The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-22
FOURTH EDITION
FROM WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON.
TsPEC8AL DISPATCHES TO EvEEIE0 TELBoRAPHl
WASHINGTON, April22
The New Territory.

The New Territory.
The statements that an expedition Ofexplora-
tiOn to Russian America is being organized az
the State Department are premature ana
ned by the United States, has not yet been retl-
fed by Russia. The oesRion, therefore. is An
incomplete proceeding, and to explore the Yer,
Tttory at present. would, therefore, De IN every
way improper, besides being discourteous TO
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speech in executive session on the Russian
treaty for publication.
Vacant Omces.
There are not more than twenty official va
are Post Offices and Internal Revenue ofnces in
Indiana. Illinois. and Wisconsin. IL Ia neld py
bill the Post Offices unprovided for by the
Senate are closed.
Universal Suffrage in the North.
Senator Sumner has written letter for pub
licatlon on his bl. establishing universal suf'
The July Meeting.
There seems to be no expectation on the part
OF members of Congress OF q July session, ana
m ost Of them have made other arrangements
for the occupation OF their time.
The Senate Adjourn rnnent-NumerOus
Offices UnfIIed-The Mediation ResO-
solutions.
Yesterday was q quiet, uneventfui day In the
National Capital. The Senate having ad-
journed, the office. hunters fixed or unnxed,
the lobbyists gone home, the lull about the
Capitol. hotels, and public places Is very re-
freshing.
The Senate on Saturday had dwindled down
to less than a quorum, and adjourned sine die
without filling all the vacancies, which, with
two exceptions, are in the West thus leaving
nine offices without Postmasters in ILLINOIS,
and one in Pennsylvania-the latter believed
to be Milton-and four or five vacancies
in the Offices of Internal Revenue
in Indiana, Illiuos, and Wisconsin. No Consul
General at Havana was confirmed under the
Tenure of Office act. The vacancies cannot be
filled, as they could previous to the passage of
the law. by the President during the recess Of
Congress. 1t is said that Charles 8, Abel was
confirmed as Collector of Internal Revenue for
the First District of Pennsylvania, after haY-
ing once been rejected for the same office.
Alexander Cummings having been confirmed
as Collector of Internal Revenue for the Fourth
District OF the State, leaves the Governorship
of Colorado vacant.
The last hours of the Senate. it will be no.
ticed, were devoted to the humane work OF at
iemplng mediation in Mexican and European
affairs. Sumner, Henderson, and Johnson each
had a resolution proposing friendly inter-
ference, or rather advice, to unhappy Mexico;
but each met the same fate, namely. to lay on
The re solution of Senator johnson, advising
and requesting the President to offer to the
diation of the United States, which was offered
in open Senate Saturday, is precisely the same
as the one submitted in executive session on
TALLY printed.
Senator Cole broached new topic when he
offered a resolution for mediation between
France and Prussia. The idea is not regarded
iavorably here among people in general. There
let Europe severely alone, but that it would be
proper and well timed to adopt some plan OF
mediation in the affairs of the much shaken
and perpetually disturbed Mexican republic.
Probability of No Quorum in July.
The Chronicle of to-day says:-When the
Senate adjourned the impression seemed to be
almost universal that there would be no
quorum in either House on the Sd of July next
The feeling between the Senators and the Exc
cutive was so comparatively cordial. and the
intelligence from the South promising submis-
sion to the terms of reconstruction so aus
pcious, that very few doubted that the great
Congress- anticiDatad
closed all chance of difficulty and dissension.
The Case OF JEFF Davis-A Rumor Con-
trRdicted. H.. .....
The statement which obtained general publi-
city few days ago that Attorney General
Stanbery had said TO District Attorney L. H.
Chandler that the case of jeff. Davis must be
disposed of at the coming May term, is autho
Titatively denied. The Attorney General has
given no such instructions to Mr.. Chandler and
IL is probable that Mr.. Davis will be permitted
TO continue his lessons in painting unmolested
for some time longer.