New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-26

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WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Nov 2S' 1863
I'm cront said to-day, that he hoped to start on
20 Massachusetts, this week. Mrs. Grant VIII
oo,rnanv him as far as Philadelphia, where snS
IN remain untl the Generals return Inc son VIII
not enter Harvard until next June.
OR Government has been officially INFORMED 'i,''V
~ ", oton1ov and Minister Johnson have settled the
- that the Commission for the adluhcaVion Vi
.,ohomo claims etc. shall sit in washington
~ 1.;ls 90 the negotiations still IN progress.
100 odv;ces are that the two Governments WIZ
.ronge the preliminaries for the adJusImeh. u 'i
matters in dispute 1t is said that the Dri.sn ies
zion has AZ length produced bill against INC ni0N
etates Government as an offset 10 inc N'''"
ol~ins amounting TO $45,OOOOO0, being ior u"ii"s
p,sged to have been sustained Dy DIl'Sn 'u'''
,!.e South during the Rebellion I'D
rol r. r. Keller of Gen. ROusseaus staft arrived
,hs citv last evening with the Generals report OF
on4,ations in his commands also his report upon .no
-ac.nt disturbances in Louisiana, These he dehV-
.,e3 to-day 70 Gen. Grant. The Colonel also hau
interviews with the President the Secretary Oh "W
And some of the most prominent members OF OonsIoS'
sho have arrived here, giving details derived Iro
oe,sonal observations in New-Orleans, all OF Whlch
.opli not well be included in the Generals report
a. Keller represents that the hostility of the white
., of Louisiana generally to the present State
nment is bitter and intense, and that with the
roe uuder Gen. ROusseau's command during the
.o, troubles, it was utterly impossible to preserve
ta ace at all points Every disposition OF his
,rous was made, and every possible measure was
~ n protect the people in their rights, without
,es u 10 party. The Republicans did not generally
"a ecause they were advised by their leaders not
tcq,pt to do so, the fear beng that they could
evote with safety TO their persons. In this opin-
ION Gen. Rousseau concuued; but with the means at
his command he was powereSs TO establish differ
emf order of things Gen. Rousseau was in constant
consultation with Gov. WaTmoth and the other
State authorities during the disturbances, and his
course met their warm approval as 1t does of others
In New-Orleans. Col Keller says that up TO the
date Of Gen. Steedman's assuming charge Of the
Police that force was utterly worthless. 1t was
composed of 2l3 negroes and $50 whites No riots
have occurred, and no city has been Quieter than
New-Oreans since that change. Gen. Rousseau
courts the most searching investigation of his man.
agement of Louisiana affairs during the recent
troubles The Colonel says there is no good founda-
ton for the reports of organizations in NewOrleans
to help the Cuban insurgents
Gen. Spinner, the United States Treasurer. has
written reply to certain structures upon his circular
Of Nov 13 relating to the withdrawal from crcula-
ton of the convertible legal tenders The circular,
he says was not addressed to all the National banks
but to only such of those institutions as have been
designated depOsitaries of public monies which were
directed to select from the United States legatender
notes which they might have on hand on the receipt
Of the circular and from those they might receive.
As these institutions have been constituted custo
dams of the public funds, and in that capacity
under the control of the department il did not seem
10 him improper or unjust that they should be re-
quested to assist the Treasury in Withdrawing from
circulation the notes bearing promise whose fulfill
ment is inhibited by act of Congress Subsequent
to the passage of the act of March 1863 the holders
OF convertible legaltender notes PIesenteS. Inem to
him for conversion int SO bonds His only duty
to return the notes to the owners, and TO point
70 the positive enactment that after certain day
the right to exchange the notes for bonds should
cease and determine" 1t was recently determined
that such Of the convertible notes as should come IN
10 the custody of its deposares should be returned
TO the s. Treasurer and be replaced by other notes
not bearing the promise Of conversion Ihe Depart
ment did not demand the surrender of any of these
notes which in private hands, or not IN the pos
session Of the Government itself
The War Department has ordered that no perma-
nent barracks, quarters. hospitals, storehouses Of
cers stables piers or wharyes, shall be erected but
by order of the Secretary of War aud according TO
the plan directed by him. and that alteration shall
ne made IN such public building without authority
from the War Department. Secretary McCulloch es-
Inmates that the total revenue Of the Government
for the fiscal year ending June 90, 1870, will reach
t25O,OOO,OOO.
Several unofficial letters have been received in this
city relative to the Paraguayan difficulty. II has
been asserted that the English and French Govern
ments had each sent man-of-war to Paraguay.
These vessels appear have returned will be
acfa of tc loft
Rear-Admiral Davis The information received from
their officers differs somewhat from previously pub
ished accounts RearAdmiral Daviss letter is dated
Rio de Janeiro October %
-1Rear.Admiral Fesquet, commanding the French Ma
val Division this station, with whom am on terms Of
inSie recently revived fo@ the captain Of the
Rdnboat Decide in regard to his recent VISIT 10 Lopez
6s report agrees entirely with the views expressed by
1Ieuenant- Commander Kirkland, In his unofficial letter.
and cOntradct the e1traYagant stories which have been
busly circulated charging Lopez with various crimes
eSainst humanity, and particularly with the assassns-
ton Of certain foreign eonsus az, ior example, mo
wrench Consul left Paraguay IN the Decide. lie has
been under DO apprehension for his lie or safety The
jainais etc inquete Rear;Admiral George Ramsay
commanding Her British MsJestys naval forces on this
cordial has Just come on board TO give me similar nf0r
nation from Lieutenant Rush, commanding Her British
Maiesty's guDboa Lnnet now lying at monteyideo, but
recently returned from Paraguay His intercourse with
Lopez was entirely satisfactory IN al respects ~
character conduct and situation OF President Lopez the
reports Of month ago, undergoing notifications from
time TO time are now wholly cOntTaGicted. Ny eoncu-
SION is. cannot expect 10 obtain perfectly reliable
Rroudsof action until approach moro clearly TO TIC
scene Of There has been at one time an effort made
g condemn Lopez by EXPLANATORY denunclaton which
Il now gradually dying away"
Admiral Davis, commanding the South Atlantic
Squadron. has not made application TO the Secretary
of the Navy tor On additional force, with which to
60 to Paraguay. He has sufficient number to answer
his purpose.
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