Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-19
WASHINGTON.
RumOred Retirement Of Secretary
Richardson
To Enter the Banking Business.

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To Enter the Banking Business.
NEW YORK, June l8.-The rumor is
revived in Wall Street that Judge Richard
son is about TO resignthe position Of Secre-
| tary of the Treasury in order to become
the resident partner at Paris Of ANEW
York and Paris banking house.
Grant Throws the Blame OF the Utah
Troubles ON His Radical Congress.
WASHINGTON. June IS.-The Depart
ment of Justice attributes the unhappy
cond tion of affairs in Utah, as far as the
non enforcement of the criminal laws is
concerned, TO the neglect of Congress to
provide q remedy for tue difficulties alluded
TO in the Presidents special message to-
wards the close Of the session, IN which he
earnestly asked for legislation to prevent
conflict Of authority if no worse conse-
quences. The President afterward went to
the capitol and personally urged legislation,
as did also Attorney General Williams, but
without success. Although jurors cannot
be procured in criminal cases, they can
be obtained in civil cases by the consent of
parties. There seems to be no prospect of
relief from the present dilemma except by
the action OF Congress.
AhS 1HBuSAt Oh venus.
Prof. Henry, of the Smithsonian Insti-
tute, Admir-. Sands and Prof. Newcomb,
of thu Naval o servatory, were at the
Navy Department to-day with a view of
making preliminary arrangements for the
details of the different departments of an
expedition to be sent in vessel of war to
various points to take observations OF the
transit of Venus. The points it is con-
templsted visiting Tor this purpose are
mainly in the Southern Indian Ocean, Aus
ira ia and the adjacent islands. There will
probably be four parties, six persons in
each, to be assigned at different points
The western party at Hobartstown, Van
Diemen, s. land; second party at Kergndan' s
land, in the South In iian Ocean; thi I'd
party at Vladistoosk, on the Asiatic coast of
Russia, and The fourth at some island ad-
jjacent to Australia.
Wholesale Theft OF War Archives.
Special to the st. Louis Republican.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-Some time ago
it was charged and afterwards demonstrated
that the records of the Buell. court-martial
were distracted from the war department.
Within few days it has been discovered
that all the archives in the war department
pertaining to the secret history of the late
rebellion have been stolen. When this
was done or by whom it is not known. The
late Secretrry Stanton during his admins
,ration of the war Office fled away large
number of private | tiers and kilograms,
the existence of which were known to two
or three persons besides himself. They re-
lated to courts-martial, the conduct ofprom-
inent officers of the army, the inIigues Of
polit clans and military aspirants, the ras-
cality of government contractors and the
ways and means used to influence the
President of the United States in overrul-
ing the decisions of the secretary OF war in
these cases.
A gentleman whose position made him
familiar with these documents says many
men who were connected with the army,
and who have since figured in public life,
will retain their character more securely
with those records out of the road of scruti-
ny. 1t is known that they were al. in the
war office when Stanton retired. He had
them Systematically briefed and slowed
away in safe place, and had he lived and
remained in public life they would probably
have figured largely in preventing the APP
pointment of men TO Office who have since
shown that they were no better fitted for
the civil service than they were for positions
of trust and high command in the army.
These pr waite archives covered period of
true from the first battle of Bull Run down
to the surrender OF Lees army. They en-
braced orders for courts-martial with their
findings, some of them sentencing the Of
tenders 10 be shot, of records of which the
people wero ignorant. 1t is said that gen.
tleman connected with the war department
during the rebellion, through whose han DIS
all these matters passe took copies of
them, and will use them in writing the re-
cent history Of the war.
Louisiana Affairs.
Attorney General Williams has received
an official telegram from New Orleans from
Gov. Kellogg, IN which the latter contra
diets the reported interview with him, and
says: "My requisiton, calling on the Pres
ident, was fully justified, and the Presi-
dents proclamation has had the most salu-
tary effect in all respects. Taxes are being
paid more rapidly than ever before in
Louisiana. After providing for January
and February interests, we have over
$450,000 in State funds tonight, in the
hands of fiscal agents. We will pay the
March, April and June coupons early in
July. An injunction only can restrain the
payment of the interest of the five series Of
bonds out of twenty-five. There is money
enough to pay interest on all bonds in the
hands of fiscal agents."
BrIbing United States Officers.
Special TO the Louisville CouTier-JOuTnal.
WASHINGTON, June 17.-Senator Bay
ard called attention t. the indecency of
Major Merrill, the United States commsn-
der in South Carolina, who had harried and
scourged that State on the pretense of Ku-
kluxism, receiving special compensation for
his outrages. He endeayored to have the
subject investigated, bu- this was not per-
mlLied by the Radical majority. The facts
are ROW all coming to light. 1t sppe RS
that out of S35, 900 appropriated by the ne
gro Legislature of South Carolina from the
property of the whites for this purpose, this
Major Merrill got $4,000 as bribe for his
services, and that $4,000 went to the Off
GERS of the court presided over by the mod
ern Jeffrey, Judge Bond. 1t is supposed
that certain set of Radical ARMY officers
will be quite ready to go into this safe and
profitable business.
KukIux Prisoner PardOned.
The President has pardoned the Rev.
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