Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-03-30
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FROM WASHINGTON.
The Wall Service.

transporting the mails.
Reply 10 the New York Collector.
In reply to a letter OF the Collector of New
York, asking whether he should admit q
cargo of South American hides Just arrived
at that port, the Secretary of the Treasury
has given permission for their entry If, af-
| ter careful inspection, it is ascertained that
they do not come from region infected
with the cattle plague.
Payment of Interest on 5-2O,s.
Secretary McCulloch stated Saturday that
the interest on 520's would be paid early
in April. The amount of gold required is
$2l 100000.
New York COIIectOrsIiiP.
The Herald's Washington special saws !:
The gentlemen who furnished securities for
the late Preston King have united in re-
quest to the Secretary of the Treasury to be
released from their bonds.
The friends OF the acting Collector of the
port of New York are urging upon the De-
partment the justice and propriety of pay
ing that official the moneys which would
accrue to him were he full Collector. Dur
Ing the interregnum the fees 90 to the legal
representatives of the late Collector, while
Mr.. Clinch performs all the duties of Col
lector Oh the salary of a deputy. The stir
! In these matters may tend to hasten the APP
pointment of a Collector Tor New York.
Promoted.
The Times special says: Major Geo. X.
Leet, Assistant Adjutant General of Volun-
teers on the staff of General Grant, who
was for long time the office assistant of
the lamented Colonel Bowers, has succeeded
to the official position of The latter, with the
rank of Major in the Regular army. which
was also the lineal rank of Colonel Bowers.
Major Leet entered the war as private in
the Chicago Board of Trade battery, and
was selected as staff officer by General
Grant because OF distinguished qualities of
bravery and efficiency displayed on the
field.
A Long Controversy Likely 10 be
Settled.
The Times Washington special saws: The
| House Printing committee have had under
consideration the memorial of j. G.. G. Ken
nedy, Superintendent of the Census BIZ
reau, claiming that the action of the Secre-
tary of the Interior and Commissioner of
the General Land Office in transferring the
preparation aud printing of the third vol
ume of the Census Report of 1860 from Mr.
| Kcnnedy's Office to that of the Land Com
missioner, was illegal. The committee
uhNC dSIttu upOu u NCI1 lUR
| prayer of the memorialist and commencing
the action of the Secretary of the Interior.
This report will be presented to the House
Tomorrow by Mr.. Lailin. chairman of the
committee, and its adoption will settle a
long and disagreeable controversy.
The Paris Exposition.
The Worlds special says: The Senate
committee on Foreign Affairs have now
under consideration the proposition of
the House making appropriations to de-
fray expenses for the Paris Exposition -
1t is ascertained that it will nearly alb
sorb all OF the appropriation of the
Government to pay for the transpOrta-
ton Of the articles sent to this exhibition.
The committee will probably amend it so
that the inventors and others will be com.
PEELED to pay for the transportation of the
various articles. BY this course only will
the money appropriated be sufficient to
erect the buildings and defray the other ne.
cessary expenses.
The Loan Bill.
The Senate Finance committee have
reached no conclusion in regard to the loan
bill. Senator Sherman is in favor of amend
ing it so as to limit the amount of green
backs and gold required to be kept in the
| Treasury. twill not be acted on definite
ly before next week.
Funeral Ceremonies of Senator
| FOOtc.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The Senate
galleries were densely crowded to-day, to
witness the ceremonies consequent upon
the death of Senator FOote. Hundreds of
persons were unable to obtain admission to
the Senate, owing to the immense congre-
cation of spectators. The Senators were
assigned seats on the left side of the Cham
Der. AT l2O'clOck Lieut.. Gen. Grant enter
ed, in company with several other military
gentlemen. He was in plain citizens dress.
The Justices of the Supreme Court were
announced and took position on the ex-
treme right. The President of the United
States, accompanied by all the members of
the Cabinet excepting Attorney General
Speed, next came in and occupied one of
the front row OF seats. Following these
came the members of the House of Repre-
sentatives, preceded by their officers. These
being seated, the corpse was brought in ac-
cOmpanied by the committee of Arrange
ments, namely, Senators DOOlittle, Antho-
ny, Howard, Hendricks, Sherman and
Buckalew of Kentucky, and by pallbearers,
consisting of Senators Fessenden, Harris,
johnson, Guthrie, Lane of Indiana, and
Sumner, all of them wearing white scarfs.
The coffin was placed Immediately in
front OF the Secretarys desk. 1t
was covered with black cloth, elab-
orately and tastefIlly Ornamented with
silver. The lid was adorned with the
choicest flowers, and bore plate with the
| inscription of the name of the deceased
Senator and the date of his birth and death.
The immediate relatives and family friends
of the deceased occupied seats on the left
and in the locality of the coffin. There
were present, besides those already men
toned, the members of the diplomatic
corps, officers of the army and navy, the
Mayor of Washington, chiefs of Executive
bureaus, and many others on the floor of
the Senate.
The President of the Senate pro ten., Mr..
| Foster, presided. Reverend DR.. GRAY, the
Chaplain of the Senate, opened the exer-
cises by reading appropriate passages of
Scripture, and by aprayer ofdeep solemni-
ty, In which he feelingly alluded to the dis
| tinguished character of the deceased, the
Christian virtues which adorned his life.
and imploring the Divine blessing on the
President and his advisers, so that they NAV
derive wisdom from above, the better to
discharge the high and responsible duties
entailed upon them.
Rev. Byron Rockford, former Chaplain
of the Senate, then took for his text the
Psalm commencing Like as a father pitt
eth his children, so the Lord pitieth them
that fear him." and then delivered an ad-
dress, In the course of which he said that
In the providence of God he was the friend
and pastor of the deceased for many wears,
and now he came as an humble servant of