The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-04


utive Departments be Immediately
placed In mourning, and ali business
be suspended on the day of the fun
eral.
1t is further ordered that the War
and Navy Departments cause suitable
military and naval honors to be paid
on this occasion to the memory Of the
illustrious dead. 21E>~-
[Signed:l ANDREW JOHNSON"
In compliance with the instruc-
tons of the President and of the Sec
retary of War, on the day after the
receipt Of tLis order at each military
post, the troops will be paraded at 10
o'clock A NJ and the order read to
them, after which all labors for the
day will cease; the National flag will
be displayed at half-mast at dawn of
day. 13 guns will be fred, and after
wards, at intervals of 80 minutes, be-
tween the rising and the setting of
the sun, a single gun. and at the close
of the day a National salute of 81
guns. The officers of the army will
wear Grape on the left arm and on
their swords. and the colors of the
several regiments will be put in
mourning for a period of six months.
By command of General Grant.
'CSigned f. d. TOWNSEND,
"A. A. G."
In pursuance of the order of the
President announcing the death of
Ex-President Buchanan. the Score
tary Of the Navy has issued a special
order directing that thirty minute
guns be fred at each of the navy
yards and naval stations on the 4th
inst, commencing at noon, and on
board the flagship IN each squadron
upon the day after the receipt of this
order The flags at the several Davy-
yards, naval stations. and marine bar
racks will be placed at half mast until
after the funeral, and upon all naval
vessels IN commission upon the day
after this order is received. a 81
WASHINGTON. June 2-Major Gen
eral Hancock and staff, Brevet Briga
dier General Emory and staff and the
House Committee on Military Affairs,
called at the War Department to-day
and paid their respects to General
Schotield
The official vote elects Bowen RE-
publican) Mayor By seventyfour ma
jority. The Council, on joint ballot,
shows Conservative majority of
three.
The President nominated to the
Senate Robert L. Matthew, of Indi-
ana, as Consul t. Naples.
The Senate this afternoon, after de-
bate, rejected the domination OF the
Hon. Henry Staub berry as Attorney
General. It is understood his reap
pointment to that Office was opposed
by the Senators principally on the
ground Of his hostility to the recon
strucrion acts.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-The Secre-
tary of War semitic the House to-day
the communication which he ad-
dressed as commander of the First
Military District to Gen. Grant, say
ing he trsrs smitted it at the suggestion
of the General of the Army for the
consideration of the proper commit
tee The following is the document:
' HEADou'Rs lsr MIL. DIST OF VA,
RICHMOND, May Is, 1888.
General o. s. Grant:
GENERAL | have the honor to
invite your attention to a matter
which | understand to be of great
Importance, and which, If [ am cor
rect, will demand the early attention
of Congress naEa
I suppose the amendment to the
Constitution of the United States
proposed by the Thirty-ninth Con
gress, known as Article A. will soon
be declared to have been ratified and
become part of the Constitution,
and [ understand the effect will be at
once to uremovei from office all per-
sous who are disqualified by that
amendment 3 If am right In. the
above supposition, aud 10 my under
standing of the effect of the proposed
amendment, it becomes matter of
great Importance 10 determine what is
to be done in those States whose gov
ernments are still provisional only.
In the States which shall have been
readmitted toITepresentationi In Con
gress, no serious difficulties will
exist, for the reason that ia those
States the only disqualification
1ors Office will be that contained id the
Constitutional Amendment: hence an.
ampleohel@ will be left for the selee-
tion of persons to fill all the vacant
otinesJ Except perhaps the higher
Judgeships; but in the States not
| rs-admitsed to representation, the
oath prescribed by Act o; Congress, .,
July 2j41S62. will still be required of
all persons elected or appointed lG
am. office. L have called for the re
ports, which will give the number Of
/ officers of the various grades 10 var
ginia who will be displaced by the
0netation of the Coustitn5iaaal
( Amendment. aud will forward the
/ specific Information when obtained,
For the present, | can only sta e
thar the number will, probably, De