The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-07 00:00:00

.NG, APRIL 7, 1E69

over its interests. Generals Sheridan and Scho-
field have left, the former for Chicago, the latter
for Leavenworth. Mr. Washburne, having handed
over his office to Secretary Fish, ivill in a few days
follow his family to Galena, Illinois, which he will
leave to embark for France in May. The feeling
here runs high in favour of Cuba. General Banks,
who has been, reappointed to the new House Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, has called on the Secre-
tary of State for the latest information on Cuba
and St. Domingo. Grant favours the view taken
by the Legislature, as well as by the nation, but I
am sorry to say not by the Spanish Mission. They
have had the bad taste to remonstrate against our
efforts to reconstruct Cuba, and have drawn up a
strong remonstrance and protest against the aid
and countenance the insurgents have received from
the United States. Secretary Borie is strengthen-
ing our squadron i❑ Cuban waters. Two ironclads,
as well as a part of the Pacific squadron, have been
sent to Key West, there to await orders from the
Admiral in command in the West Indies. Eben-
ezer D. Bassett, the coloured principal of a Phila-
delphia school, is talked of as Minister to Hayti; the
gentlemen of colour seem to have set their hearts
oa this appointment, desiring, above all things, to
have a dark representative abroad, by way of telling
the world that a negro, a native of this country,
is, in truth, a citizen of the United States. Diffi-
culties can scarcely fail to arise as well with that
island as with Cuba, and we will require in both
to be well represented. Whatever may be said
against Mr. Seward, it is generally admitted that
he has steered skilfully to avoid embarrassing re-
sults from foreign complications. He resisted a
strong pressure on Mr. Johnson from the agents of
Cuba's revolution to recognizeits belligerency, and he
even favottred the issuing of a proclamation for-
bidding any aid to be sent. The most important
subject discussed in the Cabinet has been the
policy which should direct the nominations to office.
Nothing is known of the result, but it is considered
significant that important nominations, believed to
have been decided on have not been sent to the
Senate. General Butler has been working hard
for Mr. Joabert, a coloured man, for assessor, at
New Orleans ; and his relative, Parker, for the
Posmastership of the same city. General John
Cochrane is an applicant for a post in the New
York Custom-house. John B. Allison, formerly a
Member of Congress from Pennsylvania, will re•
ceive the appointment of Register of the Treasury,
vice Jeffries resigned. Secretary Boutwell has
nominated the Hon. Henry D. Moore, formerly
State Treasurer of Pennsylvania, to be Collector of the
Port of Philadelphia. The President will send his
nomination to the Senate. Secretary Boutwell has
also appointed C. B. M'Carter, Superintendent of
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the
Treasury Department. Frank Moore is to be Second
Secretary of the Legation at Paris. The White
House has undergone the clearing and brightening
process, and the President and his family are now
ensconced therein. The Minister of the Argentine
Republic, Don Manuel R. Garcia, has been intro-
duced, and in responding to his remarks the Pre-
sident said :—" I notice. that your letter of ere- I
deuce is signed by your predecessor, now the Chief
Magistrate of the Argentine Republic. The per-
sonal and official character which he maintained
while here warrants the assumption that in select-
ing you as the Minister of that Republic he was
actuated by his usual discretion, and had no reason
to apprehend that your career would not justify his '
choice. A similar confidence is entertained by me."
Mr. Roberts, the newly-accredited Minister from
Spain, was presented to the President to-day, and
General Grant replied to his remarks, which did
not convey a word about Cuba, as follows :—" The
recent events in Spain, to which you advert,
have excited, and will continue to maintain a lively
interest here, hoping, as we do, that they may ulti-
mately lead to an increase in the welfare and hap-
piness of the people of Spain. The disposition
which you express to exert yourself during your
mission, to the end that these friendly relations
which have always existed between the two coun-
tries may be strengthened, will be cordially recipro-
cated by me." The President has discontinued
the military guard which, since the assassination
of President Lincoln, has been mounted over the
White House, and Captain llPKeever has been or-
dered to join his regiment at Atalanta, Georgia.
Lieut.-Colonel IV. R. Pease is to be relieved from
duty as Professor of Military Tactics at the State
University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and he will,
at the end of the present college term, proceed to
his home in Brooklyn. As the President has signed
the bill for the further security of equal rights in
the district of Columbia, the word " white' has
been stricken out of all laws relating thereto, and it
is now a punishable offence for any one to enforce
such a restriction. Ex-President Johnson took
much interest in the discussion of the Tenure-of-
Office Act, but when some long-winded speakers
got on their legs he is said to have bolted, making
tracks for Tennessee.