, 1861-03-15
Affairs Mt the National Capital
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March Is.


APPo1NTalETs.
Several Western gentlemen have this day
been rendered important POSITIONS:
Mr.. Holloway, formerly member Of Con.
gress from Indiana, is understood to have been
agreed on for Commissioner of Pateuts-Scc.
RETRY Smith insistin. on his appointment,
He is believed to bc especially qualified for
that Office, as he wa+ Il mcolber Of the Com.
m!ttee on Patents when in Congress.
MI: Edmonds Of Michigan was to-day nomi-
mated in the Senate for Commissioner Of the
General Land Office. He will be confirmed
tomorrow. Jno. D. Defrees OF Indiana is un-
derstood to have been sett1sd on for Superin-
tendent Of Public Printing. Hon. Francis E,
Spinner has been rendered AMI accented the
ub-Treasnryship Of New Yorls. Nj. s. Was q
member Of the Inst Congress.
Il IS quite extensively runor:d here to-day
and confirmed in certain quarters, that Nj,
Corwin declines the mission to Mexico.
Secretary Of War Cameron today appointed
John Potts hi5 chief clerk, md Mark Cobb of
Pennsylvania disbursing clerk Of the salary
office, with salary Of two Thousand dollars
per nnnum. Mr. Potts has been connected
and is most valuable officer.
Prof Massen of Tennessee was today ap-
pointed to first-class c1erkship in the Post
Office Department. :,
POST OFFICE AND CUSTOM HOUSE APPOINT
MENTs.
The Post Office nominations for the princi-
pal cities will be agreed on by next week, and
will be sent to the Senate at one time.
The editor Of the Ledde,. is considered by
many as settled on for the Cleveland Post
Office.
The Cincinnati and Cleveland Col1ectorshirs
are ct present in statu quo. Hon. William A.
Howard will be Collector Of Detroit, and the
principal editor Of the Tribune Of that city is
among the alleged successful applicants for
the postoffce.
TIE EVACUATION OF FORT SUMTER
So far as eau be authoritiye1y ascertained,
the order for the withdrawal Of the troops
from Fort Sumter was issued to-day. It will
be taken to Charleston hy q special messenger,
and the troops viii doubtless be removed by
the steamer Star Of the West which is row
mysteriously coa1ing up at New York for q
Southern destination.
Whatever may be the feelings and COM
meuts upon this step, it is 4 military necesei-
tt; humiliating, it is true, but one which will
strike one Of the most effective blows at Sc
cession. Southern commercial men welcome
the movement, and are Of the opinion that it
will tend to revive business to an unprecc-
| dented degree, as it destroys all excuse for the
hotspurs Of tie South to keep up war e1-
element
AN EXTRA SESSION PRoBABLE.
Large numbers here are in daily expectation
Of the calling Of an extra session Of Congress,
in order to deliberate upon the present condi-
! tion Of affairs, and to direct the policy OF the
| Government in the crisis.
/ If the Administration intend to collect the
revenue, as Mr. Lincoln states in his Inaugural,
| it is almost inevitable that All extra session
will be convened By May.
PACIFIC POLICY OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
| There is every indication that the Admins
trntion Of Mr.. Lincoln will pursue pre-emi'
nently pacific policy. Such fact will make n
collision with the secession forces impossible.
| The troops now at Fort Sumter will probably
be removed to Fort Monroe, and some OF
those now in Texas will be quartered here i'm,
mediately upon their return.
| REFORMS IN THE DEPARTMENTS.
The heads Of bureaus are busily engaged iu
making new arrangements for business in the
| DEPARTMENTS. The affairs Of most of the De.
! partments are in q confused State. ).
ARRANGEMENTS FOR vAcAT1Ha FORT SUMTER
1t is safd that dispatch was sent to-day to
| Major Anderson instructfng him to inform ths
/ authorities Of South Carolina that the garrls
! on would be withdrawn from Fort Sumter ae
soon rs q steamer could be sent to convey
them to New York.@@ue is also to arrange
| with them to permit the vessel to enter TIL
port without molestation.
HOW TIE REVENUE WILL BE COLLECTED Al
I CHARLESTON.
It is asserted to-day, on the authority q
Secretary Cameron, that two revenue cutters
will be Immediately stationed Oft Charleston
bar for the collection Of the revenue.
UEFOUEDED RCMORa.
The most absurd rumors have prevailed
about dissension in the Cabinet, resulting IL
tile resignation Of Blair and Chase. It is need
less to say that there is no truth in th en- what
| ever.
| TIE sEcEssroEIsTs IN WANT OF STATIONERY
The Government Of the assumed Confeder
ate States have sent on orders here for blanl
forms Of the documents, etc, used by thi
Government in the various Departments.
VIRGINIA LOYAL TO THE UNION.
The news from Virginia fully confirms pre-
yions anticipations that secession has no foo:
hold in the Old Dominion, and that the Coz
vention will soon adjourn. It is said tbs
Senator Mason is quite gloomy over the preva
1ence Of the Union sentiment.