The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-04-15
WASHINGTON.
DEDICATION or rHr I1NooLN aloNuMnNr.

dressed q communicates W SdCll
the Cabinet asking that the Departments ma
be closed in time to allow the clerks and oth(
employees an opportunity to attend the GER
m0ny of dedication, which takes place at tw
o'clock in the afternoon. The monument wi
be unveiled by the President and dedicate
by the Masonic fraternity of the District
ISSUE OF PATENTS.
For the week ending 21st inst. 300 paten
will be issued from the Patent Office. In III
past week 495 applications have been filed an
10 caveats entered
ARRIVAL OF SERGEANT BATES.
Sergeant Bates, carving the United State
nag arrived in Washington to-day, and, accom-
panied by large crowd and band of music
proceeded to the Executive Mansion where h
was received by the President on the steps
and then conducted by himself to the Eas
Room. He extended to Sergeant Bates cor
dial welcome and expressed his qualification a
seeing him after his long journey, and also in
Elted HIM to call up him again, assuring hin
that he desired to extend every hospitality il
his power At the Presidents request the ban,
played the Star Spangled Banner. Sergean
Bates then proceeded to the Metropolitan Ho
tel, and having assembled to tie portico. th
address,
Fetio1o Citizens 1t is owing to the fact tina
am a citizen OF Wisconsin that have beer
invited to appear here on this occas. ON, and fol-
a Jew prIeI moments to present to you the
SuesC OF Washington, the youthful son of the
SGate OF Wisconsin, Sergeant Bates. (Cheers
ne nndlng popular error existing in the
state OF Wisconsin, like that in every N North.
ern State, to wit: THAT the people of the
southern States whom our conquering arms
suDdued were hostile to the flag" undertook
to carry it from Vicksburg to Washington, fol
the purpose OF planting it on the dome oil the
capitol lie has demonstrated to the people OF
TINS country and to the world that no such hos
1iitIy exists; but that, on the contrary, the
people OF the South submit to the flag of the
Ohlon IN good faith, and are determined to
MAINTAIN their allegiance to it, and expect us
OF the North to maintain ours. (Applause0
understand that Sergeant Bates will now pro.
ceeo TO plant the flag on the dome of the CAPT
tol; but will not longer detain YOU in this
ram Storm further than to say, cannot FORGET
the day, now just seven years, when our fac
was lowered in humility and sorrow from the
pattlements OF Fort SUMTER and rejoice that
now II rises 10 triumph and glory on the dome
of the Capitol. (Repeated cheers.)
Gen. Munger, Representative from Ohio.
having been called upon for speech, said he
supposed he had thus been honored because he
mad served at Vicksburg till the surrender
sergeant Bates, he remarked, had journeyed
without a single cent of expense TRAVELLING
through the South, meeting with HOSPITALITY
a9d receiving pledges of fidelity to the flag,
winch the people of the South upheld to-day
Inns treatment of the noble soldier ought, he
continued, to satisfy our radical gentl ,men
than the man Wendell Phillips, who boasted
In an address at the Smithsonian Institute sew
eral years ago that he had labored for nineteen
years to take thirteen States out of the Union.
Ihere is bill pending in Congress to remove
the political disabilities from Gen Iongstreet
and others; but l am in favor OF including
wendell Phillips, for think he has all the
tme been voting illegally Qaughter); believe
MN this day greater traitor than JEFF Davis,
OF any other man, (cries of that's .""good, ~
III n rot n ffnIrA IL.
. cording 10 law.
=, Inree cheers were given for the old flag,
three for Sergeant Bates and three for the
Union: The crowd then accompanied Ser
seant Bates to the Capitol, and on arriving at
the east front the policeman in charge of the
door stated he was ordered to allow no demon.
stratlon i'll the Capitol without the written
consent OF Sergeant-at-Arms Brown of the
senate: The permit which was obtained YES
1erGay from Mlchler, Superintendent OF Public
Dulialngs and Grounds, to place the flag on
the dome was then sent to Mr.. Brown by a DO
hceman and Mr. Brown endorsed it, giving the
required permission. The paper was Chen
handed TO the policeman in charge of the door,
VINO would not let Bates pass into the Capitol
without the further endorsement of Sergeant
alarms Ordway, of the House of Represent
latlves. Not waiting longer, and tired of the
delay, Sergeant Bates with his friends left the
capitol to plant the flag on the Washington
monument Sergeant Bates was then escort-
ed to the Metropolitan Hotel, the proprie Tor Of
winch entertained him gratutously.
Ldter.-Sergeant Bates failed to raise his flag
on the Washington monument, no halliards
having been provided for that purpose.
MIR. STANTON AND THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The following letter was addressed by Sec
rotary stanton to Senator Cameron to-day:
var Department. Washington, april IA, 1868
10 Hon. Simon Cameron Dear Sir: Per-
celving in this mornings Chronicle that a COM
muhication has been signed by the Cover nor
OF your State, the Republican members of t he
Legisla allure and other persons asking your re-
commentator tor my transfer upon a certain
contingency to the head of the Treasury De-
partment hasten to request earnestly that
no such recommendation be made. Enough
OF my life has been dependent to public duties.
NO consideration can induce me to assume
those of the Treasury Department or continue
IN the War department longer than may be
required for the appointment and confirmation
OF my successor.
Yours truly,
(Signed,) EDWIN NJ STANTON.
REGISTRATION.
The registration of voters in this city began
yesterday The colored voters were early on
the ground, and about two-thirds of the whole
number registered. The register books will be
Kept open three days in each Ward.
PARIS EXPOSITION DIPLOMAS AND MEDALS.
The medals and diplomas awarded to Amer
lean exhibitors at he Paris exhibition arrived
here yesterday. They were consigned to the
state department. and will be placed on exhi-
btion for short time in the old hall of the
House of Representatives.
MISSING MAN HEARD FROM.
At the time Col. Ashburn was killed in Geor-
gia 1t wits stated that another prominent radi-
cal, DIR. Moull, was missing and supposed to
nave been assassinated also. He has just been
heard from, having escaped from the scene of
murder into Alabama, where he RENAME
flaa I'd Of IL
pressing the Ku-Klux Khan appeared. 1t is
staten that despite this order of Gen Meade
the Ku Klux Khan notices are being issued
actively all through the southwestern portion
OF Georgia. 1t is known as the BLACK Belt -
GEN. SHERMAN ON INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Gen. Sherman has given statement to the
Indian Commute of the result of his o5serva-
tons among the indians in the West. 1t was
shown to the Committee by Gen. Sherman
that Gen. Sperry had been feeding the Indians
for about month upon Government rations.
and he was found with one-fourth more pro-
visions than was required for the troops The
query whether it was better policy to feed or
fight the Indians was also presented by Gen
Sherman, who, aside from personal and other
considerations, demonstrated the advantage OF
the feeding process in a pecuniary point OF
view.
THE NEW ENGLAND SAVINGS BANKS.
The Comptroller of the Currency has .intor-
nation that three hundred savings banks in
the New England States and in New York,
having one million and seventy-seven deposit
tors, hold S100000000 in United States bonds
and $15OO00O0 national bank stock as invest
ments.
COINAGE AT THE U. s. MINT.
An official report from the United States
mint at Philadelphia shows the amount OF
money coined during the month of March tC
be 1851 ,691, of which there were gold coins tc
the amount of $205650 silver 1923, sci, and the
balance in copper coinage.
CONGREGATIONS BY THE SENATE.
The Senate in executive session to-day con
firmed the following among other nominations
Commodore James Lanman, to be Rear Ad
miral on the active list; Maj. Charles b. Me
Canley, Lieutenant in the Marine Corps; AL
exander Spaulding, Collector of internal reve
nue. for the Sth District of New York, and r
V. Whaley Collector of customs for the Dis
trict OF Brazos de Santiago. Texas.
THE IMPEACHMENT CASE.
The Presidents counsel were in consulta
ton for long time this morning, and dis
cussed at length the propriety of summonine
Gen. Grant as witness. 1t has been current
ly sta ed that Gen. Grant had already beer
summoned, but up to this morning such was
not the fact. 1t seems probable, however, that
he Will be called upon to testify for the de
fence. The Board of Managers had Genera
Sherman before them to-day. their object In
examining him being to ascertain all he knew
or could testify as to the Presidents remoya
of Secretary Stanton and the plan proposet
for accomplishing it. The managers are nov
in possession of all that Gen. Sherman know
on the subject aud it is probable he will b
placed on the stand again. 1t Is understoo
that from the character of the examination
the managers came to the conclusion that GEL
Sherman would be about as good for the pros
ecution as for the defence. He was before tn