The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-05-29

registration OF votes IN tnls Guy ls, Wnlts
12011; colored 1896; showing a majority @
whites of 401 Last year the whites registered
a majority of nearly 400. The judges of cleo
ton have stricken off the names of about 10
persons which were placed on the list of oath
taken to meet the requirements of the amnest
proclamation.
THE WAR IN CRETE.
Information has been received here that tn
Provisional Government of Crete has decide
to convoke regular Parliament. Election
are taking place in all parts of the island. TIL
members elect will hold their first session a
Canea, Another battle took place near Spak
in, on the Sd inst, during which the Cretan
drove the Turks from the blockhouse which
they mad built only recently for their intrench
ment
DISCUSSION ON THE NOMINATION OF GENERAL
sCHoFIELD.
The Senate was engaged during several hours
this afternoon discussing the nomination OF
Gen. Schofeld. The debate was principally
confined to the phraseology OF the Presidents
message, in which it was said that Gen. Scho
field has been nominated as Secretary of Wal
in place of Edwin NJ Stanton, removed Tho
difficulty was that a majority of the Senate
had declared that the President had no mower
toremove Mr., Stanton and designate Adiutant
General Thomas to perform the duties of the
office al INTERIM and, therefore, to vote for the
conhrmatlon with the language of the nominal
ton, would be to stuIlify themselves and admit
that the President does possess that power.
Inc consideration of the nomination will be
resumed tomorrow. The Senators say there
is no doubt it will ultimately be confirmed,
with, perhaps, an explanatory appendage.
THE AMENDAToRY CITY CHARTER
1t was expected the President wonld to-day
return to the Senate with his objections the
bill amendatory of the city charter and ex-
tending it for one year, but this was not done
nor has he notified the Senate that he has APP
proved the bill. 1t, however, became law to-
aV Rf flNar
1t takes from the Mayor the appointment of
the corporation subordinate officers and vests
it in the Board of Aldermen and Board of
Common Council in joint convention, to be
presided over by the Mayor and also abolishes
the property qualifications, and also the former
distinctions of white in connection with cleo
ton to office.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The Senate to-day confirmed the following
nominatons:-A. Huggan, Attorney for Ida
no; Homer G. Platt, Attorney for the south
ern district of Florida; w. w. Thatcher, As
SCISSOR of Internal Revenue for the eighth dis
trict of Tennessee; A. X. Osborn, Collector of
Internal Revenue for the fifth district of Wis
consin; Franklin Haven, Jr., Assistant Treas
urer at Boston, in place of I. Chandler whose
commission has expired.
REFLECTIONS.
The Senate rejected the following nomina-
tions:-Thos Sim, as Marshal for South Caro-
lima; j. b. McConant, Assessor of Internal
Revenue for the tenth district of Pennsylva-
MIA; James b. Hubble, Collector of Internal
Revenue for Montana; s. 2. McCurdy, Asso-
clate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah
First Lieutenant Frank Barr as Captain in the
Revenue service
THE BILL FOR THE NEW ISSUE OF BONDS
The bill introduced by Senator Morgan to-
day authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury
to issue coupon or registered bonds of the
United States in such form and of such de-
nomination as he may prescribe, redeemable
in coin at the pleasure of the United States
after twenty, thirty and forty years respective
ly, and bearing the following rates of interest,
payable semi annually in coin, viz:-The issue
of bonds falling due in twenty years shall bear
interest at five per cent. per annum; those
payable in thirty years at four and a half per
cent, and the forty year bonds at four per cent.
All these bonds shall be exempt from taxation
IN any form by or under State municipal or
local authority, and with the interest thereon
and income therefrom shall be exempt from the
payment OF taxes or duties to the United States
other than such income tax as may be assessed
upon other incomes The bonds are TO be ex-
c!usIvely used for the redemption of the prin-
clpal by exchange, or in payment at the option
OF the holder for any of the present interest
bearing debt of the United States other than
the existing five per cent bonds and the three
per cent certificates, and may be issued to an
amount sufficient in the aggregate to cover all
the principal of all outstanding OBLIGATIONS as
one-third part of the whole sum shall be of
the issue redeemable in twenty years.
DEPARTURE OF HENDERSON AND GRIMES.
NEW YORK, May 28.-The Trbune's WASH
ingtOn dispatch says: Grimes and Henderson
went hence tonight the former to New York,
and the latter to his home in Missouri.
CoLFAx WILL NOT TAKE THE STUMP.
The report that Mr.. Colfax will take the
stump after the adjournment of Congress is
untrue.
GRANT FAvoRs sCHoFIELD.
Gen. Grant recommends the Senate to con-
firm Schofield "
THE CABINET.
1t is reported that Randall will soon tender
his resignation, but it is not believed, how
ever.
There is no doubt about Schofeld's confirm
alton.
The recent rumors in regard to Cabinet
changes are founded on something more sub
stantlal than mere guess work. Information
IS obtained to-day from a strictly reliable
source that Randall has requested the Presi-
dent to accept his resignation, which has been
for some weeks at the Presidents disposal, to-
gether with those of other members of the
Cabinet, and the President .intimated to Mr.
randall his Willingness to accept his: ,resigna-
Ulon, TO take effect within very few days.
1t seems pretty certain that Stanbery is to
be restored to the Attorney Generals office.
The report that Seward is going out lacks
continuation.
Postmaster General Randall saws he will
soon give up the Post Office Department. His
plan is said 20 be to go to Florida with view
of coming to the Senate from that State when
admitted and his friends say matters to secure
such a result are nearly arranged.
The story that Grimes viii resign is un-
founded.
SUITS AGAINST THE WESTERN UNION TELE'
GRAPH.
4o1o sd;
nately delivered to the impeachment manag-
ers announce to-day that they will bring suits
against the Western Union Telegraph Co. to
test the legality ofthe action of the Company
agents.
THE PRESIDENTS VISITORS.
Among numerous visitors to the President
to-day were several radical members of the
House who voted for impeachment. One o.
these urged the President to make certain re
movals of Federal officers.