The Portland daily press., 1865-07-22
TEhEGRAP
no THE DAILY PRESS.


From Washington.
WASHINGTON, July 21.
Hon. Edward Jordan, Solicitor of the Trea-
srry, has since the appointment of Mr.. Resley
as Assistant Solicitor made arrangements to
give increased vigor to measures pertaining to
the prevention OF frauds and depredations on
the revenue. The solicitor being also entrust
ed by law with the duty of suppressing count
erfeiting of Government paper and coins. has
appointed Col. William P. Wood as his assist
ant in that particular branch of business.
This gentleman has recently returned from
Ohio, having been Successful in breaking mn
the Jim Brown gang of counterfeiters and Sc
curing their arrest at Akron and elsewhere in
that State. The parties have acknowledged
their guilt. There is a fund at the disposal of
the solicitor out of which rewards are prompt
ly paid for such information as will lead to the
suppression of frauds, and the punishment of
persons engaged in them 2tf
The Postmaster General having arranged
compensation and other preliminaries for the
necessary transportation of the Southern mails
at the earliest practicable periods, is gradually
restoring the service in those States
& The several heads OF Departments are now
busy looking over the lists of Federal officers
whose commissions are about to expire. Re
appointments already are numerous as COM
pared with the entire number The new APP
polntments will, it is supposed, be comparative
ly few.
Applications for pensions increased during
June last twenty-five cent. over Sne previous
month. Thirteen or fourteen million dollars
are required for such payments during the
present fiscal year. @s
Mr.. BigelOw, our minister at Paris, SO soon
as he saw the version which had been given by
M. Roupert, Secretary of State in France, to
conversation which had previously taken place
between Mr.. Bigelow and Drouyn de pHuys,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, concerning Next
co, addressed note to that gentleman deny
ing the statements made by M. Rouper. NJ.
Drouyn de PHuys reported, admitting Mr.
Bigelow's statement to be correct, and Roup-
er's incorrect. This correspondence has long
since been received at the State Department,
and in due time it will be submitted to Con-
gress. 1iu0as gaa64ssgs QGW aaf
The announcement made sometime since
that w. FL. Wallace, late delegate from Idaho,
has been appointed Governor of that Territory,
we understand, is incorrect. Caleb Lyon will
continue to be Governor.
Among. the appointments Of Marshals to-
day was that of Charles Clark, Marshal for the
District of Maine. Also Geo. F. Talbot, Dis
trict Attorney for Maine.
The Secretary of State, accompanied by his
son Frederick and wife and Major Wilson, re-
turned this morning from trip to Point Look
out. He is much benefited by the excursion
The health of Frederick Seward is rapidly ina
proving He will leave Washington next week
for Cape May.
Over 200 applications for pardon were filed
to-day in the Office of the Attorney General,
and pardons granted to about sixty applicants,
all belonging to the $4,000 class. Among
the latter is j. Pray, formerly Secretary Of
State of Tennessee.
Christopher Hyde of Alexandria, Va, SEN
fenced by the military commission to impris-
onment in Clinton prison, New York, was to-
day pardoned by the President.
Lieut. Col. VIM E. milford of the rebel ar
my, formerly of Indiana, is permitted by the
President to leave the United States never to
return. Irf