The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-01


be the same that they had been since
the CONNER cement of the wa. Tao
Republican party would represent tAe
rightfu ness OF the war, ana the Dem
ocratic party would represent the
rightfulness Of the attempted seces-
sIGn The former would contend for
the sight Of Congress 20 restore loyal
governments. to the South. while the
latter would contend for the unc0u-
dItionaI restoration Of rebels 10 power.
The present Congress would settle
the financial question s8tistac ori.y
before its adjournment, and leave no
weapon of that bind ia the hands of
the Democrats. He favored the pas
age of the pending bill to stop con-
traction, and expressed the general
views on finances contained in let
ter published By him a few months
since. He believed the expenses of
the Government might be greatly re-
duced by a reduction OF the army and
navy. especially the latter. which was
much larger than was needed. In the
course OF his speech, he alluded to
the pr ropOsed purchase Of St. Thomas,
as unnecess sary and uBwise.
New YORK, December 81
The He1 ads special says the De-
tective Agents of the Treasury have
unearthed aDOther mode of smuggling
goods into the country from foreign
ports. A gentleman living in France
notified the Department that a large
quantity of silks were about being
smuggled liz the United States. and
stated the name of the vessel carry
ing the cargo, when information was
received that the vessel had dis
charged her cargo, and, on iavestiga-
ton, it was found that the labels had
been removed from great portion of
the silk goods, but 80 pieces were dis
covered that were not manifested.
which were accordingly seized. In
vestigatiOn has proved that the firm
in question had been conducting this
cOntraband business for the last year.
A question, which seems to be diff
hcult to solve now, is exercising the
law officers of the Government. The
friends of a prisoner confined
at Sing Sing, New York, undergoing
sentence for an offense against the
United States, have made a request
to have him transferred to the Ludlow
Street Jail, New York City, for the
reason that he is very i'll and In
danger of death, and they hope to Sc
cure pardon for him in January
next. The grave parteof the question
is, where is the authority to order the
transfer The President, it is said.
has no power but to pardon. The
court, having pronounced the SEN
tence, has no further jurisdiction. and
no other officer, whether State on ma
tionai, can find authority Of Law TOR
ordering the transfer.
The fitness special says: To-mor-
row over one hundred and thirty men,
who were notified on Tuesday, will
be discharged from their employment
In the Ordnance Bureau of the Navy
Yard The Bureau of Steam En-
gineering will also discharge a large
number.
The General Post Office is now en-
gagged in revising the affairs of
large number Of post offices through
out the country, and making final
settlement OF their accounts. 1t is !
that il many of the offices
business has greatly increased, which |
being shown to the satisfaction of the
the salaries of the Post
at such offices viii be increas-
ed. In other offices where business has
decreased, corresponding reduction
will be made in the salaries Of Post
masters.
@oon after it assemblies, the House
of Representative will call upon
the heads OF Departments for
a statement Of the anount disbursed |
by them under the act Of Congress |
giving the employees Of the Govern !
ment in Washington twenty per cent. |
additional compensation.
The following statements have been |
received: from the Treasury, $647 .3:3}4 !
from the War Department, S345, ,4O2; |
from the Navy Department, $47, ,015; |
from the Post Office Department,
so. sos; from the ID partment Of Agri- |
culture, $40 709; total thus far, ST ,115,-
346. The State and Interior Depart
ments and Attorney Generals Office
have not reported.
The Tlbune'S special says: The
statement of the public debt will be
published on Tuesday, January 7th.
1t is expected that there will be about
eighty millions of dollars in gold on
hand at the beginning of the new
year, Out of this are to be paid about
thirty millions of dollars 10 meet the
interest on the public debt. the prin-
cipal Of the bonds of 1867, maturing
on the 1st proximo, the 24 years bonds
Of 1867, the semi-annual interest on
the bonds of 1881. and the semi an
nuai interest on the 520s.
By order of the Secretary of the
Navy, tie salaries Of all mechanics IN
the Navy Yard here will be reduced
% per cent, after the lst of January
next. They will accept this modifi-