The Portland daily press., 1868-12-14
WASHINGTON.

bENAIOb EENbEhoONs
WASHINGTON, Dec IS. = Senator Henderson
will not probably remain Chairman OF the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs, unless on his return
he avows allegiance to the Republican party
and his determination to sustain its measures.
II he is depo>ed General Thayer, Senator from
Nebraska, will be his successor.
THE DEATH OF THADDEUs STEVENS.
Judge Poland and Mr.. Dawes will be among
the speakers in the House when the death of
day Mr.. Sumner will probably speak ia the
Senate.
Personal.
The ChevaIer Wikoff is now here euioslzing
the Emperor Napoleon in the newspapers.
Thaddeus HYATT, once imprisoned IN the
Washipp top iIil because he would not tell
whether he knew anything about the John
Brown raid, is here, and is confJent that he
will be successful in experiments with flying
apparatus which he is now making.
THE KENTUCKY BOURBON COMPANY.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE Kentucky Bour-
bon Company case has gone over indefinitely
for the present in the absence of the various
defendants.
BUTLER SUSPECTED.
The Herald's Washington correspondent says
the Radicals look somewhat suSpiciously upon
General Butler, because he offered a bill tor
the repeal of the tenure-of-ofice act, in accord
ance with the recomme ndaIion for its repeal in
the Presidents message.
THE CABINET AND THE MESSAGE.
1t is asserted that Messrs. Seward, McCul-
ioch and Evarts urged the President to omit
that part of his last annual message which
countenanceS reputation; but he rejected
their advice, and replied t. bis distinguished
c"unsellors that before three years had passed
over their hoary heads it would be most popu-
Jar measure in the country.
THE INDIAN BUREAU.
Dnct,u nnrracnnndaut
it is probable that the Senate Committee on
Indian Affirs will report as substitute for
the House bill transferring the Indian Bureau
to the War Department a bill raising the H.
dim Bureau to an indepen ;ent department.
aud recognizing the system of agencies and
superintendency.
THE ROLL OF HONOR.
Quartermaster General Meigs has published
the tn number of the roll of honor prepared
In the cemeterial branch of his Office, under
the direction of Brevet Brig. Gen. Perry. This
volume Of the roll of honor increases the total
number of graves now recorded in printed
form to about $50 900. Of the occupants of
these graves there about 100000 that appear as
known, leaving about 5000 unknown. Many
of these Unknown remains were doubtless
III arked by their friends or comrades at the
tine of their burial, and records of the names
of many others were doubtless made at the
time they were buried in groups or from hos
pitals, and many have been presented in con-
nection with the plans ou schedules of the po-
sition Of the graves by the intimate friends of
the dead.
MEMORIAL ON THE ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUDS.
The memorial of the Uaiou League Club on
the alleged election frauds will be presented
Monday morning in both houses Of Congress.
Senator Morgan will present it n the Senate. 1t
is said to be an elaborate document with specI-
dcations and charges based unon the proofs
already collected by the Club Committee un-
der the supervision of Mr.. john H. White,
and with schedule attached of tabular sta
tistics of election returns in the city of New
York at large and in the several wards and
districts I many years past The memorial
will probably be ordered to be printed,
deep and general interest is felt on the subject
and several propositions for amendment of the
naturalization laws have already been pre-
scented. The Club memorial prays for the ap-
pointment of a special committee of investiga-
ton, with power to send for persons and pa
pers, that Congress may be thoroughly advised
OF the character and extent Of the existing
evils, which it is proposed to avoid in future by
Congressional legislation.