Of naturaized cit
liens which the Senate Foreign Relations Commit /
tee have agreed to postpone until next session. MI
Sumner called up the joint resolution to carry into
effect a decree of of the District Courts of New
York approprating about $4,000 to the respective
owners of the British steamer Labuan, illegally
captured during the Mr.. CONFESS alluded to
the paragraph in THE TRIBUNE about the defeat OF
the bill in the Committee lie gave notice that no
should move to discharge the committee from its fur
Their considerations and to call the Yeas and Nays on
the bill Senator Sumner replied that the bill was
POSTPONED by the Committee unanimously He was
as anxious as the Senator from California to main
tain the rights of citizens abroad At length the
whole subject went over at the expiration OF the
morning hour. The residue of the session de-
voted to the passage of pension bills.
The thermometer stood among the nineties around |
the capitol yesterday. and had not veto on the Ar
kansas bill been expected quorum would have
been in the House. 1t clear that members were
suffering under the excessive heat. Should this hot
weather continue an early adjournment may be
looked for. As soon as Mr.. Schencks new Tax bin is
disposed of there viii be few members left to trans
act other business. The Arkansas veto reached the
House at about o'clock. Short work made of
it. the Hon Thad Stevens calling for the i'm
mediate passage of the bill over the Presi-
dents head. An hour had scarcely elapsed
when Mr.. Johnsons objections were Ovenuled
and the bill was its way to the Senate. Had
quorum been on the floor in that body, Arkansas
would again to-day be in the Union. The Senate
is expected to pass the bill over the veto tomorrow,
and the Arkansas Congressman, who are all here,
will Immediately take their seats. Mr.. Schenck re-
ported the amendatOry tax bill whisky, tobacco
and banks and it was at once sent to the printers
He gave notice that he will ask the House to
begin work on the bill tomorrow after p
H. Under the rules, from that time forward until
it disposed of other business be transacted
Mr. Schenck thinks that the bill will be ready TO
send 10 the Senate Friday next. Nolittle quarrel
ing is anticipated on the whisky clause of the bill,
but the Committee expect to carry through their
recommendations. The House meets tomorrow an
hour earlier than usual to dispose of the Mckee agt
Young contested election case of the IXth Kentucky
District.
Judge Kelsey of New-York is preparing a bill
which is intended 10 Obviate the existing difficulties
in the taxation of Government bonds 1t authorizes
the issue of registered bonds payable princi-
pal and interest in coin at the rate of five per cent
per annum. They are TO run fifty years but may be
redeemed within twenty at the pleasure of the United
States and are to be known the consolidated debt
of the United States. exempt from all taxation ex-
cept tax of one-half of per cent which is to be
sem-annually deducted from the interest and con-
verted into a sinking fund for the payment OF the
national debt. All existing Government bonds may
be exchanged for the proposed new bonds, which
may also be deposited security for the redemption
Of National Bank notes
Mr. Morrill, has prepared and will introduce on
Monday bill providing that TO aid in the constTuc
tion of a railroad for military and postal purposes
through the wilderness Of Northern New-York, and
TO connect the military defenses of the northern
frontier, from the City of Schenectady TO the St.
Lawrence River, bonds of the United States be
granted TO the NewYork and the Northern Railroad
Company to the amount of $4,000 for each mile of
road so constructed such bonds to be delivered to