Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-04
WASHINGTON.
The Presidents Message Ready
for the Cabinet.
Durel to Escape Impeachment.
MOOted Repeal of the Legal
Tender Act.
Republican Discomfort With
Grant.
Ben Butler and Civil Rights.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 3.-The
President has completed his message, and
it will be read at the Cabinet meeting to-
morrow. 1t is longer this year than last,
covering about eighty pages of foolscap.
1t is known, in diplomatic circles, thatSpain
has paid to Great Britain only part of the
indemnity on account of the Virginius
affair, leaving the remainder and other
questions to be hereafter adjusted.
DureII 20 Go Scott Free.
No one doubts the President will accept
the resignation of District Judge Durell, of
Louisiana, just rendered. Durell thus
terminates the proposed impeachment,
pending in the House Committee on Ju-
dietary.
Report OF the Secretary OF War.
The Secretary of War states that his re-
port will show that the actual expenditure
of the War Department for the year end
ing June so, 1873, including river and
harbor improvements, were S46,325, ,30S.21,
and the same for the last fiscal year ending
June so, 1874, were S42, ,S26, ,Sl4.71, show
ing reduction of S,99S, ,999.50. The re-
port will also renew the recommendations
for the purchase of sites of posts in Texas;
the system Of mileage and payment of Off
GERS and employees travelling on duty, to be
restored in lieu of actual expenses as now
allowed under the law of last year; that
provision be made for publication of 5000
additional copies of the medical and Surgi-
cal history of the war. The sales of vari-
Gus arsenals such as Allegheny, Columbus,
Detroit, Pikesville, Watertown, Washing
ton are recommended. The Springfield
armory, Frankfort armory and a few 9TH
ers are recommended to be retained, the
proceeds of those sold to be appropriated to
the erection of one good arsenal for manu-
featuring purposes, 10 be established near
New York. The proceeds of the sales Of
those named, would be amply sufficient for
that purpose, and there is no necessity for
their retention.
The reduction of the army is discouraged
at present. A reduction of the number of
men without a reduction of the officers
and posts, is not economical. A larger ap-
preparation for the publication of the Of
fetal records of the war of the rebellion,
of the Union and Confederate armies, is
desirable. This should become imme-
diately available. The establishment of a
professor of rhetoric and English literature
at West Point, is recommended.
Sig. Castelar,.
The Interior Department has received,
through the Secretary Of State, telegram
from the Spanish Government announcing
that Spain has appointed board of COM
missioners, with CASTELAR, as its president,
to represent that country at our Centen-
nial Exposition.
Re-Armament OF the Navy.
The Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance,
hn
armament of the navy with breech-loadIng
rifled cannon, which can be lad at very
small cost, in view of the reduced number
of guns required. The present types of
foreign armed cruising ships carry AZ TO o
inches of arnor, and at present we have no
guns, except the 15-inch, in the monitors,
which would seriously iDjure the lightest
of these armOred vessels. Substitute a 4
or S-inch rife for the 11-inch smooth bore,
which even our smallest ships carry, and
few of them would come of without great
damage.
The Brooks Crowd. -
Several members of the Brooks party in
the Arkansas controversy arrived tonight,
for the purpose of presenting the case to
Congress and urging decision as to the
validity of the new constitution.
Repeal Of the Legal Tender Act.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
Those who should know, represent that
there is no doubt that the draft of the
Presidents message, which was submitted
10 the Cabinet meeting yesterday, con-
tanned a recommendation that the legal
tender act be repealed from and after Jan.
l, 1876. This is doubtless the form in
which the President will recommend Con-
greSs to take action to facilitate the restora-
tiOn Of specie payment.
The Supporters Of the Kellogg Gov
are assembling here in considerable num-
bers. Collector Casey and Attorney Gen
eral Field are already here, and it is stated
that Gov. kellogg himself will certainly
come. They insist that Congress shall
take some immediate, definite action with
regard to Louisiana, and demand an affirm
alive recognition Of the kellogg Govern
ment, representing that the result of delay
will be another revolution and the delivery
of the State to anarchy.
Ben. Buffers New Party.
Several Republican COngressmen are cir
culating the report that Gen. Butler is in
active correspondence with prominent men
in various parts of the country, and that
the purpose of this correspondence is the
ultimate formation of a new political party.
Republican Discomfort with Grant.
The discomfort among Republican Con-
gressmen with the President, that was so
noticeable a year ago, has evidently greatly
increased in the last few months, and the
anti-AdministratiOn wing has grown to
formidable proportions. The course of the
President in his continued affiliation with,
and active friendship for the members of
the District Ring and Supervising Archi-
tect Mullett, is most severely criticised.
Another cause of serious discomfort is the
fact that the President permits himself to
be used by such men as MOsby in much of
his political course, and in many of his ap-
pointments. Many complain that Grant
is determined that if he cannot be the next
President, no other Republican sh Ill be if
he can prevent it.
A stormy Session Ahead
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