Glasgow Courier. — 1866-01-25 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

LONDON. New York, Jan. 13. The New York Herald states positively that Johnson is determined to reconstruct the Cabinet, retaining two of the present members. Rumours are current that Stanton will supersede Adams in London. Mr Sumner stated in the Senate that Secretary Seward will be absent three weeks. Two regiments have been mustered out in Texas. President Johnson has sent to the Senate the reports of Mr Stanton and the Attorney-General on the subject of Davis's trial. Mr Stanton states Davis was captured, and is still held by military power, awaiting a demand from the proper government authorities for trial on charges of treason, inciting the assassination of Lincoln, and murdering Federal soldiers. The Government has decided to try Davis first for treason, but this is clela _ . in consequence of Mr Chase refusing to 1- -ourt under present circumstances ..and C Virginia the Attore- . an the judicial district 0; ment of " —cy-Oeneral supports the postponeer.••• „ale trial of Mr Davis and other rebels until ....11 authority is completely restored in the district where the offences were committed. The Government has informed the House that the Executive bad no official data on the subject of the kidnapping of Madame lturbide's child by Maximilian. In the Senate the Military Committee reported a bill fixing the future strength of the Federal army at seven regiments of artillery, ten of cavalry, and sixty of infantry; including one negro regiment of artillery, and two of cavalry; the aggregate strength of the army will be 60,000 men. In the House a bill, proposing an additional cotton tax, was produced and referred tp Pit -Comtnittee of Ways and Means. A , bill as introduced to punish counterfeiting with death, In was referred to the Judicial Conitilittdk. Tilt berai•thint has ordered 10,000 more troops • to ,loe iltekti out. th 4 .!LT.obile Advertiser states that General Thomas has officially announced that the Federal troops will be withdrawn from Alabama and Georgia, and arms and rnlnanition furnished to the militia. The Fenian Congress adjourned sine die, and abolished the titles of President and Senators. The government will be conducted by a Head Centre and a Council of five. O'Mahoney has been elected Head • Centre for 1866. Roberts and Senators have been expelled from the Brotherhood. A letter has been received from Stephens, dated Irish Republic 23d Dec., appointing O'Mahonev American representative and financial agent of the Irish Republic, and ignoring the existence of the Senate. . A Letter from Captain Maury to Benjamin Wood says Soale is connected with the Gwinn enterprise. Napoleon will give him all the aid he desires. He will go out ai director-general of a very peculiar kind of colonisation, In July Mr Seward enclosed intercepted cortespondence to Bigelow, requesting him to communicate With Drouyn do Lhuys and inform him that any favour ishown by Maximillian or the French Government to Gwinn, or other Confederate colonisation, will tend to increase in America the impatience at French interven• tion, because it will be regarded as imparting dangers to, or at least as a menace against, the United States. If these statements are to be believed, Seward assumes, with the sanction of the President, that Napoleon has deserted his position of neutrality. On December 14th last Mr Seward wrote Bigelow, saying —Your despatch of Nov. 24th seems to discourage on our part expectations of the early withdrawal of the French troops from Mexico. However, it must be remembered that the opinions on that subject which you reeeived from ' Drouyn de Lhuys were expressed not only without the Emperor's sanction, but also in absence of knowledge on the part of the French Government of the definite conclusion of the President on the subject discussed. It is desirable to leave no part of these conclusions open to misapprehension. It is equally desirable we shall be authorised to infer that such expositions of the Imperial views are made with the Emperor's approval.