The national Republican., 1861-04-01
DEPARTMENTAL.

DEPARTMENTAL.
WAR DEPARTMENT.-The following clerks
were removed from the War Department on
Saturday:
J. Fennall Cain, of D. c., in the Adiutant
Generals Office, salary $1,000.
IF. Callan, Of D. c., also in Adutant Gen.
erals Office, $1,000.
Albert Greenleaf, of D. c., in Paymaster
Generals Office, 900.
W. II. G. Douglass, Of Va, in Paymaster
Generals Office, 81, 200.
The appointments to 6ll vacancies were as
follows:
A. M. Walkiushaw, of Philadelphia.
p. Slime Sanderson, of Philadel phia.
David Poole, Of Pennsylvania.
Charles A. Bound, Of Milton, Pennsylvania.
Mark II. Cobb, of N. Y, clerk in charge OF
the Library.
The resignation of Lieut.. Charles W. Phifer
(appointed from Mississippi) has been received
at the War Department
INTERIOR DrpARTNEsr.-Wm. H. McCau'ey,
of D. c., was removed from the Patent Office,
and Robert W. Goggin, of d. c. appointed in
his place as Assistant Machinist in the model
room.
Joseph Kilan, Of D. G., was removed from
the Agricultural Bureau, and - Foster ap.
pointed in his place.
c. G. Martin, of D. O., was appointed a watch.
man in the Patent Office, vice John II. Ball.
uan, rem we'd.
The following clerks in tho Census Bureau
were removed in order to reduce the clerical
force ]. B. Men, cir, of Oregon; E. Sheppard,
of Virginia; DR.. I. J. Willard. of d. c.; Gen.
eral Owner, of PENN; J. H. Rhinehard, of II.
linois I. Aker Of Penn; A. L. Newton, of D.
c.; West Brook Rocker, Of Ind. John Missi.
mer, of Penn. Howard Young, of DC.
N. c. Burch and N. Pope, of Mississippi,
we're appointed to frst.class clerkships in the
Census Bureau.
| EUROPEAN DEMAND FOR BREADsTUFFs.-The
English news by the City Of Baltimore, to the
l4th inst, is favorable to all American inter-
ests. Cotton is better; breadstuffs in good de.
mand at an advance, and full business in
American produce of all kinds. The private
sdvices received at New York concerning bread.
stuffs are said to be very encouraging. The
Express Of Thursday evening says:
"There was considerable activity and ex.
citement on the Corn Exchange to day, conse.
quent upon the receipt of favorable European
advices by the City of Baltimore. There was
a very heavy business transacted in breadstuffs,
improve nent, the advance being 10 a 20 cents
per barrel on -four, 2 @ cents per bushel on
wheat, and o. cents per bushel ON corn.
The aggregate business is unusually large, and
in fact there has not been so much animation
and buoyancy exhibited on any one day for q
very long time past.
reference to the official tables of British
imports shows that Of the increased purchases
Of ofbreadstuas very large proportion is received
from the United States, and until another crop
is gathered in Europe, nothing can prevent
continuance Of this advantage. Agricultural
authorities are by no means sanguine of the
crop prospects Of the Kingdom for 1861, and
that, by reason Of the severity of the winter,
which has impeded the planting of wheat, there
must, with an average yield upon the breadth
of land planted, be serious deficiency in
breadstuffs, to be made up from American
the crop prospects of the United States are
good, and it is proper to assume, no casualty to
the grain crop intervening, that large export
will be made, to the great advantage of the
grain section of the country. In less than 80
days, new wheat from Georgia and other South.
ern States will be in market, and in large guam.
titles, judging from the crop reports recently
made.
PHILADELPHIA METHODIST CONFERENCE
The Philadelphia Methodist Conference, March
|
the state Of the church repeating the new chap.
ter on slavery, inserted in the Discipline at the
last Conference, leaving future Conferences to
make their own regulations on the subject !;
concurring in the resolutions of the last Baltl.
more Conference, and requesting the General
Conference at its next session to repeal the
chapter on slavery, and, instead thereof, EN-.
power each annual conference within whose
bounds slavery exists, to make their own regu.
lations in regard to it. Also, adopting an ad.
dress to the Methodists of Delaware and the
Eastern Shore Of Maryland and Virginia, as
suring them of the profoundest sympathies in
their present disquetude and agitated condi.
ton on the question Of a division Of the Con.
ference.
A resolution was also adopted, declaring it
to be inexpedient to divide the Philadelphia
Conference by State lines at this time. During
the discussion on these resolutions, there was
q scene of excitement, and the church was
crowded.
| WILLARD HALL