White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-03-28
News Summary.

North, either. Chase has received over
thirty bushels Of applications. Some
forty clerks arc constantly employed re-
csiving applications. The President and
Cabinet are almost worried to death. and
II was said that after last week. no per-
aou would be appointed to Office who
was at Washington seeking it in person.
Seekers are beginning to get short Of
funds, and are compelled to leave for
home.
Attorney General Bates has decided
that. without special law for that OBJ
iset, the revenue cannot be collected ex.
ceps BY q resident officer at the place
where tho custom house is situated.
Secretary Seward has refused to accept
the Southern Commissioners in an Off
cial capacity. but says be will listen to
them Is the representatives Of dissatis.
fed people.
Douglas has been ll.grained. for few
days past-wsnted to quarrel with Fes.
sender and others. The child has been
away from his mother so long, that he is
getting hungry and cross.
DIP. Holloway. Of Indiana. will prob
ably not be confirmed as Commissioners
OF Patents, and bis nomination will be
Withdrawn. .....
John D. Defrees, Of Indiana, has been
appointed Superintendent Of Public Prin.
ting.
1t is now the opinion that an extra ses'
sion Of Congress will be called.
Joshua R. Giddings has been appoint
Ell Consul. General to Canada.
G. B. Lines has been appointed Re-
ceivcr in the Land Office at Lecompton
Mayor Mcdowell, Of Leavenworth, U. s.
Marshal for Kansas; G. w. Dietzler.
Agent of the Pettawatomie Indians
The appointments of Lines and Dietsler
were to fill vacancies.
J. P. Baker, of Brownville, Nsbras.
ka. has been appointed Agent Of the Otoe
Indians, in place Of the absconding Dem
nison.
The following foreign Ministers have
been appointed; Charles Francis Adams.
to England: Wm. L. Dayton. to France;
George P. Marsh. to Sardinia {; james
Watson Webb, to Turkey. Webb has
declined his appointment-it was not big
enough for him. We congratulate the
eountry-Webb won't do to tie to-"
DR.. Locke, of Indiana. has been ap.
pointed Chief Of the Agricultural Bureau,
at the Patent Office.
Carl Shurz has been appointed Minis.
tor to Portugal; and Henry J. Ray
mond, Of the New York Times. Consul
at Paris. o.
The secession ordinance has been de-
fsated in the Arkansas Convention. and
the secession question has been referred
to a vote Of the people.
The Missouri and Virginia Conven-
tions are still in session, but both States
will doubtless remain in tho Union. Sc.
cession has run its course.
The following foreign appointments
have been made Thos. j. Dryer. Of Or.
egon, Commissioner to the Sandwich
Islands; RUFUS King. Of Wisconsin. Con
sui to Rome Henry Sanford, of Con
nec,icut, Minister Resident for Belgium
Anson Burlingame, Minister to Austria
Bradford K. Wood, of New York. Min
lister Resident for Denmark James o
Putnam, of New York, Consul at Hav
re; Eli Thsyer, Consul General TO
Egypt. The Senate. it is thought. vii
not confirm the appointment Of Dryer. o
Oregon.
Corwin has accepted the Mexican Mis-
sion, and will leave New Orleans for tha
country, about the FIRST of April.
The various Federal Appointment
from the Congressional ranks. and tn
changes from the House to the Senate
will leave quite 9 number ofvscancies ii
the Lower House.
# is now positively asserted that Mr.
Crittenden will be appointed to the Su
preme Judgsship.
1t is pretty we'll settled that the svacu
alton of Fort Sumter has been detsrmin
ed upon, and Anderson is reported to b
taki.g an inventory Of the property ii
the Fort. preparatory to leaving. sus
pieiou is strengthening that he was ii
completely with the traitors. A. lonl
as Buchanan was in Office. he persistet
in the request that no rsinforsements o
supplies should be sent him. - be hat
plenty bot as soon - Lincoln was in
suguratsi. he complained that be va
out Of provisions and wood. and that
would require 10000 men to gst SUPPLE
to him.
An armistice Of ten days is said to hsv
: been agreed upon between the Admins
irstiou and the Southern Commissioners