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interview Of Governor Perry and Other
South CarolinianS with the President.
The Rebel General Forrest Among the
Applicants for Pardon.
General Bwell Permitted 70 Return
70 His Home in Virginia.
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0As!om House Affairs and Appointments In New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
General Dix's Retirement from
the Military Service,
CO., &C., &c.
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1898.

mo south Carolina delegation had an interview Of
some length with the President this afternoon They
very kindly received and the conversation Of
. mutually pleasant and agreeable character. They
ured the President Of the disposition Of the people Of
sAs State 70 acquiesce the result Of the war; and
accept the consequences attendant upon the failure Of
shs rebellion, including the abolition Of slavery
anA the reconstruction Of their State constitution
- - 70 mako II in accordance with q republican
1Hm Of government giving to the people directly the
election Of Presidential electors and equasing represen
oaon In the State legislature &C. The President talked
- them very plainly and nrmy, but kindly indicating
ne policy which he is determined to pursue and the
datiss which they have 10 perform in settling existing
oulies and restoring the State its former relations
Win the general government
APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON.
About hundred and fifty applications for pardon
vsre received by the Attorney General to-day, among
them the petitions Of Lieutenant General N B. Forrest
- the rebel cavalry and Fort Pillow notorety; W. B.
Brooks, ex.rebe Senator from Mississippi and member
q the convention which passed the ordinance Of seces
aen, and n. b. Bloodgood, Of London, England The
0ly pardons granted TO few obscure individuals
Among the persons waiting for an interview with the
President to-day Mr. jackson, Of Georgia. formerly
1istsr Resident the Of Vienna Milton Brown,
- Tennessee, and William r. Smith, Of Alabama They
formerly members Of the United States House Of
Representatives, and here 70 obtain the Executive
asmency, having been prominent rebels
GENERAL AND MRS. EwELL.
General Ewe prisoner Of war, having taken the oath
- allegiance and given bonds that he will respect it, has
bssn permitted by the President to his homo in
Virginia on parole report week by letter TO the
Secretary Of War. President Lincoln having directed,
under date Of the 2ad Of March last that Mrs. Ewe
should have the benefit Of his amnesty proclamation,
Cd she having taken the required OATH President John
- to-day permitted her TO return TO Nashville, her
ssmsr residence and take possession of the property
esussd BY the District Court Of Tennessee.
TIE CONTEST FoR OFFICE.
moro 10 very contest going just now
s oces particularly in the custom houses, where the
ssmmssons Of the present incumbents have expired
sss about TO expire. Most Of the important ap
pefntments in this branch Of the made
q the extra session in July 1sol and consequently they
szs now becoming vacant Naturally those who in
Asse TO remain while the outs desire to get in There
consequently three four candidates for each Office
end all are less strongly supported. In some
eases these claims backed by services in
Ne army, and the friends Of those who
have rendered military service bring forward
The resolution passed the session Of Congress ad
vsng the appointment Of this class In preference TO
oss who have remained AZ home during the These
conflicting claims hsve been and giving the admins
0oSt0n great zeal OF trOuDie ana anxiety.
There Is active contest going hero the ap
Yointment Of naval ofhcer at New York. Mr.. Odell Is
songly urged for the position, and any change is
nsde his chances Of will be very good. vigor
Gus and we'll supported effort Is being made, however to
ystain Mr. Dennison In the position and up to the pre-
sent time the chances appear to be decidedly In his
nvor
fhe Philadelphia Custom House appointments still
hang nre. Pretty much every republican Of any pro-
ninsnce In Philadelphia has been here side the
sshsr and II s impossible 10 say which will eventually
succeed.
APPOINTMENTS.
Tho President to-day finally made the Baltimore ap-
sentiments over which very lively contest has been
going on oustng the present ncumbents and appoint
ing Hon. Edwin Il. wcbster Collector Ellington Fulton,
Ct the Baltimore american, Surveyor and Samuel N.
Evans, Naval Ofncer.
Among other appointments made to-day the fol.
towng.H O. Parker, Superintendent of Indian Affairs
n Nevada; Audien N. Seaman, Tlla Houghon and Geo.
Haick have been appointed Assistant Assessors In the
yst Eighteenth and Twenty FIRST districts Of New York
Ssspectively.
Hon. VIM Millen, Of Tuscaloosa Ala, has been ap-
pointed receiver Of public moneys Montgomery, Of
hat State.
The following Postmastcrs have been appointed:-
William stone Springfield, Mass. Elisha W. Keys,
Madison Wis Rensselaer, Acly Rondout; Ezra Earring
Sn Nswburg; Levi Plass PlaitsbSrg; Edward P
William knox, Waterloo, N. r.; Joseph g. Taft, Hous-
Aon, and Vim. p. dc Normandi Austin, Texas; VIM. NJ
ioslon, Wilmington, N c.; T. G. Breckinrdge Baton
. nouge, La
FINANCIAL MATTERS.
The receipts under the Internal Revenue law are In
Gsssng and encouraging
The Secretary Of the Treasury tcegrphs to the Assist
ans Treasurer ut San Francisco to-day disseminating the
aie Of seven-thirtios the entire loan will be taken
before additional supply Of notes can reach him.
The amount Of the last series of the entire loan Of
5000 900 Of thres remaining as appears from
e@cal data to-day is forty-two and half millions Of
rHR PAYMENT or THE TROOPS
A statement has been repubished in some OF the
nswspapers that the Paymaser General will Immediately
mako acquisitions upon the Secretary Of the Treasury for
three hundred and twenty million dollars, for soldiers
pay up 10 the LIST Of July This appears to be misake
for inquiry to-day ascerained that probably
enc hundred and nfy million dollars will pay all that is
due soldiers and TO those who remained
n the service TO the above named date The OF
certificates Of Indebtedness does not equal the
amount continually maturing and redeemed, and the re-
auction In this description Of paper has been from two
hundred and ty million dollars less than hundred
snd fifteen million dollars II probable from present
Indications that the Secretary will be able TO meet the
ssQuIstons the Treasury under the powers conferred
by the late Congress, without having 70 resort
- Unauthorized loans.
THE STANDING ARMY.
II Ia stated In Official quarters that IL Is the intention OF
lhs government to reduce the army 70 one hundred
thousand II not TO fty thousand men, the earliest
practical period.
NO oHARrERED VESSELS IN THE NAVY.
statement was recently made that the Navy Depart.