The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-23
WASHINGTON NEWS.
WASHINGTON, April 20, i


More Candidates for Mr.. Wade's Cabinet.
Two more names are mentioned tonight for Sec
rotary Of the Treasury. Mr. Ward, Of Detroit Mich-
gan, prominent and wealthy iron manufacturer Of
that city and friend OF Ben Wade Is being strongly
urged. The opponents of Mr.. Ward have raised a
charge that he is in the McCulloch ''ring,n
and therefore must be kept out. Gen.
eral Logan is also urged by another army
OF supporters, but magnanimously declines
TO give up his seat in the House for Cabinet or any
other appointment The friends of Logan put him
forward on the grounds Of his active part in expos
ing alleged frauds in the management of the ma
tional finances, and the determined stand he has
taken against the general corruption charged against
the Treasury Department and some Of its subordinate
branches. II is rumored that General Grant spent
some hours with Logan at his rooms last night
taking over this matter and pressing Logan to
cept. Both General Grant and Mr.. Wade are quoted
as favoring General Logan for Mr. McCuloch's posi-
uon.
Senator sherman and the Reinstatement OF
Stanton.
There has been some doubt to Senator Sher-
mans part in the executive session which resulted
IN the vote reinstatng Mr.. Stanton. 1t appears to-
night that Mr.. Sherman not present on that
occasion, and therefore does not stand committed,
no to speak, for conviction. Both he and Senator
Grimes dined with Senator Frelinghuysen on that
day and thus avoided the responsibility attaching TO
the vote reinstating Mr.. stanton.
Irsportaur 10 Retired Army Officers.
A Washington despatch to the EyeEi1lg TeIegrd7a
says the Second Comptroller of the Treasury has
furnished the Paymaster General with the following
Opinion:-
The President has referred to me COPY of
Apn IA, 1865, upon the pay OF retired Offcers
under the laws of August s, 1861; July T. 1862
In Vha Dtar atati,n aud
eject OF the thlrty-second section Of the
last named act formed the subject OF my
letter TO you OF November 26 1867, in which de-
cided trait an officer of the regular army, retired
for wounds received in battle, retires with the full
WOUNDS. When assigned to duty by the Presi-
dent he goes ON duty with the full pay and allow
ances Of his grade IN the army, not the grade he
may have held in the volunteers at the time the
wounds were received, for which he was retired.
The Attorney General holds in effect that when
retlfed ohceT is assigned TO duty IL is duty ap-
pirate to his retired grade; that if major in the
rebel army held the volunteer rank or command OF a
major general when he received the wounds for which
he was retired, he would, when assigned to duty be
entitled to the fun pay and allowance of a major
ney General In the premises having required by
the President you requested consider it as SUI
persedng my decision OF November 20 1867.
Counterfeit Fractional Currency.
The redemption division of the Treasury have
within the last day or two detected counterfeit
the five fractional currency. The counterfeit
Is very wen executed-so well as to have deceived
Mr. Clark, superintendent of the printing division,
whose portrait il bears he having ut first pronounced
II genuine. The principal differences between the
counterfeit and the genuine are in the size OF the
figure 49," in the corner OF the notes. and the words
'unted States Of America which poorly exc
cuted
No Business in the House.
No business Of any kind done to-day in the
House OF Representatives The House in Committee
OF the Whole was in attendance in the Senate cham
Der on the impeachment trial.
photographs Of the English Camps and Posi-
tiOns in Abyssinia.
General Grant received yesterday from General
Fapier's headquarters in Abyssinia a number of
photographs OF the camps positions OF the Eng
lsb army IN that region. They forwarded by
the proper onicial authorities.
Army Court Martial al Fortress Monroe.
The following general court martial has been ap-
pointed to meet at Fortress Monroe. Va on the 9th
inst for the trial Of such prisoners may brought
before it:-Brevet Brigadier General w. Hays Fifth
artillery; Brevet Colonel L. Il. Wiliston, Second
artillery; Breve Major G. b. Campbell, Fourth artil-
lery Brevet Major @. Il. Rodney, Fourth artillery:
Brevet Major J. Il. Shinn, Third artillery; Brevet
Major u. +. Rittenhouse Finn artillery; Brevet
Captain -, Second artillery; and Brevet Colonel
q. V. Henry First artillery, Judge Advocate.