, 1870-06-17
Resignation Of Attorney Gen-
eral Hoar.
Amos T. Ackerman, Of Geor-
gia, Nominated as His
Successor.
Correspondence Between Judge
Hoar and the President,
Mr. Bingham's Resolution on the
Cuban Question Adopted in
the House.
Analysis Of the Vote.
The San Domingo Investigation
Ncnrly Concluded.

The san Domingo Investigation
Ncnrly Concluded.
SeeiAi DeTpa.ch to The Chicago Tribune.
RESIGNATION or ATTORNEY 0KNKHAL uoAR.
WASHINGTON, June l&-The resignation Of Judge
IioaE took eveEJ one bJ surprise He WIS At the
Senate, last night, during the session, but neither
OF the Massachusetts Senators nor Of tie House
delegation knew OF his purpose. There L. no cAUse
for believing that 1t indicates any general change
In the Cabinet There has been no difference BE-
tween the President aud his Attorney General on
any question Of public policy but his retirement Is
in pursuance Of a determination, announced 8oou
after he entered upon his duties, Of holding the
position but short time. lie decided to resign
nov, 70 AZ to afford an opportunity for the con-
nrmation Of hls successor before the adjournment
ot Congress, aud also to give such successor uInc
to learn The state Of the o1co bu6tncss beiore Mr.
f1ear leaves for the summer.
FALSE RCxoRs REsrRc11sG sEcRxIARY HsH.
There has lecn couzidera},1e talk, Of late to the
eject tha: Secretary Fsah will soon retire. The
story has been tn the mouths Of the Cuban lobby
for several weeks and It has been unusually husy
1n f1ytng 10 create general Impression TINT there
IL serious disagreement between the President
ard Secretary OF Sfate-
JUDGE uoAR's SUCCESSOR
Is Amoa T. AcIerman, originally from Portsmouth,
\. IL He went to Georgia wheu he vas 81 years
ct age, read law with Judge Uerrtan, the most
ntt. counsellor Of tha, State, md lires at E1ber
ton, the county sent Of Ebert
County, some seventy miles IN
the river from Augusta He IS about u or -
ycass Of EYE, and has long been regarded one Of
the abcst lawyers as he is one Of the most modest
aud unassum,nx sextIcuaen. IN Georgia. Before
the war he Was = Wing, nnh q thoroughly NATIONAL
r.au. He opposed secession IN tho tuoyt decided
r.auuc1, and held in surreii1ane: BY the rebels
trr his hostility. After the conscrptton Hct went
Into rigid operation, he avoided going into the
army ~ taking nominal position On tho staH OF
Robert Toomss- This brought him under political
disabilities, which we're removed, this winter.
iy Congreas- lie holds tho posittoa OF
Cn,tcd States District Attorney for Georgia. to
which he was appointed by the President, on the
Recommendation OF Joshua HILL warmly endorsed
ly Mr. Iloar. II Ar. Bradley had been rejected,
lhe Attorney General would have urged bis ap-
ronfment to the Supreme Bench, and the Prea-
dent would probably have nominated him for the
vacancy He was at the head OF tho Grant clecto-
tal tirket IN his State during the lsst canyaRs. and
is spoken Of by ali who know him as man Of the
highest Integrity. lie was member Of the COLI
yentun that formed the present Consultation Of
Georgia, ami distinguished himself therein for his
advocacy Of the claims Of the coloIed men 10 hold
c3ace. Ex-Governor Brown and Governor
bullock opposed him, and 1t Was their
Influence that leu 10 the defeat OF AckermAn's eff
fo,t to get clause into tho constitution putting
ths question al tssue beyond al eohtrpycrsy+ II
1is a1y1cc tn the co1nrrd men in that convention
hAd l.een followed, ali the late troubles In that
State would have bean avoided. He opposed Bull
locks eeya1iontn the Provisional G0vcrnorshtp,
md is not now among hts friends His course
since he Was made District Attorney has been
In forh hlvh7 finn
sirnt and Attorney Generals of1cc. lie MAS not
HI applicant, either himself or By bis fr.ends for
either ros!tlon and Will not know OF his appoint
ncnt TO the Cabinet until he learus,t By mall OF
telegraph.
THE CUBAN QUESTION
was answered In the House. ttis morning, and
viii no more, At this session, Ecx the RouIs Of the
honorable representatives, The drst vote taken
to-,tsy was on III. Logan's amendment construing
the Neutrality Of 1878 as to givo the Cubans
the came rights under It az Spain has. This was
lost i,y-yeas, -; NAYS, 101. The negative was
uhclis made M Of Republicans, the swentT-four
Republicans who voted with Logan being
Mtssrs. Dants, Beatty, Booker, Boyd, Buck,
CLARK Texhs}, Clarke {kAnass}, Cobb
{Norh Casolina,, DcEcBcr. Ferris, Fitch.
Hay, lngersoll, Julian, Lash. Mckenzie, Eewshan,,
PEusser, Roots, 5heldnn- uouisiana); Stokes,
Van Horn, Ward and Whittcmore- The onA Qucs-
ton WAS on lii. Bnghama substitute IS agatnst
nays. The affirmative rotc was, as before, wholly
Republican, and the thirty Republicans who voted
with Mr.. Banks were Messra. Bailey. Barry, Beat
ts, Blair, Rocker, Boyd. Buck, Burdett, Butler
tMasA>, Clark fkausas,, Cobb t1sls.}, Cobb N. C>,
Degcncr, Ferris Finkeinbueg, Fitch, Hamilton,
Miner. NewahRtn, Paine, f1ossts, RootRy Shanfs
and Sheldon tLouizians,. The proposition, Is IT
goes from the House to the Senate, Is as ;ollowB:
Re- *eso.srd. d.. That the rrusiasnt il hctt. an
IL xaieh Tic w IL CABS hss .srn eondaeta md
Gc rha deem e1ped4s TO sosicis tag opcrasen q
neer.s1y bosh eonttndlnf pa;t'e, AZ %
c: the laws Of waz sceosn1ed by ali civilized
1t Will be noted that Ncssr1 Myers and WIlksn.
son, who signed the majority rcpo,t do not appea.
tn either Of these votes. MI. Myers is out OF the
city, and Mr. Wilkinson was out OF tho House
at the time Of rolcalL It will, also. be noted that
in the last vote Ar. Butler Is on the side Of ut.
Banks When he answered IN the negative, ME.
Logan caused q great laugh By crying to him
"Oh. Joure got back on our side again, have
you :" Nj. Butler made no ansHer to this The
Cnhan cause was pretty strongly represented In
tho galleries nI1 the morning, and at the cosa Of
The proceedings members Of tho Junt2 aud thelr
friends, rctlsc1 With plainly -appavcut dsapPolnt
mcnt- The Joint resolution, n adopted, will go Ia
Mr. Summers committee In the Senate. What it,
fate there viii be, no onescAn tell; butssome
members object tn 1t In that It indirectly fccog.
nszes II ttate Of war In Cuba. 50 much Of it as
authorizes the President to protest, amounts te
nothing but an expression OF the rleHs OF ths
House On the condition OF things down
there; for the President through the Stale
department, has protested, over and oEer again
and, quite recently. also, to the Spanish Minister
Tic next protest will probably be backed up With
tie threat thai II u not heeded further Actiou
OF Congress may be expected.
7nR San poAIsoo Jon
IN cv-n n r1T
s1udc IT'S tnqniry this evening or to-morrow morn.
Ing. The general charges OF frnud and tobbe1y
tase not been examined, as, when
1t came to test question, the majority decided In
the negative The committee was m1dc up OF
four who favor the treaty ami were not favorable
to investigation, and the minority Of three have
pushed tho inquiry rs far Is was allowed them
The [msIor1ty will report cxnncraung General
BAbcock from the charges made against him hy
Mr. Hatch, while the minority will probably hold
that he has not fully cleared himself from them.
There is a has already been said. d!se:t con.
t1adictiou between Nesrs. Baocock aud PcE7,
On may essential points. particularly a.
u conversation that took place be-
tween them during the negotiation
of the treaty. Nj. Babcoct partially sustains
h mself BY the testimony Of Generals ingalls, and
>sclets, xhi1c Mr. Perry Ia partially supported BY
Ar. Smith, former commercial agent Those who
accept HI. Per1Js central statements a. true, ind
friends answer that he hatt no Instructions to tlo
80; whcreto tho other side te}oins tnat Without
Instructions he aided In getting the release Of a
man who had committed murder The documents
submitted leare no doubt Of one thing, that the
Dominican Government Kept Nj. Hatch ns long Is 1t
dared, and only released him At the peremptorJ de-
xuand Of the State Department. made through Iii.
Perry. A good deal Of this testimony tax en- points
to the existence Of ring Interested In Rraats and
property In San Domingo largely dependent for
their salne On the ratification Of the txeatr: but
there Is nothing to chow thai General Ds,cock
xns party in this business, beyoud Al expression
OF sch belief by sou3e Of the Witnessed The
testimony, when published. will. however, be SUI
nclcut to convince unprrud!ced re1zaus tnss therc
Is come tobbc.y behind the rreaty. It was agreed
last week, that the treaty should be taken up to.
dav. In secret session OF the Senate; but Neither
eide vas ready tor discussion, and 1t VIII now Ge
over TILL the Inquiry is concluded
7HR PRESIDENTS cCBAS MESSAGE,
about which there WIS 50 much talk. wAs under
consideration in the Cabinet for II fcAst twc
weeks before It went to Congress The best In.
formation leads to the conclusion thas It was writ
ten by Mr. Bancroft DaEls, Assistant Secretary OF
State, and .rr1scd by Mr. Fisk and Nj. Hoar. Il
xas submitted to the Cabinet early last week, ant
approved by all the members present The Prest
dent was not there. however, certain that 1t Hoult
he advisable to send II In, and moth
nA