New-York tribune., 1869-04-17
RECONSTRUCTION IN YIRGINIA-INVEsTiGATl
OF THE NEW ORLEANS ELECTIoA-THE Ma
TIoNAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.

TIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
GENERAL PRESS DlsPATCHI
The present understanding is that President Grant
under authority of law, will issue proclamation at
an early day submitting to the people of Virginia the
Constitution of that State. with separate votes on
the clauses frs as to disfranchisement second the
fest oaths and third the county organizations. IL Is
understood that the vote is TO be ordered for the
fourth Tuesday Of May next. A new registration OF
voters will be made. Col. Joseph Scgar has an
nounced himself candidate at large for Congress
~ The subcommittee of the Committee OF Elections,
consisting of Representatives Stevenson OF ONO
(Charman), Burdett of Missouri, and Kerr OF
Indiana. have agreed to commenee their lnyestlga-
five Congressional Districts in thelr order, ana eX,
amino into the character Of the last Congressional
election and everything relating to that subject IL
viii furnish witnesses to the Sub Committee, who
eXpect to occupy the whole of that month IN tho
business which will take them thither. ,e-,
At the meeting of the National Academy OF Sci
ence to-day the subject Of uniform gold coinage was
discussed Samuel b. Ruggles, the representative OF
the United States in the Paris Monetary conference
Of 1861 attended, by special invitation OF the Acad-
emy to state the progress Of monetary unlcaton in
Europe. Up to the present date nc showed to the
Academy that the work Of uniicati0n. which com
menced at the Berlin Statistical Congress OF 1863
had gone forward with such vigorous success that u
now embraced ten OF the continental nations OF E,
rope with an aggregate population OF one hundred
and thirty millions Of inhabitants; that Germany
would probably follow during the present Sum-
with thlTty-GlBnJ millions more. anu also
by the Empire of Russia with 100000 inhabitants.
Mr. RugRles took the ground that the plan OF tho
Paris Conference was sufficiently metrlcal for all
practical purposes and that any new scheme seeking
more perfect metTical conformity would keep the
United States perpetual isolation, and send
all the coins of this country into the minte and smet
ing-pOts Of Paris and London, and reconed at tho
expense of the shippers of the coin from the United
States He presented his views with much earnest
ness, and they were received by the Academy with
marked attention.
1t is stated to-day, at tho Treasury Department.
| that Second Controller Broadhehd has received o
letter from Secretary Boutwell,. informing him that
the Department has intention OF dispensing with
his services in consequence of which Dir. Broadhead
| will not tender his resignation.
IL is stated that A. j. Kicks was rejected by the
Senate to-day as Pension Agent at Knoxville Tenn,
at the instance of Senator Brownlow, who stated
that tic nominee was personally Objectionable
| 10 him.
There are indications Of o very thorough reOrgen-
zation of the various divisions OF the Bureau OF In
terna Revenue. II is not probable that any change
will be made in the office Of Supervisors until after
| the adjournment of the Senate:
The colored citizens Of the Distr ct of Columbia
to-day celebrated the seventh anniversary of their
emancipation. The procession halted IN tont OF inc
| Executive Mansion. when the President appeared al
one of the upper windows aud viewed the scene, and
was greeted with cheers. In the afternoon speeches
were made in front OF the City Hal, near the LV'
coin monument by Senator Wilson, G. Ill. Peters, the
| Rev Sella Martin Prof. George Is. Vashon of Penn.
sylyana, and John ~ Langston Of Ohio. All except
the first named speaker are colored men,