The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-14

kpout ono hunuio' Anc u<0leef OF indviduais con'
siced OF forgery about Welsyh while but oae or
TWO appear in the list pardons that convicted Of
forgery and perjury The reports show that the number
OF such crimnss Who have received Executive cemen-
cy does not exceed one hundred and thirty None Of
these have been pardened by the President without hav
Ing bee recommended by the judge or jury that rieo
them the District Attorney who prosecuted and In
most cases by the Senators and Representatives from
tAe State in watch the criminal resided at the
time OF trial. Since the time the first OF these
pardons was granted by the President upwards
Of three thousand persons been convicted OF the
crimes included In che reports and the proportion o.
the number pardoned to those not pardoned Is ABOUT
one to twenty-four majority OF those who nave 70.
ceived Executive clemency had served nearly three iu
terms OF Imprisonment when pardoned, and large
number OF them had served out their entire sentence
The Election in Alabama.
The following Telegram read In the Senate To-Day
by Senator Pattsrson:--
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb 13, 1868.
Hon. u T. PATTERSON oens.or iIo" .sn.,ad 10 Av.r
Ratification Of the constitution y deealea y ovor
fifteen thousand majority What Is the prospect ior tno
passage Of sherman's BIN respecting Alabama ..,
ID. ID. DALTON, Governors secretary.
Nomin atIons by the Observation-Disclosures Of
Lieutenant General sherman.
The President today nominated to the Senate Leuten-
ant General w. BIO General by brevet the
army OF the United States for distinguished courage
skill and ability displayed during the war Of the rebel
liop also Charles N futile be Assessor OF Internal
the Twenty fourth district Of New York. in
place OF Joseph w. Gates, TO be removed, and Horace
G. Storms Assessor Of Internal Revenue Of the First
district Of Ohio, to I'll vacancy existing since the
close Of the second session of the Thirty-ninth
Congress.
The Legislative and Executive Approprin-
ton Bill.
The telegram states that considerable comment has
been caused here by the fact that appropriations
made in Mr. washburns bill for the Department Of Edu
cation and the Bureau Of Statistics. 1t is argued from
this that these branches Of the government to be
abolished The bill reduces the number OF clerks
in the Surgeon Generals office from two hundred
the orce,employed in that bureau
at the bcgnsng of the The passage Of this clause
will suspend the the medical and surgical his
tory Of the being prepared by Surgeon General
Barnes
The Diplomatic md Consular Service.
The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, re-
ported the 10th inst differs from the one originally
introduced 1t restores the appropriation for the salary
OF the Minister Portugal provides Commissioners
and Consul General to Hay and Liberia instead OF Min
stes The bill contains appropriations for Ministers to
Greece and Rome 1t reduces the contingent fund OF the
State Department from 1000 10 $30,000 omts the
salary Of the Second Assistant Secretary OF State, and
namely For Examiner Of Claims; rent OF State De
parmcnt building; Superintendent Of statistics; do
spatches by cable and Boundary Commission OF Wash
ingon Territory. The bill contains provision that
consul generals consuls consular agents commercial
agents shall be paid except those specified in the act
and all laws and parts OF laws providing for the payment
Of any other consular officers than those In this act
specified hereby repealed and III moneys received
for fees at any vice consulate or consular agency
p;ta sho
thousand dollars in any year. shah be
accounted for and paid into the Treasury in
the manner other moneys received by consular
ofHcsrs OF the United States The number specified in
the is about hundred and sixty leaving upwards
OF four hundred consuls and commercial agents to be
longer paid The total appropriated by this bill
is 81, 26s, 93A
Probable Resignation 0f Secretary Metal.
lOch.
The Telegram learns to-day, from reliable source,
that Secretary AcCulloch really does entertain
intentions Of ressnng his Office very distant day.
provided certain matters in process OF adjustment
satisfactorily. One OF these contingencies is
said to be the pending Loan bill this bill should be-
law and other arrangements depending upon its
passage should result successfully, Mr. hcCulioch will
resign Is said and accept the position Of financial
agent OF Jay Cooke Co., at London There seems
be trouble In the way Of selecting the occ
Of Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury who will
sufficiently to sui,ing all parties to5nsure
his confirmation. II is understood that the Secretary
avors New York aspiran while the strongest pressure
Of influence. both and Of Congress- said DO in
favor of gentleman who now holds position in tho
Treasury.
John G. BreckInrldge ON His Travels.
letter received hers from American citiz en- nj
Beyrout Syria dated January 2 says John c. Breckin
ridge was there ON the lss Of that month"; making in
quiries with regard to travelling through Syria. lie
denied all claim to the privileges Of citizen Of the
United statcs and appeared much affected while con-
versng upon affairs in his country. When asked he
intended to return TO America he said he had wsh to
become martyr, and should not return until be could
personal safety; but that other country could
be his home. He also said. with reference TO affairs
here, that as the and the appeal to the
sword had been decided against those with whom he
had been associated be willing to shoulder his
gun like any other in defence Of his country He
however. spoke Of matters hero In the tone OF Q
foreigner The letter states that Jacob Thompson
and other leading parties OF the South during the late
war ere wandering about Turkey.
Payment of Bonds Of 1SA5.
The United States bonds OF ls47 which matured on
the 3ist OF December will is understood be paid on
presentation at the Treasury Department at the Office
OF tho Assistant Treasurer in New York; being
allowed only to the LIST OF January last.
The Mail Service between tho United states
and BuenOs Ayrcs.
The Minister Of the Argentine Republic has addressed
letter to Secretary ScwardIrclave to subsidy author
lied by his government 10 . line Of steamships TO be
established between the ports Of Nsw York and Busnos
Ayres. The Minister says that sundry merchants ct
Buenos Ayrss have resolved present petition to the
Congress OF the United States soliciting assistance to
carry the extension TO Buenos Ayres Of tho line
which does service between New York and Rio Janero
The Minister urges the line Of steamships because II wiz
be The or extending and ncrsanpg the commercial
relations between the two countries and says It 10 be
wondered that there does not exist single line OF
direct communication between the United States and
therver de Ia Plata while the fact that Europe finds
advantage in increasing moro and more the lines Of
steamers which connect her with IL