Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-22
WASHINGTON.
A Denial that Grant Has Third
Term Aspirations.
Explanations and DeniaIs About
the DelanO Business.
About stamping Checks and vOuch-

WASHINGTON, April 21.-The Comp
trOller of the Currency, in accord
anoe with a request of the Secretary
Of the Treasury, Wil Immediately direct
the bank examiners for the several districts.
in the course Of their examinations of the
different banks, to inspect all checks and
vouchers required to be stamped with two
cent stamps, and report the facts in refer
ence thereto, which information, when re-
ceiYed, will be transmitted TO the Commits
sioner Of internal Revenue,
Grant NOt a Candidate for n Third
Term.
NEW YORK, April 21.-The Grqphic's
Washington correspondent says President
Grant is not a candidate for reelection for
a third term and never has been. he never
suggested the idea himself, and never gave
anyone the slightest warrant for suppoSing
that he would take the nomination #
offered, and il is understood here that if he
had ever been asked by any authoritiye
body, he would have declined to be con-
siOered a candidate under the circum-
stances.
The RUmOrs I'm Regard to DeIanO
The original report concerning Secretary
DelanO was based on statements Of promi-
nent members Of Congress, who asserted
that certain improper transactions, con
nected with the Department of the In
terror, had been brought to the attention of
the President, and they were of such a
character as to cause an intimatiOn TO be
conveyed to Secretary Delsno that his res
ignatiOn would be-accepted. On the other
hand, it is tonight said, by inti-
mate friends Of the Secretary, that
before leaving the city last week to
join the Presidential party, he was
not aware that the President desired his
resignation, but that if he had received
such an intimation he would have prompt
" rendered it, and further that if any
charges had been made against the Depart
ment Of the Interior, involving the official
conduct Of Mr.. DelanO, the President, from
his long and intimate friendship with the
Secretary, would not have acted hastily, but
afforded him an opportunity to reply before
coming to such a conclusion as to desire
his resignation. The President and some of
the members Of his party returned to Wash
ingtOnl this afternoon. Secretary DelanO will
not return until tomorrow. Postmaster
General Jewell arrived this morning. He
states positively that the report that the
President has requested Secretary Delano
10 resign is not true. The Postmaster
General was in the railroad car with the
President and Secretary DelanO, when the
published statement referred to was brought
to their attention, and his assertion is
based upon what was then said by the par
ties directly concerned.
DeIauO in a Difficulty.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The statement published in the press, to
The effect that corruption has been traced
tOthe family of Secretary DelanO, and that
his resignation has been demanded by the
President, is much discussed in political
circles, but is believed to be considerably
exaggerated. John O. Delano's par
ticipation in speculatiOns connected
with the Indian service is gener-
ally credited. He has lot, however, been
in office for more than year, and, although
charges have been fled with the President
which implicate Secretary DelanO in this
matter, the friends Of the Secretary, now in
this city, deny that there is any truth in
them whatever. They also allege that Mr..
DelanO has, for four or five months back,
been anxious to retire and attend TO his
private business, but they deny very pos
itively that his resignation has been de-
manded by the President.
Special To the Cincinnati Commercial.
It is tOleraby certain that the next
House will investigate the Interior Depart
ment very thoroughly, and the result will
be bad for Mr.. Delano. If he is got out
of the way now, the expose Of his coTTup-
ton viii not hurt the Republican party
nearly so much as if he should continue at
the head Of the department, So that, as a
matter Of party policy. it seems advisable
to drop him now, as though his ofienses
had Just been discovered.
Great Cry and Little Wool.
The case of Hines, charged with corrupt
ing the POstOffice clerks, Floyd, Channel,
ROthrOck and Colt, was decided to-day. In
each Of these cases Hines was held to bail
IN $4,000. His attorney in his argument
to the Commissioner, outlined what evi-
IDENTIFY viii be Hines defense. This is that
the unsupported evidence Of the corrupt
Kettles, the accom- plice who
turned States evidence, is not sufficient
fer 2 legal conviction; and the fact is, that
the evidence Of Kettles is not only unsup-
ported. but is cOntradiCted in some imDor-
tant details by the four clerks. The Com
missioner, contrary to the usual practice,
but by the consent of the prosecution,
bound Hines over to the present Grand
jury, which reassembles next week, and
not to the Grand Jury Of the next term.
The friends of Hines are very confident Of
an aCqUittal, and that the case will there
stop.
No special progress has been made upon
the investigations into the other alleged
contracts.
Attorney williams.
The story OF the resignation of Attorney
General Williams has this foundation:
Williams is a candidate in Oregon to sue
ceed Kelly as United States Senator. Kelly's
term expires March ,, 1877. As Oregon
opens the Presidential campaign in 1876,
the Republicans are confident that such et-
forts will be made as viii carry that State
for the Republican ticket and elect Will
liams to The Senate.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
There are TUmors, which seem to be of
more than ordinary significance, to the eff
feet that Attorney General Williams will
leave the Cabinet in a short time. The in
formation in this case comes from gentle
men who pretend to have received il from
some government officials in New York
City, with the further statement that a
very prominent lawyer in that place is to
succeed Mr.. Williams.
a Democratic Daily.
The rumors in regard to the starting of a
Democratic daily here have at last taken
shape, a formal announcement being made
this afternoon, that such paper will appear
as an evening journal, between the 1st and
18th Of next month.
Chasing Indians-A Fight Expected.
ST. LOUIS, April 2l.-A Globe special
from Kansas City says it is understood
that the Indians who escaped from the
Cheyenne agency, on the 9th inst, are on
the CimmarOn river, about $50 miles south
Of Fort Dodge, in the neighbOrhOOd Of
where they rendezvOused at the beginning
Of the war last summer. 1t is supposed
they have formed a junction with one or