The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-03-28
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WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, March 81.
Admiral MpntYOmrry.

the Battle OF Lake E-ie in September
1914. He commanded the Wash
iogton Navy yard from January
1864 until the September following and
altogether saw twenty one years and
nine months sea service and seventeen
years and two months shore duty. He
had been on the retired list twelve
years at the time OF his death.
General sherman cannrt act a.
Secretary of War.
The following is the official cores
pondence between the President and
the Attorney General in relation 10 the
appointment OF General Sherman to act
as Secretary OF War. during the absence
OF Secretary B lknap:
ExECUrIvE MANSION,
WARRINGTON, March "a 1873
To the Honorable Attorney Gene raj =:
SIR -
Hon. H. w. Belknap Secretary OF
War, expecting to be absent a few
weeks has requested me to author re
and direct William T. Sherman, Gen
eral OF the Army OF the U. s. TO per.
form the duties OF Secretary during
such absence. Pie .se advise me whetn.
eI such appointment would be legal.
Your obt servant
U ). GRANT.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
WASHINGTON D. c., Mar. "a, '73.
TO tue President:
SIR:-I have the honor to ack nowl-
ed ge the receipt of your letter OF tosday;
in which you ask me tor my Official
opinion on the question a. to whether
or not W. T. Sherman, General OF the
armv OF the United States, can be au-
thor zed to perform the duties o Secre'
tary Of War during the emporarv
absence Of that officer. Section Is
of the act making an appropriation for
the su pport Of the army for the year
ending June 81, 1871 and for other
purposes approved July Is, 1870, 10
U. s. Stat. p. 3l9, is rs iolloSa: That II
shall not be lawful for any officer OF the
army of the United States, on the &C
tive list to hold any civil Office, wheth-
er bv election or appointment and any
such off ;er accepting or exercising the
'unctons OF a civil office, shall at once
cease to be an officer of the army and
his com mmssiop shsll be vacated there.
by" :.
General Sherman is on the active list
of the army and the office Of Secretary
OF War is civil office and he, there
lore, can mot be appointed TO discharge
the duties OF that office, nor can he
exercise it's functions without ceaslng TO
he an officer OF the army OF the UnlIed
States. / am therefore OF the opinion
that General Sherman cannot act a.
Secretary OF War without vacatlng his
Commission as General OF the Army.
Very Respectfully,
GEoRaE h. WILLIAMS,
Attorney General.
To Be Sold.
In relation to selling the property o'
the New York Central Railroad Conn
psny, to recover the amount due the
Government, the Commissioners OF In
ternal Revenue decides he must exhaust
the personal property already siezed
such as woon. coal, lumber, locomotives
etc, before selling the real estate
and has so instructed Collector Bailey,
al Albany When the personal property
ia ali sold if the Government demands
are not ADEQUATE, the Commissioners
will order the sale; OF the real estate.
Admiral Montgomery.
The remains ot the Admiral Mont
gomery will be brought here for inter
menL
The following circular was issued to-
day:
WASHINGTON. March 20.
To Collectors and other Officers of Gus
toms
Tne Department has discovered tha
in some Districts fees in excess OF those
prescribed by law are exac'ed tor Ger
tificstes to invoices. A fee OF twenty
cents only should be charged for Ger
tificate to the duplicate invoice Tor
warded to the Collestor as a verlhcat'ot
of the original document:
TSippedl w. A. RICHARDSON,
Sec'y OF Treasury
The Public Debt.
For the purpose of preventing an.
further issue OF the A, 600 900 of reserve
and to make as favorable a public
debt statement as possible for th'
month OF March, the Treasury Depart
| ment has suspended the payment OF al
warrants OF auy magnitude until afte'
| the first OF April. The indications arr
that the large disbursements made dur
ing March will cause an increase OF TIT
public debt for the current month.
A Fabrication.
The widely published statement. pur
nortiug to give full account OF th'
conference OF Governor Hendricks, o
Indiana, with leading Dem )crstic Sen
stors with. design OF forming ne'
party organic alton, appears to be pure
fabrication. The majority otthe Dem
ocratic Senators have been spoken e
on that subject, and they say although
thew talked freely with Governor Hen
dricks while he was here, that be mad
no such proposition.
40 vscanci.s.
&The deaths OF Colonel Fry and Malo
Walker, Psymasters in the srmy'"hle'
occurred recently, create no vacanc'e
in the pay corps, but this feet does nc
seem to be generally known "a app,ra
tious have been pouring into the wa W,
Denartment tor several DAYS past IN