The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-06-14
Another Sharp Letter from Secretary
McCullOcl to Commissioner Rollins.
THE MUNICIPAL
!. ..sage in the Senate VI Inc Bill to Place the
a.r;,s, M the Hands Of the Radicals.
Progress of the Tax Bill in
the House.
WASHINGTON, June 10. 1858.

ing OF the City Councils this afternoon Only the con-
sentative members and the white republican Alder.
man from the First ward came together. The City
Hail chambers having been locked upon them
they adjourned to the law buildings In the
same neighborhood. They passed q resolution
addressed to the bank In which corporation funds
are kept, directing 1t not OF present to honor any
drafts on municipal account or not until the present
difhculties shall have been adjusted. Action was
also taken to ascertain by what authority the Chief
OF Police had excluded them from the City Hall.
The Police Board whose next meeting will be on
Thursday next. will inquire into all the circum-
stances attending this question. The Mayor al in
cestm to-day handed Mr.. Bowen letter concluding
as Notwithstanding advised by counsel and fully be.
eving that the two Boards have acted strictly in ac-
cordance with law in the premises, I have
to request that you will Immediately vacate the ONCE
OF Mayor Of said city, the dulles Of which you are
now exercising until such time as the question touch.
Ing your right to said office shall have been properly
determined by competent authority. Mr.. Bowen
laid the letter aside, to be read at his convenience
The Register continues to draw and the Mayor to
oountersign checks on the First National Bank for
the salaries of officers; but the accounts are over
drawn, for no other reason, they are not paid.
Minister johnson and Senator Sumner.
Senator Johnson, our new Minister to England
II u
coed Immediately thereafter to his next post. The
Senator denies the statement that Sumner secretly
opposed his confirmation. On the contrary Sumner
made very feelingspeech in favor of the appoint
ment Of Johnson.
General Mcmahon to BE Nominated Minister
to Mexico.
1t 10 now said that the name of General Martin
Mcmahon, of New York. Will be sent to the Senate
Ior confirmation as Minister to Mexico.
The Chinese Embassy.
Mr.. Burlingame and the two leading Chinese went
as they had intended, official visit to the State
Department to-day, the purpose and perform.
ance of which swill be revealed at the
proper time. Mr. and Mrs. Burngame
afterwards paid q lumber of visits to private
friends. The Chinese of all grades having no par
ticular business on hand wandered after their own
sweet, free will all the city, One might be seen
on the pillars in front Of The Capitol and another in
the vicinity of Washington Monument measuring
the altitude of that abortive pile of masonry
In his minds eye. But the principal mum.
ber including the cook and barber, were
found on Pennsylvania avenue wondering at
the millinery stores and wrapt In admiration OF the
strangely meodious sounds OF divers barrel organs
They were grateful enough to say at the end of their
perambulatory inspection that the principal avenue
OF Washington Afforded them good time generally
Tomorrow they will be, perforce, Sabbatarians.
Another Sharp Communication from Secretary
McCulloch to Commissioner Rollins.
The following in addition to the correspondence
which has already taken place between Commissioner
Rollins and the Secretary Of the Treasury
ing the recent letter Of resignation of the former
was to-day sent to Mr.. Rollins, endorsed upon the
communication which was ag ain returned.
This communication is partial, because it attributes
the present deranged condition OF the internal rev.
enue service to the removals and appointments
made by the President while 1t must be clear to the
mind Of the Commissioner that this decentralization
s attributable in part to the antag0nism between the
Executive and Legislative branches OF the govern
ment, which has prevented harmony Of action be-
tween them in regard TO appointments and to the
Tenure Of ONCE act; but mainly TO the high duties
created an irresistible temptation to fraud the
part OF revenue officers, as well as on the part OF
In that it alleges that the numerous recommends
tions Of the Commissioner for removals OF assessors
and collectors, even for the grossest misconduct had
been always disregarded while the truth is that In
all cases In which recommendations for removals
were accompanied by evidence OF incompetency or
misconduct on the part OF the officers the recommen
IL unjust and dsrespectfu to the President, because
the records OF the Bureau show that the falling
Off OF the revenues In the districts in which removals
were made by the President In 1866, not CON-
paratvely greater than in the districts in which no
fiscal year ending June 80, 1867, during which the
removals were made, were entirely satisfactory.
department while the decentralization OF the service
and the decline OF the revenues have chiefly occurred
during the present fiscal year. long after the officers
removed by the President had been reinstated or
Others whose nominations had beeu approved by the
Senate had taken the places Of the appOntees OF the
President. IL was for these reasons and no other
that the communication could not be received, and
II was returned to the Commissioner The return OF
It Is also justified by the fact that copies Of II
sent to the press before II handed to the Secre
tary. II must therefore, have been intended for the
public rather than for the files Of the department
HUGH MCCULLOCH, Secretary Of the Treasury.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. June Is, 1858.
General Buchanan Sustained by the Govern.
mcnt In his Course at New Orleans.
Major Keller, Of General Buchanan's stan, reached
here last evening with dispatches for General Grant
relating to affairs in New Orleans. To-day the
Major, accompanied by Colonel Mann. one Of the
members Of Congress elect from Louisiana, visited
the President, the Secretary of War and Genaral
Rawlings General Grant being absent, and laid the
matter before them. The result that the follow
ing instructions were sent about four O'Clock this
afternoon to General Buchanan by order OF General
schoned, approved of by General Grant through
General Rawlings, and by the President
GENERAL BucHANAN:-Your action IL sustained.
the officers elected under the constitution can
not be installed without your consent until the time
liked by act OF Congress. Ii is deemed advisable for
you to await the act OF Congress-, now about to be-
come law before permitting the Legislature to meet
C officers TO be installed.
The transmission to the House by the Secretary Of
War OF an estimate from the Paymaser General,
specifying the amount OF money necessary to be
appropriated to meet the payments Of additional
bounties, has created something OF q sensation
among the great economlzers OF the radical party,
and has caused pretty severe twnge OF compunc-
ton to be felt by the advocates Of additional bounty
In Congress 1t appears, however, that the estimate
in question was presented through mlsapprehen-
sion OF the case. Some time In February last Mr..
Stanton called upon the Paymaster General TO send
In an estimate OF the amount Of money that would
be needed for the payment OF additional boun-
Ties IN the first half OF the fiscal year,
commencing July /, 1888. Ia compliance with
THIS demand the Paymaster General submitted an
estimate fixing tie amount that would be needed up
10 December, 1865. at SIS, 100000 Whether this es
mate was called fer by Congressional committee is
not known. Mr. Stanton, however, never laid 1t be-
GAII ,tA.