The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-03-19
WashihEisn Iiens.


W1sRIh0foS, March Is.
Lord Napier has had In informal interview
with the DeeretaFy Of state, and Monday
Sexs is sttanged Tor. his presentation 70 the
About forty persons from Kansas, ineIud.
lng ten Indians from that Territory, headed
by General Whitfield, formally paid their
respects to the President this morning.
The Senate will adjourn sine die 10. NOR.
row, the President having no communica.
tions 70 make which would render Il nneces-
time.
= The follow ing appointments were con.
nrmed oy the Senate yesterday;
J. z. Ramsey. United States Attorney for
The Eastern District Of Tennessee.
VIM. d. Lowry. Marshal for the EssteFn
District Of Tennessee. FaaE
Joseph y. Smith, United States Attorney
for Washington Territory.
Jesse B. Clements, Marshal OF the Mid.
die District Of Tennessee.
!. Harrison. Surveyor ofihe port Of Selms,
Alabama, under the recent act.
Orion L. Cochran, Postmaster at Houston,
Texas, resppointed.
John L. Bunck. Postmaster At Tuscaloo-
so, Ala, reappointed.
"A. II. Mckissick, Arkansas, Indian Arr.
for the Wychelas and neiehborias tribes
west Of the Choctuw and Chickasaws.
Flasius J. Loyejoy, Of Mississippi, Attor.
ney Tor the Northern District Of that State,
in place Of Orr, resigned.
james v. Nesmith, Supcr!nte ndent Of In.
dian Affairs IN Washington and Oregon Ter.
ritories.
H. c. Lowell, Register Of the Land-ofiesi
at Fusibault, Minnesota.
VIM. E. Msrphey, Indian Agent Cor the
Pottowatomie Indians. M
+. Livingston, Collector for the District.
OF Fernidin, Florida.
Joseph Ginos, Naval Officer at New Or.
leans.
VIM. P. Rnyburn, additional Appraiser
General.
j. J. Mccormick. Appraiser Of Merchan..
die at New Orlesns.
F. H. Hatch, Collector for the District
Of New Orleans.
James L. Collins, Indian Superinte ndent
in New Mexico.
Elias s. Dennis, Marshal for Kansas Ter.
ritofy.
Hamden McMahon, Marshal for the Wes.
tern District of Tenntssec.
John Walker, Indian Agent for New
Mexico.
We have reached the conclusion Of the
Dallas Clarendon treaty against the Report
.of the Committee on Foreign Aff,irs.
Under this action the treaty will 20 bsckts
England for ratification, unless Lord Napier
brought full authority, in view Of this pos.
sible contingency, to accept such alterations
as might be made. A rumor had reached
London, before his departure, of the uncer.
tain,ies here, and therefore the precaution
may have been taken to clothe him with
power to close the whole question.
Captain Smoot, OF the Navy, died to-day,
Lieutenani Conover, Of the Navy, has rs.
signed.
Comptroller Whi,,lssey has also resign.
ed.
Philip Clayton, as second Auditor of the
Treasury, has been confirmed, cic. Peter G.
Washington
John 3 Cunningham, OF Virginia, has
been confirmed as Purser OF the Navy.
The following additional confirmation
w,re made by the Senute to. day:
Isaac II. Sturgeon, Assistant Treasurer
Of the United States a. ST. Louis.
Tarney Nelson, o! Indiana, Superintend.
ent OF Indian Affairs in Utah Territory.
j.. Pn'ten Anderson, of Washington Ter.
ritory, Governor OF said Territory.
WIN. Wesr, Of Kansas, United States
Attorney, Kansas Territory, vice A. Isaacs,
resigned.
Lewis w. Sifford, United States N .rshai
for the Southern Districts of Ohio, vics
Thomas X. Smith, whose commission has
expired.
In the Senate it was agreed upon all
sides that the informalties presented in the
protest do not effect the rights az Mr.. Cam
eren to his seat, and ii was held that the
question of slleged fraud and corruption in
the elsction properly belonged to the Legis.
lature Of Pennsylvania, and not 10 the Sen.
ate.
The resolution declaring Mr.. Cameron en-.
titled to his seat Us legally chosen Senator
was Withdrawn, the Committee on Judiciary
having been discharged from further con.
sider"tion Of the subject Here the matter
rests
Messrs. Big!er and Pugh received lstter
this afternoon, dated yesterday, from The
twenty-four members who had signed the
protest denying Cameron's assertions. An4
'aying that they could have obtained the \
signatures sof other Democratic membess
% the letter, but Tor their absence in con.
sequence of the adjournment Of the Legisla. h
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