The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20
Washfnpton LIENS

FROM the Clnclnna1 papers OF Monday
am informed by good authority, that
Secretary Chase will make drafts upon all
the defaulting Southern Collectors and sub
Treasurers for all the Federal monies in
their possession, in the course of the next
few days, and that Immediately after their
return, steps will be taken for the collection
Of duties by men-of-war. s s. S. ra
H. R. Helper, the author of Impending
Crisis of the South, is an applicant for the
consulship at Manchester, England
Although Mr.. Holloway of Indiana is ap-
pointed Commissioner of Patents, the office
was first rendered in writing to Hon. Thos.
G. Theaker of Ohio, but Secretary Smith
insisted on the appointment of Mr.. H9llo-
way, and the President recanted. Mr..
Theaker will be appointed one of the Board
OF Examiners provided for in the new Pa
tent law, at salary of So 900 per annuHa.
The confirmation of Col. Sumner for
Brigadier General, vice General Twiggs,
expelled from the service, was unanimous
on the part of the Senate.
D. P. Holloway of Indiana and John D.
Defrees of the same State, were to-day duly
nominated-the first for Commissioner Of
Patents and the second tor Superintendent
of Public Printing.
Hon. Green Adams of Kentucky. has
been appointed Sixth Auditor to the Post
Office Department, by President Lincoln.
Mr.. Adams was a member of the last Con-
gress. ta...
The Postmaster General has this day
made the following appointments and re-
movals Of Western route agents on the rail-
roads:
Jeffersonville Railroad, indianapolis to
Jeffersonville, n. Field, Jr., vice B. P. Full
ler-salary $500 per annum. .,.s.4s
Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, Chicago
to Rock Island, James Judd vice " B.
Dickson-salary $500 per annum
Northern Division Cleveland & Toledo
Railroad, Cleveland and Sandusky, Fred.
H. Brown vice S. o. Simmons-salary $500
per annum.
Louisville to Cincinnati, Benz. L. Robin
son vice George II. Kyle-salary 800 per
annum. r5I- sIls
Pittsburg, SteubenviIle Cincinnati Rail-
road, Steubenville to Newark, Mathis Col
lier vice Jas. Stewart-salary $500 per an
mum.
Quincy & Toledo Railroad, Quincy to
Meredosia, Fred. Kriesman vice Thos. b.
Carlin-salary $500 per anuum.
WASHINGTON, March l8th.-The Presi-
dent to-day nominated to the Senate, Chas.
Francis Adams of Mass, Minister to Eng
land Geo. P. Marsh, of Vermont, Minister
to Sardinia; James Watson Webb. of New
York, Minister to Turkey; VIM. L. Dayton,
of New Jersey, Minister to France. The
last named nomination was confirmed, the
rule requiring it to be referred, having been
suspended, as Mr.. Dayton was formerly
member of the Senate, and his character
sufficiently known without a formal inves-
tigation. This is the usual courtesy in
such cases.
The Senate also confirmed Benz. W.
Bumbull receiver Of public money at Oma-
ha, X. T., and ex-Cougressman VIM. A
Howard, postmaster of Detroit.
VIM. 2. Bayer of New York, was norni-
mated consul general to Egypt, and Patrick
j. Devine as consul at Cork. Erie Locke
of Indiana, has been appointed chief of Ag-
rlcultural Bureau, at the Patent Office
w. Ii. Russell, the founder of the Pony
Express has concluded a contract with the
overland mail company, to transfer the Cen
trail Route to run by mail and pony from
the Missouri River, connecting with. thu,
overland company at Salt Lake City.
The accounts of the census marshals in
the Confederate States, have not vet been
audited, as the latter with held the public
money from which the go Vern1nent desires
to make the payment.
The State Department is about transfer
ring to the several states a notification of
the passage by Congress of the following
proposed amendment 10 the Constitution.
which shall become valid when ratified bv
three-fourths of the legislatures, viz:
No amendment shall be made to the Con-
stitution which will authorize or give to
Congress the power to abolish or interfere
within any state, with the domestic institu-
tions thereof including that of persons held
to labor o. service by the laws Of said state.