The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-06
President Grants Message to the
Senate-ImpOrtant Military
Orders from General
Sherman.
Advices from Europe and.
Cuba.
FROM WASHING TON.
Special Despatch 10 The BUsnlsso Telegraph.
Important Military Orders.

HEADoUAkTERsf THE ARMY. Adiuyau,.
generals Office, Washington. Marcn 6.-Pne
President OF Tue United States directs that the
Following orders be carried into execution as
soon as prRcticable;-
l.. me Department of the South will be COM
manded by BrlgadIer and Brevet NJ ajor-0ene.
rpi A. Terry,
2. Major General George G. Meade is assigned
to command The Military Division OF the At
lantic, and will transfer MS military head-
quarters 10 Pbisdelphia, Pa. He will turn over
his present command To IN porarily to Breyet
Major General L. IL. Ruger, Colonel 3Jd In-
AIRY, who is assigned TO duty according TO
MS DreveI OF maJor-general while in the exer-
3. Major. General r. II. Sheridan Ia assigned
to command the Department. OF louisiana and
VIII turn over the com mend of the Department
OF the Missouri temporarily to the next senior
officer.
TO mmand The Department of Dacotah,
- 3. Brigadier and Brevet Major, General e, K
Canoy ts assigned to command the Flrst
Military District, and will proct ed to his post
"a soon as relieved by Brevet Major General
Brevet Major Gen ersl A @. Gillem, Colonel
Gath Infantry, Will turn over his command OF
the Fourth Military District TO the next senior
officer, sno join his regiment.
Brevet MeJor General j. j. Reynolds, Colos
mel 2bth Infantry, /, assigned to command the
tlith Military district accord to his brevet
s; Brevet Major. General w. H. Emory. Colo
mel 9th Cavalry; is assigned 10 commsnd the
Department Washington, according TO his
brevst OF Major Geu eral.
By command of the General of The Army
General Grant sends In n REQUEST
WAsHINGroN, March 8.-President Grant
sent the following message 10 the Senate to-
day.
Since the nomination and confirmation of A.
T. Stewart to the office of Secretary of the Urea.
sury, find by the Eighth section of the act of
vded as follows. The President here quotes
the section (pub ished In another place) and
then ssyk:-In view of these premises, and the
fact that Mr.. Stewart has been unanimously
confirmed by the Senate, would ask that he
be exemp ed, by joint resolution of the two
houses OF Congress. from the operations Of the
same. us. GRANT.
Will the Law be RepeaIed9
Nr Summers objection to Mr.. Shermans
resulu ion TO repeal Lne la W, in accordance with
Grants request, so as TO allow A. Z. Stewart to
accept The treasury Department will postpone
! the subject Gnlil the Senate CONF mmittees are
announced, as the President of the Senate
decided that IL m ust go over until the commit
tees were formed. This will not be done until
next week. Considerable excitement Ia mani
tested over this question, and several Senators
seem Rverse to ezemptiBg Stewart from the
the resolution will go through the Senate.
Despatch TO The ASsociated Press
In the Senate a message from the President
has be en- received and read asking Congress to
pass O Joint resolution relieving A. 7. Stewart
which prohibits any persons engaged In trade
( ON holding the office of Secretary OF the
Treasury. MIR. Sherman then introduced bill
In accordance with the Presidents REQ uest, buS
Mr. sumner objected TO its present considera-
tlon and it Went over